"Mr. President, I think in the current situation, we have to give up something in exchange for peace in the heart of the United States.

I think the Navy should prioritize the security of the East Coast over the West Coast, concentrating all the navies in the Atlantic Ocean to protect the best of our world. Seeing that the situation at the meeting was a little awkward, General Pershing, who had a high prestige, stood up and reiterated the most important purpose of the meeting, that is, the army's battle plan.

"General Pershing, is your proposal a little unrealistic?" Secretary of State Lighters immediately retorted, saying with a look of disbelief: "If we give up the West Coast first, I am afraid that the entire West will fall into the hands of the enemy without waiting for the enemy's attack." ”

"It may seem silly, but it's the best thing we can do at the moment." General Pershing explained with a cold face: "You must know that our naval strength is limited, and it is impossible to completely hold the east and west coasts.

Even to put it mildly, even if the navy is all assembled, the east coast may not be able to hold it.

Splitting the Navy to the West Coast will only increase the pressure on the East Coast, do you want to see Washington fall again, Mr. Letters? ”

Hearing General Pershing say this, US Secretary of State Lighters looked embarrassed and did not dare to say anything more.

In any case, General Pershing's prestige in the army was relatively high, and even MacArthur had to give General Pershing a face.

Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible for him, a secretary of state, who has little foundation in the government, to come into conflict with General Pershing head-on.

"General Pershing, you continued." Seeing that someone finally opened his mouth to propose a plan, President Hoover, who was originally a little embarrassed, breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly looked at General Pershing with expectant eyes.

"I think our current battle plan can be divided into two parts." General Pershing nodded, looked at everyone, and introduced very seriously: "

Laissez-faire defensive decisions can be taken throughout the western region. Aren't all the states in the west having a decent number of National Guards? Let them take charge of their own defense tasks.

Keeping all of the Army's main forces in the eastern states and doing everything we can to protect the best parts of the United States is our top priority at the moment. ”

"But won't that hasten the independence of the western states?" Although President Hoover was blind and arrogant, this does not mean that President Hoover was a pure fool.

At the very least, being too laissez-faire would give the western states more power, and President Hoover could still see it.

"There's no way around it, Mr. President." General Pershing spread his hands and said to Hoover helplessly: "Judging from our current military strength, it is impossible for the western states to hold it.

Rather than being captured by the enemy in our hands, let them form their own defenses and engage the enemy.

Even if states want to be independent, they have to face the coming enemy first, right? They should also understand that being occupied by the enemy also means a defeat of independence, believing that they will give everything for their own interests.

Compared to the combined army, the National Guard in these states can only play the role of blocking, just enough to help us wear down the enemy's strength.

As long as we can train more troops to fight the war, we may not be able to win the Eastern Defense War in the face of the huge disparity in supply and consumption.

As long as we hold on to the east, the combined forces that occupy only the west will inevitably create a rift, and this is also an opportunity for us to achieve a counteroffensive and thus end this war. ”

President Hoover nodded excitedly, understanding the general idea of General Pershing's battle plan.

After all, he is a qualified politician, not to mention his ability to govern the country, President Hoover's political vision is still qualified, otherwise he would not have successfully become the president of the United States.

As long as the United States can successfully defend the eastern region, it will actually realize one part of General Pershing's plan.

The enemies facing the western part of the United States are most likely Russia and Australasia, with Australasia being the more powerful.

This also represents the fact that the main forces of the combined army are actually in the eastern region.

If the western gains are large and the eastern gains are not, the mere question of the distribution of benefits will be enough to create a rift within the coalition army.

It is believed that Britain and France do not want to see Australasia monopolize the western part of the United States and they will gain nothing, and if they create a rift or even directly break out into conflict because of the partition of the western part of the United States, it will be the time for the American counteroffensive that General Pershing said.

The biggest reason why General Pershing's plan is hopeful is that nearly seventy percent of the population of the United States is now in the East.

Although the economic crisis forced some of the population to flee to the west, the population in the east is still more than 60 million.

