Chen Bulei nodded and said: "I've always been confused, the little devil has re-blocked the Shandong Peninsula for a long time, and it stands to reason that there will still be no influx of strategic materials, but your army has recently purchased a lot of advanced fighters.

So I was thinking, could it be that Commander Yang has ushered in the fighter jet production line from the United States, and now he can manufacture his own planes? "

The corner of Yang Fan's mouth curled up and said: "It's no wonder Director Chen has this question, many people including the Japanese devils want to know the mystery!

But it is obvious that this is the top military secret of our army, and the person who can know these secrets is definitely no more than a slap in the face! "

"I understand, I really shouldn't ask! Take the liberty!"

Chen Bulei hurriedly bowed his hands and apologized. From the beginning, he had no hope of finding out the situation, but he had to carry out the order of Commissar Jiang.

However, at this time, Yang Fan smirked and said, "Actually, it's not impossible for Director Chen to know, but the premise is that Director Chen joins us!

I, Yang Fan, do not have any great abilities, but I can guarantee one thing, that is, let Director Chen display his ambitions, and see the day when the Chinese nation stands on the top of the nation again in his lifetime! ,"

Yang Fan handed out an olive branch again, sincerely wanting to recruit Chen Bulei to his command.

"Ahem, thank you Commander Yang for your kindness! What virtue and ability do I have!"

Chen Bulei sighed softly, and his mood suddenly became very complicated.

To be honest, Chen Bulei had really been convinced of Yang Fan for a long time, and he was extremely grateful for his help and care. Deep in his heart, he also knew that Yang Fan was definitely not someone in the pool, and he might be the real master.

But the leader is kind to him, and even the leader's wife is caring for him, and often sends imported cigarettes to Chen Bulei (this is Chen Bulei's only hobby besides writing articles).

Just a few days ago, to celebrate Chen Bulei's fiftieth birthday, Generalissimo Chiang personally wrote an inscription and gave him a gift. When he saw the eight characters "Be indifferent to clear ambition, quiet to reach far", the whole person almost fell into madness.

Therefore, as a well-deserved "loyal minister of the Jiang family", let alone in the face of the current national crisis, even if the world falls apart, Chen Bulei will never be able to break his promise and change his mind!

"It's okay, there will be a long time to come, time and facts will prove everything!"

Yang Fan wasn't in a hurry, if it was so easy to recruit, it wouldn't be Chen Bulei.

The reason why Yang Fan repeatedly solicited him was not because "a thousand soldiers are easy to get, but a general is hard to find", but mainly because he didn't want him to follow the old path and end his life in poverty and despair.

"Then I will take my leave! Commander Yang, please stay!"

After chatting for a while, when there was nothing to say, Chen Bulei stood up and said goodbye.

However, at this time, Yang Fan asked with a smile: "Director Chen, I heard that you will have your fiftieth birthday in two days, why are you not willing to send me an invitation card?"

Chen Bulei's old face blushed slightly and said: "Hey, why bother Commander Yang with such a trivial matter! Now that the army is in chaos and the people are in dire straits, the life I have now is already very good, so I don't even have the time to make a big fuss, just set up two tables for daily meals Just make do with it!"

"How does this work!"

Yang Fan said in an unquestionable tone: "Director Chen is a distinguished guest, and he is also a literary giant admired by the Chinese people. Your [-]th birthday must not be sloppy!

Well, let me take care of this matter! "

Chen Bulei waved his hands again and again: "Ah, how did this happen! Now that the country is in crisis and the people are displaced, how can I spend extravagantly for mere birthday banquets?..."

Before finishing speaking, Yang Fan waved his hand domineeringly and interrupted: "Director Chen, this matter is settled, this is my territory, so naturally I have the final say!

Don't worry, although we are not rich here, there is still no pressure to organize a birthday banquet! "

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Hearing Yang Fan's resolute tone, not being polite or joking, Chen Bulei could only shake his head and smile wryly, his arms couldn't twist his thighs!

Of course, Chen Bulei was very helpful in his heart. After all, the [-]th birthday is really not a trivial matter for a person, who would not want to organize a birthday party full of guests and friends!

After it was too dark, the system delivery convoy appeared on the Gaozhu Highway as scheduled, stretching 2 kilometers long, and the gendarmerie brigade, police force and garrison troops who had been under martial law for a long time had already guarded the two kilometers on both sides of the road. Strictly, no one is allowed to step into this area.

When the convoy entered the aircraft factory, thousands of stevedores and dozens of cranes, loaders, and engineering vehicles began to work immediately.

Now the defense area is still too small, and the Japanese Air Force is far stronger than itself. Yang Fan can only "dig holes widely and accumulate food deep", and put important military enterprises, civilian enterprises, and military supply warehouses, etc., into the mountain as much as possible. It is an underground fortress.

Although the workload and difficulty of operation are doubled, Yang Fan spent huge sums of money to purchase advanced modern construction equipment such as rock drills, shield machines, pneumatic drills, and excavators.

With these advanced construction machines, coupled with the hard-working construction team, the construction efficiency is naturally not to mention.

