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The surprise attack of the Chinese Navy and Army on Hawaii shocked the world, and the whole of North and South America was shaken, and the panic could not be stopped.
The US military expansion bill of 3 million, which was still not being debated, was quickly passed, because Hawaii was lost, and the Chinese navy could burn the flames of war to the US mainland at any time, and there was no room for the US consortium to be stingy.
In the Prime Minister's Office in Downing Street, England, there were bursts of sneers.
"Very good! Very good!! Churchill sneered gloatingly.
Baldwin was surprised, "You're still laughing? The occupation of Hawaii by the Chinese is equivalent to gaining the strategic initiative in the Pacific theater, coupled with the destruction of the US Pacific Fleet, the Chinese's new navy will gain sea supremacy, and southern Southeast Asia, Audria, and New Zealand may soon fall, can you still laugh? He couldn't imagine what Churchill thought, although the United States and the British Empire once competed for maritime supremacy, but both sides were white, and the United States was also established by British colonists, and in the current war, the United States and Britain are in a united front.
Churchill sneered: "Why can't you laugh? After the United States broke free from the empire's colonies, the empire captured Washington twice, but both ended in failure. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the Americans have constantly provoked the interests of the Empire, seized Canada's gold mines, threatened the Imperial Navy to withdraw from the Caribbean Sea by taking advantage of the world war, and sold a large number of materials to the Allies in the world war, otherwise the Allies would have been unable to hold on. ”
Baldwin smiled bitterly, "Your Excellency, but this is history. ”
Churchill snorted coldly and said, "Then talk about now." If it weren't for MacArthur's rampant overfiring in the first place, how could this war have been triggered in advance? If the war had not broken out in advance, how could we have suffered so much loss? ”
Baldwin said: "Your Excellency, that is all in the past, we can't change it, and the current situation is very unfavorable for us. ”
Churchill shook his head and said, "You don't understand what I mean. What I want to say is that the United States has always preserved its strength, you understand? They have 120 million, and the maximum mobilization capacity should be 10 million or 20 million, but how many troops have the Americans put in since the outbreak of the war? Three million only. ”
Baldwin was thoughtful. After thinking for a moment, he said, "What do you mean?" The Americans still think that the main battlefield of the Chinese is the Indian subcontinent, borrowing the hands of the Chinese to consume the strength of the empire and even Europe? ”
"There is no doubt about it!" Churchill replied in the affirmative, and after a pause, he said, "But." Hawaii lost. The flames of war have reached America's doorstep. As you can see, the next day the United States passed a bill to expand its military by 3 million. Hmph, I believe. With the Chinese's military campaign against the Americas, the war potential of the United States is bound to be fully unleashed, which will greatly reduce the military pressure on the Indian subcontinent in South Asia. ”
Baldwin instantly understood what Churchill meant, but hesitated: "However, if the Chinese gain sea supremacy, the empire may lose Australia and New Zealand, and this large area may fall into the hands of the Chinese." ”
Churchill sneered: "So what? What did the descendants of these Australian prisoners do? They want to be independent, they want to break away from the rule of the Empire, except for being a member of the Imperial Federation on the surface, they are actually de facto independent countries, and the occupation here does not have much practical loss for the Empire. On the contrary, because of the occupation of this place, a large number of people will return to the empire, which will further enrich the empire's strength and war potential. ”
Baldwin then asked, "What about New Zealand?" New Zealand has always followed in the footsteps of the Empire, should it just give up? ”
Churchill hesitated for a moment, and said heavily: "It is sometimes inevitable to give up the part for the sake of the whole." This is a super-large-scale war that is even larger than the First World War, we might call it the Second World War, and it will be long and difficult. Temporary losses don't mean anything, as long as we achieve the final victory, then all the interests of the empire will be compensated. ”
Baldwin knew the horror of this war, China's strong rise was suppressed by the Western world, and then triggered this unprecedented large-scale war, which was not only a world war, but also a war between the East and the West. China once held the first throne in the world for thousands of years, but it has only declined in recent centuries, and the so-called industry that the West is proud of has almost gradually introduced technology from Chinese history, such as thermal weapons, no Chinese invented gunpowder, how to develop thermal weapons? As for the iron tools, it was still the technology brought by the Xiongnu who fled to Europe by the Han Empire of China, otherwise the civilization of Europe was really one level behind the East.
China's re-emergence has made the entire Western world feel a huge crisis, and in order to suppress China's suppression, the war finally detonated, but the development of the war situation has made the entire Western world feel frightened, and the glory of "white supremacy" that the West has just established for hundreds of years is about to be destroyed, and it will also make the entire Western world exhausted.
Baldwin suddenly felt that Churchill was far more suitable than him to be the prime minister, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, courageous, more able to withstand blows, and calmly judge the situation. The United States is undoubtedly the country with the largest population, the strongest industrial capacity, and the greatest war potential in the Western world, but it has always relied on its superior geographical location to preserve its strength and wants to replace Europe as the center of the world. But now that the flames of war have burned to their doorstep, can Americans remain calm? ――
Nanjing's Ministry of National Defense was busy, with countless telegrams and telephone calls weaving together.
