All the 723 aircraft carriers are here?!

The sound of thumping footsteps was heavy and urgent, but the staff in the White House didn't seem to even have the interest in turning their heads to take a look, not because they were too busy with work to take a look, but because everyone's nerves were constantly numb. 【 I want: super fast update 】

Except for the news of stationing in Australia at the beginning of the war and stationing in Panama, this rush of footsteps has not brought any good news, although everyone knows that California will go to war today, and even the Chinese themselves have not shied away from it, but can there be good news? Even the secretary, who was loyal to Wilson, shook his head with a wry smile.

Secretly said: "There will be good news, strange!" ”

The secretary guessed correctly, Colonel House brought bad news, and the Chinese began to attack San Diego.

"Isn't it an airplane? Approximately how many warships? William Benson and Joe Wirt, the former Secretary of the Army, stood up almost at the same time when they saw House, and the fact that the first wave of attack by the naval guns had made the tension in the room even stronger.

"There are no detailed statistics yet, but Vice Admiral Carr said that there are only a few planes arriving in San Diego, and they are all reconnaissance aircraft, and the current attack on the harbor may be four Hebei-class battleships, plus the telegram sent back by the Juno before, what we can know now is that there is at least a fleet of 200 ships, four Hebei-class battleships, at least 20 cruisers and destroyers, and they have naval guns with a range of about 50 kilometers!"

"50 km!" William Benson was about to faint, and he was still worried about how to deal with the Chinese plane, and he couldn't figure it out after trying his best, but he didn't expect a naval gun with a range of 50 kilometers to appear, is this made by people?

50 km, what caliber is needed? How long is the body? 18 inches, or 20 inches?! Did the Hebei-class battleships also change their naval guns?

House naturally didn't know that it was the problem of the shell, so he came to the conclusion that the development of the shell in this year was indeed lagging behind the naval gun itself, and the only way to increase the range was to increase the caliber, or lengthen the barrel.

William Benson sat down slowly with a gloomy face, now he knows why he used naval artillery to do the first wave of attack, Joe Wirt next to him also had a bad face, if Hua has achieved ultra-long-range shooting of naval guns, then will this technology also be applied to army artillery? If that's the case, it's a big bad thing, which means that when the U.S. artillery and the opponent are bombarded, they will be at an all-round disadvantage, and they will be almost irresistible in terms of their superior air power!

Is it possible to hold the West Coast with an army of 6 million, thousands of aircraft, and a fleet that is half-crippled and perhaps doomed to destruction? Countless thoughts began to rise in everyone's minds, and the worries became more serious.

"His Majesty the President, about the recruitment of the third group of soldiers......." After Joe Werther sat down, he returned to the topic of Gang.

"There are no problems with rifles and artillery, our factories are working at full capacity, and in a month later it will be possible to deliver to the army again 2000 cannons, 2000 machine guns and 500 tanks, and there are also 1500 aircraft, but the soldiers ....... (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Secretary of State Jossen glanced at Wilson, who was silent, gritted his teeth and said, "We are in some trouble. ”

Although Qiao Sen did not explain, many people knew what it meant, and the anti-war pressure in the country was becoming more and more intense, and although the invasion of the country could arouse the enthusiasm of some people to defend their homeland, successive defeats caused this enthusiasm to be unable to prolong, so it was becoming more and more difficult to recruit soldiers.

In fact, since the start of the war, the U.S. government has issued two mobilization orders to recruit soldiers, recruiting a total of 9 million people, of which Australia has lost 500,000, Panama is similar, and 300,000 have not returned to the battlefields in Europe and India, plus the soldiers who have just returned from Panama, there are now only 7.7 million left in the country, and 6 million of them are concentrated on the west coast.

This is not such an impressive number, compared with the population of Europe, in the case of a total population of nearly 20 million, Germany has recruited 12 million soldiers, one soldier for every 6 people, and Britain Although the domestic population is small, but in the early stage in the huge colony still recruited 13 million, France is in a special situation, the old, weak, sick and disabled as long as they can hold guns are included in the reserves, known as tens of millions, although there are not so many, but there are more than 10 million.

So on the day Joe Werther took over, he said that at least 6 million soldiers were needed, without which he could not guarantee victory, and in order to get the president and parliament to pass the third mobilization and conscription bill, but the result was infinitely disappointing, because as of now, the third batch of recruitment numbers is less than 2 million, and with the start of the war with Mexico, the large population base of Mexican people began to defect, so that the proud human resources before the war suddenly became strained.

"Don't worry, I will hand over to you the soldiers who promised you." Wilson stroked his forehead, and although he said so, he actually didn't know the bottom of his heart, unless it was .......

Coercive means!

But if you do this, will it still be free and attract a large number of people to this fertile land?

Wilson took a deep breath, and just as he didn't know how to solve the puzzle, footsteps rang out again: "Your Majesty, Lieutenant General Carr, reported that it was bombed by planes. ”

Plane!

Sure enough, it came.

This news did not make everyone nervous, but relieved, it is not the first time that everyone has fought with the Chinese Navy, and the dispatch of planes means that their main fleet is indeed not far off the coast of San Diego, and now it is necessary to figure out how many planes have been dispatched, and then calculate how many motherships there are, and find out whether the landing point is really in the Baja California Peninsula.

