Chapter 398: Clouds of Nuclear War
Regarding Director Mu's understanding, His Majesty said: "I am very relieved to have such a capable minister. โ
Immediately, the three air attack plans of the "Tianlei" plan were forwarded to Marshal Ye Weixun, commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces in North America, and Air Force General Long Xiaotian. The 22nd Special Service Squadron also boarded the USS Wenhe or flew fighter planes directly to Mexico at the Christmas Island Airport in the Kingdom of Kiribati in the central part of the Taiping.
On the Wenhe aircraft carrier, there are also four "naughty babies" numbered 004-007. This was a top-secret transport operation, and on the surface, the USS Wenhe aircraft carrier battle formation was returning to the mainland for maintenance, a normal rotation and recuperation after the two oceanic fleets were stationed in Hawaii. Even the crew of the Wenhe aircraft carrier did not know that the four large iron boxes that were transported to the ship before the naval formation set sail were actually loaded with superweapons that could change the situation of the war and change the fate of the United States.
Some naval soldiers even joked, was the box filled with the Nanhua specialty blue mold that the Han soldiers loved to eat? You must know that 80% of the world's blue mold is produced in Oceania, and Jingzhou in the South China continent is the main production area of blue mold.
Of course, this is just a joke. The logistics of the Han army are strong, and the food supply on weekdays is quite good, but it is not extravagant enough to use aircraft carriers to transport blue mold. Major General Liang Yang, director of the Training Bureau of the Royal Air Force Command, personally came to escort the goods. Senior Colonel Jia Shiyi, the captain of the Wenhe who was more familiar, asked half-truths and half-truths a few times, but he didn't ask what was in these boxes in Director Liang's mouth, and he actually strictly forbade the crew to approach.
asked in a hurry, Director Liang came and said, "I really want to know?" Then send a telegram to your naval commander, and if Zhang Shuai allows it, I will tell you. โ
"Rely on ......" Jia Shiyi was almost angry and sent a message to Zhang Shuai? Isn't that looking for scolding? "Okay, your old Liang is amazing, I don't want to ask anymore!"
Liang Yang smiled "hehe" and patted Captain Jia on the shoulder, "It's for your own good not to let you know, it's easy to know too much...... Hiss! โ
After making a chic throat-cutting motion, Major General Liang turned around and walked off the island of the aircraft carrier, muttering in a low voice, "Nima, not only can't I tell you, even if my father asks, I can't say it!" Yun Shuai told me that once you lose, you will come to see you! โ
There are two Marshal-class aircraft carriers, as well as more than 20 destroyers of various types, as well as four ocean-going Dongfeng-class submarines. The Wenhe aircraft carrier battle group is an invincible force in today's Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Navy, the only one that dared to challenge the supremacy of the Royal Navy, was also trapped in the Atlantic Ocean because of the blockade of the Panama Canal and the loss of the naval base on the west coast of the North American continent.
At the beginning of 1944, there was an influential debate within the U.S. Navy that the U.S. Navy could send a fleet around the Drake Passage between South America and Antarctica, use the ports of the South American country of Chile, and counterattack Central and North America, at least to capture the Colรณn Islands in Ecuador, which was controlled by the Han army, and unlock the Panama Canal.
The U.S. Navy's plan to return to the Pacific won the support of many Navy veterans, and it was proposed by Chester William Nimitz, commander of the Pacific Fleet.
The admiral, who took over the Pacific Fleet after the Wusongkou incident, was not able to turn the tide in Hawaii. Objectively speaking, the US Pacific Fleet after the Wusongkou incident did not have the strength of the Royal Navy at all. Nimitz wasn't a mediocre talent, but he was born at the wrong time.
After escaping Hawaii, the U.S. Pacific Fleet was rebuilt in Miami, Florida, just in time for the U.S. landing in Africa, and the Atlantic Fleet was defeated in the Mediterranean. Several Essex-class aircraft carriers, completed at the Newport News shipyard, were replenished to the Atlantic Fleet.
The Pacific Fleet was like a little daughter-in-law, with only a few destroyers and two Casablanca-class escort carriers to maintain the training of carrier-based pilots.
By 1944, the number of the Essex-class aircraft carriers had been numbered to the CV-16 Lexington, and it was finally the turn of the Pacific Fleet. Within three months, Nimitz had received three capital carriers (the other two were the CV-17 Bangshan and the CV-18 Huangfeng), but the Royal Han Navy had completely blocked the Panama Canal.
Nimitz was once again depressed to discover that when the Pacific Fleet finally regained some strength, he could only escort troop carriers in the Gulf of Mexico.
The return to the Pacific plan had won a glimmer of hope for his dream, but then, the Allies launched the "Hou Xi" plan, and the US military's operational focus shifted back to home defense, especially when the Allied offensive on the North American continent was in full swing, and no one in the White House, or even in the Navy Command, mentioned "returning to the Pacific" again.
