In the Caucasus Mountains, the humid air turned into pieces of clouds and mist, covering the sky, making the visibility not very high. On the cleared flat land that was as empty as three golf courses, Abdullah had sent people to cover it with red cloths.
A large T-shaped sign was laid on the ground. Liu Guodong, Abdullah and other people stood in the center of the open space and looked up to the sky. The two people had different expressions. Liu Guodong was calm, while Abdullah was calm.
With a hint of anxiety, he raised his hand from time to time to look at the dark brown Leighton Army watch on his wrist. This was a small gift given to him by Liu Guodong. At this time, the hour hand on the watch was already pointing to nine o'clock.
The anxious Abdulla walked up to Liu Guodong and asked: "Dear Liu, why hasn't the plane you mentioned come yet?"
Listening to Abdullah who had asked the ninth question repeatedly, Liu Guodong smiled helplessly and said: "Mr. Abdullah, you can rest assured that the plane will come, but now the clouds and fog are too thick and the visibility is too low. It will take time for the pilot to find this place."
of."
While he was talking, a low buzzing sound came from the sky. After hearing this familiar voice, Liu Guodong showed a look of joy on his face. He gestured to a soldier next to him. This man
The knowing soldier took a few steps forward, took out a flare gun from his holster, carefully checked the ammunition in the gun chamber, and then pulled the trigger toward the sky.
"Bang bang bang"
Three crisp sounds echoed in the valley, and three flares, two red and one green, broke free from the shackles of the gun barrel and flew into the sky through the clouds.
After a while, the roar of the planes became louder and louder, and soon three "Junkers" transport planes with bright blue sky, white sun and red flags printed on their fuselages appeared in front of them. They were in mid-air.
After circling for a long time, he aimed at the T-shaped mark on the ground and dived down.
"Mr. President, the British and the Chinese have had very frequent contacts in the past few days. Churchill has summoned the Chinese ambassador to the UK three times in five days." A spacious office was luxuriously decorated, with a purple
Next to the luxurious desk carved from cottonwood, the director of the US Intelligence Agency, Major General Jim, read the latest intelligence sent from Britain to Roosevelt who was sitting on the desk.
"Have you figured out what they were talking about?" Roosevelt asked from his wheelchair, with a trace of doubt in his eyes.
"I'm sorry, Mr. President, the content of their conversation is top secret. Only Churchill and a few cabinet members such as their Lord of the Admiralty, Air Force Commander and Director of Intelligence know. Our agents lurking in the UK do not have access to this level of secrets.
"Jim shook his head regretfully.
"Oh, is there any new news on the Soviet battlefield?" Roosevelt was a little confused, but his face remained calm.
Jim opened the folder in his hand, pulled out a piece of intelligence and handed it to Roosevelt, "According to reports from our intelligence personnel lurking in the UK, the relationship between the Germans and the Chinese on the Soviet battlefield was not as harmonious as it appeared.
According to the British intelligence, German and Chinese aircraft even conducted several aerial confrontations with each other in Yekaterinburg, and German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop also secretly visited China last week."
"This is really good news." Roosevelt's eyes flashed with a sure look, and he smiled leisurely: "It seems that those Chinese people really had friction with the Germans, but the British wanted to
You can reap the benefits in the middle."
"Tuk-tuk-tuk" a gentle knock on the door rang.
"Come in"
Professor Hawkins, Roosevelt's senior staff member, walked in, "Your Excellency, Prime Minister Churchill sent us a telegram. In the telegram, he claimed that Germany and China have begun friction, and now China hopes to use a large amount of arms supplies to redeem
All of their hundreds of thousands of artefacts in the British Imperial Museum.”
"Well, that's right." Roosevelt smiled slyly, "This time the British government must have extracted a lot of treasures from the Chinese."
Hawkins smiled bitterly and said: "I have seen the respective conditions of both parties. Those Chinese people originally planned to exchange a batch of arms for those cultural relics. As long as the British asking price was not too outrageous, he would accept it, but the British
The appetite is really too big." Hawkins shook his head regretfully: "They actually proposed three thousand anti-aircraft guns of various calibers, five hundred P47 fighters or two hundred B17 heavy bombers, and fifty destroyers to carry out the battle.
Exchange, so that Britain will return the cultural relics it has collected over the years to the Chinese people."
"Haha, Churchill is thinking these Chinese cultural relics are hens that can lay golden eggs." Hearing this, Roosevelt couldn't help laughing anymore.
"Yes," Hawkins also laughed, "but it's a pity that the Chinese refused. They were only willing to pay one-third of the price."
