Chapter 666 Assassination of Roosevelt

If President Roosevelt is mentioned in the United States now, Americans will immediately think of Theodore Roosevelt, who ruled the United States more than a decade ago.

The Roosevelt family has a history of more than 200 years in the United States. Not only did it give birth to a president, but it also had many upper-class elites who served as politicians.

This is not only a political family, but also involved in the banking and financial industries. Theodore Roosevelt's father was a famous importer and exporter and banker, which also made the Roosevelt family one of the most famous families in the United States, holding wealth that ordinary people could hardly earn.

But all this changed since the economic crisis. The import and export industry and the financial industry were the hardest hit by the economic crisis, but the Roosevelt family was involved in all of them.

This also caused the Roosevelt family to suffer great turmoil, and the prominent family was almost on the verge of bankruptcy.

If it weren't for some connections left by President Roosevelt to the family, I'm afraid the Roosevelt family would have disappeared in American history like those bankrupt tycoons.

The life of President Theodore Roosevelt's nephew, Franklin D. Roosevelt, was also slightly affected.

Of course, with the connections of the Roosevelt family, Franklin D. Roosevelt's work not only had no impact, but his income also exceeded that of most people in the United States.

The famous President Roosevelt is still an ordinary lawyer in New York. Because he had poliomyelitis a few years ago, Roosevelt's wife sometimes replaced Roosevelt to attend the Democratic Party meeting.

If history had not changed, Roosevelt would have become the mayor of New York a year later and proposed a new deal plan in the next presidential election to win the presidency.

But in this world, all this is obviously impossible to happen.

In January 1927, on a very ordinary day, Franklin D. Roosevelt welcomed an unexpected guest, his old friend in the Democratic Party, Jon Slickot.

"Jon? Brother, why are you here?" Roosevelt asked in surprise.

Jon Slickot is a Democrat like Roosevelt, and they often meet each other.

But after the outbreak of the economic crisis, Jon has been dealing with his own import and export company, and he should not have time to find Roosevelt, which is also what Roosevelt was surprised about.

"Why, can't I come to see my old friend?" Jon asked with a smile.

"Of course, sit down quickly. Who is this?" Roosevelt saw the young man following Jon at this time and asked curiously.

Jon is only in his 30s and should not have such a big son. The young man who can make Jon travel with him all the time should be a close subordinate besides his son.

Without waiting for Jon to explain, the young man stepped forward, shook hands with Roosevelt very friendly, and said with a smile: "Let me introduce myself, Mr. Roosevelt. I am Ike, an intelligence agent of the Royal Intelligence Service of the British Empire. This time, my mission is to send you to see God!"

The young man finished speaking, and took out a pistol from his arms in a lightning speed, and fired several shots at Roosevelt's chest.

Pah! Pah! Pah!

All this happened in a flash, Roosevelt did not react, and Jon did not react either.

"Damn, what did you do?" Looking at Roosevelt lying in a pool of blood, Jon finally reacted and said with a look of astonishment.

"As you can see, Mr. Jon. After our careful planning, with your help, we successfully assassinated Mr. Roosevelt." The intelligence agent named Ike said with a smile.

"Fuck! What does this have to do with me? It was agreed that I would introduce you to Roosevelt." Jon was a little flustered. He was indeed just an ordinary Democrat with some small businesses at home, but this did not mean that he could directly fight the law.

The Roosevelt family, where Roosevelt was, had a much larger fortune than him. Roosevelt's uncle had served as the president of the United States. The level was not at the same level at all.

"Do you think the police will believe it?" Ike said with a smile: "They don't care whether you are innocent or not. If you can't calm the anger of the Roosevelt family, you will only become a scapegoat in the end."

"Damn, what is the grudge between Roosevelt and you? Assassinating a lawyer in New York, my God, this is crazy!" Jon said with a little collapse.

"We can only blame him for hindering us." Ike smiled and said, "Now, my dear Mr. Jon, are you going to hinder me?"

Looking at the slightly raised muzzle of Ike's gun, Jon swallowed his saliva and still followed his inner choice.

"What can we do now? If we are discovered by the police, we can't escape at all." Jon said a little nervously.

Watching a murder happen in front of his eyes, even Jon, who usually exploits employees for fun, was very nervous.

