Harry. Truman was once again sitting in the White House Cabinet room, he was president-elect at the Cabinet military meeting, and he also had considerable decision-making power, so it can be said that he was half the president of the United States before he officially took office. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Such an arrangement, although not in line with the conventions of American politics, is also excusable, after all, the United States is fighting a very difficult war.

As the next commander-in-chief, Truman must participate in the highest decision-making of the US military before he succeeds him, so as to ensure that there is no temporary confusion in the command center.

However, Truman, who was sitting in the cabinet room at this time, still found that the command center of the United States was under the control of a kind of chaotic thinking.

In Truman's view, the root cause of this chaotic thinking was war and instability. On the one hand, I know that I can't win the fight, and I want to ask for peace; On the other hand, due to the mainstream public opinion in the United States, the pressure of Congress (the current Congress of the United States is Onodai), and the various things boasted by the Democratic Party during the election campaign, it is necessary to adhere to the "politically correct" conditions for peace talks, so that the door to peace talks has actually been closed.

In such a situation where the war cannot be won and cannot be discussed, the strategy of "promoting peace by fighting" of military adventurism has become the most enthusiastic option of the White House and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

But all the big people, including Truman himself, who could sit in the cabinet room for a meeting, did not dare to take the risk to the end. They dared to venture only in the southern part of South America, which is dependent on the Pacific Ocean, and did not dare to take risks in the direction of the Atlantic.

Therefore, the current US military strategy is to carry out military adventures in the southeast Pacific and southern South America, while pursuing a military conservative line in the main theater of the Atlantic.

“…… Our assault on San Diego is now relatively smooth, and the forces under the command of Admiral Eisenhower have completed the encirclement of Santiago on three sides and cut off communication between Santiago and Puerto Montt.

The first phase of the expansion of the port of Valparaiso in central Chile has been completed, increasing the port's throughput capacity by 100 percent to meet the high-intensity operational needs of at least 500,000 ground troops and 1,500 combat aircraft.

However, the German-controlled port of Montt has limited throughput capacity, is also blocked by submarines of the Pacific Fleet, and the road through the Andean mountains is often bombed by our army aviation, and its transportation capacity has been greatly reduced.

As a result, the Joint Chiefs of Staff judged that the German army could not afford to maintain a military presence of more than 100,000 troops in San Diego at the moment. And it also did not have the ability to send enough ammunition and heavy equipment to Santiago. If we continue to send more troops to Chile, we should be able to liberate Santiago, the capital of Chile, at the beginning of 1945......"

Presidential Chief of Staff William. At the beginning of today's meeting, Leahy threw out a plan to occupy San Diego in early 1945.

He went on to say: "At the same time, we should also intensify the bombing of Buenos Aires." Send more B-17 and B-24 bombers, as well as P51 fighters that can carry out long-range escort missions. This would allow us to carry out air strikes during the day, thereby hastening the collapse of the Peron regime. ”

"Do we have enough troops?" Truman interjected and asked, "If you want to attack San Diego and launch a daytime air raid on Buenos Aires, you need to invest a lot of land and air forces, right?" ”

"We can retreat from British Guiana." William. Leahy replied, "Our war in British Guiana has served its purpose and can now be over." ”

In fact, the U.S. military was on the verge of defeat in British Guiana. Shortly after the Battle of Bermuda, German troops landed in New Amsterdam, less than 100 kilometers from Georgetown. At the same time, naval and aviation forces blocked the shipping lanes from Trinidad to Georgetown, leaving the landing American troops in a dilemma of serious lack of supplies. If it weren't for the election, the Joint Chiefs of Staff would have ordered the withdrawal of American troops in Georgetown long ago.

Now that the electoral vote is over and Truman's presidency is fully implemented, it is time for a total contraction in the Atlantic.

"Well......" Truman glanced at Wallace, who was sitting in the presidency, "what about the passage to peace negotiations?" Is it still open? ”

Truman knew that Wallace was too idealistic and had many misunderstandings about Comrade Mussolini, a good friend of the American people and the black brothers. Therefore, after becoming the "interim president", he gave Mussolini, who was zealous and peaceful, a cold ass. Without Mussolini's mediation, peace negotiations would have become very difficult -- without Mussolini, the level of negotiations between the United States and Germany would suddenly have fallen to the level of ambassadors and consuls, and they would no longer be at the level of leaders. And among the other friends of the United States, none of them could exert considerable influence on Hitler and the Nazi Party as Mussolini.

