The news that Germany and South China declared war on each other spread throughout the world in a very short time.
Two o'clock in the morning London time, Manchester, England.
Churchill, who had been worried about Germany launching a landing operation on the British Isles, breathed a long sigh of relief. At this time, he and his assistant, General Ismay, and others were in Grosseup on the hills on the eastern outskirts of Manchester.
The prime minister's villa discussed the war situation. The core of the topic was to prevent the Germans from parachuting or the navy launching a landing operation under the cover of the air force. After being notified by the staff, they listened to Hitler's speech declaring war on South China as soon as possible, and then the president of South China announced that he would
After Germany was in a state of war, the big stone hanging in my heart fell to the ground.
"This is the only good news I've heard this year! A devil goes to fight another vampire who thrives on war and cannibalizing the British colonies, and let God bless them both to die together, so that the world can restore the order before the war!"
Churchill could not suppress his excitement and shouted: "Come on, guys, let's have a drink and celebrate!"
After speaking, Churchill personally took out two bottles of English wine from the wine cabinet in the villa, and met with Lord Halifax, who served as Speaker of the House of Lords after returning from China, and Lord Ismay, Deputy Secretary-General of the Cabinet and Churchill’s representative on the Chiefs of Staff Committee.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary Eden, Speaker of the House of Commons Stafford Cripps, Minister of Supply Lord Beaverbrook, Lord Chancellor of the Privy Seal Lord Cranbourne and US Ambassador Winant enjoyed a drink.
After three glasses of wine, Churchill's face flushed and he said even more excitedly:
"Hitler first bit the red devil entrenched in the north to pieces, consuming a lot of his vitality. Now he is attacking South China non-stop. I believe that it will not be long before the strategic materials and human resources exploited by the Nazis on the European continent are exhausted.
We were stretched thin, and that was a good opportunity for us to open up the European battlefield for a strategic counterattack! God did not abandon us, and brought us light at the critical moment. Come on, guys, have another drink.
Everyone raised their glasses in cheers, clinked them lightly and drank them all in one gulp.
In the eyes of U.S. Ambassador Winant, Churchill, as the British Prime Minister, was so emotionally exposed. He was as straightforward as an innocent urchin, which made him secretly laugh. However, out of respect for his allies, he still smiled and waited for everyone to calm down.
Then he solemnly asked:
"I remember that in June two years ago, Mr. Prime Minister was pessimistic about Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union, thinking that Hitler would be in trouble in the vast land of Eastern Europe. Unexpectedly, it took the Germans more than two years to defeat Stalin step by step.
Arriving at the Urals, the border between Asia and Europe, the defeat of Soviet Russia seems to be only a matter of time. Now the Prime Minister also claims that South China will drain the last resources of the Germans. I wonder if he is wrong?"
Churchill smiled and asked: "I wonder if Mr. Ambassador has ever heard of the Chinese calling themselves?"
Winant thought for a while and replied: "It seems that every Chinese claims to be a descendant of the dragon. Their nation believes in an evil creature called a dragon!"
Churchill was overjoyed and said: "The answer is correct! In the legends of our Western nations, there are many dragon-slaying warriors. They look for dragon's lairs everywhere, and then kill the dragons. They plunder the huge wealth in the dragon's lairs! However, dragons are not easy to kill.
, most people who want to slay the dragon end up dying in the flames spewed out by the dragon. Now Hitler wants to be the dragon slayer, what do you think will happen?"
Winant is a smart man. He asked: "What does the Prime Minister mean...that this time Nazi Germany attacks South China, will it result in a bloody blow?"
Churchill smiled and said: "I have a clever plan...the secret must not be leaked, take your time and take a look!"
Everyone laughed for a while, and finally came up with how to express their stance on the war between Germany and China. Churchill said: "Although there are huge conflicts between South China and us, the survival of Britain is now seriously challenged. At the same time, South China is still our nominal
Allies. Therefore, I don't mind cooperating with the devil... I will put in a good word for the devil in the House of Commons after daybreak."
At this point, Churchill asked Ismay to record, preparing to perform his brilliant talent and moving literary talent in front of everyone, and dictate the British statement on the German-Chinese War.
After Ismay was ready, Churchill said word for word:
"In the past one hundred years, Western nations opened the door to China with ships and cannons. Since then, the world has taken the enslavement of a nation that accounts for a quarter of the world's population as a matter of course. I was once one of them,
And I was complacent about it, but the appearance of the devil, the Nazi, made me deeply understand how pale and ridiculous the previous concepts were. No country or nation in this world can impose its will on others. That is a violation of freedom.
And a fair rough ride.
"Now, I see those soldiers with yellow skin and dark eyes standing on the front line against the evil invasion of the Nazis. I see the brutal Germans rushing toward them like a pack of hungry wolves. I see that behind these German soldiers, there is a
A small group of people planned and organized this villain that threatened the continued existence and reproduction of human civilization. Our British Empire has only one purpose, which is to eliminate all traces of Hitler and the Nazi system. We must give all countries and nations fighting against evil every possible chance.
assistance.
"We cannot take any chances. Hitler's offensive on the Eastern Front is just a prelude to an attempt to attack the British Isles. There is no doubt that they hope that after taking possession of the oil in Persia and the fertile fields in India, they will turn around and start another attack on the British Isles.
A fascist nation, Japan, defeated Great Britain with the help of its powerful navy, hoping to repeat the tricks of its defeats by deceiving it on an even greater scale than before.
