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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 1558 The Crisis Facing the United States

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    President Franklin Roosevelt was awakened from his deep sleep by his secretary on duty. This political strongman in his forties contracted polio inexplicably. He had to sit in a wheelchair for the rest of his life and work hard for the future of the United States.  Destiny, painstaking efforts and strategizing.

    Since he lost the ability to move independently, Mr. President¡¯s sleeping situation has been extremely bad. Night is a painful torture for him. He cannot fall asleep without taking sleeping pills.  .

    When he arrived at the living room in his wheelchair, Roosevelt's head was still groggy, and the effects of the sleeping pills were still taking effect. To be honest, he was extremely disgusted by this late-night call. He could sleep peacefully for several hours in one night.  For Mr. President, these hours were the greatest happiness. Now, the hard-earned happiness was rudely interrupted. To be fair, no one would be in a good mood if they were awakened from a sweet sleep.

    Roosevelt suppressed the irritability and unhappiness in his heart and picked up the phone. "I'm Roosevelt, who are you? Do you have any urgent business?" Mr. President's tone was full of impatience.

    The caller was General Jeff Field, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, "Mr. President, this is Jeff Field. I have some unfortunate news to report to you. The Operations Watch Room of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has just received a call from the Pacific Fleet.  An urgent telegram from Commander Vice Admiral Nimitz. Just an hour ago, the Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the headquarters of the Pacific Fleet! "

    Admiral Jefferfield's tone was full of anxiety and horror that could not be concealed, "What?" Roosevelt exclaimed, his heart was shocked, and his haggard face instantly became bloodless, and the phone  The receiver suddenly slipped from his hand, and the president's brain instantly went blank, and his thinking stopped functioning.  The whole person stayed in the wheelchair.

    On the other end of the phone, General Jefferfield, not knowing what was going on, shouted loudly: "Mr. President. Mr. President! Are you listening?"

    The secretary was right next to Roosevelt, ready to receive instructions at any time. For some reason, the President's face turned as ugly as ashes. He picked up the phone and handed it to Roosevelt.  "Mr. President, your call!"

    Roosevelt suddenly shuddered, his separated souls returned to their places, woke up from the petrified state, grabbed the phone, and almost shouted, "Jeffrey, what is the specific situation at Pearl Harbor in the Pacific?  What are the losses to the fleet? What are the conditions of the 1st and 3rd Marine Divisions massed in Hawaii? I want to know everything!"

    A barrage of questions was thrown at Admiral Jefferfield.  Poor Lord General, he doesn't know much more than the others.  Nimitz sent a telegram, the content of which was ridiculously simple, "At 5:30 today, the Pearl Harbor base was suddenly attacked by the Japanese navy. The harbor was ablaze. All the warships of the Pacific Fleet were engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese navy!  "

    Regarding these circumstances, the Operations Department of the Joint Chiefs of Staff sent Nimitz several telegrams to inquire about the specific situation.  However, there was never a reply. The questions asked by the President are what Admiral Jefferfield urgently needs to know. "I'm sorry, Mr. President. The situation at Pearl Harbor is unclear. The Joint Chiefs of Staff Operations Department is working hard to communicate with the Pacific Fleet."  Contact me and I will report to you as soon as I have the latest information!¡±

    Roosevelt suddenly became furious without grace and shouted loudly: "What? The situation is unknown! What do your Joint Chiefs of Staff do for food? Didn't the Japanese get any information before they launched a despicable sneak attack? Also,  ISI and OSS, what are they doing?¡±

    Admiral Jefferfield, I understand the mood of your Excellency the President. Hawaii, as the first batch of troops to reinforce the South Pacific battlefield, and the Pacific Fleet, as the core force to strengthen the defense of the Luzon Island Campaign, were already ready to go. However, they were suddenly attacked.  Admiral Jefferfield could have imagined the attack without Nimitz's report. Hawaii, which was completely unprepared, would become a slaughterhouse for the Japanese to massacre American soldiers and warships!

    Facing the President's rage, General Jefferfield explained without confidence: "Mr. President, six hours ago, our Embassy in the Republic of China received a notification from the Chinese government's intelligence department. The content of the notification was  Remind us of the upcoming sneak attack by the Japanese naval task force on the Pearl Harbor naval base."

