Chapter 844: New Alliance

The Japanese Combined Fleet began targeted training on the attack on Pearl Harbor. At the same time, in order to paralyze the United States, the Japanese side expressed its willingness to seek peace to it many times.

The top leaders of the United States, who already regarded Japan as a weak one, even more strongly opposed the war, and Roosevelt also complained about it.

Full of ambition, he let his subordinates pour pots of cold water on him every day, that is to say, put it on Lao Luo, who is physically disabled and strong-willed.

"Can't they see that the United States will join the war sooner or later?" Roosevelt complained on the phone.

"Man, you can never wake up a person who pretends to be asleep...they are still pinning their hopes on the so-called peace in Japan." Li Zitao laughed while eating the grapes picked by his daughter.

He can understand the anti-war sentiment in the United States, isn't it just "it's none of your business, let's hang on high"!

It's almost 41 years, and Li Zitao is not in a hurry anymore. He will only wait for another year. When the United States feels the pain, he will naturally be anxious.

Compared with this, Li Zitao is more concerned about the research and development progress of the "Fat Boy" project. It is said that the laboratory has made new breakthroughs.

Because of the inability to completely isolate the radiation, Li Zitao has only visited the laboratory twice since the establishment of the project.

For the scientists who have been staying in the laboratory for a long time, all Li Zitao can do is to provide them with the best preventive measures at present and guarantee a worry-free life in the future.

Regarding the danger of this experiment, they are actually much clearer than the layman Li Zitao, but no one has ever mentioned that they want to quit.

There are always some people in every era who are willing to pay the price and sacrifice for the advancement of human beings or technology, but Li Zitao is unable to do so.

Both sons and daughters, wives and concubines... ahem, a happy family, he still wants to live a few more years.

Even if it is just a probability, he is not willing to take this risk with his own body.

Roosevelt's complaints ended soon, perhaps because he sensed Li Zitao's absent-mindedness.

So, when the subject changed, he talked about the situation in the Far East, "Washington intends to expand the scale and strength of the aid to the Far East. Charlie, do you have any ideas?"

"En?" Li Zitao didn't speak easily, but wanted to find out his purpose.

"Have you heard of Chennault?" Roosevelt believed that with his intelligence ability, he would never have never heard of this name.

But in fact, Li Zitao has never seen this name in any news, probably because it seems 'irrelevant'!

"Yes, he should be in charge of forming the air force in the Far East now." Li Zitao said without denying, but his expression became serious.

"He came to America, for the planes and the pilots . . . and of course they brought plenty of money," Roosevelt said.

"Where do they live?"

“Manhattan Hilton.”

"My people will contact them. It's another big deal. I should remit an extra dividend to your account in Washington, haha..."

After hanging up the phone, Li Zitao handed Ava to his side, asked her to contact the Hilton Hotel, and found Chennault to ask him why he came.

"Aiden, Master Mason, Miss Lilith, it's time for a nap." The nanny walked in from the door, bowed 45 degrees to Li Zitao and left with the three little ones.

Lunch break is a very good habit, which can give the brain a full rest in a short period of time. Sometimes Li Zitao will also take a short break at noon.

But today he obviously has no such plan, but waits for the news from Ava.

Li Zitao took the initiative to get in touch with the other party, and Chennault's response was also very fast. The other party made an appointment with Ava on the phone, and they could have an interview when he returned to New York.

This kind of business doesn't need him, the big boss, to come forward in person, but the other party represents the Far East government, and behind him is the mother of the country known as the "Mother of the Air Force".

Instead of looking at the face of the monk and the face of the Buddha, Li Zitao naturally wanted to receive him in person.

As for the origin of the funds in Chennault's hands, if I guess correctly, it should be aid from Washington, and there is also his contribution in it.

"Does this count as using your own money to buy your own things?" Thinking to himself, Li Zitao began to wonder whether the Arms Committee would loosen the restrictions.

Under the Skunk and Automatic Weapons Research Center, there are many world-leading weapons, and the export committee of these weapons has strict restrictions.

It was able to be sold to the British at the beginning because of the particularity of the United Kingdom to the United States, and Washington and Congress both nodded.

Whether the Far East can be affirmed by the committee depends on the importance Washington and Congress attach to the Far East and the analysis of the future war situation.

However, the United Kingdom is seeking to form an expeditionary force in the Far East, and wants the assistance of China to support its dominance in the Far East colonies.

The United States also wants Hua Guo to contain Japan's army power in the Far East and prevent the Japanese army from pouring more main army forces into Southeast Asia and the Pacific region.

These two points are beneficial to Hua, and it will also allow it to propose more aid conditions to Britain and the United States. Li Zitao will also use his influence to facilitate the conclusion of more new weapons deals.

Britain was able to persist in resisting German attacks, in addition to its troops and maritime advantages, it relied more on its vast and numerous colonies.

For the wartime cabinet headed by Churchill, a declaration had been made as early as the beginning of the war: Even if the British mainland fell, they could still continue to fight against the evil FXS with their many colonies until they won the war.

Therefore, Britain urgently needs new forces to join in to ensure the stability and security of its Far East colonies.

Huaguo's years of anti-Japanese experience, its geographical location, and its huge population are all places that the United Kingdom values.

But in fact, the British attitude towards Huaguo is not friendly, they just want to treat Huaguo as a pawn to die.

In comparison, the attitude of the United States is much more friendly.

The nationalism of the United States prevents it from using blatant "colonization" to gain hegemony, and the domestic anti-war sentiment prevents it from directly intervening in the war.

Therefore, reliable allies are necessary to ensure the interests of the United States in the Far East.

The original ally of the United States was the United Kingdom, but now the British are too busy to take care of themselves. Even they themselves need the support of China, let alone ensuring the interests of other countries.

What's more, Roosevelt thought about the longer term, such as the world structure after the war.

The United States needs an ally that is friendly and inclined to it, and Japan, which is competing for sovereignty in the Pacific Ocean, is naturally out of consideration.

Then Hua Guo, which has great potential, a huge land and population base, naturally entered the eyes of Washington.

"If the fat boy can hurry up, what will the direction of the war be like?" Whether the early appearance of nuclear weapons is good or bad, even Li Zitao, who can 'foresee' the future, cannot judge.