The deterioration of the war in Great Britain has left President Truman and a group of White House think tank experts on pins and needles.

or make a desperate bet and devote all the country's strength to the aid of the multinational forces in Europe, win the war, or at least hold Scotland, and wait to negotiate a truce with the Grand Alliance; Or abandon the European strategy altogether and withdraw the multinational force to Iceland in order to prevent the Grand Alliance troops from landing in North America.

These were the two options that Truman had in front of him, and neither of them could be easily chosen.

To choose the former is to gamble the fortunes of the entire United States on a war. win, the United States may be able to compete with Han and Germany; If you lose, you will sink forever, and the great June flowers will never bloom again.

If you choose the latter, the United States may be able to preserve a corner and prefer North America. But with such a humiliating withdrawal from the war, Truman's personal political career has come to an end, and the United States will be completely subject militarily and politically to Germany and Han, or more precisely, to the Greater China Alliance.

"Europe is German, the rest is Han, at least we can keep North America. Such an outcome is not unacceptable to the United States. Just ......"

Secretary James's words were not finished, but everyone understood that the "just" was followed by the political career of President Truman and his cabinet members.

"Gentlemen, if peace can be bought for America at the expense of my Harry Truman alone, then I will not hesitate! But now we have to ask, is there still any way for the United States to win this war, or even to withdraw from it more decently. Truman took off his glasses and held them in his hands, waving them along with the anger in his heart.

With the liberation of Britain, the results of Britain's earlier nuclear weapons research and development program, the "Alloy Tube Project", fell behind the Allies. This will not only affect the progress of the "Manhattan" project, but will also be more likely to inform Han Guo of the progress of the US nuclear weapons program.

General Groves, head of the Manhattan Engineering District, reported that the scientific team led by Oppenheimer had produced the first batch of enriched uranium at the Oak Ridge plant in Tennessee, but it would take at least a year for the final assembly of the atomic bomb.

One year, only one year, no matter how strong the Han army is, the United States can use nuclear weapons to defend the United States, and even force the Han to obediently sit at the negotiating table. A hint of fanaticism flashed in Truman's eyes, the mighty United States is by no means defenseless against a possible attack by the Grand Alliance army, at least, a year, right?

However, in the face of the pressure of war, Truman, who lost his cool for the sake of his personal rights and pinned the hopes of the entire United States on doomsday weapons, did not know that the world had already put into actual combat with atomic bombs several years ago, and the "Manhattan Project Zone", which can be called the highest level of secrecy in the history of the United States, was by no means completely invisible.

Although after the outbreak of war in 1939, the U.S. government stopped publishing and discussing nuclear research programs in the public media, and demanded that the National Academy of Sciences and other media dismiss previous discussions on atomic theory and nuclear research, and avoid all articles containing words such as "uranium", "neutrons", and "atomic weapons".

Even they were wary of their ally, the British. In fact, it's necessary. James Chadwick, the leader of the "Alloy Pipe Engineering" research group, and several other British scientists are currently "guests" at the headquarters of the Military Intelligence Agency of the Han Empire.

While laying out the global layout, Zhong Yi has never forgotten "Manhattan". After not getting any valid intelligence from British scientists about the progress of the "Manhattan Project", the MIA was already preparing to wake up "Delmar", the super agent hiding at the Oak Ridge US National Laboratory.

The White House think tank is still scratching its head about choosing "war or peace", and if they knew that the Han Emperor was even ready to use the "little naughty" that had been sealed for several years against the United States, Truman would surely vomit blood and die.

After half a year of preparation, the "Hou Xi" plan was tired and thin, but Hawaii's war materials were becoming more and more sufficient. The smallest but most elite of the 13 Han Legions was ordered to garrison the Kingdom of Hawaii, and the Yangzhou Legion, nicknamed the Army Navy, was stationed on Kauaʻi in the name of celebrating the second anniversary of the Hawaiian Queen's accession to the throne.

Only one brigade of troops actually landed on Oahu, where Honolulu is located, and they were to be inspected by the Queen of Hawaii along with the 12th Brigade of the 4th Marine Division.

Although the Yangzhou Army had only more than 80,000 members, the US military attached great importance to it. MacArthur, commander of US forces on the west coast, inspected Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and other places several times to inspect US coastal fortifications.

At the beginning of the war, the West Coast region of the United States experienced high-intensity strategic bombing by the Royal Air Force of the Han Dynasty, and the population moved inland a lot, and the economic decline was obvious. Los Angeles, once the second largest city in the United States, has long lost its appearance as the City of Angels, and many of the vacant and dilapidated buildings that have been left vacant after the bombing have been smeared like splattered waste ink. Hollywood, the world-renowned mecca of pop culture, has also lost its former prosperity due to the relocation of a large number of film and television companies. In other words, the world's most famous movie city has nothing to do with Hollywood, you can say that it is Melbourne in Yangzhou, or Danyang in Xuzhou, anyway, in South China, and by no means in North America.

