Chapter 723 All the aircraft carriers are here?!

The sound of footsteps was heavy and rapid, but the staff in the White House seemed to have no interest in turning around. It was not because they were too busy with work to take a look, but that everyone's nerves were constantly numb.

Except for the news of entering Australia and Panama at the beginning of the war, this rapid footsteps have not brought any good news. Although everyone knows that there will be a war in California today, and even the Chinese themselves have not avoided it, can there be any good news? Even the most loyal secretary to Wilson shook his head with a wry smile.

He said secretly, "There will be good news, no wonder!"

The secretary guessed right. Colonel House brought bad news. The Chinese began to attack San Diego.

"Isn't it a plane? How many warships are there? William Benson and the new Secretary of the Army, Joe Wilt, stood up almost at the same time. They were surprised by the fact that the naval guns launched the first wave of attacks, which also made the tense atmosphere in the room stronger.

"There are no detailed statistics, but Lieutenant General Carl said that there are only a few planes arriving in San Diego, and they are all reconnaissance aircraft. At present, four Hebei-class battleships may be attacking the seaport. Coupled with the previous telegram sent back by the Juno, what we can know now is that there is at least one ship of 200 sizes. Team, there are 4 Hebei-class battleships, at least 20 cruisers and destroyers, and they have new naval guns with a range of about 50 kilometers!"

"50 kilometers!" William Benson was about to faint. Just now, he was still worried about how to deal with the Xinhua plane. After trying his best, he couldn't figure it out. Unexpectedly, another 50-kilometer-range naval gun appeared. Was it made by a man?

50 kilometers, what kind of caliber do you need? How long is the body tube? 18 inches, or 20 inches?! Has the Hebei-class battleship also been replaced with a new gun?

House naturally didn't know that it was a shell problem, so he came to the conclusion of the new naval gun. In fact, the development of gun shells in this year did lag behind the naval gun itself. The only way to increase the range was to increase the caliber or lengthened the barrel.

William Benson sat down slowly with a gloomy face. Now he knows why he used naval guns for the first wave of attack. Joe Wilt next to him also looked bad. If Xinhua has achieved ultra-long-range shooting of naval guns, will this technology also be applied to army artillery? If that's true, but it's a big bad idea, which means that when the U.S. military cannons and their opponents bombard each other, they will be at a full disadvantage, and the air force that cooperates with their superiors is almost irresistible!

Is it possible for the 6 million army, thousands of aircraft and a semi-damaged fleet that may be destined to be destroyed hold the West Coast? Countless thoughts began to rise in everyone's minds, and the worries became more serious.

"Mr. President, about the recruitment of the third batch of soldiers." After Joe Wirth sat down, he returned to the topic just now.

"There is no problem with rifles and cannons. Our factory is doing its best. It can be delivered to the army again within a month at the latest. 2,000 cannons, 2,000 machine guns and 500 tanks. There are also 1,500 aircraft, but soldiers." Secretary of State Joson looked at the silent Wilson and then gritted his teeth and said, "We have some trouble."

Although Joson did not explain, many people know what it means. The anti-war pressure in China is becoming greater and greater. Although the invasion of the country can arouse the enthusiasm of some people to defend the country, the continuous failure has led to the inability to prolong this enthusiasm, so the recruitment of soldiers It is becoming more and more difficult.

In fact, since the beginning of the war, the U.S. Political Axe has issued mobilization orders twice to recruit soldiers, recruiting a total of 9 million people, of which Australia has lost 500,000, and Panama is similar. Europe and the originally contained Indian battlefield have 300,000 people who have not returned, plus soldiers who have just returned from Panama, now There are only 7.7 million left in China, of which 6 million are concentrated on the West Coast.

This is not a very proud figure. Compared with the European populous country, with a total population of nearly 20 million, Germany has recruited 12 million soldiers, one for every six people. Although Britain has a small population, it still recruited 13 million in the huge colonies in the early stage. France In particular, as long as the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled can hold guns, they are included in the reserve, known as tens of millions. Although there are not so many, there are more than 10 million.

So on the day Joe Wilt took office, he said that he would need at least 6 million soldiers. Without this number, he could not guarantee victory, so that the president and parliament could pass the third mobilization and recruitment bill, but the result was infinite disappointment, because so far, the number of the third batch of recruitment is less than 2. 1 million, and with the war with Mexico, the large population of Mexicans began to defect, making the pre-war proud human resources suddenly become tense.

"Don't worry, I'll give you the soldiers I promised you." Wilson stroked his forehead. Although he said so, he was actually not sure in his heart, unless it was.

Compulsory means!

But if you do this, will it still be free and attract a large number of people to this fertile land of the United States?

Wilson took a deep breath, and just as he didn't know how to solve the problem, the footsteps sounded again: "Mr. President, Lieutenant General Carl reported that he was bombed by a plane."

Airplane!

Sure enough, it's coming.

This news did not make everyone nervous, but was relieved. It was not the first time that everyone had fought with the Xinhua Navy. The launch of aircraft showed that their main fleet was indeed not far from the sea of San Diego. Now it is necessary to figure out how many ships were dispatched, and then figure out how many motherships to get the landing point, right? It's really in the Baja California Peninsula.

