Chapter 337: Heavy Losses
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It was already nine o'clock in the evening.
The weather in Washington is humid and muggy, and the fall of night does not bring any coolness to the capital city, but rather makes people feel unusually depressing.
The Meteorological Observatory has released a message that it is expected to be heavy rain for seven days. It's about to start tonight
The middle of October is close to November, and this is the last rainy season in the United States to turn into a cold period.
Most of the lights in the White House had been extinguished, and in the darkness of the night, it was solemn and gloomy.
In the president's office, the lights were bright, and Ulysses stood in front of the window, looking at the bustling lights outside the window, squinting, and his eyes flashed with thought.
For him, the future plan is very clear.
Embrace the war, work with Atlas, and then, emerge victorious, taking the United States to even greater heights.
This is the path he planned, and it is no longer immutable.
Ulysses was calm.
After many days of torment, the pressure brought by the royal family and the Shenzhou Empire seems to have begun to decrease after agreeing to Atlas's conditions.
Lin Xuanyuan's frenzied killing brought the whole United States to an extremely passive point, but the United States could not stop it at all, this era is the era of the withering of American masters, since the declaration of independence, the United States does not seem to have been so passive, this is the shame of the United States, but also the shame of Ulysses.
But all this seems to be in the past now.
Atlas is about to go all out, Atlas's patriarch Al Lahn, Adolf, Cato, nine X-level masters.
Such a luxurious lineup has completely made up for the shortcomings of the American masters.
For the first time since the conflict with the Divine Empire, Ulysses was in such a optimistic mood.
From the perspective of the United States, the biggest headache for the United States today is that it is difficult to effectively target the X-level masters and earth-shaking masters of the Imperial Family and the Shenzhou Empire.
Competing for military strength, such a war, the United States, as the world's largest power, can be described as full of confidence!
The lights outside the window are still shining.
Ulysses narrowed his eyes and took a deep breath, a scorching intent flashing in his eyes.
There was a sudden knock on the door.
"Please come in. β
Ulysses said slowly, his tone majestic and quiet.
The office door opened, and Joseph, who looked a little tired, walked in with a paperwork.
"Still not resting?"
Joseph asked, handing Ulysses a cigarette and sitting on the couch.
"And so on. β
Ulysses smiled: "At this time, Josh should be coming over soon, there are some things, it is best to finish talking about it tonight." β
Josh Morgan.
Only the patriarch of the Morgan family, the president of the Skull and Bones Society, is worthy of the silent waiting of the president of the United States alone in his office.
Joseph was silent for a moment and shook his head: "You want to use the financial resources of the Skull and Bones Society to incite public opinion and make it easier for the patriarch of Atlas to become a military marshal? With the help of public opinion, a good plan, but have you really decided?"
"Do you have anything else in mind?"
Ulysses asked in some surprise, let Atlas's patriarch be the only five-star general in the United States today, although Ulysses made up his mind, but it was Joseph who first proposed it, but now listening to the other party's words, he regretted it a little, and Ulysses was also a little surprised.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Joseph seriously, and said lightly, "Do you regret it?"
"Nope. β
Joseph shook his head with a wry smile, looking a little distressed: "I don't mean anything else, but I always feel that this matter is very strange, we have no choice but to agree to their conditions now, this is the reality, this matter, I agree." But inwardly, I was a little reluctant. β
Ulysiston fell silent.
He naturally understands Joseph's tangled mood, in fact, his mood is exactly the same as Joseph's, everyone understands that it is definitely not a good thing to let Atlas's patriarch sit in the position of a five-star general, the patriarch who has never met is not an American soldier, he only relies on strength to sit in that position, naturally he can't talk about any loyalty to the United States, he only has ambitions, putting a careerist in such a sensitive and important position, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is drinking to quench thirst, but now, there is really no other choice, a Lin Xuanyuan tossed the United States into what it is nowγ
What will happen to the emperor in the future?
Ye Liuli, Huangfu Lingxi, Li Xiangsi, Wang Jianghu, Twins, Taurus, Archer, Law Enforcement Team, Archon, War Puppet...
Plus the Shenzhou Guardian of the Shenzhou Empire.
As soon as I think about it, Ulysses has a tingling scalp.
If Atlas refuses to help, with the current special forces of the United States, it will not be able to stop such a luxurious lineup.
There are only two options to resist these people, the first is to prevent them from entering the United States.
This is almost impossible unless the United States blocks all access to and from the country and clears all smuggling roads.
The second is to put all these people in, and then really do whatever it takes, as long as the whereabouts of these people are discovered, then no matter where they are, directly bombard them.
With the strong military strength of the United States, it is not difficult to use high-tech equipment to kill these world-shaking masters, but if such an act is really done, it is very likely to destroy several cities in the United States, and what is the difference between such a result and the defeat of the war?
As for sending a large army to encircle and suppress it, it is not impossible, but it is necessary to completely lock down the whereabouts of the other party first.
And once the masters of the Imperial Family and the Shenzhou Empire are exhausted, if the elite enters and exits, it will be a super elite force of thousands of people.
Not to mention those X-level masters and world-shaking supremes, just thousands of super elite troops are enough to make the US military miserable.
A super elite group of five people, thousands of people, is more than 200 teams.
When these super elite troops can easily appear on the battlefield in a formation with one enemy and one hundred, it is completely a killing machine, and the price paid to completely kill these people is also unbearable.
Only by cooperating with Atlas, soldier against soldier, general against general, king against king, this is the most reasonable way.
As for the future...