"The second line of defense must be deployed as much as possible, and the third line of defense should be prepared immediately." Colonel House, who had just returned from secret negotiations with China, said: "The Chinese have mastered the superior sea and air forces, the only thing we can use is the depth of the country, we must hold on no matter what, even if we want to end the war, we must wait until Paris recovers, without Paris, there will be no more France, and in the future the situation will be irreversible only by us and Britain." ”

House's words, let everyone nod, the only thing that can be done at present is to arrange a multi-layer defense line to delay time, if Britain and France can really solve Germany quickly, then everything can be salvaged, but if it is .......

House continued: "Vice Admiral Benson, I wonder what happened to the Indian Grand Fleet? We have 4 capital ships and 7 cruisers there, all of them are good, can't we just come out and contain them? If you enter the Pacific Ocean from the Indian Ocean, then it is also possible to reduce the pressure in the west. ”

The Grand Indian Fleet?!

The corners of William Benson's mouth were filled with bitterness, he knew better than anyone that if it weren't for the fact that the Chinese Navy hadn't taken down the doorstep, it was estimated that Cambe had surrendered, and in the past six months, dozens of warships of the Indian Grand Fleet had barely received a decent maintenance in the seawater, and the warm sea water made the bottom of the ship full of shellfish, and now it can only be simply dealt with by divers launching the water every day.

Seriously, the Indian Ocean has a tropical climate, and the erosion of the ship's spare parts is very serious, and due to the lack of heavy industry in India, it is impossible for the fleet to be repaired, otherwise the two wounded French battleships that were towed back to Bombay would not have been left idle and waiting for death.

It's a joke to want to fight into the Pacific Ocean with a fleet that hasn't been well maintained and replenished for more than half a year, not to mention where the fleet can go after departing from Bombay?

Heading west back to the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal was truncated. To go south to Madagascar, you must face the Chinese aircraft and patrol fleet from Socotra and Gan Island in the Maldives, as for the eastward entry into the Pacific Ocean, the Andaman Islands may not be able to pass, let alone enter Malacca, even if you go south of Sumatra, you also need to face the harassment and attack of the Chinese navy from Australia and Borneo, not to mention the war, just let the fleet run on its own, the endurance will not return to the west coast.

"I'll send a telegram directly to England about this." However, William Benson did not directly refuse House, not only because of House's role by Wilson's side, but also because he was already a little unbearable for Campbell, who had lost the face of the British Navy, the Indian Grand Fleet still has dozens of warships in his hands, and no matter how bad it is, there will always be a few ships left to detour to South Africa to come back, but now he is slow to move, and he even ignores the opportunity of Australia last time, he is simply an idiot!

"As for your suggestion, I will carefully consider it, and the Indian Grand Fleet should not be ...... anyway." William Benson was about to continue talking about it when footsteps sounded for the third time.

"Mr. President, Lieutenant General Carr's telegram, the 23rd Division stationed in Tijuana has just been shelled by at least 8 capital battleships, and in addition, our aircraft have just spotted the Chinese transport fleet off Ensenada, 35 kilometers south of Tijuana on the Baja California Peninsula, and according to the pilot's report, the transport fleet is less than 15 kilometers from the coast, and a large number of small boats have been dropped."

"Are they going to land?!"

For them, now is not to consider how long San Diego can be defended, not how long the Pacific Fleet will be, but to first judge where the opponent's landing ground is, and to strengthen the deployment of the army in a targeted manner, at least to give full play to the numerical advantage.

"200 transport ships, according to the Chinese army standards, can carry at least 4 infantry divisions and 80,000 people, but the border of the peninsula is narrow, this point of strength is certainly not enough to defeat us into San Diego, so if there is a large fleet of ships arriving in the next two days, then it means that the Chinese will really go all out to land on the peninsula!" This was said by the Minister of the Navy, Bajer, who had not spoken.

"I agree with Charles's judgment that if a second or third fleet arrives, then this will definitely be a landing site, and we can pull all the troops on standby in Arizona to the border to block them!"

"It's not that simple, even if we pull it all over, how can we deal with aircraft and ultra-long-range naval guns?"

"Trenches, let the soldiers deepen and widen the trenches, we can only hold on!"

The news suddenly made the conference room lively, and just when everyone was discussing fiercely, the footsteps interrupted everyone for the fourth time, this time, bringing a shocking news!

"Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman died, and the fleet stationed inside San Diego ......."

"What!"

William Benson jumped up again, looked up at the big clock in the corner, and his face was full of disbelief.

How can it be?

How can it be!

From the first shell fell, less than 3 hours passed, and in 3 hours, 10 battleships and dozens of cruisers and destroyers were destroyed under the intensive protection of 400 anti-aircraft guns and machine guns in the harbor, and they also had more than 200 anti-aircraft weapons.

After experiencing the initial tension and ignorance, the US military also found some rules for dealing with aircraft, otherwise there would be no lightning embankment, according to the test, with the protection of the lightning embankment of the fleet, it takes at least 15 torpedoes to destroy one, and the bay is not the sea, the offensive surface is narrow, even if 10 can sink one, 10 battleships, 7 cruisers plus up to 37 destroyers and other auxiliary ships, at least hundreds of torpedoes are needed!

Could it be that the Chinese are playing extraordinarily today, and the bomb hit rate is 100 percent? Or rather.......

All their aircraft carriers are here ?!

RO！ ~！