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Text Chapter 1,256 A bolt from the blue

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    When Secretary of the Navy Meyer arrived at the White House, it was already eight o'clock in the evening. The President of the United States, Theodore.  Roosevelt is still busy in the office.  Secretary of War Elihu.  Root was briefing His Excellency the President on the situation of the U.S. Army.  After the Chinese Army stopped attacking the hinterland of the United States, the U.S. Army began to build defense lines in Kansas and other places, relying on dense rivers and waterways to prepare to resist the Chinese Army's attack.  Of course, after suffering successive disastrous defeats, the U.S. Army has lost the ability to fight back.  Now they can rely on the river to resist the Chinese Army's attack, which is not easy!

    "Root, can the Army hold the line of defense now and ensure the security of the United States' hinterland?" Theodore.  President Roosevelt asked.

    "Your Excellency, the U.S. Army still has nearly four million troops. We are fully capable of holding the line of defense and resisting the Chinese attack!" Elihu.  Secretary Root said.  Although the U.S. Army suffered heavy losses on the battlefield, it still recruited enough troops after relaxing restrictions on recruitment, and the U.S.'s strong industrial strength was able to arm these troops.  However, it is difficult to say how much combat effectiveness these troops have. Most of them are just rabble-rousers who have just learned how to shoot.  The reason why the U.S. Army is able to hold its line of defense now is entirely because the Chinese Army took the initiative to stop attacking and stopped attacking the hinterland of the United States.  Otherwise, the U.S. Army simply cannot defend it with just these mobs!

    "What if the navy is also defeated? If the navy loses, can the army still hold on?" Theodore.  President Roosevelt asked.

    "Ah? The navy failed! Your Excellency, if the navy fails, the Chinese will definitely launch a massive attack! You also know that now the entire United States has pinned all its hopes on the navy. If the navy suffers a disastrous defeat,  There is no way we can withstand the Chinese attack! By then, the United States will undoubtedly be defeated!" Elihu.  Secretary Root said directly.  Although he is unwilling to admit it, the U.S. Navy has indeed become the last hope of the United States. If the U.S. Navy fails miserably, one can only imagine what will happen to the United States!

    "Minister Root, this is just a hypothesis of mine! I believe that the Navy will be able to win!" Theodore.  President Roosevelt said.  Although he hopes that the Army can assume its due responsibilities, Elihu.  Minister Root's answer disappointed him very much.

    Now it seems that the U.S. Army has indeed been beaten by the Chinese Army and has no power to fight back.  If the U.S. Navy is defeated, then the United States will completely fail!  Of course, Theodore.  President Roosevelt also did not believe that the U.S. Navy would fail.  After all, the strength of the combined fleet formed by the U.S. Navy and the British Fleet has absolutely no enemies in the world.  Not to mention that the Chinese Navy¡¯s expeditionary fleet only has a dozen capital ships!

    "Your Excellency, the Secretary of the Navy wants to see you!" At this time, the White House secretary entered Theodore.  President Roosevelt's office, reported!

    "Let him in! I hope he brings us good news!" Theodore.  President Roosevelt said with a smile.

    Soon Secretary of the Navy Meyer entered Theodore.  In President Roosevelt's office, but the expression on his face was a little gloomy, which made Theodore, who was full of hope.  President Roosevelt had a bad feeling!

    "Minister Meyer, please sit down. Are you feeling unwell?" Theodore.  President Roosevelt asked.  At this moment, the smile on his face also disappeared!

    "No, Mr. President, I'm fine! Mr. President, the Navy Department has received the telegram from the fleet!" Secretary Meyer said!

    "Oh? Has the naval battle concluded?" Theodore.  President Roosevelt was shocked and looked at Minister Meyer nervously. Even though he was the President of the United States and the leader of one of the most important powers in the world, he was still extremely nervous at this moment!  He knew very well that the outcome of this naval battle was directly related to the fate of the United States!  Whether the United States can continue to exist in the future depends to a large extent on whether it can win this naval battle!  But now that Navy Secretary Meyer looks ugly, the result may be worrying!

    "Your Excellency, we have failed in this naval battle! As of tonight, the naval battle has ended! The U.S. Navy was defeated by the Chinese. We lost all our capital ships and other warships in this naval battle! We are completely  If you fail, there is no chance of a comeback!" Navy Minister Meyer said with a sad face!

