Chapter 982: The Empire Has Fallen
After the fall of Portland, 2,000 Spectral Monsters poured in.
Stationed in Portland, there is an expanded unit of the armored division of the Chinese Army and a team of nearly 300 warrior volunteers.
The armored division is also a heavy armored division, with more than 17,000 people, equipped with 350 M1A1/A2 main battle tanks, more than 800 armored combat vehicles of various types, 44 AH-64 Apache helicopter gunships, 75 helicopters of various other types, and 72 155-mm self-propelled guns.
In addition, there are more than 100 warrior commandos under the jurisdiction of the division.
This firepower and combat power are theoretically enough to stop two thousand Spectreclaw Monsters.
In fact, the heavily armed force stationed in Portland had already killed at least five hundred Spectreclaw.
The Spectreclaw's attack momentum has been successfully contained.
But at this time, the Spectral Monsters that poured in from the direction of Eugene came around and flanked the Portland garrison.
The heavy artillery units, protected by only a small number of troops, were crushed at once.
Deprived of heavy fire protection, the Panzer Division could only retreat to the main entrances to the city.
Under the cover of helicopter gunships, the reorganized heavy armored division barely fended off the Spectre Claw monsters that surrounded them from all sides.
But at this time, something unexpected happened, and a group of Red Demon Dragons flew over from the sea.
Helicopter gunships had to rush over to deal with the Red Demon Dragon.
Due to the sheer number of Red Dragons, the helicopter strike group was extremely struggling to deal with it, and in this case, it would be difficult for the helicopter strike group to deal with the Spectreclaw on the ground.
And the ground forces, having lost air support, quickly compressed the defensive line.
A few sporadic ghostclaws quickly broke through the defense line and rushed into the Mi army's position.
A tragic hand-to-hand fight ensued.
Although the soldiers of the Mi Army behaved quite bravely, in front of the cold-blooded Ghost Claw Monsters, it was difficult for the assembled armored troops to be effective.
Faced with a flood of Spectreclaw monsters, the 4th Panzer Division had to face the difficult choice of either immediately withdrawing from Portland. Prevent being surrounded by complete divisions.
Either or take advantage of the fact that the Spectral Monster has not yet completed the encirclement, and immediately gather superior forces to withdraw from Portland.
The division commander, Brigadier General Cameson, finally chose to retreat.
Under the pressure of the Spectral Claw, they left behind hundreds of thousands of Portland's populaces and retreated inland, intending to forge a second line of defense two hundred kilometers later.
As soon as the Mi army retreated, the more than 200,000 people stranded in Portland instantly became a live target for the Ghost Claw Monster.
Of course, they also took some precautions in advance.
For example, they have already taken refuge in tall buildings or in basements. However, after entering the city, the Spectral Monster quickly searched for humans throughout the city.
Soon, the hiding places of the humans were accurately found one by one.
Some of the high-rise buildings were better, and the monsters didn't rush up due to the narrow corridors.
But some of the lower floors were forced to go up.
Others are hiding in basements, sewers, and bomb shelters, and a large number of them are too confident in the safe houses they have built.
As a result, many of the owner's basements were destroyed by the Ghostclaw, and those hiding in the basement were taken out of the basement alive and dismembered and eaten.
One tragedy after another occurred in downtown Portland.
Less than an hour after the withdrawal of the Mi army from Portland, the emergency phone numbers of the Portland City Police Department and various hospitals were directly blown up. Of course, it's useless to call.
Although the city of Portland maintained an emergency team of hundreds of people to perform government affairs in the bomb shelter, after the Talon broke into the city, the city government was directly paralyzed, and the mayor took the lead in evacuating with the military, leaving behind some SWAT officers and some hapless government officers.
According to city estimates, the death toll exceeded 1,000 less than an hour after the fall of Portland. And this number is definitely only a small estimate, and the death toll continues to expand.
Because there are many families, and several members of the family have been wiped out. There was not even a chance to call the police.
Soon after the fall of Portland, some of the cities that were really close to the coast fell even more quickly, Los Angeles, San Diego, Oakland, Seattle. Anchorage, Honolulu and Long Beach fell almost entirely.
The Mi army pulled the defensive line back for a full 300 kilometers before stopping.
