Chen Qiang began to recruit franchisees aggressively.

In terms of fame, Chen Qiang's gym is also somewhat well-known in New York, and I am afraid that no one will know Chen Qiang when he goes out of New York. However, there are not a few people who know the goods, and those novel courses opened by Chen Qiang have made many people realize that this is a way to make money. Just for these courses, it is also worth joining.

In just half a month, Chen Qiang talked to two or three franchisees, and after being introduced, a businessman in Washington also expressed a strong interest in Chen Qiang's gym.

So Chen Qiang personally went to Washington, planning to inspect the local market and see if there was an opportunity to develop a few franchisees in Washington.

As soon as Chen Qiang arrived in Washington, he was arrested by Hu Shi before he had time to talk about business.

Hu Shi took Chen Qiang to the White House with him, and he planned to ask Roosevelt to see him again, of course, in order to borrow money from the United States.

Last year's $25 million loan has already been spent, and those high-ranking officials and nobles in China have reaped benefits from it, and they don't know how much they can really use on the station. Now that the Yunnan-Burma Highway has been opened, and there is another way to transport materials to China, since it is more convenient to transport materials, Chongqing naturally hopes that Hu Shi can ask for some more money from the Americans and exchange it for materials to be transported to China.

Roosevelt was also very busy, and if he wanted Roosevelt, he had to queue up, and after Hu Shi and Chen Qiang arrived at the White House, they waited in the lounge. Even when it was the time originally scheduled, Roosevelt's side was not busy, and they had to wait.

"Ambassador Hu, I'm very sorry, I'm afraid you will have to wait a little longer, Mr. President is still meeting with the last guest." The reception staff at the White House smiled and doubled the hot coffee for Hu Shi and Chen Qiang.

Hu Shi was a little depressed, he said in his heart who was so attractive and took up his time to see Roosevelt, so Hu Shi asked with a little dissatisfaction: "I don't know which VIP Mr. President is seeing?" ”

The White House receptionist hesitated for a little two seconds, perhaps thinking that it was not a matter of principle to disclose the guest's information to Hu Shih, so he said: "The President is now meeting with Professor Albert Einstein." ”

"It turned out to be him!" Hu Shi nodded.

Chen Qiang thought of another thing in his heart, at this time, Einstein should have begun to persuade Roosevelt to develop the atomic bomb, and the Manhattan Project of the United States will soon be launched.

After the receptionist left, Chen Qiang said: "Ambassador Hu, don't worry, what Professor Einstein talked about with President Roosevelt may really be more important than us borrowing money." ”

"What could be more important than us borrowing money! The country can wait for money to save lives! Hu Shi said with some dissatisfaction.

"Einstein was probably thinking of President Roosevelt's suggestion to build a very powerful bomb!" Chen Qiang said with a smile.

"Making bombs? What if the bomb is so powerful? Can you still blow up little Japan back? Hu Shi said with some disdain.

"This kind of bomb can really blow the Japanese back." Chen Qiang explained: "It should be a weapon that uses atomic fission to cause lethality, and the energy generated by atomic fission is very huge, comparable to thousands or even tens of thousands of tons of explosives, and only one is needed to destroy a city." Just imagine if Japan were to be given a few such bombs, would Japan not surrender? ”

"There's such a powerful thing! It's impossible, what you said is too exaggerated, a bomb is good to destroy a building, how is it possible to destroy a city! Hu Shi shook his head and said, he obviously didn't believe what Chen Qiang said.

What Chen Qiang didn't know was that the conversation between him and Hu Shi had been eavesdropped on by others.

This is the White House, with extremely strict security, and in every guest waiting lounge, there are eavesdropping equipment, and the White House security department has also arranged a special one to eavesdrop on what guests say.

Especially when it comes to foreign affairs, sometimes knowing a little more and knowing a little more information can give you an advantage in the diplomatic negotiations that follow. Therefore, the diplomat's lounge must be eavesdropped, so that the other party's intentions and chips can be understood in advance.

Of course, this kind of means is very disgraceful, but the Americans have done more than this disgraceful thing, for the sake of the country, eavesdropping on diplomats, this is not a new thing, besides, the White House is the Americans' own territory, and on the United States' own territory, it is not that they can eavesdrop on whoever they want!

If he were a mature diplomat, such as Wang Zhengting, a veteran diplomat, he would definitely not talk about important information in the lounge of the White House, lest he be listened to by the Americans, but Hu Shi, a nerd, was not engaged in diplomacy in the first place, so how could he understand this. As an athlete, Chen Qiang didn't know the doorway, so the two talked unscrupulously in the lounge.

Although Chen Qiang and Hu Shi used Chinese to talk, the White House also hired someone who knew Chinese to eavesdrop, and soon, the conversation between the two about the atomic bomb was sent to the White House intelligence officer.

