The atmosphere in the US West Coast Defense Command in San Francisco was very relaxed, and General Shaq, commander of the US West Coast Defense Command, and Buck, commander of the US Pacific Fleet, were chatting. "General Shaq, frankly I can't convince the High Command, but I must travel my duties. At the moment four cruisers have been launched at the shipyard, and I made a report to the Admiralty that the direct entry of maritime into the fleet was canceled, and the Admiralty agreed to my request. Several cruisers were also launched at the major shipyards in the east, but they could not be transferred. ”

Shaq said: "General Barker, I understand your feelings, the enemy fleet has appeared in Panama, so don't bother yourself." "But the enemy fleet has been holding its ground, don't you think there is a problem? If the enemy is confusing us, and the enemy's main fleet is on an expedition to the United States, we are strategically passive. "Your fears are valid, but you can't convince the High Command." At this time, a subordinate came in and reported: "Report, I have just received a report that the chief of staff of the coalition forces, General Han Ruowei, arrived in San Francisco by train at 10 o'clock. ”

Buck glanced up at the clock, it was still an hour before 10 o'clock. Shaq said disdainfully: "This defeated general is quite active, the enemy is attacking Panama, what is he doing on the west coast?" Buck smiled bitterly: "In the entire command, only Han Ruowei agrees with my opinion. Although he is a defeated general, I don't think his past defeats can be counted on him alone. Every time the Chinese Empire makes a move, it hits the vital parts, and our military strategists don't know what Lu Dao is doing. They don't know what the other party is thinking or doing, and the intelligence system is a bunch of rice buckets. ”

Shaq still didn't buy it: "I've heard that Han Ruowei used to be very conceited in England. It seems that he was frightened by the Chinese, and the British had lost confidence. "In any case, General Hanrowe gained experience in the process of defeat. And knows the enemy very well. I studied the whole process of naval warfare, and every time the enemy appeared a new weapon, this was the main reason for our defeat. Take this naval battle of Hawaii, the enemy has an aircraft carrier fleet, carrier-based aircraft have appeared, who can think of the horror of the opponent, our high command? ”

Hearing this, Shaq's face also became stern and said, "Not bad. The enemy wants to defeat us completely, but I don't understand why China, which was once cowardly, has become so strong. Stump God on their side, stump ourselves for something is wrong. There are a large number of Chinese in San Francisco, who are obscene and timid, and there is no shadow of a strong man in them. What's wrong with this world? Buck smiled bitterly: "This shows that we don't know anything about this ancient oriental country. Napoleon was right when he said that China is a sleeping lion, and once it wakes up, it will shock the world. ”

"The current Chinese Empire is not just a sleeping lion that has woken up, they are going to rule the world in just 20 years, if we can clearly realize this, why bother. I learned about the history of China, they were once the Central Empire, they had an incomparably glorious past, but what are our elites doing? America was buried by this group of bastards. There was a hint of sadness on Buck's face. Fuck the British pigs who dragged us into the water, these bastards! Shaq was a little indignant.

Buck personally drove to the station. On the platform, there are many military and police officers, eyeing each other. Buck and Shaq drove the jeep directly to the platform, and when they got out of the car, Shaq took out a thick cigar cigarette, skillfully bit the back with his mouth, and lit it in a dashing motion. Buck pulled out his pocket watch and glanced at it, the hour and minute hands pointed to 10 o'clock. At this time, a train appeared in the east, and the train stopped on the platform with the sound of the platform shaking. The locomotive seemed to be a little tired, and thick black smoke came out of the chimney.

This is a special train with two additional carriages attached to the rear of the front of the locomotive. After the train stopped, the guards got off the train first, and then Han Ruowei's figure appeared at the door behind the plane. "Your Excellency General, welcome to inspect the western region!" Buck warmly stepped forward to shake his hand, and Shaq just waved in welcome. Han Ruowei didn't care about Shaq's arrogance, which had been the norm since he became chief of staff of the coalition forces. The Americans are unruly and worship heroes, and it is very normal for him, the general of the defeated army, to keep the Americans from catching a cold.

After some pleasantries, Buck invited Han Ruowei into the jeep, and he and Han Ruowei got into the back seat, intending to give up the driver's seat to Shaq. Shaq is not interested in Hanrowy, and Buck is worried that the two of them will have an unpleasant quarrel sitting together. As the jeep enters the city, Buck realizes that it is almost noon, so he proposes to find a restaurant to eat, and Shaq naturally has no problem with eating. They chose a French restaurant on a flowery street. This French restaurant is relatively upscale, and almost all of the people who come here are people of status.

The three of them took their seats at a table near the window, and Buck asked for three aperitifs, then a bottle of brandy, and soon the waiter brought steaks and fruit salad. Shaq shook off his cheeks and began to eat, and it seemed that he had a good appetite. Buck couldn't say anything about Shaq's faux pas, and when he saw that Han Ruowei didn't care, he said, "Your Excellency, what do you think about the enemy fleet's delay in launching an attack in Panama?" "General Barker, this is exactly what I am worried about, the command unanimously believes that the enemy's main fleet is waiting for fighters, but it has not moved for more than ten days, which is disturbing."

