"Mr.
President, it's such a pleasure to see that you are in good health."
As soon as the chief of staff of the President of the United States, William Leahy, returned to Washington, he did not even return home, so he went directly to the White House to meet President Franklin Roosevelt, who looked very unhealthy.
Roosevelt was still lying in a hospital bed, which was told by doctors that there was no cure for stroke in those years, and bed rest was about the only way to alleviate the condition.
"Hi William."
Roosevelt waved weakly at the visiting William Leahy.
"Admiral."
Hopkins, who was with Roosevelt, stood up and shook hands with the dusty admiral.
"What is the situation in the Hawaiian Islands?"
Roosevelt asked, "will we be able to win in the short term?"
"There's a little hope."
Admiral Leahy replied, "The Japanese have actually abandoned the Japanese in the Hawaiian Islands there and have not received any reinforcements for a long time."
The situation was similar in the South Pacific, where the Japanese troops stationed there were starving.
Logistics and transportation have been completely cut off, not a single Japanese ship is visible on the sea, and there is no trace of Japanese aircraft in the sky. ” "Is it because they're in a bitter war on the continent," Roosevelt asked.
"Not exactly," William Leahy shook his head, "I think the lack of oil is the main reason, and our continued bombing of the oil fields in Southeast Asia and the activities of American and Soviet submarines have had very good results.
More than 250,000 tonnes of tonnage were confirmed in June, and more than 350,000 tonnes were sunk in July and August due to the addition of the Soviet Navy.
If we take into account the results of the mines, in the three months from June to now, the Japanese lost at least more than 1 million tons of merchant ships.
In fact, they have been defeated by us."
"Defeated the enemy, but there is no way to reap victory" Roosevelt smiled bitterly, "this is probably the most helpless thing in the world" "President, if we can make peace with Europe, maybe we have a chance to defeat Japan," Willey suggested. ” His opinion represents the opinion of the American generals in the Pacific theater, and it is also very marketable in the United States, and if Germany can withdraw from South America, it may be able to pay tens of billions of dollars to end the war in the Atlantic direction.
But Japan must be completely defeated "We should make peace with Japan," Roosevelt said to William Leahy, "as long as they are willing to return the Hawaiian and Aleutian Islands to the United States." ” William Leahy nodded, "Is it to concentrate on Germany?"
Although the Japanese devils were hated, many "rational" Americans still recognized that the German-ruled European Community was America's worst enemy.
So Wilhelm Lech was not too surprised by "Waji".
Roosevelt shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint a lot of people this time, because I have neither the intention of destroying Japan, nor the ability to defeat Germany, what the United States needs now is a complete version of peace, at peace with all nations, until we have atomic bombs and missiles that can protect ourselves." ” Roosevelt's calculations were very fine, because the results of the Battle of Bermuda had shown that the United States could not defeat Germany at all.
And if Germany cannot be defeated, then there is no point in defeating Japan.
Because it is impossible for the Japanese to change their black hair and yellow skin, they cannot become blonde Aryans When the war broke out between Japan and the Soviet Union, the German-controlled White Russia immediately negotiated peace with the Soviet Union, which also showed Germany's attitude towards Japan, and the position of the Japanese in the world pattern led by Germany was not as good as that of the Slavs.
So in the world of the future, Japan and the United States actually have a common enemy, so leaving a Japan that has Southeast Asia and a strong navy will be a problem for Germany, not the United States.
Roosevelt glanced at William Lech, who frowned slightly, and then said: "Mussolini will visit in a few days, and I will discuss with him in person the issues of the US-Japan peace talks and the US-Europe peace talks."
Until then, I hope to be able to launch air strikes on Iceland and the island of Ireland with B29 bombers. ” "What" William Leahy was stunned for a moment, "Mr.
President, you just said that you want peace talks, and at the same time you want to bomb Ireland" "Yes."
Roosevelt nodded, "Air raids on the European mainland are necessary for the peace talks to be successful. ” Will it William Leahy was stunned for a while before he said to Roosevelt: "Mr.
President, there is a straight-line distance of about 3,200 kilometers from Newfoundland to the island of Ireland.
The B29 had a range of bombs, but it didn't carry many bombs, and Ireland wasn't Germany."
"I know."
Roosevelt interrupted William Leahy, "But the bombing of the European homeland can bring us peace." ” William Leahy shook his head, he also felt that Roosevelt's mind was probably confused.
"Mr.
