Franklin? President Roosevelt was awakened by his secretary on duty in his slumber, a politician in his 40s who had inexplicably contracted polio, and had to sit in a wheelchair for the rest of his life, working hard and strategizing for the future and destiny of the United States.

Since losing the ability to move independently, Mr. President's sleep situation is simply terrible, and the night, for him, is a painful torture, without taking sleeping pills, he can't sleep at all.

Shaking the wheelchair, when he arrived in the living room, Roosevelt's head was still groggy, and the properties of sleeping pills were still attacking, to be honest, he felt extremely uncomfortable about this late-night call, and he could sleep peacefully for a few hours in one night, which was the greatest happiness for Mr. President, and now, the happiness that he finally got was rudely interrupted.

Roosevelt endured the irritability and unhappiness in his heart, and picked up the phone, "I'm Roosevelt, who are you?" Are there any urgent duties? Mr. President's tone was full of impatience.

The caller was Admiral Jeffrey Field, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, "Mr. President, I am Jeff Ferfer, and I would like to report to you an unfortunate news, the Operations Duty Room of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has just received an urgent telegram from Vice Admiral Nimitz, Commander of the Pacific Fleet, that just an hour ago, the Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, where the Pacific Fleet is stationed!" ”

Admiral Jeffrey Field's tone was filled with unconcealed panic and horror, "What? Roosevelt exclaimed, his heart shook dramatically, his already haggard face instantly became bloodless, the telephone receiver slipped from his hand suddenly, the president's brain became blank in an instant, and his thinking stopped running. The whole person is confined to a wheelchair.

On the other end of the line, Admiral Jeffrey Field, not knowing what was happening, shouted, "Mr. President." Mr. President! Are you listening? ”

The secretary who was next to Roosevelt, ready to accept instructions at any time, for some reason, His Excellency the President's face was as ugly as ashes, he picked up the phone and handed it to Roosevelt. "Mr. President, your call!"

Roosevelt gave a cold shudder, returned to his place, woke up from his petrified state, grabbed the phone, and almost shouted and asked, "Jeffrey Field, what is the specific situation at Pearl Harbor?" What about the losses of the Pacific Fleet? What about the 1st and 3rd Marine Divisions assembled in Hawaii? I want to know all the circumstances! ”

A barrage of questions slammed into Admiral Jeffrey Field. Poor Admiral, you don't know much more than anyone else. Nimitz sent a telegram, the content of which was too simple to say, "At 5:30 a.m. today, the Pearl Harbor base was suddenly attacked by the Japanese Navy, and the harbor was on fire, and all the warships of the Pacific Fleet were fighting fiercely with the Japanese Navy!" ”

Subsequently, the Operations Department of the Joint Chiefs of Staff sent several telegrams to Nimitz asking about the specific situation. However, there was no response, and the questions asked by His Excellency the President were also the ones that Admiral Jeffer Fell needed to know, "I am sorry, Mr. President. The situation at Pearl Harbor is unknown, and the Joint Operations Department is working hard to communicate with the Pacific Fleet, and I will report to you immediately if there is an update! ”

Roosevelt suddenly became angry and shouted, "What? The situation is unknown! What do you eat for? Didn't they get a of news before the Japanese resorted to a dastardly sneak attack? Also, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate and the Naval Strategic Intelligence Directorate, what are they doing? ”

Admiral Jeffrey Field, understand the feelings of His Excellency the President, Hawaii, as the first batch of troops to reinforce the South Pacific theater, and the Pacific Fleet, as the core force to strengthen the defense of the Luzon campaign, was already ready to go, but it was suddenly attacked, and without Nimitz's report, Admiral Jeffrey Fell could imagine that Hawaii, which was not at all prepared, would become a slaughterhouse for the Japanese to slaughter American soldiers and warships!

In the face of His Excellency's anger, Admiral Jeffrey Fell explained without confidence: "Mr. President, six hours ago, our embassy in the Republic of China received a report from the intelligence department of the Chinese government, and the content of the report was to remind us to pay attention to the upcoming surprise attack on the Pearl Harbor naval base by the Japanese naval task force. ”

As soon as he heard this, Roosevelt was even more furious and asked, "What measures have we taken?" In his opinion, six hours before the despicable sneak attack of the Japanese, he had already received a warning, and the Pacific Fleet had time to calmly arrange, so why it would be attacked, he did not understand very much!

