"Why wasn't there a rescue?" Roosevelt pressed his heart with one hand and said in a low voice.

The news that half of the 30,000 U.S. troops were annihilated and half captured was like a heavy slap in the face, which directly crippled the newly blooming chrysanthemum smile on the Americans' faces.

Compared to the other battlefields where the United States and China were at war, this word of total annihilation was worse than the war reports of fighting and retreating.

Perhaps the discerning people have seen that the heroes who attacked the Asian continent raised by the previous government have fallen into the trap of the Chinese, but as long as some soldiers can retreat, they have finally achieved a certain goal and maintained the effect of propaganda and agitation. But the reality is that none of the 30,000 U.S. troops have been saved, which makes the Americans very ashamed.

"The Chinese don't know why, they have set up three vanguard cannons along the Bering Strait, and they have set up several heavy artillery forts that we are not aware of, and perhaps they have set up explosives in the ice in advance, and there is also bombardment from the air, and several of our safe passages are no longer safe. Even in other places, under the impact of the ice floe, it was difficult to find a safe way for a while, and the attacks of the Huaxia people were continuous. Marshall said helplessly,

"Our navy can't get close, and our air power is also suppressed by the Huaxia people, and we can't stop an effective rescue!"

Roosevelt glanced at Leahie, who was silent, and said no more.

The ice in the Bering Strait, which had previously swallowed more than 1,000 American officers and soldiers, had become an impenetrable wall in the face of America's most powerful navy. Even with icebreakers, it would not allow the American GIs, who were short of supplies, to hold out until help arrived, and there was also a sweep of the Chinese tank units that came out of nowhere.

Thinking of the words that the U.S. intelligence department swore to say that the Chinese army was undermanned in the Bering Strait, Roosevelt was angry again, but he only glanced at Hoover, who was standing beside him, and did not blame Hoover who had already shown favor to him, but said lightly:

"Those soldiers who returned early due to their cripples are also our heroes!"

This sudden sentence did not sound abrupt to everyone's ears. Especially Hoover. He nodded understandingly.

The news of the total annihilation of 30,000 U.S. troops is only circulating among the top levels. The United States needs heroes in the war, and the ranks of heroes that have just been praised will not completely die. The thousands of officers and soldiers who have returned due to frostbite and illness can take up the baton of heroes and continue to inspire the enthusiasm of the American people.

It's not once or twice that Americans have done such things.

For example, in every war, there are always many officers and soldiers who die by accident and are not on the list of war damage. Even the Walker tiger dog was known to many people in the Korean War in later generations, because of the name of being killed in a car accident.

In order to boost morale and manipulate the intentions of the population. Falsification is an inevitable cultivation of a politician, and there is also a name for the overall situation, even if the American media that flaunts freedom of speech are obedient and obedient.

This kind of thing could not have been brought up by Roosevelt, so that political opponents could seize the handle, and Hoover, who was a professional black hand, quickly understood. Roosevelt rubbed his eyebrows, a little tired, and said, "Let's turn to the defense in the direction of Alaska for the time being!" It is necessary to strengthen the air defense there, including the positions at the very front. ”

After a toss by the Chinese people. Coupled with the approaching month of April, the ice in the Bering Strait is already unstable, and it is difficult to find a suitable safe passage for ice operation. Ships at this time are also impassable. Although the Americans could no longer attack it, as long as they prevented the Chinese from landing in the air, the Chinese would not be able to attack it.

"News just arrived. The Deomid Islands have been occupied by the Airborne Forces of the Chinese! Harry Hopkins, Roosevelt's chief secretary, who had come in a hurry, walked up to him and whispered.

"What?" Roosevelt straightened up suddenly, and everyone who heard the news was taken aback.

The previous Australia was occupied by the Chinese. That's British; Later, Southeast Asia, except for the Philippines, was occupied by the Chinese, who were also British, French, and Dutch; The Japanese mainland was also occupied by the Chinese. It was the Japanese, the former enemy, and even some people in the United States applauded; Now Turkey is in the majority. Syria and Iraq all fell into the hands of China, including the defeat of the US Pacific Navy in the waters near the Philippines, and it was only the defeat of the expeditionary US forces.

Even if one day, the Philippines is occupied by the Chinese, there must be some people in the United States who do not care too much about it. The American people, who are constantly on the roam of modern national thought, care more about their pockets and families than about colonies that benefit only some.

