Chapter 803: Food order

"The legislative amendment in 1939 was formally adopted... Gentlemen, the meeting is over." When the result came out, some people were disappointed and some were excited.
The new Neutral Act stipulates that the belligerent countries are allowed to conduct transactions in the form of cash-for-money purchases.
Since the UK and France control the sea route, this bill clearly benefits them.
However, under the pressure of isolationism, the bill still requires US ships to be banned from entering the war zone, and US citizens continue to ban ships from participating countries.
This is the result of a compromise between Congress and the President.
It was not ideal for Roosevelt. He had to find a way to change America’s seriously isolated thinking and provide more help to Britain and France.
At the same time, it will gradually expand the influence of the United States in Europe and even the world, and it is better to replace the United Kingdom.
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September 3, 1939, 5pm.
Five hours and 40 minutes after Britain formally declared war on Germany, France also announced that it would fully fulfill its obligations to Poland.
Since then, the British Autonomous Territories Australia, New Zealand, the Commonwealth of South Africa and Canada have successively declared war on Germany, and the Second World War broke out.
At this time, one of the future three giants, V-handler Churchill, is visiting France.
After the official declaration of war, Churchill held talks with the commander of the French Field Army, George.
Knowing the deployment and specific strength of the French army, Churchill praised the French army as ‘the most well-trained and most reliable army in Europe. ’
With 110 divisions, including a large number of mechanized troops, and the performance of France in World War I, Churchill firmly said: "We won."
Prior to this, the United States sent several super passenger ships to take back its own diasporas in Europe and prepare for military preparations on the ground.
This made the British excited. Churchill did the same. In a recent meeting of the House of Commons, he proposed: "The United States is about to join the war. They are actively preparing for it. When the coalition of the United Kingdom, the United States and France appears in front of the little elf, he will Pee pants that will be scared."
Because of this, the British and French did not immediately put themselves into the war after declaring war on Germany, but instead waited for Poland to be divided by Desu.
In the British's thinking, they are still looking forward to the achievement of the coalition of the three countries.
The conclusion of the legislative amendments in China has made the British more urgent. The British government can’t wait to call the US government to inquire about their next move.
However, the British government did not receive a specific reply until the ambassador to London declared: "Before the United States is attacked, the United States will never be involved in any form of war."
At this time, Britain and France were already in trouble, and Poland had already survived.
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The time went back to September 3.
Within 2 hours after the announcement of the war, the British quickly established the Food Department to take charge of the food supply during the war.
At 4 pm, on the eve of the declaration of war in France, Jonathan's assistant had arrived in London.
"Dear Minister, Mr. Merlin canned ham has become one of the US military reserve military foods a few years ago,
Its taste is unanimously praised by the soldiers, we have sufficient capacity to ensure supply, price... You know, Marquis Charlie is a friend of my boss. "
"Of course I am very clear that for the help of Marquis Charles and Lord Astor, the British Empire will not forget, now you can talk about the price."
"40 cents, with the special relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States, I think you should be clear that this price is only 1 cent higher than the supply to the US military."
Although he didn't understand why the boss didn't take advantage of the fire, he could only helplessly follow the boss's order and offer a low price to the British army.
"I feel your sincerity, but... I have to say that we have better choices." The newly appointed food minister plays with flavor.
"Before you arrive, the Chicago Homer Food Factory also wants to get an order from the Food Department, and the price of their Spam canned luncheon meat is only 15 cents."
The assistant who heard the news was not surprised. Everyone knew it was a big business.
"Mr. Minister, please wait." The assistant calmly opened the purse and took out two cans from the inside.
Spam and Merlin canned lunch meat, so he took it with him.
"Can you provide me with a knife? I want to open them and ask you to taste it yourself." The assistant pointed at the can and smiled.
The minister asked the knife to open two boxes of lunch meat, and then the assistant poured the lunch meat out of the plate on the table.
Spam's lunch meats are all cubes of thumb-shaped cubes, and Merlin is a piece of meat after 2 cm.
The flesh of the two looks, Spam's is more red and delicious, and Merlin's flesh is somewhat pink.
"Taste it." The assistant pointed to the meat in front of him.
The minister and his staff looked at each other, then reached out and put the meat in the mouth with a plate.
"...What did I eat? Poisonous stinky meat?" The minister looked at the minced meat on the plate with suspicion.
"Try this again." The assistant pushed the plate of the whole piece of lunch meat forward, and then raised his hand: "But before that, I suggest you rinse your mouth first."
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Merlin took the food department's order without surprise, but the price fell by 5 cents.
At 35 cents per can, the War Food Department guarantees that the purchase of canned meat will be handed over to Merlin Food Factory.
Of course, the premise is that it can meet the consumption of the British army.
The assistant's answer to this is very positive, "We will ensure that the output of each week is not less than 20 million cans, if necessary, the output can be increased."
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Wright and Li Zitao were sitting in the office of the Minister of War of the United States when the Merlin Food Factory took the British Food Ministry's order.
The American War Department was established in 1789. In a century, the ministerial role of the highest leadership of the US military was actually performed by civilians.
Although nominally ‘Ministry of War,’ this agency’s most important responsibilities are finance and procurement.
West Point Military Academy is a masterpiece of the War Department, and this department is filled with accounting, auditing, statistics, procurement and other personnel.
Some people say that the Ministry of War is the best gold-plated place, but it is also one of the most difficult for military personnel to directly intervene.
This situation has not changed until today, and Marshall, who served as chief of the army staff, also served as the war minister.
As a staunch supporter of President Roosevelt's British aid plan, Marshall naturally understood the importance of food.
The war minister he is also responsible for the finance and procurement of the army.
"Charlie, the war is about to start. This is an opportunity for you... I'm not talking about money, but your embarrassing situation. I think you understand what I mean."
Less than 5 minutes after the meeting between the two sides, Marshall bluntly pointed out his purpose, the high-ranking major general who came to fight the autumn wind.