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Chapter 695 International Repercussions

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    ¡°It is not only the Chinese and overseas Chinese who are paying attention to President Chang¡¯s radio speech, but also the leaders of the entire Western world and major countries.

    The first one, Roosevelt.

    Roosevelt was a pragmatist. He actually did not attach much importance to Sino-US relations. On the contrary, he attached great importance to Japan-US relations, because Japan could bring huge amounts of trade to the United States, and the trade volume between China and the United States was not even a fraction of the trade between Japan and the United States.  The two are obviously not on the same level.

    But this time, Roosevelt decided to listen to President Chang¡¯s radio speech.

    Roosevelt did not understand Chinese, but a special translator translated his speech into English.

    After listening to President Chang¡¯s speech, Roosevelt asked Secretary of State Hull: ¡°Cordell, Mr. Chang said that his country will soon turn to counterattack to win this war. What do you think?¡±

    "Mr. President, I'm afraid I can't answer this question." Hull shrugged and said, "Professional questions should be answered by professionals!"

    Speaking of this, Hull turned to military adviser Scott who happened to be present and said: "You are a military expert. You and Mr. President will analyze it. Is it possible for China to shift to a counterattack?"

    Scott smiled: "Mr. President, have you heard of the story of Hannibal and Rome?"

    "Hannibal?" Roosevelt said, "You mean Hannibal of Carthage, right?"

    "Yes, Mr. President!" Scott nodded, "Hannibal was not only a general of Carthage, but also a rare military genius in human history. Personally, I think his military talent was even greater than that of Alexander the Great.  Above! Because Alexander faced the declining Persia, while Hannibal faced the rising Roman Republic!"

    "I very much agree with your point of view." Roosevelt said, "Hannibal is indeed a military genius. This can be seen from the fact that he went deep into the heart of Rome alone, but he was still able to repeatedly defeat the Roman army with a small number and defeat the Roman army!"  After a pause, he added, "But does this have anything to do with the issue we discussed today?"

    "Of course." Scott nodded, "Mr. President, don't you think that the war between Carthage and Rome is very similar to the war between China and Japan? The Battle of Carthage was to compete for dominance in the Mediterranean.  , while the Sino-Japanese war was about competing for dominance in the Far East, which is essentially the same."

    "One more thing." Hull said, "Japan is on the rise just like the Roman Republic back then!"

    Roosevelt nodded gently and said: "If Japan is the rising Roman Empire, and China is the conservative and declining Carthage, then who is Hannibal?"

    Scott said: "Mr. President, do you remember a person mentioned in Colonel Stilwell's report?"

    "You mean Zhong Yi?" Roosevelt had a very good memory. He recalled it immediately and said, "I remember this man. He graduated from our West Point Military Academy!"

    "That's right!" Scott nodded, "Zhong Yi is China's Hannibal!"

    "In other words, the victory of the Chinese army this time is only a military victory!" Roosevelt said, "Just like the Battle of Tikinus River won by Hannibal in the Gallo War!"

    "Yes!" Scott said, "Although Hannibal won the Battle of the Ticinus River and even won most of the battles with the Roman army, in the end, he still failed and the  Taiji was also destroyed by Rome!"

    Hull continued: "In other words, although the Chinese army won the Battle of Wuhan under the command of Zhong Yi, there is still a huge gap in comprehensive national strength between China and Japan, especially the gap in industrial manufacturing base. Therefore, China  The army is simply unable to turn into a counterattack, and even final defeat is inevitable!"

    "I think so!" Scott said, "If there is no strong external intervention, China will surely perish!"

    "This is also the main reason why Stilwell persuaded the United States to intervene in Far Eastern affairs." Hull continued, "After all, a Far East completely dominated by Japan does not seem to be in the interests of the United States!"

    "Involving in the war?" Roosevelt shook his head and said, "It's not time yet."

    Hull and Scott said nothing more, the time has indeed not come yet!

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    The second leader of a major country who paid attention to President Chang¡¯s broadcast was Stalin.

    While listening to the radio, Commander Timoshenko of the Northwest Front happened to come to the Kremlin to report on his work, and Stalin invited him to listen to the radio together.

    After listening to the broadcast, Stalin asked: "Comrade Timoshenko, what do you think?"

      Timoshenko spread his hands and said: "Comrade Stalin, which aspect are you referring to?"

    Stalin took two puffs on his pipe, and then said: "That's what happened. The Chinese envoy to the Soviet Union has made another request for assistance to us. The reason is that they have won the battle of Wuhan and will then turn to counterattack. If  If the Soviet government increases its assistance at this time, the war process will be greatly accelerated!"

    "Transfer to counterattack?" Timoshenko burst out laughing, then shook his head and said, "Comrade Stalin, I'm sorry, please forgive my rude behavior, but I really can't help but want to laugh."

    Stalin said: "Do you think it is impossible for the Chinese army to turn into a counterattack?"

    "Absolutely impossible!" Timoshenko said in a very confident tone. "Modern war is fought on the comprehensive national strength and the industrial manufacturing base. With China's weak national strength and its pitiful even  How dare we turn to a strategic counter-offensive if our industrial manufacturing base cannot be fully self-sufficient even if we don¡¯t even have bullets?¡±

    Stalin said: "But after all, they won the Battle of Wuhan and wiped out a Japanese army!"

    "This is just a pure military victory!" Timoshenko's view was exactly the same as Scott's, adding, "An excellent general can win one or even multiple military victories, but this kind of military victory  It will never be able to make up for the huge gap in comprehensive national strength between China and Japan!"

    After a pause, Timoshenko continued: "Comrade Stalin, please believe me, the Japanese government will continue to increase its troops, and the Chinese army will be defeated in the Second Battle of Wuhan!"

    "I understand!" Stalin nodded, "Comrade Timoshenko, thank you."

    "It's nothing." Timoshenko said, "It is my honor to contribute to the Soviet Union."

    Stalin nodded lightly and asked: "By the way, how are the preparations of the Northwest Front Army?"

    When Timoshenko heard this, his face fell, and he said helplessly: "It's very, very bad, Comrade Stalin, it's simply terrible. I'm afraid there will be no way to launch a war against Finland within a year!" (Remember this sentence)  Website address: www.hlnovel.com
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