In the office of the president of the United States, Roosevelt looked at Marshall with a disillusioned face, and as the president's think tank, Marshall is now also very embarrassed.

Britain surrendered, and although the chaotic colonies could not immediately supply the disorganized Europe, nominal peace was restored.

The United States hoped that Britain and Germany would fight for a lose-lose outcome, and now Germany can be said to be a quick victory.

"Alas...... Now, the breakthrough of our intervention in European affairs has been closed by the Germans. Roosevelt sighed.

Because Britain has failed, everything has been detached from American calculations. How can it not be frustrating that things are happening right in front of your eyes?

Originally, everything was still under control, but suddenly, Germany opened the plug-in and won the European theater.

While sighing, Mr. Roosevelt, President of the United States, kneaded the bridge of his nose in pain. These days, he is desperately maneuvering between parliaments and parliaments to make up for his previous mistakes.

Countless materials and money were supported to Britain, but the war was lost, and many benefits could not be recovered, which always had to be paid for.

Fortunately, most of the assistance is not gratuitous, but is replaced by the due benefits on the spot. If there is too much gratuitous aid, he, as a president, may all suffer.

"We did a lot of calculations, but we did not expect that the Germans would be able to provoke a revolution in weapons technology at the same time on land and at sea." Marshall was also very depressed when he mentioned this.

He is good at operations and co-ordination, and is able to maximize the combat potential of his country's rear.

But after all, he is not a traditional soldier, and he is not an all-powerful existence without leading soldiers.

As Chief of Staff, Marshall was neither Patton nor Bradley, and it was almost impossible for him to lead the exploration of a tactical revolution caused by weapons.

What this powerful operations expert is best at is to produce tens of thousands of tanks and tens of thousands of aircraft, and then arm these weapons to 10 million people and hand them over to the generals on the front line to squander.

In Marshall's calculations, he believed that the British navy had absolute numerical superiority and could not afford to lose the war.

But the Germans taught him an important lesson. When weapons drive tactical change, numerical superiority can sometimes be negated.

This cruel lesson hit Marshall even harder than Roosevelt. Because this German victory destroyed Marshall's inner confidence in operation.

"Now, the German Navy has at least two aircraft carriers, and if we add a couple of battleships handed over to them by the British, we will also have to pay more attention to the Atlantic." Marshall, who finally came back to his senses, opened his mouth and said.

Britain's defeat not only deprived the United States of an ally, but also forced the United States to strengthen its eastern coastline defenses.

This line of defense is still long, encompassing the Gulf Coast, the oil supply base of the United States, as well as the important financial city of New York, and the political center of Washington, D.C.

What is even more frightening is that the United States has also lost the opportunity to interfere in European affairs, and now Europe is monolithic, and no matter how strong the United States is, it will not be able to do it.

Once the United States and Japan go to war, no one can guarantee whether Germany will fall into the ground.

Although Japan did not join the Axis powers, the friendly relations between Japan and Germany still seem to be strong.

"The good news is that the Soviet-German battle seems inevitable, and all we can do is wait for the decisive battle between them to begin." Speaking of this, Marshall's mood seemed to be much better.

Neither the Soviet Union nor Germany seemed good to the United States, and a war between the two countries would still be beneficial to the United States.

As long as both countries lose the war, the United States can still return to Europe and resume its previous plans.

Roosevelt was also pleased with Stalin's aggressiveness when he mentioned the Soviet Union. The Soviet ambassador had discussed with him several times the question of the German threat, and he could see that the Soviet Union really wanted to divide the victory with Germany.

The main forces of both sides were massed on the border, with Germany amassing at least 3 million men on the Eastern Front and the Soviet Union stockpiling at least 5 million on the border.

The mobilization of troops of this scale is already a naked prelude to war. Roosevelt was very envious of the mobilization capacity of the two countries, and also very much of the dictatorial power of the heads of the two countries.

Even Roosevelt, who led the United States out of the financial crisis, still did not have the power of Hitler in Germany and Stalin in the Soviet Union.

Although it seems that Stalin was hated by the people at home and Hitler was constrained by the aristocracy, their power was indeed much greater than that of Roosevelt.

"If nothing else, the Soviets will attack Germany around March 15, and it's up to the Germans to respond." Marshall had a simple judgment on the timing of the Soviet attack, which he came to after careful calculations.

