Chapter 225: Yankee's Thoughts

Under the cold autumn sky, the vast fields are silent. The hot summer has quietly slipped away, leaving a bleak scene in the fields after the busy farming. As far as the eye can see, it is all bare stubble, and there are no sheaves of wheat and no stacks of wheat in sight. The ripe yumi rustled melancholy, and flocks of sparrows rose from the ground like a dark cloud from time to time, and scattered like hailstones.

From Peking to Tianjin, it was only a few hours by train, but Huang Li chose to take Jensen's car. Because at the train station, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at the passengers, for the spies, even if you have no flaws, as long as you look suspicious or unpleasant, you may be taken away for interrogation. They don't care if you're suspicious or an honest traveler. It's not necessarily safe to get on the train, and the number of interrogations by the police and spies on the train can be tiresome to normal people. Moreover, if you leave Beiping normally, you have to go through the departure procedures and return within a time limit. Beiping is already a big prison, and it is not easy to get in or out.

"This time the British are in trouble again." As he drove, Jensen smiled a little gloating and said, "I just got a temporary peace in Munich by betraying the Czechs, but in Asia, the Japanese are tightening step by step, and the concession is their last face." ”

There has always been open and covert strife in Anglo-US relations, and US President Roosevelt saw very clearly the Munich conspiracy of Britain, France, Germany, and Italy, and began to adjust foreign policy and began to make public opinion preparations. Because through the Munich Agreement, Roosevelt and Hull knew that the British Empire was no longer the world's largest stabilizing force, because British weakness had been laid bare in Munich. The British fleet was safe and sound, but in the event of the fall of France and the British being stranded on the island, "the center of gravity of geopolitics would inevitably shift westward."

Hitler had already made a secret that his ultimate goal was to conquer the whole world, and German spies were already operating in Argentina. Roosevelt knew that it was possible to beg for peace for his own generation, but at a high cost. In the next generation, the United States will be left alone and in danger.

But Americans like to look at things simply, so they don't use reason to debate foreign policy and threats to their own country. The security of the British depended entirely on the Czech fortification of the Sudetenland, which Chamberlain could not see; The United States needs a barrier in addition to the sea, and the Americans do not see it. But recent opinion polls show that isolation in the United States has waned, with 65 percent in favor of a boycott of Germany; Fifty-seven percent of the legislation to be amended is to be amended; Fifty-one percent expected the outbreak of the European war in 1939; Fifty-eight percent believe that the United States will enter the European war; Ninety percent of the people said that once the United States was invaded, they would participate in the war of resistance; But only 10 percent said they would be willing to fight even if the United States was not invaded.

With tensions in Europe mounted, Roosevelt now wanted the world to know that he could do something more than send some empty telegrams to the German Chancellery about principles. He openly said that the United States is a sleeping giant, but now that it has woken up, the aggressors should be careful. However, the German Yuan was still unkind to the president, saying that Roosevelt was a "scheming Jew" and that "Mrs. Roosevelt looked very much like a black man", which showed that he was "a mongrel".

The German Reichstag admired Hitler, but the U.S. Congress united against Roosevelt, making it difficult for Roosevelt to amend the Neutrality Act. Roosevelt asked Hitler to promise not to attack weak countries, and Hitler made a solemn promise in Congress that he would never attack the United States, and "those pot-bellied parliamentarians laughed out loud." The leaders of the US Congress, however, believed that Roosevelt was inflicting humiliation on himself, and unceremoniously rejected the intention to amend the neutrality legislation.

Roosevelt's vision was held back by the short-sighted majority of Americans. Due to the prevalence of isolationism, the strength of the US Sixth Army has not yet caught up with that of Poland, and Time magazine once commented that "according to European standards, the US Sixth Army can only be regarded as a few small tricks played with air guns." ”

"The danger of a major war in Europe is becoming more and more obvious, can your country avoid entering the war?" Huang Li knowingly said that this was a question that did not need to be answered, but he wanted to know how the US intelligence agencies judged.

"Actually—" Jensen paused and said, "If there is another world war, the United States cannot stay out of it." But now, isolationist sentiment in our country makes it difficult for the government to react too violently. ”

Huang Li smiled faintly and said: "The passage of time, the changes in the state of affairs, and the thoughts and actions of individuals sometimes invisibly affect or even completely destroy a certain kind of public opinion, but there is no change on the surface. Of course, perhaps a huge shock will change things radically. ”

Jensen thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "You mean Japan?" Then he shook his head and said, "No, no, our country has not adopted a policy of stimulating xing, and they will not lose their minds." ”

Huang Li sneered, and the US politicians watched the situation in the Atlantic Ocean intently every day, and at most they glanced at the Pacific Ocean occasionally. In Roosevelt's view, the Asian question was a moral one. The Japanese were aggressors, and of course they should withdraw their troops and return home; However, he believed that Hitler was the main destroyer of international peace, but the United States was unwilling to fight on both the eastern and western fronts. As for Japan, he always wanted to negotiate a settlement, until the Japanese, who lost their minds, dealt him a heavy blow at Pearl Harbor.

