After a few moments, the smoke cleared.

Li Jianyang simply patted the dust on his body and looked back.

Pennsylvania Avenue's towering Baroque Capitol Hill has completely collapsed into a pile of rubble, and a bleak cloud of smoke lingers in the air, as if looking for traces of the grandeur of the past.

At this moment, there was an emotion called shock growing in his heart.

This is the ability of modern military forces to destroy civilization, and it only takes a moment for a historical building that has been painstakingly built for more than ten years to come to naught, which is terrible.

"What's the name of this damn land, it's only been stable for a few days just now, and it's all playing with the ball all of a sudden, why is it so dusty." Choked by the dust and coughed a few times, Pan Ergou couldn't help but spit out the fragrance.

The soldier next to him was not used to him, and said a word in passing; "What's wrong with the dog, the expeditionary force headquarters still has to report to you?"

"Xiao Ming, stand still, beware that I can't kill you."

"Don't threaten people with force at every turn, the chief is here, we have to occupy the word "reason" when we talk and do things, I look at Shangfeng to do the right thing, after such a big building is blasted, how bright are you in front of you? ”

"You sycophant!"

"Sycophants or not sycophants don't matter for the time being, do you see it's much brighter?"

How bright!

After the blasting, Capitol Hill was shattered into a pile of high rubble, and the view could smoothly see the Potomac River in the distance, and the broken arms and ruins everywhere as far as the eye could see, which were the traces of war left by a total of 22 days of bloody battles in the city.

The beautiful city of the past has been wiped out after this catastrophe.

The only large buildings that stand tall in the city are museums and government buildings, as well as the Federal Supreme Court and the White House complex......

"Boom"......

A loud bang rang out again, shaking the ground, and the Federal Supreme Court disappeared after the loud bang, and there was another pile of rubble in the city.

Well, now one less iconic building.

After the planned looting and blasting, this capital symbolizing the spirit of justice, freedom, and democracy in the United States will be completely erased, and even those White houses and museums will inevitably be trampled into dust under the iron heel of imperial conquest.

Even if it is rebuilt one day, so what?

No one can erase this darkest moment, a huge wound in the history of a country, which will bleed and hurt the heart at the slightest touch.

Li Jianyang and Enrique were very impressed by this, and after saying goodbye to several soldiers, they walked along the wide ...... Walking through the ruins of Pennsylvania, we soon arrived at the headquarters of the coalition forces, the former federal administrative center of the United States, the White House.

The White House is one of the few buildings in Washington that is still intact, with the imperial flag flying high on the roof, hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles neatly parked on the south lawn at the entrance, and hundreds of military trucks parked along the street.

From afar, you can smell the smell of iron and blood.

On duty at the gate were the joint sentry posts of British, German, Italian and Ocean Empire Expeditionary Force soldiers, which is said to reflect the spirit of Allied cooperation, and as a representative of the British army, Colonel Li Jianyang did not object (the British sent troops only on the initiative of the Admiralty, with the acquiescence of the Prime Minister, but did not pass a parliamentary resolution, and the parliament pretended not to see it). ）。

The problem is that there are only 60 or so soldiers under him who can be on duty, and they can participate in the joint duty of several posts near the White House, and the rest cannot do anything.

The British sent a total of 3,200 troops, and Li Jianyang brought only more than 160 British troops, who crossed the Atlantic from the British mainland and arrived directly at the port of Norfolk, leaving a few dozen in Richmond, and the rest were all here.

There are also more than 3,000 Somali mercenaries who traveled thousands of miles through the Indian Ocean and then across the Pacific Ocean to San Francisco, a total distance of about 38,000 kilometers, and are still resting in San Francisco!

San Francisco is still about 4,760 kilometers away from Washington, and there is a large area occupied by the US military in the middle.

It is estimated that the Eastern Front Command did not take these more than 3,000 mercenaries seriously, and never arranged a train for them to be sent to the Omaha front, but 24,000 people from the Fourth Division of Fuso and more than 10,000 people from Tsarist Russia arrived and were about to participate in the large-scale war launched on the Eastern Front.

"Colonel Li, Lieutenant Colonel Enrique, hello two, the commander of the command is still looking for you, preparing to convene a multinational joint military conference, you should go quickly."

"Oh, thank you."

Receiving a kind reminder from a passing officer, Colonel Li Jianyang and Lieutenant Colonel Enrique hurriedly went back to their dormitory to change into a set of military uniforms, and after a brief wash of their faces, they hurried to the large conference hall on the first floor of the White House.