Are you kidding? The Allies have already broken through the Nevada Line, and at this time they are spending huge financial resources to engage in a naval battle in the Pacific? If the Navy hadn't recaptured the Pacific Ocean, but had attacked the Great Plains, wouldn't that have become the biggest joke?
The return of the Navy to the Pacific Ocean was Nimitz's dream, and the dream of all Americans. But there is no doubt that the moment when the US Army is retreating on its home soil is not President Truman's dream.
The loss of Reno was completely broken by the Nevada defense line, which was once touted by the army as the "Maginot of North America", in fact, any defense line involving the word Maginot was broken down. Don't say that the national/military tofu scum during the Anti-Japanese War is the genuine Maginot Line, isn't it also the biggest cup?
Truman didn't bother to question whether it was a steel line of defense or a tofu scum that could be broken with a single stab, he just wanted to ask: "Nevada can't hold it, Phoenix can't hold it, so where can we hold it?" Gentlemen, you don't want to tell me it's Washington, do you? โ
Bradley, the chief of the Army General Staff, blushed, but the president's question could only and must be answered by him, "President, the Great Basin region is not in danger to defend, and the terrain is also very suitable for a large-scale assault by the Allied armored forces......"
"I know that the Han army is very powerful, otherwise you would not have fought so many defeats, I am not asking where they will capture, I just want to know, where can the US Army hold? Where can the Han army be stopped? โ
Truman's finger almost touched Bradley's nose, and the admiral didn't bother to wipe the spittle that was sprayed all over his face, and gritted his teeth, "Salt Lake City, the Colorado River, and the Grand Canyon, we will build a semicircular line of defense to block all the Allied forces." Rest assured the President, this time, the American Army will ...... Fight to the death. โ
The gaze of the Chief of the General Staff was resolute, and he did not hide from the angry glare of the President in the slightest.
Truman nodded, "Hopefully, this time, we won't let the people down again." โ
After the outbreak of the North American War, many ornaments have been removed from the White House office, and a military map of the North American continent has been hung in the free space. Truman was just a politician who looked up on the big map for a long time, and did not figure out where the chief of the General Staff was talking about the half-circle line of defense. Bradley realized the military level of the president, hurriedly walked over, picked up a pencil, and drew a semicircle in the middle of the large pile of red and blue arrows.
"Uh...... So, Omar, what about the south? The allies in the south are closer to us than the allies to the west! โ
Obviously, in this short moment, Truman's military knowledge has increased a lot, at least he understands that those blue arrows represent the Allies.
"That's what I want to report to you, President. More Army units have already been assembled in Oklahoma and Mississippi, and a major battle is about to take place in the Dallas and Fort Worth areas. If we win, we can reclaim Texas and even New Mexico. President, the days of a counteroffensive are not far off, and perhaps it won't be long before you see the American Army invade Mexico and keep the war off our borders. โ
Bradley's words were inflammatory, or rather, they were exactly what White House politicians wanted to hear. Truman's eagle eyes behind his lenses widened a lot, and even shone a little. If it is true as the Chief of the General Staff said, there is no doubt that the United States will achieve a major victory. Not to mention......
"Omar, if the U.S. Army can achieve such a great victory, of course, it will be the best, then we will all be heroes of the United States! However, I ask you that the Allies on the southern front must not be allowed to move any further, at least ...... Within three months. โ
"No problem, God bless America. Rest assured, President, don't say three months, it's a year, and the Army can definitely do it. โ
If Bradley still pandered to the psychology of the White House politicians and reluctantly said it after winning the Battle of Dallas, then holding the southern defense line for three months would be absolutely no problem in the eyes of the chief of the General Staff. The 1.5 million U.S. troops amassed in the Mississippi and Arkansas River basins are not enough to attack, but they are always more than enough to protect themselves, right?
Bradley understood what the president meant by asking him to hold on to the deadline, and he knew that the president actually had one more thing he hadn't said, and that was that the Allies must not be allowed to approach Tennessee.
Knowing this, in the White House office, no more than five.
But they didn't know that the "Manhattan Project" had long been in the heart of the Han Emperor. The "Sky Thunder" program was launched, and more people participated. In the current Han army, the number of people who know the word Oak Ridge far exceeds that of Americans who know about the nuclear program.
Truman, who considered himself a secret and relied on it as a last resort to change the course of the war, concealed it from all the Americans, but could not hide it from the enemy. This can't but be said to be a joke, a joke that makes people laugh out of it.
The dark clouds of nuclear war, which could destroy the world, have unknowingly covered the skies of mankind. What is even more terrifying is that most people still do not understand how terrible it is, even Harry Truman, the initiator of nuclear war.
The first careerist to present the United States as a world leader, the cold-blooded politician who single-handedly contributed to the pattern of the Cold War, is still unclear that it is his gambler's mentality of wanting to use nuclear weapons to turn the tables in the war that will bring terrible nuclear demons to the United States and the North American continent.