This night meal made everyone's hearts flutter, and Andrei not only ate but also jokingly asked Brezhnev: "Ilyich, I'm afraid the expressions on the faces of the Germans must be very wonderful now, if they eat dinner today, I'm afraid they will be full!" And Brezhnev had just swallowed a piece of bread and then laughed and said, "The Germans are probably very sad about this dinner." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Plavio and Akhromeyev next to him were also laughing, and Anna was constantly busy, to be honest, the flour used in these snacks was wasted a lot of thoughts, even the flour of the captured Germans is not so pure now, this war is now the limit for both sides involved in the war, and here at the time of the night dinner, the People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR in Moscow was not idle, Stalin was frowning and listening to the report, now in terms of logistics, because a large number of men have gone to the front, Machinery and livestock also supported the front. Collective farms were left with women, children and the elderly, and with primitive farming methods, wartime grain production in the Soviet Union fell to an all-time low, with grain production in 1942 falling by more than 60 percent compared to 1940. The food aided by the United States is a lot of field food that can be eaten immediately, the weather in the Soviet Union is cold, people must eat a lot of meat, and the meat in the Soviet Union is mainly produced by livestock eating grain (the weather is cold, there is a lack of pasture, and only grains can be eaten, so the cost of meat in the Soviet Union is also higher than that of other countries), canned meat in the United States can be eaten immediately, which is very convenient, and this is not comparable to how many cows and how many pigs in the rear on paper. Western assistance ensured the combat effectiveness of the Soviet troops.

Listening to the report of the agricultural department in this regard, Stalin also frowned, and then Beria added: "Comrade Stalin, now the agricultural production in Central Asia and the Urals has reached the limit in Eastern Siberia, and now our peasants only have half a kilogram of potatoes every day, and other food supplies are supplied to the front line and factories, and the food aided by the United States and Britain has also been sent to the front line, and now all the ways that can be thought of have been thought of, I have asked the Mongolian side some time ago, we can no longer ask for livestock, They can't take it anymore either. ”

And the committee members next to them also said this one after another, agriculture now has no potential to be tapped, the food supply is now almost starving the peasants to death, and now the standard can not be lowered anymore, otherwise it will really be a rebellion, and at the same time, the German prisoners of war are now all getting to work, at least they are strong laborers and have to ensure that they do not starve to death, as for the industrial aspect, as long as the American machine tools and other materials such as armor steel can arrive, there is still no problem with the production of weapons and equipment, As for the planes, many of the fighters of the Soviet Union were made of wood, and some of them in Siberia were made of high-quality wood, but this war has made the current Soviet Union unbearable!

Now everyone's eyes are focused on Stalingrad, the Soviet General Staff has begun to formulate the "Uranus Plan" to prepare for a counterattack, but a large number of troops and equipment have not yet arrived, how can it be November, now Stalingrad is a matter of success or failure of the battle, everyone is hoping that the commanders and fighters of the guard can use all their strength to drag the Germans.

Stalin smoked a cigarette and said: "Molotov, you have to do everything you can to continue to get Britain and the United States to provide more aid, after a while we will have to fight back, we must have enough material support." Other departments should also maximize their potential to overcome all difficulties! ”

At the same time, at the White House on the other side of the ocean, President Roosevelt was eating breakfast, and after a while, Hopkins, Roosevelt's most important aide, came in, and looking at this old friend, Roosevelt smiled slightly: "Harry, is there something wrong?" ”

He had sparse short blond hair, a broad forehead, a high nose, thin lips, a square chin, and a pair of turquoise eyes glowing with depth and wisdom under thick eyebrows. The whole person looks serene, wise, alert and resolute, which is also a smiling tiger!

Franklin? Draenau? Roosevelt, the 32nd, 33rd, 34th, and 35th presidents of the United States, is the only president in American history to serve four consecutive terms. Although the 35th term died in office after only 73 days, this polio guy set a record for four consecutive terms as president of the United States. Because before him, all U.S. presidents were re-elected for a maximum of two terms, and after him, the U.S. Congress legislated that the U.S. president should serve no more than two terms, so Roosevelt became the only person who never had the most to do.

