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Text Chapter 1010 The Incompetent General Pershing

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    It was two o'clock in the morning on April 27, Washington time. It had been less than a month since Theodore returned to the White House.  President Roosevelt was woken up by his secretary. When the bedroom door was banging with bangs, Theodore finally fell asleep.  President Roosevelt angrily put on his pajamas, opened the door, and looked at the secretary in front of him with a sullen expression.

    "Mr. Gore, you'd better tell me something urgent. Otherwise, I will let you know how terrible it is for an old man whose sleep is disturbed!" Theodore.  President Roosevelt said through gritted teeth.  Since he became president again, he has been working hard to further tap the war potential of the United States. He has only slept two or three hours a day for a week in a row.  It's not that he suffers from insomnia, but because he has too many things to deal with and has to work overtime until very late every night, so that he only has two or three hours of sleep.  Today he finally finished handling all the government and military affairs ahead of time and wanted to fall asleep early, but was woken up.

    "Your Excellency, Secretary of War Elihu Root and Chief of Staff of the Army General Leonard Wood have sent a telegram from General Pershing on the Mexican front, with an urgent military intelligence report!" The secretary saw Theodore.  With a sullen look on President Roosevelt's face, he answered bravely.

    "Mexican front line? What happened? Could it be that the central Mexican defense line was breached by the Chinese?" Theodore.  President Roosevelt was so shocked that he could no longer care about being disturbed from his sleep, and quickly took the telegram from his secretary.  The telegram was very long, covering two pages. In this telegram, General Pershing described the troubles the U.S. military is currently encountering on the Mexican front and what consequences would occur if they continued to hold on to Mexico City. In addition, General Pershing suggested  Immediately abandon the defense lines in Mexico City and central Mexico, and withdraw the main force of the US military to northern Mexico and even the United States.  Theodore.  After President Roosevelt quickly read the telegram, his face became gloomy and scary.  Judging from the telegram sent back by General Pershing, although the central Mexican defense line has not been breached, it is basically ineffective.

    The Chinese army has already captured Atlixco, the gateway to Puebla. As long as it captures Puebla again, it will be able to rush north and outflank Mexico City's retreat.  By then, the two million U.S. troops will become turtles in a urn and will probably be swallowed up by the Chinese army.  If things really develop to this point, Theodore.  Roosevelt could no longer imagine how dark the future of the United States would be.

    "Where are Secretary Elihu Root and General Wood?" Theodore asked after reading the telegram.  President Roosevelt asked.

    "They are already in your office now!" the secretary replied.  Saw Theodore.  President Roosevelt had no time to care that his sleep was disturbed, and the secretary breathed a sigh of relief.  In fact, the anxious Theodore.  President Roosevelt, how could he care about such small things?  The United States is about to face a catastrophe!

    "I'll go to the office right away! In addition, notify the Vice President and other cabinet members to get to the White House as quickly as possible!" Theodore.  President Roosevelt ordered.  Now, it has come to a time when the life and death of the United States is related. He must make a choice in the shortest possible time.

    "Yes, Your Excellency, President!" The secretary nodded and left immediately.  Soon the White House staff became busy and called all cabinet members in Washington. Everyone realized that something big must have happened.  Many people are speculating whether the front line suffered a defeat or the Chinese landed on the west coast.  Otherwise, this situation would not have occurred in the White House.

    It is already midnight, and all the cabinet members of the U.S. government have been woken up without exception.  After getting angry, most people rushed to the White House as quickly as possible.  Although the White House staff did not explain what happened on the phone, everyone knew that if it was not an emergency, Theodore.  President Roosevelt would not summon them urgently at this time.

    As cabinet members rushed to the White House, Theodore.  President Roosevelt had arrived at the office and met the anxious-looking Secretary of War Elihu.  Root and Army Chief of Staff Leonard.  Admiral Wood.

    "Your Excellency, President!" Seeing Theodore.  After President Roosevelt came in with a black face, Secretary of War Elihu.  Root and Army Chief of Staff Leonard.  Wood quickly stood up from the sofa and looked at Theodore anxiously.  President Roosevelt.  To be honest, the two of them were also confused by the telegram sent back by General Pershing. The Chinese only launched the attack the day before, but in just two days, the battle situation took an astonishing turn.  Before, they almost all believed that General Pershing could hold on to the central Mexican defense line for at least two months or even longer.  And now, a huge fiasco was about to appear in front of them, making both of them terrified.

