PS: There was a writing error yesterday that the captive was John F. Kennedy, the assassinated president of the United States......

After an afternoon of talking, and seeing that Roosevelt began to look tired, Lehi and Hopkins immediately got up to take their leave. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although they didn't ask, and Roosevelt didn't say anything, as henchmen who had been following him for a long time, they could still feel some subtle changes in the president's mentality, especially the sentence -- "This is the biggest concession I have made," which shows that he has been considering the post-war layout of the United States and deeply thinking about the possibility of ending the war, and is even ready to tolerate the existence of hegemony in Central Europe because of political and military disadvantages -- the president has begun to shrink from the stance of pursuing US world hegemony and completely defeating Germany, and has begun to consolidate the vested interests of the United States.

To tell the truth, since the world war has been fought so far, although the United States has continued to lose on the battlefield and suffered great losses in terms of personnel and materials, the gains are still very considerable, even if the truce is carried out according to Germany's harsh conditions, the United States is still in a net income situation, and just firmly grasping the four major dominions of the British Empire, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, is enough for the United States to eat well for a while, plus the infiltration of Brazil, it still maintains the hegemony of South America. It has to be said that what has been lost is the interests of the Philippines, part of South America represented by Argentina and part of the Far East.

However, it is not so easy to consolidate interests, and the South American and Argentine problems alone cannot be bypassed. As high-level politicians, they are well aware of how many capitalists, consortia, and even the middle class are involved in the backyard of South America, and that a large number of vested interests have been gathered in a single United Fruit Company, which has been continuously strengthened since the proclamation of the Monroe Doctrine, and is also the scene that Roosevelt's uncle, President Theodore Roosevelt, has painstakingly managed. Ordinary people may not care about what Argentina has to do with them, but how can the plutocracy and political elites who really control the US regime not care?

Germany is still unwilling to give up Argentina and the Falkland Islands, assuming that Germany will have a truce in Europe, it will be easier for Germany to project its forces into South America without the containment of Britain and the Soviet Union, after all, Germany is not much farther than the United States in projecting power to the Falkland Islands by taking the Atlantic route from the Mediterranean.

Even if the United States has an advantage in shipbuilding capacity, industrial production capacity, and shipping capacity, Germany will not be too far behind in the future after gaining the power of the whole of Europe. Lehi silently estimated that if the United States and Germany now ceased fighting in other theaters, and the two sides only fought around Argentina and the Falkland Islands, the German army, which was in a first-mover advantage and defensive position, would not perform worse than the United States, and coupled with the obvious superiority of the German ground forces all along, it would be a protracted war. What's more, the United States has not yet been able to concentrate all its forces on attacking the Axis forces in South America, and there is still Japan in the Pacific Ocean waiting for the United States. The public may not be interested in continuing the war with Germany, but Japan is clearly not among them! -- Does this villain who dared to attack Pearl Harbor still want to escape punishment from the United States without paying the price?

Another strategy is to ignore South America first, just start the film with Japan first, and then take it back to South America after subduing Japan, but when he goes back to communicate with Admiral Kim, the latter's head shakes like a rattle, thinking that it is absolutely impossible, and the reasons cited for rebuttal leave Lehi speechless:

First, the Panama Canal is currently paralyzed, and although it has begun to carry out intensive repair and dredging work, it will not be restored until at least June 1945, when this road is not open at all, and materials, personnel, and ordinary equipment can be transported through inland railway lines, and warships, especially aircraft carriers and battleships, can be deployed in the two oceans without passing through Cape Horn in the short term, and if they want to cross Cape Horn, they must pass through the control and deterrence circle of the Falkland Islands;

Second, in view of the current situation of the Pacific Fleet, if it wants to fight Japan, it must increase its strength, and it is not possible to transfer a few warships to the past to gain an advantage, but at least to pull the main force of the current Atlantic Fleet over -- but if the United States refuses to come to Britain's aid, why should Great Britain hand over its precious warships and personnel to the Americans? Even if he took 10,000 steps back and said that he would still get all the reinforcements from Britain's existing strength, Admiral King would not dare to say that he would be able to subdue Japan with the strength of the existing Atlantic Fleet, and the Royal Navy's new forces would definitely not join the U.S. Army after the aid to Britain was stopped;

Third, it can be learned from Germany's attitude that after the armistice between the United States and Germany, Germany will continue to communicate with Japan, directly sending people and fleets to cooperate with Japan to confront the United States, and it is estimated that the Germans will keep their promise not to make trouble, but Germany will definitely do the act of transporting some aircraft, warships, tanks, and strategic materials urgently needed by Japan, and it does not need to be aid like the United States, and Japan has relatively adequate means of payment. Lehi believes the United States will win in the end, but at what cost? What about time?

