"A perfect rescue operation!"

Before MacArthur and his troops arrived at Haikou, the U.S. Department of the Army had already received the news. Marshall immediately rushed to the White House and told Roosevelt the good news, and at the same time gave this action a very high evaluation.

"The Chinese air force and navy cooperated very closely, and the intelligence work was very accurate. Especially the navy cleared the Japanese artillery positions at the first time, which made MacArthur able to retreat more easily."

"A large part of the Chinese Air Force aircraft are made in the United States." Roosevelt is a broad-minded person, at least in the eyes of many people. Unfortunately, his impression of China has never been good. As long as he finds an opportunity, he can't help but want to sarcastically.

"This is true, but there is also a problem with this, that is, the aircraft they need is exactly what our aircraft manufacturing company uses the technology they provide." Marshall reminds, "We should face this ally."

"Alliance? Allies will not attack allies." Roosevelt snorted coldly, "I don't know how to explain to Churchill at the talks tomorrow. Because it is we who prevented the possible retaliation measures of the British government."

"Churchill couldn't provoke the Chinese at this time. Although he was very angry, he was an excellent politician. He just wanted to use his angry appearance to fight for more benefits." Harry Hopkins spoke. This most important think tank for Roosevelt, the "Shadow President" of the White House, breathed a long sigh after reading the telegram sent by MacArthur in detail: "The Chinese are far more powerful than we imagined... Especially in the development of new equipment, they are not much behind us. Mr. President, look here..."

"Where?" Roosevelt looked at the telegram along Hopkins' finger, "Radar? Sonar?"

"During the retreat, the Chinese sonar accurately discovered the Japanese submarine and threw deep-water bombs." Hopkins smacked his lips and looked at Marshall again: "General, since MacArthur pointed out this matter specifically on the telegram, what did he want to tell us?"

"You are very keen," Marshall said with no expression. "If I'm not wrong, MacArthur should have wanted to tell us that the Chinese have come to us in the development of sonar, and even everyone. But this still needs feedback from the Navy. They are the real experts. By the way, I would like to remind you: they discovered the Japanese submarines at night."

"You want to remind me... the German 'wolf pack'!" Hopkins asked after a moment of silence.

"We and the United Kingdom have decided to strengthen the escort system, and it is difficult for the German tactics to become a threat anymore." Roosevelt said in a deep voice. The German "wolf pack tactics" were another version of the German unlimited submarine warfare during World War I. The inventor of this tactic was a submarine captain who was in the Germans' unlimited submarine warfare, Karl Denitz. During World War I, although the submarine launched an attack underwater, it was mostly duels against large fleets during the day... Although this kind of showdown was still the daytime...

It will cause significant damage to the warship at a smaller cost and even sink it directly. But it will also cause the submarine to be attacked by the ship. The submarine is not a ship. After being attacked, the people above will at least have a chance to escape. Once the submarine is injured and loses its power to float, if it is lucky, it can abandon the boat and escape. However, more often it will be buried with the boat and the people at the bottom of the sea. The feeling of being held in the submarine compartment and waiting to die is imaginable. And Denitz has reformed this tactic of allowing the submarine to fight during the day.

The "wolf pack" first scattered hunting. After discovering the target, it will immediately notify its partners to come and hunt prey. However, they launch an attack not during the day, but at night. Moreover, facing the escort warships, Denitz boldly let the "wolf pack" surface at night... Night and sea water are the best protections for submarines. The sonar of warships often only monitors underwater, not on the sea surface. Therefore, the "wolf pack" easily avoids the frigate's monitoring network and easily approaches the target. Then... facing the ferocious wolf pack, even ordinary battleships may be robbed if they are accidentally, let alone those ordinary merchant ships?

This tactic is extraordinary. As early as a year before the official outbreak of World War II, Denitz directed his "wolf pack" to attack the "Athena" passenger ship, causing it to sink in just a few minutes and eventually bury it at the bottom of the sea. In the past two years, Denitz's "wolf pack" has been rampant in the Atlantic Ocean, attacking the Allied large transport fleets many times, and it has made night sailing a psychological shadow of the captains of the Allied. But the Allied forces still have no way to deal with the "wolf pack tactics". Even if they have the escort of heavy fleets, if they encounter more than 20 German submarines, it will be almost a disaster.

"Strengthening the escort system will only relieve the pressure on the Germans on the sea, which is tantamount to achieving their strategic goals in another way." Hopkins knew that Roosevelt was just stubborn. "The German submarines performed very well. According to previous documents, the British have always hoped to build a solid radar defense network. But our technology is not yet able to do it."