President O'Brica, who had just finished an impassioned speech, returned to his office and saw the latest casualty figures reported. The self-confidence that had just been restored suddenly cooled to the soles of my feet.
"More than sixty-four thousand" O'Brika stared at Walker with a grim face, "and that's not counting the large number of undiscovered, the total number is estimated to have exceeded 200,000 dead, where have our troops, our soldiers gone?" And what about our Air Force and armored forces? ”
Walker lowered his head and didn't know what to answer.
"Mr. President, the Senate just wanted you to come over and be questioned." Another important member of O'Brica's staff walked over quickly.
"Question? What kind of question? Aubreca's body trembled, and the corners of his mouth were extremely mocking.
"You forgot? A few days ago, you said in your speech that you will spare no effort to introduce the technology and experience of the 32 Group and Huaxia Guo, and there is no objection to it. ”
"Damn, what day is it now, when is it, still asking? Let those sons of bitches watch TV and see what's going on in this country, it's because of their crooked chatter that it leads to the current evil consequences. Aubrecca finally got angry and kicked the door, "Tell them that those monsters will soon be on Capitol Hill and have the ability to keep them staying." ”
As he spoke, Aubrica's words came like a spell.
A group of White House security officers rushed in.
They shouted at O'Brica: "I'm sorry, Mr. President, you have to get out of here right now." ”
"What's going on?"
"A large group of Red Demon Dragons are flying towards the White House, and the Air Force has gone to intercept them, but we have to move to the basement for safety." A security advisor who arrived in a hurry replied.
"Hell, it's not safe here?" Aubrica's face was so dark that she couldn't tell the difference.
"Yes, Mr. President, New York, New Jersey has fallen. The Talon has landed from Hollywood, the strikers have made their way to Washington, D.C., the 1st Armored Division and the 1st Information Brigade, and the 1st Warrior Strike Brigade are already deployed around the White House and on Capitol Hill, but in order to avoid unforeseen dangers, we must first move you to a safe place. ”
O'Brika holds the doorknob with both hands. Walk closer to the window and stare at the sky outside.
"Mr. President!" Security reminded him again in a low voice.
Aubreka didn't look back, and after being silent for a while, he reached out and waved back: "Let's go!" ”
As he walked down the stairs, his steps staggered a little, and he almost fell.
Less than an hour after Aubreca's retreat, the Red Dragon flew over the anti-aircraft fire network above Capitol Hill, and a Red Demon Dragon roared at the sculpture on top of the Dome on Capitol Hill.
The sculpture then collapsed. It fell down, smashing several large holes in the domed building of Capitol Hill, and slamming it at the foot of the Capitol.
Although the planes quickly arrived and concentrated their fire to shoot down the Red Demon Dragon, the 223-year-old Capitol suffered its second heavy blow since it was burned down in the 1814 War of the Rice Hawks.
Soon, more attacks came from the air.
A large number of Red Demon Dragons kept rushing over from all directions, entangled and fighting with the Mi Army fighters in the air.
It seems that they have realized that this is the command center of the people of the United States, and those Red Demon Dragons are much more ferocious than the Red Demon Dragons in other places.
And the number is even larger. In the small space, hundreds of Red Demon Dragons and hundreds of Air Force fighters were fighting.
From time to time, warplanes and red dragons fall from the sky.
And once dropped. There was either a sea of fire on the ground or a large pit.
From Capitol Hill to the White House, from the White House to the Pentagon, it has become a mess.
There were also large anti-aircraft artillery vehicles roaring on the ground, and large numbers of fighters and armored units were also nervously deployed.
The Talon has landed from Hollywood, not far from Capitol Hill and the White House. Scattered Spectreclaw Monsters have broken into the restricted area of Washington.
Aubrecca gave a second emergency speech in the basement.
Of course, this time, he was not as passionate as the first time.
Just tell the people of the United States that the United States is now in the midst of the biggest crisis, and he will spend this darkest moment with the people of the United States.
He called on the people of the United States to be tenacious. You can definitely defeat these cold-blooded monsters.
But in fact, when he gave his speech, the background wall behind him had betrayed his situation at the moment.
Even the dignified president of the United States has already hid in the basement, and it is self-evident what the situation of the entire United States is now.
After the fall of Washington, D.C., the entire North Mi continent was really in a desperate situation.
