August 3, 1941, Bald Eagle, Washington

"Let's study how we can suppress the overseas colonies of country F, right? Isn't that tall Frenchman dancing happily? Give him full support to take over those overseas colonies. "If it weren't for the scruples of the powerful F Army completely falling to the Axis powers, he would have wanted to completely manage the other party's overseas colonies, but no, the strength of the F army is not only that army, but more importantly, the strong potential and military mobilization ability, as long as there are the right high-quality soldiers, Hansen can increase the army by more than five million at any time, if that is really the case, the Bald Eagle will have to mobilize millions more troops, and this consumption far exceeds the possible benefits of those colonies.

"Without the approval of the old marshal, no one will support him at all!" Harry Hopkins is not optimistic about Mr. President's idea, the old marshal and his generals have far more control over the army than the outside world thinks, if it is not for the fact that he does not want to suffer too many casualties, it is estimated that the current country F can continue to hold on.

"We can also support the independence struggle of the local people, support other countries to do their colonies, didn't the Japanese enter Indochina?" Mr. President smiled, the colonies of country F are the original sin, so many colonies, who is not greedy? In particular, Japan, a newly emerging imperialist country, could not satisfy the appetite of the Japanese simply by entering the garrison.

"I'm afraid that the Japanese may not be able to do anything to Southeast Asia as we guided." Harry Hopkins was worried, and his face was gloomy.

"Any new information?" Mr. President was a little surprised, didn't the Japanese begin military mobilization? Why don't you attack Southeast Asia? The military mobilization of the whole country will always show its clues, can it be said that the Japanese already have the capital to carry out a strategic feint of this scale?

"There is news that the Japanese are building an oil pipeline between Tohoku and Goryeo, and the construction schedule is quite tight, and the investment is very huge." Harry Hopkins has a piece of information that seems to have nothing to do with the war.

"Oil! Did the Japanese discover oil? Isn't it said that there is no oil in the Northeast? Mr. President's scalp was a little numb when he heard the word "oil", and Bald Eagle had always made a lot of money by trading oil with Japan, and at the same time relying on this oil pipe to manipulate the Japanese, if the Japanese found oil in the control area, it would be tantamount to completely disrupting his strategic concept.

"The intelligence services believe that there are two possibilities, one is that oil has been found in the Black Province, and the other is that oil has been found in the Alliance." Harry Hopkins rubbed his hands together unconsciously as he spoke, obviously either way it was beyond the bald eagle's idea.

"Even if oil is not discovered in the Alliance, the Japanese will have to do something against the Alliance, and no one will put their oil base under the threat of a hostile country." Mr. President muttered to himself.

"Yes, as long as it is confirmed that this oil pipeline is real, it can prove that war is inevitable." Harry Hopkins didn't expect this information to be false, but the signs were too obvious, thousands of kilometers of oil pipelines had already been produced, and some of the orders for pressurized equipment had gone to Bald Eagle, and if this was smoke, then Japan would be too rich.

"Isn't the alliance's military strength in Siberia an absolute overwhelming advantage over the Japanese army" Since the war cannot be avoided, we can only hope that the alliance army can defeat the Japanese Kwantung Army, but fortunately, the alliance army has won the previous two conflicts.

"The combat effectiveness of the coalition army has been 'tested' on the European battlefield, and it is still an elite unit, and its combat effectiveness and equipment far exceed that of the Siberian army." Harry Hopkins felt that Mr. President was a little whimsical, the combat effectiveness of the Union army was about to become a joke all over the world, and he actually expected the Union army to block the Japanese troops, besides, what kind of troops did the Union have in Siberia, the workers' division, the peasant division, the citizen division, the training level is not even comparable to the National Guard, and it is not a joke to expect them to block the professional army of the Japanese.

"Is there no way to strengthen the Union army in Siberia?" Mr. President still did not give up, he felt that he could not let the Alliance fall so quickly no matter what, and once the Alliance was not contained, Bald Eagle could not afford to face the Axis forces alone.

"The alliance is now sending troops and technical weapons to Europe every day, and although the size of the Siberian troops has remained the same, the level of training and equipment has declined sharply, and many units are said to be equipped with captured Japanese rifles." Harry Hopkins is very entangled, he is a pro-Alliance person, and he has always had a good impression of the Alliance, but now the Alliance's various practices really make him incomprehensible.

"Japanese rifles? Where did they have so many seizures? "Mr. President doesn't believe it at all, don't look at the tens of thousands of Japanese-style equipment captured by the alliance after the Nomenkan War, but that bit of equipment can't equip many troops at all.

"The bulk is equipment captured during the Russo-Japanese War, and there are also captures during the Siberian War, and at least ten divisions of the alliance in Siberia are armed with Japanese rifles." Harry Hopkins' brow twitched unconsciously.

"Hopkins, can you suggest that the alliance prioritize equipping the forces of Siberia with the weapons we have aided?" Mr. President thinks that instead of burying the bald eagle's supplies in the Arctic Ocean, it is better to let the Siberian coalition army change its clothes first!

"Mr. President, I contacted the other party half a month ago, but the coalition government refused, and they said that everything must be supplied to Europe first." Harry Hopkins smiled wryly, the brains of the league's top brass are really incomprehensible.

"How can they be sure that Japan will not attack them, or that Comrade Iron has already decided to abandon Siberia?" Mr. President suddenly felt that this possibility was really not small, after all, the essence of the alliance is in the European part, if there is no European part, then the alliance is still an alliance?

"According to the information we came back from Tokyo, the alliance held a batch of gold in the bank of the Japanese, and at the same time transferred a lot of military technology that Japan urgently needed, especially tank and fighter technology, and Comrade Steel gave the technology of the alliance's T34 tank technology and Lager-3 fighter to the Japanese." Harry Hopkins is pro-alliance and pro-alliance, but he also feels that the alliance is not happy to transfer these technologies.

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