Shadow Spy

Chapter 355 Barbarossa’s Night

After lunch, Mrs. Brown took Li Junhao to report to National Security Advisor Ayers and Military Advisor General Leahy, and then sent him to his new office on the second floor.

This time it was the inner and outer closet. At this time, a young blond female officer was sitting behind the desk in the outer room - this was his new secretary in the White House, Navy Lieutenant Vicki Keyes, a top student majoring in information processing at the Naval Academy. .

After a brief acquaintance, Li Junhao immediately got into work mode and asked Vicki to send all important information within a month, and he wanted to confirm it again.

In addition to the German invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece, the early intelligence mainly focused on the battle between the British and German navies in the Atlantic.

On May 5, the British Royal Navy battlecruiser "HMS Hood" was sunk by the German ship "Bismarck" in the North Atlantic. Only 24 of the 1418 officers and men on board survived, and the fleet commander, Lieutenant General Holland, was killed.

On May 5, the German "Bismarck" was destroyed by the British battleship "King George V", the battleship "Rodney", the aircraft carrier "Ark Royal", the cruiser "Norfolk" and the "Dotseyshire" The cruiser was sunk and the fleet commander, Admiral Gunther Lütjens, was killed.

On the evening of May 5, U.S. President Roosevelt warned the nation: "There is currently a very serious emergency for the nation, and a declaration of war is almost imminent." After he made a formal declaration, the president and Congress had the power to requisition material resources. , manpower and industry, to ensure the defense of Great Britain and to supply Great Britain with the weapons she needs.

"It is absolutely necessary to provide supplies to Britain." He said, "This can be done and must be done, and it must begin immediately... The United States will not hesitate to use force to repel the German attack and protect territorial waters. Quiet..." He said Hitler's ambition was to control the high seas in order to attack the Western world and dominate the world.

Other important information was mainly that the German army deployed a large number of troops from the country to station at the border between Romania and the Soviet Union. The total number was close to one million. It declared to the outside world that this was to "avoid unnecessary losses caused by bombing by the British Air Force."

All signs indicate that the situation at this time is exactly the same as in his previous life, and the German army is about to begin implementing the "Barbarossa Plan"!

That afternoon, when he worked until four o'clock, Li Junhao completed a new report and sent it to Ayers and Leahy respectively, and requested that a national security meeting be convened at nine o'clock that evening.

Then, he began to rest in the office and asked his secretary Vicky to wake him up at eight-twenty.
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At 6:21 pm on June 1, Washington time, Li Junhao sat in Conference Room [-] of the White House, waiting for the meeting to begin.

Although the United States is a country that is unwilling to work overtime, there is no such saying in the White House. When Li Junhao arrived, many people were already sitting in the conference room. Except for the president, national security adviser and military adviser, everyone else was basically there. .

Because of Li Junhao's participation in the meeting, his new secretary Vicki was able to enter the conference room that represents the highest power in the United States. Her face was red with excitement. From today on, she walked faster than her classmates and attended earlier. She attended the highest-level meeting, which was enough to make her happy and proud.

Just before nine o'clock, Roosevelt was pushed in by his assistant, while still exchanging opinions with Ayers and Leahy next to him...

When everyone arrives, the meeting begins.

Because this meeting was proposed by Li Junhao, he naturally had to start the speech, but he made a shocking statement as soon as he started: "Mr. Roosevelt, everyone here, it is now nine o'clock in the evening on June 6st, U.S. time, Berlin time should be At three o'clock in the morning on June 21, I have every reason to believe that shortly after that, the German army will launch a massive attack on the Soviet Union - well, Germany's Barbarossa plan is about to begin!" His words fell. There was silence in the conference room for a while, and then there was a lot of discussion...

Although everyone here knew that Germany would definitely attack the Soviet Union, the precise time was tonight, or within a short period of time, which they simply couldn't believe!
Faced with the commotion in the office, Roosevelt, Ayers, and Leahy looked at each other, and they all showed disbelief in their eyes!However, the three of them did not speak, but planned to wait and see. They still had some patience.

Li Junhao was also not in a hurry. He took a sip of the newly brewed scented tea from his big teacup and waited for the conference room to become quiet again.

After a while, the conference room became quiet, and everyone's eyes turned anxiously to Li Junhao.

As a military adviser, General Leahy felt that he had an obligation to ask about this matter first, so he said: "Oger, is there any basis for your judgment?"

"Of course." Li Junhao said, "After I arrived at the White House at noon today, I reviewed a large amount of early intelligence and coupled with the current situation on the European battlefield, I made this judgment..." He explained the conclusion from an intelligence perspective. Finally, he added:

"Actually, I said it when I returned to Washington last time. According to the German army's plan, the best situation is to use the advantages of tactics to achieve the purpose of the war before winter in November, that is, to occupy Moscow and force the Soviet Union to enter the country. They surrendered before winter, but they were dragged down by Italy as an ally and delayed for a month...

"The current situation on the European battlefield has proven my previous judgment!
"Ordinarily, since the best opportunity has been missed, the best way is to stabilize the current occupied area. After completely controlling Europe, especially defeating the United Kingdom, waiting until the end of April or early May next year will be the best time for Germany to attack the Soviet Union. However, Everyone should already understand Hitler's character, he can't wait!
"So, this time is already the German army's last offensive window this year..."

After hearing what he said, everyone felt that there was some truth in it, but they also felt that he was too arbitrary. However, if they wanted to refute his point of view, they could not come up with a good reason...

For a moment, the conference room fell into silence again, and everyone was thinking!

Although Ayers is not sure that Li Junhao is completely correct, he emotionally believes in his judgment;

Lai Xi was very unsure at this time, but felt that Li Junhao's words made sense;
Roosevelt was stroking his chin, thinking about the possibilities.

None of the three giants expressed their opinions. Even if the others had opinions, they couldn't speak out for a while, and they all thought about it seriously...

Time passed by, and it was almost 10 minutes. No one had spoken yet. Li Junhao said again: "Who is in charge of European intelligence? Please check and see if there is anything new?"

(End of this chapter)