Jingle bells!

The rapid ringing of the phone woke up Roosevelt, who was sitting in a chair and was about to rest for a while, and he picked up the phone sleepily. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"What?"

Roosevelt was suddenly agitated and sat up.

He hadn't closed his eyes for three days, and his mental state was very bad, but the content of the phone still startled him, and he instantly fell asleep.

"Immediately call everyone for an emergency meeting!"

Soon, the entire parliament and military personnel were all present, and many of them had already learned the news in advance.

"I heard that Mobile has been attacked!"

"Isn't it, the entire city of Mobile is in flames, the Ingalls shipyard was destroyed by the shells of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and the warships under construction were ravaged outside the scorched insider!"

"Not only Mobile, but also the Chesapeake Bay was attacked by the Imperial Chinese Navy, the Norfolk Naval Base and the surrounding shipyards were also destroyed, hundreds of warships of various types under construction were blown into a pile of scrap metal, and tens of thousands of workers were killed."

"And New York has also been attacked by the Chinese Imperial Navy, it seems that tens of thousands of Chinese Imperial Shence troops have landed, and New York is about to fall!"

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"What nonsense? Who told you that New York fell? Which eye did you see that tens of thousands of Chinese Imperial troops had landed? Guards, put this guy in jail, he's suspected of being a spy! ”

Roosevelt, who was on fire, happened to find a punching bag to make an example of the monkey.

The member of Congress who owed the debt was immediately stunned and begged for mercy, but Roosevelt simply ignored it.

This is already a dictatorial American government, Roosevelt monopolized power, life and death, Congress has long existed in name only, and it is just the opportunity to kill a few unpleasant congressmen.

Even if the U.S. military suffered a defeat, Roosevelt's prestige remained undiminished.

When the meeting was held, Roosevelt's face was black, and the military personnel were even more ashamed and did not dare to raise their heads, and the congressmen had no real power, and they said nothing at all, so as to save Roosevelt from finding fault and wearing small shoes.

Roosevelt waved his hand, and a major held an updated telegram and briefed the crowd.

"Around the early hours of this morning, the city of Mobile in the Gulf of Mexico, the city of Norfolk in the Chesapeake Bay, and the city of New York in the New York Bay, these three large coastal cities were suddenly attacked by the fleet, and they were preliminarily determined to be the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire."

"The simultaneous attacks on the cities of Mobile, Norfolk, and New York indicate that this was a premeditated sneak attack, and it is suspected that the Chinese Empire retaliated against the United States for the attack on Pearl Harbor, with the aim of destroying the major shipyards that were building warships for the U.S. Navy."

One of the officials asked: "So how big are our losses?" ”

"At present, the battle is still ongoing, and it is not yet possible to make a comprehensive damage assessment, but we have made a preliminary analysis of the content of the urgent telegram sent from the three cities, which are the locations of the largest shipyards in the United States, with seven shipyards, 113 docks, Pennsylvania-class battleships, Colorado-class battleships, North Dakota-class battlecruisers, etc., which are under construction by the US Navy, with a total of 16 capital warships of more than 40,000 tons, 33 armored cruisers, 47 unprotected cruisers, and 101 frigates. 82 submarines, 71 Fish and Radium boats, 132 gunboats, and hundreds of auxiliary warships of various types, a total of 682 warships. ”

As the briefing was underway, another parliamentary official couldn't help but interject and ask: "You mean, if these three coastal cities are destroyed, we will lose 682 warships?" ”

The briefing man nodded and said, "Yes!" This is only the official data of the major shipyards, in fact, much more than this, three large coastal cities, not only shipyards, but also a variety of hundreds of military factories and tens of thousands of private factories, up to now, New York's inner harbor, outer harbor, and large harbor have all fallen, the Chinese Imperial Navy shelled the coastal shipyards at the same time, but also sent an ominous scale of marines ashore to kill people and set fire, Norfolk City is China's largest naval base, is breaking out fierce fighting, but the coastal fleet guarding the Norfolk naval base has been completely wiped out. As for Mobile, it is no longer possible to contact and should have fallen. ”

As soon as the words ended, the entire conference room was in an uproar, and nervousness and uneasiness appeared on everyone's faces. Even some officials with weak psychological quality have been frightened to the point that their legs have weakened and their faces are frightened.

