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Text Chapter 76 You are blackmailing

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    Speaking of this, Hopkins emphasized: "Don't rely on others to send all the telegrams. You translate them yourself. Remember to keep an eye on them and finish sending all the telegrams. And Lieutenant Colonel Pearson, I know you and them  The relationship is relatively close and I appreciate them more ~w.¡±

    "But I want to remind you that you are a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, and everything must be based on the interests of the United States. Your report has a great influence on the White House's decision-making, and is also an important basis for the White House's adjustment of its China policy. So I hope  In every report you make, you must consider your position and do not mix any personal feelings.¡±

    "Taking into account the current overall situation, the White House has decided to upgrade the military observation group stationed in the Anti-Japanese War. However, it has been decided not to send additional personnel. You will still serve as the leader of this observation group. I have applied with the White House and you will be promoted to colonel.  Rank. The White House will not reappoint anyone to replace you in the coming years."

    "I think our friends' appetites will not be too small. It is not easy to satisfy them at the moment. In future negotiations with them, you must participate in the entire process as my personal staff adjutant. This negotiation  There are many things I need your help with.¡±

    After Pearson left, Hopkins asked someone to make a cup of coffee. He sat on the sofa in front of the window and looked at the Songhua River outside the window, but he didn't know what he was thinking about.  The cup of coffee in front of him did not take a sip until it was completely cooled.  I just occasionally find myself writing something in the notebook in front of me.

    For a whole day, he did not leave this small reception room.  Even lunch and dinner were never left.  He didn't walk out of the reception room until the evening negotiations began.  As for other members of the American and British delegation who went out to visit, they never came back.

    After visiting the anti-alliance field training base, at the strong request of Major General Stilwell, he went to inspect other anti-alliance troops.  Hopkins didn't pay much attention to the fact that these people didn't return.  The more carefully these people look at it, the better it will be for him to make up his mind.

    When Yang Zhen appeared in front of him again, Hopkins, who obviously didn't want to waste time, said directly: "Yang, I want to know how much your request is? I hope you can come up with a specific number.  , we will decide the amount of assistance for you based on the situation.¡±

    Regarding Hopkins¡¯ request, Yang Zhen was not vague and directly handed over the materials he had prepared long ago.  This material, which has all been translated into English, is slightly different from what Yang Zhen showed to the old commander.  If the list Yang Zhen showed to the old coach was a condensed version, the details on this list are the real ones that speak loudly.

    The condensed version given to the old coach was mainly a list of machines and equipment he wanted to get in addition to equipment.  As for the quantity of equipment, it was not written above. The quantity of supplies was his bottom line.  This list is a bomb handed over by Yang Zhen. For him, negotiation means asking for high prices and paying back the money, right?

    When Hopkins carefully read Yang Zhen¡¯s list of needed supplies, his first feeling was that the guy in front of him was extorting money.  Facing the dozens of pages in front of him, with a detailed list of thousands of items of supplies, as well as the requirements marked at the back, Hopkins couldn't help but think of these two words.

    Putting down the list of supplies proposed by Yang Zhen in his hand, Hopkins looked at Yang Zhen, who had a calm face, as if nothing was wrong, but did not get angry for a long time.  Instead, he said in an unusually calm tone: "General Yang, can you tell me what you are planning to do with the items on this list? Are you capable of digesting such a huge amount of supplies?"

    "There are equipment requirements for two thousand aircraft, one thousand five hundred tanks, and one thousand artillery pieces every year. There are also demands for other heavy weapons such as cars and armored vehicles. Although it is a bit excessive, we do not understand it at all.  But I can¡¯t understand all the other things on the list of supplies you want.¡±

    "Thirty sets of electric furnaces for steelmaking per month. Fifteen sets of special steel and non-ferrous metal electric furnaces per month. Five hundred sets of various metal cutting machines and sixty forging presses. The rest of the various machinery and equipment  , according to your requirements, we need to provide two million US dollars worth of money every month.¡±

    "Fifty thousand tons of various steels per month, 12,000 tons of armor steel. There are also 2,000 tons of aluminum, 1,000 tons of tin, 200 tons of nickel, 700 tons of chromium, 5 tons of cobalt,  Seventeen hundred tons of various coppers. There are also all kinds of chemical products, special metals, telephone wires and various cables.¡±

    "Oh, there are these. Five thousand kilometers of rails for railway lines every month, two hundred diesel or steam locomotives. A large number of power transmission and transformation equipment, as well as thermal and hydropower generation equipment. According to your figures, General Yang can't  Are you planning to put all of Manchuria on railway lines?"

