Chapter 1057 Can You Pay Less?

"What?" Roosevelt's face changed drastically when he heard this. "William, are you talking about a formal suggestion?"

William Leahy is the President's Chief of Staff and is fully responsible for the work of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. When the Joint Chiefs of Staff believe that the United States cannot win the war, he must advise the President to seek peace as soon as possible.

There is no way to win the war! Even if Wall Street is unwilling, it can only seek peace and stop losses!

That's why Roosevelt asked this question.

William Leahy nodded painfully and said, "Mr. President, we definitely can't make an atomic bomb in a short time now, and Germany only needs to occupy an important island in the Caribbean Sea to use Me264 to load atomic bombs to bomb the US mainland. Even if it's not New York and Washington that will be affected, it will be somewhere in Florida that will be bombed... So the Joint Chiefs of Staff believe that if our fleet suffers a heavy blow in the Pacific, perhaps we should seek peace with greater sincerity."

"Can you give the Germans 500 billion European marks?" Roosevelt asked angrily.

"We can try to pay less..." Leahy smiled bitterly, "10-20 billion US dollars should still be acceptable. After all, the United States now spends more than 80 billion on military expenditures a year. Moreover, no matter how valuable 50-100 billion US dollars is, it cannot be compared with the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans in Miami."

This is a heavy statement, but it can be made publicly in the United States. Paying money for the precious lives of the people of Miami is quite correct in the United States!

And now the United States is in the midst of a general election. No candidate, whether running for president or a member of Congress, dares to publicly say that the lives of the people of Miami are not worth 50-100 billion US dollars.

Whoever dares to say this will end his political life.

And even if Miami is sacrificed to the German atomic bomb, can the 50-100 billion US dollars be saved? As long as the United States does not have an atomic bomb, it cannot stop Germany's advance in the Caribbean. This atomic bomb will sooner or later fall on the people of Washington and New York.

At that time, the money still has to be paid!

Therefore, even Wall Street can figure this out... If you can get to the position of a Wall Street tycoon, you will rarely encounter a loss-making business. If you don't stop the loss in time, you will have lost all your wealth and jumped off the building to commit suicide.

"Maybe it doesn't need to be in the name of compensation," seeing President Roosevelt silent, Army Chief of Staff General Marshall added, "For example, in the name of a 100-year low-interest loan, 20 billion US dollars may be acceptable..."

Before Marshall finished speaking, President Roosevelt suddenly stretched out his hand to interrupt and said: "I understand what the Joint Chiefs of Staff means. Peace talks are always an option, and the United States also needs to help the European people get rid of the suffering caused by the war. I will let Ambassador Hopkins mediate through Mussolini.

But such a humiliating peace... can only be achieved when it is necessary! Before Germany occupies Trinidad, we don't need to consider really paying money to Europe."

Roosevelt didn't dare to say that he would consider paying money after Germany occupied Cuba and Puerto Rico, because that meant sacrificing several southern states of the United States. Those territories are all strongholds of the Democratic Party of the United States. If he, a Democratic president, dares to say this, it will surely kill the Democratic Party.

But it is too early to pay now. Roosevelt is unwilling, the Senate and the House of Representatives are unwilling, and the backstage bosses on Wall Street are even less willing.

"Now the first thing is to end the war in the Hawaiian Islands... Even if it cannot be completely ended, it must be temporarily resolved." Roosevelt said, "For this reason, I will let Hopkins discuss the issue of peace with the Germans. It is not really to pay compensation, but to create an illusion for the Japanese and persuade the Soviets to send out their Pacific Fleet.

At the same time, the army must go all out to prepare for the Caribbean war! Venezuela and Trinidad must be defended... at all costs!"

...

The Soviet capital, Moscow, is under heavy siege.

In the bunker, Stalin met Molotov and Kuznetsov who came from Chelyabinsk. Molotov asked Stalin to leave Moscow on behalf of the Political Bureau, the People's Committee and the Supreme Soviet.

At the same time, Molotov and Kuznetsov also brought the US military delegation stationed in Chelyabinsk to make a suggestion.

The Americans hope that the Soviet Pacific Fleet can take advantage of the decisive battle between the Japanese Combined Fleet and the US Pacific Fleet to break out of the "island chain" of the Southern Kuril Islands, enter the Pacific Ocean and fight side by side with the US Pacific Fleet to fight Japanese imperialism together.

"Rush to the Pacific Ocean?" Stalin puffed on his pipe, his eyebrows twisted into a ball. "Are you sure you can succeed?"

