The White House of the United States: "Mr. President, according to our investigation, this Watch Company is an import and export company registered by a Chinese in May 1936. At the beginning, their business was only exporting silk stockings, and now their business scope has expanded.
to the import and export of various home appliances and various daily necessities. Now they have matured and developed into a huge group with more than 10,000 employees and assets of more than one billion."
In the office, Roosevelt was sitting behind his desk, listening to an intelligence officer in plainclothes reading the intelligence just sent by the CIA. His personal secretary, Margaret Lehand, was squatting on his desk.
In front of him, he massaged his polio-stricken thighs to prevent further atrophy of the thigh muscles. His senior staffer Hawkins sat aside and listened to the intelligence officer's report with Roosevelt.
"Oh, does Yuanwang Company have an official background with China?" Roosevelt asked calmly.
"Yes, and we also found out that there are three shareholders of this company, and all of them are women."
"What three women?" Hawkins, who was standing next to Roosevelt, was also curious. "Did these three women start this watch company? It's incredible."
"We don't know if these three women founded this watch company, but we found out that these three women share a legal husband. His name is Su Tong, the current president of the Republic of China," the intelligence officer said with certainty.
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"God, three women share a legal husband, this world is so crazy," Margaret Lehand, who was giving Roosevelt a leg massage, couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Oh, Miss Margaret, this is a Chinese tradition. It is not unthinkable for a man to have multiple wives in China, although this man's identity is a bit special." Hawkins shrugged his shoulders and said.
"But isn't this disrespectful to women's surnames?" Margaret asked strangely.
Hawkins smiled, "Miss Margaret, we will discuss this issue later. What we have to do now is to study what they want to do in the United States."
"Jeffrey, keep talking."
"Yes, Mr. Hawkins." The intelligence officer continued reading: "And recently we found that this watch company is purchasing a large amount of grain."
Roosevelt pursed his lips and did not speak. He just moved his body to the side. Hawkins also asked: "Did you get a specific amount?"
The intelligence officer replied respectfully: "Yes, Mr. Hawkins. We only reported to you after getting specific data. This watch company purchased a total of 200 million US dollars in grain in more than ten days, and these
The final destination of food is China."
At this time, Roosevelt interrupted the intelligence officer: "It seems that this batch of grain should have been purchased by the Chinese government. They just borrowed the name of Watch Company. Hawkins, we have received reports that China has suffered a large-scale attack this year.
Do you admit that the fire was a man-made disaster and caused a large-scale reduction in food production?"
Hawkins shook his head and said: "No, Mr. President. We have not received any reports in this regard."
"If there is no report of a large-scale reduction in grain production, do the Chinese want to build grain reserves?" Roosevelt thought for a while but couldn't think of a reason. Two hundred million dollars, that's billions of kilograms of grain. This grain is enough for everything.
The Chinese people have been eating for two months. Is it possible that the Chinese government is short of food now? Roosevelt really couldn't think of it, so he gave up in the end. After all, 200 million US dollars in food seemed like a lot, but for the huge US food market,
It's just a small part, and it's not enough to affect the U.S. market. Anyway, the U.S. grain market is generally weak now, so it would be a good thing if the investment of 200 million US dollars can make grain prices rise.
"Mr. President, what puzzles us now is that Wish Company doesn't seem to want too many people to know about this matter, and their acquisition is being carried out quietly." The dedicated intelligence official continued to analyze.
The intelligence officer's words made both Roosevelt and Hawkins laugh, "Okay, you go down first. I don't think anyone who wants to buy such a large amount of grain will do it in a big way, unless he thinks he has too much money.
Well, that’s a different matter.”
In the minds of Roosevelt and Hawkins, the way the Wish Company did this was normal. It would be crazy if they purchased grain in a big way and made it known to the whole city. After all, if the farmers knew that someone wanted to
It would be strange not to take the opportunity to raise the price after purchasing so much grain.
But what Roosevelt didn't know was that our Vice President Chiang also sent another wave of people to buy nearly one billion US dollars of grain in markets all over the world. This amount is quite a lot. If Roosevelt had
If this information can be received in time, it is estimated that another assessment of the Chinese government will be made.
Just as Su Tong was preparing for the coming war, the Japanese, who had been silent for several months, were already beginning to make moves in Nanyang.
On March 23, a small Japanese fleet set off from Kaohsiung Port in Taiwan and sailed to the Batan Islands in the Philippines. It encountered an American patrol fleet near the Batan Islands waters. The two sides faced off for nearly two days.
