Chapter 320: Chain Reaction
As night fell, news of the attack on Pearl Harbor had spread throughout the New World through newspapers, television, radio, and other channels.
The crowd began to stir, long lines formed in front of the store, everyone was anxiously discussing the incident, only the innocent and innocent children were still cheering for it, they thought that the federal government would only need one day to get the enemy to surrender, this time the news added a touch of excitement to their uneventful lives, only a few children showed fear of the news, especially their parents told them that it would kill many, many people.
After the incident, many foreign embassies in the New World were also busy, and one by one transatlantic phone calls were made, and the first to get the news was undoubtedly Williams of the British Empire, and his deputy Churchill.
After receiving this news, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and all the countries that had been pressed by Germany, Italy, and Japan in the war were relieved at the same time, knowing that the balance of war was ready to begin to tilt in their favor.
On the lawn in front of the White House, many people spontaneously gathered here and began to sing loudly, and reporters also gathered around to interview people and follow the report.
Zhou Yu and the cripple stood in front of the wide floor-to-ceiling window and watched the scene in the distance.
Tonight, the weather is a little cool, the mist makes the moonlight a little hazy, the White House is brightly lit, and many staff members are working overtime to keep busy.
Finally, Zhou Yu's phone rang, and it was Roosevelt himself.
[Bruce, I need your help, the federal government has officially declared war on Japan, Germany, and Italy, I need your military talent and overall vision, and I need your Chamber of Commerce to provide scheduling and economic support, are you willing to accept my invitation? My friend. 】
Zhou Yu showed a silent smile and said: "Of course, Franklin, now is the time for us to join forces, and to hell with both Japanese militarism and fascism." ”
The next day, Roosevelt stood on the podium of Congress, clubbed on crutches, and delivered an impassioned speech.
"Yesterday was a day of shame, the Atlantic Fleet of the Federal Government was deliberately raided by the Japanese naval aviation, and they even deceived us with false statements and low profiles even before that, and not only that, in the twenty-four hours that have passed, Japan has launched a general attack on all our strongholds in the Pacific, including but not limited to Midway, Wake Island, Guam, the Philippines, Malaysia, etc., and they have launched surprise attacks on the entire Pacific region, and all this is needless to say, This is a long-planned aggression. ”
Originally, some people hoped that it was an accident, but then the actions of the Japanese completely dispelled their illusions, this was a long-planned plan, this was aggression, and there was no reason to quibble.
This time, the members of Congress were excited, and when Roosevelt finished his last sentence, the audience erupted in deafening applause.
Although the speech was not long, the number of people who listened to and watched the live broadcast was close to 100 million!
Within an hour of the speech, both chambers formally adopted the declaration of bell, with only one vote in the House against it, while the Senate voted unanimously.
A light raindrop fell on the wreckage of the battleship lying half-dead in the harbor, and although a few days had passed, Pearl Harbor still saw no hope in sight like a dying patient.
Hong Ah Ghost cleaned his hands, his eyes were a little puffy, his face was haggard and his beard was unshaven, he basically didn't rest in the past few days, commanding his own people to treat the wounded nearby, rescue supplies, and tow ships that could still repair battles to the shipyard.
However, Zhou Yu's order has also been issued, and the dragon that is lurking in the back of the Dragon Chamber of Commerce is about to stretch its muscles.
"Tell everyone, pack your belongings, leave your medicines, food, and set sail!"
"Yes! Sir! ”
The armed merchant ship of the Dragon Chamber of Commerce, the aircraft carrier "Dragon", slowly sailed away from Pearl Harbor, and many soldiers stood in front of the ship looking at the dilapidated port, looking very bad, but soon they were refreshed and returned to their respective posts, because next, it was really time for them to play their role.
In New York's Chinatown Plaza, Situ Meitang stood on a statue and gave an impassioned speech, passionately mobilizing all his disciples to join in the battle.
Soon, he recruited more than 2,000 people and transported them to the training ground for urgent training as quickly as possible.
In the financial room of the Chinese United Chamber of Commerce, dozens of financial personnel were buried in piles of dollars to count and sort out, and they were continuously transported outward.
On the other side, outside the Longxing Military Academy, Helen, who was wearing leather boots and was heroic, put down the phone and said loudly: "All the mercenaries have been summoned for me~~~ It's their turn to go to the battlefield~~!" ”
In Native American reservations in Texas, Las Vegas, and Alaska, soldiers with feathers on their heads and oil paint on their faces counted their equipment, boarded trucks under the leadership of Chinese-faced commanders, and assembled toward the West Coast.
All the factories controlled by the Dragon Chamber of Commerce were also at full power at the same time, rushing to work day and night, and urgently recruiting more workers, calling on women to join in, because the federal government at this time was already in a state of national war readiness, and the Dragon Chamber of Commerce was just the beginning, when Roosevelt's order was issued, the factories on the entire continent were all running, and they were uniformly distributed and managed by Zhou Yu.
The whole New World is like an athlete who has been injected with doping, every cell is beating, every liter of blood is burning, and the whole New World is like an athlete who has been injected with doping, every cell is beating, every liter of blood is burning, and it has been completely activated.
However, there are two flowers, and we will each watch one.
Just before Pearl Harbor was attacked and the city of Nanjing was not besieged, the flames of war in Europe had already burned across the entire Mediterranean coast.
After the Germans and the Soviet Union partitioned Poland, the former fought a "sit-down war" with Britain and France on the Western Front, each huddled in their own defensive offensive, well-armed and well-manned, but did not lose a single soldier.
The latter, however, gathered a large army to invade Finland, unexpectedly encountered great trouble in front of this insignificant small country, where there were no roads, only forests, lakes, mountains and thick snow, but the Soviet army still gathered 27 divisions and an astonishing number of artillery to bring Finland to the negotiating table, forced to sign an unequal peace treaty.
Although Germany's sit-down war with Britain and France continued, Hitler's footsteps would not stop.
After the German army took Denmark in only four hours with a thunderous momentum, it took another day to take Oslo, the capital of Norway, and a few days later the British and French troops landed in Norway to launch a counterattack, but the effect was very limited, and the German blitzkrieg was invincible, and in a short period of time successively captured the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and other places, and finally aimed the spearhead at France, the strongest in Europe.
At the same time, Mussolini, eager to get a piece of the pie, also decisively declared war on Britain and France, and marched into the British and French colonies north of the Mediterranean and North Africa.
In Paris, France, Xie Sancong, the leader of the Chinese United Trade Union, received one piece of information after another, all of which were war reports sent back by those national intelligence officers, and even he did not expect that the German army's offensive speed would be so fast, and his opponents were so vulnerable, they all lived on the same continent, how could the combat effectiveness be so different?