    "The most important thing is this. Your control area is not close to the sea., why do you need so many ships?  Do you want to tell me that you are planning to form a navy in the river in front of us?  Or are you planning to put a few destroyers in this inland river?  Is your request a bit excessive?  "

    "I want to ask you, can you digest the materials we give you? Even if I agree to give you 70,000 tons of various steel materials every month, I ask you, do you have such a huge industry to digest so many raw materials?  ? Can your aircraft manufacturing plant, which has not yet been officially put into production, be able to digest so much aluminum? "

    "If you can digest it, is it a bit redundant for you to ask for two thousand planes per month? Can I doubt that your request for two thousand planes is not necessary at all? Don't forget  , in this conference room, just this morning, you told us that your industrial capabilities cannot meet your war needs. "

    "Your factories are still under construction, and most of them have not been officially put into production. So you need so many military raw materials for manufacturing tanks, aircraft, and artillery. Is this necessary? If we provide you with the corresponding  equipment, I¡¯m afraid we don¡¯t need to provide you with so much military raw materials.¡±

    "General Yang, we in the United States are enhancing your combat capabilities, but this does not mean that we can let you blackmail us. I'm sorry, but the numbers on your supply list can only allow us to think so. You must know that the size of the army is larger than yours  The much larger Soviets and British have never asked for so much supplies.¡±

    In response to Hopkins's rhetorical question, Yang Zhen smiled and said: "Mr. Hopkins, please don't be angry. The number we proposed is not blackmail. You are right. We cannot digest such a large amount of supplies ourselves."  , At least we can¡¯t digest it now. I have indeed admitted that our current military industry capabilities are insufficient.¡±

    "But the reason why we proposed so many materials and machinery and equipment is to reduce dependence on the outside world as much as possible. A considerable part of those military raw materials are not simply to meet our own needs.  's request."

    "A considerable part of the materials produced will be transferred to the Soviet Union. At the same time, a considerable part of the steel and chemical products are materials that we can provide to the US Army when necessary. And this part of the materials  , and not throughout the entire war period.¡±

    "Mr. Hopkins, we have two lightweight anti-tank weapons and several anti-aircraft weapons, as well as advanced communications equipment, which are urgently needed by the Soviet Union. Since the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, they have also asked us many times to  Both weapons and equipment are available.¡±

    "In the first few days after you came, they threatened to cut off our external supply channels and asked us to provide a large amount of similar equipment before the end of the year. Mr. Hopkins, in order to ensure that things like this will not happen again in the future.  , we can only agree to the Soviet Union¡¯s request.¡±

    "But to achieve this, our manufacturing capabilities, especially the reserves of industrial raw materials, are far from meeting the needs of the Soviets. This requires the United States to provide the machinery and equipment we need, as well as the corresponding raw materials.  . In addition, I think that providing this batch of emergency weapons to the Soviet Union will also have corresponding benefits for the United States.¡±

    "If all these things are provided by the United States, it will also be a pressure on the United States. After all, once the United States is involved in a war, it will also have to meet the needs of itself and the British army. Whether it is transportation or distance, we have to provide these materials to the Soviet Union.  Much closer than the United States.¡±

    "It would be much more convenient if these weapons were manufactured by us and then transferred to the Soviet Union. First, we would exercise our military production capabilities and prepare ourselves to reduce our dependence on the United States. Mr. Hopkins, War  The consumption of equipment is huge.¡±

    "We can't give you everything. The war situation is ever-changing, and we must have at least some ability to be self-reliant. If the war situation becomes urgent and your transportation capacity or other problems arise, it will affect the delivery of equipment.  Time, then Mr. Hopkins is very important to us."

    "Second, it can also free up the tonnage of ships and transport other materials. Third, the most critical thing is to meet the needs of the Soviet Union in the shortest possible time when the corresponding production capacity in the United States has not yet been established.  . To ensure that the Soviet defense line will not be overwhelmed by German tanks. "

    "It is precisely because of the huge demand from the Soviet Union that we asked the United States to provide a batch of machinery and equipment and corresponding raw materials. You can ask Lieutenant Colonel Pearson about the performance of these weapons that the Soviet Union requested.  . Or wait for that Major General Stilwell.After answering, you can ask him.  "

    "As for it being of some help to the United States, the reason is very simple. If a war breaks out between the United States and Japan, the United States can't just let us bear the burden of bombing Japan alone. Don't say that we don't have a strategy like the United States' B-Twenty-Four and Seventeenth  It¡¯s very difficult for us to bear the bombers ourselves.¡±

    "And once the United States needs to launch strategic bombing against Japan, just like the British did on the European battlefield, then our base will undoubtedly become the best starting base for bombing. You know, our geographical location determines  We will become the main starting base during the strategic bombing of Japan. Even if the Japanese army does not capture the Philippines, its geographical location is not as good as ours."

    "What's more, the shipping supply lines from the United States to the Philippines are almost entirely within the attack range of the Japanese navy. If the United States uses the Philippines as a base for bombing, then your routes and supplies may not be as good as those currently shrouded by German bombers.  What better place to go than Malta?¡±

    "The most important thing is Mr. Hopkins. Do you think that once the war between the United States and Japan breaks out, the Philippines will be right under the noses of Taiwan and Japan's navy and air force, and separated from your homeland by an entire Pacific Ocean. Simply relying on your small numbers will not guarantee your combat effectiveness.  Can the third-rate colonial army hold on there? "
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