At 2 a.m. on April 27, Washington time, it was less than a month since the White House re-entered! Theodore.
President Roosevelt was woken up by his secretary. When the bedrooms were pounding, Theodore finally fell asleep.
President Roosevelt put on his pajamas in anger, opened the door, and looked at the secretary in front of him with a look of anger.
"Mr. Gore, you'd better tell me something urgent, otherwise I'll let you know how terrible an old man who was disturbed from sleep is!" Theodore.
President Roosevelt said gritting his teeth. Since he became president again, he has been working hard to further tap the potential of the United States in war and has been sleeping for only two or three hours a day for a week. It’s not that he has insomnia, but because he needs to deal with it.
There are too many things. Every night, he has to work overtime until very late, so he only has two or three hours to sleep. Today, he finally handled the government and military affairs in advance and wanted to fall asleep early, but was woken up
It's right.
"His Excellency the President, His Excellency Elihu Rutt, Minister of War, and General Leonard Wood, Chief of Staff, sent a telegram from General Pershing on the Mexican front, with an emergency military report!" The secretary saw Theodore.
President Roosevelt replied with a grumpy look on his face.
"Mexican front? What happened? Could it be that the defense line in central Mexico was broken through by the Chinese?" Theodore.
President Roosevelt was shocked and no longer cared about being disturbed by sleep. He quickly took the telegram from his secretary. The telegram was very long, two pages. In this telegram, General Pershing told the current US military on the Mexican frontline.
The troubles encountered and what consequences would occur if we continue to stick to Mexico City, the other is that General Pershing suggested that he immediately abandon Mexico City and central Mexico defense line and withdraw the main force of the US military to northern Mexico and even the United States.
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After reading the telegram quickly, President Roosevelt looked gloomy and a little afraid of others. Judging from the telegram sent by General Pershing, although the defense line in central Mexico has not been broken yet, it is basically useless.
The Chinese army has taken Atlisco, the gateway of Puebla. As long as Puebla is captured, it will be able to advance northward to encircle Mexico City. By then, two million American troops will become turtles in the jar.
, it is likely to be swallowed by the Chinese army in one bite. If things really develop to this point, Theodore.
Roosevelt could no longer imagine how dark the future of America would be.
"Where are Minister Elihue Rutt and General Wood?" After reading the telegram Theodore.
President Roosevelt asked.
"They are already in your office at this moment!" the secretary replied. Seeing Theodore.
President Roosevelt had no time to care about his sleep being disturbed, and the secretary also breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, the anxious Theodore.
President Roosevelt, how could he have the heart to take care of these small things! The United States is about to face a major disaster!
"I'll go to the office right away! In addition, inform the Vice President and other cabinet members to arrive at the White House as quickly as possible!" Theodore.
President Roosevelt ordered that now it is time to affect the life and death of the United States, and he must make a choice in the shortest time.
"Yes, Your Excellency President!" The secretary nodded and left immediately. Soon the White House staff were busy and notified all the cabinet members in Washington by phone. Everyone realized that something must have happened.
Many people are speculating whether the front line suffered a defeat or the Chinese landed on the West Coast. Otherwise, this would not happen to the White House.
It is already midnight now, and the U.S. government's cabinet members were awakened without exception. Most of them rushed to the White House as quickly as possible after getting angry. Although the White House staff were on the phone
There is no explanation for what happened, but everyone knows that if it weren't for the urgent situation, Theodore.
President Roosevelt would not summon them urgently at this time.
Theodore was rushing to the White House when the cabinet members rushed to the White House.
President Roosevelt had arrived at the office and met the anxious Minister of War Elihue.
Rutt and Army Chief of Staff Leonard.
Admiral Wood.
"His Excellency President!" Seeing Theodore.
After President Roosevelt came in with a dark face, War Minister Elihue.
Rutt and Army Chief of Staff Leonard.
Wood quickly stood up from the sofa and looked at Theodore nervously.
President Roosevelt. To be honest, they were also fumbling by the telegram sent back by General Pershing. The Chinese had only launched an attack the day before yesterday, but in just two days, the situation of the battle had undergone an astonishing reversal. Before,
They almost all thought General Pershing could last at least two months or even longer on the central Mexico defense line. And now, a huge defeat is about to appear before them, both of them are terrified.