The Yankees are not a good thing either, and Huang Li maliciously hopes that the Japanese will go crazy sooner and teach the Americans a lesson that will be remembered. The Americans, for a variety of reasons, including national chauvinism, never took the Japanese seriously. Those ridiculous dwarfs wore thick glasses, a mouth with fierce teeth, and two lap legs. In the United States, everyone knows that the United States may go to war with Japan, but no one really believes it; On the one hand, it is inevitable, and on the other hand, it feels absurd.

After Huang Li pouted, Jensen commented on the Japanese soldiers with the illusion of an American, "Look at them, they look like packages rolled up in brown paper, dirty and crepe, and may fall apart at any time." His leggings were untidy, his military uniform was féi-large, his trousers were loose, and his legs were ridiculously short. These Japanese monkeys are by no means the opponents of American soldiers, and one light and strong American soldier can defeat ten Japanese imps. ”

Blow, blow, the image of the Japanese soldier gives you an illusion, and once the illusion is formed, it is not easy to dispel. Those Japanese soldiers in yellow uniforms, although they look like they are in a bag, they are by no means idle when they start fighting. They were all sharpshooters, and they couldn't miss a thousand yards. They each carried four hundred bullets (twice as much as the American infantry), five days' rations, that is, dried fish and rice. They are definitely not afraid of death, because they have been taught such since childhood that it is a supreme honor to die for the emperor. In addition, the weapons and equipment they rely on are also formidable. After the Battle of Pearl Harbor, the Yankees will appear, and not only will Japan's warships be faster than those of the United States, with superior firepower, and better torpedo skills, but even the quality of the Japanese Air Force will not be matched by the United States. The Kawasaki, the Mitsubishi Zero, and Nakajima, each of which was stronger than similar aircraft that the United States was able to lift into the air at that time.

When the Japanese soldiers swept through Southeast Asia and crushed the British and American troops, all kinds of unbelievable rumors spread that the Japanese "monkey soldiers" were like "Tarzan of the Apes," who could jump from one tree to another like a swing, and walked like a fly, and it was difficult to resist.

Thinking of this, Huang Li couldn't help laughing, Tarzan, the ape, the imagination is too rich! At this time, he felt that Li Qianxin's body sitting next to him was moving, not laughing, but retching.

"Stop!" Huang Li immediately realized that something was wrong, motion sickness, and Li Qianxin was motion sickness.

The car stopped, Li Qianxin staggered to the side of the road, vomited, Huang Li shook his head helplessly, walked behind her, and beat lightly.

Finally stopped, Huang Li took out a handkerchief and handed it over, Li Qianxin gasped, wiped the tears and snot on his face.

"I didn't expect you to get motion sickness, I was negligent, I should have asked your opinion before coming." Huang Li said a little apologetically: "Moreover, I shouldn't actually take you with me. ”

"No, I don't blame you." Li Qianxin shook her head and said, "I have to come, I didn't know that I would get motion sickness, I used to be fine by train." ”

"Trains are not the same as cars." Huang Li explained: "In this way, you don't look at the scenery outside the car, sleep, sleeping is an effective way to prevent motion sickness." ”

"Sleep? Can it work? Li Qian asked suspiciously.

"Yes, of course." Huang Li said with confidence: "I will press the acupuncture points for you, and it will also have a certain effect." ”

"Well, then!" Li Qianxin had the attitude of trying it out and got back into the car.

Huang Li pinched Li Qianxin's Neiguan acupoint with his thumb and asked her to lean back and close her eyes, and Jensen also consciously slowed down the car.

"You're tired, you're tired, your eyes are getting heavier and ......heavier," Huang Li repeated slowly, like singing a lullaby to a baby. Li Qianxin felt that Huang Li's warm big hands brought her a feeling of safety and comfort, and the words that made her sound particularly relaxed were in her ears, and after a while, she felt the Sandman attack.

Falling asleep, Huang Li gently exhaled a long breath, and with the bumps of the car, Li Qianxin's head tilted over and pillowed on Huang Li's shoulder. Huang Li gently stretched out his hand and grabbed Li Qianxin's waist, so that her body could be more comfortable, and he could try to slow down the impact of the car on her.

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