Chapter 535: The Judgment of the Todmans
"Your Excellency, now that the British have protested to us, B-17 bombers have been presented above their heads, and Liverpool has been blown to ashes by this heavy bomber, and he demands that our country immediately stop the Chinese government from selling this bomber to Germany. In the conference room, Major General Marshall, the chief of adviser to the Army, was briefing Roosevelt on the latest situation in Europe.
"The Chinese have gone too far this time, they actually sold this heavy bomber to Germany, don't they know how much threat and harm this will cause to our allies?" The commander of the Air Force, four-star Admiral Henry Arnold, was somewhat indignant, and he had been particularly angry that Huaxia had been able to steal the blueprints of the B-17 bomber.
Roosevelt sat on the first seat, his eyes slightly closed, just quietly thinking, and after a while he opened his eyes and asked, "Hawkins, what do you think we should do?" ”,
In today's meeting, Hawkins sat in the second position on Roosevelt's left-hand side, suggesting that his position in Roosevelt's heart was still so strong. Hawkins frowned and thought for a while, before he said cautiously: "I think it is necessary to increase the intensity of aid to Britain, increase the amount of assistance to aircraft and pilots, from 30 pilots in 100 planes per week to 60 pilots in 200 planes, as well as food, fuel, and firearms, especially anti-aircraft weapons, which are urgently needed by the British." Roosevelt nodded in agreement: "Yes, we should increase our aid to Britain, but before that, we should warn the Chinese government that it is not a good thing to have too much appetite......
Nanjing Presidential Palace...... Hum! The Americans finally can't sit still! Su Tong sneered at the official letter of American diplomacy just sent by the US ambassador to China, Jensen.
"Jianming." Li Zongren beside him couldn't help but dissuade: "Our direct sale of heavy bombers to Britain has shaken the interests of the Americans in Europe, and it is normal for them to react in this way, I think it is better to recall our pilots in Germany first to see the limelight." ”,
Su Tong shook his head, "Duke De, do you think that if we stop selling bombers to the Germans and evacuate the personnel from Germany as required by the US government, the Americans and the British will feel sorry for us?" No, they will only laugh at our weakness and deceit, and the Germans' relations with us will inevitably deteriorate dramatically, and I will not do such a foolish thing that is not flattering. As for the U.S. government, we can answer that if the U.S. government agrees to stop supporting Britain, we can also stop selling weapons to Germany. Li Zongren smiled bitterly and said: "Jianming, these days, Ambassador Jensen and Sir Carr of the United Kingdom have come to me every day to protest, and my head is too big, so can't you support my work?" ”,
"But if we stop selling B-port bombers to Germany, it will be the turn of Ambassador Todman of Germany to bother!" Su Tong took out a cigarette case and handed Li Zongren a cigarette and said with a smile.
"Jianming, we are mixed into the competition of world powers, so we have to be cautious." , Li Zongren took the cigarette and did not light it.
"Not necessarily, Degong doesn't want to think about it, there are some things that we try our best to avoid, but can we avoid them?" Su Tong actually doesn't blame Li Zongren's prudence, less than two years after the Chinese government achieved reunification in the true sense, the original consciousness of surviving in the cracks is still left in the deep consciousness of the country's leaders and people, and the mentality of a big country has not been cultivated with the enhancement of comprehensive national strength.
Su Tong continued: "With the growth of our country and the expansion of the scale of our power, it is bound to have a series of collisions with the interests of the Western powers, and such things will often occur in the future, and we will not be able to retreat. Why is it natural for Western forces to reach into Asia, but we are guilty of doing something in Europe? In the end, it is still the hegemonic ideology of the old Western empire that is causing trouble, but I don't believe in this evil, I just want to move them, I want to tell those people that the days of being counted by the Caucasian race are over, and now we Chinese people must also make our voices heard! Li Zongren looked at Su Tong with a somewhat complicated expression, "Jianming is the helmsman of this country, we are all old, and the road in the future depends on our young people, it is good to have this determination, I will support the decision." ”,
Su Tong sneered and laughed, "Duke De, today is only forty-nine years old, and he can work for at least another twenty years in his upright prime, how can he keep shouting old?" ”,
"Hehe" Li Zongren also smiled, "I also have no body to see that I always feel like I am old, and I can't complain that people and people are always unable to compare." ”
Dr. Oskar Paul Todmann of the German Embassy in China sat quietly in his study and watched the telegram just sent by the German government, and the German scientists had basically mastered the thunder and technical materials sent by Huaxia, but they had no clue about how to jam the radar technology, and the German government hoped that Ambassador Todmann would convince the Chinese government to teach the radar jamming technology to Germany, and in return, Germany would buy another 300 B17 bombers worth 80 million Reichsmarks from China.
