Chapter 326 The Confidence of Americans

This battle stunned the world.

This battle was different from any other brilliant battle fought by the Black God Army, and this battle was an unprecedented victory in an air battle in which the Western powers were the most proud and powerful, and the Chinese were the least capable of it.

This war is incomparable in its morale for the Chinese.

This battle is also the battle of Liwei.

Establish the prestige of China.

Who dares to hand over the claw, cut it in two!

-- Washington, White House, Roosevelt held a meeting with his sick body.

In recent days, after returning to Washington from the Crimean Peninsula, Roosevelt's health has been up and down. When the U.S. military entered the Yellow Sea, he was in very poor health, and he didn't know about Comax's advice.

The cold gaze scanned the crowd, Vice President Truman, Secretary of State Hull, and Chief of the General Staff Marshall...... Everyone bowed their heads under Roosevelt's icy gaze.

They are ashamed that they have made wrong decisions, and the United States has died tens of thousands of people for their wrong decisions, and this is not the worst, the worst thing is that the lives of these tens of thousands of American soldiers are still in vain.

When the disparity in strength is too great, the strong can ignore everything of the weak, and there is no "reason" in the world, but when the strength is not much different, then the "truth" exists.

Now, the "truth" determines the winner and loser.

The glorious victory of the United States was slapped to the dust by the Chinese.

"Is there a result?" When Roosevelt was dissatisfied, there was always mockery in his tone, but at this moment, there was only coldness.

Marshall said: "Mr. President, we have judged that the Chinese stole the technology of the Yuben Zero fighter, but Yuben made the light Zero fighter, and the Chinese made the heavy Zero fighter. ”

Roosevelt closed his eyes, and after a while, opened them and asked, "What about the losses of the Chinese?" ”

Marshall's face was full of shame.

From top to bottom, Americans on land will be more careful, but at sea and in the air, Americans do not even have a shadow of the Chinese in their hearts, and this is the reason why the losses are so heavy this time.

"Mr. President, the losses of the Chinese are minimal." Marshall replied truthfully.

After a few more moments, Roosevelt asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

Marshall said: "Mr. President, the cruising range of the light Zero fighter is 3,000 kilometers, and the cruising range of the heavy Zero will not be less than 5,000 kilometers, and we will not be able to build a fighter that can compete with them for at least a year." ”

"Humph!" Snorting coldly, Roosevelt said, "Continue to increase troops in North Korea, as much as you can." ”

-- The Americans have come to the same conclusion, and they themselves have come to the same conclusion.

For a while, I don't know how many people wanted to commit suicide.

If they had built not a light Zero fighter, but a heavy Zero fighter, the outcome of the war would never have been like this.

Now, it's too late.

In the conference room, Hideki Tojo, Ishihara Waner, Sugiyama Moto, Nomura Naokuni, Shigetaro Shimada, etc., one is counted as one, and everyone is depressed.

They hung their heads, not just regretting, but also for the situation.

Previously, they thought that there was only one opponent, and that was the Americans, but now, they know that there is one opponent, that is, the Chinese.

The Americans are wolves, and the Chinese are not good at stubble, and if they want to surrender, both the Americans and the Chinese must be satisfied.

If you ignore the Chinese, the Chinese will not care about the Americans, and the bombers of the Black God Army took off from Qingdao, and all important areas in Ben are within its bombing range.

This time, the Chinese beat the Americans to show their attitude towards them.

At today's meeting, there are two issues to be discussed, the first is the question of whether Sakhalin Island will be defended or not, and the second is the issue of negotiations.

Actually, these two issues are one issue, and that is the conditions of their surrender.

In the past, they still had extravagant hopes for the Korean Peninsula, and naturally they would not give up on Sakhalin, but now, the situation has changed drastically.

At this time, everyone knows that Sakhalin Island will definitely be taken away by the Chinese, and now, whether Sakhalin Island will be defended or not, and the essence of the question is whether or not Sakhalin will be beneficial to the conditions of surrender they want.

