On the one hand, it was intended to set up positions, as it had been for many years of experience, and on the other hand, it was intended to solve the problem in a new way, relying on air power, and now, Eisenhower's words, made everyone present feel a sense of loss.

The defeat of Britain and France, although there are various political factors, but militarily, the Germans dominated military science and technology, promoted military reform, and it is also an important aspect, the French stuck to the Maginot Line, and as a result, they were completely defeated in front of the German blitzkrieg.

If the Germans attacked the United States, they would have adopted this new tactic, and if they had only defended their homeland in the same way as before, they would have died a terrible death.

Eisenhower's proposal was a low-cost and high-efficiency solution.

The American people have been carrying out extensive flying activities for a long time, and there are a large number of pilots and various flying clubs in the people.

It's like the United States doesn't ban guns, on the surface, it is a symbol of freedom and democracy, but in fact, it is to prepare for war, once it really develops into a war of annihilation, then every American person will be a soldier and can fight with a gun, while other countries need training.

This will undoubtedly allow them to have a strong counterattack ability when necessary.

The same is true for aviation.

In this era, the cost of building a fighter plane is very low, and building a fighter plane is similar to building a tank, so the planes of various countries are often tens of thousands of planes, and they are as dense as locusts.

Not in later generations, airplanes are high-tech products, low output, high cost, and a take-off, it will consume a lot of money, even if it is a strong country, it will maintain a scale of thousands of planes, and small countries are just hundreds.

The best way to use aircraft to defend against enemy aggression is the best way.

When the German fleet arrives, it will be attacked by tens of thousands of American fighters, and even if the Germans have a huge aircraft carrier formation, it is impossible to compare with the air force on land.

Imagine the scene when his own fighter planes went to meet the enemy fleet, and Roosevelt actually smiled.

During this time, the gloom has been hanging over Roosevelt, the Soviets do not know how long they can hold out, how much German force they can consume, when the Germans turn around and attack the United States, how much deterrence will be on the United States, in short, the United States will usher in a terrible war for the first time.

Roosevelt couldn't sleep many times, thinking that the United States was about to face the overwhelming fleet of the Germans, and he felt anxious in his heart, and today, for the first time, he was somewhat calm.

Fighting for aviation capabilities, maybe you can fight them for yourself, this is the only chance for the United States to defeat the Germans!

"Let's have our staff argue again." Roosevelt said: "Personally, I think it would be better to use the power of the Air Force." ”

After speaking, Roosevelt said: "Marshall and Groves, you stay, the others, you can go." ”

Roosevelt's words did not arouse any suspicion, since Marshall's plan was denied, then Roosevelt always had to comfort Marshall, and Groves, the deputy secretary of the American construction department, was responsible for the large-scale construction of the Atlantic defense line.

But the two of them understood it, and of course it had nothing to do with it.

When everyone was gone, Roosevelt said slowly, "How is our project going?" ”

Hearing Roosevelt's words, Groves said: "Our project is progressing slowly, and after losing a large number of scientists, we have reassembled a small number of experts, and until now, we have not even finished the design of the nuclear reactor." ”

Groves was in a hurry.

He was the head of the Manhattan Project.

At the beginning, for some reason, the Germans actually knew about the Oak Ridge base and carried out a terrible bombing, almost sweeping out the American experts in nuclear physics, even if they were not in the Oak Ridge base, they were assassinated.

The Manhattan Project suffered a terrible blow and was on the verge of stopping, but Roosevelt, determined to move on.

The Germans did not hesitate to send long-range bombers to destroy their own Oak Ridge base and assassinate nuclear physicists, which shows that the Germans are afraid that the terrible weapons that can destroy the entire city can be made.

So, under the impetus of Roosevelt, Groves continued to preside over the Manhattan Project, the location was more secretive, fewer people knew about it, and the local meteorological conditions determined that it was not suitable for air raids at all, and it was foggy all year round.

However, it now seems that the progress is not fast.

"We can already be sure that the German submarines that appeared in the Arctic Ocean and were active must have been nuclear-powered, they had unlimited endurance, they were able to hide in the ice for a long time, and we can even guess that they did not go anywhere else at all, that is, directly through the waters below the North Pole, from German ports directly to the Bering Sea." Marshall also said: "The Germans have overcome a lot of technical difficulties, and we are far behind in this regard. ”

The United States is lagging behind, and the backward United States means that it will be left far behind by the Germans, and once the Germans detonate the nuclear bomb, then the United States has no choice but to surrender obediently.

Unlike cloudburst bombs, which can blow up a city, but you have to drop hundreds of them at the same time, this terrible nuclear bomb only needs a bomber to drop one.

They are far behind, because the main nuclear physics scientists have been killed.

A dark cloud reappeared on Roosevelt's brow, and he silently lit the pot and smoked, and the room was filled with smoke again.

When the smoke pot went out, Roosevelt finally made up his mind: "Since we can't do it ourselves, we might as well invite more scientists to come." ”

Hearing Roosevelt's words, the two people present were embarrassed, in order to reassemble the team, they even brought in those students who had heard the Fermi report once, where to find nuclear physics scientists? From the hands of the Germans?

"Find it from the Soviet Union." Roosevelt said: "I don't believe that there were no nuclear physicists in the Soviet Union. ”

Hearing Roosevelt's words, the two were even more shocked, what happened to the president? Is there a short circuit in the brain?

The Manhattan Project, which was a project that required extreme secrecy, the fewer people who knew about it, the better, and now, the Soviets wanted to participate in it?