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"Carton, you immediately invite Hopkins, Hull, General MacArthur, and General Leahy to the White House to discuss countermeasures." Roosevelt was also in chaos for a while, and all he could think of was to call his brains for a meeting.The U.S. military and political officials who were notified did not dare to neglect, and within an hour, they rushed to the Oval Office of the White House one by one, and met their Mr. President who seemed a little distraught.

"Just received a call from our embassy in San Jose," Roosevelt said in a gloomy voice while sitting behind his desk, his face livid and the corners of his mouth trembling slightly: "President Castro proposed to us to establish a At the request of the government, he said that the Costa Rican Army has collapsed and is unable to fight any more, and San Jose will fall within 24 hours!" Having said that, he looked up at MacArthur, "Unless the US Army stationed in Panama can rescue Costa Rica in time."

"I understand, Mr. President, I will give Lieutenant General Fredendall an order to send reinforcements to Costa Rica." MacArthur knew that the United States had no choice, so he stopped complaining to the President.

"Very good!" Roosevelt nodded his head in satisfaction, and said to Admiral Leahy: "The navy must also act, they are the only guarantee on the west coast of America! They must find the Japanese fleet for a decisive battle as soon as possible. Fleet, their army cannot hold out in America."

Chapter 0831 landing in the Americas (three) chaotic

March 3, Washington, White House.

The morning sunlight poured in through the window, but it couldn't dispel the haze that filled the Oval Office. On the contrary, the rising sun outside the window reminded everyone present of the flag of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Now there is a huge fleet flying the flag of the Rising Sun Navy cruising in the Eastern Pacific Ocean west of the Central American Isthmus.If the U.S. Navy cannot eliminate them as soon as possible, the entire west coast of Latin America will become the Japanese!However, Admiral Leahy, the US Chief of Naval Operations, was not as straightforward as MacArthur at today's meeting. He believed that Nimitz and Halsey's command should not be interfered with, and he also believed that these two generals could win for the United States.

Roosevelt glanced at the admiral who was sitting next to him with a calm face. Just when he was about to continue to urge the Pacific Fleet to be wiped out as soon as possible, or at least to expel the Japanese Fleet, the door of the office was pushed open, and Colonel Carton walked in with a livid face.

"Mr. President, urgent call from Panama City, the lock at the entrance to the west end of the Panama Canal has just been destroyed by a Japanese suicide submarine!"

"what!"

Upon hearing the news, everyone in the office, except Roosevelt, jumped up, making tables and chairs ping-pong.

If it is said that Japan's landing in Costa Rica only attacked the prestige of the United States, it did not pose a great threat to the national security of the United States, because Japan's mainland is too far away from the United States. With Japan's national strength, it is impossible to invest too many troops to attack the west coast of America country.As long as the newly expanded U.S. Army completes its training, the U.S. will be able to drive out these bandits from the East.

Of course, the premise is that the United States must obtain sea dominance on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean. In the eyes of President Roosevelt and his senior aides, this is only a matter of time. After all, the shipbuilding and aircraft industries of the United States are far ahead of Japan. China and Germany, at least in terms of output, are inferior to the United States.The huge gap in strength between the United States and Japan cannot be reversed by some so-called "kamikaze fighters" with abnormal brains.

But these lunatics who wanted to die gave the United States another unexpected blow!The Panama Canal was destroyed by them, and now there is a big problem with the traffic between the east coast and west coast of the United States.You must know that the powerful shipbuilding industry in the United States is mainly concentrated on the east coast!

Without the shortcut of the Panama Canal, those newly launched aircraft carriers, cruisers and destroyers can only go around the entire South America to reach the west coast of the United States.And if Japan acquires several bases on the west coast of South America and deploys aircraft and fleets there to wait for work, the United States will really be in big trouble.

Roosevelt took the telegram from Colonel Carton, looked at it twice, and sighed deeply. "Fredendall said in a telegram that the lock was destroyed by a medium-sized submarine filled with TNT explosives at close range. The Canal Authority estimates that it will take 6 months at the earliest to completely repair it. Before that The Panama Canal is out of service!"

"God! Are these Japanese crazy? With a whole submarine and all the crew on it... how can these people carry out such a death order?"

Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Leahy nodded: "Yes, we are fighting 7000 million lunatics! But they are not carrying enough supplies, so the Navy can deal with it calmly..."

"Order Nimitz to drive these lunatics away quickly! Immediately!" President Roosevelt interrupted Leahy. He knew that the destruction of the Panama Canal and the fall of Costa Rica would greatly damage the prestige of the United States in Latin America. Several small Central American countries in Costa Rica were also occupied by Japan one by one. If even Panama fell, the United States might lose the entire South America!

If this happens, how can the United States defeat Japan?

Roosevelt looked at Army Chief of Staff MacArthur and Secretary of the Army Stimson who had just arrived after hearing the news, and asked in a deep voice, "I want to know, where is the Manhattan Project going? When can we use that super weapon?"

