I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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Compared with the British, the French are more comfortable and lazy. In terms of their attitude towards China, the British are more arrogant, while the French are more sober and more afraid of "offending people". Therefore, Chamberlain only sent a congratulatory message to Hitler, and Le Brun Congratulatory messages were sent to the top leaders of both Germany and China.

Chamberlain and Le Brun are not "lords". Objectively speaking, they are not "faint lords". They are just "conservative lords". Both sides were hurt, and Britain and France still had the courage to attack the Allies. However, the Allies had won many battles on the Soviet battlefield and became stronger in Vietnam. Both Chamberlain and Le Brun were in awe. It was too late to please the Allies. If they dared to provoke the Allied Powers, how could they help the Soviet Union under the noses of the Allied Powers? They would not even dare to verbally support the Soviet Union, let alone directly send troops to fight side by side with the Soviet Union, wage war on the Allied Powers, or declare war.

To put it bluntly, the more brilliant the Allied Powers played on the Soviet battlefield, the more afraid Britain and France felt, and the less they dared to support the Soviet Union and provoke the Allied Powers. inside.

"A bunch of short-sighted, insensitive idiots!" Upon learning that Chamberlain and Le Brun sent a congratulatory message to the Allies, Stalin first cursed, and then sneered sullenly, "Just bury your heads in the sand like ostriches to deceive yourself and others." Right! Sooner or later, you will reap the consequences! A bunch of pathetic and ridiculous idiots! Idiots whose IQ is even worse than that of children!"

It was Roosevelt who made Stalin most hopeful. Compared with Chamberlain and Le Brun, who were mediocre and had no foresight, Roosevelt was obviously far-sighted. Roosevelt was not a dictator like Stalin, Hitler, and Chiang Kai-shek. When the latter three made major decisions, they only needed to flick a pen. Roosevelt could not do it. He needed to pass Congress to make major decisions, but most members of the U.S. Congress No interest in aiding the Soviet Union, either indifferent, strongly opposed, or gloating:

"Soviet Union? What does that matter to us? That country is not worth a penny of American taxpayers' money!"

"Aiding the Soviet Union? It's a joke! The sooner that evil red empire perishes, the better!"

"I can't wait to admire the ugly appearance of Stalin of the Soviet Union when he was pulled out of the tunnel! This heinous butcher and tyrant should have been sent to the gallows long ago!"

Roosevelt was unable to persuade Congress to pass the bill of "U.S. aid to the Soviet Union." and the situation of the Soviet government at this time”?As a result, more than 76% of the people believed that "it has nothing to do with the United States", 18% of the people believed that "the US should participate in the Soviet war and destroy the Soviet Union together with Germany and China", and only about 1 % of the people think that "the United States should help the Soviet Union." However, the phrase "helping the Soviet Union" does not mean fighting side by side with the Soviet Union. At most, the United States sells some important materials to the Soviet Union at low prices.

The prevalence of isolationism has made all walks of life in the United States have a strong mentality of "nothing to do with themselves, hang high", and Americans generally have no good opinion of the Soviet Union, the Soviet regime, or Bolshevism. disgusted.

On the one hand, they don’t want to “nosy”, and on the other hand, they need their help from countries they hate. Therefore, Americans are basically happy to see the Soviet Union die. Aid to the Soviet Union:

"Without the Soviet Union, we still have allies such as the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, and Belgium, who can still contend against the Allied Powers. As for the Soviet Union, it is better to have nothing. Being friends with it is more harmful than beneficial and even very dangerous. Be careful, it will infect us with the red plague on its body, and it has always wanted to spread the red plague to all parts of the world!" Some high-level Americans who strongly opposed the Soviet ideology said, "In fact, the whole world is extremely enthusiastic Looking forward to the demise of the Soviet Union!"

"It is absolutely impossible for the United States to directly send troops to participate in the war; it is absolutely impossible for the United States to publicly announce its support for the Soviet Union in the official name of the government; it is also almost impossible for the United States government to secretly assist the Soviet Union. It took a long time to carry out political and propaganda operations; therefore, I could only personally send assistance to the Soviet Union through some special channels, which may be trivial but was the maximum within my personal ability.

