"President Roosevelt... Britain has now owed tens of millions of dollars in equipment funds on credit, and it seems that it is impossible to repay these debts... Do you have any explanation for this situation?" A MP questioned at the haggard President Roosevelt.

Originally, the United States had prevailed in isolationism during this period, but Germany broke the scandal of American bombers and pilots being captured in Crete, and the US Congress had to intervene.

In the view of Congress, what his president is doing and what they are doing for Britain is a very dangerous sign.

Originally, the United States was a relatively stable decision-making structure for the separation of powers, and the top leaders had constraints on each other, which was also an important cornerstone of the so-called fairness of the United States.

Now, this cornerstone seems to have been shattered by Roosevelt's will, and American soldiers are being involved in this terrifying war under the excuse of "voluntary".

Germany swept across France in Europe, which brought a strong shock to the United States. Now some soldiers' families are questioning why the United States is not involved in the war, but the soldiers have begun to be killed and captured.

It was a little better before, at least the soldiers and their families signed an agreed agreement, and then sent safer troops like pilots to the UK.

Although some were killed, the number was still within a tolerable range. As a result, as the losses of the British fighter troops increased, the United States had to increase the speed of supporting British pilots.

Once the speed is increased, the procedures will become less perfect. Many soldiers actually went to Britain to help fight under half orders.

These pilots, coupled with the pilots on Crete, made President Roosevelt suddenly fall into the cusp of undeclared war.

What is now certain is that the involuntary pilots who caused trouble with their families, and the more than 500 pilots and ground crews captured in Crete in one breath, are unreasonable explanations.

Even Roosevelt now has to face the doubts of the families of these pilots who perform secret flight missions: "Why are American pilots captured more than 500 by the Germans in one breath on the distant European battlefield?"

"Supporting the European battlefield and supporting Britain to fight for freedom is a decision that is beneficial to the United States." Roosevelt felt exhausted both physically and mentally and answered slowly.

However, his answer did not satisfy the other party, and the other party raised his own questioning again: "Mr. President... Even if the decision is beneficial to the United States, it is contrary to the American spirit and law to send soldiers to the war zone without declaring war."

Roosevelt picked up his glasses with his hand, pinched his nose hard, and insisted on claiming: "Those pilots are volunteers supporting British operations, and I did not order them to carry out any dangerous missions."

Marshall sat aside and added: "I hope everyone can see the results - our pilots and ground crews are all captured by the Germans on the ground... This shows that they are not directly involved in the combat operation, and the Germans are making unreasonable trouble."

As the president's aide, Marshall had to weaken the sensitivity of this matter: sending troops to the war and helping the British repair aircraft to do logistics are completely different judgments.

Anyway, when the Germans caught the pilots, the B-17 bombers did not take off. Now Marshall is talking nonsense, and Congress has no definite evidence.

If you use German propaganda to question your president, you will be a little fussy again. After all, now everyone can see what the Germans want to do, and no one is willing to really seek justice for Germany.

"They are just training personnel, ground crews, and pilots are just transport pilots flying planes. We should immediately comment on the German Foreign Ministry, hoping that they will ensure the personal safety of these people and release them as soon as possible." Since the matter has been made public, Marshall doesn't mind causing some trouble to Congress.

Even if you cannot directly let Congress operate, you can divert the attention of some members of Congress.

After all, many members of Congress are truly isolationists, and they are willing to run for prisoners, reflect their fraternity, and consolidate their neutral status.

No one intends to use such a clumsy street intersection to defeat a president at the peak. Roosevelt's approval rating among the American people is still quite terrifying, and there is no need for Congress to really confront Roosevelt.

"Please be sure to handle foreign affairs of our American citizens... to ensure their personal safety, and be as transparent as possible when making such decisions!" Congressmen put away their attacks and began to play the gentle card.

What Congress requires is the president's respect and the effective guarantee of its own rights and interests when handling state affairs.

As for whoever takes the lead between the United States and Germany is not so sensitive, Congress will support the weak. Anyway, it is a established national policy that the United States has arranged long ago, so there is no need for everyone to question.

"I will definitely do it! Britain is our friend. Helping Churchill and his people win the war and protecting Europe's freedom is the right thing we in the United States should do..." Roosevelt took this opportunity to be asked and began to promote his German threat theory again.

He must make Congress more vigilant about Germany's extraordinary rise as soon as possible, so that he can not get bloody on the issue of Germany in the future.

"Mr. President, because you are too free to support Britain, and the amount of losses Britain has lost in the war is incredible." The inquiry host threw away the documents in his hand and said to Roosevelt.

After saying this, he finally gave Congress’s opinion: “So Congress will take a non-approval reply to the new round of the “Free Charge Bill” that will aid the United Kingdom.”

Everyone has known this answer long ago. If Congress is really willing to approve a new round of aid, it will not be in a hurry to hold this inquiry meeting.

"Marshall!" Roosevelt called his staff at the end of the meeting and ordered: "Come and push me, I want to have a good chat with you!"

Marshall took the president's wheelchair armrest from Roosevelt's waiter and pushed Roosevelt out of the conference room where he had just asked.

Looking at the windows one after another, Roosevelt said, "It will be a while for Britain to feel less comfortable..."

"Goebel is simply a propaganda genius... He used those planes to make a big fuss, making us very passive." Marshall pushed Roosevelt and walked forward step by step.

"If I didn't take this big order to Congress to give me personal favors, we wouldn't have passed this easily today." Roosevelt said very sorry.

It has been a day or two since Germany used the captured American B-17 bomber to make a show to find trouble. He had long known that Congress was looking for a suitable opportunity to give the president a warning to protect his own power and status.

So, Roosevelt had to bite the bullet and give him a big gift, which was exchanged for this inquiry meeting with makeup style.

If he did not let Congress veto an important proposal, Congress would not easily convene this inquiry, and the conflict between the two sides would break out at a more uncontrollable time, which was something Roosevelt didn't want to see.

Marshall still felt that this time it was a pity - at least for a month, the United States would not provide more ships to the British, and the British's losses seemed to be unable to be supplemented at all!

Important ports and shipbuilding bases such as Portsmouth are now under the threat of the Luftwaffe. The lack of steel has also made Britain difficult to replenish its losses.

Now, without the help of the Americans and the cheap aid that is almost unnecessary, the pressure of Britain to fight Germany alone seems to have become even greater.

"In December, without us... Britain may lose a lot of things." Marshall spoke depressedly and said to Roosevelt.

"Yes, I even worry that in early January, the Germans would choose to log in to the UK directly..." Roosevelt was worried. This is exactly what he had been anxious about recently.

The information I received recently seriously misled the wise Roosevelt. He already knew that Germany had a very powerful "shadow" intelligence department that had long penetrated into the British senior management and knew the current situation in the UK.

Under this desperate reasoning, Britain's most vulnerable December will of course become the most ideal entry point for Germany to attack Britain.

In fact, Li Le didn't know that Britain was about to lose the support of the United States. He couldn't know that it was only a short month to lose such support.

By January, the US Congress will still get an improvement plan. According to the corresponding rule of slapping a sweet date, this time the plan is likely to be passed.

After receiving a shortened version of the support plan, the United States can help the United Kingdom with great fanfare. And after a month of accumulation, the speed and intensity of support will be unprecedentedly powerful.

"The 'Shadow' troops are really terrible. The information sent by the UK shows that the Germans seemed to have also found the performance secret of the P-40 fighter jet..." Marshall also gritted his teeth when he mentioned this shadow troops.

When Roosevelt heard the bad news, he looked up and wanted to see Marshall's face: "What? The British people's confidentiality is so bad?"
Chapter completed!