Looking at the back of Chen Jinghui leaving, Maher felt that Chen Jinghui was too difficult. Every time I negotiate with him, at the most critical time, Chen Jinghui will put forward new requirements to make his side uncomfortable. He felt that Chen Jinghui was very good at seizing the opportunity, and knew that Chen Jinghui wanted to use the fact that the British were now continuing to reinforce himself to threaten him, and agreed with him. But even if you know it, you can't do anything about it.

There was no way, Maher could only clean up, and then left the conference room with his own people, returned to his residence, and then sent Chen Jinghui's suggestion back to China, asking for a plan in China.

"Your Excellency President, Maher has sent back news from Huaxia, and Deputy Commander Chen of Huaxia has made a request for us." The time difference between the United States and China happens to be in the evening here in China, and it is early in the morning in the United States. So not long after Maher's telegram was sent back, MacHaser came to Roosevelt with the telegram.

"Request, what request." Roosevelt asked.

"Your Excellency, Vice Commander Chen of Huaxia has asked us to sell him one or two aircraft carrier fleets." McHathur said.

"What, to buy our aircraft carrier fleet, this is definitely not possible. I asked Maher to bring this up before, just to attract Huaxia to send troops, not to really sell it to them. ”

Roosevelt knew very well in his heart that the navy was China's shortcoming. As long as Huaxia does not have a navy, there will still be demands for itself in the future. Moreover, they can also use the superiority of the navy to blockade the waters of China and restrict their navigation, so as to inhibit their development and keep their strength forever ahead of China. If the Chinese are allowed to reach the aircraft carrier, they will train their own aircraft carrier sailors, and even imitate their own technology to build their own aircraft carrier, and then things will not be easy to do.

"Your Excellency, but Maher said that Deputy Commander Chen of Huaxia was very clear. If we do not agree to the conditions he proposed, then Huaxia will not provide us with assistance and will terminate our proposed arms sales plan. McHather said.

"What, they have the guts to threaten us so nakedly." Roosevelt couldn't believe his ears, when did little Huaxia become so tough.

"Your Excellency, you may not know yet. The current China is not as good as before, and the military strength of their army can be said to be very strong, and we in the United States are not necessarily opponents. Especially the Flying Fox Legion under Deputy Commander Chen's own command is even more powerful. A large part of the reason why Huaxia was able to drive Japan out of the interior was because of this Flying Fox Army. So their current strength should definitely not be underestimated. McHather said.

"When did they become so sinister, why haven't I heard you say it before?" Roosevelt asked, looking at MacHasher in disbelief.

"Your Excellency, the situation in China is very stable now. In particular, since General Chen, the Flying Fox, became deputy commander-in-chief, he has completely stabilized the domestic situation and has quite high prestige among the Chinese military and civilians. It can be said that as long as he proposes something, almost the whole country will support it. Therefore, we can only make a decision on the conditions he put forward this time. It is probably impossible to force him to give up through other means. "McHarser was a smart man, and he could see Roosevelt's thoughts in Roosevelt's eyes, so he got vaccinated in advance.

"But the sale of aircraft carriers must be approved by Congress, and it is useless for us to say anything here." Roosevelt, of course, understood what MacHasher meant, and knew that he was reminding himself to be cautious in making decisions and not to be clever.

"I know that, but the situation in the UK is really bad right now, and we need to make a decision as soon as possible." McHathur said.

"Alright then, I'll go and convene the members of Congress right now to discuss the matter." Roosevelt thought twice and decided to let Congress decide the matter. Even if something goes wrong in the future, I am not responsible.

"Hello everyone, there is a very important matter to discuss with you today. As we all know, Japan attacked Southeast Asia last year, and the British forces that had been controlling Southeast Asia were defeated one after another, and now only North India remains, and recently due to the sudden disappearance of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the British army has held on even harder, and it seems that it will not be able to hold on. Last time we passed the decision to send troops to reinforce the British, but now there is an issue that needs to be voted on again. Roosevelt said at the conference.

"It's all agreed, what else to vote on."

"Say something quickly, don't delay the reinforcement of the British."

Members of Congress on the line urged Roosevelt to say anything directly.

"Well, after consultation with Huaxia, after our troops reach India, Huaxia will provide us with military supplies. But Huaxia now has a demand that we sell them two aircraft carrier fleets. The stakes are high, so we need to discuss and decide. Roosevelt said.

