Chapter 819 Wallace in the Whirlpool (Continued, 4200 Votes Plus More)

"Your entire logic can be summarized in one sentence: Negotiate with the Germans according to the terms you proposed. If the negotiation fails, we will continue to fight, right?" Truman asked slowly.

Wallace gritted his teeth: "The complete strategy will have a lot of content, but the basic logic is almost this sentence."

"Very well, I understand." Truman nodded, "Now, I propose to convene a formal meeting of the House of Representatives and the Senate to suspend Vice President Wallace from performing his duties, initiate impeachment proceedings against him, and then transfer it to the FBI Investigate whether he is suspected of espionage under the Loyalty Act and be convicted by the relevant judicial authorities!”

It was like a 5,000-pound super-heavy bomb was dropped into the venue. Everyone was stunned for a moment, and their hearts almost jumped out of their chests.

"You...you...you...you are spitting blood!"

"As a Senator of the United States, do I not have the right to initiate impeachment proceedings?" Truman responded with a serious face, "I will now explain to the meeting the reasons why I do so:

First, your peace conditions are far from those of Germany. They are not related at all. The final result will undoubtedly be war, but you first abandoned the Soviet Union, then prepared to abandon Great Britain, and also prepared to abandon Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and China. , Canada, Brazil and a series of other allied countries. In the future, the United States will fight against the Axis countries. One will have allies all over the world, and the other will be alone and only itself. I suspect that you are dismantling the alliance system in the name of Germany and cutting off the United States from its allies;

Second, whether to declare war or peace must be reviewed by Congress. If you think that one or some commanders are incompetent, you can remove and adjust them within your scope of authority, but you have not gone through more in-depth negotiations now, especially You have only temporarily exercised the powers of the President and have not approved the resolution of Congress, but you have questioned the issue of peace and war without permission. This is helping the enemy to undermine our military morale and the morale of our people. Who doesn't know that war will kill people and suffer losses? 80 Ten thousand people is too many, but isn’t 80,000 too many? 300 billion is a loss, isn’t 30 billion a loss? It is our unshirkable responsibility to defend our national dignity, defend our territorial and sovereign integrity, and protect the free world. Can this be used for bargaining and evaluation simply by numerical losses? Is life so precious that you would not hesitate to be a slave?

Third, the United Nations Declaration stated that it would use all its strength to fight the Axis to the end. Now the United States can tear up the treaty and make peace in advance, but can Great Britain do the same? Can the Soviet Union do it? Can Australia and New Zealand work? Even if the peace talks are a rumor and cutting off aid from allies is also a rumor, the news has spread and the seeds of turmoil, rifts, and suspicions have been sown. We can still count on our allies to continue to cooperate with the United States wholeheartedly and without any grudges in the future. What? Isn’t this the most obvious characteristic of political spies fanning the flames and fearing chaos in the world?

So, no matter from which angle you look at it, your concepts and strategies are helping the Germans and holding back the United States. Can we still tolerate such a person to continue in this position? "

"be opposed to!"

"That makes sense!"

"be opposed to!"

"support!"

There was chaos in the venue. Many people on the left wing of the Democratic Party agreed with Wallace's views, while the right wing of the Democratic Party and some Republicans echoed Truman's views. No matter what is said on the stage, the Democratic Party seems to be divided first. A vice president with a Democratic background is actually proposed to be impeached in public by a senator who is also a Democratic Party. Is there anything more ridiculous than this?

In fact, there was no particularly shady information in Wallace's speech just now. Most of the battle conditions, losses, results and other aspects of the situation were reported to Congress, and many of the information were also publicly released in battle reports, just for the sake of publicity. To explain the failure of several major naval battles, Roosevelt personally went to Congress to participate in questioning. The main shock of Wallace's speech was that all the losses were accumulated together and elaborated systematically. Most people just heard it and no one would add it up.

But this obviously does not include Truman. He specializes in investigating corruption and extravagance within the military. He knows far more and more profound information than Wallace. For example, on the eve of the Battle of Torch, the supplies needed by the army had been purchased, but due to confusion in management and transportation, they could not be found before boarding the ship. In the end, they had to purchase a new batch; another example is that many commodities could be purchased directly from The manufacturer placed an order, but due to the negligence or confusion of the logistics department, it was impossible to produce it at the end of the matter, so it could only rush to the mall for purchase or emergency orders - another waste of money; another example is the waste of arms production represented by the 20mm aviation machine gun. (mentioned above), he knew them all clearly.

