Chapter 106: A Christmas Story During World War III II Afternoon of December 25, 1946, White House, Washington, United States Although it is the Christmas holiday, in the whirlpool of this world war, the White House staff still have to work overtime, busy holding folders or carrying boxes. yznn And for some reason, everyone seems to have a gloomy face, walking in a hurry, and rarely smiling.
Except for the Christmas trees erected in the corners and courtyards at unknown times, there is almost no trace of festive atmosphere in the entire White House.
In the Oval Office, President Truman, who has become increasingly haggard recently, is reviewing documents with his head hanging down.
Although the Christmas tree in the corner of the room was already filled with various beautifully packaged gifts, he still had no desire to open them until now.
There was no way, all fronts were being defeated, and the mood was really bad, so naturally I couldn't get excited about these Christmas gifts.
According to the latest statistical data compiled by President Truman, the Third World War has only begun for more than two months, and the U.S. military has already lost as many as one million troops.
At the western end of Eurasia, the US military retreated all the way from Spain and Italy to Iraq and Iran, completely losing the entire Mediterranean in one breath.
At the eastern end of Eurasia, the US military was also forced to abandon the occupied areas of the Japanese archipelago and almost returned to the state after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
During this period, astronomical amounts of materials, personnel, and funds were lost.
Even with the wealth of the United States, it was a heart-wrenching pain.
At present, the only good news is that the Philippine battlefield, which made MacArthur shine, has brought great pain to the Pentagon's logistics department.
With the abandonment of the Japanese occupation zone and the fall of all the South Pacific islands, the route from the west coast of the United States across the Pacific to the Philippines, It has been completely cut off.
Today, every artillery piece and every bullet requested by General MacArthur must first be shipped from New York Harbor on the east coast, then cross the Atlantic, go around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, and then continue across the Indian Ocean to Singapore, and finally from Singapore crossed the South China Sea to the Philippines so that it could be delivered to MacArthur.
Due to the twists and turns of the route, the entire journey is 40,000 kilometers long, equivalent to circling the earth once.
However, every sea area along the way is not considered safe now.
In the Atlantic Ocean, Soviet submarines have taken over the German U-boat "Sea Wolf" and are hunting American transport fleets that dare to go to sea.
Every time they ambush and hunt, is shockingly accurate, making one wonder if someone in the Pentagon Is the Soviet spy Doraemon's high-tech reconnaissance satellite closely monitoring it 24 hours a day?
In the Indian Ocean, there is the threat of Japanese submarines based in Western Australia; in the South China Sea, the Soviet Union and Japan are active at the same time. submarines and camouflaged attack ships.
According to the latest statistics, the loss rate of such an entire route is around 50.
That is to say, on average, for every two ships loaded with supplies, one ship cannot reach the final destination.
Not to mention that at the end of this long and dangerous supply line, not only MacArthur's four U.S.
Army infantry divisions and six Filipino native divisions had to be supplied, but also U.S. aid supplies had to be delivered to His Excellency Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, who had millions of troops in Taiwan.
Damn it, the monthly transportation volume must be more than one million tons, which makes the Pentagon complain endlessly.
In the end, in order to reduce losses, they had no choice but to learn from the experience of the Japanese Empire and only transport firearms and ammunition to the front lines.
The remaining food, clothing, quilts, etc. were all ordered to MacArthur and his men to "recruit on the spot".
As a result, due to lack of experience and the indigenous puppet troops With the help of others, "on-the-spot collection" soon turned into inhumane large-scale massacre and robbery.
Of course, compared to the Third World War that is now in full swing, the turmoil in the Philippine Islands is not worth mentioning at all.
At present, there are only two key issues that really bother President Truman: First, how many atomic bombs do the Soviets still have?
Second, when will the next batch of nuclear bombs in the United States be produced?
Ever since the Soviet Union dropped the first atomic bomb on Gibraltar in World War II, the Pentagon has been speculating on when the Soviet nuclear arsenal would be exhausted.
However, as Great Britain and Asia Minor were reduced to radioactive wastelands one after another, and mushroom clouds bloomed one after another on the land of North Africa, the Soviets had dropped at least fifty atomic bombs on the battlefield, but still no one had exhausted their inventory.
Any sign.
This makes the United States really shudder.
If there were not enough nuclear bombs during the three wars, it would be no different from sitting idle.
Just as firearms ended cold weapons and machine guns ended cavalry, with the widespread use of atomic bombs on the battlefield, the original war model has undergone earth-shaking changes, which has made traditional military strategists from all over the world They were stunned and at a loss.
No matter how we arrange our troops, no matter how we defend ourselves, as long as one atomic bomb is dropped, they will all turn into powder and dust.
To be honest, General Eisenhower, who killed millions of Allied troops in two months, was not clumsy in his tactical deployment and response measures.
Even if he could not be called amazing, he was at least quite satisfactory.
But under the mushroom cloud of the atomic bomb, , all this planning is in vain Alas, atomic bombs, atomic bombs, the Soviets threw atomic bombs everywhere like fireworks, and we don’t even have a single atomic bomb in our hands.
Not long ago, Truman had just inspected the Oak Ridge Factory and learned that no matter how overtime the workers and technicians there worked, the next batch of atomic bombs would not be completed until early February next year.
Until then, the United States can only continue to tolerate the Soviets "planting the sun" everywhere Thinking of this, President Truman could only sigh and turned around to pick up a letter from the table drafted by quantum science guru Einstein and signed by more than 20 experts from Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study on restricting the use of nuclear weapons in war. proposal letter.
