Chapter 2150: Dual Anchor Policy II
"Just from the perspective of politics and the international situation, what price do we need to pay to make the British surrender? Leaving aside the conflict that broke out between us and Germany, we must first plug the hole for the British to pay for their defeat. , the UK can launch their war machine to serve us! How much does it cost? Hundreds of millions of dollars? Or billions of dollars? Give one-third of the money to the Germans, and they can help us get rid of the Japanese fleet ! Buying things also depends on the cost performance, right?"
"Moreover, one thing I need to explain is, if Germany uses this as an excuse to refuse to fulfill its previous obligations and turn to help Japan, then what should we do? Or what retaliatory actions can we take?" General Pershing's last words middle!
This is the art of speaking, don't you talk about politics and strategy? Well, let me ask you a political question now, if Germany turns from a friend to an enemy, do you high-level people have a plan to deal with it? What? You say you want revenge? Come on, the war is over, what can you do to Germany? The Germans are short of money, and they are provided by the Allied Powers’ defeat compensation. If they really fall out with the Japanese, the Japanese military orders can also provide a considerable part of the funds. The United States can't fight Germany, can it?
In fact, at this point, the advantages and disadvantages of the United States and Germany have been reversed. Now that the Americans are begging Germany to do things, you still think about provoking Germany all day long? What are you thinking? Do you have brains?
"General Pershing makes a lot of sense. Our military plan is centered around German cooperation. If it is not realistic to change it, and it is too time-consuming, we will give the enemy more time to prepare. We can do it with the British. For business, you can provide a certain limit of loans, but the United States will not easily support post-war Britain." Seeing Taft who hesitated to speak, Roosevelt made a final decision.
In fact, Roosevelt already had a general plan in mind. He was wary of Germany, but he was not reckless. After all, he had seen the terror of the Bavarian crown prince back then! A simple warship transaction has the four countries of Britain, the United States, Japan and Russia in the palm of their hands! It can even be said that it has established the world pattern for the next ten years! With this method alone, Roosevelt was really unwilling to fall out with the Germans. Not to mention the black information in the hands of the prince, just to talk about confrontation, Roosevelt did not have enough confidence to say that he could win the opponent!
However, the opinions of some domestic political stars are reasonable, but the methods are too immature, not to mention dealing with Ruprecht, even Roosevelt can play them in the palm of his hand! Like just now! Taft as Vice President and Robert Lansing as Secretary of State had a very high political status in the United States, even if Roosevelt himself wanted to fight against them, it would be very difficult.
Especially in this kind of national strategy, if the president, the vice president, and the secretary of state have disagreements, it will be very troublesome. If it goes to the parliament, there may be disputes and turmoil. Let’s not talk about the final result. For Roosevelt’s prestige and In the future, work efficiency will be a major blow! So, Roosevelt thought of a way to let other people veto their proposals! And these people must play an irreplaceable role in the future of the United States, and they must have enough reason, and the bosses of the Navy and Army just meet this requirement!
In wartime, the political status of soldiers will be very high. To put it bluntly, Taft and Robert may step down directly in the next election, but in wartime, unless they suffer an intolerable defeat, no matter what Whether it is Pershing or Benson, their status will not be shaken! And if the war is over, they will have a kind of aura called war heroes, and they can directly enter politics! This is not uncommon in American history. Therefore, in this meeting, Roosevelt called these two to completely extinguish Taft and Robert's idea of wooing the British.
Although Pershing and Benson discussed this issue more from a military point of view, this is exactly what Taft and others cannot refute, because if you do not understand military affairs, let alone solve the problems raised by Pershing, and If you can’t solve even the most basic military problems during wartime, then it means that nothing can pass. After all, there are not many military generals who have actual combat experience in the United States and look like it. This is a scarce resource. ! Much more expensive than politicians! It's useless for you to bring this matter to Congress, after all, the members of Congress don't understand military affairs!
Ever since, Roosevelt used a very small means to veto the opinions of the two, and the two can't blame Roosevelt! Looking at the two people who were like frost beating persimmons, Roosevelt even felt a little sad. At this level, he still wants to fight Ruprecht? Let's rest early, the American generation really lacks real politicians, and there are not many people on the same level as myself!
Roosevelt is very strong strategically, his strength lies not only in his ability to discover problems, but more importantly, his ability to solve them! He knew that it was unrealistic to join forces with the British at this time, but they could come up with a remedy! Before that, the infighting between Taft and the military was actually for the next plan!
"It is unrealistic for us to join forces with the British, and it is also unrealistic to cooperate with the French, because he has neither the will nor the ability to help us militarily. But we still have an ally to consider, and that is the Russians! You know, in In the future, it is not only us and Germany that will have military conflicts with Japan, Russia will also fight the Japanese for the territory of the Far East!" Roosevelt said.
"The Russians? They don't even have a decent central government now! What good is a country that's industrially backward and in civil war?" Taft said.
"At least, the Russians can contain more than 200,000 Japanese troops in the Far East!" Roosevelt said with a smile. "From the current point of view, the Japanese army in the Russian Far East is no less than in the Pacific. Just for this, I think Russia is worth supporting, isn't it? No matter who ends up in power in Russia, they will serve us in the Far East Fight, because there is their last reliable outlet to the sea - Vladivostok!"
"So if we support Russia, we don't have to worry about Germany's opposition?" Robert Lansing said, he is the Secretary of State, and now, his power seems to have been completely seized by the president. This made him feel very unhappy. Of course, this is only one reason. On the other hand, he wants to know how Roosevelt handles things in Germany.
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