Chapter 649: The White House's Decision
William Denver was silent for a moment, and then suddenly said something that had nothing to do with the meeting. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but all of you here are the military and political elites of the United States, and they don't think that William Denver will sigh for no reason at this time, but seriously think about the deep meaning of this sentence.
William Denver turned his gaze: "More than 100 years ago, Mahan's "Theory of Sea Power" pointed out the direction for world hegemony, and the facts have proved the correctness of Mahan's view. Whether it is Britain or the United States, they all rely on a strong navy to become the world hegemon. Even though the former Soviet Union once relied on nuclear forces to compete with us, they were also constrained by the shortcomings of their navy. ”
Everyone nodded lightly when they heard this, these are not profound truths, not to mention them, even ordinary people know it.
"Sea power flourished because human beings moved from continents to oceans, from regions to the world, but when human beings moved from the earth to space, the importance of sea power was greatly reduced." William Denver sighed, "Actually, this idea was put forward by a visionary strategist more than 40 years ago, and that era was also the period when the country's aerospace industry was developing the fastest. It's a pity that because of technology and investment, and because of the disappearance of our biggest enemy, the aerospace industry of the United States began to be abandoned. ”
"Vice President, now that the United States is facing the invasion of the enemy, can you say it more concisely?" Klerber interrupted unceremoniously.
"Actually, what I'm about to say has already been said, that is, space power has surpassed sea power, and the current attack on us is proof of this. Penglai Island has made us lose our most important eye by striking our satellites in space, and their aerospace fighters can enter the airspace of the United States without hindrance and calmly hit the target, and we have no choice but to ......," said William Denver, "They rely on their own space superiority, and in this regard, we have no countermeasures at all." ”
Ross Garcia said: "It seems too early to draw this conclusion. I do not deny that Penglai Island's space technology is more developed than ours, but this does not mean that our naval superiority is useless, nor does it mean that the United States has no way to attack the enemy. ”
"Mr. Minister of Defense, what is your so-called solution?" William Denver asked rhetorically, "Half an hour ago, we launched an attack on space-based weapons 1,200 kilometers over the territory of the United States, but all the anti-satellite missiles were destroyed by the opponent's lasers, and the laser weapons we deployed in Florida could not threaten the opponent at all...... IMHO, I really can't think of any other way to deal with them! ”
Ross Stop.
"And if we don't deal with those space-based weapons, we will always face the threat of the enemy, and what are we going to do to win the war when the enemy can attack us and we can't? Before that, we had already underestimated Penglai Island's energy weapons, and now the facts tell us that their energy weapons are beyond imagination, just like their other technologies. I have no doubt that even the White House, when they want to attack, will never fail. In other words, you and I are at each other's guns! ”
William Denver became more and more agitated as he spoke, and as the vice president of the United States, he was also very indignant about the current embarrassing situation. But William Denver was a realist who wanted to solve the problems at hand in a way that was more favorable to the United States, rather than waging war without regard for the consequences.
While William Denver's words are realistic, they are unacceptable to most people, especially military generals. In their view, William Denver was capitulationism. Surrender without a fight, which has never appeared in the history of the United States.
The conference room was mired in a quarrel, and the secretary of state and the minister of defense insisted that war should be declared, and that they should attack Penglai Island with all their might, and even use nuclear weapons if necessary, and many generals agreed with the two of them, for them, the enemy had already hit the United States mainland, and the United States had no room to retreat.
Hirani was in a state of torment, looking at her arguing men, not knowing what to do or who to listen to. In fact, this kind of decision was really too difficult for her.
"Damn the Huaxia people, why can't you wait another month?" Hirani covered her face and said secretly in her heart. In less than a month, Hillani's term of office will be up, and she will leave the White House, and no matter what troubles the country has, it will be a matter for the successor to consider, and she will no longer have a dime to do.
But now...... It's really hard for Hillani to imagine how she will survive these more than half a month. She no longer expects a decent retirement, and as for the evaluation of her by the people of the United States in the future, Hillani can't even think about it.
"Maybe I'll be the most failed president in the history of the United States?" Hilani thought pessimistically.
"President, and gentlemen here, it is easy to declare war, but can we win it?" William Denver strives, "Look at the battle mode on Penglai Island, they attack us from 1,200 kilometers in space, they bomb the United States with aerospace fighters with speeds of up to Mach 20, and what about us?" Our missiles cannot strike the opponent's space-based weapons, our planes cannot catch the shadow of aerospace fighters, what can we use to win the war? ”
"The Huaxia people are only taking advantage of the sneak attack now, and their advantage is limited to a few weapons." Ross Garcia retorted, "Even if these weapons are very advanced, they are not to the point of making the United States surrender. President, Penglai Island can threaten us, and we can also threaten Penglai Island. I think they are much more vulnerable than us, as long as we have a missile falling on Penglai Island, Lu Yang will have to kneel and beg for mercy! ”
"That's right, as far as I know, Lu Yang and his family are on Penglai Island, I don't believe he will not be afraid of the United States! Even in the end, we still have nuclear weapons! Kleber stood up and appealed, "No matter what, the United States must not bow to Huaxia!" ”
Everyone argued for nearly an hour, but could not reach an agreement, and finally everyone looked at Hillani, who had a bitter face.
Hillani really didn't want to make this decision, she was already retiring, and there was no need to suffer the consequences of this decision. But in the face of the appeal of the majority, Hirani decided to swallow the bitter pill.
"Then declare war!" Hilani said with difficulty.
"President, the Chinese aerospace fighters have left the United States." At this moment, the door to the conference room was pushed open, and a voice came in.