Great time travel

Chapter 96. Let the nuclear explosion be more violent!

In general, even though they feel numb to war and death, and feel depressed, pessimistic or even desperate about the future, the soldiers and civilians of the British Empire do not lack the last courage.Even those peacemakers who once opposed the war policy of Churchill's cabinet, after the news of the Paris nuclear explosion, saw that it seemed hopeless to find a decent peace, and devoted themselves to the defense of the homeland at this time of crisis. Here comes the work.

Encouraged by the propaganda of the cabinet and the royal family, the gentry, celebrities, priests and nobles in the counties of England, Scotland and Wales took the lead in action. It took only a short time to pull up more than 3000 battalions of "National Self-Defense Forces". Almost every village is organizing group training.Since most of the young and strong British boys have died in this hateful world war, so this time the conscription standard has to be hungry, basically non-disabled people over the age of 16 and under the age of 60, as long as they have no missing arms or legs. Conscripted into the army, children under the age of 16 and old men over the age of 60 were also conscripted to be responsible for auxiliary work such as logistics and transportation.Almost all of them had no military training, and many even touched guns for the first time in their lives.If you're lucky, you might even meet a few retired veterans, but don't expect too much. After living in peace for so long, the memories of the military camp have long since faded.In addition, a large number of female soldiers were summoned, and the scale was quite astonishing. The total number reported before and after was as high as 200 million!

However, it is not enough to have people alone. Next, they must be armed, and they must be given the necessary training and appropriate tactics, so that they can be used as cannon fodder on the battlefield to cause trouble for the enemy. It was simply a pig that was driven out and slaughtered.

However, at this time, the British Empire, which is almost at the end of its waters, has all its military material reserves under the cordon, and even every company of the regular army may not be able to allocate a mortar. The latest batch of urgently recruited recruits except In addition to a military uniform, there is no guarantee that everyone has a rifle. Some recruits only got a grenade. I really don't know if it is used to kill the enemy or to commit suicide.As for the irregular militias like the National Self-Defense Forces, let alone the wartime cabinet could not even issue a set of military uniforms to each of these "National Self-Defense Forces" who are eager to serve the country.

As for the problem of food, there is no need to worry about it for the time being. Although it is basically impossible to maintain the food level before the war, with wine and meat and butter on bread every day, but if the land of Great Britain is planted with potatoes, then It is still barely enough to feed the people of the whole country.

In desperation, Churchill had to order members of the National Guard to bring their own cooking utensils and go into battle in civilian clothes.At the same time, they racked their brains and took out a batch of old-style rifles that had been repackaged and sealed up. But after all, the number of soldiers who needed weapons was too terrifying, and throwing away these rifles was not even a drop in the bucket.And even if you get the rifle, whether it can be used now is still a big problem-thanks to the British Empire's tradition of hoarding second-hand goods, these rifles are antiques that have been sealed for many years or even produced in the last century. There are so many varieties and the age span is really amazing. Some equipment can even be traced back to the Napoleonic Wars.Some members of the National Self-Defense Forces actually got a batch of brown bass flintlock guns with oil seals harder than stones (the kind that need to bite the bottom of the bullets to use them. As a result, the bullets were coated with lard and tallow, which caused a riot among Indian soldiers. rebellion stuff)...

In the end, Churchill, who had nothing to do, had to order the squires, landlords and aristocrats who formed the National Self-Defense Army to raise their own weapons, so the people below began to show their talents across the sea. At home, there is usually no shortage of weapons. They hunt not for life, but for entertainment and stimulation.Therefore, they not only hunted foxes and rabbits in the native land, butchered bison and brown bears in North America, killed tigers as rare animals in India, and killed an unknown number of antelopes, rhinos, lions and African elephants in Africa, and were also willing to kill The head of the whole beast was cut off and made into a specimen to hang on the wall to show off.In order to hunt these beasts, these local tyrants in modern Britain are like gamblers. They have always been very willing to spend a lot of money on various killing weapons, just like modern rich people are willing to spend a lot of money on luxury cars. What James partner shotguns, Ray Minton shotguns, hunting heavy crossbows...you name it.Even if someone doesn't like hunting himself, he still keeps his ancestors' shotgun for self-defense.