Roosevelt had recently become accustomed to a heavy blow to his heart, but his heart ached at the thought of the huge military and economic losses of the three large seaport cities of New York, Norfolk, and Mobile.

"What are you doing in the navy, a bunch of waste, first attacked Pearl Harbor, but not only did not destroy the Imperial Chinese Navy, but was completely annihilated by the Imperial Chinese Navy. What kind of impregnable walls did you swear about the coastal defense, and as a result, New York, Norfolk, and Mobile were attacked, and your so-called defenses were all air? ”

Some politicians can't help but get mad, and the military personnel are ashamed one by one, and there are 10,000 unhappiness in their hearts, but they can't refute it, because this is the truth.

"That's enough, does swearing work now? If scolding works, then you can just scold me, I won't blame you! ”

Roosevelt said angrily, he was in a very bad mood, but even if the military was a bunch of fools, he had to count on them, otherwise would he let Roosevelt confront the Chinese Empire?

"Is there anything the military can do?"

At this time, the Supreme U.S. Army Commander Miles was not here, and Myers was still supervising the U.S. military in Rhode Island, intending to recover Rhode Island as soon as possible.

As a result, the military's highest civilian official became Lieutenant General Pershing, the head of the Army's Command Department.

This Pershing is also a famous figure in history, the history of the Americas and the United States has changed dramatically, Pershing followed Grant to participate in the Spanish-American War, the Second American Civil War, and won Grant's trust, and now Grant has died, Pershing has become an important member of Roosevelt's staff.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Pershing said: "The Military Command Department has issued military orders to Pennsylvania and Louisiana to mobilize seven infantry divisions of the surrounding US Army to urgently reinforce New York, Norfolk and Mobile. The strategic purpose of the Chinese Empire is very obvious, they know that the main force of our American Navy has been wiped out, but we still have a large number of shipyards in the United States, and with strong industrial strength, we can restore the vitality of the Navy within two years, so the Chinese Empire does not give us the opportunity to restore the vitality of the Navy, so they attacked our three most important seaport cities, intending to destroy those warships under construction. ”

After a pause, Pershing continued: "Knowing the purpose of the Chinese Imperial Navy's operations, we can start preparing. First of all, the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy should have been dispatched, according to the reports sent back by the three cities, the number of enemy warships was as high as several hundred, and it must be the main force of the Imperial Chinese Navy. ”

Roosevelt suddenly interrupted: "How is this possible? After destroying the main forces of the US and Japanese navies, the main forces of the Chinese Imperial Navy had to lose at least some of them, and it would take a month or two to repair the warships. But it's only been half a month, and they have not only repaired the ship, but also sailed the fleet to the east coast of the United States, which is too suspicious. ”

Pershing nodded and said, "Mr. President's judgment is right, but you ignored three reasons. First, the strength of the Imperial Chinese Navy was strong enough, so strong that it successively destroyed the Japanese Navy and the American Navy without much loss of its own. The second is that the industrial strength of the Chinese Empire is too strong, so strong that it exceeds our conventional judgment, especially the naval industry, their shipyards have the ability to repair damaged warships in a very short time, replace worn gun barrels, they have sufficient naval resources, dead naval soldiers can be quickly replaced, and well-trained, without affecting combat effectiveness. Thirdly, we repaired the Panama Canal, but unfortunately the Panama Canal was occupied by the Chinese Empire and the Colombian coalition after the war, and the Chinese Imperial Navy could quietly enter the Caribbean Sea from the Panama Canal, and then directly reach the Gulf of Mexico and the North Atlantic to attack us. ”

Roosevelt sighed and had to admit that the Chinese Empire was powerful, so powerful that it made people desperate.

"What is the military going to do? We're too passive now! ”

Pershing thought for a while and said: "I propose to immediately move the industries of the major coastal cities inland, the Chinese Imperial Navy is too strong, they will not give us the opportunity to rebuild the navy, so we don't need to waste resources on the navy anymore, the current United States should quickly switch to strategic defense, external attack is impossible, and it must be actively defended at home." ”

The admirals of the navy immediately exploded, accusing Pershing of nonsense, saying that the navy could resist the imperial Chinese navy, as long as they were given time.

"When?"

Even Roosevelt didn't believe it, from the very beginning, the United States lacked time, and if Roosevelt was given enough time, it would not become the embarrassment it is now.

