As the roar of the engines got closer and closer, two Leo 451 bombers belonging to the French Air Force and ten Spitfire MKIIs accompanying the escort appeared in the sky over London.

Of course, they came to London for a different purpose than the German bombers, not to drop some explosive garbage back and forth, but to quickly send a few important people across the Channel.

After a brief circle, the twelve planes landed at the London airport. Churchill and others, who had been waiting here for a long time, saw that the plane had successfully landed and opened the hatch, and their faces, which had been dark, slowly turned cloudy and clear.

Seeing more than a dozen French delegates led by Renault out of the cabin, Churchill strode up to them and smiled: "Dear comrades-in-arms, welcome to London again." ”

"If I could, I really wish I never came here again." Renault smiled the same, but he smiled wryly, "It's hard to fly all the way in the bomb bay of a bomber, God, I really feel some sympathy for those bombers now." ”

While the two were talking, two tanker trucks that had been prepared drove up to the two Leo 451 bombers and began to refuel them, while several pilots took the opportunity to eat something and drink some water to replenish their strength, and after the refueling was completed, they would immediately fly back and continue to fight against Germany.

Yes, the bombers responsible for carrying Renault and others were not modified special planes, but active combat planes temporarily transferred from the front line, and they did not have any equipment to improve comfort, but simply welded a few chairs and set off for Britain with Renault and others.

On the contrary, the French government has several American-made DC3 airliners, which are now parked at the rear airfields and ready to take off.

The reason why Renault and others gave up the comfortable DC3 and chose to take a bomber was mainly because the Luftwaffe had firmly held the air supremacy of France and the English Channel, and there were German fighter formations patrolling the air almost all the time, and only the places very close to the British mainland were patrolled by Allied fighters.

In the face of such a situation, the DC3 with a flight speed of only 257KM/H is obviously not enough, because the longer the time in the air, the easier it is to be hit by German fighters, and the Leo451 bomber with a flight speed of up to 500KM/H is much safer, which is actually the best choice among all aircraft in France at present.

Churchill looked back at Leo 451 parked on the runway, shook his head and said sympathetically: "This damn world ......"

"Well, don't talk about me, what about the representatives of the United States? Have they arrived? Renault asked with concern.

After all, the main purpose of his visit to London this time was to try his best to draw the United States into the quagmire of war, and as for persuading Britain to send more troops to France, he actually did not have high expectations, because Britain now had a few pounds and taels, and he knew very well that whether he could resist the German landing operation in the future was still a question.

"It had arrived a long time ago, led by General Marshall, Chief of the General Staff of the US Army, who had arrived in the port of London two days earlier with the USS Yorktown, which was responsible for transporting the aircraft." Churchill replied.

"That's great!" Renault's joy was palpable, and he couldn't wait to say, "How about we go to them now to discuss the aid plan?" ”

"That's exactly what I mean." Churchill was also a little impatient, and like Renault, he was desperate for the United States to enter the war.

The crowd hurriedly got into a few cars parked not far away, and under the guidance of the London military police, they hurried to the US Embassy in London, where the US military delegation was staying.

Born in 1880 and a graduate of the Virginia Military Academy, Marshall, whose full name was George Catlett Marshall, served as a staff officer in the U.S. Expeditionary Force's Supreme Staff during World War I with the rank of Colonel before being transferred to General Pershing as chief aide after World War I.

But for all his talent, General Marshall's career was ill-fated before President Roosevelt took office—he had been an officer for 14 years before the outbreak of World War I, but he was only a lieutenant, and although he was promoted to provisional colonel in World War I, he was reinstated as a captain after the war.

It's just that gold will always shine, and Maxima will always be photographed by Bole one day, and Roosevelt is to Marshall what Bole is to Maxima.

In 1936, the 55-year-old Marshall, who had been an officer for 35 years, was finally promoted from lieutenant colonel to brigadier general, and in 1938 he became deputy secretary of the army.

After the German army raided Poland and the European Continental War broke out, two voices emerged in the United States: one was the main war faction, demanding that the United States immediately declare war on Germany and join the war, and the other was the Zhu He faction, demanding that the United States do its best to avoid falling into the quagmire of war. Michelle, who is also the chief of the general staff of the US Army, believed that no matter how it develops, the United States will eventually be involved in the war, so he and Roosevelt worked together to overcome public opinion and began to actively prepare for war, and at the same time supported a series of arms aid plans signed by Roosevelt for Britain and France.

Therefore, the US military delegation is led by Michelle, who is the main war faction, which is a good thing for Churchill and Renault, because it means that their plan to win over the United States into the war is half successful.

After Britain entered the war mobilization, the streets of London were filled with military vehicles coming and going, and the roads in London were not particularly wide, so the traffic situation in the city of London can be described as bad, but "bad" is only for ordinary drivers, for Churchill and his entourage, who have military police to open the way and hang the Prime Minister's flag, can still drive quickly in the city.

Soon after, the convoy arrived at the U.S. Embassy in London on the banks of the River Thames, where General Marshall and the U.S. ambassador to Britain waited at the door to greet them after receiving the news that they were on their way to the embassy.

After the meeting, the three parties exchanged pleasantries as usual, and then hurriedly walked into the conference room in the embassy and began to discuss the specific details of the increase in US aid.

At the beginning of the meeting, Churchill and Renault first complained to Marshall, saying that it was not easy for him, and the Germans and the Lyon who killed a thousand knives were so bad, and Marshall immediately said that the United States was very sympathetic to the plight of Britain and France, and strongly condemned the blatant aggression of Lyon and Germany, but it was not easy for the United States itself, and the congressional gentlemen had already expressed their displeasure about the large amount of aid to Britain and France, but for the sake of everyone being brothers, he made his own decisions. On the basis of the original aid plan, Britain and France were given another 100 tanks and 500 aircraft.

Churchill said that 100 tanks and 500 planes are useless, and the Germans will have nothing to do with a long live charge, at least 100 and 500 more will have to come.

Renault watched the two of them arguing with each other but couldn't get the point of wanting the United States to enter the war, he couldn't get angry, and directly slapped the table and confessed to the two: "If the United States doesn't enter the war again, I'm afraid we will really have to surrender. ”