Chapter 156, Going to the Wasteland (Part 2)
All in all, starting from March 1949, after the end of the panic about the U.S. military's desperate counterattack across the ocean, and after a period of rest and recuperation, the Soviet Strategic Air Force Nuclear Strike Force's Tu-100 "Flying Bear" supersonic Jet ultra-long-range strategic bombers have once again resumed the rhythm of high-frequency nuclear explosions targeting the continental United States. Every day, dozens to hundreds of atomic bombs are dropped on the land of the continental states of the United States of America.
The first target to be bombed was the Oak Ridge uranium refining plant in Tennessee. In order to completely destroy the nuclear war potential of the United States, the Soviet Strategic Air Force worked tirelessly to repeatedly drop twenty atomic bombs in this area, including ten of the "dirtiest" cobalt bombs - the radiation intensity of this thing is fierce, The contamination lasts for a long time, and even if the attacked person hides in a bunker, it will be difficult for the radiation level to return to normal. During the Cold War, some scientists even claimed that if everyone went out of their way to build cobalt bombs, it would really be possible for humans to destroy themselves in a nuclear war...
Anyway, after being repeatedly bombed by the ferocious Soviet strategic air force so many times, the Oak Ridge Factory in Tennessee has basically wiped out humans and animals. Within a radius of fifty kilometers around the factory, everything from humans to pet dogs has been destroyed. Not a single person survives, and it is estimated that there will be no grass growing within a few decades... Even a small half of Tennessee has become a nuclear pollution zone. It is expected that a large number of bizarre mutant animals and plants will appear in the future.
In addition, those super cities in the United States that have already dropped an atomic bomb are also targets of nuclear explosions that need to be replenished. After all, cities like New York and Los Angeles are very large and have many satellite cities. One atomic bomb will definitely not be able to blast them all. It will take several nuclear explosions to feel at ease.
Next, those second-tier and third-tier American small and medium-sized cities, as well as the locations of various important factories, mines, and dams, have also become the nuclear explosion targets of the Soviet Strategic Air Force in the next stage. Anyway, Wang Qiu and the others came from the United States in another world. The detailed geographical data obtained, and the number of atomic bombs "made" by the ship's wife Miss Sophie with the power of faith were too many to use up. Therefore, the Soviet Strategic Air Force squandered the nuclear stick as much as they wanted.
Then, in addition to the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central American countries and Caribbean island countries, as well as the areas where US troops are stationed in South America, are also the nuclear explosion target range of the Soviet Strategic Air Force, and they are suffering from the pain of nuclear explosions every week. , the number of remaining humans is plummeting sharply every day. Fortunately, several Soviet archaeologists jointly submitted a letter and obtained the approval of the Kremlin to classify the ancient civilization ruins of the Mayan, Mexican and Inca empires into a nuclear explosion-free zone and give them special protection... As a result, after the news spread, these had already been The "Forgotten Country" swallowed up by the jungle soon became crowded with people. People everywhere brought their families to experience the life of the ancient Mayans - they all came to the ancient Mayan city to escape the nuclear explosion...
Correspondingly, the resistance and counterattack capabilities of the United States are getting weaker and weaker - facing the Soviet jets soaring at an altitude of 19,000 meters, ordinary anti-aircraft guns are simply out of reach. Fighters can't fly so high, and the only remaining B-36 "Peacemaker" "The gunships (which can fly to an altitude of 20,000 meters) were shot down one after another during the battle, or their parts were damaged and could not be replaced (the production plants were all destroyed in the nuclear explosion). After being forced to grounded, the Americans could only He could huddle up in a hole with his arms folded, praying to God while holding on until he was bombed.
——In this way, during the entire Third World War, from the beginning to the end of the nuclear strike against the United States, the number of Tu-100 "Flying Bear" supersonic jet ultra-long-range strategic bombers shot down by the US military was not as high as due to mechanical failure or There are even more Tu-100 Flying Bear bombers that have crashed due to meteorological disasters.
