Knowing Hobbs's true thoughts, Li Junhao couldn't laugh or cry, this guy is 42 years old, and he still engages in this kind of trick, aren't you afraid of messing up?

In the days that followed, Hobbes met with Rear Admiral Gary of the detachment, Colonel Rupp of the 15th Infantry Regiment, and, of course, Colonel Cole of the 4th Marine Regiment, who was an old friend.

He was surprised by the current military strength in the concession, and seeing that the young Pan Sen was already with the rank of colonel and served as the commander of the Shanghai-Haihai Joint Command, he was deeply touched, and he was even more determined to return to the navy - if he didn't fight hard, he wouldn't be able to become a general until he retired!

Things always unexpected, and on October 17, Hobbs's transfer was down, but instead of returning to the navy, he was again transferred to the military attache of the Huhai Consulate General, and the former military attache Pan Sen was no longer concurrent. In this way, Li Junhao, by virtue of his position as deputy consul general, came from behind and became Hobbes's boss, which is really amazing.

In the Consulate General, everyone who received the order was stunned first and then laughed, because they were very familiar old colleagues with each other, Sheehan and the others all teased Hobbs, laughing that he had now become Panson's subordinate......

Hobbes didn't really care about this, he regretted that he didn't make it to the Navy and go back to the Navy! But it's okay, it's much better to go back to Huhai than to be in Chongqing, at least you don't have to work with that Bao Ruide who he doesn't like very much!

Li Junhao's side doesn't care at all about no longer serving as a military attaché, without this position, his work can be a little easier; He was still very happy about Hobbs's official return, this old boss had a very good relationship with him, and he could be regarded as his own person, which was better than transferring someone he didn't know to be a military attaché.

He also had a conjecture, that is, now that the Shanghai Detachment was stationed on the Bund in the concession, Hobbs and Gary were both born in the Naval Academy and were orthodox naval descendants, and there was better communication between the two, which was probably also an important reason for Hobbes to return to Shanghai to serve as military attaché.

But in fact, the matter was far more complicated than he had imagined, but he didn't know it at this time.

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On October 28, one of the biggest jokes in the history of World War II finally began - Italy declared war on Greece and invaded Greek territory on the same day!

When the world heard the news, they were so shocked that no one could understand why Mussolini believed that his troops could outmaneuver the Greeks. Who gave courage to the Italians?

This was something that even Italy's ally, Germany, did not understand. It is said that when Hitler learned of the news, he was taking a train to inspect the industrial areas of the country, and at that time he was furious, gritting his teeth and shouting "damn it"!

When the news reached Huhai, all the officers of various departments gathered in the battle analysis room of the headquarters to prepare to study the war report.

"The battle between Italy and Greece is not a reference, you can see it as a joke or multiple jokes, and see how the scene is played!

"Then you can think about what the impact of this battle will be on Germany."

The officers did not understand the meaning of these two sentences, and they speculated one after another, but they did not understand the point.

Of course, Li Junhao was not interested in the war started by the Italians, and he already knew that this was a collection of jokes, but he had no time to waste on it!

The domestic presidential election has entered a critical moment, and Ayres is chasing him to report, not only the situation in the Far East, the situation of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the next strategic direction of the Japanese army, etc., but even asks him to analyze the situation in Europe, he is really busy now!

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On November 5, the day of the U.S. election, Roosevelt, who represented the Democratic Party, finally won 38 states, and Wilkie, who represented the Republican Party, only won 10 states, and Roosevelt was re-elected president without any suspense, and will begin his third four-year term on March 4 next year, continuing to serve as the 39th president of the United States.

In the campaign office in the White House, there was jubilation, and they succeeded, and the boss they served broke the century-old tradition started by George Washington and became the first person in history!

As a key member of the campaign team, Nelson Ayres sat on the sofa, lit a fine Cuban cigar, and muffled the smoke while thinking about the little guy in the Far East......

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On Huhai's side, Sheen, who got the news, excitedly came to inform Li Junhao, but found that he was very calm, just smiled and nodded, and said, "Thank you, Sheen, I know." ”

Sheen heard him say he knew, didn't think much about it, waved his hand excitedly, and continued to inform others. For these diplomats, the re-election of President Roosevelt means that there will be no major changes in foreign policy, and their jobs and prospects will be stable, which is certainly worth celebrating!

Li Junhao, who knew that it was an important day today, specially worked in the Consulate General, waiting for this news. Seeing the dust fall and the office door closed again, he leaned back in his chair, lit a cigar, and smoked a cigarette as he looked up at the ceiling, thinking about the future of history......

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The news of Roosevelt's re-election quickly spread all over the world, and on the whole, the governments of various countries still recognized the US president and sent telegrams to congratulate him, and the few countries that felt unhappy had no choice, and their national leaders could only pinch their noses and send congratulatory messages -- it was useless to say anything at this time.

Chairman Chiang of Chongqing also sent a congratulatory telegram at the first time, and Roosevelt's re-election was definitely good news for him, which meant that the United States would continue to support China's war of resistance and that he would not have to bother to guess the foreign policy of the new president.

Japan, on the other hand, is one of those countries that are very unhappy, because among their leaders, anyone with even a little political knowledge knows that the US president's political leanings are anti-fascist, which is certainly not good news for Japan.

The German side has not said anything from beginning to end, because for them, the news is not good or bad, at least it is still so!

On the British side, it is difficult to say what others think, but Prime Minister Churchill knew Roosevelt very well and knew that this president was an ally who really wanted to enter the war, so he personally drafted an extra-long telegram to congratulate him, and at the same time proposed to discuss the issue of the United States entering the war.

In the United States, a group of business people and major political and business families are happy and sad, but they have all noticed one point: the Rockefeller family has chosen the right side this time, which is amazing!

(End of chapter)