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On the morning of May 2, the famous Oval Office was closed tightly, with only two people inside, one was Franklin Roosevelt, the other was a middle-aged man who was less than fifty years old but had a very high hairline. His eyes were casting a terrifying light. He was no one else, but Edgar Hoover, the first director of the FBI.

The second Congressional inquiry was getting closer and closer on the afternoon of May 3, but Roosevelt still didn't wait for the good news he needed. Yesterday, the entire northeastern coastal land aircraft searched for a whole day and found no trace of the enemy. Although everyone knew that the attack group came on an aircraft carrier, this huge fleet disappeared completely like the evaporation of the world.

According to the inference of the Joint Conference, if the fleet had been escaping wholeheartedly, it would be a coincidence that if the fleet had run away 1,200 kilometers at this moment. Although no one had given up, it was almost certain that there was no result. The Crow sent emergency information that the Axis Fleet was once again at the Port of Heroes, but when the British dispatched heavy bombers to bomb, the entire fleet had disappeared without a trace.

Arnold has instructed the Eighth Air Force to launch a large-scale retaliatory air strike against Germany during the day. For this reason, he prepared for this day yesterday, mobilized more than 1,000 bombers and corresponding escort forces to prepare for a devastating blow to Berlin. However, Roosevelt himself was not optimistic about the effectiveness of the air strikes, and had been bombed many times. It was very powerful at the beginning, but the effect was getting worse and worse, and the losses were getting bigger and bigger.

After the British maritime transportation line was blocked on a large scale, it was difficult to transport materials and oil. If it were not for revenge on the bombing of New York, Churchill would not be willing to take out very valuable aviation fuel. Thousand-machine bombing and escort fighter attacks would cost at least 10,000 tons of high-level fuel, which would be more effective than bombing Azores. At present, the main aircraft bombing the Azores have been changed from Lancaster to B-17. After the American technicians installed an excess additional fuel tank called the "Azores fuel tank" in the wings, the overall portable fuel capacity increased from 9463 liters to 13671 liters, and the theoretical maximum range exceeded 7,000 kilometers. It is not necessary to support the aircraft to perform round-trip bombing missions safely. The premise is not to be injured.

The good news didn't come, but there were a lot of troublesome news:

Yesterday evening, Dewey held a press conference at New York City Hall, detailing the attacks in New York City and the results of preliminary rescue. The entire bombing destroyed New York's most famous landmark building to the fullest extent. Although the personnel losses were not large, there were only less than 200 people in total, with less than 100 residents dead, except for the members of the National Guard who were on duty in the city. But there were many follow-up problems. Roosevelt received very bad news. The axis consciously bombed the wealthy area of ​​Long Island. Most of the dead civilians were members of the upper class family. Although the core members of the first-class consortium family were not harmed, he had received several calls expressing his dissatisfaction with the government's failure to implement effective defense.

With the destruction of these landmark buildings, including the Brooklyn Bridge, New York's municipal operation will have major problems. Now the downtown area has been completely closed, but Roosevelt dared not imagine what problems they would encounter when they go to work on the first working day on May 3.

If the casualties of these professional managers' families and the chaos in daily inquiries in New York are just minor troubles, Dewey's public remarks are the real big troubles. The biggest opponent of next year's presidential election mercilessly refuted Roosevelt's national defense policy at the reception, criticized New York's extremely bad defense system in front of reporters and the audience, saying that what he saw was "a few aircraft, systemless air defense firepower and command center, extremely poor training personnel and at a loss." He expressed his desire to continue to strengthen air defense and military construction. In order to enhance the explanation effect, he also brought Marshall to appear. The poor Chief of Staff did not dare to escape. As a result, he was speechless by the media at the scene and could only bow and apologize.

What's even more terrible is that the Germans are also causing trouble. Less than three hours after they gave their national speech yesterday, Germany delivered a tit-for-tat speech, and Goebbels took the initiative. Roosevelt knew the whole process clearly, but he didn't have the ability and means to interfere with the people's information. The United States is not Germany. The more he doesn't want the people to know, the more bold the journalists dare to reveal it, not to mention that the Germans also used high-power radio stations to publicly send clear telegrams to the American media.

After the German preaching was sent, Marshall called him a long-distance call and told him to return to Washington tomorrow to discuss countermeasures. At the same time, he also told him with concern that there were private cars running away from the highway, and the terrifying middle class fled one after another. The supplies from various stores in the city were sold out, and people hoarding goods could be seen everywhere. The price of a gas mask was 5 times higher than last week and it was even less than possible to buy it.

