Romanian Eagle

"what happened?"

Although Churchill knew that the secretary must have something important to report, as Prime Minister, he could not take his decisions for granted.

"This is a telegram from America."

Although the secretary was a little nervous about breaking in and being noticed by the Prime Minister and other important ministers, he still decided to put the telegram on the Prime Minister's desk, after all, this telegram is too important.

But seeing the secretary come in like a gust of wind, and leave like a gust of wind.

And Churchill, who was interrupted by the secretary, just took advantage of this time to glance at the telegram, which made him unable to look away. Because it was written in the telegram that US President Roosevelt bypassed Congress and prepared a batch of military supplies for Britain and France. This is a sum of up to $120 million in military supplies, and the list of supplies is on the next page of the telegram.

And this American aid made Churchill very excited, and I saw him holding the telegram aloft and said. "Now to tell you good news, President Roosevelt of the United States has used his special presidential grant to provide us with a batch of materials worth 120 million US dollars. This shows that the Americans are also on our side."

Churchill's words made everyone present applaud for this. They didn't know what supplies the United States sent, but the attitude of the Americans has already shown that they will not sit idly by the war in Europe, and this is the best proof.

Yes, the UK desperately needs morale boosters at the moment. In Europe, Poland and Greece failed one after another, and in the Mediterranean, the British and French fleets were also at a disadvantage. At present, some people in China have questioned whether it was a mistake for the United Kingdom to declare war on DeRo. Although this kind of voice is not worth mentioning at all, it still represents a different kind of voice among the people.

And now the highly inclined policy of the United States has given the two countries great confidence. For the United States, they know the scene of the huge amount of supplies that crossed the Atlantic Ocean to Europe during the last war. So long as American supplies were available, British and French mobilized soldiers were capable of blocking an attack from the Axis.

Yes, both countries are very clear about the US industry, which is why Britain and France must pull the United States. As long as the navy has sea power in the Atlantic Ocean, a steady stream of supplies from the United States can be shipped to Europe.

"By the way, Prime Minister, what supplies did the United States send this time?"

Minister of Quarters Herbert Morrison asked. At present, the army under his control needs to face the shortage of materials in all aspects, so he especially wants to know what these materials are.

Churchill also followed his words and looked at the supplies sent by the United States in the telegram, but he frowned slightly at a glance. The United States sent the material they needed.

There are more than 700 various types of artillery, more than 500 anti-aircraft guns, and more than 300 various anti-tank guns. More than 100,000 Springfield rifles, more than 1,200 Browning heavy machine guns, and more than 600 P40 fighter jets that they desperately need, and more than 50,000 tons of various ammunition.

Most of these equipment are army equipment, and the aircraft is only P40 fighter. This fighter is actually a small modification of the P36 after changing the engine, but this is already the most advanced fighter in the United States, and there is nothing better than it.

And even so, President Roosevelt deliberately bypassed Congress and delivered supplies for Britain. Of course, the American capitalists who stood behind President Roosevelt also contributed a lot, otherwise, how could the congressmen turn a blind eye.

Of course, for the current British and French, this is completely irrelevant, and they need the attitude of the United States even more. Of course, on the other hand, Romania's move to seize the island of Cyprus and threaten the British and French colonies in the Middle East has allowed the United States to speed up the delivery of materials. Whether it's good or bad, that's unknown.

As for why there are no armored vehicles such as tanks in this material list, it is also to be blamed that the army has followed the example of France before.

In the eyes of the U.S. military, the French Army has always been a pretty good example. They are a modern army with European traditional systems and excellent equipment. The U.S. Army believes that the French have better tanks than the Germans, and they are much more powerful than German tanks in terms of protection and firepower.

Therefore, the main tank currently developed by the United States is the M2 tank, but due to the small size of the army, there are not many M2 tanks equipped. Moreover, the United States is also expanding its own troops, and its number of tanks is also insufficient. Naturally, Roosevelt could not take away the only tanks of the Army. However, I heard that the US Army is working on expanding its armored forces. It is planned to sign a contract with Chrysler, the manufacturer of the M2 tank, to purchase 1,000 M2 tanks.

So now, the United States can't come up with tanks to support Britain.

As for the famous M4 Sherman in later generations, there is still no shadow. Because Britain and France do not have the most intuitive understanding of DeRo's armored power, the United States has no reference to compare.

Although the United States failed to provide armor assistance, the supplies were enough to allow the British to form ten divisions, so Churchill said. "Everyone can see that the supplies from the United States have solved our great trouble. It happens that Admiral Wavell is in urgent need of reinforcements, so let's send some of these supplies over there."

Although Churchill did not say what materials to send, Morrison, as the quartermaster secretary, knew what to do. First, half of the fighter planes need to be left to defend the homeland, and most of the anti-aircraft weapons that are urgently needed by the homeland should be kept. In addition, the artillery, machine guns, anti-tank guns and ammunition should be selected by the local troops first, and then sent to Admiral Wavell in Egypt. . As for the Springfield rifle, send it directly to him, or give it to the troops formed in India or Africa.

Morrison, whose heart is like a mirror, has already calculated what materials need to be sent.

The supplies from the United States happened to help Churchill solve the problems in the Middle East, and he continued to say with a lot of joy in his heart. "At present, the relationship between our country and the United States needs to be deepened. Your Excellency Halifax, how about you go to the United States as an ambassador?"

Churchill's words immediately caused the air in the conference room to freeze. Because they all know it's exile. Although the attitude of the United States to the United Kingdom is very important, there is no need for the Foreign Secretary to act as the British ambassador to the United States. And they also knew that Churchill had a good personal relationship with Roosevelt, and that many things did not need to go through diplomatic ambassadors, which is not what exile is.

Of course, the reason why Halifax was exiled is very clear to everyone. That is, Halifax in the cabinet advocates peace talks, and always jumps out against Churchill's decision. However, given his position in the Conservative Party, Churchill has endured until now. And now that he is suddenly sent to the United States, I believe that the prime minister must have made perfect preparations.

Although everyone knew the reason, no one was there to speak, and they were all waiting for Halifax's answer.

As for Halifax, who was the center of the crowd, a trace of anger flashed on his face, but he was well suppressed by him.

"As ordered, I will take over as ambassador to the United States, so please allow me to leave now."

Halifax got up and left the conference room.

So on the last day of 1939, Edward Wood Halifax stepped down as foreign secretary and Robert Anthony Eden took over.

But all this has no impact on Romania, everything is proceeding step by step. Everyone knows Romania's next plan, but so what, who can take back the sea power in the Eastern Mediterranean from the Romanian Navy?