"Joseph sent back a total of 19 items, 84 articles and 208 clauses of the German conditions, which are very detailed and comprehensive, and many of the contents we cannot even imagine, involving political, economic, diplomatic, military, cultural and international ......institutions," Hopkins sighed, "I suspect that he didn't talk much at all, and directly took back all the demands of the German side." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Of course, the reverse can also be understood that the Germans sincerely want peace, but their asking price is relatively high. I have summarized the following four points that are particularly important, including:

1. After the signing of the memorandum of understanding, Germany and the United States will cease the war, take the Line of Actual Control as the truce benchmark, the two sides will not pursue each other's responsibility for the war and will not claim compensation for each other (whether national or civilian), the losses caused to the third party shall be coordinated by the parties themselves, the two sides will not interfere with each other's internal situation (such as the expulsion and confiscation of Jewish property by Germany, and the expulsion of German nationals by the United States), the property of the requisitioned hostile countries will not be returned, and any claims and debts of each other before the war will be written off;

2. Since the armistice, the United States has promised to cease official relations with Great Britain and to withdraw all American personnel stationed in Europe (whether military or not, some diplomatic personnel are exempt), and the German side has promised to give Great Britain the opportunity for peace negotiations, and on the basis of not destroying the order, stability and property of Britain itself, allow the Churchill regime and its supporters to withdraw to Canada with the United States, and Germany will guarantee its security, and Germany will no longer regard Canada as a part of Great Britain in the future; The German side promised to withdraw military personnel from Japan;

3. After the armistice between Germany and the United States, Soviet-German relations will be handled by the German side in coordination and handling, and the United States shall not interfere or give any assistance; If the U.S. side asks Germany to mediate as a third party, Germany can agree that Germany promises not to use military force to assist Japan in its confrontation with the U.S. and not to provide any substantial gratuitous assistance, but the U.S. side must not disrupt normal trade (including military equipment and strategic materials);

4. Germany recognized North America, Central America and the Caribbean, northern South America, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa as U.S. spheres of influence; The United States recognizes Europe, Africa (except South Africa), the Middle East, and southern South America as European Union spheres of influence; The two sides do not interfere with each other's political, economic, cultural and military measures in their spheres of influence; If China is truly independent and independent, the two sides have reciprocal commercial rights, and both sides promise not to support one or more of them; Germany and the United States share the power of the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea is the European inland sea, the Caribbean Sea is the American inland sea, and the Indian Ocean is jointly used for peace. The demarcation line between the two sides' spheres of influence in South America is mainly demarcated by Argentina and its allies; The sphere of influence in Africa is mainly demarcated by South Africa......

There are also a series of other handling opinions on prisoners of war, expatriates, SS American divisions, etc., which I don't think are particularly important. ”

"Very well, very well......," Roosevelt sneered, "and the Germans, in addition to holding on to what they have so far possessed on the battlefield, are trying to negotiate what they have not yet fully obtained." The whole of America is the sphere of influence of the United States, so why should I exchange Africa and the Middle East, which did not belong to Germany at all? ”

When Lehi heard this, he was also filled with righteous indignation: "They asked us to give up Britain and the Soviet Union, but they still want to continue to hook up with Japan, how stupid am I to agree to such conditions?" ”

Hopkins said: "Isn't there anyone who wants to abandon Britain and the Soviet Union now?" You don't even need a German to come out for an interview, how stupid do you think he should be? The Germans probably saw this as well, so they came purely to disgust us. ”

"Aren't the Germans going to give up on supporting Argentina and South America?"

"Yes, they will continue to have troops in the Falkland Islands and Argentina, and we will have troops in Brazil anyway...... Everyone's equal! ”

After Hopkins said this, the three of them were silent, and after a few minutes, Roosevelt spoke: "The appetite of the Germans is much greater than I originally thought, and Germany is to control the entire European alliance by its own strength; And then on the basis of the European alliance, control the center of the entire world island. ”

"Yes, I have carefully studied Hitler's idea of a European Union, and although it is very well packaged in all kinds of beautiful words, it cannot change the fact that the European Union is a policy tool for Germany to carry out foreign expansion, and in this system after the war, even if the three traditional European powers of Britain, France, and Italy are united, even if they add Belgium, Spain, Portugal and other countries, they are not Germany's opponents in terms of strength, because Germany has a group of followers in Northern Europe and a group of younger brothers who are afraid of the Bolsheviks in Eastern Europe. There are a bunch of regional regimes in the Middle East that the Germans have propped up, and these countries alone can hold Britain, France, and Italy to the death, not to mention that Germany will also control the Middle East's oil and trade routes to the Far East. ”

Lehi shook his head: "If Britain, France, and Italy can really hold together, this war will not be fought at all, to put it mildly, the contradiction between them may not be less than the contradiction between them and Germany, at least now the French hate the British more than the Germans." ”

"We cannot agree to such conditions, and whoever agrees to such conditions will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history forever." Roosevelt shook his head and said to Hopkins, "Propose as many corrections as you can, and although I think it will be difficult to correct my desired goal, I can try it." ”

"What's your ideal goal?"

