Chapter 1126 The Death of Roosevelt XI

Eastern Time, the morning of September 18, the White House.

"Mr. President, the motorcade is ready and ready to leave at any time."

U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt was sitting in a wheelchair facing the window. He seemed not to have heard the words of Colonel Cotton, the presidential adjutant, and just stared out the window at the protesting crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Ever since Mussolini, the Roman Caesar who truly loved the American people and his black brothers, visited the United States for the first time, protesting crowds have often gathered on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House. Usually supporters of the Bolshevik Party, not many in number. At the same time, there will be supporters of the American National Fascist Party coming to oppose them.

But today was an exception. The number of protesters gathered on Pennsylvania Avenue surged to more than 100,000! And there was no National Fascist Party eagle to be seen.

Did President Roosevelt know what this meant?

Because just yesterday morning, he was in the Cabinet Room of the White House with the leader of the American Republican Party Hoover (former President Hoover, leader of the conservative Republican Party), the Republican presidential candidate Dewey, the Democratic Congressional leader Alben Buckley, the Democratic presidential candidate Truman, National Fascist Party presidential candidate Lindbergh, and Bolshevik Party presidential candidate Foster held a frank meeting.

During the meeting, Roosevelt informed everyone of his intention to end the war during his term, pay huge war reparations to Germany, and give up some of his interests in Australia, New Zealand and South America. At the same time, he also told them about the huge difficulties currently facing the United States, and finally asked for their support.

These leading figures in American politics did not appear too surprised after hearing Roosevelt's decision and request. But he left the White House in a hurry without giving any reply.

As a result, Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House was full of protestors today!

The purpose of people's protests is not to oppose fascism, but to oppose "selling out American interests"! No one disagrees with achieving peace with Europe, but the prerequisite for peace must be "no ceding of territory" and "no reparations", and we must adhere to the line of the Monroe Doctrine - America for Americans!

But now only "no land ceding" is achievable. No reparations are a dream, and the American America is unrealistic.

Therefore, in the eyes of many people, the United States must never accept this kind of peace that "humiliates the country" and should resist to the end.

Moreover, the United States also has the capital to resist, because the United States has a vast land, a large population, developed industry, and rich resources, and can fight a protracted war with Europe. Europe, which had just experienced the devastation of a world war, was devastated, people's livelihoods were in ruins, and the people were on the verge of breaking out. It was impossible for them to support a long war. Therefore, as long as the United States persists in fighting, it can drag Europe and Germany into bankruptcy!

This is a view put forward by Foster, the presidential candidate of the Bolshevik Party in the United States, during the election campaign, and it has also been endorsed by many American politicians, including the confused former President Hoover and the Vice President who parted ways because of their different political views with Roosevelt. President John Nance Garner.

Even Lindbergh, leader of the pro-German National Fascist Party in the United States, opposed the payment of up to 500 billion euros in reparations and a complete withdrawal from South America. In Lindbergh's view, the Americas should be the sphere of influence of the United States, and there is absolutely no possibility of ceding it!

Of course, these people may not be really confused. After all, this is an election year, and most politicians have become various candidates, which will definitely cater to voters.

Although the United States was at war, there were not many attacks on its homeland, and the casualties (soldiers and civilians) were not large. They were mainly caused by the despicable and shameless Japanese devils. Therefore, most American voters still do not know the power of the Nazis, and naturally they are not willing to accept a "humiliating" peace.

Even in the eyes of a considerable number of people, the state of war has brought unprecedented prosperity to the U.S. economy. The war brought huge demand, full employment and rising wages, making the United States in a super boom cycle.

If such a war continues for a long time, it seems to have no disadvantage to the United States. Therefore, the one that will be brought down in the end will undoubtedly be the European Community, which has not yet been truly united.

To break the illusion that "war = prosperity" and "persistence = victory", the American people who don't know the truth must have a taste of the power of the Germans.

That's why Roosevelt resolutely launched long-range air strikes on Ireland and Iceland. In the past few days, thirty or forty long-range modified B-29 long-range bombers visited Ireland and Iceland under the cover of night every day, dropping dozens of tons of high-explosive bombs (at a cost of twenty Many B-29s did not return), but the Germans had no response?

Don’t they still have missiles that can hit the east coast of the United States? If that were the case, it would be a miscalculation.

