Chapter 98 The drunkard’s intention lies in talents (Third update, please collect)
Did you find the money?
The answer is yes.
The next morning, in the Oval Office of the White House, after listening to Truman's report.
Roosevelt was unconsciously happy, and the corners of his lips rose.
"Harry, I didn't expect you to resolve this matter so quickly."
Roosevelt, who had been stabbed repeatedly by Dewey's knife that was stuck in his life, was finally relieved. tone.
The president has a far-sighted vision, using the captured German supplies to strengthen China's combat power, and centrally plan for victory on the Chinese battlefield thousands of miles away!
Of course, this would also separate him from the Pentagon bureaucrats who only care about Europe.
Marshall... let’s share your worries with the Lord!
General Ku Yi Ku Ma, he came to bear the insults.
When this news spreads, it will definitely change public opinion. Americans like this kind of slightly legendary story the most.
If they like it, tell them.
"Mr. President, as I said before, Lee is a very generous man."
As soon as Truman finished speaking, Harry Hopkins said on the side.
"Harry, he is indeed a generous man, but in return for his generosity, what does he need from us?"
As a presidential adviser, he is not only the chairman of the Military Materials Allocation Committee, but also the White House The actual number two figure is even known as the "Shadow President". He knows very well that there is never gratuitous generosity in this world.
"Mr. Hopkins, the most important thing is that his help can help us get through the crisis of our goal."
Truman did not answer Hopkins' question directly; continued.
"Mr. President, now we need to give you the perfect story."
Nodding, Roosevelt motioned for Truman to continue.
"Mr. President, the core of this story is that we are doing everything possible to help China. Because the Chinese army imported a large number of German weapons before the war, we shipped North African weapons to China through Li, and then there was The Chinese victory on the battlefield, the question is what happens next?"
Truman looked at the president and said.
"And?"
Roosevelt thought for a moment,
"Harry, are you saying we want to increase aid to China?"
"Senator, we have planned to provide no less than 1.5 billion US dollars in aid to China this year."
As the chairman of the Military Supplies Allocation Committee, Hopkins, who is responsible for allocating war supplies to allied forces around the world, sounded a little unhappy.
During this turmoil, he was also criticized. Some even called him a "Russian agent" because he allocated a large amount of materials to "without declaring war on Japan, and even sold oil and ore." Russia to Japan” rather than China at war with the Japanese.
What made him even more uncomfortable was that in order to respond to the doubts from the outside world, he had to allocate the supplies originally planned to aid Russia to China. Every time he thought of this, his heart...bleeded!
Yes, for Hopkins, nothing is more important than aiding Russia. He even suggested to the president: "We not only need Russia as a powerful fighting ally to defeat Germany, but ultimately we need Russia as a powerful fighting ally to defeat Japan." Finally, we need Russia as our ally. A true friend and patron in the post-war world. ”
Under his leadership, China’s supplies were extremely limited, and there was even his selfishness in this—he needed Russia as an ally to defeat Japan. , instead of fully supporting China and making China an ally to defeat Japan.
In his plan... there is no such thing as China at all. Including General Marshall's plan, there is only one core-that is, using the minimum materials to let China hold Japan back, rather than defeat Japan. They never thought of aiding China from the beginning to the end!
"Mr. Hopkins, a plan is always just a plan, what the outside world needs to see is action."
Truman retorted directly.
“We need to take further actions to tell the outside world that we are sparing no effort to attack Japan.”
“Yes, Harry, the senator is right, we need to take some measures Action. "
Compared with others, the campaign is the best, Roosevelt turned his attention to Truman and said.
“Do you have any suggestions?”
"Continue to hand over the captured German weapons to the Chinese, just like we did before."
His suggestion surprised both Roosevelt and Hopkins, and they both thought about it in their minds. got up.
The former understands that this is a "continuation of the plan" and is telling the Americans that we are still strongly supporting China, but in a different way. As for the latter, they immediately realized that this was a good thing - there was no need to allocate aid to Russia to China.
"It seems that this is also a good choice. Anyway, China needs weapons, not what kind of weapons..."
After nodding in agreement, Roosevelt frowned slightly and said.
"It seems that we have not captured many German weapons."
"Yes, Mr. President, we have only captured some German weapons in North Africa. But this is just the beginning. This is our response to the outside world."< br>
Truman looked at the president and said that although he was Roosevelt's running mate, he did not know that the "Overlord Plan" to land in France had reached the implementation stage, but Roosevelt knew very well that soon, along with the Allied invasion Landing, they would capture a large amount of German weapons.
“With this response, the outside world will see our support for China, and we don’t even need to pay anything, just a small amount of maintenance and transportation costs.”
Truman Said in a relaxed tone.
"Of course, this is also what he hopes. He hopes that when the Allied forces counterattack the European continent in the future, he can help the Allied forces gather the captured weapons and use his ship to deliver them to China."
This This is a link in Li Yian's plan.
What he needs is to be able to follow the Allied forces to collect supplies after they land on the European continent, but the purpose is not just to collect weapons and ammunition captured by the Allied forces and transport them to China. Instead, we took this opportunity to reach out to Germany and recruit as many talents as possible.
The so-called "assistance" is just an excuse.
Of course, he can also wait until the end of the war to collect German talents, but by then, what he needs is to face the competition between the United States and Russia - the United States implemented the "Operation Paperclip" search in 1946 German talent. Russia, on the other hand, is simpler and more crude. They arrest people directly and take them directly to Russia regardless of whether they want it or not. The UK and France are also secretly searching for German talents.
In short, all countries are doing everything possible to collect Germany's intellectual resources.
In this case, if you want to recruit talents and use Germany's intellectual resources, you must be one step ahead. How can you enter the war zone with a time lag before they take action? How to take people away?
Collecting captured German weapons and ammunition to assist China is the best disguise.
With this disguise, his people can enter the war zone openly, wear US military uniforms, ride in jeeps, follow the US military all the way to Berlin, and then transport materials and personnel out of Europe.
This is Li Yian's "Operation Paperclip". However, if he wants to implement this operation, he must have the cooperation of the United States. If it succeeds, then he can completely absorb the talents of the entire Germany... …
Tomorrow is the third round of recommendations. Please read it. Don’t worry, everyone, it’s enough to get you into trouble... I beg you to read it!
(End of this chapter)