At this time in the White House, President Hoover was sitting on his desk and scolding.

Unfortunately, it has done nothing to help the dire situation facing the United States right now, even though President Hoover has smashed several of his office's treasured antiques.

President Hoover thought he would be able to pick up on the Coolidge administration and cast himself into one of the greatest presidents in American history by leading Americans out of the economic crisis.

But I didn't expect that not long after I became president, I faced a terrible danger that no previous American president had faced.

The hardest times for the United States were probably the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. But the strongest enemy at that time was the British, and they still had the help of the French.

But now, not only Britain and France are on the opposite side of themselves, but nearly 30 countries are fighting against the United States and joining the war together.

Although the number of troops they dispatched is only a small part, the combined number of troops in 30 countries exceeds 800,000, more than 10 times the number of US troops.

What's worse is that the navy, which the Americans are proud of, is nothing in front of the combined fleets of these countries.

The British Royal Navy went all out, obviously trying to directly defeat the U.S. Navy, and then move in and out of U.S. territory at will.

The bad news is that the current United States is not the United States of its heyday. The economic crisis has left the United States financially strained, and it is unclear whether there will be enough money to invest in the war.

What is even worse is that all kinds of chaotic conflicts in the United States are like bombs, which may kill the country at any time.

In the face of such serious internal and external troubles, let alone President Hoover, even if President Washington, who established the United States, is resurrected, there is absolutely nothing to be done.

"What are the archipelago people doing?" President Hoover scolded: "Tell the islanders that they must abide by our covenant and join in this defensive war."

Otherwise, once we emerge from this war, the island nation will face full-scale retaliation from the United States. ”

"Mr. President, the ambassador of the island nation left yesterday, and I am afraid they will not help us in this war." The U.S. Secretary of State said with a heavy face.

"What? How can you let the ambassador of the island country go? "President Hoover is really angry, if it weren't for the bad head, I'm afraid the antique would not have smashed the table, but the secretary of state next to him.

"Mr. President, can we still stop the ambassador of the island nation? IMHO, doing so will only give us one more enemy. The diplomatic ambassador said with some annoyance.

Although the position was appointed by President Hoover, this does not mean that he has to obey President Hoover's orders unconditionally.

Besides, everyone is at the top of the American political arena, and they all have the support of capital behind them, so who can be afraid of whom?

Hearing the Secretary of State say this, President Hoover finally realized his gaffe, and his face softened and said to the Secretary of State: "I'm sorry, Thomas, but I lost my mind. ”

"It's okay, Mr. President." Secretary of State Thomas smiled: "I was just about to tell you that I have recently become seriously ill and can no longer adapt to the position of Secretary of State, so please allow me to resign." ”

Hearing the Secretary of State say this, President Hoover's face changed, and he already understood the Secretary of State's intentions.

At present, the situation facing the United States is a dead end, and remaining in the government can only act as Hoover's back-bearer and enjoy the infamy of President Hoover through the ages.

Although you can't get out early, you don't have to bear the blame for losing the war.

You must know that the intention of the coalition army is definitely not as simple as making the United States pay reparations, and there is a high probability that it will divide the territory of the United States.

The government that led to the division of the United States is destined to bear the infamy of the ages, and being able to leave early is a kind of preservation of its own political reputation.

While he understood the Secretary of State's intentions, President Hoover had nothing to do. You can't force the secretary of state to resign, can you?

Even if the secretary of state can be forcibly retained, it will make the current US government panic, and it will not even have to wait for the enemy to come.

In the next few days, several secretaries of important departments of the U.S. government resigned, and President Hoover agreed to them all.

In the end, most of those who remained were Republican officials, that is, from the same party as President Hoover.

It's not that Republican officials are going to stand up to President Hoover. The main thing is that President Hoover is a Republican is already an unchangeable fact, and it is completely too late for the Republican Party to withdraw now.

It is better to give it a go and see if we can preserve the unity of the United States. As long as the unity of the United States can be preserved, even if more reparations can be paid for it, it is better than tearing the United States apart under the presidency of Republican President Hoover.

If it really leads to a split in the United States during President Hoover's tenure, I am afraid that the Republican Party will become a street rat in the United States that everyone shouts at.

Republican-born officials and candidates are also destined to be unpopular. Without popular support, a party has lost its roots.

