Chapter 860: Preparations for War

The loss of the Soviet Union is still being calculated, and new data will come every day.

It is not uncommon for material warehouses to be forcibly occupied and employees who stop them beaten.

For this reason, Li Zitao personally called the Soviet headquarters, asking all employees to put their own safety first, and take the stored food and supplies as they wanted.

When the news of the war came, Li Zitao was already prepared to bear the loss.

In fact, no matter who it is, they will never let go of the Golden Arches and Hualian's reserve warehouses.

There are a lot of living supplies and food that are in short supply nowadays, and the Soviet army will not sit back and watch these supplies fall into the hands of the German army.

The German army will not let go of these ready-made supplies that do not need to be transported, unless Li Zitao can now turn them all back to the United States.

He has earned enough in these years, good things cannot always happen to one person.

Li Zitao is all about 'making money and avoiding disasters,' as long as no one is hurt, throw things away!

To comfort himself, Lawrence could only use this reason to comfort himself.

It's just that both of them chose to ignore the news from the Soviet Union, as if they didn't see it.

The scandals about Fuguo and Mobil have grown like weeds recently, but the public's attention has declined.

After all, the Second World War has broken out, and the United States has decided to join the war.

The first benefit of the United States' participation in the war is that the "Concession Act," which was still under discussion, was passed at an unprecedented speed.

The passage of this bill has two advantages. First, the United States only needs to fund supplies and does not need to be invested in the European battlefield as soon as possible.

Second, use old models that are about to be eliminated in exchange for the trust of allies and the goodwill of the people, so that they have confidence in future victories.

Now that the United States has personally ended the game and decided to go to war, it must ensure its own victory.

Now Washington needs to free up its hands and carry out formal military preparations first, which indicates that a large number of veterans and civil defense soldiers will join the army.

In addition, a large number of domestic enterprises have transformed, focusing on the production and manufacturing of military supplies.

The Ministry of War frequently went to various enterprises to start inspections, and then invitation letters appeared on the desks of business owners.

meeting!

Naturally, Li Zitao would not be absent in this kind of prosperous age. As the most popular arms tycoon in the United States, how could he not be absent in the war.

However, when he saw Lilith and the nanny who accompanied her in Washington, as a father, Li Zitao's expression was quite exciting.

"Baby, why are you here?" Li Zitao stepped forward to pick up his daughter in a princess dress, and walked towards the White House.

"I'm here to attend the meeting. We are one of the most important food suppliers for the military." Lilith wrinkled her nose proudly and said excitedly.

Participating in such an event is fulfilling, especially being able to have a meeting with her father, which to her feels like a fairytale come true.

"Where's your management team?" Li Zitao frowned. He didn't really want his daughter to be exposed to business at such a young age.

The business world is not a peaceful little haven, full of deceit, cunning, lies and betrayal, which are too cruel for her.

"I let them go back. I can decide this kind of thing myself." As if sensing her father's displeasure, Lilith shrank her head into his arms and rubbed her hands.

Then he looked up at his father with pitiful eyes, and murmured: "Lilith is fine."

"..." Li Zitao didn't have the slightest strength to fight back when he met those big watery eyes and cute little pouting mouth.

surrender!

Li Zitao had no choice but to hold high the white flag, bowing down to his daughter's pouty mouth.

Presumably the management team also knew that he would be present, and knew that he would not watch his daughter suffer, so they would feel relieved to let her come here with the nanny.

"After entering, listen more, read more, talk less, understand?" Before entering the door of the meeting room, Li Zitao knelt down and told his daughter.

"Yes." She nodded obediently, and when her father got up and pulled her inward, a cunning flashed in Lilith's eyes.

if it is like this,

Isn't it too boring.

"Charlie..." As soon as he entered the gate, someone came up to greet him.

No matter how he is evaluated internally and externally, everyone will give him some face in person. This is the influence of Li Zitao's own strong strength.

Lilith obediently followed beside her father, and when he introduced herself, she lifted the hem of her skirts on both sides and curtseyed, showing a graceful manner.

In fact, the status of Lilith's illegitimate daughter is not despised at all, because they have no such qualifications at all.

"If the illegitimate daughter can get what she has, I'd rather be a bastard!" Someone said in his heart full of jealousy.

"Lilith, sit here." Sitting in his seat, Li Zitao patted the chair beside him.

That position originally belonged to Curtis's new chairman of the board of directors, and it happened that he didn't dare to sit, so he quickly changed to another place when he saw this scene.

His predecessor, the founder of Curtis, was ordered to be killed by the man in the seat, and the entire conference room was destroyed by a hornet's nest.

The corpses were put together and transported, and they were already rotten. No wonder the successor was afraid.

The meeting was chaired by Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Treasury Secretary Hunter Morgenthau Jr., and Chief of Staff George Marshall, who had decided to resign and was firmly retained by Roosevelt.

After deciding to join the war, the first thing Marshall, the chief of staff, did was to make a list of officers who "needed" to retire, including himself.

These officers are not incompetent, but because they are too old, their thinking is solidified, and their understanding of war is still in the period of World War I, which is very unfavorable for the upcoming war.

In Marshall's view, it's time for the U.S. military to learn from the old and learn from the new. As the proposer of this plan, he himself is a 61-year-old man, so he is naturally on the list.

However, due to the president's trust and his "correct" political orientation, his position has not been affected in any way, and he still serves as the chief of staff.

For the war, Marshall needed a cadre of energetic, young officers to fill the void created by retirement.

At this time, Marshall's habit of recording outstanding students in his personal files played a big role when he was at Benningbo Infantry School.

He found many outstanding young military officers from the archives, made a second evaluation of their performance after entering the army, and promoted many outstanding military talents.

Among them are Eisenhower who is about to be idled, the future famous general George Patton, and a large number of outstanding mid-level officers.

In fact, Marshall is very busy now. Recently, the number of people working under him has increased from the initial 12 to almost 300.

The entire War Department was mobilized for the war, and he had to keep abreast of the movements of the allied forces, the situation of the war, the enemy's plans, the president's thoughts, and the military operations of the US military around the world.

I was able to take the time to come to this meeting in person because it is also crucial to the war.