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Chapter 1, Bald Eagle's Nuclear Counterattack Plan

Next, there are some good things that are beneficial to President Truman’s personal power. In order to deal with the difficult situation of the outbreak of the Third World War and to curb the spread of Bolshevik ideas in the country, Wall Street oppressed Congress to pass a series of wartime wartime laws that could be described as insane. The bill greatly increased the powers of the president.Therefore, under the auspices of President Truman, various coercive measures that violated the Constitution were introduced one after another after the outbreak of the Third World War—compulsory confiscation of civilian firearms, institutionalization of mail censorship, the establishment of a news supervision bureau, and the encouragement of the public to inform each other. Martial law during border wars, military manufacturers canceling vacations and forcing overtime, and militarized training in schools across the country... etc., it is like turning the entire United States into a big barracks.

Then, various domestic resources are further tilted towards military production.Last year, the output of other munitions and munitions fell short of expectations due to the huge consumption of rebuilding the navy and the fact that the wartime mobilization work has not yet fully started.Now that the large-scale construction plan of naval ships has come to an end, various resources can be transferred to other departments, and the scope of wartime mobilization has also included the entire American society, and the resources in the hands of the government are much more abundant.To this end, Truman decided to increase the production of aircraft this year to 25, and the production of anti-aircraft guns to 350, in order to cope with the increasingly fierce global war situation.It is also preparing to produce [-] tanks, [-] million military trucks and jeeps, and more bullets and shells.

Of course, the production of merchant ships cannot be stopped, because with the official outbreak of the Third World War, the Atlantic Ocean, which was once safe with the fall of Nazi Germany, once again became the hunting ground for Soviet submarines, and the Japanese submarines and the break-off cruiser fleet also Raiding in the Pacific Ocean, and becoming more and more proficient in breaking wars... In just a few months, 450 million tons of American merchant ships have sunk. In order to make up for the gap, the United States must continue to strengthen the production of merchant ships.

Next, due to the poor situation on the front line, in order to avoid damaging the morale of the people, the U.S. government could only choose to keep the people from hearing the real news, and at the same time suppress all voices who dared to sing dissent during the war—after the outbreak of the Third World War In just a few months, the U.S. government seized thousands of newspapers and magazines, closed 25 universities that were suspected of being "polluted" by red ideology, tens of thousands of left-wingers and their families were thrown into concentration camps, and countless Millions of Russian, French, German, and Asian immigrants were arrested or investigated for various flimsy reasons.

All of a sudden, the entire American society was rapidly militarized and fascized, and all kinds of white terror prevailed. A bunch of "radical patriotic groups" under various banners emerged in every state. With the acquiescence of the police and the government, they spread everywhere Destroying the properties and gathering places of those "dissidents", and even directly breaking into the houses, smashing, looting and burning... The official literati in the official media applauded this, openly declaring that "...in order to win this sacred war, Destroy the evil Bolsheviks, now the United States does not need a mess of freedom and human rights, but more whips, bayonets, bullets and burning frames! In order to defend everything we know, the United States can only have one voice, one doctrine, one leader , a thought!"

Recently, Congress also authorized Senator Joseph McCarthy to set up a "Un-American Activities Investigative Subcommittee" responsible for conducting so-called "loyalty investigations" on all citizens of the United States and reviewing various banned books.Initially, only the works of 75 left-wing literati at home and abroad were banned, and the impact was not too great.Later, in order to expand his influence, McCarthy quickly expanded the scope of banned books, classifying more than 200 million books as "harmful reading materials", and even Mark Twain's political satires became banned books.Those who have read banned books, and the libraries that house them, are subject to endless loyalty scrutiny.Under this influence, the major libraries in the United States had to seize or even burn "any suspicious books and magazines" before the "Un-American Activities Investigation Subcommittee" came to their door. For a while, the university campus was full of paper dust flying around. Known as "Ash Day in America".

At the same time, McCarthy also illegally arrested the famous actor Chaplin who dared to sing against him, insisted on leaning to the left, and called him "more evil than Hitler", and put the unlucky star into a concentration camp in the desert of Nevada.Even Einstein, who accidentally said a few more words, would have almost followed into a concentration camp if the president hadn't personally vouched for McCarthy to stop him.All of a sudden, McCarthy, a little-known little Senate, was full of prestige in American society, wantonly manipulating life and death, and was called "America's Beria"... Although this made the United States move towards a police state and even a Nazi state However, for President Truman, it was a piece of good news that unified his thinking and consolidated his power.

——In a closed country where there are no newspapers, no news, no communication media, no public activities of the opposition party, censorship and police everywhere, and ideological campaigns three times a day, public opinion is directly strangled, and the opposition can only operate underground , The difficulty of setting off turmoil is very, very high.In many cases, even when thousands of people have collectively starved to death, the state power is still as stable as Mount Tai.Just like the North Korean regime in later generations.

