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"He intervened?"

Roosevelt pushed his wheelchair and took the newspaper from Huddle's hand. The hot and cold weather made him suffer from a cold, but when the huge headline "China Enters the Persian Gulf" appeared, he suddenly forgot about his discomfort, and his eyebrows began to slowly approach.

Hopkins never cared about other people's feelings, even when the president was still cold, he would light a cigarette whenever he thought about it. The choking smell of smoke wafted in the room, but Roosevelt did not complain unusually this time, and only after carefully reading the report of the Perfect Associated Press did he raise his head: "Is there no deal?" ”

"I've heard that it's not quite done." Secretary of State Huddle waved his hand in an attempt to dispel the big smokers around him: "According to the British, China had asked for autonomy for Singapore, West Borneo and Eastern Siberia, and for theater command in exchange for them sending troops against Japan. However, Tehran has taken the initiative to soften its attitude after the accident, but we have not yet received any information on the outcome of the negotiations. ”

"A dedicated foreign intelligence agency should be established as soon as possible, and that Hoover guy will abuse his power and simply don't know what we need." Hopkins listened disapprincingly. Compared with Europe, China and Japan, which have well-established intelligence systems, the United States is like a blind and deaf person. In his opinion, this is to blame on Edgar Hoover, who is greedy for power, unwilling to share power, and likes men.

"Harry!" Roosevelt scratched his eyebrows and glared at Hopkins. Although he was also unhappy with the inefficiency and chaos of American intelligence, as a private adviser, he should not speak out on such an occasion. The voice, which made Hopkins realize his mistake, smiled apologetically, and snuffed out the cigarette butt: "Judging from the current situation, he did it too early." Taking the initiative to challenge the USSR would only put the entire border in jeopardy. When he was pinned down in the Northwest and Iran. Japan could easily gain control of the Philippines. The British now hope that he will stand up and assume the responsibilities that should belong to them and resist the expansion of the Soviet Union. But as a capital country, neither Europe nor we will give up the pursuit of profits. And judging by the performance in Afghanistan, his army did not show much strength, and the Soviets, although they were poorly equipped, relied on their numerical superiority to stabilize the situation of the war. So I don't know where his confidence came from, but one thing is for sure, if he gains the upper hand, Britain and France will stand up for the Soviet Union. If the USSR had superiority, his Northwest and South Seas would have turned out to be a disaster. ”

Hopkins was right to say that while Afghanistan got off to a strong start, it then exposed the weakness of mountain warfare to support the enormous logistical needs. But Roosevelt vaguely felt that something was wrong, he had carefully studied Yang Qiu, and there were hardly any cases of rashness since he took power. Do you make mistakes when you're older? Of course, it cannot be said that this intervention was all wrong, the stupid foreign policy of the British has led to the bankruptcy of credit, and if China can defeat the Soviet Union and restore the Iranian regime, then Yang Qiu can establish an image of a responsible power in Arabia, Asia, and even South America.

But does it really have that strength? Just by sending a total of 2 million tons of supplies to Saudi Arabia and purchasing from the United States in advance? Roosevelt became more confused and asked, "Hull." Is there an update on the USSR? ”

Stalin had already categorically refused to withdraw from Iran, complaining to Chamberlain that the Soviet Union would not withdraw from the Caucasus if it could not be secured. He also hoped for support from Britain and France. Jointly expel China's infiltration into the Persian Gulf and safeguard the interests that belong to Europe. To achieve this goal, he has ordered the continuation of the military build-up to Iran and has temporarily taken over the oil fields and refineries of the Anglo-Iranian oil company. Used to supply fuel to troops stationed in Iran. According to information coming out of Armenia, yesterday in a day. At least twenty-three military trains and 100 planes entered Iran through the Caucasus, and a large number of steel tracks and railway equipment were also brought in in an attempt to renovate and strengthen the capacity of Iran's old railways. ”

"What about Beijing? Was the fourth flotilla sent? ”

"There is no fourth fleet, only 1 Xiangjiang-class cruiser, 5 Qinling-class destroyers, 16 territorial water-class frigates, and yesterday afternoon to protect ten landing ships and 1 supply ship departed from Guangzhou. The number of planes heading to Saudi Arabia from the northwest, which is expected to arrive in Saudi Arabia in two weeks, has increased from 3 to 12 per day. ”

"Landing ships? I've heard General King (Ernest Joseph King) say that this is a very interesting new type of warship. ”

"Ambassador Jensen telegraphed in the morning that Beijing was already in contact with Japan and that it was said that the two sides were likely to reach an agreement to extend the lease of Sakhalin in the near future."