The two quietly found a place to sit down in the back, so as not to affect the progress of the meeting.

General Huo Xiaohu, the commander of the Eastern Front Corps of the Expeditionary Force, who was standing in front, glanced at the two of them, and saw that the personnel were almost there, and then spoke;

"Delegates, gentlemen;

In view of the stubborn resistance of the United States, the Allies decided through frank and friendly consultations that they would take more resolute and effective measures to strike at the enemy in order to bring about the early arrival of peace.

It should be seen

The Allies reached a consensus on the crusade against the domination of North and South America, the obstruction of international trade, and the unfair treatment of business personnel from various countries, and so on, and the purpose of the war was not to conquer, but to bring about change in line with the existing international order.

Therefore, at the present stage, striking at the enemy by more resolute and forceful means has become the main demand of the Allied armies.

The expeditionary force has drawn up a relevant "autumn combat plan" in this regard, and I would like to invite Deputy Chief of Staff Liao Jiachun to give a detailed introduction, and everyone is welcome to ......"

Admiral Huo Xiaohu's brief opening statement attracted whispers from the officers of the allied countries below, who obviously had a lot of criticism and did not agree with his words.

So-called; More resolute and forceful means of striking the enemy, and everything that is happening in Washington should be part of it.

It was the first time Li Jianyang had heard of the term "autumn battle plan," let alone participated in the formulation of the battle plan. If the word "friendly consultation" is not used, it is more appropriate to say "notice".

It can be seen from this that the hegemony of the expeditionary force of the Great Ocean Empire, against the backdrop of brilliant achievements, the representatives of various countries did not oppose and chose to acquiesce.

Lieutenant General Shenxing, the commander of the Fourth Division of the Japanese Army, who had just arrived, was like an echo worm, no matter what Admiral Huo Xiaohu said, he bowed 90 degrees "Haiyi", indicating that what you said was the truth and unconditional obedience.

Another heavyweight was the German general Lieutenant General Hohenzollern, who commanded a German army of 5,600 men and belonged to the elite of the German 7th Division in Berlin, which was the fourth largest and second most effective unit in the Allied forces.

Lieutenant General Hohenzollern is a standard "foreign fan", infinitely obsessed with the extremely powerful armored forces of the Ocean Empire, and even more admires the brilliant achievements of the expeditionary force, and will not say a word of objection.

As for the representatives of the Russian army, who ranked third in terms of the number of troops, they were still in the corps of the Western Front, and under Marshal Li, who was known as the "Demon Marshal", I am afraid that they would not even dare to put a fart.

Therefore, although it claims to be an ally, all military operations are carried out by the Ocean Empire Expeditionary Force, and other countries participate in the operation in a friendly manner.

If you don't want to participate, it's okay, stay in Washington and play with stones!

Although the officers of the countries below whispered, no one dared to speak out against it, not even the Italians who disliked the domineering style of the Ocean Empire the most, but had to admit it;

The strategy and tactics formulated by the expeditionary force are ruthless and effective, highly targeted and implementable, and give full play to the advantages of its own armored corps in rapid mobility, and can continue to deal heavy blows to the US forces, and the results are very good.

After the applause, Major General Liao Jiachun, deputy chief of staff of the Eastern Front of the Expeditionary Force, walked up to the stage, picked up a truncated billiard cue, looked around and nodded to the representatives of various countries, and said to the large combat map;

"The U.S. military experienced the heavy blow of the Battle of Washington, and it was defeated again and again, losing its troops, and the overall battlefield situation appeared extremely favorable to the expeditionary force.

But the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff.

In view of the reality of the current stubborn resistance of the US military, the headquarters of the Imperial Expeditionary Force and the allies negotiated and formulated an autumn combat plan, which was officially named the "Autumn Wind Sweeping Leaves Operation Plan."

This overall operational plan will be under the overall command of Marshal Li Xuanzhu of the Expeditionary Force Headquarters and the military commanders of various countries, echoing the east and west, and advancing as a whole, so as to achieve the strategic effect of delivering a fatal blow to the United States.

The program starts on August 27 and ends when the first snow falls in winter.

