Four Hundred and Six World Trends

It doesn't take three days, and Roosevelt naturally has capable people under his command. After a little bit of tangling, I thought of a surefire way. Naturally, the core interests of the United States must never be sold, because Americans have not yet had the habit of paying for others with their own blood.

So a telegram was sent directly to Churchill, letting him weigh the pros and cons. If the British feel that the help of the Americans is dispensable, then they will continue to hold on to the interests of the Middle East and not let themselves go desperately with Germany. But if the British feel that they can't win Germany on their own, then they will honestly spit out the fat in the Middle East.

The United States' approach is actually to put it simply: to give the interests of the British in the Middle East to the Jews in the United States in exchange for the Jewish forces in the United States to stand on Roosevelt's side. This method is completely in line with the interests of the Americans, so it was passed smoothly in Roosevelt's circle.

The next day, Roosevelt met with Borman again and told him the whole plan, including the good news that the British decision-makers decided to give up the interests of the Middle East in exchange for the full support of the United States.

"This is really good news." Borman was obviously very satisfied with the result, and then he smiled heartily: "Then since the British are so generous, we Americans can't be too stingy, can we? Regardless of whether Congress will discuss tomorrow, Mr. President, you No matter what topic is raised, we will not obstruct it again."

Sure enough, on the second day, that is, at the congressional meeting on February 10, Roosevelt once again submitted the "Britain Aid Act". Surprisingly, after the bill was rejected three times in a row, it was voted overwhelmingly this time. passed.

The real peak of US assistance to the UK began. On the first day after the bill was passed, 20 US transport ships joined the fleet bound for the UK. At this moment, Germany was still busy with several other things.

Germany, Berlin, Führer's residence.

Akado was frowning with a spy report from the Eastern Front. On the long table in front of him sat Augustus, Brauchitsch, the Polish "governor" Kluge who had rushed back to Berlin from the Eastern Front, Liszt, commander of Army Group D of the Eastern Front Army, and the new Army Group G. Guderian. Catherine from the Air Force and Raeder from the Navy were also present, and even Gaskol, the head of the intelligence department of the Wehrmacht, and Reinhard Heydrich, the top leader of the SS, were all on the list. This may be one of the most important combat meetings of the German side after the invasion of France.

The large number of Soviet Red Army recently deployed by the Soviet Union on the Soviet-German border has expanded to a full 2 ​​million people. At least 2,000 tanks and armored vehicles were deployed in the Soviet-occupied area of ​​Poland at the same time. It is obviously impossible for such a large army to be concealed from Germany, which has deployed a large number of spies in the Soviet Union.

And this time it seems that Stalin, Khrushchev and his like let the Soviet Red Army enter the border area with great fanfare.

So this time the actions of the Soviet Union put Germany in a dilemma.

The large-scale battle on the Western Front has just ended, and the post-war reorganization work has not been completed. The elite German armored forces have been split and reorganized. The combat capability of the German army is at a relatively low level in a short period of time.

Army Group A, which has the most combat experience and the most brilliant record, has actually turned into three armies. It is preparing to attack the British Army Group A, the nearly 200,000 infantry resting on the French border, and some of the elite that were taken away by Rommel. Panzergrenadiers are rushing to Austria to rest at this moment.

The famous 1st Panzer Army has returned to the Eastern Front, and Guderian is preparing to build his G Army. Although there are General Lister's D Army, E Group Army, and F Group Army on the Eastern Front, their combat capabilities seem to be a bit worse than those of the A and B Armies on the Western Front.

The surrender of France left Germany free of a c group army, but this group army was mainly infantry. Even if you don't talk about the level of its combat capabilities, transporting 400,000 troops to the Eastern Front is not something that can be done in the short term.

In terms of the entire Eastern Front, the most loyal to Akado is undoubtedly the governor of Poland, Kluge, the commander of the F Group Army, but in terms of generals who are more stable in leading troops in battle, it is Liszt.

Now the general is pointing to the map to introduce the situation on the Eastern Front to the head of state and everyone: "The current situation on the Eastern Front is: the front of the D Group Army of our army, the Soviet Red Army has about 900,000 people, they are deployed along the border area, threatening us Army border security. In the north, General Kluge’s F Group Army is not under pressure. The Soviet Red Army has about 700,000 people. In the south, the Soviet Union has fewer troops deployed, but it has reached 600,000. people."

