Officers from the U.S. Navy and Army followed Roosevelt to the forward command post in the San Francisco coastal defense position. Looking up, Roosevelt suddenly discovered that the Chinese Air Force planes that were conducting non-stop bombing raids on San Francisco were also shaking their wings at this time. Fly towards the giant ship on the sea of ??San Francisco that can provide aircraft landing.
For this giant ship that can provide aircraft take-off and landing, Roosevelt was very novel when he first saw it. He sighed that China had such technological capabilities. With such a giant ship, China's aircraft would not be within the attack range. Limitation, fortunately, the Chinese Pacific Fleet at this time only has one such warship, which can only take off and land a dozen aircraft. If there were more, dozens of aircraft would bomb San Francisco. With San Francisco's little anti-aircraft firepower, it would be absolutely impossible. Unable to resist.
Now it seems that this kind of giant ship was probably just developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and there is no large-scale mass production. Thinking of this, Roosevelt immediately became a little anxious again, and he wanted to end the war as soon as possible, and the longer it was delayed. If so, with China's rapidly advancing science and technology, the United States will no longer be China's opponent in the near future. It should defeat China before China becomes completely powerful and forms an absolute advantage. It is best to make it unable to recover. , the territory was divided and weakened for decades.
Looking at the Chinese Pacific Fleet on the sea in the distance, the uneasiness in Roosevelt's heart became more intense. He saw that the Chinese Pacific Fleet on the sea had stopped shelling the coastal defense positions in San Francisco, and was slowly shrinking its formation. However, the Chinese Pacific Fleet The Pacific Fleet showed no signs of retreating, but instead seemed to surround San Francisco even more tightly.
What exactly does Tang Jian want to do? Is it just a siege but not an attack? Roosevelt asked in his mind.
If the Chinese Pacific Fleet keeps bombarding San Francisco like this, Roosevelt won't have much to worry about, because D is extremely confident in San Francisco's defenses. As long as Tang Jian continues to attack like this, he will be dragged down first.
But now the Chinese Pacific Fleet actually stopped attacking and surrounded San Francisco quietly. This made Roosevelt feel a little shuddering, like a ferocious beast, quietly guarding in front of you, just watching. , without the slightest movement, but no one could predict that maybe at some moment, this beast would suddenly burst into flames and unleash an unstoppable offensive that had been built up for a long time.
General Marshall, what do you think? Roosevelt couldn't understand Tang Jian's strange behavior, so he asked Marshall on the side.
Marshall smiled bitterly and said: I can¡¯t guess why the Chinese Pacific Fleet suddenly stopped attacking. At this time, I¡¯m afraid only God can guess what the cunning Tang Jian was thinking, Mr. Minister!
Your Excellency, the garrison of San Jose City is calling. Suddenly, a messenger hurried into the forward headquarters, performed a military salute, and reported.
What is San Jose doing calling you at this time? Marshall looked doubtful. Although San Jose was located south of San Francisco, it was not on the front line. Even if there was a war, the defenders of San Jose would not know about it first.
Your Excellency, Minister, Marshall was just about to speak to Roosevelt, but when he saw Roosevelt's unusually terrifying and depressed face, he swallowed half of what he said.
read! Roosevelt said coldly to the messenger.
The messenger seemed to feel the frightening coldness in Roosevelt's eyes. He couldn't help wiping the cold sweat on his forehead and slowly said: Colonel Hanks, commander of the San Jose garrison, the D's discovered a large number of people fifty kilometers south of San Jose. Chinese Army
As soon as these words were read by the messenger, all the US generals in the entire forward command post took a breath of cold air almost at the same time, with expressions of horror on their faces.
A large number of Chinese Army troops were discovered near San Jose! This also means that Salinas has been lost, and even the 20,000 U.S. Army troops who went to support are likely to be in trouble. No wonder no news has been reported for so long.
Marshall also glanced at Roosevelt with a horrified face, and saw that Roosevelt's face at this time had no expression, no surprise, no anger, as if frozen.
For a moment, the entire forward position headquarters fell into an eerie silence. In the silence, one could only hear the restless heartbeats of everyone. The messenger who just read the telegram seemed to hold the thin telegram as if it weighed a thousand pounds. His hands were trembling slightly, his face was pale, no one spoke and he didn't dare to read any more.
Keep reading! At this time, Roosevelt suddenly said calmly.
The ordering soldier glanced at Roosevelt, who still had an expression on his face, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and continued reading: Colonel Hanks ordered people to investigate carefully and found out thatThe total strength of the Xiaxia Army is at least 30,000!
When Deng Deng Marshall heard the last number, he couldn't help but be shocked and took a few steps back in shock. At this time, Marshall happened to notice from the corner of his eye that Roosevelt's body seemed to be shaking slightly.
Anymore? Roosevelt smiled sadly.
The messenger shook his head cautiously. After putting away the telegram, he looked around and saw a complex expression on the faces of all senior US generals, including Marshall, which was very different from the horror just now.