As for the resistance of the German army, Marshall did not seem to have been worried in the slightest. He believed that the German army was much stronger than the navy, and that it would hardly be difficult to resist the Soviet attack.

In Marshall's view, a war between the two sides would turn Poland and other border areas into ruins, and both countries would fall into the quagmire of war.

At that time, as long as the United States adjusts the balance between the two sides and uses arms exports to keep the two sides evenly matched, it will be able to keep the two countries bleeding.

"The industrial achievements of the USSR over the years are worrying, and they have received both our and the Germans' help...... This would have been a slight deviation in our or the Germans' estimates. Roosevelt saw the big picture and expressed his concerns to Marshall.

For more than ten years, the Soviet Union used the Versailles system to squeeze the Germans and obtained a lot of technology from Germany.

They also bought a lot of machinery and equipment from Britain and the United States, and at that time, everyone was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, and of course they would do everything to harm each other.

After ten years of blood transfusion and appeasement, the behemoth of the Soviet Union has grown. Roosevelt couldn't see through Stalin, and Marshall, of course, couldn't figure out that distant red country.

If Hitler could have rationally and objectively evaluated the Soviet Union and attached importance to the country's heritage, he would not have insisted on launching the Barbarossa Plan and made mistakes again and again in implementing this plan.

Hitler counted the funds that Germany had aided the Soviet Union, but unfortunately he was ignorant of the connivance of the United States and Great Britain.

The huge Soviet Union also received massive support from the United States during the war, which far exceeded the statistics and calculations of the German leadership.

"Whether there is a deviation or not, there is no doubt that the Soviet Union intended to attack Germany." Marshall confidently said: "If he doesn't do it, Hitler will do it!" ”

"I'm afraid, I'm afraid, Germany's quick victory on the Western Front has shaken the Soviet Union's determination to go to war." Roosevelt looked out the window at the bright spring light and said this.

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Far away in the still cold Kremlin, there is still some unmelted snow on the spires of the glittering buildings.

Soviet soldiers in heavy and long military uniforms, holding steel guns, stood guard in their positions.

The picture here always seems to have its own background music, and the majestic music makes the place even more mysterious.

Stalin stood by the window, listening to the news of the British surrender. Before, he thought it was a smokescreen released by the British, but now it seems that the British are really being cornered by the Germans.

"The great leader, Comrade Stalin. The Germans really drove into the city of London, and our ambassador to England personally called to prove it. A diplomat reported to Stalin with trepidation.

Everyone here knew that Stalin was bent on invading Germany and planting the red flag of the Soviet Union in every city in Europe.

The delay in preparing for operations on the front line has caused the war to drag on and on. As a result, the opportunity to flank Germany with Britain had been missed, how could Stalin not be annoyed?

Timoshenko stood there and glanced out of the corner of his eye at the diminutive Khrushchev standing beside him.

The two of them were basically in charge of the front-line combat preparations, and as a result, they were one step late, which was obviously the responsibility of the two of them.

"I only gave you half a month a month ago, but you just put it off again and again, and finally missed the opportunity." Stalin held his pipe in his hand and watched as several people in front of him slowly spoke.

The great leader of the Soviet Union spoke slowly, but with an unquestionable majesty. Khrushchev swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and Timoshenko lowered his head.

"Is it less certain to attack Germany now? Are we going to be struck down by the difficulties that lie ahead? Stalin asked, walking up to his henchmen.

Step by step, looking at these poor subordinates, Stalin waited for the other party to give him an explanation. Timoshenko was determined to make a shrunken turtle, and he could only wait for Khrushchev to speak.

Khrushchev was able to rise to prominence in a short period of time and become Stalin's confidant, and of course he was not a fool, he also made up his mind to keep his mouth shut, and the fool spoke at this time.

Seeing that everyone did not speak, Stalin snorted coldly: "Now it is a situation where the arrow is ready to be sent and has to be sent." It's useless to dwell on it, let the greatest warriors conquer the sinful Europe of capitalist domination! ”

After a pause, Stalin seemed to find such a dry slogan too hollow, and added: "By March 20 at the latest, we must attack." ”

After saying this, he squinted his eyes and looked at Timoshenko and Khrushchev: "This time, if you can't do it again, you don't have to go back to Moscow to see me, go directly to Siberia......"