Age of Conquest Reborn

"Ding, ring, ring!" A rapid ringing of the phone rang in the living room, waking up President Roosevelt who had just fallen asleep hard. He had already learned about the Japanese landing on the west coast, and was not surprised. He was mentally prepared for it.

, the Japanese will take action sooner or later!

After waking up, Roosevelt suddenly lost all sleep. He heard the low voice of his secretary answering the phone, "This is the president's residence, where are you? Lieutenant General Pontrac. =====... The president took sleeping pills

, I just fell asleep, what are you disturbing me at this time...an important military intelligence report...Okay, please wait a moment, I will notify Mr. President right away!"

The secretary's footsteps stopped at the door of the bedroom, and he called softly: "Mr. President! Mr. President, Commander Punrak of the West Coast Defense Command called, saying there is an urgent military intelligence report!"

"Come in!" Roosevelt shouted.

The secretary helped Roosevelt get into the wheelchair, came to the living room, picked up the phone, and said calmly: "I'm Roosevelt, General Punrak, what's the emergency? Is the ongoing battle on the West Coast battlefield bad for us?"

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"Mr. President, the situation is indeed not very good. I have used all my troops on the front line to fight back, but so far, no obvious results have been achieved!" On the other end of the phone, Lieutenant General Penrak swallowed hard, his voice hoarse.

said.

"Aren't the second-line troops sent up for reinforcements? They should be able to repel the Japanese troops who landed!" Roosevelt's hands could not help but tremble as he asked suspiciously.

Lieutenant General Penrak continued: "Mr. President, I have issued an order five hours ago. However, based on the current battlefield situation, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve the purpose of driving the Japanese army into the sea. I want to tell you

Yes, it is another very important thing..."

Having said this, Lieutenant General Punrak paused. It seemed that the next words would be very difficult to say. He was trying his best to organize his words.

An ominous premonition suddenly arose in Roosevelt's mind, "General Punrak. You are the supreme commander of the US military on the west coast. If you have anything to say, just say it!"

"Mr. President, what I want to say is that based on the current situation, the loss of the entire west coast is irreversible!" Lieutenant General Punrak said with courage, "Therefore, I suggest that Mr. President, issue an order to give up.

On the west coast, concentrate the troops on the Helena, Salt Lake City, and Phoenix lines, and rely on the Deillera Mountains that span the north and south for effective defense!"

"Only in this way can we temporarily stabilize the war situation. Rely on strong terrain conditions, organize a defense system, and buy limited time for the United States. Mr. President, we must be mentally prepared to fight the Japanese army on our homeland for a long time!"

Lieutenant General Pontrac knew that his suggestion was absolutely treasonous. Once word spread, he would be the defeated general who lost the city and the territory. He would be the most condemned sinner. More than three-fifths of the U.S. Army and all of the Army Air Force would be destroyed.

, are all concentrated on the West Coast, just to prevent the Japanese from landing. It can be said that the focus of the defense of the United States is on the US-Mexico border and the other on the West Coast.

Judging from the deployment of troops by the Supreme Headquarters during the war, the West Coast region is definitely the focus. Now, the Japanese landing attack has just begun for more than a day. In addition to Portland, the three main landing sites of the Japanese army are still there.

In the fierce battle, the outcome was still undecided, and there were more than 400,000 troops deployed on the second line, so he advocated abandoning the West Coast region. I am afraid that from now on, he will be a killable person in the United States and a leader in the military.

The road has come to an end!

President Roosevelt did not speak. A weak "hissing" sound of electricity came from the phone receiver. The silence was so suppressed that Lieutenant General Penrack could hardly breathe. His hands were soaked with sweat, and his heart pounded nervously.

I kept beating wildly, as if I was waiting for the judgment of fate!

"Penrak, do you have to do this?" Finally, President Roosevelt's voice came over, "I want to know why you would make such a suggestion?"

"Mr. President, my intuition as a soldier, my intuition tells me that I must express my opinions frankly to you and to the supreme commander of the United States during the war!" To be honest, Lieutenant General Punrak could not provide any conclusive evidence.

, to support his suggestion just now, what he has is just a hunch, or in other words, fear of his opponent, General Yamamoto, but this fear is not timidity, but caution!

Since the first counterattack failed, Lieutenant General Penrak was thinking about a question. Judging from the Japanese general Yamamoto, who was an extremely outstanding tactical genius, he attacked east and west and easily landed in Portland.

Would he not consider that even if the Japanese troops landed successfully, once the US troops were deployed on the second line, they would launch a large-scale counterattack against the Japanese troops holding on to the landing site before the second batch of landing Japanese troops arrived on the battlefield?

Obviously, Yamamoto Isoroku must have considered it, but why did he do it again? Does it mean that this Japanese has the back-up to deal with the reinforcements of the US second-line troops?