Harry Hopkins was Roosevelt's No. 1 think tank, and since 1936, he served as Roosevelt's adviser, participated in all major strategic decisions of the United States during the Roosevelt era, and was even known as the "shadow president", and was the de facto No. 2 person in the White House during the Roosevelt period.

"The Russians, President, now want our country to expand their aid again, they are still very anxious about the fighting in Stalingrad, and this year there is a huge problem in Russian agriculture, and they desperately need our canned meat," Hopkins said. ”

And Roosevelt is still smiling but thinking about it in his heart, now it has entered October 42, the Battle of Midway, the US Navy sank four Japanese aircraft carriers in one fell swoop, and now the initiative of the Pacific War has reached the hands of the United States, Japan continues to play a huge front in the Chinese battlefield and the two parties tug-of-war, and now the focus of the world is still focused on the Soviet Union, especially the current Stalingrad, according to the existing situation, the two sides have gathered more than one million troops in a theater of war. You must know that the two concepts of army group and front army group only exist in the Soviet-German battlefield, and compared with this battlefield, other battlefields are really just trivial, this kind of fight of millions of troops at every turn, this is what the United States can not bear, this situation is exactly what the United States wants to see, but although there is no good impression of the Bolsheviks, but now the Russians are so low-voiced and cheeky to ask for help, they can also find that the Russians are also mobilizing to the limit, and now Stalingrad is already the focus of the entire battlefield! Of course, the United States has to pay something in order to realize its own interests, so according to the Lend-Lease Act, the United States is now really supplying unlimited materials, if it is just food, as long as the transportation capacity is sufficient, it will not hurt, and other materials such as walkie-talkies and telephone lines are not impossible to expand, although the Russians have a lot of appetite, but as long as the payment is valuable, the United States has also earned.

So, after thinking for a while and taking a sip of coffee, Roosevelt said, "Harry, what do you think?" Seeing Roosevelt's expression, Hopkins also smiled and said: "Of course, material assistance is not a problem, it is better than us going to open up a second battlefield, and then the parents of our hundreds of thousands of young men receive national flags and letters of condolence!" ”

The door of the office here is open again, and the entire presidential office is oval-shaped, from which the oval office naturally gets its name. On the back wall of the office, behind the president's desk, are three narrow, tall floor-to-ceiling windows, separated by four beautifully decorated columns, with the American flag and the American presidential flag in front of the middle two. On the wall in front of the office hangs a portrait of a dignified figure dressed in military uniform. Although Xiao Feng didn't know the person on the painting, he knew that this must be a portrait of Washington, the founding father of the United States, because apart from him, there was no second person in the entire United States who was qualified to occupy this place permanently.

On the opposite side of the painting is a large, heavy oak door through which visitors enter the room. On both sides of this door, there is a small wall frame, and on the left wall shelf are placed several delicate gadgets, one of which is a blue and white porcelain plate that looks like a Chinese thing, and the wall shelf on the right is full of folders, and it is estimated that every piece of paper in it is written in words that can determine the fate of countless people.

Behind this door, there is another door, but it is not a transparent oak door, but like the windows, it is a transparent door with glass in the middle of the wooden lattice, and when you look out through the glass on the door, you can see a small garden full of precious flowers and trees, which is the rose garden for the president of the United States.

Roosevelt's large desk. The façade of this desk is carved with many beautiful classical patterns, and the colors are also antique, and the whole table looks thick and atmospheric, giving people a sense of stability as a rock. This desk is almost as famous as this office, and it is the famous "Perseverance Desk".

The wood of the Fortitude Table is all from a British warship named "Fortitude". In 1853, when the British Royal Navy warship "Perseverance" was on a mission with the fleet in the Arctic Ocean, it was accidentally trapped by the ice floe and could not escape, and in desperation, the fleet commander had to order it to be abandoned. Who knew that three years later, the "Perseverance" was discovered by an American whaling ship, and the US government immediately bought it, repaired it, and returned it to Britain. Later, after the "Perseverance" was decommissioned, Queen Victoria of England ordered two desks to be made of wood from the ship's hull, one for her own use, and the other for the then President of the United States, Rutherford? Hayes. Since then, the desk has remained in the White House, and although it was abandoned for a while, most of the time, it was the desk of the President of the United States.

