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After the confrontation between the two sides lasted for half an hour, Vincent was forced to abandon his plan to capture Wu Gang and the electric eel submarine and instead board the aircraft carrier Fanjingshan to negotiate with Vice Admiral Li Fanxing, the commander of this fleet. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo╔╗

After listening to Wu Gang's report, Lieutenant General Li Fanxing was very satisfied, and praised Wu Gang for his clever brain and did not leave any leverage for the Americans.

Li Fanxing quickly lied to Wu Gang, saying that the Imperial Chinese Navy was conducting an anti-submarine exercise in nearby waters, and that the Electric Eel had been hit by an anti-submarine plane.

"Because of the use of anti-submarine bombs that are close to live ammunition, the electric eel will have such damage!"

Li Fanxing's face was not red and he was not panting and lied, so angry that Vincent's face was blue and purple for a while.

"This time it's a misunderstanding! I'll just forget it! ”

"How can you forget it? I found you with all the stolen goods! ”

"Stolen goods?" Li Fanxing suddenly smiled and said: "This is our exercise area, and the place where you were attacked is hundreds of kilometers away from here, how can it be regarded as a combination of human stolen goods?" If you really judge this way, then I can also say that we are exercising here, and your warship broke into and attacked our submarine, and you are responsible for this! ”

Vincent suddenly glared and said, "You are slandering!" ”

Li Fanxing just smiled faintly and was noncommittal.

The two sides broke up unhappily, forced by the strong military force in Li Fanxing's hands, Vincent was unable to capture Wu Gang and his electric eel submarine, and in the face of Li Fanxing's denial, Vincent was forced to abandon the operation after consulting his superiors.

The Chinese Empire refused to recognize it. Although the US government knows the truth of the matter, it has no choice but to tolerate it in order to take care of the overall situation. However, after this war, although the US warships failed to "catch the real culprit" on the spot, they also achieved the effect of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, and the Song-class submarines of the Chinese Empire were no longer mysterious and could not be tracked, and the US military announced that it had a method of targeting, which made the Chinese Imperial Navy have to restrain itself in subsequent operations.

But. Because Vincent took half of the number of U.S. warships to chase down the electric eel submarine, the number of U.S. frigates beside the U.S. merchant fleet was seriously insufficient, and under the attack of the wolves of the Chinese Empire, the U.S. military lost 9 warships, and as many as 122 merchant ships, cargo ships, troop carriers, and oil tankers, among which the U.S. giant troop carrier USS California was sunk, killing 12,000 U.S. soldiers. This caused an uproar in the United States. ╔╗

When Vincent returned to the group, he looked at the wreckage of ships that littered the sea. Countless corpses of Americans undulating on the surface of the sea. The sinking battleship, as well as the smell of charred corpses and gunpowder smoke in the air, suddenly made him grit his teeth in anger.

"Revenge!"

Vincent gave orders to his subordinates fiercely, although this was just a rhetoric for him at the time, he knew very well that the United States was now afraid of the nuclear forces of the Chinese Empire, and did not dare to go to war. But he did not expect that his cruel words would stimulate many US officers and soldiers. Among them was the man who changed the course of history - Major Cross, then captain of the USS Houston.

Born in Orleans, Major Cross became the captain of the USS Houston at the age of 28. He has served in the U.S. Maritime Self-Defense Force for 10 years and is known for his bravery. He had four brothers. Three elder brothers and one younger brother, his eldest brother died in the Sino-American War, the second brother became a vegetative person in the Fourth Mexican-American War, the third brother and the younger brother joined the US Ground Self-Defense Force at the same time, and unfortunately they were assigned to serve in the same division, and unfortunately they were all sent to Europe to fight against the Soviet Union, and even more unfortunately, they were on the same troop carrier, which was the USS California, which had just been sunk.

When Cross learned that his brother and brother had died at the same time, his temperament suddenly changed. Whenever he saw a ship flying the flag of the Chinese Empire passing by, endless hatred would suddenly burst into his eyes, and he wished that his eyes could kill people.