——Don’t underestimate the hobby of British gentlemen, no matter what, it at least exercises their courage to face the beasts, their strong physique, as well as their shooting skills and ability to survive in the wild. It is much healthier to puff and smoke opium.

Don't think that this kind of thing is full of food, and it hurts when you are idle.We must know that a person's life should be spent in constant pursuit and struggle. Although the result of struggle may be success or failure, it is much better than wanting nothing.If a person has no pursuit and longing, he will completely lose the goal of life and fall into extreme emptiness and confusion in spirit.So those big stars who seem to be famous and successful will inexplicably pursue excitement, fast racing, drug addicts, promiscuous promiscuity... To put it bluntly, it is because they are too boring.Compared with these depraved guys, hunting is really nothing-a British gentleman who loves hunting can bravely defeat the enemy during the war, at least as a qualified guerrilla.Can be replaced by a drug addict, what contribution can he make to society?
However, no matter how many hunting guns these hunting enthusiasts have in their homes, they may not be enough to arm an army.Moreover, a considerable number of squires who are not generous enough may not be willing to hand over expensive and exquisite hunting guns to those mud legs.Fortunately, Britain has not been completely de-industrialized these days. There are still many small workshops in the countryside, many of whom are crouching tigers, hidden dragons, and blacksmiths in some small workshops can even knock out a car by hand. After the ban was lifted, rural workshops in various British counties began to frantically manufacture all kinds of earthen guns, such as smoothbore guns, rifled guns, air guns, revolvers, match guns, lever guns, and potato guns. Then there are "heavy equipment" such as rockets and mortars.

Of course, this is a product that can only be produced by workshops with good craftsmanship. Those rural blacksmiths with poor craftsmanship have no courage to make firearms (for fear of explosion), so they can only forge some cold weapons, such as spears, big swords, and maces. , rapiers and maces, and some even invented the Welsh longbow, a British specialty product.However, axes and pitchforks are the most manufactured, because they seem to be the most cost-effective, and they are still useful after the war is over.

Although they are dressed in a mess and equipped with a variety of weapons, the flags of these National Guards are quite exquisite.Those rural nobles who run regiments naturally moved their family emblems and coats of arms to the military flags, while the little gentry without noble status racked their brains to flip through the noble heraldry classics in the library to create their own creations.Other militias led by priests and bishops naturally drew various crosses on the military flags... Some of the teams that were finally formed looked like medieval noble private soldiers or mercenaries, while others were like Resurrected Crusader.

All of a sudden, from the highlands of Scotland to the forests of Wales, from the factories in Glasgow to the universities in Oxford, from the warm Windsor Castle to the windy Shetland Islands, there were hordes of National Guards everywhere, Wearing all kinds of clothes, holding messy weapons, and holding bright flags, walking in the queue, shouting slogans, and singing military songs, it's like a super-large-scale "Medieval Total War COSPLAY".

Then, the scenes of these mobs conducting training camps across the UK were photographed one after another by all-pervasive Soviet spies and reconnaissance satellites in space orbit, and were quickly transmitted to the big shots of the other camp.

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South Pacific, Easter Island

In the vast South Pacific Ocean, there is a small island with an area of ​​160 square kilometers, which is the famous Easter Island.This small triangular island made of volcanic lava is the easternmost of the Polynesian islands across the South Pacific and one of the loneliest lands in the world, surrounded by vast oceans in all directions.It is [-] kilometers away from the nearest island of Pitcairn, and [-] kilometers away from the coastline of South America.

In addition to loneliness, the most impressive impression of Easter Island is "desolation" and "barrenness" - which is completely different from the lush vegetation and lush tropical islands in South China Sea in the conventional impression. There are no streams and springs on Easter Island. There are no coral reefs, and hardly a decent tree, except for bare rocks and sand, only low weeds and shrubs.At first glance, it makes people mistakenly think that they are in the Gobi Desert.

In the future of another world, it will attract tourists from all over the world with its mysterious giant stone statue and "talking board".But in this time and space in 1946, there were only a few thousand sheep and goats on the island, a gray-haired Chilean missionary and hundreds of indigenous people who converted to Christianity.

As for the more than 900 giant stone statues all over the island, they were all toppled down or even smashed up during the civil war among the indigenous people of Easter Island. will be re-erected by people.However, in this time and space of 1946, they are still lying quietly among the weeds and sand, which have been forgotten by everyone, and even the stone platform on which the giant statues are placed has been dilapidated.

