"The new plane was stolen."

"China cuts off oil supplies to Japan."

"The Japanese Navy is dispatched!"

"The oil war is on the verge of breaking out!"

In just a few days, the Sino-Japanese dispute over the theft of the new plane moved to the brink of the third war, especially the Chinese coast guard blocking the seaport, and the Beijing government also took the opportunity to cut off the oil supply to Japan from North Sakhalin Island, in order to demand that Japan hand over the plane and the culprit, triggered a strong backlash from the Japanese navy.

After the appearance of the King Kong and the Aoba on North Sakhalin, the 13th Squadron stationed in Vladivostok was also unceremonious, and immediately sent four destroyers to confront each other, and since there were no cruisers stationed in Vladivostok, submarines were also sent to support the blockade. At the same time, two Yasumi-class battle cruisers of the First Fleet also crossed the Osumi Strait and made a detour off the coast of Japan all the way north to support the 13th Fleet.

Workers on the lawn are demolishing the ceremonial viewing platform, and they are moving quickly after listening to the president's inauguration speech, because they believe that the new president will lead the United States out of the economic crisis. But for Roosevelt, who had just stepped into the White House as president, he was in trouble at the second presidential breakfast in his life. The sudden Sino-Japanese confrontation surprised him and made him very helpless, and before the Asian strategy was thought out, the Sino-Japanese conflict was something he did not want to see. Unfortunately, the idea of solving the domestic economic problems first has now had to be put on hold.

Attending the breakfast were new Secretary of State Hurdle Hull, a senator from Tennessee and an evergreen figure in American politics who is well versed in the inner workings of the U.S. government, and economic adviser Henry Morgenthau Jr. And little Henry is a rare economic genius, if it weren't for stability, Roosevelt originally wanted him to be the secretary of the treasury, but in the end William Harwood was chosen due to internal party pressure.

"I've asked Jensen about the loss of a new plane by the Chinese Navy, and there is evidence that it was the Japanese who stole the plane." Hull is a political evergreen but inexperienced in external matters. So when I learned the news of the Sino-Japanese conflict. He also had to rely on the report of Ambassador to China Nelson Jensen.

Roosevelt was not interested in this lack of judgment report, he didn't believe that a plane would make Yang Qiu angry, and he could arrange for the United States to use the economic crisis and Hoover to intervene in Saudi Arabia, and finally occupy a place in the Persian Gulf, this person is terrifying! So he put down his knife and fork, wiped his mouth with a napkin and asked, "Henry, what do you think?"

Henry Morgenthau Jr. is known as a Wall Street prodigy, but few people know that he is actually politically insightful. So I also sensed that something was wrong from Herder's speech. "It's strange, I don't deny that the loss of a new aircraft for the Navy is very serious, but it's not made of gold after all . The use of the navy to cut off oil supplies to Japan is more like a knock on Japan."

Roosevelt nodded, little Henry's analysis was quite correct. The espionage case is only an inducement, and the move to cut off Sakhalin's oil is clearly a knock on Japan. Its ultimate goal is to test the attitude of the United States and itself. The reason is very simple, because in the "Shanghai Communiqué" Sakhalin Island is divided to China, and the Sakhalin oil field is also an investment by both China and Japan, and the United States is the guarantor of the matching and equal division.

Roosevelt turned his wheelchair to leave the dining table, and little Henry immediately walked behind and pushed him towards the office. As a good friend, he could feel the hesitation in the heart of the disabled president. The situation in the Far East is too complicated, what is the peace ratio between China and Japan? Hook up? Not to mention the Philippines, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom. From the perspective of the United States, it would be advantageous for Japan to challenge China and the United Kingdom, but the problem is that Japan is currently deeply affected by the economic crisis. And because of the narrow land and lack of cities? Sorry for the swelling of the scandium tomb? On the other hand, Yang Qiu has reversed the crisis, maintained a growth rate of 7 for two consecutive years, and the economy and manufacturing industry have risen significantly.

But it doesn't work, now it's just a blockade of Sakhalin, and if the Bass Strait and the South Sea oil channel are blocked, then Japan will probably not get even a drop of oil, there will be no oil. Japan will only seek to cooperate with China, not the United States, which is thousands of miles away and cannot interfere.

"He wanted to force Japan to go south."

After entering the office and closing the door. Roosevelt suddenly came up with such a shocking remark. Huddle opened his mouth in surprise: "Franklin, is this true?" Roosevelt nodded and said, "I can't think of a second reason to support this behavior. The Saudi crisis has proven the importance of oil to the new industrial nations, unless, like Yang Qiu, Japan willingly puts its own oil routes under the noses of its rivals."

"It can't be! China's domestically produced oil can meet basic industrial needs, but Japan's domestic oil is far from sufficient." "Japan has always believed that its navy is stronger than China's, and accepting the oil passage controlled by China would drive them crazy for a stubbornly crazy Japan," said Henry Morgenthau Jr.

Huddle is a veteran politician after all, and he figured it out at once: "Henry, Yang Qiu deliberately provoked Japan in this way, so that they would not be afraid of provoking themselves if they chose to solve the problem by war?"

Henry Morgenthau Jr. smiled slightly: "For China, it is uncomfortable to be caught between the Soviet Union and Japan for a long time, and the longer it is, the greater the threat, Your Excellency Yang Qiu understands this very well. Now is the time when Japan is at its weakest, and if it were not for the fact that Britain, France, and the League of Nations would not allow the annexation of Japan to occur, I am afraid that war would have broken out long ago, so he is afraid that he would like Japan to take the first shot."