Sorry, sorry, I have tried my best!" Roosevelt finally replied to Stalin.

The fact that Stalin placed his greatest hope on "the United States, Britain and France aiding the Soviet Union" proved to be nothing but wishful thinking.

Faced with this cold and cruel fact, Stalin had to cheer up and seriously consider the last three roads other than "destruction": begging for peace, begging for surrender, and exile.

The first begging for peace was rejected, because "begging for peace" is no different from "destruction", so there are only two paths left: "begging for peace" and "exile".

Obviously, exile is the last way. Before that, the only way the Soviet Union could go was "begging for peace".

Thus, Stalin was like Mehmed VI, the last emperor of the Ottoman Empire who was on the verge of extinction at the end of the First World War - desperately begging for peace.

Begging for peace is different from negotiating peace, asking for peace, and seeking peace. Negotiating peace is to conduct peace talks under the condition of equal status of both parties. It is not difficult to see the difference from the words. As for begging for peace, it is simply begging, because the Soviet Union At this time, there was no capital to bargain with the Allies on the battlefield.

Since it is begging for peace, then the Soviet Union must pay an extremely heavy price, completely losing its power and humiliating the country. However, at this time, it is no longer a matter of bereavement or humiliation. What's more, the Soviet government has never done this. This kind of thing, Stalin's predecessor, Lenin, did begging for peace.

During the First World War, the Russian Empire fell into the quagmire of war. The Bolshevik Party headed by Lenin took the opportunity to seize the state power. However, Soviet Russia, which was born out of Tsarist Russia, was still a belligerent country in World War I. It was still at war with Germany, the enemy of Tsarist Russia. In order to stabilize its foothold, In order to gain breathing time, the Lenin regime signed the "Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty" with Germany, which included 99 square kilometers of land, more than 4800 million people, 90% of Soviet Russia's coal, and 73% of Soviet Russia's coal. % of the iron ore, 54% of the industrial equipment of the entire Soviet Russia, and 33% of the railways of the entire Soviet Russia were all ceded to Germany. The government immediately turned its face and refused to accept its account. Moreover, the peace treaty signed by Lenin became a "smart delaying strategy" in the official mouth of the Soviet Union. There is no doubt that Lenin could not predict whether Germany would win the war when he signed the peace treaty, so he was already prepared to "can't renege on his debts, and admit it honestly" when he signed the peace treaty.

Stalin is now merely following the example of his predecessor.

Since China and Germany were one in this Soviet war, Jiang Weiguo asked Vyshinsky to disclose all the conditions for the Soviet Union to make peace with China and Germany, and Vyshinsky naturally dared not hide it.

In terms of territory: the Soviet Union ceded all of North Asia and all of Central Asia to China (in fact, it was not only ceded to China, China also gave more than half of North Asia to Japan); the Soviet Union ceded the north of Leningrad, Moscow The entire area west of Stalingrad and south of Stalingrad was ceded to Germany (similarly, Germany will also take some of such a large new territory to Italy and other slave countries); before the Soviet War, the total area of ​​​​the Soviet Union was about 2100 million square kilometers (during the Far East War, the Chinese army recovered the Outer Northeast, Tannu Wulianghai and other places, and the three Baltic countries did not join the Soviet Union at this time, so they were deducted), according to the conditions of the Soviet Union, the total area is about 1300 North Asia with a total area of ​​400 square kilometers and Central Asia with a total area of ​​about 300 million square kilometers will be ceded to China. Belarus, Ukraine, the Caucasus, the Kola Peninsula, and the Russian region east of Moscow will all be ceded to Germany. About 200 million square kilometers. Therefore, if realized, the territory of the Soviet Union will be reduced to about [-] million square kilometers after the Soviet war, shrinking to less than one-tenth of the pre-war;

