Rise from the sword

[-] kilometers east of Guam.

The ace pilot of the US Navy, Major Karan, drove his beloved, the latest reconnaissance version of the F8F Panda fighter jet, stepped on the accelerator all the way, and flew back to the aircraft carrier at the highest speed.

The first prototype of the F8f was tested in August 44, and the second prototype was in December of the same year. At that time, it was the honeymoon period between China and the United States, and the two sides launched a series of military and economic cooperation.

After seeing the high-tech equipment produced by Boss Chen, naturally, the wealthy Uncle Sam also directly purchased dozens of first-generation fighter jets and first-generation bomb truck attack aircraft for research.

The fighter jets equipped by the Independent Regiment were based on the F8F as an improved model, which was directly half a block ahead of the F8F in service. After seeing the performance of this propeller fighter, Uncle Sam was shocked and asked Grumman to copy it.

Who said my eagle sauce Uncle Sam doesn't like copying?Isn't this copying for nothing, I can only walk down with tears in my eyes, how many pitfalls I stepped on and how many dollars I lost during the period, only Yingjiang knows in his heart.

I will cry if I continue.

Naturally, the F8F, the cutting-edge naval fighter jet of the United States, entered service soon, and it was more advanced.

At the beginning, the US Navy was arrogant and refused to eat cheap food or other people's things. It insisted on its own research. Although it also placed an order, it planned to deploy F8F fighter jets on the escort aircraft carrier.

Of course, it is more for the propulsion of jet carrier-based aircraft, and there is no demand.

However, after the jet fighter boarded the ship and encountered technical difficulties, the US Navy was very honest and increased the order of F8F, and fully refitted, replacing all carrier-based fighter jets with F8F.

After all, this thing is at low altitude, and it is the guy who really has a good chance of overturning the jet.

Of course, Major Karan, the ace pilot, was not aware of these high-level twists and turns. He had always been very satisfied with the new fighter jets that were newly in service. They were fast and maneuverable, and he could shoot down any fighter one-on-one.

But at this moment, he was really dissatisfied and wished to push the accelerator into the cylinder.

"I don't know what's going on?"

In the tactical channel, the voice of the wingman sounded.

In order to deal with missiles, the U.S. Navy's reconnaissance aircraft are all dual mechanisms, and they are all trump cards with trump cards, highlighting one emphasis.

Major Karan didn't speak. He pushed the throttle lever to the end, and he stared at the distance with anxiety in his eyes.

They were on long-range security patrols plus reconnaissance missions, so they were more than [-] kilometers away from the fleet. They also saw some of the missiles passing by at high speed, but the fleet could not be contacted. Now they are full of worry.

In the end what happened?
The new F8F Panda flying at full speed was very fast. After only a few minutes, the two reconnaissance models arrived at the position of the aircraft carrier.

"This is···"

The two ace pilots were terrified by the sight before them. Karan's plane almost lost control and crashed into the sea. Thanks to his ace and rich flying experience, he pulled back at the last moment.

Through the viewing window of the fighter plane, there are burning and sinking warships, and some even have only one propeller still exposed on the water.

Although they overturned and sank, the two of them can still recognize them with certainty. These warships are all American warships. There are Essex-class aircraft carriers, Iowa-class battleships, Baltimore heavy cruisers, and Fletcher-class destroyers. .

Even the name of the ship can be recognized.

Boxer aircraft carrier,
Goodman Richard,

Even, the USS New Jersey.

And beside these warships that have sunk and are about to sink, there are densely packed American sailors calling for help in the water.

"Damn, what happened?"

At this moment, Karan felt that the back of his head was covered in cold sweat, and even his hands were trembling involuntarily.

How long has it been?

The powerful Pacific Fleet was almost completely sunk.

"what should we do?"

The wingman noticed another problem.

They flew back with the throttle all the way to the bottom. The high-speed flight highlighted a high fuel consumption. In addition, they had patrolled for a long time before, and the fuel tank was almost bottomed out at this time.

It can fly for more than ten minutes and more than 100 kilometers at most.

"Damn..."

Karan, who realized this situation, cursed again.

The aircraft carriers have all sunk, or where they stopped during the sinking process.

"Crash landing."

Karan gritted his teeth.

"At this?!"

The wingman looked at the burning ships on the water and the sailors howling for help in the half-meter-high waves, and said inconceivably:
"What if the enemy comes? To be captured by them..."

"And down here."

Thanks to the brutal propaganda of the United States and the example of the little devil, American soldiers are very afraid of being captured, thinking that it is a more terrible ending than death.

"Otherwise is there a way?"

Major Callan asked back.

"I know an island."

wingman said:

"It's about 150 kilometers from here, we can go and have a try."

