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Admiral King was hesitant to receive a telegram from Nimitz early in the morning, and at the sight of such heavy losses, Admiral King was clouded, but he praised Nimitz for one thing, at least he had made the convoy turn back in time, and greatly avoided another fiasco in the Horn of East Africa. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info If you land on the beach again, you will have to go to the German-controlled part of Brazil, where is there any other way out than to be a prisoner?

"But it is also possible that the German fleet will attack the landing force first." Eisenhower worriedly said, "General Nimitz will take away another 48 escort fighters, which will weaken the defenses even more." ”

"Ike, don't worry, this kind of thing will not happen, the Germans will definitely concentrate on fighting our aircraft carrier group." Turner was relieved, "Ten thousand steps back, the Germans are really confused to fight the landing force, didn't they just expose the gap, and the other side succeeded in attracting firepower and creating a better opportunity for him to destroy the enemy--didn't we originally advocate that George go to land just to lure the Germans out?" ”

Eisenhower was also speechless: this time the navy was quite authentic, and it did not do everything to sacrifice the army, otherwise the two sides would have had to fight.

But Marshall, apparently thinking a little more, frowned and asked, "What are you going to do with Brazil and South America if the outcome of this naval battle is not ideal?" ”

"Then the only way to do this is to rely on the army to hold the northern front." Admiral Kim sighed, "If you can't win or even if you pay a big price to win, the situation of the navy in South America will not be maintained, the German main fleet will break into the South China Sea next month, and the increase of troops is predictable, and the situation of our army in South America will be very difficult, so two days ago I urged you to ship the supplies as soon as possible - there is still a little time now, and it will be a great headache in the future." ”

Turner added: "If the Germans gain a foothold in South America, they will be able to send more planes, warships and submarines to Brazil, and then not only Recife and the Caribbean could face the German strangulation, but then there will be only ...... Only ......"

He said that he couldn't go on with two only. The latter meaning both Marshall and Eisenhower understood: then there was only a sum.

"I don't understand why the president so simply rejected the olive branch extended by Japan." Turner said, "Although I want to erase Japan from the map more than anyone else, but to be honest, now Japan's strength is expanding, and with the support of Germany, I heard that Britain and Japan are still eyebrows, and they plan to buy Northwest India and keep a colony to bribe Japan. With the example of Japan, it is said that France was also approaching Japan to buy back some of the Indochina colonies from the other side, but Hori Yokichi is said to have been ambiguous and did not simply refuse. People are so flexible, why are we so rigid? ”

Marshall asked, "Do you want to concentrate on dealing with Germany?" ”

"No, I don't want to go to war anymore, I want to restore peace as soon as possible, and then use the rare recuperation period to improve my military strength - I hope that our scientists can develop more and better weapons, especially that key project......" Turner gritted his teeth, "if it really works, it can be used to fight a world war." ”

"But this kind of voice is not mainstream among the people and on Capitol Hill, and there is a general consensus that peace can be made with Germany, but Japan cannot be spared." Eisenhower added, "The president himself seems to think so." ”

Admiral Kim said disheartenedly: "Don't discuss this topic too much, it is not the military who decides war and peace, but the politicians." The problem is that politicians need votes, and they only focus on the direction in which the votes are, and not in the direction where the correct rational judgment is. Is Japan so easy to fight? Without 3 million casualties, I don't think Japan can be defeated. ”

"3 million?" Marshall's mouth opened wide in surprise, "So many?" ”

"Not much." Admiral Jin shook his head, "Now the Japanese navy is stronger than ours, even without European support, it will take at least two years to reverse this situation, and then we will have to seize the islands that Japan has solidified and defended for the past two years, don't you think this is a very difficult thing?" For example, Cape Verde, Tarawa ......"

"What do you mean, even if you fight Japan alone, you won't be able to end the war within 3 years?" Eisenhower's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Unless we use some kind of superweapon, if we fight according to the current routine, we can force Japan to surrender within three years, and I think we are very powerful." Turner said in a low voice, "Think about it, the war in Japan and India has been pacified, the Chinese battlefield has been shrinking, the Kwantung Army does not dare to go to Stalin's trouble, Stalin does not dare to fight over, and now Japan has only one front for us." After all, this is also a world power, not to mention the world's best naval force, although their army equipment is very poor, but the Japanese soldiers are still very brave and can bear hardships and stand hard work - don't believe you look at the combat effectiveness of the 442nd Regiment! ”

Eisenhower nodded: Because the heroic performance of the 442nd Regiment became a rare highlight of the Brazilian campaign, many friendly officers and soldiers reversed their prejudices against Japanese Americans and called them "best comrades-in-arms", President Truman gave high praise, and also awarded the 442nd Regiment the Presidential Medal, and now the reserve replenishment is being mobilized, and Clark is ready to rebuild the 442nd Regiment in Recife - still all-Japanese. The War Department also tried to recruit Japanese Brazilians to serve, but the latter apparently showed little interest and no identification with the U.S. military, and responded with few responders.

