December 22 at 8:00 am, hsd White House.

General Lacey, Chief of Staff, and General Marshall, Chief of Staff, trotted all the way to the Oval Office. Colonel Katun, the fat presidential adjutant, was guarding the door of the door. Seeing the two generals, he immediately pushed open the "no corners" door of the presidential office.

"Sir President, General Lacey and Admiral Marshall are here." Colonel Katton reported.

"Let them come in." Roosevelt's hoarse, low, majestic voice came out.

The two generals put their military uniforms into their arms and quickly walked into the office. In the office, in addition to President Roosevelt, there were presidential adviser Hopkins and a man in his fifties who dressed in a well-like suit and behaved a bit like a banker. Admiral Lacey recognized him as the US Ambassador to Switzerland, Joseph Kennedy.

Why did he come back? The President's Chief of Staff was surprised. As Roosevelt's confidant, General Lacey knew that Kennedy, the Monopoly, had a special mission in Switzerland.

"Daniel, George, this is Ambassador Kennedy, you should have seen him?" Roosevelt smiled and greeted the two generals. "He will participate in today's conversation."

Kennedy is actually going to participate in the conversation between the president and two military bosses!

With full of questions, the two generals greeted the President, Kennedy and Hopkins, and then sat down.

"Mr. President, we just received the report. At 5 a.m. London time today, the Germans launched a large-scale offensive on the Ireland Island!" After General Lacey sat down, he immediately reported the news he had just obtained.

"Oh." Roosevelt nodded slightly. He had already known the news, "How large is the offense?"

"More than 3,000 aircraft bombed airports in Ireland, Wales and northwestern Scotland," said Admiral Lacey. "The number of cannons participating in the artillery preparations is estimated to be 3,000-3,500, and a large number of rocket launchers. In addition, the Germans invested a large number of Tiger tanks and an unknown 150mm caliber heavy assault gun in the first wave of offensives."

"Can't hold it?" asked the US president.

"Most areas cannot be defended." Admiral Marshall took over the problem. "But the British had made the worst plans, they would shrink after the Germans broke through the defense line in central Ireland. Then retreated to Belfast, North Don, Kasselray and Az, and took the peninsula area east of Strangford Lagoon as its last stronghold."

Belfast, North Tang, Kasselle and Az are a small piece of land near Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, near the North Strait. The peninsula east of Strandford Lagoon is the most dangerous land among them.

"But such a defense doesn't make sense, right?" Roosevelt asked again.

"It doesn't make much sense in military terms." Marshall replied, "Once the British army lose most of the Ireland island, the Germans can deploy bombers, lightning strikers and torpedo speedboats in the northern part of the Ireland, and mines in the North Strait."

"Can Britain be completely blocked?" Ambassador Kennedy interjected.

"Before next spring equinox, the British still have Scapa Bay," Admiral Lacey smiled bitterly, "so Britain has a last breath!"

"The UK must be dragged on!" said Roosevelt, "This is very important to the United States!"

"Drag?" Admiral Lacey looked at Ambassador Kennedy and thought to herself: The president must have two plans, and the secret negotiations with the Germans must be in progress.

And Britain is a huge bargaining chip in the hands of the United States... and it is also a bargaining chip that the United States is easy to master. Therefore, President Roosevelt would definitely not hand over the British mainland immediately.

Of course, it is definitely another plan to use the British local resistance to consume the strength of the German army. The British local population has more than 40 million people and has fully mobilized and armed. Therefore, it is entirely possible to attract millions of British people to fight the attrition war with the German army!

I don’t ask the British to kill many millions of Germans. As long as they can restrain one or two million, the Germans may be short of troops on the Eastern Front battlefield. In this way, the Soviets’ opportunity will come!

"President, if the British were determined to resist, it would be difficult for the Germans to take over the British land." Admiral Marshall frowned and said, "But the war-weariness among the British people is very high, and the rulers of the British Empire do not seem to have the determination to die with the Germans. They... still have a place to go."

With a Canadian, Fatty Qiu and other British reactionary leaders, naturally would not consider waiting for their doomsday in the basement of King Charles Street, London. If the resistance leaders all escaped, the British working people who were abandoned in the local area would not be stupid. How could they be 46 million yuan?

"Then let some of them have no way to go!" Roosevelt said calmly, "King George VI can come to Canada, but a former naval officer cannot come!"

Of course, a former naval officer is Churchill!