Although he repeatedly warned himself that he had to take into account the overall situation, that the United States at this time could not tear its skin with the Chinese Empire, and that it could not provide any excuse or reason for the Chinese Empire to enter the war, he could not hold back in the end.

On March 5, 1943 (the twenty-ninth day of the first month of the forty-third year of Guanghua), it was a black Friday, and at noon on this day, the destroyer USS Houston seemed to track the signs of activity of a submarine again.

On the way back, Cross saw a cruise ship flying the flag of the Chinese Empire, the Royal Cruise Line Fengxiang.

Cross wanted to trouble the Chinese, so he ordered the Houston to come over and ordered the Fengxiang to stop for inspection.

"Get checked? It's the biggest joke of the year! Ignore them! ”

Zhang Jian, the captain of the Fengxiang, flatly rejected the Americans' request, in his opinion, the powerful Chinese Empire has always only allowed ships of other countries to be boarded and inspected, and there has never been a time when warships of any country have dared to inspect the ships of the Chinese Empire rudely. ╔╗

Zhang Jian spoke to Cross over the radio, and the sneering language quickly stimulated Cross and the others.

For some reason, Cross's hatred exploded at this moment, and he lost his mind and due judgment, thinking that as long as he quietly sank the ship and killed all the witnesses, he would be fine. So he ordered to open fire on the Fengxiang, and the American officers and men on the ship could not bear it anymore, and after hearing the captain's order, they immediately opened fire on the Fengxiang.

In an instant, the Fengxiang was fiercely attacked by the destroyer Houston, and a fire broke out on the Royal Mail Ship Fengxiang, which had no armor protection or armament, and dozens of people were killed and wounded.

The sudden firing of the US military made Zhang Jian feel great anger and panic, but he still refused to give in, he refused the first mate's proposal for peace, and immediately pressed the emergency call button, and a message with the words "Fengxiang mail ship was attacked by US warships" was sent out in an unencrypted manner, and almost all countries received this distress telegram at the first time, including the radio station of the Houston.

Cross gave the order to fire a torpedo, and the telegraph operator handed him the Fengxiang's distress telegram, and it was only then that Cross came to his senses.

"Damn it! What did I do? ”

Klosson grabbed his hair with both hands. Hurriedly ordered: "Stop the attack!" ”

But his order was late, and a 21-inch black-headed torpedo had already been fired at the Fengxiang cruise ship.

With a loud bang, a huge flame rose into the air, and the Fengxiang, which was more than 2,000 tons, was blown into two in an instant, and the entire stern was blown to pieces. The sea water poured into it violently, and the bow of the Fengxiang was raised high, sinking rapidly at the speed that he could see, and the passengers on it were pulled into the bottomless abyss of the sea before they even had time to jump into the sea.

More than four hundred passengers from all over the world. and the death of more than thirty crew members at sea, which immediately frightened Cross, because he realized the seriousness of the problem, which was enough to give the Chinese Empire an open excuse to enter the war.

More than 230 Chinese were killed on the ship, which was reported back to China, causing an uproar throughout the country.

Large-scale protests and demonstrations broke out in various states and provinces of the Chinese Empire. The imperial government even seized this opportunity to vigorously promote the theory of the American threat, saying that the Americans had always held a grudge against the last Sino-American war. ╔╗ They're ready for revenge. This slogan was immediately unanimously supported and approved by the people of the empire. Many citizens of the Empire who had previously opposed intervention in the war had now given up their insistence and turned to support the Imperial Government to participate in the war and avenge the victims.

Of course, there were also a considerable number of anti-war activists who continued to oppose the government, but they could not stop the angry cries of the vast number of the people of the empire, and the local councils of the states and provinces soon met to draw up a national petition and send it to the imperial court, asking the imperial government to retaliate against the United States.

On the Royal Street of the Forbidden City. Song Jiaoren hurriedly asked to see Wang Chenhao, and when he arrived at the imperial study, he found that there was someone earlier than him. Zhang Zizhong has been there for a long time.

"Lord Song is late!" Wang Chenhao said with a smile.