Turner once said to Admiral King in private: If the Japanese soldiers are all such fighting forces as the 442nd Regiment, I am afraid that in the future, the corpses will be spread from Washington to Tokyo. Admiral King agreed, but told him not to talk too much, and Wallace died on that mouth.

"In the past, it was industrial strength and resources that constrained Japan, but now most of these two problems have been solved, if not completely. Three years couldn't be shorter...... If the Germans had intervened, it would have been possible for 5 or even 8 years. But peace is impossible! ”

Marshall and Admiral King knew this better than Turner, and the cabinet did waver a little when the final draft of the Japan-US peace was handed over through neutral countries, but Truman spoke: "I can not be this president, or I may not run for the next president, but I must not surrender to Japan, otherwise how can I explain to Mr. Roosevelt?" If you want to make peace, you can go to Dewey. ”

As soon as this sentence was said, everyone understood that Truman was unwilling to sign a peace treaty even if he did not do it even if he tried his best to do it, so the matter of peace negotiations should be concluded first, at least after half a year.

It is said that Marshall and Admiral King were very worried about Truman's state of affairs, believing that he was now in a tendency to give up on himself, and even openly said that he would withdraw from the race, but everyone had no favorable results or victories to report to the president, so they could only feel guilty -- Is it the responsibility of the president alone to win the war?

In the morning, while attending a meeting of the Naval Shipbuilding Committee, Admiral King and others were concerned about the war situation in the direction of Brazil, and almost every half hour they had to ask if there was any latest telegram -- almost to the extreme of nervousness.

The others were also preoccupied, and the meeting was supposed to consider whether to add some other warships, but when Turner said that the Nimitz fleet had been ambushed by submarines and lost a large number of cruisers and escort carriers, the meeting immediately fell silent.

Now the U.S. Navy's shipbuilding plan is very simple: freighter - Victory ship, destroyer - Fletcher class, cruiser - Oakland class, escort aircraft carrier - Casablanca class, fleet aircraft carrier - Essex class, battleship - Montana class, all of which are built in a standardized process, and many parts on it can be used universally - 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns, 127mm high-level dual-purpose naval guns, and various radars.

Unfortunately, even though the number and efficiency of construction have been carried forward to the extreme, they still cannot keep up with the speed of attrition. Spruance lost the Iowa, Nimitz just lost the USS Missouri and damaged the USS Wisconsin today, and there was only one battleship left for the Atlantic Fleet to use.

"Do you need to build more Iowa-class?" General Li Haihai frowned and said, "It takes 30 months for an Iowa ship to take at the earliest, and it will consume at least $160 million in funds and a lot of materials, but it is so easy to be sunk, I don't even know how to explain it to Congress and the president." ”

"We should pay attention to the improvement of submarines and torpedoes, and we must also develop those super torpedoes and super submarines." Vice Admiral Mitchell gritted his teeth viciously and said, "Otherwise, no matter how many aircraft carriers and battleships are built, they will be the prey of the Germans!" If this continues, we will never win this war. ”

"I think it's necessary to build additional air defense cruisers—not much and fast, and ......," Turner sighed, "to be honest, such a suggestion is contrary to conscience, but I have to say that until there is no way to defend against the enemy's terrible torpedoes, I propose to provide close protection for fleet carriers and battleship ships with more destroyers and cruisers." ”

This is the meaning of vigorously building a meat shield, which is undoubtedly a rather sad and demoralizing act -- is it true that the lives of the officers and men on the auxiliary warships are a little cheaper than those of the main warships? However, judging from the actual situation on the battlefield, it can be regarded as a good method.

"Sir, General Nimitz's attack group has taken off, a total of 260 planes, in two waves...... The 48 fighter jets drawn from the transport fleet are also currently on air defense duty after landing to prepare for refueling, and enemy aircraft have not yet appeared. ”

"Good! That's at least a good sign! Admiral Kim stood up, "I hope the pilots will have a little better luck today, sink a few more warships, and avenge their comrades!" ”