"Your army is not necessarily much stronger than our navy! Myers mobilized 500,000 troops to attack Rhode Island, and now the U.S. troops over there have lost more than 30,000 dead and wounded as many as 100,000 soldiers. ”

An American admiral snorted coldly.

"That's right, the Chinese Empire has two million standing armies, during the war, after the general mobilization, the 450 million population can mobilize at least 100 million young people to participate in the war, the Chinese Imperial Army is far more terrifying than their navy, if there is no US Navy to block it, are you sure to win the Chinese Imperial Army?"

Doubts have arisen one after another, and the navy is very unhappy.

Far more than in the past five years, the US Navy has built a large number of battleships and battle cruisers because of the general rules, and its status in the US military has been rising, and it is vaguely trying to overwhelm the Army.

In the past, the U.S. Army was the dominant military, and now the U.S. Navy also occupies a considerable number of seats.

"Of course, the army alone will not work! The navy still needs it, at least our capital ships are gone, and there are still a large number of submarines, we can launch a broken engagement and use submarines to attack the fleets and caravans of the Chinese Empire. ”

Pershing saw Roosevelt's solemn expression and knew that the navy was too strong to completely listen to the army, so he was relieved.

"Doesn't the theory of sea power say that against a naval power, a weak country needs large-scale submarines and water radium? In my opinion, we should now build submarines and water radium on a large scale to blockade the coastline, as long as we block the attack of the Imperial Chinese Navy, otherwise the Imperial Chinese Army will land, then we in the United States will be invincible. ”

Someone also mentioned the theory of sea power, which is regarded as a classic book by naval commanders all over the world, but it was written by Li Weiguo.

At this moment, Roosevelt had to smile bitterly: "I can't imagine that we have to use the enemy's military theory to deal with the enemy!" This is really a shame for us American soldiers, a shame for the entire Western world, and we can't even find a decent military theorist. ”

"Report, New York is in an emergency, the Chinese Imperial Army has entered the city, and the governor of New York has asked for reinforcements!"

"What? How did you break into the city so quickly? Damn, did Pedro's Fourth Legion all grow up eating Xiang? ”

Roosevelt was furious, and he always attached importance to the defense of New York, because New York was the financial center of the United States, and once it was militarily destroyed by the Chinese Empire, it would deal a heavy blow to the financial and economic affairs of the United States.

Therefore, Roosevelt formed the Fourth Army Corps into the four most elite American divisions and deployed them near New York to ensure the safety of this iconic city of the United States.

"The report said that the Imperial Chinese Army dispatched a Marine Brigade Regiment that was being formed, with excellent weapons and equipment, and was covered by the large-caliber naval guns of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and our army's firepower was completely suppressed, and there were heavy casualties."

"It's incredible that a brigade in the Imperial Chinese Military Region can hit one of our four divisions head-on and ask for reinforcements!"

"It's not an excuse!"

"Mr. President, now is not the time to reproach Pedro, you should immediately order Commander Myers to mobilize a large army to reinforce New York, New York must not be lost!"

Roosevelt hesitated, only Miles, who was besieging Rhode Island, had enough troops to reinforce at present, but the war on Rhode Island had also entered the most critical moment, and once the troops were deployed, they might fall short. But if reinforcements are not sent, New York may not be protected.

Pershing proposed: "New York must be rescued first, because the Chinese Imperial Army is not here to occupy New York, they are here to destroy New York." ”

It dawned on Roosevelt.

Yes, when the Chinese Imperial Army came to sneak attack, it must not be the main force of the army, and it is already the limit to be able to put into a landing operation of a marine brigade. Since it was a sneak attack, and the supplies would not be too much, then only a lightning attack on New York and an immediate retreat after destroying New York would be the real purpose!

"Immediately telegraph Miles and ask him to rush to reinforcements!"

In New York Bay, on the bridge of the huge battleship Fury, Li Weijun looked into the distance, watching the high-rise buildings in the urban area of New York being hit by shells, exploding, and collapsing one after another, with flames flying and black smoke billowing out, and his mood was suddenly quite refreshed.

"Keep shelling! Don't stop! ”

"Scolded, shoot all the shells!"

"As long as New York is razed to the ground, Lao Tzu will show this old face and beg His Majesty to give everyone a promotion and double their salaries!"

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Li Weijun jumped high and screamed, he didn't fire a single shot, but as if all the shells and bullets were fired by him, he was excited. (To be continued.) )