"The Polynesian Islands and other overseas territories are French territories, this is the result of the consensus of all countries, the cannibalism between Vichy France and Free France is a reality that no one wants to see, the great France has no green and peaceful land, people with the same blood are shooting at each other with guns under different flags, this situation must be changed by a way, but we do not have enough strength, we originally hoped to put down our swords and guns and wait for the situation to improve under the persuasion of our nobles, However, we found that the French overseas without the protection of the French army were likely to become lambs, and we unanimously agreed that the situation should be changed, so we sent this telegram. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

We formally established the French Peace Army, our purpose is not to resist the fascist regime or attack Free France and Vichy France, our purpose is only to protect the French territory abroad from any damage caused by the war in Europe, our purpose is only to protect the French people abroad from being attacked and violated by other peoples because they do not have the protection of the country, we will fully respect the territorial changes that occur due to the will of the local people, we will fully respect the laws and customs of various places, We hope that more people will support us and work with me to find a path to peace, we will not take the initiative to attack any of the forces, but if there is an army that takes the initiative to attack us, we will maintain the right to defend ourselves! If an army takes the initiative to attack the French people, we will maintain the right to defend their lives!

We promise to return to the central government of France when the war in Europe is over, may God bless France, and may the war be extinguished as soon as possible! ”

After listening to this long passage, Roosevelt smiled and said to Hull, "It's really interesting that there is a third force in France." ”

Hull also said with some incredulity: "That's true, this so-called peace army says that it is not a political force, but it says that it wants to protect the French people, and who it wants to fight can find an excuse at any time?" Especially..."

"Especially the Axis powers!" Roosevelt's eyes lit up and he said, "This General Hill has a lot of ideas, remember?" When they first approached us to mediate the struggle between them and the British, they said that they wanted to buy our arms, and now that they have begun the first step towards semi-independence, I think the people who buy arms should be on the way. ”

did not disappoint Roosevelt, and within a few days, Jiang Cheng found Roosevelt.

Roosevelt looked at Jiang Cheng, who was smiling opposite, raised his hand and said, "Jiang, we haven't seen each other for a long time, I remember the first time we met, your business in the United States had just begun, and now, you are already a top rich man in the world." ”

Jiang Cheng shook his hand and said modestly, "This is in the place where you Americans, where the rich gather, I'm afraid that my little money is just a little rich, Mr. President, how is your health lately?" Your health is so important to the world right now. ”

Roosevelt laughed and said, "If the earth is missing, everyone will turn by themselves, but how did the mercenaries of your Weihua Group defect?" ”

Let's get down to business.

Jiang Cheng looked at Roosevelt with a smile and said, "That's all a trivial matter, we have coordinated and solved it, and now the foreign trade of the Peace Army is all managed by our Weihua Group, after all, they are all soldiers, and it's okay to fight and kill, and if you want to do business, you still need people like me to come, in addition, they will continue to protect our caravan, so there is no loss." ”

Indeed, on the surface, Hill's fleet continued to protect Jiang Cheng's caravan and did not harm much of its interests.

Roosevelt asked, "So is Mr. Jiang here on behalf of Weihua or the Peace Army?" ”

Jiang Cheng sighed and said, "I really came on behalf of the Peace Army, as soon as Mr. President's "Lend-Lease Act" came out, Hill and they felt that they could use the power of the United States to strengthen themselves and fight for France. I just wonder if Mr. President thinks that the Peace Army can be applied to the Lend-Lease Act? ”

Sure enough, Roosevelt smiled and said, "Our bill is very clear, as long as we think it is beneficial to the defense of the United States, we will apply it, but your peace army is not a national government." ”

Jiang Cheng said with a smile: "Is this a national government, it doesn't depend on whether your country recognizes it, I don't think it's a problem." ”

Roosevelt looked at Jiang Cheng and nodded with a smile, yes, this is indeed not a problem. Most importantly, Roosevelt remembered that Hill had more than 200 tons of gold in his hand.