As for whether it will cause ecological damage due to excessive construction, I am really sorry, and these issues can only be considered in the future!

Washington White House.

Secretary of State Hull walked into the Oval Office, nodded at Roosevelt and said, "Mr. President, it's time for you to meet the British envoy."

"No, there are other important matters now, and all subsequent arrangements will be cancelled."

Roosevelt frowned, waved his hands and said, "Immediately summon the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and senior advisers to the White House for a meeting."

Chapter 710 Roosevelt's Worries

Hearing Roosevelt's urgent tone, Hull didn't dare to delay and hurried out of the office to ask the secretary to notify the relevant personnel.

Then Hull walked into the office quickly and asked, "Mr. President, what happened?"

Roosevelt picked up a portfolio from the table, handed it to Hull and said, "Look at this first!"

"Documents sent by the Chinese embassy? Okay!"

Hull took out a document from the file bag, sat on the sofa and looked at it carefully.

A few minutes later, Hull put the document on the coffee table in front, turned to Roosevelt and said, "Mr. President, are you worried that the judgment described in this document will become a reality?"

Roosevelt did not answer Hull directly, but said in a heavy tone: "The Japanese are now aggressively expanding their military, and their intention to expand the scale of the war is already obvious.

It's just that we don't know whether the Japanese are going to send troops to the Far East or Southeast Asia. This situation deserves our attention.I wonder what you think about this? "

Hull frowned and said: "The intelligence agencies and staff of the Huaxia government are not weak, and the judgments they made are not based on speculation, but I think there is still a lot of subjectivity in it.

At present, what the Chinese government hopes most is that the United States can intervene in the Chinese war. For this purpose, it is not difficult to find some signs and intelligence support from Japan's movements! "

Roosevelt frowned slightly and said, "Then you mean that the Chinese government is fabricating facts in an attempt to obtain military aid from the United States?"

"I didn't mean that, but I was emphasizing a fact!"

Hull shook his head, and then said seriously: "The Japanese must also have the idea of ​​sending troops to Southeast Asia. After all, there are oil and rubber they urgently need in Southeast Asia, which is quite attractive to the Japanese government whose war machine is fully activated.

However, I think it is more likely that the Japanese army will send troops to the Far East. "

Roosevelt asked: "Why is it more likely that the Japanese army will send troops to the Far East? Tell me your reasons?"

Hull replied confidently: "The reason is very simple. The Japanese government is very clear that if it sends troops to Southeast Asia, it means going to war with the United States and Britain.

The United Kingdom has defeated Germany's Sea Lion project. Although it has been severely weakened, the great power of the British Empire is still there, and our industrial base and war potential in the United States far exceed Japan.

Unless the heads of the Japanese government collectively go crazy, Japan will not be so arrogant that it declares war with the United States and Britain at the same time. I am very confident in this point. "

After a pause, Hull went on to say: "In contrast, the Soviet Union has been beaten to death by the Germans, and even the capital Moscow has been surrounded. Bigger."

"Hull, what you said is very reasonable, but we should still listen to the opinions of the military."

Roosevelt nodded, and then changed the topic: "As you said, the Soviet Union is already in turmoil and is about to perish. What do you think of Stalin's request for help? Should we provide military assistance?"

Not long after the Battle of Kiev in the Soviet-German War ended, the German army created the largest victory in a single battle in history, and also created the record for the largest number of prisoners in a single battle.

For the German frontline generals, they can finally concentrate their forces on the journey to conquer Moscow.

It's just that it has entered winter now, and the road to Moscow has become muddy. The German generals have already foreseen that they are about to fight against the Soviet "General Winter".

However, due to the long front line, inconvenient transportation, and the temperature began to drop again, if the German army wants to conquer Moscow, it will inevitably go through a long and cold winter war.

As for the Soviet Union, due to the loss of the front-line defensive border area, a large number of factories had to be relocated to the Ural region of Siberia.

In this way, the Soviet Union must face a severe problem, that is, how to solve the production of weapons and war materials.

At this time, the Soviet Union could only look to the United States, and a letter from Stalin for help was sent to Roosevelt.

Roosevelt was extremely cautious about the Soviet Union's request for help. He was not sure whether to apply the Lend-Lease Act to the Soviet Union.

A few months ago, after the German army launched the Barbarossa plan, the deeds of the Soviet army's inability to resist were still vivid. Roosevelt also talked about it in a meeting with Churchill. He expressed deep feelings about whether the Soviet Union could survive this winter. Suspect.

In fact, the U.S. political situation does not want to interfere in the Soviet-German war, because the two European superpowers are fighting each other, which will help the U.S. to rule the world in the future.

It is extremely beneficial for the two countries to consume and weaken each other, whether it is for the whole of Europe or for the United States.

Although it says it wants to reap the benefits of fishermen, the United States is also afraid that two things will really happen under its nose.

First things first: the USSR really couldn't survive the winter of 1940.

According to the US Department of Strategic Intelligence’s military forecast based on the one-month-old Soviet-German war, the results show that the German army is likely to capture Moscow by the end of November.

If this happens, the Soviet Union is likely to surrender, which means that Britain and the United States will challenge a Germany that has integrated the entire Europe in the future.

