Rise from the sword

"Mr. Donovan."

In the Presidential Palace, Lao Du, who was sitting on the luxurious chair of the President, was completely in the mood at this moment. Looking at the respectful Donovan in front of him, the corners of his mouth curled up, and his tone was leisurely.

Since he took office, he has been sitting in a wheelchair. The cripple must have never felt the comfort of this seat.

After moving his butt a little, he no longer regretted his predecessor, Lame Luo.

die well.

Although the international situation is in a fog, the war is still anxious, the mainland on the other side is aggressive, and European Germany is showing its sharpness, but this does not affect that the President of the United States is the most powerful person in the world, and it will not affect his enjoyment of this power and strength.

Moreover.

The United States is not run by the president alone, he is just a man at the helm.

"Mr President."

Donovan dropped his head even lower.

The former president is still "rescuing". Although the cranial cavity is full of blood and many basic reflexes have disappeared, breathing still exists weakly.

His position was promoted entirely by the former president, and he was only responsible to Mr. President. At present, the new president took office, and his future is entirely in the hands of this Truman.

"This time, Bayeux failed, you should know, right?"

As soon as Lao Du said a word, Donovan's forehead suddenly dripped with cold sweat.

Bayeux failed, the 30 American army was wiped out, half of them were annihilated, and half were captured. General Patton was also forced to surrender. Although it has not been made public, he naturally knows it very well.

but.

Listen to the meaning of the president's words - is he planning to let him take part of the blame?

"understood."

While answering, Donovan quickly searched for countermeasures in his mind.

The failure of Bayeux was due to a problem with the strategic layout of the front line. Eisenhower failed to see the strategic intention of the fox marshal and walked into the trap set by the enemy, thus being divided and surrounded by the enemy.

Not a dime with him.

No way, he is the head of the intelligence bureau who is responsible to the president, so let's collect the other party's military deployment.

This is a military matter.

With the replacement of the opponent's password system, the password machine also failed, and it was impossible to decipher the enemy's password in time. Moreover, many orders were transferred by plane or ground contact.

Besides, although he is not a frontline commanding general, he also knows that in this enemy's deployment, the three blocking directions can choose to encircle or stick to Carentan. There are many strategic choices.

Even if the information is predicted in advance, it is difficult to change the ending.

The fundamental reason for the failure was that the Germans were stronger than the Allies. After all, no one expected that the Germans would have [-] fighter jets and more than [-] new Panzer V tanks on the Western Front.

It's none of my business!
Sudden.

Donovan raised his head suddenly and looked at the president in front of him, cold sweat dripping from his forehead.

He remembered the intelligence.

At that time, the Germans only had more than 1000 new Panzer V tanks, and they could only produce a few hundred vehicles per month.

"I think you know it yourself."

When Lao Du saw this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:
"One of the most important reasons for Bayeux's failure this time was because of an intelligence error. To be precise, it was a piece of false information from the Germans, which caused a misjudgment by the military command."

"This is Eisenhower's accountability telegram, read it for yourself."

Opening his mouth, Donovan wanted to explain.

He had already said in that information that it might be false information, but he still refrained from saying it.

The new president has a very good relationship with Eisenhower. The latter is still the supreme commander in Europe and has a strong domestic background, while he is just a dispensable intelligence chief with almost no background background. The former president is gone.

No matter how much he tried to argue, it was useless.

After receiving the accountability telegram, Donovan glanced at it, then silently lowered his head and sighed slightly.

Really, put [-]% of the responsibility on him.

Now, he will be cursed by all American citizens, and even go to court-martial. Of course, as the director of the Intelligence Bureau, the end result will be dismissed at most, and then cooperate with the investigation for a period of time.

He himself will have no other problems.

Just then, a man in a suit walks in, doesn't even look at Donovan, and salutes the president.

Seeing this person, Donovan suddenly felt bad.

He knew this man, McCarthy, a lawyer, who often made some extremely 'radical' remarks, very hostile to the allies on the Eastern Front and the other side, and believed that they were the worst enemies of the United States.

but.

