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In the afternoon, the Army Staff's preliminary plan for homeland defense was handed over to Roosevelt -- he was about to be questioned by Congress, and he couldn't do anything without dry goods, and Major General Thomas Handy, who had succeeded Eisenhower as Chief of Operations of the Army Staff last year, urgently drew up a plan for reinforcements, and although Marshall did not have time to look at it, at least Stingson nodded. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Looking at such a thick report, Roosevelt patiently flipped through the pages, and the more he looked at it, the more his brows furrowed, and finally he couldn't help asking: "Need so many technical weapons and defense troops?" ”

It is impressively written: To defend the territory of the east coast at a depth of 500 kilometers, it is roughly necessary to deploy 50,000 to 60,000 small and medium-caliber antiaircraft guns, more than 20,000 large-caliber antiaircraft guns, and at least 30,000 aircraft, of which 15 percent should have the ability to fight at night, and a three-layer radar network should be arranged at a distance of about 120-150 kilometers, and each large city should be equipped with 2-3 searchlight regiments. Key industrial areas, including Pittsburgh's steel district, Detroit's automotive district, Norfolk's shipyard and other areas, need to be strengthened......

Thomas Handy nodded and patiently explained the reason: "Germany covers an area of nearly 500,000 square kilometers, and at present, about 8,000 aircraft, about 20,000 anti-aircraft guns are deployed, and a large number of air defense command centers integrating radar stations, searchlights, anti-aircraft artillery and combat airfield dispatch rooms have been built. ”

Roosevelt sighed: "Do you know what that means? ”

"We have asked the major military-industrial complexes, and according to their maximum output, there is no problem in the production of anti-aircraft guns and aircraft, which can basically be rushed out in 6-12 months, and the rest of the equipment and air defense centers can be completed in 18 months."

"You know that's not what I'm asking." Roosevelt said hatefully, "The equipment is basically fine, it's a big deal that I spend 100-20 billion, but what are you going to do with the personnel?" According to your statement, 7-80,000 anti-aircraft guns are needed, each anti-aircraft gun needs 500,000 troops with 6 people, 40,000 pilots, ground support, command, and maintenance of 40,000 aircraft, and the total number of personnel from all walks of life adds up, and 800,000 are gone, as well as the indispensable searchlight troops, radar stations, and air defense command centers, do you think that no 2 million personnel in general can complete this grand plan? ”

"Preliminary calculations require 3 million people, plus important bases on the West Coast and the Caribbean, a total of 5 million are needed." "And that's not even counting the big chunks of the Midlands—the United States is almost 20 times the size of Germany, and we ...... proportionally."

"5 million people who don't do anything and stay in the country for defense? How many 5 million can the United States draw? ”

"There are now more than 7 million armed forces mobilized in the country, but the president ......," explains Thomas Handy, "and from the German experience, these 5 million troops do not necessarily need young men of appropriate age, women can also take on them, and I have read German newspapers that they have reported with great fanfare about women in positions such as flight pilots, radar operators, telephone communicators, etc., and some have even been photographed with Hitler, so I would like to bring in women for service as well." ”

"Well, even if we can pull in enough personnel, what about the technical troops?" Roosevelt asked distressedly, "40,000 pilots are a headache, and there are no less than 400,000 pilots in the United States who have pilots, but there will be no more than 4,000 elite pilots who can match the enemy." ”

"The Army Airlines has developed a rotation system, is ready to learn from the German experience, and will send the outstanding pilots of the Eighth Air Force back to China as key instructors, and send the new pilots to England for training, and then ...... Then ......"

Thomas Handy couldn't go on as he spoke, because the next half of the sentence was cruel - natural selection, survival of the fittest! Any pilot who survives the first 8-10 battles against Germany will become an old bird and grow up, and then they can return home to train as a novice.

Roosevelt waved his hand: "You step back first, let me think about it......"