Roosevelt waved his hand and asked the messenger to go out. Just as he was about to speak, another messenger appeared at the door: Your Excellency, there is a new situation.
speak! Roosevelt looked intently and calmly.
There is a soldier outside who claims to be a soldier who went to support the Salinas reinforcements. He has important information needs and the Minister. The ordering soldier bowed and said respectfully.
Roosevelt nodded. Soon after, two medical soldiers carried a stretcher into the headquarters. On the stretcher was a wounded soldier who was covered in blood and dying. When the wounded soldier saw Roosevelt, his eyes immediately lit up. , he actually managed to sit up by himself.
¡°Sir,¡± our scarred soldier said sadly, he was already sobbing before he finished his sentence.
Roosevelt took a step forward and said with concern: "Take your time."
The wounded soldier breathed a sigh of relief and said intermittently: \u201We were originally ordered by the commander to go to Salinas City to provide support. However, before we could reach Salinas, we were thirty miles north of Salinas. In a canyon kilometers away, our 20,000-strong army was ambushed by the Chinese army. It turned out that the Chinese army had already prepared an ambush somewhere, and their firepower was extremely fierce. There were countless cannons and heavy machine guns, and they also had that new type of ambush. The army's weapons and tanks were completely surrounded before the army could react. For a time, the mountains and plains were filled with Chinese troops. Although they had fought hard, their firepower was not as good as others, and their troops were not enough. They responded in a hurry. Even though they resisted desperately under the leadership of their superiors, after a day and two nights of fierce fighting, the army suffered heavy losses. Our superiors saw that there was a huge disparity in strength. The only way to survive was to break through the encirclement, and they had to inform the superiors of the situation here as soon as possible.
That night, after several battles, more than a thousand of us finally rushed out of a gap. No one thought that it was another trap. It turned out that the Chinese Army deliberately left a gap for us, and our thousand After several hours of fighting between many people, less than a hundred people were left in the end, and everyone was still injured. But even so, the Chinese cavalry continued to pursue them, and in the end only one person was left. Sir, Please, you must avenge our more than 20,000 dead comrades! \u201In the end, the wounded soldier didn't know whether he was too excited or something, but suddenly a mouthful of hot blood spurted out on his back, forming a coquettish red mist in mid-air, and finally fell weakly on the stretcher.
The two medical soldiers put down the stretcher and immediately started resuscitation. Soon after, both medical soldiers shook their heads at the same time, indicating that there was nothing they could do.
It turned out that the wounded soldier was extremely seriously injured, and he was at the end of his efforts to escape to San Francisco. D just relied on his willpower to hold his breath until now and told Roosevelt the news.
Roosevelt was silent for a while, and D finally understood why the Chinese Pacific Fleet suddenly stopped attacking. It turned out that D had already known that their army was about to arrive in San Jose, and there was only one step left to encircle San Francisco from the rear. I finally understood why Salinas and the U.S. Army that went to Salinas to support suddenly lost news. It turned out that they were all annihilated by the Chinese Army.
Tang Jian stopped attacking at this time in order to accumulate strength and prepare for the final fatal blow to San Francisco during the land and water attack.
The other U.S. military generals were all shocked. They originally thought that China's Pacific Fleet had the strongest combat effectiveness. Unexpectedly, their army was also so powerful. More than 20,000 U.S. troops were defeated in such a short period of time. They were wiped out within a short period of time, so fast that they couldn't even send a telegram, and their marching speed was so fast. It is estimated that they have already arrived in San Jose City, only one step away from San Francisco.
These US military officers, including Roosevelt, greatly underestimated the strength of the Chinese Army. In fact, although China's Pacific Fleet has risen rapidly in recent years, the soldiers of the Chinese Army have made even greater progress. Since the Civil War, the weapons of the Chinese Army have been After several rounds of elimination, after being tempered by the civil war and the wars against Russia, Britain, and Japan, coupled with Tang Jian's super-era military training methods, the Chinese Army has secretly surpassed the German Prussian Army and become the most powerful combat force in the world. Army!
Now with the support of tanks, it is even more powerful. Naturally, it is invincible and invincible along the way. It has become a true tiger and wolf division. Those beauties who have been away from the battlefield for a long time?How can the army resist it?
San Jose is the last line of defense in the south of San Francisco. Once San Jose is lost, the south of San Francisco will be undefendable, let alone more troops to stop the unknown number of Chinese troops, because most of the U.S. troops on the west coast are By this time they had all been used to defend San Francisco.
Once San Jose lost, San Francisco's fate was almost sealed.
Roosevelt thought for a long time and finally said: Immediately transfer 20,000 troops from San Francisco and rush to San Jose in the shortest possible time to help Colonel Hanks defend the city of San Jose!
PS: Happy Dragon Boat Festival everyone, did you eat rice dumplings today? Haha~