Compared with the last beast tide, although the rice people have been prepared this time, the casualties are still quite heavy, and the last time Washington, D.C. was not attacked by the Phantom Claw Monster.
But this time it's different.
The capital of the country of rice fell.
Moreover, several large cities on the west coast have also fallen, and the number of casualties has reached an incalculable level.
Eight hours after the occurrence of the Rice Beast Tide, the attack of the Phantom Claw Monster had reached its peak.
California, Oregon, New Jersey, Washington, North and South Carolina, Maine, Florida, Georgia and other coastal states all fell.
Alaska even declared a statewide state of emergency, asking no citizen to go out.
In the twelfth hour of the beast tide, the governor of South Carolina was attacked by the Red Demon Dragon while inspecting the disaster area, and he was seriously injured and died.
At the same time, Washington, D.C., had fallen for six hours, and although O'Brika was still in the basement of the White House, his connection to the ground was already intermittent.
On the contrary, in the Huaxia Kingdom on the other side of the ocean, the peak of the beast tide has completely ended at this time, although there are still sporadic ghostly claw monsters that have broken through the separation wall.
But such a threat is no longer significant.
A large number of warriors have begun to gallop in various administrative regions along the coast, slaying all kinds of ghostly claw monsters that have slipped through the net.
At the same time, the number of casualties in Huaxia also began to be announced to the public.
To date, casualties have been reported at 2,758 dead and 29,300 wounded.
This casualty toll is almost a fraction of the beast tide attack before the new version of the Great Wall was built.
However, at this moment, the death toll in the country across the ocean has reached more than 173,000, and this does not include the large number of unreported deaths, the number of injured people has exceeded a million.
Even with President Aubreca, there was no contact, and the congressmen who were meeting on Capitol Hill, the House of Representatives hung three, and the senators hung one.
The most tragic is the Mi army.
Several heavily armored divisions were almost completely disabled.
In particular, the 1st Heavy Division of the Garrison Washington, D.C., thousands of armored combat vehicles were besieged by nearly 5,000 Ghost Claw Monsters, more than 600 Blood Claws, and more than 300 Red Demon Dragons, and finally failed to hold Washington, D.C., resulting in the fall of Capitol Hill and the White House for the second time in history.
In addition to the inland states, the most successful defense against the Ghost Claw in the coastal states of the United States is California.
Except for the coastal cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, and Long Beach, which are really unsafe, the area of other areas that have been invaded is not large.
A lot of California's defense is based on the opinions of the 32 Group, California itself hired a large number of mercenaries, plus the state police force and the National Guard, and at the same time purchased a large number of lowest-level magic spider webs, and then under the advice of experts from Huaxia and the 32 Group, they created echelon defense tactics.
When the Phantom Claw invaded, a large number of fortifications worked, coupled with the strong force of the Mi army.
For a moment, the Spectral Monster's attack was suppressed to the point where it could barely raise its head.
In particular, the newly built section of the demonstration wall, which was only six meters high, two meters thick, and less than a thousand meters long, successfully kept the Ghost Claw Monster group firmly out of Livermore City, preventing the Ghost Claw from spreading further into the inland city.
At six o'clock in the morning of the second day of Huaxia Kingdom, after twenty-seven hours of beast tide attacks, the Ghost Claw Monster finally stopped logging in on the coastline of Huaxia Kingdom.
Some of the monsters that had been ashore also returned to the sea like a low tide.
After another three hours, the beast tide on the west coast of the country began to stabilize, and the phantom claw monsters on the sea no longer poured onto land.
And some of the Spectreclaw monsters have begun to return to the sea.
But the problem is that at least a hundred thousand ghostclaw monsters have poured into the North Mi Continent.
Alaska and the Maple Leaf Kingdom have almost completely fallen, and the Prime Minister of the Maple Leaf Country has announced that he has lost contact.
Of course, the rice country is not much better, although the beast tide has stopped, but unlike last time, this time the number of phantom claw monsters sneaking into the inland is too large.
The death toll has also skyrocketed to 890,000, not to mention the previous target of 100,000, and according to this trend, the number of deaths of one million is already the least.
What's even more terrifying is that the losses of the Mi army this time can be called heavy. (To be continued......)
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