    "Sit down! What is going on at the front line? Tell me about it!"! Theodore.  President Roosevelt asked.During the distance from the bedroom to the office, he had suppressed his anger.  Getting angry won't solve the problem. The most important thing now is how to solve the problem.  Theodore.  Isn't the reason why Roosevelt participated in this presidential election and tried every means to oust Taft from the White House to lead the United States to defeat powerful enemies?  If he couldn't do all this, wouldn't all his efforts over the years have been in vain?

    Secretary of War Elihu.  Root to Army Chief of Staff Leonard.  Admiral Wood gave a color and let him tell the story.

    Leonard.  Admiral Wood had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Your Excellency, the specific situation is this. On April 25, the Chinese assembled a large number of troops to attack Cuautla on the Mexican front. Although the Chinese attack was very  Fierce, but after a whole day of fierce fighting, the heroic American troops still held their position and made the Chinese pay a heavy price, especially the air defense forces, who shot down at least twenty Chinese aircraft. Because the Chinese were  Cuautla's attack was so violent that everyone regarded it as the direction of the Chinese's main attack. As a result, on April 26, the main force of the Chinese army attacked Puebla. Moreover, the Chinese invested a  A new weapon, a weapon that is enough to change the current war. We don't have much information, but it is speculated that this new weapon is probably made of a tractor chassis with a square steel box, and then installed artillery and machine guns. This new weapon  , can withstand the close-range shooting of large-caliber heavy machine guns, and even ordinary mortars can't do anything with it. The Chinese officially relied on this weapon to easily break through our army's defense line in Atlisco, and only  It took half a day to wipe out all three armies there!"

    Theodore.  President Roosevelt frowned tightly. Although he did not understand the real situation on the battlefield, from Leonard.  General Wood said that he could also imagine what would happen when a large number of U.S. troops faced the Chinese's invulnerable new weapons.  The soldiers will definitely fall into despair. In that case, they will be unable to resist the Chinese attack.  The rapid annihilation of the frontline troops is understandable.

    "Damn Chinese, how come they have so many weird ideas? Can we make this kind of weapon?" Theodore.  President Roosevelt cursed viciously.  The Chinese continue to invest new weapons on the battlefield, using the US military as experimental subjects again and again.  And every time, the US military suffered heavy losses, which made Theodore.  Roosevelt was very angry.

    "Your Excellency, I have ordered major military factories to conduct research. Although this new type of Chinese weapon is very strange, it is actually not technically difficult. We can also directly use tractor chassis to produce this kind of weapon. Only  However, the specific design will require a period of development." Secretary of War Elihu.  Root said.

    Theodore.  President Roosevelt nodded and then turned to Leonard.  Admiral Wood said: "General Wood, please continue!"

    "Yes, Your Excellency, President! In view of this situation on the front line, General Pershing quickly judged that the Chinese were taking Puebla as the main direction of attack, with the purpose of outflanking the US military in Mexico City. Therefore, General Pershing  The general agreed to the request of Lieutenant General Richard, who was stationed in Puebla, to withdraw to Mexico City. However, at 9 o'clock in the evening, Lieutenant General Richard's army retreated to Mexico City and found that the Chinese army had occupied Wei.  Huo Qingo blocked General Richard's retreat.

    General Richard ordered the troops to launch an attack. However, the Chinese were too strong and General Richard failed.  Therefore, General Pershing proposed to abandon the Mexico City and central defense lines and let the main force of the US military retreat to northern Mexico!  "Admiral Leonard Wood said.

    "That is to say, the defense line in central Mexico can no longer hold on!" Theodore.  President Roosevelt said.

    "Yes! Your Excellency, President, once the Chinese go north and block the road from Mexico City to the north, then our two million troops on the defense line in central Mexico will be surrounded by the Chinese!" Leonard.  Admiral Wood said.

    At this moment, other cabinet members arrived.  Vice President Woodrow.  As soon as Wilson and others arrived at the office, they quickly asked what urgent matter had happened.

    Theodore.  President Roosevelt asked Army Chief of Staff Leonard.  Admiral Wood gave a brief introduction to what was happening on the Mexican front.

    "Oh God! How could this happen? What on earth is General Pershing doing? He has betrayed the trust of the government and the American people!" Treasury Secretary William.  Gibbs.  McAdoo immediately exclaimed!
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