"The Chinese say that their mission is only to transport supplies to the Zionist Army, and they have no combat mission, so they will not take the initiative to attack. This is not good news. However, if you understand this sentence in reverse, does it mean that once the Americans or British Even if the Soviet Russians take the initiative to attack them, they will respond. For a mission of transporting supplies, the Chinese sent such a large fleet. I don’t think the Chinese are not ready for the battle.” Chen Shichang did not clearly reply to Falkenhow. When news of Sen's proposal to proactively attack the US Seventh Mixed Fleet reached Berlin, the top brass of the German Wehrmacht immediately convened a high-level military meeting, at which Brauchitsch made the above remarks.
The German Navy also maintains a submarine force with certain combat capabilities. With these submarines, the Germans may not have the ability to face off against countries such as Britain, the United States, and Russia at sea, but they are still fully capable of making small moves. And if they can provoke China's military Even if the decisive battle between the U.S. aircraft carrier fleet and the U.S. Seventh Mixed Fleet cannot cause a fatal blow to the U.S. Seventh Mixed Fleet, it will be quite beneficial to Germany if it can delay the landing of the U.S. European Legion advance team in Europe.
The attendees were all human beings, and they immediately understood what he meant. Everyone looked at each other, and many people had understanding looks in their eyes. Guderian frowned, "I don't agree with this." He said. He looked at Brauchitsch and said.
All eyes were focused on his face.
"I have a certain understanding of the Chinese, especially Ouyang Yun, so I think it is too risky to do so. Generals, we can no longer look at China with the old eyes. Today, China is already a world power that is not weaker than Germany. , it is true that if it works well, we can draw the Chinese into the European battlefield to help us share a lot of pressure. But once it is exposed, have you ever thought about the consequences? Based on my understanding of Ouyang Yun, he may really unilaterally tear up the alliance. Agreement." Guderian said word for word, appearing very cautious.
It is easy to say that it is easy to say that we treat China with an equal eye, but at present, very few of us, whether it is China’s enemies or China’s allies, actually do it. In the final analysis, China’s rise has been too short, so many people in many countries have It is easy to have the illusion that China's foundation is too weak and that its rise is only dependent on the intermittent rise of World War II. Objectively speaking, there is no problem with their understanding. After all, measuring whether a country is strong or not involves In many aspects, precisely in terms of soft power, China is still very weak due to its late start. Of course, the main reason for their understanding is their lack of understanding of China and their lack of understanding of China. Know many specific situations in China.
Compared with these people, Guderian had such a comprehensive and profound understanding because he had stayed in China and spent time with Ouyang Yun and many Chinese generals.
In the country's soft power, basic education is a key issue. It not only determines the quality of a country's basic population, but also determines whether a country has long-term development potential. China's education level is certainly lagging behind the world average. Yes, in fact, even though the coalition government has invested heavily in education over the years, due to unfavorable factors such as starting too late and being too large, China’s education level has not improved significantly compared to before, so much so that in many places, Education is still mainly in the form of private schools. The lagging education level means that a sufficient number of qualified industrial workers cannot be trained in a timely manner, which will inevitably drag down the country's industrial development level. This is one of the reasons why Westerners look down upon China. A relatively common reason.
But is this really the case? If Falkenhausen, Umbers or Stuart were to answer this question, they would definitely raise their thumbs up and shout "NO".
China's educational level is indeed lagging behind, and it will take at least one generation of Chinese efforts to improve this situation. However, because of Ouyang Yun's support, the Chinese government has been tighter in introducing foreign talents, Jews , skilled Japanese prisoners of war, French... You must know that during the entire World War II, China absorbed more than four million Jews alone. With the support of these modern industrial workers who once served modern European companies or Japanese chaebols, In ten or twenty years, the Chinese can still survive. You know, in terms of diligence, no nation in the world can match the Chinese.
Brauchitsch frowned. In his opinion, Guderian's words were obviously alarmist.
A big reason why Guderian has been unable to take office is that he did not get resistance from China as Ouyang Yun expected. Analyzing this reason, it is actually that the Germans do not recognize that China already has the ability to be equal to Germany. Regarding the status of dialogue, in fact, if there was no such thing as the Soviet Union's eastward invasion, the Germans would still not face up to Sino-German relations, and Guderian would still have no chance of ascending to power.
Brauchitsch has a high prestige in the German Wehrmacht system. When he frowned, someone immediately stood up and criticized Guderian's point of view: "I think General Guderian's worries are a bit unnecessary. The alliance between China and Germany is The Chinese took the initiative. That is to say, the Chinese are more proactive than us on the matter of alliance. What do the Chinese want? Isn't it that they hope to establish the authority of the United Dogs through our country's recognition of the United Nations? ,I think this is actually an exchange of interests, Germany recognizes the authority of the United Nations, and China provides us with support. I think we should directly call the Chinese government and ask them to help us defend the Americans at sea. After all, with Compared with the price we paid, the Chinese only exported some weapons and equipment to us, which is really unjustifiable."
"The telegram to the Chinese government can be sent later. The best time is when the Chinese and American fleets are about to fight. In that case, the Chinese will be unable to retreat and will have no choice but to provide us with substantial military assistance." Rommel said.
Quite satisfied with Rommel's suggestion, Brauchitsch raised his brows and asked Guderian: "Guderian, what do you think? By doing this, we are trying to take care of the face of the Chinese people. That Chinese friend of yours , I shouldn’t worry about it too much,”
Brauchitsch had already said this, so what could Guderian do? In desperation, he could only shake his head seriously, but did not express any objection.