"The total retreat of European power from the Americas; Germany ends all relations with Japan, and we end all relations with the Soviet Union; As for the British question...... Roosevelt mused, "if I could keep some of the British colonies, I would be able to accept the German idea -- that was my greatest concession." ”

"It's difficult, at least the relationship with the Soviet Union is troublesome right now." Lehi frowned and said, "Because the matter of protection money has not been discussed, our relations with the Soviet Union are basically in a deterioration, originally the Russians made a new heavy tank, experts said that it is very good, it is basically close to the Tiger, and it can perform in actual combat, at least it is much stronger than our M6, it was supposed to send us a set of drawings plus 1 physical vehicle for the return fleet to bring back, but now it is all in vain......"

"I personally believe that aid to the Soviet Union is imperative, we can't export 70-800,000 tons of materials a month, but in exchange for the Soviet Union to contain the entire 5 million troops in the axis, even if you only count the Germans there are 4 million, if the Soviet Union and Germany make peace, then the Germans can liberate 3 million to the Western Front at once, then we may not be able to fight the European continent in our lifetime."

"By the way, the secret weapon?"

"It's still going on, but scientists say it will take another year or more at the earliest." Lehi regretted that "it was more difficult than expected, and it required more resources and money. ”

Roosevelt sighed, "I wish I could see it before I die." By the way, don't tell him about this project, lest some people commit political infantile disease again, what immorality, what indifference, etc., anyway, I don't want to hear these stupid words! ”

"However, a lot of the appropriations will inevitably be involved, and it can be covered up now, and there are several expenses that will have to be signed off by the president starting in March."

"I'll figure it out for you."

"President, I know it's presumptuous and impersonal for me to say that, but I have to say it." Lehi said with tears in his eyes, "If you feel that your physical condition is okay, can you please come out and continue to preside over the overall situation?" We can hold important meetings in the hospital, and if this continues, I'm afraid that the Joint Chiefs of Staff will not be able to withstand it. ”

"The Joint Chiefs of Staff are against him?"

"Yes, Turner said something angry that day......"

"What did he say?"

"I ......"

"You say, you want to assassinate him? I know Turner, he's just talking, really, a real villain is much cuter than a hypocrite, not to mention that Turner is not a villain. ”

"No, no, that's not true, Turner said: I'm starting to envy Horikichi a little bit, and if you say there's a coup, you'll do a coup, and if you're not interested, the Emperor, get out of here!" -- This is the life of a man. When will we be able to shout heartily - 'Shit Vice President, you don't know how to get out of here?' ’”

Lehi imitated it so vividly that the other two laughed, which was a funny joke - but behind the smile was bitterness.

"Horikichi? That commander of the Japanese naval fleet? A coup d'état? He became prime minister? ”

"No, the Chief of the General Staff of the Army is Prime Minister, and he is now the Supreme Commander of the Navy...... The Japanese faction of the State Council believes that this is a characteristic of Japan's complete overthrow of the emperor and its thorough march toward military dictatorship. ”

"Well done!" Roosevelt said in a mocking tone, "While the enemy is increasing the centralization of power and the efficiency of decision-making and execution, we are quarreling repeatedly." ”

"So, we look forward to you coming out and continuing to lead us forward."

Roosevelt thought for a while: "It's not time for the time being, Wallace's trend is estimated to have a bunch of people to support and respond, these are all people who have been brainwashed by isolationism and idealism, you let me think about it, can we let Joseph continue to talk while releasing the news of the peace talks......"

Hopkins and Lehi, as Roosevelt's confidants, immediately understood that the so-called release, of course, would not reveal to high-level people that it was actually the president's guidance, but on the contrary, it should be understood that it was the inevitable consequence of Wallace and other isolationists trying to abandon their allies and be self-conscious. Use Germany's harsh demands to provoke a backlash of public opinion, unite the forces of the United States to continue to fight against the Axis powers -- since there is no hope for peace, of course, there is only a fight! The United States has not reached the point where it is exhausted and cannot fight. If they want to fight, they must continue to aid Britain, the Soviet Union, Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand, and let them make all their efforts and axes desperate.

Of course, Roosevelt can't show up during this process, and someone on the stage will have to take the blame in the future......

"I see, then I'll set it up."

"Let Joseph be careful, you have one-line contact, don't alarm the State Department."