Chapter 525

"Mr. ambassador. It is less than a month since the special envoy of head of state akkado guff left the United States. I should not be in such a hurry to talk to you about these issues at this moment. However, we are deeply disturbed by the cooperation between Germany and Turkey in the Middle East. " As soon as we met, President Roosevelt of the United States directly expressed his dissatisfaction with the situation in the Middle East.

The German ambassador, of course, came prepared. His country had already informed this important diplomatic official of its position. So the German ambassador immediately replied to Roosevelt, "Mr. President, the interests of the United States in the Middle East do not interest Germany. We are just working for world peace."

Roosevelt wanted to clap the table and tell the German ambassador loudly, "you are waging war!" But he finally gave up the useless hysterical roar: "I only saw a new war, and did not see Germany have the idea of ending the war."

"Mr. President, Germany had hoped for peace with the Soviet Union in the West and Britain in the East. You can also see that both the defeated Vichy France and the northern Britain have signed a peace treaty with Germany. " The German ambassador replied, "but both the Stalin government of the Soviet Union and the British royal family of Iceland refused to hold peace talks with Germany, which made the head of state deeply worried about the war situation facing Germany."

"You know that we are a peace loving nation. In order to achieve peace, we have to step up our attack on the British colony in the Middle East that supports the British royal family in Iceland. In this way, the war will end more quickly." Finally, after a long speech for more than half an hour, the German ambassador summed up the difficulties of the German people in expanding the war.

You've invaded Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, France, Britain... You've fished out all the benefits and almost eliminated all the threats. Now you say you don't want to play and want peace? When did you Germans become so shameless? Ah?

American President Roosevelt scolded angrily in his heart, and finally had the opportunity to speak: "but if you start a war in the Middle East, it will affect the oil exploitation of the United States, which may affect the friendly relations between Germany and the United States! Germany has made enemies on all sides. I believe the head of state does not want to see the United States become Germany's enemy, does he? "

"Of course! Mr. President The German ambassador nodded and agreed with Roosevelt: "the German government has never thought of being an enemy of the United States. We are both rich and powerful countries, and the war between us is enough to make the world system collapse. This is obviously a very unwise decision."

"Well, Mr. ambassador, the United States attaches great importance to stability in the Middle East, which is also the common interest between Germany and the United States." After thinking about it, Roosevelt said, "if I can persuade some local Arabs to sell part of the oil to Germany and ensure that the oil can be transported to Germany, can the situation in the Middle East maintain the status quo?"

The German ambassador appeared to be in a dilemma. He obviously didn't get the domestic instructions on the US action after compromise. However, he still showed great negotiation skills. He played a "drag" card and said to Roosevelt, "I have to ask the president of the United States before I can reply to you. I hope you can understand my difficulties."

Roosevelt nodded. The US compromise was a temporary decision of Congress. His plan of using Britain to restrict Germany, which had been dominated by Roosevelt, appeared a trend of collapse. There were many discordant voices in Congress. These voices were strengthening and gradually had the strength to challenge the alliance between Roosevelt and the Jews.

This includes the Nazi party in the United States, some isolationists, and even members of many rival parties. They look at the German US relations from another perspective and feel that even if there is a strong Germany in the future, it is not enough to worry about. They are confident of the economic advantages of the United States, and feel that it is very unwise to get involved in a war of unknown outcome at this time. Unfortunately, this argument is supported by the majority of the people who believe that the United States should not be involved in the war in Europe again.

As a matter of fact, not all American investments have been rewarded. The tanks, airplanes and even warships that Roosevelt regime assisted Britain have brought in many overseas military bases that originally belonged to Britain. These bases will enable the United States to maintain a relatively advantageous international position in the future.

However, it seems that Britain's national strength has been drained recently, and the British government can no longer effectively exercise its absolute control over the colony. Some ways of relying on the sale of colonial privileges in exchange for American aid have not worked well in the last two months. But on the other hand, the operations of American "volunteers" in North Africa are like a bottomless pit. Every month, they will consume the oil extracted from the Middle East, and need domestic military factories to produce tanks and planes to supplement. In the battle of Tobruk, for example, button ran out of 400 tanks in one go, all of which had to be replenished from the United States to the North African battlefield.

