Admiral Jeffrey Fell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Army, was anxious, and he was worried. After the Japanese gained a foothold in the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii would become a bridgehead for the Japanese to attack the continental United States.

The battle for the islands in the South Pacific and the war with the Hawaiian Islands are not the same concept at all, the former is a dispute over overseas colonies, and the latter is a war on the doorstep of the Americans.

And the collapse of the Pacific Fleet, the pillar of defense in the Pacific, has made the bombs of the Japanese on the US mainland an infinite possibility.

Just as Admiral Jeffrey Fell drove to the White House in a frenzy, U.S. President Frank Roosevelt was suffering one of the heaviest blows of his life.

At the same time that the Admiralty reported the tragic news of the destruction of the Pacific Fleet to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a report with the same content reached President Roosevelt's desk at the same time.

The Admiralty's dry and ruthless report, line by line, pierced President Roosevelt's heart, the huge, seemingly invincible Pacific Fleet, the pillar of defense on the west coast of the United States, was wiped out in two days under the attack of the Japanese, and Roosevelt could not accept this fact in any case, and the huge blow was not only psychological, but also mental.

In the United States, when the Pacific Fleet was not fully prepared for war and the homeland defense circle was not perfect, the collapse of the Pacific Fleet meant that the west coast of the United States was "like a beautiful woman in scantily clad but without the ability to resist, she could only watch the Japanese pervert, staring at the blood-red eyes and pounce on her, and the confidence and courage of the people" is a kind of torment!

"The Hawaiian Islands, the Pacific Fleet, the Japanese!" President Roosevelt muttered to himself, repeating these three seemingly unrelated names, but causing a chain reaction, which sounded sad and bitter to the young secretaries on the side.

Looking at Mr. President's sallow and haggard face, godless eyes, thin and slender hands, without the slightest blood, holding the report of the Admiralty, nervously trembling "The secretaries couldn't help choking in their hearts, they sympathized with His Excellency's current situation, but they had no way to share a little burden for him, and they could only do their best to do their own work."

If several of President Roosevelt's young secretaries had known the current mood of Secretary of State Mr. Helsingli, they would not have thought that the president was the person in the worst mood in the United States at the moment, because Secretary of State Helsingli was facing Kazuo Takashima, the Japanese ambassador to the United States.

US Secretary of State Helsingli, a veteran American diplomat, has always been so gentle and polite, and there is no anger in his face and eyes, and of course this does not prevent him from using all kinds of upright or despicable means for the benefit of the United States of America under the cover of this appearance.

However, Mr. Secretary of State has always believed that being polite, unfazed, and self-righteous is one of the most basic qualities of a diplomat, and he has been doing so, but today, Mr. Helsingli, in the face of Kazuo Takashima, the Japanese ambassador to the United States, has a tendency to suppress his rampage.

Just 30 minutes ago, Kazuo Takashima asked to meet Secretary of State Helsingli, and it just so happened that the Secretary of State himself was also about to meet Kazuo Takashima "to make the most stern protest to the Japanese government against the brazen attack on the South Pacific islands and the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese army."

The Japanese will not wave their hands and withdraw their troops because of the solemn protest of the US government, as far as the current extremely bad relationship between the United States and Japan is concerned, any protest is ineffective, and the only means to solve the problem is war, but Helsinli Secretary of State still has to deal with it in accordance with diplomatic procedures, perhaps, after the protest, it will be the United States' declaration of war against Japan, I thought to myself!

Unexpectedly, as soon as Kazuo Takashima met, he didn't wait for Helsingli to speak, and said dryly: "Secretary of State Helsinli, I met with Your Excellency today on the instructions of our Imperial Japanese Government, and the US ** team in the South Pacific region has continuously provoked our Great Japanese Imperial ** team, and has caused many bloody cases, causing the relationship between the two countries to break down to the point of irreparability, and to deliver a declaration of war to the US government!" ”

"From the moment your country accepted the declaration of war of the Empire of Japan, our two countries were already at war, and any agreement signed between the two countries before that had expired has become invalid, and this is the text of the declaration of war, and I would like to ask Secretary of State Helsinli to forward it to your President, Mr. Roosevelt, and personally, I would like to express my great regret for this result!"

Secretary of State Helsin, his face was pale, the blood vessels in his temples were "jumping", and he could even hear the sound of blood. Got up from his seat, and his murderous gaze stared at Takashima Iochi. At this moment, Ran Xin had the urge to strangle this Japanese.

