In the evening, Ayers and Mrs. Brown returned together, and they met and made out again.

Now, Li Junhao was calm enough, and after eating dinner calmly and peacefully, he and Ailes went into the study together, drinking the tea specially made for him by Mrs. Brown, and did not take the initiative to speak.

Ayers smiled: "Little Auger, you have a good workout, you can hold back the words in your heart!" ”

"Uncle, I've passed my 29th birthday, and I'm going to go to the third place, so of course I'll learn more calmly!" Li Junhao smiled, "You don't want me to grow up forever, do you?" ”

"yes, you're almost 30 years old!" Ailes said with some emotion, "You're very good, but there are not many people who have achieved so much at your age!" Boy, I'm so proud of you! ”

Li Junhao was said by him, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only drink tea with a smile.

"Auger, at today's joint staff meeting, did Raisi propose to say: The president wants you to go to sea and land?" Ayres sighed and turned to the topic.

"Yes, first the Commander of Holcomb complained about it, and then Admiral Leahy asked me to transfer to the sea and land, and I don't even know how to answer!" Li Junhao said.

Ailes groaned for a moment before he said, "Auger, tell me, do you have any thoughts about sea and land?" ”

"Thoughts?" Li Junhao was stunned for a moment before he said: "The Marine Corps is congenitally insufficient, nominally an independent branch of the army directly responsible to the president, but first, it is not independent, and second, it must be under the jurisdiction of the navy, and it is even more hated by the army, and it is not easy to survive until now!" ”

"Pounce!" Ailes was amused by him, "You dare to tell the truth!" ”

"It's a fact!" Li Junhao is not in the way.

"Then you really don't want to go to sea and land?" Ailes asked anyway.

"Unless the sea and land really become independent arms and have their own budget and command system, it is useless for anyone to go!" Li Junhao said.

"But Franklin already meant it......" said Ayers no more.

Li Junhao frowned and said, "Then I'll talk to the president!" ”

"Not during this time, he's gone to Quebec!" Ayres said, "Going to that Churchill again......"

"Oh? What's going on? Li Junhao was a little puzzled.

Ayres explained to him why, it turned out that on July 10, General Eisenhowie, commander of the Allied North Africa and Mediterranean theaters, commanded the United States and British forces to land in Sicily in southern Italy......

On the 25th, the King of Italy summoned Mussolini, announced that he was removed from all office, and that he would be detained and escorted to the deserted island of Maddalena; The king appointed Badoglio, chief of the general staff of the Italian army, to form a government and sent people to contact Britain and the United States to negotiate surrender.

The Allied summit proposed by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was to discuss the strategic direction of operations after Italy's surrender.

According to the information revealed by the British side in advance, Churchill meant that the US-British coalition forces would march to the Balkans in southern Europe after advancing on Italy, and continue to oppose the opening of a second battlefield in Western Europe.

However, the United States has long promised the Soviet side that it will send troops to land on the European continent as soon as possible and open up a second battlefield behind Germany to reduce the pressure on the Soviet Union.

In this way, there was a contradiction between the previous propositions of the two sides, and Churchill proposed to convene a Allied summit at this time, but Roosevelt could only agree, and dragged his disabled body north again......

Hearing this, Li Junhao pursed his lips, he did not comment on Roosevelt's personal relationship with Churchill, but he was tired of this kind of bickering between allies, there are really not many strong leaders, otherwise it is really hard enough to make a decision!

However, at this time, he had a new question: "Nelson, the president is out for a meeting, but your four advisers are all at home?" Especially Hull, as Secretary of State, he should go with him? ”

Ailes said with some displeasure: "Og, you should know about Hopkins, right?" ”

"Harry Hopkins, the president's personal adviser and special assistant?" Li Junhao said.

"That's him!" "You were in the Far East some time ago, and you probably didn't know that this man was a 'big man' in the White House now, and Franklin was obedient to him, and many people had begun to call him a 'shadow president' in private!" ”

Li Junhao nodded, he remembered this person, who was also a legend of the United States in World War II, under the favor of Roosevelt, as a special assistant to the president, he did a lot of work as the secretary of state and the chief adviser of the White House, although he did a good job, but he was not popular in high-level political circles - his overstepping his authority was too serious!

It seems that in the nearly 20 months since I left Washington, the political environment in the White House has changed a lot!

Thinking of this, he felt that he had overlooked one point before - too much attention to military intelligence and secondarily intelligence related to himself, and less attention to the political elite, or did not pay attention to it, and did not report to him in a timely manner, which was a flaw and needed to be corrected.

However, the current situation made him feel that if he still wanted to move up in the political and military aspects of the United States, it was really necessary to return to China to stay for a while, otherwise, if he came back after the war, I am afraid that he would not even have his own place!

"Alright, let's not mention this guy!" Ailes was silent for a moment and said, "The Marine Corps problems you just talked about are exactly what we want to solve, so the president wants someone with strong ability and deep background to serve in the Navy and Land...... At the moment, we all agree that you are the best fit, and this is a great opportunity for you! Of course, we will also respect your opinion. ”

Li Junhao sat up straight, he knew what the old man said "we" represented, is this a multiple-choice question for himself? After thinking about it for a while, he said, "Uncle, I need to think about it for two days, and I will make my own requests, and I will only make a decision after getting a satisfactory answer, you need to wait for me!" ”

"Understood!" "This matter is related to your future, of course, you have to think about it." Ogg, think clearly, don't worry, I'll give you a week, go to the manor tomorrow to have a good rest, think about it and then reply to me. ”

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The next day, Li Junhao left Washington with Xiaoyu and others and went to his own estate in Baltimore, he really needed to think about it...... and other information provided by his subordinates.

On the same day, Donovan, Wen Qiang, Wang Renqiang and other henchmen rushed to the manor, and all kinds of documents and intelligence summaries were piled up on his desk!

For these loyal subordinates, he is not hesitant to get drunk together, and it is very lively!

(End of chapter)