Age of Rebirth

"Ding ding ding!" A burst of rapid phone ringing rang in the living room, waking up President Roosevelt, who had just fallen asleep with difficulty. He had already learned about the Japanese landing on the west coast, and he was not surprised. He was mentally prepared. , the Japanese will do it sooner or later!

After waking up, Roosevelt suddenly lost all sleep. He heard the low voice of the secretary answering the phone, "It's the President's residence. Where are you? Lieutenant General Peng Rack... The President just fell asleep after taking sleeping pills. Excuse me at this time... What, an important military report... Well, please wait a moment, I will notify Mr. President immediately!"

The secretary's footsteps stopped at the door of the bedroom, and he called softly: "Mr. President! Mr. President, Commander Penrack of the West Coast Defense Command has called, saying that there is an urgent military report!"

"Come in!" Roosevelt called.

The secretary helped Roosevelt into a wheelchair, came to the living room, picked up the phone, and said in a calm tone, "I am Roosevelt, General Penrack, what is the emergency? It is an ongoing battle on the west coast battlefield, is it not good for us? "

"Mr. President, it's true that the situation is not very good. I have exhausted all my troops on the front line and launched a counterattack. So far, no obvious results have been achieved!" On the other end of the phone, Lieutenant General Peng Rack swallowed with difficulty, his voice hoarse. Said.

"Didn't the second-line troops go up for reinforcements? They should be able to repel the landing Japanese troops!" Roosevelt's hands couldn't help trembling, and he asked suspiciously.

Lieutenant General Peng Rack continued: "Mr. President, five hours ago. I have issued an order, but, judging from the current battlefield situation, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve the goal of driving the Japanese army out of the sea. I want to tell you Yes, it's another very important thing..."

Having said that, Lieutenant General Peng Rack paused, and it seemed that the next words were very difficult to export.He is trying his best to organize the language.

An ominous premonition suddenly rose in Roosevelt's mind, "General Penrack. You are the supreme commander of the US military forces on the west coast. If you have anything to say, just say it!"

"Mr. President, what I want to say is that according to the current situation, the loss of the entire west coast is irreversible!" Lieutenant General Peng Rack said bravely, "Therefore, I suggest, Mr. President, to issue an order and give up On the west coast, concentrate troops on the front lines of Helena, Salt Lake City, and Phoenix, relying on the Delela Mountains that traverse the north and south. Effective defense!"

"Only in this way can we temporarily stabilize the battle situation. Relying on strong terrain conditions, organize a defense system to buy limited time for the United States. Mr. President, we must be psychologically prepared to fight the Japanese army on the mainland for a long time!"

Lieutenant General Penrack knew that his suggestion was absolutely treasonous. Once it was spread, he would be a defeated general who lost his city and land, a sinner accused by thousands of people, more than three-fifths of the U.S. Army, and all of the Army Air Corps. , are all concentrated on the west coast, just to prevent the Japanese from landing. It can be said that the focus of the defense of the United States is on the US-Mexico border and the other is on the west coast.

Judging from the deployment of troops by the Supreme Command during the war, the west coast area is definitely the focus. Now, the Japanese landing offensive has just started for more than a day. Except for Portland, the three main landing sites of the Japanese army are still in the In the fierce battle, the outcome was not decided, and there were more than 40 troops deployed on the second line, so I advocated giving up the west coast. , also came to an end!

President Roosevelt did not speak, and there was a weak "hissing" sound from the phone receiver. The silence made Lieutenant General Penrack breathless. His hands were already soaked in sweat, and his heart was pounding nervously. Jumping wildly, as if waiting for the judgment of fate!

"Penrak, do you have to do this?" Finally, the voice of President Roosevelt came, "I want to know why you made such a suggestion?"

"Mr. President, the intuition of the soldiers, my intuition tells me that I must frankly express my opinion to you, the supreme commander of the United States during the war!" , To prove his suggestion just now, what he has is just a premonition, or in other words, the fear of his opponent, the five generals Yamamoto, but this fear is not timidity, but caution!

Ever since the first counterattack failed, Lieutenant General Peng Rack has been thinking about a question. Judging from the Japanese general Yamamoto, who is an excellent tactical genius, he landed in Portland with ease. Would he not consider that even if the Japanese army landed successfully, once the U.S. troops deployed on the second line, before the second batch of landing Japanese troops arrived on the battlefield, would they launch a large-scale counterattack against the Japanese troops who were sticking to the landing field?

Obviously, Yamamoto 56 must have considered it, but why did he still do this? Does it mean that this Japanese has the backhand to deal with the reinforcements of the second-line US troops?

