"Ao wants to buy weapons and equipment?"

Hearing the news of the secretary's report, Lao Du fell into deep thought.

After the Pacific Fleet was completely wiped out, the other side of the strait has always refused to communicate, the ambassador to the United States ignored him on the grounds of physical discomfort, the transnational official telegrams did not reply, and the ambassador on the other side of the strait never saw the key people on the other side.

It gave him a lot of headaches.

The matter of the fiasco of the Pacific Fleet, it is not clear at home, it did not spread, he sent people to suppress it, it is a time of war, the whole people are mobilized, the president has a lot of power, it is easy to control public opinion.

There is also a bipartisan consensus in Congress on this point, and no one is making trouble.

In this naval battle, the strength shown by the other side is too strong, and the gap between the two sides is too large, which cannot be made up by command and experience, even the most hawkish people honestly bow their heads.

But.

This news cannot be hidden.

Of the nearly 100 cutting-edge capital ships, only four returned, 100,000 sailors, less than 30,000 returned, more than 20,000 became prisoners of the other side, and nearly 50,000 sank in the depths of the Pacific Ocean.

These people have family and friends at home, especially officers, and some captains, and they have a huge influence in the country.

Even, the captive was on the photo.

Sooner or later, the news will spread, and the American people will know about the fiasco in the Pacific, and they will know that the mighty Pacific Fleet is so vulnerable.

The trouble is.

Previously, Luo Cripple was very aggressive for this fleet, calling it the world's first fleet, hoping to further enhance the people's support for the war and their confidence in victory.

The sudden outbreak of such a huge fiasco will greatly shake the hearts of the American people and very likely to trigger a wave of anti-war reactions, which all the top leaders of the United States do not want to see.

All the people in Congress on both sides of the party, as well as other top brassiers, are united in their attitude towards the European war – there can never be a united Europe, which is an absolute disaster for the United States.

Now the time is still short, and it can be covered up on the grounds of military secrets, but the time is a factory, and it will definitely arouse suspicion.

He had to find a way to cover it up, at least, to minimize the impact, and preferably make up a reason to get the lake over, which would explain the disastrous defeat of the Pacific Fleet, with only four capital ships and nine submarines coming back, without affecting the morale of the people.

But there must be a premise for all this.

Discuss the follow-up of this incident with the other side.

It should apologize and apologize, it should bow its head and bow its head, its strength is not as good as others, the army can't beat others, there is nothing to say, being ridden in the face, being kicked in the nose in the face, the economy, and international concessions, there is no way.

But the other side seems to have nothing happening, and it is completely untouchable to the United States, and it seems to ignore this matter, but it is reported in the newspaper, so that Lao Du is not sure what the other side wants to do.

And.

How to cover up the Pacific fiasco, who to find as a scapegoat, how to deal with the anger of the people at home, and how to deal with the leaks of the Manhattan Project also gave him a headache.

For a while, Lao Du was a little nostalgic for Luo Cripple.

I'll die later.

Wouldn't it be good to take care of all these troubles and then die?

"Mr. President."

Just when Lao Du was worried, McCarthy walked in.

As a rising star in American politics, a lawyer-turned-veteran, and a former Marine Corps, McCarthy is well aware of his shortcomings — no tough backstage, no senior resume.

He was able to come to power because of the promotion of the president and the right situation.

At this time, the United States was troubled internally and externally.

The European war was lost, with the loss of 300,000 elite troops, the offensive plan was interrupted, and at the same time, the Pacific Ocean was defeated, the strongest new fleet in history was instantly annihilated, and only four warships escaped.

The classified Manhattan Project has been leaked.

At this time, the United States needs a tough attitude and firm actions to inspire and save.

And some of his rhetoric, ideas, and ways of doing things are very suitable for the current internal situation in the United States, where there are a large number of spies and people with foreign influence, and these people must be treated strongly.

In his opinion, it is better to kill by mistake than to let go.

This is very offensive.

Therefore, there must be strong support, and now that it is a time of war, the power of public opinion has been greatly reduced, and it is impossible to win the support of the people, and the only thing he can think of is the president.

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It is also because of the wartime, and the current president is very powerful.

Truman nodded, greeted him back, and asked McCarthy to sit down, and the two chatted briefly, and McCarthy went straight to the point:

"I have a solution to the problems at home."

"Oh?!"

Lao Du's eyes lit up.

To be honest, Truman didn't like this guy very much.

In his opinion, this person is a typical opportunist, completely unscrupulous for the sake of the end, like a mad dog, but he also has to admit that this kind of person is very effective.

That's why he took advantage of this man.

"We need to explain it to the people."

