The fear was exacerbated by the presentation of Lieutenant General Carl Spartts, the third in command of the Army Airlines and commander of the air force responsible for the defense of North America and the East Coast, and former chairman of the Newfoundland Joint Shipping Management Committee. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In addition to more than 100 jets, there are nearly 600 combat aircraft on Newfoundland, but only 15% of them are skilled crews, and if Canadians and Britons are excluded, this proportion will drop to less than 9%. Everyone's hearts are about to jump out - the West Coast, Panama, Pearl Harbor still have 20-30% skilled crews, and they are all beaten like this, and only 15% of the skilled crews are not pure cannon fodder?

The consequences of the occupation of Newfoundland are extremely terrible, if even Prince Edward Island falls immediately after, the German army can easily erect rockets on the island, and directly hit Boston, if the new model (von Kármán speculates that Germany should have a range of more than 1,000 kilometers) rockets, then New York and even Washington and Philadelphia are within the coverage of the German army, what will the United States do at that time? Moving the capital to President Truman's hometown of Missouri? -- It is located in the heart of the United States, more than 1,500 kilometers from the eastern and western coastlines.

Truman's voice was hoarse and he asked, "Can the Army hold Newfoundland?" ”

MacArthur believed that with the existing defensive forces, the main German fleet and ground forces could not defend the attack, but he did not want to say such frustrating words for the time being, and hesitated: "If the navy can help us weaken and contain the strength of the German fleet, I think we can hold it after sending a few more divisions." ”

"Can the Navy help as much as possible?" Truman turned his head to Nimitz again.

Nimitz knew that the Mitchell fleet could not defeat the main German fleet, but he still stubbornly said: "If we can cooperate with the ground forces and the ground aviation in all defenses, the Atlantic Fleet can play its due value and role." ”

Truman nodded: "Find a way to transfer the Atlantic Fleet to the north, and then the army and army will send a group of troops to strengthen the defense of Newfoundland Island and Prince Edward Island, and you can't pin your hopes on Canada or Churchill at the critical moment, once they surrender, the Germans won't do anything with them, we must defend ourselves to rest assured, that is the barrier of the United States!" ”

Everyone nodded silently.

Truman finally added: "If the Germans occupy Newfoundland, tell Mr. Dewey that the Germans hope he will agree to the conditions!" ”

Although he attended the meeting, Secretary of the Army Shi Tingsheng, who had been silent, was stunned and subconsciously muttered: "The presidential vote will be held next month." ”

"I know!" Truman gritted his teeth and said, "But if this worst consequence occurs, it is not a question of whether he can become president, but whether this country and this government can continue to survive -- whose president will he be if the government no longer exists?" ”

The people who were in mixed moods immediately dispersed the meeting and split up.

At night, Horiyoshi received the battle report from the front, laughed, and was very unimpressed with the performance of the American army.

Chiaki Matsuda asked, "The commander thinks that the U.S. military has run out of skills?" ”

"No, they have tricks, they have a lot of means, but they won't use them."

"For example?"

"If Tsunoda wants to fight the West Coast, let him fight, and if Tsukahara wants to fight Panama, let him fight...... Americans just have to hit Midway or Christmas Island. ”

"We have the 2nd Guards Division guarding it!"

"But there is no fleet there, no reliable shore fortifications, not even a large number of aircraft." Horiyoshi explained, "There is no fleet, only the islands defended by the defenders can always be taken, so what are the 100,000 American troops and fleet in Hawaii doing there?" Is it for the sun? Why don't you take the initiative to cut off our army's rear roads or supply lines? ”

"They are probably afraid that the fleet will be annihilated."

"How is that possible? The day the U.S. fleet slipped back to Pearl Harbor from Australia, it knew that our fleet was not there, and if I was worried that our troops would be hiding, I would have understood why I didn't attack when I attacked the Galapagos Islands in Tsukahara. Horikichi smiled, "It's been nearly 10 days, and if Christmas Island is not easy to fight, Midway Island should be recovered, right?" The terrain, defense, and hydrology there are more familiar to the US military than us, right? ”

"Aren't they blind again when the support fleet passes?"

"But the Americans didn't know about the support of the fleet at all. If you know, they are by no means this kind of performance! Horiyoshi shook his head and said, "Even if we knew, why not send the army to take down Midway, and then the fleet retreat back to Pearl Harbor, don't we have to fight Midway again?" And then their aviation can weaken us one more time. ”

"But then the U.S. island defenders are finished."

"It's over, it's over! As soon as the support fleet leaves, they can fight another Midway landing campaign -- as long as we are not there, the Americans can always attack the island, and they can always use the island to contain our fleet. Pearl Harbor has at least 100,000 troops, and each attack is based on 5,000 men, and it can be fought 20 times, even if half of it is not moved, it can be fought 10 times! ”

"It's not a small sacrifice, is it?"

Horiyoshi nodded: "This is the same as the principle of changing the crew of the oil tanker, just fight for consumption repeatedly, see who can't withstand the last breath, the problem is that we have to travel thousands of miles to bring the army or oil tankers from the mainland, the Americans are not so troublesome, and the supply speed of their crews is faster than we buy or build oil tankers." Can a war of attrition be won without more fighting less, and fighting fast and slow? ”

"Taught!"

