The bait thrown by Roosevelt made Hu Shi smile slightly, and secretly said in his heart, when will China become a fragrant bait, which can make Americans willing to bleed, but in Hu Shi's heart, the bait thrown by Roosevelt is not very delicious. Facing Roosevelt's eager gaze, Hu Shi pondered for a while before slowly shaking his head and said, "Forget it, thank you, Mr. President, for your kindness and selfless help, China needs all the support from the outside world, but if this war continues, no one knows when it will end." The Chinese government's finances are already on the verge of collapse, and if we continue to borrow at this time, we are afraid that we will not be able to repay the debts even if we drive out the Japanese. ”

Hu Shi's answer made Roosevelt's mouthful of old blood almost spurt out immediately, and the meaning of these words was that he wanted the US government to provide funds and military aid to China free of charge, and he still said it so nicely, saying that he could not repay his debts after the war. Hu Shih's difficulty made Roosevelt re-examine the Chinese ambassador who had not been noticed by him, and secretly said in his heart, could it be that Chinese are used to being so deeply hidden, and only when the time is right, will they reveal their hidden side?

From Roosevelt's attitude and words, Hu Shi had already inferred that the Americans did not want to see the Sino-Japanese armistice, and since Roosevelt could not wait to reveal that he wanted to support China to continue the war of resistance, how could Hu Shi let go of such a good opportunity to extort money. During the two-hour meeting, Roosevelt did not get much of the answers he wanted from Hu Shih, but he guessed from Hu Shih's deliberate hints that the Chinese government intended to cease war with the Japanese, because the Chinese could not afford to fight.

"The Chinese can no longer afford to fight, and if we need the Chinese to continue to contain the Japanese army, we must provide assistance to China, otherwise we can only watch our young men die thousands of people under the guns of the Japanese army, and watch our factories and cities become trophies of the Japanese army." At a meeting held in the evening, Roosevelt began lobbying the top levels of the administration to agree to the China aid plan. Out of fear of the Japanese army and the current situation in China, the high-level government officials attending the meeting did not immediately oppose Roosevelt's aid plan for China, but they had different opinions on the form of aid.

"Mr. President, I believe that cash assistance cannot be provided directly to the Chinese, and the scale of military assistance should not be too large, and everything must wait until we see the performance of the Chinese before making a final decision." Someone proposed that if you don't see a rabbit, you don't scatter an eagle, this idea was agreed by most of the people present, after all, no one wants to watch their money go down the drain.

Secretly scolding these people for their short-sightedness, Roosevelt continued to lobby the people, but he didn't want these high-ranking officials representing the interests of big business groups to skillfully change the topic and shift the focus of the meeting to the Philippines, the only US colony in Asia. Since the Japanese army attacked Burma, the U.S. government was wary that the war would spread to the Philippines, but what they never expected was that the place with which they had a direct interest and the first place to break out was not the Philippines, but Hawaii.

"In the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor tragedy, not only did we lose Hawaii and Midway, but war broke out in the Philippines. For now, our lads are fighting well, but without the help of the Navy, we have no way to continue to supply them with supplies and personnel. At this time, it was Secretary of War Henry 61 Lewis 61 Stimson who spoke at this time, and Henry 61 Lewis 61 Stimson, who was still Secretary of State, was an out-and-out hardliner against Japan, and in the situation where the United States was attacked by the Japanese army on the mainland, Henry 61 Lewis 61 Stimson's attitude toward Japan became even more obvious.

After a slight pause, Henry 61 Lewis 61 Stimson said to Roosevelt and the others, "South Asia has abundant natural resources, including oil, iron ore, copper ore, tin ...... There is no doubt that these resources are extremely important to Japan today. I'm sure you all know what it means to get these resources once Japan gets them. Henry 61 Lewis 61 Stimson's words have attracted the attention of Roosevelt and others, and at Roosevelt's signal, Henry 61 Lewis 61 Stimson continued.

