Chapter 1155: Fort Gauchi Project - Little Kennedy with Broken Hands and Feet

Chapter 1155: Fort Gauchi Project - Little Kennedy with Broken Hands and Feet

Joseph Kennedy was sitting in the magnificent living room of Alexandria's Montaza Palace, distractedly enjoying the fragrant Turkish coffee provided by this Caesar's official residence. With him was Nelson Rockefeller, the new U.S. ambassador to the Roman Empire. Although this moderate Republican was hated by Wallace and Truman because of the Rockefeller family's pro-Germany, he was favored by Vice President-elect Kennedy and Secretary-designate Edward Stettinius Jr. insisted and was appointed ambassador to Rome. They took the SM.95 ultra-long-range passenger plane provided by the Roman Empire and flew directly from the United States to Alexandria, the second capital of the Roman Empire. The purpose was to invite Mussolini to come forward for a new round of diplomatic mediation.

Now that the U.S. election is over, the Democratic Party, which barely retained the White House, and the Republican Party, which has become the largest party in Congress, have begun to tacitly lower the tone of the war and begin to seek a compromise line with Europe. The relationship between the two mainstream political parties in the United States is not on the same level, otherwise it would not have been possible to maintain the "two-party democracy" for so many years. Therefore, after the election, there will still be a lot of cooperation between the democratic and Republican parties. Especially now at this time of survival for the United States!

The situation was obvious. Truman's "Five Peace Points" for the election were impossible to achieve. Just before Kennedy left Washington, he also learned of the Allied South America Command's request for additional troops. If it wanted to liberate Santiago, the United States would have to invest at least 500,000 ground troops, and it would also have to be prepared to withstand 10-15 Prepare for tens of thousands of casualties!

To attack a small Santiago, 500,000 troops were required! According to intelligence, there were only three German divisions there.

If the German army's combat effectiveness is really that strong, what capital does the United States have to fight a protracted war? There are so many islands in the Caribbean, North America has a coastline of three to four thousand kilometers, and there is also the Bermuda Islands that must not fall... There are so many places that must be defended. Does the United States really have enough troops?

As long as one "point" in the above-mentioned areas is occupied by Germany, Germany will have a base to use atomic bombs to bomb large cities on the east coast of the United States. For the United States...this means defeat!

Therefore, anyone who knows enough about the inside story can easily come to the conclusion that the United States must negotiate peace as soon as possible, because delay will only make the United States' situation more disadvantageous.

However, as a major player in American domestic politics, Kennedy also knew that it was not easy to negotiate peace early. Because the Democratic Party does not control Congress, once the government signs a peace treaty that is "a loss of power and an insult to the country," not only will it not be passed in a congressional vote, it may even lead to an impeachment case for President Truman!

Of course, this does not mean that treaties signed by the Truman administration must not be voted on by Congress, but that the Democratic Party must pay a price - such as supporting a resolution to repeal the New Deal Act. The voters who benefited from Roosevelt's New Deal are the basis of the Democratic Party. If they lose their support, the 1946 midterm elections will be the time for the Democratic Party to collapse.

So Kennedy knew that his "journey for peace" would probably not achieve anything. Unless Wallace's military adventure can be a moderate success...

Thinking of Wallace's military adventure, Kennedy's heart felt like a cramp. The plane piloted by his eldest son, Joseph Kennedy Jr., was shot down over Buenos Aires! Now life or death is uncertain, maybe dead, maybe injured, suffering in a German prisoner of war camp... Since receiving the news of the disappearance of his eldest son, Kennedy has looked much haggard.

So when Mussolini walked into the living room with dignity, Kennedy, who was immersed in missing his son, forgot to stand up from the sofa until Nelson Rockefeller reminded him in a low voice.

"Joseph, my friend." Mussolini strode up to Kennedy, shook his hand enthusiastically, and said with an exaggerated expression, "I have good news for you. My man was found in a German prisoner of war camp. He has been taken to Vienna and placed in a concentration camp with good conditions. He was injured a little, his legs, his right arm and six ribs were broken, but it doesn't matter, the Germans. He received good treatment and his legs and right arm were saved. There is nothing serious except for a slight limp. You will be able to meet him soon."

Joseph Kennedy Jr. was lucky this time. Although the plane was shot down, it successfully made an emergency landing on a farm near the Buenos Aires military port. He himself was seriously injured during the emergency landing, but was later captured by patrolling New Asbanian soldiers. He was first thrown into a prisoner of war camp under the management of the New Asbanian Army to wait for death, but soon the New Asbanian soldiers The Spaniards found out that he was the son of the vice president-elect of the United States, so they handed him over to the Germans, allowing little Kennedy to receive the best possible treatment, probably allowing him to spend the rest of his life on crutches.