In terms of compensation: the Soviet Union will pay 30 billion U.S. dollars to China and 40 billion U.S. dollars to Germany (the Soviet government can’t actually afford this huge sum of money, so it will use gold, foreign exchange, machinery and equipment, reserve materials, etc. to make a lot of money. most of the debt);

In terms of resources: in the territory of the Soviet Union after the war, 35% of the mining of coal, oil, iron ore and other resources belonged to China, and 40% belonged to Germany (the Soviet Union itself only retained 25%) for a period of 30 years;

Other aspects: After the war, the Soviet army will disarm in an all-round way, and a large number of weapons and equipment originally equipped by the Soviet army, such as guns, artillery, tanks, automobiles, aircraft, and warships, will be transferred to China and Germany; the Soviet army will follow the requirements of China and Germany, The total number of soldiers is limited to a certain number (perhaps 30 or even 10), the air force and navy are canceled, warships, aircraft, and submersibles are not allowed, weapons are not imported and exported, and biological and chemical weapons are not developed, produced, and stockpiled. They must not own dealer vehicles and heavy artillery, abolish the compulsory service system, and the Soviet army must not have soldiers stationed abroad; etc.; in addition, the Soviet Union must not export Soviet ideology to other countries.

The harshness of this peace treaty greatly exceeds the "Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty" and the "Treaty of Versailles", and this peace treaty was proposed by the Soviet government itself.

After learning about this, Yang Jie sarcastically said: "Stalin put forward such a despicable begging and condition, which made me seem to see a man in front of me, first leaving the palace, and then cutting off his own two legs and one hand!"

If China and Germany agreed to this treaty, the Soviet Union would lose about 90.5% of its territory, 30% of its industrial mineral resources within 75 years, compensation with interest and all kinds of wealth totaling more than 130 billion US dollars.

The Soviet Union will completely shrink into a "regional power" and "only a third-rate country in the world" (similar to Mexico in later generations. Mexico has a territory of nearly 200 million square kilometers and a population of over [-] million, but its influence in the world is simply not enough. inflows), and will be squeezed into extreme poverty within a few decades, losing almost all access to the sea (there is still a coastline in the Arctic Ocean, but not a good harbor), and no basis for development potential; however, the Soviet government will get it at this time The only thing you want: Sovereignty.

Having sovereignty means that there will be no German or Chinese garrisons in the Soviet Union. This country still belongs to the Bolsheviks and is the "closed world" of the Soviet regime.

Jiang Weiguo admitted that he was a little moved.

Indeed, the Soviet Union’s begging conditions are equivalent to "self-castration" plus "self-cutting of arms". If you accept it, the war will end early, the Allies are still the winners, China is still the victor, and the soldiers on the front line can stop bleeding .

After careful consideration, Jiang Weiguo discovered that China’s signing of the Soviet Union’s peace treaty is almost exactly the same as the benefits China received after the Soviet Union’s complete demise. What China wants is the Soviet Union’s North Asia, Central Asia, and Soviet industries. The Eastern European territory of the Soviet Union cannot be touched. It is in the pocket of Germany. Jiang Weiguo has no interest. China’s national interests are not in Europe. It got so much, and now it signs the Soviet Union's peace treaty, China still gets so much, there is really no difference.

Although his heart was already pounding, Jiang Weiguo was still expressionless and his attitude was almost tyrannical: "Mr. Vyshinsky, the begging and treaty proposed by your country seems to me to be superfluous, because what you can give us is originally It's already in our bag.

If you give, we will get it, if you don’t give it, we will still get it!” He sneered, “Let’s make an inappropriate analogy!I'm robbing you now, and you say 'don't kill me, I'll give you all the money I have on me', isn't that nonsense?If I kill you, the money on your body is still mine, is there any difference? "

Vyshinsky nodded and bowed, smiling all over his face: "Second Young Master, there is a saying in China that 'you have to forgive others and forgive others'! As you said just now, the money on me is yours anyway, so you Why do you need to kill me? You don't have to!"

Jiang Weiguo grinned: "It is necessary, very necessary.