"What's the situation? Where did the Chinese learn about our plans? This is the most top-secret program, and not many people even in the U.S. government know about it! The intelligence officer was shocked.

As an intelligence officer in the White House, he knew a lot more than anyone else, and even knew many things that Roosevelt didn't know. He didn't tell Roosevelt many things, and he didn't want Mr. President to lie in front of the people and affect his image.

Therefore, the intelligence officer is also well aware of the fact that the United States is going to develop an atomic bomb.

Judging from the conversation between the two, Hu Shi seems to have no idea, and he doesn't know anything about atomic fission. On the contrary, Chen Qiang seems to know a lot about that kind of bomb. Chen Qiang is just an athlete, can he know more than the ambassador to the United States? The devil believes it! And such sensitive intelligence, they still dare to discuss it in such a place? Aren't you afraid of being listened to by us? These two drama spirits must have been deliberately played for us to see! ”

"But why did they deliberately play this play? This Chinese ambassador is here to seek a loan, and if I guess correctly, he is using this method to show his leverage! Yes, it must be like that. ”

This White House intelligence officer has seen too many diplomats, and although those diplomats are full of nonsense, when it comes to foreign affairs, every move of diplomats is meaningful. So the intelligence officer took it for granted that this was Hu Shi deliberately showing bargaining chips before opening his mouth to borrow money.

The intelligence officer didn't know yes, Hu Shi really didn't know what atomic fission was, and the conversation between the two was not acting, Hu Shi, a nerd, didn't know the routines of those diplomats.

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The intelligence officer was furious in his analysis, and then handed over his analysis to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. After listening to the intelligence officer's analysis, Roosevelt nodded with satisfaction, completely unaware that he had been cheated by his pig teammates.

"Such important information was leaked, is there a problem in any part of us?" Roosevelt asked.

"I'll look into it right away." The intelligence officer paused, and then said: "Fortunately, it is the Chinese who have this information, even if they know, it doesn't hurt that we want to use atomic fission to make weapons, with China's scientific and technological level, even in another 100 years, they will not use atomic fission." ”

Roosevelt nodded: "If that super bomb really has the power to destroy a city, as Professor Einstein said, then this weapon should not be in the hands of countries other than the United States." I'm not worried about China, but Germany and the Soviet Union, which are perfectly capable of studying atomic fission. Fortunately, the Chinese ambassador, Hu Shih, is a smart man and knows that there is a way to tell us that he has the chips in his hands and it seems that we will have to lend them money again. ”

"Mr. President, the Chinese are deliberately threatening us!" The staff member next to him spoke.

"It's not a threat! Isn't that what happens between countries? Roosevelt said as he took a copy of the Far East's military intelligence from the table and spoke; China opened a highway connecting Myanmar, so that the materials can be transported to China, and the tung oil that China mortgaged to us last time can also be shipped out. If the Chinese are willing to provide collateral, it doesn't hurt for us to lend them any more money. The most important thing is that our plan to build a super bomb is top secret and must not be leaked, and once that super bomb succeeds, the United States will become the hegemon of the whole world! In this respect alone, we also have to stabilize the Chinese! ”

The staff nodded, and Roosevelt commented that the previous tung oil loan was "earned", which also showed Roosevelt's attitude towards borrowing again.

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When Hu Shi walked out of the gate of the White House, he was still confused, he didn't expect this trip to be so smooth, Roosevelt happily agreed, and borrowed money from China again. Although the specific amount and borrowing method still need to be discussed, the result has far exceeded Hu Shi's expectations.

Hu Shi would never know in his life that the reason why Roosevelt agreed so smoothly this time was mainly because in the lounge, Chen Qiang talked to him about the atomic bomb. Chen Qiang inadvertently introduced the atomic bomb, but Roosevelt happily agreed to borrow money.

In Roosevelt's view, since Hu Shi received the money, he would definitely keep the secret of developing the atomic bomb for the United States, but Roosevelt didn't know at all, and Hu Shi didn't understand what the atomic bomb was.

I only heard Hu Shi say happily: "Let's go, Chen Qiang, let's go back to the embassy, I'll let the cook cook two dishes, let's celebrate!" ”

After returning to the embassy, Hu Shi couldn't wait to send a telegram to Chongqing, reporting the good news, and at the same time asking Chongqing for instructions on what to use as collateral to borrow money this time.

Soon, Chongqing called back, hoping that Hu Shi could implement this loan as soon as possible, and as for the collateral, see what the Americans want, and try to satisfy the Americans as much as possible.

