Chapter 821 Roosevelt's Laughter (The Book Has Been Released, Please Subscribe)

In the White House, there was hearty laughter in the Oval Office. This was a rare situation after the outbreak of the Pacific War.

In the minds of people working in the power centers of the United States of America, President Roosevelt's last happy period was in June 1942. At that time, the Soviet Union launched a war against Germany, and the progress was quite smooth. Americans once thought that the Germans would have a good life. It's over.

The people who visited the White House today and had a pleasant chat with President Roosevelt were from the Soviet Union, Comrade Litvinov, Deputy People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and Commander-in-Chief in the United States, and Comrade Bulganin, Political Commissar of the Allied Combined Fleet.

The purpose of the two Soviet comrades' visit to the White House was, first, to inform Japan of the Soviet Union's attempts to make peace with the United States; second, to ask for assistance; and third, to discuss the issue of cooperation in the Pacific War.

The results of the Panama Battle not only inspired the Americans, but also inspired the fighting spirit of the Soviet people who were in the most difficult years. The great leader in the Kremlin was also happy about this for many days, because Stalin also understood that this war was now a global war. The Pacific Battlefield and the Soviet-German Battlefield are two closely related battlefields and are two important components of the world's anti-fascist and anti-Nazi wars. No matter which battlefield the final victory is achieved, the result will be the victory of the world's anti-fascist and anti-Nazi camps - the only difference is the quality of the victory.

If the United States wins in the Pacific, the European fascist countries led by Germany will face siege from all over the world and will eventually be contained, if not defeated.

If the Soviet Union wins in Eastern Europe, Japan will be doomed as well! How could Japan, with its little industry and little oil, compete with the two powers of the United States and the Soviet Union? A dead end!

Of course, the reverse is also true!

Whether it was the defeat of the Soviet Union or the complete defeat of the United States by Japan in the Pacific, the anti-fascist and anti-Nazi camps had lost the war.

Japan's testing of peace conditions shows that the era of Japan suppressing the Americans in the Pacific has really passed, and now the Americans are proud... Moreover, Kanji Ishihara completely miscalculated on the issue of peace negotiations between the United States and Japan. This talented staff officer did not understand Americans and thought that Americans were profit animals who only knew interests but had no ideals and political correctness.

In fact, Americans are not like this!

In the United States in the 1940s, political correctness meant being anti-G, anti-Nazi, and white supremacy—this was an America where all yellow people should get out, black people should stand aside, and the whiter the country, the more glorious it was!

From a certain perspective, the current United States and Germany, which is jointly governed by the Nazi Party and the Fatherland Party, are the same thing (Germany also has racial discrimination and has expelled some Jews), and no one can say that the other is racist.

Now that the United States supports Nazism and the war with the Nazis, in the eyes of the American elite, it is nothing more than letting two bad guys hurt each other. After the British mainland surrendered, Americans generally believed that there was no need to fight the Nazis for GC doctrine. As long as the Nazis were willing to withdraw from South America, it would be fine to make peace with virtue. Of course, after the peace was made, the United States would still continue to support the Nazis. Fighting Nazis...

But it is impossible to let Japan go easily! The Japanese were so audacious that they brazenly attacked the United States and blew up the U.S. mainland with balloon bombs. This was simply a violation of the tenets of U.S. imperialism. How could they do it without giving them a harsh lesson? I want the United States to let Japan go unless Japan can really kill and injure millions of Americans.

So what Hirschman pointed out to Japan was actually the only way to survive!

"Mr. President," Litvinov said with a smile, "the Japanese envoy said that Japan is willing to immediately return the Aleutian Islands and give up attacking Australia. At the same time, Japan and the United States will jointly ensure the independence of Hawaii. He also hopes that our country will acquiesce in Japan's solution to the Manchuria issue. "

"Hahaha," after listening to Litvinov's words, Roosevelt raised his big head and laughed, "There must be something wrong with the minds of these damn Japanese devils. They must be a group of people with abnormal brains. Otherwise, how could they possibly propose Such ridiculous peace conditions?”

"Yes, Mr. President, the Japanese conditions are very ridiculous and not feasible at all." Litvinov said with a smile, "But we cannot reject it immediately. This is determined by the current situation of the Soviet Union."

Now that the Soviet Far East Front is making large-scale westward transfers, the Far East Red Army is no longer enough to deter Japan from cutting off the North Pacific shipping lanes. In this case, it is obviously extremely beneficial for the Soviet Union to act as a peace bridge between Japan and the United States. In this way, Japan will not only not interrupt the Soviet lifeline in the North Pacific, but it may also prevent the European Far East Fleet from causing trouble with those "Soviet freighters."