Although the effective resistance of the local U.S. military soon came to an end, the Soviet Union's nuclear explosions did not stop because its opponents gave up resistance.
From spring to summer, and from summer to autumn, the 130 million people in the entire United States, as well as the tens of millions of Canadians and Mexicans who were unfortunately accompanying them, were trembling in the mushroom cloud of the Soviet atomic bomb... Although The Icelandic volcano stopped erupting more than a year ago. The resulting global climate anomalies, and more importantly the ensuing global food harvest and widespread famine, are almost over as the volcanic ash gradually settles. . But the poor North American people did not feel any joy because the climate returned to normal. Instead, they found themselves as if they were in Sodom and Gomorrah in the Bible, which were destroyed by God's fire from heaven. Every day, every day One night, it was like being tortured in purgatory.
Think about it! The scorching flames ignited by the nuclear bombs were like the blade of the final judgment, pouring down from the sky overhead one after another. The vast land that was once lush with vegetation was first devoured by the scorching flames, and then by the sticky Contaminated by radioactive black rain. Precipitous mountains were collapsed by nuclear explosions, burying villages and towns at the foot of the mountains; tall dams collapsed, triggering horrific floods; railways, highways, and electricity, all indispensable things for modern civilization, were all falling like death. They disappeared one after another in the mushroom clouds that bloomed everywhere like flowers. The humans living on this land can only face the fate of destruction in despair. Tens of millions of souls of the dead are just like the remaining radiation, floating in the wind in the dark and dead radioactive wasteland... There is no longer a truly safe place in the entire United States, and every day is a possibility of life. On the last day of life, every time you fall asleep, you may never wake up again. In such a terrifying nightmare world, who else can farm with peace of mind and live a normal life?
In comparison, something as trivial as the raising of the sun flag in a port city on the West Coast is not worthy of much attention at all...
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September 1949, West Coast of the United States, Washington State, Port of Tacoma
The Port of Tacoma is located at the southern end of Puget Sound in the state of Washington, USA. It is located approximately between Seattle and the state capital Olympia. It was once the third largest city in the state. At this moment, when Seattle and Olympia had both been hit by Soviet atomic bombs and turned into a pile of radioactive ruins, it had become the largest city in Washington state and the safest natural place in the entire United States. One of the refuges.
——Because, in the autumn wind that seems to be carrying radiation dust, a bright sun flag is flying on the roof of Tacoma City Hall.
Starting two months ago, the Port of Tacoma became the first city in the United States to be occupied by foreign invaders.
In this regard, local American residents in the Port of Tacoma generally expressed a calm mood - they have been frightened for so long by the nuclear explosion that could come at any time. Although it is now a occupied area and feels quite unhappy, at least they will not be attacked by the Soviet Union again. Once the nuclear bomb is fired into the soul, at least you can sleep peacefully at home.
——Although Americans are naturally rebellious, when they were invaded by the British army, the Americans in the occupied areas did not seem to be very popular...
Moreover, even if some radical guys dare to jump out and make trouble, the Japanese bayonet has always been used to deal with all kinds of dissatisfaction, including tricks such as "sitting down", "reporting on each other", "curfew", and "martial law" Very slippery. After the Japanese occupying forces executed more than 200 "lawless elements" in one go, the order at the Port of Tacoma stabilized. There were even Americans from other places who came to the Port of Tacoma to take refuge after hearing the news. .
At this moment, the new owner of the Port of Tacoma, the first Asian invader to set foot on the North American continent this century, Lieutenant General Tsuji Masanobu, commander of the Japanese Army’s American Expeditionary Force, was sitting with his legs crossed in an office in the city hall. Inside, I was flipping through several captured English books and periodicals idly.
