Grant and William realized a serious problem at the same time, that is, the hostile forces hidden in their respective countries.

If war breaks out, these hostile forces will inevitably jump out of the water and make trouble.

If it is used by the Allies, the consequences will be unimaginable.

For a long time, Britain and the United States have attracted the elements in the Chinese Empire, secretly accumulating strength, and are ready to give the Chinese Empire a thunder blow at a critical moment to destroy and disintegrate the Chinese Empire in one fell swoop.

After the two of them discussed it just now, William realized that Grant was old, and if there were any problems, it would be disastrous.

After all, the entire Allied Group, only the economic strength, industrial scale and population of the United States can compete with the Chinese Empire.

Therefore, America cannot be in chaos and Grant cannot fall.

"Mr. President, do you have a successor?"

Grant was very upset when he was asked this rashly. Isn’t this curse to death again?

However, thinking that the other party was the Prime Minister of the British Empire, it was impossible for him to ask this question without reason, so he answered patiently.

“Not yet!”

William said: "Please forgive me for taking the liberty. Mr. President, you are old and should determine your successor in time. Otherwise, if you have an emergency, everything will be ruined. You should know that you are a dictatorial government now, and countless people hold a grudge against you. If you don't have a successor you can trust, once the hostile forces are given the position of president, you will be crushed and ashes!"

This is a bit ugly, but Grant has to admit that it is the truth.

"I will handle this as soon as possible!"

Grant sighed, "You can't accept your old age!" Most of the people in their seventies are buried in the soil. If the democrats are crushed after death, they will die with their eyes open!

"But, please wait for the radio matter!"

"Don't worry, we will definitely find a way to solve it within three years!"

"I have ordered shipyard workers to start work day and night, work three shifts, and start work 24 hours a day. In half a year, our American super fearless battleship will be completed, so I hope to get practical radio equipment within half a year. I plan to install a radio system for the American Navy battleship first."

I have to say that Grant is a soldier and the first American president who graduated from West Point Military Academy, is still very strategic and military vision.

He had realized the huge role of radio equipment in the decisive battle of the Navy fleet in the future main ships, and he was even more aware that the war was getting closer and we had to seize all the time.

William is not as good as this point. After all, America is an authoritarian government that can unify the will of the country and concentrate its efforts on major tasks.

But in the British Empire, it was a parliamentary system. A major event was debated by lawmakers and often failed to pass for a long time, which delayed major events.

William envied Grant. America was rich and had strong industrial capabilities. If workers were allowed to work overtime and enter the state of war production, the super-fair battleship (actually a super-fair battleship cruiser) that originally took four to five years to build would probably only take one or two years, or even less.

"I will do my best! However, I hope Mr. President will have to endure it. After all, what we built is not a truly super fearless battleship, but a battle cruiser. It will be built in advance, which can certainly shock the Chinese Empire, but if the intelligence is leaked, it will bring greater danger."

William found that Grant was getting more and more anxious, and seemed to want to start the war impatiently.

There is only one possibility for this situation, that is, Grant himself knew that he would not live long and wanted to fulfill his greatest wish in his lifetime, defeat the Chinese Empire, and let America dominate the world.

But William didn't say much. He knew Grant's temper, and saying too much would backfire.

After the call ended, Grant lay on the chair, looking very tired.

He thought of William's words and asked him to find a reliable successor.

He didn't want to be crushed and ashes after his death.

"Call Roosevelt in!"

After thinking about it, Grant liked Roosevelt a little. Both of them were military and had similar interests. They both treated the rise of America with a hegemonic mindset and both aimed at dominating the world.

Grant believes that if Roosevelt takes over his position, he should be able to ensure that his policies continue to be implemented, at least he doesn't have to worry about being crushed and ashes after death.

"Mr. President, you call me?"

Soon, Roosevelt knocked on the door and stood in front of Grant.

"Sit down, I want to hear your judgment on the world situation and the judgment of the way out of America!"

Grant wanted to investigate Roosevelt, so he asked this question.