Taking a deep breath and suppressing his anger, Helsingli almost gritted his teeth and said: "Ambassador Takashima, this is what I have ever seen, the most despicable and shameless, the most upside-down black and white in the world.

The most odious declaration of war, history will record this moment, when the United States of America was insulted and hurt by the insidious, vile, and untrustworthy state of Japan! ”

"The U.S. ** team in the South Pacific region, constantly provoking the Japanese army? Ambassador Takashima, there should be a limit to the lie, what about Pearl Harbor? What about Midway? What about the souls of tens of thousands of soldiers of our Pacific Fleet? What about the American soldiers who are fighting bloody battles against the Japanese invading forces on the islands of the South Pacific? Do they agree with your Japanese government's claims? ”

"A despicable and shameless sneak attack, an undeclared war, the war has been broken out for six days, and the blood of tens of thousands of American soldiers has been withdrawn in the Pacific Ocean, but your Japanese government has sent a declaration of war, Ambassador Takashima, have you ever seen such a treacherous and shameless country?"

Regardless of Secretary of State Helsinli's words like knives, extreme interrogation and anger, Kazuo Takashima's face was as calm as a breeze, and there was no sense of shame or rebuttal at all.

Kazuo Takashima also understands Helsingli's anger, after all, the army of the Japanese Empire has succeeded in the South Pacific islands one after another, and has killed the Pacific Fleet, which the Americans regard as the defense barrier of the west coast, taking such a big advantage, and it is reasonable for the Americans to get angry.

From the perspective of a diplomat, Takashima also believes that the government has gone too far, disgusting people don't bring such disgust, and after giving the Americans a few punches in the face, after the beating is dizzy, there is no need to spit on the Americans' faces.

If you look at it from the perspective of the citizens of the Japanese Empire who are loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, Takashima sees the anger of the Americans, this is a kind of helpless anger, or even the only reaction that the strong and the weak can make, this kind of reaction is what Takashima is happy to see, at the very least, it represents an attitude of the United States, and the Americans are panicked and angry!

Kazuo Takashima, the Japanese ambassador to the United States, is like an old monk, and he let Secretary of State Helsinli spit flying, which is quite calm!

Helsingli realized that he had lost his temper, and his tone changed to calm but cold: "Ambassador Takashima, dealing with the Japanese government is the most insulting experience of this profession in my decades of diplomatic career, and it is also my personal shame, I take the declaration of war, my attitude is that of the United States of America, you can go, I don't want to see any Japanese again!" ”

Kazuo Takashima got up, bowed politely and shallowly, and then, turned around and walked away, Helsingli Secretary of State, looking at the back of this Japanese with hatred, he felt that he was blocked in his heart, he couldn't spit it out, he couldn't swallow, and he was upset, his heart beat faster, and his blood pressure increased.

Finally after the star calmed down, Helsingli picked up the phone and wanted to call the White House president's office" "Mr. President, I am Helsingli, just now, the Japanese ambassador to the United States, Kazuo Takashima, on behalf of the Japanese government, officially submitted a declaration of war to our country, and from this moment on, we have entered a state of war with Japan!" ”

Roosevelt listened to Helsingli's phone call in a daze, was silent for a while, and replied: "As our proper response, we will immediately expel all the personnel of the Japanese Embassy in the United States and limit them to leave the country within 12 hours, otherwise, they will be treated as spies, and I will immediately submit to the Congress to convene an emergency meeting to pass a proposal to declare war on Japan!" ”

Putting down the phone and smiling bitterly, President Roosevelt's face was a little sickly flushed, and he turned to General Jeffrey Field, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and said: "Jeffrey Field, the Japanese have declared war on us, and six days after the outbreak of the war, they officially declared war, and we don't have to have any illusions about Japan!" The only way to fight is to fight with the strength of the whole country! ”

Jefferfield's face darkened, and he said: "Mr. President, the top priority at present is to repel or completely annihilate the Japanese army attacking the Hawaiian Islands, we originally planned to reinforce the troops in the Hawaii battlefield, because the Pacific Fleet was completely annihilated, and it was impossible to set off on time, I can transfer back the Third and Fourth Fleets from the European battlefield and reorganize the Pacific Fleet!" ”

After glancing at President Roosevelt's face, Admiral Jeffrey Fell continued: "In view of the dangerous situation in the South Pacific theater, I immediately asked the Chinese government for help, in fact, to Tang Qiuli, who was the most capable of solving the crisis in the South Pacific theater of our army!" ”

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