Obviously, he thinks that Thomas Handy is thinking about the problem too simply, the military factory may be able to make these things at full capacity, but it will definitely squeeze out the share of support to Britain and the Soviet Union, and at the same time it will occupy a lot of budget, although the United States has the most powerful industrial strength and economic capacity in the world, but this capacity is not unlimited, the last time an additional 5 billion budget was used, this time for the start of construction of 36 aircraft carriers additional budget of more than 10 billion, just the list just listed by the General Staff, Without $15 billion, it simply can't be sustained -- in 1941, the total US military expenditure was only $13.8 billion.

"Do you have questions about the plan?" "Time is too rushed, maybe it would be better for them to refine and deepen a little more." ”

"No, if we do it this way, we need to add 25 percent of our military spending and 40 percent of our personnel, which we can't afford."

"This defense system must be too detailed, but we can't help it." Shi Tingsheng spread his hands, "We don't know where the enemy comes from, the coastline of the east coast is so long, and there are so many places to defend, we must fortify everywhere and layer by layer, these are all necessary forces, even if we do this, we dare not 100% guarantee to contain the enemy's attack." ”

After a moment, he lowered his voice and added: "With the election year coming in the second half of the year, which state do you think voters can accept the fact that their state's defense system is not as strong as other states?" ”

This sentence knocked back all the things Roosevelt wanted to say, and he smiled bitterly but was speechless -- this is really terrible political logic!

"Of course, if we can retake the Azores, the strategic situation will be much better, so even if we start now, the real cost of implementation will not be as great as the report portrays," the former said. ”

The Battle of the Azores had been escalated to Plan B, and Turner thought it would be launched as early as October, perhaps until early 1944, and Stimson's words Roosevelt could only be heard as the most optimistic predictions.

After a long silence, he spoke: "When General Marshall returns, we will discuss this matter, and the top priority is to pursue the enemy, rescue the attacked area, and reassure the people." ”

In the evening of the same day, Roosevelt again made a speech, strongly condemning the attack of the Axis attack group on civilians and saying that he would launch a large-scale air raid in retaliation. But by night, Goebbels' Third Reich Propaganda Department launched a sharp counterattack through open broadcasts and clear telegrams:

“…… We do not deny that you accuse us of launching attacks on civilian and non-military targets, but before doing so, British and American planes had already launched large-scale air strikes against Germany for more than three years, you dropped millions of tons of bombs, and committed heinous crimes against the people of Germany and Western Europe. ”

"You accuse us of being executioners and slaughterers, a title we cannot afford, but it is more suitable for you...... In order to reduce the impact on civilians, we not only chose the early morning of the rest day to attack, but also deliberately chose public places that were empty at the time. We didn't touch the ordinary quarters at all, and you bombarded us day and night, on weekdays and on days off, and you deserve to be executioners and slaughterers......"

"The eyes of the American people are clear, and you must remember that we issued an alert three weeks in advance, telling you that we were going to attack targets within 300 kilometers of the east coast, but your government turned a deaf ear to this, and they deceived that adequate defense measures had been arranged, and they concealed the fact that the defense capability was extremely low......

Everyone knows that the United States has the most powerful power in the world, but I need to remind ordinary people that the large number of planes, anti-aircraft guns, radars, and other weapons that you produce day and night are not used for national defense, and even have nothing to do with the United States, and how much of them are used by the American people is very questionable, and you can find out how many people are manipulating them, and then see if they are up to the task...... Politicians, bigwigs, high-ranking officers have dug for themselves bomb shelters that are strong enough and spacious, do you have one of the same?

The United States has provided Britain and Russia with a large amount of materials, arms, and equipment to oppose us, but they have never been stingy in investing in homeland defense. Of course not! This is because the handful of politicians and capitalists who hold the US regime have never made decisions based on the interests of the American people, and their purpose in participating in this war is not to improve the international status and political situation of the United States, not to win the future of the American people, but to fight for the interests of the big capitalists, especially the international Jewish capitalist group. These Jews, who plundered the German people more than 20 years ago and stabbed the German Empire in the back, are now trying to enslave the American people.

In the end, the German people are just as unfortunate as the American people, because we have all been ruled by an international Jewish bloc, which the German people, under the wise leadership of the Führer, have succeeded in overthrowing the rotten and dying clique, and the American people are still deceived and used by it. You may not believe this, or you may think we are slandering, but the following facts are irrefutable: "(To be continued.) )