At lunchtime, only Ayles, Mrs. Brown, and Lee were seated at the main table, and White, Nick, and Avne were seated on the other side.

After dinner, Ayres went to take a nap, while Mrs. Brown sat under the porch with Li Junhao and chatted. To his question, Mrs. Brown replied that the "principal assistant to the national security adviser" is not really a position, but a position.

Under normal circumstances, the job of the principal assistant is to be accountable to the security consultant, and is considered an advisor to the consultant; When the security adviser is unable to perform his or her duties properly, he or she becomes the successor to the security adviser, and if there is an associate adviser, he is second in line of succession, and if not, he is in first priority. Therefore, this position is actually very important, because it is essentially a replacement for the security consultant.

So that's it! Only then did Li Junhao realize that this position was so important, and he felt that he was really unqualified at this time! It is not the main thing whether he is young or not, but that his previous predictions and judgments are actually the memories of his previous life, and his own understanding of the national strategic level is not so clever.

So, he said, "Alyssa, this position is too important for me to do, I have to talk to Ayers in a while......"

Alyssa glanced at him, shook her head, and said, "Og, do you think this is child's play?" After Ayres nominated you, many people disagreed at that time, and it was Ayres who persuaded Mr. President to settle the matter. ”

Yes? Li Junhao was dumbfounded, he knew that the other party was right, the appointment and dismissal at the national level was not something to be said casually, but he really felt that he couldn't be the chief assistant!

Seeing his expression, Alyssa continued: "Og, in fact, don't worry, Ayers is in good physical condition now, there is no problem at work, with him in front, you can just do it as before...... After such a term, your resume will be lost, which will be of great benefit to you in the future. ”

Li Junhao understands this truth, at any time, qualifications are very important, this position is so important, after he served for four years, he naturally has a very shining resume; Even if he doesn't hold this position at that time, he has this qualification at the age of more than 30 years, and he will be qualified to hold most of the positions in the new government team in the future, which is of course extremely advantageous.

But there is one thing, he himself does not want to enter politics! Holding a military position in this war-torn time can better ensure his own safety, and now at the end of 1940, in less than five years, World War II will end, and then he still wants to retire and become a rich man! ——

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, after Ayres got up, he talked with Li Junhao about his work, especially about the situation in Shanghai, he understood it very carefully, and asked questions for him to answer from time to time.

The current situation of Huhai was created by him, and of course it was effortless to answer the questions, which Ayers appreciated.

Later, Ayres asked him if he knew anything else about the Far East, in particular the situation of the troops in the Far East.

Li Junhao had learned about this at the beginning, and he had heard some from Admiral Hart, the commander of the Asian Fleet, but he could also give a general idea.

The Asian Fleet has now divided a small half of its ships to form the Shanghai Strait Fleet, and for the time being, the US Far East Force in a narrow sense mainly refers to the US Army stationed in the Philippines, with a mixed number of units and a total of more than 23,000 people; There is also an army air force with 265 aircraft, 35 of which are the latest B-17 bombers, which still has some strength.

In addition, the Far East Force actually commands the Philippine Defense Forces, which numbered about 120,000 troops.

At present, the commander-in-chief of the Far East forces is the same Lieutenant General Douglas MacArthur, who is the emperor of the Philippines, and I heard that his life is very luxurious!

From his tone, Ayers could hear his disdain for MacArthur, and he was a little strange, so he said, "Why, do you look down on Lieutenant General MacArthur?" ”

"Hah! What can I look up to him? Li Junhao did not hide his attitude, "This is a guy who can only talk on paper and boast, he is not even qualified to be a regiment commander, and he doesn't know who is so blind, this kind of person can be entrusted with important tasks?" Uncle, look at it, the Far Eastern troops will be destroyed at his hands, pity those more than 20,000 officers and soldiers! ”

Hearing this, Ailes' expression became serious, and he asked him to elaborate.

Li Junhao is a bit unspeakable, the Pacific War will break out in more than a year, he can't say that because of MacArthur's lame command, all the Far East troops fell into the hands of the Japanese army, and half of the dead and wounded, and the rest became prisoners of war, and were tortured to death, but MacArthur ran away, and then was promoted all the way and continued to be the commander of the Far East......

After thinking about it, he could only say, "Uncle, some things are obvious, but everyone just ignores them. Can you now have people look at the person's resume and see if they fought a decent fight?

"I think MacArthur's highest achievement was being the principal of West Point for two years, but at best it proved that he was a good teacher, but it didn't prove that he was a proper officer......

"It is completely irresponsible to let a teacher who has never won a victory go to the commander of the front line! I think it's better to replace him quickly! ”

Ailes looked at him with a strange expression and said, "Og, did you forget yourself when you said MacArthur?" You don't have any actual combat experience, but don't you also have tens of thousands of troops in your hands now? ”

Li Junhao was stunned when he heard this, yes, he seems to be like this, but, "How is it the same?" Uncle, the current situation in Shanghai is something I created single-handedly, and you can see how MacArthur got to where he is now? In addition to enjoying the shadow of his predecessor, he is using the suzerainty status of the United States to enjoy the 'worship' of the whole Philippines, and he really thinks that he is too emperor! ”

"You mean, MacArthur is incompetent?" Ayers asked.

"It's not just incompetent!" Li Junhao said, "You can send someone to check and see what he is doing in the Philippines?" Check how many of the taxes in the Philippines that should have been paid to Washington are missing? ”

Well? This time Ayers really paid attention to it, if this matter is confirmed, then the matter will be very serious!

Li Junhao actually has no substantive evidence, but he knows that MacArthur was really the "emperor" when he was in Japan in the later period, and the luxury of his life is comparable to that of an emperor, and he doesn't believe that he will be honest in the Philippines now!

(End of chapter)