At the same time, the telegram also stated that the main forces of the Japanese army had begun to assemble in northern Jiangxi, southern Hunan, and northern Hunan, and would soon launch an offensive against the Ninth Theater.

Dim is a famous barn in China, and during the Anti-Japanese War, it was an important supply base for China's grain, military resources and industrial resources, and Changsha was the headquarters of the Ninth Theater, so it must not be lost. Once Changsha was lost, the Japanese army would fight along the Yangtze River to Chongqing.

It is also for this reason that China is very eager to obtain a loan from the United States in order to have sufficient material support to defend Changsha.

Hu Shi also knew the importance of Changsha, and when he heard that the Japanese army was going to attack Changsha, he was anxious like ants on a hot pot, and he was very worried that Changsha would be lost.

Chen Qiang was much calmer, he knew that Changsha was finally defended, and the War of Resistance against Japan finally ushered in a turning point!

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It was still the night of August 31, 1939 in New York, and it was already early in the morning of September 1, 1939 in Europe. At 4:45 a.m. CET, at the darkest hour before dawn, German troops crossed the border and invaded Poland.

By daytime, news of the German invasion of Poland spread throughout Europe, and the whole of Europe was in an uproar.

Norway, Finland, Sweden in Northern Europe, and Switzerland, a country of permanent neutrality, apparently did not want to be involved in this matter, and declared neutrality as soon as possible.

The whole world knew that Germany was going to attack Poland sooner or later, so this outcome was not surprising, and many did not even think that it would lead to a full-scale war for the whole of Europe.

In fact, the time of the beginning of World War II is not uniform in all countries of the world, and Chinese scholars believe that the time of the beginning of World War II should be the day of the Lugou Bridge Incident on July 7, 1937; European scholars believe that World War II began with the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939; The former Soviet Union believed that World War II began on June 22, 1941, when Germany attacked the Soviet Union, while the United States believed that World War II began on December 7, 1941, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.

All in all, the P5 all feel that only the day they enter the war will mean the real outbreak of a world war, and if their own countries do not participate in the war, then what kind of world war is it?

Britain and France did not take a position on September 1, while the United States, on September 1, appointed George Marshall as chief of staff of the US military.

George Marshall is famous for the "Marshall Plan", and in World War II, Marshall also advocated that priority should be given to aiding Britain and France to defeat Germany, as for Japan can be put aside first, Marshall did not even plan to start a war with Japan. What I didn't expect was that Japan took the lead and stabbed the United States in the back in the Pacific theater. The U.S. military hasn't sent troops to Europe yet, so it's going to fight the Japanese first.

On September 2, Britain and France still did not take a stand, but Spain and Ireland declared neutrality first.

On September 3, the governors of Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Australia, and India declared war on Germany at the same time, while the Canadian Prime Minister said in an international broadcast that Canada also intended to declare war on Germany.

The eyes of the world were on the United States to know how the United States would react, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt advocated neutrality on a national broadcast.

Also on September 3, the ocean liner Athena was sunk by a German submarine in the eastern Atlantic, killing more than 100 civilians.

On the same day, Churchill, as the first "hawk" in Britain, was recruited into the cabinet by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and reinstated as Secretary of the Navy, and the first thing Churchill did after taking office was not to deal with the Germans, but to think about how to oust Chamberlain from power.

On September 4, Nepal declared war on Germany, and it was like two lions at war, and a pine tree next to it pointed to one of the lions and said, "Come on, fight!" ”

On September 5, the United States officially declared its neutrality.

On September 6, South Africa declared war on Germany, and on September 10, Canada declared war on Germany.

In just a few days, a large number of countries declared war on Germany, but there was no actual action at all, the Germans had already arrived in Warsaw, but Britain and France did not do anything except say "I will kill you". At least the common Polish people will suffer in the end.

At this time, the great powers that have not yet expressed their position are left with only one Soviet Union.

On September 17, the Soviet Union finally made a move, and the Soviet army crossed the border with a torrent of steel, and at this time the Polish army was defending Warsaw, and the eastern defense was empty, so the Soviet Union easily occupied the eastern part of Poland.

Taking advantage of this momentum, the Soviet Union issued an ultimatum to Estonia demanding that the Soviet Union establish a military base in Estonia, and Estonia was forced to agree, and the Soviet Union, having tasted the sweetness, issued an ultimatum to Latvia and Lithuania to agree, and Latvia and Lithuania had no choice but to accept it. The Soviet Union did not spend a single soldier, and only by taking advantage of the situation, included the three Baltic countries into its sphere of influence.

On September 28, Germany and the Soviet Union reached an agreement on the partition of Poland, and a day later Warsaw surrendered to Germany.

It was also in September 1939 that the Japanese army launched an attack on the northern Jiangxi region, and the first Battle of Changsha officially began.

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