Roosevelt stopped laughing and began to think deeply. Neither of the two people in the office dared to interrupt his thinking. After a long time, he raised his head and said: "Now it seems that the Chinese and the Germans are starting to have differences on the issue of the Soviet Union."
Logically speaking, they should not have turned against each other so quickly before the end of the war against the Soviet Union. This was not in their respective interests. Although we do not know what happened between the two countries, this kind of thing is very important to us.
The good thing is, at least we don’t have to worry about Germany and China forming a real alliance, so all we can do now is just wait and see their attitude, and we can also encourage them to put forward the order that was rejected by China last time.”
"Mr. President, do you really want to give them that 500 million pound order?" Jim on the side couldn't help but interjected.
"Before our free economic system is officially changed to a war system, we will not be able to support the UK on a large scale. I have said this before in Congress. The only country in the world that can support the UK on a large scale is
There is only China. Do you think we have any reason not to let the British hand over orders to the Chinese? This will deepen the gap between the Germans and the Chinese. Why wouldn't we do this kind of thing?"
Looking at Roosevelt's leisurely face, Hawkins felt a sense of admiration in his heart. It was the man in front of him who could not stand up who had brought the United States out of the economic crisis. He had no doubt that under his leadership, the great United States of America
It will definitely reach a new height
Today, two guests, a man and a woman, came to the home of the current Vice President Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China. They were entertained by a banquet hosted by Vice President Chiang and his wife in the small restaurant.
"Brother-in-law, third sister, it seems that you have been having a really leisurely time during this time." A handsome middle-aged man with glasses pointed at the four dishes and one soup on the dining table and said jokingly: "Even the former committee member
The long-term diet of three dishes and one soup has been changed to four dishes and one soup, which proves to be a great improvement."
"Ziwen, you didn't come here specifically to make fun of me today, did you?" Vice President Jiang picked up a pair of chopsticks and put it into his mouth, chewed it slowly, and asked indifferently. He had bad teeth and only liked to eat light food.
Food, so no matter who dines with him before or now, it is destined to be difficult to eat big fish and meat.
It turns out that today’s visitor is Mrs. Chiang’s brother Song Ziwen, who is currently the Deputy Minister of Finance of the Republic of China, and the other person is their eldest sister Song Ailing.
"Of course not." Song Ziwen shook his head and said, "I came here today to ask my brother-in-law for a favor." After that, he took out a document from the briefcase beside him and handed it to Vice President Chiang next to him.
"Third brother, it's rare for you to come home and have a meal in peace." Mrs. Jiang couldn't help but frowned when she saw that her brother was about to talk business with her husband as soon as he sat down.
"Haha, fourth sister, what happened today is a good thing. Ziwen is also anxious." The eldest sister Song Ailing on the side quickly advised.
"500 million pound destroyer order" Vice President Chiang was surprised when he saw the beginning of the document.
"Yes, this is an order led by the American government and issued by the British Navy." Song Ziwen said.
"This kind of thing is a good thing. There should be no problem." Mrs. Jiang on the side asked with some confusion. Xiu Mu glanced at her husband and brother.
"Fourth sister, you don't know something." Song Ailing saw that her sister was confused about the mystery, and explained to her sister one by one, "This order was given to us by the British and American governments half a year ago.
, but it was vetoed by the president in Congress on the grounds that it would damage the relationship between our country and Germany. Now the Americans have proposed it again, and this time we cannot let this order go."
When Song Ailing said this, she said sincerely: "Fourth sister, I won't hide it from you. The shipyard opened by your brother-in-law and I needs this order. Of course, it's not all of it. As long as it's 10%, we'll be satisfied.
But the problem now is that many people in Congress don’t want to offend the Germans because of this order at this time. Therefore, we are not sure whether this order can be passed in Congress. After all, such a large military supplies order requires
It can only be passed if two-thirds of the members of Congress agree, so”
"That's why you want the Chiang Kai-shek and the National Congress Party to promote this order at the meeting?" Mrs. Chiang was a smart person. She knew the elegant meaning of the piano when she heard it, and she immediately guessed the reason.
Song Ailing continued, "The problem now is that if the president does not agree, it will be difficult for Congress to pass it. After all, the Baath Party now occupies a majority of seats in Congress."
"I guess this order is not a big problem, it's just a matter of time." Before Song Ailing could finish speaking, Vice President Chiang started speaking from the side.
"Why?" All of them looked at Vice President Chiang in astonishment to see what reason he could give.