Well, there used to be a U.S. Navy weather station here, but before the Japanese arrived, they had already slipped away.

And the legal owner of Easter Island, the Chilean government in South America, did not have the courage to use their pocket-sized navy to fight head-on with the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy in order to defend this remote territory. So far, no Chilean warship has appeared in the nearby waters.

In short, in the combat plan formulated by the Japanese Navy's combined fleet, Easter Island is the final destination of this "South Pacific Raiders".

At this moment, Wang Qiu was standing on the only small stretch of beach on Easter Island, watching a group of Japanese sailors excitedly raise the Rising Sun Flag on the highlands along the coast.

As a volcanic island hanging alone in the deep sea, the coast of Easter Island is full of cliffs-coastal rock formations formed by volcanic eruptions, which have become very steep due to the erosion of foaming waves. The clouds, people can't help but think of the steep coast of the Scottish Highlands.These cliffs generally show layers of reddish brown, yellowish gray and other colors, like a sliced ​​cake.On the top of the cliff, you can see lush green grass, as well as the remains of the ancient islanders, like an ancient wall that is about to collapse at any time.Of course, the entire coast of Easter Island cannot be all cliffs, and there are also many relatively flat places where you can see grassy hills and fields covered with rocks.However, outside the coastline, there is still a large mess of black lava, which surrounds the island like a wall, making it difficult for any slightly larger ship to dock, and it also makes Easter Island, which is densely covered with reefs and has no safe haven, It cannot become a naval base like Oahu, Hawaii.

"... Sigh, this place is really barren. The coast looks like the Scottish Highlands, and the inland looks like a Mongolian grassland. It's the kind of grassland on the edge of the Gobi Desert that's on the verge of desertification...there's even a river on the island. There is no river, drinking water depends on the rain, not to mention the food is difficult to self-sufficiency, and even fruit and vegetables can not be collected much. Really only exiled prisoners and missionaries can live in this kind of place..."

Ma Tong, who went to the island with Wang Qiu, walked around with Doraemon's "Bamboo Dragonfly" on her back, and then returned to the beach where she first landed, saying this——and behind her, And followed a large group of Easter Island natives who worshiped her as a god, chasing after her one by one, shouting "Birdman!" Seems like a compliment.

Although the scene was a bit messy, what senior sister Ma Tong said was indeed insightful.A place like Easter Island, which is barren, desolate and remote and lacks a natural harbor, is simply nothing to ask for, and there is no value in stationing troops for a long time.

And the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet did not plan to stay here for too long, but sent some people to land and walk around, roughly surveyed the island's terrain and products, planted a few national flags and military flags, and erected a monument. Said that he had been here, and then planned to call it a day and return.

As for whether the U.S. Pacific Fleet or the Chilean Navy will take advantage of the loopholes to recover here in the future, everyone in the United Fleet said that it doesn't matter. Anyway, the distance from Easter Island to the Samoa base is farther than the distance from Japan to New Zealand!If the U.S. Pacific Fleet Command really has a brain twitch and plans to use Easter Island, which has nothing, as a counteroffensive base in the South Pacific, then everyone in the United Fleet can celebrate with champagne!
However, although Easter Island is so barren that there are not even a tree, the Japanese have not gained nothing here.At least, the thousands of sheep left by the Chilean livestock company on the island were all accepted by the Japanese marines who landed and frugal in the spirit of frugality.Now it is being slaughtered and bloodletted by army cooks on the beach, its fur is peeled and its skin is peeled, and it is preparing to cook a wild roast mutton feast for everyone to reward everyone with a tooth-beating festival.At this moment, Wang Qiu can already smell pepper and cumin... Eh?Why does it feel more like being in the Mongolian grassland?
I just don’t know if the taste of beach barbecue made by Japanese chefs these days is authentic?
Swallowing his saliva, trying to suppress the glutton in his stomach, Wang Qiu raised the tablet computer in his hand, called up a photo, then moved it to Ma Tong's eyes, and said in a low voice, "...Look at this, what do you think? What is this supposed to be?"

Ma Tong took a closer look and found that the photo was taken very clearly. In a flat and vast grassland, there was a group of white people wearing various messy clothes, mainly old men, children and women, holding weapons from the last century. Antique muskets, as well as famous longbows, great swords, maces and other miscellaneous weapons, are walking in a queue under the leadership of a Christian clergyman holding a cross flag.

"...Could this be...someone is filming a costume movie in medieval Europe? Or a costume cosplay?" Ma Tong guessed.

"...No, this is Churchill's top priority recently, preparing the 200 million National Self-Defense Forces to resist the Soviet invasion!"

"...What? Use this group of old, weak, sick and disabled to fight against the Soviet Red Army? Does the British think it is possible to win?" Ma Tong was dumbfounded.

"...Maybe they really think they can win! After all, the British guys these days are really arrogant. All of them have eyes on the top of their heads. They seem to think that they are the second child, and they look like the third child... You have to beat them hard before you can make them admit defeat, right?"

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On the eve of the collapse of any great empire, there will always be some weird, funny and even deadly thoughts.In essence, this is the reason why thinking concepts cannot keep up with the changes in reality.This was true of the Roman Empire at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was true of China at the end of Ming Dynasty, and it was also true of the British Empire on the eve of its collapse.

The British of this era are completely different from the cautious and cautious people of the marginal island country in later generations, and their hearts are still filled with the dream of empire that dominates the world.

In fact.Since winning the Napoleonic Wars and rising to the pinnacle of the world, the British have been living in their own world.Even though the empire on which the sun never sets is almost gone, the vast majority of British people are still as proud, stubborn, and almost stupidly stubborn as ever.At all times, he never forgets the sense of superiority of the empire on which the sun never sets, and sincerely believes that he can still control the world and dominate the earth.

Neither World War I nor World War II woke up these outdated British pirates from their dreams.

Therefore, despite the extremely unfavorable situation, the British still did not give up the courage to fight, and the determination to unite as one and defend their homeland.

But the question is, can such a scene of national military training as excited as a mental patient deter the Soviet Red Army that is ready to go?

This is of course absolutely impossible. In the eyes of Stalin, the Uncle Steel, this is just a group of criminals waiting to be judged by him. They are all losers who have failed or will fail in the future... Uncle Steel’s real name is not Stalin , and later changed his name to Stalin.Because the name Stalin means steel.He thinks he is the invincible Iron Man, and his life motto is: only the victor can not be judged.Lenin's evaluation of him was that Stalin was very rough, if one day I was gone, comrades, you should be careful.

Then, as expected, Stalin launched a big purge, killing the early revolutionary fathers, and the blood flowed like a river.

The real Iron Man Stalin, although tragically the same height as the Iron Man in the Marvel world, only 1.6 meters, but has a steel body that is truly invulnerable.He had smallpox, and later healed himself by relying on his invulnerable physique, but there were some pockmarks left on his face.Afterwards, he suffered from fatal sepsis, and healed himself by relying on his steel-like physique, but the left arm became shorter because of it.In the early days of the revolution, because of tight funds, he often risked his life to rob armored vehicles and banks.All the money from the robbery was handed over to the organization, and I didn't keep a cent.Later, the stupidity of the Soviet industry and the painting style of the torrent of steel were all the products of Stalin's personal style dominating the will of the country.

After Stalin came to power, in order to give full play to the advantages and efficiency of collective mass production in socialist countries, and to allow the country to achieve rapid industrialization, he did not hesitate to use the most cruel means to exploit the people, and even caused a famine in Ukraine.However, after the three five-year plans, the steel output of the Soviet Union also increased by more than 200 times, surpassing the entire European continent, becoming an industrial power second only to the United States, and laying a solid foundation for winning World War II.

In short, Uncle Steel is a red tyrant who is ruthless to others and ruthless to himself, and a super ruthless character who leads the global proletarian revolution.

Obviously, Stalin would never be intimidated by this ridiculous bluff of the British - so what if the British militia were well trained?Even if they were able to defeat the enemy troops that landed with ease, how could they still get the Soviet strategic bombers that dropped nuclear bombs?
—— "It seems that this atomic bomb really cannot be stopped! If so, let's make the nuclear explosion more violent!"

Therefore, two weeks after the "hundred-hour bombing" ended, these British "National Self-Defense Forces" who were still practicing day and night with simple weapons and high morale, did not wait for the Soviet Red Army commandos who came to land, but greeted them. Here comes the next wave of more violent nuclear explosions from the Soviets...