Chapter 451 The first impression is very important
However, what happened next did not make him doubt for long, and it quickly proved his judgment. ['. On the night before his departure from Chongqing to Northeast China. He flew specially from the United States.
Some of the conversations made by the brigadier general’s immediate superior directly confirmed his suspicions.
The president's confidants in the War Department told him that the White House has begun to decide to adopt a licensing system for steel and petroleum products exported from Japan, as well as for all weapons and ammunition, aircraft parts, optical instruments, various metal processing equipment, involving military production
A trade embargo is imposed on the materials.
At the same time, the White House is preparing to draft a bill to provide military material assistance to Britain in Europe and China in Asia based on the requirements of the British and the current world situation. This will allow the two financially strapped countries to do so without having to pay in advance.
Obtain necessary military supplies from the United States to sustain the war.
In a situation where the United States is likely to be involved in the war sooner or later, it is necessary to provide necessary support to potential allies and strengthen their determination to fight, so as to reduce the pressure on the United States to join the war. For the White House, it is a must in advance
Things to prepare for.
For China, the aid targets will not be limited to their government. Because the U.S. government is still very doubtful about the Chinese government's determination to resist. Especially after the U.S. government received information that the Nationalist government had secret contacts with Japanese military representatives from time to time.
, the U.S. government and even the president doubted the determination of the Nationalist government to resist.
Some people even think that the reason why the Nationalist government is still resisting now is just looking for a relatively decent way to surrender. Therefore, for the White House, which has always adhered to the belief of not putting all its eggs in one basket, it is also necessary to find another spare tire.
Very important. After comprehensively analyzing all aspects of intelligence, the White House had great expectations for this army that was hanging alone behind the Japanese army.
It's just that the other party is a non-governmental organization and not a national military. The US government cannot directly provide assistance, let alone directly intervene. Especially when the bill in the White House is still being brewed, and the president has not yet been able to convince Congress that he cannot violate the neutrality law.
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Instead of using government-to-government actions, adopting a situation of private trade and economic cooperation, just like providing loans to the National Government in the form of economic cooperation some time ago, can effectively spare Congress and is more in line with the interests of the United States.
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The immediate boss also specifically told Pearson that if the combat effectiveness of this army is indeed as heroic and heroic as described in their documentary, and their results are real, then Pearson, as the plenipotentiary representative of the White House, must go all out to promote this.
transaction.
However, there is a premise. Under the circumstances that the United States does not want or cannot have a direct conflict with Japan, in addition to rejecting the other party's direct request for weapons and equipment, it is to try not to let this money leave the United States as much as possible. In other words,
, this money should be spent in the United States as much as possible.
In a situation where the other party is neither a non-governmental organization nor the national military, and the U.S. government cannot directly provide assistance, let alone directly intervene. The White House believes that through this private trade, taking the situation of private trade, and adopting a curved approach to save the country, it can
Providing certain economic and military assistance would not only lessen the irritation of the Japanese Empire, but also help maintain its war capabilities.
At least based on the limited intelligence collected so far, it has been determined that the Japanese army has no intention of continuing to advance north, and its basic resistance capabilities must be enhanced as much as possible in order to contain the main force of the Japanese army and prevent it from deploying sufficient troops.
Go south.
Americans have a very keen sense of smell and are very realistic. They have now felt the importance of Northeast China to maintaining Japan's national power, especially to maintaining Japan's ability to continue the war. As long as Northeast China, the Japanese army's rear area, becomes more chaotic, the more it can be contained
The more Japanese troops move south, the more beneficial it will be to the interests of the United States.
For the Americans, while limiting this war to China and allowing the Chinese troops to persist as long as possible, it is best not to overwhelm the United States in a short period of time when the war in Europe has fully broken out.
Getting involved in a war with Japan is the best and undoubtedly the best choice for the interests of the United States.
By limiting the war to China, the Chinese can weaken Japan's national power and contain the elite Japanese troops so that they cannot pose a threat to Southeast Asia, where the United States has huge interests. It can also take advantage of Japan's full involvement in the war.
Under such circumstances, the United States can fully support the British war in Europe.
With this authorization from the White House, Major Pearson was naturally dissatisfied with James who only cared about taking advantage. According to their thinking, the White House's idea can only be wishful thinking. Of course, in Pearson's view, if Yang Zhen really agreed to James's
suggestions, and accepted James's bribe of millions of dollars, then Pearson would not continue to talk to them.
In Pearson's view, if this army, like their government, only focuses on the wallets of Americans, but does not want to make progress, it only knows how to ask for arms and material assistance from the United States, and even some people in power take the opportunity to make money.
Knowing that if you take the opportunity to build your own military industry, no matter how much assistance the White House provides, it will only be in vain.
In Pearson's view, under the current situation where the people generally reject war and the White House is unable to provide direct military assistance at all, whether it is the National Government that knows how to extend its hands all day long, or this army, if it does not enhance its hematopoietic function
, it was simply impossible to resist the Japanese attack.
Although the negotiation time this afternoon was not long, it was a surprise for Pearson. They wanted everything from rifles to airplanes and artillery. They only thought about blood transfusions from the outside, and never thought about relying on themselves.
Compared with the government that has the power to defeat its opponent, they are in a more difficult situation, but they only need various machines and equipment that can make their own arms.
From the list of everything from steel mills to automobile production lines, including metal cutting machine tools necessary for the military industry, various stamping equipment, and a large number of raw materials urgently needed for the military industry, Pearson clearly understood that they wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity.
Yes, we may not have the opportunity to create our own military industry in the future.
It was after seeing Yang Zhen provide the details of the needed materials that Pearson made up his mind to really promote this negotiation. Because in his view, only by establishing his own military industry, he no longer wanted to rely on external forces, that is, foreign armies.
, only then can we have the determination and perseverance to fight on.
And even though it had only been two days since he arrived in Northeast China, what he could see was only the city of Jiamusi, and even the road from Jiamusi Airport to the hotel. But what Pearson encountered along the way was well-nourished soldiers, and
These soldiers have a full set of Japanese-style equipment in their hands, and they already have a preliminary and very good impression of this army.
At least their troops are not like their government troops. The soldiers' uniforms are in tatters and their faces are full of malnutrition. These soldiers look well-nourished and healthy. Although their military uniforms are very stylish,
Simple, but very clean.
Along the way from the airport to his place of residence, he encountered several convoys transporting the wounded and two large field hospitals. With Li Yanping's permission, Pearson got off the car and went to the field hospital to check it out. He did not expect that the
Although the medical conditions are not as good as those of the U.S. Army, and the number of wounded is too large, which makes it a bit crowded, it is much better than the wounded soldiers hospital of the Nationalist Government.
Judging from the tens of thousands of wounded people placed in two large field hospitals, as a soldier, he could easily go out. The battle at the front was quite fierce. From the doctor's mouth, he also learned that these were only part of the wounded.
.There are also some seriously injured people who have been transported across the Songhua River to recuperate in safer rear areas.
What surprised him most was that the director of one of the field hospitals proudly told him that they had not abandoned a single patient. All the wounded, as long as they could be rescued, not a single one was abandoned. Because they
Not only does the army have strict regulations, but if the wounded are abandoned, their commanders will be severely punished.
Moreover, all the wounded are comrades to them, brothers who stand under the same flag and fight for a common goal. Abandoning one's own wounded is a crime for all commanders and is absolutely impossible to be punished.
Forgiven. This situation is unbelievable to him who has studied in China for two years and worked in China for three years.
Major Pearson knew that due to insufficient evacuation capabilities and shortages of medicines and other necessary equipment, it was very common for the Chinese corps to abandon the wounded. During the Battle of Wuhan the year before last, he had seen more than a dozen injured people being injured.
The abandoned wounded soldiers of the Chinese government army starved to death in a house because there was no one to manage them.
After seeing the food of the wounded, he could hardly imagine that the food of these wounded was actually better than that of their second commander. Not only were there three meals a day, but they were all what they called refined grains and rich in meat. Even
In order to increase their nutrition, each person is provided with a boiled egg every day. He once heard a wounded man tell his fellow patients that they were almost vomiting after eating eggs for the past few days after being injured and hospitalized.
What surprised him the most was that as a general, the office location Li Yanping chose in Jiamusi was actually a small Puppet Manchukuo police station. Among the Japanese barracks with the best conditions in the city,
and the original Sanjiang Provincial Government of the Puppet Manchukuo Province were all converted into field hospitals to accommodate the sick and wounded from the front line. Although it was a bit crowded due to the large number of wounded, this was already the best condition in the city.
Buildings.
As an intelligence analysis officer, he could see that all this was not a temporary arrangement. Because he could tell from the surprised expressions of the medical staff and the wounded when they saw Li, that when they arrived in Jiamusi, people here did not know
The good impression at the first meeting made Pearson full of curiosity and surprise about this army. After seeing the simple life of the commander of this army, his impression became even deeper.
Thinking of this, Pearson rubbed his head that had a headache due to overthinking. He turned around and saw the list of supplies in front of him. Thinking of his arrangements for the car, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
With such a large contract that is enough to consume most of the trucks in stock of the International Harvester Company, my father and brother, who hold a large number of shares in the company and are members of the company's board of directors, will not always complain about not using their status.
, help Universal Combine Harvester Company compete with Ford and General Motors for supply contracts for the U.S. Army.
And he helped Stipunk Company sell the branch factory with an annual output of 10,000 trucks that they had always wanted to transfer to cash. Presumably, his immediate boss, who was a firm supporter of Stipunk Company, should also be persuaded.
, I will be quite happy in my heart.
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