readx; Chapter 440: Adjournment

"Bang!" Grande poked the command pole in his hand on the wooden floor in the conference room, and Grant looked at him in amazement, stared at William Wheeler coldly and asked: "Vice President, in your eyes, the United States can only rely on Britain and France in Europe in the future to survive and recover its territory from the Chinese?" Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although William Wheeler spoke wildly just now, his words revealed his distrust of the US Army's own combat strength, which could not help but make Grant, who is now the chief of staff of the US Army, particularly annoying, so the ridicule in his tone could be heard personally.

William Wheeler, as an old politician, naturally knew this, so he looked at Grant with anger on his face at the moment, and said sarcastically: "If the army can compete for strength, defeat the Chinese, and regain lost territory, why would our United States of America fall to this point today!"

"You!!"

Hearing this, Grant's face was full of anger, his eyes were wide open, and he stared at the fat man who was full of ridicule and hateful face towards him, if his eyes could kill people, William Wheeler probably didn't know how many times he had died now.

"Why? Am I not right?". William Wheeler said without showing weakness.

He may not be able to refute Alan Arthur's sarcasm, after all, he is the president of the United States.

Moreover, in recent years, Chester Allen Arthur has insisted on waging war with the Chinese to resist their aggression and ensure national security.

Internally, we will stabilize the domestic economic order and relieve poverty. Trying to minimize the damage caused by the economic crisis has earned him enough respect and prestige in the American civil and political arena.

So, even within the U.S. government, which preaches freedom and democracy. William Wheeler, as vice president, did not dare to be disrespectful to Alan Arthur.

But for Grant, the seventy-eighty and long-overdue president of the United States, he has no fear now.

"Alright, don't talk about it!" Seeing that the two were about to quarrel in this conference room, Alan Arthur hurriedly slapped the table and scolded angrily.

Of course, he also wants to save Grant's face, after all, he has fought with the Chinese in recent years. It is true that the army has not achieved much success.

In addition, now with the end of the war in Erie, the news of the heavy losses of the U.S. Army in the war has spread. At present, the U.S. government and Congress seem to have been divided into two factions: the main and the main war.

The representative of the main peace faction was Vice President William Wheeler, who had advocated war with the Huo family army at the beginning of the war, and the representative of the main war faction was Chester Allen Arthur, who is now the president.

Both men have their own supporters in Congress and within the government, and Grant is a strong figure in the main battle faction. So Alan Arthur wanted to protect his prestige in the army and within the government.

After seeing the two of them, they still looked like they were competing against each other. But after calming down with each other, Chester Allen Arthur waved Grant back to his seat before continuing: "Actually, we have given everything we have, time, money, manpower, etc., so far in the war. ”

"Now, through the Yili War, the Chinese took the initiative to retreat in action. They have also reached the point where they are about to be unable to hold on. Now the two of us are fighting for whoever can hold on longer, who will be able to win this war!"

After a pause. Chester Allen Arthur raised his eyes and slowly swept over everyone's faces, and after seeing all the changes in their expressions, he said with a hint of helplessness in his tone: "Even if we want peace talks, we must use a victorious war as the basis for negotiations, which will also help us strive for better conditions in the negotiations!"

"President......!" Hearing Alan Arthur mention the peace talks, Grant, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but show a hint of urgency on his face.

But before he could finish speaking, he was cut off by Chester Allen Arthur.

In fact, the reason why he finally threw out the talk of peace talks, he couldn't help it.

The United States is a country composed of immigrants, although it has been established for hundreds of years, but the number of immigrants still exceeds the number of native-born Americans, and Americans who lack their own culture and traditions, compared with other countries, the cohesion of the country and the nation is limited.

Therefore, for those big families who control the United States, making money is the most important thing, and as for the integrity of the United States of America, that is a secondary issue.

When this demand is reflected in the Congress and the government, the argument for peace negotiations will naturally emerge.

Especially after the heavy losses in the war in Erie, this argument has become stronger than ever, and even Chester Allen Arthur, as president, has to face it squarely.