Song Jiaoren smiled: "It seems that His Majesty already knows the answer!" ”

Wang Chenhao nodded and said, "I am discussing with Lord Zhang to pass the bill to join the war as soon as possible while the iron is hot. You're just in time, let's go for a consultation! ”

Song Jiaoren immediately received the order, so the three of them decided the future fate of 500 million people after some discussion.

On the thirtieth day of the first month of the 43rd year of Guanghua, at the same time that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Empire made solemn representations to the American government, the Imperial House of Representatives accepted the petition protocols from 72 states and provinces of the empire, and the topic revolved around the demand for the US government to give a reasonable explanation for the matter, and demanded that the US government transfer the US military officer Cross and others involved in the case to the Chinese Imperial Court for trial, compensate the victims of the Chinese Empire and other countries, make a written apology, and write a guarantee to promise that they will not commit the crime again in the future. At the same time, the rapid expansion plan of the US Maritime Self-Defense Force was stopped, and the US side was required to return to the relevant provisions of the "New York Peace Treaty" and stop its expansion.

Finally, the Reich House of Representatives also particularly strongly condemned the US military's acts of burning, killing and looting Soviet civilians on the battlefields of the Soviet Union, accused the US military of using weapons of mass destruction against humanity, including white phosphorus bombs and poison gas bombs, demanded that the United States withdraw its troops from the Soviet Union, demanded that the United States abandon the development of nuclear weapons, and allowed the personnel of the League of Nations headed by the Chinese Empire to inspect US nuclear facilities.

In the additional clause, it is stated that the Chinese Imperial Government reserves the right to further take retaliatory measures against the United States, and does not rule out the use of force to stop the windfall of the US military.

This is a bully clause, or an ultimatum to the United States. However, it does not yet have the force of law, and must be approved by the Senate, signed by the Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet, and finally stamped with a jade seal by the Emperor of the Chinese Empire before it can officially have legal effect. ╔╗

Although the Chinese Empire has not yet made a final decision, the United States is already in a panic.

The Roosevelt administration urgently convened a joint meeting and set up an emergency handling committee to explain the Chinese Empire, and at the same time sent a special envoy to the Forbidden City to plead guilty, demanding that the Chinese Empire be stabilized at all costs and that the Chinese Empire's entry into the war be delayed as much as possible.

At the same time, Roosevelt urgently hung up the hotline for Hitler, and the two had an in-depth exchange on the issue of how this matter could lead to the Chinese Empire entering the war. Hitler also advised Roosevelt to hold back, because the nuclear weapons tests jointly developed by the United States and Germany were developing rapidly, and could be developed in less than a year or two. Hitler demanded that no one should tear his face with the Chinese Empire until nuclear weapons were developed.

Roosevelt, of course, was aware of Hitler's attitude, but he did not dare to pack the ticket either, because he also understood that the Chinese Empire was always looking for just-in-time reasons and excuses to enter the war. And now is the best time, he has a hunch that this time I am afraid that I will not be able to stabilize the Chinese Empire.

Hitler was also well aware that the Chinese Empire had actually intervened in World War II, but it had been sneaky, attacking the American-German route with submarines, sending strategic bomber units at night to pretend to be the Soviet Air Force to carry out large air strikes against the Allies, and even sending the Chinese Imperial Volunteers to join the Soviet Army in the war. These Hitlers understood, and even all politicians in the world understood, that they were almost torn with the Chinese Empire.

However, it was this layer of skin that was not torn that caused the Chinese Empire to not be able to openly participate in the war, which was in line with the overall core interests of Germany and even the Allies.

But both Hitler and Roosevelt knew in their hearts that the imperial government of China was making a big fuss about this time, and that the aroused public opinion had completely ignored the "pitiful" expressions of the Allies. At this time, the Allies could no longer use the means of "pretending to be pitiful" to win the sympathy of the Chinese Empire, because the Chinese Empire was full of hatred for more than 200 of their comrades who died under the butcher's knife of the American army. This hatred will completely obscure all pity for the Allies.

"Actually, we are the real victims!"

Roosevelt and Hitler almost unanimously explained this at their meetings. They really wanted to tell the truth to public opinion, but they still held back, because directly exposing the conspiracy of the Chinese Imperial Government would be tantamount to going to war with the Chinese Empire completely.

