Chapter 1039 Hawaii (2, 8100 Votes Plus Additional Content)

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"You and Dewey had a falling out?" Admiral King asked as he put down the newspaper in the ward.

"We didn't fall out! I'm not the same traveler as him. There's no falling out. At best, it's just public." In front of Dewey, Turner would glare and slap the table, but in front of Admiral Jin, he was very honest. Like a primary school student, he handed peeled fruit to the latter and said, "Besides, isn't this what President Truman wants to see? He doesn't want all these generals to be taken away by Dewey in a few months. He also wants to 4 I’m going to do something ambitious in the next year.”

"You think he has a chance?"

"I dare not say this, but Dewey has no chance." Turner reported Dewey's thoughts to Admiral King. "He is still dreaming, hoping that he will be able to relax without paying anything or losing anything." Is it possible to achieve peace with Germany and victory against Japan?”

"But his popularity is very high now, especially after Mr. Truman withdraws from the election, he is almost certain to be the next president."

"Popularity is high because the people are overwhelmed by the unfavorable war situation and domestic turmoil. At the same time, they also have illusions about Dewey and Hitler." Turner said with a smile, "If anyone thinks Hitler is easy to deal with, you are totally wrong! Germany will Is it easy to propose conditions for a comfortable armistice? Just by stopping aid to Japan, you can extort a lot from us. Do you agree or not? "

"What's your opinion?"

"Either keep fighting until we can't fight anymore, or we have to cease the war and survive the most difficult years, and then counterattack. Germany has been dormant for 20 years since the defeat of the last war. The United States does not need 20 years. There are 5 "It will be almost recovered in 6 years." Turner added, "So I don't understand why the president refused the olive branch offered by Japan. It stands to reason that returning the Philippines, apologizing and punishing those responsible for the Pearl Harbor incident is completely unacceptable to us. There are steps to go down.”

"Punish the person responsible?" Admiral Jin grinned, "Are you planning to punish the emperor or Yamamoto Isoroku?"

"Of course this is impossible. You are not so naive, are you? Is there an essential difference between punishing these two and directly declaring to reject peace talks?" Turner smiled, "I think it would be good to punish the diplomatic ambassador who submitted the declaration of war. , it was he who messed up the matter and turned the sneak attack in the military sense into a sneak attack in the political sense. "

Although the words are hard to pronounce, General Jin understands the truth. In the military sense, a sneak attack means that Japan first submits a declaration of war and then starts war before the United States has time to respond. Although this is shameless, it at least "legally" meets the conditions; Japan In the end, it was too late to submit the diplomatic documents, so the military attack came first and the declaration of war came last, which was no longer tenable even "legally".

"Using these 5-6 years, we will build dozens of aircraft carriers, train the army and army aviation, build a batch of super weapons for that big project, and then add rockets, heavy tanks, jets, If we upgrade our super-quiet submarines and other new weapons, it will be easy to start a war again. In the past few years, Japan and Germany may fall out without us provoking them. After the last war, we and Britain and France will soon fall out. Have the conflicts intensified?"

"So the president's actions are smarter than yours! There can be no peace. No matter Japan or Germany, we can't make peace in his hands. Let Dewey make peace!" General Kim concluded, "The president is a resolute war party. As long as it is clear At this point, his reputation and support will not decline. After Dewey signs a series of treaties that are humiliating and humiliating, the United States will soon have a Hindenburg..."

"No wonder I was wondering why the president called Dewey over at the meeting two days ago. Not long after I left, Arnold also left, and it was said that he was also very unhappy." Turner's eyes suddenly lit up. "The strange thing is that the president didn't react at all. No, after I submitted my resignation, the chief of staff called me and said that he accepted it and just hoped that I would have a good rest and not think too much. "

"The president is already planning for the next election, but..." Admiral King reminded Turner, "You still need to change your fiery temper. With Dewey's character, he will definitely cause you trouble."

"Don't be afraid. He can't kill me. At worst, I'll go to jail. There's nothing to be afraid of!"

While the two were communicating in the hospital, another exchange was taking place in the Oval Office of the White House, between Truman, Dewey, and Spruance.

"Is there a situation on the West Coast?"

"No!" Spruance whispered, "As of today before sunset, there is no trace of the Japanese fleet within 1,500 kilometers of the west coast. It is not ruled out that they have concealed their whereabouts, but for a large fleet, I think the probability Below 5%, my conclusion is that they haven’t come yet or they don’t plan to come at all.”

"If they don't come, where will they be now? What actions will be taken?"

