Washington

After an earth-shattering explosion, the obelisk standing tall slowly fell down, smashed on the ground and immediately shook the mountain, and a large cloud of smoke and dust obscured the sky.

Colonel Li Jianyang, who was wearing a British uniform, shrugged his shoulders regretfully, indifferent to the soldiers hurrying by on the street carrying large bags and small bags of supplies, these belongings did not appeal to him in the slightest, and he could not get what he wanted, such as the original draft of the Declaration of Independence or something, such as some more commemorative items.

This country of immigrants has been established for too short a time, and there are no cultural relics.

Therefore, Colonel Li Jianyang is a salted fish in Washington City today.

"Lieutenant Colonel Enrique, this may be a rare experience in your life, why don't you go and find some souvenirs?"

"Maybe, I'm not interested in these cowboy stuff, it's a country with no history, the faith is chaotic and vulgar, and everything you see is mass industrial manufacture, and there is no collectible meaning, unless it's gold coins."

Lieutenant Colonel Enrique is Italian, he is very emotional, and the Italians are very confident in culture and art, and they look down on the shallow Mi Guokee.

He glanced at the Fuso sapper who was in charge of blasting the obelisk, and said with a complicated expression; "They arranged for the Fuso people to blow up the Washington Monument, and the Ocean Empire will blow up some other monumental buildings to erase the glorious history of this city, and I think this scene will be an eternal pain in the hearts of the American people."

"It's a pity that in the face of the inevitable outcome, the persistence of the people of the United States is meaningless." Li Jianyang may have been in London for a long time, so he naturally shrugged his shoulders and commented in a mean tone;

"Persisting in the war for 3 or 4 years and surrendering and admitting defeat is no different from two years, the only thing that the people of the United States can get is the ruined cities and more hungry people, it's time to stop this senseless struggle performance.

The French, though they have always been unreliable, have rarely been right in advocating for peace.

It's a pity that the cowboy of the United States is also not good-headed, and the consequences of angering the Ocean Empire are that the noose around his neck is getting tighter and tighter, the transatlantic trade is completely interrupted, and all this you see before your eyes.

Giving in to the strong is the right rule of survival, and the American cowboys have apparently not learned this, and they will pay a heavy price for it, which is an outcome that none of us want to see. ”

"I agree with you, my lord." Lieutenant Colonel Enrique looked at the beautiful city in front of him with a look of pity and muttered; "What a beautiful city, but it's a pity to be in ruins."

On the wide Pennsylvania Avenue, the towering obelisk has collapsed, and the Ocean Empire sappers, with the assistance of German and British sappers, are planting a large number of explosives on the Capitol, the White House, the Supreme Court and other landmark buildings, preparing to destroy them one by one.

In front of the major museums, there are long queues of military trucks, which are collecting and packing all kinds of precious books and artifacts and transporting them to the railway station, where there is a direct train to the port of Norfolk, and these items will be sent as trophies to the Imperial Museum, the Queensland Museum, the Sydney Museum and some other places, and perhaps the precious items will be collected by the Daming Palace as part of the history of the conquest.

The streets were full of soldiers carrying large and small parcels, and they were savagely taking their spoils, and the whole city was in chaos, with many villas and beautiful buildings destroyed by fire, countless black smoke rising into the sky, a strong smell of burnt in the air, and the occasional sporadic gunshot.

Like a helpless woman, Washington wept in pain and was ravaged.

President Woodrow Wilson is paying a heavy price for provoking the oceanic empire, and in any case, he will be nailed to the pillar of shame forever because of the catastrophic devastation facing the capital, Washington, D.C., as one of the most failed presidents of the United States.

The other is former President Theodore Roosevelt, who dragged the country into this desperate war, and his wrong decision buried the once mighty United States navy.

Since the president of the United States rejected France's peace initiative, the policy of the Ocean Empire Expeditionary Force has obviously changed, showing its hideous fangs.

From August 22nd

After the arrival of 35,000 reinforcements to supplement the Eastern Front Corps, the Eastern Front Corps attacked again, swept away large and small towns within a radius of 200 kilometers, changed the attitude of strict military discipline in the early stage, and began to allow soldiers to burn, kill, loot, and act arbitrarily.

The direct impact of this is the extreme panic of the people of the United States, this kind of emotional plague spread rapidly, the social order of the towns and villages within a radius of hundreds of kilometers is chaotic, many people take their families and luggage, and rush to the north in horse-drawn carriages.

On the road to the north

There was an endless stream of people fleeing, and it was the busy season for wheat planting, but there was no one working in the fields. There was a massive loss of people in cities and towns, factories and shops were forced to close their doors, and social production and economic order were seriously damaged.

This is not the biggest problem, the biggest problem is that the Atlantic trade line has been completely cut off, which has put the entire northern economy of the United States into a difficult situation.

Grain and crops from the south could not be transported to the north, industrial production from the north could not be sold to Europe, the entire trade chain was completely destroyed, and a large number of people who fled into the metropolis poured in, causing the population of the metropolis to increase dramatically and the supply of basic food products to difficulties.

Especially in the world's megacities such as New York and Philadelphia, after hundreds of factories have closed down, countless shops have sold out of goods, and the entire trade operation has been cut off, there is no need for the enemy to attack, and they themselves are in a huge existential crisis.

