"What's going on?"

Although Churchill knew that the secretary must have something important to report when he broke in, as prime minister, he could not let his decision be taken for granted.

"This is a telegram from the United States."

Although the secretary was a little panicked about breaking in and being noticed by the prime minister and other important ministers, he decided to put the telegram in front of the prime minister's desk, after all, this telegram was too important.

And I saw the secretary come in like a gust of wind and leave like a gust of wind.

Churchill, who was interrupted by his secretary, took advantage of this time to glance at the telegram, and this glance made him unable to take his eyes off it anymore. Because the telegram wrote that US President Roosevelt bypassed Congress and prepared a batch of military supplies for Britain and France. This is a sum of up to $120 million in military supplies, and the list of supplies is on the next page of the telegram.

And this American aid made Churchill very excited, and he saw him holding this telegram high and speaking. "Now for the good news, President Roosevelt of the United States has provided us with a shipment worth $120 million with his special presidential grant. This shows that the Americans are also on our side. ”

Churchill's words made everyone present applaud this, they did not know what supplies the United States sent, but the attitude of the Americans has already shown that they will not sit idly by and ignore the big war in Europe, and this is the best evidence.

That's right, Britain is in desperate need of morale-boosting things at the moment. In Europe, Poland and Greece suffered successive defeats, and in the Mediterranean, the British and French fleets were at a disadvantage. At present, some people in China have questioned whether Britain's declaration of war on Droe was a mistake, although this voice is not worth mentioning at all, but it still represents a different kind of voice among the people.

And now the United States' extremely inclined policy has given the two countries a lot of confidence. As for the United States, they know how the last war saw a huge amount of supplies crossing the Atlantic to Europe. As long as there were American supplies, then the British and French mobilized soldiers were capable of blocking the attack from the Axis.

That's right, both countries are very clear about the industry of the United States, which is why Britain and France must pull in the United States. As long as the Navy has control over the Atlantic, then the United States will be able to send a steady stream of supplies to Europe.

"By the way, Prime Minister, what supplies did the United States send this time?"

Quartermaster Herbert? Morrison opened his mouth to ask, the army under his command is currently facing the problem of insufficient materials in all aspects, so he especially wants to know what these materials are.

And Churchill also followed his words and looked at the supplies sent by the United States in the cable, but the first glance made him frown slightly. The U.S. sent the materials they needed. There are more than 700 artillery pieces of various types, more than 500 anti-aircraft guns, and more than 300 anti-tank guns of various types. More than 100,000 Springfield rifles, more than 1,200 Browning heavy machine guns, and more than 600 P40 fighters they urgently needed, and then more than 50,000 tons of ammunition of various types.

The vast majority of this equipment is army equipment, and the only aircraft is the P40 fighter. This fighter is actually a small modification of the P36 after changing the engine, but this is already the most advanced fighter in the United States, and there is no better than it.

And even then, it was President Roosevelt who deliberately bypassed Congress and delivered supplies to Britain. Of course, the American capitalists who stood after President Roosevelt also made a contribution, otherwise how could they make the congressional elders turn a blind eye.

Of course, for the current Britain and France, this is completely indifferent, and they need the attitude of the United States more. Of course, on the other hand, Romania's seizure of the island of Cyprus and the threat of British and French colonies in the Middle East led the United States to speed up the delivery of supplies. Whether it's good or bad, it's unknown.

As for why there are no armored vehicles such as tanks in this list of supplies, it is also to blame that the previous army has been following the example of France.

In the eyes of the U.S. military, the French Army has always been a pretty good example, and they are a modern army with the traditional European system and excellent equipment. The U.S. Army believed that the French had better tanks than the Germans, and that they were much more powerful than German tanks in terms of protection and firepower.

Therefore, the main tank currently developed by the United States is the M2 tank, but due to the small size of the army, it is not equipped with many M2 tanks. Moreover, the United States itself is expanding its forces, and its number of tanks is insufficient, so Roosevelt naturally cannot take away the army, the only tank base. However, I heard that the U.S. Army is working to expand its armor forces. It intends to sign a contract with Chrysler, the producer of the M2 tank, for the purchase of 1000 M2 tanks.

So now, the United States can't come up with tanks to support Britain.

As for the famous M4 Sherman, it is still nowhere to be seen. Because Britain and France did not have the most intuitive understanding of Droz's armored strength, the United States did not have a reference for comparison.

Although the United States was unable to provide armoured assistance, the supplies were enough for Britain to form ten divisions, so Churchill spoke. "As you can see, the supplies from the United States have solved our great troubles. It just so happens that Admiral Wavell is in urgent need of reinforcements, so let's send some of this batch of supplies. ”

Although Churchill did not say what supplies to send, Morrison, as the Quartermaster of Arms, knew what to do. First of all, half of the fighters need to be left to defend the homeland, and most of the anti-aircraft weapons urgently needed by the homeland must be left, and the artillery, machine guns, anti-tank guns and ammunition are first selected by the local troops, and then sent to Admiral Wavell in Egypt. As for the Springfield rifles, send them directly to him, or give them to the troops formed in India or Africa.

Morrison, who has a heart like a mirror, has already calculated what supplies need to be sent.

The supplies from the United States were just right to help Churchill solve the problems of the Middle East, and he continued with a lot of joy in his heart. "At present, the relationship between China and the United States needs to be deepened, Your Excellency Halifax, how about you go to the United States as an ambassador?"

Churchill's words immediately made the air in the conference room freeze a little. Because they all know it's exile. Although the attitude of the United States towards Britain is very important, there is no need for the foreign secretary to serve as the British ambassador to the United States. And they also knew that Churchill had a good personal relationship with Roosevelt, and many things did not need to go through a diplomatic ambassador, which is not what exile is.

Of course, the reason for Halifax's exile is very clear to everyone. That is, Halifax is in the cabinet who advocates peace talks, and always jumps out to oppose Churchill's decision. However, given his position in the Conservative Party, Churchill endured until now. And now all of a sudden, sending it to the United States, I believe that the prime minister must have made all the preparations.

Although everyone knew the reason, no one in the room spoke, and they were all waiting for Halifax's answer.

And Halifax, who was the center of the crowd, flashed a trace of anger on his face, but he was well suppressed by him.

"Yes, I will take over as ambassador to the United States, so please allow me to leave now."

Halifax got up and left the conference room.

So on the last day of 1939, Edward? Wood? Halifax stepped down as Foreign Secretary and Robert Anthony Aiden took over.

But all this has no effect on Romania, everything is going according to plan. Everyone knows what Romania plans next, but so what, who can take back sea power in the Eastern Mediterranean from the Romanian Navy?