Now that the war has been fought, the fat man who was about to be driven crazy has begun to think out of it, and even the Axis fleet has been running thousands of kilometers for a long distance, preparing to storm the door of the US imperialists and heavily guarded Newfoundland, and there are still many people who agree with it.

It's not bad to think about it without thinking about it, otherwise who can explain where these Germans went?

In the middle of the night, Nimitz and Cunningham, who had returned from a circle around the Atlantic Ocean again and were unable to find the German fleet, also received a report on the enemy situation. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The garrison on the island of Newfoundland was in complete disarray that night. After the previous Battle of Newfoundland, the United States increased its military investment in the island, not only urgently building a large number of permanent and semi-permanent fortifications, but even planning as many as 20 large-caliber coastal defense artillery batteries, in preparation to completely fortify Newfoundland, especially several important ports. The American garrison reached 2 divisions, and more than 500 additional aircraft were arranged. In order to prevent the planes from being killed in a sneak attack, the airfield has been expanded on a large scale, and there are more than 15 combat airfields on the island, plus the huge scale of the transport airfield, it is simply impossible to completely paralyze it in a single attack.

In fact, Churchill's estimate of Newfoundland's strength is on the low side, and the so-called estimate of 100,000 men is only a pure ground force above, not including the logistics troops that provide support for strategic transportation, not including the antiaircraft artillery units guarding the airport, not including the coastal defense artillery and engineer units guarding the coastal defense and newly built fortifications, nor the radar, telecommunications, gendarmerie, baggage, and quartermaster departments all over the island, not to mention the combat forces stationed on the island by the navy. The paramilitary establishment is more than 160,000.

But even so, everyone still has no bottom in their hearts, and many people are frightened enough by the size of 2 German divisions, 8-10 aircraft carriers, and 6-7 battleships -- now the main force of the British and American fleets is in Greenland, and the TF44 detachment has just left South Africa, and the United States and Canada cannot even take out a single capital ship except for a little light warship and escort aircraft carrier.

Originally, Roosevelt was in a good mood in the past few days: first, all the transactional work was delegated to Truman, who worked hard and recognized him in all aspects; Second, the National Assembly passed a bill to issue 50 billion special treasury bonds, and the major oligarchs said that they would subscribe to them; Third, the offensive momentum of the Soviet Red Army was good, and the US representative stationed in the Soviet Union reported that "the Red Army has recovered Central Asia and Transcaucasus, wiped out 200,000 German and Turkish allied forces, and is now attacking the Caucasus Plain on a large scale." Roosevelt thought that he had gritted his teeth and desperately delivered supplies that were finally worth it, and even the Joint Chiefs of Staff had unrealistic expectations for the next move of the Soviet side; Fourth, Admiral Ingram, commander of the Pacific Fleet, reported that the Japanese fleet, which had broken diplomatic relations on the front line of Australia and New Zealand, had retreated (presumably due to the exhaustion of fuel and supplies), and the transport fleet protected by the escort aircraft carrier had finally arrived safely in Australia and New Zealand to deliver long-lost supplies; Fifth, Harry Truman recently passed the party primary and officially became the next Democratic presidential candidate.

Truman was not without rivals in the party, James F. Burns of South Carolina challenged him, but was considered too conservative by the party bigwigs because of his segregationist status, and Truman's ability to show in the Wallace affair and Roosevelt's unsparing support added a lot of points, and finally won the nomination without danger; To compensate for Truman's lack of political credentials, Albon William Buckley, the party bigwig (Senate Democratic leader), deigned to be the vice presidential candidate – he was seven years older than Truman and five years older than Roosevelt. Coupled with the help of Truman's usual supporters Hannigan, McCarthy and others, Truman's scene can be regarded as huge.

The most striking point is that John F. Kennedy, who returned from exile, officially retired from the army and joined Truman's campaign after his "injury" was basically healed.

On the Republican side, Dewey, who had already been decided, had been nominated earlier, and the two candidates had already expressed their views on the internal and external situation, especially on the important issue of war, and the smell of gunpowder was strong, but in view of Wallace's experience, no one dared to say that he wanted to cut off aid to Britain and the Soviet Union. Although Truman's public speaking skills were inferior to Dewey's, his momentum and aggressive style overwhelmed his opponents in public debates, and the New York Times deliberately published a comment from a certain observer: "...... Mr. Dewey was like a delicate and experienced lawyer, gentle and knowledgeable at the same time, and I felt that he was a very reliable adviser and elder; Mr. Truman was like an iron-blooded auditor, selfless and occasionally a little rude, but very responsible, and they faced a completely different group of voters, in my opinion. ”

That night, Roosevelt convened an emergency meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and in consideration of his health and energy, Roosevelt had handed over all the administrative work to Truman, who was in charge of military affairs in addition to major decisions, because he believed that Truman's understanding of military affairs was not deep enough and relied too much on staff officers. The outcome of the deliberations was more definite, including that he and the vast majority of the Joint Chiefs of Staff agreed that Churchill's speculation was unlikely, but it could not be completely ruled out because someone had suggested another direction -- Bermuda.