Since landing and occupying the Port of Tacoma, the Japanese army has basically not fought much. Apart from assigning manpower to patrol and enforce martial law, there has been no more action. Although Lieutenant General Tsuji Masanobu himself is still as ambitious as before, the so-called "American Expeditionary Force" under his command only has two seriously understaffed infantry brigades and one locally recruited Japanese security corps. There are only more than 4,000 civilians and handymen in total. With such a small force, it is simply an impossible task to create any achievements in the vast North America.
However, as this world war was coming to an end, the reason why Japan's wartime headquarters dispatched Lieutenant General Tsuji Masanobu with such a small force to North America was not to capture cities and territories, but to rescue those who "fell in the United States and suffered." Japanese compatriots"...
In fact, Japanese immigration to the Americas started very early. Since the late nineteenth century, some Japanese have come to the United States together with the Chinese workers who built the American railways. By the time of World War II, the first batch of Japanese immigrants had been living in the United States for several generations.
As a result, after the outbreak of the Pacific War, the entire West Coast was in panic. Rumors spread all over the United States that it was the Japanese "fifth column" that had infiltrated the United States and provided accurate intelligence to the Japanese army. Angry Americans turned their anger on Japanese Americans. For a time, the police went around arresting so-called "Japanese spies". Perhaps influenced by Hollywood spy films and detective novels, the search for Japanese became more and more intense, and finally developed into a large-scale persecution of American expatriates of Japanese descent—— Although most of these Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast were born on American soil and are already "second generation" or even "third generation", many of them simply only speak English and can't even speak Japanese.
However, the furious Americans didn't care about this at all. Everyone was clamoring that these "spies", "scoundrels", "enemy accomplices" and "bad guys" could no longer be allowed to stay in American cities. Japanese immigrants in the United States suddenly became "Jews" in the United States. They were not allowed to join the army and were not allowed to work. Stores were closed long ago and bank deposits were frozen. They all huddled together like frightened birds, waiting for the disaster to come.
Next, in January 1942, the U.S. War Department officially ordered all 5,000 Japanese-American soldiers to retire. On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order No. 9066, requiring Japanese immigrants to sell their houses and businesses and report to designated locations for unified resettlement. The National Guard and the police immediately dispatched, smashed open the doors of Japanese immigrants door to door, and handed them an "ultimatum": to move out of the big cities on the West Coast within 24 hours and forcibly move to the western wilderness and desert. In the ten concentration camps among them, if they fail to arrive within the time limit, they will be forcibly arrested... As a result, by In the eyes of white people, all yellow people seem to look the same, and the American police and National Guard members who are responsible for handling affairs are also very rough, so that many Chinese and Indians were inexplicably captured into Japanese enemy concentration camps. , the total number of people who were mistakenly arrested is said to be as many as 10,000...
In Washington state, Japanese immigrants from coastal cities such as Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia were placed in an Indian reservation called Carrville. Carrville is located in the northeastern corner of Washington state. It is remote and wild, and is infested with wild wolves. In winter, strong winds howl and snow falls all over the sky. In summer, only one crop can be grown. It is a notoriously remote place. Under the surveillance of the US military, these Japanese immigrants in Washington State were sent by truck to Carlville Concentration Camp with only their luggage and clothes. From then on, they lived in simple wooden houses, shared bathrooms, and lived an isolated life. Still, the first thing many people do every morning when they wake up is recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States. Many Japanese immigrants also said that despite the government's harsh treatment of them, they remained loyal to the Stars and Stripes and the land called "Motherland." They even actively signed up to go to factories or battlefields to work hard for the United States.
However, their expressions of loyalty were of little use. More than 100,000 Japanese immigrants were imprisoned in concentration camps for four years. The young and middle-aged Japanese who were imprisoned in the concentration camps were forced to work in the fields, while Japanese women were forced to work in production. Military camouflage net, but fortunately the food was enough... until the US military successfully bombed Tokyo, destroyed the entire government of Emperor Showa, and then landed on the Japanese islands. The U.S. government ordered the closure of the concentration camps, and these Japanese Americans finally returned to their homes in the United States. It's a pity that the home has been ruined by angry Americans. All the window glass was smashed, valuables were stolen, and anti-Japanese slogans were scrawled on the house. Despite this, they returned home safely.