Sakhalin, to keep, or not to keep?

"The United States is at war with China, and China has a civil war, we must consider this!" Hideki Tojo said categorically.

Everyone was really speechless, and at this time, Tojo was still thinking about luck, hoping that he could continue to take Sakhalin Island for himself.

It is impossible for the United States and China to go to war, and no matter how far the United States and China are in trouble, at least until they are settled, the United States and China will never go to war.

No one argued with the Tojo fool, because no one could prove that it was absolutely impossible for the United States and Shina not to go to war, and as long as there was the slightest possibility, no one could convince the Tojo fool, and no amount of spit would be in vain.

Ishihara and others advocated abandoning Sakhalin Island and concentrating on defending the mainland in order to force the United States to relax the terms of their surrender, but as soon as the eloquent argument of the great fool of Tojo came out, it was really a hundred flowers after the flowers bloomed, and the others all lost their temper.

Therefore, there is no need to discuss any issues, and if we want to continue the discussion, we must wait until there is no possibility of war between the United States and China.

At this time, it was like a sunken ship, and none of the people on the ship could command others, and everyone was in a mess, and they could only sink with the ship.

-- On the line of Jecheon, Chungju, and Yinseong, the US military blocked the footsteps of the Chinese who were rushing forward, and as a result, the United States occupied one-third of the Korean Peninsula.

The Chinese did not attack the line of defense of the American army.

When the news came, Washington breathed a sigh of relief, and even in the midst of a serious illness, President Roosevelt's decision was still correct.

With the Korean Peninsula accounting for one-third of the total, the North Korean issue can be put on the negotiating table.

Immediately after, news came one after another.

The Chinese mobilized large forces in the Lazarev area, closest to Sakhalin, and began bombing the homeland.

On the sickbed, Roosevelt could only sigh.

-- There is no longer any need for the conclusion of negotiations with the original version.

On April 11, 1945, U.S. President Franklin ? Roosevelt died, Harry? S. Truman succeeded him as President of the United States.

On 19 April, the US negotiating delegation headed by Marshall arrived in Yanjing.

-- The prime minister had a headache because of the bombing of the prime minister.

At first, the bombing of Yuben naturally made everyone in the Chinese happy, but soon, the voice of opposition came out.

There was no restriction on the large-scale bombing of Yuben, and Han Lihong's order was: Blow up all the cities in Yuben, carefully and meticulously bomb them one by one, and there is no place that cannot be left unbombed.

The first to speak out against it were scholars, especially the famous ones, who found it too brutal, especially the bombing of cultural monuments, which made it even more intolerable.

For these scholars, it is still the same sentence, although they are given a high social status and good treatment, Han Lihong does not want to see them.

They wanted to see Han Lihong, not to mention that it was more difficult than ascending to the sky, it was also very difficult. Moreover, even after seeing them, Han Lihong always ignores their opinions.

Therefore, for Han Lihong, these scholars are contradictory and want to vomit blood.

They were helpless against Han Lihong, so they naturally set their sights on the prime minister, but in this matter, the prime minister had nothing to do.

The prime minister also disapproves of this kind of bombardment with no bottom line, but on this matter alone, Han Lihong is extremely insistent and cannot listen to anyone's words.

Scholars hold a considerable part of the social discourse, at first, they just opposed, but slowly, their words became more and more spicy, and later, the title of "devil" was given to Han Lihong.

However, fortunately, Han Lihong has a sense of grace, not only does he not retaliate, but he also does not refute it in the media under his control, so the voices of these scholars are very loud.

Naturally, many people are dissatisfied with this situation, and even extremely angry, especially the military, but with Han Lihong pressing, they are always safe.

-- As the bombing deepened day by day, Marshall's mood became heavier and heavier.

Originally, the U.S. military also bombed the mainland, but after the Black God Army joined in, they quickly stopped bombing.