Donovan looked at the president who was having secret talks with McCarthy, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

It sure is very political.

President Truman was a Democrat, and he and McCarthy were not in the same party at all. At this time, the two actually became entangled with each other, even with an attitude of being kind and close friends.

"This is Mr. McCarthy, who is in charge of the domestic investigation."

After the two chatted, Truman said to Donovan:
"In the future, he will be in charge of your domestic work, and he will also be responsible for investigating domestic intelligence leaks."

"Yes."

Donovan nodded directly.

He felt very tired, recalling the work of the past few years, investigating the "Chen Fan" that had been fruitless for several years, the strange "warehouse" and source of materials, the traps of the Germans, and the inconceivable political scene in front of him.

Now he just wants to leave the presidential palace, get out of this job, and be alone.

"Mr. Donovan, I want to ask you a few things."

Suddenly, that McCarthy said to Donovan in a sharp tone:
"Why didn't you send the intelligence you submitted to Mr. President last month?"

"As far as I know, when you were the director of the Intelligence Bureau, every time you had important information, you sent it to Mr. President yourself. Why did you arrange for others to send the false information this time?"

"Because this information is very suspicious, but I have no evidence, so I let others send it."

"And I've added a suspicious comment at the end of the information..."

Seeing that this person was aggressive, Donovan quickly explained.

Although he is the head of the Intelligence Bureau, he is not alone in charge of such a big intelligence officer.

"Do you think this explanation makes sense?"

McCarthy's tone was still sharp and raised several degrees:
"The intelligence is suspicious, so just add a sentence of suspicious at the end? You know it's suspicious, and you still send it to Mr. President?"

Donovan opened his mouth, but was speechless for a while.

For a guy who is engaged in intelligence and is not good at intrigue, facing a lawyer-turned-talker like McCarthy, he is speechless with just a few words.

And McCarthy obviously didn't intend to let Donovan go.

"Of course, this is just your work mistake, the problem is not serious."

McCarthy's words made Donovan heave a sigh of relief, but the next sentence immediately made cold sweat drip down his back:
"As far as I know, you are also responsible for the investigation of the source of the Germans' supplies, the other side, and that Chen Fan, and you have jointly mobilized all the intelligence forces of the Allied forces."

"What do you think?"

"[-]% of the world's intelligence forces are investigating a person or a force. The investigation lasted for two years, but nothing was found, not even a trace."

"Is that possible?"

"Would this be possible without the collusion of insiders?"

"No, this, we..."

Donovan was suddenly incoherent.

Hearing this, Truman, who was watching the play, also looked suspicious.

"I read."

McCarthy emphasized his tone again, pointing at Donovan:
"Someone deliberately concealed the results of the investigation. It is even possible that our intelligence department has also been infiltrated by the other party, even on a large scale, including many high-level government officials."

"Otherwise, why were the Germans able to destroy Manhattan's factories and laboratories so accurately during the bombing last year?"

"otherwise."

McCarthy threw out a newspaper:
"Why do these most confidential information of the United States appear on the enemy's front page headlines?"

"..."

Donovan opened his mouth and stretched out his hand, but in the end he didn't say anything, and his hand dropped weakly.

······
Far East.

a certain port.

woo woo woo...

Amidst the sound of the whistle, Maeda Kichiri led his brigade onto a rented mainland transport ship.

"What ship is this?"

On the side, the captain of a ghost alliance who took out Taiyuan with him asked.

At the beginning, the three of them escaped from Taiyuan together. After going through all kinds of hardships, they finally met the regiment commander, Toto Tanaka.

Even, together with the head of the legion and His Excellency Ito, they resisted the tyranny of the locusts, formed the Yamato Legion, surrendered to Li Yunlong and the others, and made compensation and apology for the previous war.

After clearing out the war criminals in the army, the other party did not pursue them. Instead, the two sides entered into cooperation, trade and non-interference.

The two transport ships in front of me were rented from each other and paid for with food stamps.

"Roller."

Maeda Jiri replied.

Although it was a simple answer, he still had a high-spirited feeling in his words.