"The total strength exceeds 2.2 million. Is the Soviet Union going to attack us?" Brauchitsch frowned and looked at the deployment document for the Eastern Front Defense in his hand: "The three armies d, e, and f of our army are in charge. With more than 1.4 million troops, if you count the three armies C, G, and I that are approaching the border area, we don't seem to be at a disadvantage in terms of strength."

Augustus stared at the map, and said slowly: "Like the United States, the Soviet Union is not a fool. They don't want a country to dominate Europe, which will cause a crisis on their western border. Their current interests are consistent with those of the United States and the United Kingdom. , so it is not surprising that this time the troops are deployed to contain us."

"If you count the troops that are still moving towards the border, their total strength is more than 3 million, while our actual strength is about 2.7 million. Counting the air force and armored forces, it seems that we still have the upper hand." Draw a line on the map and say: "But once the two sides go to war, the data provided by the head of state shows that our army has no chance of winning in the process of attacking the Soviet Union. They will have a reserve of about 10 million regular troops. Our deduction results show that we Army will be defeated near Minsk."

"Defensive operations are different. If they attack our army first, there will be no problem in defeating these Soviet soldiers." Liszt finally said.

"But once the war starts, at least 30% of my air force will be forced to move to the eastern front, and the continuous bombing and suppression of Britain may fail." Catherine reported to Acadohui.

"Canada's intelligence agency sent back news that in Canada and Australia, the UK is building a production line of Hurricane fighter jets, and a new Hurricane will join the British air battle in a month's time." Gascoll recently caught a cold and his voice was hoarse Said.

"Pay attention to rest." Akado accepted Gaskol's intelligence report while nodding, and comforted him: "So we can't have a war with the Soviet Union now, and even if we want to fight, we have to wait until a month later Fight again!"

This is why Akado and Augustus hope that Japan will fight a war with the Soviets at Nomenkan regardless of the outcome. It is really because the Soviets have been overwhelming Germany a little bit recently, which made Akado make such a bad move and lure the Japanese to slap the Soviets in the Far East.

In fact, there has been a long-standing dispute in Japan about whether to go north or go south. The faction headed by the Japanese Army believes that the real rise of Japan depends on the Russo-Japanese War, and this war fought on Chinese soil also convinced the Japanese that "the Russians are nothing more than that", so this time the Army wants to go north to invade The Soviet Union completed the real rise of Japan in the Far East.

However, the Japanese navy has always been different from the army. They insist that everything the Japanese army advocates must oppose this glorious tradition. So a diametrically opposite plan to go south was proposed. This plan included invading the coast of China all the way, entering Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia and other places, and then invading the United States and the Philippines to obtain some oil producing areas in South Asia and challenge the interests of the United States in the Far East.

Therefore, the bait thrown by Akado is not high-brow, but a rather large market in Japan. When the army heard that Germany, its ally in Europe, also wanted Japan to go north, it immediately tried its best to get the Japanese headquarters to agree to the plan to go north to attack the Soviet Union, and mobilized seven divisions for this plan. The huge strength of the regiment.

The current state of the world is very delicate: the Germans are attacking Britain with all their strength, the Soviets want to hold back the Germans, and the Japanese want to stab the Soviets in the back, while the Americans are worried about Japan gaining power in China, While trying to suppress the rise of Germany in Europe-none of the world's major countries can stay out of it.

"The key now depends on when the battle of Nomenkan that the Japanese promised will start!" Augustus stared at the map of the Far East and said, "The earlier they fight, the earlier they will relieve us of the pressure."

"That being said, we all know that Japan seems to have very little chance of winning this time going north." Akado stood up and said: "But the United States is likely to reach an agreement with the Jews in the country in the near future, and participate in the relationship between us and the United Kingdom." in the war between the

He walked to the front of the map, looked at his subordinates, and pointed to the area on the map: "So now our focus is still on the west, and General Rundstedt's landing plan is still the top priority ! On the contrary, we have to put on a stance on the Eastern Front to prevent the Soviets from attacking easily!"

"Yes!" All the generals stood up to attention and replied loudly.

"Augus, please tell Merkel to urge Japan to start the battle of Nomenkan as soon as possible! We are waiting for the news of the victory of the Japanese allies in the Far East!" Akado seemed to have thought of something funny, and his face also changed. Hanging a smile: "After this time, Japan will not have much interest with us."