After Captain Paul Tibbets entered the conference room, he found that the people were already crowded. The squadrons of each squadron, the captains of each squadron, the navigators, and bombers were all squeezed in this room less than 600 square feet. The smell of sweat, tobacco, and an indescribable strange smell mixed in the hot summer, which made the air extremely turbid. He squirted a few times before he had to adapt to the smell here.

"People, please be quiet!" Lieutenant Colonel Robert Olds, the second bomber brigade, looked at the people who had arrived and began to speak. As soon as he opened his mouth, the conference room became quiet. Everyone knew that in order to retaliate against the Japanese, this would be the first actual combat bombing of the 6th Air Force. If it were just a light load of 1.8 tons, the A-type Fortress A could have a bombing radius of 1,200 miles, which would be enough to bomb Nagasaki, a thousand, one hundred and sixty miles away. Of course, for safety, the bomb would only load one ton. According to intelligence, there was a large shipyard of the Japanese Navy, and maybe there would be battleships or aircraft carriers under construction in the dock. The bombing would perfectly hit the Japanese.

When dozens of eyes were staring at Lieutenant Colonel Olds, the Lieutenant Colonel wanted to speak out. When everyone felt something was wrong, he said, "Gentlemen, I have to tell you a message that any bombing of Japan has been cancelled..."

"Why?!" Thinking that the action that had been prepared for many days was cancelled, the captain immediately stood up and asked, but this behavior was immediately stopped by Major Barney Giles. Giles was an old subordinate of Lieutenant Colonel, who had participated in the European War and then graduated from the Air Force Tactics School in Alabama. He maintained the majesty of the commander at any time.

"Gentlemen, we gave up Japan because we wanted to attack a more valuable target!" After the crowd suddenly calmed down, Lieutenant Colonel Olds finally gave the reason to give up bombing Nagasaki. "That is that we will bomb China!"

"What?!" As with the reaction just now, the conference room was once again in chaos, but unlike before, the whistles and shouts of these pilots rang out in a while. Since the "misunderstorm" of China's South China Sea Fleet was criticized by Washington last week, everyone in the 6th Army Air Force hated China very much. Everyone fully believed that it was precisely because of the Chinese's cover that the Japanese Navy escaped the entire 6th Army's troops. Now the superiors have finally decided to bomb China's evil yellow axis. Of course, everyone should cheer. They came to the ocean, not just for the Japanese.

"Please be quiet!" Lieutenant Colonel Olds saw his subordinates' morale rising, and he was happy that he asked them to cheer for a while before speaking again. "Gentlemen: China has always been the starting country and center of the yellow axis. In order to deceive us, they deliberately withdrew from the Axis Alliance last year. However, after we declared war on Japan, she did not follow neutral legislation, but continued to help the Japanese: last week, they successfully covered the retreat of the Japanese navy, and every day and night after the declaration of war, countless sources of military strategic materials were continuously transported to Japan from China's ports and ports.

In response, Washington had to warn the Chinese government, asking them to cut off all relations with Japan and North Korea in 24 hours, and allow the navy to inspect every merchant ship departing from their ports. Finally, the 6th Army will board the 6th Sino-North Korea border and supervise every 6th port leading to North Korea. If the Chinese government does not accept the entire warning after 24 hours, then we will declare war on China."

Lieutenant Colonel Olds said in one breath that Washington's diplomatic strategy toward China stopped. After looking around the audience, he said again: "It is impossible for the Chinese to agree to this condition, so gentlemen, the war against China will begin in sixteen hours."

After the war began sixteen hours after the lieutenant colonel said that the war began, and the conference room was full of cheers. After everyone cheered for a while, the lieutenant colonel began to formally arrange the task. Under the projection lights with the lights turned off, the maps on the wall and aerial photos immediately became clear.

"The goal assigned to our brigade is to bomb the Guangzhou Huangpu Shipyard and Guangzhou Airport..." The introduction target is Major Giles. The aviation photos are very clear, and the Huangpu Shipyard is right by the Pearl River River. This is great because this time the bombing of Guangzhou, the navigator can easily find the Huangpu Shipyard through the huge landmark of the Pearl River. However, the airport is a bit troublesome, and it is not as easy to find as a shipyard.

"Gentlemen, according to the intelligence, there are no anti-aircraft guns near the shipyard, and there are about fifty-four 85mm anti-aircraft guns and one hundred and forty-four 37mm Erickon anti-aircraft guns near the airport. Because the diameter of the 85mm anti-aircraft gun is small, it can only reach 23,000 feet, so it is safe for us to drop bombs at this height." Major Giles said and smiled mysteriously at everyone, and then said: "And these 85mm anti-aircraft guns are basically arranged in the south and east of the airport. If we can enter the north and turn to the west after the bomb drop, the bomb drop height can be reduced to the height of the 37mm anti-aircraft gun, which is 14,000 feet. Of course, whether this is feasible is based on the accuracy of intelligence, I do not recommend that you take risks, so the bomb drop height is still recommended to be 23,000 feet.