Once there is no Soviet Union to contain most of the German troops, the process of Britain and the United States wanting to counterattack the European continent will undoubtedly become extremely difficult.

And because the UK is too far away from the European continent, when the Soviet Union surrenders, the UK will undoubtedly face a greater threat of force. When the resources of the whole of Europe are approaching the UK, it is difficult to guarantee that the UK will not succumb.

Without Britain as a springboard, it is extremely difficult for the United States to challenge Germany alone.

The second thing: the Soviet Union and Germany make peace before Moscow.

When the German army pushed into Moscow, the Soviet Union had no way out. Stalin could only rely on the reserve armed forces for the first round of defense, and Siberia's million-strong army could not return at this time.

In the absence of military supplies, this is obviously a war that cannot be won. There is always a voice in Roosevelt's mind, that is, if the Soviet Union cannot retreat, then the possibility of Soviet-German peace also exists.

Although Stalin repeatedly assured Roosevelt that even if all the cities were lost, he would still continue to fight the Germans in the Ural Mountains.

But all of this must be carried out under the condition that there are enough materials to ensure that the battle can continue. Without materials, everything is equivalent to talking for nothing.

After pondering for a while, Herr replied: "Mr. President, I think the crux of the problem is whether the Soviet Union has enough will to fight.

If they have, then we must help, let the Soviets slow down the German attack, buy time for the United States and Britain to prepare for war.

If the Soviet army has lost its will to fight, even if we spend a lot of effort to provide military assistance, it will only be of no avail in the end. Instead, it will make the Germans cheaper in vain! "

Chapter 711

"Yes, this is indeed the crux of the problem!"

Roosevelt nodded lightly, and Hull's thoughts coincided with his own, and he had already made up his mind to send his confidant Hopkins to the Soviet Union to observe the situation of the Soviet army immediately.

If the Soviet army really has the belief in defeating the German army as Stalin said, then the United States will immediately launch assistance to slow down the German army, otherwise these resources will be saved.

Arlington County, Virginia, USA.

After the emergency meeting, Roosevelt non-stop came to the Pentagon across the river, where he received the Chief of Staff of the British Army, Sir John Greer Deal.

Sir Deere participated in the Anglo-Boer War and the First World War. After the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, he went to France to join the war and served as the commander of the First British Expeditionary Force.

In April 1940, he returned to China to serve as the Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Empire, and in May he was appointed Chief of General Staff. The purpose of coming to the United States this time was to seek assistance and jointly fight against the Axis alliance.

?After several hours of secret talks, the US and the UK finally reached a consensus.

Sir Dill shook Roosevelt's hand excitedly and said, "Mr. President, thank you very much for your generosity and friendship. The British Empire will never forget it!"

After a pause, Sir Dill continued: "With this consensus between the United States and Britain, the next thing will become very simple.

The British Empire will mobilize personnel and supplies from the colonies as quickly as possible, and the United States of America will start its war machine at full speed, and then gradually launch a counterattack against the Axis Allies. Is this wrong? "

"Yes, it is!"

Roosevelt nodded in a very affirmative tone, and then said in a deep voice:

"However, the American war machine needs time, so we should not overly stimulate the Axis alliance of Germany, Italy and Japan, but let them concentrate on dealing with the Soviet Union and China.

In order to increase the consumption of the Axis Alliance, we can also give appropriate assistance to China and the Soviet Union, so that they can hold back the pace of war between Germany and Japan.

In this case, even if the German-Italian-Japanese Alliance finally defeated the Soviet Union and China, its own consumption would be very serious.

In less than a year, the American war machine will be fully activated, and the British Empire will be ready to fight back. Then we will have a decisive battle with the Axis Alliance, and we will have a greater chance of winning! "

Sir Dill nodded with a smile and said: "This ending is naturally the best. Britain and the United States are natural alliances, and will become permanent military alliances in the future. The future world should be dominated by our two countries!"

Roosevelt nodded and smiled: "Yes, this is in the common interests of our two countries."

Sir Dill changed the subject at this time: "Mr. President, I wonder if you have considered a possibility?"

Roosevelt frowned and asked, "What's the possibility? Sir Dill, please make it clear."

Sir Deere replied: "I am a little worried that the Japanese army will send troops to Southeast Asia instead of the Far East. If that is the case, what will the United States do?"

"To be honest, we have carefully studied this issue! The final research result is that the possibility of the Japanese sending troops to the Far East is much greater than sending troops to Southeast Asia.

The Japanese are negotiating with the United States. Although their appetite is not small, as long as they are sensible, they should not declare war on Britain and the United States at this time. "

Roosevelt said seriously: "The bottom line for the United States is that as long as the Japanese stop advancing after occupying the Indian peninsula and the East Indies, they will not target the Philippines and Australia.

We don't need to over-stimulate them, and we can even make appropriate concessions.Then, next, they are still very likely to turn around and send troops to the Far East. "

After a pause, Roosevelt said in a positive tone: "In short, as long as the core interests of the United States are not involved, any concession is worth considering.

We in the United States will do our best to solve the European battlefield first, and then go back to clean up the Asian battlefield! "

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