Thinking of this, Roosevelt shook his head, turned to Colonel Cotton and said: "Colonel, let's go, don't let Roman Caesar wait for us at Union Station."

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"Sir, the M10 radar station reported that an unidentified aircraft was spotted flying towards Boston, about 110 kilometers away from downtown Boston."

Just as President Roosevelt went to Washington Union Station to greet Mussolini, in the Northeastern North American Army Air Force Command building located in Boston's Back Bay, across the Charles River from MIT, Lieutenant General Mad Harmon, commander of the Northeastern North American Army Air Force, was dealing with an alarm incident.

"An airplane?" Lieutenant General Harmon seemed very calm. "Can you identify it? What's its altitude? What's its speed?"

"It can't be identified. The altitude is about 3,000 and the speed is... 900-1,000 kilometers per hour."

"What? 900-1,000 kilometers per hour?" Lieutenant General Harmon looked up at the staff officer who was as surprised as he was. "Did you make a mistake? How could it be so fast?"

"That's what the M10 radar station reported." The staff officer frowned and said, "Maybe... maybe it's a German missile!"

"Missile?" Lieutenant General Harmon suddenly became nervous. "Have you notified the Fighter Command and the Air Defense Command?"

"It has been notified. The Fighter Command said that there are now 12 P51s and 8 P47s on duty over Massachusetts. They have sent 4 of the P47s to intercept. But..."

Before the staff officer finished speaking, the rumbling of artillery and a shrill whistle like the roar of a locomotive suddenly sounded.

What is this sound?

Lieutenant General Harmon immediately stood up and walked to the open window to look in the direction of the sound. He saw a strange black aircraft with short wings and a tail that was still spitting fire, flying in the air at a very fast speed. There were also clouds of black smoke exploding behind its buttocks, which were obviously the explosions of anti-aircraft shells that missed the target.

Suddenly, just when the whistling sound reached its peak, this annoying sound suddenly stopped. Looking at the missile in the air again, I don’t know when it has changed its direction of navigation. It is no longer flying forward, but with its head down, "falling" towards the Charles River facing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus at a very small angle. After just a few seconds, the strange aircraft slammed into the ground, and then there was a loud bang that shook the earth, followed by fire and smoke rising from the ground.

"Oh my God, is this... a missile?" Lieutenant General Harmon stared blankly at the smoke column rising from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus not far away. Before he could fully react, another staff officer rushed in.

"General, the M11 radar station reported that an unidentified flying object was found at a very fast speed, about 900-1000 kilometers..."

This time the missile came even faster. Before the staff officer finished his report, a shrill whistle sound even more piercing than before was heard from far away.

The interception of P47 and P51 still failed, with a speed of more than 900 kilometers per hour (the design speed of the Reaper 1B missile is 900 kilometers per hour, but in actual use, due to fuel consumption at the end of the missile flight, the weight of the missile body is reduced, but the thrust is not reduced, so the speed is faster, almost reaching a high speed of 950-1000 kilometers per hour.

Such a high speed makes the interception of piston engines very difficult. It can only be carried out by predicting its flight direction in advance and seizing a favorable position to carry out a one-time dive attack.

However, this dive interception is extremely difficult, and it is impossible for American pilots who encounter the Reaper 1B missile for the first time to complete it.

As for the anti-aircraft guns on the ground, they can't hit targets with speeds as high as 950-1000 kilometers per hour.

Now the only defense against such high-speed missiles in Boston is probably a small number of Too many anti-aircraft balloons.

A few seconds later, another earth-shaking roar was heard. This time, the commercial area near the Boston Library was hit. The missile hit a 3-story department store, first smashing a big hole on the roof, then drilling through the 3rd and 2nd floor slabs, and causing a big explosion in the 1st floor lobby!

However, this was only the beginning of the Boston disaster. Starting at 3 p.m. on September 20, 1944 (Eastern Time), Boston was attacked by a Reaper 2B missile every one or two minutes. The attack lasted until 4:10 p.m. A total of 18 Reaper 2B missiles fell in Boston and the nearby city of Cambridge (where Harvard University is located). 10 of them fell on the road, garden or campus (MIT and Harvard were both bombed), and the other 8 missiles hit the building, causing serious damage to 8 houses and great panic...