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Although it was a little late, the 4th Infantry Division advanced steadily, which finally relieved Robert. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

To Robot's relief, even if he didn't destroy many enemies, he saved a lot of civilians. After talking to Sternberg, Robert knew that there was only one factor that would determine the success or failure of the operation: the ability to save as many bound civilians as possible.

Sternberg has already begun the operation, allowing reporters to land in Manhattan with the Marines to report on the operation in real time.

After the 4th Infantry Division landed on Manhattan Island, reporters followed.

Within an hour, the National Guard had loaded tens of thousands of women and children into trucks to get them safely out of the burning island. Behind them, hundreds of thousands more civilians are pouring in. Fortunately, the U.S. military has already erected three boat bridges and two pontoon bridges, mobilized enough trucks, and even requisitioned some civilian vehicles. Some civilians also volunteered to act as drivers and participated in the evacuation.

Everything was going on in an orderly manner, and according to Robert's estimates, 200,000 civilians left Manhattan before dark.

It's just that at this time, Norris is not happy at all.

As soon as the Marines arrived at Turret Park, the U.S. military's environmental monitoring team discovered an anomaly in which a large amount of highly toxic solution was being discharged into New York Bay from a ditch near the Federal Reserve Bank. Although the U.S. military had blown up the underground pipe network, the attackers used blasting to blow up a trench in the ground. If no action is taken, these highly toxic solutions, which can contaminate the entire East Coast, will all enter New York Bay within hours.

The question is, how to act?

Dispatch of the Marine Corps?

Not to mention that Norris thinks it is not feasible, even the military is resolutely opposed, because the highly toxic solution has a strong corrosive surname, and ordinary protective clothing is useless at all. Sending the Marines over is tantamount to sending the officers and men of the Marines to death. Besides, there must have been quite a few enemies in ambush nearby.

Bombing?

Although the military came up with a plan, it was ultimately rejected by Norris because it was necessary to expand the bombing area, blow up all the buildings near the ditch, and block the ditch with rubble. There are a lot of problems with this. The first is that there is no way to determine whether there are civilians in those buildings, and it is difficult to avoid heavy civilian casualties in a large bombing. The second is that the bombing is likely to cause the attackers to expand the scope of their retaliation and even turn their guns on civilians. Finally, and most importantly, bombing cannot completely prevent the flow of highly toxic solutions into the Gulf.

While the U.S. military was looking for a solution, thousands of tons of highly toxic solution had been discharged into New York Bay.

The situation deteriorated rapidly, and by noon, Norris had to give a direct order for the Marines to withdraw all hovercraft and landing craft and use only helicopters to transport personnel. Norris then ordered the Marines to evacuate the civilians as soon as possible and abandon the landing ground in Turret Park.

By this time, the news had spread, and even reporters knew that New York Bay was heavily polluted.

The resulting panic quickly spread, and people along the New York Bay Coast desperately left their homes for safer interiors.

Fortunately, Norris had already approved the evacuation of civilians, and the U.S. military was prepared.

Without any preparation, the influx of civilians from Jersey City, Staten Island, Long Island and other places can have an incalculable impact on the US military.

At this time, Norris's first consideration was not how to prevent the highly toxic solution from entering New York Bay, but how to explain to the panicked people.

It was none other than the national security adviser who had always done his best to think of a solution for him.

Following Cologne's advice, Norris himself announced that this was the weapon of mass destruction that the attackers had been claiming to be capable of killing tens of millions of Americans.

After spreading in the New York Bay, the highly toxic solution will flow into the Gulf Stream passing through the east coast of the United States, and then head north, contaminating the northeastern coast of the United States, eastern Canada, and the entire North Atlantic, and even affecting the United Kingdom on the other side of the Atlantic. Although the venom will be diluted by the seawater after entering the ocean, and eventually it will not be fatal, the disaster caused by the East Coast of the United States is still incalculable.

In addition to directing the anger of the people to the enemy, Norris did so with one other purpose: to cover up the looting of the Federal Reserve Bank's underground vaults.

You know, until this time, not many people knew that the real purpose of the attackers was those gold.

Although some news media, especially some large radio and television stations, have reported that the fierce battle between the US military and the attackers in Lower Manhattan and around the Federal Reserve Bank is related to the gold bars stored in the underground vault, and some media even believe that the attackers have stolen the gold bars, but before the US authorities issued a statement, no one thought that the attackers had succeeded, after all, it was not easy to transport 10,000 tons of gold.

It is undeniable that no matter how much effort Norris tries to cover up the truth, he cannot change the facts.

It won't be long before the whole world will know that the United States has suffered the greatest loss since the founding of the country, and tens of thousands of tons of gold as a strategic reserve have disappeared.

It's just that before that, Norris had to do it.

