At this time, Joseph Patrick Kennedy was sitting in a living room in the German Chancellor's Office in Berlin, waiting for the appearance of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Chief of Staff Marshal Hesman.

He was very confident in his trip to Berlin this time, because before he arrived in Berlin, he also heard that the Russian Empress Oliga would officially visit Berlin as the queen, which seemed to mean that Germany's Eastern policy was likely to destroy the Soviet Union!

The consensus view of the US Department of State and the Joint Chiefs of Staff on German war policy is as follows: Germany is unable to fight in the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Plains of Eastern Europe at the same time, because the amount of oil currently controlled by Germany is not enough to maintain a navy that can fight the United States at the same time, and can eliminate the Soviet army mechanized corps and corresponding huge air forces.

If Germany is determined to destroy the Soviet Union and restore the Russian Empire, then Germany (Europe)'s maritime power can only take a defensive position on the Atlantic Ocean and may even reach a fair peace with the United States.

In this way, the United States will be able to concentrate its efforts on Japan and seize control of the Pacific coast.

On the contrary, if Germany and the Soviet Union reach peace, the United States is likely to face the dilemma of going to war on two fronts.

Therefore, after the victory or defeat of the "joint battle" was decided, experts from the US military and State Department suggested that President Roosevelt negotiate peace with Germany without completely giving up the Soviet Union.

"Incomplete abandonment" means that the United States can retain the Lease Act and transfusion blood to the Soviet Union, while Germany can also transfusion blood to Japan through the European version of the Lease Act.

Since the United States has more oil and the Soviet Union is far stronger than Japan, this policy of "not completely giving up" is beneficial to the United States.

However, in Kennedy's view, the so-called "incomplete abandonment" is just to take care of the interests of the United States' arms and industrial giants (the two are almost integrated now).

Otherwise, Germany would "cut off food" for Japan and the United States would cut off supplies to the Soviet Union. The world war would end in 43 years and would end in 44 years at the latest. How could the arms dealers have invested so many built factories before to make profits?

Ambassador Kennedy, who was condemning the unintentional hearts of American capitalists in his mind and was thinking about which arms company to buy stocks, had a "money prospect" suddenly heard the sound of leather boots hitting the granite floor in his ears. Then there was the shout of "Hi, Hitler!"

The ambassador quickly stood up and he knew it was German Chancellor Hitler who was here.

Along with Hitler were Imperial Marshal Hessman and Hess, who had been in charge of the United States and Germany negotiations.

Although the meeting was informal, the two most powerful figures in Germany and even the European Community appeared at the same time, which also made Kennedy, the US Ambassador to Switzerland, feel more confident.

Obviously, the Germans attach great importance to making peace with the United States. If they can promote peace between the United States and Germany, their future political future will definitely be more than just an ambassador.

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"No, no, no... we don't really want to make peace with the Nazis in Europe, let alone abandon the Soviet Union. President Roosevelt and most American politicians know what the consequences of letting Germany dominate Europe completely. Even if the United States defeats Japan and rulees the Pacific, it is not enough to fight a European community that integrates Russia."

Just as Ambassador Kennedy met with Hitler, Hessman, Hess and others to discuss peace, the Kremlin also welcomed a guest presidential envoy from the United States, Harry Hopkins.

Hopkins' purpose was very simple, which was to explain the United States' European policy and cheer for the Soviet Union, who had just lost the war.

Oh, and it threatens Stalin!

After seeing Stalin's English secretary Pavlov translated his words into Russian, Hopkins slowly added: "Of course, if you are going to make peace with Germany, then we have no reason to continue fighting with Germany... and we will not interfere in European affairs again. The Lease Act will be immediately abolished and will never be restored, regardless of whether Germany complies with the treaty signed with you!"

This is a naked threat! And... the threat makes sense!

Because the United States is in a very favorable position when it comes to betraying friends. Although Germany is powerful, it does not have the power to cross the Atlantic to attack the United States. Even the Caribbean Sea, which is iron-clad, cannot even make the iron walls of the Caribbean. The best situation is nothing more than suppressing the United States on the Atlantic.

However, it is not easy to achieve this goal, because Germany's sea rights in the Atlantic Ocean are actually based on the high altitude, high speed, large range and the power of remote-controlled gliding bombs in Ju288.

