Everyone was deeply impressed by the Führer's brain, this plan still has to be discussed by various countries, and it is clearly to be released to intimidate the Americans, and I don't know who will be the internal response, but the world is impermanent, what if it is used? Didn't Manstein's plan to cross the Ardennes for the French campaign at the beginning? In the end, it was not the Führer's strength that was used against public opinion, and everyone suddenly looked forward to it.

While Hoffman was planning the intimidation of the Castles, Dewey had just completed the formation of a new government.

In his most notable position as secretary of state, he appointed the 56-year-old John Foster Dulles, who was no stranger, his maternal grandfather, John Watson Foster, who was President Benjamin Harrison's secretary of state, and his uncle, Robert Lansing, who was President Woodrow Wilson's secretary of state, and now President Dewey's secretary of state, fully carrying on the family's glorious tradition.

The reason why Dewey appointed Dulles as secretary of state was because the other party was an important member of the Washington political family, which was conducive to uniting more forces to maintain his rule, and on the other hand, because Dewey was quite self-aware that he was not good at diplomacy, and he was generally young only 42 years old, and needed a politician who was old but not too old to govern, and Dulles, who was 56 years old at the time and had been in charge of Republican foreign policy formulation and foreign speeches, seemed to be very suitable.

To tell the truth, Dewey, who served as the governor of New York, is very handy in the field of domestic affairs, and the level and means of fighting crime, listening to public opinion, and paying attention to people's livelihood are also very clever, but foreign and military are his two weaknesses, especially his age, as a president, he really looks a little younger, unless he is from a royal family or a noble background in European diplomatic circles, it is still a question whether he can be mixed with the first secretary of the embassy at the age of 42, if the United States is unique in the world and can command him, of course he does not have to scruple, he can come as he wants, And now there are too many restrictions in Europe, even arrogant Americans have to put down their bodies.

Dulles had much more resources in this regard than Dewey, not only did he have close ties with European diplomatic circles, but because of Robert Lansing's support, he had just turned 30 and served as the legal adviser to the American delegation at the Versailles Peace Conference (the actual work of the delegation was his uncle, how could this kind of fertile water flow into the fields of outsiders?). There are people in the DPRK who are good officials, and there is no exception in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad. He then worked on the post-war reparations commission, where he played a major role in reviving the German economy and rearmament, in other words, Mr. Dulles was not only familiar with the German leadership, but also "gracious" to the Germans, which Hull and his ilk could never match.

Of course, the matter of "grace" can also be understood as the initiator of the laissez-faire in Germany and the current deterioration of the world pattern, but no high-level politician has such a narrow view of the problem. Supporting Germany and arming Germany was a national policy formulated by the United States after the Treaty of Washington in Versailles to break the exclusion of Britain and France, and it was unanimously approved by leading figures and consortia. Moreover, Germany's initial performance was indeed in line with American expectations, profoundly shaking and undermining the colonial system of Britain and France, forcing them to ask the United States for help, either openly or secretly, and then the United States could wait for the price to sell, and finally win a lot of money like the last war, and achieve world hegemony.

It's a pity that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor without understanding the customs,

Quickly dragged the United States into the water, and it is even more hateful that the Germans are too capable of fighting, not only beating Britain and France to the point that they can't take care of themselves, but even the huge polar bear has been beaten to the last breath.

It is not a good move to use Dulles, make friends with the Germans, and ease their emotions!

However, the day after Dulles took office, his first proposal was not to seek a quick compromise with Germany, but to speak unexpectedly about the Russian question, saying: "Russia is not only united with China, but also has deep-seated contradictions with Japan and Germany, and although the two sides have different ideologies, the survival of the nation and the state has now prevailed over everything, and I trust that Mr. Stalin will take a pragmatic and cautious approach to this, and will be able to transcend the ideological gap." Even if capitalism and the world do not share the sky, the Nazis and Japanese militarism must be sent to hell before the two sides fight! ”

"So?"

"That's why I advocate uniting with Russia, supporting all the forces that are beneficial to us, and helping all those who help to consolidate and advance the interests of the United States, regardless of their political color." Dulles said slowly, "The Russian Communist Party, the French Communist Party, the Italian Communist Party, the British Communist Party, Greece, Serbian Tito, and even the Japanese Communist Party are all forces that can be used!" ”

Now, if you rank according to the value of force, the Russian Communist Party is of course a well-deserved leader, but with 5 provinces, nearly 60 million people and 2 million armed forces (Dulles has read Weidemeyer's secret report, he does not dare to call it an army, only an armed force) is also an object that should not be underestimated.

