Chapter 1049: We Can't Underestimate the Enemy Anymore
The astonishing news of the fall of Hawaii soon swept the world.
The leaders of the major powers learned the details of this in advance through their own intelligence services.
"I said a long time ago, you can't underestimate the Chinese army!" Stalin's seemingly gloating greeting made Roosevelt feel the green tendons in his head twitch.
The Russians were repeatedly deflated by the hands of the Chinese army, and Stalin was helpless when he was furious, and he had to pinch his nose to approve some of the accusations made by Britain and the United States for the incompetence of the Soviet and Russian troops.
Although Stalin also understood that this was some trick of the British and American bargaining with Soviet Russia, he was powerless to refute it, and the grievance in his heart made him only roar in the cold palace.
And when he heard that Hawaii was occupied by China, Stalin's first reaction after repeatedly confirming the accuracy of the news was like a constipation problem had finally been released. Not to mention the Americans' arrogant behavior towards Soviet Russia in the past, just having one more difficult brother by his side made Stalin feel much more comfortable, and even spared hundreds of people from the death penalty for several days in a row.
Of course, don't forget to "greet and comfort" Roosevelt every day.
"Huaxia people can't be careless, they need to deal with it with all their might!" Churchill also greeted Roosevelt in time.
Even the loud voice that used to quarrel at every turn was an octave lowered, but Roosevelt knew that Churchill's greeting was not bad or good.
Americans' battlefields are not only in Asia, their biggest battlefields are in Europe, whether it is the army, navy, or air power.
Huaxia stopped at the gate of Europe, so that the Americans saw the cheapness, and were eager to get Europe before the coordination between Germany and Huaxia was completed.
With the impetus of the Americans, the war in Europe against Germany was once again fiercely fought.
War is a gold-devouring beast, a bottomless pit devouring all kinds of resources, and the Germans, who have been fighting for six years in a row, are exhausted.
They have grabbed the wealth of Europe, but in the absence of raw materials and labor, it is difficult to effectively convert it into their own strength.
The main forces of the Allied forces, including the United States, Soviet Russia, Britain, and France, were concentrated in Europe to deal with the already weakened Germans. The ending is easy to guess.
All Meng Xiang did was sit back and watch. The support given to the Germans could only be achieved to maintain the current situation.
Although the crumbling fronts had not been lost on a large scale in a short time, everyone was aware of the obvious weakness of the Germans.
Germany was in decline, and there were many ideas within the Allied Forces.
The British were not willing to cede the fruits of Europe to the Americans, and small moves behind them continued.
The Hawaiian campaign not only damaged the invincible dignity of the United States, but also easily tilted the US military center of gravity toward Asia. This allows the British to have more opportunities in Europe. Although we do not expect to dominate Europe as we have in the past, we can at least grab one more piece of European fruit and restore one more vitality.
And if the Americans defeat the Chinese, even if some of the British interests in Asia need to be ceded, it will be better than being occupied by all of the Chinese now.
In any case, the world hegemony between the United States and China will become more and more intense. The more beneficial it is for the British. As for the Germans, even if only the Russians and the British, as well as those allies in Europe, a little more American material aid would be enough to drag the Germans down. Moreover, a plan to deal a fatal blow to Germany was nearing its end. Perhaps it will not be long before Germany ceases to be a threat.
The various rising powers in France have yet to argue for a core leader. However, with the exception of the Vichy regime, which sided with the Axis powers, everyone else turned to the United States, even Charles de Gaulle, who was supported by the British.
Even if Germany and China form an alliance, China's strong rise is so eye-catching. But arrogant Europeans already had a fixed mind about China. Unless you see it with your own eyes, you don't believe in the strength of the Chinese people at all. And the Americans have made Europeans accept the rise of the New World for a century. They believe more in the union of the United States and the old European empires. It is not uncommon for the United States to turn to the United States, which has the right to speak in the Allied forces.
Not only France, but also the anti-German and Italian resistance forces in various European countries have also embraced the thick legs of the United States.
When they heard that the Chinese had conquered Hawaii, they didn't believe it at first. Each country has its own intelligence line, and it didn't take long for the news to be confirmed, but they didn't worry, but greeted the United States one after another to show their loyalty.
It's just that their loyalty is so harsh to Roosevelt and other high-level American leaders.