But now, the Diomid Islands, which are occupied by the Chinese, are the real territory of the Americans, and the American territory has long been recognized by the world along with Alaska.

Although Alaska has not officially become the 49th state of the United States, it has erected a boundary marker for the Americans since the time the deal between the United States and the Russians was completed, even more so than the Hawaiian Islands, which were colonized at this time.

Although there were concerns about the difficulty of landing, the Japanese were only launching a sneak attack on Hawaii instead of directly occupying it, and they must have feared that they would completely anger the Americans and would no longer be able to consider a final peace talks.

Being attacked by others on the territory of one's own country is a real and complete slap in the face.

"How dare the Huaxia people do this?" Leahy hissed angrily.

Roosevelt didn't say anything, just a gloomy face, but his brain was constantly spinning and considering countermeasures, and he didn't know what kind of public opinion storm he was going to usher in.

Unlike the previous problem of setting up a typical hero of wounded soldiers, it is only necessary to isolate and win over some people, and then fight with the Chinese people, and the news of the occupation of this territory cannot be concealed at all.

Although the Diomid Islands are small, as long as the Chinese put up the national flag on them, they are more effective than any propaganda.

Although the United States has only been established for more than 200 years, it has only expanded its territory outward, and has never occupied its own territory.

During the Mexican-American War, some areas were also disputed, and even the Americans deliberately gave up seducing the soft-footed Mexicans. But now it is the more powerful Chinese who are really slapping their faces.

Judging from the current situation of the United States losing on all fronts, coupled with the harsh environment in the Bering Strait, it will be a very pessimistic thing for the Americans to recover this place in the short term.

"No matter what the reason, I only need one result, and I will regain it in the shortest possible time!" Roosevelt glanced at the crowd one last and said in a deep voice.

He can use this bad news to stir up the anger of the American people against China and temporarily divert attention, but he also needs to clean up the mess as soon as possible to avoid being hurt by those angry people.

Everyone responded, and Alaska, which was about to be about to defend passively, immediately entered a state of war again.

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"As we move closer to Europe and disrupt the calculations of those American oil companies in the Middle East, and the technological and economic blockade of us in the United States is becoming stricter and stricter, we have less and less private contact with the United States, and even if we completely provoke the Americans this time, it will not hurt us much." Meng Xiang smiled at everyone.

Since the beginning of oil production in some parts of the Middle East in the twenties, the oil predators of the United States have been eyeing this area.

In the Middle East, where oil can come out of every pit dug, the Americans will not be able to explore where the huge oil reserves are?

It is only because of the long-distance oil transportation and the colonial protection of the British that the overall cost of oil in the Middle East is higher than that of oil in the United States and Mexico, Venezuela and other places.

The British, who became the world hegemon by relying on the steam engine, it is difficult to change the domestic coal-based energy structure, and they obtain the oil of the Americas through the Atlantic, which is more cost-effective than transporting it from the Middle East, so the oil in the Middle East is temporarily silent, and only after the war when oil consumption intensifies, and there are more and more huge ocean-going oil tankers to reduce costs, and the Americans have become the new hegemon of the world, the golden age of Middle East oil will come.

But even if it cannot be used on a large scale, the oil predators in the United States, who have coveted this place for a long time, have long regarded the Middle East as their forbidden territory.

Earlier, only Aladdin was secretly tossing, and they probably ignored it. But now that the Huaxia people have directly occupied this place, these oil predators can't hold their breath anymore and have issued warnings to Huaxia.

Huaxia, which has laid a good foundation in petrochemical industry with the help of earlier transactions with the Americans, is no longer so dependent on the Americans.

Even if the oil problem continues to pop up in China's domestic oil fields and take control of Southeast Asia, Siberia and the Middle East, it can say "no" to the oil predators of the United States.

Huaxia, which is also advancing step by step, directly reaches out to Europe, which makes many American capital predators vigilant, and for the sake of long-term interests, they have cut off contact with Huaxia. In addition, the United States has become more and more strict in its control over covert transactions, which makes those Americans who are greedy for huge profits more risky, and they have less and less contact with China.

At this time, Meng Xiang was already enough to give up the little bit of American interest and start a new plan. This time the Battle of the Bering Strait was a prelude.

"Besides, who decreed that only Americans were allowed to come and occupy our land, and that we were not allowed to plant our national flag in their territory? This time in the north again cut the Americans with a bleeding wound, which is just the beginning, and will give them more surprises in the future. Meng Xiang looked northeast and said. (To be continued.) )