Therefore, although he still insists on continuing the war with the Chinese, he must also consider the mood of the main peace faction within the government, and for the sake of apparent unity, temporary pacification is still very necessary.

"Okay, today's meeting will be here first, everyone go back to work! Frederick, remember to go back, immediately let the railway department dispatch workers and engineers, as soon as possible to rebuild the railway destroyed by the Chinese!" Alan Arthur sat up straight, then closed the blue notebook on the conference table, and slowly swept his eyes over everyone's faces.

After listening to his words, Secretary of State Frederick nodded seriously and agreed, "I know, President!

"Hmm!" After nodding, Alan Arthur stood up, turned around and said, "General Grant, come with me!"

After saying that, and ignoring the surprised eyes of others, Alan Arthur got up and walked out of the conference room and walked towards the president's office at the end of the corridor, and Grant naturally followed.

Pushing open the door, Alan Arthur threw the minutes of the meeting on his desk, and cursed angrily: "These damn bastards know how to wag their tails and beg for mercy to the British, haven't they recognized the greedy face of the British after so many years of lessons? Moreover, without a decent victory as a basis, the Chinese can easily agree to peace talks, these fools!"

After venting for a while, Alan Arthur's emotions began to gradually calm down, and he looked at Grant, who was standing in front of his desk after closing the door, and reached out and waved for him to sit down.

Seeing Alan Arthur's still very ugly face, Grant didn't know how to comfort himself, he knew that this war was indeed too uncompetitive for their army.

Otherwise, the once glorious and powerful United States would not have fallen into its current situation.

Moreover, the reason why the voice of peace within the Congress and the government is so high is also related to their military failures.

"General Grant, has the MIA found information on the kind of flame weapons used by the Chinese in Yili?" Alan Arthur pressed his temples on both sides to relieve the headache before continuing to ask.

For this terrible weapon that suddenly appeared on the battlefield of Erie and caused more than 400,000 American soldiers to be killed and wounded, as well as the death of Joseph Johnston, commander of the Northern Front, and directly led to the defeat of the Erie War. Now it has become a lingering nightmare hanging over the heads of all American soldiers.

If it can't figure out the reality of this weapon, then the US Army will not dare to launch this kind of large-scale attack against the Huo Jiajun defense line again.

Gain, the losses of the US Northern Front Corps this time are really too great! The deaths and wounds of 400,000 soldiers in one night cannot stand it if it were another country!

"President, the time is too short, and the Chinese have a very tight defense of this weapon, we have sacrificed more than a dozen intelligence officers, but we still haven't got any information about this batch of flame weapons!" Although very unwilling, Grant still said with a serious look.

"Alas!"

Hearing this, Alan Arthur sighed heavily in his heart.

Although before asking, he had roughly guessed that this would be the outcome. But there is still a little bit of luck in my heart.

The official intelligence agencies of the United States have been established for too short a time, and because of the differences in race, the intelligence personnel they have planted in Huo Jiajun have no access to the slightest classified information.

"General Grant, tell the Military Intelligence Bureau not to be discouraged, we must not stop the intelligence reconnaissance of the secret weapons of the Chinese, and before the next war, we must know the weakness of this weapon and find out how to deal with it. Alan Arthur emphasized.

Hearing this, Grant nodded firmly.

Then, after a little contemplation, he looked up at Alan Arthur and said, "President, in this matter, perhaps we can turn to the British!"

"British?" said Alan Arthur frowned.

He did not have the slightest affection for the British, despite the fact that they shared a common ancestor, a common way of life, a common language and a common faith.

However, the Americans who came out of the British colonies** and the British, who claimed to be aristocrats, did not like each other, and the relationship between the two Anglo-American wars in the middle fell to the freezing point.

Otherwise, when Huo Jiajun attacked the United States, the British would not be happy to see it.

Of course, these are not the main reasons why Alan Arthur dislikes them. More importantly, while the British resold weapons to them and made a lot of money to alleviate the economic crisis in Britain, they also secretly promised the Chinese that they would use a large amount of American territory to attract the greed of the Chinese and make the war between them and the United States more cruel.

He even sensed that the British were trying to turn the United States back into their colony. (To be continued......)