"The door to peace negotiations is certainly open," said Secretary of State Cordell. Hull frowned and said, "Our ambassador in Rome and the German embassy in Rome have been in contact. ”

"I would like to arrange for Mr. Kennedy to visit Rome," Truman said, "just before I take office." ”

He hasn't forgotten about Harry yet. Hopkins's advice was to prepare Kennedy to follow Mussolini's route and negotiate peace with the Germans.

If possible, he also wanted Kennedy to meet with Rudolph in his capacity as vice president of the United States. Hess and even Hitler himself!

Wallace's brow furrowed, as if he wanted to stop him, but Cordell. Hull preemptively said, "Sir, there is no problem, arrange it immediately." ”

After all, Truman was the elected president! Time is running out for Wallace. Moreover, Truman also gave Wallace a very good position - he would become Secretary of War (Secretary of the Army) after Truman took over as president.

So Wallace nodded his head after Hull spoke, which was considered to be an approval of this arrangement.

He thought for a moment and said, "I think we should start the Battle of Santiago when Mr. Kennedy visits Rome." If we can get into the city of Santiago, it will certainly be beneficial for peaceful engagement. ”

"What about the conditions of peace?" Truman asked.

The conditions for peace have long been made public, the "Truman Five". However, Truman certainly did not forget the content of the "five points" by raising this question now. Instead, it's ready to skip the ticket......

However, if you want to bounce votes, you can't make a 180-degree turn right away, after all, the Democratic Party does not control Congress now!

"National self-determination in the Americas is possible," said Secretary of State Cordell. "It is not necessarily in Germany's interest to maintain a costly presence in the Americas, and it will be more difficult for Germany to integrate Europe once Canada returns to the British Empire," Hull said. But Australia will most likely seek refuge from Europe to avoid being invaded by Japan. ”

"National self-determination certainly includes the option of becoming European!" Truman said.

"It's okay not to cut the land." William. Leahy added, "The Germans are probably not going to think about ground troops invading the United States, so they have no ambitions for our homeland." ”

"There is no hope for a complete open door," said Treasury Secretary Morgantao, "and Europe is not going to open its markets to us, but there are some trade agreements...... Even if the door is open.

In addition, helping Europe to rebuild peacefully can be ...... It could be an alternative to reparations and to some extent meet Europe's need for reconstruction funds. ”

"Disarmament and arms limitation are also beneficial to Europe, which is financially inferior to ours, and I believe that it will be supported by the European people."

Wallace, who will take over as secretary of war, also added that he can be regarded as supporting Truman's "bounce line" -- although he is now the leader of the main battle faction in the Democratic Party, he cannot oppose the peace talks themselves, and all he can oppose is the unfavorable peace conditions for the United States.

Truman nodded, "So...... Where is our bottom line? ”

"The bottom line?" Wallace asked warily.

"The bottom line of paying for money!" Truman bluntly said, "How much can we give them?" ”

That's the crux of the matter! The Germans don't care if they get "politically incorrect" reparations or "politically correct" aid. They want money, and the more the merrier!

"This must be discussed with the Republicans, the Bolsheviks, and the State Fascists." Wallace frowned, and said in a somewhat cautionary tone, "If it's too big, let's say $100 billion...... I'm afraid there will be some political exchange. But such a deal would split and disintegrate the Democratic Party! ”

In democracies, Congress is often a market for power trading - this is not to belittle democracy, democracy does not mean that it is selfless, and it does not mean that all voters will agree on all issues. It is very normal for different groups of voters to have conflicts of interest, and it is very common for members of parliament to make some transactions in Congress in order to achieve a certain degree of realization of the interests of the voters they represent.

And the demand of the middle and upper class voters represented by the Republican Party on domestic issues is to repeal a series of New Deal legislation with socialist tendencies! If the Democrats want to win Republican support on reparations, they must support Republicans on the repeal of New Deal legislation.

But voters who supported New Deal legislation were the foundation of the Democratic Party, and if the Democrats betrayed them in Congress, the 1946 midterm elections would be the day the Democrats collapsed.

And in the face of the prospect of an election collapse, there is a good chance that a split will occur within the Democratic Party first! Some of the MPs who were staunchly supporters of the New Deal and opposed to capitulating to Europe might leave the Democratic Party to form a socialist party with the Bolshevik Party, while some conservative Democratic parties would probably join the National Fascist Party to defend the seven southern states.

At that point, the end of the Democratic Party is really not far off!