025 Lend-Lease Act

A few days later, Su Hui's report appeared in the newspapers in the United States. She used some real examples on the battlefield and used pictures to achieve the best visual impact, and at the same time, using American experts to comment on this weapon made it easy for more people to be convinced.

People did not expect that the Japanese would be so mad that they would use a large number of biological and chemical weapons in the war, and this incident caused quite a stir in the United States.

Although the report has aroused many people's awareness of China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and more and more people full of justice have begun to sympathize with China's War of Resistance, Huang Ying knows that these can only be icing on the cake, and the most impact is in the civil sphere, and for those politicians sitting in parliament, the greatest interest is their ultimate goal.

Huang Ying decided that he had to meet President Roosevelt in person and convince him to lean over China.

But where is the president of a country who says he can meet at the moment? Although Huang Ying is Huang Ke's child, he can mediate and negotiate this matter through diplomatic channels, but it is too time-consuming, and it remains to be said whether it will succeed.

At this time, Su Hui reminded her to see if she could make a breakthrough from other aspects. Pleasantly surprised by the dreamer, Huang Ying decided to make this request to President Roosevelt's wife, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt.

In fact, Huang Ying and Roosevelt's wife only had a one-sided relationship, and that was when Huang Ke visited the United States. At that time, President Roosevelt, in order to show his friendship with Huang Ke, invited his family to the White House.

It was through this that she met President Roosevelt's wife, and of course, Huang Ying, who was good at managing interpersonal relationships, also left her contact information at that time.

Huang Ying called according to the contact information left at the beginning, but it was only answered by a secretary. She told Huang Ying on the phone that she had recorded it and would report it at the appropriate time, but she was not sure that the president's wife would meet with her.

These are naturally the normal clichΓ©s of the secretaries, and Huang Ying knows that she may meet Mrs. Roosevelt if she expects them to report and arrange the trip, but she cannot pin her future hopes on the secretary's arrangement.

This road is impassable, Huang Ying and Su Hui both frowned.

Su Hui said, "Why don't you contact the embassy in the United States?" ”

Huang Ying shook his head, "This obviously doesn't work, because I'm not a diplomat, and it's not a personal act through diplomatic channels, and President Roosevelt will reconsider the stakes, in that case, the chances of success will be much smaller." ”

The two of them fell into thought again.

Su Hui shook her head and said, "The Roosevelt family is a well-known family in the United States, and only by finding a family comparable to it can we ask them out in private. ”

This sentence woke up Huang Ying, right, why don't you go to the Corleone family? The old man, Corleone, was his godfather, and he came forward to find an intermediary to mediate, and it should not be difficult to meet President Roosevelt's wife.

After saying this idea, Su Hui also felt that it was good, and she smiled: "Yes, there are dates and no dates to hit three poles!" ”

After hearing this, Huang Ying smiled and said, "It seems that you have not been in vain during this time in China, and you can even use the familiar words that Chinese often say." ”

Su Hui showed color after hearing this: "That is, I was originally Chinese by my roots." ”

In the afternoon, Huang Ying bought some gifts and went to Corleone's house to visit the old man Corleone. Today, Corleone is out of his old days and now operates a wide range of shipments from China, the Philippines and the United States.

With Huang Ke's support, he already owns a shipping group that is very large in the United States. Corleone once proudly said, "One out of ten freighters in the Pacific is the old man Corleone's." ”

As the economy grew, so did the Corleone family's influence in the United States. Like all the capital predators, after gaining significant influence in the economic sphere, they began to venture into the political sphere.

After all these years of operation, the Corleone family has also gained enough influence in the American political arena, and it is precisely because of this that Huang Ying decided to find Corleone for help.

In the afternoon, Ms. Huang drove to Corleone's home in a suburb of Washington. Now that the family lives mostly in Washington, Corleone has bought a small villa here.

After Huang Ying arrived, the bodyguard led him into the backyard. Corleone was playing on the lawn with his little grandson George and a golden retriever dog, when he saw Huang Ying coming over, he handed over his little grandson and dog to the servant, and walked over with a smile.

"Who's coming to see me? Oh, my dear child, if you hadn't come to-day, I'd thought you'd forgotten about me, an old man. ”

Huang Ying smiled: "My godfather, the child has come to see you now." ”

Corleone invited her to sit down in the lounge on the lawn, and the maid brought coffee and brewed Chinese tea.

