In the San Juan Base Command, when the US bomber group was completely repelled and the air defense alarm was lifted, Xu Jianwen and Lan Lide breathed a sigh of relief. Then they held an emergency meeting to deploy the request for help.

When the Ministry of Military Affairs handed a report on losses and casualties to Xu Jianwen, Xu Jianwen was heartbroken when he looked at the huge losses of facilities and equipment, as well as the casualties.

"It's over, I'm afraid I'll have to go to the military court!"

Xu Jianwen sighed and said, "Report it according to the truth!"

"Wait!" Lan Lide took the report and looked at the list of facilities and equipment losses in front. When he saw the casualties behind, he took a pen and said, "There is obviously a zero behind this, so I will add it for you. Don't make such low-level mistakes again in the future, do you know?"

Xu Jianwen and the adjutant were stunned. The adjutant asked in confusion: "The post has been checked, and only thirteen people have disappeared. They have been temporarily listed on the list of deaths. The other numbers are accurate, and I have repeatedly verified them."

Lan Lidd immediately glared and said, "I say that if you have zero, you have zero!"

"This..." The adjutant was at a loss.

Xu Jianwen next to him said angrily: "What's your name? Do you think there are fewer than 2,000 people? Adding zero is 20,000 yuan, can that be the same?"

Lan Lide Zaza said, "Twenty thousand people died and injured, but it's still too few!"

As he said that, Lan Lide added another zero to the back, which suddenly turned into more than 200,000 casualties.

Xu Jianwen suddenly glared and said, "I said you have a water in your mind? Why are you getting more and more excited when you talk about it? Two hundred thousand people? Are you crazy? Do you want me to be sentenced to thousands of years in prison?"

Lan Lide smiled and said, "Don't worry! I will defend you in the military court! Do you want to sit in the jail? Do you still want to be imprisoned for thousands of years?"

Xu Jianwen asked, "What do you mean?"

Lan Lide smiled and said, "What the empire needs most now is anger, anger like a volcanic eruption!"

Xu Jianwen asked, "What do you mean?"

Lan Lide nodded and said, "That's what it means!"

Xu Jianwen didn't ask any more. He already understood what Lan Lide meant, so he gave an eye wink to the adjutant and asked him to do whatever he wanted.

The adjutant was confused, but he did not dare to object to the decision of the two superiors, so he had to follow the order.

In this way, there were only two thousand casualties, but Lan Lide added two zeros and suddenly became more than 200,000 casualties. For the citizens of the Chinese Empire, this was undoubtedly a huge volcanic eruption.

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In the Pearl Harbor base, wherever there are televisions, there are all crowded with officers and soldiers from the base's land, sea, air and space forces.

"This morning, a huge fleet of US troops took advantage of our unpreparedness and launched a sudden attack on the San Juan Comprehensive Base, an important military base in the Caribbean Sea of ​​our Chinese Empire. This caused the military facilities and weapons and equipment to be destroyed in large quantities and suffered heavy casualties. All officers and soldiers of our San Juan base, led by Lieutenant General Xu Jianwen, and drove away the invaders. As of the time of publication, the brave soldiers of our Imperial Air Force had repelled the invaders. According to information provided by the Caribbean Command, the attack had caused more than 200,000 people to be killed and injured by the Imperial** people around the San Juan base. In response to the atrocities of the US military, His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire urgently convened a royal meeting. Large-scale protests and demonstrations appeared in front of the Capitol and the Forbidden City, and the people's unanimous demand for severe punishment of the United States is high!"

In front of the TV, almost all TV programs were cancelled, and major TV stations broadcast real-time broadcasts of Imperial CCTV, but there were very few more valuable news. Almost all replays repeatedly.

Zhang Bin, who was about to leave the Pearl Harbor base and returned home, was already in a mess at this time. He recalled the sudden interruption of his call with his parents in the morning. His home was right near the San Juan base, which made him realize something was wrong.

He hurriedly called the San Juan disaster relief command center to inquire about the situation. Perhaps because the rescuers there were too busy, Zhang Bin received the reply that his home was razed to the ground and that his parents might have been killed.

Getting this news is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for Zhang Bin.

Just as he was in a daze, an alarm sounded over the Pearl Harbor base. An order to issue a first-level combat readiness alarm from the high tower was issued. All the officers and soldiers at the base canceled their vacation and went out, waiting for the day.

"I want to take revenge! I can't leave!"

Zhang Bin suddenly decided not to leave the army, and he immediately ran to ask Gao Zhihang for help. Soon Gao Zhihang took Zhang Bin to the base headquarters, and Gao Zhihang personally pleaded for Zhang Bin.

Lieutenant General Lin Zhiguang, the commander of the base, couldn't help but feel sympathy when he learned that Zhang Bin's parents were all killed in this San Juan air raid. However, when he thought that Zhang Bin was a difficult soldier, his eyes became sharp again.

"Please allow me to die on the battlefield!" Zhang Bin looked at Lin Zhiguang without any concession.

After a long time, Lin Zhiguang withdrew his sharp gaze and said, "You have the right to refuse to ask you to leave the army!"