First, let go of your hatred!You Russians have committed countless heinous crimes against our China in history. Wouldn't it be nice to beat you to the point of complete subjugation and extinction?Second, eliminate future troubles!Tut tut, Mr. Vyshinsky, don't you understand this?Only by cutting the weeds and eradicating the roots can there be no future troubles. If you are merciful, you will feed tigers and cause endless troubles!We beat you so badly, how can you not hold grudges?Once you hold grudges, it will be bad!Try your best, three thousand Yuejia can swallow Wu, understand?Take Germany as an example. At the end of the last world war, Germany was a defeated country and was forced to sign the extremely harsh Treaty of Versailles. What happened?The United States, Britain, France and other countries are still merciful to Germany, but after 20 years of hiding their strengths and biding their time, Germany has made a comeback and made a comeback. How terrible!I don’t want you, Soviet Russia, to have a chance to revive, that would be irresponsible to our country, our nation, and future generations!”

Vyshinsky stared dumbfounded at Jiang Weiguo who did not conceal his true intentions. Slowly, his face began to change. At first, his face was full of flattery, flattery, fawning, flattery, and humble expressions. At this time, All these expressions slowly disappeared, replaced by an abnormal calm like after a concubine examination: "Second Young Master! In the words of your country, please don't bully people too much! If you are in a hurry, rabbits will bite people!"

Jiang Weiguo couldn't help laughing immediately, he laughed and said: "It seems that Mr. Vyshinsky has learned a lot of Chinese idioms in order to negotiate with our country's high-level! Rabbits can bite people? So what? Can they kill people? ?Also, I think you should use the word "dog anxious jump over the wall" is more appropriate.

Actually, I'm curious, you don't have any bargaining chips, why?Still trying to threaten us? "

"Why not?" Vyshinski's face showed a hint of sarcasm and sarcasm, "We have bargaining chips!"

Jiang Weiguo put away his smile, looked at Vyshinsky, and suddenly felt an ominous premonition in his heart.

Vyshinsky looked at Jiang Weiguo with a completely different expression from before. He said coldly: "We will destroy everything you want at the last moment! Every time the Soviet Red Army takes a step back, it will destroy factories, Blow up machines, destroy all infrastructure such as railways, roads, and bridges, burn farmland, farm warehouses, and food warehouses, and destroy all electrical equipment, coal mining equipment, steelmaking equipment, oil extraction equipment, machinery manufacturing equipment, and chemical equipment , Resource areas and industrial areas will be turned into scorched earth, and arsenals and heavy factories will be turned into ruins.

Even if you occupy it, all you will get in the end is a piece of worthless scorched earth and ruins! "

Jiang Weiguo's face darkened the more he heard it, and he couldn't help the anger in his heart: "Are you threatening us with this?"

Vyshinsky looked at Jiang Weiguo without showing any sign of weakness: "Yes! Second Young Master, I will give you a Chinese idiom, the fish will die and the net will be broken!"

Chapter 570 US-Soviet Special Envoy (3)

"The fish is dead and the net is broken? Is it? Let's wait and see!" Jiang Weiguo sneered contemptuously, got up and flung his sleeves away.

After walking out of the conference room where Vyshinsky was received, the sneer full of disdain and confidence on Jiang Weiguo's face suddenly froze, and was replaced by extreme solemnity, mixed with anxiety, worry, and anger that he could not restrain.

After walking away in silence, Jiang Weiguo was sure that Vyshinsky could not see him, so he kicked a small tree by the side of the road and cursed: "Fuck!"

Jiang Weiguo's sneer in front of Vyshinsky was actually a kind of bluff and pretending to be calm.

After spending a long time in diplomatic occasions, Jiang Weiguo has naturally learned a lot of skills in this area. For example, when the other party uses a trump card, he must not show a guilty and nervous expression. On the contrary, he should appear nonchalant, confident or even dismissive. , It seems that there is already a strategy to crack the killer's mace, so that the other party will mistakenly think that the killer's mace has no effect at all, so that he will not fall into a passive position. Effective, so that the other party can firmly grasp the initiative in the negotiation, and use the trump card to lower prices, coerce, and intimidate.