McCarthy says:

"Why is the Pacific Fleet, which is known as invincible, completely wiped out, with only a dozen or two battleships and two destroyers left, and why are tens of thousands of elite sailors appearing on the opposite shore?"

"and, responding to leaks of the Manhattan Project."

Truman nodded.

"But, I think, we can combine those two."

McCarthy said slowly.

"Combine?"

Truman's eyes narrowed, then lit up slightly, and he looked at McCarthy reluctantly.

He grasped the man's meaning.

This made him admire even more, and it was simply too appropriate for him to take the risk of vigorously activating this human behavior.

"Yes."

McCarthy smiled:

"The failure of the Pacific Fleet, the leaks of the Manhattan research program, these things, can't be hidden from the people, and with the spread of the news, one day, many Americans will know."

"We can't block it."

After a pause, McCarthy continued to smile and said:

"Today, it is clear to all Americans that our new Pacific Fleet is the strongest fleet in history, represents a powerful American military force, and greatly boosts the public's confidence in victory in this war."

"So, this fleet must not fail in the hands of the enemy, but it can fail in our own hands."

"Good idea."

Truman smiled.

Because of the excessive propaganda of the lame man, the mighty American Pacific Fleet became a symbol of American military power and a source of confidence in victory for the people of the country.

And now, that confidence is shattered.

It was broken by the opposite bank in an hour.

When the news just came back, Luo Cripple was so frightened that he stood up directly, and the high-level faces of the military turned pale, more than a dozen generals could not accept the facts, committed suicide, and nearly 40 generals proposed to resign.

The gap is just too big.

The military was all stupefied.

Hopeless.

One can imagine how much chaos it would cause once this matter spread among the people.

But it can be replaced with a greater faith.

The Manhattan Project has also been missed by the other side, and this superweapon that can decide the outcome of the war has now completed all the theoretical data processes and is waiting to enter the live-fire experiment.

The super-bomb developed by the United States failed and destroyed the powerful and invincible Pacific Fleet.

Then, find out some spies, technicians, high-ranking people to take responsibility for this.

As for the propaganda on the other side of the strait, the defeat of the Pacific Fleet, the capture of more than 20,000 soldiers, and the placement of photos, this is just where the other side acted for himself after saving tens of thousands of American sailors to satisfy his vanity.

The mighty fleet of the United States, annihilated by the enemy in less than an hour?

Is this possible?

Who will the people believe?

You don't have to think about it to know.

The two then began to discuss the matter closely and made a plan as much as possible.

This includes, but is not limited to, how to deeply use the media for propaganda, to build momentum, to weaken the defeat of the Pacific Fleet, and instead to highlight the horror of the Manhattan Project superweapon, as well as the enemy's frenzied sabotage and spying theft of such weapons.

By the way, he used this to find out the spy in the Manhattan Project.

After McCarthy left, it was already late at night.

Lao Du put down the draft in his hand with satisfaction, Shi Shiran left, during which he accidentally touched a document and happened to fall in the trash, but he turned around, and then left directly.

The secretary looked at Lao Du who had left, and then at the message that had been dropped in the trash can for the purchase of weapons and equipment, hesitated for a moment, picked it up, and then threw it into the document shredder.

Ten minutes later, the lights went out in the White House, the highest capital of the United States.

The United States paused to think.

······

"War, can it still be fought like this?"

Meanwhile, in Hamburg, the old fox's office, is brightly lit.

At this time, this desert fox, a famous military expert in later generations, looked at the Chinese version of the 'Independent Daily' in his hand, as well as the more detailed information investigated by the German intelligence services, and his tone was full of amazement.

Even horrified!

"Separated by a distance of 500 kilometers and in less than an hour, 12 Essex-class aircraft carrier battle groups, 1,200 warplanes, 2 fast battleships, 4 heavy cruisers, 16 light cruisers, and 24 destroyers were sunk."

"And a submarine, as well as two damaged fast battleships, two destroyers."

Word by word, the old fox trembled.

At this time, the information in his hand made his entire understanding of the war, from the foundation to the peak, all shattered, and the knowledge system built up for decades completely collapsed.

"Future."

Kesselring on the side also said in the same tone, amazed, even horrified:

"No, it should be said that from now on, the war will no longer be about who has more tanks, more artillery, and larger calibers."

"Yes."

The old fox put down the newspaper in his hand:

"From today onwards, the outcome of a large-scale battle will not be determined by whose commander is more cunning, whose tanks are better, and whose armor is thicker, and these will not determine the direction of a large-scale war."

"It's about who has the more advanced weapons system."

"Weapon system?"

Kesselring was a little surprised.

This naval battle, in the final analysis, was because of the terrorist missiles taken out by the other side.