As the Minister of Navy Operations, Roosevelt was a hawkish figure and a big fan of Grant.

"Mr. President, I currently have this view on the world pattern!"

"The current world pattern is in two levels, the Allies and the Allies. Because there are huge conflicts and conflicts between them, the two major military groups will eventually go to war until one side is defeated."

Glente nodded and asked, "So, do you have any way to win our Allies?"

Roosevelt shook his head and said, "I will not let the Allies win, I will only seek the final victory of America alone!"

Grant's eyes lit up and he asked with interest: "Tell me what you think!"

Roosevelt paused, sorted out his thoughts in his mind, and replied: "Whether it is the Allies or the Allies, it is mainly focused on the battle for world hegemony. The Chinese Empire is determined to be an enemy of the British Empire, which is to destroy the world hegemony of the British Empire, and then the Chinese Empire seized the throne of hegemony and commanded all countries around the world. The years of war and hostility between China and Britain finally brought us America, France, Tsarist Russian Empire, German Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire, Japan

The empire has been brought in. But the German Empire has been constantly expanding its navy and army, which is not only as simple as surpassing the French Empire and the British Empire. The German Empire's ultimate idea is also dominating the whole world. The British Empire is naturally not willing to lose its world hegemony. Like the French Empire and the Tsarist Russian Empire, all empires have their own little thoughts, that is, to provoke a world war and reshuffle, so that all countries will join the Allies or Allies."

Glenta nodded and continued to ask, "So what should we do?"

Roosevelt replied: "Modern warfare is a waste of resources. At present, in the whole world, only the Chinese Empire is our strong enemy of America. Only by defeating the Chinese Empire can America rise. Although the German Empire is powerful, it lacks resources and cannot consume us. If defeating the Chinese Empire, America will dominate the world."

Grant asked again: "So how to defeat the Chinese Empire? According to you, war can be consumed. Our comprehensive national strength of the United States is not as good as that of the Chinese Empire. How can we fight?"

Roosevelt sighed and said firmly: "We can only defeat the Chinese Empire in the shortest time. Once the war falls into a stalemate or a war of attrition, we will definitely lose."

Grant frowned and asked, "What does the shortest time mean?"

Roosevelt smiled slightly and squeezed out two words.

"Sneak attack!"

Grant was confused.

"That's right! It's just a sneak attack!"

As the Minister of Navy Operations, what did Roosevelt do all day long? Of course, he was studying how to defeat the Chinese Empire, but after thinking about it, he finally found that only by attacking a sneak attack could he be able to defeat the Chinese Empire in a short time.

"Assaulting the Pacific Fleet of the Chinese Empire and destroying the main force of the Pacific Fleet in one fell swoop, the Chinese Empire will have no available main warships in a short period of time. We seize the Pacific sea control power, then approach the Chinese Empire's mainland, destroy the major coastal shipyards of the Chinese Empire, so that they cannot build warships. Even if the Chinese Empire's industrial strength is strong and they cannot build warships, they will be unable to seize the sea control power, so they can only admit defeat."

Grant shook his head and said, "Your tactics are correct, but it is just gaining control of the sea. The Chinese Empire has a vast territory. If you want to completely defeat the Chinese Empire, you can only solve the problem in land war."

Roosevelt also shook his head and said, "We'd better not fight ground wars with the Chinese Empire. The Chinese Empire has a huge population, huge technology, high military and cultural level, and it's hard for us to win ground wars. But what we expect is to let Britain, France, Russia and Japan fight ground wars with the Chinese Empire, so that they can both lose. At that time, the Chinese Empire has no sea power and the ground war will be far away and will eventually be dragged down. Our American land will not be attacked and the economy will develop rapidly. As long as we surpass the economic scale and industrial scale of the Chinese Empire, even if we fight attrition, we will win."

The navy attacked the Chinese Empire to prevent the Chinese Empire from attacking the local American country, and allowed Britain, France, Russia and Japan to consume the strength of the Chinese Empire on land. Everything was just to buy time for development for the United States.

