Great time travel

Chapter 158, The Last Gunshot

Today, the federal capital Washington, which was specially designed and built by a French designer and is as exquisite as a handicraft, has become a scorched, ugly, foul-smelling and hideous ruin.The city's running water and electricity supply have long been cut off, and despite the opening of firewalls and fire ditches, about one-fifth of the buildings in the urban area have been destroyed.The Pentagon, which was completed only a few years ago, was almost turned into a pile of rubble under the key bombing by the Soviet Strategic Air Force. Even the steel components were burned by the high temperature of the incendiary bombs, turning them into a pile of twisted garbage.The dome of Capitol Hill was hit by a [-]-kilogram heavy aerial bomb. Dozens of people were killed on the spot. Human flesh fragments, blood and brains were splashed on the walls decorated with exquisite murals, and citizens who volunteered to collect the bodies The service member fainted from fright.Several bridges across the Potomac River were also blown up, and now only small boats can be used to travel between the two banks.Even a corner of the White House was blown down. Fortunately, the Oval Office was still intact, only the decorations on display were shattered a lot.

Now in Washington, there is no electricity, no running water, no newspapers and shops, let alone hotels and hotels... Thousands of homeless citizens and refugees who fled from other places cannot get effective medical treatment. Some people spontaneously poured into museums, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial and other remaining public buildings to set up camp, and the rest could only use old Newspapers and wood scraped from the ruins were built into huts for a temporary stay, relying on a little relief food provided by the government, plus collecting wild vegetables and fruits, catching mice and hares, and fishing from the Potomac River for a living.It's almost like the "Hoover Village" and "Hoover House" built by American veterans when they marched to the capital to ask for their salaries during the Great Depression... At first glance, it seems like a repeat of yesterday.Some of these dilapidated shacks have even been erected outside the gate of the White House, less than 200 meters away from the Oval Office. From the window of President MacArthur, you can see the smoke from their cutting down trees for cooking.

Many people fell ill with dysentery and cholera as a result of unhealthy diets, and daily epidemics killed people, often unnoticed until their bodies rotted and stinked.And every transoceanic bombing by the Soviet Strategic Air Force created more ruins, bomb craters and corpses for this desperate city.

The majestic, neat and solemn federal capital, like a deep and distant dream, has been completely shattered and gone forever.

However, the current President MacArthur has no intention of driving tanks to drive and crush the shacks of these homeless people... Strictly speaking, President MacArthur at this time has no intention of taking care of anything. In fact, even if He wanted to take care of it, but he couldn't do anything about it.Because his federal government has fallen into a state of idling and has basically lost control of the country. Even news from areas outside the capital has been almost cut off. President MacArthur can be said to have two eyes on the situation in the states in the country in recent months. Once blacked out, he knows even less than Stalin.

For example, as the current president of the United States, MacArthur actually learned that a Japanese army had landed in the port of Tacoma, Washington State on the west coast through the international broadcast of the Soviet TASS news agency, and the commander of this Japanese army was still an old acquaintance of his. Lieutenant General Tsuji Masanobu, who once captured him in Japan and put him in an iron cage to parade in the streets... No way, the Washington State Congress and government have long since disappeared. The local garrison that survived the nuclear explosion reported in May After the news of the rebellion by Japanese immigrants, they also cut off contact with the White House, and no new telegrams were sent.

Therefore, even if President MacArthur wanted to organize a counterattack, he couldn't find anyone to order, and there were not even many troops that could be mobilized-he, the dignified president, currently has more troops in the United States than Lieutenant General Masanobu Tsuji There are even fewer Japanese troops stationed in the United States under his command!
Besides, even if he had soldiers on hand, he couldn't move his troops across the wasteland of the United States to the west coast to defend against the enemy.

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Therefore, in the face of this small group of Japanese troops appearing in Washington State, the only choice MacArthur can make is to pretend to be deaf and dumb, pretending not to know... Fortunately, today is different from the past, Your Excellency the President has no need for public opinion and public opinion pressure. Cope with it, no longer have to worry about making things difficult for the news media, as well as congressional inquiries and impeachment-because the Soviet air raids blew up the printing plant, and the supply of electricity, paper and ink was completely cut off, all the federal capital Washington D.C. All newspapers have ceased publication.Meanwhile, both houses of Congress have been permanently adjourned as lawmakers are all but absent.