Since ancient times, the legend that the Han army would land in the United States has begun to circulate before the empire put the "Hou Xi" plan on the agenda. The wealthy people of North America are left with few erodences after several waves of royal feuds and war-fearful exodus. If there is a Forbes list in this era, then the vast majority of the top 100 live in South China, and the richest of them are distributed in various miniature island countries in the South Seas.

In these years, there is no small island territory, no royal status, if you come out to pretend to be a tyrant, you will be 100% despised in the Mariana Trench. Well, the Mariana Islands are not just to go, the full name there is the Kingdom of the Northern Marianas, whose royal family is the Walton family of British descent. The contemporary King of the Northern Marianas, Robertson Walton, started in the United States as a supermarket chain, after the founding of the Han Empire, was one of the first consortiums to settle in South China, Wal-Mart supermarkets spread throughout the thirteen states of South China and the Sili region, making significant contributions to the circulation of goods at the beginning of the empire, while making a lot of money, he also made a lot of money, became a super-rich, and became one of the first royal families canonized by the Han Emperor.

In October 1943, just as the 10th National Day of the Han Empire was approaching, the Allies forcibly captured Manchester, an important industrial city in England. In between, important cities such as Liverpool and Blackburn have been liberated. It's just that Eisenhower, in the face of almost universal scolding, insisted on fighting urban warfare against the Allied aerial bombardment.

After the Han Emperor issued an order to "defeat the European troops stationed in Europe and the United States at all costs," the Royal Air Force strategic bomber unit under the command of Air Force General Long Xiaotian dropped tens of thousands of tons of bombs all over the two major industrial areas of Manchester and Litpool within a month. Among the bombing orders received by the pilots, there was even one that made people speechless: give priority to bombing the military targets of the multinational force, and when you can't find a valuable military target, you can also drop bombs on the nearest factory.

Marshal Jiang Yunzhi's original words to Long Xiaotian were: These tens of thousands of tons of bombs, regardless of how many US troops can be killed, it is enough to blow up the industrial areas of Britain, right?

In Weiqing Pavilion, what His Majesty said to Jiang Yunzhi was: All island countries are not suitable to become influential powers in the world. This is because the narrow and extreme world outlook, outlook on life, and values inherent in the character of the people of the island nation are unfair to other nations and countries. If the three views are not correct, how can it be a big country?

Jiang Shuai understood His Majesty's words very clearly: it is enough to turn England into a purely agricultural country like Japan, grow more pure green food for the people of the world, and breed more healthy aquatic products. At least these properties have made the lives of both the English and the royal family very happy. If there is no war, there are no casualties. A nation with ambition but no ability should live a happy and peaceful life of farming and fishing. "You plough the field and I weave, you carry water and I water the garden! Let the people of England live like fairies, how merciful and benevolent your Majesty is! ”

After hearing the news of General Sun Liren's liberation of Manchester, Jiang Yunzhi, who was rushing back to Cambridge from London in a red off-road vehicle, couldn't help but sigh.

In a series of urban warfare, the Chinese Expeditionary Force made new contributions.

The armored units of the Guards Corps suffered heavy losses in street battles. In Bolton alone, Liu Gen's 4th Guards Armored Division lost nearly 100 "Tigers" and "Cheetahs", and as a result, it made a mistake and mobilized a "Vulcan" self-propelled howitzer regiment, and more than 200 155-mm large-caliber heavy guns bombarded the city of Bolton for several hours, almost leveling half of the city.

Of course, when the 4th Guards Panzer Division entered the city of Bolton proudly, the city was full of ruins, and it was difficult to find even an intact building with more than two floors, so Liu Gen was forced to continue to set up the division headquarters in the command vehicle.

A few days later, Jiang Yunzhi received a strong protest from King George VI, "Jiang Shuai, how did your troops liberate Britain?" You're such a gang of demolition teams......"

Speaking of sadness, the king of England almost cried with sadness. Jiang Yunzhi had to patiently persuade for a long time, and he flickered for a long time about "breaking and then standing, how to see a rainbow without experiencing wind and rain".

Putting down the king's phone, Jiang Shuai immediately picked up the phone again and called Xiao Guoxing's front-line headquarters, "Old Xiao, you tell me Liu Gen that it will take such a big move to demolish a few cities?" Do you want to pay attention to strategy and method? We have repeatedly emphasized the need for civilized demolition...... No, how could you be so reckless in liberating the people of England on the basis of preserving the city as much as possible? gave Liu Gen a note, the lieutenant general who said he was good is gone, let him continue to hang a bean! ”

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