On 11 November, after the new disarmament plan had been preliminarily approved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Bradley flew to Europe, where he was to communicate the decision of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to General Wainwright, commander-in-chief of the Joint European Command, and then to "discuss" with the West German government on the issue of military spending.

There are currently more than 1.5 million U.S. troops stationed in West Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and other countries, and if these countries can be allowed to bear the military expenses, it will be a big victory.

Then, he had to go to the Far East to convey an order to Eisenhower in Japan, saying that there are more than 2.2 million US troops stationed in the entire Far East, and if the military spending can be solved, then the purpose of the army's disarmament will be basically accomplished -- the military spending and funding of nearly four million US troops will be reduced in the short term.

On the one hand, Congress asked the US military to be cut in half and save military spending, and on the other hand, it approved the "Marshall Plan" -- to assist European countries in their post-war reconstruction, and this plan cost much more money than military spending! Of course, the direct result of the implementation of this plan is that the United States has truly established itself as the new boss of the Western world, and even Britain, the boss of the past, has to rely on the United States for relief!

After approving the preliminary disarmament plan for the army, navy, and air force, Li Junhao ordered Eisenhower, commander-in-chief of the Far East, to refuse the demands of Britain and France, to maintain occupying control of Burma, Thailand, and French China in South Asia, and not to withdraw his troops without his own formal order!

In this regard, Admiral Eisenhower did not understand why, but made it clear that he obeyed the order.

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At the end of this year, the work is relatively not much, especially after the daily work of the CIA, Li Junhao only needs to read the briefing every day, which is much easier than before.

In mid-December, Donovan, the new director of the C.I.A., reported to him separately that Vice President Truman was working in private to form his own campaign and wanted to run for president next year......

When he heard the news, Li Junhao was stunned at first, and then figured it out - since he saved Roosevelt, the relationship between the two has become closer than before, Truman has long lost the trust of the president, and the vice president who has been in the past three years has been very aggrieved, has been obscure, and has no sense of existence in the political arena at all!

Now, Truman couldn't help himself and prepared to run in next year's election, seek the presidency, and realize his political ambitions.

Well? Do you want to intervene and dispel his thoughts? Li Junhao thought about it for a while, and decided to leave him alone for the time being, and find an opportunity to discuss it with Roosevelt and Ayers.

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In other respects, China in the Far East is fighting lively, and it seems that the Kuomintang army has organized several large corps and pursued the underground party army everywhere, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the battlefield advantage has always been on the side of the underground party, and the Kuomintang army is the side that is being led by the nose, and once the situation arrives, it will be a war of annihilation.

At present, the change in the attitude of the United States towards the Kuomintang has been very obvious, not only has it completely cut off the supply of military aid to the Kuomintang, but it is also constantly shrinking its influence in China to the cities it occupies, guarding it like an iron bucket, and not allowing the people and troops in the Kuomintang government to approach at all, and I don't know what it means.

According to the intelligence, Chairman Jiang in Jinling City was very annoyed, but he was helpless about this situation.

At present, Dai Li, who has openly turned against Lao Jiang, openly took the title of "Director of the Sino-US Institute of Technical Cooperation" to Shanghai and opened a new "Yamen"; What's even more infuriating is that as soon as he arrived in Shanghai, Dai Li openly changed into the uniform of a US lieutenant general and had a hot fight with the Americans.

The angry old Chiang immediately appointed Zheng Jiemin, director of the Second Department of the Ministry of National Defense, to take over the headquarters of the military command in Jinling, but after more than half a year, he did not achieve complete control, and dealt with many people in private, but he did not even know how many foreign agencies the military command had to send to the outside world...... In this case, intelligence work, of course, is a mess!

Chairman Chiang didn't have time to regret it, so he thought about how to solve this problem, but in order not to affect the morale of the army, he couldn't openly start with Dai Li, a hero during the Anti-Japanese War, and wanted to do it privately, but this guy hooked up with the Americans and led people to Huhai, which is controlled by the US military.

The current Dai Li, not only completely out of the control of the Kuomintang and Lao Chiang, but also used the intelligence forces in his hands to monitor the Kuomintang army in reverse, and sent its movements and intelligence to the underground party in a steady stream, which made the war situation between the two sides more complicated.

Li Junhao, who is far away in Washington, is very proud of all this!

He did not expect an earlier victory for the underground party, but only hoped that, in this case, its victory would be less difficult, the casualties among the officers and soldiers would be less, and the suffering of the common people would be less......

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This year's Christmas and New Year's Day holidays were very lively in the United States and Europe, and after a year and a half of recovery after the end of the war, the economic situation has improved a lot, and although there are still many problems, people cherish the present peaceful environment and are full of hope for the future.

The U.S., on its part, is undergoing an economic transformation from a wartime economy to a normal one, and the process must not be too fast to avoid affecting the operation of those companies and affecting the employment rate of the market......

Li Junhao went to the family manor in Boston a week in advance this time to accompany the old man for the holidays, because his work could not be interrupted, and he came with a work team of up to fifty people, not counting his guards.

For this reason, the old duke specially asked the housekeeper to clear a four-story villa building for him to use, and arranged it properly.

Seeing that Li Junhao has now become the first person in the military, the old man and others no longer say anything to let him retire to run for the Senate, with such a status in the army, what is there to be dissatisfied!

Li Junhao had a sense of crisis, and took the time to tell his analysis of Truman, and asked the old man, uncle, and "father" to help analyze how to deal with this guy......

According to Berdalevy's suggestion, Roosevelt could not run for re-election anyway, so he simply supported the Republican candidate to take office, so that Truman would be in vain.

What "Father" Colon meant was to pull Truman down within the Democratic Party and elect his own people to support him, so as to maintain the current favorable economic environment on the one hand, and ensure that Oger's position was not lost on the other......

This time, Duke Anville supported the second son's point of view.

(End of chapter)