The White House, Washington, USA. When the sky outside darkened, Truman stood up and ended the four-and-a-half-hour meeting. The meeting was not beautiful. This can be seen from Truman's gloomy face. , the entire Pacific Fleet was destroyed, and both the former and current commanders of the fleet were captured by the Chinese navy. For the Americans, it was the most painful defeat after World War II. There were as many as nine fleet aircraft carriers plus a number of main ships or Being sunk or captured is certainly a very heavy loss for the United States, whose economic situation is in decline, but it is not enough to make Truman and his ministers and generals feel overwhelmed, making them even more unacceptable. It was the loss of personnel in this war. In Knox's words, "We still have many aircraft carriers and cruisers in our docks, which can be armed immediately if necessary. However, we can't solve the problem of soldiers. Let's allocate manpower from the Atlantic Fleet, you know, Nimitz's life is not easy now."
Today is not the first time that the Truman administration has wiped out the failure of the Second Pacific War. The difference is that because the "Four Summit" meeting is about to be held, in order to gain more say in the anti-China matter, Therefore, Truman was determined and set the tone before the meeting, that is, this meeting must come up with a feasible aftermath plan.
There is no doubt that Truman is definitely a master in terms of political level. Therefore, even though the costly Second Pacific War ended in failure and resulted in the third complete destruction of the Pacific Fleet, under his outstanding Under the operation of the United States, people seem to have forgotten that this war was initiated by the United States, and they have also forgotten to investigate who is the culprit of this failure, and have set their sights on other places, such as the Pacific market, such as the strong intervention of the Chinese government The situation in South America…
The outstanding public opinion hype has made Americans unprecedentedly united on the China issue and allowed Truman to avoid the fate of impeachment. However, these cannot change the embarrassing position of the United States in this round of world war. If everything could be repeated , Truman must have regretted his secret contract with Koizumi Toshiichiro. More than once, Truman thought about such a problem when he was alone at night. However, because he realized that once he compromised on this matter, it would bring serious consequences to his political life. Due to the negative impact of the test, he is very likely to become a "scapegoat", so he has no choice but to stick to one path and go to the dark side.
The resolution still came out, but it was definitely not what Truman wanted. The United States is different from China. Although there is a president, a secretary of state, and a secretary of defense in the United States, it is the "masters" in the Senate and the Senate who really decide national policies. "The reason why people are willing to fight is that there are of course some who are full of patriotism, but more of them are focused on interests and want to make money through war. Therefore, when the war begins to lose money, some of them are unwilling to give Their spokesperson looks good.
Truman's original idea was to send more troops to South America in order to capture some Chinese troops so that the two countries could exchange prisoners of war and exchange captured officers and soldiers of the Pacific Fleet headed by Jin. However, his idea was rejected by everyone as soon as he exported it.
Compared with the Second Pacific War, the wars that took place on the South American continent and the Atlantic Ocean were actually more embarrassing for Americans. First of all, it was a shame to be bullied by the Chinese at home; secondly, as of now, the United States has increased its number of troops four times. In the war in South America, the number of ships in the Atlantic Fleet has almost doubled. However, in addition to expelling the Chinese navy from the Caribbean, the territory they control on the South American continent has been reduced by more than half.
The "masters" are always pragmatic. In their opinion, due to geographical reasons, even if the Chinese government really wants to intervene in South American affairs, it is limited after all. It is very convenient for the United States to regain control of South America, so , instead of consuming a large amount of war resources in South America, it is better to invest in Southeast Asia. At least, we should first take over the Philippines from the Japanese.
Until now, this war has actually become a gamble that the "gentlemen" of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives cannot afford to lose. What's terrible is that they have obviously invested a huge amount of money in gambling, but they have not yet been able to see it. After a little bit of harvest, at this time, additional investment and realizing part of the investment first have become their most urgent needs.
The process of the meeting was out of control, and the troop surge in South America turned into a troop surge in Southeast Asia. As president, Truman was naturally extremely dissatisfied, but he also knew that he could not do without the support of the Senate and the Senate, so of course he was so angry that he cursed those capitalists in his heart. Short-sighted, he still issued a series of orders and decided to send an additional 200,000 troops to fight in Southeast Asia. Then, sitting alone in front of the president's desk, he was thinking about how to bargain with Koizumi Minichiro and accept the Philippines first to block the situation. Donovan walked in to talk to those congressmen.
"Mr. President, there is an urgent call from Southeast Asia. The Japanese are urging us to build a factory in Australia."
Before this meeting, Truman would not have spent too much time on this telegram, but now, feeling that he wanted to ask for Koizumi Toshiichiro, he felt that he should take a serious look at this telegram and take it seriously. He looked at it, then frowned and said: "The Japanese did not indicate the specific number of guards. This must be clarified. It is not impossible to set up a factory. We can also sell them enough steel, but the price still needs to be discussed. You know, the members of the Senate and the Senate have lost their temper, and now we have to give them a little sweetener, even a little bit, to let them know that we are not ignoring their interests."
"Our people reported that the Japanese were at a disadvantage in the Unnamed War. Koizumi Minichiro's sudden call to urge the construction of a factory should be related to this. If they only raise a small price, I don't think it is a problem."
"What about the Philippines? Do you think they will hand it over to us?"
"Ah, this is unlikely. Mr. President, why do you suddenly want the Philippines? Do you really think that it is a good choice to increase troops in Southeast Asia at this time? Our army cannot even defeat the Japanese, but they can Can you beat the Chinese?"
"It's not that I have this idea, but those congressmen, these bastards, they don't know the actual situation on the battlefield at all."
"If you insist, if I were Koizumi Minichiro, I think I would agree. If I can have an extra army to help me fight the Chinese, why not do it."