"Unless nuclear weapons are used on a large scale, and dozens of nuclear weapons of the hundred-hundred-ton level must be dropped at one time, it is almost impossible to win the war with one weapon."

"The missiles they use, while terrible, are not yet at the height of nuclear weapons."

The old fox glanced at Kesselring and sighed slightly:

"It's actually very simple to stay away from missiles, that is, radar plus rockets, we can also make it, the other side is nothing more than rocket engine technology, and radar technology is much more advanced than ours."

"But no matter how advanced it is, it is impossible to hit a fleet 500 kilometers away with missiles alone, otherwise the other side will not need to be equipped with the kind of early warning aircraft equipped with large radars."

"The most critical thing in this naval battle is to guide these missiles launched from 500 kilometers away to accurately hit the Americans' Pacific Fleet, and this technology is the most terrifying."

The old fox's amazing talent for war allowed him to accurately grasp the core of the Pacific naval battle.

The 'Bully-1' long-range anti-ship missile improved from the P500 is indeed advanced, but the most advanced and most important thing is the communication guidance system that provides guidance and guidance for the 'Tyranny-1'.

Otherwise, the range of the Overlord-1 would have been reduced to 50 kilometers, just like the P50 back then, and without relay guidance, its range would be almost indistinguishable from that of the River Styx.

"That's the biggest gap between us and the other side, at least 20 years."

The old fox's hands were shaking.

"What should we do?"

Kesselring was silent for a moment before asking.

"Faster, end the war."

The old fox exhaled deeply:

"This year's winter war, completely end the Eastern Front, in the first half of next year, end the war on the Western Front, and then concentrate the forces of the whole of Europe, increase investment in military science and technology, and catch up in the shortest possible time."

"Before the other side really stands up."

"With the military strength of the other side, in fact, they can completely play with the control of the world and formulate world rules, and the reason why they have not implemented them is because their domestic situation, especially their economic strength and people's education level, cannot support these."

Kesselring nodded.

This is the same plan as the current Empire.

This winter, concentrate forces on the Eastern Front, completely solve the problems on the Eastern Front, and then concentrate forces to settle the war on the Western Front.

Now, of course, it's faster and more powerful.

More troops, more supplies, faster attacks, although more casualties will also be paid.

"Also."

The old fox continued:

"I'm worried about increasing the storage of supplies..."

"I've been doing it, I'm halfway there, it's enough homegrown, and it's currently being stored in the major EU countries."

Kesselring nodded.

The 'warehouse' is not theirs after all.

The source is clear to the two people, the purpose is clear to the two of them, and only the two of them are clear.

Germany is actually a pawn, and once the situation changes, for example, Germany has the upper hand, and one side wins the war, the 'warehouse' may fail at any time, and it should not be said that it will inevitably fail.

But Germany, or Europe, could not leave the supplies in the 'warehouse'.

So all along, he has been stockpiling supplies, and massive concrete warehouses have been built in various European countries to store various materials.

He needs to do it.

The stored materials, especially basic materials such as fuel, food, medicine, etc., can also be maintained for two and a half to three years.

Because of the large amount of manpower devoted to the war, it is only half completed now, but fortunately, all kinds of material packaging in the 'warehouse' are very suitable for storage, and even fuel can be stored for 36 months without deterioration, which is incredible.

Needless to say, weapons and equipment can be stored for five or six years for a long time, and they are the same as new.

At this time, Kesselring apparently did not know that his scattered storage of food, fuel, armament, and ammunition provided the material basis for the 'full-fledged, continuous-burning powder keg' of Europe.

After all.

Everyone was sufficient, with food, guns, artillery, tanks, and fuel.

There are also contradictions.

Paired with careerists.

What to expect, very simple quiz questions.

······

The other side.

Eastern Front.

"There is an armed rebellion in Alamtu, a gang..."

In the splendid palace, the conference table was the highest mountain, the pipe was flickering on and off, and the smoke was so thick that I couldn't see the expression of that face.

At the conference table, the faces of the people were as bright and dark as pipes, and the greatest of nations, like the faces behind the smoke, could not see the future.

"Fortunately, only a few little devils intervened, but not much, and the rebellion has been quelled at present."

"We ·····"

The pipe was placed on the table:

"It takes a win to be inspired."

"We."

Pause again for a moment:

"There must also be victory."

"We have mobilized all the people who can afford to hold guns, regardless of men, women and children, have been conscripted into the army, and now, we have 350 newly formed full-strength divisions being trained."

"Whether Su ** is dead or alive depends on this winter."

"But."

The pipe was picked up and pointed at a man:

"We need to solve the problem of weapons and equipment."

"The Su** needs more tanks, artillery, machine guns, and even airplanes."

"Buy from them, give them everything they want, anyway, it's theirs."