Chapter 355: Barbarossa's Night
After lunch, Mrs. Brown took Lee to report to National Security Adviser Ayles and Military Adviser Admiral Leahy, and then sent him to her new office on the second floor.
This time it was the inner coat room, and at this time behind the desk in the outer room was already sitting a young blonde female officer - this was his new secretary in the White House, Navy Lieutenant Vicky Case, a top student in information processing at the Naval Academy.
After a brief acquaintance, Li Junhao immediately entered the working state, and asked Vicky to send all the important information within a month, and he wanted to confirm it again.
In addition to the German invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece, the early intelligence was mainly the battle between the British and German navies in the Atlantic.
On May 24, the British Royal Navy's battle cruiser "Hood" was sunk by the German ship "Bismarck" in the North Atlantic, and only three of the ship's 1,418 officers and men survived, and the fleet commander, Vice Admiral Holland, was killed.
On 27 May, the German "Bismarck" was sunk by the British battleships "George V", "Rodney", "Ark Royal", "Norfolk" and "Dortseyshire", and the fleet commander, Admiral Gonser Lütjans, was killed.
On the evening of May 27, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt warned the nation: "There is an emergency of great gravity for the nation, and a declaration of war is almost imminent." "With his official declaration, the President and Congress have the power to requisition material, manpower, and industrial resources for the purpose of securing the defence and supplying Great Britain with the weapons it needs.
"It is absolutely necessary to supply supplies to the UK." "It can be done and it has to be done, and it's about to start...... The United States did not hesitate to use force to repel the German attack and protect the tranquility of territorial waters...... "He said that Hitler's ambition was to control the high seas in order to attack the Western world and thus dominate the world."
Other important information was that the Germans had drawn a large number of troops from the country and stationed them on the border between Romania and the Soviet Union, totaling nearly one million, and that they claimed that this was to "avoid unnecessary losses caused by the bombing of the British Air Force".
All signs indicate that the situation at this time is exactly the same as in his previous life, and the German army is about to start implementing the "Barbarossa Plan"!
In the afternoon of the same day, when he was working until four o'clock, Li Junhao completed a new report, sent it to Ayres and Leahy respectively, and requested that a national security conference be convened at 9 o'clock this evening.
Then, he took a break in his office and asked his secretary, Vicky, to wake him up at 8:20.
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At 8:50 p.m. on June 21, Washington time, Li Junhao sat in the No. 1 conference room of the White House, waiting for the meeting to begin.
Although the United States is a country that is unwilling to work overtime, there is no such statement in the White House, and when Li Junhao arrived, there were already many people in the conference room, except for the president, national security advisers and military advisers, everyone else was basically there.
Because of Li Junhao's participation in the meeting, his new secretary Vicky was able to enter this conference room representing the highest power in the United States, her face was red with excitement, and from today onwards, she walked faster than her classmates and attended the highest level of meetings earlier, which was enough to make her happy and proud.
It was about to be nine o'clock when Roosevelt was pushed in by his assistant, while exchanging opinions with Ayres and Leahy next to him......
When the people arrive, the meeting begins.
Because this meeting was proposed by Li Junhao, it was natural for him to start speaking, but as soon as he came up, he said amazingly: "Mr. Roosevelt, everyone here, it is 9 o'clock in the evening of June 21, American time, and Berlin time should be 3 o'clock in the morning on June 22, and I have every reason to believe that in a short time after this, the German army will attack the Soviet Union in a big way—well, the German Barbarossa plan is about to begin!" ”
When his words fell, there was silence in the conference room for a while, and then there was a lot of discussion......
Although everyone here knew that Germany was going to attack the Soviet Union, the time was accurate to tonight or shortly after that, which made them not believe it at all!
Facing the hustle and bustle in the office, Roosevelt looked at Ayres and Leahy for a moment, and there was also a look of disbelief in his eyes! However, none of the three of them spoke, but planned to wait and see, and they still had this patience.
Li Junhao was also not in a hurry, took a sip of freshly brewed flower tea in his big teacup, and waited for the conference room to return to quiet.
After a while, the conference room fell silent, and everyone's eyes were anxious to Li Junhao.
As a military adviser, Admiral Leahy felt obligated to ask about this first, so he said, "Ogg, is there any basis for your judgment?" ”
"Of course." Li Junhao said, "After I arrived at the White House at noon today, I consulted a lot of information in the early stage, plus the current situation in the European battlefield, and made this judgment......" He explained how this conclusion was reached from an intelligence perspective, and finally added:
"In fact, the last time I returned to Washington, I said that according to the plan of the German army, the best situation should be to use the advantage of tactics to complete the purpose of the war before the winter of November, that is, to occupy Moscow and force the Soviet Union to surrender before the winter, but they were dragged down by Italy, an ally, and delayed for a month......
"Now the situation on the battlefield in Europe has proved my previous judgment!
"Supposedly, since the best opportunity has been missed, the best way is to stabilize the present occupied zone, and after taking full control of Europe, especially after defeating Britain, wait until the end of April and early May next year to be the best time for Germany to attack the Soviet Union, but everyone should have understood the character of Hitler, he can't wait!
"So, now is the last window for the Germans to attack this year......"
Hearing his words, although everyone felt that there was a certain amount of truth, they felt that he was too arbitrary, but if they refuted his point of view, everyone couldn't come up with too good reasons......
For a while, the conference room fell silent again, and everyone was thinking about it!
Although Ayres is not sure that Li Junhao is completely right, he is emotionally convinced of his judgment;
Leahy was very unsure at this time, but he felt that Li Junhao's words made sense;
Roosevelt stroked his chin and pondered the possibilities of things.
The three giants did not express their opinions, and even if the others had opinions, they were not easy to speak for a while, so they all thought about it seriously......
Time passed minute by minute, almost ten minutes, no one had spoken, Li Junhao said again: "Who is in charge of European intelligence, please take a look, is there a new situation?" ”
(End of chapter)