Hori Yiji sighed: "The strength is originally at a disadvantage, I want to win and am afraid of losing, and I don't want to die more, how can there be such a beautiful thing in the world?" Now I don't risk my life to fight, and it's too late for me to blow up the fuel and try my best. ”

Chiaki Matsuda smiled, he knew that Horikichi's tone of "hating iron does not make steel" was purely a joke: with the industrial strength and population of the United States, if it could be as desperate as Japan and not afraid of dying 10 million, I am afraid that it has conquered the earth now, right?

"This is the first time I've heard from you that the United States has the upper hand."

"Fundamentally speaking, the strength of the United States is equal to the sum of Japan and Germany, but the fundamental strength does not represent the strength of the stage, nor does it represent the performance. The head of state and I have a high degree of agreement: The United States is too powerful a country, and we must not let him stay comfortably at home to build warships and planes, but must pull him out and fight outside -- it is better not to fight on the US mainland, and whether he wins or loses, he will not be given a peaceful birthday. The Führer summed up this process as 'bloodletting', and Japan was not as strong as Germany, so I can only summarize it as 'raiding'...... Now that the war is progressing along these lines, I dare not say that it will succeed in the end, but the situation is quite optimistic. Horikichi said with a serious face, "The bad thing about the United States is that it shouldn't pretend to be the leader of the free world, and it must be managed, and it must be guarded, but its strength will not be able to play for a while." ”

"What do you think is the best response for the United States?"

"Before Pearl Harbor, since they had mastered the empire's bottom line through code breaking, why didn't they loosen up? For example, if we sell us 3 million tons of oil and scrap steel, have a more ambiguous attitude towards the Nanyang colonies, and then quietly build warships at home, with this breath hanging, do we dare to take risks to provoke the United States? ”

"Wouldn't that be in line with the Empire's original idea?"

Horiyoshi laughed out loud: "Do you think the following batch of red deer can be suppressed?" If the United States compromises, the arrogant army will definitely go north to attack the Soviet Union, and then the navy will watch the play from the sidelines. ”

"That's nothing to lose, at least the Soviet Union is a little better than the United States."

"That's why I said, it's okay for you to be generals, but it's a little naïve to be politicians......," Horikichi nodded, "Can the Soviet Far East be bulldozed in one wave?" If not, in the midst of a stalemate, the United States is almost ready, suddenly declares a trade embargo, halts the export of oil and scrap steel, and demands that we withdraw our troops from the Far East. What happens at this point? Will the empire relent, or will it continue to declare war on the United States, which has completed its armament? ”

"This ......" Chiaki Matsuda opened her mouth, suddenly messy, and finally slurred, "Tojo's thoughts, I'm afraid, I'm afraid...... There is still a declaration of war. ”

"That is to go to war against the United States and the Soviet Union at the same time. Even if the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor continues, the United States will have many ways to deal with us, such as sending a large number of heavy bombers to the Soviet Union to carry out strategic bombing, and the entire mainland will be within its coverage. ”

"Wasn't the strategic bombing of Europe a failure?"

"Because it was Germany that was defended below, and it was Americans who died above, the Americans couldn't bear it and failed; If you think about it the other way around, it is the Reich that is defended at the bottom, and the Soviets who die at the top -- the Americans only care about the planes and fuel, can the Reich withstand it? In terms of Japan's strategic depth and industrial system, let alone 3 or 5 years, I don't think I will be able to hold it in 2 years! ”

Chiaki Matsuda and a bunch of staff officers were gloomy: Fortunately, they didn't go like this, otherwise it would be a catastrophe!

"Report, sir, the battle plan has been revised, and it is collectively referred to as Operation Jie, wherein: the main force of this support fleet is aimed at Pearl Harbor, and it is called Jie-1; Admiral Tsukahara's combined fleet was mainly aimed at harassing Panama and Central America, and cooperating with the Second Air War to annihilate the remnants of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Vice Admiral Tsunoda's main force in the Second Air War was to break diplomatic relations with the West Coast of the United States, lure the US forces to attack, and cooperate with the main fleet to annihilate the enemy's Pacific Fleet. ”

Chiaki Matsuda handed the battle plan to Horikichi: "How to fight next?" It feels like the three goals are a bit messy together, but they really can't be separated......"

"Don't be in a hurry, play slowly, there is plenty of time this time." Horikichi muttered, "Didn't Tsukahara-kun feint to attack Panama?" Tell him to do it again! ”

Chiaki Matsuda asked tentatively, "Is it true that it is false?" ”

Horikichi narrowed his eyes and thought about it: "I can make it virtual again today, see how the US military reacts, whether the third time is false or real, it is up to him to judge, I am not remote." The Tsunoda fleet can go north to see if there is a chance to hit the northwest coast, and you can test it again, more than 2,000 kilometers of coastline, I don't believe that everywhere is impregnable! ”

"The fleet continues to Midway?"

"The landing force and transport force went to Midway as planned. The attacking force changed direction slightly, and learned from Yamamoto-kun to take the North Pacific route, you are still familiar with this road, right? ”

"Familiar, sir, we're all familiar."

"That's good." Horikichi laughed at a bunch of staff officers, "You are all more familiar than me, well, I'm really the only novice, please take care of me." ”

Everyone covered their mouths and almost didn't laugh.