When President Roosevelt smiled bitterly, he said resolutely: "After you said this, I have figured it out, and now I have decided that it is better to be a lackey of the Xia Empire than to be their pawn, since the Xia Empire has long dug a pit and is waiting for us, then we will take the initiative to send troops, and we must turn the world upside down; Since the European countries have abandoned us in the United States, then we will find a way out on our own, and no longer taboo the ideas of other countries. ”

"Always ready to strike!" The Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Army replied in a loud voice at the same time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Okay, this time, in addition to leaving the necessary vigilance force behind the navy, the Atlantic Fleet will participate in the battle, and the army will send 1 million officers and men to participate in the battle." President Roosevelt spoke decisively about his thoughts.

The president's decision made everyone feel too sudden, and the secretary of state finished his work: "Your Excellency, isn't this decision a bit hasty?" “

Roosevelt waved his hand and said: "It's not hasty at all, what you just said woke me up, in fact, the Xia Empire did not have the idea of destroying our United States at the beginning, but forced us to send troops, and they made a profit behind their backs, this is a conspiracy, we must continue to play according to their ideas, otherwise, our United States will really be finished." If you think about it, the Xia Empire was fully capable of quickly occupying the whole of the United States, why did it stop later and take the initiative to negotiate peace, instead of beginning to demand unconditional surrender, please don't tell me that it was because of the pressure exerted on it by Britain, France, Germany and other countries; Second, the Xia Empire declared war on the United States, but it never expelled the American ambassador in Shangjing, but let the American embassy continue to work normally, and communicate with the embassy at any time, which is also one of the doubts; Third, they occupied all the American colonies and territories in the Pacific region, but completely abandoned Cuba and other regions that were close at hand, and did not even mention it during the peace talks, which is very unreasonable for the Xia Empire to be greedy for land. ”

After listening to Roosevelt's words, the secretary of state felt that the president's inference had some truth, but the president's request to send so many troops made him very worried, and he hurriedly asked: "Your Excellency, our new and old officers and soldiers add up to more than 1 million in total, and 1 million troops will be sent at one time, is it a bit much?" What if Lu Guo calls? ”

Roosevelt said: "Haha, your worries are superfluous, if the Lu State comes, even a few more 1 million troops will not be able to resist their attack, if it were not for the face of the Xia Empire, leaving some goods on the border, I would have thought that not a single soldier would be left, and all of them would participate in the robbery; This war with Mexico is a training exercise, and now we don't have time for them to grow, so let's hope that they will go to the battlefield and gradually mature under the test of artillery fire. ”

The Secretary of War asked, "Your Excellency, who is the commander-in-chief of this war?" ”

"Arthur MacArthur, I have decided to appoint him commander-in-chief of this war, and no one else can do it!" Roosevelt affirmed.

"And what kind of tactics do we use?"

Roosevelt glanced at Taft and said, "Do you still need to think about this?" We should learn from the Xia Empire, combine sneak attack warfare and blitzkrieg, and quickly resolve the battle, first send troops to Cuba, teach those who resist, use this as a cover, quickly send troops to Mexico, quickly occupy its rich lands, and quickly evacuate after looting; This time we were beaten so badly by the Xia Empire, don't you, as the Minister of the Army, have a long insight? ”

The president's appointment of Arthur MacArthur as commander-in-chief had made Taft ugly, and now that the president was saying so, it made Taft's face even more ugly.

Taft admired Arthur MacArthur's military command ability very much, but the two were very incompatible, and had many quarrels, Arthur MacArthur had continuously criticized the War Department and the Army in recent years, which made Taft very ugly and embarrassed, for which Taft has been suppressing Arthur MacArthur.

Roosevelt glanced at Taft and knew the contradiction between them, so he persuaded: "When the national crisis is at hand, we should put national affairs first and let go of those personal grievances!" ”

When Taft heard what the president said about his heart, he couldn't help but blush, and hurriedly explained: "Your Excellency the president, please rest assured, I will never affect state affairs because of personal feelings, and I can still distinguish the important from the important." ”

"That's the best, I hope you can cooperate well, this time you sit at home, responsible for the overall command and dispatch and the supply of logistics materials, as well as the transportation of loot, etc., and also responsible for continuing to recruit soldiers, I have decided, another 1 million soldiers, your task is very arduous, do you have the confidence to complete it?" President Roosevelt asked.

