Chapter 261: At Stake (Second Shift, Ask for a Monthly Pass!)
The war began to spread around the world, Europe, Asia, the Americas and even Africa were hit indiscriminately, and in less than a few hours, all countries around the world suffered heavy losses, especially after Russia's nuclear weapons were directly attacked by the other side's own cities, the Gaia civilization occupied the absolute initiative in the war in a comprehensive and sometimes overwhelming way in technology.
But this is only the beginning of the war, and more brutal wars are yet to come. After dealing with the missiles and aircraft of various countries, the fleet group organized by the small flying boats of the Gaia civilization completely achieved air supremacy, and the real landing and launch began.
The hatch under the hull opened, and one after another ultra-small shuttles similar to human planes flew out from under the ship, piloting the shuttles mostly by mechists, only some of them were real Gaians, and these shuttles landed directly on the ground, and then formed a Meqì army commanded by the Gaians to begin the actual occupation of the ground. The ground forces, which had been prepared for a long time, quickly made contact with the other side, tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, rocket artillery...... Conventional weapons were used one by one, but after a bombardment, it was found that they could not inflict any substantive blow on the opponent at all, on the contrary, the small spacecraft in the air heard the news at the same time, and the ground troops that had lost air supremacy had no ability to resist at all, and were scattered by the opponent in an instant.
In just a few hours, several major cities in Europe fell one after another, and even several major cities in the eastern United States were occupied, hundreds of thousands of American troops armed to the teeth were defeated and retreated, and even many command headquarters were directly destroyed by the opponent's air power before they could play a role.
After 12 hours, some of the small states had completely lost control of their armies, and the machine Qì troops of the Gaian civilization were unharmed by artillery fire, not to mention ordinary bullets. Faced with such an opponent who could not be defeated at all, panic began to spread in the army. Many of the troops were on the verge of collapse, and it was at this time that the Gaian civilization issued another surrender notice, and this time the surrender announcement was almost the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the countries with huge losses finally began to surrender.
The first to surrender were Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, Spain, and Portugal in Europe, Sudan, Nigeria, and Morocco in Africa, and Thailand, Burma, Singapore, Brunei, Kuwait, Jordan, Yemen, and Oman in Asia. Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Suriname, ...... in South America.
These countries are basically small in terms of territory, or small populations, and weak military strength, and simply cannot afford such huge losses. After a small number of their troops were directly destroyed and scattered, they had basically lost the ability to defend their homeland, and had no choice but to surrender in the face of an opponent who was simply unable to resist.
Twenty-four hours later, the number of surrendered countries had increased to more than 40, which was more than one-sixth of the global total. And this number is still rising, and by the time 30 hours later, more than 50 countries have surrendered, and only some of the countries that continue to resist are large countries with large land areas, large populations, and relatively strong military forces.
But who would have thought that when the time passed to 38 hours, it would be the first international power. The United Earth itself and one of the permanent members of the UN Security Council has renounced resistance. The native power of Britain, which is a native island country, is actually not strong, under the constant blows of the Gaians. The troops stationed in the homeland soon inflicted great losses, although the British resisted, but in the end they could not stop the Gaia force sweep, and finally the government that remained in the United Kingdom issued an order to abandon resistance, and the British royal family, which had already fled to Canada, although claimed that they would never surrender, but everyone knew that with the fall of the homeland. The empire on which the sun never sets has come to an end.
After 65 hours, Russia, Germany, and France were excluded in Europe, China, India, and Saudi Arabia in Asia, the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Chile in the Americas, and South Africa in Africa. Dozens of countries such as Australia in Australia are still resisting, and the rest of the countries, including Japan, have laid down their arms one by one and announced their surrender.
At this moment, the vast majority of countries on the earth have accepted their fate, and the remaining countries that are still resisting are all some big countries or countries with vast territories and room for maneuver, or small countries like Nepal, which are hidden in the mountains and have no strength at all.
But even so, the power of the Gaia civilization continued to advance at an unstoppable speed, encroaching on the territory of these resisting countries. For example, the U.S. government has completely abandoned a large area of the east that was attacked at the beginning, and even the capital Washington was occupied an hour ago, struggling to support the defense of the central region, but even so, under the all-round attack of the Gaia civilization, its defense area has been largely divided and has lost its unified command.
Paradise Ranch, Area 51, the most classified area in the United States, is currently the headquarters of the American Resistance in the West.
Gallian. Smith, as the former superintendent here, was of course familiar with every part of Area 51, and he was now the central figure of the entire command.
"Bad news, sir!"
A voice suddenly sounded behind him, Galen. Smith looked back, and the person who spoke was a three-star lieutenant general who had arrived in a hurry. Smith is no longer the small director he used to be, with the success of the Zeus program over the years, he has almost risen to prominence, coupled with the establishment of the Earth Alliance, as the representative of the U.S. government in the Earth Alliance, Galen. Smith became a senior official in the U.S. Department of Defense a year ago, and with a little luck, he might even become secretary of defense in the next administration.
The term sir is Galen. What Smith had always looked forward to, just as he had faced Raymond. Anthony was the same, and now he had finally received the title of "sir" from a lieutenant general, but now he was not the slightest happy in his heart.
"What's the news?" Gallian. Smith asked with a blushing face, it had been bad news for the past few days, and the constant bad news had almost numbed him, but even then he still didn't want to hear any more bad news.
"Mr. President, I just received the news that Mr. President has been killed......." The general whispered in a mournful voice, and he told Sù Galen. Mr. Smith, who had arrived in Area 51 half an hour earlier, was hit by an aerial strike by the Gaians on the road, and Mr. President's armored convoy was wiped out, and only a few people escaped for their lives, and Mr. President, along with several of his senior officers and staff, were killed.
This bad news made Galen. Smith's body shook a little, and the president and several high-ranking officials were all killed, which was simply too bad news to be bad. For the sake of safety, the White House's Air Force One special plane has long been unable to take off, and the president deliberately chose an armored vehicle when they fled.
"What about the vice president? Where is the vice president now? Haven't you reached him yet? "Galen. Smith struggled to calm himself down.
The general shook his head, it has been more than three hours since the vice president lost contact, and I am afraid that it is also more auspicious. According to US law, once the president has an accident, the vice president will replace the president to exercise power, but this situation has never happened before, and the death of all the senior officials who followed the president means that the entire US government has lost its core figure, and now the highest-ranking government personnel are probably only the assistant secretary of defense who is a secret agent standing in front of him. (To be continued......)