Faced with the situation of storm coming and winds filling the building, and the fact that Secretary of State Hull reminded him in the early morning about the possible huge fluctuations in the capital market made Roosevelt even more worried. The first reaction of the people after the Pearl Harbor incident was anger, but the first reaction after this incident was panic. Roosevelt was considering whether to strengthen public opinion control, but this was a very dangerous double-edged sword. He was really unsure and had to invite Hoover to discuss countermeasures.

"Society may be in chaos for a while. After all, the continuous news shocks during this period have made the minds of the people across the country very confused..." Hoover sighed and said with grievances. "Now strange words are everywhere, such as 'The German ministers, marshals and industrialists have their children sacrificing one after another. The five Sullivan brothers are the most famous here.'"

The five Sullivan brothers are descendants of Irish immigrants and are typical civilian representatives. They all served on the Juno light cruiser. They were all killed in the South Pacific Battle last year, which caused an uproar after being reported by the media. The US side specifically emphasized that the same family members will not be allowed to serve in the same combat unit in the future.

Those who have truly come into contact with high-level people, have gone abroad, and have some understanding of the political ecology of the United States, Germany and the upper class will not be confused by the comparison listed by Goebbels, because there are profound different national conditions:

Germany is a traditional Junker society with a strong militarist tradition. Soldiers enjoy a lofty political and social status. Even if Germany failed in the World War, this tradition did not fade: if a man cannot prove himself on the battlefield, he will not only feel that he cannot raise his head, but will also be looked down upon by his friends, partners, subordinates and even his wife. Most of the children of upper-class people will choose to serve and go to the front line, especially senior officers with "Feng".

He was also a military aristocrat who had been passed down for generations. For example, Marshal Manstein was born in a military aristocratic family. Not only was his father a Prussian general, his uncle a general, but his grandfather was also a Prussian general (leading an army in the French-Prussian War). He graduated from a young military academy and spent his time in the army before he became an adult. If his son wanted to make a name for himself in the future, he would have to have this experience and would not fight. The children of aristocrats without medals could not even find a good wife with a good family.

The United States is a commercial civil society. Businessmen, engineers, lawyers, and doctors are the people who enjoy the highest political and social status in society. The most important ability of a man is to prove himself in the shopping mall. He will be ridiculed if he cannot make money. In the eyes of many people, officers are representatives of "simple mind, developed limbs, simple and rough". Most of them are not the choice of successful people. Therefore, not only the first-class families choose to do business, but even the children of senior generals are rarely willing to continue to join the army. Comparing the American leaders, it can be seen that Coolidge, Hoover and Roosevelt, who served as US presidents one after another after World War I, were either lawyers or engineers, while Hindenburg and the head of state who served as German leaders were soldiers, just one was a marshal and the other was a corporal.

Unfortunately, only the top elites understand this principle and understand it. The people will never understand it. Even if they are clear, they cannot accept that the children of Germany's big men are proud of fighting, and the children of our big men are proud of making money. What is the reason for this?

"Will public opinion control cause a rebound?"

Hoover was silent for a long time and only squeezed out one sentence: "It depends on how determined the government is."

"for example?"

"We must establish a comprehensive and meticulous news inspection system, and we cannot rely solely on the consciousness of the media or journalists; we must reduce the use of radios and characterize listening to enemy stations as serious treason crimes; we must encourage the public to expose and monitor the behavior of unstable elements in the community; we must isolate, review and monitor some ************* groups; we must secretly sort out, identify and transfer migrants such as German, Italian, and Irish...."

Edgar Hoover listed many things in a row, which made Roosevelt frightened and sounded completely a sign of transition to the police state.

"I can understand the other ones, this last one..." Roosevelt hesitated, "Haven't we sorted out the enemy and identified them?"

"They are not enemies, they are our nationals, or the second and third generation European immigrants." Hoover explained. "I would like to give an example. I have a very typical case. A German immigrant moved to us after World War I and became a national. The head of the household had a record of serving in the German Emperor's army. He is now retired. His son was born after the war. He grew up and received education in the United States. He was not very good at speaking German. He did not find that they had records of contact with any Nazi groups. However, our agents found that the head of the household often wore old military uniforms with medals at night and listened to German radio stations. He was excited to salute when he heard the news of German victory... They were completely American in their identities and life, but the thoughts in their minds were still very dangerous."

"It is necessary to learn from the German authorities' approach to social control in order to win." Edgar Hoover finally came to a conclusion. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!