Of course, he had complete figures for casualties, consumption, and battle damage, and he also knew how the military dealt with these losses in battle reports: for example, when the losses could not be reduced, the losses of the opponent were listed to show that this result was normal; if the losses were much greater than the opponent's, the opponent's armaments were exaggerated, the force was outstanding, or it had an absolute advantage - for example, in order to cover up the failure of the Eighth Air Force's air raid, the huge power of jet fighters was exaggerated; for example, in order to cover up the weak combat effectiveness of the Army Division, the power of the Tiger tank was habitually exaggerated - in the Army's battle report, the German Tiger was the world's number one tank with a one-to-ten tank. Each German armored division had at least 80 Tigers and 300 Type 4 tanks. How could they win? If there was really no way to push it, they would say that the allies were incompetent, such as the Battle of Bermuda was the incompetence of the British defenders, the defeat of Newfoundland was the incompetence of the two Canadian divisions, and the Horn of Africa was the incompetence of the Royal Navy. In short, Truman was familiar with these arts of shifting the blame.

Truman should have hated the military, but he knew that there were too many factors involved. Politicians, senior military officers, chaebols, lobbying groups and other forces were all intertwined, and the alliance relationship was also involved. If all these shady dealings were exposed, would the American people still be able to fight happily? Truman was very clear about the situation of the military. The officers, especially the senior officers, were fighting wholeheartedly. There were many reasons why they could not defeat the Germans and the Japanese. The most fundamental reason was that the United States did not attach importance to national defense and did not worship the martial spirit. If the most desired careers for young people in a country were only lawyers, businessmen, and doctors, how could they be compared with the atmosphere in Japan and Germany where young people most desired to become imperial officers?

He had a thorough understanding of militarism: militarism is full of thoughts about war, politics for war, culture for war, scientific research for war, economic development and civilization for war - either fighting or preparing for war. On one hand, the Japanese and German people were looking forward to the war, and on the other hand, the American people were looking forward to making a fortune and doing business. It was a miracle that they could win the fight when they were caught off guard. Therefore, he had a high tolerance for losses, and believed that this was the price the United States had to pay for switching from a peace system to a war system. When the United States joined the war, the Germans had fought for 2 years and conquered most of Europe, and Japan had fought for 4 years and conquered territories several times larger than its homeland. It was understandable to suffer some losses and pay some war tuition. He thought that the tuition was almost paid now, but Wallace said that he would not fight anymore. What about the tuition that had been paid? What about the soldiers who had died?

He looked down on such people: before the war, they kept saying that the United States was first and opposed the war; when the war started, they were so fanatical that they wanted to teach this and that; when they went out and got a few sticks and had one leg broken, they became afraid and said that they would not fight anymore and that they could talk it out.

Wallace didn't get along with Truman, and didn't think much of this Missouri farmer. In history, Truman was the last American president without a college degree, and his words and deeds were full of rural flavor. What does he know? The people in the Joint Chiefs of Staff are crazy and ready to pay Japan a bribe to aid the Soviet Union. Although there is a trick, anyone who knows a little about international politics can know that this is not a manifestation of war fanaticism to the peak and deviation from freedom and democracy to the extreme? What reason do officers and politicians have to give blood transfusions to Japan without telling the people? What reason is there not to report the losses and consequences to the people?

His mouth moved, and he didn't want to talk about the extortion fee for the time being.

Truman's proposal was not procedurally passed by the conference, but it was obvious that this amazing statement won him a lot of attention, especially the soldiers on and off the stage, who are now full of goodwill towards this senator who speaks out for justice - this is an American man!

Roosevelt's political opponent, Dewey, who had already announced that he would run for president, narrowed his eyes and thought carefully. Today's incident seemed a bit strange. Although it was a great opportunity to attack the Roosevelt government, it was not ruled out that it was a self-torture trick directed by Roosevelt himself - he used Wallace, a young man, as a pioneer to attract everyone's attack firepower, and then turned the situation around. Although Roosevelt was seriously ill, he was not dead yet - as long as he returned to the White House from the hospital, the power Wallace had would immediately burst like a soap bubble. In the final analysis, Wallace was just acting as a proxy, not a true successor. Just look at the attitude of everyone in the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and you will know that they don't take him seriously at all.

Therefore, his attack tone was very formulaic. First, he believed that the vice president's talk about peace and war deviated from the power structure; second, he believed that the United States' first proposal for peace deviated from international treaties, which was a major damage to the United States' international reputation. This voice was of course politically correct, but it was not intensified to the point of being irreconcilable, and was quickly drowned out by everyone's unanimous tone.

That evening, he was interviewed by reporters. Although the reporters knew something big had happened from the emotional faces of the congressmen, everyone kept their mouths shut. Politicians, whether they supported or opposed Wallace, all wore their signature smiles: "The vice president gave a very profound speech. We will pay attention to subsequent developments. As for the specific content, it is recommended that we interview Mr. Wallace himself directly."