This also made his voice tremble a little, with obvious nervousness and panic.

"Don't worry, the person should be here." Ike took out the cigar hidden in Roosevelt's pocket, picked up the scissors beside the desk and trimmed it gently, then lit it with the lighter in his pocket, took a puff, exhaled the smoke like clouds and mist and said slowly.

"What? Who's here?" Jon was a little stunned, not understanding what Ike meant.

Boom!

Suddenly, the door of Roosevelt's office was violently slammed open, and several armed policemen filed in, quickly pointing their guns at Jon and Ike: "All of you, squat with your hands over your heads!"

"Fuck!" Jon didn't expect the police to come so quickly, but facing the black muzzle of the gun, he had no courage to resist, so he could only obey.

Ike, who was still smoking, took out his pistol slowly, saying as he took it out: "Don't forget our agreement, Mr. Jon, we will be rescued."

Ike, who put his hand into his arms, aroused the vigilance of the American police, and the occurrence of the murder directly led to a gunfight in the office.

Ike shot and killed a policeman, but at the cost of being shot and killed by the police, and also caused Jon next to him to be shot twice and fell to the ground wailing.

This murder was not reported in the American news, but was only circulated in a small range among New York newspapers.

After all, it was related to the lives of Roosevelt family members. For the Roosevelt family, which was very influential in New York, this was undoubtedly a provocation to the entire family.

Roosevelt, who was shot several times, was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, but it was too late. He was finally declared dead at the age of 45 that night.

The death of Franklin D. Roosevelt did not cause a sensation in the United States. After all, Roosevelt was just the nephew of President Roosevelt and an ordinary New York lawyer.

Americans did not know what they had lost, but the Roosevelt family was already shocked and asked the police to severely punish the criminals.

Of the two people in the office at the time, Ike had been shot on the spot, and the only one left was Jon, who also belonged to the Democratic Party.

The Roosevelt family used their power to let the police torture Jon, but Jon always insisted that he was just an innocent person, not a participant in the murder, and had no idea.

But from the words Ike said to Jon before his death resistance, it can be judged from the police that Jon was definitely Ike's accomplice and made a certain contribution to the assassination of Roosevelt.

Jon, who was tortured, said almost everything, including that he claimed to be an intelligence agent of the Royal Intelligence Service of the British Empire, and claimed that the assassination of Roosevelt was because Roosevelt was in their way.

This also made the Roosevelt family focus on Britain, believing that Roosevelt's murder must be related to the British.

The Roosevelt family is still very famous in the United States, not to mention that Roosevelt is the nephew of President Roosevelt.

The US government issued an inquiry, demanding that the British government explain Roosevelt's death, hand over the mastermind behind the assassination of Roosevelt, and compensate the Roosevelt family and the United States.

But the British were very surprised. Not only did they reject the Americans' request, but they also firmly stated that Britain did not plan the assassination of Roosevelt.

The British Empire, the first power, naturally could not show weakness to the United States. The British even arrogantly stated that if the Americans slandered Britain again, the British government would continue to plan to attack the US government.

This diplomatic dialogue directly damaged the relationship between Britain and the United States. Regardless of whether the British were the mastermind behind the assassination of Roosevelt, the Roosevelt family began to hate Britain.

After all, this is a matter of family honor and disgrace. Even if it is just for the sake of face, it is impossible to give up holding the British accountable.

In order to make the US government stand firmly behind them, the Roosevelt family began to print a large amount of news about Roosevelt's assassination, and soon made this matter one of the hot topics among Americans during the economic crisis.

Although the assassination was just an ordinary lawyer, it was on American soil after all, and it also involved the world's number one British Empire, which had to make some Americans suspicious.

Under the pressure of public opinion, the US government also had to promise that it would seriously investigate the matter and severely punish the real murderer behind the scenes, and would never let anyone go.

Seeing that the Americans were chasing this matter, it seemed that there was a trend of putting the blame on themselves.

The British were also completely angry, saying that the dignity of the first great power was not something that the United States could easily violate.

On January 7, 1927, Britain announced in a high-profile manner that it would increase tariffs on the United States again and asked the US government to continue to pay compensation for the flu because all mankind had not forgiven the United States.

Britain's request for the United States to continue to pay compensation has caused many European countries to follow suit.

