It was the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and the sun was shining brightly outside, but Roosevelt's hospital room was full of slaughter, although there were green leaves and flowers hanging everywhere, hoping to make this seriously ill president recover, but everyone knew that the president's illness was not the same as that of Admiral Kim, who could recover in a few days, and the former's vitality was withering at a speed visible to the naked eye, like a candle flame swaying in a strong wind, which could be extinguished at any time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Doctors have issued several critical notices in a row, and although Roosevelt has survived each time, each time the state has been worse than before, and the best medicines, the best doctors, and rehabilitation specialists in America are helpless. Truman knew there was something that would cure Roosevelt's illness, but he couldn't get it - victory!

No matter how much the president fought for power and politics, he was always a patriot and could not see the slightest defeat, in a sense, it was the continuous defeats that pushed Roosevelt's body into the abyss.

Roosevelt's mental state was not bad for the past two days, better than ever, but the doctors were very nervous, and everyone thought of the word "return to the light", so Truman had to take the time to take a look no matter how nervous the state affairs were.

Roosevelt was particularly talkative today: "I read the newspaper about your debate with Dewey, and it was a good one, but there are some questions that you don't want to take, it's not your problem, it's mine—you can push it on me, I won't live for a few days anyway." ”

"Your Excellency, I ......"

"What's going on in the past two days? Lehi hadn't been here for a while, and he avoided me as soon as he had outside news, thinking I couldn't tell? Roosevelt smiled open-mindedly, "If I don't have this judgment, I'm really living in vain, let's say, I can withstand it." ”

"We fought with the Germans in the Icelandic direction."

"Lost?"

"Well, it's lost! The main thing is that now the navy is not good, and the fleet is inferior to the Germans. Truman sighed, "But I finally killed the Germans, 2 regular aircraft carriers, 3 light aircraft carriers, ......"

Roosevelt looked straight at Truman and squeezed out a sentence for a long time: "The British Empire is finished." ”

Truman was silent.

"Is Winston stepping down?"

"They wanted to remove him from power, and he asked us to help him in 'stabilizing the overall situation.'"

Roosevelt paused for a moment: "Is this really what he said?" ”

"Yes."

"You agree?"

"Agreed." Truman talked about the basis for making his judgment, the British warship issue, and the South American Brazil issue, and after hesitating for a long time, he also told the news of Moscow's armistice. Roosevelt was stunned for a moment, his heart racing, and his face flushed.

Truman saw that his face was not very good-looking, so he comforted him: "Don't think too much about it, these things have been showing signs a few months ago, and we are prepared to deal with them." I don't have too much hope for the situation in Britain, mainly because the more than 100,000 troops above will not come back anyway, and Churchill will make trouble if he wants to make trouble, whether it is good or bad will not affect us, it is better to delay a little time. As for Stalin, alas, that's how it was, last winter the generals asserted that the Russians were finished, that it was a miracle that they had survived until now, and that if we were faced with such a situation, it would not have been possible to survive until now. ”

"You let me think about it......" Roosevelt suddenly closed his eyes and pondered.

Truman sighed and stood up, looked at the spring in the ward, and sniffed the smell of disinfectant in the air, he felt exhausted, and he would have to be hospitalized in a few months, the position of president is really not fucking human!

"Harry ......"

"I'm here."

"I think you might have been fooled."

"Fooled?" Truman was taken aback, "You mean?" ”

"Churchill may have played the trick of a fake coup d'état and real disarming...... Of course, it is also possible that he is ready for both. Roosevelt said meaningfully, "Needless to say, a fake coup d'état must have failed; A coup d'état is not necessarily successful, so if it fails, he can drag some people to Canada, and you know, for the sake of the long-term interests of the United States, we should not let him come to Canada. ”

Truman gritted his teeth: "I know that the probability of a successful coup is too low, but I just don't want these 100,000 troops to be disarmed in vain, if the Germans are willing to let these 100,000 people come back, I am willing to send them 1,000 B-29s!" ”

Now it was Roosevelt's turn to be stunned: "Do you really think so?" ”

"The B-29 is not a particularly valuable thing, the Germans have obtained some, and they certainly can't be used against us, but I can send these 100,000 men to South America - this is not the National Guard that has just been pulled into the army and can't even walk in the queue, this is the elite of the regular army! It doesn't matter how much equipment you need, how much you want, it's ...... Alas, don't say it! ”

"If you think so, you can talk about it." Roosevelt's eyes narrowed, considering whether to give Truman the line of Joseph Sr.

