Chapter 76, The Fall of Melbourne USA, Washington, White House President Truman, who had been kept awake at night by a series of bad news, unexpectedly received the news of the fall of Melbourne.
Although he had anticipated this in advance, when the news actually came, he still felt uncontrollable anger and sadness.
The Australian continent belonging to the white race is about to disappear.
This land will be completely taken over by those inferior yellow-skinned monkeys.
This is the first time since the Europeans discovered the Americas that such a huge reversal has occurred.
In the past, only noble Western white people sailed and colonized the world, annihilating those stupid and inferior people of color one by one, and then selected the best land among them to colonize.
Become a new homeland for white people.
In the eyes of white racists, this is the arrangement of Almighty God, their manifest destiny, and the blessing bestowed upon them by fate.
Because these guys with noble white skin are destined to become the rulers of the earth and the center of human civilization.
But now those rebellious Japanese are frantically trying to resist God's arrangement, and they are using a series of inhumane massacres to "dye yellow" Australia, which has been occupied by white people.
It is really unreasonable, but the United States has nothing to do about it for the time being.
Fortunately, when the blue flag of the Southern Cross of the Commonwealth of Australia was burning and falling from the city of Melbourne, the Stars and Stripes of the United States of America, which represented the glory of white people, successfully once again flew in front of the Philippine Presidential Palace in Malacañang Palace in Manila.
Thinking of this before rising, Du President Luman couldn't help but raise his head from behind his desk, and looked at General MacArthur sitting opposite him with a very complicated look.
This was the chief graduate of the West Point Military Academy with a distinguished family background and a profound background.
Even President Roosevelt was afraid of him.
Extremely "star commander".
"Dear Douglas, do you have any opinion on the fall of Melbourne and the Australian strategy of retreating to Shank Point?
After all, judging from the map, the current situation of the Australians seems to be similar to that of the Bataan Peninsula defense you commanded after withdrawing from Manila.
The war is very similar.
Melbourne is equivalent to Manila, Phillip Bay is equivalent to Manila Bay, and Shank Point Peninsula is Australia's Bataan Peninsula."
President Truman pointed to the map of Australia on his desk and said, "So I'd love to hear your opinion."
"There is indeed some resemblance, but it only looks similar on the map.
The situation of Australians today is much worse than when I was in the Bataan Peninsula.
Don't forget, I fought with the Japanese in Australia I have been fighting for several years, and my familiarity with Melbourne and Shank Point is not much worse than that of Manila, so I am very not optimistic about the future prospects of the Australians.
It is a miracle that they can persist for two months."
Marshal of the Republic of the Philippines, "Savior of Manila", Five-star General Douglas MacArthur held his beloved corncob pipe in his mouth and puffed out smoke rings.
After half a year, today's General MacArthur is no longer the same as he was by the Japanese last winter.
He was captured in a sneak attack and forced to be put in an iron cage and paraded on the street like a rare animal.
He was dejected and dejected, but he successfully put on the winner's crown again, as high-spirited as before.
Although his so-called victory was just fighting several small-scale urban security battles in the Philippines, repelling several "Hook" guerrillas of the Communist Party of the Philippines who basically only had light weapons, and recaptured the capital Manila and several other seaport cities.
At the same time, there are more than 50,000 "Hook" Red militants still entrenched in the Baguio Mountains in northern Luzon.
There are more than 30,000 religious extremists who have established their own country in Mindanao.
But no matter how much moisture is contained in MacArthur's "famous general" record, he is still one of the most experienced generals in the U.S.
Army.
"Many years before the Pearl Harbor incident broke out and the Philippine Defense War began, our military stationed in the Philippines formulated an Orange III combat plan.
That is, when sea control is lost and the enemy's landing operations cannot be stopped, we can withdraw to Manila The Bataan Peninsula is within sight.
Then we will continue to hold out for six months, waiting for the navy to bring reinforcements from the mainland.
The battle of Bataan under my command is actually carried out according to the plan.
Because we had such a plan a long time ago, our army had already carried out a lot of construction on the Bataan Peninsula and built a large number of military facilities before the war.
Especially Corregidor Island, which is located at the tip of the Bataan Peninsula and guards the exit of Manila Bay.
Like Gibraltar, the entire island has been fortified.
The shore defense artillery, mortars, and anti-aircraft guns along the beach are powerful, and a labyrinth of tunnels have been dug in the highlands of the island.
They are the best air raid shelters and can accommodate hospitals, headquarters, and warehouses.
Without these things, I would not be able to do it.
He stayed in Bataan for half a year.