With the gradual improvement of the "disposable Spitfire Plane", the United States has now had the killer weapon to eliminate the high altitude and high-speed advantage of Ju288. Unless within the combat radius of German jet aircraft (the advantage of jet aircraft at extremely high altitudes is not something that piston aircraft can fight), Ju288 is no longer a powerful tool that is difficult to deal with.

After breaking the threat of ju288 and various remote-controlled gliding bombs, both sides competed for aircraft carriers and battleships, and the United States had a great advantage. It was not that the US shipbuilding industry could really overwhelm Europe, but that the United States had 260 million tons of oil, while Germany had only 60 million tons of oil in 45 years, only a fraction of the United States.

The amount of oil controlled by Germany still has to maintain the expenses of European countries, and also maintain a huge mechanized force and air force on the Eastern Front. How much can it be left to use on the Atlantic Ocean?

So once the United States completely abandons the Soviet Union, Germany is likely to turn around and destroy the Soviet Union.

In order to negotiate peace with Germany, the United States will definitely repeal the Lease Act. Once this Lease Act is abolished, it will be difficult to pass it again. Without the Lease Act, then the Soviet Union would not have "free" US arms, food and raw materials. If it loses Ukraine on the left bank, how can the Soviet-German war be fought?

"But the Soviet Union is in great difficulty now!" Stalin frowned, not knowing whether he was angry with the United States or worried about the future of the Soviet Union. "We are now fighting against the entire European community alone, and there are traitors within us!"

"You are not fighting alone," Hopkins said. "You have our friend. In order to support the resistance of the Soviet people, we will take the initiative in the Atlantic Ocean."

"Take the initiative on the Atlantic Ocean?" Stalin snorted softly, "This is so good...you should have done this long ago."

"No, we can't take action too early," Hopkins shook his head, "because we need time to accumulate strength. Ships need to be built, personnel need to be trained, and carrier-based interceptors that can fight against advanced German high-altitude bombers."

Of course, the US Army in this era cannot be compared with Germany, and its level of combat organization and tactics is much worse. However, the US Navy's level is not low and it is definitely a difficult enemy to deal with. Although it was a bit confused at the beginning of the war, Japan was a little confused, but later it suffered a lot of losses because it bit the bullet and aided Britain.

However, since the burden of British locality was lost, the US Navy's strategic freedom has increased significantly, and there is no need to fight an unsure battle for the sake of aiding the UK.

Moreover, without the two strategic goals of aiding Britain and counterattacking Europe, almost 80% of the terrifying war industry in the United States completely serves the navy. This allows the United States to not only do its best to build aircraft carriers, but also have sufficient resources to accelerate the construction of battleships and heavy cruisers.

According to the plan, the No. 3 and No. 4 of the Iowa-class battleship will be able to start sea trials in 1943, while the No. 5 and No. 6 will be in service in 1944.

The five Montana-class battleships that were highly anticipated by the Americans are now being built at the highest priority level. They should be able to serve all of them within 1945!

In addition, six Alaska-class battlecruisers with a standard displacement of 27,000 tons are currently under construction at full speed. The first ship of Alaska will join the U.S. Navy in 1943, and the No. 5 Guam will join the U.S. Navy in early 1944.

In other words, by early 1944, the new American battleships/battlecruisers will include Washington, Iowa, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Missouri, Alaska and Guam, which will definitely become the enemy of the European Combined Fleet.

Moreover, the US Navy's current plan to fight the European Combined Fleet on the Atlantic Ocean is not to have a head-on battle with the European Combined Fleet.

"Are you going to have a decisive battle in the fleet?" Stalin asked, "Do we need to dispatch Soviet and Kronstadt to cooperate?"

The 4 Soviet class and 2 Kronstadt class have not yet been driven to the Pacific Ocean. According to the plan, they will take the Arctic Ocean route to the Pacific Ocean in the summer of 1943.

"Comrade General Secretary," Hopkins smiled, "Of course we hope to restore the Allies' Atlantic Fleet, but we will not fight the Americans at the moment. Because the decisive battle is not sure, our naval experts believe that we should fight a war of attrition with the Germans."

"War of attrition at sea?" Stalin asked with interest, "What are you consuming? Ships or lives?"
Chapter completed!