Chapter 266: A Huge Loss
From the early morning to the present, Ulysses has answered countless phone calls and held countless video conferences, major powerful media in the United States, Congress, Department of Defense, leaders of state capitals, counties and cities under the jurisdiction of the United States, the US Secretary of State, international human rights organizations, the United Nations, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea and other countries
And so on and so forth.
Ulysses was even talking on the phone while eating.
Nonstop.
It was almost the busiest day Ulysses has had since he was elected president of the United States.
Now Ulysses's presidential status is unstable, internal and external troubles, and his prestige has fallen to the bottom, many American dignitaries who were originally very close to Ulysses are dissociating themselves from him intentionally or unintentionally, but in the case of chaos, everyone still reports to the president as soon as possible, after all, Ulysses is still sitting in this position, reporting is essential, and once he acts according to his orders, no matter what the final result is, at least the biggest black pot will still be stared at by Ulysses.
Both at home and abroad have their own thoughts.
President Ulysses' grip on the United States and the international situation has reached its lowest ebb.
The chaos naturally refers to the massacre of Chinese throughout the country.
At this time, the outbreak time has been nearly ten hours, and at this moment it has completely spread all over the world, and the headlines of the media in major countries in the world are almost occupied by this news.
Slaughter!
It's hard to believe that this is a word that comes up in times of peace.
The Shenzhou Empire has changed its usual weak diplomatic posture and made a tough statement, demanding that the United States must give a clear explanation on this matter.
Lin Qingtian, the supreme head of the Shenzhou Empire, had even gone into battle in person.
Then the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Military Affairs of the Shenzhou Empire also expressed their attitudes, directly expressing their determination to fight at any cost.
The U.S. side has been silent since the first time it demanded that the Shenzhou Empire hand over the terrorists, and it was cold and almost impersonal.
On this day, most of the number of Chinese Americans evaporated, and the massacre of Chinese continued, but because the targets were greatly reduced, the momentum of the massacre began to gradually decrease.
Ulysses's work today basically revolves around this matter, first dealing with the Shenzhou Empire toughly, and then receiving a phone call from an international human rights organization to protest, followed by a warning from the United Nations, and a phone call from the heads of state of many countries in Europe, Asia, etc., some people have ambiguous attitudes, and some people are cautiously probing, which is really their own plans, but no matter what, all countries reveal an attitude, that is, they do not want war.
war
Sitting in his office, Ulysses was a little distracted, why did he want war to happen?
In the past half century, the United States has either stood in the foreground or hidden behind the scenes to provoke several wars, but those are all of them with huge profits, less time-consuming, low losses, and great results, that is, to put it bluntly, military operations used to plunder resources.
But the Shenzhou Empire is different.
Twenty years ago, it was only a huge empire of developing countries, and now it has entered the ranks of developed countries, with stable development, both economically and militarily expanding rapidly, Ulysses's attitude towards the Shenzhou Empire has inherited the ideas of the previous predecessors, quietly suppressing, crowding out, and finding something to do for the Shenzhou Empire when he feels that he needs to be beaten, the Treasure Island Incident, Diaoyu Island, Scarborough Shoal Island, South China Sea disputes, border conflicts, in Asia, the United States has too many chess pieces in its hands to use, although it can't contain the big dragon of the Shenzhou Empire, but at least it can play a good role in diversion.
But in recent years, Ulysses has clearly felt that it has become more and more difficult to suppress the Shenzhou Empire with these chess pieces in his hands, and the toughness of the Shenzhou Empire is being exposed little by little, imperceptibly and quietly, and now this conflict in the dark world seems to have become a fuse.
Is the Divine Empire unable to bear it, or does it think that the time is ripe?
Ulysses didn't want to go to war with the Divine Empire, to go to war with a super-developed country without any interests, just to fight for a breath, it was simply a battle of will, but now it seems that the situation has gradually begun to get out of his control.
