Harry Truman sat in the White House cabinet meeting room again. He participated in the cabinet military meeting as the president-elect, and he also had considerable decision-making power. It can be said that he was half of the US president before he officially took office. ? Although such an arrangement does not conform to American political practices, it is understandable. After all, the United States is fighting a very difficult war.

As the next commander-in-chief, Truman must participate in the highest decision-making of the US military before he succeeds, so as to ensure that there is no short-term chaos in the command center.

However, Truman, who was sitting in the cabinet conference room at this time, was still under the control of a chaotic mindset in the United States.

In Truman's view, the root of this chaotic thinking is war and uncertainty. On the one hand, he knows that he cannot win and wants to demand peace; on the other hand, he is forced by mainstream public opinion in the United States, pressure from Congress (now the US Congress is Toyoshi Daishi) and the various sea ports that the Democratic Party boasted during the election, he must adhere to the "political correctness" peace talks, which actually made the door to peace talks closed.

In this situation where you can't win and cannot be discussed, it is actually a military adventurous "to promote peace" strategy, which has become the most passionate option for the White House and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

However, all the big shots, including Truman himself, who could sit in the cabinet meeting room for meetings, did not dare to take risks to the end. They only dared to take risks in the southern part of South America, which relied on the Pacific Ocean, and did not dare to take risks in the Atlantic Ocean.

Therefore, the current U.S. strategy is to conduct military adventures in the Southeast Pacific-south America, and to implement a military conservative line on the main battlefield of the Atlantic Ocean.

"...At present, our offensive against San Diego is relatively smooth. The troops commanded by General Eisenhower have completed the three sides of the siege of San Diego and cut off the liaison between San Diego and Port Monte.

The first phase of the expansion of the port of Valparaiso in central Chile has been completed. The port's throughput capacity has increased by 10% compared with the original, which can meet the high-intensity combat needs of at least 50,000 ground troops and 1500 combat aircraft.

The German-controlled Port Monte has limited throughput and is blocked by submarines from the Pacific Fleet. Roads passing through the Andes are often bombarded by our 6th Army aviation, and its transport capacity has been greatly reduced.

Therefore, the Joint Chiefs of Staff judged that the German army is currently unable to maintain a military presence of more than 10,000 people in Santiago, and it is not able to transport enough ammunition and heavy equipment to travel to Santiago. If we continue to increase troops to Chile, we should be able to liberate the Chilean capital of Santiago in early 1945..."

At the beginning of today's meeting, Presidential Chief of Staff William Leacher threw out a plan to occupy San Diego in early 1945.

He went on to say: "At the same time, we should also increase the scale of bombing in Buenos Aires. Send more B-17 and B-24 bombers, as well as P51 fighters that can perform long-range escort missions. This way we can carry out air strikes during the day, resulting in the collapse of the Gaperon regime."

"Are our troops sufficient?" Truman interrupted. "If we want to attack Santiago and launch a daytime air strike on Buenos Aires, we need to invest a lot of 6 and air forces?"

"We can retreat from British Guiana." William Lech replied, "our battle in British Guiana has achieved its goal and can now be ended."

In fact, the US military was about to fail in British Guiana. Shortly after the German battle in Bermuda, the German army was in New Amsterdam, less than 1 kilometer away from Georgetown. At the same time, it blocked the waterway from Trinidad to Georgetown with naval and aviation, causing the US military to fall into a dilemma of serious shortage of supplies. If it weren't for the general election, the Joint Chiefs of Staff would have ordered the US military in Georgetown to evacuate.

Now that the electoral vote has ended, Truman's presidential throne has been fully implemented, it is time for him to shrink completely on the Atlantic Ocean.

"Then..." Truman glanced at Wallace, who was sitting in the presidential position. "Where is the passage for peace negotiations? Is it still open now?"

Truman knew that Wallace was too idealistic and had many misunderstandings about Comrade Mussolini, the good friend of the American people and the black brothers. Therefore, after becoming the "interim president", he gave Mussolini, who was enthusiastic about peace, a cold butt. Without Mussolini, the peace negotiations became very difficult without Old Mo and the negotiation level between the United States and Germany suddenly fell to the ambassador level, and the consular level was no longer the original leader level. Moreover, among other friends in the United States, no one could have a considerable influence on Hitler and the Nazi Party like Mussolini.