At times like these

Many big capitalists and businessmen, out of their own interests, began to strongly criticize President Woodrow Wilson's policy of fighting to the end, believing that such a narrow policy can only lead the United States to a dead end of no return, leading to the real collapse of the United States, and is a sinner of the country and the nation, and an extremely wrong policy.

If you can't beat it, you must admit it, and if you are beaten, you must stand upright, which is the case in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.

This kind of rhetoric is very popular in the major cities of the north, and this has further exacerbated the chaos in the cities, with demonstrations under various names, public robberies and murders, violent clashes and gunfights between gangs, and the exhaustion of the police and local garrisons.

The recruitment of the military is not smooth, and hundreds of thousands of troops are often wiped out, which makes most of the people in the United States feel frightened, and the rumors about the demon marshal and his devil army are so miraculous that many people are unwilling to go to the battlefield to die.

Philadelphia, a huge city, has recruited less than 50,000 troops, most of whom are recruits who have been in the army for less than a month, and are still studying queues and regulations, which is of little use at all.

Even if the Federation Army is a rabble, it is not something that can be used by pulling it out.

Recruits must go through a certain amount of military training, know who the commander is, the most basic military regulations, basic queue training, squad military coordination and other basic knowledge, so the shortest two months of military training is indispensable.

These newcomers are stationed in the trenches or hiding in the city to release cold guns, and they can also cause some trouble to the expeditionary force, if they are put into the field to fight, in front of the fierce Ocean Empire expeditionary force, it will be a plate of crunchy vegetables, and no matter how many people chew it, they will swallow it.

Therefore, even if the capital Washington is besieged by heavy troops, and the 19-day urban defense battle is extremely bloody, Philadelphia and New York do not dare to send troops to relieve the difficulties, which is equivalent to delivering food.

As it turned out, they were right.

The armoured mobile units of the Eastern Front Corps were always ready to crush any enemy reinforcements and annihilate them on the field battlefield.

Mi Guoyan finally learned to be obedient once and escaped this catastrophe.

Then the problem arises again

When the capital Washington was besieged by heavy troops, the reinforcements from Philadelphia and New York did not dare to reinforce, and they watched this beautiful capital fall and be ravaged by war, but there was nothing they could do.

So what about Philadelphia's turn? What about New York?

The question goes back to square one, what is the point of holding on to such a war except for huge casualties and more losses?

"Sir, please stay, the explosion is about to be carried out, you can't go any further, to avoid being injured by explosives, it's better to find a building to take shelter for a while."

"Thank you, Mr. Ensign."

"You're welcome, sir."

The second lieutenant officer who came to stop him gave a military salute, turned and left.

Colonel Li Jianyang took a look at the majestic Baroque building of the American Capitol, sighed in his heart, raised his leg and turned to the other side, on the other side of Pennsylvania Avenue was also a government building, the outer wall was covered with bullet marks and gun craters, looking mottled and miserable.

The doors and windows of the building were all shattered, but the main body was still there.

When Colonel Li Jianyang and Lieutenant Colonel Enrique walked in, they were surprised to find that this was a soldier's dormitory, with rubble and rubble on one side, and rolled-up marching covers on the other, as well as various messy curtains wrapped in singles, apparently looted by the soldiers.

Several soldiers sat on the pile of goods, chatting and laughing while drinking, their bodies were filled with the strong smell of diesel, and they couldn't help but be stunned when they saw two foreign officers walking in, and then stood up and saluted; "Good afternoon, sir."

"Oh...... At ease. Li Jianyang quickly came back to his senses and knew that it was probably some armored soldiers, and that this sturdy government building was used as a temporary dormitory.

Although there are no doors and windows, the weather in Washington at the end of August is pleasant, and it is not cold to sleep under a blanket at night.

"Relax guys, it's getting ready to explode outside, let's come in and hide for a while." Lieutenant Colonel Enrique explained, and very consciously stood in the place covered by the wall, then took out a box of large golden dragon cigarettes from his pocket, and said to the soldiers kindly; "Do you want one?"

"Thank you, sir."

Several soldiers were obviously smokers, and when they saw this, they unceremoniously came over and divided one each, lit a cigarette and began to swallow the clouds and spit.

"Sir, do you want to drink a little? This is a whiskey from the south of the United States, and it tastes good. Oh yes...... We are tankers of the 1st Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd World War of the 4th Armored Division of the Royal Praetorian Guard, and I am Sergeant Pan Ergou, 2nd Class. Seeing that Colonel Li Jianyang could speak Chinese, the veteran led by the leader introduced himself without any surprise.

Colonel Li Jianyang took the wine with a smile on his face, took a sip, handed it to Lieutenant Colonel Enrique, and then said; "Good whisky, with a pure oak barrel taste, at least a good wine that has been cellared for more than 10 years, I am British Colonel Li Jianyang, a Somali from the overseas province."

"Lieutenant Colonel Enrique, General Staff of the Italian Army, thank you for the wine." Lieutenant Colonel Enrique also took a sip, nodded his head in good feeling, and was about to reach out to hand the bottle back when he heard a series of deafening explosions in his ears.

Outside, it shook violently as if the earth was shaking, and countless smoke and dust swept in, rushing in through the doors and windows without obstruction, and the originally bright light suddenly dimmed, shrouded in gray smoke and dust, and nothing could be seen.