Chapter 239: Wallace in the Vortex (continued)

"Your whole logic can be summed up in one sentence: talk to the Germans on the terms you put forward, and if you can't talk about it, you will continue to fight, right?" Truman asked slowly. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Wallace gritted his teeth: "The complete strategy will have a lot of content, but the basic logic is almost like this. ”

"Good, I see." Truman nodded, "Now, I propose to convene a formal meeting of the Senate and House of Representatives, suspend Vice President Wallace from his duties, and initiate impeachment proceedings against him, and then transfer it to the FBI to investigate whether he is suspected of espionage under the Statute of Loyalty, and have the relevant judicial agencies convict him!" ”

It was as if a 5,000-pound super-heavy bomb had been dropped into the venue, and everyone was instantly stunned, and their hearts almost jumped out of their chests.

"You...... You...... You...... You're spewing blood! ”

"As a senator of the United States, don't I have the right to propose impeachment proceedings?" Truman replied with a grimace, "I will now explain to the meeting why I am doing this:

First, your peace conditions are far from Germany's, and they can't be related to each other at all, and the final result is undoubtedly to fight, but you first abandon the Soviet Union, and then you are ready to abandon Great Britain, and you are also ready to abandon a series of allies such as Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, China, Canada, Brazil, etc., and in the future, the United States will fight against the Axis countries, one is allies all over the world, and the other is alone and only itself, I suspect that you have dismantled the alliance system in the name of Germany and let the United States isolate itself from its allies;

Second, whether a declaration of war or peace must be deliberated by the Congress, and if you think that a certain commander or some commanders are incompetent, you can remove and adjust them within the scope of your authority, but you have not gone through more in-depth negotiations, especially if you are only temporarily acting as president, and you have not passed a resolution of the Congress, and you have actually questioned the issue of peace and war without going through a congressional resolution, and this is helping the enemy to break down the morale of our military and the people. 300 billion is a loss, isn't 30 billion a loss? It is our duty to defend the dignity of the nation, to defend the territorial and sovereign integrity, and to protect the free world. Is life so precious that even being a slave is a matter of course?

Third, the "Declaration of the United Nations" once stated that it would use all its forces to fight the Axis to the end, and now the United States can tear up the treaty and make peace in advance, but can Great Britain do it? Will the USSR do it? Is Australia and New Zealand okay? Even if the peace talks are a rumor and the cut off the aid of the allies is a rumor, but the news has spread, and the seeds of turmoil, rift, and suspicion have been planted, can we still count on the allies to continue to cooperate with the United States wholeheartedly and without any guilt in the future? Isn't this the most striking feature of political spies fanning the flames and fearing chaos in the world?

So, from any point of view, your concept and strategy are doing the Germans a favor and dragging the United States back, can we tolerate such a person to continue in this position? ”

"Against!"

"Makes sense!"

"Against!"

"Yes!"

There was a sudden chaos in the hall, with many people on the left wing of the Democratic Party agreeing with Wallace's views, while the right wing of the Democratic Party and some Republicans echoed Truman's views. No matter what is said on the stage, it seems that the Democratic Party is split in the first place, and what could be more comical than a vice president from the Democratic Party being publicly proposed for impeachment by a senator who is also from the Democratic Party?

As a matter of fact, Wallace did not have any particularly shady news in his speech just now, and most of the war conditions, losses, results, and other aspects of the situation were reported to Congress, and many news reports were also publicly published to the public, and Roosevelt personally went to Congress to participate in questioning just to explain the failure of several major naval battles. The main shock of Wallace's speech was that all the losses were accumulated and systematically stated, and most people just listened to it, and who would add it up.

But this obviously does not include Truman, who specializes in investigating corruption and extravagance in the military, and knows far more and more profound information than Wallace. For example, on the eve of the Battle of the Torch, the materials needed by the army had obviously been procured, but due to the chaos of management and transportation, they could not be found before they were about to board the ship, and in the end they had to buy a new batch; For example, many goods can be ordered directly from the manufacturer, but because of the negligence or confusion of the logistics department, they can't get it out at all, so they can only rush to the mall to purchase or urgent orders - invisibly wasting money; Another example is the waste of armament production represented by the 20mm aviation machine gun (mentioned above), which he has a clear grasp of.

