838 landed in the second backyard of the Americas and caught fire

"Lieutenant General!"

Inside the aircraft carrier Bayarn, the flagship of the Second Franco-American Task Force, an American cowboy-like shout startled the elegant French officers. Lieutenant General Suhr's side. "Receiving a telegram from the Enterprise, Commander-in-Chief Halsey ordered us to make a sortie and advance in the direction of Coco Island in search of a Japanese aircraft carrier for a decisive battle."

"Oh God!"

This news made the officers on the island of the ship suddenly exclaim, and they drew crosses on their chests one after another, the Yankees were really too insidious, and they were supposed to act as bait in the Bay of Panama to lure the Japanese devils into the bait. Why do you want to attack now? The Japanese have four large aircraft carriers and terrible suicide planes! How can everyone live now? All the people immediately looked at Jean. Lieutenant General Suhr.

"Looking for the Japanese fleet?"

Let. Sur took a deep breath, and let the three French aircraft carriers act as bait was French Prime Minister Daladier who personally nodded and passed, and he had no way to disobey, but it turned out that it was in the Bay of Panama, protected by American shore-based aircraft in the Panama Canal Zone, and it should be no big problem. But now...... Let. Sur knew that he couldn't refuse, so he gritted his teeth and agreed. "Well, please tell Vice Admiral Halsey that we, the French Navy, will do our duty as an ally!" At this, his voice suddenly increased. "But please also ask the American side not to forget the promise to assist France, and now that justice in Europe and the world is all tied to the battlefield in Western Europe."

"Yes, Mr. General." This liaison officer respectfully respectfully addressed Jean. Sur gave a military salute and hurried away.

Looking at the back of this US Navy major, let. Sur cursed secretly: "Damn the Yankees! "He really wanted to tear Halsey's order to shreds and throw it into Panama Bay.

"General, what should we do now?" The first vote of the law ** people came over to ask questions.

"What else can I do? Order the whole fleet to lift anchor! We French people are naturally rough and thick-skinned, and we deserve to be targets for Japanese devils! "Let's. Sur stamped his foot and commanded loudly.

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"Commander Inoue! Please allocate a few of our destroyers to escort the troop carriers. ”

In the command room of the USS Akagi, Narumi Inoue, commander of the First Air Fleet, looked up at the two uninvited lieutenant generals of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Yamashita Fumi, commander of the 14th Army, and Lieutenant General Ishihara Wanji, commander of the 102nd Division. These two lieutenant generals went to Coco Island last night to direct the landing, and now why are they back on the Akagi? And such a strange request.

"Inoue-kun." Ishihara pulled a chair and sat opposite Inoue in a big way, he and Yamashita are lieutenant generals, and they are the same level as Inoue, the vice admiral, of course, there is no need to respect each other too much. Ishihara grinned and said, "I discussed with Commander Yamashita a good way to strike at the United States. Now the Navy must be worried about the refusal of American aircraft carriers to take the bait, right? ”

Inoue didn't know that Halsey was ready to fight him, so he nodded. Ishihara smiled: "Then ask Commander Inoue to send us two destroyers to protect our two ships of land to attack the capital of Costa Rica!" If we were to seize a small North American country in a matter of days, that US President Roosevelt would be furious, right? ”

"What!?" Roosevelt didn't jump, but Inoue jumped up. "You want to attack the capital of an American country, this ...... This one...... Does the Secretary of War know? ”

Ishihara Waner and Yamashita Fengfumi looked at each other for a moment, both of them were at a loss, did this bit of about attacking the capital of Costa Rica still need to alarm General Nagata? The two lieutenant generals of ours will not be able to settle down. Yamashita Fengwen smiled and said, "Inoue-kun, isn't the fleet in radio silence right now?" If you contact Tokyo, you're afraid that your target will be exposed, right? I don't think it's a big deal, the Costa Rican capital doesn't have many troops, and two infantry wings will definitely be able to take it, and then we will attack Nicaragua, Honduras, Salva, Guatemala all the way to the Mexican border! Oh, and also attack Panama south and take the Panama Canal Zone. ”

Inoue Narumi counted with her fingers, okay! Six countries at a stretch! The army animals really don't know how thick the sky is! Thinking of this, his face was slightly contemplated: "Yamashita-kun, Ishihara-kun, may I ask how many troops the army has dispatched this time?" ”

Yamashita Fengwen laughed and stretched out a slap, "Fifty thousand troops!" "This time, the army dispatched the 16th Division and the 102nd Division, but they were not yet manned, and the total strength was still a few hundred short of 50,000.

"The five major armies are going to attack six countries, and Yamashita Jun is really heroic!" Inoue stabbed a sentence without yin or yang.

"Hahaha......" Yamashita Fengwen touched his bald head and laughed: "Inoue-kun thinks these small countries in the Americas are China and the Soviet Union?" If it weren't for the fact that the United States had a 2nd Army in Panama, where would we have used 50,000 troops? With 2 wings, these six countries can be forced to submit, and an army of 50,000 can only defeat the whole of South America! ”

"Two guys who don't know the height of the sky!" Inoue Narumi thought to herself. But after thinking about it, the other side is the army after all, and if this battle suffers, the position of the army and navy will be reversed in the future! On the contrary, if they really defeated those countries, wouldn't their mission of attacking the Panama Canal be successfully completed? In the future, the Pacific Ocean will be the world of Japan.