"Sit down! What's going on in the front line? Tell me about it!"! Theodore.
President Roosevelt asked. The distance from the bedroom to the office, he had already suppressed his anger. Anger cannot solve the problem. The most important thing now is how to solve the problem. Theodore.
Isn't Roosevelt's reason for participating in this presidential election and trying his best to drive Taft away from the White House just to lead the United States to defeat powerful enemies? If he can't do all this, wouldn't he have done all his efforts over the years?
Is it in vain?
Minister of War Elihu.
Rut gave Leonard, Chief of Staff.
Admiral Wood made a color and let him tell him.
Leonard.
Admiral Wood had to bite the bullet and said, "Your Excellency the President, the specific situation is like this. On April 25, the Chinese gathered a large number of troops to launch an attack on Kuotra on the Mexican front. Although the Chinese attack was very
Fierce, but after a whole day of fierce fighting, the heroic American army still defended the position and made the Chinese pay a heavy price, especially the air defense forces, who had at least twenty Chinese planes. Because the Chinese were
Kuotra's attack was too fierce, and everyone regarded this as the direction of the Chinese's main attack. As a result, on April 26, the main force of the Chinese army attacked Puebla. And the Chinese invested a
A new weapon, a weapon that can change the current war. We don’t get much information, but it is speculated that this new weapon is probably made of a tractor chassis plus a square steel box, and then a cannon and machine gun are installed. This new weapon
, able to withstand the close shooting of large-caliber heavy machine guns, and even ordinary mortars have no choice. The Chinese have officially broken through our army's defense line in Atlisco with this weapon, and only
It took half a day to wipe out the three armies there!"
Theodore.
President Roosevelt frowned tightly. Although he did not understand the real situation on the battlefield, he had been from Leonard.
Admiral Wood's remarks could also imagine what would happen when a large number of US troops faced the Chinese new weapons that were invulnerable to swords and guns. The soldiers would definitely fall into despair. In that case, they would be fundamentally
It is impossible to withstand the Chinese attack. It is understandable that the frontline troops were quickly annihilated.
"Damn Chinese, how could they have so many weird ideas? Can we make such weapons?" Theodore.
President Roosevelt cursed viciously. The Chinese continued to invest new weapons on the battlefield, using the US military as a test subject again and again. And each time it caused a great loss to the US military, which made Theodore.
Roosevelt was very angry.
"His Excellency President, I have ordered the major military factories to conduct research. Although this new weapon of the Chinese is very strange, it is actually not very technically difficult. We can also directly use the tractor chassis to produce this weapon.
However, how to design it will take a while to develop it." War Minister Elihu.
Rut said.
Theodore.
President Roosevelt nodded and then said to Leonard.
"Yes, Your Excellency the President! In view of this situation on the front line, General Pershing quickly judged that the Chinese were taking Puebla as the main direction of the attack, and the purpose was to encircle the US military in Mexico City. Therefore, Pershing Pershing
The general agreed to the request of Lieutenant General Richard, who was stationed in Puebla, to withdraw from Mexico City. However, at 9 p.m., Lieutenant General Richard's army, who had retreated to Mexico City, found that the Chinese army had occupied Wei.
Hochingo blocked General Richard's retreat.
General Richard ordered the troops to launch an attack, but the Chinese were too strong and General Richard failed. Therefore, General Pershing proposed to abandon Mexico City and the central defense line and let the main force of the US military retreat to northern Mexico.
Suggestions!” said Admiral Leonard Wood.
"That is, the central Mexico defense line can no longer be held!" Theodore.
President Roosevelt said.
"Yes! Your Excellency the President, once the Chinese go north and block the road to Mexico City to the north, our two million troops on the central Mexico defense line will be surrounded by the Chinese!" Leonard.
Admiral Wood said.
At this time, other cabinet members arrived. Vice President Woodrow.
As soon as Wilson and others arrived at the office, they quickly asked what urgent things had happened.
Theodore.
President Roosevelt asked Army Chief of Staff Leonard.
Admiral Wood briefly introduced what happened in the Mexican frontline.
"God! How could this happen? What is General Pershing doing? He has let down the trust of the government and the American people!" Treasury Secretary William.