At the beginning, the Americans were happy to see the big bombing of the Chinese, not only because it helped to end the war and force Yuben to surrender, but also because the bad guys could be done by the Chinese, and the good guys could be done by them Americans, which was naturally very beneficial to the United States in the long run.

But, as time went on, Americans' feelings became more and more bizarre.

Do not offend the Chinese.

This is an involuntary thought in the hearts of more and more Americans.

The Chinese act without scruples.

Negotiations are getting tougher.

-- On 14 July, Marshall was ordered to return to Washington.

Why was it called back? Marshall is not clear.

On the day he returned to Washington, Marshall entered the White House to meet President Harry S. Truman.

Truman's face was full of spring breeze.

Marshall's heart relaxed.

If you call him back and don't explain why, then something very important must have happened. Now seeing Truman's appearance, Marshall knew that it was not a big bad thing, but a big good thing.

But what could have done to make Truman happy like this?

After sitting down, Truman couldn't help but say, "General Marshall, as the thirty-third president of the American Republic, I have the honor to tell the general something. ”

Truman was a very serious man, and now it seemed that this good thing was really amazing, and Marshall became more and more curious, and he asked, "Mr. President, what is it that makes you so happy?" ”

Truman said, "Dear General Marshall, our great American Republic has developed an unprecedented weapon!" ”

What weapon is unprecedented? Marshall was stunned for a moment, his heart moved, and asked, "Mr. President, is it an atomic bomb?" ”

Marshall knew about the research plan for the atomic bomb, but he did not know the details, let alone how powerful it was, he only knew that the atomic bomb was an unprecedented weapon.

Nodding excitedly, Truman said, "Yes, General Marshall, it's the atomic bomb, five days ago, in the desert area of Alamos, New Mexico, we have successfully tested it!" ”

Marshall asked, "Mr. President, how powerful is the atomic bomb?" ”

At the mention of the power of the explosion, Truman couldn't suppress his excitement, and he personally tinkered with the slide projector and showed Marshall one by one.

"Look, General Marshall." Pointing to the image on the screen, Truman said: "This atomic bomb is 70 centimeters in diameter, 305 centimeters long, and weighs 4,100 kilograms, and its power is ......."

"Hahaha......" Speaking of this, Truman couldn't help but laugh out loud: "My dear general, its power is equivalent to 14,000 tons of TNT equivalent!" ”

"14,000 tonnes of TNT equivalent!" Marshall was stupid, and if he hadn't known that Truman couldn't have lied to him, he would never have believed it.

How is this possible?

After a while, Marshall woke up from a dream and asked, "Is this true, Mr. President?" ”

In another context, it would be rude for Marshall to be so skeptical of his words, but at this moment, the more Marshall did not believe it, the more excited Truman became.

"Hahaha......" Truman laughed again: "Dear General Marshall, of course this is true!" ”

Suddenly, Marshall's heart moved, and he suddenly understood what Truman had told him to come back for: Truman was going to drop the atomic bomb on Ben!

Seeing Marshall's expression, Truman knew that Marshall had guessed the purpose of calling him back, and he said, "General Marshall, you go back and think about it, and tomorrow we will make a final decision on this issue." ”

After speaking, Truman paused and said meaningfully: "General Marshall, there is not much time left for us. ”

When Marshall left the White House, his mood was not excited, but heavy, and he knew that humanity had opened the real Pandora's box.

In addition, there was no need to discuss the dropping of the atomic bomb on him, and it was decided at the moment of the atomic bomb explosion in the desert of Alamos, New Mexico.

The United States needs to drop an atomic bomb on Ben, which is not only a test of the actual combat effectiveness of the atomic bomb, but also a political necessity.

If it were not for the Chinese in North Korea to deal the first blow to the United States, perhaps, there is a slight possibility, the United States would not have dropped the atomic bomb on Yuben, but because of the Chinese, the fate of Yue himself becoming the first victim of the atomic bomb is inevitable.

