British Field Marshal Montgomery, who had just been promoted for less than a day, was very angry and felt that he had been stabbed in the back by the Americans, but Li Junhao, who was in Washington, knew that he was saving the lives of the American Airborne Troops! Originally, he wanted to save the lives of the British Airborne Forces and Polish Airborne Troops, but the British didn't do it!

The Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Expeditionary Force, Dwight D. Eisenhower, had carried out his order and sent the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions of the US Army to the transport ships returning home, and the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were relieved.

However, on September 3, Roosevelt suddenly convened a joint meeting of the White House advisers and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and as soon as he came up, he said very unhappily: "Admiral Marshall, why do you want to transfer the two airborne divisions back before they enter the war?" Isn't this a breach of trust with the British allies? ”

The generals of the Joint Staff Committee looked at each other and knew that this was a complaint from the British side!

Marshall replied: "Mr. President, if you mean 'going to war' by 'Operation Market Garden,' then we must bring back the 82nd and 101st Divisions so that these American soldiers are not sent to their deaths......

Well? What do you mean? Roosevelt was stunned, what was this talking about?

Ten minutes later, after listening to Marshall's explanation of this item, Roosevelt was a little skeptical, and looked at Li Junhao, who was sitting at the bottom of the long table, his eyes changed, and he didn't know what he was thinking......

After a long while, Roosevelt waved his hand and said, "Okay, this is already the case, let's see how it develops first!" If ......" he didn't say any more, everyone vaguely felt that the meaning of the words was wrong, but they didn't know what the problem was.

After the president left, Leahy couldn't help but ask, "Guys, what did Franklin mean by 'if' at the end?" ”

Everyone else shook their heads, indicating that they didn't understand, only Li Junhao guessed, and after a little hesitation, he said: "What Mr. Roosevelt means is that if the British complete the 'Market Garden Operation' alone this time, it means that I, the director of national intelligence, have provided false information and will be held accountable!" ”

The advisers and generals had a good relationship with him, and when they heard this, they immediately sensed that something was wrong, could it be that something had happened between Pansen and the president that they didn't know?

Li Junhao deliberately pointed out this in front of these people, just to give them a preventive shot, so he simply made it clearer: "Haven't you heard, since Mr. Roosevelt decided to run for re-election and picked a new partner, this person has been saying bad things about me in front of him, saying that I was born in a family with Republican traditions, and I am in a high position at a young age, especially when I became the commander of the navy and land, and there is a threat to the security of the White House, and it should be ......resolved as soon as possible."

"Nonsense!" Ayres was the first to be angry!

Everyone knew that he was not scolding Panson, but that Truman, and they also nodded their heads.

Leahy was upset, "There is such a thing! Nelson, you're not from the campaign office, why don't you know this? ”

Ailes was stunned for a moment, and then frowned and said, "When you say that, I also feel wrong!" Although I still have the hour of the director's office in the campaign office this time, the actual work was handed over by Franklin to Hopkins, which made me pay more attention to the affairs of the White House......"

Harry Hopkins? Everyone also frowned, this person is more and more trusted by the president, he has robbed Secretary of State Hull a lot of work before, and now even the presidential campaign is fully responsible! However, as a president, if he listens to a special assistant and starts to stay away from or even suspect important members of the staff team, then he will not be far from an accident!

Everyone also thought that now it was the young Pan Sen who was provoked and targeted, if he was forced to resign, would it be their turn to be the old man?

At this time, Legal Counsel Pena's heart moved and asked, "Og, what are you going to do?" ”

"What else can I do?" Li Junhao spread his hands and said, "I'm barely living now, if one day, the president says that he no longer trusts me, then it's better to resign!" Didn't Truman say that I was born in a family with Republican traditions, and I would retire and really join the Republican Party, and I would be sure to be a senator in the six states of New England, and then I would specifically ask for trouble in the White House in Congress to see if Truman and Hopkins would cry? After saying that, he laughed and waved his hand, and stepped out the door!

Everyone in the meeting changed their faces and realized the seriousness of the problem! They would not doubt what Pan Sen had just said, if this young general, who knew intelligence work, could lead troops into war, and had a strong ability to predict politics and military affairs, really threw off his sleeves and joined the Republican Party, with his ability and the influence of the Stuart family in New England, it would definitely be easy to be elected to the Senate......

If you think about the fact that the Stuart family already has two senators and one representative, both of whom serve on important committees, if you add Panson, it will definitely not be a small trouble if you want to trouble the White House!

Pena, who felt that he had found out important information, immediately said: "Ladies and gentlemen, now is an important time for Franklin to run for a fourth re-election, and Auger must not be allowed to leave!" ”

"Of course!" Ayres immediately agreed, although he had an excellent relationship with the Stuart family, he was loyal to the Democratic Party, and he thought that he had guided Auger step by step to the current level, and of course he could not let him leave this camp and switch to the Republican Party!

The faces of several generals in the military are extremely ugly, several of them were promoted to generals by virtue of their qualifications, and then they were able to enter the Joint Staff Council because of their management positions, but Pan Sen, a general, was accumulated by a huge amount of merit, except for seniority, they surpassed them in any other aspect, not to mention their efforts to develop the Marine Corps into the third branch of the military, and wrote a heavy stroke in military history, if such a military general was suspicious and resigned, then who of them can guarantee that he will not be the next?

Army Chief of Staff Marshall said coldly: "Our army will never agree to such a thing happening!" ”

Arnold, deputy chief of staff of the army and commander of the aviation army, nodded: "Our aviation army will not agree either!" "Everyone knows that the Air Force has long decided to become independent and become an Air Force, but it is not appropriate to make a big move during the war, so at this time he is fully qualified to say this.

Chief of Naval Operations Arnold also said: "Admiral Pan Sen is an excellent general from our navy, who has made outstanding achievements in battle and has never made mistakes, and if he is treated unfairly, the navy will not sit idly by!" ”

White House Chief of Staff Leahy said even more directly: "I will advance and retreat with Augur!" ”

(End of chapter)