Chapter 420: We're going to buy back the aircraft carrier
Although General Stilwell did not fully convince Feng Tian to join the Allied warband, it was impossible for him to participate in the naval battle against Japan until the navy of the Northland Volunteers had formed a combat force. ใNature'.2.
However, Feng Tian seems to be a little loose about participating in the 6th battle.
Since Feng Tian said that after thinking about it, General Stilwell would not be able to chase too closely, which would be counterproductive.
Back at his lodgings, Stilwell immediately wrote a detailed report and headed to Washington.
In order to show his merits, Stilwell especially emphasized the difficulties of the Northland Volunteers, emphasizing that after the last time the Northland Volunteers finished fighting, Fengtian had financial difficulties and did not want to fight for the time being.
However, Stilwell swore that he would do his best to convince Feng Tian to send troops to Indochina.
As for the navy of the Northland Volunteers, Stilwell also made the situation clear, the so-called two-aircraft carrier battle group is just a decoration now, because Feng Tian does not have a decent navy in his hands, and he can't even open a port, let alone fight.
A telegram was sent to Washington, and General Stilwell breathed a sigh of relief.
One reason is that Stilwell has to wait for Washington's instructions, and another reason is that Stilwell wants to leave a few days of buffer time for Feng Tian, after all, the decision to be made, Feng Tian also needs to unify his thoughts internally.
However, in the past few days, the situation has changed too much.
First, the Japanese attacked the US mainland on a large scale, and now the United States has finished even its only aircraft carrier, and the Japanese and Japanese navies have wantonly and indiscriminately bombed the US coastline, blowing up all the warships under construction on the east coast of the United States.
Now, the United States has completely lost the capability of ocean operations, and the navy is completely gone.
This is not the worst thing, contrary to the expectations of everyone in the United States, the Japanese army was so bold and reckless that it actually landed on the west coast of the United States.6 This is a new situation that even the United States itself did not expect, and the Japanese people went crazy.
Roosevelt was so anxious that his mouth was full of froths, and the anger was too great.
The Japanese army is fighting on the west coast on the one hand, while the navy is wandering around the east coast, and I don't know when it will bomb that city indiscriminately, do you think the president of the United States can not be anxious?
The Japanese aircraft carrier formation is elusive, they do not stay in one place, and the strike force at sea is very flexible, so that the Americans are unable to guard against it and suffer a lot.
Roosevelt was not too worried about the war situation on the West Coast, after all, it was in 6 places, and the US ** team had been assembled and was constantly heading for the West Coast. And the Japanese army wants to cross the Pacific Ocean to fight in North America, which is definitely looking for death.
However, what made the Americans scratch their heads the most was that the Japanese and Japanese navies were bombing indiscriminately on the east coast, and American GIs could not jump into the Atlantic Ocean to compete with the Japanese and Japanese navies, right?
Seriously, many industries in the United States, especially shipbuilding, are located on the coastline, and the desire to restore the Navy has come to naught. Forced to turn to the British Empire for help, the U.S. government turned to it.
However, the British Empire was not having a good time, and was at war with Germany, unable to spare naval warships to support the United States.
The Warsonton government received a report from General Stilwell and was dismayed to learn that Stilwell had not yet convinced Feng Tian.
Roosevelt and his colleagues knew very well in their hearts that the only army that could fight the Japanese army in the East was Fengtian, and the Republic of China government army that counted on Lao Chiang to start a war with the Japanese and Japanese had no door.
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell. Hull, however, appeared in the telegram from General Stilwell, and said excitedly: "Mr. President, America is saved." โ
Looking at the excited Secretary of State Cordell. Hull, Roosevelt looks like he doesn't know what to do, the situation in the United States is terrible, who will save us?
"Secretary Hull, don't be too optimistic, the United States is facing an unprecedented catastrophe. No one can save the United States, and the British Empire has rejected the American government's request for them to support warships. Roosevelt's expression was gloomy, and his tone revealed the helplessness in his heart, and he was very depressed.
In World War I, the United States was a hardcore ally with the British Empire.
However, now that the British Empire is in trouble, it has no time to take care of itself, and it is still there to care whether the Americans live or die. Again, the isolationism of the Americans in the early stage made the British Empire very unhappy.
On August 31, 1935, the U.S. Congress passed the Neutrality Act. The United States supported the appeasement policies of Britain and France, stood idly by and watched the growth of fascist forces in Germany and Italy, and attempted to reap the benefits of the fishermen.
There was nothing wrong with this at first, but since Germany was already at war with Britain and France, and the Americans were still sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, it was a bit unauthentic.
In the First World War, the Americans made a fortune, do they want to do it again?
So, now the Americans are in big trouble, and the British Empire did not reach out to help, which is also expected.
"Mr. President, this is exactly what I'm talking about, you see, General Stilwell's telegram mentions that the American aircraft carriers that the Northland Volunteers bought from the Europeans are now not ready to be armed, and that if they are placed there, they will eventually become a pile of scrap metal.
However, the United States can buy it back from them.
In this case, the United States will have no shortage of ready-made warships, and the United States will immediately get back those retired servicemen, and the United States will have a powerful navy again.
Although the dollar is depreciating wildly, the US government is not short of gold.
Although these aircraft carrier formations have been resold at a sky-high price, the problem is that the United States cannot build aircraft carriers on its own, and besides, because of the time and situation, it is no longer a question of price, but whether the United States has an aircraft carrier formation.
In times of war, the security of the United States comes first, and if the United States does not exist, what is the use of keeping all that gold? "Secretary of State Cordell. Hull danced with his hands and squirted saliva all over Roosevelt's face.
Depression wakes up the dreamer, and Roosevelt's face is like an autumn cloud, changing very quickly.
Roosevelt immediately turned his worries into joy, and said excitedly: "Yes, why didn't I notice this just now?" Hurry up, report to General Stilwell immediately, and buy these two aircraft carrier formations anyway. Haha, God will not die America, we are saved. โ
General Stilwell soon received instructions from Washington and, at the same time, was aware of the latest dilemma facing the United States.
It was a disaster that the Japanese army actually landed on the mainland of the United States and occasionally sold cakes.
God, save America.
General Stilwell did not dare to delay, and immediately set off to see Fengtian.
"General Feng, our US government has decided to buy these two aircraft carrier battle groups." General Stilwell completely disregarded the so-called etiquette, and when he saw Feng Tian, he opened his mouth to buy an aircraft carrier, which shows how urgent his mood is.
Feng Tianxin is like a mirror, and he knew that the Americans would buy these warships.