Dewey was a little enraged: "General Turner, do you know what you're talking about?" Just the cities you mentioned just now have a population of millions and a large number of industrial facilities, did you evacuate with a casual word? ”

"Then the only way to do this is to let civilians hide in bomb shelters, and the Germans did the same when we bombed Germany in the past!" Turner shrugged, "Homeland Defense isn't my responsibility, and I really can't think of a better way." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Arnold continued: "In order to deal with the Japanese offensive on Hawaii, we have transferred a lot of crews from the west coast to Hawaii, and the current defense force is relatively weak, but in the next two days, I will find a way to deploy 200-300 jets over, and transfer a batch of other aircraft." ”

"How much?"

"600-700 skilled fighter pilots, there are no more."

Dewey's heart was cold when he heard this: The coastline of the West Coast of the United States is more than 2,000 kilometers long, and there are only 600 to 700 planes, which means that there can only be more than 30 planes on the 100-kilometer coastline -- he has read the intelligence that the main force of the United Fleet has at least 400 planes.

"This is not going to work, General Arnold, and we must find a way to strengthen it."

"Strengthen?" Arnold's voice suddenly rose a few decibels, "How to strengthen, send planes from the east coast to reinforce?" What if the Germans come to attack the East Coast? Or take a plane from South America to the West Coast? Then next time people point their noses and scold me and say that I don't cover the Li Qiwei cluster? Or simply abandon Hawaii and pump back the planes there? ”

"That's not going to work, then you'll be a traitor." Turner sneered, "According to my strategy, the big cities will be evacuated as much as possible, and the small cities and suburbs will not have to worry about him, and the bombs will not hit a few people." When Lu Aerospace went to bomb Germany, I didn't see Germans taking to the streets to protest against the government? A few more bombings, the people will naturally have a sense of air defense, and the losses will not be very large. ”

Dewey's face sank: "Germany is Germany, and the United States is the United States!" The two countries have different national conditions, how can they be generalized? We have to figure out a way, otherwise we won't be able to give an account to the people. ”

Turner was angry, slapped the table and said: "This is not good, that is not good, you just come to command, people who have not studied in military school for a day will point fingers at military deployment at every turn, what do you know?" You are just a peace ambassador, why should you make irresponsible remarks about the discussions of the Joint Chiefs of Staff! ”

"You!" Dewey glared.

"Turner, how did you talk to Mr. Dewey? Why don't you apologize quickly? Mr. Dewey will be the next president. Lehi suddenly remembered that Turner, the thorn in the Wallace incident, had no deal with Dewey, and quickly stood up to play a round.

"Next?" Turner sneered, "That means he's not president yet." As for the next one, I'm not going to do it! He will find whoever he likes! ”

Regardless of what the others thought, he slammed the door and left, leaving the others with stunned faces......

Before everyone came to their senses, Arnold also put on his military hat and left, and before leaving, he threw down a sentence: "You guys first discuss the best strategy, I will follow your strategy, I will go to the west coast to deploy fighter air defense first." You don't have to worry too much about the Japanese bombing, it's great that I will take the blame and resign. ”

Only Truman sat in his seat silently, unhappy or angry, as if to tell Dewey: "Do you think it is so easy to be president?" You'll know when you're in this position! ”

Dewey reluctantly turned his head to Truman and said, "Your Excellency, is this how the Joint Chiefs of Staff usually meet?" I've really gained a lot of knowledge. ”

Truman smiled bitterly: "Everyone is holding back the fire in their stomachs, soldiers, emotions are like this, don't take it too seriously." ”

The new First Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Clark, stood up and played a round: "Your Excellency, Mr. Dewey, although it is not very advantageous for the Japanese army to attack the west coast, I think there are still two positive factors. First, this shows that the main force of the Combined Fleet has left the waters of the Central Pacific Ocean and is heading towards the west coast, which can create an opportunity for General Nimitz to lead the fleet to break through to Hawaii smoothly. Second, in this case, it is militarily advantageous to give priority to negotiating an armistice with Germany and negotiating peace, and there is a decent explanation for the population. ”

Clark's words made Dewey's face soothe, and there was a certain step to go down.

After more than an hour of deliberation, the Joint Chiefs of Staff finally reached the following opinions:

1. Since the Japanese army's notice has been issued, it is simply made public, and the National Guard is responsible for a certain degree of evacuation in key cities on the west coast;

2. Take advantage of these two days to step up the deployment of air defense facilities such as radar, antiaircraft guns, searchlights, fighter planes, etc., and continue to enhance anti-air attack capabilities;

3. The Army and Navy will continue to strengthen the search, and if the Japanese fleet can be found, it will be destroyed as soon as possible;

4. Urge the Nimitz fleet to rush to Pearl Harbor as soon as possible and complete the repair and repair of the ships, and consider intercepting the returning Japanese fleet if the situation permits;

5. Negotiate an armistice with Germany through the channels of a third country -- Dewey is responsible.

At the end of the meeting, only Dewey and Truman were left, and Dewey said a little unhappily: "It seems that President Roosevelt spoiled these officers, and they don't have much respect for you." ”

Truman sneered twice in his heart, but spread his hands helplessly on his face: "What can I do?" I'm not an elected president, am I just a transitional role? Now Admiral King and Admiral Marshall have left the front line of command due to illness, and Nimitz and MacArthur, who replaced them, are still drifting at sea, and we can only find a way to work together......"