George VI was just a puppet controlled by Churchill, and he couldn't play any tricks when he arrived in Canada. But it would be hard to say if Churchill came. He had hoarded hundreds of thousands of anthrax bombs in Canada.

Upon hearing Roosevelt's words, Admiral Lacey and Marshall were both surprised. The two Admirals looked at each other, but they didn't know what to say.

At this moment, President Roosevelt's think tank Harry Hopkins spoke: "The President has already made arrangements for a former naval personnel to stay in the UK. What the Army and Navy have to consider now is how to help the British defend their motherland... until the last one blasts! Of course, in this battle to defend the great British, the United States will also pay sacrifices, which is the price that must be paid to defend the free world."

Now General Lacey and Marshall understood everything. The purpose of Roosevelt coming to them was to discuss how many Americans needed to bury the British Empire. This was necessary. Without the Americans, Churchill would not be able to fight, and even the throne of prime minister under his butt could not be preserved.

...

"Mr. Prime Minister, U.S. Secretary of State Mr. Hull and U.S. Director of the Strategic Intelligence Agency Mr. Donovan have arrived."

At 11 pm on December 22, when British Prime Minister Churchill returned to No. 10 Downing Street from the underground command center of King Charles Street, Hull and Donovan, who had taken a plane from the United States, had arrived for a while. Churchill left a bunch of military affairs that made him feel terrible and rushed back to Downing Street to meet the two.

"Let them wait for me in the small dining room and prepare some dinner." Churchill ordered and went to his office first. There was a direct phone call to Buckingham Palace and Fort William. He needed to report today's battle situation to Princess Elizabeth who stayed in London and George VI who was in Fort William.

The battle situation is of course very bad. If the tanks, planes and fuel loaded by the N fleet arrived in the UK, then there are still some fighting on the Irish island. Unfortunately, the N fleet only transported 10.8 American buckets.

Therefore, the European Union's offensive was successful on the first day. The British defense line in central Ireland was torn open by his opponent two large holes of more than 20 kilometers. In order to avoid collapse, General Alexander had issued an order to shrink the entire line.

"Mr. Prime Minister, what's going on?"

After talking to the King and Princess, Churchill met two American guests in the small dining room. The US Secretary of State seemed very anxious and asked about the situation on the front line as soon as they met.

"Not very good," Churchill replied, "it's likely to retreat to the Belfast defensive circle."

The so-called Belfast defense circle is the areas of Belfast, Northern Tang, Kasselle and Az. This is the last line of defense of the British army on the Irish Island in the planned area.

"When will you retreat to the Belfast Defensive Circle?" Hull asked with concern.

"It's 5-10 days." Churchill seemed a little worried. At this time, the waiter at No. 10 Downing Street began to serve Churchill and two American visitors.

There are bad butter shrimp paste, meatballs made with chopped pork hearts, pork liver and pork, fried unknown fish, tender naked eye steak (which is the only food to eat in the eyes of American guests), and whiskey with lime juice.

Churchill didn't eat much, just drank a lot of wine, while smoking a super long cigar.

"Friends of the United States, Britain urgently needs your help now," Churchill said while drinking, "Otherwise, the local area will be difficult to guard."

"We will do our best." Hull said immediately, "The new transport fleet has set out in secret. The fleet includes the newly-in-service USS Essex aircraft carrier, which is equipped with 60 P47 fighters and 60 m10 tank destroyers, as well as 2,000 tons of ammunition and 2,000 tons of 3 fuel. There are also 16 flat-deck destroyers converted into fast transport ships, each carrying 500 tons of 3 fuel."

The Americans seemed to have invested a lot to support Britain, and even the newly commissioned aircraft carrier, the Essex, was used as a transport ship. However, the Essex is an aircraft carrier, not a transport ship, and its full load displacement of 35,600 tons can only be loaded with less than 10,000 tons of cargo. This is still the case when it only carries 12 6-3 carrier-based fighter jets.

"Thank you so much," Churchill nodded, "With your strong support, Britain can definitely stick to it."

"There will be more equipment, fuel and soldiers soon." Hull said, "Now the Aquitania and Berongaria are loading ships in Boston Harbor and will set sail soon. The two aircraft carriers will be loaded with 120 latest P47s and 80 m10s and 5,000 tons of ammunition. In addition, 12 T2 tankers with 10,000 tons of 3 fuel each have been sailing on the North Atlantic with the flags of neutral countries such as Sweden, the Netherlands, and Mexico."

"Thank you so much, it's so good." Churchill seemed to be in a much better mood, and there were a lot of smiles on his face.
Chapter completed!