The poisoning of New York University, the siege of Los Angeles, and the invasion of the Morin base in New York
Behind all these events is the initiative of the Shenzhou Empire.
This time, the other side seems to have made it clear that it does not intend to continue to make concessions, and if the United States wants to avoid war, it must come up with sufficient benefits.
What makes Ulysses even more headache is the ambiguous attitude of various countries, wars are changeable, once the conflict between the two countries breaks out, for Ulysses, in fact, no country can be relied on, a more powerful Shenzhou Empire may not be in their interests, but an unwavering status of the United States is also not what they want to see.
If a conflict breaks out between the two countries, it will be almost everywhere for other countries, and it will be an opportunity to reshuffle the international stage.
Casually putting the cigar in his hand in the ashtray, Ulysses picked up the phone and dialed a number, and after the other party connected, he said calmly: "Joseph, come to my office to find me." ”
He hung up the phone, closed his eyes, and waited in silence.
Five minutes later, Vice President Joseph pushed open the door to the president's office and walked in, his eyes flickering.
"Joseph, what's going on in Los Angeles?"
Ulysses didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly, after the death of the former US Secretary of Defense New Dellake, Vice President Joseph was pushed to the front by Ulysses, temporarily with full authority to handle all the affairs of the Pentagon, and was regarded as a temporary secretary of defense.
As the top commander of the U.S. military, Joseph has ample sources on multiple battlefields in the United States.
Joseph was silent and did not speak for a moment.
Obviously, if there was really clear news, Vice President Joseph, who was a confidant of Ulysses, would have come to report it a long time ago.
"It's still a stalemate. ”
After a moment of silence, Joseph said with difficulty: "I looked at the satellite map five minutes ago, and the entire eastern part of the San Gabriel Valley has been destroyed, and there are still four people on the other side, but they are very tenacious and still on the run, and we have lost more than five thousand troops in Los Angeles, Mr. President, can you imagine what it is?" There are corpses everywhere, the blood has almost stained the eastern part of the San Gabriel Valley red, although there are only four people left on the other side, but they still have a very strong fighting power, they have not given up, they are still resisting, twenty-five people, twenty-one people were killed in less than ten hours, but in exchange for the casualties of more than five thousand of our soldiers, not counting some civilians, these people are complete butchers, madmen!"
Ulysses' eyelids jumped.
Five thousand people, it may not be too much to say, but if you really face it, the number of people can be said to be boundless, and the loss of half a division still hasn't cleaned up a small team on the other side, if it is Lin Xuanyuan, he can completely accept this ending, that is, Lin Xuanyuan's status alone is also worthy of the loss now, but now in Los Angeles is just a little-known figure.
Xuanyuan dust?
Before today, Ulysses had never heard of the name at all.
Losing a large number of troops under such circumstances, the gap in Ulysses's heart was suddenly infinitely widened.
"Can the person who provided the information still be contacted?"
Ulysses asked.
The intelligence provider who most likely betrayed the Shenzhou Empire gave them the location of Xuanyuan Qingchen and the others, and other than that, there was no more news.
"If we can't get in touch, even if the other party is treasonous, they won't let us catch it. ”
Joseph shook his head.
"Increase the troops! At all costs, kill Xuanyuan Qingchen, and without expanding the losses, you can consider capturing the other party alive, but the losses cannot continue to expand!"
Ulysses said through gritted teeth, looking fierce.
Joseph nodded, silently noted, he originally wanted to persuade Ulysses to use a large number of special forces in Washington, but endured, but did not speak, whether this special force in the capital is used or not, it will not be of much help to the situation in Los Angeles, from here to Los Angeles, the fastest time to reach Los Angeles is a few hours, at that time, the war may have already ended.
"How's things going at NYU?"
Ulysses took a deep breath and continued.
"There are more than 1,100 poisoned students, the body is highly poisonous, but the weight is relatively light, now thirty-two people have died, the rest have been controlled, news from New York, because the poisoning is relatively light, you can try to rescue, I am afraid that this matter will not have news until tomorrow. ”
Joseph's tone was quick.
