U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, Joseph Brown. Patrick. Kennedy flew from Bern to Washington on May 16 aboard a Swiss Air Lines Fokker 42. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 In the VIP room at the airport, he was first slashed with a syringe on the arm dozens of times, and some blood was seen - it was after being vaccinated against plague and anthrax, and after the vaccine, he met Hopkins, a senior adviser to the president.

Seeing Kennedy, who was still holding his sleeves, with a sickly face and a little sluggish, Hopkins smiled bitterly: "Another case of plague was detected in Virginia a few days ago, and now the whole East Coast is nervous, everyone needs to be vaccinated, although it may not be useful, but at least it can calm people's hearts." ”

Although the Japanese suspended germ warfare after the start of the Second Battle of Hawaii, the various germs that had been thrown into the United States were still in full force. Even outside of Southern California, patients infected with anthrax and plague occasionally appear. Plague in particular is particularly widespread, with two-thirds of states in the United States reporting a case of plague.

The U.S. government's response, in addition to the epidemic areas and the isolation of patients, is to inject the American people with anthrax and plague vaccines on a large scale. The former uses a capsular attenuated strain vaccine provided by the Soviet Union, and the effect is actually good (it was produced by the Tbilisi Institute of Vaccine and Serum Science of the Soviet Union in 1939).

However, there is no effective vaccine against plague, and the currently available vaccines are ineffective and have a short prevention time, requiring frequent injections. In addition, there are many contraindications to the plague vaccine, such as not giving it to pregnant and lactating women. In short, it is a great headache for the US government and annoys the American people.

Ambassador Kennedy shook his head, rolled down his sleeves, buttoned them up, and put on his suit again. Then he sighed and said, "The Germans didn't get a vaccine that worked well either...... Both Hitler and Hersmann were angry, but the Japanese just wouldn't give it, so there was nothing to do in Europe. ”

Trying to get a plague vaccine and a cure from Europe was also Ambassador Kennedy's job in Europe. He had many friends in Europe, including Rudolph. Hess and Duke Wrangel (the chief minister of the Russian Empire) and the new Caesar of the Roman Empire, if the Germans really had a vaccine and a cure, Kennedy would have been able to get it - money was certainly not a problem.

However, the vaccines he obtained from Europe were similar to the plague vaccines produced by the United States itself, and they were all attenuated strains of vaccines that did not work well and could not deal with pneumonic plague.

"Damn it!" Hopkins coughed and walked with Kennedy to the VIP tunnel.

At this time, Washington Airport was very small, out of the VIP passage is the exit of the airport, a Cadillac car parked on the side of the road, the driver and bodyguard stood next to the car smoking, saw Hopkins and Kennedy, quickly pinched the cigarette butt and opened the car door for them.

The two got into the car, and they didn't have to worry about the conversation being heard by outsiders, so they could finally talk freely.

"Joseph, the president summoned you back this time mainly to ask you a very important question."

Hopkinston paused and asked, "I guess you know about the ongoing battle of Moscow, right?" ”

"The Soviets were defeated again." Kennedy sighed, "Moscow has been surrounded, and it seems that the Soviet Union is almost finished." ”

Retaining half of the Soviet Union was Germany's most secret national policy, and only a few high-ranking military and political leaders, such as Hitler, Hersmann, and Schleicher, knew it. Kennedy, of course, had no way of knowing, and what he now had in his hands was the "great European fusion," "the integration of Germany, Britain, France, and Russia," and "a thousand-year empire from the Atlantic to the Pacific."

However, the survival of the Soviet Union was not what Roosevelt wanted to learn from Kennedy, the United States had diplomatic institutions and military missions in the Soviet Union, and there were many friends, and Roosevelt could know the situation first-hand.

"After the end of the Soviet Union, we will face the attack of the two empires, Germany and Japan." Hopkins's tone was a little sad, "The war in Hawaii is not going well, and the battle on Nihauan Island has not completely ended yet, the Japanese soldiers are all devils, they are not afraid of death at all, they will not surrender, even if they face a desperate situation, they will choose to die with us, it is really terrible!"

Moreover, our ships were also hit by suicide planes, and we lost 6 escort aircraft carriers and more than 20 destroyers, transports and landing ships. It's horrible! Looks...... We can't defeat Japan before the fall of the Soviet Union. ”

At the same time that the Soviet-German general war was waging around Moscow, the protracted and bloody war between the United States and Japan in the Hawaiian Islands continued. The losses on both sides were enormous, and the American landing force was locked in a terrible and bloody battle on Niihau, which began in March and continued until May, and although the American forces had controlled 90% of Niihau, the eastern terraces of the island were still controlled by the Japanese. In the two-month bloody battle, the casualties of the US landing force were also very heavy, with as many as 24,000 people killed, seriously wounded, and missing alone. It is estimated that the loss of taking Niihau Island will not even be able to beat 30,000!