Lieutenant General Penrack had no way of knowing or judging what General Yamamoto's back-up plan was, but the target must be the second-line U.S. troops who were being reinforced. It was precisely because of this thinking that he risked his reputation.

The above suggestions were made to President Roosevelt to abandon the West Coast and retreat to the Salt Lake City line.

"Intuition? That's an illusory thing!" Roosevelt muttered in his heart, but he still chose to believe in Lieutenant General Penrack's intuition. The reason is very simple. Lieutenant General Penrack is a professional soldier, and soldiers' intuition is sometimes very sensitive.

Moreover, by making such a suggestion, first of all, he himself would be in danger of ruining his reputation!

At the critical moment, President Roosevelt idealistically believed in the intuition of a soldier, "Penrak, you know how much impact your suggestions will have on the United States, but I trust your intuition!"

"However, a meeting needs to be held with the participation of all members of the wartime Supreme Command. After discussion, a decision will be made. It will not take too long. By the way, in this case, do you think it is necessary for the second-line reinforcements to continue to follow your instructions?

Was the original order for reinforcements?”

This was another difficult question to decide, and Lieutenant General Pontrac also fell silent.

Roosevelt waited patiently, his face always very calm, but the attentive secretary found that the president's hands were shaking uncontrollably.

"Mr. President, I believe that reinforcements must continue!" Finally, Lieutenant General Punrak responded, "Only in this way can we temporarily curb the Japanese army's momentum of advancing deeper into the country and prepare for the future.

Defense, buy time, the troops in the West Coast Defense Zone are ready to fight to the death, and I myself am mentally prepared to die on the battlefield!"

"Okay!" President Roosevelt's voice became obviously hoarse, "Just follow your original order!"

The phone was hung up, and Lieutenant General Punrak felt a surge of heroic determination in his heart. He was grateful to Mr. President for not scolding himself for his outrageous words or revoking his post on the spot, but for choosing to trust his own intuition.

"Guard, follow me to the front line!" Lieutenant General Punrak put on a steel helmet, grabbed a submachine gun, and shouted to his guard captain.

Rear Admiral Woolsey, the chief of staff, had just come in. He was shocked when he saw this and asked hurriedly: "Commander, where are you going?"

"Frontline!" Lieutenant General Penrak said simply, "By the way, Chief of Staff, while I am away from the headquarters, you will command the troops on my behalf. If I cannot come back, you will take over my command and kill me in battle."

Report the news to the wartime high command!"

"Ah? What?" Major General Woolsey was stunned for a while. He couldn't understand what prompted the commander to go to the front line where artillery fire was raging. Besides, wasn't Los Angeles the front line now?

"Commander..." Chief of Staff Woolsey had just shouted when he saw Lieutenant General Pontrac disappear in front of him with a few guards.

Tokyo, Japan, this day is a rare sunny day in December. Emperor Hirohito is in the palace, overwhelmed with excitement. His mood is the same as the weather. The sun is shining brightly. When General Yamamoto sends a secret message that "the hurricane has made landfall"

, Emperor Hirohito was simply stunned when he returned to his homeland!

Hirohito never imagined that the imperial army's landing on the west coast of the United States would be so easy, as easy as a dream, and the time it took was so short that it was suspiciously short.

He read General Yamamoto's telegram over and over again, and then he couldn't help but giggle, looking at every aide and maid who passed in front of him in the palace, laughing, making these lower-class people who were familiar with His Majesty the Emperor's temper laugh.

My heart goes crazy and my walking is deformed!

The big guys from the base camp who also received the telegram of victory from Admiral Yamamoto all gathered at the palace to meet Emperor Hirohito. They forgot about the etiquette of emperor and ministers. They were all so excited that they almost got carried away by shouting "Long Live".

The roof is bulging!

Then, Emperor Hirohito, whose eyes were shining and his face was red, asked his maids to bring him the fine sake he had collected. The emperor and his ministers drank a few glasses of wine, and they all spoke in an overly excited manner. There was a man with walnut patterns on his face and a suit.

The minister actually pulled a beautiful maid who was passing by and kissed her hard. In the past, who would have dared to live so impatiently with His Majesty the Emperor?

However, His Majesty the Emperor, who was obviously extremely excited and in a very happy mood, automatically ignored these rudenesses. He was very happy to see that the ministers were excited about the fact that the Japanese Empire was about to defeat that seemingly fat and muscular behemoth - the United States.

He had to forget about it. How could he care about such a trivial matter? Even if he rewarded the maid on the spot, what would be the harm?

"My dear friends, Yamamoto Aiki is a meritorious official of the Japanese Empire! He has made extraordinary achievements and should be rewarded!" Emperor Hirohito drank a cup of sake and said loudly, "My dear friends, please discuss how we should be rewarded.

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