Jiang Weiguo had to admit that the trump card that Vyshinsky took out had pinched his culprit at once, causing him almost to be in chaos. Fortunately, he kept calm at the critical moment, pretending to be indifferent and contemptuous, So it is not completely passive.

Jiang Weiguo reckoned that Vyshinsky must have felt guilty, thinking that he already had a cracking strategy, but Jiang Weiguo actually had no way out, and he was helpless.

The "killer trumpet" that Vyshinsky used on behalf of the Soviet government was indeed very powerful, a mixture of madness and poor skills, that is, the "scorched earth policy."

The Soviet war lasted until this time, and the territory controlled by the Soviet government was only about one-tenth of the total area of ​​the Soviet Union before the war, but it "condensed the essence of the Soviet Union", those grain-producing areas, resource areas, industrial areas... They are the lifeblood and foundation of the Soviet Union, and what Jiang Weiguo covets to get. However, the Soviet authorities have already explained that if the Allied countries reject the Soviet Union's begging, the Soviet authorities will destroy everything in their hands, and let the Allied countries finally All you get is scorched earth and ruins.

Jiang Weiguo can imagine that when the end comes, the Soviet authorities will organize countless soldiers and civilians to burn farmland, farms, and farm warehouses, and blow up factories, hospitals, machinery in factories, mines, oil extraction equipment, coal mining equipment, ironmaking equipment, Steelmaking equipment, metallurgical equipment, power generation equipment, chemical equipment, etc., destroy infrastructure such as railways, highways, docks, ports, bridges, reservoirs, dams... By then, the Soviet countryside will be a piece of scorched earth, and the Soviet cities will be destroyed. There will be a pile of ruins, the grain-producing area is full of barrenness, the resource area is full of holes, and the industrial area is completely gone. The arsenal, heavy factory, and chemical plant... were burned and razed to the ground in the big bang and the sea of ​​​​flames. This prospect Let Jiang Weiguo shudder and scalp numb, because, in this way, China will suffer a great loss!

The Soviet Union was very large and "rich". The word "rich" did not refer to the people's livelihood, but to the industrial level.

Relying on the iron fist of disregarding human life and sacrificing agriculture, farmers, light industry and other policies, Stalin forcibly promoted the progress of the Soviet Union's industrialization construction, and forcibly built the Soviet Union into a powerful industrial country in just over ten years (Stalin's development The mode is to encourage the growth of seedlings, which led to a serious imbalance in the Soviet economy and industry), making the Soviet Union’s industrial scale before the Soviet war second only to the United States, almost on par with Germany’s national flag, and the industrial output value was used as an indicator. In 1940, the United States was the first, and the United States China's total industrial output value accounts for about 38% of the world's total industrial output value (Note: The United States has not prepared for war at this time, so it has not worked overtime to expand production. It should be noted that the potential and explosive power of the United States are super strong), The Soviet Union is second, accounting for about 17%, and Germany is third, accounting for about 14%. The advantage is that the total industrial output value is slightly higher than that of Germany, but Germany's manufacturing level is much higher than that of the Soviet Union), the UK is fourth, accounting for about 9%, France is fifth, accounting for about 4.5%, Japan is sixth, accounting for about 3.5% , Italy is seventh, accounting for about 3%, China and Italy are almost the same, accounting for about 3% (this is the historical data changed by Jiang Weiguo, it was 0.3% in the original history).

Jiang Weiguo eagerly hopes that China will increase its national strength and industrial scale in the shortest possible time. The reality of the world war also requires China to become stronger quickly. However, China's development foundation is too weak and time is too tight. In addition to relying on Jiang Weiguo's "advanced thinking" construction, Jiang Weiguo has only two choices. One is to learn from Stalin and use the method of disregarding human lives to quickly improve China's industrialization level. means, then he has only one other choice left, which is one word: grab.

There are two main ways for people to obtain wealth: legal earning and illegal plundering. The same is true for countries obtaining wealth: operating in peacetime and plundering in wartime.