MacArthur glanced at Stimson, who was stunned by Roosevelt's decision, gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. President, the Manhattan Project is currently going all out. The isotope separation plant has basically been completed and will be put into production by the middle of this year at the latest. At the same time, the design of the atomic bomb has also begun. It is estimated that the United States will have an atomic bomb that can be put into actual combat by the end of June 1940 at the latest! But..." MacArthur hesitated for a while, and said: "But we have not been able to reach it. There are no air bases in mainland Japan, and there are no long-range bombers with sufficient range and ammunition load."

"It doesn't matter..." Roosevelt glanced at the military and political officials in front of him, and a trace of sternness flashed across his face, "We can't bomb Tokyo, but we can bomb Pearl Harbor!"

"president!"

The high-ranking American officials in the conference room turned pale and stood up at the same time, because Pearl Harbor is the territory of the United States no matter what!And there are many American citizens enslaved by Japan living there.

"I will take this responsibility!" Roosevelt glanced at the crowd, and said sadly: "If that day comes, I will not seek a third term as president. Well, today's meeting is here, I am a little Tired." As he spoke, he seemed to suddenly think of something, turned his head and said to Secretary of State Hull: "Go to Mexico City, meet President Cardenas, and tell him that Mexico must stand by the United States in return... ...the United States can support the establishment of a unified Central American Federation with Mexico at its core!"

"But Mr. President!" Hull was surprised when he heard this, and just wanted to remind the president that a unified Central America is not in the interests of the United States.Roosevelt shook his hand and said with a wry smile: "We don't allow this condition, the Chinese and Germans will. Besides, the U.S. Army is very weak now and really needs the Mexican army."

"Also, Harry (Hopkins), you go to Brazil and Colombia and see what President Vargas (Brazilian President, dictator) and President Premajo want. By the way, Argentina is also sending people Go to contact... You must not let these South American powers fall to Germany!"

In this era, most of the major countries in South America have pro-German sentiments, especially the "fascist" forces in Brazil and Argentina. If the prestige of the United States declines, Nazi Germany will naturally extend its hand!That's why Roosevelt is now rushing to send people to visit South America, trying to stabilize the back garden of the United States, which is already on fire.

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Costa Rica, Coronado Bay.

More than a dozen large ocean-going transport ships have already traveled to a place less than a few kilometers away from the coast. Assault boats shuttled back and forth between the coast and the fleet, and Japanese soldiers armed to the teeth were continuously transported to North America. soil of.

The Japanese soldiers who went ashore first lined up in long marching teams, carrying Type 38 rifles and striding forward along the road leading to San Jose or Panama.The Japanese army's tradition of acting without authorization seems to have been well maintained in this battle to land in the Americas. After getting the navy's consent, they sent two ships of soldiers to land in Costa Rica. The military operation transported Japanese soldiers from two entire divisions to Coronado Bay.

In this way, [-] Japanese soldiers boarded a dozen transport ships, escorted by two destroyers, and swaggered ashore on the coastline of an American country!

And resistance, of course, is nonexistent.

On the map, two huge red arrows are extending north and south from Coronado Bay.The Japanese soldiers who landed were divided into two groups and rushed towards San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica, and Panama, the capital of North and South America!

Costa Rica!

This little-known Latin American country seems to be the beginning of the collapse of American hegemony!All of a sudden, the eyes of the whole America and the world were attracted to the isthmus of Central America and Coronado Bay.

"Your Excellency Lieutenant General!"

An ancient church built in the 18th century in the small town of Dominica is now the headquarters of the 102nd Division of the Japanese Army. Lieutenant General Wanji Ishihara is standing in front of a tourist map of Costa Rica with his hands behind his back to study the battle situation.Due to the haste of the incident, the Japanese expedition to Central America did not prepare a military map of Costa Rica at all. Of course, there was no military map of this small American country in the building of the Japanese Army General Staff.Therefore, Ishihara Waner had no choice but to order the Japanese devils he led to rob the map from house to house in the small town of Dominica!In the end, I managed to find a lot of tourist maps (still in Spanish), otherwise they would become the only army in modern military history to get lost on the battlefield.

"The telegram from the Imperial Embassy in Costa Rica was forwarded by the military." The staff officer strode up to Ishihara and handed over the telegram he had just received: "Ambassador Obuchi's report: Costa Rican President Castro (and Fidel Uncle with the same surname) has declared the capital San Jose as an undefended city. At present, senior officials of the Costa Rican government in San Jose are fleeing one after another. It is reported that President Castro will also flee to the United States within today to establish a government-in-exile."

"Escape to the United States?" Ishihara sighed softly. It seems that the prestige of the United States in Latin American countries is still there. Otherwise, President Castro should have stayed in San Jose to cooperate with the Japanese occupation forces, at least he should have A request for peace talks was made through the German embassy in Costa Rica.

