Chapter 836: Anti-War Demonstrations in the United States
Lewis, the commander-in-chief of the United Nations forces, standing at the pier of the port of Calera on the island of Mindoro? Blake, with a lonely face, asked a US colonel beside him: "Is there any news about the Philippine government and the Philippine government army?" ”
The American colonel said: "General, the Philippine government agencies have withdrawn to Mindanao, but the situation of the Philippine government forces is not good, at the same time that the main force of the Huaxing Army launched an attack on the Subic Naval Base, another unit of the Huaxing Army also launched an attack on the Manila area controlled by the Philippine government army, and the Philippine government army has been heavily damaged in the previous battle, so the army units of the Huaxing Army quickly defeated the Philippine government army guarding the Manila area, Now Philippine government forces are retreating all the way to the Bicol Peninsula in southeastern Luzon. ”
Most of Luzon's land is roughly rectangular in a north-south direction north of the Manila area, and south of the Manila area there are two peninsulas, the Batangas Peninsula to the south and the Bicol Peninsula to the southeast.
After a pause, the US colonel continued: "General, Sergio, chief of the general staff of the Philippine Navy, Army and Air Force, has sent you a telegram, hoping that the navy of our United Nations forces can send as many ships as possible to several ports on the Bicol Peninsula to transport the remaining Philippine government forces out, and that chief of the Philippine government army general staff also hopes to be covered by United Nations air force fighters. ”
In order to evacuate the Subic Naval Base as soon as possible, the United Nations forces have asked the Philippine Government to provide a number of passenger ships and transport ships, so that the Philippine Government has basically exhausted the United Nations forces at the Subic Naval Base, and the Philippine government agencies and Philippine government forces can only rely on the Philippine Navy's warships and a small number of passenger ships and transport ships to retreat to Mindanao.
Lewis? Blake smiled bitterly and said: "Our entire United Nations fighter planes, including carrier-based aircraft that can be used as fighters, are only 56 left, where is there still the strength to cover their Philippine government forces!" By the way, how many troops does the Philippine government army have on Luzon now? ”
The American colonel immediately replied: "According to the telegram of the chief of staff of the Philippine government army, only about 20,000 Philippine government troops have successfully evacuated Luzon Island, and more than 80,000 troops are retreating to the Bicol Peninsula in the southeast of Luzon. ”
Lewis? Blake sighed and said, "Then send all the civilian ships that transport the United Nations troops to the Subic Naval Base to the Bicol Peninsula to meet the Philippine government forces!" I hope that the Philippine government army will withdraw some more troops from Luzon, but alas, we have lost this battle so badly! ”
At this time, 1 American lieutenant colonel walked up to Lewis with a piece of paper in his hand? Blake's side, "General, call from Washington!" ”
Lewis? Blake shook his head lonely, he basically guessed the content of the message without looking at it, and then Lewis? Blake took the message, and sure enough, as he expected, he had been relieved of his post as commander-in-chief of the United Nations forces by the U.S. Department of Defense, and the Department of Defense ordered him to immediately return to Washington by plane. Washburne took over.
And Eli, who is about to take over a mess? Washburn, who is currently on a plane from the United States, is on his way to the port of Galera on the island of Mindoro.
Lewis? Blake secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, this result was already very good for him, thanks to him and Vice President Edmund? Randolph and Secretary of Defense John? Marshall's personal relationship is very good, otherwise he, the commander-in-chief who has almost led the entire United Nations force into the abyss, would never have left the Philippines so decently.
Lewis? Blake folded the telegram and put it in his pocket, and then said to the American colonel next to him with a sigh: "Washington has sent Eli from the Navy? General Washburn has come to take over as Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations Forces, and has ordered me to return home immediately! Alas, my end is not bad, you must know that I have buried more than a dozen warships, including two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, more than 1,800 advanced American warplanes, and nearly 60,000 elite troops of the US Army. ”
The American colonel opened his mouth and didn't say anything, this tragic battle has been called the Second Luzon Battle by the world's media, and the United Nations forces were defeated at almost unexpected speed in the Second Luzon Campaign, and even the entire Luzon Island is about to be occupied by the Huaxing Club, someone must be responsible for this fiasco, Lewis? Blake, the commander-in-chief of the United Nations forces, is the first person who needs to be responsible.
Lewis? Blake patted the American colonel next to him on the shoulder, "Let's go!" Send someone to help me pack my personal belongings, and then help me get to the military airport near Puerto Galera, I will go to the military airport first and wait for Eli? General Washburn's plane, and Eli? General Washburne handed over, and I flew back to Washington, what is the matter with the UN forces, waiting for Eli? Deal with it when General Washburne arrives! ”
Lewis? Blake rushed to the military airfield near Puerto Calera, and it was noon. Blake waited at the military airfield for about 3 hours, and the five-star Admiral Eli of the U.S. Navy. Washburn's plane had just landed on the runway of the military airfield.
Eli? Washburne stepped off the plane and saw Lewis waiting on the runway? Blake, looked at Lewis again? Blake put a suitcase at his feet, and walked to Lewis with a wry smile? Blake said in front of him: "Old man, I really don't want to come here at this time, you have left me with an extremely huge mess!" ”
Lewis? Blake also said with a wry smile: "I am completely planted this time, basically my military career should be over after returning to Washington!" Eli, if you take over as the commander-in-chief of the United Nations and want to counterattack Luzon, you must be careful and careful, the military strength of the Huaxing Society is now very strong, and I even think that if we in the United States do not use the power of the whole country, it will be difficult to defeat the so-called Chinese gang of the Huaxing Society! ”
Eli? Washburn shook his head, sighed, and said, "Maybe we don't have a chance to counterattack Luzon!" Old man, after the media broadcast the situation of the Second Battle of Luzon, anti-war demonstrations broke out in many cities in the United States, and the momentum is getting louder and louder, and many members of Congress also hope that we in the United States can end this terrible war! ”
"We don't want war, we need peace!"