Thinking of this, Inoue Narumi took a deep breath and nodded solemnly: "Okay! Since the two of you are determined, the officer should fully cooperate, and I hereby order the destroyers Chaochao and Dashio to cooperate with the actions of the army. ”

"Good!" Yamashita Fengwen exhaled softly and blinked his bloodshot eyes. "Let's leave tonight, and we'll probably be able to land in Coronado Bay tomorrow morning!"

Ishihara nodded and said, "Please ask Your Excellency the Commander to hand over this task to the 102nd Division, and promise to force the Costa Rican government to surrender within three days." ”

Looking at the two lieutenant generals of the army who were full of confidence, Inoue Narumi only beat the drum in his heart, the army animals should not easily win six American countries, right? Will the limelight of the Navy be ...... in this way

As soon as Inoue Narumi thought of this, a voice suddenly sounded, "Move, move!" Commander, the combined U.S.-French fleet in the Bay of Panama is dispatched! ”

I saw the chief of staff of the fleet, Kuroshima, walking briskly from outside with the telegram he had just received, pointing to a chart spread out on Inoue's desk and saying: "The submarine has discovered the group of the United States and France combined fleet outside the Bay of Panama, and it is moving westward at a speed of 19 knots, I estimate that they are coming to look for the main force of our fleet near Coco Island, and the three aircraft carriers of the US Pacific Fleet should also rush to Coco Island, if nothing else, there will be a big battle tomorrow." ”

Kuroshima's excited voice made Inoue Narumi breathe a sigh of relief, as long as the Yankees take the bait, the Japanese kamikaze team can at least hit him hard! Moreover, once the US-French joint fleet leaves the Bay of Panama, it will also mean that the underwater special attack team will have the opportunity to sneak into the locks that destroy the canal, so that even if the army cannot capture the canal, it can temporarily cut off the choke points of the east and west coasts of the United States.

Before Inoue's wishful thinking was ready, Yamashita Fengwen's loud voice roared again: "Then our army will set off now, and it should be able to land in Coronado Bay by early tomorrow morning at the latest, if you are lucky, your naval battle has not been fought yet, Costa Rica has been occupied by us!" ”

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At three o'clock in the morning, there was silence in Coronado Bay, except for the sound of the waves.

Although the Republic of Costa Rica has already declared war on the Japanese Empire this morning because of the "Coco Island Incident". But it's business as usual in Dominica, a small port town on the northeast corner of Coronado Bay. Even in the barracks outside the small city, there was a lot of noise at this time, and no one thought that those "yellow-skinned monkeys" would really invade the North American continent! It's incredible, the United States, the most powerful industrial country in the world, on this continent. The existence of the United States is not only a difficult master to serve these small Latin American countries, but also a guarantee of security. Basically, as long as the United States itself does not invade, no country in the world will dare to go wild in Latin America. Historically...... It's probably the same, but in this time and space, history has clearly gone on a fork in the road.

At the entrance of the barracks, two sentry soldiers yawned and sat on the ground with rifles on their backs, leaning against the outer wall of the barracks. The barracks was built on a hill facing the sea, and from where the two sentries sat overlooked the bay. Next to the barracks there was also an artillery position, where there were several cannons produced by the German company Krupp at the end of the 19th century, which could theoretically block half of the bay with fire. However, those cannons have not been fired for 30 years, and no one knows whether they are good or not, anyway, the old men in San Jose will not care about these things, they only know about the two major things of currying favor with the United States and making money.

"Juan, have you heard? It seems that our country is at war with whom! At this time, one of the sentries did not know how to remember that Costa Rica was already at war. But he couldn't remember who to fight against. "Do you know who you're fighting with? Panama or Nicaragua? ”

"You idiot, how can we go to war with Panama, Nicaragua?" The soldier named Juan sneered: "Didn't Mr. Gonzalez say today that we Costa Rica have declared war on China!" ”

"China!? Is it the big yellow country on the other side of the Pacific Ocean in middle school geography textbooks? It looks like it's big, can we Costa Rica win? ”

"No problem, there is the United States, and if the United States does not work, there is God! So we Costa Ricans don't have to worry about war. ”

The two soldiers were chatting without saying a word, when suddenly, a few fires flashed on the sea, and then a few small sun-like fireballs lit up in the dark sky, and the entire beach was lit up at once! With the help of the light of these little suns, the two Costa Rican sentries clearly saw that the sea was densely packed with small boats! There seemed to be some soldiers in khaki uniforms paddling the boat.