The Japanese fleet voluntarily withdrew after an hour, and the U.S. government submitted a letter of protest to the Japanese government afterwards. The Japanese explanation for this was that Japan was conducting normal patrols in the waters near Taiwan, and it was not U.S. territory.
Therefore, the protests of the US government are unreasonable.
Yes, there seems to be nothing wrong with the Japanese government's statement on the surface. Your American homeland is hundreds of thousands of miles away from here. What does it have to do with me patrolling here? But the Philippines is a traditional colony of the United States, and it is also the United States.
In the traditional sphere of influence, if you come to patrol my sphere of strength, don’t you think too little of my buddies?
After receiving the reply from the Japanese government, the American government fell silent, and Roosevelt also further increased his vigilance against the Japanese government.
In fact, after receiving the news that the Japanese fleet appeared in the Philippine waters, Roosevelt felt depressed. The current strength of the U.S. Navy is not like that of later generations, when it can dominate the earth and do whatever it wants. It is different from Japan's efforts to develop the navy with the whole country.
, affected by domestic isolationism, the development of the U.S. Navy is still relatively slow at this time. If the U.S. Navy conflicts with the Japanese Combined Fleet, the Americans will definitely suffer. Moreover, the United States is not ready to go to war with Japan.
, Roosevelt had no choice but to hold his nose and swallow.
"No, the Chinese navy is still too weak. We cannot let the Japanese do whatever they want in the Pacific." After this incident, Roosevelt felt that support for the Chinese navy must be increased. At this moment,
After Su Tong made a request through official channels to ask the American government to help China build two large shipbuilding bases and ports in Huludao and Qinhuangdao, Roosevelt quickly agreed. A large number of technical personnel, engineers and supplies were in tacit understanding between the two countries.
Soon we came to China.
At this time, Su Tong was already thinking about what kind of battleships to configure for the Chinese navy.
In a hidden office of the Presidential Palace, Su Tong was looking at a lot of battleship information. Now in front of Su Tong was the information on the two most powerful battleships in another dimension. They were the American Iowa class.
Battleships and Japan's Yamato-class battleships.
From the data point of view, Japan's Yamato battleship has a displacement of 64,000 tons and a maximum of 73,000 tons, a maximum speed of 27 knots, and a main gun of three triple mounts of 18 inches and 457 mm.
The main armament and secondary armament are three triple six-inch 155 mm main guns, the anti-aircraft guns are twenty-four 127 mm anti-aircraft guns, and the 133 25 mm anti-aircraft guns are
, with a crew of 2,300.
The United States' Iowa-class battleship has a displacement of 45,000 tons and a maximum of 59,300 tons, with a maximum speed of 33 knots. Its main guns are nine triple 406 mm 50-caliber main guns.
Twenty twin 127mm high-level and flat dual-purpose guns; 680 40mm anti-aircraft guns; 560 20mm anti-aircraft guns; a crew of 1,851 people. Look at it this way
Later, in addition to being faster than the Yamato-class battleships, the American Iowa-class battleships were inferior to the Japanese Yamato-class battleships in terms of tonnage, main gun caliber, firepower, and armor protection. After all, the Yamato-class battleships were worthy of their name in history.
It is the battleship with the largest tonnage, the most powerful main gun, and the strongest armor protection. It is known as the world's number one battleship.
In front of Su Tong stood Lieutenant General Ma Jun, who is currently the General Logistics Director of the Chinese National Defense Force.
Su Tong picked up the blueprint of the Yamato-class battleship and handed it to Ma Jun and asked: "Ma Jun, if the moon base is allowed to build two Yamato-class battleships, how long will it take to build them?"
Ma Jun took the drawing and silently calculated it and said: "Sir, since the moon base is currently working hard to produce the two Midway-class aircraft carriers you customized, the construction of these two battleships will not start until April. Without compromising other production plans
Under the circumstances, it is estimated that it will take two months to complete.”
Now the three major fleets are just empty frames, and there are no main battleships. If China relied on its own national strength to build battleships and aircraft carriers, I am afraid that World War II would have been over by then. But if the golden finger of the moon base is used, how can we explain these falling from the sky?
Where is the warship? Thinking of this, Su Tong felt his head begin to swell. After thinking about it, Su Tong got angry. Now I am the biggest in the country. I don’t care who dares to chirp. That’s it. Su Tong slapped the table and immediately got off.
determination.
"Damn it, let's just build the Yamato class." Aren't you a great kid? You guys built your battleships ahead of time. I'm disgusting.