"End the war in the Philippines and bring our loved ones back!"
"I want my son, not war!"
Just after the US media used the headline of "disaster" to report on the Second Luzon War, a large number of American people took to the streets, calling on the US government to end the war as soon as possible and let the captured officers and soldiers of the US army return to their families, and even outside the White House in Washington, more than 3,000 anti-war demonstrators gathered to demand US President William? Colby ends this war in the Philippines.
In the office of the president of the White House, US President William? Colby listened to the shouts outside, his face became more and more gloomy, at this time in the president's office, there were several other people here, namely Vice President Edmond? Randolph, Secretary of State Timothy? Pickering, Secretary of Defense John? Marshall and CIA Director Heinry Richcott.
President William? Colby whispered to Vice President Edmond? Randolph asked, "Has the attitude of those guys in Congress changed now?" ”
Vice President Edmond? Randolph said helplessly: "President, many parliamentarians are shocked that the loss is too great this time, and they all think that this war should be ended. ”
President William? Colby gritted his teeth and said, "Those stupid people! Don't they know the importance of the Philippines to the United States, and without the Philippines, our United States' strategic layout in the Asia-Pacific region for several decades will be ruined. ”
The fiasco of the Second Luzon War has caused some members of the U.S. Congress to send out a call for President William? Colby's call to step down quickly, but William? Colby was not willing to end his political career like this, so he hoped that the war on terror against Huaxing would continue.
Vice President Edmond? Randolph shrugged his shoulders and said with a wry smile: "President, the scale of the anti-war demonstrations has become larger and larger in the past two days, and I am worried that if the anti-war demonstrations continue, it will cause riots. ”
President William? Colby rubbed his temple with his hand, then sighed and said: "I will give an order to the police force to ensure normal order in our United States, parades are commonplace in our United States, and now our main task is to persuade those members of Congress to continue to support this war on terror against Huaxing!" We, the United States, will never allow the Chinese to control the regime in the Philippines! We must not allow the Huaxing Association to continue to exist! ”
Vice President Edmond? Randolph frowned, he thought that if the American people continued to march against the war like this, especially to give such an order to the American police force, it was likely that large-scale clashes between demonstrators and police would break out in the future, and even cause large-scale bloodshed, but he saw President William with a gloomy face. Colby did not continue to talk about the anti-war demonstrations, but hoped that the anti-war demonstrations would not develop in the way he feared.
President William? Colby turned his head to Secretary of Defense John? Marshall asked, "Eli?" Did General Washburn arrive in the Philippines? ”
Secretary of Defense John? Marshall nodded and said, "Eli? Washburne just met with Lewis? Blake's completed handover, Lewis? General Black had already flown to Washington on a plane. ”
Hear Lewis? The name Black, President William? Colby took a deep breath to suppress the anger in his heart, if it wasn't for Lewis? Blake has a lot of connections in the top echelons of the U.S. military and government, William? Colby couldn't wait to put Lewis directly? Blake sent this waste to court-martial.
To know this Lewis? The United Nations forces led by Blake have an incomparably strong military force, more than 2,000 fighters of the Air Force plus carrier-based aircraft that can be used as fighters by the Navy, hundreds of warships including 9 aircraft carriers, and nearly 500,000 troops in the Army. But the vanquished were indeed powerful United Nations forces, and the United Nations forces as a whole suffered unusually heavy losses.
It is said that there are more than 2,000 Air Force fighters and Navy carrier-based aircraft, and now there are only 56 left, and now there are only 10 F-35C Lightning fighters, 4 A-10B Intruder fighters and 4 FA-18 Super Hornet fighters left on the US Navy aircraft carrier, 4 F-35C Lightning fighters and 4 A-10B Intruder fighters left in the US Marine Corps Aircraft Wing, and 8 F-35A fighters and 7 F-22 Raptor fighters left in the US Air Force, 5 F-15 fighters, 3 F-16 fighters and 2 F-14 fighters.
For this war, the United States mobilized 1,650 fighters of the Air Force and Navy, and there were only 50 fighters left, leaving only a fraction of them.
The losses of fighter jets from other countries in the United Nations forces were just as bad, hundreds of fighters, and in the end only 2 F-35B fighters of the British Navy, 1 Lightning fighter of the British Air Force, 1 Lightning fighter of the French Air Force and 2 Lightning fighters of the Luftwaffe, as for the fighters of Israel, the Netherlands and Spain, they have all been wiped out.
President William? Colby then went on to say to Secretary of Defense John Brown? Marshall said, "Let Eli? General Washburn has made a plan for the defense of Mindoro Island, prepared for the sneak attack of the Huaxing Society, and when we have settled those guys in Congress, we will immediately send more fighters to Mindoro Island! More Army Units! More aircraft carriers! ”
Several other high-ranking U.S. officials nodded, and they all had the same level as President William? Colby is a grasshopper on a rope, and if this war on terror against Huaxing ends like this, President William? Colby, of course, is finished, but several of their high-level American leaders will not have a good time in the future. (To be continued.) )