Age of Rebirth

More than [-] combat planes of the Japanese Army and Navy Air Force covered the sky of the west coast of the United States. The second-line U.S. troops on the way to the reinforcement target were bombed and fled in all directions. There were casualties everywhere. Smoke burst into flames, burning vehicles, and the ground anti-aircraft firepower organized by the U.S. troops in a hurry could not face such a large-scale Japanese fleet at all.

More than 56 U.S. ground troops were bombed to the point where they could not even do the most basic assembly. Under domestic pressure, General Yamamoto spent several months and paid a considerable price, aiming to wring out the blood of the U.S. Army Air Corps and control the battlefield The "wolf strike tactic" of air supremacy has finally come to the harvest season. Japan waited for the land battle on the west coast of the United States. The commander of the North American Combat Command, Admiral Yamamoto [-], contributed a lot!

Lieutenant General Evans, the deputy chief of staff of the U.S. Army who was rushing to catch up with the combat troops, and the commander of the West Coast Defense Command, was very unlucky to catch up with the air strike of the large-scale mixed aircraft fleet of the Japanese army. What was even more unlucky was that Evans Lieutenant General Sri Lanka and the several vehicles in which his staff and his guards were traveling were driving on a flat road, surrounded by bare wasteland, without any hidden peaks or woods.

"Boom! Boom!——Boom!" More than a dozen heavy aerial bombs fell on the convoy, raising a thick column of smoke, and the smoke dispersed. The car that arrived, the fragmented corpse, the wounded moaning in pain.

The surviving staff officers and guards got up from the mud in a daze, looking for His Excellency the Commander.However, all they could find were a few pieces of torn clothes.The wreckage of the military jeep, Lieutenant General Evans and the car he was riding in, have disappeared without a trace.

The bombing of the U.S. military by the Japanese army's huge mixed fleet lasted for nearly an hour and achieved fruitful results. It not only delayed the reinforcement speed of the U.S. military, but completely disrupted the deployment of the U.S. military.It turned the west coast into a battlefield of unilateral massacres.

The Japanese mixed fleet returned, and the American officers and soldiers were still in shock.Getting up from the ground, I looked at the corpses scattered everywhere, the burning vehicles and the black smoke.A road full of craters.The collapsed bridge made me want to cry, but then, I began to gather the troops, ready to step on the corpses of my companions, and continue to perform reinforcement tasks that were similar to sending them to death!

Off the coast of Portland, in the command cabin of the flagship of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet, Admiral Yamamoto looked at the battle report sent by the Army and Navy Air Force.For the first time, a comfortable smile appeared on his face, a real smile with the overall situation settled.Even after he successfully logged in, he never smiled like this.

Lieutenant Admiral Matsuda, chief of staff of the United Fleet, saw the relief of his boss from the bottom of his heart, and said: "Commander, the bombing of the U.S. reinforcements by the Army and Navy Air Force can be said to have laid the foundation for the final victory of the landing battle. Basic!"

"But it's not enough!" Admiral Yamamoto said with a smile, "Matsuda-kun, according to the established plan, order all the carrier-based aircraft groups of the fleet to take off immediately. We will once again bring fear and death to the Americans, and put the After the advantage is fixed, after the second bombing, the reinforcements of the US military are of no importance to us!"

The troops that had just been blown to pieces, the distraught soldiers, and the U.S. troops who had gathered together hadn't started marching yet. The carrier-based aircraft group of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet arrived again. The Japanese carrier-based aircraft appeared with a howl. In the sky where the gunpowder smoke was still clear, the American soldiers who had just received a fat beating were once again enveloped by bombs and bullets falling from the sky.

Of course, the number of carrier-based aircraft in the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy is far inferior to the size and momentum of the fleet of the Army and Navy Air Force just now, but it has brought great fear and panic to the psychology of the US soldiers who are still in shock. They don't know, How many Japanese planes will shoot and drop bombs above their heads?

The news that the reinforcements to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Eureka, and the second-line troops that recaptured Portland were bombed by Japanese fleets in a large-scale and high-density manner was quickly reported to the U.S. Wartime Supreme Command, and at the same time, Evan The news of the death of Lieutenant General Sri Lanka is the second senior officer of the U.S. Army to be killed in action since the Japanese army began to land.

If this Lieutenant General Evans was really unlucky, he died on the way before reaching the front line, before seeing his troops, and before fighting the Japanese. , enough aggrieved!

The officers of the U.S. Wartime Supreme Command, who were connected to two bad news, were suddenly stunned in shock, and then there were meaningless arguments and quarrels, but no one came up with a safe way to deal with the crisis in their eyes. .

A few minutes later, amidst the din, President Roosevelt, who was in a wheelchair, came to the war room, and the first thing he asked was, "Everyone, please stop the meaningless quarrel, Jeffrey, you are the chief of staff. Chairman, according to your judgment, do the second-line troops that have just been bombed by the large Japanese fleet still have the ability to reinforce the front-line troops?"