Of course, he has complete figures for casualties, attrition, and battle losses, and he also knows how the military copes with these losses in the campaign report: for example, when his own losses cannot be reduced, he lists the losses of his opponents and shows that this result is normal; If the losses are much greater than those of the opponent, the opponent is shown to be strong, forced, or has absolute superiority -- for example, in order to cover up the failure of the Eighth Air Force's air raids, the enormous power of jet fighters is exaggerated; For example, in order to cover up the weakness of the combat effectiveness of the army divisions, it is customary to exaggerate the power of the Tiger tank -- in the army's war report, the German Tiger is the world's first tank, and each German armored division has at least 80 Tiger tanks and 300 No. 4 tanks. There is really no way to push it and say that the allies are incompetent, for example, the Battle of Bermuda was the incompetence of the British defenders, the defeat of Newfoundland was the incompetence of two Canadian divisions, and the Horn of Africa was the incompetence of the Royal Navy. All in all, these pot-throwing art Truman are all clear.

It stands to reason that Truman should have a deep hatred for the military, but he knew that there were too many factors involved, and various forces such as politicians, senior military officers, plutocracy, and lobbies were all intertwined, and there were also alliances involved. Truman was very clear about the situation in the armed forces, and the officers, especially the senior officers, were fighting the war with all their might, and there were many reasons why they could not defeat the Germans and the Japanese, the most fundamental of which was that the United States did not attach importance to national defense and did not worship the martial spirit. If the most desirable professions for young people in a country are only lawyers, businessmen, and doctors, how can they be compared with the atmosphere in which young people in Japan and Germany most aspire to become imperial officers?

He has a very thorough understanding of militarism: Militarism is all about fighting wars, engaging in politics for the sake of fighting wars, studying culture for the sake of fighting wars, engaging in scientific research for the sake of fighting wars, developing the economy and upgrading civilization for the sake of fighting wars -- either fighting wars or preparing for wars. On the one hand, the Japanese and German people are looking forward to fighting, and on the other hand, the American people are looking forward to making a fortune and doing business. Therefore, his tolerance for loss is very high, and he believes that this is the price that the United States must pay for moving from a peace system to a war system. When the United States entered the war, the Germans had already fought for two years and conquered most of Europe, and Japan had fought for four years and conquered several times the territory of the mainland. He thinks that the tuition is almost paid now, but Wallace said that he will not fight, so what about the tuition fees that have been invested? What about the soldiers who have died?

He looked down on this kind of person a hundred times: before the war, he kept saying that America was first and opposed to the war; As soon as there is a war, he is so fanatical that he can't do it, and he wants to teach this lesson a lesson; I went out and received a few sticks, and after being beaten with a lame leg, I was scared again, and I said that I would not fight, and I had something to say.

Wallace also didn't look down on Truman, and he didn't think much of the Missouri farmer - Truman was the last American president in history to have no college degree, and he spoke and did things with a rustic flavor. What does he know? Although there is a trick in the way they have a trick, as long as they have a little understanding of international politics, they can know that this is not a manifestation of the peak of war fanaticism and the extreme deviation from freedom and democracy? What reason do the officers and politicians have to transfuse blood to Japan without telling the people? Is there any reason not to report the losses and consequences to the population?

His mouth moved, and for the time being, he didn't want to talk about the extortion.

Truman's proposal was not approved by the convention, but it was clear that this astonishing statement won him a lot of attention, especially among the military members on and off the stage, who were now full of favor for the outspoken senator -- this is the American grandfather!

Roosevelt's political opponent, Dewey, who had already said that he was going to run for president, narrowed his eyes and thought about it, and today's incident seemed a bit strange, although it was a perfect opportunity to attack the Roosevelt administration, but it could not be ruled out that it was a bitter ploy directed by Roosevelt -- he used Wallace as a pioneer to attract people to attack firepower, and then turn the situation back. Roosevelt was seriously ill, but he wasn't dead -- as soon as he returned to the White House from the hospital, Wallace's rights would burst like a soap bubble. At the end of the day, Wallace was acting rather than succeeding to the throne in the true sense of the word. Just look at the attitude of the people in the Associated Staff, people don't take him seriously at all.

Therefore, the tone of his attack is very formulaic, first, he thinks that the vice president's talk of peace and war is contrary to the power structure; The second is the belief that the United States took the lead in proposing a peaceful departure from international treaties, which is a major damage to the international reputation of the United States. This voice is of course politically correct, but it does not intensify to the point of irreconcilability, and is quickly drowned in the unanimous tone of everyone.

That night, he was interviewed by reporters, and although the reporters knew from the emotional faces of the congressmen that something big had happened, everyone was tight-lipped, and whether it was a politician who supported or opposed Wallace, they all wore their signature smiles: "The vice president made a very in-depth speech, we will pay attention to the follow-up developments, what is the specific content, and it is recommended to interview Mr. Wallace himself directly." ”