"What, only 1,000 rifles! Is this true?"
Hearing this number, Harry felt as if he had a brain ischemia. He looked at George suspiciously. The sound of an airplane propeller came from outside the room.
Putting the file in front of Harry, George said.
"This file contains a telegram from the Chief of Staff of the Chinese Theater to the Pentagon, reporting how it withheld supplies and refused to send supplies to China, as well as a telegram from the Chinese side requesting the delivery of supplies. Of course, there are also handover files shipped to China, which can prove one thing, that Roosevelt had no intention of fighting the Japanese at all."
"If this is true..."
Looking at the file in front of him, Harry already felt his heart beating violently, and even his words were incoherent. The other party must not be able to hear what he was saying, so he tried to speak louder.
"If it's true, it seems to prove it."
"But, you know, what does this mean? This is not ammunition, it's a bayonet!"
"It's a bayonet stabbing the president, which is likely to change the outcome of the election!"
George picked up the wine glass, glanced elsewhere, and didn't say anything. Just looked out the window quietly.
"Just like Marshall said - he doesn't care what the outcome of the Chinese battlefield is! He only cares about Europe! The president is the same!"
It has to be said that having a little favor in the Pentagon is still very useful. This intelligence is provided by friends in the Pentagon, but they are also marginalized people excluded by Marshall's "China Gang". They are happy to see someone attack Marshall.
Turning his head to look at Harry, George asked back.
"Then do you think I care whether Roosevelt can be elected?"
As a Chinese, do I need to worry about Americans, and Americans who keep selling out China's interests?
From arms to loans, the United States has always used beautiful lies to deceive China and fool China throughout the war!
It can even be said that during the war, the damage the United States brought to China was not inferior to that of Japan!
When the Pacific War started, the leased materials that China expected were extremely limited, and the price China paid for the leased materials was so heavy that it even led to the collapse of the Chinese economy. China provided materials and labor services to the US troops stationed in China.
From July 1943 to the end of 1944, China advanced about 50 billion yuan to the United States. According to the exchange rate at that time, this amount of money was as much as 2.5 billion US dollars! Equivalent to 48.5% of the total government fiscal revenue in these years! Equivalent to 26.4% of the total amount of legal currency in circulation in 1944.
When building a new airport in Chengdu that could take off and land B-29 bombers, China mobilized more than 400,000 workers. The United States originally promised that the airport construction fee would be paid from the United States' "gold loan". For this reason, China advanced 8 billion French francs for the airport construction fee, and the central bank advanced 4.8 billion French francs for the air force base construction fee. According to the current official price of 20 French francs to one US dollar, the value of this money is as much as 640 million US dollars! Far more than the total amount of gold loans.
In order to pay these advances, China had to print a large amount of French francs, which greatly aggravated inflation. However, the gold that was supposed to be delivered to China to stabilize the currency value and recover the over-issued French francs from the market has only been delivered less than 20 million US dollars.
Why is this so?
Because China is eager to defeat Japan, and is eager to defeat Japan with the help of the United States to regain lost territory.
But the United States took advantage of our urgency and this desire, and tried to become the emperor who was high above again and again. In another world, a scholar once used "allies on the verge of a fight" to describe the relationship between the two countries during the war. For a country that has suffered a century of humiliation, the most intolerable thing is to have an emperor giving orders.
The status that Americans want is exactly the bottom line of Chinese people, both now and in the future.
It is for this reason that we were betrayed and fooled by our so-called allies again and again throughout World War II.
What about now?
What George has to do is to give a hard blow to those who have betrayed and fooled us, including Luo Quezi!
He Luo Quezi wants to "first Europe and then Asia", that's his business, but... he must not sell out our interests!
The crying child gets the milk, and the licking dog will end up with nothing. This time, let them know that China will also be angry!
Looking at the thick file bag, Harry said.
"You must have a backhand, Dewey is just a knife in your hand, right?"
After taking a sip of whiskey, George smiled.
"I am a businessman, I care about interests, and in the end, it depends on what he can give me!"
Shaking the glass and looking at the amber wine in the glass, George was even a little excited, because at this moment, he might be in control of history!
It may even affect whether Roosevelt can be re-elected for the fourth time. What will happen if Roosevelt loses the election?
Well... not much impact. Dewey will increase the intensity of the attack on Japan. After all, during the entire campaign, he has been accusing Roosevelt of the "Europe first, Asia later" policy.
"The blood of our boys... isn't it precious?"
This is what Dewey said, and also George's rhetorical question.
"By the way, there is a Mr. Song in Washington. If Dewey is willing, he can get more things from him. Well, I heard that now in China, because Washington refuses to send money to pay for the construction of the airport, the construction has been stopped. The airport in Chengdu is used to bomb Japan!"
George should not have too many cards in his hand!
Since the Americans don't give money, then stop building the airport. Although the Chinese have never done that, under the sudden change of the situation, the country should know what to do to force the Americans to ship more materials and funds to China, instead of fooling China!
Bombing Japan is the most simple wish of hundreds of millions of Chinese people. China, the military and civilians even brought their own dry food, did not need a penny, and built four large airports with the most primitive manpower. However, the bombing of Japan seriously squeezed the transportation capacity of the "Hump Route", which directly led to a large amount of aid materials to China being piled up in India and unable to be transported to China until January 1945, before the B29 bomber group moved to the Pacific.
Bombing Japan... Although it is a relief, it is better to leave it to the Americans. It is better for the "Hump Route" to only transport aid materials to China.
"I will send this material to Dewey through some channels..."
Harry thought about it and said seriously.
"I promise that you will not be involved. After all, your ultimate goal is to help Roosevelt solve this big problem! God, I really want to see what is in your mind. What is your next step?..."
Harry asked, looking at George seriously.
"Dewey is the knife in your hand, and what about Roosevelt? Do you want to use this knife to force Roosevelt to increase aid to China?"
Putting the empty wine glass on the table, George raised his lips slightly.
"There is a saying in China that the crying child gets the milk! This is just an extra bonus. For him... I have other plans!"