"The battleship Mutsu, our invincible battleship of the Royal Japanese Navy, recently encountered and engaged in a fierce battle with the US Atlantic Fleet while carrying out a traffic sabotage mission in the waters of the North Atlantic, and won an unprecedented victory! Sinking the American battleships USS South Dakota and Indiana, the American light cruiser USS Omaha, and dozens of British steamers, while only slightly wounding themselves......"

A soft, melodious female voice comes from a Westwind wire tape recorder in the Oval Office of the White House. President Roosevelt www.biquge.info who was pale, raised his hand and pointed to the tape recorder, and the presidential aide-de-camp, Colonel Caton, immediately stepped forward to turn it on, and then stood in the corner of the office without daring to come out.

"Tokyo Rose admitted on the broadcast to the West Coast that it was the Mutsu that sank the South Dakota!" Roosevelt's tone was very calm, as if he was saying something insignificant.

But anyone who knows the president knows that he was really enraged this time. And not only because the Germans sank an American battleship and an American light cruiser without declaring war, causing the loss of nearly 2000 Americans. It was also because the Germans and the Japanese joined forces to tease Roosevelt and make him miserable, and it was impossible to publicly accuse Germany of attacking the US Navy fleet, which was a despicable and shameless ******** that must be completely eliminated.

Because the US government had previously told the American people through the media that there were Japanese battleships in the Atlantic, the US Atlantic Fleet was to escort British merchant ships to prevent them from being sunk by Japanese battleships -- although this statement was pure nonsense, it was in accordance with legal procedures, and no one could blame the president or the military.

However, the Germans attacked the American Atlantic Fleet escorting the British fleet in the name of the Japanese battleship Mutsu, sank the battleship South Dakota and the light cruiser Richmond, and sank more than 60 British merchant ships with carrier-based aircraft and submarines!

However, the Japanese government's "Tokyo Rose" (which is the nickname given by the Americans to Japanese female announcers) used to carry out propaganda warfare against the United States openly admitted in a broadcast later on April 15 that it was the Japanese battleship that sank the South Dakota and the USS Richmond (the broadcast said it was Omaha) -- since Japan now controlled Hawaii, it could send radio ships to secretly approach the West Coast for broadcast propaganda. Therefore, many people on the west coast have already learned about the "great victory in the sea of fog" achieved by the battleship "Mutsu" through Japanese broadcasts.

Roosevelt was a little dumbfounded at this time, the US government had previously said that there were Japanese battleships in the Atlantic, and the Atlantic Fleet was dispatched to fight Japanese battleships. And now the Japanese admit that there are battleships in the Atlantic, and they beat the Americans...... This, this sounds like the real thing!

What about the U.S. government now? Could it be that there were no Japanese battleships in the Atlantic, and that it was not the Michitsu that sank the South Dakota and Indiana, but the evil German Nazis posing as the Japanese?

In the eyes of the American people, who have the "ability to think independently," this matter is 100 percent a conspiracy of politicians, and it is the Roosevelt administration that has wronged the good guy Hitler. If Roosevelt insisted on using this as an excuse to declare war, Congress might have passed the test, but the American people would not wholeheartedly support this conspiracy-flavored foreign war. If the war goes well, but if it doesn't, then the blame for the government and the call for peace will rise.

"It was only the Japanese battleship Mutsu that sank the South Dakota and Indiana because the U.S. government can't lie to its people!" Roosevelt said in a flat tone that this was actually an order given to the Navy -- not to make the truth about the "Battle of the Sea of Fog" public.

"Mr. President, I see." The new Chief of Naval Operations, Ernesto. Admiral Kim replied immediately.

Roosevelt nodded, and added: "But the activities of the Mutsu in the Atlantic were supported by Germany, which was an accomplice of Japan, which was indirectly involved in the attack on the United States!" ”

"Mr. President, the people will think that the United States should have some kind of exchange of interests with Germany, and that European interests should be exchanged for Pacific interests." Hopkins reminded Roosevelt.

The American people, of course, knew that Germany was an accomplice of Japan, but they also knew that the United States was an accomplice of Great Britain, and that it was the United States that helped Britain first. If Germany is a bully, it would be fine to declare war on this ground. But Germany now looks very difficult to deal with......

"An ultimatum should be presented to Germany for the immediate expulsion of the battleship Mutsu from any port controlled by Germany or the European Community!" Secretary of State Hull suggested. "If the Germans refuse, we can justifiably declare war."

Chief of Naval Operations Ernesto. King interjected: "The Germans will definitely accept it, because this battleship may be on Japanese soil, or it may have sunk in Hawaii!" ”

Secretary of State Hull shook his head, he could not think of a casus belli that would mobilize the morale of the American people. At this moment, the door of the Oval Office was pushed open by a White House secretary, and then the secretary of Secretary of State Hull walked in quickly, leaned over and whispered a few words in Hull's ear.