Gao Zhihang was immediately overjoyed, patted Zhang Bin on the shoulder, and said, "Why don't you thank Commander Lin quickly!"

Zhang Bin immediately saluted excitedly and said, "Thank you, Commander Lin!"

Lin Zhiguang said coldly: "Remember what you said! If you are scared on the battlefield, I will peel you off alive!"

"yes!"

"Get out!"

Through the window, Lin Zhiguang saw Zhang Bin and Gao Zhihang leaving the office excitedly. His expression that had not changed for thousands of years actually showed a smile.

At this time, Chief of Staff Xiao Tielin came to him and said, "Why did the commander keep him? Are you not afraid of your daughter making trouble with you?"

Lin Zhiguang turned around, returned to his desk, sat down and said, "Public is public and private, and the two cannot be confused!"

Xiao Tielin smiled and said, "What a clear distinction between public and private affairs. Why did you drive him out of the army before? Isn't that an obvious vent of personal anger?"

Lin Zhiguang gave him annoyed look and said, "A person with a personality like Zhang Bin is a black sheep in the army in the era of peace! I fired him for his own good, because with his personality, he is not suitable to stay in the army at all! But now it is different. When the Americans attacked San Juan, the war is about to break out! And during the war, an excellent pilot like Zhang Bin is a hero. As long as he guides his energy to the enemy's head, it is the enemy's nightmare. The war against the United States is about to break out. My Hawaii base is the front-line battlefield. I need Zhang Bin to set a model hero for our Hawaii Air Force!"

Xiao Tielin asked: "Don't you often say that modern warfare does not require personal heroism?"

"That's what is said to cater to politics. People don't leave without heads, birds don't fly without wings, and heroes are needed at any time and anywhere to inspire people around you!"

Xiao Tielin nodded and said, "Yes!"

Lin Zhiguang said: "What actions do you think the empire will take next?"

Xiao Tielin blurted out without thinking, "Then you have to ask? The imperial government will declare war on the United States tomorrow morning! The Americans are brave enough to kill us. You dare to attack us, watch it! A targeted revenge will begin soon!"

Lin Zhiguang nodded and said, "You are right! Then how do you think the Empire will take revenge on the Americans?"

Xiao Tielin thought for a while and said, "This is not good! To put it more seriously, the imperial government will directly use nuclear weapons to razed the United States to the ground. The lightest revenge must be an unprecedented bombing for the Americans to avenge the dead imperial people of San Juan!"

Lin Zhiguang said: "I think the latter possibility is very high! Once a retaliation operation is to be carried out, our Pearl Harbor base will definitely be a forward, so you go down and organize it immediately. It is estimated that the possibility of using the Strategic Air Force is the greatest!"

Xiao Tielin smiled and said, "Don't worry! I will tell everyone. We will go and bomb Washington directly and razed Roosevelt's new White House to the ground!"

Lin Zhiguang nodded and said, "It's really true. This is very likely!"

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In the main hall of Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City, after Saint Juan was attacked, Wang Chenhao immediately held an emergency imperial meeting here. After summarizing various reports on Saint Juan, he reported to the Qianqing Palace, Wang Chenhao immediately discussed countermeasures with the civil and military officials.

It is obvious that the US military's sneak attack on San Juan was declaring war on the Chinese Empire, and the Chinese Empire would inevitably respond positively, and the issue of declaring war on the United States was directly passed.

"Your Majesty!" said Zhang Zizhong, Minister of Defense: "The imperial government and the military have long transferred most of the industries into wartime mechanisms. The four armies of the land, sea, air and space have secretly completed the war mobilization order and can participate in the war at any time."

Prime Minister Song Jiaoren said: "Yes Your Majesty! Both sides of the Purpose Emperor** are ready and can participate in the war at any time. But the current question is our global chain reaction after the war begins in the United States. First, whether the empires will declare war directly on them, which means that the battlefield will not only be on the American continent, but will affect the whole world. At the same time, the member states of the Greater China Co-Prosperity Circle will inevitably be involved in the war, which will cause the entire Eastern world to be involved in World War II together. Once the war begins, this is the real world war."

Wang Chenhao asked: "You mean that the empire did not declare war on other countries of the Allied Powers, wouldn't they declare war on us?"

Song Jiaoren replied: "I cannot guarantee it!"

Wang Chenhao said: "Since it is impossible to guarantee it, then we must make the worst plan."

Foreign Minister Zhou Laien suggested: "You can inform Germany and other countries first, express the empire's solemn position, and test their position. If leaders such as Hitler are unwilling to declare war with the empire, it is naturally a good thing. The empire can continue to do a great job in European arms trade while concentrating on destroying the United States first and breaking one of the allies' arm. If it is unavoidable, the empire will not be afraid. At most, the empire will fight on both sides. The total industrial output value of the U.S. and Germany's allies is less than one-third of the empire, and they can't even fight the empire even if they try to consume it!"

Wang Chenhao turned to everyone and asked, "What do you think of your family?"

"I'm going to discuss it!"