As the world's only superpower, the United States has lost face by being attacked on its homeland, and most importantly, in the most important places. Some of the big powers that have the ability to confront the United States, and even some of the allies of the United States, are watching the joke and waiting for the United States to come out of the way. If this news breaks out at this time, it will only increase the complexity of the situation, make the situation more out of control, and ultimately have an impact on the combat operations of the US military.

If you count the Republican Party, which has been trying to pull Norris down, he has to block the news.

At least don't let the news slip through until you get back to Manhattan and destroy all the enemies.

The discharge of the toxic solution into New York Bay as a mass casualty by the attackers was enough to divert attention from what was happening at the Federal Reserve Bank for the time being.

After the news was released, the burden fell on Congress as to whether the United States should launch a large-scale retaliatory action.

It's just that it's not a priority.

As more and more people become aware that the attackers are dumping tens of thousands of tons of highly toxic solution into the ocean, Norris, as president, must prevent the catastrophe from happening.

The first thing Norris did was to order the Air Force and Air Force Chinese National Guard to dispatch all forces to spray special solvents that could synthesize highly toxic solutions into New York Bay.

The problem is that the stock of this specialty solvent is very limited, and there are only a few dozen tons in the entire United States.

In order to synthesize 20,000 tons of highly toxic volume, at least tens of thousands of tons of special solvents are needed, and it will take at least several years to produce so many solvents.

The United States can't afford to wait, and neither can Norris.

There is only one way to defuse the crisis, and that is to stop the remaining toxic solution from flowing into New York Bay.

The problem was that none of Norris's staff had come up with a workable solution.

When Norris was at a loss, an Air Force technical officer came up with a solution: burn all the highly toxic solvents.

No matter what the substance is, as long as the temperature is high enough, it can melt and oxidize.

Because there was no other way around, Norris immediately approved the proposal, but demanded that the Air Force have a sufficiently reliable basis before taking action.

The experiment was completed quickly, and only a high temperature of 2,000 degrees Celsius was required to decompose the highly toxic solvent into a harmless substance.

It is not difficult to create a high temperature of 2,000 degrees Celsius, and a high-temperature incendiary bomb filled with aluminum powder and oxidizer can produce a high temperature of 2,500 degrees Celsius near the explosion point and continue to burn for tens of seconds. Therefore, as long as there are enough incendiary bombs, all the solvent can be burned.

The problem is that there are huge risks associated with doing so.

First of all, it will have an impact on the surrounding buildings, which is not as large as a large-scale bombardment, but it is likely to cause a large number of civilian casualties. The second is that burning pollutes the atmosphere, of course, 10,000 times better than polluting the oceans and eventually turning the entire East Coast into a no-man's land. Finally, the high temperature will simultaneously burn the gold dissolved in the solvent, causing it to enter the atmosphere and be dispersed around the world.

The first two questions are good to say, before the bombing, arrange for the special forces of the Marine Corps to go to the bombing site to investigate the situation and evacuate civilians out of the bombing range as much as possible. As for the air pollution caused, after entering the atmosphere, it will inevitably spread rapidly and will not lead to serious consequences.

The biggest headache for Norris was the last effect.

Although the melting point of gold is 1,064 degrees Celsius and the boiling point is 2,808 degrees Celsius, which is higher than the 2,500 degrees Celsius produced by incendiary bombs, gold in solution is in an atomic state and will volatilize at 400 degrees Celsius. Even if it can be re-solidified during the evaporation process, it will rise with the hot air current, and eventually fall in the form of very small particles, returning to the surface with rain, etc.

Eventually, the gold will return to nature in its entirety, and the vast majority will end up in the Atlantic.

It is simply impossible to recover this gold.

In other words, doing so would result in the loss of all of the gold in the United States' strategic reserves.

To Norris's annoyance, no one could accurately tell how much gold had been "blown up", and therefore whether the attackers had stolen some of it.

It was a very difficult decision for Norris.

If there was another way, he would never have made this choice.

Unfortunately, there is no other way to completely stop the highly toxic solution from entering the New York Bay. If the entire East Coast were to be contaminated by destruction and render uninhabitable for decades, the resulting losses would be far more than 10,000 tonnes of gold, which cannot even be measured in monetary terms.

The lesser of two evils, Norris has no choice.

Shortly after 14 p.m., Norris approved the Air Force's proposed bombing operation, with 12 B-2A, 36 B-1B, and 24 B-52H bombers loaded with special incendiary bombs taking off from the airfield and assembling over eastern Pennsylvania.

When the bombers took off, the Marine Corps' special scouts also set off from the turret park.

They will evacuate civilians within the area of effect before the bombing begins, and will direct the bombers to ensure that all incendiary bombs fall on target.

(To be continued)