In fact, in the eyes of Rommel and Gauss, the Panamanian defenders performed well, under the overwhelming artillery fire and bombs, in the face of the air, ground, and sea all-round superiority of the German army, it actually stood up for 5 days, and finally collapsed at a attrition rate of more than 50%, which not only benefited from the strong command and dispatch of several German generals, but also because the Panamanian defenders had the most abundant combat experience when they bombed the Panama Canal, and the Germans fought once, and Tsukahara fought Panama three times again, and he was generally quite experienced. This time also inflicted almost 2000 casualties on the Germans.

However, the Joint Staff Committee still overestimates the German army, and the total number of land troops invested by the German army in the direction of Panama is more than 20,000, and what is really invested in the front-line offensive in Panama is 1 Marine Brigade, 2 Army Regiments and a heavy armored battalion, less than 50,000 people, and there are also several thousand troops to ensure that the road from Colombia to Panama is smooth, and the front-line troops and the US defense forces are almost equal, and the difference is not so big, but 50,000 is not an exaggeration of the estimates of democratic countries, can it be said to be exaggerated?

Dewey was angry that the other Central American defenders did not send out support in time, and even more angry was that the slippery heads of the Joint Staff Committee repeatedly disobeyed or made strange remarks, for example, as soon as Panama opened fire, Clark exclaimed that he couldn't hold it, and asked to retreat and retreat, and as soon as he retreated, he said that he would retreat to the Mexican border, so angry that Dewey not only had a stomachache but also a toothache.

"If you don't reinforce it, forget it, who told you to retreat from Costa Rica and Nicaragua?" Dewey slapped the table, and the more he spoke, the more angry he became, "Originally, there were civilians in Central America who fled to Mexico, and you guys were good, and the army also ran away in it, didn't this tell the people that they couldn't hold it at all?" ”

MacArthur's face was full of helplessness, although the specific operational command was an order actually issued by the theater of operations, but in his opinion, there was no major problem, the axis had overwhelming maritime superiority, and in the face of the huge strength of 7 fleet aircraft carriers, 8 escort aircraft carriers, and 10 battleships, a fool only transferred troops to Panama on both sides of the sea to reinforce it, wasn't that a gift to the opponent? As for the retreat, as soon as Panama is lost, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, which are plains, have no natural defense line to defend at all.

He cleared his throat and said in an embarrassed tone: "Your Excellency, it's not that we don't want to do our best, it's just that the difference in strength between the two sides is too great, the German army has twice as many troops as us, and the essence of the Axis Navy is concentrated at sea, but we only have a few frigates that can't even reach the destroyers, which can't be fought at all." As for the defenders of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, I agreed with them to retreat, and they would build a defensive line with other forces on the front line of Honduras and Guatemala on the back of mountains and hills, especially Guatemala, with the Cuchumatanes Mountains to the west and the Sierra Madre to the south, which would strengthen the defensive advantage. I never said a word about giving up all of Central America without a fight. ”

Clark's face was a little embarrassed: it was his point of view to give up the whole of Central America, MacArthur actually agreed with it to a certain extent, but he did not agree that it was better to give up military determination, can political determination be like this? Once you give up Central America, it means that there are no more 7 younger brothers, and what future will the United States have in the future?

"Now the key is still in the navy, if the navy can fight the opponent or eliminate the interference of the axis navy, relying on the advantage of internal operations, we can continue to transfer troops from the mainland through Mexico, 50,000 not 100,000, 100,000 not 500,000, after all, we can defeat the German army, but if there is no superiority at sea, this battle will not be easy to fight Panama is so narrow!"

"Yes, Navy!" Dewey turned his head and asked Nimitz, "Now that Panama is in the hands of the enemy, and Central America is in danger, how long will the navy have to wait?" ”

Nimitz sighed: "The navy is still 2 weeks away from being ready, but since the situation is critical to this extent, I have just given an order to Admiral Mitchell to lead the main fleet to attack, the fleet is currently on the front line of South Carolina, and it can be rushed to the battlefield in 5 days!" We will strive to do it once in Central America with Axis! ”

Hearing that the navy had been dispatched, Dewey's face changed a lot, and he nodded: "Pay attention to safety, it's okay a few days late, I estimate that the army won't be able to lose Central America in a week." ”

Marshall smiled wryly and shook his head: What is this called? Can't lose it in a week? The president's confidence in the Army is now measured in weeks?

