Chapter 974: American Strategy (8)

Back in the familiar underground air defense fortifications, everyone was extremely depressed.

Although the German bomber group was flying to Milwaukee, who knew if the Germans would launch missiles to Washington by the way. For safety reasons, these high-level officials could only hide in the underground fortifications again.

After breathing the fresh air outside for a few days, I felt that the air in the basement was extremely turbid. Vice President Truman habitually took out his cigarette box. Although he did not smoke before, he had developed this "bad habit" these days. He lit a cigarette skillfully, took a deep breath, and asked. "Are there 150mm anti-aircraft guns deployed around Milwaukee?"

In fact, this is nonsense. Unless hundreds or thousands of anti-aircraft guns are used to surround the city, the German bomber group cannot be stopped at all. The group of aircraft can avoid the anti-aircraft gun positions on the ground by turning a corner, and these bulky anti-aircraft guns have no mobility at all, and it is impossible to chase the German bomber group.

"No, Mr. Vice President."

"..." Vice President Truman sighed. It seemed that Milwaukee would also be bombed into ruins. A total of one thousand heavy bombers, even if each was loaded with five tons of bombs, that would be a total of five thousand tons.

It was scary to think about it.

"Something is wrong!" Just as everyone was smoking with a sad face, Marshall suddenly spoke. "Shouldn't the Germans focus on bombing our 'Atlantic Defense Line' or 'Pacific Defense Line'?" The Germans must have landed on the US mainland, otherwise they would not have had to build these two defense lines, and with the Germans' intelligence capabilities, it was impossible for them not to know the situation of these two defense lines; but so far the Germans have only bombed these big cities, and have ignored these two defense lines, not even dropping a bomb. "Could this be a German conspiracy?"

"Conspiracy? What conspiracy?" Everyone's eyes were focused on Marshall. They couldn't think of any connection between these two defense lines and the German conspiracy. After all, it was Nimitz, the commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet, who first proposed the defense line plan; could it be that he was in collusion with the Germans?

Marshall frowned, and he couldn't figure out what the conspiracy was. "The Germans seem to be watching us build these defense lines. Could it be that they are deliberately letting us waste resources?" The steel bars and cement required for the thousands of kilometers of defense lines are astronomical figures. In addition to these, there are countless manpower, material resources and financial resources. Maybe the Germans just want them to waste these resources in vain.

But this doesn't seem to make sense.

In any case, if the Germans really want to land, they must break through these defense lines first?

Watching these defense lines gradually improve, isn't it causing trouble for them? Could it be that they think they have too many troops and want to use their defense line firepower to eliminate a few waves?

This is a bit absurd.

After racking his brains for a while, a terrible idea flashed through his mind. "Canada is a huge hidden danger!"

Although Canada expressed neutrality, no one dared to guarantee that one day it would suddenly turn against the Germans. By then, the German army could easily land in Canada and attack the U.S. mainland. Then the two lines of defense they had worked so hard to build would really become the "Maginot Line"!

Hearing Marshall's words, everyone's faces suddenly became extremely ugly.

Canada and the United States are the second and fourth largest countries in the world in terms of land area, respectively. The total length of the border between the two countries is 8,891 kilometers (including the section in Alaska). However, on such a long border, the two countries are not defended against each other, there are no border guards stationed, and there are rarely obstacles and checkpoints. As long as Canadian citizens have passports, they can enter the United States, and American citizens can also enter Canada.

In 1812, after the independence of the United States, in order to expand its territorial ambitions and to retaliate against Britain's harassment of the United States in the Anglo-French War, the United States invaded Canada again. The end result was that the United States, Britain, and Canada fought to the end and no one gained any advantage in terms of territory. The United States and Canada signed a peace treaty. After that, the United States temporarily gave up its covetousness for Canadian territory and pointed its expansion direction to the west and south, and continued to move westward.

In 1854, the United States and Canada signed the "Canada-US Reciprocal Agreement", and exchanges between the two sides began to become frequent, and the gap gradually narrowed. Later, the United States experienced the Civil War, and the abolition of slavery brought unprecedented development speed, and its national strength grew to the level of Britain and France. After World War I, the strength of old powers such as Britain and France was greatly weakened. The United States took the opportunity to rise and became the world's number one power, and the "friendship" between Canada and the United States became more and more consolidated.

Unexpectedly, this time Canada betrayed their "friendship" and declared neutrality, which has now become a major hidden danger that cannot be ignored.

Vice President Truman was not a fool. He immediately understood what Marshall meant, and his face turned pale. "Oh my God! General Marshall, do you mean that the Germans may land in Canada to attack us? Then shouldn't we also build a defense line on the Canadian border?"

Excluding the section in Alaska, their border with Canada is more than 6,000 kilometers long, which is longer than the "Atlantic Defense Line" and "Pacific Defense Line" combined! Building these two lines of defense had almost drained all of the United States' financial resources, and now they had to build another 6,000-kilometer line of defense?! He almost fainted on the spot!

Marshall sighed deeply. "Mr. Vice President, even if we can repair it, it will not be in time." According to their analysis, the Germans will launch an offensive in the spring of next year, which means that they don't even have ten months left. Building a defense line of more than 6,000 kilometers in ten months? It's simply a fantasy!

But this also puts them in a dilemma.

Continue to build two lines of defense. What if the Germans really launch an attack from Canada? But give up the construction. What if the Canadians adhere to neutrality? At that time, the Germans can easily break through the unfinished defense line and land on the US mainland!

"Damn it! Otherwise, we should take the initiative and directly capture Canada!" I don't know who made such a suggestion.

"..." But anyone with a little bit of reason knows that this suggestion is simply nonsense. Canada is not a small place the size of a palm. It can't be captured just by saying it.

Once you use force against Canada, it is equivalent to pushing it directly to the German side. Isn't this asking for trouble?

Even if the Germans allowed their troops to occupy Canada, what would happen after that? Canada's long coastline would become a burden for them. Would they build a defense line along the Canadian coastline?