Entering the door was Army Chief of Staff Marshall, who held in his hand an analysis of the battle situation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, two weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, British Prime Minister Winston? Churchill led the members of the "Chiefs of Staff", that is, the chief officers of the British Army, Navy and Air Force, to Washington. The Commission was established in 1923 to coordinate His Majesty's army, navy, and air force against the Axis powers. The United States did not have a similar agency at that time to develop a joint combat plan with Great Britain, therefore, Franklin? President Roosevelt established a "Joint Chiefs of Staff" representing the Army, Army Air Force, and Navy. Roosevelt's confidant and assistant William? Admiral Leahy heads the organization and acts as a liaison with the president. Raisi's title was "Chief of Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy." On July 29, 1942, Admiral Leahy became chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and organized the team. As a result, the Joint Chiefs of Staff became the organization that led the U.S. military throughout World War II. In fact, the Joint Chiefs of Staff is basically equivalent to a general staff, but it does not have the right to command the movement of the army, and it mainly provides the president with analysis and suggestions on the war situation, and it is mainly a staff officer, and it does not have the kind of power of the general staff of other countries, and its leadership depends on the president.

As soon as he saw Marshall's arrival, Roosevelt asked, "George, I've come so early, and I haven't eaten breakfast yet, so I'll ask them to bring you one!" Marshall said, "Okay, thank you very much, Mr. President." Looking at the analysis in his hand, Roosevelt said: "George, what new analysis does the Joint Staff Council have on the battlefield on the Eastern Front in Europe?" ”

Marshall said: "Yes, Mr. President, this is the latest analysis of the situation in Stalingrad, we feel that the situation is still anxious, I am afraid that it will take three or five months to really decide the winner, but the advantage is now on the side of Russia." "Oh, George is now so fierce that the Germans are attacking, why do you still think that the Russians have the advantage!" Marshall said: "Stalingrad's important fulcrum Mamayev Gang is still firmly controlled by the Russians, although the Germans currently control half of the city, but if they can't control the Mamayev Gang, then they can't further expand their advantage, because they don't control the Mamayev Gang, now the docks in Stalingrad are still in normal use, the Russians have sent countless reserves and supplies into the city, and now the Russian defenders are still stubbornly resisting." ”

"Mamayev Gang? I remember that it was a new infantry division of the Russians who guarded it, and this was a light infantry division, and I remember that in the last battle report, the Russians have always been guarding this unit at the Mamayev post! Roosevelt's memory is really good, although he is not a soldier, but Roosevelt was also an assistant to the Admiralty, and he is not a military illiterate.

"Yes, Mr. President, I have to say that the Russians are a nation that always has no shortage of excellent officers, they have produced many famous generals in history, now we only know that the commander of this unit is a general transferred from the internal affairs army, he really created a miracle with a light infantry division has been holding on to the Mamayev post to continuously repel the German attack, the style of this army is also very terrible, according to the intelligence they can hold the explosives and the Germans will die together, they can charge with fire, It's hard for me to imagine how strong an army can be, the Bolsheviks are terrible! Marshall sighed very much, but what he didn't expect was that they would also encounter such an opponent in North Korea eight years later, and he knew the helplessness of the Germans at that time!

And Hopkins, who was next to him, said: "That is, if you continue to drag on like this, the Russians have hope of winning!" Marshall took a sip of his coffee and said, "Well, that's right. Roosevelt said, "I wish I had the opportunity to meet the Russian commander, who is a miracle worker." ”

The same discussion took place at Churchill's dinner table at 10 Downing Street, and Churchill also felt that it was a miracle, and as a former secretary of the admiralty, he was also not military blind, and he also said: "I wish I could meet this commander of the Russians!" ”

At the same time, in response to Stalin's further request for help, the United States and Britain both decided to expand their aid, and even reduced their aid to China, after all, compared with Japan, Germany is the biggest enemy, and the supplies to the Soviets at least the Soviets are really useful, as for the transport captain, he really has no good impression of him!