"Alas, Goering is really incompetent, and in a month the British shot down more than 30 B17 bombers, did this fat man use bombers as fighters?" Dr. Todman muttered to himself.
At that moment, the door to the study opened, and a figure quietly walked in, placing a cup of coffee beside Todman. Toddman didn't look back, he knew that there was no one but his wife who was entitled to come in without knocking.
"Honey, are you still worried about the affairs of the government?" Mrs. Todman asked softly beside her husband.
"Yes!" , Dr. Todman put down the pen in his hand, stretched his waist and rubbed the corners of his tired eyes, "The empire has suffered a lot of losses over the English Channel, but fortunately, thanks to the radar jamming technology brought by the Huaxia people, the defeat has gradually been saved, and now the dead fat man in Yulin has started the radar jamming technology of the Huaxia people again." Because according to the interpretation of the imperial experts, the radar jamming technology in the hands of the Chinese people is by no means limited to the case of chaff jamming, and Goering wants the Chinese people to hand over this technology. ”,
"What?" Mrs. Todman asked with some surprise: "Who does Goering think he is, is he God?" Let the Huaxia people hand it over, will they hand it over obediently? He's too arrogant. ”,
"There are people who think that they are the sun and that everything should revolve around them. ”,
"The Chinese people can't make a promise, in the end, this is the most advanced technology in the world, and no country will hand over such advanced technology for free." Mrs. Todman was also a top student at the University of Berlin in Germany in her early years, and she has traveled half the world with her husband over the years, and her vision is naturally very superb.
"Yes!" Tao Deman sighed, "This morning the Huaxia government has officially replied to us, the Huaxia government does not have such technology now, but in order to maintain the friendship between the two countries, they can teach our country the technical points and precautions for sowing and removing chaff." ”,
Mrs. Todman nodded, "From this point of view, the Chinese government is still more credible, if they can formally form an alliance with our country, then we will have a strong ally in the East, which is very beneficial to improving our country's voice in Asia." "Who isn't, this enigmatic country, enigmatic president! They always surprise me too much. Todman opened the drawer and took out a letter and handed it to his wife, "Look, this is President Huaxia's personal reply to our government, and he said that now is not a good time for the two countries to form an alliance, and what kind of true friends can not be completed by relying on a covenant." If they form allies with us, their influence in the international arena will be greatly expanded, and at the same time, they will have the full support of our country. Mrs. Todman did not answer her husband's words, but mentioned something else, "Listen me, my dear, the Chinese government will add three more aircraft carriers and four heavy cruisers in the next month." "How could I not know, plus the aircraft carriers being built at the Dalian Shipyard and the Vladivostok Shipyard, the Huaxia government already has nine aircraft carriers. My God, where did they get so many aircraft carriers, if they knew that once these aircraft carriers were equipped with their army, Huaxia would become a world maritime power. ”
"Therefore, if I were the president of Huaxia, I would not ally with the empire now, and in the end, if I formed an alliance with the empire now, I would not be able to reap the greatest benefits."
Dr. Todman frowned, "It's the Huaxia people who are now waiting for the price to sell, waiting to reap the greatest profits, but in the end they will always form an alliance with us, can I understand that?" ”
"When the set, every sane leader city does this, this has nothing to do with character, it is purely for profit, isn't it?" , Mrs. Todman affirmed.
"Well, I recognize that I have seen the country and its people before." Dr. Todman smiled: "Who would have thought that a country that could not even build seventy-five caliber shells in the past would be able to build an aircraft carrier?" I will write to the Führer to report these views to him, and I am sure that the Führer will make the right judgment