"It's okay, the situation is not as bad as you think, even if the five-star general rank is given to them, it won't change the overall situation. β
Ulysses said lightly.
"I hope so. β
Joseph's tone was a little low: "When will Josh arrive? It is definitely not an easy task to convince him, to convince the Skull Society. β
The corners of Ulysses' mouth twitched, and his expression was a little gloomy.
The relationship between the Skull and Bones Society and the U.S. government has always been very delicate, even if the U.S. president who came out of the Skull and Bones Society, it is impossible for the U.S. president to completely stand on the side of the government or the Skull and Bones Society, the Skull and Bones Society is the God of Wealth in the entire United States, they control the election with a huge amount of money, control countless congressmen, and let their will be unimpeded throughout the United States, but in the same way, they are also the objects of defense of the American authorities, this kind of cooperation and mutual calculation mixed together, can be said to be the most complex game in the world, but one thing is extremely obvious, that is, the U.S. government cannot order the Skull and Bones Society, and the Skull and Bones Society is difficult to completely manipulate the U.S. governmentγ
Therefore, Ulysses wants to convince the skeletons to contribute to the ascension of the Atlas patriarch, and the difficulty of this matter can be imagined.
As the real giant consortium in the United States, the Skull and Bones Society can be said to stand at the pinnacle of the United States, an organization that can even go toe-to-toe with the government, and now Ulysses wants to convince them to help someone who has nothing to do with them to reach the pinnacle of power in the United States.
To some extent, the rise of Atlas in the United States is tantamount to dividing the influence of the Skull and Bones in the United States.
This kind of thing, for the skeleton to readily agree, is almost impossible.
Negotiation.
Or still to negotiate.
Compromise, concessions.
There can only be compromise and concessions.
Ulysses felt a sense of grievance in his heart for no reason.
Asking Atlas to help, asking the skeletons to pay, now even in the face of the bunch of scum in Congress, he has to keep his voice down.
Where is this president?
It's simply a grandson!
"This is a war, and as a member of the United States, they have the right to help the United States get through this!"
Ulysses said coldly, in a violent tone, but with a hint of lack of confidence.
Joseph's lips moved, he originally said that he wanted to stay, but when he saw Ulysses's flickering eyes, he still didn't say anything.
"I'll go back first, if there's something to do, call at any time, and I'll come over right away. β
Joseph stood up and said.
He knew very well that the scene where Ulysses talked to Josh was definitely an embarrassing scene that Ulysses didn't want anyone to see.
Ulysses nodded, thanked him, walked back to his desk and sat down, glanced at the papers in Joseph's hand, and asked, "What is this?"
"This is..."
Joseph hesitated, originally wanting to hand it to Ulysses for him to see, but after thinking about it, he still spoke: "This is the document that Mondstadli just handed me over, the Ministry of Finance and the Bureau of Census jointly counted, I suggest you read it when you are in a better mood, you don't want to see this thing now, really." β
Mondley Matt.
The U.S. Treasury Secretary is one of the real core ministers.
No matter how difficult Ulysses' situation is now, Mondstadli is one of the henchmen who has always followed in Ulysses' footsteps.
Ulysses's face darkened a little, and he had already guessed what the document was in Joseph's hand.
"Let's talk about it. β
Ulysses suppressed the anger in his heart and said in a calm tone.
Joseph's expression was a little hesitant.
"How many people has the United States lost these days?"
Ulysses glanced at Joseph and asked.
Joseph smiled bitterly, took a deep breath, and said calmly: "In the past few days, not counting Philadelphia, which has not yet been counted, there are about 33,000 soldiers who have died, 15,000 in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, about 7,000, and the rest of the American troops have died in the process of the Chinese riots." β
33,000 U.S. troops!!
Ulysses' eyes were dark, although he had already prepared in his heart, this number was not far from expected, but after hearing the news with his own ears, Ulysses's chest was still a little blocked.
The entire U.S. military system is only a million U.S. troops.
In the past few days, more than 30,000 have been lost?!
And these losses, not all, are accompanied by monetary losses.
The pension after the sacrifice of the US military is one of the largest in the whole world, and the pension given by the government is about 250,000 US dollars for an average US soldier who dies, and the monthly allowance for the families of the sacrificed soldiers is about 1,000 US dollars.
These alone are already billions of dollars in prize money and tens of billions of dollars in losses.
"What about civilians?"
Ulysses asked in a deep voice.
"Civilians..."
The corners of Joseph's mouth twitched, and his eyes flashed with fear and anger: "About 160,000 civilians died, 30,000 in New York, 10,000 in Los Angeles, 50,000 in San Francisco, and others also died in the Chinese riots!"
"Military pensions, plus government subsidies for civilian deaths, and daily allowances, we will pay about $50 billion this time. β
"Bang!"
Unable to bear it any longer, Ulysses fell into a complete rage.
The desk in front of him was directly kicked over, and countless documents, computers, national flags, pens, and telephones all fell to the ground, and they were in a mess.
Ulysses's face was flushed with an abnormal flush, as if he had lost his mind, and he roared frantically: "These bastards! They all deserve to go to hell! They will regret it, they will regret it! I will make them pay! War, come on, the United States will win! Then the American army will kill all the civilians in Kyushu City, and the entire imperial family will sink into the sea! Bastard! Bastards!!
Joseph's face was expressionless.
Before reporting these figures, he had already anticipated the current scene.
There was a knock on the door.
The secretary, who heard the movement in the office, walked in hard, met Ulysses' almost cannibalistic gaze, and said in a dry voice: "President, Mr. Josh is about to arrive." β