Chapter 685: The Awakening Plan
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After the decisive victory of the Second and Third Battlefields in Europe, the Third Reich, the No. 1 leader of the Central Powers, had already shown signs of invincibility, and the successive victories of the Allied forces in the European theater made the Chinese Empire begin to turn its attention to the American theater.
For most of the members of the United Nations, there is no national interest in the Americas. The South American countries have not yet been invaded by the American army, and although they have declared war on the United States, they have not sent troops to the war for a long time.
The War of Resistance was at the forefront of the Americas, and the Mexican army was naturally the most motivated. Of course, at this time, the Mexican forces in the coalition were subordinate to the government of Free Mexico, the former Mexican government of Aguinaldo, which was in exile in Panama.
Aguinaldo was still more discerning, and when his men forced him to submit to Roosevelt, he realized that Roosevelt was simply no match for the powerful Chinese Empire. Thus, Aguinaldo, with the help of the Imperial Chinese Special Operations Unit in Mexico City, managed to escape from Mexico, rejoin the Chinese Empire, and re-establish the Provisional Government of Mexico in Panama under the patronage of the Imperial Chinese Government. Much like Charles de Gaulle's Provisional Government of Free France, Aguinaldo formed the Provisional Government of Free Mexico and had an army loyal to him.
Previously, the Chinese Empire's coalition had focused on the European theater. ββAfter all, there was a powerful German high seas fleet in Europe at that time, and it was possible to attack the mainland of the Chinese Empire from the sea. Although this probability is extremely low. At that time, the United States did not have the naval power to threaten the Chinese Empire, so the American theater became a secondary battlefield.
With the heavy damage of the Imperial Chinese Navy, the German High Seas Fleet seized the sea supremacy in the European theater. The threat of the German High Seas Fleet to the mainland of the Chinese Empire no longer existed, and at this time the Cabinet of the Chinese Empire began to consider the problem of the American theater.
Previously, in order to confuse Nazi Germany, the Chinese Empire deliberately made a gesture of Armageddon for the landing of the Americas. As a result, the Roosevelt administration was forced to spend huge sums of money to build a two-ocean defense line, and the long Pacific and Atlantic coastlines contained more than 4 million US troops.
After the successful landing of the coalition in Normandy, Hitler realized that he regretted his mistake in judgment, while Roosevelt in the Americas breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the Chinese Empire did not choose to attack the United States first.
Roosevelt thought that the Chinese empire and the United Nations would be pinned down in Europe, and even if Germany and other Allied members were defeated, it would take two or three years before they had the energy to attack the Americas. As a result, the Roosevelt administration developed a one- to two-year homeland defense plan.
But to his sorrow, the progress of the union in the European theater of war is so fast that it is surprisingly fast. ββThe powerful High Seas Fleet was destroyed, and the defense line known as the Atlantic barrier was broken in three days, and it collapsed in half a month. However, the German army did not carry out a decent counterattack, and directly surrendered most of France to the Allied forces, resulting in the surrender of Spain and Italy successively, and the power of the Allied bloc was seriously weakened.
And also as a member of the Allied Powers. Roosevelt had to think too much about his homeland defense plan, because the Chinese Empire could come at any moment.
"According to the European war report, before the Normandy landings, the coalition forces directly sent a camouflage force to attack the Paris airport. After the coalition forces seized the Paris airport, they saved the trouble of direct airborne operations and avoided a large number of casualties, and the coalition forces landed directly in Paris, copying the rear route of our Allied forces, so that the Allied forces suffered from the enemy. The Atlantic line of defense was breached. β
In the conference room of the new White House in Chicago, the conference staff briefed Roosevelt and MacArthur, among others.
Despite the rapid pace of the German retreat, the Germans learned their lesson. This information from the U.S. military was sent to them by the German army, indicating that the German military quickly conducted an in-depth investigation into the cause of the defeat in the battle.
There was silence in the conference room, and everyone was not optimistic about the prospects of the war.
"I think the lessons of the failure of the German Atlantic line are very wake-up call for us. βββ
Seeing that everyone was silent, Roosevelt had no choice but to break everyone's silence.
MacArthur nodded. agreed: "That's right! Although it is uncertain when the coalition forces will launch a general attack on us, it cannot be ruled out that they will use the same tactics against us, after all, their victory in Europe is a lesson worth learning. β
Eisenhower said: "In addition to reinforcing the coastal fortifications and increasing the number of anti-aircraft artillery positions, we must deploy troops behind the coastal defense positions, focusing on the defense of the major airfields within the defense line and the areas where large-scale airborne landings can be carried out, so as to prevent the enemy from repeating the old tactics and repeating the tragedy of the Normandy landings." β
Barton suddenly questioned at this point, and he said, "With our current strength. I still don't think it's enough to hold the huge two-ocean defense line. I think that now we should tighten our fists and concentrate our forces inland, and once the enemy lands, we will have the intention of counterattacking with all our strength or fighting for a long time. Instead of concentrating millions of troops on the outer line of defense now, which would be easy to be broken by the enemy one by one. β
Eisenhower objected: "This is a cowardly act of yours, which will bring negative and negative combat effects to the US military. ββ At the moment, there are main enemy forces in the direction of Alaska and Panama. They are in a situation of attacking our army from the north and south. If we were to abandon the two-ocean line of defense and surrender the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to the enemy, we would be besieged on all sides by the attack of the enemy who landed on all sides, and the consequences would be very serious. β
"But don't you know?" "The continuous wars of the past half century have collapsed our economy and caused our population to plummet, especially among the young and middle-aged people," Barton retorted. Of the so-called four million US troops, only one million of them have actually received formal military training, less than half of them are young and strong soldiers, and more than two million soldiers are old people in their fifties and sixties and children in their fifteen or sixteen years. If you send them to fight a well-trained, battle-hardened, and armed enemy to the teeth, you're going to die! β
Eisenhower snorted coldly, "So what? As long as each of them can kill one enemy soldier, we will win the war! Their sacrifice was also worth it! β
Barton was about to go mad, and his face was bruised.
Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, MacArthur hurriedly interrupted them and said, "What you are saying is an objective fact! Let's not talk about that yet! β
Roosevelt also advised: "Now that all forces are concentrated on the homeland defense, millions of troops cannot be easily mobilized." Our national strength is limited, and we cannot withstand the toss and turns. β
Although Roosevelt did not understand military affairs, he could measure military movements by military consumption. ββThe U.S. military has poured a lot of effort into the defense line of the two oceans, investing nearly 4 trillion US dollars equivalent to 14 billion dragon coins. It would be a pity to give up, and it would have cost a lot of money to redeploy the defensive line in the interior. Not to mention that Roosevelt could not get this money out of his pocket, it would take time to readjust the strategic deployment, and if a joint attack was to launch an attack, the consequences would be even more disastrous.
MacArthur said, "That's right! Our equipment is backward, our military resources are tight, and the four million US troops are uneven and scattered over tens of thousands of kilometers of defense lines. It's really worrying. But this is our current national situation, and we are also helpless, we can't lose the country, right? β
Barton seemed to understand the meaning of MacArthur's words, and sighed helplessly. No more speakers.
At this time, Roosevelt suddenly said: "Actually, this is not the problem that worries me the most. Calling you here today, you can also see that there are only loyal backbone members of our political party. β
Only then did everyone look left and right, and they found that many senior military and political officials did not attend the meeting, and the participants were all key elements of the political party.
Roosevelt suddenly said solemnly: "The enemy has launched an invisible and untouchable campaign against us before launching a total Armageddon against us. According to the secret investigations conducted by the Intelligence Bureau in the past few months, it has been discovered that the enemy has begun to carry out secret separatist activities in our country. Judging by the information currently available. The enemy's plan seems to have succeeded more than half of it. In 20 of the country's 48 states, local military and political officials have wavered in their loyalty to the party-state, and six of them have repeatedly held secret talks with envoys from the Chinese Empire. β
Everyone was taken aback and hurriedly asked about the specific situation.
Roosevelt said, "Although it is not yet possible to know exactly what they were talking about and the terms of the deal. However, after analysis, we believe that it is very likely that the Chinese Empire is secretly plotting against our personnel. Moreover, the targets of the rebellion were all high-ranking military and political dignitaries such as governors, officials, and state legislators in various states. β
MacArthur frowned: "We are fighting on the front line, fighting bloody battles with the enemy, once there is a change in the rear. Not to mention the impact on our logistical supplies. The most important thing is that the changes in the hometowns of the front-line soldiers will inevitably affect the combat effectiveness and will to fight. β
Patton then said: "If it is the commanders in key positions on the front line, and their families choose to defect to the enemy country, then it is very likely to affect the will of these commanders to fight, and if they turn against each other at the critical moment when the enemy army is attacking on a large scale, then our territorial defense line will collapse in an instant." β
The crowd was shocked again.
MacArthur turned to Roosevelt and asked, "What are you going to do?" β
Roosevelt grimaced and said, "What else can I do?" Isn't it clearly written in Hitler's diary? At times like these, the Gestapo works best! β
Patton objected, "Mr. President." Please think carefully! At the moment, the people are panicking, if there is another bloody white terror, I am afraid that we will collapse before the enemy comes to attack us. β
"If you are seriously ill, you have to take strong medicine!" Roosevelt ignored Patton's objections and simply repeated his attitude.
MacArthur hesitated, but ultimately didn't say anything.
Roosevelt's special session had just ended less than ten minutes in a corner of the new White House. One step was a tick-tock radio message.
The contents of the Roosevelt Conference were sent verbatim to the Imperial Chinese Theater Command in Hawaii, and were soon transferred to the Imperial Chinese Defense Department, and then to the Imperial Council in the Forbidden City.
Chen Muen, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, presented the information to the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, Wang Chenhao, who only smiled after reading it, and said to a group of military and political ministers: "It seems that Roosevelt has already smelled it!" β
Prime Minister Song Jiaoren smiled and said: "No matter how powerful Roosevelt is, he is at most a monkey, how can he jump out of the palm of your majesty, the Buddha!" Your Majesty is wise and powerful, having laid ambushes in various states of the United States twenty years ago, and now it is time to serve the Empire. β
Wang Chenhao nodded very happily, although he had heard this compliment countless times, but every time he thought of his own contribution to the country, the joy was real.
Wang Chenhao turned to Zhang Zizhong and said, "Since Roosevelt has already smelled it, let's act in advance!" β
Zhang Zizhong hurriedly said: "The minister obeys the order!" This is the start of the Wake Up Project! (To be continued)
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