Chapter 349: Leahy and Stuart
In the following period, Li Junhao followed Ailes to several staff meetings in the White House, and basically President Roosevelt participated.
During the meeting, Li Junhao made many more reports, most of which were affirmed by everyone, but there were some disagreements about the timing of the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
At this time, the Joint Chiefs of Staff had not yet been established, and a similar role was played by the Coordination Council of Military Representatives and the President, headed by Admiral William Daniel Leahy, who was deeply trusted by Roosevelt, and who, according to the analysis of the intelligence obtained by the Army and Navy Intelligence Bureaus, believed that the German offensive would take place around May 15, which was more than a month different from the late June analysis of Li Junhao.
Li Junhao was not in a hurry, he had great respect for the 65-year-old old navy who had just been transferred back from the governorship of Puerto Rico and served for the second time, of course, this did not mean that he agreed with his point of view, so he said: "Admiral Leahy, the relevant information you have obtained is undoubtedly correct, but the analysts have a big omission in it, that is, the current Italian-Greek war!" โ
Seeing that everyone here still didn't understand, he could only explain in detail: "You can pay attention to the European battlefield, since the Italian invasion of Greece in late October last year, the Italian-Greek war has been going on for five months...... Needless to say, the combat effectiveness of the Italian army is needless to say, but judging from the situation of the Italian army reorganizing reinforcements to launch a counteroffensive last month, it is obvious that it cannot win this war!
"In this case, Italy has to take the last step - to ask Germany for help!
"I agree with Admiral Leahy that the Germans are now preparing to attack the Soviet Union in May, because of the season and the weather, they want to settle the German-Soviet war before the cold winter comes; But now the question arises, what will happen if Italy asks Germany for help this month or next? โ
Hearing this, all the people in the congregation, including President Roosevelt and Admiral Leahy, began to think......
After a while, Admiral Leahy sighed and said, "Assistant Pan Sen is right! In light of the war in Europe, Italy will definitely ask Germany for help in the near future, and Germany will certainly not be able to ignore it, but if it sends troops to help Italy attack Greece, will it be able to end the fighting in one to two months? The last sentence was said by looking at Li Junhao.
Li Junhao nodded and said, "Mr. General, think about Poland and France, in a month, there is no suspense about the fall of Greece." โ
Hearing this, everyone was silent, the performance of the German army and European countries before had proved a lot of things, and now no one dared to underestimate the offensive ability of the German army.
Admiral Leahy nodded, acknowledging the statement. Of course, the actual situation has yet to be verified, but as a seasoned veteran, he admits that the young assistant Panson has a point.
What made Li Junhao more pleased was that after this meeting, General Raisi not only did not get angry, but admired him very much, not only praised him many times in front of the president and colleagues, but also took the initiative to invite him to participate in the work of the military adviser office, and gave him the title of assistant military adviser.
Li Junhao also felt that this old man was very good, not only took the initiative to ask for knowledge of the army with tea, but also invited him to taste Chinese food.
Although Ailes showed a few taste-eating attitudes, he was actually very happy in his heart, and befriending a military bigwig like Admiral Leahy was extremely beneficial to Little Og, and the taste he showed was just for fun, and Leahy, who was also an old man, was very fond of this, so it was better for Li Junhao!
At the beginning, Li Junhao was still a little strange about the title of General Leahy, and after thinking hard for a long time, he accidentally remembered that this army representative and military adviser was the predecessor of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...... Oh, by the way, the Joint Chiefs of Staff was established by President Roosevelt after the outbreak of the Pacific War, and the first convener was Admiral Leahy, who later became the first five-star admiral in the Navy.
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Admiral Leahy's ability and connections are not fake, he admires Li Junhao, but he still did some research in private and learned a lot of things......
On March 9, the two finished a tender foie gras feast at a restaurant in the city, and before leaving, Admiral Leahy handed Li Junhao a file bag and said, "Little Og, I believe you will be interested in this thing...... Don't thank me, just know for yourself! โ
Li Junhao was a little puzzled, took the file bag, sent Leahy to the car, and told his driver and guards to be careful before getting into his car and going home.
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After washing up, Li Junhao opened the file bag and began to look at the documents inside, which turned out to be about the Stuart family!
According to the information collected by the United States, the original King Charles II of England married Catherine of Portugal after he was officially crowned King of England and Ireland in 1681. But what few people know is that when Charles II was in exile in Spain, he had a brief two-year marriage to a Chinese woman surnamed Li, and left behind a son named Ronde Brown. Lee, that's what Ronde ยท The origin of the Lee Stuart family.
Nothing can be kept secret for long, and when Charles II died, some members of the House of Lords asked to take back Ronde II. Lee ascended the throne, but was opposed by a majority of parliamentarians on the grounds that he was half Chinese, and Charles II's younger brother, James II, ascended the throne.
In 1712, the reign of Ronde Lee Stuart died in Spain and never returned to England.
In 1714, George I of Hanover ascended the throne and secretly demanded that the Spanish crown hand over the Ronde Brown. Lee's sons and daughters, the descendants of Stuart, were forced into exile in North America, and they developed in North America under the protection of many European royal powers.
With the interest of the Industrial Revolution in Europe, the kings of the Windsor dynasty of England lost most of their power and became more symbolic, and there was no need to continue to hunt down the remnants of the previous dynasty.
In 1890, Queen Victoria invited the Queen of Victoria to invite Ronde Lee Stuart's descendants returned to England, and although they were rejected, she still used royal tradition to entitle the head of the Stuart family, who was then in North America, to be the head of the Stuart family. Lee is the hereditary Duke of Stuart and is included in the European royal lineage.
After reading the information, Li Junhao has some directions, could it be that his identity is a descendant of Duke Stuart?
(End of chapter)