On the last day of January [-], the U.S. Congress passed a shocking "Wartime Election Act" with a narrow majority.The main content of this bill is that due to the outbreak of the Third World War and the fall of Europe, it is now an extraordinary period that determines the life and death of the country. The United States must concentrate all its forces to deal with the challenges of foreign enemies.In order to maintain the unity of military orders and ensure the continuity of various national policies, Congress decided to suspend all political elections across the country and freeze any impeachment motions before the end of the wartime state—that is to say, every U.S. Every governor, congressman and president can be directly re-elected indefinitely without being elected or impeached until the end of the wartime state!
In other words, if the wartime state does not end, Truman may even hope to become the only lifetime president in American history!

According to common sense, a bill like this that is extremely contrary to the purpose of a democratic, free and republic is enough to blow up the entire United States.But the facts are calm: the justice silently recognized its legitimacy, and under the strict supervision of the news management department, newspapers across the United States are applauding and supporting it. They were seized the next day, or smashed into ruins by "patriotic groups"... Even the political crowd in Washington, which has always relied on elections for food, had to lament that they were unlucky, and then they were captured and sent to the front as cannon fodder.

In this way, President Truman, who completely got rid of the haze of impeachment, happily signed a decree whose main content is "to list the national private radios as wartime controlled products, and those who have not obtained a license must turn over their private radios for free" , and then received another piece of more exciting good news-after working overtime at the Oak Ridge factory day and night, the latest batch of 24 atomic bombs in the United States has finally been completed and shipped out!

This good news almost brought tears to his eyes for a moment—how many days have passed, and the United States, which lost its last atomic bomb, can only watch the Soviet nuclear bomb show off its power all over the world, killing tens of thousands of people. Many American soldiers and famous cities and fortresses were blown up into piles of radiation dust, but they couldn't even come up with any countermeasures... Fortunately, this most difficult period of time was finally over.From now on, the nuclear arsenal of the United States, which was once empty, has been stocked up again. Instead of being bombed one-sidedly, it can compete with the Russians to plant suns all over the world!
Therefore, President Truman was very happy to hold an emergency meeting that afternoon to discuss the United States' nuclear counterattack plan.It would be best to drop an atomic bomb on the mainland of the Soviet Union to cheer up the hearts and morale of the people, and by the way, give a little color to the Soviets who have gone too far recently - just dropping an atomic bomb on the European continent is useless, This only made Europeans hate America even more and pushed them over to the Soviets.

Then, Truman was a little disappointed to find that with the current strategic posture of the US military, it seemed a bit difficult to nuke the mainland of the Soviet Union...

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By February 29, the U.S. military had not only lost all its strongholds on the European continent, but also lost all its military bases on the British Isles. It took off from Iceland and headed west across the Norwegian Sea and the Scandinavian Peninsula to enter the western border of the Soviet Union. The total range was as long as 8580 kilometers. With an extreme range of [-] kilometers, it is not difficult to fly from Iceland to Leningrad, Kiev or even Moscow.

But the problem is that the bomber formation carrying the nuclear bomb must pass through the three countries of Norway, Sweden, and Finland before dropping the nuclear bomb to Leningrad. The bomber carrying the nuclear bomb is likely to be shot down midway.Moreover, in the era without GPS navigation and positioning, it is very likely to get lost if you go deep into the enemy's territory for such a long distance.

Another possible direction of attack is to deploy B-29 "Super Fortress" strategic bombers and atomic bombs to the Middle East, take off from Baghdad or Tehran, go north into the territory of Central Asia of the Soviet Union, and directly hit the "soft underbelly of the polar bear." "...But the problem is that it is easier to bomb Russia's Caucasus region from Baghdad, but whether it is a nuclear bombing of Georgia, Azerbaijan or Armenia, the damage to the Soviet military strength is very limited.It would be too risky to continue going north and deep into the heart of Russia to nuclear-explode major industrial cities such as Baku, Stalingrad, and Donbass.The success rate calculated based on war chess deduction is really pitifully low, even much lower than the success rate of bombing Leningrad from Iceland.

Eisenhower, who was on the front line, proposed a more feasible nuclear explosion plan, which is to use atomic bombs to destroy Constantinople and destroy the shipping lanes between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, but the problem is that if this is done, the angry Soviets are likely to It will retaliate with nuclear explosions in Baghdad, Tehran, and Jerusalem, and the hundreds of thousands of US troops in the Middle East will be wiped out by then-if the Soviets still have enough nuclear bombs in stock.

More importantly, it will take at least a month to transport the atomic bomb from the mainland of the United States to the front line in the Middle East and complete the debugging.And looking at Eisenhower's previous posture of collapse, the Pentagon is really not sure whether he can persist until the moment when the atomic bomb arrives.

The third, and the safest, plan for nuclear explosions in the Soviet Union is to take off from an air force base in southern Alaska and nuke Petropavlovsk, the capital of Kamchatka, the Soviet Union.For the pilots on the mission, this route is the safest, because Petropavlovsk is adjacent to the coast, the depth is extremely small, and the air defense force is also very weak. It is almost impossible to defend against high-speed bombing from high altitudes—in the city The Soviets had just received the air defense alert, and the American bombers carrying the atomic bombs had already flown over their heads. What's more, the latest US military B-29 bomber has been installed and carried the APT1 "Dinah" and APQ2 "Rug" Radar jammers and RR3U chaff, and even a dedicated electronic warfare B-29 bomber.Electronic warfare can be used to paralyze the Soviet air defense radar and anti-aircraft gun fire control radar.

But the problem is that Petropavlovsk's value as an atomic bomb target is simply too low.Such a small frontier city with no industry, no historical and cultural significance, and no large army stationed, even exiled criminals disdain the backwaters of the past. The Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor did more damage to the United States!
If an extremely expensive atomic bomb is used to bomb such a ruined place, the Americans always feel that the gain is not worth the loss, and it is not worthwhile.

"...if the B-29 from Alaska could bomb Petropavlovsk on the Kamchatka peninsula, why not fly a little further and bomb Vladivostok? That's the Soviet Pacific The home port of the fleet is also the core of Soviet rule in the East, dropping a few atomic bombs in the past is definitely worth the money!" Looking at the North Pacific military map hanging on the wall, President Truman asked a little puzzled.

"...This... I'm afraid it will be difficult to do, Mr. President, Vladivostok is too far away from Alaska. If B-29 is used to carry out the nuclear explosion mission, it will probably be gone forever , turned into a one-way suicide bombing. Moreover, the defense force deployed by the Soviets in Vladivostok is far from comparable to that of a small border town like Petropavlovsk..."

General Henry Arnold, commander of the U.S. Army Air Corps, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his hand, and replied, "...under the multiple levels of early warning and interception, the possibility of successfully detonating Vladivostok is very small. And Even if it succeeds, the Soviets will retaliate in turn..."

"...Huh? So what about the suicide one-way bombing? How many good boys have died in the United States since the war? Could it be that the Air Force can't even find a group of pilots who have the courage to die for the country? How does the pilot's loyalty survey work? of?"

President Truman jumped up in a rage, and slammed the table several times, "...they have already decided to fight a nuclear war with the Soviets, yet they are still afraid of the Soviets' revenge? Even if we don't do anything, can the Soviets still Will the atomic bomb be stopped? Besides, even if the Soviets want to retaliate against us, so what? They also have no ability to transport the atomic bomb across the Pacific Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean. At most, they can only blow up Iceland, Iran, or Alaska. Such an exchange ratio cannot be more cost-effective for the United States..."

"...and, if we don't act quickly, the Soviets may conduct preventive strikes and pre-empt their atomic bombs on Iceland, the Middle East, and our air base in Alaska, which would make things even worse gone."

Secretary of State Hull also shook his fist and added, "...we must race against an enemy of unprecedented ferocity, and strike first!"

Then, when the participants were still looking forward and backward, and hesitating, another blockbuster-like bad news came from the front line.

——"...Reporting gentlemen, the Soviets carried out a new nuclear strike twelve hours ago. They dropped atomic bombs on Mosul and Tehran! The Shah of Iran died in the nuclear explosion, and the country of Iran was in chaos , the 30 people of the Mosul Army Group are all finished!"

After a moment of silence, President Truman spread his hands expressionlessly, "...you see! Gentlemen. The cruel enemy will not give up atrocities because of our kindness and kindness. Only when we counter violence with violence can we have It is possible to contain the opponent and win a chance for the country... Now start to formulate plans for nuclear strikes against the Soviet Union in the three directions of Western Europe, the Middle East and the Far East! Before there is any more bad news!"

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On February 30, [-], after learning that Mosul and Tehran had been hit by nuclear bombs one after another, and the Middle East front was on the verge of collapse again, President Truman issued the most severe order, demanding that the last [-] Middle East Allied troops under Eisenhower Continue to persevere, and you must hold a counterattack position no matter what-"...you can only win or die, but you must not retreat. Without an order, no one is allowed to retreat. Commanders who abandon their positions without orders are considered treasonous criminals and must be dealt with most severely!"

Regarding this strict order, the Pentagon added it, claiming: "Anyone who cowers on the battlefield without standing upright and sacrificed will be sentenced as a traitor who betrayed the country." The U.S. military urgently carried out large-scale reinforcements.And General MacArthur and his subordinates, who had just been withdrawn from the Philippines, were also sent to the Middle East to give blood transfusions to Eisenhower, who had become a frightened bird.

At the same time, the U.S. atomic bombs that had just left the factory were also loaded on cruisers and battleships, and shipped to all parts of the world, ready to go.

——The new wave of strategic nuclear counterattack plan of the bald eagle, the beacon of human freedom and democracy, is about to hit the Russian polar bear hard...

And this human civilized world, which has been ravaged by war, has also taken a big step forward in the direction of the radiation wasteland...