Chapter 137: The Borderlands I

After the transport plane took off, Chu Tianjiang took out the information that Zhang Xiaogang gave him.

Because the Military Intelligence Bureau has confirmed that the true identity of Chu Tianjiang, or the Americans who know the name "Chu Tianjiang", have all died in the catastrophe and the subsequent invasion, so Chu Tianjiang does not need to pretend to be someone else, nor does he need to use a pseudonym. According to Zhang Xiaogang's arrangement, after arriving in the United States, Chu Tianjiang will join the Asian American group and become a core member of the group. As for Clara, Nichol and Andre, the three brothers, they are all Chu Tianjiang's entourage and subordinates, and they followed Chu Tianjiang to join the Asian group.

Among the many separatist forces in the United States, the Asian-American group entrenched in Lakewood is nothing.

Before the catastrophe, the United States was the most powerful country in the world, and it was also the country that suffered the most during the catastrophe and invasion. Because the DNA virus first spread in the United States, more than ninety percent of male citizens in the United States were infected before the invasion arrived, that is, before the invaders began to know about the virus, resulting in a large number of uninfected female citizens being killed by mutants. Before the invasion, there were fewer than 50 million people left in the United States, and most of them were women, mostly in remote rural areas.

This catastrophe directly led to the disintegration of the federal government and the vast majority of state governments in the United States.

Although it has been almost four months since the end of the invasion, the United States is still in a state of anarchy. Driven by the law of the jungle, powerful forces have taken control of cities and towns suitable for human habitation, control the grain stored in towns, and control the towns around towns.

In order to compete for living space and valuable resources, the separatist forces have been attacking each other.

At the beginning, Yang Fanglie also instigated other member countries of the Planetary Defense Council to jointly send troops to the United States, nominally to help the United States restore order, but in fact to seize the United States' grain reserves, and other countries agreed to send troops for the sake of the United States' grain reserves.

Before the catastrophe, the United States was the world's largest grain exporter and largest grain reserve.

It's just that when the coalition forces set foot on the mainland of the United States, they found out that this was not the case at all.

Although theoretically, the U.S. hoarded enough food to be consumed by the other nine members of the Planetary Defense Council for two years, before the arrival of the coalition forces, the U.S. separatist forces had taken control of the strategic granaries everywhere and scattered and hid the hoarded food.

After taking control of the West Coast of the United States, Yang discovered that the resources used for military operations exceeded those obtained through military operations.

In other words, it's a very bad deal.

The same is true for the East Coast of the United States. Although the East Coast of the United States was less devastating in the midst of the catastrophe, with not all cities destroyed and a large number of survivors, the region was much more powerful and difficult to deal with.

After the events in Moscow, Yang Fanglie first turned his focus to Russia.

Subsequently, the leaders of France, Germany and Italy discovered that the beast legion formed by the Moscow authorities was a great threat and also aimed the finger at Russia.

As a result, the coalition forces had to suspend military operations in the United States.

In a sense, the United States has become a "terra nullius."

I am afraid that no one would have imagined that this country, which once boasted democracy and freedom and was the most developed in the world, would be reduced to this place and become a wild land that adheres to the law of the jungle.

According to the information provided by Zhang Xiaogang, the United States has more than 100 separatist forces.

The largest secessionist force, that is, the New England bloc entrenched in the northern part of the East Coast with Boston as the core, occupied half of the East Coast, with hundreds of thousands of members and nearly 10 million civilians under its control. With more than 100,000 members and more than 1 million civilians, the black group in Atlanta, the Southeast Latin American group based in Miami, the German group in Chicago, the white Southern group with Memphis as the core, the Southwest white group based in Houston, the Midwest Latin American group based in Phoenix, the white West group in Las Vegas, the black group in the West in Salt Lake City, and the Jewish group in Denver. In addition to these large-scale separatist forces, there are more than 30 secession forces with between 10,000 and 100,000 members, between 100,000 and 1,000,000 civilians, and more than 100 smaller separatist forces.

Lakewood's Asian-American group is one of the smallest groups.

Of course, in the United States, there is not just one Asian-American group, but as many as seven, four of which are on the East Coast, one in the Great Lakes region, and one in the South. In the Midwest, there is only one Asian group, and it is the smallest of the seven.

Lakewood's Asian-American group is nothing compared to its neighbor, the Jewish bloc in Denver.