There is no doubt that in a short period of time, the profit rate of grabbing money is much faster than making money.

Historically, after World War II, the Soviet Union became one of the two superpowers that competed with the United States for hegemony in the world. However, the Soviet Union’s family background before World War II was much weaker than that of the United States, and the Soviet Union suffered heavy losses in World War II. Why did the Soviet Union not decline after World War II? rise?One of the big reasons is "robbing".

After the invasion of Germany, the Soviet army plundered and looted countless machines and equipment in Germany. Not only that, the Soviet army also plundered wildly after "liberating" Northeast China, and worked hard for the Japanese for 14 years Northeast China was looted in more than seven months (the wealth looted by the Soviet army in Northeast China was more than three times that in Germany).

What Jiang Weiguo intends to do to the Soviet Union is what the Soviet Union did in its original history.

After the demise of the Soviet Union by the German-Chinese partnership, half of the industrial equipment of the Soviet Union should be distributed to China. What does this mean?It means that China can obtain half of the Soviet industry that produced 10 tanks during World War II and produced 4 aircraft a year at its peak.

It can be said that Jiang Weiguo has longed for and dreamed of the Soviet Union's industry. He can't wait to defeat the Soviet Union and carry out a large-scale sweep in the territory of the former Soviet Union. Unfortunately, the Soviet authorities seem to have seen Jiang Weiguo's wishful thinking. This "scorched-earth policy" trump card that hit Jiang Weiguo's deathbed all at once came out.

Jiang Weiguo's feeling at this time was like this: he gritted his teeth and fought desperately, and after a bloody battle, he finally beat a powerful enemy to his last breath. He only needs to make another punch, and the opponent will die. He is already a winner. He won without losing, but at the critical moment of his final kick, the dying enemy exhausted his last strength and pinched his testicles.

"Damn it! Fuck it!" Jiang Weiguo was angry, hated and frightened, "Dare to play this trick with me? At worst, I will be determined and don't want it! It doesn't matter if there is a piece of scorched earth or a pile of ruins, as long as there is land and Resources, Lao Tzu and countless Chinese people have been working hard for ten or 20 years, are they afraid that they will not be able to rebuild? Are they afraid that China will not be a powerful industrial country in 20 years? However, I will definitely not let you let Lao Tzu Bamboo basket fetching water for nothing, you bastards! I want to drive you all to death! Kill your family! Even if you escape from the Soviet Union, unless you have the ability to escape from the earth, otherwise I will chase you all over the world like Israel hunted down the Nazi remnants Kill you!" He was in an extremely bad mood, but what he said, "I don't want it anymore" was just talking, because he really couldn't bear it.

Jiang Weiguo can still do it when a strong man breaks his wrist, but Jiang Weiguo admits that he really can't do it instead of "a strong man breaks his egg".

Feeling depressed until the afternoon, Jiang Weiguo went to meet with the US special envoy Harry Lloyd Hopkins.

Vyshinsky was full of smiles when he saw Jiang Weiguo, and Hopkins also smiled when he saw Jiang Weiguo, but his smile did not have Vyshinsky's servility. After all, the United States has nothing to ask for from China. , but Hopkins's smile hinted at a hint of initiative, because on the issue of the Soviet Union, the initiative was in China's hands when China and the United States started negotiations.

Because of his bad mood and Jiang Weiguo's dislike of Americans, Jiang Weiguo's attitude was tepid. After a brief and formulaic greeting with Hopkins, he waited indifferently for the other party to speak.

Hopkins began to get to the point with a smile on his face: "Mr. Jiang, you are very clear about my purpose, so let's be honest.

Mr. Jiang, the high level of our country sincerely hopes that your country can accept the Soviet Union's begging for peace. On the one hand, it is because our country has always opposed war and is willing to fulfill our responsibility to restore and maintain world peace. Although the United States is isolated on the North American continent, the world All countries are one, and the tranquility and turmoil in Asia and Europe will directly affect the United States itself. Therefore, we sincerely hope that Asia and Europe will return to peace. It is in China's interest to preserve a crippled Soviet Union!"