After a while, the U.S. government also armed and trained some active Japanese immigrants in Washington State. After quelling the remaining resistance forces on the Japanese islands, they were ready to send them to Japan to serve as security forces, or to install them as security forces. Enter the new Japanese government and serve as an undercover agent.
However, the plan could not keep up with the changes. The arrogant soldiers of the United States of America stayed on the Japanese islands for just more than a year before they were driven into the sea by the newly emerged "Red Japan". The newly trained Japanese army in Washington State had no choice but to become idle... After that, while the United States had to deal with repeated defeats on overseas battlefields, it also fell into various political conflicts in the internal political arena. turmoil due to the imposition of various anti-democratic militarization The policy led to constant public protests and riots, as well as a large number of strikes and demonstrations, plus the canvassing activities for the 1948 presidential election. The White House was so anxious that it could not take care of the Japanese immigrants on the West Coast who were released from concentration camps and those who were imprisoned. Armed Japanese troops.
When the election at the end of 1948 was settled and President MacArthur was about to take office, he thought of disarming and decommissioning the Japanese troops who had become useless, and then reinserting Japanese immigrants into concentration camps... But he didn't have time to put it into action. In response to the action, dozens of Soviet atomic bombs had already fallen from overhead. The United States of America suddenly fell into a doomsday situation of collapse and disintegration, and it could no longer care about such trivial matters.
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On the other hand, the Japanese immigrants who had already experienced the pain of concentration camps had never relaxed their vigilance. When the first mushroom cloud of nuclear explosions rose on the West Coast, the Japanese infantry regiment stationed in Washington State became alert. Realizing the crisis and opportunity, he immediately forcibly attacked the ammunition depot, snatched a large number of weapons, ammunition and supplies, armed himself, and then seized an idle barracks, preparing to take advantage of the chaos and danger to defend it.
Since Seattle and Olympia, where the Washington state government was stationed, had been destroyed by nuclear explosions at this time, the country was in chaos, and no one cared about these Japanese soldiers who were running rampant with flags. So the leader of this Japanese unit, Captain Edward Kobayashi, took the opportunity to recruit Japanese compatriots in the state, as well as Chinese immigrants who were also hostile and discriminated after the declaration of war between China and the United States, and even secretly formed an offensive and defensive alliance with nearby Indian tribes .
At the same time, because the entire Washington State government and legislative team were in heaven, and the Soviet atomic bombs were still falling one after another, the response of the white authorities in Washington State was surprisingly slow. It was not until two months later that a 700-strong National Guard was ordered to attack these Japanese rebels. As a result, they were easily defeated by Captain Edward Kobayashi, who had many soldiers. Next, after several battles with the militia and police, Captain Edward Kobayashi won many battles. In early June 1949, he even invaded Tacoma, the largest existing city in Washington State, and sent a telegram to The new Japanese government and the Japanese military base camp asked for help, begging the motherland to help these overseas wanderers and send reinforcements to rescue them back to the motherland.
After receiving the telegram, the upper echelons of the new Japanese government were very conflicted about these Japanese immigrants who actively requested to return to their homeland, because according to traditional habits, they no longer regarded these Japanese with roots overseas as their true compatriots. I think there is no obligation to them. However, after so many years of devastating wars, Japan's domestic population has been reduced to half, and the labor force is extremely scarce. Whether it is the Japanese archipelago that is in need of development, or the vast and sparsely populated new territories of Southeast Asia and Australia, They all urgently need their own population for development and consolidation... If we can get these tens of thousands of Japanese immigrants from North America back, it will be a good supplement - Japan is really short of people today!