"I understand, I understand." Roosevelt nodded frequently, "I will send a special envoy to Moscow to meet with the Japanese envoy there... We are allies, so naturally we have to cooperate with you. But the Japanese will not be deceived for long. Yes, because we will launch a counterattack in the Pacific soon!"

"Soon?" Litvinov asked, "Didn't the Japanese destroy the locks of the Panama Canal?"

"Repairing the locks of the Panama Canal is just a small problem and cannot be difficult for us at all." President Roosevelt smoked Camel cigarettes with an indifferent smile on his face. "The Japanese underestimate our repair capabilities. They don't understand the United States at all." How powerful industry is! These fools think it will take us 6-10 months to build a few large iron gates. This is so stupid. It doesn’t take us that long to build an aircraft carrier.”

"How long will it take for the United States to repair the canal locks?" Litvinov immediately asked.

"3 months, at most 3 months." Roosevelt smiled and said, "The lock is bidirectional, so we don't need to repair all the gates, just repair 2 of them, and the canal can be restored to navigation... It's just 4 large iron gates with a width of 20 meters, a thickness of 2 meters, and a height of 14-25 meters. It can be done quickly.

And the Panama Canal Company has a lot of engineering machinery and a special engineering team. The project of repairing the sluice and installing the gates started on March 18."

6-10 months is the estimate of German and Japanese engineering experts based on their own experience. The Germans think that it will take at least 10 months for them to seriously repair the Panama Canal locks. The Japanese think that their workers can work day and night for His Majesty the Emperor without sleep, so the canal gates can be completely repaired in 6 months.

However, the Americans at that time were still very good at infrastructure construction, and only China in the future could surpass them. So the Germans needed 10 months, the Japanese needed 6 months, and the Americans could just repair it in 3 months. If the migrant workers in the future were to do it, as long as the US dollars were in place, the work would be completed in February.

So the Germans and Japanese all miscalculated on the issue of the Panama Canal.

"Repairs will begin on March 18, which means that you can transfer the fleet to the Pacific in June?" Bulganin asked with interest.

Stalin had already decided that once the Arctic Ocean thawed to the point where it could be navigated, the Soviet Atlantic Fleet would go to the Pacific to maintain the Soviet Union's North Pacific lifeline and to fight against Japan at the appropriate time!

So Comrade Bulganin would soon become the political commissar of the Soviet Pacific Fleet.

"No problem." Roosevelt replied with a smile, "In July... at the latest in August, we will launch the Aleutian Islands campaign. The purpose of this campaign is to ensure the safety of the aid route to the Soviet Union, so the Japanese will not be deceived for too long, and they will soon find that they are in great trouble.

In addition, we hope that your Pacific Fleet can participate in the Aleutian Islands campaign."

Roosevelt was using aid to the Soviet Union as a cover to trick the Soviet Union into going to war with Japan! He was eyeing four Soviet-class battleships and two Kronstadt-class battlecruisers. Now the United States is not short of aircraft carriers, but the only new battleships that can be used are two Iowas and one Washington. Relying on these three super battleships, it is estimated that they cannot beat Japan's two Yamatos. If the four Soviet ships are counted, then the problem is not big.

"Mr. President," Bulganin frowned as he heard Litvinov translate Roosevelt's words, "Are you formally requesting the Soviet Union to participate in the Pacific War?"

"Yes." Roosevelt knew what Bulganin's question was without translation. He took a puff of cigarette and said to Bulganin seriously, "The Battle of the Aleutian Islands in August at the latest will be a decisive naval battle. We will deploy 20 aircraft carriers and 1,000 high-performance fighters... If you can still provide 4 Soviet-class and 2 Kronstadt-class, then the Aleutian Battle is likely to be the end of the Imperial Japanese Navy!

Japanese imperialism without a navy is a tiger without teeth and claws, and what awaits it is complete destruction!"

"But Japan has also deployed heavy troops in Korea and Manchuria, China," Bulganin said, "30 people More than 20,000 mechanized infantry divisions! "

"Doesn't your Far Eastern Front have 1 million people?" Roosevelt said with a smile, "Are you afraid of 600,000 Japanese troops? And you have Chinese comrades, there are so many of them, don't you want to use them?"

After listening to Litvinov's translation, Bulganin was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Mr. President, our Western Front is facing a huge crisis... The Germans are likely to launch a powerful offensive against Moscow and Leningrad after the muddy season. These two battles are related to the survival of our country. It is very difficult for us to go to war with Japan at this time."

President Roosevelt smiled, looked at Bulganin and Litvinov and said, "I fully understand your situation, so we will support you as much as possible... Tell me, comrades, what do you need?"