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However, the Australians have never carried out such large-scale civil work at Shank Point, at least not until I left the Australian battlefield.
The Allied military facilities at Shank Point only included a few coastal defense forts, radar stations and an anti-aircraft gun position.
Although the large-caliber shore guns at Shank Point are indeed very powerful and the forts are very strong, just like the forts built by the British in Singapore, they cannot turn the muzzles to deal with enemies coming from the land side.
Moreover, there are no ready-made bunker caves underground there, and there are not even many houses on the ground.
If Prime Minister Katyn organizes tens of thousands of troops to withdraw, then they may not even have a place to live at Shank Point and can only pitch tents and camp.
There is no place to store the materials rushed from Melbourne.
They can only be piled in the open air or hidden in the woods.
Now the sky in Australia belongs to the Japanese.
With just a few carpet bombings, the Australian materials and supplies can be destroyed.
The soldiers burned down along with the forest at Shank Point.
To make matters worse, on the Bataan Peninsula, not only did I have ready-made fortifications to rely on, but the Japanese Army opposite only had about two divisions; while at Shank Point, the Australians had to face at least twenty troops in the wilderness.
Thousands of Japanese troops attacked by force.
Therefore, if they could persist at Shank Point for two months, it would be a miracle given by God.
In fact, I reckon they'd have a hard time holding on at Shank Point for a fortnight."
General MacArthur spoke so eloquently to President Truman, "Unless the United States can provide sufficient support to the Australian Federation as soon as possible, otherwise, we must prepare for the worst-case scenario of losing Australia and New Zealand forever, or even being driven out of the Samoa Islands."
President Truman also intellectually agreed with the pessimistic prospects of the Southwest Pacific Front predicted by General MacArthur.
However, the United States is really unable to provide any support to the Australian federal government at present.
President Truman rubbed his hands and smiled bitterly.
Since the summer of 1946, all kinds of discouraging bad news have been pouring in like a crazy tide.
To the White House.
General Patton's army suffered an unprecedented rout on the Japanese battlefield.
It lost more than 300,000 troops in one breath.
The entire front line retreated nearly a thousand kilometers.
It is still being bombed every day.
Only God knows what the Japanese are like.
So many battleships, tanks and planes were magically conjured.
General Halsey's fleet was destroyed by a major typhoon, with a quarter of the ships destroyed, and he resigned sadly.
In order to mobilize the fleet to defend Hawaii, the Pentagon had to retreat from the Southwest Pacific in large strides, abandoning the Fiji Islands and New Caledonia that it had worked hard to conquer before.
The route between the mainland and New Zealand has once again become perilous.
New Zealand has lost nearly one-fifth of its population in the brutal war, and has destroyed almost all of the country's industrial facilities.
Without the strong assistance of the US military, New Zealanders would no longer be able to resist the Japanese invasion.
In addition, the American Samoa Islands farther east are about to be threatened.
Therefore, Lieutenant General Aubrey Fitch, who was recently ordered to Pearl Harbor to replace Admiral Halsey, just sent a telegram lamenting that the Pacific Fleet now not only The strength has been greatly reduced, and it is full of pessimism.
Morale is "extremely low."
The hair of many senior generals has turned white, and many people are still taking sedatives as prescribed by doctors.
Although Lieutenant General Fitch was still trying to cheer up his men, saying, "Although we took another beating, I have no doubt about the final victory."
But no one was willing to listen.
In the recent Pacific battlefield, the only victory the United States can publicize is MacArthur's victory in recovering the Philippines.
But this cannot reverse the overall strategic decline of the United States, nor is it enough to once again lift the morale of the people of the United States, which is extremely low.
On the other hand, the United States of America's own navy and army have certainly made a mess of the war, and the various allies of the White House are generally unable to hold up the wall.
In Europe, the British and the anti-Soviet alliance they cobbled together fought fiercely for a long time with the Soviet giant bears and the red elements in various European countries.
Almost all tricks were used, but they still could not stop the Soviet Red Army's iron armor torrent.
At best, it was only slightly blocked.
The footsteps of the other party are in After crossing the Pyrenees, it took the Soviet Red Army less than two months to easily crush General Franco's weak resistance and successfully enter the capital, Madrid, in response to uprisings by Spanish red elements.
Now it is approaching Portugal's eastern border.
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Lisbon is currently in turmoil.
President Salazar has announced that he will move the government to the Azores Islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
General Franco, who had lost his capital, led the remaining government troops and retreated to Andalusia, the southernmost part of Spain, with the British Expeditionary Force, preparing to mount a final resistance against the Fortress of Gibraltar.