As he spoke, he pushed the joystick and controlled the plane to fly in the direction of the island he found.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Major Karan followed the wingman.

The forced landing here, not to mention the certain risks involved in the process, may fail the forced landing, and may be captured by the enemy in Guam. You can still live on the island for a while, waiting for rescue.

America will not give up on a single soldier.

·····
Not long after the two of them left, nearly a hundred large twin-engine seaplanes arrived here at high speed.

"Photograph."

Inside the cabin of the aircraft headed, the commander shouted loudly:

"Take pictures first, and include all the warships that haven't completely sunk. The newspaper will use them."

Following his order, the planes circled in place first, engraving the howling sailors on the water and the burning warships that had not completely sunk in the film.

At this time, the wind is sunny and the sky is rarely cloudless.

Several of them flew directly into the sky thousands of meters high, using large reconnaissance wide-angle cameras to give a series of panoramic views of the battlefield.

"Damn it, take a prisoner."

Seeing the planes circling non-stop, they all forgot the business, and the commander was so angry that he cursed.

"····yes"

You are the happiest taking pictures by yourself... All the pilots curled their lips together, but they still started to land.

"God···"

"thank you all."

"You guys are really nice people."

"..."

Seeing the landing planes and the automatic inflatable life buoys dropped, the American soldiers burst into tears and wept with joy. Many even called out that angels and God had come.

A hundred seaplanes can only take away more than 3000 prisoners, and at this time, there are at least 2 American sailors alive on the water.

After all, an Essex class has more than 20 sailors, more than [-] destroyers, a dozen light cruisers, two battleships, and four heavy cruisers, even if most of them sank with the warships, But there are definitely not many left.

And how many people can be rescued by a few submarines?
At this time, there are at least 2 sailors left.

Leaving a sentence that the warship is coming, nearly a hundred seaplanes shook their wings and took off to Guam.

During this period, many American soldiers tried to forcibly board the plane, but faced with the heavy machine guns on the plane, many people could only calm down, and some of them were kicked down by the American soldiers who boarded the plane first.

There were also some soldiers holding on to the buoys and refusing to let go, and finally performed diving at a height of more than 500 meters without an umbrella.

Fortunately, the weather was calm, the sea was warm, and the biggest wave was only half a meter high. Until that night, almost all the soldiers who fell into the water were rescued.

······
at the same time.

On a small island 150 kilometers away from the battlefield.

Major Karan looked at his 'Panda' whose nose was crushed and the radio station was damaged, and then at the wingman with only a few fragments left on the water surface, and the lonely island.

He felt that something was wrong.

No.

It's very bad.

If he remembered correctly, this place is far away from the normal waterway, and very few ships pass by.

At present, his wingman failed to make an emergency landing and died on the spot. Although he succeeded, the plane was damaged and could not send a distress message. It may take some time for rescue to arrive.

Fortunately, there is still some fuel, food, and emergency medicine in the plane. There are also caves and trees on the island. He even saw goats and fish around. It is not a big problem to live for a while.

······
Europe.

Bayeux region.

"General, the 109th Division has been attacked by a large number of armored units, requesting support..."

In the temporary headquarters, Barton looked at the battle map in front of him, and couldn't help shaking.

At this moment, his 30 troops have been surrounded by 40 German troops and their servants. The enemy is attacking frantically, and it will take at least a day and a half for reinforcements to arrive.

The situation does not appear to be a crisis.

The enemy is only 40, while our side has 30.

Although the enemies are all elite troops, the American soldiers are not bad either. They are all veterans honed on the front line, with rich combat experience and strong fighting will.

but.

He has 30 troops and only [-] tanks, and most of them are Sherman tanks, which are still old-fashioned. There are only some Fireflies, and there is not a single Pershing.

The elite armored forces have all gone to besiege Carentan.

The Germans and their henchmen have more than 80 tanks, that is to say, for every [-] of them, they have to face one tank, and there are even more than [-] cutting-edge No. [-] tanks among them.

It's even more troublesome to follow home.

The Bayo area is all flat terrain, and it hasn't rained in the past week, which is very suitable for the movement of armored troops. In just a few hours, the enemy can drive tank guns back and forth.

Moreover, they did not build any positions, which was tantamount to fighting the enemy.

"Damn!"

Button slammed his fist on the table:
"Reinforcement, when will the reinforcement come?"

He roared wildly, but the staff officers around him all lowered their heads, and no one spoke.

reinforcements?

are blocked.

It took a day and a half for the reinforcements to arrive here, and even four or five days at the slowest. The Germans are not generally strong, and this time there are thousands of German planes participating in the battle.

Now they are alone.

"damn it."

Button once again punched the table, and then, the American cowboy broke out in a long-lost bloody:
"Come on, follow me to the position of the 109th Division..."

