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Chapter 408 This Is Absolutely Unacceptable
After hearing Truman's words, Roosevelt nodded and continued: "You are right, Russia must not fall! Once the Russians fall, it means that the Germans and Japanese will own more than 1000 million square kilometers in an instant. land and inexhaustible resources, it would be a terrible disaster for the free world, and we must prevent it from happening."

When he said this, Roosevelt's face was extremely serious. He turned his head to Harry and said, "Dear Harry, I heard that you met that young man in Huaxia. How did you talk?"

"Don't mention Mr. President." Harry rubbed his nose and said bitterly, "It was only after I got there that I realized that it was completely different from what I had originally imagined. The head of the local militia named Gao Hongming was like a man in a latrine. The stone was smelly and hard, and not only did he completely reject my offer, but he also taunted me."

"Oh... There are still such stubborn people in Huaxia?"

Roosevelt and the generals and staff in the office became a little curious. Today's China is no longer the powerful empire that looked down on the East hundreds of years ago. After being weak for half a century, many people are facing the noble white empire. People would bend down involuntarily, even their chairman would be polite when he saw Harry, how could that little militia have the confidence to ridicule a special envoy of the president?

Seeing everyone's curious eyes, Harry said helplessly: "What I said is indeed true. Compared with all the Chinese people I have met before, this little regiment leader not only has a very tough attitude when facing me, I can even see a trace of hidden hostility in his eyes... um... I can't say hostility, maybe it's better to use the word guard."

"alert?"

Now everyone is even more surprised. The United States and China are separated by hundreds of thousands of miles, and the two countries have no direct conflict of interest. It can even be said that China is still eagerly waiting for military assistance from the United States. How can it be said to be on guard?

Marshall asked curiously, "Harry, can you tell me more about it?"

"All right!"

Harry could only briefly describe the process of meeting Gao Hongming, and finally said: "Although that Gao Hongming refused to disclose the source of the weapon and the aid, he still handed over the formula of the latest sarin nerve gas produced in Germany to Me, let me hand it over to American scientists for testing."

Everyone nodded slightly. It seemed that Gao Hongming was not a pure fool who dared not offend the mighty United States to death, but then Harry's words surprised them again.

"However, the team leader Gao Hongming said that if our test proves that this formula is true, then we will pay him 500 million US dollars or the equivalent value in gold."

"500?"

Everyone was stunned. The US dollar in this era is not as degraded as it is in later generations. Today's US dollar is linked to gold, so the US dollar is also called the US dollar or the US knife.

500 million US dollars is enough to buy tens of thousands of acres of land in the United States, and become a big rancher comfortably.

Truman couldn't help but sneered, "Is this Huaxia kid crazy? How dare he blackmail the great United States of America? Let alone five million dollars, don't even want five hundred dollars!"

Samuel Rosenman, another of Roosevelt's aides, was also displeased: "Harry, this opening must not be opened. Even if this formula is worth 500 million US dollars, it cannot be handed over to him so easily."

Seeing everyone expressing their opinions, Harry also had a face of helplessness, and spread his hands: "Well... I can understand everyone's mood at the moment, but Gao Hongming also said that if the US government dares to renege on its debts, he can't guarantee Germany's Will the spies steal the American fighter jets he has equipped?"

Everyone's expressions immediately changed when they heard this. The reason why they were so worried about the new aircraft equipped by Gao Hongming was because these aircraft were all newly developed by the United States, representing the highest-tech fighter jets in the United States.

Once these planes are obtained by the Germans, with Germany's strong industrial strength and productivity, it will not take long to crack them all, which is extremely detrimental to the next actions of the United States.

"This damned bastard, how dare he?" Truman was furious.

"Why didn't he dare?" Roosevelt, who had been silent all this time, said softly, "We dare to renege on our debts, what else is he afraid to do?"

Speaking of this, Roosevelt looked at the still angry Truman and several staff members who shook their heads secretly, "Why do you all have an offended expression, and the formula for the latest chemical weapon in the world is not good enough. Is it worth 500 million?
Samuel, you pat your chest and tell me, is this recipe worth 500 million? "

"This……"

Samuel Rosenman hesitated and said after a moment of hesitation: "Yes, Mr. President, from a fair point of view, this formula is indeed worth 500 million."

"Harry, Robert, Marshall, what do you think?"

"Yes, Mr. President, it's worth the price." The crowd did not object to this.

"Since it's worth the price, why do you all show such angry expressions?"

Roosevelt said earnestly: "In my opinion, you have all made the same mistake, that is, you are still looking at China with an old way of thinking and vision, and you have not put it on an equal footing.

Let me ask you again, if the British gave us this recipe, and the British asked us for $500 million, I'm afraid you would have no objection, and you would even be happy to take advantage of it, that's it ? "

"How can those uncivilized Asians compare to us..." Truman muttered in a low voice.

"Snapped!"

As soon as Truman finished speaking, Roosevelt slapped the table angrily, making a loud noise.

"madness!"

Roosevelt pointed at Truman angrily and said, "What's wrong with the Asians? The Japanese are also Asians, but these Asians that you look down on have now become our biggest enemies in the Pacific!"

Today's China is indeed in decline, but have you ever thought about what terrible things will happen once the Chongqing government surrenders to the Japanese given their land area and huge population.

At that time, the Japanese will be able to calmly draw millions of troops to attack the Soviet Union from the Far East, and then they will eat the Soviet Union together with the Germans. Have you ever thought about what will happen then? "

Roosevelt's scolding made everyone unable to look up. In fact, they are not ignorant of this truth, but the long-term discrimination against China is still deeply rooted in their hearts, so that Gao Hongming just made a request, and he was called It is never acceptable for noble white people to feel offended.

(End of this chapter)