    Upon hearing this, Roosevelt asked angrily: "What measures have we taken?" In his opinion, the Japanese had received a warning six hours before the despicable sneak attack, and the Pacific Fleet had time to take it easy.  Arrangement, then why he was attacked, he didn't understand!

    measure?  Admiral Jefferfield smiled bitterly and replied bitterly: "Mr. President, the embassy immediately transferred the Chinese intelligence to the Naval Strategic Intelligence Service. However, the Strategic Intelligence ServiceThe Intelligence Analysis Center did not believe the Chinese reminder at all and thought it was nonsense. The naval observation posts all over the eastern Pacific islands did not detect the movements of the Japanese naval fleet.  "

    "Therefore, the Intelligence Analysis Center of the Office of Strategic Services classified this intelligence as the most worthless E-level intelligence and shelved it on the shelf without reporting it to the Department of the Navy or the Joint Chiefs of Staff Operations Department. The tragedy happened. Mr. President,  This is the process I just investigated!¡±

    President Roosevelt almost fainted with anger. What kind of idiots are there in the U.S. Navy?  This is intelligence of a strategic nature. According to the principle of intelligence processing, it is better to believe what is there than what is not. Furthermore, in the South Pacific, the US military and Japanese soldiers have been fighting to pieces. How can the Japanese navy not be able to do so?  A sneak attack on the Pacific Fleet?

    Roosevelt suppressed a mouthful of blood from his throat, and said with murderous intent in his tone: "Jeffrey, as the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Armed Forces, I issue the following order. The Joint Chiefs of Staff will immediately send personnel to the Navy.  The Strategic Intelligence Bureau will immediately imprison all the naval officers in the Intelligence Analysis Center for dereliction of duty and screen them one by one. I suspect that there are Japanese spies lurking among them. Regardless of whether there is conclusive evidence, if there is any doubt, tell the military!  Judges, I will kill1"

    Admiral Jefferfield suddenly shuddered, and a chill came from the bottom of his heart. The President had already made murderous intentions. Someone within the Office of Strategic Services was going to be in trouble. No matter whether there were Japanese spies or not, the President would use it.  Several human heads were sacrificed to the flag to show determination to fight Japan.

    Roosevelt continued: "Convey my order. All military department heads will go to the White House for a meeting in four hours to study the countermeasures for Pearl Harbor. During the meeting, I must know the specific situation of Pearl Harbor. Otherwise, there will be many positions."  Substitute, you should understand what I mean!¡±

    Admiral Jefferfield certainly understood that if he could not provide the situation on the battlefield at the meeting four hours later, the position of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff would be the first to be replaced, which would mean that he would leave the American power in despair.  The beginning of the center.

    After putting down the phone, Roosevelt sat motionless in his wheelchair, looking through the thick curtains at the sunshine filtering in from the window. In Washington in June, the climate was pleasant, the sun was rising, and thousands of rays of rays warmed the earth, but Roosevelt  My heart is as cold as winter.

    He didn't feel sleepy at all, his thoughts were flying in confusion, and he couldn't concentrate at all. The secretary walked quietly to the floor-to-ceiling window to open the curtains. Roosevelt waved silently, and the secretary quietly exited the huge room.  , he was the only one left, and it seemed increasingly empty and deserted.

    The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor dealt a much greater blow than the Japanese attack on the South Pacific islands. Hawaii is located too close to the west coast of the United States. If the Japanese use this as an advance base, land-based aircraft will  The combat radius covers almost all important cities on the west coast of the United States. If Hawaii falls into the hands of the Japanese, it will be like putting a gun to the forehead of the Americans!

    When Japanese planes dropped deadly bombs over cities in the United States, Americans, who had not experienced the baptism of war for many years, did not drop a single bomb on their homeland during World War I. Facing the Japanese planes,  What will be the reaction?

    Also, the United States, which is accustomed to fighting at other people's doorsteps, is now being attacked by the Japanese at its doorstep. Whether it is panic or excitement, Roosevelt cannot accurately determine which reaction it is. Fighting at home and fighting overseas are completely different.  of two concepts.

    Just after he passed the national mobilization order in Congress, members of both houses of Congress were very determined to fight against the Japanese. However, the response from the people chilled President Roosevelt. The opinion polls in major newspapers showed that it was almost 100%.  More than ninety of the survey respondents are opposed to this war far away from the United States. Can such a bad national psychology resist the Japanese attack?

    In this way, Roosevelt closed himself behind the thick curtains, thinking exhaustively about various outcomes. He was very stressed about the war that the United States had to fight. Moreover, the war in Europe did not go well, and he was defeated.  For the Germans, the end of the war is far away, and the losses of the US military have greatly exceeded original expectations.

    Now, the Japanese are at home again, and the United States has to embark on the road of fighting two large-scale wars at the same time. No matter how strong the national power is, it is difficult to support such consumption for a long time. Roosevelt even had a strange feeling that the United States  The country's national power is weakening bit by bit, just like its own energy is slowly being lost.

    At around eight o'clock in the morning on June 6, Tang Qiuli, who had had a good sleep, came to the division headquarters in high spirits. As soon as he entered the office, Yu Deshui and Bai Luoyu, who looked tired, were already waiting for them.here.
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