"Therefore, the war on the Eastern Front is related to our vital interests and the life and death of Britain and the United States. Let us learn from the lessons learned through cruel experience. Let us redouble our efforts. As long as we have breath and strength, we will work together.
Fight the enemy!"
After Churchill finished dictating, he read it over, nodded, and seemed very satisfied. He told Ismay: "Notify the broadcaster that I want to speak to the people of Britain and the world at the punctual news time of seven o'clock in the morning."
Later, Churchill said to Ambassador Winant: "President Roosevelt must have known the news. I think he is also celebrating now. After all, under Japan's crazy aggression, your president has been under a lot of pressure, and now someone is helping him bear it.
I can finally breathe a sigh of relief!”
Winant speculated that Roosevelt must be in a good mood at the moment.
You must know that in Roosevelt's plan, this world war should be an opportunity for the United States to rise and lead the world. The United States has always relied on the natural barriers of the Pacific and Atlantic to stay away from the war, plus Latin America and the Caribbean as its back garden.
Canada provides almost all resources and has unique advantages in developing industry and agriculture. The United States can use this to make a fortune in war and concentrate the world's wealth in its own hands.
However, the madness of the Japanese ruined all this. The Japanese army not only landed in Panama and Central America, but also attacked Canada and the United States. Recently, it has extended its claws to South America. The entire American continent is full of beacon fire and gunpowder smoke, and now the west and north
The United States, which had lost its territory, had no energy left to support others. Instead, South China took advantage of its tacit understanding with Germany and used this war to rapidly develop and grow. This was completely against the interests of the United States.
Well, now that South China and Germany have declared war on each other, it is no longer possible to use the war to make huge profits. As long as the United States can quickly drive the Japanese army out of the country, then with its strong industrial production capacity, the United States can come from behind and regain dominance.
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Of course, all of this was what Winant was thinking. He smiled and said: "Maybe so. In terms of international trends, the Prime Minister and the President have always been connected. I think the President can finally have a good night's sleep!"
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ET. 9 p.m.
At this time, although Roosevelt already knew the news that South China and Germany had declared war on each other, he was not in a happy mood because Finance Minister Morgenthau Jr., who hurriedly visited during dinner, told him extremely bad news:
At the beginning of last year, Germany launched an unrestricted submarine war off the coast of the United States. In order to ensure the safety of the gold transferred by the French to the Caribbean, General de Gaulle, the leader of the "Free France", Sir John Anderson, the British Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, and the Chinese Foreign Minister
Witnessed by Song Ziwen and Lin Wenqing, South China's ambassador to the United States, the Federal Reserve Bank withdrew 4,329 tons of gold from the Martinique vault in the Antilles.
The twenty-four boxes of gold that were extracted and verified at that time were all normal. Federal Reserve Chairman Marina Stoddard Eccles signed his name on the receipt, and then all the gold contained in iron boxes was sent to New York.
of Federal Reserve Bank vaults carefully preserved.
However, during this period, the Japanese army frequently launched air raids on New York, Washington and other places. Because they were worried that New York, which was close to the sea, might be attacked by the Japanese or German navy, the Federal Reserve decided to transfer the gold. During the transfer process, one of the iron boxes fell to the ground.
The gold bricks inside were revealed. During the restoration process, the staff of the Federal Reserve Bank's vault discovered that the quality of the gold was not right, and immediately reported the situation, which attracted the Federal Reserve's great attention.
After inspection by staff, it was found that of the 4,329 tons of gold extracted from the Martinique vault, 3,126 tons were brass, accounting for 70% of the total gold transshipped.
Second, since the United States has signed the acceptance letter, there is no way to prove whether it was lost in the United States. After the war in the future, the United States will pay more than 3,000 tons of gold to the French government, which also means that the United States will pay the French for no reason.
A huge amount of more than three billion US dollars.
Now, Federal Reserve Chairman Marina Stoddard Eccles has been put under police surveillance. This famous economist who played an important role in Roosevelt's New Deal and a financial talent that Roosevelt relied heavily on will face multiple charges.
Likely to spend the rest of his life in prison.
Roosevelt thought about it and felt that things would become uncontrollable if normal procedures were followed, which would be extremely detrimental to the current overall situation. So he convened his staff overnight. The core issue for discussion was not the war that broke out between South China and Germany, but how to deal with it.
To guard against the huge scandal of the loss of national wealth.
After a night of heated debate, Roosevelt adopted Zhang Xi's suggestion.
Zhang Xi believes that gold is just a currency symbol. In reality, the currency used by people is actually the US dollar. People have no contact with gold at all. People have no intuitive concept of whether there is more or less gold in the vault. Therefore, this news is completely
It can be blocked, and this batch of brass, which is unknown when it will be replaced, can still be deposited in the vault in the name of gold and become the "currency" to keep the bottom of the warehouse. After World War I and World War II, the United States now has gold, and no one can imagine that there is
Some gold will be adulterated, and as long as the government's credit exists, the dollar will be strong, so the secret can be kept.
Federal Reserve Chairman Marina Stoddard Eccles must pretend that nothing happened and continue to perform his duties. At the same time, no institution or individual may criticize Marina Stoddard Eccles.
Take any measures to avoid arousing public suspicion. Only in this way can the ongoing war against Japan be maintained normally. Otherwise, no one can predict the terrible consequences. For the final victory of the war, all efforts are worth it!
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