Measure? Admiral Jeffrey smiled bitterly and replied with a bitter mouth: "Mr. President, the embassy transferred the Chinese's intelligence to the Naval Strategic Intelligence Bureau at the first time, but the Intelligence Analysis Center of the Strategic Intelligence Agency did not believe the Chinese's reminder at all, thinking that it was nonsense, and the naval observation posts on the islands in the eastern Pacific did not find out how the Japanese naval fleet moved. ”

"Therefore, the Intelligence Analysis Center of the Strategic Intelligence Agency listed this intelligence as the most worthless E-level intelligence, and put it on the shelf, and did not report it to the Admiralty or the Operations Department of the Joint Staff of the Mobile Phone, and the tragedy happened, Mr. President, this is the process I just investigated!"

President Roosevelt, almost fainted, what kind of stupid people are raised in the US Navy? This is intelligence of a strategic nature, and in line with the principle of intelligence handling, it is better to believe that it is owned than to be not; moreover, in the South Pacific, the US military and Japanese soldiers have already fought bloody battles, so how can it be impossible for the Japanese Navy to sneak attack the Pacific Fleet?

Roosevelt forcibly suppressed a mouthful of blood in his throat, and said in a murderous tone: "Jeffrey Field, in my capacity as commander-in-chief of the three US services, I issue the following order, the Judge Advocate General's Department of the Joint Staff Committee, immediately send personnel to the Naval Strategic Intelligence Bureau, and immediately detain all naval officers in the intelligence analysis center on charges of dereliction of duty, and screen them one by one. Sue the judges, I'll kill 1"

Admiral Jeffrey Fell suddenly gave a cold war, and a chill came up from the bottom of his heart, His Excellency the President had already made a murderous move, and within the Naval Strategic Intelligence Agency, some people were going to be unlucky, and whether there were Japanese spies or not, the President would use a few heads to sacrifice the flag to show his determination to fight against Japan.

Roosevelt continued: "Convey my order, all the heads of military departments, in four hours, go to the White House for a meeting to study the countermeasures against Pearl Harbor, and at the time of the meeting, I want to know the specific situation of Pearl Harbor, otherwise, there will be many job changes, you should understand what I mean!" ”

Of course, Admiral Jeffrey understands that if he is unable to figure out the situation on the battlefield at the meeting four hours later, the position of chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will bear the brunt of being replaced, which is the beginning of his disgraceful departure from the center of power in the United States.

After putting down the phone, Roosevelt sat motionless in his wheelchair, looking through the thick curtains, looking at the repeated sunshine seeping in through the window, Washington in June, the climate is pleasant, the morning sun is new, and the sunset warms the earth, but Roosevelt's heart is as cold as winter.

He didn't have the slightest sleepiness, his thoughts were messy, he couldn't concentrate at all, the secretary walked lightly to the floor-to-ceiling window, to open the curtains, Roosevelt waved his hand silently, the secretary quietly withdrew, and he was the only one left in the huge room, which became more and more empty and deserted.

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was much greater than the Japanese attack on the South Pacific islands, and the location of Hawaii was too close to the west coast of the United States, and if the Japanese used this as a base for their advance, the combat radius of land-based aircraft would include almost all the important cities on the west coast of the United States, and if Hawaii fell into the hands of the Japanese, it would be like putting the muzzle of a gun on the head of the Americans!

When the Japanese planes dropped deadly bombs over the cities of the continental United States, how would the Americans, who had not experienced the baptism of war for many years, react to the Japanese planes in the face of the Japanese planes after not a single bomb fell on the mainland in World War I?

In addition, the United States, which was accustomed to hitting other people's doorsteps, was now being beaten to the doorstep by the Japanese, whether it was panicked or agitated, and Roosevelt could not accurately judge which kind of reaction it was, and that fighting at home and fighting overseas were two completely different concepts.

Just after he passed the national mobilization order in Congress, the members of the two houses were very determined to fight the Japanese, but the reaction of the people made President Roosevelt feel cold, and the polls of the major newspapers, almost 90 percent of the respondents, were against this war far from the United States.

In this way, Roosevelt closed himself behind a thick curtain, and exhausted himself to consider the various results, for the war that the United States had to fight, his heart was very stressful, and the war in Europe was not going well, defeating the Germans, ending the war was far away, and the losses of the American army greatly exceeded the original expectations.

Now, the Japanese have hit their doorstep again, and the United States has to embark on the road of fighting two large-scale wars at the same time, and no matter how strong its national strength is, it is difficult to support such consumption for a long time, and Roosevelt even has a strange feeling that the national strength of the United States is weakening little by little, just like its own energy, which is slowly draining.

At about eight o'clock in the morning of June 6, Tang Qiuli, who had slept beautifully, came to the division headquarters in good spirits.

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