Dewey, of course, knew that Truman had not given himself a little bit of disgrace, and he thought that Arnold's reaction was acceptable and tolerable - soldiers were always a little grumpy, but Turner had never expected such a jump, and he felt very annoyed when he thought of Lehi's smiling old face.

In the entire Joint Chiefs of Staff, except for Nimitz and MacArthur, who had not seen anyone, only Army Clark and Navy Hewitt were still old-fashioned, and Mitchell, the commander of the Atlantic Fleet, was also a slippery head, and when he was asked when he would be ready, he was never sure, and he just blindly shirked the great difficulty.

After being silent for a long time, Dewey said: "I heard that General Spruance's body is almost recovering, can he be reconvened to participate in the relevant work, he ......"

Truman nodded: "I also have this intention, and I will let him come to work at the Joint Staff Council in two days." Your peace engagement needs to be quick, the military intelligence system analyzes that the German army will soon make a move against South Africa, and if this bargaining chip is lost, we may pay more at the negotiating table. ”

Letting Dewey attend the meeting, triggering a conflict between Dewey and the people in the Joint Staff, and making Turner jump up and take the lead in attacking were of course Truman's expected thoughts, and Dewey simply thought that the military or Truman was going to give him a dismissal, and he didn't care about it anyway -- after he came to power, he originally planned to purge a group of people, and now he jumped out to make it convenient for him to attack in the future, and he would not even hesitate at all.

But Dewey did not understand what Truman really thought, and the dismount was completely arbitrary, and mature politicians disdained to adopt it, and he had a deeper pursuit, and Turner's "performance" exacerbated the drama of this conflict.

In the evening, the shocking news spread, and Turner publicly announced his resignation and held a press conference.

A reporter asked: "General Turner, what do you think of the threat of the imminent attack of the Japanese fleet on the west coast?" And what kind of response measures have been taken? ”

"The Joint Staff Committee has fully discussed and deployed the countermeasures, and they have all been promoted, and I am inconvenient to disclose how they are military secrets. But I can talk about the connotation of this threat......" Turner said eloquently, "There has been a statement in recent years, especially after Hitler's radio speech last night, which seems to have reinstated the idea that it is very easy for the United States to make peace with Germany and then turn around against Japan, not to mention that Japan and Germany are now closely cooperating and are allies with close relations and all-round support for each other, and that the commander who is currently commanding the German fleet is actually a Japanese admiral. One need only consider one question: Why did Germany abandon relations with Japan in order to reach an understanding with the United States? ”

The reporters nodded, and this was another topic of interest to them.

"Buy! To buy the Germans by betraying the long-term interests of the American people! Turner sneered, "I don't know what the terms of peace between the United States and Germany can be, but there are a few conditions that are certainly inevitable: first, the United States is not allowed to interfere in Germany's aggressive actions in Europe, let it be used as a prestige, wantonly dismember the Soviet Union and Britain, and invade the territories of Czechoslovakia, Poland, and France; Second, the United States is not allowed to interfere in Germany's occupation of large colonies in the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas, enslavement of the people of the Middle East, Africa, and South America, and support various dictatorships and puppet regimes. Third, even after the armistice, Germany will continue to export all kinds of planes, tanks, artillery, and warships to Japan, so that Japan will continue to fight with us and use the hands of the Japanese to deal with us...... What if Mr. Dewey wanted peace? It is to bow to the Germans, to wag their tails and beg for mercy to the Germans, and to agree to all kinds of conditions of surrender put forward by Germany. ”

"Do you have proof?"

"I didn't, but I was very worried. This can be seen from his constant pursuit of peace with Germany, suppressing the president's acceptance of demands, and repeatedly declaring that there is no essential conflict of interest with Germany. Turner sneered, "I hope the press will pay attention to what they are dealing with and see if the publicly announced terms are the same thing as secret agreements." And I will call on all the American people to persist again and again, the Chinese people have persevered for 7 years, gradually regained lost ground, and two days ago they also recovered Wuhan, a big city relative to Chicago, why can't we hold on? ”

"We will."

"If Mr. Dewey can bring a truly fair and just peace to the United States, which does not harm the fundamental and long-term interests of the American people, I will personally apologize and let it go, if not, ......" Dewey sighed, "I hope he will get out of the White House as soon as possible in the future!" lest they be nailed to the pillar of shame in history! ”