"You are saying that the enemy fleet is confusing us in Panama, perhaps the task force did not attack, disrupting the enemy's deployment, and this is the reason why the enemy did not attack." Shaq disagreed. "What do you think, General Barker?" Buck said: "I judge that the delay of the enemy fleet in launching an attack in Panama may be a deliberate attempt to confuse us. Therefore, I sent a reconnaissance ship to closely monitor the direction of the Hawaiian Islands in the sea at 35 degrees north latitude, and my early warning distance can reach 800 kilometers, and I can only do this. ”

"Very well, if we have forewarned, the West Coast defense will come to the emergency remedy. But your fleet must be stopped at sea for 10 days, and we will form a strong line of defense on the shore," "Your Excellency, when the United States is at a critical point of life and death, we will fight bloodily, please rest assured of this. Han Ruowei nodded with satisfaction and said, "General Shak, I want to know about the defense of San Francisco, and San Francisco as a strategic point on the west coast cannot be missed!" Han Ruowei's tone was kind, he didn't want to provoke Shaq.

"Your Excellency, there is no problem with my deployment, at the moment I have 30,000 defensive forces in San Francisco, two heavy artillery divisions, an aviation group and an air defense unit, and form a powerful strike fire with the fortress artillery. If the enemy dares to come, I will quickly recruit 50,000 reinforcements within 3 days, and I am confident that I will repel the enemy. Shaq was a little arrogant. Han Ruowei said nothing about Shaq's conceit, the key is to intercept at sea, if the enemy fleet is delayed to approach New York, not to mention 50,000 reinforcements, hundreds of thousands of reinforcements will come up.

In the afternoon, Han Ruowei inspected the defense of New York, and he did not want to cause unpleasantness, so he did not raise any objections. That night, Han Ruowei boarded Barker's flagship and saw a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns deployed on both sides of the battleship, so he took a closer look. "Your Excellency General, this anti-aircraft machine gun is modified according to the Maxine heavy machine gun, and according to the principle of rotating machine guns, it can rotate 360 degrees up and down, left and right, with three machine gun shooters, a gun caliber of 12?6 mm, an effective range of 1,200 meters against the air and 1,800 meters from the ground."

"The enemy's carrier-based aircraft are all made of wood, and antiaircraft machine guns can completely intercept low-altitude bombardment by carrier-based aircraft, and our antiaircraft guns will be installed in our troops before the end of the year, and our antiaircraft strike firepower will be even more powerful at that time." The two walked into the command module and said: "Now we regret that we don't have time, it takes time to build our own aircraft carrier fleet, but the enemy doesn't give us time." "Yes, so we need to first develop a combat capability for land aviation. There is a consensus that air strikes in future wars will dominate the victory or defeat of wars. ”

Han Ruowei said sincerely: "General Barker, my intuition tells me that the enemy's target must be the continental United States, and San Francisco is the primary target. When I return, I will lobby the Ministry of Defense for an early build-up of the West Coast. At present, we are heavily deployed on the front line of Panama and Mexico, and if the enemy really attacks the west coast, we can only recruit 100,000 troops on the west coast, and at least within 20 days, our follow-up reinforcements can come up, which is what I am most worried about. "Your Excellency, I understand what you mean, delaying the enemy's fleet at sea to get closer to the mainland is the most crucial."

Han Ruowei said sincerely: "General Barker, although I am British, the United States and Britain are now dependent on each other, and it is my bounden duty to defend the United States. I have already sent a report to Her Majesty the Empress, hoping that the British army will masse on a large scale on the mainland of the United States, which is vast and strategically deep, and even if the enemy lands successfully, we can use the vast territory to resist stubbornly. After all, the enemy is on an expedition, and as long as we drag on the war for a long time, the final victory will definitely belong to us, and I am confident in this. ”

Buck was infected by it and said, "Your Excellency, I understand what you mean. The reason why the Chinese Empire did not launch an attack on Russia was precisely because of Russia's strategic depth. If the war drags on, they will also be dragged down. "The enemy's cleverness lies here, and we thought that the Chinese Empire would fall into the quagmire of Russia and buy us precious time, but the enemy's capture of the eastern shore of Lake Baikal led us to a strategic miscalculation. As a result, the enemy swung his troops and pointed at the Japanese archipelago, resulting in a complete loss. ”

Buck smiled bitterly: "In fact, we made a fatal mistake by helping the Manchu government. This piece of fat in China made us stunned, so happy, and as a result, we were burned. Those bastard politicians, rat eyes, to

The world of freedom was in a catastrophe. "What's the use of regretting now, there are only two paths in front of us, surrender and self-help. You and I are soldiers, or we will be reborn with blood, or destroyed, hopefully the former ending. ”、

The next morning, as he prepared to leave San Francisco, he was at the station preparing to pedal when bad news came. (To be continued......)

PS: The enemy is not all stupid.