"Hi~"

On both sides of the Atlantic, Hitler and Roosevelt sighed almost in unison, and this feeling of grievance was only clear to themselves, not to outsiders. ╔╗

In the new White House presidential office in Washington, MacArthur told Roosevelt, "Mr. President. Don't be under any illusions, the Chinese Empire will soon officially intervene in the war through a declaration of war. In that case, we will be even more passive! ”

Roosevelt smiled wryly, "Even if there is one last glimmer of hope." Even if the probability is close to zero, we can't give up, and that's where we are now. ”

MacArthur said: "If we do what the Chinese Empire wants, we will only bring shame on ourselves, and it will be a great insult to all Americans." Almost all Americans believe that it was the Chinese Empire that provoked the incident first, and if it hadn't been for the Chinese Empire attacking our troop carrier, Cross's brothers would not have died together on the ship, like that......"

"That's it! Don't talk about it! Roosevelt waved his hand and said, "We all know that this is going to happen sooner or later, aren't we?" ”

MacArthur nodded and said, "I mean that if we agree to the Chinese Empire's rude conditions, we will be more constrained by them, and they will have more excuses to accuse us." Our people know that it was the Chinese Empire's submarine attack that attacked us first, and we retaliated last, if we agreed to their conditions like this, the people would not agree, and they would smash your desk in anger! ”

Roosevelt laughed instead of being angry: "That's right, I also need our people to be angry, only then will we have the strength to fight (the Chinese Empire)!" ”

MacArthur asked, "Mr. President, have you been worried about the nuclear weapons of the Chinese Empire?" Fearing that in the event of a war they will use nuclear weapons against us? ”

Roosevelt nodded, noncommittal.

MacArthur added: "In fact, it can be seen from the fact that the Chinese Empire was unable to intervene in World War II due to the anti-war pressure of the domestic people, and the citizens of the Chinese Empire were opposed to the use of weapons of mass destruction, and even if a war broke out, as long as the conventional military forces of the Chinese Empire were not defeated, their citizens would not allow the military to use the atomic bomb, so we did not have to worry about being attacked by their nuclear attack at all." ”

Roosevelt said lightly: "You're just guessing!" ”

"We've got to take a gamble!" MacArthur stared at Roosevelt and said without concession: "This time we have no choice but to gamble on the fortunes of the country in the next fifty years!" ”

Roosevelt was uncomfortable with MacArthur's eyes, but had to admit that his words made perfect sense.

"What do you want to do?"

MacArthur said: "The cost of nuclear bombs is high, even if the industrial technology of the Chinese Empire is advanced, at most it exceeds our level of 20 years, and in terms of the cost of our nuclear raw materials, the cost of a 50,000-ton yield nuclear bomb in the Chinese Empire will not be less than 300 million dragon coins, and they have at most 20 or 30 atomic bombs and destroy 20 or 30 of our cities, and we can hold on." ”

"It's the worst!"

"That's right!" MacArthur went on to say, "We've long since dispersed the industrial zone, haven't we? So what are you afraid of? ”

Roosevelt was visionary. Fearing a nuclear attack from the Chinese Empire one day, he moved important industrial facilities underground and scattered throughout the country, especially after the occupation of Canada, where more people moved into Canadian no-man's land.

"Keep talking!"

"Yes!" MacArthur saw that Roosevelt was relieved, so he hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and said: "I suggest that we strike first, and we will take action against the Chinese Empire before the Senate of the Chinese Empire passes the bill to enter the war." As long as the blockade of the island chain deployed by the Chinese Empire around the United States is lifted. The occupation of military bases in Hawaii, Bermuda, Cuba, and Puerto Rico will not only deter the Chinese Empire's military offensive and keep the enemy out of the country, but it will also provide early warning to the homeland. ”

Roosevelt was amazed: "This is a very bold idea!" How exactly do you plan to implement it? ”

MacArthur thought for a moment and said, "We've been working on this question many times!" The Chinese Empire has deployed a powerful blockade of the island chain around our country. Alaska, Hawaii, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, the Azores and Scapa and Iceland in the United Kingdom enclose us within North America. In the event of a war with the Chinese Empire. The Chinese Empire was bound to attack the American mainland from all sides. Only by defeating these places can we delay the landing of the Chinese Emperor ** on the US mainland. ”

Roosevelt nodded and said, "That's right! In the last Sino-American war, we lost the natural barrier of Hawaii, which allowed the Chinese Emperor to land smoothly on the west coast of the United States, and Mexico helped from it, which ultimately led to our defeat. Accept humiliating unequal treaties. ”

Every time he thought of this, Roosevelt gritted his teeth.

