When President Franklin D. Roosevelt heard more about Hawaii, he wanted to kill Admiral Kimmel, the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Navy, who was the commander of the front.

Marshall accompanied Roosevelt back to his presidential office with a solemn face, dismissed the others, and closed the door only to hear Roosevelt's roar: "Bastard! ”

Anyone who knew Roosevelt knew that he was a wise and calm man, and there were really not many things that could make such a presidential gaffe.

However, not in the mood to analyze Roosevelt's current state, Marshall looked at Roosevelt and said softly: "We are not ready. ”

He said that we were not ready, and that stopped in Roosevelt's ear, and he meant a lot more.

In today's parlance, this is a sentence with a huge amount of information. So Roosevelt sighed, not knowing in which direction to open his mouth to Marshall.

Marshall's words we're not ready for them are actually a covert battle plan.

Roosevelt and all the American officers of the main battle faction were actually expecting a sinister and cunning Japanese sneak attack in their hearts.

It doesn't matter where the sneak attack is, as long as the fleet is dispersed and the combat is prepared to meet the sneak attack, you can avoid losses very well.

Whether it is the loss of two or three battleships, or the loss of one or two aircraft carriers, the United States has a way to make up for its losses in a short time.

And what Roosevelt and all of them wanted was a pretext for the United States to go to war against Japan on the basis of righteousness.

It is actually wrong and correct to say that when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the Americans were prepared and planned to deliver food to the Japanese.

Strictly speaking, the United States is passively waiting for a sneak attack by the Japanese, and from a strategic point of view, in fact, the Americans are mentally prepared for a sneak attack by the Japanese.

From this point of view, the Americans knew about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and connived at it!

However, it is impossible to say that Roosevelt or the American top brass were willing to pay the lives of more than 3,000 American soldiers in order to enter the war, and let their own fleet be slaughtered in Pearl Harbor.

Not to mention that Roosevelt was the president of the United States, even if he was the emperor of the United States, it would be impossible to come up with such a mediocre solution.

If anyone who has nothing to do with this is allowed to reveal the news, he himself will be drowned by the American civilians.

And if you want the entire fleet to be passively beaten in the port, the people who need to be arranged are not one or two such levels that can be kept secret.

If the top level of the United States can really do it and "wisely" withdraw all aircraft carriers before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, then they will have absolutely no problem in arranging for the planes of the Army Aviation to be ready for combat in advance.

At that time, as long as the Japanese sneak attack begins, the US fighter planes will be able to take off and intercept it, and the losses will be much smaller than in history.

Therefore, what Marshall said was not ready was actually what he said was that under the covert arrangement, the United States was not ready to resist Japan's sneak attack on a certain location.

Another implication of not being ready was to tell Roosevelt: the United States is not ready for war, and it will take at least half a year for them to be ready for war against Japan!

It's not just that the U.S. military is not ready, but the U.S. strategic priorities, in fact, are not ready.

The expansion of the Germans in Europe involved the energy of the United States. Britain was landed by Germany, and its rapid defeat also deprived the United States of a western barrier and ally.

The Atlantic turmoil now seems calm, and can even be described as tranquil and peaceful, but once it becomes turbulent, the United States must have a certain garrison force to participate in its changes.

The German fleet now has three aircraft carriers, one under repair, and two small training aircraft carriers deployed in the Mediterranean.

The Germans also seemed to be stronger than the battleships: the German Navy had 5 battleships, which was much more powerful than the American Atlantic Fleet.

Faced with such an emerging naval power, the United States had to devote more troops to the Atlantic to make up for the void left by Britain's defeat.

At this time, the Japanese wiped out an entire Pacific Fleet of the United States, what did the United States use to continue to ensure its security on both sides of the ocean?

"Whether we are ready or not, tomorrow I will give a speech to the Diet and declare war on Japan." Roosevelt stared at Marshall and spoke slowly.

He said word by word, and his tone was very firm: "No matter whether we are ready or not, we are attacked by the enemy, there is no reason not to fight back!" ”

"We must go to war with the Japanese and do everything we can to win this war!" At this point he paused, then emphatically said, "Do whatever it takes!" ”

Hearing Roosevelt's emphasis, Marshall nodded: "Then Your Excellency, we must give up the defense on one side and solve the trouble as first as possible." ”

Roosevelt sighed, this was also his helpless choice. However, this choice, in fact, is very risky for the United States.

Whether the United States chooses to solve the troubles in Europe first or the troubles in the Pacific first, it will not be able to win the war in a short time.

The United States, having lost the Pacific Fleet, could not annihilate Japan's Combined Fleet within a year, let alone counterattack the Japanese mainland.

On the European side, it is also impossible for the United States to achieve the victory of annihilating the German fleet and then landing in Germany within a year to defeat the world's most powerful land force.

Therefore, no matter how it chooses, the United States does not have the ability to deal with the enemy on one side in a short time. The direction that is abandoned will become the weakness of the United States for a long time.

Of course, for the United States at this juncture, they have no choice.

They were bound to go to war against Japan, so maintaining a state of relative peace with Germany, which had not declared war, was the best situation for the United States so far.

"Alright! Mr. President...... If you ask me for advice. Marshall tilted his head sideways, held his chin and thought as he gave his own suggestion: "Transferring the Atlantic Fleet and counterattacking Japan is the best choice at the moment." ”

"yes!" Roosevelt nodded and said, "This is the best choice we have now." ”

He paused for a moment, then continued to say to Marshall, "However, we are in the war, at least we have a chance to face each other and be stronger than these damned opponents...... Let them see what we're all about! ”

Marshall smiled bitterly and sighed in his heart: Yes, all we can show the enemy now is the so-called heritage......

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