"I personally have three judgments:

First, the fleet headed towards South America, preparing to round Cape Horn and join the Germans;

Second, this fleet feints to attack Pearl Harbor, but the probability should be low, because General Nimitz's fleet will return to port soon, and our army is not weak;

Third, this fleet may attack Panama - this is the most likely move! "

The first two judgments were okay, at least not a top priority, but the third judgment made both Truman and Dewey slightly change their minds. The Panama Canal repair work was in full swing. It was originally expected to be completed in June next year. If it was bombed again by the Japanese army, That's incredible.

“What measures could be taken to push back the Japanese and secure the Panama Canal?”

"Not yet." Spruance smiled bitterly, "I asked General Arnold. Not long ago, in order to support the Brazilian battlefield, the Army Aviation Department deployed a large number of aircrews from various bases in the Caribbean. Now it has to strengthen the defense of the west coast. The defense of the Caribbean Sea is very empty. , although Panama currently has more than 600 aircraft and more than 30,000 army troops, less than 20% of them are experienced troops, which cannot stop the Japanese army. If nothing else, just say that the more than 30,000 army troops look like a lot of people. How much courage do you think they will have to continue to hold on to their positions when the Japanese use their super battleship guns to drop 18-inch shells on their heads?”

"Then according to you, the canal is definitely lost?"

"You can't throw it away..." Spruance sighed, "No matter how powerful the warship is, it won't be able to get ashore, but the canal repair project will definitely be greatly damaged. Don't expect it to be completed in June next year. Now The only hope is to use this offensive to further weaken the Japanese army. Last time Horikichi used 2 battleships to block the Panama Canal. How many more battleships will Japan have available this time?

Dewey and Truman looked at each other in confusion after hearing this, not knowing how to answer this sentence, and the scene suddenly fell silent.

After Turner resigned and retired, Spruance, who had not fully recovered from his injuries but was basically able to perform shore duties, took over his position as Assistant Secretary of Naval Operations and Chief of the Operational Plans Division. Hewitt was promoted As Vice Admiral, he went to serve as Chief of Staff of the Atlantic Fleet and assist Mitchell.

Speaking of which, Hewitt is also unlucky. At this time in history, he was already a general and was in charge of his own affairs. However, this time and space suffered a disastrous defeat in the Horn of Africa and more recently in Brazil. Fortunately, the president still has a sharp eye and knew twice. The failure had little to do with him, and it also promoted him to lieutenant general - although it was annoying, it was still a promotion.

In Dewey's view, the recent series of personnel transfers are full of weirdness: Admiral King's official position is Chief of Naval Operations, but after he resigned due to illness, he was not replaced by Deputy Secretary General Frederick Joseph Horney. Instead of letting President Roosevelt's naval representative and former Chief of Naval Operations Harold Rainsford Stark return to his post, he directly transferred Pacific Fleet Commander Nimitz. Nimitz himself happened to be still at that time. Not in Washington, so Turner became Admiral King's representative.

It means that Admiral Jin is actually controlling the situation behind the scenes! It's just that he was smarter than Marshall. He took advantage of his experience of having a coma and being hospitalized. When Marshall was still worried about finding a reason to quit, he immediately announced his withdrawal!

In nominating Spruance, Dewey had the intention of testing the military's response to see if the reform of the Joint Chiefs of Staff would go smoothly in the future. He originally thought that Truman would hinder it, but unexpectedly Dewey readily agreed, but unfortunately in other aspects Hitting the wall - what Spruance said next made Dewey feel doubly embarrassed:

"Although I feel honored to take over the post of General Turner, I still think it is necessary to say a few words of justice for him." Spruance said slowly, "First, Turner's temper and conduct have always been Ruyi always has the same temper. I don't agree or appreciate this attitude, but I don't think he did it deliberately. He just showed his true feelings in a too real and unskilled way. Secondly, his thoughts are actually nothing. Wrong, the American people should get used to bombs falling. We are now at war with an enemy who is armed to the teeth, and the overall war situation is at a disadvantage. How can we not eat a bomb or a shell and stay completely aloof?

As long as we can give the enemy a powerful counterattack, it is impossible to expect the United States to be safe and sound like a paradise. At first, German Marshal Göring bragged that as long as a bomb fell on Berlin, he would change his name to Meir. Later, Berlin How many times have you been bombed? Didn’t you get through this too? When a bomb falls for the first time, it's scary, and that's what happens when it happens more often. Of course, new recruits are very scared when they go into battle for the first time, and they may even pee their pants, but veterans can still be calm in the hail of bullets. They just get used to it.

To judge the success or failure of this west coast battle, we do not judge whether the Japanese bombs were successfully dropped in the end, but how much damage we can cause to the Japanese fleet. If we lose a few more times, the enemy will not dare to come next time! "

On the surface, Truman and Dewey nodded repeatedly to express their understanding, but Dewey was smiling bitterly in his heart: Spruance was obviously sitting as close to him as to Truman, but mentally, he was very close to Truman, but far away from him. Very far.