Originally, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt attached great importance to Churchill's sudden visit to the United States, and held a grand welcoming ceremony in New York, where Churchill had landed, to announce to the world the close relationship between the United States and Britain like iron buddies, and on the other hand, to comfort the anxious British prime minister.

However, Churchill flatly refused, seeing that the British Empire was about to be wiped out, so he still paid attention to these false courtesies, and besides, with Churchill's arrogance, he had to turn to the Americans for help this time, which was a very shameless thing in itself.

At this time, the British Empire had been beaten to the ground by Hitler, and it had been reduced from an empire that dominated the world to a ruined household that was about to go bankrupt.

Churchill disembarked in the port of New York, just as the southwest Atlantic monsoon was rising, the wind was howling and the rain was pouring down.

President Roosevelt, in the Oval Office of the White House, waited quietly for Prime Minister Churchill, accompanied by His Excellency the President, as well as General Jeffrey Field, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a number of senior generals of the US High Command in wartime.

Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who sailed to the bottom of the sea for more than ten days and rushed to Washington, simply refused the luncheon prepared by the United States for His Excellency the Prime Minister, and went directly to the White House to meet President Roosevelt. "If we delay for an extra hour, the situation in Australia may change, not to mention the anxious Prime Minister. How can you have that appetite!

As soon as he met Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill was not polite, and went straight to the point, "Mr. President, the only purpose of my visit this time is to hope that the United States will take action again to save Australia from danger, and you also know that no country can have such a capability except the United States!" ”

In the face of Prime Minister Churchill's blunt demands. President Roosevelt could only smile wryly, and in his heart, he felt the same way as Churchill, that Australia was not only very important to the British, but also. As far as Americans are concerned, it is also a foothold that must not be lost.

According to MacArthur Telegram. Manila lost. It is only a matter of time before Luzon falls, and if so, the last foothold of the United States in the Southwest Pacific is about to be lost, then. In the future, the United States will only rely on Australia as a foothold in its counteroffensive against the Southwest Pacific, and if Australia falls into the hands of the Japanese, the United States will plan a counteroffensive. It would be incredibly difficult, and in a sense, Roosevelt valued Australia more than Churchill.

Roosevelt said comfortingly: "Mr. Prime Minister, don't worry, before you go to the United States in person, we, the US government and military, are also actively seeking solutions to the problems of Australia and Luzon!" ”

Churchill's eyes lit up, and he urgently asked, "Mr. President, do you have a solution?" ”

Roosevelt shook his head bitterly and replied: "Mr. Prime Minister, not yet, in front of us, there are two biggest dangers in the southwest Pacific theater, one is the Australian mainland, the other is Luzon, today, the 100,000 British Empire troops who reinforced Luzon Island have returned to Australia safely, with such a new force, the war situation in Australia will change fundamentally, and with Australia's vast territory, there is a lot of room for strategic maneuver, and the war will not end soon." ”

"What I am most worried about is the battlefield of Luzon, my commander, General MacArthur, sent back several urgent telegrams in a row, the Japanese army has carried out a large-scale offensive on Luzon, dispatching tens of thousands of troops every day, storming the Manila defense line, my troops have suffered heavy casualties, Manila is lost, Luzon has fallen, it is only a matter of time!"

Churchill looked at President Roosevelt with eyes that hated iron and steel, and said: "Mr. President, I have no intention of criticizing the command organs of your country, let alone questioning the command ability of American officers. ”

Roosevelt rolled his eyes in anger and secretly scolded himself: "It's easy to say, what about the escort fleet? You British are not yet dependent on Chinese escorts to retreat! ”

However, these words could not be spoken, and Churchill may not have understood the unfavorable position of the United States in the Pacific theater, and besides, it was not a time to take advantage of his tongue, so he patiently explained: "Your Excellency the Prime Minister does not know that the Pacific theater in front of us is extremely unfavorable to us and the United States, and the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy has cut off the connection between Luzon, Australia, and the US mainland!" ”

"Moreover, the existing fleet of the US Navy has almost been completely lost, and without the escort of the fleet, more than 200,000 soldiers crossing the sea will be attacked by the Japanese Navy fleet, and I cannot take this risk, which is also the thing that our US Government is most worried about at present!"