Taft hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Please rest assured, Your Excellency the President, the task will be completed!" ”

The Secretary of State was very surprised when he heard the president's request for another 1 million conscriptions, could it be that the president wanted to be an enemy of the Xia Empire? Even another 1 million conscriptions are not the opponent of the Xia Empire, so he asked: "Your Excellency, will another 1 million conscription cause the dissatisfaction of the Xia Empire and the Lu State, and even treat us as a potential threat?" ”

When President Roosevelt heard the Secretary of State ask, he couldn't help laughing happily, and pointed to the Secretary of State and said: "You also have something you can't think of, I will definitely not cause the dissatisfaction of the Xia Empire and the Lu State by doing this, because I will not place these 2 million troops in the country, so I will not cause their dissatisfaction." ”

Hearing the president say this, all the cabinet members were full of questions, if these 2 million troops are not deployed in the country, is there still a huge territory or colonies in the United States outside the United States? They all looked at President Roosevelt with curious eyes.

When President Roosevelt saw that everyone was looking like this, he said proudly: "I am going to deploy all these 2 million troops to South America, and my goal is Brazil!" ”

Hearing the president say this, everyone's questions are even greater.

Roosevelt had no choice but to continue: "The reasons are as follows: First, there is only so little land left in the United States, which cannot support tens of millions of people at all, and it is necessary to find new territory for them to survive, and Brazil is a good place, enough to accommodate the huge number of immigrants from the United States; The second point is that the United States is too close to the country of Lu, and after the United States has no use value, they will definitely completely occupy our territory, so we must find a new foothold when everyone has not reacted, we can't go back to Europe, Africa is now too poor, and it has also been carved up, only South America, which has not yet attracted everyone's attention, the overall military strength is very low, and it is not the opponent of the US military at all, it is a good opportunity for us to send troops, and in the future, maybe we will re-establish the country in South America. ”

Everyone immediately understood the president's intentions.

"Your Excellency the President is thinking too long!"

"It's not a good thing to be able to avoid the Xia Empire!"

"The European countries have abandoned us, and they will certainly not accept us back to Europe; Since we have been abandoned, we should find our own way. ”

"It's a clever move, and no one would have thought of His Excellency's plan."

"This time the Xia Empire miscalculated!"

Roosevelt ignored everyone's arguments and asked, "Do you disagree?" ”

"Nope!" This is a rare time when there is such a unity of opinion.

Roosevelt ordered: "Well, the War Office will immediately summon General Arthur MacArthur to meet me, and in the meantime, the Navy and Army must be ready to set off as quickly as possible." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

Roosevelt thought to himself that the United States could only survive by sending troops; The United States had just been beaten so badly by the Xia Empire, and no one would have thought that the United States would send troops to attack other countries in such a short period of time, which is a surprise in the art of war.

The Americans, who have been comfortable for hundreds of years, should be active, otherwise they will lose their country, which really corresponds to the old Chinese saying: forgetting the war will be dangerous.

Now the world is a world of the jungle, whoever has a strong military force can occupy more territory, who can enslave other nations for their own benefit, the former Netherlands, Spain, then the British Empire, and now the Xia Empire, this is not the case.

By allowing Americans to migrate long distances and eliminate the old, weak, sick and disabled, the Xia Empire did not reduce the burden on the United States and think about the United States.

Arthur MacArthur was the youngest colonel in the Union Army at the age of 19 when he was promoted to colonel, and was known as the baby colonel of the West.

After the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in April 1898, Arthur was promoted to brigadier general, commanding an infantry brigade. The brigade was transported to the Philippines. Fighting within the Third Army of Major General Wesley Merritt, he bravely fought the Filipino insurgents led by Emilio Aguinardo, successfully defending Manila in February 1899. General MacArthur then took full control of the Philippines after more than a dozen bloody battles, and American newspapers reported his exploits prominently. He soon became commander of all U.S. forces in the Philippines and was appointed military governor of the Philippine Islands.

In July 1901, Arthur MacArthur was dismissed from his post and repatriated after a conflict with the civilian governor of the Philippines, William Howard Taft. In the following years, he successively served as commander of the Colorado, Lake District and Eastern Military Districts, served as a military attache and senior military observer in Japan during the Russo-Japanese War, and in August 1906 toured around Asia, observing the military situation of various units and military conditions, and was promoted to lieutenant general after returning to China. He failed to become Chief of Staff of the Army because of his criticism of the current state of the Army, his demands for the renewal of the Army's establishment, the replacement of newer Army equipment, and stricter military training, as well as his quarrel with the Secretary of the Army, Taft.

Asa MacArthur was not the highest-ranking soldier in the United States at that time, President Roosevelt valued him for his courage in battle, calm command, and his usual tactics and tactics were closest to the sneak attack and blitzkrieg of the Xia Empire, if these two tactics were combined, the US military would surely sweep through Central and South America, not only to create an opportunity for the Xia Empire to enter Central America, to gain the favor of the Xia Empire, but also to lay a territory for the United States and gain a new living space. (To be continued.) )