"The Japanese have already occupied half of China, and both we and the Japanese believe that the Chinese will soon be unable to hold on." Unfortunately, now, things have taken a turn for the better, and the Japanese have preemptively proposed a truce with China. We believe that the Japanese will really coexist with **** after the armistice, but in this way, what worries us has appeared, the Japanese will send a steady stream of their idle troops from the Chinese battlefield to the Americas to participate in the war. ”

Speaking of this, Henry 61 Lewis 61 Stimson suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to the location of the Philippines on the map and said sharply, "Maybe the Japanese will send more troops here first and take the Philippines, and the sufficient resources of South Asia will be taken into the pockets of the Japanese, and our troops in the Philippines will all be imprisoned in concentration camps by the Japanese as laborers." Without China to contain the Japanese army for us, can you imagine what it would be like for Japanese soldiers like locusts to appear in the cities of the West Coast? ”

Henry 61 Lewis 61 Stimson's words triggered everyone's contemplation, since the Navy lost Midway, Henry 61 Lewis 61 Stimson has been lobbying Congress to support the China aid plan, and actively open up a second battlefield in South Asia, trying to use the second battlefield to reduce the danger and pressure that the Philippine garrison will face. It's just that Henry 61 Lewis 61 Stimson's efforts did not win their support at that time, and now that I think about it, if I had chosen to support Henry 61 Lewis 61 Stimson, perhaps the situation facing the United States would not be as difficult as it is now.

Roosevelt, with a sad face, kept looking at the map without squeaking. The high-ranking officials on the side discussed in low voices, and the conference room was full of chatter. Marshall also looked at the map with everyone and said nothing, the current situation in Southeast Asia is undoubtedly very unfavorable to the United States, but Marshall could not think of a better way to solve this dilemma for a while.

The importance of Southeast Asia is self-evident to the United States, and the United States has made its attitude clear by sending MacArthur, a veteran, to defense. But unfortunately, they did not expect that the Japanese army would attack so quickly, and they did not expect that the Southern Advance Corps commanded by Yamashita Fengwen would have such a strong combat effectiveness. Since the beginning of the war, the Philippine US military has been in a situation of passive beating, and after several months of hard work, Washington has received many telegrams from the Philippines asking for help, and the elder Mike will not be able to hold on.

The Japanese army was indeed strong, which was very different from what the US intelligence services had obtained after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War. Today, the Japanese army has launched a large-scale attack on the continental United States, and many cities on the west coast have been fully controlled by the Japanese army. The Japanese troops who landed on the West Coast, with the cooperation of Mexican troops, drove straight in, and California, Arizona, and New Mexico were already full of fighting. Although the southern bigwigs in China have been clamoring to kill all the Japanese, everyone here knows that it will not be easy to drive away all the Japanese who have attacked the United States.

The situation had deteriorated to such an extent that none of the top levels of the government had expected that if they had seen the wolf ambitions of the Japanese early on, they would not have agreed to vigorously support the Japanese in the early days of the Sino-Japanese war. "Gentlemen, America is now in great danger, and if, I mean, if we fail to make the right choice, Washington may well repeat the tragedy of 1814." Henry61 Lewis61 Stimson spoke again, and everyone present knew what he meant by the tragedy.

On August 19, 1814, 2,500 British troops under the leadership of Commander Robert 61 Ross landed on the shores of Maryland, and on August 24, British troops entered Washington. After being attacked by several armed groups, General Rus, who had prepared an armistice, ordered the fire. The British army first burned the Capitol Hill, and then the British army headed northwest along Pennsylvania Avenue to the presidential residence, and that night, the British army burned the presidential residence, which later became the White House.

This history has always been a pain in the hearts of Americans, and Henry 61 Lewis 61 Stimson mentioned it at this time to remind the high-ranking officials present that once the Japanese army gathered heavy troops to storm the United States, the tragedy of 1814 was likely to happen again. In fact, at this moment, it seems a little inappropriate for Henry 61 Lewis 61 Stimson to say such a thing, but none of the high-ranking officials present will speak out to accuse Henry 61 Lewis 61 Stimson, because they all know that the Japanese army is indeed difficult to deal with.

"So I suggest that we immediately pass the aid plan for China, as long as the Chinese contain the Japanese army in large numbers, we can have a chance and time to breathe." Preventing the Japanese from getting more resources for the war will buy our navy more time, and once our navy recovers, the Japanese nightmare will come, and the time we need can only be won by the Chinese for us. "Henry 61 Lewis 61 Stimson once again proposed an aid plan for China, and this time, finally won the nod of some high-level leaders.

With the help of Henry 61 Lewis 61 Stimson, Roosevelt's China aid plan was finally approved at the top of the government, and the next step is to obtain half of the approval rate of the parliament. Roosevelt, who was in a good mood, kept Henry 61 Lewis 61 Stimson for dinner, but Henry 61 Lewis 61 Stimson deduced that there was something and politely declined Roosevelt's invitation, and in Roosevelt's slightly regretful gaze, Henry 61 Lewis 61 Stimson left in a hurry.