81_81266 Washington, D.C., USA. In the office of the President of the United States, the Soviet envoy was sitting in front of President Roosevelt. He had come this time to carry out an unprecedented cross-border cooperation, and he was very confident in the cooperation he proposed.

"Mr. President, a strong Germany with unrivalled influence in Europe is something that the United States does not want to see -- and it is by no means an outcome that the Soviet Union wants to see. The Soviet envoy smiled and said: "We need a divided, weak Europe in both countries." This Europe would better be cut into dozens of weak countries, each of which cannot pose a threat to you and us. ”

That's an interesting statement. I agree with you about the situation in Europe, and that is the basis for us to sit together today to discuss cooperation. Roosevelt nodded.

The USSR is now the only ** country in the whole world, and it is more terrible than poison for capitalism. Germany is now rampage in Europe, to put it bluntly, it is actually just a capitalist civil war, and if the Soviet Union joins it, the whole taste of the war will change, and it will become a little afraid for the United States to taste it lightly.

If the United States aided the Soviet Union, then even if Germany was defeated, no one could say whether the United States would be able to withstand the pressure of a powerful Soviet Union after the war. And once this game is out of the control of the United States, only God knows whether the United States will be able to continue its hegemony in the world.

Now the cooperation program brought by the Soviet Union is simply a huge aid program, and the United States will provide a series of support to the Soviet Union, such as technology and raw materials, to help the Soviet Union win the war against Germany. Of course, after Germany's strategic space is compressed, the interests of the United States will be more solid.

This is the reason why Roosevelt was really tempted: Germany and the Soviet Union fought this is the established policy, and the Anglo-French appeasement policy of that year was actually exactly the same as the United States' thinking, that is, to encourage Germany and the Soviet Union to fight, and everyone shouted and cheered on the sidelines.

Although this plan eventually changed slightly, that is, Germany attacked France and Britain first, but did not take action against the intended target, the Soviet Union. But now the mistake seems to have been corrected, and the two countries will eventually fight. So the United States has a re-betting table, betting on who will win and who will lose this time Germany and the Soviet Union.

As for the line of European influence promised by the USSR that would never be crossed, or the extent to which the red regime would eventually blossom, the Americans were not at all impressed. The Soviet Union, or its predecessor, Tsarist Russia, was the country that unilaterally tore up the treaty the most in the world, and there is no difference between what it promises now and farting, and in the end whether Europe will completely turn red or be divided into two is entirely determined by the strength of both sides, and has nothing to do with the content of the treaty.

Therefore, the outcome that the United States wants to see is not a post-war division commitment, but only a fight between the Soviet Union and Germany -- as long as these two countries fight, then the subsequent problems are not a problem. Since the war started, it had a weakening effect, and weakening Germany and weakening the Soviet Union were both good news for the United States.

"Mr. Soviet envoy, I admit that the United States does not want to see a united and powerful Europe, but the United States also does not want to see a red Europe appear. Thinking of this, Roosevelt decided to do a round of bargaining first.

"I heard that the United States had sunk dozens of freighters by German submarines in the North Atlantic, and that the protest to Germany for this was ignored by the conceited Führer?" asked the Soviet envoy.

"Yes. Germany ignored the protests of the United States, and they squandered the friendship and trust of the United States. Roosevelt snorted coldly and said. Everyone knew about the United States' assistance to Britain, and the German attack on American ships was also well known, but everyone pretended to be confused, and no one wanted to mention it.

The United States is now negotiating with the British over the affairs of Canada and Australia, and the British are about to pawn their pants to the United States for the sake of several of their colonies, and of course, the Japanese invasion of China in Asia has also damaged the interests of the United States in the Far East, and the two sides are now fighting saber-rattling in the Pacific.

At a time when Germany was being remembered by a stunned Soviet Union, the United States was also dizzy because of an unreasonable hand planted by Germany. There is no shortage of the kind of existence in the world that other countries cannot understand, such as the Soviet Union, which is bent on sowing the seeds of revolution, and Japan, which does not know where its self-confidence comes from.

"The Soviet Union will defeat Germany, and our demand is very simple, that is, in the event of a stalemate between the two countries, or a situation in which the Soviet Union is unfavorable, the United States can come to the aid of the Soviet Union. "The representative of the Soviet Union came up with his own conditions, and he also knew that the nonsense of carving up Europe could not impress the United States, and it was necessary to come up with something practical and useful.

