Chapter 763: Lend-Lease Act (Addendum 6)

If the Germans didn't blow up the survivor if it wasn't for the United States to deter them, why bomb the Statue of Liberty?

Ten years ago, Germany was still extremely weak, so small that not only Britain and France could be ravaged at will, but even countries like Poland could come and kick at any time.

But now, Germany has become stronger, so powerful that it makes people tremble, and the whole of Europe is trembling at the feet of Germany!

Germany destroyed a city in half an hour, showing Germany's powerful combat capability, and at such a time, Germany's vanity, of course, will swell rapidly!

It's like now.

The submarines of the Germans, sailing in the Atlantic, were out of nowhere, hunting the British cargo ships, and now, even the American cargo ships dared to fight!

The German planes dared to fly to the coast of the United States to observe, and if they were not happy, they would drop bombs!

The appetite of the Germans, which is growing, how can they be satisfied with only occupying Europe! The Germans will certainly not let go of the United States!

There are facts in front of us, and there is no doubt about it!

Although the parliamentarians present were more or less tainted with the benefits of Germany, after all, they were Americans, and they stood firm on this issue of right and wrong!

"Now the Germans are taking LinkedIn, and once Britain is defeated, the Germans have no rival." Roosevelt continued: "The emergence of a united and powerful country on the European continent is the greatest danger in the world, and if we cannot help Britain through this crisis, we in the United States will also be implicated." ”

Roosevelt was very powerful, in the past, he would only be ridiculed when he said this, but now, everyone is silent, they absolutely do not want to see this scene!

"Are we going to declare war on Germany? We, the United States, should not enter a state of war, which is not in our interests. Councillor Delenn said.

No matter what Roosevelt said, in short, the United States will not be on the chariot, what good is it for the United States? What Roosevelt said has not yet been confirmed, and it is certainly inappropriate to drag the United States into the quagmire of war now just because of one thing.

"Of course not, now, after all, we are not really threatened by Germany, we cannot declare war yet, but we can support Britain and let Britain defeat Germany, this is what we must do." Roosevelt looked at everyone and said, "I propose that we lend weapons and resources to Britain to help Britain fight the war!" ”

In the past, Roosevelt's support for Britain was only carried out in secret, and the amount was not too large, but now, Roosevelt is going to do it openly.

"If my neighbor has a fire, I can only lend him the hose to extinguish the fire, instead of asking him to pay for the hose in advance, and return the neighbor's original item after the fire is extinguished." Roosevelt made an analogy.

This is just one thing, of course, it is impossible to bring the United States to the war, and Roosevelt did not intend to do this, this time when he came to Congress, the first thing was to explain this matter, to point the finger at Germany, and now it is almost over, and the second thing is to pass the Lend-Lease Act!

Without a large number of supplies, Britain will not be able to win this war, Britain lacks everything, in terms of navy, Britain needs at least hundreds of warships, and the tanks needed by the ground forces are even more astronomical, always transferred behind the scenes, it is definitely not enough, this bill must be passed!

Just wanted to borrow something, not to directly participate in the war, hearing Roosevelt's idea, old Delen was also relieved, in this way, it seems that there is not much loss to his own side.

"But what do the British pay for rent?" A parliamentarian suddenly thought of this serious problem.

It's about Lend-Lease, which sounds good, what if you lease a warship and get sunk? The lend-lease tank, destroyed? And those bullets, food and whatever, it's almost not rental, it's all consumables.

So, this question is also very important, don't end up with things running out and money gone!

Britain is an old capitalist country with a deep heritage, and although the economic crisis broke out in the twenties, Britain was also the first industrial country to come out of recession.

By 1938, Britain had $4 billion in gold and dollar reserves, four times higher than in the early 30s! (It is said that it should be said according to the pound sterling, but if the UK wants to reserve, it must not be its own national currency)

It's just that the war is definitely a gold-sucking beast, and in just a few months, Britain's gold and foreign exchange reserves have plummeted to $1 billion. This is a dangerous figure that signals that the time is not far off for the UK's cash flow to break down.

Britain has no money, what does Britain take for lend-lease?

In the secret agreement, Britain exchanged Canada for this, but this agreement could not be fulfilled until Germany won the war, so if it could not win, it would be ruined.

Moreover, not everyone was interested in expansion, so if Roosevelt threw these things, he would not necessarily be able to impress the members present, but, in another way, it would be enough!

"So, here I am, there is an offer, and if Churchill wants us to reach out, there is now a fairly quick solution, which is to sell the British shares in the major industrial companies of the United States."

When Roosevelt said this plan, the entire conference room hall instantly calmed down, as councilors, they all represent major families, various forces, Roosevelt's words, let them smell business opportunities!

You know, Britain still has tens of billions of dollars of "idle assets" overseas, and if the British want the United States to agree to support, then Britain will have to jump off the building and sell it, and at the same time, the American capitalists will make a lot of money.

Why didn't the U.S. Congress agree to go to war with Germany? Isn't it because of German capital that the American capitalists are being fed? Now, there are new benefits! So many of the UK's assets are now all fish and meat of the United States!

Many people's eyes are shining, wait until today's meeting is over, and inform the forces behind them as soon as possible!

"It will take time to draft the specific Lend-Lease Act, and I hope that Congress can give me the power to give Britain some support first, so that Britain can resist the German attack." Roosevelt said, "At the same time, we can also have the British sell us some companies at once, such as the American man-made fiber company, and now, please support me in this plan." ”

Roosevelt looked at the congressmen present, his words had already conquered the support of the majority of them! 10