The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 772

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“”Pop!”

With a crisp sound, the coffee cup in President Roosevelt’s hand fell to the ground and shattered. The freshly brewed coffee in the cup spilled all over the ground, splashing everywhere, even on his trouser legs.

However, President Roosevelt was completely unaware of this!

“What did you just say? Say it again!”

President Roosevelt stared at the White House Chief of Staff, who was also his own chief private secretary, as if he couldn’t believe what the other party had just said!

The chief secretary had never seen President Roosevelt behave like this, so he was a little uneasy, but this matter was very serious. He didn’t dare to hide it, and he couldn’t hide it. It was impossible to hide such a big thing. The president would know it sooner or later!

So even though he was uneasy, he still gritted his teeth and said it again.

“Mr. President, Gotham City has been attacked by the German air force, and downtown Manhattan has been severely bombed. A large number of buildings, including the Building of the Republic, have been razed to the ground and turned into ruins!”

Boom!

President Roosevelt only felt a loud noise in his head, and then his eyes went black, and he almost fainted!

Fortunately, he supported the desk with his hands at the last moment, and then bit his tongue hard. A burst of pain pulled him back from the brink of coma, so that he did not faint in public!

At this time, as the backbone of hundreds of millions of American people, he must not let anything happen easily. If he fainted here today, it would probably deal a great blow to the confidence of government officials and even the entire nation! At this time, he needs to be strong more than ever, and he must not get into trouble!

So, he endured the discomfort of his body and asked calmly:”What is the loss situation?”

The Chief Secretary was very impressed to see that President Roosevelt could remain calm in such a situation.

If it were an ordinary person, he would be furious when hearing the news, and would curse all the ancestors of the Hans before he would stop, and then he would think of other things, right?

And what about President Roosevelt?

After learning the news, his first reaction was shock. Then he did not feel angry, but immediately began to care about the losses of the Eagle Sauce itself in the bombing. He did not lose his temper or vent his anger meaninglessly. This is very admirable. A mature politician should have such qualities and should not waste time on meaningless things!

“The damage is still unclear, and statistics have not been compiled yet.

However, more than 90% of the blocks in Manhattan were on fire.

Fortunately, when the Germans bombed, Wall Street and other places had already closed, and the elites in society did not suffer serious losses.

However, Times Square suffered heavy losses in the bombing because there were many people gathered there.

Considering the population density in Manhattan, the casualties caused by this bombing will probably not be less than 50,000!

”

50,000 people, this is still a conservative estimate.

If the Germans had bombed other residents instead of the Manhattan area, their casualties would have increased dramatically.

Although the Manhattan area is very famous all over the world, it is mainly used as a financial center and a commercial center, and a large number of residents do not actually live there. Therefore, the main losses this time are actually concentrated in property, not in casualties!

“Immediately dispatch the National Guard to Gotham City to intensify the search and rescue work in the bombed areas and rescue the trapped people as much as possible. In addition, recruit the fire brigades from the surrounding states to form a mobile fire brigade, ready to put out fires everywhere at any time!”

Roosevelt’s words shocked the chief secretary:”President, you mean that the German army may continue to bomb us?”

Roosevelt nodded seriously:”This is almost inevitable. Although we have not yet figured out where the German army is using as a transit station to bomb us, judging from the bombing of Gotham City, they undoubtedly have such a transit station!

“Moreover, since their first operation was a great success, if I were the head of the Third Reich, I would never give up bombing our homeland and expanding the results of the war!”

These words were well-reasoned, and the chief secretary believed most of them.

“Should we gather our domestic defense forces and deploy them to Gotham City to help defend it?”

The German air raid plan was very sudden, so the Eagle Sauce side was basically unprepared. Their ground anti-aircraft firepower failed to open fire in the first time, and the air force airports stationed around Gotham City were also slow to react. They took off their fighter planes and arrived at the battlefield only after the Germans completed the bombing.

However, by the time the anti-aircraft artillery units on the ground opened fire and the fighter planes at the nearby airport took off, the Germans had completed the bombing and left!

In this case, they played almost no role, so they were scolded by the people of Gotham City! Gotham

City is the most important metropolis for the Eagle Sauce. It is not only their financial center, but also their economic center. The importance of this city to the Eagle Sauce is self-evident!

When Gotham City was attacked by the German air raid and the whole city was in panic, sending a strong army into Gotham City to strengthen Gotham City’s air defense capabilities was very helpful in boosting the confidence of Gotham citizens!

So after the chief secretary made this suggestion, he thought President Roosevelt would agree to his proposal, but he was rejected unexpectedly.

“It is true that an air defense force should be established, but what we should strengthen should not be the defense of Gotham City, but the defense of the Great Lakes region, which is our real lifeline!”

During the war years, President Roosevelt knew better than anyone what a strong industrial strength meant to a country! The reason why the British Empire was able to dominate Europe was that they bought into the Industrial Revolution earlier than others.

Their decline was also due to the fact that Hans’ industrial strength surpassed theirs, and in the attack on their homeland, he destroyed their industrial system, causing their industrial strength to decline sharply, which led to the final destruction of the country.

Judging from Hans’ current bombing of the Eagle Sauce, they are very likely to repeat the tactics they used against the British Empire, and use strategic bombing from the air to destroy the industrial strength of the Eagle Sauce, and then destroy the military strength of the Eagle Sauce, making it impossible for them to win this war.

Therefore, the current priority is not to protect Gotham City, which has been bombed, but to protect the north. Industrial base, only by keeping it here, they have hope of turning the tables, especially at the critical moment when their own advanced fighters and bombers and various advanced weapons are about to be born, they must not let the German army burn their industrial base to ashes!

President Roosevelt is far-sighted and can make such a decision from a very high level, but his decision has aroused strong dissatisfaction among the people at home, especially the people of Gotham City! Gotham

City was bombed, killing tens of thousands of people and injuring hundreds of thousands. Such losses have already caused shock throughout the country, and the people of Gotham City have been seriously injured.