"Is it April Fool's Day?"

"Apparently not."

"Then why are you telling me this? Is my IQ already this low? ”

Roosevelt glared at Marshall, and Henry who followed him. Stinson and the others had very unsightly faces. Because these people have just told him that Chinese have given them a clear answer and can help them rescue MacArthur, and even help them rescue tens of thousands of American troops who are besieged in Manila...... But he didn't believe it. Not at all.

"Our intelligence mistakes caused MacArthur to be besieged by 300,000 Japanese troops!" Roosevelt took a deep breath, "And these 300,000 Japanese troops are all veterans with extremely strong combat effectiveness!" Leading them was the famous Japanese general Seishiro Sakagaki, who once defeated dozens of Chinese troops with half a division on the Chinese battlefield...... Do you believe that the Chinese are now capable of rescuing all of our people under his hands? It seems to me that they are simply lying, trying to use this excuse to get enough dollars from us. ”

"The Chinese want dollars, and everyone knows that." Harry. Hopkins sat aside and said lightly. Roosevelt's former secretary of commerce had resigned from all government posts by this time. Because he suffers from stomach problems and many other ailments, his body is very bad and he cannot handle the heavy work of government. But even so, he is still Roosevelt's most important aide and think tank, although he is not a cabinet member, but he is actually the second-in-command of the White House under Roosevelt.

"But in my opinion, the Chinese should not just want to use empty words to get our help. They should still be sure...... If we can't save some of our soldiers, they won't be able to give us an account. And according to my research during this time, playing scoundrels is not a Chinese practice. ”

"But we have tens of thousands of soldiers in the Philippines." Roosevelt's attitude towards Hopkins was obviously much better, "How can the Chinese rescue so many people?" Could it be that the Japanese army directly sent troops to attack the Philippines? They don't even have enough ships. ”

"I remember that Chinese once transported tens of thousands of troops to thousands of kilometers in two days......," said Henry. Stinson said suddenly.

"That's the Air Force." Marshall Road. "The Chinese recovered Hainan Island some time ago, and they can borrow the Hong Kong airport, and if they really want to, they can definitely transport a sizable force to the Philippines in the shortest possible time." But the problem is that the airport in Manila has been badly damaged, and the Japanese aircraft artillery has bombed it many times during this time. So, unless the Chinese are willing to use their airborne troops, the chances of sending troops to the Philippines to fight are slim. And the Chinese are very sensible, they will not let their elite troops get into such a quagmire. There is not enough offshore power to back it up. The more troops they send to the Philippines, the greater the losses. ”

"Then how many airborne troops are there in the Chinese?" Hopkins asked.

"According to our previous intelligence, it's an army!" Marshall replied, "But the size of this corps is not large, only a dozen regiments. ”

"A dozen regiments? That's 20,000 to 30,000 people at most! "Henry. Stinson sighed. "In the face of 300,000 Japanese troops, unless this person can take one as ten. Otherwise, it won't work at all. ”

That is to say. In the face of Chinese self-confidence, we simply can't guess what method they will use? Roosevelt looked at the crowd and smiled bitterly.

“…… I brought a man who knows the Chinese better than we do. And before he came, he had mentioned to me the methods that the Chinese might use. Seeing that everyone was ashamed of Roosevelt's words, Marshall suddenly added.

"You've brought him here?" Roosevelt asked.

"Yes!" Marshall nodded.

"Then why don't we hurry up and invite him in?" Roosevelt asked again. He understood what Marshall meant, and that the Chief of the Army General Staff wanted to recommend someone to him. He was certainly more than happy to do so. This is the most difficult time for America. The more this happens, the more they need talent. And what can make Marshall take a fancy to it must be talent.

……

"Mr. President, Mr. Ministers. Nice to meet you guys! ”

For the first time, Eisenhower walked into the oval office with his half-bald head on his head, and he didn't know that he would become one of the owners of this office in the future. Not only was he favored by Marshall as soon as he returned to China, mentioning that he was working as an assistant next to him, and now he was recommended by Marshall to Roosevelt. Although the U.S. system is different from that of other countries, and the U.S. president does not have much influence on the promotion of military personnel, it is a time of war, and the president has begun to fulfill his duties as the supreme leader of the nation's armed forces, and his will can determine many things. And if he performs well this time, he may be able to get a bigger stage.

"I remember you, Colonel Eisenhower......"

"It's Brigadier General! Mr. President. Marshall reminded from the side.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I've been a little too busy lately, General Eisenhower." Roosevelt was as good as he was.