Because he is a brigade commander at this moment, with more than 500 people under his command, including an infantry regiment, an artillery brigade, an armored brigade, and a mechanized supply brigade.

In total, there are eighteen 105 Type 150 long-range cannons, nine 36 heavy guns, 3675 Type IV tanks, [-] mountain guns, sixty imported ten-wheel trucks, and thirty armored transport tractors.

It can be said that its combat effectiveness is not inferior to any full-staffed second-tier division.

"How many tons is this!"

The subordinate and the captain of the alliance continued to marvel.

"It can be fully loaded with [-] tons of cargo."

After all, it is the backstage, it is the father, Maeda Kichiri and You Rongyan:

"Our brigade has 500 people, including equipment and supplies, which can be transported in one go."

While talking, everyone entered the roll-on-roller along the passage. At this time, they just walked to the personnel cabin, next to the canteen.

"hiss···"

All the captains of the alliance and the captains took a breath of air.

Recalling the cabin like sardine cans when they came from the mainland, and looking at the spacious cabin in front of them (although it is not actually spacious), the canteen, and the beds with bedding, all the ghosts felt emotional.

What kind of locust is nothing but rubbish. If you work hard for him, the treatment is not as good as that of a pig.

It's still good here.

Work hard for others, live well, eat well, and have enough money.

"You gentlemen."

Taking this opportunity, Maeda Jiri suddenly spoke:

"In this battle, we must go all out."

"Hi."

All the devils nodded in unison.

They all know this mission.

Invited and hired by Zhili, he went to Zhili to deal with the local aborigines and other intervening American troops, and defend the integrity of Zhili.

They know it too.

This mission is actually the father behind them.

The next day, all the devils and their equipment boarded the ship. With the sound of sirens, [-] devils were transported by two giant roll-on-rollers and planned to cross the Pacific Ocean to the American continent.

······
at the same time.

That is September [-]rd.

Darwin.

"boom···"

Accompanied by the explosion of a shell, the last fortress of the Austrian army was destroyed by a 75mm anti-tank gun, and the miners' self-defense force suddenly rushed into the city.

Under the cover of the transported light armored vehicles and the first-generation Sherman tanks captured, the few defensive troops were wiped out in minutes.

The remaining ones also raised white flags one after another.

"Send the report."

After taking down Darwin, the captain of the Miners' Self-Defense Force and the former battalion commander of the [-]th Regiment immediately sent a telegram to Chu Yunfei:

"The port has been taken."

the other side.

The leader started to organize manpower to transform the port to facilitate the arrival of the next roll-on-roller.

Fortunately, the loading and unloading of ro-ro wheels is simple, and there are few requirements on the port. The workers only need to make some modifications.

····
"Darwin has fallen."

Although the whole army surrendered, they still sent out the telegram of the fall, and Prime Minister Austria got the news immediately.

After taking a deep breath and controlling his mentality, the Prime Minister asked:

"How long will it take for the fleet to arrive?"

"Three days."

The secretary answered.

"Get them up to speed."

Prime Minister Austria took a deep breath, and his mood immediately improved a lot.

Although that Chu Yunfei had been transporting troops to Darwen, and even planned to transport heavy artillery and shore artillery, but within three days, they were too late.

Then he went on to ask:
"Has America replied?"

"not yet."

The secretary sighed.

It's been five days, no matter what, I've received it.

"Continue to communicate."

Prime Minister Austria's complexion darkened, he gritted his teeth, and said.

······
It was also the same day, September [-]rd.

Southeast Asia.

a port city.

Commodore General of the United States, Mr. Wedemeyer looked at the soldiers boarding the ship in front of him with an extremely ugly expression.

"This is the fourth ship."

The secretary on the side said:

"This type of roll-on wheel has a load of [-] tons, and can transport a full battalion of personnel and weapons and equipment at a time, including [-] tons of other materials, and can be unloaded within a day without port facilities. "

"Yesterday's one, I even saw four heavy towed shore guns, about 305 caliber."

What the secretary said made Wedemeyer's face darker.