If the Soviet Union attacked Germany and then broke through, then there would be nothing to do with the United States, and the result would be that the Soviet Union dominated Europe and Asia, and the world's first super-empire was born. But what if the Soviet Union was not able to accomplish its own operational objectives?

If there is a stalemate in the battlefield between the two countries, then the position of the United States becomes crucial, and once the Soviet Union receives American assistance, the chances of defeating Germany will be greater. Of course, on the other hand, if the Soviet Union loses the war and the war develops in favor of the German army, then the assistance provided by the United States to the Soviet Union will be even more important, and these materials will at least allow a more balanced world pattern to emerge in the future.

As far as the United States, which is watching the fire from across the strait, it would be better if this world war could be fought to the point that all countries would be impoverished, and only one United States would be left alone. In this way, the United States can become the world leader, replacing Britain as the next world hegemon, which of course is the best outcome.

Now it seems that eighty percent of the United States will be involved in this world war, either in the Far East with the Japanese, or in Europe with the Germans. Now it will be up to the United States to choose its future competitors, whether it will unite with the Soviet Union to defeat Germany, or whether it will sit back and watch Germany's growth compete with Germany for the position of world leader in the future.

"Such an outcome is more acceptable. After thinking about it for a long time, Roosevelt nodded and said, "I will raise the relevant agenda and propose that the Soviet Union join the Triple Alliance Agreement between the United States, Canada and Britain, becoming the fourth country in the alliance agreement." ”

However, after he finished speaking, he continued without waiting for the Soviet representative to speak: "However, the Soviet Union is not a party to the Washington Naval Treaty, and four of the eight battleships that the Soviet Union planned to build have been completed, and the number of these advanced battleships and Soviet aircraft carriers that may appear in the future must be controlled, and our two countries should begin negotiations on the number of navies." ”

"There's no problem with that, Mr. President. The representative of the Soviet Union hurriedly nodded in agreement, after all, at this time the Soviet Union did not have the strength to compete with the United States for world hegemony, so its current vision is also very short-sighted, and being able to win the upcoming Soviet-German war with the support of the United States is its primary problem at present.

Then the Soviet representative threw out his sincerity: "The Far Eastern Fleet of the Soviet Navy will visit Las Vegas and San Francisco in the United States to open up the situation for friendly relations between the two countries." In addition, the Soviet Navy was willing to stop the construction of 2 battleships, so as a condition the United States was asked to intervene to do the USSR a small favor. ”

Roosevelt was not a fool either, he naturally knew what the real problems of the Soviet Union were. Any country does not want its army to fight on two fronts, and when it is engaged in war, it will try to keep its backyard in a relatively stable state.

But the Battle of Nomenkan broke out so much that it made both the Soviets and Americans a little angry. There is a clear shadow of the Germans in this matter, including the series of victories of the Japanese army in China, which can be seen as an exchange between Germany and the Japanese government with the interests of the Far East.

However, this exchange did work, and it forced the Soviet Union to consider the consequences of a two-front war. Therefore, the war on the Western Front, which had been prepared, was forced to stop, waiting for Japan in the Far East and the United States further away to give themselves a proper explanation.

"Yes, President Roosevelt. The Soviet Union hoped that the United States would put pressure on Japan to put an end to the Nomenkan incident and make Japan completely abandon the idea of going north. The Soviet envoy nodded and said.

"What does the United States need to do?" Roosevelt asked.

"Quite simply, by stopping the export of oil to Japan, the United States would be able to guarantee that Japan would not have any unrealistic ideas about the Soviet Union. The Soviet envoy replied directly.

"This will lead to a war between the United States and Japan! It will involve the United States in this world war!" Roosevelt said with a frown: "How can the United States do such a thing?"

Even if the United States does not cut off Japan's oil supply, Japan will attack the US military bases in the Far East at the right time. Said the Soviet envoy.

It is an indisputable fact that Japan is moving southward, and now it is even more victorious in attacking the British and French possessions, and judging by the speed at which Japan is moving southward, it seems that it will not be long before it will collide with the Philippine and Malaysian regions of the United States, which have oil resources that Japan is short of. It's an open secret that Japan will definitely go to war with the United States, even though it's a small production, but there's still some, isn't it?

"Let me think about it! I need to have a meeting with my advisor. Three days...... I will not be able to give you an answer until three days. Roosevelt closed his eyes, feeling himself exhausted