Roosevelt listened quietly to the conversation between the two, already having a plan in his heart, and after he finished speaking, he slowly raised his head and looked at Hopkins: "Harry, what do you think our position should be in this war?" "If anyone in this world understands Roosevelt, it's Hopkins who is definitely in the top three. He knew all too well the dreams of this man in a wheelchair who had to suffer from daily illness. The experience of serving in the Navy has given him a more intelligent vision than his predecessors, and for him, a Europe-led Europe and an American Pacific are lifelong dreams.

The chaos in Europe has taken shape, but the Pacific side is still foggy.

Japan in the East has already gone first, but the land, economy and resources are destined not to have the last laugh. On the contrary, Yang Qiu, who was originally encircled by Britain and Japan, took advantage of Japan's isolation of the Pacific Ocean to continuously expand and expand his naval strength. Originally, he had to take into account the feelings of Britain, but now that Britain had withdrawn from the Far East, he had no scruples and had the best opportunity for naval expansion, which was becoming more and more unfavorable for Roosevelt, who dreamed of dominating the Pacific.

The Pacific Ocean must be American, and everything in the future of the United States is pinned on this vast blue! That's why Roosevelt had this problem. His previous method was to withdraw from the Philippines and let China and Japan go to war first, and this goal was about to be achieved. But this was not enough, Japan could stop it for a while, but it could not stop it for a lifetime, so the war between China and the Soviet Union was a good opportunity to contain it.

Of course, none of these problems are the biggest, the biggest problem is that the old stubborns in Congress!

If it weren't for congressional and domestic isolationist restrictions, why use the risky trick of withdrawing from the Philippines to provoke a Sino-Japanese war? Whenever he thought about it, Hopkins felt a little lost: "Franklin, we must abide by the neutrality law, and we also need to make some necessary reserves and increase the size of the army appropriately. Roosevelt hesitated. Looking at the window and thinking for a long time, he looked at Herder: "Hull, if the other party asks for it, you can provide some slight help to Stalin." ”

Huddle knew very well what "slight" help was, like the embargo on Japan, on the surface to suspend everything, but secretly DuPont and Merlin were still making all sorts of secret deals. Even last month, Hoover reported that DuPont had sold a set of ammonia explosives equipment to Japan through a third party. U.S. Steel also passes through Peru. 200,000 tons of high-melting "scrap" and a large amount of aluminum ingots were supplied to Japan. At the end of last year, the Scherville company was even more to Japan

60 P35 fighters were sold, and Douglas sold 36 C47s and older engine technology.

If it weren't for Roosevelt's instructions, these things would have been a disaster once they were exposed, which is why Roosevelt was willing to put up with Hoover's monopoly on power. But now that the president has made his choice, he, secretary of state, must be fully accountable for that goal. So he nodded. But just as he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered one more thing, and pulled out two enlarged photos of the warship from his bag: "That's right." Mr. President, this is a photograph of the Qinling-class destroyer taken by the Navy in the South China Sea three months ago. Look at this, the top of the mast was originally a large box-like object of unknown purpose, but if you look at this again, this is a photo after opening the box, and the Navy Technical Department can already be sure after analysis! This should be the same thing as the radio detection radar that we secretly studied. According to Major General Kim. From the analysis of antenna appearance, external volume, etc., Beijing's technology is likely to be higher than ours. And it's certain! They have already broken through the difficulties of mass production and have begun to install not only for each destroyer, but also in Tianjin, Beijing, Dalian, Qingdao, Lianyungang, Shanghai, Natuna and Saudi Arabia, among other places. There are at least 57 radar stations that have already been identified! On the Peking-class battleships, Anhai-class battleships and heavy cruisers, it was even found that at least three radars of different functions were installed at the same time. ”

Huddle's words made Roosevelt's body, which was originally indifferent, suddenly shake, and his eyes were fixed on the big photo on the left. The tiled antenna that was deliberately circled with a red pen --

China intervened?!

Like the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and other countries. They all began to study the news that suddenly came out of Lushan. Whether it is the ecstatic Britain and Japan, the worried Italy and France, or the sharpening Germany, or the Soviet Union preparing for a big war, they can no longer shake Yang Qiu's determination to intervene in advance!

Once the national war machine turns, no one can predict the energy that erupts.

A series of well-protected military trains galloped to the northwest from the northern line of the Ring China Railway (formerly the East Siberian Railway), the Longhai line, and the Zhongguan line (Harbin to Kashgar), and some of them eventually converged on Kashgar Airport, the second largest aviation hub station in the northwest. On the left side of the huge cement apron of this sparsely populated airport is a dense network of Y-9 long-range transport planes. On the right, there are brand-new H-5 medium-range bombers and H-7 long-range bombers that also have no heads in sight and still smell of engine oil.

