This is an alliance that will never see the light of day in any document.
Meng Shaoyuan, director of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai Provincial Supervision Office of the Bureau of Military Statistics, and Donovan, plenipotentiary representative of the U.S. Intelligence Coordination Bureau, reached an alliance agreement.
At this stage, both parties use each other, cooperate with each other, and be wary of each other.
Meng Shaoyuan didn't care.
Cooperation always has a beginning stage.
From distrust to trust, from trust to tacit understanding of cooperation.
This is nothing.
Both parties will become "friends" sooner or later.
Meng Shaoyuan didn't mind either. Before Director Donovan approved full cooperation, he provided some intelligence to the Americans in advance.
Because Meng Shaoyuan hadn't even started serving the bigger news, the more important intelligence, the feast that Donovan couldn't refuse.
Take your time, and soon, Donovan and his Intelligence Coordination Bureau will feel that they can no longer do without them.
"Before, I told Consul Bonanou that Japan's war against the United States will definitely break out." Meng Shaoyuan said calmly: "Now, according to our various intelligences, after the Japanese Imperial Council is held, a war between the United States and Japan is imminent.
For the United States, there are only two options. The first is to make early preparations to minimize losses. Another way is to be blind and deaf in the face of war warnings! "
Heywood didn't seem to be surprised at all by Meng Shaoyuan's words: "Why? Do you know that there is a war, but you still pretend to be deaf and mute and suffer huge losses?"
Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "What do you think?"
What do you think?
Since the United States began to impose economic sanctions on Japan, impose an oil embargo on Japan, and freeze Japan's deposits in American banks, it has been clear that a fight is only a matter of time.
The problem is that there is too much market for "isolationism" in the United States.
Isolationism even controls the political situation in the United States.
In the 1930s before the outbreak of World War II, although Europe and Asia were already at war and war was imminent, isolationism in the United States reached its peak.
In October 1937, three months after the outbreak of the all-out war of resistance in China, President Roosevelt delivered the famous "Isolation Speech". He compared the war to a spreading infectious disease. Even if he wanted to stay out of the war, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not be infected. Will be affected.
Speeches such as this were strongly criticized by isolationists.
Even Roosevelt, who was accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, said without fear afterwards: "You want to take the lead, but when you look back, no one behind you is following you. How terrible is this!"
So much so that during the 1940 presidential campaign, Roosevelt had to repeatedly assure voters that he would never send American children to the battlefield.
Roosevelt desperately needed something to break the isolationism at home.
For example, war.
His first target was Germany.
Roosevelt decided to provoke Germany into going to war against him.
After long discussions, the U.S. Congress finally passed the Neutrality Act.
The Neutrality Act stipulates that the sale of arms to belligerent countries is allowed under the principle of "cash and carry."
"Cash and carry" means cash settlement and you are responsible for the transportation. On the surface, it is fair to both parties.
But in fact, the German navy is too weak to protect its own transport ships. Transportation by itself is an impossible task. The revised Neutrality Act is completely biased in favor of the United Kingdom and opens the door for the United Kingdom to purchase American arms. .
This would have angered Germany.
However, Germany did not take any other measures except limited protests.
Germans, don't be fooled.
In September 1940, the United States and the United Kingdom signed an agreement. The United States exchanged 50 overage old destroyers for 99 years of British military bases in the Bahamas, Jamaica, Antigua, Saint Lucia, Trinidad, and British Guiana. The right to use it, and at the same time, it can use the Argentine and Bermuda island bases in Newfoundland for free.
This agreement seems to be a big advantage for the United States, but it has essentially changed its neutral position. In addition to providing destroyers to Britain, the United States is also directly involved in maritime escort.
With the birth of the Lend-Lease Act, the United States has made no secret of its partiality for Britain.
President Roosevelt issued a statement declaring that as long as the Axis submarines enter the waters that must be protected for U.S. defense, once discovered, they will attack immediately without warning!
This means that the neutral position of the United States has completely changed.
It can even be said that the United States has actually participated in the war, but it just lacks a public declaration of war.
However, the Germans are still not fooled!
Germany knows very well that once the United States becomes so powerful that it joins the war, the prospect of the war will be difficult to predict.
Therefore, he tried his best to avoid war with the United States before Europe was completely resolved. Hitler strictly ordered the submarine force to identify clearly before attacking, and it was absolutely forbidden to attack American warships.
Seeing that facing the United States is essentially joining the war, Germany is holding back and trying its best to avoid going to war with the United States. The United States is really at a loss what to do.
At this time, the United States desperately needs a fool.
And this fool really jumped out on his own initiative:
Japan!
The east is not bright, the west is bright!
Japan and Germany are Axis alliances. As long as they go to war with Japan, they may naturally go to war with Germany. The United States began to take various measures with the purpose of inducing Japan to fire the first shot!
The United States has dug a hole for Japan!
Unlike direct intervention in Germany, the United States mainly used economic sanctions to force Japan to fire the first shot. Japan's gradual expansion has also given the United States an excuse to gradually increase economic sanctions.
Japan is walking step by step into this big hole according to the design of the United States.
Heywood knew this, and so did Meng Shaoyuan.
"You can prepare in advance."
Meng Shaoyuan did not need Heywood to answer his question directly: "Japan is about to launch an attack on the United States."
Heywood immediately cheered up: "Do you have sufficient information?"
"have!"
Meng Shaoyuan did not immediately say the specific time and place.
Otherwise, it would be really shocking.
The Japanese Imperial Council has not yet been held, how can you be so sure of the time and place?
Therefore, Meng Shao pretended to be silent for a while: "My people are trying their best to get useful information. Don't worry, since we have established a cooperative relationship, I will do my best to get this information, and Entrusted to you."
"Thank you." Heywood said very sincerely this time: "I'm not sure to what extent our cooperative relationship will develop, but as far as I am concerned, I will do my best to promote this cooperation. This cooperation can be sustained for a long time.”
"I'm looking forward to it too." Meng Shaoyuan stood up.
Haywood stood up at the same time.
He shook hands with Heywood: "Victory, I think is not far away from us!"