"Oh my God! That's the Chinese! The Chinese called, Juan, call the United States, or call God. ”

"Idiot! The United States is far away, and God doesn't know where it is! Juan stood up abruptly, kicked the stupid soldier beside him, and shouted, "Hurry up and inform Major Gonzalez!" Tell him that the Chinese are landing! ”

"Boom! Rumble! ......Before the two frightened Costa Rican soldiers, who were too scared to get their legs and feet, to report the bad news of the "Chinese invasion" to their commander. The 10 127mm guns of the two Japanese destroyers opened fire on the barracks on the shore at the highest rate of fire!

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"Knock knock knock ......, knock knock ......."

A quick and hard knock on the door shattered the deep sleep of US President Roosevelt. The president of the United States, these days, can only be said to be in a state of exhaustion. The United States, the most developed and richest in the capitalist world, has actually been bullied by a tiny Japan! Not to mention the loss of eight battleships and four aircraft carriers, it also lost Hawaii, the brightest pearl in the Pacific...... Moreover, those little devils are also said to be planning to land on the west coast of the Americas! My God! America is America's America! Even if someone were to land, it would have been from Europe, so how could it be Asian?

During this time, those members of Congress have faintly expressed their dissatisfaction with the most outstanding president of the United States in the 20th century. These isolationists also don't think hard about who stopped Roosevelt's expansion plan in Congress. Who spent all day thinking about repealing the Enlistment Act and disbanding the US Army! Otherwise, how could the United States of America, in the face of a Japanese invasion, have only 180,000 regular troops?

After slept through the nights of anti-war Republican and Democratic lawmakers, President Roosevelt yawned, opened his bloodshot eyes, and shouted feebly, "What's the matter?" ”

"Mr. President, the Japanese have landed!" Outside the door came the panicked voice of Colonel Caton, the presidential aide-de-camp.

"What!?" Two exclamations rang out from Roosevelt's bedroom at the same time, apparently the news not only stunned the President of the United States, but also caused the First Lady to jump out of bed and go to open the door for Colonel Caton in her silk pajamas with lace.

"What's going on? Aren't the Japanese going to attack Panama? Why did you suddenly land on the West Coast? Is it San Francisco, or is it Los Angeles? Roosevelt buttoned up his shirt and shouted questions. At this time, for the first time, Colonel Caton saw a look of horror on the president's face! Roosevelt was really a little panicked, although his U.S. Army has expanded tenfold in numbers in the past few months, but the real ability to fight is still the 180,000 men recruited before the war! More than 20,000 of them are in Australia, 30,000 in Panama, and only 120,000 on the entire West Coast! If the Japanese devils really choose to land, I'm afraid things are going to be really bad.

"Mr. President, the Japanese did not land on the west coast of the United States, they landed near San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica." Colonel Caton said.

"Whew! It's okay......" Mrs. Roosevelt sighed softly, and the look of horror on her face had mostly faded. After all, it was not the United States that was invaded, and it was not the American electorate that let little Japan ravage......

"Nope! In fact, that's even worse! Roosevelt gritted his teeth: "This group of yellow-skinned monkeys is so hateful that they have actually landed in the empty backyard of the United States!" I'd rather they land on the West Coast, where we have hundreds of thousands of elite troops and more than a million recruits who have been training for two months. Unless the Japanese devils send hundreds of thousands of troops, they will not be able to defeat them, but Central America is different, those countries do not have decent armies at all, and a small country can be conquered with an American infantry regiment! ”

"So what do we do? The United States cannot afford to lose her backyard! Mrs. Roosevelt gasped, although the current United States does not pursue colonies and territorial expansion on the surface, it does not mean that she does not need markets and cheap resources, in fact, the whole of Latin America is like a vassal of the United States like a colony. And the consequences of the occupation of Costa Rica by Japan will greatly reduce the prestige of the United States in Latin America! If the United States does not immediately show the force and determination to defend Latin America, I am afraid that all those Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking wall-roots will fall to Germany one by one!

"Caton, you immediately go and invite Hopkins, Hull, Admiral MacArthur, and Admiral Leahy to a meeting at the White House to discuss countermeasures." Roosevelt was also in a state of confusion for a while, and all he could think of was to convene a meeting of his thinkers. In less than an hour, they rushed to the Oval Office of the White House one by one in a hurry and met their Mr. President, who looked a little angry.

"Just received a call from our embassy in San Jose," Roosevelt said in a gloomy voice, sitting behind his desk, his face blue and the corners of his mouth trembling slightly, "President Castro has asked us to establish a government in exile in the United States, and he says that the Costa Rican Army has collapsed and cannot afford to fight again, and San Jose will fall in 24 hours!" At this, he raised his eyes and looked at MacArthur, "Unless the U.S. Army in Panama can rescue Costa Rica in time." ”

"I understand, Mr. President, I will give Lieutenant General Fredendol an order to send reinforcements to Costa Rica." MacArthur knew that the United States had no choice, so he did not pour bitter water in front of the president.

"Good!" Roosevelt nodded his head with satisfaction, and said to Admiral Leahy: "The Navy must also act, they are the only guarantee on the west coast of America!" They had to find the Japanese fleet as soon as possible for a decisive battle, as long as the Japanese fleet was crushed, it was impossible for their land forces to hold out in the Americas. ”

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