Lieutenant General Pengrak has no way of knowing or judging what General Yamamoto's backhand is, but the target must be the second-line U.S. troops that are being reinforced. Put forward the above suggestions to President Roosevelt, abandon the west coast area, and retreat to the front line of Salt Lake City.

"Intuition? Something illusory!" Roosevelt muttered in his heart, but he still chose to trust Lieutenant General Penrack's intuition. The reason is very simple. Lieutenant General Penrack is a professional soldier, and the intuition of a soldier is sometimes very sensitive. Moreover, to make such a suggestion, first of all, he himself is in danger of ruining his reputation!

At the critical moment, President Roosevelt believed in the intuition of a soldier, "Penrak, you know how much your proposal will affect the United States, but I trust your intuition!"

"However, it is necessary to convene a meeting with all members of the Supreme Command in wartime, and make a decision after discussion. By the way, since this is the case, do you think it is necessary for the second-line reinforcements to continue to follow your instructions? The original order for reinforcements?"

This was another difficult question to decide, and Lieutenant General Penrak was also silent.

Roosevelt waited patiently, his face was very calm all the time, but the attentive secretary noticed that Mr. President's hands were trembling uncontrollably.

"Mr. President, I think reinforcements must go on!" Finally, Lieutenant General Peng Rack replied, "Only in this way can we temporarily curb the momentum of the Japanese army's deep advance into the country and lay a solid foundation for the future." Defend, buy time, the troops belonging to the West Coast Defense Zone are already ready to do everything they can, and I myself am also mentally prepared to die in battle!"

"Okay!" President Roosevelt's voice became obviously hoarse, "Just follow your original order!"

After the phone was hung up, Lieutenant General Penrack felt a surge of heroic determination. He was grateful to Mr. President for not scolding himself for his wild and contradictory words, and not dismissing himself on the spot. Instead, he chose to trust his intuition.

"Guard, follow me to the front!" Lieutenant General Penrak put on a steel helmet, grabbed a submachine gun, and shouted at his guard captain.

The chief of staff, Rear Admiral Woolsey, just entered, was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly asked, "Commander, where are you going?"

"Frontline!" Lieutenant General Penrack said simply, "By the way, Chief of Staff, you will command the troops on my behalf while I am away from the headquarters. If I can't come back, you will take over my command and kill me. Report the news to the Wartime Supreme Command!"

"Ah? What?" Major General Woolsey was stunned for a moment. He couldn't understand why the commander was motivated to go to the front line where the artillery was raging. Besides, isn't Los Angeles the front line now?

"Commander..." Chief of Staff Woolsey had just called out when he saw Lieutenant General Penrack, leading several guards, disappear in front of his eyes.

Tokyo, Japan, on this day in December, a rare fine weather, Emperor Hirohito was in the palace, overwhelmed with excitement, the mood was the same as the weather, the sun was shining brightly, when General Yamamoto sent the secret message that "the hurricane has landed" , When it was sent back to the mainland, Emperor Hirohito was stunned!

Hirohito never imagined that the Imperial Army would land on the west coast of the United States so easily, as easily as in a dream, and the time it took was so short that it was suspiciously short.

He read General Yamamoto's telegram over and over again, and then he couldn't help but smirk, looking at every attendant and maid who passed in front of him in the palace and smiling, laughing so that these lower-level people who are familiar with His Majesty's temper, My heart is hairy, and my walking is deformed!

The bigwigs who also received the victory telegram from General Yamamoto all gathered in the palace at the same time. When they met Emperor Hirohito, they also forgot the ceremony of the emperor and ministers. The roof is bulging!

Then, Emperor Hirohito, with bright eyes and a red face, asked the maids to bring the high-quality sake that he had collected. The minister actually pulled a beautiful maid passing by and kissed her hard. If it was in the past, who would dare to be so presumptuous and impatient with His Majesty the Emperor?

However, His Majesty the Emperor, who was obviously extremely excited and in a very happy mood, automatically ignored these impoliteness. He was very happy to see that the ministers were excited about the victory of the Great Japanese Empire, which seemed to be a fat and strong behemoth - the United States. He got carried away, how could he care about such a trivial matter, even if he rewarded that maid on the spot, what's the point?

"Everyone, Aiki Yamamoto is a hero of the Great Japanese Empire! He has made extraordinary achievements, and this should be rewarded!" Emperor Hirohito drank the sake in his glass and said loudly, "Everyone, please discuss how to reward ?”

(to be continued) (to be continued...)