"Now the whole world knows that we suffered a big defeat at the hands of China and lost Hawaii. But we can't even figure out how to lose it, how to be defeated by Huaxia! I have to say, something went terribly wrong with our intelligence! The Hawaiian front was still raging, and the handling of Nimitz and the U.S. Pacific Navy was still being debated, but Roosevelt first took aim at Hoover's FBI, and even Donovan's Strategic Intelligence Agency was severely criticized.
Ever since the war with China began, the Americans have felt that they are lagging behind China in terms of intelligence, making it difficult for them to display their own strength and being constrained at every turn.
Especially in this battle of Hawaii, the Americans misjudged the strength of China and carried it one after another.
If it weren't for the rapid arrival of the surrounding American reinforcements, I am afraid that the loss of the reinforcement fleet that Nimitz hastily returned would not only be the sinking of one capital aircraft carrier, three escort aircraft carriers, and three cruisers, but also the rest of the capital ships would have been wounded one by one, and maybe they would all be planted there.
Nimitz's last chance to regain his fate came to an end.
The news of the fall of Hawaii has been in an uproar all over the world, and even the news that Nimitz, who had transferred troops from the surrounding area, has been fooled, and the hasty return of reinforcements has been met head-on again. Regardless of the losses, such an outcome already means that Nimitz's command ability will be questioned by everyone. The Americans are embarrassed in front of the whole world and need to have a move to cover their faces, and there is not much room for maneuver in the ending of Nimitz carrying this black pot with enough weight.
Although Nimitz was unwilling, he also admitted in his heart that he had indeed underestimated the enemy this time.
Who would have thought that Huaxia was just a fleet attacking Hawaii, and it didn't take long for it to quickly mobilize a large army, and the Hawaiian guards were like an iron bucket, directly folding Nimitz's wings of hope.
Nimitz was not the only one who underestimated the enemy of China, and almost all Americans did not feel that China posed a mortal threat to the United States, and even after the Battle of Hawaii, many people still thought that China was a temporary fluke.
In the end, the war between countries needs to look at the comparison of strengths.
Except for the industrial capacity hidden in the shadows such as copycat companies, on the bright side, who would think that China, whose industrial strength has not yet climbed to one-tenth of the world, can confront the United States, whose industrial strength occupies nearly half of the world's total industrial strength at this time?
Although a battle for Hawaii finally made more Americans feel a great threat, no one felt that the threat was deadly.
The successive defeats of Japan and the desperate defeat of Germany have made the name of the United States' number one power recognized by the world, and it has also greatly inflated the confidence of the Americans.
In the eyes of the vast majority of Americans, the U.S. military is the most powerful, especially the navy.
Even if China's army is very strong, I am afraid that it can only look at the United States on the other side of the Pacific.
It doesn't matter if they are attacked by China and occupy Hawaii, not to mention that the Americans are confident that their army will be recaptured soon, and they will also teach the Chinese Navy a hard lesson, even Hawaii's strategy is not so important in the eyes of many people.
At this time, Hawaii, which was not officially listed as a state of the United States, was not yet separated from the status of a colony in the eyes of many people. In the United States, where isolationism is still strong, the United States remains a paradise as long as it does not threaten the American homeland.
But apparently many high-level officials in the United States do not see it that way.
The strategic importance of Hawaii is unquestionable, and the Huaxia that occupies Hawaii is not so easy to deal with.
A battle in Hawaii made the Americans' faces hot, and it also completely woke up the American high-level who had always been arrogant and looked down on China.
These days, the more they learn the details of Huaxia, the more surprised they become.
Before you know it, Huaxia has grown into a behemoth that is enough to confront the Americans.
"Huaxia is our biggest enemy in the East in the future!" This phrase was endorsed by almost all the top levels.
"No, Huaxia is our biggest enemy in the world in the future!" Roosevelt clearly paid more attention to the rise of China.
Including the backing of the copycat company and the somewhat mysterious Chairman Meng, there are too many secrets in Huaxia that have not been seen through. Compared with the Germans, who showed their decline, and the Russians, British, and French, who had been greatly injured, the rising speed of China was the obstacle that the Americans must get rid of in the future to dominate the world.
"We will henceforth treat them as enemies even more dangerous than the Germans! Our global strategy and strategic layout for China will be readjusted! Although Roosevelt listed Huaxia as the number one opponent in his mouth, he still despised the strength displayed by Huaxia at this time, and his attention was more to deal with the declining Germans, and after dominating Europe, he would defeat the Chinese and win the whole of Asia.
He believed that as long as the main European forces of the United States pressed on China, China, which had dragged on the front for too long, would soon fall, but he could never predict that the miracle of China would continue. (To be continued.) )