"I don't agree, the Huaxia Navy is their dead end, if they are allowed to have an aircraft carrier fleet, it will be difficult to control it in the future."

"Yes, you can't sell it to them. The aircraft carrier fleet is something that dominates the seas, and tiny China is not qualified to have it. ”

"Their possession of aircraft carriers will greatly affect our strategic deployment in Asia, and we cannot sell them to them."

Those purely military congressmen expressed their opinions one after another, and they absolutely considered this issue from a military point of view, holding that Huaxia's aircraft carrier fleet was a threat to the United States' strategic deployment in Asia, and they resolutely disagreed with this arms sale one after another. But after all, they are in the minority, and the majority of the members of the US Congress are capitalists. No, when they finished speaking, the others began to fight back.

"I don't agree with them. Britain is our ally, and we must do everything we can to help them. What can a small China do if it has aircraft carriers, are they our opponents of the United States? ”

"That is, more importantly, we in the United States are now in a period of economic recovery, and we just need a lot of external forces to stimulate the domestic economy. If Huaxia wants to sell our aircraft carrier fleet, it will certainly be a big business, and this will lead to the development of our domestic economy. ”

"That's right, with these hundreds of millions of dollars, it will bring a lot of impetus to our country, provide more jobs, and stimulate domestic economic development."

"What's more, their arms purchases will not only stimulate our economy, but also help us aid the UK, so why wouldn't we."

"Besides, the situation of Britain in India is so dangerous now, if there are no more reinforcements, the whole of Southeast Asia will be Japanese. At that point, I would like to ask you, what are our interests in Southeast Asia, and will we be able to continue to control Asia? ”

The representatives of these capitalists expressed their opinions one after another and resolutely supported the arms sales plan of the aircraft carriers. In fact, their purpose is very clear, that is, through this arms sale, the consortium behind them will be able to make money, and their importance in the Congress will be greatly increased, and it is very likely that the president will be selected in the future.

Besides, the Americans are actually British, and many businessmen are actually British. In their hearts, Britain is their home country, and now they must help their home country in trouble. And now they can't help the UK, they can still make money on their own, so why not.

"Okay, let's be quiet, let's listen to my opinion before making a decision. Everyone knows that Japan is now the most powerful country in Asia, and their navy is also very powerful in the world. If they are allowed to completely occupy Southeast Asia, then they may expand into the Pacific, and at that time, we will not only lose the interests of Southeast Asia, but also our interests in the Pacific will be threatened. Therefore, my opinion is that we should consider this arms sale at different levels and then make a decision. ”

Roosevelt was actually a representative of a large conglomerate, and he specialized in military business. Chen Jinghui's military purchase plan for the two aircraft carrier fleets this time deeply attracted the consortium behind Roosevelt. They had clearly told Roosevelt that they needed this business to pull the factories below to make money, so that Roosevelt could think about it. That's why Roosevelt didn't agree to arms sales at first, and now he prefers arms sales.

"The president is right, we feel sold. Besides, what can China do with two aircraft carrier fleets, compared with our US navy, it is simply not enough to see. ”

"That is, we agreed to arms sales."

The parliamentarians below stood up and expressed their agreement with the arms sales plan. Especially after Roosevelt's words, I became more sure that the president meant the same thing.

"Alright, now the vote begins. Please choose your result and cast your ballot in the ballot box. Roosevelt said.

Then the members below began to take out their ballots to make choices, and then lined up to cast their votes. After everyone has made their choice, Congress starts the pass.

"Now announce the results. 156 agreed, 32 against, and 10 abstained. Now I announce that this time the arms sale of aircraft carriers has passed. Roosevelt read out the results of the vote, and then formally approved the aircraft carrier arms sales plan.

"General Mark Haas, please tell me that this result will be passed on to Huaxia immediately, and let Maher talk to them." Roosevelt said.

"Don't worry, president, I'll do it right away."

In fact, MacHashur originally agreed to this arms sale. Although he absolutely did not sell the aircraft carrier fleet to China, this is a huge threat to US interests in Asia, but this threat is simply too far from Japan's current situation. So he was very happy to see that Congress passed the aircraft carrier arms sales plan. He immediately promised Roosevelt and turned to inform Maher.

This book originated from reading books