Age of Conquest Reborn

To solve the problem of more than 200,000 US and Filipino soldiers withdrawing eastward from Australia on Luzon Island, to solve the problem of weapons, equipment and logistical supplies to reinforce Australian soldiers, to give the British royal family and government a place of exile, and to provide the Americans with a future counterattack in the Southwest Pacific.

In this region, Tang Qiuli, vice chairman of the Chinese Civil Affairs Commission, is a bridgehead that cannot be avoided. The only person who can solve these most critical problems is China's No. 2 figure.

Neither Roosevelt nor Churchill spoke anymore, and the room fell into silence again. Yes, it was very difficult to ask the Chinese for help. Moreover, based on the Chinese's consistent performance and behavior, it was very different from the Chinese.

When dealing with him, you must be mentally prepared to be ripped off.

If there was even a slight possibility, Prime Minister Churchill would not open his mouth to the Chinese whom he hated from the bottom of his heart. Counting on his fingers, that greedy and cunning Chinese had grabbed so much benefit from the British Empire that most of the entire Indochina Peninsula

India, East Pakistan, watched helplessly as the Chinese cut off the overseas territories of the British Empire piece by piece, but there was nothing he could do. Every time he thought about this, Prime Minister Churchill felt unbearable pain.

Could it be that he couldn't escape the fate of dealing with that devilish Chinese? At this time, Prime Minister Churchill actually felt a little discouraged.

President Roosevelt, who was silent, was no better than Prime Minister Churchill in his heart. However, he considered it more deeply. Since the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Chinese had great strength, but they obviously adopted the attitude of watching from afar.

If Tang Qiuli had taken decisive action at the beginning of the war, the war situation in the Southwest Pacific would never have been like today. It would have been extremely unfavorable to the United States.

Of course, President Roosevelt also knew in his heart that the reason for this situation lay in the United States' attitude towards Tang Qiuli, and more importantly, the United States' military chief in the Southwest Pacific. MacArthur's actions completely angered the Chinese

From the bottom of my heart, President Roosevelt did not agree with some of MacArthur’s actions. What’s more, MacArthur was a master who would feel uncomfortable if he didn’t get into trouble for a day!

Although he was very troubled by MacArthur, President Roosevelt had no intention of replacing the Commander-in-Chief of the Southwest Pacific Theater. After all, MacArthur was working hard for the interests of the United States. From the perspective of U.S. national interests, no threats would be allowed to arise in the Southwest Pacific region.

Neither the Japanese nor Tang Qiuli can control the existence of American interests.

Whether MacArthur used fair or despicable means to unite the Japanese to suppress Tang Qiuli or use Tang Qiuli to weaken the Japanese, he did it based on the highest goal of American national interest. Therefore, President Roosevelt could

Tolerate MacArthur's misdeeds in the Southwest Pacific. Although this guy caused himself a lot of trouble.

Based on the ability that the Chinese Tang Qiuli has shown in many diplomatic and international affairs, he will definitely see this. I don’t expect Tang Qiuli to have much favorable impression of the Americans. If there is no crazy Japanese

People, maybe the Chinese are the enemies of the United States, but now they have to ask them. What price will the United States pay for this?

President Roosevelt cannot judge for the time being, but Australia's importance to the United States does not allow him to hesitate any longer. Don't expect that the Chinese can provide selfless help. There are only interests between countries. It is the same for you. I just hope

, don’t make yourself unable to accept the conditions proposed by the Chinese!

Prime Minister Churchill was much more anxious than President Roosevelt. Australia's importance to Britain has never been more apparent than it is now. Australia falling into the hands of the Japanese is not a fatal blow to everyone. The big deal is that the Americans

You can stay close to home and stick to your homeland. With the current national strength of the Japanese, they don't dare to rush into the United States.

But Australia is completely different for the United Kingdom. The fall of the mainland is imminent. That madman Hitler is clearly determined to never stop until he conquers the British Isles. If Australia falls to the Japanese, you will let the exiled British royal family and

Where will the government settle? Maybe Britain will really be extinct!

No one wanted to break this embarrassing topic first, but Churchill couldn't afford to wait. He said: "Your Excellency, I have a suggestion. In the name of the U.S. government and the British government, jointly put pressure on Chairman Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China.

, through his hands, forced Tang Qiuli to fulfill his Allied obligations, first requiring him to cover the evacuation of your troops on Luzon Island, and then discuss other issues in depth."

"In this way, we can avoid dealing with Tang Qiuli directly and save a lot of trouble. As far as I know, your country's influence in the Republic of China is far greater than that of the United Kingdom. What did you propose to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek?

He shouldn’t be able to refuse the request, right?”