What's more, the economy and industry in the east are also more developed, and the importance of the east is far greater than that of the west from all angles.

"Then how can our Pacific Fleet be transferred to the Atlantic? Is it necessary to take a detour to South America? President Hoover suddenly thought of a question and looked at General Pershing.

"Maybe that's all there is to it, Mr. President." General Pershing said helplessly: "The Panama Canal was lost too early, and it was impossible to pass through the Panama Canal under the enemy's surveillance, and the slightest carelessness could lead to the total annihilation of the Pacific Fleet."

Although it would have taken more time to detour through South America, it would have been much more than the Pacific Fleet had lost more than half of its strength. ”

Seeing that President Hoover's expression had relaxed too much, General Pershing couldn't help but remind: "Mr. President, at present, our enemy is half of the world, so we can't be sloppy and careless.

In addition to concentrating our navy on the east coast, we should expand our forces as quickly as possible, at least to more than 2 million troops, so that we can hold the entire eastern region in the face of an enemy attack.

In the previous world war, Germany had also singled out the whole world, if it were not for the lack of logistics supplies and materials that dragged Germany down, it would be no problem to drag it out for a few more years, and it could even drag down Britain and France in reverse.

At present, we are fighting on our own soil, and our land area and material reserves are more abundant, and we can theoretically drag down Britain and France.

We are not the only one who is suffering from an economic crisis, but the whole of Europe is suffering from a very serious economic crisis.

As long as we can drag on for a few years, Britain and France will sooner or later collapse in an economic crisis due to high war spending, and we can even take this opportunity to become the world's first power, thus dominating the Pacific and Atlantic. ”

Originally, I wanted to remind President Hoover not to be too careless, but I didn't expect General Pershing's few words of reminder to make President Hoover lose his fighting spirit a little, and Pershing could only say some words of encouragement, first draw a big pie to let President Hoover regain hope.

As for the front-line operations, President Hoover does not need to worry about it. As long as President Hoover can stabilize the U.S. government and provide the military with as much supplies as possible, General Pershing is confident that he will complete his plan.

President Hoover rubbed his brows, barely boursed up and said to General Pershing: "I will inform the military factories under the major consortia to resume production and produce as many weapons and equipment and ammunition as possible for the army."

At the same time, the government will sell a new batch of government bonds, hoping to raise more military spending for the military. ”

At present, there are three major problems in the recruitment of soldiers in the US Army, one of which is the problem of the source of soldiers, which can be solved by spending more money.

The second is the issue of weapons and equipment, calling on US military factories to carry out larger-scale expansion, and continuous expansion of production lines can barely make up for the vacancy of weapons and equipment.

The third and most serious problem is that there are too few low-level officers in the United States, and the military currently has a serious shortage of middle- and lower-level commanders.

The current number of US troops is three times that of six months ago, which also means that the middle and lower commanders are also three times the previous one.

Because the US Army did not have much reserves in terms of grassroots commanders before, there were already many recruits who had just joined the army and became commanders, which was a huge test for the combat effectiveness of the new army.

At present, General Pershing can only draw some of the veterans to become the commander of the new army, and although this barely strengthens the order of the newly formed army, it is also a weakening for the army of the transferred soldiers.

The Americans were anxiously preparing for war, and Arthur was keeping an eye on the situation in Hawaii in Australasia.

Since the Hawaiian landings began on July 17, Arthur has been keeping an eye on telegrams from Hawaii and waiting for good news from General Silvio.

However, Hawaii is the official territory of the United States, and its defense force is naturally much stronger than that of the previous American Philippines.

Especially after the United States lost the Philippines, Hawaii became an important springboard for the Pacific Ocean and one of the important garrisons of the Pacific Fleet.

The reason why Arthur is more concerned about Hawaiian intelligence is because of Hawaii's unique geographical location and the Americans' defensive arrangements in Hawaii.

Not counting the deployment of the Navy, the United States had three infantry regiments stationed in Hawaii, and these three infantry regiments were quickly formed into infantry brigades after the outbreak of war.