What I want to say is that according to intelligence, the Chinese Air Force has equipped radars in a small amount, but these radars are only arranged in the estuary of the Pearl River and the east city at the estuary of the estuary. If we do not enter from here, but bypass Macau far and enter the 6 from the west of the estuary, then the only ones that can detect us are the radars arranged in Guangzhou. Because they are early models, the warning time for these radars is very limited, and the warning time for intelligence shows that it will not exceed fifteen minutes..."

Major Giles' introduction was soon finished, but everyone could realize that there was much more information about bombing Guangzhou than bombing Nagasaki, Japan, especially the arrangement of enemy anti-aircraft guns was clear, which obviously gave the pilot endless confidence.

After Lieutenant Colonel Olds told everyone to have a good night's sleep, the meeting ended soon, but at the 6th Army Command at No. 1 Victoria Street, Manila City, the meeting was still ongoing. Lieutenant General MacArthur, who, like all 6 pilots, hated Washington apologized to the Chinese for the "mistake bombing" incident last week, which he thought was unforgivable. Fortunately, Washington changed his attention a week later. Of course, the most important reason for changing his mind was that the Chinese Navy felt that their class battleships were not safe to place in Shanghai, so he planned to launch the water in advance, and the subsequent outfits would be placed in a safer Tianjin Shipyard or Dalian Shipyard.

"Gentlemen, we will beat those dogs hard. Mother!" MacArthur spoke with a bit of a twitching claws, but this was already familiar to the generals of the 6th Army. Only the admirals present, especially the commander of the Pacific Fleet who had just replaced General Bloch, were very unaccustomed to it. "The more we beat, the faster they surrender. I don't think everyone will forget that I promised the President that the children can go home on Christmas..."

"General, I have to interrupt you." When MacArthur said that the war was about to end on Christmas, General Kimmel, who was rigid and conservative, finally couldn't help but speak. "As far as I know, even if the navies of China and Japan were wiped out, the Chinese would stick with it. They were not as lacking resources as Japan... I think if the soldiers knew that they could not go home on Christmas, then they would be very unhappy."

"No, you are wrong, Mr. General." MacArthur glanced over Kimmel's epaulette and ignored it. "The Chinese are all cowards. As long as the navy destroys their fleet, they will surrender like they did more than thirty years ago. Of course, they will resist, but only in a few places, and the troops in these places must be guarded against the Russians..."

When it comes to Russians, MacArthur broke the topic. He always believed that he had thwarted Moscow's long-planned plot in the 1932 "Salvation Army" incident, where the evil rulers hated him to the core, but what does it matter? In order to defend the sacred liberal democracy of America, even if the Bolsheviks planned such a conspiracy a hundred times, MacArthur would destroy it all and make those people pay the price of bleeding.

The Manila meeting was endlessly pulled down by the arrogant madman MacArthur, and in the capital, the Wenhua Hall, which received an ultimatum from the Chinese people's old friend a few hours ago, was a little deserted. The Minister of the Torado Ministry Ding Wenjiang had been crazy several times. As an outsider, he did not know that most people in the cabinet had known this would be the result. In his opinion, this was simply the deliberate invasion of the Americans. All this was a scam from the beginning, but it was not until the US team was ready that they tore the mask on their faces and showed their ferocious fangs.

Ding Wenjiang became dying because he was too excited just now. Weng Wenhao was unconscious and his head was tilted to look at the roof. He was a little regretful and excited about the actions of the Americans: his regret was because it was his notification that the Americans decided to issue an ultimatum to China. Obviously, they would not agree to the launch of the Tianjin Wei battleship; and the excitement was because the torture days since they came to power were finally over. No matter what the Jiyi Academy chose tomorrow, what he could do was about to end.

He was very curious about how he would write about his future history books, but no matter how he wrote them, he thought that he was seeking benefits for the 60,000 people, so he had no regrets. Freedom and democracy are priceless. Since Mr. Jimin could sacrifice back then, why should he cherish his reputation and life?

Ding Wenjiang, Weng Wenhao, Wu Jing, Jiang Tingfu, Xu Xinliu, Ma Junwu, Guo Bingwen, Jiang Menglin, Zhang Dongsun, Luo Longji, Kong Xiangxi, Song Ziwen... After a long silence, Wu Jing, who was still Weng Wenhao, coughed twice and said, "You guys, I have discussed it, there are only a few strategies. Now the most important thing is the decision of the CAS tomorrow. If they refuse to accept Washington's ultimatum, then the result will be a declaration of war; once the Americans declare war, we will not have much room for reversal..."

"I don't quite agree with Beihai's view. I still have the previous view: the declaration of war in the United States does not mean that we will declare war," said Jiang Tingfu, the Minister of Foreign Affairs who had just taken over Gu Weijun. "Most of the representatives of the Academy of Scholars are old ideas and tend to be moderate. We can tell them: If we also declare war on the United States, then the opportunity for peace talks will be completely gone, and this battle will have to be fought to the death. Besides, not declaring war does not mean not resist! We are just for self-defense. The more we are, the more sympathetic the whole world will sympathize with us and see the nature of the United States' aggression. I think these words are enough to convince the people of the Academy of Scholars if the ultimatum is not passed."

"How to deal with domestic public opinion without declaring war? What else should I do if there are any student parades?" Jiang Menglin, Minister of Culture, suddenly asked. He was in charge of the Ministry of Education and fully understood the characteristics of students' impulsiveness. Perhaps there are many students who yearn for freedom and democracy, but there are more students who are devoted to defending their country. If the cabinet does not declare war, then all the student work done in the past year will be in vain.

"We are not not resisting, we are just not declaring war." Jiang Tingfu once again stated his point of view. "Students do not understand international law, and they are just worried that the government will not resist. As long as we are indeed resisting the aggression of the Americans, how can they have any objections?"

"I think Shouzhang has a good idea." Kong Xiangxi laughed, "This way, you can fight when you want to fight, and it is also easy to fight when you want to fight. Didn't Shizhi say that it is difficult to fight with each other? This is the strategy."

"Brother Yongzhi was wrong. Shizhi just called and said that he could defend his talents." Guo Bingwen, who had read the message, said, "He also wrote the manuscript to the Ta Kung Pao, hoping to suppress those public opinion that was the main war."

"Okay, let's not talk about it." Weng Wenhao, who has been absent-minded, said abruptly. "Tomorrow, the Investigation Academy will question it, so let's go with me. Whether the representatives accept the ultimatum, do not accept it, declare war, or declare war. There will be results before 3 pm tomorrow. Let's break up the meeting!"

After receiving the 24-hour ultimatum from Stuart Leiden, Weng Wenhao immediately summoned the cabinet members in Beijing to discuss countermeasures. After all, after discussion, it was about the judging Academy, so everyone had no intention of continuing to discuss. At this time, seeing Weng Wenhao saying that the meeting was over, the seats that stood up immediately rang. In less than three minutes, even Ding Wenjiang, who had just died, left quickly.

"Prime Minister, the current situation..." When everyone left, Wu Jing remembered an extremely important thing. "I think the Imperial Guards should be more careful."

"Beihai is too worried." Weng Wenhao and Wu Jing thought completely differently. He said: "If Yang Jingcheng wants to have a coup, he did it a year ago. Why wait until today? I think he will still not do anything this time."

"It's hard to say." Wu Jing completely disagreed with Weng Wenhao's thoughts and said, "Yang Jingcheng has always said that he is law-abiding, but by chance he hears his remarks, he feels like a knife, shining with cold light and extremely sharp."

"Haha..." Weng Wenhao also smiled when he heard Wu Jing say this, and he said, "I didn't expect that Beihai, you can see Yang Jingcheng's things too, aren't you afraid of poisoning?"

"I just... I just heard something by chance." Wu Jing was choked by Weng Wenhao and didn't care. He continued: "Yongni must not take it lightly!"

"What if you don't take it lightly?" Weng Wenhao walked up in Wenhua Hall with his hands on his back. "Did the Imperial Guard listen to us? Don't listen! Did the tax police listen to us? Don't listen? Let alone other troops, not even the Beijing Police Department is not entirely under the jurisdiction of Liu Xian. Everyone knows that if the negotiations with the United States fail, our cabinet will definitely fall, and who will stand on our side?

The only thing we can rely on now is the rules set by Yang Jingcheng and those who were the people who set earlier. If he chooses a coup, it means that all the things he made before are coaxing people. After Yang Jingcheng stepped down, he has been manipulating the political situation. I think he is disdainful to do such a big deal with his current virtue."

"Virtue?" Wu Jing recited this word, and of course he knew that the virtue Weng Wenhao mentioned was completely different from the benevolence, righteousness and morality mentioned by ordinary scholars. The virtue Wenhao mentioned was the virtue Yang Jingcheng said. What was the virtue Yang Jingcheng said? It was not gentleness, not compassion, nor was everyone equal and respect each other, but the courage of a martial artist, the ignorant belief, and the gentleman's keeping his promises. Since Yang Jingcheng wanted to establish a sect and establish a foundation for his civilization and reincarnation, he would not violate the promises he had made before, so the coup would never be what he did.

He basically agreed with Weng Wenhao's judgment, but Wu Jing was still worried: "Even if Yang did not make a coup, he would be worried about the people below him. What if someone couldn't help but jump out?"
Chapter completed!