President Roosevelt could only smile bitterly and muttered to himself: "This John Bull, who is full of pragmatism, is still planning to push the United States out of the spotlight, but he does not understand the internal affairs of that ancient Eastern country. Also, Churchill has been captured by Hitler.

If you are so dizzy and unable to cope with domestic affairs, how can you still have the energy to pay attention to China?"

Therefore, President Roosevelt had to explain patiently: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, you don't know something. The internal power structure of the Republic of China has undergone fundamental changes. The nominal head of state, Chairman Chiang, has lost his control over the country."

The ability to control the political power and his army only control Chongqing and Sichuan in the southwest of China. For Tang Qiuli, Chairman Chiang is just a sign that can be used at any time!"

"There is a Chinese idiom that best describes this phenomenon, which is to coerce the emperor to control the princes. We can join forces to put pressure on the National Government, but it is Tang Qiuli who ultimately solves the problem. My Southwest Pacific theater commander, General MacArthur, has already

After trying many times, I finally had to deal with Tang Qiuli!"

Churchill's fat body twisted a few times in his chair uneasily and said: "Your Excellency, this means that we have to deal with Tang Qiuli!"

President Roosevelt smiled helplessly and replied: "Yes, it must be so, we have no choice!"

"Then let's get started, we can't afford to waste time!" Prime Minister Churchill said with a deep sigh. Everyone can deduce his inner helplessness.

On August 27, U.S. Ambassador to China Tolman and British Ambassador to China Sikodias received letters of appointment personally signed by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill respectively, appointing them as special envoys to the governments of the United States of America and the British Empire.

, responsible for negotiating with Tang Qiuli on matters related to escorting the US-Philippine troops evacuating from Luzon Island, as well as reinforcing Australian troops, providing weapons, equipment and logistical supplies to the West Indian region.

Along with the letter of appointment came private telegrams from President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. In the telegrams, the two heads of state gave Tolman and Sikodias full power and a baseline for negotiation.

In other words, as long as the two special envoys do not sell Washington and London to the Chinese, they can negotiate anything, except, of course, overseas territorial claims.

After receiving the telegram, Ambassador Sikodias did not dare to neglect and hurriedly drove to the U.S. Embassy to discuss countermeasures with U.S. Ambassador Tolman. Prime Minister Churchill's telegram contained such a special request. This time with Tang Qiu,

The divorce negotiations were entirely dominated by the Americans, and the British Empire only needed to cooperate. In order to emphasize this point, Prime Minister Churchill used a Chinese idiom in his telegram, "Only the United States follows its lead!"

Prime Minister Churchill believed that Ambassador Sikodias, who was proficient in Chinese culture, would understand this, and his good intentions were evident. In fact, this was a smart move by Churchill. Given Britain’s current national strength and the dangers it faced,

As far as we are concerned, we are not qualified to compete with the United States as the boss, and we cannot shoulder the responsibility of the boss. If we are fighting over each other, why not let the greedy and cunning Chinese Tang Qiuli take advantage?

When the two newly minted special envoys met, it could be said that they were filled with tears and frowns. Both of them were veterans who had been in China for many years. How could they not know the secrets within the Republic of China government?

Open up frontiers

Vice Chairman Tang Qiuli, who was a local, knew a lot. When they thought of having to deal with Tang Qiuli, and with the important task of striving for the best interests of the United States and the British Empire and persuading Tang Qiuli to send troops, the two of them

My heart was shaking.

It sounds nice to say that the ambassadors and special envoys of the two most powerful countries in the world will see smiling faces in this three-thirds of an acre of Chongqing, not to mention fear, compliments, and deliberate attempts to please. Those senior officials of the National Government,

It was a very honorable thing to be proud of being able to establish a relationship with him, but in Tang Qiuli's control area, the two of them were still self-aware, so I'm afraid they were nothing.

Especially the British Ambassador to China, Sikodias, when he thought of Tang Qiuli's fierce fight against the British Imperial Army in the Hukang Valley in northern Myanmar and the East India region, his head went straight.

Brave the cold wind, that Chinese is a hard-line nationalist who doesn't buy into the Western powers. Fortunately, this time it is the Americans who take the lead, so my psychological pressure is less!

In accordance with international diplomatic practice, the two special envoys drove to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China and submitted a request for negotiations with Tang Qiuli. When the official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who handled the matter saw it, sweat broke out on his forehead.

, this is such a big deal, Man says he can’t make the decision, even the Minister of Foreign Affairs doesn’t dare to make the decision!

If the two powerful countries directly negotiate with Vice Chairman Tang, then what position will the Chongqing National Government be in? A big thing will happen!

The official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs found an excuse to sneak out and rushed to the office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

(To be continued)(To be continued.)