"Look."

"Oh my God! How many planes should there be! ”

"Oh my god, this one can fit a hundred, right?"

"You say, why didn't I think of joining the Air Force back then?"

The soldiers of the Fourth Army, who had been training in Kashgar and other places for half a year, began to gather from all directions, but when the truck drove into the airport, everyone was attracted by the silver glittering sea in front of them. But the soldiers didn't know that there was only a small part of it. In order to achieve a rapid increase in troops in the Persian Gulf, the Air Force can be said to have played its cards this time. Not only did it use eight airports, including Kashgar and Andijan, but it also came up with an air force that was enough to make the world fearful.

Two strategic transport aircraft brigades, 400 Yun-9 long-range transport aircraft.

One medium-haul transport wing, 256 medium-haul transport aircraft.

A long-range bomber group, 118 H-7 long-range bombers.

A wing of medium-range bombers, 256 H-5 medium-range bombers.

In addition, a total of 916 warplanes will be sent to Saudi Arabia from here, including miscellaneous fuel transport planes, long-range reconnaissance and communication relays. This is just the first batch, and more tactical aircraft will be diverted to the Muslim League-controlled zone and then headed to the Persian Gulf.

Xu Huansheng, who participated in the largest air operation in history, smiled with a smile, when the eyes of the world were still staring at the growing Chinese Navy, when they recalled the Chinese Army that became famous in Rainyvale's First World War, they did not know that after more than 20 years of development, relying on the will of the country, and concentrating resources and strength, the Air Force is the real trump card!

Sitting in the cockpit of the H-7 waiting for takeoff, he kept his eyes on the Yun-Jiu with the pattern of a wild bear with teeth and claws on the fuselage opposite. This first sighted pattern represents a mysterious force of the Air Force with the strength of a brute bear.

Air Force Strategic Transport Aircraft Brigade.

The emergence of the term strategic transport aircraft is closely related to the development of aviation technology, taking into account factors such as territorial territory, the Chinese Air Force has stricter requirements than Europe and the United States in terms of flight range, bomb load and other data at the beginning of its establishment. Therefore, after the end of the World Expo, the Air Force immediately began to adjust the layout and cut all the old model production lines that did not meet the requirements in one go. While saving money, we will concentrate on manufacturing fist products and continue to research new processes and manufacturing technologies.

As a result of the study, five of the existing transport models were retained. They are the single-engine 1500-horsepower Y-7 (PC-6) general aircraft, the twin-engine 1200-horsepower Y-6 (C47), the twin-engine 1600-horsepower Y-10 (C46), the four-engine 1600-horsepower Y-8 (Boeing 307 strengthened) and the same four-engine 1600-horsepower Y-9 (DC4 reinforced). Especially the latter two, the maximum load is more than 8 tons, the maximum range of the empty load is more than 6000 kilometers, and the range can reach 3500 kilometers when carrying 66 light infantry.

Because of the early attention and layout, the speed of the mysterious breakthrough in technology, the support of the president at any cost, the inclination of national power, the practice of the two Afghan applications, and so on. Finally, the Air Force achieved 4,288 medium-range transport aircraft, 1,327 long-range transport aircraft three months ago, and more than 200 new aircraft can be added every month. Looking at the whole world, there is no one who can make up such a luxurious transportation lineup at present! This is just the beginning, after the advent of the larger horsepower engine, the Air Force has begun a new round of bidding for super transport aircraft in view of the lack of effective transport capacity to transport heavy equipment, long-range transport aircraft can not land at field airports, and so on.

In addition to airplanes, the Air Force, in accordance with the President's suggestion, has separately listed long-range transport planes with strict take-off and landing conditions, and has formed the world's first strategic transport force to carry out long-range and some major transport tasks. At present, the unit has six brigades, each of which has 200 aircraft for the 8th or 9th units. If we count the transportation of soldiers, only six strategic transport groups have the ability to deliver nearly 80,000 soldiers at a time, not to mention the president's determination to form 12 strategic intercontinental transport planes with a total of 2,400 by the end of 42.

However, the establishment of the strategic transport brigade is very secretive, because most of their bases are located in the central and western regions and northeast, so the outside world has no way to know the specific amount of equipment, and even he only learned about the existence of this unit today.

"Let's go." The co-pilot pushed Xu Huansheng, who was in a daze, and hundreds of propellers began to rotate