"So what should we do, do we support China's behavior?" Huddle looked at Roosevelt, who was in a wheelchair and didn't speak, and little Henry also turned his gaze. Inside, Roosevelt didn't want to worry about it because the current economic situation was still bad. But this time he had to intervene again, because at that time? Knock on the block? In addition, he also needs Japan to contain the rise of China, at least for the time being, Japan must not be allowed to completely turn to China because of defeat, and there are also interests involved in the Philippines, so it also feels very tricky.

Facing the eyes of the two, he sat down at his desk and thought about it and said, "This is our responsibility and we can't escape it. The Versailles system constrained the United States from moving toward the world, and it was also a serious violation of the spirit of freedom." His tone was stiff when he said these words, which also made little Henry and Hurd slightly shocked. But he didn't hesitate to speak freely in this office. Now that it has happened, confronting it early is the only option and also letting the cabinet know what he thinks. So it continues: "There is a contradiction between us and England and France, but the Washington-London-Paris system is the backbone of the European civilized world, so it is not up to us to break the Versailles system. It turns out that I had thought about getting China to do this. But Yang Qiu's final compromise in the Saudi crisis proved that he is a cunning adversary who only wants to get the most out of the system rather than break it. Of course, he didn't want to, the Versailles system also had irreconcilable contradictions with China's development, so he hoped to use this espionage case to force Japan to go south, as long as Japan went south to break the rights of Britain and France in this region, then he would have enough excuses to intervene."

But Japan went south in addition to challenging the Dutch East Indies and Britain and France. It will also cause problems for the Philippines." Huddle interjected.

Roosevelt nodded: "Yes, that's exactly what I'm worried about. Yang Qiu had bad intentions, he wanted to let Japan go south, and he definitely hoped that the conflict between the United States and Japan would break out before the contradiction between China and Japan. So I proposed the Philippine bill two years ago, hoping that Congress could pass the bill as soon as possible to allow the Philippine government to withdraw from the region. But Congress and the Philippine Congress were entangled in the matter of Filipino immigration to the United States and failed to pass it for a long time. In fact, they forgot that as long as we leave, the Sino-Japanese contradictions will be concentrated in the Philippines. Yang Qiu is obviously smarter than I thought, he knows that we can't reach a ** agreement at the moment, and he also knows that the most important thing for me is to solve the economy as soon as possible, so he moved ahead to threaten the northern oil route and force Japan to accelerate its choice to move south."

In a nuanced analysis, Ross? Enthalpy old perch shaking bush hugging annoyed urn wonton joy ju? In fact, this evil is not just for the two of them. It is also self-analysis and consideration of the position of the United States in this political struggle. Henry Morgenthau Jr. heard the idea of intervention in his words and reminded: "Mr. President, Congress and the people are waiting for your new economic policy, and our intervention in the conflict in the Far East at this time will inevitably slow down the resolution of our own problems."

"I know it's the first difficulty I'm going to face." Roosevelt smiled, seemingly fearless, but had a headache inside. Hoover was left behind an immortal mess, and the national debt program instigated by Yang Qiu gave the economy a slight boost. But it also brought the consequence of inflated gold, silver and value-preserving commodities. In particular, the price of gold has risen to $55 per ounce!

According to the previous idea, if it was possible to fix gold and the dollar at $25 an ounce. Then you can cut off the gold standard and implement the emergency bailout bill, and eventually release about 200 billion US dollars, and then use this money to learn from the practices of China and the Soviet Union, increase government investment, and gradually reverse the economic crisis with investment-driven demand. But now that the price of gold is inflated, the imposition of the old policy will make the United States an enemy of the banking industry and gold investors around the world, and even those who own gold in the country will rise up in protest! The end result is that the financing fails, and the gold standard cannot be broken, so a way to keep the price of gold down must be found first.

This is the most urgent thing at the moment, how to get the United States out of the strategic trap laid by Yang Qiu four years ago. But he never expected that before he could find and solve this trap, Yang Qiu had created another trap in the Far East.

If you support China, then Japan will definitely go south early, and the Philippines, where the bill is far away, will become the source of the contradictions between the United States and Japan. Supporting Japan will lead to the fact that China and the United States, which have maintained good relations for 20 years, will officially become adversaries, and the United States will also suffer serious losses for the United States, which needs external markets.

Should you choose Japan or China?

Henry Morgenthau Jr. and Huddle glanced at each other, both inclined to China, although China and the United States are destined to be competitors, but for the time being, the benefits of cooperation far outweigh competition. But Roosevelt was inclined to Japan, not because he didn't know that Sino-US cooperation was more beneficial, but because Yang Qiu had put too much pressure on him! So his face was solemn, and he thought for a long time before he made up his mind: "Henry, please go and meet Mr. Morgan. Please tell them that I am going to raise $6 billion in targeted short-term financing bonds from the banking sector by Kffs in the form of a government guarantee. Plus, I'm going to give them a big $500 million deal in the near future."

"$500 million."

The Renaissance Finance Corporation was a government state-owned financial corporation established by Hoover to repatriate funds for the exchange of treasury bonds and stabilize the financial market. The moon is dirty? But what about a $500 million contract? Could it be!

Little Henry frowned fiercely, but before he could speak, Roosevelt had already smiled at Herdle and said, "Huddle, I'm going to trouble you to go to the Far East once."

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