Admiral Jeffrey hesitated. In addition to the news that Lieutenant General Evans, the commander of the West Coast Defense Headquarters, who has not yet arrived, has been killed, there is no definite report on the loss of the second-line troops, but according to I have obtained scattered information to judge, I am afraid that the casualties will not be small!

"Jeffrey, I'm waiting for your answer!" President Roosevelt's sallow face turned abnormally rosy, and his tone became aggressive.

"Mr. President, according to the judgment of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the second-line troops still have the ability to continue to reinforce the front line!" Admiral Jeffrey said hesitantly, "But..."

President Roosevelt was very dissatisfied with the hesitation of his confidant general, and forced him to ask, "But what?"

"However, in terms of time, it is already too late. The second-line troops have to gather soldiers, accommodate the wounded, and rush to repair the bombed bridges and roads!" Admiral Jeffrey said bravely, "Therefore, it is impossible for us to rush Ahead of the second Japanese landing force, reaching Los Angeles, San Francisco, Eureka, and Portland!"

"The situation is very clear. Our defense system on the west coast has basically collapsed now! There is no need for further reinforcements! There is no need for continued defense!" President Roosevelt's tone was empty and dry, "Can you say that? , Jeffrey?"

"I'm afraid that's the case, Mr. President!" Admiral Jeffrey replied more and more quietly.

There was deep pain in President Roosevelt's eyes, and he said in a hoarse voice: "So, gentlemen, stop arguing. The most critical question now is how to get rid of the frontline troops who are still fighting fiercely with the first batch of Japanese landing troops. , and the second-line troops that have no meaning of reinforcement and have been severely damaged, withdraw to the third line of defense as safely as possible, and the front-line troops on the west coast need a new commander!"

"In the name of the Supreme Command during the war, order the front-line troops and second-line troops to immediately retreat to the front line of the Delela Mountains, abandon the west coast area, and appoint Rear Admiral Woolsey, chief of staff of the West Coast Defense Command, as the interim commander. Unify the command of the troops to retreat, gentlemen, according to my words, make arrangements!"

"Also, in the name of the wartime supreme command, call Army Air Corps Commander Brennan back to Washington immediately!"

In the last sentence, Roosevelt's tone was full of chills, and the hearts of all the generals were tense, and they all thought in unison: "Could it be that Mr. President is going to investigate the person responsible for the failure of the West Coast Defense War? "

Thinking about it carefully, I am not surprised. Since the start of the West Coast Defense War, within a few months, it has been an air battle against the Japanese. Brennan’s Army Air Force is the protagonist. Since the Japanese army landed, the US military has suffered. It was also eaten on a Japanese plane.

However, Brennan lost thousands of combat aircraft and thousands of skilled pilots. As a result, the Japanese army still landed, the air supremacy on the west coast was lost, and hundreds of thousands of American troops were forced to retreat. Of course, Brennan should bear the main responsibility!

The generals of the U.S. Wartime Command only saw that President Roosevelt wanted to deal with Lieutenant General Brennan, but they did not see the pain and powerlessness in Roosevelt's eyes when he left the war room, as well as the deep sense of failure !

Rear Admiral Woolsey, who suddenly received the appointment order from the Supreme Command during the war, thought he had misjudged his vision and jumped up in surprise. Immediately, he secretly groaned inwardly. Ordinarily, the position of acting commander of the West Coast Defense Headquarters was Gao Sheng's position. Well, there are more than 30 troops under his command. Usually, only generals with the lowest rank of lieutenant general can serve. It depends on when?

The battlefield on the west coast was full of blood and blood, and it seemed impossible to protect it. Almost all of the more than 30 troops were incomplete, almost like defeated soldiers.

What's more, two commanders died in a row. The commander of the West Coast Defense Headquarters is almost a synonym for unknown people. It is a place dedicated to the middle general. Maybe he is the third one. Thinking of this, Major General Woolsey There is a cool breeze down the spine.

I am only a major general, but the troops under the West Coast Defense Headquarters are all organized by the group army, and the commanders are all lieutenant generals. Let me be a major general to command a group of lieutenant generals, isn't it a small horse-drawn cart? Can you follow orders?

A job order, held in the hands of Major General Woolsey, was like a red-hot iron, and his hands were scalded with blisters. Moreover, he also vaguely worried, "The loss of the West Coast is a great loss for the United States. , It’s a big deal, someone has to be responsible for it, at this time, appointing myself as the acting commander, isn’t it a scapegoat prepared by those big bosses of the Supreme Command during the war?”

Woolsey, who was troubled by Barra, thought about it, and had no other choice but to execute the order. A few minutes later, Rear Admiral Woolsey, the acting commander of the US West Coast Defense Command, was still in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Yuri. Stuck on the front line, the troops fighting hard with the Japanese army issued an order to retreat across the board.

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