Chapter 88

A gentleman never hides from his mistakes? Alan Wilson was full of admiration, why the other party can be the number two figure in the Conservative Party, and why he can be the foreign secretary at the age of thirty-eight. This is the reason.

"Then on the issue of fighting against Japan, we must understand what the Soviets need and adopt the method of extreme pressure." Alan Wilson said that a strange expression appeared on his face when he talked about extreme pressure. "I'm going to find Eifel to explain this right now."

What Robert Eden and Alan Wilson said about Churchill being briefed by Truman is not false. Since Prime Minister Churchill and President Truman met, they have indeed heard President Truman expecting Britain to support the Soviet Union's participation in the war against Japan.

I hope that the first consensus that the entire Potsdam Conference can come up with is that the Soviet Union officially joined the war against Japan after the end of the European battlefield, and the mood is simply undisguised.

According to normal development, the Soviet Union can indeed take advantage of this and bargain with the United States to obtain more favorable conditions, but this is according to normal development.

Alan Wilson actually knew that things were fleeting, because the Manhattan Project had reached its final moments. Just the day before the Pearl Harbor incident, the United States formally formulated a top-secret plan code-named Manhattan. President Roosevelt gave this plan "a special priority over all actions."

Because the timing is too coincidental, the Manhattan Project has also become evidence that the United States is not genuine in the mouths of conspiracy theorists.

Alan Wilson doesn't care what the conspiracy theory is, but he knows that for the British Empire, it is good to reduce the powerful land power of the Soviet Union in Europe by even one point.

As Europe was the main battlefield of the United States and the Soviet Union in the Cold War, the British Empire also needed a place to relieve pressure to share the pressure of Europe. Japan, which is still resisting, is the best choice. As for the final fate of the Japanese, Alan Wilson, as a citizen of the British Empire, cannot consider it for the time being.

Just as the Germans chose Hitler to lead Germany to launch a war, the Japanese should pay a certain price if they can shout the slogan of 100 million pieces of jade.

Once the United States and the Soviet Union occupy a part of Japan, they will definitely share the pressure of Europe now, and unlike so many countries in Europe who are forced to choose sides, the United States and the Soviet Union can completely fight in Japan, relying on their own national strength. confrontation.

Prime Minister Churchill also returned to his room later, talking with Foreign Secretary Robert Eden, also mentioned Truman's desire for the Soviet Union to participate in the war, and did not forget to emphasize, "I still think that the European issue should be discussed first. "

"Winston, this is actually the same as the problem we faced with Germany." After all, Robert Eden was Churchill's comrade-in-arms for many years, and he knew the prime minister's temper well. Although Churchill had a bad temper, he was not a person who could not communicate.

"It's better for us to divert the attention of the Soviets than to chatter here. The Americans already know that Japan is not easy to mess with through the Battle of Okinawa. The Soviets don't know that the war is uncontrollable. At the beginning, it will not be so easy to end, the huge army now in Eastern Europe will continue to go to the Far East, and our biggest problem will be solved."

"If the Soviet Union didn't join the war against Japan, maybe Truman would focus on us, the United Kingdom. Don't look at me like this. This is all possible. Then do we have to travel thousands of miles to accompany the US military to fight in the Far East? What about it? You are clear about the domestic situation.”

Robert Eden was sincere in front of Churchill, and he already had the demeanor of the later Conservative Party prime minister. He used all the words he cultivated during his tenure as foreign minister on Churchill.

"But Stalin said that the Soviet Union did not have enough sea power to transport the army to Japan." Churchill spread his hands, "It is also true. The Soviet Union's sea power is indeed not worth mentioning."

"But I remember that Sakhalin Island in the Soviet Union is only 30 kilometers away from Japan." Robert Eden raised his eyebrows,

Even the German heavy artillery during World War I had this range. Hokkaido and Honshu are even shorter than this distance.

What is this concept? During the Dunkirk retreat, countless British citizens drove fishing boats out to sea and joined the Dunkirk retreat. Robert Eden made his own judgment, "The Soviet Union is blackmailing us. In fact, with the sea power of the British Empire in Asia, it is absolutely possible to transport Soviet soldiers to Japan."

Of course, the British Empire has this power. Currently, the tonnage of the commercial shipping fleet in the country is 17 million tons. It is two-thirds of the 30 million-ton commercial fleet of the United States. Although the naval power in Asia cannot be compared with the large fleet in Europe, it is easy to clean up the Japanese navy that has already collapsed.

Churchill and Robert Eden had a common language in deflecting pressure and allowing the British Empire to win a respite. Hearing that Robert Eden wanted to copy the plan to divert the disaster to the east, he felt a little moved in his heart.

Robert Eden has already explained that if the Soviets did not land on the island, it would be the United Kingdom that would accompany the Americans to die on the island. For this simplest reason, the Soviets had to land on the island.

"But we don't have many cards in our hands." Churchill recalled the current environment in Britain, and said dryly, "Stalin is not a person who is easily deceived."

"Yes!" Robert Eden said with a thoughtful look on his face, "The Polish government-in-exile is still in London. Stalin attached so much importance to Poland, so we used the Polish issue to bargain with the Soviet Union. Didn't the Soviet Union still hope Do we agree with the solution on the borders of Poland and Germany, that can be used."

Undoubtedly, Robert Eden thought of the Polish issue. Anyway, at the previous Yalta Conference, Britain had already betrayed Poland once. If this is the case, it is better to sell it more thoroughly for the sake of world peace.

Entering his field of expertise, Robert Eden seemed to have opened up all kinds of meridians at once. The whole of Poland was sold, and what did the exile government do in London?

Politicians are ruthless, and General Patton has experienced it before. Alan Wilson didn't know that the British version was about to be staged. He was showing his true character as a keyboard warrior and discussing plans to attack Japan with Eifel.

As a pure military blind, he naturally wrote casually, and Eifel really dared to join the discussion. Anyway, professionalism is not important. He just wanted to catch the Soviets by surprise. It was night and the British delegation was brightly lit!

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