Because it involves so many great figures in the academic world, this letter was just written yesterday, and today it appeared on President Truman’s desk through a special channel.
Those lines of compassionate words made Truman feel deeply moved.
I feel the same, but it's too late, nothing can be said Although Truman still agreed to publish the initiative publicly, he knew clearly that it would be of no use.
So what if Einstein was the founder of the atomic bomb theory?
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What if he regretted the quantum research he was engaged in and said, "If I had known this, I would rather be a watch repairman."
Science has no borders, but scientists do have borders. , the agreement on the restriction of the use of nuclear weapons proposed in the name of American scientists, let alone in wartime, even in peacetime, it is impossible for the Soviets to abandon their martial arts and agree easily.
Indeed, after the devil, nuclear weapons, jumped out of Pandora's box, it posed a huge threat to the survival of all mankind.
Both the United States and the Soviet Union suffered astonishing trauma in this nuclear war.
However, as the disadvantaged party in a nuclear war, no one in the United States will listen to such things.
To Stalin, the iron and steel general secretary, it is even more like an idiot.
Rather than for the future and destiny of all mankind, it is stupid.
Instead of throwing away the sharpest weapon in his hand, it would be better to accelerate the destruction of the United States and end the war completely.
What's more, even if this nuclear war continues, what harm will it cause to the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union?
The current situation has become very obvious.
U.S. bombers cannot pass through layers of obstacles and drop atomic bombs directly into the heart of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe.
It was also difficult for Soviet bombers to cross the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean and drop atomic bombs on the United States mainland.
In this case, no matter how many nuclear bombs both sides take out, they can only be dropped on each other's allies, occupied areas, and colonies.
In this regard, the Soviets do not feel sorry for Europe being filled with mushroom clouds.
If the US military really has The method was to blow up the European countries and make them uninhabitable, which would be a good way to drive fish into the abyss and force these proud Europeans to leave their homes and immigrate to Russia to contribute their youth and energy to the development of Siberia.
Although the United States is not that gloating, at best it will squeeze out a few crocodile tears.
Britain was bombed into a radioactive wasteland.
In the United States, there are almost as many people crying and celebrating.
At the same time, North Africa, the Middle East, East Asia and Southeast Asia, with the exception of the Philippines, turned out to be either British territory or French territory.
No matter how many natives were killed and how many cities were bombed, the Yankees would not feel anything about it.
In addition to feeling extremely frustrated about having to send so many good young men from other countries to be bombed under mushroom clouds in the distance, Despite this, President Truman still felt increasingly powerless in this increasingly tragic nuclear war.
Counting from the time of the Pearl Harbor incident, the United States has suffered approximately eight million casualties in the past five years of war.
Currently, there are still seven million troops deployed overseas, and the entire country's youth has been wiped out.
More than 25 million tons of ships were sunk during the war, and the wealth lost was incalculable.
However, the gains from the war were very few, and the entire country's strength showed signs of serious overdraft.
Although everyone from the White House to Wall Street is still gritting their teeth and hoping that one day they can recover their losses, they have also begun to explore secret peace talks behind the scenes.
However, the armistice requirements put forward by Moscow are really harsh.
They are simply imitating the terms faced by Germany in the Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War I, and copied the United States in the same way.
Even the most anti-war members of Congress said they simply couldn't accept it.
Regarding the olive branch extended by the United States, the Kremlin initially put forward the following six basic opinions: First, the United States gives up all overseas military bases and special overseas rights and interests, and abolishes unequal treaties with all countries.
Second, the United States ceded Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, and handed over the Panama Canal to the Comintern for free.
Third, the United States must punish domestic war criminals, be responsible for compensating governments and civilians for losses, and bear part of the costs of post-war reconstruction.
Fourth, the U.S. military is only allowed to maintain the minimum self-defense force after the war.
It must unconditionally abandon all nuclear weapons.
The army must be reduced to 100,000 men.
It must not possess tanks or heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 120 mm.
The navy must not possess ships with a displacement of more than 5,000 tons. , are not allowed to own aircraft carriers and submarines.
Fifth, during the disarmament period, the Soviet Union and various socialist camp countries will station troops in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and other cities for supervision.
Sixth, the Soviet Union was allowed to establish concessions in Washington State, Florida and Texas and station a certain number of troops.
From the perspective of Stalin, the loving father of steel, these six opinions are already very tolerant.
After all, he neither asked the United States to accept socialist transformation, put all bankers and capitalists on street lights, nor did he cut the United States into eight pieces and divide it into dozens of countries. small country However, for the arrogant Americans, just asking them to accept the status of a defeated country is already an intolerable shame.
Therefore, after reading Einstein's proposal on restricting the use of nuclear weapons in war several times, President Truman threw it away and put it on the shelf.
Under the current situation, whether it is an armistice peace agreement or a restriction on the use of nuclear weapons, it is Scientists talk too naively.
In the face of the Soviet nuclear attack, the only thing the United States can do is to quickly create more and larger nuclear bombs and retaliate harshly.
Only by truly hurting the Soviets and letting them know that the majesty of the United States of America cannot be insulted will this war have a chance of ending with dignity.
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"So, in order to really undermine the Kremlin's arrogance, no matter how difficult and dangerous it is, we must try to nuke the Soviet Union and slap Uncle Joseph in the face, just like we bombed Tokyo before" Truman said on Christmas Day This is what was written in the diary.
Obviously, this mutually destructive nuclear war will continue and allow more mushroom clouds to stand above the earth oshow7: