In the reporter's interview after the inquiry meeting, as usual, the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were to accompany Wallace to be questioned by reporters, but now that the senior management of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has openly fallen out with Wallace, they have already opened their mouths about whether they should buy it or say what they should not say, and the three of them are too lazy to accept the interview -- whatever Wallace said, they went to the hospital together. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In Roosevelt's hospital room, they also ran into Hopkins, who had come to deliver news to Roosevelt about the Joseph Kennedy return.

After refusing to lower the asking price and ending the aid to Japan in response to Joseph's return, Roosevelt nodded, which was in line with his understanding of Germany's current mentality: Hitler believed that victory was basically in his hands, and it was okay to make some concessions appropriately, but he would not make concessions on the issue of weakening or limiting the United States.

"The termination of aid to Britain and the Soviet Union is a prerequisite for the reconciliation between Germany and the United States, but no matter whether you terminate aid to Britain or not, I will not break the alliance with Japan." This is the situation that Hoffman seriously explained and repeatedly explained by Joseph, and even in order to express Germany's determination, he also asked Joseph to check the poster plan for the army group, of course, it is true to prepare for the crossing of the sea, and the troops drawn are also true, but there is one point that Hoffman did not and could not tell Joseph that in fact, in his plan, the first step to force Britain to surrender was to gain a foothold in Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Ireland, and the "English landing" was purely to scare the British.

"The only thing I wonder is why the Germans have such an accurate grasp of our situation, Joseph said that Hitler mentioned your physical condition more than once, and even cursed you for the difficulty of completing this presidential term......" Hopkins scratched his head in pain, "Do we really have spies here?" ”

"I think there are." Li Hai immediately stood up and added a sentence, and repeated the whole process of today's inquiry meeting to the two of them.

Hopkins was amazed: "This ...... This...... How could he do such a thing? He's the vice president, he's a party, a camp, and a position, and he's ......."

Everyone thought that Roosevelt would be furious and angrily "stood up" from his wheelchair, but Roosevelt's expression exceeded everyone's expectations.

"Very good, very good, worthy of the Wallace I know, worthy of the Wallace who put the words of representing the interests of the broadest masses of the American people on his lips for three days......

"You, President?" Admiral King thought that Roosevelt was confused, and subconsciously asked.

"What, you're scared?" Roosevelt glanced at everyone, "What's so great about that, isn't it just telling the truth?" Are we all afraid of what people say? ”

"What do you mean?"

"Wallace lifted the lid, of course, by catching us off guard, but in a way we have to thank him." Roosevelt sneered, "Without his level of opening, would the members of Congress realize the gravity of the situation?" Will we be aware of the political and military situation we are facing? He clearly told the American people that we had fought badly in front of us, at great cost and with little success. ”

"I'm afraid the people will be anti-war."

Roosevelt nodded: "Anti-war is possible, maybe there are still people who support Wallace." But does the people's opposition to the war work? The conditions of Japan and Germany, the trauma caused by the war, can the people ignore it? ”

"This ......"

"Politics in Washington has never been in the hands of the general public, and their task is to vote for the president and congressmen every four years, and if they don't think it's good, then change it, can you imagine the people directly dictating to political decisions? When did American politics become something that could be decided by the media, forums, talk shows, or speeches on the streets? Roosevelt smiled, "He doesn't want to fight, has he asked the consortium?" Have you asked the world leaders? Have you asked the opinion of a large number of vested interests in South America, Africa, and the Far East? The last time Argentina confiscated overseas assets for nationalization, there was already a lot of complaints, and now that he intends to give up the whole of South America, will anyone buy his account? ”

"Now the news of diplomatic contacts is very clear that the Germans are not going to give up South America, we are either ready to abandon South America, or we are ready to continue fighting with the Germans. But he is not ready to aid foreign countries, who will fight in South America? Roosevelt said with a solemn face, "I know better than you what these South American wall plants are, and as long as we show a little timidity or a little bit of dissupport for them, they can throw themselves into Hitler's arms when we turn around." Do you think Brazil is impregnable? There are many pro-axis people in the Brazilian army, who are pressed by our power and lured by our supplies so that they can't make up their minds, and if they listen to him engage in isolationism and retreat back to North America, the ghost believes that Brazil can be saved. And Mexico, don't look at Mexico as if it's like glue to us right now, but don't forget, we have taken a lot of territory from Mexico in the past, and what are you going to do if Mexico makes a similar request to Germany? ”

"But the people may be frightened by such casualties and losses, and want to retreat back to the North American continent to live, at most to teach Japan a lesson."