Then, the "military star" Lieutenant General Tsuji Masanobu, who became famous because he commanded the "Obehazama Counterattack", captured former US Army General and current US President MacArthur alive, and put him in an iron cage and paraded him through the streets, has been around since Australia After the battle, I had nothing to do, so I jumped out immediately after hearing the news. Later, he happily and actively agreed to send troops, and took the initiative to request to lead the expedition to the United States. For this reason, he did not hesitate to risk being trapped in a tight siege and suffering nuclear radiation, so as to gain more limelight and gain more achievements before the end of the war. The last general retired to join politics...
As a result, the new Japanese government weighed it again and again, and finally reluctantly agreed to Lieutenant General Tsuji Masanobu's expedition plan to the Americas, but only allocated him two severely understaffed infantry brigades, which were transported by a landing ship and a merchant ship. Port of Tacoma, Puget Sound, Washington. Then, the landing ships and merchant ships unloaded Lieutenant General Tsuji Masanobu's expeditionary force, loaded it with Japanese immigrants who wanted to return to Japan, and then brought more fleets back and forth across the Pacific over and over again, preparing Transport tens of thousands of Japanese Americans from Washington State and a small number of other Asians willing to follow back to Asia within this year...
After Lieutenant General Tsuji Masanobu landed ashore, he immediately recruited the Japanese soldiers under Edward Kobayashi. He counted the heads and found that the total strength was less than one brigade. Coupled with the two brigades he brought, there were a total of three missing infantry brigades... I suddenly felt a chill, there was nothing that could be done with such a small amount of troops! Although before actually rushing to North America, Lieutenant General Tsuji Masanobu had many times imagined the pleasant scene of drinking from the Potomac River and taking photos in front of the White House and the Lincoln Memorial... However, although he has now set foot on the North The land of America, but there is still a distance between it and the White House. Thousands of kilometers away, and the troops on hand are so pitiful that they dare not leave the coastline fifty kilometers away. It seems that they can only stay in this port city and wait for the end of this war, or until " The task of "evacuating overseas Chinese" was completed, and the base camp ordered the withdrawal of troops.
Fortunately, although he has only a few soldiers, the resistance of the Yankees is also very weak. So far, no trace of the U.S. regular army has been seen, and the U.S. Pacific Fleet seems to have collapsed on its own. The food needed by thousands of troops, You can also scavenge it locally in Washington state, which is more than enough.
The problem is, in this case, I have hardly fought in North America. It is far inferior to the "Siberian Intervention Army" (Japan participated in the intervention of the Russian Red and White Civil War) back then. I don't know how to comment on the merits after returning. , whether he is qualified to be a general... Although he has long decided to retire after the war and join politics, the social value of retired lieutenant general and retired general is very different...
Alas, world war! This is an opportunity that many soldiers in peacetime have never looked forward to in their entire lives. Not only was I lucky enough to meet it, but I was even more lucky to be on the side of the real winner. If I still couldn't become a general in the end, That would be such a pity!
Lieutenant General Tsuji Masanobu, who was suddenly depressed, muttered this while reaching out and turning on the bulky tube radio in the corner, trying to see if he could hear some news - the entire United States today is suffering from frequent nuclear bombs. Explosions, the electromagnetic environment is chaotic, not to mention radios, even wireless telegraphs are intermittent and often encounter interference, so radios have become decorations, and whether they can receive signals depends entirely on luck.
Fortunately, Lieutenant General Tsuji Masanobu was lucky this time and quickly successfully tuned the tube radio to sound. Moreover, next, he heard an unexpected piece of news from the vague English broadcast:
"...A mutiny broke out in Washington yesterday. President MacArthur accepted the petition of the coup army and announced unconditional surrender by telegraph..."
In an instant, Lieutenant General Tsuji Masanobu was caught off guard and was stunned.
"...unconditional surrender...this war...is it really going to end?" At this moment, he suddenly felt the urge to burst into tears, and also felt a sense of emptiness, and a thousand thoughts deep in his heart, All kinds of thoughts were intertwined, and finally I had mixed feelings, which turned into a long sigh, "...It's finally over!!!"