Chapter 521 Countermeasures

Members of the U.S. Congress have not yet reached any conclusion, and European countries have successively declared war on the United States and Canada.

"It's over!" This thought flashed through many people's minds. It seems that this war cannot be avoided. If it is not fought, the economic losses of the United States will be no less than losing this war, which is irreversible. Moreover, many congressmen's industries are in Germany. Now the Germans have seized all American companies and even frozen their funds, which makes them furious; if they don't win this war, these assets will be wasted. When have they suffered such a loss?

Congress passed the proposal to fight against Germany at the fastest speed, but Roosevelt and his think tank were not happy.

"It's really uncomfortable to be led by the nose!" Roosevelt's face was a little gloomy. In his opinion, the United States should have participated in this war half a year ago. If the United States had fully supported Britain at that time, I am afraid that Germany would still be fighting with Britain. But at that time, for various reasons, they could only watch the British mainland being blockaded and conquered.

Now, the United States is not ready, but Germany has provoked a war. "George, do you think we can win?"

Marshall sighed. "If the British mainland had not been occupied, the probability of winning would be more than 60%. But now, I'm afraid it's not even 30%, unless we can join forces with the Soviet Union." He said that the probability of winning was less than 30%, and the probability of "drawing" was infinitely close to 100%. After all, there is the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and America. They can't land in Europe, and Germany can't come to America.

But for the United States at this time, "drawing" is meaningless, and it is even equivalent to losing, so the United States must win!

Roosevelt raised his eyebrows slightly. "Soviet Union?" Stalin clamored all day to eliminate the bourgeoisie all over the world and to join forces with them, and he couldn't help feeling uncomfortable in his heart.

"Yes, the Soviet Union. If our two countries join forces, the chance of winning should be 70% to 80%. We provide the Soviet Union with advanced weapons and equipment. Although they are not as good as the German weapons, they can at least reduce the gap."

Roosevelt nodded without comment and talked about the next plan.

The first step is to expand the sea defense line to 1,500 kilometers from the coastline to prevent the Germans from bombing the mainland with flying bombs.

"The Spaniards won't give up even a penny." President Roosevelt exhaled a cigarette in frustration. The US ambassador to Spain discussed the sale of flying bomb blueprints with Vice President Salazar several times, but Salazar was stubborn and refused to give up a penny. If Spain could really provide the blueprints of flying bombs, the United States could also make flying bombs to bomb the European mainland and even Germany. But the price of 500 tons of gold is too exaggerated.

Marshall said. "Maybe we should start a research project."

President Roosevelt said helplessly. "But you also said, how much money do we have to spend to make the same flying bomb? If the investment is much higher than 500 tons of gold, wouldn't it be a loss? And our top priority is to build warships, a lot of warships."

The Atlantic Ocean separates the two continents, so naval battles are naturally inevitable. At that time, the total assets of the US Navy were only 345 warships of various types with a total tonnage of 1.43 million tons, including 17 battleships, 8 aircraft carriers, 18 heavy cruisers, 19 light cruisers, 165 destroyers, and 106 submarines.

Roosevelt felt that it was far from enough, and he needed more warships.

The second step was to recruit soldiers.

The attack on Pearl Harbor in the original time and space made the American people share the same hatred of the enemy, and the passionate young people joined the army enthusiastically. But now, many people think that it is stupid for the government leaders to declare war on Germany first, which makes many people resist the conscription order. (The United States adopts a military service system that runs parallel to the recruitment system and the conscription system. If the recruited soldiers are enough, there will be no conscription.)

Once conscription is implemented, people who meet the conscription terms must serve in the military when they receive the conscription order, otherwise they will break the law. Unless there are exemption clauses that meet the legal provisions. Many young people burned the conscription order and refused to serve, but this was illegal. If they were caught and refused to serve in the military, they would have to go to jail. But some people would rather go to jail than serve in the military.

The U.S. Department of Defense spent a lot of effort on conscription and began to spend time on the conscription propaganda page. In order to encourage young men to join the army, they printed a large number of young and beautiful female soldiers on the propaganda page.

After the large-scale release of this kind of propaganda page, the effect was really good, because many young people were flocking to the beautiful female soldiers, and the propaganda page even hinted to these young soldiers that as long as they joined the army, they could fight side by side with the female soldiers. If you perform well, you will become a hero in the hearts of these female soldiers. Many passionate young people voluntarily joined the army.

Using young women as the protagonists on the recruitment posters can actually make young men realize that if men do not go to the battlefield, then only women can defend their homes and the country in the end. Then, aren’t men not as brave as women? Moreover, such posters will give people a psychological hint that participating in the war is to protect their mothers and daughters, as well as their wives and sisters, so they will also bravely go to the battlefield for their families.

Of course, this is all later.

"This is my opinion report on industrial transformation." Marshall handed a document to Roosevelt and smiled bitterly. "It should have been put to use half a year ago, but it has been delayed until now."

Marshall was a key figure in the transformation of American industry during World War II. He needed to make specific demands on the industrial sector. In fact, making demands is a very technical matter, which requires close cooperation between the military and local industrial enterprises. Moreover, preparations were not made until the war was imminent.

Marshall began to make preparations before the war, including judging the needs of the US military in terms of land, sea and air, and interacting with the industrial sector. Therefore, only with a better plan, scientific design and preparation before the war can the mobilization during the war be carried out smoothly. This is a very important point.

The industrialization of the United States is not quite the same as that of Germany. Germany's industrialization is moving towards the cutting edge and depth, while the industrialization of the United States is moving towards the horizontal and broad direction, pursuing large-scale and large-scale benefits. Therefore, the things made in the United States are generally not as good as those made in Germany, but once production starts, the cost, scale and speed of American industrial production can crush Germany.

Therefore, when American companies produce during wartime, they use this set of management methods, which finally makes American production reach the top level.

Roosevelt read the document and ordered. "Get started as soon as possible."