After Huang Ying thanked her, she picked up the tea brewed in front of her and said, "I didn't expect that I would search all the streets of Washington and be here with you." ”

Corleone said, "You know, I often do business with your home country now. Originally, I knew that you liked to drink Longjing, but unfortunately it was occupied by the Japanese, so I asked people to bring Yunnan tea. ”

Huang Ying took a sip, the strong fragrance of this tea is so refreshing.

Corleone picked up a cup of coffee in front of him, and he stirred it gently: "Son, let's talk, is there anything that needs Corleone's help?" Just say it. I've been following the war in China lately, and to be honest, your situation is not very rosy. ”

After saying that, he changed his tone and said, "However, I still believe that you will be able to win the final victory. ”

She was not surprised at all that Corleone could think that Huang Yinglai was asking for him. The old man went from Sicily, Italy to the United States, from nothing to the current huge family, he naturally has the ability to see people.

Huang Ying was not hypocritical, and simply told the other party the cause and effect of the incident.

Corleone touched his chin and thought after hearing this, Huang Ying knew that the godfather must have agreed to his request, but he didn't know who to go to to do this yet.

Sure enough, after a moment, he moved his hand from his chin, touched the pipe in his hand, and said, "I think I'm going to call Mrs. Roosevelt personally." ”

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As expected, with the help of Corleone, Huang Ying met President Roosevelt's wife as he wished, and through his wife, he had an opportunity to meet President Roosevelt.

The meeting took place in the Katoktin Mountain National Park in Maryland, not far from Washington, which later became known as Camp David.

In his spare time, President Roosevelt would come here with his family to relax on vacation, and of course, it was one of many meeting places.

The interview was short, no more than an hour. Roosevelt obviously remembered Huang Ying, and after chatting with Huang Ying about some family matters, he asked her straightforwardly about the purpose of her visit, just like Corleone.

Unlike Corleone's conversation, after President Roosevelt's question, she did not immediately state her true purpose, but took out some photos and handed them to President Roosevelt.

President Roosevelt's expression began to freeze after seeing the photographs, which apparently attracted his attention.

"Mr. President, allow me to introduce you to these photographs. These are the warships of the Japanese Navy that have recently been launched. At the current rate, the Japanese Navy already has a fleet of nearly ten aircraft carriers, and their strength is unprecedentedly strong. ”

"They are sparing no effort to develop the navy, obviously not to target China, because then they can put their energy into the army. I think you should understand that in the Pacific, their target is your country. ”

President Roosevelt did not speak, he knew that the Japanese were expanding the navy, but what he did not expect was that it would expand to this extent. What is the concept of dozens of aircraft carrier formations?

Seeing that President Roosevelt had some understanding, Huang Ying continued: "Now, the United States does not need to be involved in the war, but in order to ensure that the Japanese pose less threat to you, you need the Chinese to win this war." But now my country is in shambles, and they are trying to fight the invaders, but they lack modern weapons and supplies. I have heard that the U.S. government is preparing to introduce a Lend-Lease Act, and I hope that the U.S. government will give priority to supplying China. ”

After hearing this, Roosevelt put the picture on the table and said with a solemn face: "I think your idea is right. America will become an arsenal for free people. ”

A week after the continuous reporting, a few days after Huang Ying and Roosevelt's conversation. President Roosevelt formally submitted to Congress a Lend-Lease bill to assist Britain, the Soviet Union, China, and other countries in resisting the war of aggression.

He proposed that the United States could lend arms to these countries, and used a vivid metaphor to illustrate this: If my neighbor is on 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 original goods to the neighbor when the fire is extinguished.

After the bill was proposed, it was finally passed by both houses after intense discussion, and President Roosevelt officially signed it into law a few days later.

Before the signing of the Lend-Lease Act, because Huang Ying and others tried their best to appeal and publicize in the United States, many Americans learned about China's ongoing war of resistance, but this could not change their understanding and attitude towards China's war of resistance.

After all, they felt that the war in Europe had a closer impact on him than the war in the East.

However, propaganda still played a role in promoting it to a certain extent, and in addition to President Roosevelt's judgment of the current situation, and other factors, after the Lend-Lease Act came into effect, the US government decided to increase China's proportion by a few points, that is, to provide China with an arms loan of $200 million within a year.

This is undoubtedly great news! The $200 million in weapons, if used properly, will allow all troops on the front line to receive an adequate supply of weapons.

But when many officials were excited, when Hu Shih went to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Cordell Hull told him that the production of weapons had begun, but only if Chinese ships were used to transport them to the United States.

This can make Hu Shi anxious!