As early as when the United States announced the end of reparations, many European countries expressed dissatisfaction.

After all, during the economic crisis, the role of the United States' reparations was even greater. These reparations can not only subsidize people's livelihood and allow those unemployed people to have sufficient food.

It can also be used for infrastructure, like Australasia, to create more jobs for the country and mitigate the impact of the economic crisis on the country.

But after the United States announced the end of reparations, European countries not only lost a large source of income, but also made their domestic finances worse.

Because reparations are paid every year, these countries' fiscal plans include these reparations every year.

After the reparations were suddenly reduced, some construction projects could not be terminated, which also caused the fiscal budgets of these countries to directly enter serious losses.

Seeing that Britain took the initiative to ask the United States to continue to pay reparations, European countries expressed their willingness to follow up and ask the United States to continue to pay reparations.

The US government is a bit embarrassed now. Domestic public opinion forced the US government to pay attention to the assassination of Roosevelt, but the tough attitude of the British also made the Americans hesitant.

If there is someone else behind this, the conflict between Britain and the United States seems unnecessary.

More importantly, the current conflict has always been the loss of the Americans. The British Empire controls the World Alliance, and it is easy to mobilize some resources.

But because the United States is located in North America, after European countries have raised tariffs, it has become extremely difficult for the United States to obtain some raw materials.

If the compensation for influenza is added, it will make the US finances even worse, and President Coolidge's just planned infrastructure project modeled after Australasia will go bankrupt.

Arthur, who was quietly watching the Anglo-American conflict, was in a very good mood at this time. This time, the Royal Security Intelligence Agency's action not only successfully assassinated the famous President Roosevelt, but also successfully put the blame on Britain.

Although an excellent agent was paid for this, this action was worthwhile for the country.

As for the family of the intelligence agent Ike, they will all be treated well by Arthur.

As early as the news of Ike's death reached the country, Arthur asked Director Batty to secretly issue rewards, including a house worth 400 Australian dollars, a car worth 200 Australian dollars, and a check of 10,000 Australian dollars.

Arthur also asked Director Batty to promise that Ike's brothers and sisters would have the opportunity to go to college for free, and their industries and property would be tax-free for ten years.

Because what Ike did could not be disclosed, the medal could not be awarded to Ike's family openly.

This also led to Arthur making an exception to increase Ike's pension, and the property of 10,000 Australian dollars was enough for Ike's family to live well.

If calculated based on the average annual income of more than 60 euros per capita in Australasia, 10,000 Australian dollars would be enough for an adult Australasian to earn more than 160 years, which was undoubtedly a huge sum of money in this era.

Even if it is only converted with the gold price, 10,000 Australian dollars is equivalent to 36 kilograms of gold, which is at least 15 million compared with the price in later generations.

Such a pension is definitely quite high, which also led to the fact that even if Director Batty simply stated that Ike died in the mission, Ike's family did not have any intention of asking questions, and expressed gratitude to Arthur and Director Batty.

This is relatively normal in Australasia. Although people are afraid of death, they don't want to see their loved ones die.

But if it is for the country and Arthur to make contributions, and their families can get enough pensions and welfare benefits after death, in fact, most Australasia people are willing to die for the country.

This also led to the combat effectiveness of the combat personnel of the Australasia Army and Intelligence Department being very high, and they are basically not afraid of death when performing missions and fighting.

Because they know clearly that even if they have no contribution on the battlefield, as long as they die in the name of the country, Arthur will not treat their families unfairly.

It is precisely because of this trust in Arthur that the Australasia Army has a strong combat effectiveness.

If the German elite force that was reduced to 150,000 people is not counted, the combat effectiveness of the Australasia Army is definitely the best in the world.

Being able to maintain a fearless spirit in the face of well-equipped weapons greatly enhances the combat effectiveness and appearance of an army.

Although the size of the Australasia Army has always been small, Arthur is confident that when Australasia is fighting at full strength, the Army can crush all countries except Germany.

At present, Australasia seems to have nothing to fear in terms of the Army except for the human wave tactics.

When the population increases in the future, the size of the Army can easily exceed one million or even several million, and Arthur will have the confidence to compete for a higher position.

Today, I will just update this one. It has been five days of ten thousand a day. Let's take a break.

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