"No, that's too passive, unless I talk to the Germans about a peace package, the Germans won't want to." Truman was also distressed, and he could not ask for anything to make peace with Germany with dignity. Now the Joint Chiefs of Staff has lowered its tone and demands for German peace: even if it pays a little more arms and supplies, or even cede South Africa to Germany and let Germany occupy half of South America, the problem is that Hitler's bastard refuses to give up Japan -- what can be done?

Of course, maybe this condition can be accepted by the Germans, the problem is now a critical moment in the election, this condition will be thrown out to a certain public opinion, and the most unfavorable point of the United States is that the current military strength has not been fully reflected, and when the Essex class reaches the scale of 24 ships a year, and so 8 Montana ships are gradually put into service, the atomic bomb is successfully developed, and the reorganization of the 5 million army is completed, not to mention a Germany, even with the whole of Europe Truman is also confident!

"So it's good to let Churchill make a fuss, at least it can involve part of the energy of the Germans, and a week or a month is extremely precious to us, even if we can't get those few warships and let the British sink them! As for whether Churchill will come to Canada or not, and what about the relationship between the United States and Canada, I am not as pessimistic as you, under a democracy, international politics and relations between major powers are not decided by one or two people, and Churchill is much older than you and me, how many years can he manage? Truman said, "It doesn't matter if I am president in the future or not, but now that I am in office, I cannot do nothing, and I will do my best to give it a go!" ”

"Since you think so, then be bold and do it, I support you!" Roosevelt smiled, "I've been reading the newspaper lately, and everyone still recognizes your work: it doesn't matter what the result is, but at least you're doing things in a down-to-earth manner, doing your job, and finding a way, which is much easier than just talking about it!" ”

"Talking about cannons" is the Democrats' mockery of Dewey, meaning that he can do nothing but find fault and have no constructive suggestions. If the Democrats were to talk about it, they would have done it a long time ago: many years before the war, Roosevelt announced that he wanted to expand the army and increase military spending, but the isolationists did not listen to it (including some Democrats, of course). Now that the United States has fallen into this situation, it is not without the original reason! But Truman never said this, which made many reporters feel that he was very personable.

"Thank you for the advice you have given me, this valuable political experience will be enough for me to learn for a lifetime. You can recuperate in peace and leave the war to us. ”

"Harry, I read you right...... Can you come to me, I want to shake your hand and say goodbye. ”

"Of course I do!" Truman walked over slowly, stood on the edge of his wheelchair, and held Roosevelt's right hand tightly in both hands, and in late spring, he felt the temperature of the other man's palm cold.

"Harry...... Thank you...... You've worked hard...... I am relieved that this country is handed over to you...... I hope you will be able to give the American people a hopeful and bright future...... I ......" At this point, Roosevelt's speech became slower and slower, and suddenly his head tilted and he fell limply......

"President!" Truman was stunned and roared, "Doctors, nurses, come quickly!" Fast! ”

The doctors on duty outside suddenly rushed in, pressing their hearts and pulses. Farah, the dog, who had been crouching quietly in the corner, seemed to sense something had happened, snatched out the door, barked wildly, and jumped up a nearby hill. Then it calmed down, motionless, like a watch.

After tossing and turning for a while, a doctor said in a regretful tone: "Your Excellency the President has returned to heaven, and you have to mourn." ”

"This can't be, he was just talking to me!"

"Your Excellency, we understand your feelings, and I am very sad...... But it is true that His Excellency the President has indeed passed away, and all signs of his life have disappeared. The doctor whispered, "Probably a cerebral hemorrhage." ”

"I ......," Truman muttered as he slumped heavily in his chair, "I hurt him, hurt him." ”

He thought that he had just reported so much news, and Roosevelt probably couldn't bear to be too excited, and he blamed himself very much.

"No...... No, the president's state has not been stable in recent days, otherwise we would not have notified you to visit. ”

Tully, the secretary of Roosevelt's presidential office, came in with a sob, leaned over, kissed Roosevelt's forehead, said goodbye to the president's body, and then asked Truman with tears in her eyes, "Is there anything I can do for you?" ”

"Please inform Madame to come here as soon as possible......," Truman gasped, restraining his emotions to keep the tears from falling, and then told his secretary, "Inform the members of the Joint Staff and the Cabinet to come and see the President one last time." ”

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Eleanor, the president's wife, who was attending an event at the thrift club, was told that the president was "unconscious", and soon she received a second call and was told to rush to the hospital.

Several members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were discussing the use of troops in South America, when they received a call from Secretary Truman, which was like a bolt from the blue, and they were all stunned......