Churchill suddenly understood that the 100,000 soldiers of the British Empire returned to Australia safely under the escort of the plane of the Chinese Tang Qiuli, and just like that, in the Coral Sea, they were also attacked by the Second and Fourth Fleets of the Japanese Navy, and the task force was almost completely wiped out.

After receiving the report of General Fernandez, commander-in-chief of the Australian Garrison, Churchill's first thought that came to mind was a question, what was the purpose of that hateful Chinese Tang Qiuli?

Although he couldn't guess the reason, Churchill preferred to believe that this was Tang Qiuli's conspiracy, so even if he covered the troops of the British Empire, Churchill would never be grateful to the Chinese he hated from the bottom of his heart.

Therefore, after Roosevelt said the predicament he faced, Churchill's mind thought sharply, "Instead of letting us Britain face Tang Qiuli's conspiracy alone, it is better to pull the Americans to face it together, so that there is also a greater ability to resist attacks, and with the current national strength of the United States, even if the Chinese want to play conspiracy, they will be afraid of three points!" ”

Thinking of this, Churchill said: "Your Excellency, haven't you tried to ask that Chinese Tang Qiuli for help, since he can unconditionally escort the troops of our British Empire, I think that the same Allied troops, he should not favor one over the other and treat it differently, right?" What's more, according to the relevant provisions of the allied military mutual assistance agreement, this is the obligation and responsibility of the Chinese! ”

Roosevelt is an experienced politician, how can he not know what Churchill meant, on the surface, he can't see the slightest psychological fluctuation, but in his heart, he is angry, "This Englishman, he can't change his consistent temperament, when is it, he doesn't forget to sow discord, he is typical of being cheap and obedient, and I don't know what kind of shit luck you British have taken, Tang Qiuli unconditionally lends a hand!" ”

Roosevelt said lightly: "Ask Tang Qiuli for help?" It's easy to talk about, the so-called obligations and responsibilities are just a verbal expression of the government, only interests are eternal! After that, I glanced at Churchill, and the meaning was obvious, you know!

Churchill was also an old crab climbing the sea, a veteran of playing politics in the clouds and rain, how could he not hear Roosevelt's voiceover, and he couldn't help but blush, and found that he was too impatient and too explicit.

The US generals present at the meeting, looking at this British guy who made a move to provoke a sinister fire, were full of bad feelings, and because of the presence of His Excellency the President, they had to swallow this breath, otherwise, they would definitely refute it, and the room was full of awkward silence.

Churchill has been rolling in the political arena for many years, and this little embarrassment naturally can't help him, and he said calmly: "Your Excellency, I have received a telegram from Fernandez, the commander-in-chief of the British Empire's forces in Australia, in which he proposed the most feasible solution to the current crisis in Australia!" ”

Roosevelt perked up and asked, "Your Excellency, please explain it carefully!" ”

Churchill said: "In the territories of the British Empire in the West Indies, there is a large number of idle people, most of whom have flowed in from the former East Indies, and there is no occupation suitable for them, and at present, this part of the unemployed is very unstable, and if this continues, it will cause social unrest, so Fernandez's solution is that among these people, conscripts, after a short period of training, will go to the Australian battlefield to carry out the task of fighting the Japanese army!" ”

Roosevelt exclaimed, "It is indeed a good way to reduce the number of unemployed people and to form a combat force against Japan, killing two birds with one stone!" ”

Churchill added: "According to the report of the Governor-General in the West Indies, about 300,000 troops can be conscripted initially!" ”

According to this line of thinking, the crisis facing Australia seems to be easily solved, but there is still a big problem in front of Roosevelt and Churchill, that is, where will such a large number of soldiers, huge weapons and equipment and logistical supplies come from?

Australia itself is in the midst of war, and it is a fantasy to solve it on the spot, the industrial base of the West Indies, not to mention making guns and artillery, I am afraid that it is not even possible to make bullets, the United States cannot count on it, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy is blocked at the doorstep, and the few remaining warships of the US Navy dare not go out of the ports on the west coast, this road is impassable!

The British can't count on it, let alone thousands of rivers and mountains, two oceans, and the current broken family foundation in the UK, if it weren't for the support of the American buddies, they would have fallen down a long time ago, and they couldn't do anything about it!

Put all the factors together, the only way to solve the problem, about to come out, Roosevelt and Churchill looked at each other, and they both saw the helplessness in each other's hearts, do they still have to ask for that person in the end?

(To be continued) (To be continued.) )