You should know that the United States has a vast land area, a large population and rich resources. If it weren't for a civil war, it would have surpassed the Chinese Empire, and for the most part it was the same as the Chinese Empire's economic and industrial scale.

Therefore, what America lacks is development time.

This strategy is brilliant, which made Grant look at him with admiration.

"If I put you in full responsibility for making the plan you just mentioned, do you have the confidence to do it?"

Roosevelt was stunned and frowned and said, "I am naturally confident of doing it, but I am just a minister of naval operations!"

Grant smiled slightly and said, "From now on, you are the Vice President, and your orders represent my order!"

Roosevelt was shocked, his mouth wide open and his eyes widened.

He couldn't believe that he could become vice president and issued an order on behalf of Grant.

"You don't have to doubt my words. I'm optimistic about you and plan to let you be my successor!"

Grant spoke very directly, and directly pointed out the purpose, waiting for Roosevelt to respond.

"I will definitely follow your steps, fully implement your dreams, and prove to the people of the world that your choice is correct!" Roosevelt immediately knelt on one knee and expressed his loyalty to Grant with the highest knight's greeting.

Grant immediately stood up, helped Roosevelt up, and smiled and said, "Very good, let's create the glory of America together!"

In the afternoon of the same day, Grant held a high-level government and military meeting and announced the appointment of Roosevelt as vice president in public.

At the same time, Grant also announced to his subordinates that Roosevelt would become his successor, and that if he had any problems, Roosevelt would take over his presidency.

For American officials, it is understandable that the vice president can take over the presidency if an accident occurs.

For Grant's men, the opposite is true. Only those who adhere to Grant's policies and those who are recognized by Grant can take over the presidency.

Therefore, if Grant personally said that Roosevelt would be the successor, then Grant's subordinates would recognize it.

When Roosevelt became vice president, the news spread all over the world, and the Allies sent their blessings one after another. They all understood that under the dictatorial regime, Grant declared Roosevelt as vice president and successor, which meant that Roosevelt would become the next president of the United States, so of course all countries had to establish good relations with Roosevelt.

The Allies also sent blessings, but the tone was completely opposite.

Apart from polite congratulations, the rest are all naked threats.

Among them, especially the Chinese Empire, the Ambassador to Washington directly stated that he asked Roosevelt not to follow the old path of Grant and there was no way out to confront the Chinese Empire.

Diplomats in this era are not as obscure as in later generations. They clearly know that they are enemies, but they also have to pretend to be good friends with each other.

In this era, the enemy is the enemy, and the axiom is only within the range of the cannon.

Open your mouth and start fighting if you disagree, because this is an era when the strong prey on the weak. A strong country will not speak softly to a weak country or be polite to a weak country.

The Chinese Empire is the world's leader. America is not as good as the Chinese Empire, so it has to accept the naked threat of the Chinese Empire.

In front of the diplomats of the Chinese Empire, Roosevelt could only nod and bow, saying that it would improve Sino-US relations.

But as for what Roosevelt did, that was another matter.

After Roosevelt became vice president, he still served as the Minister of Navy Operations.

Originally, the Minister of Navy Operations was the supreme commander of the American Navy, but before that, since Roosevelt was not Grant's successor, many Grant's generals did not buy it at all.

Now it's different. Grant declared Roosevelt as his successor, giving Roosevelt real power.

Returning to the Naval Minister's Office again, Roosevelt was in a very different mood.

"I had planned a surprise attack before..."

Before Roosevelt finished speaking, the other officials immediately replied with a smile: "After research, we found that the plan you have formulated for sneak attack on Pearl Harbor is too perfect. We unanimously agreed to pass the plan. Mr. Vice President, do you have any additional plans?"

Roosevelt was stunned. Damn it was as fast as turning a book!

It turned out that Roosevelt had formulated a plan to attack Pearl Harbor, and these officials were disdainful of it and didn't even look at it.
Chapter completed!