-- On 22 July, the Allied forces broadcast to the world, declaring that if Ben did not surrender unconditionally, the Allied forces would capture all of Benben.

On 29 July, Prime Minister Yoshiyuki Suzuki issued a statement saying that the conditions of the Allies were unacceptable and that he refused to surrender because he had no concern for the need.

August 3rd, 8:47 a.m., Hiroshima.

Suddenly, a flash of light appeared in the sky, as if more than a dozen suns had come out at the same time at noon, and a large ball erupted into a mushroom-like shape, hitting the air more than 10,000 feet in the air.

In an instant, Hiroshima was wiped off the face of the earth.

The atomic bomb stunned the world.

After the atomic bombing, the Chinese Air Force stopped bombing Yuben.

Three days later, on the 6th of August, Nagasaki disappeared in a flash of light.

-- "In view of the general situation of the world and the current situation of the Empire, I wish to take extraordinary measures to clean up the situation, and I hereby inform my subjects that the Imperial Government has notified the United States, Britain, China, and the Soviet Union that they are willing to accept its joint proclamation. ”

"Gai seeks the well-being of the subjects of the empire, and enjoys the joy of common prosperity among all nations, and is the legacy of the emperor's ancestors, and also the one who is obeyed by me. In the former, the Empire declared war on the United States and Britain in order to seek the Empire's self-existence and the stability of East Asia......"

On the radio, the hoarse voice of Emperor Hirohito was heard, which was the "Armistice Edict" read by Emperor Hirohito.

"This bastard is really going to put gold on his face......" Listening to Emperor Hirohito's "Armistice Edict", the goblin's nose was crooked, and she scolded while listening.

The goblins are still delicate.

Han Lihong listened with his eyes closed, his expression very calm.

After a while, Emperor Hirohito finished reading, and with a click, Swallow turned off the radio.

The goblin became more and more angry, she pushed Han Lihong and said, "That's it?" ”

Han Lihong opened his eyes and said, "Order Gao Zhihang to resume the bombing." ”

When the goblin heard this, he was overjoyed.

The goblin was about to go out, but was stopped by the swallow, and the swallow said to Han Lihong: "If you continue to bomb, it will conflict with the United States." ”

Smiling, Han Lihong said, "Don't worry, it's okay." ”

His brows furrowed slightly, and Yanzi said again: "Lihong, is this really necessary?" ”

After a deep sigh, Han Lihong said: "Sister, the lesson I have learned is far from enough, I want to make my memory a little deeper." ”

"Ugh." The swallow sighed softly and stopped persuading.

At home, she was in the minority and no one supported her.

-- The Chinese began bombing again.

In the White House, the big names are gathered again.

The situation in China is very strange, the Chiang Kai-shek clique with their heart is just a big warlord, and they can't represent China's political axe, and the Black God Army and [***], who can represent China's political axe, are a thorn in their side.

Therefore, on the matter of the surrender of the Ben, the overwhelming majority of the people in the United States, represented by President Truman, advocated ignoring the Chinese.

Of course, there are some things that still need to be discussed with the Chinese, but with the atomic bomb as a backing, then there is no need to give the Chinese too much face.

"Gentlemen, what do you mean by Chinese?" Truman asked with a red face.

After the atomic bombs exploded in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Truman's soles were as if they were spring-loaded, and sneezing was like putting two kicks.

"Mr. President, the Chinese are reminding us not to forget them." Secretary of State Berners said with a smile.

"Hahaha......" Truman laughed, "Chinese don't have this qualification!" ”

Obviously, there is no need to negotiate, and the result is that you don't have to pay attention to the reminders of the Chinese.

-- On 22 August, on board the US battleship USS Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay, General MacArthur signed the instrument of surrender on behalf of the US political axe, the new foreign minister Shigemitsu Aoi on behalf of Emperor Tsumoto and the political axe, and the chief of staff Ishihara Waner on behalf of the imperial base camp.

On 24 August, the Chinese continued to bomb Yuben.

(To be continued)