Jiang Weiguo looked at Hopkins noncommittally: "Why do you say 'preserving a ruined Soviet Union is beneficial to China'? I also ask Mr. Hopkins to give me advice!"

Hopkins smiled and talked eloquently: "Mr. Jiang, I am not a sinologist or a Chinese expert, and I know nothing about Chinese culture. However, China has a long history of civilization, and many excellent things are well-known overseas. For example, That great book translated as "The Tale of the Three Kingdoms"!"

Jiang Weiguo froze for a moment, then came back to his senses: "You are talking about "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", right?"

Hopkins smiled and nodded: "Well, it's that great novel that writes tricks, tricks, strategies, and strategies to the fullest.

I remember that there was a battle in which Lu Meng, the general of the Eastern Wu, attacked the back of the Shu Han general Guan Yu and captured Jingzhou.

Mr. Jiang, you are Chinese, so you must understand better than me why Soochow, which is clearly an ally of the Shu Han, broke the covenant when the Shu Han and Cao Wei started a war, right?Because once Guan Yu succeeds in the Northern Expedition, the power of the Shu Han will increase greatly, and it will surpass Cao Wei and become the most powerful country among the three countries. Naturally, it will also replace Cao Wei and become the number one enemy of Soochow. Therefore, Soochow must Take precautions and deal a fatal blow to the Shu Han when the Shu Han is about to succeed!" He was still smiling, but his look and expression became meaningful, "Mr. Jiang, why did Soochow and the Shu Han form an alliance?Is it because of friendship?Of course not, although Liu Bei is Sun Quan's brother-in-law, so what?In the face of national interests, everything else is trivial.

The alliance between Soochow and Shuhan was just because Cao Wei was the most powerful, so Soochow and Shuhan had to form an alliance. If Shuhan surpassed Cao Wei and became the most powerful country, Soochow had to abandon Shuhan, break the covenant, and turn to Cao Wei. Form an alliance and jointly deal with the Shu Han!"

Jiang Weiguo was a little impatient: "Your Excellency, you have something to say!" He looked at Hopkins's smile, and he almost had the urge to rush forward and tear off his mask. After all, this guy's smile is too fake. A smile is nothing but a mask to wear.

Hopkins seemed to speak earnestly: "Isn't the relationship between China and Germany the same? China has been weak for a century, and Germany has just recovered. Both countries need to improve their national strength. The common interests naturally make China and Germany close, but the relationship of interests will change. Yes, after the annihilation and partition of the Soviet Union, both China and Germany have greatly increased their territory and national power. At the same time, China and Germany have officially bordered each other.

Note that this is the key and the point.

No country is willing to have a powerful country around itself. Therefore, the situation in Europe has always been very tense, and China and Japan are also wary of each other. China and the Soviet Union used to have this kind of relationship. In order to consolidate its own national defense security, the Soviet Union first split China Outer Mongolia, and then meddle in China's Xinjiang, in order to create a strategic buffer zone with a large room for maneuver between the Soviet Union and China.

In all fairness, if Canada or Mexico were very powerful, we Americans would hardly be able to sleep well.

Mr. Jiang, from China’s point of view, China’s two major enemies are Japan and the Soviet Union, because these two countries are very powerful and close to China. Now, let’s not talk about Sino-Japanese relations, Sino-Soviet relations are being controlled by China. German relations are replaced, no?Isn't it Germany that replaced the Soviet Union as China's largest neighbor on land?I admit that the relationship between China and Germany is extremely close now. Hitler and Mr. Jiang, you can also be called "forgotten friends". Your personal relationship is very good, and your friendship is profound. Friendships start well and end well, so what about your successors?Can you guarantee that China and Germany will remain friendly forever?Two powerful countries are close together, and suspicion has actually been born from the beginning!"

Jiang Weiguo lit a cigarette: "So, China and Germany need an ineffective Soviet Russia to act as a strategic buffer zone between China and Germany?"

"Yes!" Hopkins nodded with a smile.