    At this moment, Theodore.  President Roosevelt and Secretary of War Elihu.  Root's eyes widened and he looked at Navy Minister Meyer in surprise, as if he couldn't believe what he said.  You must know that before the decisive naval battle began, almost all Americans believed that the United States would definitely win this naval battle!  But now US Navy Secretary Meyer has brought them such a result!

    ¡°Secretary Meyer, don¡¯t youAre you kidding me?  "Elihu Root then asked. You know, if the navy really fails, then the United States will be completely finished, and all their plans will be in vain! President Theodore Roosevelt also tightly  They stared at Minister Meyer, hoping to get the answer they wanted from him!

    "Secretary Root, do you think I would joke about something like this?" Minister Meyer said in a deep voice.

    Suddenly, Theodore.  President Roosevelt's face turned pale, and his whole body seemed to have been struck by a bolt from the blue. He suddenly collapsed on the sofa, as if his bones had been ripped apart!  The navy failed, and the United States was completely finished. They would become the first major country to be destroyed by the Chinese in this war!

    "Minister Meyer, how could this happen? How could such a thing happen? Doesn't the joint fleet formed by us and the British have 46 capital ships? Three times as many as the Chinese! How could we not win?  The Chinese also lost all their warships? This is absolutely impossible!" Elihu.  Minister Root yelled a little lost his temper.  After the navy was defeated by the Chinese, it was foreseeable that the Chinese army would soon launch an attack.  At that time, the U.S. Army will also suffer a series of disastrous defeats until the United States is completely destroyed!

    "Minister Root, although we have many more battleships than the Chinese! But in front of the Chinese aircraft, all the battleships are just targets! Although we have also installed anti-aircraft weapons on these battleships,  Facing the Chinese aircraft, they are still vulnerable! Our most advanced Pennsylvania-class battleships were easily sunk under the siege of the Chinese aircraft! Our main naval force has not yet encountered the Chinese Navy's expeditionary fleet.  Before the main force, all battleships equipped with 343 mm main guns were sunk or severely damaged!" Navy Secretary Meyer said.

    This time the navy's disastrous defeat was beyond everyone's expectations!  They never thought that such a thing would happen!

    "Damn it! Minister Meyer, how could the Chinese use aircraft to attack us? They have never built an airport in the Western Atlantic Ocean! Although they have built an airport in Mexico, with the performance of the Chinese aircraft, they have no airport at all.  You can't cross the entire Gulf of Mexico and attack our navy in the Bahamas!" Elihu.  Secretary Root still thinks this is too exaggerated.  In order to guard against attacks by Chinese aircraft, the U.S. Navy placed the decisive battle in the Atlantic Ocean instead of the Gulf of Mexico or the Caribbean.  But I didn¡¯t expect that it would still end like this in the end!

    "We don't know where the Chinese plane took off from. However, as far as we know, the Chinese did not build any airports on the islands in the western Atlantic Ocean. Therefore, we judge that the Chinese plane took off from  Taking off from a ship! The Chinese built a warship similar to a sea airport, and then aircraft took off from such a warship to attack our naval battleships! Only this reason can explain why the Chinese aircraft can  Continuous attacks on the main force of our navy eventually led to our disastrous defeat!" Minister Meyer said.  Although they have never seen an aircraft carrier with their own eyes, according to speculation, the United States can roughly guess the principles of the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier.  However, now it is too late for the US Navy.

    "Those Chinese sons of bitches, they tricked us again!" Elihu.  Minister Rutte also cursed!  He knew that the U.S. Navy should have been severely cheated by the Chinese this time, and all the battleships of the U.S. Navy were trapped.

    "Minister Meyer? How much are our specific losses? How much damage have we caused to the Chinese?" Theodore.  President Roosevelt collected his emotions and then asked.

    "Your Excellency, we have lost all the battleships in the East Coast Fleet! 19 of our battleships were sunk by the Chinese, and the remaining 21 surrendered to the Chinese! The remaining heavy cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers also surrendered  Yes! The East Coast Fleet has now been completely wiped out!" Minister Meyer replied!

    "Surrendered? All 21 battleships surrendered to the Chinese? What did that guy William Benson think?" Theodore.  President Roosevelt asked with a frown!

    "Your Excellency, the order to surrender was issued by Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Edward Able! At that time, all our super battleships were sunk or severely damaged, and there were only 13 Dreadnought battleships left intact.  .Facing the Chinese¡¯s dozen advanced battleships and overwhelming aircraft, Lieutenant General Edward Able issued an order to surrender in order to save the lives of tens of thousands of American youths!¡± Minister Meyer replied!
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