Chapter 923 "Last Moments" Speech

The White House received the news of the fall of Hampton at about 3:00 a.m. the next day, and the bad news came right after, and now it has been ascertained;

At noon on April 3, the large-scale landing formation of the Ocean Empire successfully landed on a beach in Virginia, and successively captured Hampton, Norfolk and other seaside towns, indicating that the war had been burned to the east coast.

By April 4, worse news came;

The Battle of the Rocky Mountains suffered a major setback, after the rout of the 1st line of the western defense line, the 2nd line was occupied by the enemy, the outer positions were almost completely lost, and only the last line of positions was left from Salt Lake City, and the battlefield situation was extremely serious.

Thousands of kilometres away, in the east coast of Voshunia, the situation is similarly grim.

An armored unit of the Ocean Empire has occupied Richmond, the capital of Virginia, cutting off the land, water, and rail routes to the south and west of Washington, New York, and the situation is instantly so dire that the situation on the East Coast is facing a terrible collapse.

The dire situation that the White House is facing right now is...... The more than 6,700-kilometer-long eastern and southern coasts have to be defended everywhere, but everywhere there is no defense, and they are in a dangerous situation of being slaughtered by others.

The president shook, the nation shook, the world shook.

In a single day, the situation had plummeted to the point of no return, which caused a huge panic among the people of the United States, and after the news media preemptively reported the explosive bad news, it was too late for the government to cover it up.

The thirteen states on the east coast and the central states are in a state of total chaos, people have no intention of going to work, all rush to the nearby stores to buy and store supplies, thousands of vicious robberies and murders occur in cities across the country every day, tens of thousands of shops are burned down, thick smoke is billowing in the cities, rioters are running through the streets with guns, and the sound of gunfire is incessant.

The Texas separatist forces took the lead in this limelight; In the near future, it will officially become an independent state.

At this time, no one cared when Texas became independent, and all eyes were on Richmond, the capital of Virginia, an eastern city only 170 kilometers from Washington, D.C., where speculation and rumors were rife.

Just when the people of the United States were panicking, the Ocean Empire received definite news that Britain, Germany, Russia, Japan, Italy, Austria and other countries were willing to participate in the coalition operations, and the formation of the coalition forces was suddenly accelerated.

Just a day and a half later, we set out from Europe and Asia, aiming for the North Rice Continent.

Now the situation is clear, the situation in North America has slipped sharply into a bad result of defeat, and whether or not the European powers participate in it will not affect the final outcome.

Tempted by unrivalled benefits, the Eurasian powers finally let go of their last restraints and decided to join forces to vote.

Britain sent 162 troops, Germany sent 4,500 troops, Italy sent 110 troops, Austria-Hungary sent 580 troops, Tsarist Russia sent 15,000 troops, and Fuso sent more than 20,000 troops to the 4th Division, totaling more than 40,000 troops.

In the Pacific Alliance, the Ocean Empire sent 361,000 troops (as of April 4, 1909, it was still increasing), the Ryukyu Kingdom sent 12,100 troops, the Vietnamese Kingdom sent 11,000 troops, the Lan Fang Kingdom sent 19,500 troops (Lan Fang Division), Chile sent 27,700 troops, and Uruguay sent 252 troops, totaling more than 436,000 troops.

Combined, there are about 480,000 troops from 12 countries, which together form a 12-nation coalition.

Li Fushou, Emperor of the Ocean Empire, issued the latest edict;

The commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, General Li Xuanzhu, is hereby appointed to the rank of field marshal, awarded the scepter of the marshal, and commanded the 12-nation coalition army to conquer North America......

Greatly stimulated by the news of the appointment of the Imperial Marshal, the Imperial army finally showed its original hideous face in the Battle of Rocky Mountain, and under the bloody battle on April 5, it broke through the last line of defense of Salt Lake City, and was lost again under the desperate counterattack of the American army at any cost.

Then, after three days of bloody fighting, the last line of defense of Salt Lake City was finally breached, and the battlefield was turned into a battle for this vital city, and the battlefield was fully spread out, and the guns and artillery were heard all day long.

President Woodrow Wilson made a public speech at the White House on April 6 with a sad face, which is the famous "last moment" speech.

In a speech to the news media on the South Lawn of the White House, President Woodrow Wilson spoke out with tears in his eyes;

Led by the demonic leader of the Ocean Empire, twelve fierce robbers have broken into the homeland, and the United States has reached the last moment of danger, facing the perilous situation of the loss of the land and the destruction of the homeland.

I hereby call out loudly; Every adult man brings a gun and reports to the nearest barracks, fighting for freedom and democracy, fighting for America, fighting for your wife and children.

There is no distinction between north and south, no distinction between people old and young, and everyone is armed to fight.

And I'm ...... President Woodrow Wilson will stand on the Washington front and shed his last drop of blood to defend America......

The United States carried out the final mobilization for the war, and all men and women who could pick up guns, ranging in age from 13 to 60 years old, were within the scope of mobilization.

President Woodrow Wilson himself as commander-in-chief of U.S. forces vowed that even if blood was shed, he would never allow the demonic legions to storm Washington and repeat the humiliating scene of burning the White House.

Just a few days

The total number of armed civilians pouring into the front line in Washington from New York, Detroit, Philadelphia and other major cities has reached more than 470,000, and it is still increasing rapidly at a rate of 4~50,000 per day, gathering an astonishing number of legions.

After the initial violent shock, the behemoth of the United States woke up and began to mobilize all its war forces to face the invasion, not hesitating to shed the last drop of blood.

In the face of the all-out war mobilization of the Americans, the Imperial Expeditionary Force, which firmly controlled Virginia, remained unmoved, and still prepared for war step by step, with hundreds of freighters traveling between Panama and Norfolk and the Hamptons, transporting a large number of artillery, armored vehicles, personnel and ammunition to the east coast of North America.

April 12th

Bad news came from Salt Lake City, the Imperial Expeditionary Force Marshal Li Xuanzhu burned down Salt Lake City, hundreds of thousands of stubbornly resisting American troops were killed or captured even if they were lucky to escape, and nearly 300,000 meters of troops were lost in one day.

Salt Lake City is a large city built between the Great Salt Lake and the Rocky Mountains, because of the natural conditions, most of the houses in the city are built with wood, this terrible fire burned for 4 days and 4 nights, and the entire city was burned.

Since then, the Rocky Mountain defense line has been opened, and the entire Rocky Mountain Battle lasted for 17 days, with nearly 500,000 troops killed or captured in the United States, and all elite troops were wiped out.

After the Battle of San Francisco and the Battle of Rocky Mountain, the total number of U.S. troops lost more than 800,000 soldiers, which was the sum of the three war mobilizations.

The news came

The nearly 600,000 troops assembled on the Washington Line were in an uproar, and the militia who had rushed to the front line in Washington with enthusiasm were more than willing to retreat.

The 600,000-strong army collapsed in a single day under the news of the defeat at the Battle of Rocky Mountain, and a large number of deserters could be seen everywhere in the vast plains, taking all the means at their disposal, whether by boat, car, carriage or on foot, just to get out of this ghost place as quickly as possible.

Hundreds of officers and soldiers tried to prevent the killing, and after just three days, most of the 600,000 troops were dispersed, leaving only more than 230,000 people in fear, still gritting their teeth and holding on.