Hopkins returned to the White House and was immediately received by Roosevelt.

"The Germans fought too well on land, and now the whole of Belarus has been occupied by the Germans, and the troops of the Western Special Military District, have disappeared." Hopkins did not speak, and Roosevelt had already begun to babble: "Petersburg was bombed into ruins, and in the south, the main forces of the Germans were moving towards Kyiv, is there any pessimism in Moscow in this situation?" ”

At the beginning, the Germans wanted to go to war with the Americans in the Atlantic, but the United States was very anxious, and the Pacific Ocean was already rotten, and if it confronted Germany again in the Atlantic, the United States' naval strength would certainly not be enough.

Unexpectedly, the Germans bluffed in the Atlantic, and then suddenly ran over to fight the Soviet Union, which really relieved the White House, at least for the time being, there is no need to worry about the Germans attacking the United States from the sea.

The United States has won a precious respite, and now, it is necessary to concentrate its forces and defeat the island countries first.

Now, what Roosevelt wanted to know most was Stalin's attitude, Moscow's attitude, were they confident of victory?

"Although the Soviets fought badly, Stalin did not have any pessimism." "You should know that a man like Stalin, no matter what the situation, will rise to the occasion," Hopkins said. ”

Even ordinary Soviets would be pessimistic, not Stalin, he was a resilient man who never became discouraged by failure, and this judgment was completely correct.

The biggest gain of Hopkins's trip to the Soviet Union was to grasp the attitude of Moscow, and in his eyes, he saw the Soviet Union, which was not afraid of the enemy, and although the initial progress was unfavorable, the Soviet Union must be able to withstand the German attack.

Hopkins's trip was significant, the ideological opposition between the Soviet Union and the United States made them very alienated from each other, and now, the alliance between the Soviet Union and the United States is about to take shape.

Roosevelt nodded: "This is the best, we need to let the Soviet Union help us consume Germany's strength, but the Soviet Union must not have anything to do, if the Germans occupy the Soviet Union, it will be the worst news for us." ”

If Germany rules the Soviet Union, there is really no hope for the United States, and if Germany integrates Europe, Asia and Africa, the United States may eventually fall, and from this point of view, saving the Soviet Union is equivalent to saving the United States.

"Stalin did not oppose any of the opinions I put forward, and we should convene a meeting of the three governments as soon as possible to discuss strategic interests and national interests." Hopkins said: "Stalin will definitely make concessions now in order to get our support, and this is an opportunity for us." ”

"Yes, I'm also looking forward to this Moscow meeting, our Lend-Lease Act, which can include the Soviet Union, so that we can provide the Soviet Union with a lot of weapons." Roosevelt said: "The Soviets are bleeding and dying, and it's okay for us to provide some weapons." ”

"Yes, now for the Soviet Union, the pressure on air defense is the greatest, so we have promised them to export some fighters to the Soviets first, and now, it depends on what fighters we give to the Soviets." Hopkins said.

U.S. support cannot be kept in words, and in addition to light weapons, guns, ammunition, and food, fighter jets must also be provided immediately.

If the Germans had chosen Moscow as the target of the bombing and killed Stalin and others, then the Soviet Union would not have to resist.

It is also strange to say, if the Germans were able to level Petersburg, why not just level Moscow? This is the fastest way to end the war.

With the advent of war, the American war machine is also in motion, and the United States can produce a large number of weapons and equipment, but what fighter jets should be handed over to the Soviets?

Of course, it can't be the latest American fighters, which the United States itself is not equipped with, how can it be handed over to the Soviets?

As soon as his eyes rolled, Roosevelt remembered: "Don't we have a batch of fighters ready to support Britain?" Give this batch of fighters to the Soviets first. ”

At that time, Britain was in a precarious situation, and the United States passed the Lend-Lease Act, intending to hand over its equipment to the British.

Among them was an "advanced" fighter, the P-39 Air Flying Snake.

In this era, propeller aircraft are the mainstream, and the engines of the aircraft are arranged in the front, because the front must be equipped with propellers.

This led to the fact that as the engines of the aircraft continued to evolve and expand in size, the nose of the aircraft became longer and longer, and the planes of this era, with the cockpit in the middle, and several meters of space in front of it, were deployed with the engines.

The pilot sits in the middle, the line of sight is not good, and the risk of take-off and landing increases, so can it be improved?

Bell was the first to try, creating the P-39 fighter jet on the eve of World War II.

Its most distinctive feature is that the engine is mounted in the middle of the fuselage at the rear, and the nose propeller is driven by a shaft under the rear of the driver's seat.

In this way, the front end of the aircraft is free, the cockpit can be moved forward significantly, and the front of the aircraft can also be optimized designed, and the smooth tip is fine, and the good head line is also convenient for installing a large number of weapons.

And such a nose allows the pilot to have a good field of vision, plus there is space in front, you can use the front three-point landing gear, and the take-off and landing is quite easy.

Only the United States dares to do this, other countries can't do it, the biggest problem is that the transmission shaft, thousands of revolutions or even tens of thousands of revolutions, a few meters long transmission shaft can not tremble, to output thousands of horsepower all the power, must have a strong industrial heritage of the country can be manufactured.

After it was first manufactured, there were constant cheers, and the US Army Air Corps was equipped with the intention of being the main force, but soon, the American pilots found that this plane was absolutely chicken.

The defects of small space in the aircraft cabin, inconvenient access to the cockpit door when the side is opened, jerky pitch control, insufficient high-altitude power, poor climbing performance, troublesome maintenance, and difficult escape in emergency situations make pilots complain.

The most terrible thing was the disgrace in the confrontation with the Japanese "Zero" fighters in the Pacific theater, which made the US Army Air Corps lose all confidence in it.

As a result, the aircraft was downgraded to a trainer aircraft, but the pilots did not like it, and the aircraft did not handle very well and often caused accidents to the pilots.

As a result, the trainer aircraft was also not popular, so there was only one way to exit, and at this time the British had a demand.