Chapter 94 Article 1 Consensus

As for what Alan Wilson did, I think about it carefully. There are quite a lot of things he did. In addition to the problem of the war against Japan and the Soviet Union’s black-box operations, it seems to have mentioned the complementarity between the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom at this stage.

Specific topics include but are not limited to, if the United Kingdom, including France, is weakened too much, Western Europe will inevitably follow the lead of the United States in the future, and if the United Kingdom is threatened by Soviet armed forces in an area of ​​interest that overlaps with the Soviet Union, it will inevitably attract the assistance of the United States. Not only will it fail to achieve its goal, but it will also allow the British power to be replaced by the United States.

This mainly refers to Iran. At present, British troops are stationed in the south of Iran, and Soviet troops are stationed in the north. This also has a historical tradition. As early as the period of confrontation between the British Empire and Imperial Russia, the sphere of influence in Iran had been delineated.

We also talked about economic topics. Although the Soviet Union has a large land and abundant resources, it is ultimately a high-latitude country. Many commercial crops and resources are either not available, or the development cost is very high. This is not a problem that can be solved by sending people to Siberia to grow potatoes!

For example, rubber and other tropical crops, the Soviet Union could not carry forward the spirit of hard work to bridge the gap. Britain has tropical colonies. As long as the Soviet Union is willing to pay for trade, Britain is willing to provide such raw materials. This is good for both countries and can recover quickly from the war.

As for other coffee, mango, even the United States has no reason to interfere with Britain to export tropical fruits for trade.

It seems that there is still an idea of ​​post-war recovery, because Germany surrendered in May, and the planting season has passed, and the Soviet Union has been attacking and has no time to restore agriculture. As long as the Soviet Union is willing to spend a certain amount of foreign exchange to buy, the British Empire can definitely raise a certain amount. grain to help Eastern Europe overcome the food shortage.

Alan Wilson has already decided where to sacrifice, and he will sacrifice British India. Maybe Nehru will be more honest when there is a food shortage. As for the trivial matter of only two divisions in Hokkaido, if he didn't recall carefully, he would have forgotten that he said there were no more.

After all, this was a good opportunity, because what he said would definitely reach Stalin's ears, and no one in the Soviet Union dared to hide anything from Stalin at this time.

As the overlord of the world, the current British Empire seeks stability. Stability is more important than anything else. The less things happen, the better, so that there is time to adjust the policy, and finally land safely. The Soviet Union is not looking for trouble. Restless.

It’s just that Alan Wilson has no way to share these words with Eifel who has just made a big splash. He can only smile and wish each other sincerely. He has found a sense of presence at such an important international conference.

After clinking a glass, Eiffel said a few words with great interest and then asked, "Actually, you should also join the ranks of official negotiators, otherwise you won't have a sense of presence."

"We just follow the instructions and follow the arrangement." Allen Wilson shook his head modestly. He still has something to do tomorrow. He needs to contact the Governor's Office of India and send a fleet to the Far East.

The British fleet in Asia is enough. At present, the Royal Navy, if it is considered as an escort aircraft carrier, has a total of 95 aircraft carriers. After the Normandy landing, the command of the Atlantic Ocean has been regained, and part of the force has been sent to Asia.

In fact, in the blind eyes of the military, there were hundreds of US aircraft carriers in World War II, and nearly a hundred of them were also escort aircraft carriers.

It's not the big Normandy landing operation, and preparations are still needed. The current British Royal Navy in Asia is fully capable, and with the Soviet Union's own preparations, it is easy to transport hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops.

As for the timing, it is difficult to predict, but Alan Wilson is not pessimistic, because the commander-in-chief of the British army in Southeast Asia is Mountbatten, and Mountbatten is the speed maintainer of British warships.

At the beginning of World War II, Mountbatten served as the captain of the destroyer "Kelly" of the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet. For the first time on board, Mountbatten personally drove the Kelly to sea, and drove the warship to 38.5 knots.

Surprised everyone.

There is such a commander-in-chief of the British Royal Navy who maintains speed. He believes that the British fleet in Southeast Asia will be infected. In fact, he will send a telegram later. Time is tight and the task is heavy. This is a critical moment to test a civil servant!

On the first day of July, the first consensus reached by Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union at the Potsdam Conference was finalized on the issue of war against Japan. Although the fly in the ointment is that the Soviet Union deleted the clause of unconditional surrender for its own share, but it will not detract from the good start of the Potsdam Conference.

Soon, reports of fighting against Japan and urging Japan to surrender appeared on the pages of major newspapers. The members of the American delegation were very happy. From the faces of these negotiators, Alan Wilson estimated that the current President Truman was also happy.

Now that it has been published in the newspapers, it can almost be regarded as a fact, but it is not known whether Truman will regret it after the successful explosion of the nuclear bomb, and he eagerly asks the Soviet Union to fight against Japan.

Considering that Truman, as the president of a world power, wanted to blatantly renege on his word, and under the witness of the British Empire from the sidelines, he turned to tearing up the consensus with the Soviet Union. It is estimated that he will have to make some political determination.

The consensus reached on the war against Japan spread throughout the world in a short period of time, and it also reached the ears of the Japanese government.

Konoe Fumimaro, who served as Prime Minister of Japan three times, expressed his personal opinion to the Japanese emperor, "Defeat is an inevitable result. The obstacle to ending the war comes from the military. will be transformed."

Matoku Togo, a former ambassador to the Soviet Union, told the Emperor that the Potsdam Proclamation was only a reprint of the Cairo Declaration. Although it should be accepted, it should be ignored in order to wait for the result of the request for mediation by the Soviet Union.

"There is no comment on unconditional surrender in the Soviet Union's announcement. It can be seen that the Soviet Union still has doubts about attacking the Japanese mainland. If the Soviet Union can mediate and make a conditional surrender, this goal is the direction that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should work hard for now. Even if you give up Part of the Thousand Islands is also possible."

In the Government House of India, Sir Barron held the telegram that had just been delivered. Apart from Alan Wilson's miss for British India, the rest was his attitude towards the consensus reached at the Potsdam Conference against Japan. The telegram stated that Britain could avoid It is a victory in itself for the Soviet Union to bear the losses caused by the attack on the Japanese mainland.

The Royal Navy fleet in Asia should rush to the Far East immediately to help the Soviet army attack and land. It should not be delayed for even a day, and it will be a fait accompli. It will be too late for the Soviet Union to regret it.

At the same time that British India received the European telegram, Marshal Vasilevsky, who had already arrived in the Far East, also received a telegram from Moscow.