Several other army generals wanted to argue a few words, but MacArthur shook his head to stop them: status is made, not expressed determination, and the army is newly defeated, so what is the intention to compete for the length of the war?

"The Air Force should increase the intensity and strength of its support to Central America, and the early results of the Caribbean campaign that you reported were so brilliant, but why is the axis still so strong?"

Now it was Arnold's turn to cry and cry bitterly: "Your Excellency, the Air Force has invested tens of thousands of sorties for the Central American and South American campaigns, and has lost more than 1,500 aircraft alone, and now we have to take into account the defense of the four major islands, and we cannot completely lose Recife and Venezuela, and we have to coordinate the defense of Central America, the force is really insufficient, I have ordered the troops on the front line of the Gulf of Mexico to press forward, can I also draw the planes for the defense of the West Coast and the East Coast, and what about the defense of Washington, New York, Boston and other big cities?" Do we really care? ”

Dewey was speechless for a moment, and then said: "But the army said that your Central American defense was very poor this time, and you didn't shoot down many enemy planes, let alone sink many enemy ships. ”

Arnold couldn't say anything about this: the Axis fleet adopted the method of "approaching at night and staying away during the day", which made the air force very embarrassed, unable to fight at night and during the day, not to mention how aggrieved. In fact, it is not impossible to fight during the day, at least it is possible for the B29 to engage in unescorted operations, but at the beginning it lost so many crews in the Pacific Ocean, and now the Air Force is not an ordinary treasure for skilled crews, how dare it put "unescorted operations" again? And long-distance attacks are not necessary for skilled crews, and the new pilots will not be able to achieve anything except burning a few tons of gasoline.

In the end, Spartz expressed his determination on his behalf: "Since the main force of the naval fleet has been dispatched, we will do our best to cooperate with the navy in combat." ”

During the discussion, someone handed Dewey a telegram, and after reading it, his face changed, his expression was grim, and most of his mood of accusing everyone disappeared.

The telegram paints a picture of a looming humanitarian crisis: at least hundreds of thousands of Mexicans are gathering at the U.S.-Mexico border, and they are accumulating in tens of thousands every minute, tens of thousands of Mexicans have forced their way into the United States in the past few days, and now Texas is completely out of control, and now the border police are simply out of control, and the National Guard is dumbfounded, asking Washington what to do?

If it were just a few hundred or dozens of Mexicans gathering at the border to make trouble, the police would have shot and warned them, but now that there are hundreds of thousands of Mexicans, if they shoot again, they are afraid that they will provoke a civil uprising, and there are also guns among the Mexicans on the other side, and it is said that there are also fleeing stragglers in the Mexican army who are also mixed in groups.

Of course, more importantly, there are still people mixed with Juan and the Mexican gangsters 23 days ago, some people had entered the U.S. border with Mexican passports and U.S. visas, but because of the increasing number of Mexican refugees, the Americans brazenly ordered the closure of the U.S.-Mexico border, not only the border police, but also the National Guard to try to maintain order and not let a Mexican pass through regardless of whether he had a U.S. visa or not.

This provoked strong discontent among the Mexicans, but the crowd did not disperse and more and more people gathered.

"Sir, we have received secret instructions and are ready to act, this is a good opportunity, and we can fish in troubled waters."

Skorzny nodded: "Have you communicated with the other gang members?" ”

"The communication is good, they are also planning to take advantage of the chaos, they are secretly linking, and the Americans will forcibly pass by force if they don't let us pass."

"That's good, we'll also send some people, but don't take the lead."

"Understood."

"After passing, we will continue to divide our troops into two ways, you take a few people to mix with other gangsters to open the way in front, Alfred and I will continue to follow Juan to escort the goods, and the rest can be lost, and our own goods cannot be lost!"

"Good! Where to meet? ”

"Go to Houston first, and then decide on the next path."

"Rush, rush, rush, rush is safe and free"

"Long live America!"

"Long live freedom!"

"We're going to America! We're going to America! ”

At 6 o'clock in the morning of February 27, 1945, I don't know who led the way, hundreds of armed men suddenly poured out of the Mexican crowd, they held "Chicago typewriters" and even military light machine guns and opened fire on the police and National Guard who maintained order at the border, and knocked down these personnel in less than five minutes, and then in a stunned state, at least 100,000 Mexicans cheered and rushed through the US-Mexico border, forming a huge army of blind streams.

The commandos were mixed in, and now they are outright "Mexican gangs"!

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