"What happened?" Roosevelt frowned and asked, obviously a little dissatisfied with Hull's secretary - what could be more important now than a declaration of war on Germany?

"Mr. President, there was an independence revolution in Dutch Guiana this morning." Hull said. "The revolutionaries have taken control of Paramaribo, the capital of Dutch Guiana."

"What? Dutch Guiana? Roosevelt immediately set his sights on his old classmate, Director of Strategic Intelligence William. Donovan.

"President, not our people." Donovan knew what Roosevelt wanted to ask, and he replied, "We did not support this revolution." ”

Is there such a thing? In South America, without the support of the United States, anyone dares to make a revolution?

"The Soviets must be doing something wrong!" Donovan said again. "Germany and the Netherlands were close to each other, and it was impossible for them to support the independent revolution in the Dutch colonies. And Britain is now too busy to take care of itself, and it doesn't care about South America at all. And their actions in South America will certainly consult us in advance. ”

"Cordell," Roosevelt said to the Secretary of State, "immediately go and note the Dutch ambassador and tell the Dutch that we are firmly opposed to the Dutch Government's use of force to suppress the cause of the independence of the people of Guyana." ”

"Understood, Mr. President." Hull immediately stood up and walked briskly out of the Oval Office - the Dutch Guiana Revolution was a big or small thing.

The Dutch lost a colony, but it would be a bit of a problem if the Dutch repression caused the German forces to take advantage of it. So Roosevelt immediately ordered Hull to warn the Dutch that the question of Guyana must be resolved through peace talks.

However, Roosevelt did not expect that within 10 minutes of Hull's departure, he hurried back to the Oval Office.

"Mr. President, there is no need to note the Dutch ambassador." Hull said to Roosevelt with a puzzled face, "Because the Dutch government recognized the independence of Dutch Guiana an hour ago, and now it is the People's Republic of Guyana." ”

At this moment, everyone in the entire Oval Office was stunned.

That's not right! Good Dutch Guiana, yesterday the wife was peaceful, this morning said that the revolution is revolution, and the Dutch garrison there is transparent? Moreover, the revolution was victorious in a few hours, and the Dutch government actually recognized the independence of Dutch Guiana...... How can such a thing as a revolution be so easy?

There must be a problem!

Roosevelt did not have the heart to study the issue of declaring war on Germany this time -- the war with Germany was fought for the territory of Europe, and if the United States won Europe, it would be the world hegemon. If Europe cannot win it, as long as it retains its basic territory in the Americas and defeats Japan to win the Pacific territory, the United States can still compete with Germany. Taking a step back, if even Japan can't take it, then as long as it takes back Hawaii and keeps Australia and New Zealand, plus the basic territory of North and South America, the United States will still be a superpower. But if there is a basic problem in the Americas, such as South America being infiltrated by German forces, then the United States will be in big trouble.

As a result, the Oval Office meeting was immediately suspended, and Secretary of State Hull, the head of the secret service, Donovan, and the heads of the army and navy all went to urge their men to find out the truth about the revolution in Dutch Guiana.

But things changed faster than their investigation, and by the evening of the same day, the truth had been revealed.

The government of the newly formed People's Republic of Guyana has announced that it has invited European coalition forces to station in order to help restore order in the People's Republic of Guyana and avoid the risk of civil war! The Senate of the European Community immediately met and adopted a resolution to send troops to the People's Republic of Guyana......

"The German Nazis invaded the Americas! This is obvious...... America is the America of the Americans, not a territory that Germany can touch! ”

At the emergency White House meeting that night, President Roosevelt looked quite annoyed, but those close to the president could tell that Roosevelt was in a pretty good mood. The Germans have finally done something that annoys the American people! Although the American people want to be "isolated", it is based on the fact that the whole of Latin America is the backyard of the United States.

Now the Germans have put their claws in the backyard of the United States, and although they only occupy the territory of the Netherlands, it is still intolerable to the American people. If you zoom in with a magnifying glass, it is the beginning of the Nazi invasion of the Americas! How can Americans, who are the big brother of the people of the Americas, tolerate it?

As for the United States occupying Iceland, the Azores, or whatever...... Well, Europe is not the domain of Germany and the European Community! Even if the Nazis offered to exchange Iceland and the Azores for Guyana, the American people would not have known, because Roosevelt did not want to negotiate with Germany at all.

"Prepare an ultimatum!" Roosevelt said angrily, "In order to defend the interests of all the people of the Americas, and to defend the independence, freedom, and democracy of Guyana, the United States must stand up and say no to the evil German Nazi regime!" If the troops of Nazi Germany do not get out of Guyana within 24 hours, then they will be expelled by the troops of the United States of America! (To be continued.) )