Seeing that everyone had no objection, Wang Chenhao asked Zhou Laien to be responsible for the matter and said hello to Germany first. If Germany refused to declare war, it would be a good thing. Even if Germany declared war, the Chinese Empire would not be afraid. At most, it would only be a full-scale war with the entire Allied world at the beginning, which is an inevitable thing.

"Your Majesty, the United States can't just let it go! Although the empire is ready to start a war against the United States, it should at least teach the Americans a lesson once as soon as possible, avenge the more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians in San Juan, and also appease the anger of the imperial citizens!"

Song Jiaoren's proposal was approved by all civil and military officials, and Wang Chenhao also agreed.

Zhang Zizhong said: "I think I'm sending a strategic air force to carry out large-scale bombing on the US mainland, especially against Washington. The most effective way to avenge is to razed Washington to the ground. I suggest using nuclear weapons."

Zhang Zizhong's words immediately made a scream in the hall. Using nuclear weapons to a country's capital is not only easy to explain, but the international impact is very bad.

Song Jiaoren said: "This is a bit over! The empire has not reached the point where it has to use nuclear weapons!"

Zhang Zizhong explained: "No nuclear weapons are not enough to deter the enemy, and no nuclear weapons are not enough to calm the anger of the public!"

Song Jiaoren asked: "How many nuclear bombs are there in the empire now?"

Zhang Zizhong replied: "Your Majesty, you have already served 102 pieces!"

Song Jiaoren nodded and asked again: "How many cities can 102 nuclear bombs destroy?"

Zhang Zizhong replied: "One large nuclear bomb can destroy a big city. Three small nuclear bombs can destroy a big city."

Song Jiaoren then calculated: "The United States has a population of 150 million, 9 super cities with a population of more than 1 million, 251 large cities with a population of more than 100,000 people. There are thousands of cities with less than 100,000. Even if you destroy a nuclear bomb, at most 102 of them, the United States will still be the United States. You can only deepen their hatred for the empire! Besides, if you use nuclear bombs to attack a country's capital, the empire will fall into a full passive situation in future international diplomacy."

Zhang Zizhong asked: "What do you think you should do?"

Song Jiaoren turned to Wang Chenhao and said, "Your Majesty. I am against the direct use of nuclear weapons! I think the premise of using nuclear weapons is that we have no other way to end the war. Either use nuclear weapons to directly erase the enemy country from the earth, or you don't use nuclear weapons. Because if you cut the grass and don't eliminate the roots, what should you do if the enemy country develops nuclear weapons to avenge the empire one day? The empire's citizens cannot afford this nuclear threat at all!"

Wang Chenhao nodded and said, "It makes sense! Our nuclear power is not enough to destroy the United States now, and it is absolutely impossible to launch a nuclear strike on its capital!"

Zhang Zizhong then said: "I am obeying the imperial edict! If you do not conduct a nuclear strike, you must send a larger-scale strategic air force to use conventional weapons to attack Washington!"

Wang Chenhao asked: "This can be executed. Now the whole world knows that the empire is in anger, and air strikes on Washington will not cause international difficulties!"

The imperial meeting passed a retaliatory attack plan against the Roosevelt administration. Zhang Zizhong personally served as the commander-in-chief of Operation Revenge and will carry out a large-scale air strike on Washington as a counter-retaliation operation against the US military's sneak attack on San Juan.

In addition, the Imperial Front Meeting also decided to carry out a large-scale war mobilization nationwide, the imperial economy and industry will be fully transferred to the wartime mechanism, and the Imperial Army, Navy, Air and Space Army entered a first-level combat readiness.

In terms of diplomacy, the Chinese Empire informed the League of Nations, plaguing the crime of the US military's sneak attack on San Juan, creating a public opinion advantage for the subsequent declaration of war on the United States.

At the same time, the empire's Ministry of Foreign Affairs urgently summoned ambassadors from allies such as Germany, Italy, Spain, and expressed the position that the Chinese Empire was about to declare war on the United States.

For Italy and Spain, they opposed the showdown with the Chinese Empire, and therefore persuaded Hitler to give up his promise to the Roosevelt government. At this time, the Allies had already controlled Europe and their attack on the Soviet Union would soon come to an end. Only by abandoning the United States can the Allies avoid going to war with the Chinese Empire immediately.

Did Hitler want to go to war with the Chinese Empire? He kept persuading Roosevelt to calm down, hoping that it would not be too late to turn against the Chinese Empire after developing nuclear weapons and having the last trump card. But Roosevelt did not listen to Hitler's advice at all, and he sent a fleet to attack San Juan, which ended up annoyingly annoying the Chinese Empire and forced Hitler to make a choice.

This decision was very difficult for Hitler. He knew very well that the Chinese Empire was powerful. In terms of economic aggregate, the GDP of the Chinese Empire was more than four times that of the entire allied countries, and its industrial production capacity was twice that of the United States and Germany. Not to mention military capabilities, it has never been defeated since the founding of the Chinese Empire, and the three armed forces of the army, navy and air force have firmly dominated the world. What made Hitler even more trouble was that the population of the Chinese Empire was also more than that of the entire allied countries, and its huge war potential was very terrifying.
To be continued...