According to the information provided by Zhang Xiaogang, the Jewish group in Denver has at least 200,000 members, and the city of Denver alone has 1.2 million residents, plus Aurora in the southeast, Colorado Springs in the south, and Fort Collins and Greeley in the north, there are more than 2.5 million civilians under the control of the Jewish group. In terms of size, the Jewish bloc in Denver is the most powerful separatist force in the Midwest of the United States.

In addition to its size, Denver's Jewish bloc has an extremely clear advantage.

That is, there is no shortage of money!

Although there is no direct evidence, Zhang Xiaogang estimates that the Jewish group in Denver controls at least 3,500 tons of gold, most of which comes from the Denver branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States. Before the catastrophe, the Denver branch had the second-largest vault of the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States, second only to the New York branch, storing thousands of tons of gold, as well as other precious metals.

In addition to gold, the Jewish conglomerate in Denver had at least a million tons of silver in their hands.

In addition, Denver has always been the "second administrative center" of the United States, that is, in the strategic planning of the United States, Denver is the administrative center of the western region of the United States, which can replace Washington when necessary. To that end, Denver has a status that no other city in the western region has. According to information previously gathered by the Military Intelligence Bureau, Denver has the largest strategic granary in the western United States, with tens of millions of tons of grain in reserve. If this grain hadn't spoiled, it would have been enough for more than two million civilians under the control of the Jewish clique in Denver for ten years! In addition, Denver also has the third largest strategic oil depot in the western United States and the only strategic oil depot in the western region that reserves refined oil products, with about 30 million tons of inventory. If you count the few nearby hydroelectric plants, Denver's energy reserves can be used for years.

Although in terms of size, the Jewish clique in Denver does not even rank in the top 10 in the United States, but in terms of overall strength, it is certainly among the top five.

With its formidable strength, the Jewish bloc in Denver plays a vital role in the western United States.

That is, to act as a middleman for the various forces of separation.

Although there are constant attacks between the forces of separation, due to the influence of the strategic layout, geographical factors, and resource allocation of the United States, only a few extremely powerful blocs are able to achieve self-sufficiency in all aspects, and the other blocs have defects in one or another aspect. For example, Texas has a lot of oil and abundant livestock products, but is severely short of food and timber, while the Great Lakes region has steel, coal and other resources, and a lot of food, but lacks oil. Trade was the only way to settle the problem of what was going on, and the Jewish group in Denver was the largest trade broker in the western United States with its vast reserves of precious metals.

As a result, Denver became the largest trading city in the western United States, and it was also the most prosperous city.

Taking advantage of this, the Jewish clique in Denver not only amassed a great deal of wealth, but also used it to recruit troops and form the most combat-ready regiment in the western United States.

Interestingly, the Jewish community in Denver did not expand on this basis.

According to Zhang Xiaogang's analysis, the Jewish clique in Denver did not expand its territory like other separatist forces, and it had a lot to do with its main business.

In other words, the Jewish clique in Denver relied on other separatist forces to attack each other for profit.

The key is that if the Jewish group in Denver wants to be a good middleman in trade, make Denver the largest trading city, attract business travel from all over the United States, and let other separatist forces come to Denver to do business, they must first ensure that Denver is a safe and open city that welcomes all outsiders, and that the Jewish group in Denver cannot pose a threat to other separatist forces in addition to ensuring the safety of foreign business travel. If the Jewish group in Denver had expanded, the other separatist powers would have seen it as an enemy or potential enemy, and would not have come to Denver to do business, and the Jewish group in Denver would not have been able to reap the huge profits from the trade tax.

It's just that this situation won't last long.

In the United States, which adheres to the law of the jungle, not expanding outward is a dead end, and no separatist force can be an exception.

In a sense, accumulating wealth and using it to expand its legion was exactly what the Jewish group in Denver was preparing for expansion.

It can be said that the Jewish clique in Denver has pushed the Jewish tradition of being good at business to the limit, and has won itself a huge living space. Taking advantage of this living space and the huge wealth it has accumulated, the Jewish clique in Denver is bound to one day exert its strength and become the hegemon of the western region of the United States.

Lakewood's Asian-American group is far from the same by comparison.

According to Mr. Zhang, Lakewood's Asian-American group has fewer than 10,000 members and only about 70,000 civilians under its control.

In terms of size and overall strength, Lakewood's Asian-American group is a fraction of that of Denver's Jewish group.