Support is impossible. Every unit of his has participated in the battle. It is true that a regiment cannot be drawn out, but the position of the 109th Division is the core and the key. Once it is broken through, the German armored forces can drive straight in. .

Then you can surrender directly.

So Patton took his headquarters to the war.

of course.

He still has an idea in his mind, if he fails, he can surrender immediately, right?

The day.

The entire Cotentin Peninsula was fought fiercely, with millions of troops fighting on the west coast of France. Interestingly, very few of the troops participating in the war were French troops.

In the Battle of Cherbourg, France was almost exhausted, and there were not many troops left.

Powerless.

It wasn't until noon the next day that the fighting gradually ceased.

In the plain area, the armored troops had a high combat efficiency. Patton's 30 troops were wiped out by the mobile troops and lacked solid fortifications. After losing nearly half of the troops, they directly raised their hands and surrendered.

The old fox also accepted as soon as he saw it, and took 10,000+ captives, and retreated to the east of Caen to station. Even the main force returned to Paris for repairs, mobilizing a large number of slave troops to fight fiercely with the Allied front.

In this battle, the Allied forces eventually lost nearly 35 troops. Except for Patton's 30 troops, another [-] troops were also seriously injured and died in the support and blocking.

The Germans also had losses.

Bayeux had an absolute advantage. With a loss of only 3000 troops, nearly 15 were annihilated and 15 were captured. However, losses in other places were also close to [-], which was comparable to that of the Allied forces as a whole.

Of course, most of them were servants, and the elite German troops lost very little. Counting Bayeux, there were only more than 3 losses, but these alone made the old fox feel distressed for a long time.

After all, after experiencing huge attrition in the past few years, there are really not many elite German troops at present, and more than 3 people are also a big number.

After this battle, the Siegfeller defense line fell into a month-long calm. There was only a small-scale exchange of fire between the two sides, and the attack was all German servants.

The old fox is busy repairing the army and training the servant army.

As for the Allies.

But it fell into chaos, so that it was even penetrated into the hinterland by small-scale German servants many times, destroying the logistics supply point, which greatly boosted the morale of the Germans.

······
"Mr President."

When the encirclement and annihilation war broke out in the Bayeux area, news from Europe finally reached the White House.

By this time, it was already late at night, and Patton had rolled up his sleeves himself. He had been on the front line for a long, long time, and a large part of the Allied forces on the Bayeux side had already surrendered.

"Emergency Europe."

It was also night in the United States at this time, and Mr. President was about to go to bed. He glanced at the panicked expression of the secretary, and the drowsiness in his heart disappeared instantly, and a deep feeling of badness appeared in his heart.

Something that can make his secretary panic, must be a big deal.

And it's a big trouble.

"what's up?"

Mr. President tried hard to control his tone and expression.

He knows that he is in poor health and cannot accept huge stimulation. Although he is protected by expensive medicine from the other side, it is also very dangerous, so he also takes care of his body very carefully.

"30 troops in the Bayeux area were besieged by the Germans..."

As worthy of being the President's secretary, although he was flustered, he still told the story logically, concisely and clearly.

"what happened?"

Mr. President tightly held the wheelchair with his right hand, his veins were exposed.

Didn't it mean that the German salient was going to be wiped out? It was an offensive operation. How did it become surrounded and wiped out, and 30 troops were surrounded, and they could not be rescued, and they might all be lost.

what happened?
At this time, a general who just came in explained to Mr. President.

"We've got it."

"The Germans didn't want to stick to the salient from the very beginning. It was just a decoy. Their purpose was to annihilate part of our mobile force."

"Moreover, the information was also wrong. The Germans had a lot of Panzer V tanks on the Western Front, about [-]. We were also deceived."

"What will be the result?"

Mr. President looks first at the generals of the military, who are also his military advisers.

"The 30 troops in the Bayeux area are in bad luck, I'm afraid..."

The military adviser general didn't finish speaking.

"understood."

Mr. President exhaled deeply, and his tone gradually became calm.

30 losses.

Also the American Army.

In just one battle, in a few days, such a huge force was lost, reaching 60.00% of Cherbourg's. This is a huge failure.

But for the United States, which has a total force of more than eight figures, it is not a big problem. So far, from the Pacific to Europe, even if you count the 30 troops and the lost bomber force, the United States has lost less than 150 million troops.

Excluding the captives, there were only 120 million real deaths. At least half of the Bayeux area could be preserved. Entering the German prisoner-of-war camps was at least better than death, and the former still had a chance to be rescued.

The damage is not serious.

Compared with Britain, France, Germany, and Japan, and even the other side, it can be said that the losses are very small.

"Has Carentan been taken down?"

the president asked calmly.