On the sand table in the middle of the command hall of the Ministry of National Defense, staff officers pulled down the flower flag symbolizing the United States and planted China's five-color flag.
Li Bufan, Duan Qirui, Xu Shuzheng, Wu Di, and Yang Yongtai all watched this scene, and Chief of Staff Li Huashan said: "In the Battle of Hawaii, our army controlled the Pearl Harbor bridgehead before dark and advanced several kilometers deeper, but due to the inconvenience of moving in the dark and the unfamiliar terrain, it did not advance quickly. However, the enemy suddenly had a large number of ships break through in the darkness of the night, and we immediately pursued them when we discovered them, and the surface ships were basically sunk, but there were also a few fish that slipped through the net, and some of the enemy's officers escaped in submarines, so we could not completely catch them all. However, their escape has made the US troops in Hawaii completely desperate, perhaps due to the impact of the announcement issued by our Ministry of Foreign Affairs some time ago, the US military and civilians in Hawaii have resisted fiercely, and in this case, we can only choose to open fire without restrictions. ”
Duan Qirui sighed and said, "Is the loss of our troops big?" ”
Li Huashan glanced at Li Bufan and replied, "Bigger." The troops suffered more than 13,000 casualties, including more than 4,300 killed, many of whom were killed by Americans who were regarded as civilians by the officers and soldiers, which is why the front-line troops chose to open fire without restrictions. ”
Li Bufan said in a deep voice: "Since they have joined the resistance, they naturally cannot be regarded as civilians, but our national defense forces must not do the bad thing of massacring civilians." ”
Wu Di said: "The population of Hawaii reached one million during the period, and then because of the invasion of Western colonizers and the spread of the virus, only 100,000 were left, and accidental injuries in the war were inevitable, and I was worried that the United States had ruled here for twenty or thirty years, and there were spies among these natives." The importance of Hawaii's strategic location is self-evident, and if a spy leaks to give the U.S. team Hawaii full knowledge of their intelligence, it is a great threat. If we don't clean up these civilians, the news will come out, and the deterrence of the United States will be greatly reduced, and the deterrent significance of killing millions of soldiers will also be lost. ”
Li Bufan said in a deep voice: "This is easy to do. We are transporting troop carriers of a group army, and it will not be a problem to bring back more than 100,000 natives and Americans, and we will send these natives and Americans to Dongying for resettlement, and we should pay attention to secrecy. The slaughter of Pingming is a shame for the soldiers, only brutes like Western barbarians and little Japan can do it, and our Wehrmacht must not bear such a stain. What I want to know now is whether Hawaiian supplies will keep the fleet combat-ready. ”
Li Huashan said: "The Americans have destroyed the oil depot of the Pacific Fleet and the main oil depot of the airport, but Hawaii still has a civilian oil reserve heavy oil depot and two small airfields with gasoline reserves, and the supply fleet we carry is relatively large, so it is not a problem to guarantee two or three sorties." ”
Li Bufan said in a deep voice: "Very good. Then he telegraphed to the Navy Li and asked him to send an aircraft carrier battle group, and seven days later, carrier-based aircraft bombed the Panama Canal. ”
Xu Shuzheng suddenly said, "Commander-in-chief, please wait a minute." Seeing Li Bufan look over, he said, "Even if the aircraft carrier battle group is dispatched to bomb the Panama Canal, how effective can it be?" After blowing up a few more locks, the other side will soon recover, and I think it is better to bomb Los Angeles directly and burn the war to the mainland of the United States. ”
Li Bufan and Wu Wei looked at each other and smiled, and said to Xu Shuzheng: "Don't worry." Seven days later, a huge fleet of ships carrying all sorts of ore and coal through the Panama Canal would not be able to clear the channel for a few months if they were blown up and sunk. ”
Duan Qirui looked at Li Bufan in surprise and said, "A few months? Isn't your purpose in doing this to clean up the enemy's navy and completely gain supremacy of the Pacific Ocean in the next few months? I'm afraid it's not that easy, right? ”
Li Bufan sneered and said: "Blockade the Panama route, and then use the aircraft carrier battle group to bomb all ports, docks, shipyards, and ship repair yards on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean, it is impossible to completely gain sea supremacy, after all, the United States has a developed shipbuilding industry, and they can still transport submarines to the coast to assemble and sabotage, but there is no doubt that we can achieve absolute superiority at sea." As long as we have absolute superiority at sea, landing in the Americas will be easy. ”
Duan Qirui frowned and said: "I know that some small countries in South America and Latin America have extremely weak military strength, but once the Panama Canal is re-dredged and the Western Navy re-enters the Pacific Ocean, what will happen to our landed troops?" Without sufficient material support, the landing force will be more than lucky. ”
Li Bufan smiled and said, "Then we will take Panama." ”
Duan Qirui shook his head and said: "The strategic significance of Panama is no less than that of Hawaii, and the Americans will definitely send heavy troops to defend it, and it may be difficult to succeed in storming Panama." ”
Li Bufan sneered: "Who said that Panama must be stormed? We have better landing sites. (To be continued......)