"Japan is not so good at the moment, at least in the short term, there is no hope." Roosevelt began, "I wanted to use Great Britain to lure Hitler to give up Japan, but he was not fooled. Think about it, if Germany had not intervened, what would have happened after we had settled Japan? -- With the endless population and troops of the Soviet Union and China, and the endless supply of materials and materials from the United States, can we not push the front back? So Japan was an important part of Hitler's strategy, and he would not give up. In the same way, Britain is also an important part of our strategy, and without Britain as a foothold and springboard, why should we counterattack the European continent? Why attack Germany? What is a world war? Our war with Germany is a world war, fighting on every continent, on every ocean, in every link, for fear that our own forces are too small, our allies are too few, and we push our allies out? ”

"Britain must not give up, Britain still has 2 battleships and 2 armored aircraft carriers on its homeland, and if they are given to Hitler, it will be a great threat to us."

"Far more than that, if the British shipyards and designs, the British aviation industry, and the British industrial capacity were to be mastered by Germany, their energy would burst out at once - now that British capacity is constrained by the shortage of raw materials, will there be a shortage after Hitler takes control of Britain? This is an important country that is stronger than any other country on the European continent (including France), and if you don't want it, you don't want it? Could it be that he did not know that the Anglo-Saxons were a key component of the American nation? ”

Marshall nodded, Britain's strength is indeed not to be underestimated, not to mention anything else, the Merlin engine provided by the British side created the P-51 fighter, the drawings and technology provided by the United Kingdom made the Meteor Jet a few days ago to complete all the test flights and verification subjects, after the final adjustment, it can be finalized and mass-produced, the Joint Staff Council has ordered that large-scale mass production will begin on March 1 and gradually change the equipment, and the combat readiness task can be carried out as soon as April. Without Britain's technical assistance, the United States alone would not have been able to do so quickly: Bell's P-59 jet fighter had been hampered by various technical obstacles and could not be put into practical use, while Lockheed's P-80 jet had only been accelerated by the premise of obtaining information about the British de Havilland jet engine, and even so, the company did not expect to be mass-produced and put into service until the end of 1944. In the final analysis, the United States is only frightening in its production capacity, and in terms of military technology, it has no significant advantage over Britain and Germany.

Therefore, the conclusion deduced by Roosevelt is obvious: as long as Germany does not give up Japan, if it wants to completely defeat Japan, it must limit Germany, and if Germany cannot be limited by the United States alone, Britain must be added, and without the Soviet Union dragging Germany's 4 million troops on the Eastern Front, Britain will definitely collapse. The whole strategy is linked together, and the whole body is affected by one trigger, unless the United States does not want to win this war.

"I've completely figured out in the past few months that I won't be running in the next presidential election, whether my body supports it or not." Roosevelt said calmly, "But I can't be the leader of the United States in losing this war, and you can't be the general who loses the war, because the United States can't accept defeat, and defeat is followed by an abyss." ”

Everyone was stunned all of a sudden, and everyone wanted to persuade but didn't know where to start.

"Wallace will let him perform for a few days before he will be stopped, and someone will stop him, doesn't he still have the fierce material in his hand that hasn't exploded? Let him explode! Whether it was an SS division or 40% of the tolls, they were all poked out at the same time, so that the people knew a little more about it was nothing remarkable. It won't be us who will be the most nervous after the public opinion rises, I want to see if he will die in the future! Roosevelt explained, "Don't resign, stick to my post, do whatever you have to do, control the troops below, and don't be afraid of dismissal, he can't turn the sky with me!" ”

The people received the order and scattered.

The next morning, Wallace, who opened the newspaper with enthusiasm, was stunned to see that he had said so much to reporters yesterday that the major mainstream media did not publish it - not that it was not published, but that the content was too far from what he meant.

For example: "Vice President Wallace temporarily assumed the presidency, and he said that he would have a deep understanding of the situation of all parties and fully respect the opinions of Congress and the people......"

"Vice President Wallace said that we have suffered many setbacks and suffered many losses in this war, and we need to seriously review and take stock, and we must not make the same mistakes again......"

He called the New York Times editorial office directly: "What do you mean by this kind of innocuous news?" ”

The other party's reply made him angry and angry......