Roosevelt asked, "What do you need?" ”

Jiang Cheng immediately said, "We need warships!" ”

Roosevelt nodded and said, "Yes, what ships do you need?" But I must tell you that we cannot sell ships like battleships and aircraft carriers to you. ”

Jiang Cheng was a little regretful, but in his heart he still hoped that there would be a few real big ships.

Jiang Cheng asked, "What about heavy cruisers?" For example, the USS New Orleans? ”

Without thinking about it, Roosevelt shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, but the heavy cruisers are only available for sale to you with Pensacola-class heavy cruisers, and they must be bought at full price." ”

Pensacola-class heavy cruisers? Jiang Cheng immediately shook his head and said, "Forget it, then let's patrol lightly, we want the Brooklyn level." ”

Roosevelt frowned, the Brooklyn class has only been commissioned 5 ships now, and it is the latest cruiser, Jiang Cheng saw that Roosevelt wanted to oppose it again, and immediately said, "Mr. President, we are facing a strong Japanese army, if it is not the best ship, then it is just to make the Japanese Navy more successful." ”

Roosevelt thought about it for a moment, and finally said, "Okay, so how much do you want?" ”

"Four!" Jiang Cheng immediately said: "It's best to live on a ship!" ”

"Impossible!" Roosevelt immediately shouted, "We in the United States only have five ships now, and we give them to you, what should we do?" Three! In addition, I can only give you two existing ships first, and the other one will be rebuilt. ”

"Four, two ready, two manufactured!" Jiang Cheng continued.

Roosevelt looked at Jiang Cheng, the two looked at each other for a while, Roosevelt smiled and said, "Okay, but your ship will be made at the back." ”

"No problem." Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Then there are destroyers, I want six Benson-class destroyers." ”

"You're robbing, huh? We only have six of them! Roosevelt said with some tears and laughter.

"That's right, so I only need six, and I'll have to ship them now, and I know you have newer destroyers, you see, I don't even want them." Jiang Cheng said with a good expression for you.

Nonsense! The "Fletcher" class destroyers will not be completed until 1942 at the earliest, Roosevelt glanced at Jiang Cheng, and finally agreed, after all, the US Navy's ship explosion has begun, and in the dock, there are now more than 100 orders for "Fletcher" class destroyers being digested.

The United States has been preparing for war!

"Okay, let's talk about the price." Jiang Cheng said.

Roosevelt offered the price first and said, "$40 million for a cruiser and $10 million for a destroyer, and we will send 300 shells for each main gun." That's a total of $200 million! ”

Jiang Cheng immediately shook his head and said, "One price, 150 million, we will make a one-third down payment, of which 10 million is gold, and the rest of the money will be paid off after the war." ”

Roosevelt frowned and said, "No, in this case, we can't reach a consensus, so let's do it, 190 million, you pay one-third of the down payment, of which 20 million is gold, and when you take the ship, you will pay one-third, of which 20 million will be gold, and the rest will be paid off after the war." ”

At this time, the gold exchange rate is about 800,000 US dollars a ton, and this time it is 50 tons of gold, even if it is to spend French gold, Jiang Cheng is also distressed, this has not bought anything, battleships, aircraft carriers, and heavy cruisers have not arrived!

Jiang Cheng immediately vetoed, "No, we can't accept such a price.... In this way, 170 million, your country will send us another 30 B-17s, 70 P-40 fighters. We made a down payment of 60 million, 15 million in gold, and another 50 million after receipt, of which 10 million were in gold, and the rest was paid after the war. ”

Although Roosevelt felt that this combination was quite strange, he still nodded and said, "Okay, happy cooperation!" ”

Back at his residence, Situ Meitang, who had been waiting there for a long time, immediately asked, "How is the situation?" ”

Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's all negotiated, 170 million, in fact, Roosevelt is indeed quite polite, I thought it would cost more than 250 million at first, it seems that Roosevelt values the possible role of our fleet." ”

Situ Meitang nodded and said, "That's good, do you want to detonate that bomb next?" ”

Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, "Wait for my order, everything is ready, it's still a little hot, now speed up the speed of converting all the yen into dollars, we ships are not ready to spend a penny of our own!" ”

