Chapter 710: Expansion Plan (Part II)

Since Doolittle came to China to make a forced landing, he was coaxed by Su Jin to get on a thief ship, and now he is working hard to help Su Jin train bomber pilots. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

With the Third Army's increased demand for bombers and transport planes, and the number of bombers and transport aircraft pilots needed was also increasing, and Dulittle had already helped the Third Army train several batches of pilots in less than three months after he came to China.

In the face of Doolittle's complaints, Su Jin just offered a killer idea, that is, as long as Doolittle promised to work for him for a year, he would give the U.S. government two shrew fighters for research and imitation. In the face of Su Jin's condition, the US government could not refuse at all. Every day, countless US pilots are flying backward F4F "Wildcat" fighters to resist the attack of the Japanese Zero fighters, and in the face of the Zero whose performance is obviously ahead of the Wildcat fighters, both US pilots and ground commanders understand that these brave young men will not be able to come back nine times out of ten, and the US government does not even have the courage to refuse in the face of such an aircraft that can save the lives of countless pilots.

Doolittle finished his lecture to the pilots who had just returned from his mission, and then walked to the American pilots, and as he approached, Lieutenant Gray took two steps forward and handed him a telegram: "Head, this is the telegram that General Su has just sent. ”

After receiving the telegram, Doolittle patted the top of his head helplessly: "God, what does this General Su want to do, he still has to train one hundred and fifty bomber pilots, is it possible that he is preparing to bomb Tokyo again?" ”

Lieutenant Gray shrugged, "Who knows?" Perhaps that General Su wanted to expand his air power, after all, his air transport capacity was still somewhat insufficient, and his current twenty or so large transport planes still could not support a slightly larger battle. It is also possible that he is preparing for the next battle, and the battle will definitely be far away from his old nest, Zhejiang. ”

"Hmm!"

Doolittle, who was about to leave, was stunned, and he turned his head sharply and looked at Gray with wide eyes: "Lieutenant, what did you say?" Repeat what you just said! ”

Looking at Doolittle with a glint in his eyes, Gray suddenly became a little nervous, and said with a stammer: "I...... I mean, he wants to expand his air power. ”

"No, it's the last sentence!"

"The last sentence?" Gray was puzzled and said, "Maybe he is preparing for the next battle, and the location of this battle will be far away from General Su's lair." ”

"yes, that's it."

A flash of realization flashed across Doolittle's face. ”

"No wonder these days I always feel that General Su always asks us to speed up and train a group of qualified bomber pilots and transport pilots, maybe I already have the answer. General Su must be preparing for a large-scale battle, and this battle must be very important to him, otherwise he would not have asked us so strongly to increase the intensity and time of pilot training. ”

After muttering a few words, Doolittle suddenly whispered: "No, I must report this news to Washington, and if this General Su really has any big moves, I must also let Washington be prepared, so that he will not be in a hurry at that time." ”

Doolittle's report soon reached the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and Roosevelt, who was vacationing with Eleanor Roosevelt and his family in Grant Park, received this somewhat marvelous telegram and instructed his secretary Lucy Mercer: "My dear, please call Mr. Hoover here!" ”

Soon, a black Ford sedan drove to Grant AD, and soon passed the inspection of the agents and came to Roosevelt's side and stopped, after the car door opened, a middle-aged man with a briefcase with a somewhat honest face walked down, he was the founder of the FBI, and the first director Edgar Hoover, I saw him respectfully walked up to Roosevelt and said: "Mr. President, do you have something to do with me?" ”

Roosevelt handed the telegram to Hoover and said, "Edgar, our Brigadier General Doolittle has reported to us some of what he has seen and heard in China, and I am very interested in this. ”

Hoover took the telegram and read it, but he smiled, only to see him say lightly: "Mr. President, it just so happens that I just got some news, maybe it has something to do with the actions of this Soviet general." With that, he opened the briefcase in his hand and handed a folder to Roosevelt with both hands.

After Roosevelt took the folder and opened it, he began to smile after seeing the scythe and axe mark printed on the first document, and he slowly read the document, and then turned to the second and third documents, and when the whole document was finished, the smile returned to his face.

Roosevelt closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and when he opened his eyes again, he said to Hoover: "Edgar, I have to express my surprise and admiration for your talent in intelligence. In particular, you can even grasp the whereabouts of Motolov, the chairman of the Soviet Foreign Affairs Committee, in China so clearly, which is not something that ordinary people can do, and I am relieved that the FBI is under your command. ”

Hoover, who was praised by Roosevelt, was not much surprised, he just bowed slightly to Roosevelt, smiled and said: "Your Excellency, thank you for the compliment, this is just my job." ”

Roosevelt looked at Hoover and said solemnly, "Edgar, how credible is this information?" ”

Hoover affirmed: "At least 80 to 90 percent of the Germans were bruised and swollen under the city of Moscow, but the Soviets were not feeling well." According to our statistics, the Soviets lost about 100 to 1.3 million in this battle, and such heavy losses would be unbearable even if the Soviets were tenacious. After losing more than 1 million people, the Soviets will definitely face the dilemma of insufficient troops before the new reinforcements are in place, so that Stalin's deployment of more than 1.4 million troops in the Far East is particularly important, but they still have a problem if they want to mobilize this more than 1 million troops, that is, the Japanese deployed more than 600,000 Kwantung Army in northeast China, if there are no special circumstances, Stalin will never dare to mobilize the troops in the Far East, but our Chinese young man gave the Soviets this opportunity. ”

