Chapter 965: The Price of Entering War
Continental America, Washington, White House.
"Mr. President, our Pearl Harbor has been bombed." Marshall said to Roosevelt.
Roosevelt's eyes suddenly flashed: "Bombing? They finally bombed our Pearl Harbor? ”
After saying this, he realized that what he said was not appropriate, and immediately changed his words: "These hateful island people dare to come and bomb our territory!" ”
Marshall was still stunned, he hadn't reported yet, and the president knew that it was the islanders who did it? Even if it was its own aircraft carrier formation, after discovering the flying planes, they thought that they were bombed by the Germans!
"Mr. President, you guessed right." Marshall said: "It was the islanders who dispatched an aircraft carrier formation to attack our Pearl Harbor, and the most odious thing is that until now, the island nation has not officially declared war on us, this is a sneak attack, an insult to our America." ”
"Well, yes, this sneak attack will wake up the people who are still sleeping in the dream of peace." Roosevelt said: "Now the world has fallen into the most dangerous situation, it is impossible to stay out of it, Germany, the island nations, their goal, is to dominate the whole world, they will sooner or later pose a threat to us, well, what about our losses?" ”
Roosevelt looked very relaxed, but Marshall's heart was extremely heavy, and his own Pacific Fleet was about to be crippled.
Now, hearing Roosevelt's words, and just as Marshall was about to answer, Secretary of State Hull came in: "Mr. President, the ambassador of the island nation has arrived at the White House, and he wants to present his credentials to us." ”
"Nomura came just in time!" Roosevelt said, "We used to treat him as a friend, let him in." ”
"Yes."
Roosevelt was very emotional, the islanders were too good at playing tricks on people, Roosevelt originally thought that the islanders were very well-behaved, who would have thought that the islanders were crazy, and they were actually very mad, and they actually fought without declaring war!
Nomura hurriedly walked in and said to Roosevelt: "President Roosevelt, on behalf of the island nation, I formally propose to you to declare war, and this is our credentials. ”
Nomura certainly knew what that meant, and as soon as he brought it up, he, and the entire embassy, would be temporarily detained and awaiting the fate of deportation, but that was his mission.
Nomura solemnly handed over the credentials, but Roosevelt did not take it immediately, but looked at Nomura with a sigh: "We have received news that your fleet has dropped a large number of bombs on our Pearl Harbor, is your declaration of war still useful?" This is completely undeclared war! ”
Nomura was very depressed, originally, they didn't mean this, they had to submit the credentials of war before their planes flew over Pearl Harbor, so it would not be considered a sneak attack, but, by mistake, their printer actually broke down, delaying time!
Even if he goes back, Nomura will be reprimanded by the country, and he will be very responsible for this matter, and now, he can only bow and say with the unique modesty of the island people: "I'm sorry, our printer is broken and delayed." Thank you for your understanding. ”
Excuse me? Roosevelt sneered: "Your reason is too reluctant, isn't it?" A sneak attack is a sneak attack, so why cover it up so much? Now that the island nation has launched a war against us, haven't those madmen in the island country thought of any consequences? ”
Consequence? During these years in the United States, Nomura certainly knows a lot of things, once the American war machine is activated, the island countries are definitely not opponents, and now they are caught off guard by the United States and killed their Pacific Fleet, but within two years, the United States will regain a larger Pacific Fleet!
The United States is invincible, and I really don't understand how the top leaders at home can be crazy enough to go to war with the United States!
But now, he knew that he couldn't show this kind of thought, after all, he was representing the island nation.
"Tell your government that you are ready to bear the wrath of the United States, we must avenge the revenge of Pearl Harbor, our bombers will appear in the sky over the island country, and we will use the facts to tell the island country that the end of provoking us is tragic."
Nomura retreated, and Roosevelt felt that the rebuke he had just received was quite enjoyable.
On the first few occasions, Roosevelt did not hesitate to take risks and deceive himself to come up with the German bombing of the American mainland, but the matter was exposed, and Roosevelt almost stepped down, but fortunately survived.
And now, this time, it is finally true, the island country actually challenged the United States and bombed Pearl Harbor in the United States, this incident is just used to make a big fuss, to see if those domestic isolationists still claim that the old continent has nothing to do with the new continent, and the fire of the old continent has burned to the new continent!
"Marshall, what about the loss of Pearl Harbor?" Roosevelt continued the topic just now.
Roosevelt had long been mentally prepared that although there were several battleships in Pearl Harbor, they were all battleships of the First World War era, and it was long overdue to renovate them, and he took this opportunity to expand his fleet on a large scale.
As for the aircraft carrier, it has been transferred a long time ago, there should be no problem, right?
"Two of our aircraft carriers, the Enterprise and the Lexington, were sunk." Marshall said: "None of the warships anchored in Pearl Harbor were spared. All our equipment on Pearl Harbor, including the oil depots on land, was also bombed, and now, Pearl Harbor has been reduced to ruins, the exact number has not yet been counted, but at least, our casualties are more than 20,000, and our Pearl Harbor base has had to be abandoned. The Pacific Fleet was crippled. ”
"What?" At this time, Roosevelt finally stopped calm: "How is this possible? ”
Two aircraft carriers have already been transferred, but they were also sunk, which is quite a loss! At the same time, Pearl Harbor was bombed three times in front and behind, and the howling of the Stuka bombers became a nightmare for many people in the future.
There are also bombers that take off from the mainland of the island country, although there are not many of them, but they carry the most despicable incendiary bombs.
Pearl Harbor, already under bombing, in the midst of fire, was reduced to ruins, and those warships sank into the sea, with the loss of the lives of a large number of American sailors.
More than 20,000, which is also a conservative number.
Roosevelt's mouth twitched inexplicably, could it be that putting the United States into a state of war was such a big price? So what price will the United States pay to win this war?
"The main bomber of the island country was imported from Germany, and Germany is also responsible for this incident." Marshall said.
"Prepare me, I'm going to address the nation." Roosevelt pondered for a moment and said.