The combat mission this time was to capture Carentan and smooth out the German salient.

"It's taken down."

the general replied.

"very good."

Mr. President nodded with satisfaction:

"Order Eisenhower, continue..."

Before he could finish speaking, at this moment, another presidential secretary rushed in, and Lao Du, Vice President Truman, also came in together.

At this time, the vice president's face was full of anxiety and worry.

"president."

"General Nimitz calls urgently!"

"urgent telegram."

The president, the president's personal doctor, and the rest of the people in the presidential palace were in unison.

What happened to the Pacific Fleet, urgent call?

"read."

The president took a deep breath, his tone still steady.

"The Pacific Fleet is at a position 470 kilometers from Guam."

The secretary's tone trembled, but he still spoke clearly and quickly:
"In the face of a large-scale missile saturation attack on the opposite shore, twelve Essex-class aircraft carriers were sunk, four Baltimore-class heavy cruisers were silent, 22 Fletcher-class destroyers were silent, and [-] Cleveland-class light cruisers were sunk."

"Only the Iowa class of battleships is slightly injured, and the Missouri is seriously injured."

After the secretary finished speaking in one breath, a strange emotion appeared in his heart.

Very strange.

It was indescribable for a time.

In the past, this kind of battle report had to be reported for a long time, and the report was searched and searched, but this time, it was straightforward and neat, and there was even a trace of it in his heart, vaguely, feeling refreshed.

"what?"

"Can you say that again?"

Mr. President suddenly widened his eyes.

"The Pacific Fleet was attacked by enemy saturation missiles. Only two destroyers and two battleships survived, and the rest of the battleships were all sunk."

"This is impossible!"

shouted the military adviser.

The president was panting heavily, out of breath, flushed and glaring, visible to the naked eye, even violently throbbing blood vessels could be seen in his neck.

His whole body was trembling like an engine.

This scene made Vice President Lao Du's heart twitch.

Don't die!
Don't die!
Although Lao Du really wanted to be in the top position, he had been wishing for him to die before, but it was definitely not now. Currently, the United States and Europe are deflated, and the most powerful Pacific Fleet in history has been wiped out in an instant.

Become president at this time?

Isn't this uncomfortable?

After the private doctor and nurse operated together, and after taking a few pills, Mr. President finally recovered his breathing, his complexion also recovered, and he didn't look so scary anymore.

Trembling all over, he took another deep breath, and after taking a few pills handed over by his personal doctor again, the president finally managed to control his mood and trembling whole body.

Old Du breathed a sigh of relief.

Thank you for the Chinese medicine.

He even felt a trace of gratitude in his heart, although his own president almost didn't slow down, it was the other side's fault.

After receiving the detailed telegram handed over by the secretary, Mr. President read it. At this time, he seemed to be the giant who led the United States out of the predicament again, with a calm face and calm eyes.

Steady as Mount Tai.

It was calm for a long time, after the president read over and over again the telegram in his hand describing the battlefield process in detail.

"Go get General Groves over."

Mr. President's tone was hoarse and weak, and Lao Du, who was far away, almost didn't hear it.

The technology on the other side is beyond imagination, no, it should be almost terrifying, the powerful American fleet, the strongest fleet in the world, was wiped out without even seeing the enemy, and the enemy just launched an attack.

The gap is so big that it is already indescribable and unimaginable.

If it is a metaphor, it is like the [-]st Armored Division of the United States driving a Pershing tank to face the European noble army in the Middle Ages.

At this moment, the only chance Mr. President can think of is the Manhattan Project.

As long as there is such a big bomb, there is still room for some recovery.

"Yes."

The secretary hadn't picked up the phone yet, all of a sudden.

"Mr President."

"Mr President."

Outside came the voices of Donovan, Director of Intelligence, and General Groves, head of the Manhattan Project.

The two rushed in in a hurry, even Groves fell down, and he got up staggeringly, ignoring other people in the presidential palace, and hurriedly handed a newspaper to President Franklin.

Everyone looked at the two and didn't react for a while, including the president's personal doctor.

At this moment.

Donovan and Groves were not aware of the wars in Europe and the Pacific, after all, they had just happened and were still kept secret.

And due to the high level of secrecy, the rest of the people, including Lao Du, do not know about the Manhattan Project.

"Do not···"

Suddenly, there was a mournful howl and a 'click' sound, and everyone suddenly looked at the president.

The voice comes from the president.

Everyone saw that the president was still holding the newspaper firmly in his hand, his face was full of panic and despair, and even his knees, which had been paralyzed for 24 years, were straight and straight at this time, and his height of 1.8 meters was particularly eye-catching .

Mr. President actually stood up.

then.

Under the unbelievable eyes of everyone, the straight body fell to the ground with a dull sound.