The chief of staff of the 102nd Division, Okazaki Kiyosaburo, did not care about Castro's stay or departure, but kept his eyes on the direction of Panama.According to the plan, the No.16 Division under the command of Lieutenant General Keisuke Fujie will be responsible for the attack on Panama. Send reinforcements.

"Your Excellency, division commander, since San Jose is already an undefended city, we might as well leave the 102nd and 104th regiments that have not yet landed in Coronado Bay and be ready to reinforce the 16th division at any time."

Of course Ishihara Wanji understood what Okazaki meant, the Panama Canal was the top priority of this "Central American Battle"!The United States deployed a 2nd Army in Panama. Although most of the troops suffered casualties, they were genuine U.S. troops. In the early Oahu offensive, the U.S. military was much more tenacious than imagined.

"Yaoxi," Ishihara nodded noncommittally, staring at the tourist map of Costa Rica in front of him, and said after a while: "Order the 102nd and 104th regiments to have at least 3000 people land before tonight. , and then under the unified command of the 102nd Regiment Commander Tsuda Chengsan, he went south to reinforce the 16th Division."

"Order the 150th Wing to occupy San Jose and leave the team directly under the wing and a brigade to maintain law and order, and the other two brigades are assigned to the 158th Wing."

"Order the 158th Regiment to be completely light-packed and march towards Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. We must grab the capital of the country before the American reinforcements arrive in Nicaragua!"

"What? Use one regiment and two brigades to seize the capital of a country!? This is too..." Hearing Ishihara Wanji's order, even the Japanese commander Okazaki Kiyosaburo was secretly speechless.In order to buy time, the troops who landed in Coronado Bay this time were all infantry. Except for a few mountain artillery and infantry artillery, they did not have any heavy weapons.Ishihara still wants to use these forces to seize the capital of Nicaragua... Isn't this too underestimating the enemy?

"That's it! Soldiers are precious and fast, Okazaki-kun, hurry up and make arrangements!" Ishihara ignored Okazaki's doubts at all, but waved his hand and issued a combat order.Because he knows very well that the most powerful weapon in his hands right now is the opponent's fear, and he must achieve the greatest results before this fear is resolved!

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April 3, 3:2 p.m.

In the Eastern Pacific Ocean, 120 nautical miles off Coronado Bay, the Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi.

Ganfu Kengoro looked up at the rising sun flag of the Japanese Navy flying on the top of the island, took a deep breath, and strode towards the command center of the First Air Fleet on the second floor of the island.During this period of time, Ganfu Kengoro felt that he was about to suffer from schizophrenia, and it may be that his long-term spy career really caused his mental problems!In theory, he is now a US spy. Although this identity was imposed on him by the Korean Independence Army, the US is indeed the only country that can help North Korea become independent!It was only natural for Ganfu to serve her.I don't know if it's because of that nerve. Whenever Gan Fu thinks of the United States and the chairman of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, Rhee Seung-man, an indescribable disgust and hatred surges out from the depths of his heart. This kind of hatred even It has surpassed Gan Fu's hatred of Japanese militarism!

It was under the domination of this strange mentality that he couldn't explain clearly that Kanfu Kengoro disclosed the movement of the Japanese combined fleet to the United States through the intelligence network of the Korean Independence Army on the one hand.At the same time, they threw themselves into the war against U.S. imperialism with the greatest enthusiasm.Whether it is training kamikaze members or formulating combat plans, Ganfu is doing his best, and he has truly shown a Japanese-style "workaholic" style, so that the senior management of the United Fleet now regards him as the future Navy Minister... ...He was born in a famous Satsuma family (Ganfu family, Yamamoto family), and he is also a top student and an elite student of Etajima Marine School, and now he works so day and night, and has such a pure and pure sycophant, If you don't become a minister in the future, it's really unreasonable.

"Oh, it's Ganfu-kun who's back." Seeing the future minister of the navy walk into the command center, Kameto Kuroshima, chief of staff of the First Air Fleet, immediately gave him admiring and even flattering glances. "Akagi's Kamikaze Special Attack Squadron is ready to attack?"

"Hay." Gan Fu still respectfully saluted Hei Dao. "The kamikaze special attack squadron is ready and ready to attack at any time!" Gan Fu asked back, "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, have you spotted the US aircraft carrier?"

Hei Dao frowned: "The seaplane has spotted an aircraft carrier formation 50 nautical miles off the coast of Costa Rica. There are three mother ships, but we don't know whether they belong to the French or the Americans."

"It should be the French aircraft carrier, right? The Americans must be using the French as bait, and their aircraft carrier is hiding nearby!" Gan Fu said with certainty: "When we cooperated with Britain and France before, I visited France. They have passed their aircraft carriers. Those aircraft carriers are not many, but they are extremely strong. And the anti-aircraft firepower is also very strong, and our kamikaze aircraft may be difficult to hit them."