After Mussolini learned about Joseph Kennedy Jr.'s situation, he immediately sent one of his sons to a German prisoner of war camp in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay State in New Asbania. After confirming JFK's identity, Mussolini immediately spoke to Hitler on the phone, and then JFK was taken to the concentration camp with the best conditions in Europe.

Thank God! Little Joseph is still alive! When Kennedy heard the news, he was so excited that he almost cried. He smiled gratefully at Mussolini and was about to express his gratitude. Nelson Rockefeller on the side intervened: "Leader, the issue of prisoners of war should be resolved within the overall framework of peace negotiations."

This sentence actually reminds Kennedy that he cannot let Mussolini help rescue his son because he is the Vice President of the United States!

Kennedy smiled awkwardly and was about to politely decline. But Mussolini said: "Nelson, I know Joseph's difficulties and there will be satisfactory arrangements. For example, we can arrange a prisoner exchange and let the Germans release a group of wounded American prisoners of war in exchange for their own prisoners of war. This way I can let little Joseph go home... This is not a problem for me. German Chancellor Hitler is my friend and we are very good friends. And Joseph is also a good friend of Mr. Hitler and Mr. Hess. Everything will be arranged.

If you are willing, I can also help you get back the people who were captured by the Japanese... Most of them were horribly mistreated, and they should be allowed to go home as soon as possible to reunite with their families.

In addition, I hope to use this prisoner exchange as an opportunity to promote a new round of peace negotiations. As a peace-loving fascist, I sincerely hope that this terrible war will end soon..."

Ending the war as early as possible has probably become the consensus of everyone, but under what conditions the war should be ended is a question. The United States hopes to negotiate more decent peace conditions, which will not only help the United States become stronger again in the future, but also serve the interests of the politicians in power.

Valparaiso, Chile. December 25, 1944, Christmas.

On the coast near the Pacific Ocean, on twelve large airports, fighter planes are covered with runways and aprons. Some of them have started their engines and roared. The propellers rotate rapidly, generating huge thrust. The huge The fuselage began to slide down the runway, faster and faster, and then took off into the sky.

A P-61F flown by Lieutenant General Claire Chennault served as the air commander and took off from the "Gulf 10" Airport. Escorted by four P-51B/C fighter jets, it hovered high into the sky.

Below them, batches of bombers, fighter jets, reconnaissance aircraft equipped with radars, and attack aircraft equipped with "Bat" gliding bombs took off for the first time, forming formations of unprecedented scale.

General Eisenhower stood on the rooftop platform of the 10th Army Headquarters, holding a telescope and looking at the increasingly large attack aircraft group in the sky. This is a carefully organized bombing of thousands of planes! Not only did Lieutenant General Chennault's 14th Air Force come out in full force, but the U.S. Naval Air Force stationed in Valparaiso and several U.S. aircraft carriers patrolling the nearby Pacific Ocean also sent carrier-based aircraft to assist in the battle. This brought the final dispatch scale to 1,022 aircraft!

The planes in the sky covered the sky and the sun, roaring eastward. General Eisenhower put down his telescope and said to Bradley, the commander of the 10th Army beside him: "Omar, the Joint Chiefs of Staff are ready to give you 600,000 troops... If the bombing cannot force the Germans to make concessions in the peace negotiations, then You must capture Santiago!"

Lieutenant General Bradley nodded: "Okay, okay, we will capture San Diego!"

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"Ludwig, urgent call from the Air Force Command in New Asbania. The Santiago radar station has detected at least hundreds of American aircraft appearing over Valparaiso Bay!"

In the Joint Intelligence Center of the General Staff of the Wehrmacht in Zossen, Germany, Hessmann received the report of a large-scale dispatch of American fighter planes at the first opportunity - Valparaiso Bay is less than 100 kilometers away from Santiago. Radars on nearby hills easily detected more and more American aircraft, and the situation was immediately reported to the Air Force Headquarters and the General Staff Joint Intelligence Center in Zossen.

"At least hundreds? Are the Americans going to bomb Buenos Aires?" Hersman and Kesselin, who was in the Joint Intelligence Center, exchanged glances with each other.

"It should be," Kesselring said, "In a few hours, the meeting between Secretary (Hess) and Kennedy will begin, and bombing Buenos Aires at this time is a show of strength for us. He smiled coldly, "But the Americans will not succeed!"