"Yes," Kuznetsov said, "The Americans' plan is very careful and it will definitely succeed. And now the main force of the Japanese Navy has gone to the central Pacific to fight a decisive battle with the US Pacific Fleet. As long as we can avoid the area where Japanese shore-based aircraft are concentrated and break out from the vicinity of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the probability of success is extremely high."

Stalin took a few more puffs of cigarettes and asked thoughtfully: "Will Japan go to war with us in advance because of this?"

This is what Stalin is most worried about. Now is the most dangerous moment for the GCist cause. The Soviet Union is facing failure on the Western Front, and Japan is eyeing the Far East.

The location, climate and terrain of the Far East determined that winter warfare was impossible. It was much colder there than in Moscow. Once winter came, temperatures of dozens of degrees below zero were commonplace, and the Japanese would probably not be able to endure it.

So Stalin wanted to delay the war, delaying it day by day.

"Comrade General Secretary, if the Pacific Fleet breaks out of the island chain, the Japanese may postpone their attack." Molotov said to Stalin, "Because our Pacific Fleet is very powerful, not only with large surface ships, but also with many submarines, which pose a great threat to Japan's maritime traffic.

In addition... the Americans are also preparing to negotiate peace with Germany. If successful, it will put Japan in a very unfavorable position and give up its invasion of the Far East."

"Peace negotiations?" Stalin snorted with disdain, "It is impossible to succeed."

"Comrade General Secretary," Molotov shook his head, "The Americans do not rule out paying reparations."

"What?" Stalin's face suddenly became complicated when he heard this, "Are the Americans willing to accept the armistice conditions offered by Germany?"

Molotov said: "There is such a possibility... Now the European economy is on the verge of collapse due to the long-term war, and the situation is very similar to that in 1917. If Germany cannot grab enough wealth from the United States, it is not ruled out that a proletarian revolution will occur after the war."

The proletarian revolution is definitely Molotov's good wish, and the possibility of it happening is very small. However, whether the United States of Europe can be born smoothly is directly linked to the money of the Americans.

So if the Americans are willing to pay, they can still buy a humiliating peace.

But is peace between the United States and Europe necessarily a good thing for the Soviet Union?

Stalin rubbed his eyebrows, he was really a little desperate now. If the United States paid money to buy peace, then would the Soviet Union have to face the invasion of Japan alone! Even if Belarus remained neutral for various reasons, it would be difficult for the Soviet Union to win, right?

But now the Soviet Union is no longer a player in the world hegemony gambling game, but has become a big card - the big card used by the Americans to contain Japan, the big card used by the Germans to split Russia, and also the big card used by the damn White Russian Queen to defend the eastern territory of the Russian Empire.

Only when these three aspects are settled can the Soviet Union survive!

...

"Imperial Marshal, this is the latest report on changes in the situation on all fronts." The handsome Lieutenant Colonel Pipe stood behind Hessman in a straight uniform and handed several briefings just received in the folder to Hessman who was eating breakfast.

Sitting opposite the dining table was Chloe, who had dressed up. The breakfast that Hessman enjoyed was cooked by her. Although there were several servants in the house, as long as her husband was at home, Chloe would always prepare breakfast and dinner by herself, and would also very considerately ask Hessman about his food requirements, and according to the advice of the family doctor and the rationing situation, she would make a very reasonable and detailed breakfast and dinner production plan. Usually a plan is made for a week, and the ingredients and condiments used are accurate to grams... Chloe is such a very rigorous German wife.

However, Hessman still enjoys such an orderly life, so he always eats all the food under Chloe's smiling gaze-eating at home, waste is not allowed!

There was nothing important in the briefing, and Hessman quickly finished reading it. Now the Eastern Front battlefield is that the Caucasus and Crimea are still fighting, Moscow is a long siege, and other places have been destroyed. Even Minsk, which has held on for a long time, surrendered in late June.

As for the Atlantic-Caribbean battlefield, it is now quiet on the eve of the war. Both sides are deploying troops and there is no major conflict for the time being.

The Argentine army's operations in Brazil are not going well. It has only captured two or three states in southern Brazil, and Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro have not yet been occupied. However, this does not affect Germany's operations in the northern and eastern coastal areas of Brazil.

In addition, there is the Indian battlefield. The Indian Bolshevik Party occupies a large area of ​​​​land and has carried out land revolution and caste revolution under the guidance of the Soviet Bolshevik Party-this naturally moved the cheese of the upper caste class. Now the camps of revolutionary forces and democratic forces in India have gradually become clear!

Just as Hersman closed the folder and prepared to concentrate on enjoying breakfast, his personal secretary Natalie suddenly walked in quickly and brought a rather unexpected news.

"Ludwig, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs just called and the United States is willing to discuss the issue of compensation with us."