Roosevelt nodded with satisfaction when he heard this: "Edgar, your analysis is very reasonable, and it is consistent with my judgment. Originally, I still had some questions, but judging from the information you sent, combined with the treasures sent by Doolittle, it seems that this Huaxia general wants to play a big game in the Northeast. ”

Hoover agreed: "This is true, but the only thing that I don't understand is why this Soviet general would attack the northeast at this time, doesn't he know that now is not the best time to attack the Japanese himself?" ”

Roosevelt smiled: "Edgar, what would you do if you were that Soviet general?" ”

Hoover said without hesitation: "If I were the Soviet general, I would now hold on to my current territory, sit and watch the Soviets and the Germans fight to the death, it is better to sit and wait for the Soviets to fight to the death with the Japanese themselves, and wait until they are both defeated and then come out to pick up the bargain, this is the most correct way." ”

"Hehe......"

Roosevelt laughed, he took the coffee from Lucy Mercer and took a sip before shaking his head: "Edgar, you're thinking exactly what most people do, but I'm going to say that what you're doing is not wrong, but it's not the best thing." If Su Jin was just an ordinary local warlord, it would be fine, but he was an ambitious local warlord, his goal was not just to recover the Northeast, his heart was very big! ”

"Big heart?" Hoover sneered, "No matter how big his heart is, how big can it be?" Could it be that he still has to go to war with the Soviet Union? You must know that the current China is not the Qing Dynasty more than 200 years ago, and if they really want to compete with the Soviet Union with their strength, they will definitely be crushed by those furious Slavs. ”

"Really?" Roosevelt shook his head slightly, drank the coffee in his hand in one gulp, and stopped talking after smashing his mouth.

Seeing Roosevelt's expression, Hoover knew that he must have missed something, but he racked his brain and couldn't figure out what he was wrong. He recalled the current national strength and situation of the Soviet Union and Huaxia, and found that his analysis was not wrong, and at this time, Huaxia could not even defeat Japan, let alone the polar bear entrenched on the side.

Seeing Hoover's contemplative performance, Roosevelt handed the coffee cup in his hand to Lucy Mercer on the side before saying: "Edgar, your talent in intelligence is naturally needless to say, and you are definitely one of the best people I have ever met, but if you pick up your opinions and judgments on politics and the international situation, it is much worse. ”

Hoover said disapprovingly: "Mr. President, if I had your political talent and international vision, I would have been in the presidential race a long time ago, instead of being the FBI director for more than ten years." ”

"Huh...... You! ”

Roosevelt only smiled at Hoover's words and pointed at him, and then said: "Actually, you only see the weak side of China, but you don't see that the current Soviets are also very weak." Of course, the current Soviet Union, even if it is weak, is much stronger than China, but you underestimate the Chinese General Su, a local warlord who has only risen in recent years, is not as visionary as ordinary Chinese officials and generals. On the contrary, he was quite a visionary, and you probably didn't know it, but two years ago he signed an agreement with us and the British, which had already divided the territory of the South China Sea after the war. ”

Hoover couldn't believe his ears: "What? Two years ago, he and the United States of America and Britain divided the sphere of influence in the south of China? It can't be, right? ”

"Who says it's impossible?" Roosevelt shook his head and said with some emotion: "As early as two years ago, when the British were still struggling to support themselves under the bombing of the Germans, because of the neutrality bill, we in the United States could not directly send troops to help Britain. So at that time, we approached him with the British government and asked him to send a group of planes and pilots to Europe to help the British survive the difficulty, and he agreed, but he only had one request, that is, to hand over the Ryukyu Islands to him after the war, and to ask that the Ryukyu Islands be stationed in Japan after the war. ”

"Is this ......" Hoover was asked, speechless for a moment.

Roosevelt continued: "So the only explanation is that our young Chinese general must have some kind of bad intentions towards the Soviet Union, so he chose to fight the Japanese Kwantung Army at such an inappropriate time, and the most likely place is that he wants to take Outer Mongolia back to China." ”

"The Soviets would never agree." Hoover shook his head: "Outer Mongolia is the separation belt between the Soviet Union and China, once the whole of Mongolia is reclaimed by China, then the Soviet Union and China will be in direct contact, which Stalin could not tolerate." ”

"So that's the problem." Roosevelt laughed, "What better time do you think there is now than now to reclaim Outer Mongolia?" ”

"Oh......"

After Roosevelt's explanation, Hoover immediately understood, and he slammed his thighs and said: "So that's the case, how do the Chinese people describe this kind of thing?" That's right, take advantage of the fire! ”

"That's right, it's to rob while it's hot." Roosevelt's eyes narrowed, and a look of smiling appeared on his face, "I would have liked to see what Stalin's expression would have been upon realizing that the little guy in his eyes had strange ambitions for the neutral zone he had demarcated." ”

At this time, Hoover also reflected, only to see him shrug his shoulders: "What else, the Slavs have always used war to solve problems with those who steal things from them, and I can't think of any other way for them to do it." It's just that with Huaxia's current strength, I'm afraid that if you want to beat those Slavs, you can only hope for a miracle! ”

Roosevelt on the side didn't speak, but listened to Hoover's words silently, and only said faintly when he came: "There will be miracles, as long as that Chinese young man can show the strength and determination to match!" (To be continued.) )