In South Asia, Prime Minister Churchill used the British Empire's best tricks to win a diplomatic victory that is not worthy of praise.
He recovered most of India on the map and legally.
It can be regarded as the endless defeat of the British Empire over the years.
Amidst the gloom, there was a rare and precious bright color, but its value only ended there.
Under the common banner of opposing the Bolsheviks, India's princes and indigenous forces actually controlled all power, and only polite submission to the British was left.
The British Empire, with its authority completely lost, may no longer be able to extract much wealth from the Indian subcontinent to fill its treasury.
Unless Whitehall in London can re-dedicate hundreds of thousands of troops to an expedition halfway around the world to fight another war of Indian conquest, this is obviously impossible.
In the future, India will still be turbulent in the flames of war, but no matter who the final winner is, it has nothing to do with the glory of the British Empire.
In Southeast Asia, Prime Minister Churchill is still enthusiastically trying various military adventures and diplomatic games, trying to repeat the paper victory he won in the Indian subcontinent with an extremely small expeditionary force and the century-old prestige of the British Empire.
However, the results are consecutive.
India Such a victory on paper cannot be achieved.
After a period of intimidation and blackmail without the backing of force, the nationalist leaders of Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaya, and Indonesia all clearly believed that the British were insulting their intelligence and sternly refused.
Surrender to the British Empire.
The only response Churchill could make was to launch gunboat diplomacy, allowing his small fleet deployed in the east to bombard ports everywhere, or occasionally conduct landings and sneak attacks.
But they did not have the troops to expand the landing site, nor could they securely occupy a port for a long time, let alone penetrate into the humid and wild tropical rainforest interior to wipe out the countless indigenous rebels.
After all, we are no longer in the early days of the Age of Exploration, when Pizarro and Colste, with only a few hundred white expedition teams, could easily conquer a large empire of people of color.
And the various indigenous peoples in Southeast Asia, Nor are they barbarians who know nothing about modern warfare.
In the end, the British's current gunboat diplomacy in Southeast Asia has completely turned into a free agent for the Thais to expand their territory.
With the support of US military aid and the assistance of the British fleet, various Thai armies launched a full-scale attack on the Malay Peninsula, Laos and Cambodia.
So far, they have captured more than 100,000 square kilometers of land.
But even according to the most self-deceptive point of view , and it is difficult to say what significance such a record has to the United States and Britain.
In Northeast Asia, the allies supported by the United States are equally desperate.
On the Korean Peninsula, the barely cobbled-together "Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea" struggled for several months in the capital Seoul, but was finally defeated by the Red Army, which received massive amounts of Soviet aid.
The molecules were overwhelmed.
In the more critical battlefield of China, although the White House and No. 10 Downing Street have tried their best, they not only risked being ambushed by Japanese submarines, but also organized convoys to cross the Pacific again and again to deliver death to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek.
As much munitions and supplies as possible, he even went so far as to personally deliver them.
He asked Stilwell to lead an allied force to the Yangtze River Delta, asked the British army in Hong Kong to assist in the defense of Guangzhou, and organized an expeditionary fleet to penetrate into China's inland rivers to help Chairman Chiang hold the Yangtze River defense line, but in the end they still failed to stop the Kuomintang The government continued to be defeated and lost its capital Nanjing again.
Long before the U.S. military came to mainland China, the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army had already crossed the Yangtze River from Wuhan and Chongqing in the upper reaches, and was overwhelmingly on the battlefields in Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangxi and Guangdong, forcing Chairman Chiang's forces to the coastal line.
The so-called The Yangtze River defense line has long lost its meaning.
Chairman Chiang Kai-shek's most reliable direct troops had been basically exhausted before the collapse of the Japanese Empire.
When the first batch of US aid supplies arrived at Ningbo Port, he only had some of the troops that had just been exchanged from the puppet army.
The loyalty, obedience, and combat effectiveness of the troops of the Pi Cheng National Revolutionary Army are extremely questionable.
Chairman Chiang Kai-shek cannot even accurately grasp the number of their troops, and they have generally been seriously infiltrated by red elements.
Therefore, despite all kinds of shameless and tenacious struggles, Chairman Chiang still could not escape the fate of being stepped on and rubbed by the Red Army.
He was driven out of Nanjing in disgrace two months ago.
Now, The government has been moved to Zhoushan Island, and it is even planned to move further to Zhoushan Island.
Taiwan left behind a bunch of miscellaneous troops and Stilwell's allies that they did not intend to take away, and continued to fight street battles with the Red Army in Shanghai.
At the same time, Guangzhou, which was assisted by the British army in defense, was also attacked by the Chinese Red Army a month ago.
