Long-term isolationism has allowed the United States to avoid international disputes, concentrate on economic development, and become a well-deserved industrial hegemon, but it has also allowed the United States to have serious negligence in other aspects, the most important of which is intelligence.

The Philippines is a colony of the United States, but Japan is wantonly carrying out espionage activities and collecting all kinds of information on this colony, and the US intelligence departments are not aware of it at all; if it were not for this sudden assassination and MacArthur's resolute action, the US Government would not have been able to discover Japan's spy agency.

Looking at the news from Manila, Roosevelt was deeply shocked, Japan may not know the Philippines under the United States, if the two sides go to war, I am afraid that the United States will lose this colony in an instant, which Roosevelt could not tolerate under any circumstances.

He immediately ordered MacArthur to conduct a thorough investigation, conduct a comprehensive investigation throughout the Philippines, and make sure that all the Japanese spy agencies were found out, and then completely eradicated and nothing remained.

After MacArthur got the authorization, he was immediately excited, although at this time his back was still in pain, but it was also worth it, what he liked most was to be in the limelight, this time with his own acumen, his own decisiveness, the United States discovered a major security risk, and the bureaucrats at home still dare to underestimate themselves.

Most of those reporters who are keen on news gossip will admire themselves even more, incompetent intelligence officers, brave and fearless generals, and the evil Japanese government, if you add a beautiful woman, I am afraid that they can all be made into a movie, and they are worthy of the protagonist.

As an excellent actor, MacArthur also has a lot of ability, he immediately drew a group of capable personnel from the army, plus the Philippine police, to form a huge investigation team.

MacArthur's method was very simple, that is, to target Japanese institutions and businessmen, of course, including people who had dealings with Japan, as long as they had anything to do with Japan, they could not escape MacArthur's investigation, and he no longer wanted to simply investigate the assassination.

His attention has been turned to the more noteworthy espionage case. And MacArthur held regular press conferences. Briefing on the latest developments in the case, MacArthur was always in good spirits and talked eloquently whenever he appeared in front of reporters in full clothes.

Japan has already secretly dispatched personnel to the Philippines, and the scale is not small, as long as you investigate carefully, it is not difficult to find clues. Soon MacArthur got a lot of evidence, and of course, there were a lot of unjust, false and wrongful convictions in the process, but MacArthur didn't care about it anymore.

He held a thick stack of papers in front of a crowd of reporters.

"Journalists, how much are these things? No, not much at all! I'll tell you, in fact, our lads have found materials that fill at least three rooms. Hundreds of people are also being held in our cells. These are spies sent to the Philippines by that evil nation, and they are threatening the security of the United States. ”

MacArthur deliberately rubbed his forehead as he spoke, "Which country is it, I forgot the name!" ”

The underground reporter snickered again, can this be forgotten, just at this moment a Mike assistant pulled out a crumpled Japanese flag from behind him and instructed it to MacArthur.

"That's right, that's it!"

MacArthur's performance immediately drew cheers from all the reporters. There is never a shortage of news with this general. Now that the European battlefield has begun to fight, all kinds of news are overwhelming. However, the American people have become aesthetically tired, and they are even tired of it.

The last time the United States sent its young people to Europe to win the war for Britain and France, they were ruthlessly teased by Britain and France, and when they divided the benefits, there was nothing to do with the United States, which was a great betrayal in the eyes of ordinary people, and Americans must not do such stupid things again.

Of course, Roosevelt had a completely different view of this trend of thought, and at a time when the international situation is changing rapidly, the United States must grasp the changes of the times and not listen to the ideas of ordinary people.

The difference between meritocracy and mass politics is that the public is more concerned about immediate gains and losses, while elite politicians tend to take a more long-term view and understand the changes of the times, and the United States must now abandon isolationism and intervene in the war when the time is right.

The whole of Western politics at this time was not the same as the era of populism in later generations, it was the era of real politicians, and Roosevelt noticed the need to intervene in Europe early on, but it was a very troublesome thing to convince the people.

At this time, Roosevelt even began to envy dictators like Hitler, who could decide everything with one sentence, and when Roosevelt was distressed, the Philippine espionage case broke out, and Roosevelt suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment.

