Chapter 157, The Last Gunshot (Part 1)
Time is like an elusive stream. At the upper end of the stream that we cannot see clearly, there is always a mean old man full of bad taste. He controls the gate of the dam wantonly; sorrow and melancholy The time has been extended indefinitely, but the happy and warm time is fleeting. Fortunately, the ruthlessness of time seems to be the same for everyone.
For the American people in 1949, the year they were bathed in the mushroom cloud of nuclear explosions seemed particularly unbearable and long.
——Of course, a considerable number of Americans did not survive to the end of this year, so it was not too long for them.
Beginning in late March, the Soviet ultra-long-range strategic bomber force's once-suspended strategic nuclear strikes against the United States began to launch again, and became more and more intense - as more and more Soviet Tu-100 "Flying Bear" supersonic jets The ultra-long-range intercontinental strategic bomber came off the production line, left the factory and entered service, and was quickly put into strategic bombing across the ocean by the Kremlin. At the peak of the nuclear attack on the United States this year, two hundred to three hundred Soviet atomic bombs were detonated across the Americas every day, and more than 90% of these atomic bombs landed in the United States... Due to nuclear The explosion frequency was too high, and the Soviet Union's original nuclear arsenal was quickly exhausted, so that it had to continue to step up the production of more atomic bombs...
On the other side, the people of the New World, especially the people of North America, are struggling in the scorching purgatory day after day, with infinite fear and despair, watching their familiar hometown slowly turn into ashes. Fallout Wasteland, especially Americans whose homes are located near densely populated major metropolitan areas, can see a mushroom cloud rising on the horizon in a certain direction almost every few days on average...if they are not dead yet.
After looking through the United States and Canada, there are almost only two cities left that are relatively safe (just not vulnerable to nuclear explosions). One of them is the Port of Tacoma, Washington, on the west coast, which was landed and occupied by the Japanese Expeditionary Force, and the other It is the capital of the United States of America, Washington on the East Coast...
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September 22, 1949, Washington, District of Columbia, capital of the United States
In the distant sky in the east, the low roar of jet engines suddenly came, and the shrill and shrill air raid sirens rang out in the empty streets of the federal capital. The few passers-by immediately rushed to find the nearest air-raid shelter and squeezed in.
Next, accompanied by the futile banging fire of ground anti-aircraft guns, a flying monster made by the evil Red Empire roared from an altitude far beyond the limit of the range of anti-aircraft guns, bringing the fruits of Soviet military industrial power to the skies above Washington. Ignoring the artillery fire on the ground, he proudly opened the magazine in his abdomen, releasing fifty kilograms, one hundred kilograms, and two hundred and fifty kilograms. Five kilograms and five hundred kilograms of aerial bombs were dropped, gradually growing from small black dots to larger ones, and finally more than twenty flames appeared on both sides of the Potomac River... In a moment, metal debris, charred corpses, vegetation, etc. The ashes, together with the smoke and scorched smell that seemed to come from hell, filled the dilapidated streets of Washington, making people sick to smell it...
——In order to retain the next target for negotiation in the radioactive wasteland once called the United States of America, the Soviet Union publicly promised from the beginning that it would not carry out a nuclear explosion on Washington, the federal capital, and indeed abided by the above promise. , so far no nuclear bomb has been detonated in the District of Columbia, where the capital is located. However, the Soviet Strategic Air Force's conventional bombing of urban Washington was still carried out from time to time... Hundreds of tons of aviation incendiary bombs and high-explosive bombs before and after bombed large areas of Washington into rubble, and also destroyed the federal government. The government was blown apart.
After finally waiting for the air raid to pass, under the rustling autumn wind and the blood-red sunset, a well-dressed old man emerged from the White House air raid shelter. Surrounded by several bodyguards, he staggered toward the courtyard... Although judging from his clothing and pomp, it seemed that It can be concluded that he should be a guy of noble status, but at this time, there is no trace of the arrogant and superior temperament in him at this time, let alone any arrogance.
He is the current president of the United States of America, Douglas MacArthur - the best graduate in the history of the United States Military Academy at West Point, a former five-star general and a marshal of the Philippines... But now he is just a man who has just become president and is forced to face the subjugation of his country. Unlucky man of fate.
All the high-spirited, arrogant and confident star halo of the past has long been wiped away from President MacArthur.
Now MacArthur is just a man who is dying of despair and fate, and is being exhausted and dragged towards the end of his destiny.
At this moment, although the Soviet planes had already departed, the suburbs of Washington, which had just finished bombing, were still filled with black smoke and billowing dust. A heavy bomb was also hit around the White House, blowing away only the flagpole in front of the door. A crater. Accompanied by his bodyguards, MacArthur walked to the crater, bent down, reached out and gently touched the still warm scorched earth, tears of unwillingness and humiliation flashed in his eyes...
Although he has dreamed of entering the White House one day and reaching the pinnacle of his life since many years ago. But MacArthur never thought that when his dream came true, his presidential career would be so desperate and humiliating, that he would be worse than death.
——From the first day he became president, the United States has been torn to pieces by successive nuclear explosions. He and his staff have worked hard to think of countermeasures, but in the end they have come to a conclusion other than despair. It seems that he, MacArthur, is He is destined to be the last president and be hanged on the gallows!
Then, as Soviet nuclear bombs fell like meteors frequently, starting in April, communications between the White House and local states and overseas garrisons began to be gradually cut off, and domestic transportation was completely paralyzed. By June, President MacArthur had issued orders not to leave the District of Columbia, and official documents and telegrams were gradually no longer being sent from various states and localities.
Next, even in this three-thirds of an acre of land in Washington, the capital, not many people are willing to listen to what he, the president, has to say.
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PS: The economy is so bad these days. The British Navy will no longer install missiles on warships from next year, and will only use artillery for combat, returning to the era of big ships and huge guns. The British Army was also reduced to a pitiful 50,000 men. Despite this, Britain's military expenditure last year was still as high as 56.2 billion US dollars, ranking fifth in the world, second only to Russia, which has been engaged in endless wars for years. This level of corruption and waste... It seems that the British Ministry of Defense really needs to be rectified. Then, electricity prices in Taiwan, which uses love to generate electricity, soared threefold. As expected, it was full of human touch and made the whole island wail. Electricity has become so expensive all of a sudden. This is just for the service industry. At most, the lights should be dimmed. How can factories, which are large power consumers, operate?
It feels like the whole world likes to launch surprise attacks recently, such as India's demonetization, Taiwan's introduction of irradiated food and the increase in electricity prices...