With the all-out response of the Republican Party, the US government has formulated a large number of strategies, including building a large number of submarines, blocking information as much as possible, building a large number of batteries on the seashore, frantically expanding the size of the army, entering a state of combat readiness of the navy, and making military factories go all out to produce weapons and equipment.

On June 28, the U.S. government launched a nationwide conscription. The scale of the conscription was even larger than it was during World War I, and it was expected that at least 2 million soldiers would be recruited.

Almost at the same time, major civilian military factories also received orders from the military. All sorts of armaments are being frantically produced, and the entire country of the United States has entered a state of war.

In addition to this, the United States and Canada, as well as Mexico, have stepped up patrols along their borders. In addition to the possibility of coalition forces landing on the shores of the United States, it is also possible for them to land in Canada, Mexico, the neighbors of the United States, and directly kill the United States on land.

Compared with the landing war, this kind of land war is what the United States is most afraid of at present.

The Americans are already frustrated that North America has not been completely unified, and the two remaining neighbors in the north and south have become the biggest threat.

However, whether it is Canada or Mexico, the United States cannot eliminate it in a short time, and can only continue to expand the defense force on the border, praying that the enemy will not attack from the land in a short time.

On June 29, 1928, nearly 30 countries, led by Britain, France, and Australia, formally declared war on the United States, and immediately expelled the American ambassadors to these countries.

Almost at the same time, the United States also declared war on these countries, expressing its firm attitude.

Long before the declaration of war, that is, after the spoils of the meeting, the armies of Britain, France and Australia were already mobilizing.

Everyone knew that it was easiest to attack the United States by land, and the direction of the three countries' armies was also Canada, intending to directly destroy the United States from north to south.

The good news is that at the subsequent meeting of the World Alliance, Mexico also decisively joined the ranks of the war against the United States.

This also allowed the combined forces to achieve a situation in which the United States was encircled by the north and the south, and the pressure on the United States on land became greater.

The geographical advantage that the United States was proud of has now become a disadvantage to restrain the United States.

As long as the north and the south face the enemy's flanking attack, the American army will have nowhere to escape. A combined army with superior naval superiority can also easily blockade the east and west coasts of the United States, and the United States, like a turtle in the middle, is simply unable to receive assistance from other countries.

Now, of course, there is a dilemma that the United States must choose, and that is whether to assemble the navy.

After the outbreak of war, the Panama Canal, which was like a lifeline for the United States, would certainly not be saved.

The Panama Canal is too far away from the United States for the United States to use a large army force to protect the Panama Canal.

This also means that after the outbreak of war, the transportation arteries of the east and west coasts of the United States will be blocked.

After the loss of the Panama Canal, the U.S. Pacific Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet would be in separate positions.

The Navy is already inferior, and if it is divided into two parts, the Navy will have no hope of winning at all.

The combined forces only need to drag one fleet in the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean and use the main force to encircle and suppress the other fleet, and they can easily destroy the entire US navy by dividing and annihilating it.

But the United States doesn't have a very good way. Bringing together fleets in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans can indeed strengthen the strength of a single fleet, but in exchange for a significant weakening of the coastal defense capabilities of another ocean.

Fully defended against the Atlantic, and there is a strong enemy like Australasia in the Pacific. But if the Pacific Ocean were fully defended, the European coalition in the Atlantic could easily defeat Washington.

How to mobilize the navy has become the biggest problem, because everything is wrong, and it seems that it is impossible to give the navy an advantage.

When the navy fell into a disadvantage, the actual situation of the United States had become that it was being attacked from all sides, and the outcome of this war was already doomed before it began.

Under the premise that the Americans cannot keep the Panama Canal, what the Americans do is in vain, it is nothing more than delaying the end of the war.

But for the current combined army, the most important thing is time. Anyway, after defeating the United States, there is a lot of money, and there is a large number of people to squeeze, so I am not in a hurry to consume funds in a short time.

Although it seems that Panama is still controlled by the Americans, the defenses of the Panama Canal cannot even be countered by the coalition forces of the Central American countries, let alone the coalition forces.

Sure enough.

At the suggestion of Britain, France, and Australia, the Central American countries formed a coalition of nearly 50,000 troops to march towards the Panama Canal, and the intention was already very obvious.

On July 1, 1928, the flames of war were finally ignited near the Panama Canal.

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