The fascist countries are not only Germany, but also Japan, and there are a considerable number of Germans in the United States, who will not be willing to go to war with Germany, but there are not many Japanese Americans in the United States, which can be completely ignored, so that the people will have a bad feeling for Japan, and then hate the entire fascist group, so that the goal can also be achieved.

With this in mind, the American media began to point the finger at Japan, the news from the Philippines became hot news material, and MacArthur fully satisfied his desire to perform, and now his photos frequently appear in the newspapers.

After obtaining a large amount of evidence, the US government also formally rebuked Japan, demanding that Japan apologize to the United States and promise that it would never steal information against the United States in the future.

Although Japan has long been ready to attack the Philippines, it is not a trivial matter to challenge the United States, and Japan is also waiting, and they hope that there will be a light in the direction of Europe first, and then take action.

However, the sudden assassination completely disrupted Japan's pace, and then the frenzied search and arrest operation caused heavy losses to Japan's intelligence agencies in the Philippines, and a large amount of classified information fell into the hands of the Americans, so that the United States was extremely resentful of Japan.

The US Government has begun to exert all-out pressure to demand that Japan apologize to the United States and promise not to take any more espionage actions.

Of course, this kind of thing cannot be admitted, and Japan can only bear it to the death, and in addition, the Japanese media have also mobilized it, accusing the United States of ignoring the law, arbitrarily arresting innocent Japanese businessmen in Manila, persecuting Japanese nationals, violating international justice, and acting as a hegemonic act.

Japan had been expelled from the League of Nations for its occupation of the Dutch East Indies, and now Japan could only ask its two allies, Germany and Italy, to help it condemn the United States.

Germany was planning to attack its old rival France at this time, and of course, before fighting France, it also had to deal with Norway, an unsightly country, which is located in Northern Europe, has a long coastline, is a key link in the Atlantic shipping lane, and Norway is rich in iron ore, which is the nourishment that the German military industry urgently needs.

Since the construction of the navy with aircraft carriers as the core, Hitler's confidence has skyrocketed, Norway is a small country at all, even France can be easily crushed, what can really make Hitler jealous is the huge Russia in the east, and the United States on the other side of the Atlantic.

Both countries had enormous war potential, but in Hitler's view, Germany's war machine was sharp enough that he could conquer all of Europe before the United States could mobilize.

The current quarrel between Japan and the United States was just right to attract the attention of the United States, so Germany was happy to see it, but Hitler was also very careful not to provoke the United States, so he only called for peaceful negotiations between the two countries.

This frivolous thing has little deterrent effect on anyone, and the contradictions between the United States and Japan are getting more and more serious, while China has been staying out of the situation and laughing at the situation.

The mastermind behind this assassination is naturally China, MacArthur was able to collect a lot of Japanese intelligence, and it was also the help and guidance provided by China secretly, a small bomb played a role in successfully provoking the contradiction between the United States and Japan, Qiao Yu was very satisfied with this effect.

Japan added a blockade to China in Siam, and China, in turn, slapped its mouth back in the Philippines, and it hit harder and more insidious.

Japan's attention has been drawn to the United States, and Siam's democrats have lost valuable foreign aid as they face a triple stranglehold of government forces, the Canal Security Company, and the Chinese military.

Just after the Chinese aircraft carriers Zhiyuan and Ningyuan arrived in Siam, King Rama VII formally requested to borrow troops to help suppress Siam, and took the initiative to hand over Siam's military power to Chinese command, which is undoubtedly a surrender to China.

The large-scale march in Siam, which then led to riots, lasted only two or three days, but caused serious damage, a large number of Chinese business institutions were attacked, China's banking and other systems were also impacted, the rioters wantonly smashed and looted, and the entire social order in Siam completely collapsed.

The time was almost ripe for Chinese intervention, and at the request of King Rama VII, the Chinese government immediately decided to form a Siamese task force to help Siam quell the chaos and resolve the humanitarian crisis that arose!

Just when China was taking action against Siam, US President Roosevelt also sent a secret letter to Qiao Yu, saying that according to the agreement reached by the two heads of state last time, the two countries have the obligation to jointly maintain peace in the Asia-Pacific region, and this time Japan is wantonly engaged in espionage activities in the Philippines, which is naturally undermining peace.

Roosevelt hoped that China would take a common stand with the United States and impose strict economic sanctions on Japan to completely restrain this rogue state. (To be continued.) )