"Medicine, electronics, blasting, and even aviation technology... Chinese people seem to have many methods that we unexpectedly do?" Roosevelt suddenly smiled.

"That's right. And I believe they should have many trump cards that we don't know." Marshall also said.

"But they are also showing worrying ambitions now," Roosevelt said. "I'm worried that they will become our opponents in the future."

"I have analyzed that although China is aggressive, they should do this just to seek more benefits, because they do not have the confidence and strength to expand outward." Hopkins said, "because they are very poor! Their people cannot even fill their stomachs, and there are famines everywhere. There is no decent industry, agriculture is very backward, and they cannot even be self-sufficient. Not only that, their political situation is also very unstable. If it weren't for the invasion of the Japanese, they might have been involved in actual divisions. Through the various intelligence provided by the Chinese Embassy, ​​we even came up with the result: without the assistance from the West, the ammunition reserves of the Chinese team might not be able to support them in front of the Japanese for more than a year. This result is simply unimaginable to us... But the Chinese have fought against the Japanese for four or five years alone in such a poor state."

"Since they can fight against the Japanese for four or five years, they should be able to fight against the Japanese for another four or five years," said Roosevelt.

"But what if the Soviet Union was defeated?" Marshall asked suddenly, "If the sphere of influence of Japan and Germany are directly linked, the Chinese will face an even more terrifying situation."

"So, we need to help them, aren't we?" Roosevelt smiled bitterly. "Seriously, my friends, I really don't want to do that. Because my intuition tells me that this is not a good idea."

"But the threat from the Chinese is the most practical," said Marshall. "They have withdrawn their troops in most of French Indochina. This means that they are unwilling to hinder the Japanese's strategic attempt to continue southward! If they shrink back into their own territory, the Japanese will extend their tentacles into the Indian Ocean and even attack India directly."

"It's India again." Roosevelt smiled bitterly and sighed, "The UK has already concentrated hundreds of thousands of troops in Singapore, Malaya, Myanmar and other places, and they have not yet fought with the Japanese."

"From the combat effectiveness of the Philippine army, the hundreds of thousands of British colonial troops may not even be able to stop a Japanese division." Marshall shook his head, "You know, the Philippine troops were trained by MacArthur before the battle, and except for a few British colonial troops who participated in training, most of them were temporarily formed. Their combat effectiveness is doubtful."

"What do you think about the Chinese's suggestions for forming the Southeast Asian Allied Command?" Roosevelt sighed. This debate has been going on many times. He has been trying to convince his men to stop supporting China. But as Marshall and Hopkins said, they cannot find a reason. China, as the biggest barrier to preventing the Japanese in the East, is the object they must not give up. As long as those people have not yet reconciled with the Japanese or joined the Axis powers, they must always support each other, no matter how the other party angers them.

"MacArthur cannot stay in China. He cannot cooperate well and beneficially with the Chinese. His destination should be Australia. He should lead his troops to establish a new defensive position in Australia to prevent the Japanese from attacking in the next step." Marshall said hurriedly. He understood Roosevelt's plan. He sent the 30,000 US troops stationed in the Philippines to the Indochina Peninsula nearby to cooperate with the Chinese... This seems to be a very cost-effective, time-saving plan. However, through the performance of the Chinese in the past two years, since the establishment of the Southeast Asian Allied Command was proposed, it must be for the highest command. But how could MacArthur accept the command of others? Moreover, the defense line they arranged in Australia also needs great force to supplement.

"At the last meeting, Churchill proposed to me the plan to be the commander of this Allied Forces by Lieutenant Arthur Percival, who was stationed in Malaya..." Roosevelt said again.

"No, no, no, this is impossible. The Chinese will not accept the British to command the war in Southeast Asia." Hopkins shook his head, "What's more, that guy is still a lieutenant general! I doubt Churchill's sincerity."

"I also……"

"Dingling!" The phone ring suddenly rang, and Roosevelt glanced at the two of them apologetically and grabbed the microphone:

"...It's me, what's the matter?"

"What's up?"

Seeing Roosevelt put down the phone, Hopkins asked again.

"It's Churchill, he hopes to meet me tonight!" Roosevelt smiled bitterly, "discuss the personnel and war arrangements of the European theater and the Asian theater."

"He wants to leave the Chinese behind!" Marshall licked his tongue, "This will cause a lot of trouble." (To be continued, please search for Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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