In this way, there are different voices in the United States: if Germany guarantees the U.S. oil interests in the Middle East, why should it help the British and the German in North Africa fight to death? Is the peaceful coexistence between Germany and the United States necessarily less beneficial than the suppression of Germany?

Roosevelt was completely dragged down by this short-sighted argument. This practice of only looking at the immediate interests was self deception. Germany is different from the United States. It is a continental country. Once the situation is opened up, it will have many advantages. Naturally, this country has closer ties with Asia, Africa and Europe than the United States.

Without Germany's deliberate efforts, the steel axis will isolate the United States from the mainstream international environment. When the time comes, people will not take America to play. What can America do? War against Asia, Africa and Europe with the strength of North and South America? It was then that we really got into a close war. Now the war against Germany is "killing him while he is ill", but the idiots in Parliament are thinking about how to draw a line with the British royal family of Iceland and establish a stable cooperative relationship with the powerful Germany. Although many insightful people still supported Roosevelt, and American arms and equipment were still being transported to North Africa, Roosevelt felt the resistance and felt that he was unable to do what he wanted. In this way, as long as Germany establishes its strategic advantage in North Africa and takes the Mediterranean and the Balkans into its pocket, the United States will almost be kicked out of the international situation ahead of time. At that time, the real tragedy will reach the extreme. Of course, the investment in the Soviet Union obviously did not get the return it deserved. Although the Soviet Union transported a large amount of raw materials to Alaska through trade, a lot of military aid was not delivered to the front line, and the Soviet Union did not play a strategic purpose of containing the German army in the frontal battlefield. In other words, only the United States has been playing the role of consumption in the implicit alliance between Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union, which is obviously not the situation Roosevelt wanted to see. He hoped to consume the strategic resources of the German army in various battlefields instead of filling the two bottomless pits of the Soviet Union and Britain with the strategic resources of the United States. Now, Germany has extended the war to the Middle East dominated by the United States. This move that would absolutely make American capitalists furious in the past has been tolerated by American capitalists. They even decided to exchange part of the compromise for Germany's concession, which is obviously to express their dissatisfaction with the US's oil strategy of supporting its allies all the time - if you only invest in supporting the UK and the Soviet Union, we will not be polite“ Send a telegram to the British royal family. We are going to take a full defensive posture in North Africa. " When Roosevelt thought of this, he said to the Secretary behind him helplessly: "aid to the Soviet Union has also been suspended. Tell Stalin that we Americans can't afford such a way of playing now."“ To strengthen the sense of US presence in the Middle East, if it's really not possible, just transfer Patton to it! " Then he added: "we must act on the premise of the fundamental interests of the United States... The production of oil in the Middle East must be ensured! Transport one of our divisions to the Middle East and strengthen the guard there! The Turks have to be careful. " This is Roosevelt's well thought out strategy. He decided to reduce the US investment in North Africa and the Soviet Union, and strengthen the US power in the Middle East. On the premise of not expanding US military expenditure, he strengthened the US control over the oil producing areas in the Middle East in disguised form, as well as its defensive ability. At this time, he no longer considered when it would be most advantageous for the United States to participate in the war. Now he is trying to maintain the existing international situation to ensure that the United States will not be driven out of the whole world war by Germany's quick decision. He is a bit reluctant to leave now, just waiting for a huge change in the international situation. The two sides are still waiting for an opportunity. If Germany takes the lead in the Middle East and wins in North Africa, then the United States is out and Germany directly wins the world war; Of course, if the United States gets the opportunity to participate in the war ahead of time, then Roosevelt will win, the United States will be involved in the war, and the world situation will become more confused. Roosevelt was gambling that he did not think it would be a long-term solution for the United States to stay out of the affair. He thought it would be advantageous for the United States to get involved in the world war. That's what he and many people behind him share. They firmly believe that the United States will become the world leader in the future, not the lonely soul who is excluded from the world circle“ Now, it depends on what our opponent thinks! " Roosevelt sighed and said, "are we going to beat the United States to the top of the world, or are we going to clean up the situation steadily? We don't even have a chance to join the war."