President, the bombing of the European mainland is unlikely to bring peace, and I am afraid that the only thing that can be brought about is Germany's frenzied revenge on our big cities, which are likely to become the targets of all kinds of German missile attacks, and there will be missiles flying towards New York, Boston, and Washington."
Roosevelt smiled helplessly and said, "Admiral, if there were no missiles that covered the sky, would the American people and Wall Street agree to pay about $200 billion in reparations?"
"Mr.
President" William Leahy was almost stunned by Roosevelt's remarks, and just looked at the American president in a daze.
Roosevelt slowly continued: "Admiral, I think you must know better than me about the situation that the United States is facing now, but you don't want to admit it.
The United States is losing, and the reason for the failure of the United States is not that the American soldiers are not brave enough, nor that the American generals will not be able to command, but that the backwardness of science and technology is due to the fact that Germany has ruled Europe, and then has mastered most of Europe's scientific research strength, making their research and development capabilities far superior to those of the United States at present.
So the gap between us and Germany is now widening, not narrowing. ” The President of the United States sighed: "General, in 1942, the Germans' remote-controlled missiles were still dragging a wire, and they could only attack targets a few kilometers away, and they couldn't fly too fast.
But now, the Germans already have rocket-propelled missiles that can hit hundreds of kilometers away.
And we haven't even built a missile that can actually be controlled by wireless remote control Don't you understand that the prolongation of the war will not bring about a turning point for the United States, but will only further widen the gap between us and Germany.
Therefore, it is in the real interest of the United States to seek peace as soon as possible."
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Historically, the United States' cutting-edge technology to achieve a comprehensive catch-up with Europe originated from World War II, not only a large number of scientists fled to the United States because they were Jews, but also Britain gave a lot of technology to the United States for nothing, and most of Germany's scientific and technological wealth after the defeat of the war was occupied by the United States.
And now, Americans are not so lucky.
Not only did not many European Jewish scientists run to the United States, but even technology from Britain began to be interrupted from the second quarter of '43.
Germany, on the other hand, because it has mastered the British mainland in 43 years, has obtained almost all the cutting-edge technology mastered by the United Kingdom, although Germany also has similar technology, but the technical route taken by the two sides is not necessarily the same, and there are considerable differences in the process of development.
Therefore, the UK's technical data can provide many useful references for German research departments, thereby accelerating technological progress.
So from '43 onwards, in many areas of cutting-edge technology, the gap between virtue has not only not narrowed, but has become wider.
After the Battle of Bermuda, Roosevelt had already realized that the prolongation of the war would be extremely detrimental to the United States, so he made up his mind to pay huge reparations and end the war during his tenure.
And in order for the American people and Wall Street to accept the reality of defeat, it is very necessary to be bombarded with more missiles Completely aware of Roosevelt's intentions, Admiral William Leahy was so shocked that he could not even say a word.
There was dead silence in Roosevelt's hospital room.
"Admiral," I don't know how long it took, but Hopkins broke the silence, "I think you fully understand Mr.
President's painstaking efforts."
William Leahy nodded silently.
"We can't win, can we?"
"You can't win the war, but the enemy can't completely conquer the United States either," William Leahy replied.
Defeat in the Atlantic does not mean that the United States is powerless to defeat the invaders on its own soil.
The United States is now a fully mobilized country with a population of more than 100 million and the world's most powerful industrial production capacity.
It is completely capable of arming an army of more than 20 million people "Do they need to completely conquer us," Roosevelt asked rhetorically.
"They" William Leahy shook his head bitterly.
Roosevelt smiled bitterly and said: "The purpose of the Germans is not to conquer the United States, what they want is the right to print money, the right to print money in the whole world can only be obtained by defeating the United States, and if we are not willing to hand over the gold, they can also get the right to print money."
Just defeat us with an atomic bomb, bomb the big cities on the east coast, and force us to defend ourselves with all our air power.
Then they could easily take Canada and the Caribbean islands, and maybe Central America.
At that time, the United States was completely locked down on its own soil, and the whole world would know that the United States was completely defeated.
And the paper money issued by a completely defeated country is waste paper for the whole world. ” "I see."
William Leahy nodded, his face full of pain and helplessness.
Roosevelt waved his hand, "There is no harm in achieving peace early, although it lost 200 billion US dollars, but North America is still ours, so it is not ugly to lose."
His tone suddenly became serious, "But there are not many people who can understand us, so the three of us just need to know this matter."
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