Ulysses nodded, picked up the cigar in the ashtray again and took a hard puff: "Analyze the highly toxic ingredients, this toxin is not simple, see if there is any possibility of replication, and count the nationality of the deceased students, contact the embassy of the corresponding nationality, and try to compensate, this matter will be handed over to the Secretary of State in a while." ”
Joseph nodded silently, there were so many things happening in one day today, the chaos in the United States was almost hopeless, and his brain was a little insufficient.
"Bang!"
As soon as Ulysses was about to speak, the door of the office was directly slammed open, and a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Defense rushed directly into the president's office, and said in a panicked tone: "President, Lieutenant General Kathrot"
"What's wrong with Kathrot?!"
Ulysses's heart sank, the legendary general Kasrot was a military lieutenant general he valued very much, although he was not a confidant, but the relationship between the two had always been very close, knowing that he was going to pursue Lin Xuanyuan, Ulysses was a little uneasy, and now, is it finally going to come out?
"Lieutenant General Kasrot is dead. ”
The senior official of the Ministry of Defense gasped and said in a dry tone.
"Dead"
Ulysses felt a pain in his heart, but he didn't feel surprised, he took a not luxurious army to chase Lin Xuanyuan, and it was too normal to be killed.
He slowly sat back in his chair, stunned.
Joseph's cell phone rings.
The vice president, whose mind was getting more and more confused, groaned weakly in his heart and took out the phone to connect.
Another piece of news came straight over, like a bolt from the blue.
Joseph shook, staggered, and slammed his grip on the president's desk, but his face was no longer bloody.
"Bastards, butchers, devils, these heel deserving of hell"
He held the phone and kept muttering to himself, like a psychopath.
"What's wrong?"
Ulysses frowned, and just looking at Joseph's expression, he knew that it was probably bad news again.
He took a deep breath and was mentally prepared.
"President, San Francisco and San Francisco have just heard the news that the Myers Arms Research Institute has been raided, and everyone in the institute has been wiped out."
Joseph said in a somewhat dejected voice.
"Annihilation? How is it possible? How many attackers are there?"
"Nothing is impossible. ”
In the face of the president's questioning, Joseph replied in a stiff and mechanical tone as if sleepwalking: "They blew up the Myers Arms Research Institute, and now the Borat Industrial Zone, where the Institute is located, is completely in ruins, and the bones of more than 56,000 employees in the industrial zone are gone!"
He closed his eyes in pain, his body shaking violently, half angry, half terrified.
More than 50,000 people!!
Ulysses shook his body and slammed into his chair, his eyes red for a moment.
The senior officials of the Ministry of Defense were directly stupefied.
New York University was poisoned, the Maureen base was attacked, Kasrot was killed, Los Angeles was encircled, and San Francisco was bombed
Everything one after the other.
The war between the United States and the Shenzhou Empire has not yet begun, and the prelude has already caused complete chaos and heavy losses to the United States.
Ulysses kept taking deep breaths and gasping for five minutes, but he still couldn't suppress the trembling caused by anger, he trembled and stretched out his hand, slammed it on the table, gritted his teeth, and said: "Order the Delta Force to go to San Francisco immediately, the 75th Ranger Regiment to rush to New York, and the entire Marine Corps to set up defensive lines in all major cities in the United States, Joseph, do it immediately, immediately!"
"Understood!"
Joseph was a clever man, and finally came to his senses at the roar of Ulysses.
"Also, make an appointment with Adolf, I'll wait for him here. ”
"Okay. ”
Joseph nodded.
Ulysses, who was trying his best to calm his emotions, no longer trembled, but his tone became more and more cold: "In addition, inform the Secretary of State that in fifteen minutes, I will have a video conversation with Lin Qingtian, the supreme head of the Divine Empire!!"
At this moment, under the huge loss, the supreme leader of the world's largest power is finally mentally prepared to completely tear his face.