Chapter 940: Support for the Soviet Union
"Here, here is the wreckage of the destroyed Soviet attack aircraft." In the western part of the Brest Fortress, at the crash site, a large group of reporters is gathering here, and the flash camera is constantly beating to film the wreckage.
This cannot be faked.
The plane fell from the sky and fell into parts, it had to be a real situation to be able to form the current situation, and it was impossible to do it so realistically when the scene was transferred afterwards.
Moreover, in addition to this one, there are many more wreckage, dozens of them, and there are seven or eight open to reporters, all of which illustrate one thing.
The Soviets crossed the line, they sent a large number of attack planes, and wanted to bomb here, but unfortunately they were all killed under the interception of the German Air Force!
Now, these wrecks seem to tell something.
Most of the reporters at the scene were reporters from the German-occupied zone, Britain, France, and other countries, looking at the wreckage, their hearts were fluctuating.
This was indeed an active invasion by the Soviet Union, if it was only the Brest Fortress, then it is still said, and now, the place where the Soviet plane fell, it was definitely under German control, and the Soviets were a despicable invasion.
Then, the swift and effective counterattack that Germany made afterwards was completely just.
In their minds, they are all thinking about how to write the headlines of the newspaper, and at the same time, there is another shadow hanging over them: is the Soviet Union and Germany going to war?
The next day, almost all the newspapers around the world reported such an astonishing news.
Germany and the USSR were on the border line in Brest, where a fierce confrontation took place, during which the USSR took more than fifty thousand prisoners!
The eastern part of Brest was also temporarily occupied by Germany!
This incident, which was a premeditated violation of German territory by the Soviet Union, the German Foreign Office, issued a sternly worded protest!
Many newspapers have special pages to publish this matter, and in the next few pages, there are special expert forums, and the form of discussion continues to develop.
Germany, will a direct war break out with the USSR? Will this war be the same as other German wars in Europe?
The experts put forward a variety of opinions, each with their own verdict, and at the same time, they all mentioned one point in the end.
Germany's blitzkrieg was not omnipotent, and if Germany really had a war of annihilation with the Soviet Union, the experience of other European countries could not be replicated.
The reason is simple, the territory of the Soviets was too vast, and the armored forces of Germany could bulldoze a country in a day, but, judging by the vastness of the USSR, it was only an insignificant small area.
At the same time, Germany was now busy digesting the already occupied territories, and it was impossible to wage a large-scale war.
There are all kinds of arguments, and now, all of them are on the other side of the ocean, in the Oval Table conference room of the White House.
Time has stepped into 40 years, and the situation in Europe is something that the United States absolutely does not want to see, and now, the United States seems to have seen the light of day.
"For Germany, they are built on the basis of continuous expansion, and when Germany stops expanding, then Germany will definitely go to extinction."
Roosevelt, who was in a wheelchair, looked at the people present and calmly analyzed: "Now, Germany has made the Soviet Union feel uneasy, and this Brest incident is actually a mutual test between the two sides, and now the results of the test have come out, and the Soviet Union is completely defeated, which will stimulate Stalin even more and arm his army." β
Roosevelt paused and continued: "And we, on the other hand, are going to secretly support Stalin. β
"Oh, that's not a good idea." The secretary said, "Mr. President, you say we're going to support a red country? β
Ideology is the most important thing, in the United States, shzy has been rendered as a flood beast, in this case, the United States still has to take the initiative to support the Soviet Union?
Putting down his cigarette pot, Roosevelt said solemnly: "The enemy of our enemy is our friend, and the strength of Germany is not in our interests, and if we continue to sit idly by and watch Germany become strong, one day, Germany will directly threaten the life and death of our America." By that time, we were completely late. β
Germany is an enemy of the United States, and the Soviet Union is also an enemy of the United States, and when the two enemies enter a state of war, the best thing for the United States to do is to help one of them and make them fight more fiercely.
Now, it is the Soviet Union that is obviously in a weak position, so let the United States help the Soviet Union and make the Soviet Union stronger, such two countries, it is interesting to fight!
"But how do we convince our people?" Marshall spoke next to him: "I'm already thinking that if we leak today's content, our government might fall." β
"We don't have to provide direct military support now." Roosevelt said: "The industrial level of the Soviet Union is too poor, we can provide them with some scrapped steelmaking and other industrial equipment, and we can also provide all kinds of industrial technology, the Germans are too powerful tanks, if the Soviet Union cannot increase steel production, it will only be quickly defeated by Germany." β
Even if this dispute is over, the two countries will still end up in a state of war, and the Soviet Union wants to expand, and Germany wants to expand, and this contradiction is irreconcilable.
The industrial technology of the Soviet Union was very poor, and when the October Revolution was fired, the Western world imposed a technological blockade on the Soviet Union, otherwise, why didn't the Soviets build their own warships, and had to export iron ore to Germany and let Germany make it?
For the time being, there is no need for much support, just export some equipment and technology, this is Roosevelt's plan.
"No, then the people will have opinions." After all, the secretary said, any cooperation with the Soviet Union would be despised.
Roosevelt's gaze was fixed on everyone: "Don't worry, the opportunity will come soon, and when the time comes, the American people will know how close the war is." β
The last time the dispute in the Pacific Ocean was raging, Roosevelt relied on the prestige he had accumulated in the economic field to easily avoid an impeachment crisis, but now, Roosevelt is full of confidence.
Because he has already received secret information, in the past, it was all directed and acted by the United States, but this time, it is finally an incident that is enough to wake up the Americans.
Those isolationists in China are really naΓ―ve!
Secret information, only a few people know, even in the Oval Table room, there are people who do not know, Roosevelt needs to take advantage of this opportunity to bring the United States into the war openly!