Chapter 187:
Chapter 187
The Japanese Empire, which had been hit by dozens of nuclear bombs, finally surrendered unconditionally the next day, when the surviving Prime Minister Tojo Hideki declared defeat.
V-J day, headlines and banners celebrating the victory over Japan were everywhere, and people cheered.
The war is over! Long live America!
Hooray! Hooray! Victory hooray!
From the new recruits who had been anxiously waiting for the day they would have to go to the battlefield where death awaited them, to the veteran marines who were about to set foot in Japan.
One by one, they started to return to their homeland by port or airport.
Wow! Johnny! Johnny! Im here!
Oh, Daisy!
Men cheered, boys shouted, women ran out to welcome the returning soldiers. America was happier than ever.
And this victory parade reached its climax with the arrival of General MacArthur.
Wow!!! MacArthur! MacArthur!
[MacArthur for President]
MacArthur, who walked down from the Enterprise, the most decorated ship of this war, waved his hand to the crowd with a satisfied smile on his lips.
The people shouted louder.
MacArthur! MacArthur!
MacArthur for President!
Ha ha Thank you. Thank you.
As the soldiers who had prepared a makeshift podium for MacArthur saluted and stepped back, he grabbed the microphone and opened his mouth.
Thank you for arranging this place for me, fellow citizens of America!
Wow!!!
This is a place to celebrate our glorious victory. Please give a round of applause to the proud army that led this war!
Once again, a huge wave of applause, cheers, and frenzy passed by, and Eisenhower, who was sitting behind MacArthur, smiled bitterly.
He had been fussing over the contents of the speech until this morning, but his superior was giving a fairly skillful speech. He felt guilty to the Americans that he had written that for him.
MacArthur was proudly boasting how great a soldier he was and how great a general he was, and how his leadership led the US army to victory in the war against Japan.
The countless supporters who had been charmed by MacArthur clapped no matter what he said.
Thank you, thank you, fellow citizens. And on this occasion I, Douglas MacArthur, solemnly declare that I will run for the Republican nomination for the United States presidential election!!!
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Eisenhower, who had been thinking about his wife Mamie whom he had not seen for a long time, was startled when MacArthur suddenly announced his candidacy.This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com
No, there was no such thing in the manuscript I wrote for him?
Somehow, MacArthur was not reading the manuscript, but looking straight at the public and making a speech.
No matter how close a general was to a politician, he should have avoided being involved in politics as an active-duty military officer, but MacArthur did not care about that.
The people seemed to cheer whenever they saw McCarthy. He climbed up to the podium and stood next to MacArthur, looking down at the people with a pleased face.
I nominate Joseph McCarthy, the congressman of Wisconsin, as my vice presidential candidate. I ask for your support for Congressman McCarthy and the Wisconsin Republicans in the upcoming primaries!
Wow!!!
The two men held hands and shouted hooray, and the crowd cheered more fervently than ever.
Their support was overwhelming, as if the vote was a mere formality.
The first primary ended like that. MacArthur, who reaffirmed his support with a huge margin in the Wisconsin primary, left for Illinois with McCarthy, where the next primary would be held.
The other candidates could only watch their backs in silence.
What are you going to do?
They were all influential politicians who could compete for the presidential candidacy, and they had their own networks of supporters in each state.
According to their surveys, MacArthurs support rate in Illinois, where the next primary would be held, was no lower than in Wisconsin, if not higher.
If they won the first two primaries by a landslide, the road to the election would be unstoppable, like a snowball rolling down.
The candidates were now seriously wondering what to do.
Elections were money, and every moment they attracted people and showed off their power, they ate up a huge amount of money.
As politicians who had to borrow money and receive donations as investments based on victory, they could not afford the situation that seemed to have already decided the outcome.
They felt like they would receive letters of withdrawal of support as soon as tomorrow.
Theres also a way to support General MacArthur, isnt there?
Of course, the losers also had their own choices.
Even if they continued to weaken, they could push their party organization and fundraising money to the candidate who declared their support and promise a powerful position in the cabinet or somewhere else in the future.
MacArthur was not an established politician, and he would definitely need a collaborator who knew the market well.
Even more so if he chose McCarthy, a fresh and troublesome newcomer, as his vice president.
The veteran politicians were calculating in their minds what they could promise and what position they could get.
Some of them, who still had a decent support rate, were still bouncing another board for the next primary, the next next primary.
One of them was Thomas Dewey, who had been wearing the title of support rate 1 until a while ago.
No matter how I look at it, MacArthur is too reckless
He was also one of the big politicians who had hands and ears everywhere. And what he found out was that McCarthys communist list had no basis at all.
He was popular with a claim that was vague even in substance, but he knew best that his popularity could evaporate like a mirage at any moment.
He felt that he needed some adjustments to his plan due to the rise of the conservatives, but his original victory plan did not seem to be too far off.
Hmm, Ill go now.
He might have to give up a little more in tonights negotiations.
But the one who laughs last is the real winner.
With my own trick, I could make even a mastermind suffer from a headache.