"You don't have to care, I've just received this rank." Eisenhower replied with a smile.

"Hmm." Roosevelt nodded, "General, I know that you have spent some time in China, and you are highly valued by the Chinese, and you have also participated in some of their secret operations, and you have performed very well. But now General Marshall says can you tell me what Chinese will do to rescue our lost army in the Philippines...... We've been thinking about it for a long time, but nothing has come of it. Can you dispel this confusion for us? ”

"Actually, I was going to tell General Marshall directly, but he insisted that I come to you." Eisenhower glanced at Marshall gratefully, and then said to Roosevelt: "Mr. President, I wonder if you still remember the mysterious weapons of the Chinese?" ”

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"To be sure, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army is far beyond what we imagined in the past."

Eisenhower began to take the stage with Jimmy Eisenhower. Doolittle, however, was sorting out his telegram draft...... Since he was pulled in by the Chinese to help, he naturally could not give up such an opportunity to observe the Chinese army "up close".

"I learned about the poor performance of the Chinese army against the Japanese army in the early days of the Sino-Japanese War...... I thought they were vulnerable. But now I've changed that impression. At least that impression has changed with the 'Central Army' in China. This is an absolutely valiant and warlike force, and the reason why they have been losing battles is, in my opinion, partly because they did not expect the Japanese to be so crazy as to dare to wage an all-out war against them; On the other hand, the country is too poor. ”

"They have millions of troops, but they can't do it with one gun!" As he wrote this, Doolittle paused for a long time before he let out a long sigh, "And even with enough guns." Most of these guns are not good guns either. I have seen more than one soldier use an old gun that has a life span of several years, or even more than ten years, and the body of these guns has been touched by them as if it is covered with engine oil...... But this is already lucky. I've inquired and confirmed with journalists from all over the world who have worked here for many years that many Chinese troops even have guns. There weren't many bullets either. Therefore they push the hand-to-hand combat, and they are forced to push the hand-to-hand combat. It was also for the sake of what many of their soldiers carried guns on their backs when they went to war. You also have to carry a spear or a broadsword...... But this is still not their poorest force. Sichuan Province, where the Chinese now rely on their base camp, has already walked out of hundreds of thousands of troops in this battle and is one of the main forces of China's War of Resistance. But this force is also one of the poorest in China at present. Many of their soldiers did not even have a neat uniform, and most of them wore straw sandals...... As for firearms, most of them have been used for more than ten years, and many are even powder guns! ”

"I think you should introduce the exploits of the Sichuan Army here." Bai Xiude. "Once" exposed the Great Famine in Henan to the world and forced Chiang Kai-shek to order relief for the victims of the American Time magazine in Chongqing, but this time he did not have the opportunity to become a benefactor for many people. Because before he got the news of the famine in Henan, the disaster relief grain had already entered Henan and northern Shaanxi. So. He is now with Doolittle, covering the Chinese army's military operation to regain Shanxi, and interviewing Doolittle, an "American hero," on the other, and plans to get a few interviews. After all, because Doolittle never returned to the United States, Americans were very concerned about his situation in China. But I don't know what happened to Lu Dao, not long after these two people stayed together, they began to sympathize with the Chinese soldiers.

"The exploits of the Sichuan army?" Doolittle thought for a moment, "What battles did they fight?" ”

"The most famous is of course the Battle of Tengxian!" Bai Xiude sighed, he has been in China for several years, since the outbreak of the war, many battles on the Chinese battlefield are relatively clear, "An army called Huazi, leaning on a dilapidated county town, blocked a Japanese elite division equipped with tanks, heavy artillery, and aircraft for three days. At the end of the day, their commander was on the city wall and sent the last bullet into his heart......"

"What if...... With the same weapons as us, will the outcome of this battle change? Doolittle's face was heavy. Although he was only a lieutenant colonel air force pilot, he knew very well what the result of his telegram would be...... This will be an important evidence of the U.S. government's assistance to China. No one would want to give their weapons to an army that can't fight, because that would just be a waste. But if the truth is the opposite of what you think, it will be completely different. The Americans now only think about quickly defeating the Japanese, ending this war in the Pacific, and then running Europe with all their might.

"If there are the same weapons and equipment as ours, no, no, no, even if it is only half, or even a third, the Chinese will be enough to drive the Japanese out of their country!" Even I believe that the Japanese did not dare to invade China at all. Bai Xiude said: "You have seen the battle that is going on now to recover Shanxi, just with enough artillery support, Chinese can fight the Japanese without the power to fight back...... They are far more capable of fighting than we have seen. (To be continued......)