"But Chiang?" Dewey spoke in embarrassment. He remembers very well that Chiang had made a political donation to him through secret channels during the election campaign and expressed support for his candidacy.

"Chiang himself may be quite honest and have ideas, but his regime is very, his orders can no longer be freely conveyed from top to bottom, and his army is not an effective united unity, neither General Stilwell nor General Weidemeyer is not very optimistic, perhaps everyone barely has some common interests in resisting Japanese aggression, but with Japan's gradual withdrawal from China and after changing from military strikes to political persuasion, the Chiang regime's containment of Japanese power has almost weakened to the point where it is almost impossible to see, And at least they were willing to mobilize troops to the Indian battlefield at the beginning, and they gave a lot of help to the British under the premise of extreme difficulties, and I think they have more potential! ”

Everyone in the Joint Chiefs of Staff nodded, because the United States lost extremely badly on the battlefield, so now everyone is embarrassed to laugh at Stalin's father and China, everyone is half a pound and eight taels of each other, if the latter has the equipment and logistics of the American army, maybe it can fight better.

Dewey quickly understood Dulles's thoughts, and his focus was on secretly supporting the Russian Communist Party, "What about the non-American committee here?" ”

"We've got to think of another way to make this look like a bargain rather than an aid," Dulles asked MacArthur mused, "what do you think about bringing in 10,002,000 Red Army officers with combat experience to help us train new recruits?" If you don't go to the first line, you're in the country! ”

MacArthur was stunned, he didn't think about it, but Clark opened his mouth: "I think it's okay!" Didn't the Army Airlines bring in Russian pilots? Why can't the Army use Red Army officers? We asked them to pass on their experience, and they must have learned a lot about playing with the Germans for many years."

"I agree in principle, but the risk of a reddened army?" MacArthur voiced his concerns.

"This requires a good talk with Stalin, we hired Red Army officers to teach how to fight the war, not to teach Bolshevik agitation, so we only need pure military officers, not a single political commissar, and we are not allowed to propagate the slightest bit of this in exchange, and we promise not to co-opt Stalin's men." Dulles shrugged, "As for mutual affection, I don't care about it, soldiers and soldiers always have special feelings, Hitler has helped us train 150,000 SS soldiers, without introducing a little other factor restraint, it will be difficult to do it in the future, and the troops will be difficult to bring."

So everyone turned their attention to Dewey: such a major decision, involving politics, economics, ideology, military and diplomacy, how can it be done without the nod of the president?

Dewey thought for a few minutes, and felt that although this matter was not perfect, it was tantamount to a good idea, and now the United States imperialism, which has a big business, lacks a younger brother, and the Axis G48 sent a telegram of protest, but he was in a hurry for a while, and the 48 countries are in charge of big and small countries, at least the shelves are pulled up, and then look at the Allied camp, now there are almost 24, not to mention that there are many governments in exile.

He gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement with Dulles's proposal, "You do it boldly, I am responsible for any problems, I am the president to solve problems for the American people, you can't look ahead and backward, afraid of this or that!" "The newly appointed Dulles succeeded in lighting a fire.

The second fire soon burned as well, and Ribbentrop called Hoffmann: "The Führer, the new US Secretary of State, Mr. Dulles, has sent a message through the Swiss side that he would like to meet with me once and exchange some views privately."

"Dulles? He became Secretary of State? ”

"Yes, it's our 'old friend' anymore"

Even Hoffman had to feel the strength of historical inertia, Dulles was not supposed to serve as secretary of state during the Republican administration until 1953, but he did not expect the Republican Party to come to power early, and he also became secretary of state in advance.

"What do you think?"

"Although we don't want to reach a compromise with the Americans for the time being, Dulles spoke directly, and it seems that it is not good not to go." Ribbentrop cautiously explained, "He not only greeted me, but also greeted Siemens and Krupp here through some consortium leaders such as Rockefeller and Ford, and at the same time expressed his condolences and condemned the terrorists in his personal name." ”

Hoffman laughed: Dulles is kind of funny.

"Let him come, we guarantee his safety and freedom to come and go, please don't have any worries."