"The second line of defense must be deployed as soon as possible, and the third line of defense should be ready immediately." Colonel House, who just came back from the secret negotiations in Xinhua, said: "The Chinese have mastered the superior sea and air power. The only thing we can use is the depth of the land. In any case, we must stick to it. Even if we want to end the war, we must wait until Paris recovers. If there is no Paris, there will be no more France. Relying on us and Britain alone, the situation will be irreversible.

House's words made everyone nod. At present, the only thing that can be done is to arrange multi-layer lines of defense to delay the time. If Britain and France can really solve Germany quickly, then everything can be recovered, but if.

House continued: "Mt. Gen. Benson, I don't know what's going on with the Indian Grand Fleet? We have four capital ships and seven cruisers there, all of which are the best and up-to-date. Can't we come out and contain them? If you enter the Pacific Ocean from the Indian Ocean, it can also reduce the pressure in the west.

Indian Grand Fleet?!

William Bansen's mouth smelled bitter. He knew better than anyone that if it hadn't been for the Xinhua Navy hadn't knocked down the doorstep, it would have surrendered. In the past six months, dozens of warships of the Indian Grand Fleet ran in the sea and hardly received a decent maintenance. The warm sea water made the bottom of the ship full of shellfish. Now it is only It can be easily treated by divers when they go into the water every day.

What's more serious is that the Indian Ocean has a tropical climate, and the loss of spare parts of the battleships is very serious. Due to India's lack of heavy industry, it is impossible for the fleet to be repaired. Otherwise, the two injured French battleships that were towed back to Mumbai would not be left idle and wait to die.

It's a joke to rely on a fleet that has not been well maintained and replenished for more than half a year. What's more, where can the fleet go after starting from Mumbai?

Back to the Mediterranean Sea to the west, the Suez Canal was cut off. To go south to Madagascar, you must face Xinhua aircraft and patrol fleets from Socotra and Gan Island in the Maldives. As for entering the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Andaman Islands may not be able to pass, let alone enter Malacca. Even if you go south of Sumatra, you need to face the new from Australia and Borneo. The disturbing attack of the Chinese navy, not to mention the war, just let the fleet run safely by itself, and the endurance could not return to the west coast.

"I will send a direct telegram to the UK about this matter." However, William Benson did not directly refuse House, not only because of House's role around Wilson, but also because he was a little unbearable for Campbell, who lost the face of the British navy. The Indian Grand Fleet still has dozens of warships in its hands. No matter how bad it is, there will always be a few detour to South Africa. But now he has been slow to move, and even turned a blind eye to such a good opportunity in Australia last time. He is an idiot!

"As for your suggestion, I will consider it carefully. No matter what, the Indian Grand Fleet should not." William Benson was about to continue talking about this when his footsteps sounded for the third time.

"Mr. President, the latest telegram from Lieutenant General Carl, the 23rd Division stationed in Tijuana has just been shelled by at least 8 main battleships. In addition, our plane has just found the Xinhua transport fleet off the coast of Ensenada, 35 kilometers south of Tijuana on the Peninsula of Baja California. According to the pilot's last The report shows that the transport fleet is less than 15 kilometers away from the coast, and a large number of boats have been lowered.

"Are they going to log in?!"

This news immediately made everyone in the conference room gather in front of the map. For them, it is not to consider how long San Diego can stay, not how the Pacific Fleet is, but to judge where the other party's landing site is, so that there can strengthen the deployment of the army against the surname, at least it can be played. Quantitative advantage.

"200 transport ships, according to the Chinese army standards, can carry at least 4 infantry divisions and 80,000 people, but the peninsula border is narrow, which is certainly not enough to defeat us into San Diego, so if there will continue to be large fleets to arrive in the next two days, then it means that the Chinese will really Go all out to land on the peninsula!" Secretary of the Navy, Bajor, who has never spoken, said.

"I agree with Charles's judgment that if the second or third fleet arrives, then this must be the landing point, and we can pull all the troops on standby in Arizona to the border to block them!"

"It's not that simple. Even if we pull it all over, how can we deal with planes and ultra-long-range naval guns?"

"The trench, let the soldiers deepen and widen the trench, we can only stick to it!"

The news suddenly made the conference room lively. At the most intense discussion, the footsteps interrupted everyone for the fourth time. This time, it brought a more shocking news!

"Lt. Gen. Hugh Rodman sacrificed his fleet stationed in San Diego."

"What!"

William Benson jumped up again and looked up at the big clock in the corner, with a face full of disbelief.

How is it possible?

How can it be!

It took less than three hours after the first shell fell. In three hours, it destroyed 10 battleships and dozens of cruisers and destroyers with more than 200 anti-aircraft weapons under the intensive protection of 400 anti-aircraft guns and machine guns in the harbor. What a terrible combat effectiveness!

After the initial tension and ignorance, the U.S. military also found some rules to deal with the aircraft, otherwise there would not have a lightning dike. According to the test, with a fleet protected by a lightning dike, it takes at least 15 torpedoes to destroy one, and the bay is not the sea, and the attack surface is narrow. Even if 10 pieces can sink one, 10 battleships, 7 cruisers, as many as 37 destroyers and other auxiliary ships require at least hundreds of torpedoes!

Is it possible that the Chinese people have an extraordinary performance today, and the bomb hit rate is 100%? Or to say.

All their aircraft carriers are here?!

(to be continued)