The overall battle plan will bring together a total of 630,000 troops from the two major armies in the east and west and the allies, (220,000 troops from the Western Front of the Expeditionary Force, 80,000 from the four divisions of the Northern Federation, 25,000 from the Fourth Division of the Fuso Kingdom, 20,000 from the Ryukyu Kingdom, 17,000 from the Yue Kingdom, 20,000 from Lanfang, 12,000 from Tsarist Russia, 3,000 from the British Army, 130,000 from the Eastern Front Corps of the Expeditionary Force, and 60,000 people from the 4 divisions of the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Northern Federations. The 5th Division of Fuso has 24,500 people, 5,600 German troops, and a small number of troops from Italy, Britain, Austria-Hungary, Chile, Uruguay and other countries) with the Western Army as the main battlefield and the Eastern Army as the auxiliary battlefield.

The strength of the Western Front Corps was about 400,000, and the Eastern Front Corps was about 230,000 troops.

There are four main combat objectives;

The first and most important goal is to conquer and occupy Chicago, an important metropolis in the Five Great Lakes region, and deal a heavy blow to the confidence of the United States in resisting.

The second point is to open up the 4,500-kilometer railway artery connecting the west coast and the east coast of North America.

The Western Front sent a detachment of troops from Omaha along the railroad eastward, all the way to Kansas and St. Louis to Cincinnati, sweeping and capturing all towns along the way, sorting out friend and foe, resolutely suppressing the rebels and guerrillas, and clearing the local law.

The Eastern Front Corps sent a main force, no less than 150,000 troops, led by armored troops, to attack and advance west along the railway line from Washington, occupying cities and towns in Maryland and West Virginia along the way, sweeping away enemy guerrillas, clearing the local law, and joining forces with the partial divisions of the Western Front Corps at Cincinnati.

In the next step, the main force of the Eastern Front Corps turned to the northwest, attacked and advanced along the railway line, and finally joined forces with the main force of the Western Front Corps on the outskirts of Chicago to jointly besiege Chicago.

The third point is to implement the consensus of the Allies on resolute and forceful means to strike at the enemy, destroy factories along the route, incinerate and destroy surplus grain, strictly prohibit any cross-regional commercial activities, establish an effective control mechanism, and appropriately expand the size of the servant army to adapt to the current severe situation of struggle.

Fourth, the Eastern Front Corps should send a detachment of divisions to cooperate with the Imperial Royal Fleet to strike at New York's important ports on the eastern coast, destroying its shipbuilding facilities and docks, and exerting further pressure.

This is the overall plan of the "Autumn Wind Sweeping Leaves Combat Plan", and now I will introduce to you the specific tasks and specific division of labor of the Eastern Front Corps ......"

This lengthy military meeting lasted until dusk, and Colonel Li Jianyang listened to it drowsily, and he could not remember many of the subdivisions, because it was none of his business.

With only about 60 British soldiers under his command, what can he do in this super-large battle where millions of troops will be fought at every turn?

Now in the North American battlefield, only Chicago has hoarded more than 500,000 heavy troops, and there are not many troops in other places, Philadelphia has more than 60,000, New York is 8~90,000, and other cities are 32,000 or thousands, anyway, there are not many troops.

As for whether the city dwellers, who have guns at home, will release their guns after the expeditionary force enters the city, it is impossible to calculate.

Therefore, Major General Liao Jiachun, deputy chief of staff, positioned the large-scale "autumn wind sweeping away the leaves" operation plan as "laying the general tone for the victory of the North American War." This is a very reasonable proposal.

After this battle

There is no large-scale heavy military group of the US military in the North American battlefield, and it is very unlikely that the Mi Guokees want to assemble such a large heavy military group.

This is determined by the realities, because the food shortage in the north is now so severe that Mr. President is helpless.

Before the Civil War, almost all the factories were in these 14 states, and they were also the "main forces for the emancipation of black slaves" known as the free states, represented by factory owners and big capitalists.

Before the Civil War, the 14 southern states were called "the granaries and pastures of the rice country", and they still are.

It is rich in cotton, wheat grains and all agricultural and animal husbandry products, the city is generally small, full of pastoral atmosphere, the south is full of large and small farms and pastures, the use of black slaves is very common, this is the southern "slave state".

Virginia, where the Imperial Expeditionary Force landed and occupied, was one of the southern slave states and the first line of the confrontation between the North and the South, cutting off the transportation channels of grain, grain, cotton, and other agricultural supplies from the North and the South after the Imperial Expeditionary Force occupied here.

The inability of food from the south to reach the north has had a serious impact in the north, with food shortages in many cities, and the rapid spread of starvation to death does not bode well.

Human beings can survive without using industrial products, but they will certainly not survive without eating.

Even President Woodrow Wilson, who was hiding in New York and commanding, could not solve this dilemma, let alone gather an army without food, and he was running out of time.

The winter of 1909 was bound to be extremely cold.