While the landing force suffered heavy casualties, the losses of the US aviation were not small. Whether it was the air raids of US planes on various Japanese airfields in the Hawaiian Islands, or the counterattack of Japanese planes on US fleets, they were all wasting a lot of pilots on both sides. Although the Americans did not suffer a loss in terms of exchange ratio, most of the losses of the Americans were carrier-based pilots, while most of the losses of the Japanese were shore-based pilots, and there was still a big gap in gold content.

After both sides had lost two to three thousand pilots (pilots), the Japanese, having lost most of their aircraft inventory on the Hawaiian Islands, launched a "kamikaze attack" in late April and early May, and although they did not sink the Essex-class aircraft carriers and American battleships, they still twice inflicted heavy damage on the 31st Task Force, which was supporting the landing force.

In addition, the impact of the suicide plane also cast a great shadow on the psychology of the US military. And everyone knows that Japan also has a powerful combined fleet.

The Japanese Combined Fleet will appear near the Hawaiian Islands at any moment and deal a fatal blow to the attacking American fleet!

So the U.S. military, who fought fiercely on the Hawaiian front for 3 months, now lives in fear every day.

And now that Germany is about to defeat the Soviet Union, the United States may face the dilemma of a fierce war in the Pacific and Atlantic. This is very dangerous for the United States!

"Does the President want to know about the possibility of peace with Germany?" Kennedy asked.

"No," Hopkins shook his head, "the president knows how difficult it is to make peace with Germany." He paused, "The President wants to know if you have any thoughts on becoming Vice President of the United States of America?" ”

"What? What the? Kennedy was stunned and stunned, "Vice President...... I? ”

It was already May 1944, and according to the domestic election rules of the United States, the United States Congress held a presidential election in November 44 to elect the next president of the United States.

In the lead-up to the U.S. presidential election, there are Republican and Democratic primaries. Since Roosevelt had abandoned the idea of a fourth term as president of the United States, Harry . Truman is now the big winner of the Democratic primary, and he is expected to represent the Democratic Party in the race for the next president against the Republican-backed candidate John Dewey.

But Truman has not yet chosen his running mate, the vice presidential candidate.

"Yes." Hopkins smiled, "Joseph, you're not going to turn down this opportunity, are you?" ”

Kennedy, of course, would not refuse. People in Washington's political circles know that the Irish-born tycoon is an "official fan" who is bent on making a name for himself in politics.

And vice president is certainly a position that can take Kennedy to the top of the world -- as long as he helps Truman become president, then he has a good chance of winning the Democratic primary to challenge for the presidency of the United States in four or eight years.

Becoming the president of the United States is, of course, the biggest dream of Kennedy, an official fan, in his life.

"But why me?" Kennedy was not stunned by the "vice president" who suddenly fell, but asked why.

Hopkins shrugged and said, "Because you have a lot of friends in Europe, it's very critical for the United States." We need a vice president who can deal with Europe...... This would compensate for Truman's weakness in foreign affairs. And that's an arrangement that people on the other side of the ocean want to see, so you're the best candidate for vice president right now. ”

In the eyes of the Nazi and fascist leaders of Europe, Kennedy was definitely a "good American" and a pro-European. If he can become president or vice president, it will undoubtedly greatly facilitate peace negotiations between Europe and the United States.

Of course, many people in the United States also knew that Kennedy was a "pro-Nazi" political figure. Before the United States entered the war, he was criticized for his anti-British and pro-German remarks...... But now it seems that he must have been right.

The United States' intervention in the war in Europe has indeed brought unnecessary harm to itself.

Therefore, the mainstream public opinion in the United States is now to "return to the pre-war period," that is, to return to the status quo ante before the war began. It is enough to let the United States be the overlord of the Americas, and the United States will not mix in other places.

Therefore, the results of the 1944 presidential election were very unfavorable to the Democratic Party, which brought the United States into the war. In the 1940 election, Dewey, who had advocated "isolationism", became a big favorite.

And if Roosevelt wanted to help Truman win the presidency, he had to arrange a vice president for Truman who could make peace with the Europeans. Come to think of it, only Kennedy, a "pro-Nazi" Democrat, could do the job.