Situ Meitang touched his beard and said, "Mr. Jiang, don't worry, you will definitely give Meiri a big surprise when the time comes!" ”

-- Berlin

Hitler looked fiercely at Jiang Cheng, who was drinking tea next to him, and said after a while, "Jiang, shouldn't you give me an explanation?" Why did Hill suddenly form a Peace Army? And I can see that this peace army is going to Japan! ”

Jiang Cheng smiled and said to Hitler, "My Führer, that's for Japan, isn't it?" I'm Chinese, so I should take Japan for granted, right? ”

Hitler waved his hand and said, "Now Japan is our ally of Germany!" It's hard for me to do that! ”

Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, "My Führer, I am also a friend of Germany, I don't want to cause trouble for Germany, and... Why does Germany need Japan? The purpose is nothing more than twofold, one is to deal with Britain on the southern front, and the other is to deal with the Soviet Union on the northern front, and from the current domestic public opinion and troop deployment in Japan, we can see that Japan is going south. It would be nice to be able to protect yourself, right? ”

Hitler asked, "And what are you trying to do?" ”

Jiang Cheng pointed to the map on the wall and said, "My purpose is the United States!" The conditions of the "Concession Act" in the United States are so generous, and I am also red-eyed, China needs a navy after the war, which is one of the main reasons why I bought a ship in the first place. ”

"You want to go to the United States and buy a boat?" Hitler was reluctant at once: "Don't we have a shipyard in Germany to buy it for you?" And do you believe that Japan will lose? ”

Jiang Cheng shrugged his shoulders and asked, "My Führer, doesn't Germany need to face the British navy?" Isn't it better for Germany to be bought by me than by the British? And I'm going to buy a boat in Germany! But I'm going to buy submarines! As for whether Japan will lose - as I said before, Japan will lose, Japan's ambitions are too big and there is no good strategy, and there is a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, but on the European side I am optimistic about us France. ”

As soon as Hitler heard it, Germany's own warships in the German dockyard had not yet been built, and the damn "Lend-Lease Act" of the United States was aimed at itself to put it bluntly, it is said that Britain had already obtained a billion dollars in supplies, and Germany went to negotiate with the United States, but the United States ignored it, if it were not for the fact that the United States was potentially strong, there was no need for Germany to completely tear its skin with the United States, of course, more importantly, Germany did not have the ability to attack the United States, Hitler had long wanted to teach the United States a lesson.

If Hitler had to choose, he would naturally hope that those battleships would not fall into the hands of the British.

As for Japan.... Hitler actually didn't believe that China could win, I didn't see Jiang Cheng shouting slogans for a few years, Japan is still good in China, but Asia is Asia, Europe is Europe, for the sake of Germany's interests, it is nothing to pit Japan, after all, if the Axis powers finally win, Japan will become Germany's next big enemy.

Hitler was still uneasy and said, "But what is the difference between you buying it and attacking Japan and selling it to Britain?" ”

Jiang Cheng continued to explain, "Of course it's different, my Führer, I can guarantee that Hill's French Peace Army will not attack Japan until the Japanese army in China is wiped out, please believe in my sincerity, I have so many industries in Germany, I am a businessman, I will not do loss-making business." ”

Maybe he really felt that it was better for Jiang Cheng to get the materials than for Britain or the Free France, maybe because he felt that after the Peace Army, the appeal of the Free France would decline a little, maybe he felt that Jiang Cheng had so many industries in Germany, and he really wouldn't do anything sorry for Germany, all in all, in the end, Hitler still pinched his nose and acquiesced.

Back at the company, Chen Nan walked over and took Jiang Cheng's coat and hat and said, "Boss, what did Hitler say?" ”

Jiang Cheng sat down, picked up the tea next to him and said, "What else can I say?" I can only acquiesce, this matter has little to do with Germany in the first place, what Hitler really cares about is actually our attitude towards Germany, I gave him an order for thirty submarines, and he immediately stopped talking. ”

Chen Nan smiled and said, "That's good, you don't know, the host, after the incident over there in the Polynesian Islands, there were a lot of German spies around us immediately..."