After breaking through, Churchill had to start thinking about whether to conduct a second battle to defend Hong Kong.
All in all, from Europe to Asia, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the red camp led by the Soviet Union has shown a momentum of rapid progress, which has completely plunged the United States of America, the general backstage of the freedom camp, into despair from one failure to another.
Dilemma also makes beauty Analysts from the national and British intelligence agencies fell into a state of madness and were almost sent to a lunatic asylum.
According to their calculations, it was impossible for the Soviets to come up with so much arms and materials to maintain such a high intensity for such a long period of time.
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In expeditionary operations, even if you cut your belt, you can't do it.
The Japanese's military production and logistics capabilities have also incredibly increased with the gradual fall of the homeland.
After the Japanese red regime was established, it had grown to the point where it could overwhelm the United States of America head-on.
In the past few months, the total number of Japanese aircraft shot down by the Allied forces on various fronts has reached an insane 400,000, far more than the United States has since the beginning of the war.
Total production of all military aircraft since Therefore, American intelligence personnel have been hysterically shouting "this is not scientific" and "this is not logical" every day in recent months, but it is of no use at all.
The cruel reality is like this, and you cannot deny it.
At least the enemy shells won't disappear because of your denial.
In the end, this group of intelligence officers who were on the verge of insanity could only submit to President Truman this conclusion: that is, all the intelligence data collected on the Soviet Union and the Japanese Empire before the war were not full of huge errors, but basically missing.
You're right, Washington and London have been waging the most absurd war in history over the past few years based on a completely false set of intelligence information and a group of imaginary enemies.
As you can imagine, this is a scene that makes the White House, Capitol Hill, the Pentagon and Wall Street want to vomit blood.
Although the United States prides itself on being the arsenal of democratic countries, it has full confidence in its own industrial strength.
However, the United States of America is not like the sun, with nearly infinite power.
What supports millions of U.S. troops on expeditions to various battlefields around the world, and thousands of Liberty Ships and Victory Ship fleets traversing the four oceans, are the resources, wealth, and morale that the United States of America has accumulated bit by bit over several generations.
If these astronomical investments are made, they will not be able to get a brilliant victory and the enemy's collapse, but will only get the humiliation of various defeats and a senseless waste of troops and materials.
Then the seemingly powerful war machine of the United States of America will wear out rapidly and irreversibly.
In fact, after such a long period of setbacks and sacrifices several times greater than those in the Civil War, the morale of the American people has now reached its lowest ebb.
The 130 million Americans are already tired of the endless lists of dead. dwindling rations, always empty stores Even under wartime martial law, sporadic anti-war demonstrations began to appear in major cities in the East and West, and the number of participants increased every time.
Although the Truman administration strictly suppressed these and ordered the press and radio stations to be blocked news, but the situation is getting worse.
And among the upper class of society in the United States, and even within the ruling class, they have gradually begun to criticize the current war, which is costly, has no profits, and loses more than the gains.
The White House, Capitol Hill, and the Pentagon are not fools.
When the dice slowly stopped again and again, and the numbers displayed were never the numbers needed to win the gamble, they did not want to continue to waste their bets.
However, in this era of highly complex society, rulers can no longer act as recklessly as the warlike kings of medieval Europe.
It will definitely be more difficult for the United States of America to end a war with dignity than to start one.
For this massive war, Wall Street has invested too much capital, and even overdrafted everything.
It simply cannot accept a war.
The end of losing all your money.
Since the plutocratic bosses would rather drag the entire United States into the funeral than cut off their losses and make their own industries unlucky, then Truman could only fight the war to the end with his eyes closed.
But despite such determination and awareness, he was still unable to do anything about Australia, which was about to fall.
After all, manpower was sometimes limited.
For those Allied warriors who are still desperately guarding the last piece of land on the Australian continent, President Truman now has no way to send them any support troops or much supplies.
He can only give them a little spiritual support.
A little motivating.
"Well, it seems that we can only accept the reality.
Now help me draft a condolence telegram to the Australian Federation as soon as possible.
Just say that the people of the entire civilized world will be grateful for their heroic fight and will always remember their great sacrifice. " After a moment of silence, President Truman sighed, turned around and told his personal secretary, and then turned to General MacArthur, "Also, Douglas, what do you think about the next round of nuclear bomb strikes prepared by the United States?
You should know that our second batch of production The three atomic bombs of the United States have all been deployed, and the third batch of atomic bombs is almost completed from the Oak Ridge Factory.
Can we use a larger-scale nuclear bomb bombardment to frighten these tenacious enemies, and even shake and destroy them?
Where is the will to fight?"
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