Chapter 1208

The man who turned off the radio went to the white bed, looked down at the old man lying on it, and whispered to the president who led the United States out of the financial crisis and won the Pacific War: "Mr President, it seems that this is not a German propaganda campaign, Moscow has really fallen."

"Of course... The Germans... Don't have to lie." Roosevelt said with difficulty that every heartbeat he has now is extremely precious, because if he really dies, it is really hard to say whether the United States can continue to insist on this world war. The politicians who followed Roosevelt, as well as the officers and soldiers who fought bloody battles on the front line, all faced the risk of being engulfed by political enemies.

"Congress rejected your proposal to continue mobilizing 2 million soldiers. They only approved the upper limit of 500000... After all, the Germans have no obvious intention to land in the United States, and the size of their navy and transport fleet does not allow them to make such crazy decisions." Regretfully, the man put his hand on President Roosevelt's bed and whispered to him.

This man is no one else. In fact, he is a very important supporter in Roosevelt's camp. He was cornered by Enrique's founding of the Middle East. The Jew, who grew up in the United States, has a wealth that is comparable to that of other countries, but these wealth are shrinking rapidly for various reasons recently.

His investment in the Far East officialdom was lost because of trekov's independence. Most of his investment in American shipping was sunk by Donitz, and he managed to earn some money in the shipyard. Now, because of the expansion of the Navy, the U.S. government has defaulted on part of the payment. Don't think that the United States is really rich. After all, it was 1939 when the United States failed to win World War II. The United States government was not as rich as it thought.

Because in order to transport all kinds of supplies to India and other regions, we have to provide countless interest free loans and free aid to India; In order to help poor Britain, which has been occupied by the Japanese, we have also put forward countless reserves; Because we have to compete with Germany for influence on China, and we have to send a large amount of materials to China... The US, a rich man, can't afford to fill so many holes now.

Now the United States, like Germany, is relying on national debt to survive the wartime economic crisis. However, the two countries now have essential differences: the Germans have finished the war of spending money, and now they have entered the stage of picking peaches; The Americans have not completely won the war yet, so they are still spending money on it.

"In the south of Africa, several countries we run are now in a bit of a swing. They are under the pressure of general verkuman in the north of Africa..." on the other side of the hospital bed, General Marshall, holding a thick pile of documents, slowly stated: "the defense of India is not optimistic. The German army is attacking our army in Iran, The local people regard each other as their liberators... "

Marshall didn't say a word. His intelligence department learned that if Rommel, the German commander-in-chief of North Africa, had not returned to China for medical treatment because of stomach trouble, and Manstein, the new official, was not willing to make too fierce offensive deployment, maybe the Germans would have defeated the whole of Iran.

"Intelligence shows that Yamamoto, under the command of Japan's joint fleet, returned to the Philippine waters... The other side built a complete defense system by virtue of the island chain... Such a strong attack may increase our losses." The head of the Navy then said, "but this week we have not only bad news. The German submarine forces have converged a lot on China's east coast and the Gulf of Mexico."

Not paying attention to the light in Roosevelt's eyes, the Admiral turned a page of the report, lowered his eyes and continued: "since the hl-44 transport fleet was attacked by the German Navy, we have not received any reports of submarine attacks from the German Navy for four consecutive days. This month, we have 48 transport ships sunk and 17 German submarines sunk... The strengthening of anti submarine forces has stabilized the situation. It seems that the Germans are beginning to fear losses. "

"What do you say?" Roosevelt suddenly opened his mouth to the army general who wanted to report on the recent recruitment. The U.S. president spoke difficultly and continued slowly: "the number of German... Submarines... Has decreased?"

"Yes! Mr. President! Reports in the last four days show that the number of German submarine troops in the Gulf of Mexico is decreasing. We are still investigating the specific reasons. After all, there are so many reasons we know that it's not easy to tell The officer of the U.S. Navy answered Roosevelt's question.

He said that there are many reasons within the US Navy. Some people think that Germany is replacing the new "ghost submarine", that is, the very hidden U-shaped submarine; Some people think that the routine rotation tactics of the German Navy led to the decline of the submarine base in a certain sea area for a certain period of time; The remaining few assigned the main reason for the decrease in the number of German submarines to the strengthening of the Allied anti submarine forces.

No matter what the reason is, the number of German submarines cruising near the coast of the United States is declining, which is the most true feeling for the U.S. Navy, which has to bear the devastation of German submarines every day. Every good news in the war was absolutely inspiring, so when we heard the news, we all cheered.

"Strengthen... Iceland..." Roosevelt held the palm of Bowman's hand and said to the Navy and army generals around him: "deploy... Bomb... Norway! As large as possible It took a lot of effort for him to say every word now, which made Bowman who held his hand even more frightened“ And bombing Norway? Isn't that a hindrance? " After hearing Roosevelt's words, the general of the army frowned slightly. He didn't know what Roosevelt thought. He just felt that it was a waste to throw out his strength to fight against Germany. Even though Roosevelt was lying in his hospital bed, he knew that bombing Norway was not the best choice now. But sometimes, it didn't seem to be the best choice, but it was the real best choice. Roosevelt is bombing Norway now, not to defeat Germany, but to prevent another possibility. People who play go may often encounter this situation. Some idle chess that seems to be the opponent's "unreasonable hand" turns out to be a fatal "forerunner" in the end. Now Roosevelt's order to fight is in fact a forerunner of his firm determination. As a matter of fact, what is most fatal to the American high-level now is not Germany's invincible million troops, but a treaty of peace from Germany, which has come all over the world! If akado knew that Roosevelt's life was not long in the future, as long as he arranged a few diplomats to come to the United States with a decent peace treaty, the United States would lose the courage to continue fighting. Roosevelt's move was not so much a slap in the face of the Germans as a performance to slap them. One loss for one fight to the end, so as to eliminate the idea of Germany's initiative to seek peace - at least in the near future. It turns out that Roosevelt really expected the enemy to take the lead, because when he gave the order, Ribbentrop was already preparing a treaty to negotiate with the United States“ Speed... Speed... Is the key Roosevelt closed his eyes, spoke in a light voice, and continued with the order: "let... The British... Send, send a fleet... Escort... We, our... Transporters... Make sure, make sure the fleet... Will... Be safe... To... Iceland."“ Mr. President, if we carry out the bombing mission, our bombers may have to bear huge losses. If more than 300 bombers take off, it is estimated that two-thirds of them will not be able to return. " The army general said with an ugly face“ This is war! general! I think all of you here have heard the president's orders! Do as you please Marshall, who was comparable to a politician, naturally understood Roosevelt's good intentions. After a little meditation, he found that it was a very good deal. 200 bombers for about two months - sounds good. Despite his reluctance, Marshall spoke like this, and the army general no longer insisted on anything. After standing at attention, he left Roosevelt's room. Marshall and the Navy General also got up and left after a few greetings. In the end, there were only two people left in the room, Bowerman and Roosevelt“ live on! Keep living! If you fall, all of us will lose everything. " Bowman took Roosevelt's hand and said bitterly, "for all who support you, for this war, live!"