It is worth mentioning that one of the three infantry regiments is a regular unit of the United States, and the other two infantry regiments are the militia of Hawaii State, and their combat effectiveness is still relatively weak compared to the regular regiments.

It can be seen from the deployment of US military forces in Hawaii that in the minds of Americans, Hawaii is indeed much more important than the Philippines.

If it weren't for the fact that the original U.S. army was only 80,000, Arthur believed that the U.S. would have stationed at least one division in Hawaii, or even more.

But alas, the Americans chose disarmament after World War I, and now it is impossible to increase the garrison in Hawaii, because Hawaii is already fully surrounded by the Indian Ocean fleets of Australasia and Britain.

More than 10 days have passed since the Hawaii landings, and the campaign has basically achieved results.

In fact, if you look at the combat strength of the Australasian army, this landing battle should be solved in a short time.

But in fact, Silvio, in order to carry out Arthur's spirit of reducing casualties, basically did not allow the Australasian army to force a landing.

The first few days of the landing station were all suppressed by air force and navy fire, ploughing all the areas of Hawaii where there were American troops, and the number of shells and bombs consumed exceeded 100,000 rounds.

Such a bombardment was also fruitful, and by the time the Australasian army forced its landing on the fourth day, there had been very little counterattack from the Hawaiian garrison.

This does not mean that most of the Hawaiian garrison was killed in the explosion. In fact, most of the U.S. military has not experienced war, and they are recruits who have only served in recent years.

More than 10 years have passed since World War I, and the soldiers who once represented the United States in World War I have long since retired, and some have died in the Washington massacre.

With most of them recruits, it is naturally impossible for these American soldiers to have the courage to stand up and resist after facing a large-scale bombardment.

After all, cannonballs don't have eyes, and if a cannonball falls to one's side, it will break one's arm or leg at the least, and at the worst it will directly lose one's life.

On the 7th day of the steady advance, the 11th day of the official siege of Hawaii, Arthur finally received a telegram from Hawaii.

It was a telegram sent directly by General Silvio to Arthur, detailing the current results of the Hawaiian landings, and reporting to Arthur the latest news that Honolulu, the capital of Hawaii, had been captured.

An entire American infantry brigade lost more than 1,000 soldiers, and all the others were captured by Australasia and reduced to prisoners.

Because of General Silvio's prudence, the casualties on the Australasian side were relatively small, with less than a hundred dead and only a few hundred wounded.

It is noteworthy that as one of the stations of the US Pacific Fleet, no trace of the US Pacific Fleet was found in Hawaii.

However, General Silvio is not surprised by this, after all, Hawaii is only a bridgehead, and the entire western region of the United States, California, is the most important.

Especially when the Panama Canal is already blocked, where can the US Navy go? Most likely, it's on the West Coast.

After a telegram of encouragement to General Silvio and all the soldiers, Arthur smiled and instructed the government to announce the good news in a timely manner and arrange for the takeover of Hawaii.

Arthur of Hawaii is definitely going to be annexed, after all, it is located in the center of the Pacific Ocean, which can radiate east to the west coast of the United States, so that Australasia can support its own puppet state on the west coast of the United States in the future.

With Hawaii as a springboard, Australasia could better control the West Coast of the United States, and Arthur could rest assured that his other sons would be divided into the soon-to-be-founded countries on the West Coast.

The development potential of the West Coast of the United States is still good, especially in California, which is not inferior to European countries in terms of scale of development in later generations.

Divide the entire West Coast of the United States into several countries and divide them among your sons, first, to better control these countries, and secondly, to let your family branch out, a few little ones support each other, and maintain the rule and status of the royal family after Arthur.

In fact, it has been decided from the political system of Australasia that if you want to support the country on the west coast of the United States, this new country is very likely to be a monarchy.

After all, Australasia is a monarchy, and his little brother is still clamoring for democracy and freedom, isn't this creating a bomb for himself that can threaten him at any time?

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