Of course, Bermuda is also on guard, but the island is too small, and the number of troops and technical equipment cannot be too much, if the German army really dispatches such a large fleet, the island will not be able to defend it in any way, Bermuda alone is not the most worrying thing, what worries Roosevelt the most is the defense of the east coast, now there is no fleet to guard, it can be said that the door is wide open, the Germans do not need to come to the east coast to land, as long as a batch of bombs are dropped on several large cities on the east coast, it is enough for the government and the joint staff to be disgraced.

In this respect, he could not help but envy the geographical advantages of the Axis countries, Germany was located in Central Europe, and had great depth on both sides, except for the bombers taken off by Britain could still threaten Germany, the rest of the positions could not be hit at all; Italy was even more relieved after the closure of the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal, as well as its control of North Africa; Even Japan, which is full of islands, has small islands to cover in all directions. Only the United States, which has always been known as the natural danger of the two oceans, has faced external threats from time to time on the east coast after losing its absolute sea supremacy in the Atlantic. However, the American people are particularly fragile and cannot withstand the blows at all, and they have to be shut down by the government several more times.

If the East Coast had been subjected to the same strategic bombing that Germany had suffered, I am afraid that the people's will would have been unable to hold on, and the American people would have lived too comfortably and comfortably to resist risks, and any attack on the US mainland would be a nightmare that political leaders could not repel. Little did he know that the nightmare he feared was not entirely groundless—Horiyoshi was already in full swing to prepare for a military operation to attack the West Coast of the United States, and it was against this background that the Tsunoda fleet returned home to replenish it.

"Can you bring the TF46 fleet back?"

"Not yet." Admiral King sighed, "He is already turning back to the west of Ireland, preparing to scout the specific location of the enemy tomorrow, and the Germans have disappeared too strangely." ”

"If something happens to him, won't he be able to rush back to the rescue in time?" Marshall said unhappily, "Since there are no enemy troops in the direction of Iceland and Ireland, it means that it is a false alarm at most, why is the fleet still there, it is important to come back early." ”

Admiral Jin smiled awkwardly but couldn't say anything, and Lehi sighed: "He must first go to investigate and make sure that he is safe before he can return to China, otherwise, Cunningham will go berserk." ”

"Well, this damn politics." Marshall finally remembered that there was such a thing as a British ship, and the whole person hated it.

Roosevelt turned to Eisenhower and asked, "Are Army reinforcements ready?" Or Matthew's Airborne Troops? ”

"Both divisions are ready for reinforcements."

"If you want to make a substitution this time, let's go." Roosevelt sighed, "You can't always let Matthew rush to the front line, he is a lieutenant general after all." Moreover, we use airborne divisions every time, and even if we can fight again, we will toss them all, and millions of army forces must cultivate some other backbone forces. ”

Marshall's face flushed, he actually knew that it was not a good thing to overuse Ridgway, but it seemed that only this unit was particularly reassuring, and the speed of delivery was also fast. But since Roosevelt said so, he had to make some adjustments, otherwise the millions of troops would always count on tens of thousands of people to fight the fire, and his position would not be secure.

"In the final analysis, the problem is that there are not enough troops, especially naval forces, and if we have a fleet in the direction of Britain, another strong fleet in the Pacific, and another fleet near the mainland, we are in a much better position." Roosevelt asked Admiral King, "When will new warships, especially aircraft carriers, be put into service in large numbers?" ”

"There are 2 Essex-class and 1 Iowa-class that can be commissioned in May, every month in June and July, and 1 Essex-class in September, and then from October, basically 2 Essex-class ships can be commissioned every month, and by the end of the year, about 9-10 Essex-class ships can be served."

Admiral King said that this batch of Essex was the product of Roosevelt's bold statement that "24 Essex-class ships will be built in a year", and although there were a little twists and turns in the middle to ensure the construction of other warships, in the second half of 1944, the period of US imperialism's violent army finally arrived.

Roosevelt calculated for a moment, counting the current strength in his hands, if there were 14-15 Essex class ships at that time, it would not be difficult to form 3 main fleets, he nodded, and said something surprising and meaningful: "When Harry becomes president, you can help him adjust his European policy, maybe we no longer need the military force of Great Britain." ”

The crowd was in an uproar......