He still doesn't know?
And he also knew that these ro-ro wheels were loaded with soldiers with preserved fruits, and their destination was to go to Daerwen, Ozhou. From here, at the speed of ro-ro wheels, it would only take three days to arrive.

He even knew that this was only the vanguard.

The follow-up total force will reach 90, including all the Guoguo troops, plus various family members. After promising the fields and livestock, the seven aunts and eight aunts of the whole family have come, and the total number of people is as high as seven figures.

And this seven-digit number still starts with seven.

even.

This number is still increasing rapidly.

All of this was an order given by that Chu Yunfei.

"Damn!"

Wedemeyer cursed.

Back then, when they supported the fruit preserves, they wanted to weaken each other. During the period, they even came up with the idea of ​​ruling the river, but they didn't expect it to be ruled by the sea.

This is blatant robbery.

but.

Wedemeyer sighed deeply.

All, including the United States, are helpless.

······
September fourth.

in the afternoon.

The sea area in the northwestern part of Ox is only [-] kilometers away from Darwin.

All the Australian fleet gathered, with full power, and rushed to Darwin.

Sudden.

In the distance, a small warship loomed, and in the sky, dozens of large planes rushed out of the clouds.

There are fighter jets, attack aircraft, and large attack aircraft with missiles on them.

"Stop the ship and accept the inspection, otherwise it will be sunk immediately, or retreat immediately."

The plaintext communication was sent to the command room of the Austrian flagship.

"We are the Austrian Navy, and this is the Austrian coastline."

The Austrian navy commander was almost mad.

He knew that there was an air force base on the opposite bank nearby, so he deliberately chose to pass through the nearby coastline. Unexpectedly, the opposite side actually intercepted it.

"I know, that's why I gave you a warning, otherwise it will be sunk directly."

The patrol boat on the opposite side sent a report saying:

"We suspect that you are transporting weapons, equipment and supplies to the devils in the subcontinent. Let us board the ship for inspection, and we can only pass after confirming that you are not carrying any weapons."

"We are warships!"

The Austrian navy came blowing his beard and staring angrily.

"Oh, that's not allowed to bring any ammunition, including but not limited to bullets, detachable artillery, guns, ammunition, fuel, we check without these to pass."

The patrol boat on the opposite side continued to answer.

"???!!!."

The commander of the Austrian Navy was so angry that the officers on the bridge almost ordered to fire.

But the commander of the Austrian Navy glanced at the small ship in the distance, with a maximum displacement of only 125 tons, because it was only equipped with a single-tube 40 naval gun and two [-] anti-aircraft guns with weak firepower, which was nicknamed Patrol boat for yachts.

He finally restrained himself.

He can destroy this patrol boat in 3 minutes, but after that, he is afraid that he will be destroyed by the aircraft in the sky with missiles within 3 minutes.

He squeezed his fist bitterly:
"retreat."

Although the Pacific naval battle was only reported unilaterally on the other side, and the United States has not yet expressed its position, the United States still has not denied it so far, which is enough to show that the matter may not be simple.

It is very likely that the powerful American Pacific Fleet was really hit hard.

At this moment, including the destroyer, the ten capital ships in his hands can't even beat an Iowa-class ship.

Forcibly passing through, I am afraid that everyone will have to go to the sea to feed the fish.

"How to do?"

The staff officer looked at the commander.

Inside the bridge, the officers and staff officers looked nervous.

Although it can be bypassed with the help of the night, there is a radar on the opposite side, an extremely advanced radar. The night can obscure the line of sight, but it cannot obscure the radar signal.

If you pass at night, you may have to eat missiles.

"Report to the Prime Minister, and then, we'll go around."

The commander of the Austrian Navy once again put his fist on the bridge control console.

······
the other side.

Austrian Prime Minister's Office.

"Prime Minister, the fleet has encountered some problems, and it will take fifteen days to reach Darwin."

"what?"

"Fifteen more days?"

Prime Minister Austria frowned, very dissatisfied:
"what happened?"

"Fifteen days is enough for the fleet to circle the whole country!"

"Yes, they just want to circle the whole country."