"So......" Admiral Kim said with a gloomy face and reluctantly, "although I thought that the policy of Europe first and then Asia was not necessary in the past, with the deepening of cooperation between Japan and Germany, especially after the combined fleet came to the Western Hemisphere to carry out coordinated operations, I believe that neither Germany nor Japan will easily give up this coordination -- this is beneficial to both sides, and as long as the high-level leaders of both sides are not bad, they will not give up." In addition, when the choice was made between Europe and Asia or Asia and Europe, Great Britain and Russia were able to contain Germany, but now Germany has taken Africa and the Middle East, blockaded Britain, and defeated Russia one after another, and once we withdraw from Europe, Europe will immediately enter total darkness. By the time Germany has begun to integrate Europe, we will not even have a foothold - neither warships nor commodities.

In short, Germany is at the heart of everything that is being solved, and it will not be easy for us to fight either with Germany in the Atlantic, or with Germany in the Falkland Islands and Argentina, or with Germany and its proxy Japan in the Far East and the Pacific. You can pretend that Germany doesn't exist, but whether you see it or not, Germany is there, not far or close! ”

"How can Germany be forced to abandon support for Argentina and Japan?"

"Either you can convince him, or you will make a great sacrifice."

"For example?"

"Give South Africa unscathed to Germany in exchange for Argentine benefits...... Or, cede Australia and New Zealand to Japan, so that Germany will be afraid of the rise of Japanese power and give up joining forces with Japan. ”

Lehi shook his head with a wry smile: "You know it's impossible. ”

Admiral Jin spread his hands: "That's it...... Germany is not a country that can succeed by bribery, otherwise the policy of appeasement would not have failed, and there are only two ways to make Germany's decision-making conform to our interests: the first is to convince it militarily -- this is very difficult; The second is that we trade it for a greater third-party interest - which is even more difficult. Originally, aiding Britain was a good card to restrain Germany, but now that Germany was stuck in the throat of Great Britain, Hitler was no longer afraid of a dying Britain. In the eyes of Germany, our assistance to Britain was only to give them a little more trouble, and it was impossible to change the situation without taking the Azores and destroying the main forces of the Axis navy. ”

"Is there no other way?"

"There's another one, but it's harder than the first two."

"You say." Lehi did not give up the last ray of hope.

"First reach an overall peace arrangement with the Axis, and then we will rapidly develop our military strength, and then pull it out to fight after the Panama Canal is open to navigation and the domestic army and navy are bursting." Admiral Kim muttered, "It takes the United States to be a turtle with a shrunken head for a few years, complete isolationism, and then break out, this time regardless of the others, we will fight to the end at once!" ”

Lehi thought for a few minutes and shook his head slowly: "I think it's difficult. ”

"I also think it's difficult." Admiral Kim said indignantly, "With a fucked political system like the United States, once it falls into isolationism, it will immediately reduce armaments and reduce the army." A four-year presidential term at the expense of the United States' true long-term peace and stability and world status? Who's doing it? If you retract your head now, it will not be lying on your salary and tasting guts, but resigning yourself to your fate. In this regard, it has to be said that the system of Japan or Germany is more suitable for war, Hitler came to power 12 years ago, and for 12 years he has unswervingly promoted the reconstruction of armaments and the construction of armaments, whether it is dictatorship, deception, seduction, or coercion, in short, all at his disposal, the goal of conquering the world has always been clear, and now he is standing in the middle of the world - there is no fluke behind success, and the president has been preparing for the United States to participate in this war for so long, A far-sighted leader like him may never be seen again. If his body can support it, I hope he can do it for another 3 terms, but it's a pity ......."

Lehi also sighed: Although the United States was passively involved in the war after Pearl Harbor, after the outbreak of the European War, Roosevelt carried out in-depth and extensive preparations for war -- arms research and development, army and navy expansion, and Lend-Lease Act, and almost did everything that actually participated in the war.

After thinking about it for a long time, he revealed the news of today's visit to the hospital with Hopkins and the release of his intention to hold peace talks to Admiral Kim, who was stunned for a moment, then smiled meaningfully, and said with a pun: "The temperature has cooled down very quickly in the past few days, and I feel that there will be ice and snow storms in Washington in a few days." ”

"yes, I need to find a warmer room and rest for a few days."

Just as Hopkins quietly released the news of the "peace talks" through his power and public opinion connections on Capitol Hill, the audacity Joseph Kennedy had left Geneva for a secret visit to Berlin, and he was received by Hoffmann, the head of the Third Reich.