"The door to peace negotiations is certainly open," said Secretary of State Corder Hull with his frown. "Our ambassador to Rome Guan and the German embassy in Rome have been in contact."

“I want to arrange for Mr. Kennedy to visit Rome,” Truman said, “just before I take office.”

He had not forgotten Harry Hopkins' advice and was preparing to let Kennedy go on Mussolini's route to negotiate with the Germans.

If possible, he also wanted Kennedy to meet Rudolph Hess and even Hitler himself as the Vice President of the United States!

Wallace frowned, as if he wanted to speak to stop him, but Cordell Hull said first: "Sir, there is no problem, let's make arrangements right away."

After all, Truman is the elected president! There is not much time left to belong to Wallace. Moreover, Truman has also arranged a good position for Wallace. He will serve as Minister of War (Second of the 6th Army) after Truman takes over as president.

So Wallace nodded after Hull spoke, which was considered to be acknowledging this arrangement.

He thought for a while and said, "I think we should start the Battle of Santiago when Mr. Kennedy visited Rome. If we can invade downtown Santiago, it will definitely be beneficial for peaceful contact."

"Where are the conditions of peace?" Truman asked.

The conditions for peace have been made public long ago, which is the "Five Truman's Articles". However, Truman's current question is definitely not about forgetting the content of the "Five Regulations". He is preparing to postpone the vote...

However, if you want to delay your vote, you can't make a big turn immediately. After all, the Democratic Party does not control Congress now!

"Self-determination in the American nation is possible," said Secretary of State Corder Hull. "It is not necessarily in Germany's interest to maintain a costly presence in the Americas, and once Canada returns to the British Empire, it will be more difficult for Germany to integrate Europe. But Australia will most likely seek asylum from Europe to avoid being violated by Japan."

"National self-determination certainly also includes the option to become a European!" Truman said.

"It's okay not to cede land," William Leach added. "The Germans would not consider letting ground troops attack the United States, so they have no ambitions for our locality."

"There is probably no hope for a complete opening of the door," said Finance Minister Morgan Tao. "Europe cannot open the market to us, but some trade agreements can be signed...even if the door is open.

In addition, helping Europe to rebuild peacefully can...it can replace compensation and to a certain extent meet Europe's demand for reconstruction funds."

"Disarmament and restriction of arms are also beneficial to Europe, which is less financially powerful than ours, and I believe it will be supported by the European people."

Wallace, who is about to take over as Secretary of War, also added, as a support for Truman's "retreatment route". Although he is now the leader of the pro-war faction within the Democratic Party, he cannot oppose the peace talks themselves. All he can oppose is the conditions of peace that are unfavorable to the United States.

Truman nodded, "So…where is our bottom line?"

"Bottom line?" Wallace asked vigilantly.

"The bottom line of paying money!" Truman said bluntly, "How much can we give them?"

This is the key to the problem! Germans don’t care whether they receive “politically incorrect” compensation or “politically incorrect” aid. What they want is money, the more the better!

"This must be discussed with the Republican Party, the Bolshevik Party and the State Fascist Party." Wallace frowned and said in a warning tone, "If the amount is too large, such as 100 million US dollars... there will be some political exchanges. But such a transaction will cause division and disintegration of the Democratic Party!"

In democratic countries, Congress is often a market for power trading. This does not devalue democracy. Democracy does not mean being selfless, nor does it mean that all voters will reach an agreement on all issues. It is very common to have conflicts of interest between different voter groups, and it is a very common method for members representing voters to conduct some transactions in Congress so that the interests of the voters they represent can be realized to a certain extent.

The demands of voters in middle and upper classes represented by the Republican Party on domestic issues are to abolish a series of new policy legislation with socialist tendencies! If the Democrats want to obtain the support of the Republican Party on the issue of reparations, they must support the Republican Party on the issue of abolishing the new policy legislation.

But voters who support the new Deal legislation are the foundation of the Democratic Party. If the Democrats betray them in Congress, the 1946 midterm elections will be the day when the Democratic Party collapses.

Faced with the prospect of collapse in the election situation, it is very likely that the Democratic Party will split! Some members of Congress who firmly support the New Deal and oppose surrendering to Europe may withdraw from the Democratic Party to jointly build a socialist party with the Bolshevik Party, while the other part of Democratic conservatives may join the National Fascist Party to defend the iron vote area of ​​the seven southern states.
Chapter completed!