The same is true of MacArthur. He said: "After the war with the Chinese Empire again, due to the different circumstances. The main forces of the Chinese emperor should go to the Soviet battlefield, and in the American theater, they will send an expeditionary force into Mexico to form a Sino-Mexican coalition to fight against us, and our pressure should not be great in a short time. Therefore, we should take the opportunity to concentrate our forces to defeat Mexico, destroy the military bases of the Chinese Emperor in Hawaii, Alaska, Bermuda, Cuba and Puerto Rico, and preferably occupy them, so that we can use them to form an ocean-going air defense network to stop the invasion of the Chinese Emperor**. ”

Roosevelt said, "It's a good idea, but we don't have the strength to do it!" ”

"It's man-made!" MacArthur said firmly: "At present, our capital ships have been 80% completed, first of all, we will work with Germany to destroy the naval and air bases of the Chinese Empire in Bermuda and the Azores in the North Atlantic, and completely open up the route between the United States and Germany, so as to ensure that our resources can be exchanged with each other." Then we used our naval and air forces to destroy the Chinese Empire's military bases in the Caribbean Sea, such as Cuba and Puerto Rico, and then used our army to occupy them. In the meantime, our army will be stranded across the North American continent, completely crushing the Mexican army, as long as it occupies Mexico in a short period of time and deploys powerful anti-landing fortifications on the Pacific coast, it can be consumed with the Chinese Empire. And after opening up Cuba and Puerto Rico, our army can sweep across the continent of Central and South America and unify the Americas. Only the longer our strategic depth, the more we have the capital to fight the Chinese Empire. ”

Roosevelt nodded, thinking that this plan was okay, but he had to ask a question: "What about Hawaii and Alaska?" Why didn't I see you make a plan? ”

MacArthur said with a smile: "Alaska is in an extremely cold place, if the Chinese Emperor ** launches an attack from Alaska, it will face considerable natural resistance, take the cold mountains of Alaska and the north of Canada as an example, the requirements for logistics are too high, and the severe cold will freeze the tanks of the Chinese Emperor ** so that it cannot advance, we only need to follow the tactics of the Soviet army in Moscow, it is enough to block them." Hawaii needs to suspend its operations, because if we attack Hawaii at the first time, it will touch the sensitive nerves of the Chinese Empire, because then they will think that we are preparing to cross the Pacific Ocean to attack the Chinese Empire itself, and then the Chinese Empire will not concentrate its heavy forces in Europe, but will turn around and attack us as soon as possible, which will be very unfavorable to us. Second, I'm not not going to attack Hawaii, I'm waiting for an opportunity! ”

Roosevelt asked, "Waiting for an opportunity?" What chances? Isn't now the best chance? ”

MacArthur said with a smile: "Hawaii is an important integrated base of the army, navy and air force of the Chinese Empire, and they will use Hawaii as a springboard to attack our mainland." I'm going to wait for them all to gather in Hawaii and then suddenly move to try to wipe them all out at once. ”

Roosevelt smiled bitterly: "You're not waiting for nuclear weapons, are you?" That's not going to work, nuclear weapons can't be developed in the year of the monkey, and we can't take that risk! ”

MacArthur smiled mysteriously and said, "Nuclear weapons are a program, but I still have a record!" ”

Roosevelt suddenly asked curiously, "What record?" ”

MacArthur smiled: "This record still needs to be improved, so I won't tell you about it yet!" ”

Roosevelt rolled his eyes, but he didn't expect MacArthur to sell him out. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )