After listening to Truman's words, Roosevelt nodded and continued: "You are right, Russia must not fall! Once the Russians fall, it means that the Germans and Japanese will have more than 10 million square kilometers in an instant.
land and endless resources, this would be a terrible disaster for the free world, and we must prevent this from happening."
When he said this, Roosevelt's face was particularly stern. He turned to Harry and said: "Dear Harry, I heard that you met that young man in China. How was your talk?"
"Forget Mr. President." Harry touched his nose and said angrily: "After I got there, I discovered that it was completely different from what I originally imagined. The leader of the local militia group named Gao Hongming was like a man in the latrine.
The stone was smelly and hard, so he not only completely rejected my kindness, but also ridiculed me."
"Oh... are there still such tough people in China?"
Roosevelt and the generals and staff in his office were all a little curious. Today's China is no longer the powerful empire that looked down upon the East hundreds of years ago. After being weak for more than half a century, many people are facing the noble white race.
People would bend down involuntarily. Even their chairman would be polite when seeing Harry. How could that little vigilante have the confidence to ridicule a presidential envoy?
Seeing everyone's curious eyes, Harry said helplessly: "What I said is indeed true. Compared with all the Chinese people I have met before, this little group leader not only has a tough attitude when facing me, but also has a tough attitude when facing me.
I can even see a hint of deeply hidden hostility in his eyes...well...I can't say hostility, maybe the word wariness would be a better description."
"alert?"
Now everyone was even more surprised. The United States and China are thousands of miles apart, and there is no direct conflict of interest between the two countries. It can even be said that China is still eagerly waiting for military assistance from the United States, so why should it be on guard?
Marshall asked curiously, "Harry, can you tell me more specifically?"
"All right!"
Harry could only give a brief account of the meeting with Gao Hongming, and finally said: "Although Gao Hongming refused to disclose the channels of weapons and the incoming help, in the end he still handed over the formula of the latest sarin nerve gas produced in Germany.
Let me hand it over to American scientists for testing."
Everyone nodded slightly, it seemed that Gao Hongming was not a pure fool and did not dare to offend the powerful United States to death, but then Harry's words surprised them again.
"But Captain Gao Hongming said that if we prove that this formula is genuine after testing, then we will pay him five million US dollars or gold of equivalent value."
"Five million dollars?"
Everyone was startled. The U.S. dollar in this era was not as devalued as in later generations. The U.S. dollar today is linked to gold, so the U.S. dollar is also called the U.S. dollar or the U.S. dollar.
Five million US dollars is enough to buy tens of thousands of acres of land in the United States and become a comfortable large farmer.
Truman couldn't help but sneered, "Is this Chinese boy out of his mind because he dares to extort money from the great United States of America? Let alone five million, don't even want five hundred U.S. dollars!"
Samuel Rosenman, another aide to Roosevelt, was also displeased: "Harry, this hole must not be made. Even if this formula is worth five million dollars, it cannot be given to him so easily."
Seeing everyone expressing their opinions, Harry also looked helpless and spread his hands: "Okay... I can understand your mood at the moment, but Gao Hongming also said that if the U.S. government dares to default on its debt, he cannot guarantee Germany's
Will the spy steal the American fighter jets he has equipped?"
When everyone heard this, their expressions immediately changed. Why were they so worried about the new aircraft equipped by Gao Hongming? It was because these aircraft were all newly developed by the United States and represented the most high-tech fighter jets in the United States.
Once these aircraft are obtained by the Germans, with Germany's strong industrial strength and productivity, it will not take long to completely crack them, which will be extremely detrimental to the next actions of the United States.
"This damn bastard, how dare he?" Truman was so angry that he started clapping the case.
"Why doesn't he dare?" Roosevelt, who had been silent, said softly, "We all dare to default on our debts, what else can he not dare to do?"
Having said this, Roosevelt looked at Truman and several staff who were still angry around him and shook his head secretly, "Why do you all look so offended? Are you confused about the formula for the latest chemical weapons in the world?"
Is it worth five million?
Samuel, pat your chest and tell me, is this formula worth five million?"
"this……"
Samuel Rosenman hesitated, and then said: "Yes, Mr. President, from a fair point of view, this formula is indeed worth five million."
"Harry, Robert, Marshall, what do you think?"
"Yes, Mr. President, it is worth the price." No one expressed any objection to this.
"Since it is worth this price, why do you all show such angry expressions?"
Roosevelt said earnestly: "In my opinion, you have all made the same mistake, that is, you are still looking at China with an old way of thinking and vision, and have not placed it on an equal footing.
Let me ask you again, if this formula was given to us by the British, and the British asked us for five million US dollars for it, I am afraid you would not have any objections, and you would even be happy to take advantage of it.
Is that so?"
"How can those uncivilized Asians compare with us..." Truman muttered to the side.
"Snapped!"
As soon as Truman finished speaking, Roosevelt was so angry that he slapped the table and made a loud noise.
"madness!"
Roosevelt pointed at Truman and said angrily: "What's wrong with the Asians? The Japanese are also Asians, but these Asias that you look down on have now become our biggest enemies in the Pacific!"
Today's China is indeed in decline, but have you ever thought about what terrible things would happen once the Chongqing government surrenders to the Japanese given their land area and huge population.
At that time, the Japanese will be able to easily withdraw millions of troops, attack the Soviet Union from the Far East, and then together with the Germans, they will eat the Soviet Union. Have you ever thought about what will happen then?"
Roosevelt's scolding made everyone unable to hold their heads up. In fact, they didn't know this truth, but the long-term discrimination against China was still deeply rooted in their hearts, so much so that Gao Hongming just made a request and was praised.
It is unacceptable for noble white people to feel offended.