——Although it has not been subjected to a nuclear explosion so far, Washington, which is bombed twice in three days, is also not a safe zone.Therefore, the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill have left without saying goodbye in twos and threes since this spring, and left to make a living.A few took their families and fled into the most remote mountains and wild forests to live in seclusion, intending to learn from the western cowboy pioneers of the past, or the modern inland version of Robinson Robinson, and rely on their own and their families' hands to burn wasteland and cultivate.Most of the guys who think they lack the ability to survive in the wild, dragged their wives, children, children, and belongings, took a variety of cruise ships, freighters, yachts, and the remaining ships of the Atlantic Fleet, crossed the vast Atlantic Ocean and fled to South Africa.

During this chaotic flight of millions of people, because many refugee ships were dilapidated, old, lack of maintenance, sailors were of poor quality (experienced and excellent sailors were all wiped out in the war), the captain was greedy for money and carried too many passengers, etc. Unfavorable factors, all kinds of tragic and unimaginable shipwrecks continued one after another, and even made matters worse, a large number of modern pirates who killed people and robbed goods appeared-a considerable part of these modern pirates that suddenly appeared were formerly from South American countries. The defeated soldiers, including many former U.S. Navy officers and soldiers, and criminals who took advantage of the chaos to snatch heavy military weapons. The fugitives are the best prey... However, in general, at least more than [-]% of the refugee ships finally arrived at their destination in South Africa...

In addition to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, the main officials of various departments of the federal government and the Supreme Court, many generals in the Pentagon, and many plutocratic families who once dominated the United States in essence, there are many more who are unwilling to stay in the country. Ordinary people in the capital waiting to die, trying to find a way to survive, also fled the capital one after another and scattered in all directions.In the entire federal government, there are only a few decadent guys who feel that they have nowhere to go, no love for life, or cowards with no sense of adventure, and they continue to stay in the Capital District-at least there are houses to live in and rations here Food is available.

Today's District of Columbia has become a messy giant ant nest, and everything is messed up.Thanks to President MacArthur's loyal guards and the few policemen and gendarmes who still insisted on their duties in this desperate situation, they can barely maintain the law and order in the city from a complete collapse, and when the air strikes come, , Operate the anti-aircraft gun that can't hit the enemy plane at all, let it go loud to embolden yourself.In addition, as the federal capital, long before the nuclear catastrophe fell on the land of the United States, the federal government had stockpiled a large amount of food, fuel and living supplies in the city in advance, even if some were destroyed by the bombing, the amount of remaining supplies There are still many, so that most people in the city are not in danger of freezing and starving for the time being... Therefore, even when the country is gradually reduced to wasteland and the capital has been reduced to an isolated island, there is still some order here.

Even so, this dying city is still full of bad things, full of neurotic bad people, and it is disheartening to see.

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In fact, even President MacArthur himself secretly sent his wife, first lady Jane Faircross MacArthur, and his son Arthur Jr. to a refugee ship bound for South Africa... According to The last news came back half a month ago. At present, their mother and son have successfully arrived in South Africa. Relying on the gold, silver and jewelry they carried, they bought a house in Cape Town to live in. It also made the last stone in President MacArthur's heart fall to the ground—— From now on, he no longer has anything to worry about or worry about in this world, and he can face the coming cruel fate without any drag.

However, despite the dire situation and the increasingly hopeless future, President MacArthur still had no intention of surrendering unconditionally to the Soviets.

——As an ambitious, pushy professional soldier who dreams of becoming Caesar and Napoleon, he is not afraid of death, but he would rather die than become the first U.S. president to sign an unconditional surrender agreement, humiliating himself Signed the death verdict for the United States of America... Recalling that three years ago, he was ambushed by Masanobu Tsuji in Japan and unfortunately became a prisoner. Then he was imprisoned in an iron cage by the Japanese like a monkey and paraded through the streets, surrounded by countless yellow-skinned dwarfs , ridiculed and throwing rotten leaves, the feeling of shame and indignation is so humiliating that people can't describe it in words.

At that time, he was lucky enough not to die, and escaped, and once again proved himself on the new battlefield, cleared up his previous defeats, and finally won the general election, entered the White House, and reached the pinnacle of his life.But he never imagined that after becoming the president, he would have to experience such a nightmare again!

Masanobu Tsuji, who has already landed in America with a group of people and is showing off his power in Washington State on the west coast, may have prepared a new, stronger cage with a contemptuous sneer, waiting to make him a more dignified man. Enemy, stuff it in and carry it around the street again, right?
Whenever he recalled all the sufferings in the iron cage at that time, President MacArthur's heart was filled with a stamina that he would rather die than surrender.

——It's a taste that makes life worse than death, and it's enough to taste it once in a lifetime!Now, he would rather face the irresistible death vigorously as a heroic warrior, and he is not willing to become a pug again and suffer the humiliation that makes people mad!

In fact, apart from President MacArthur, those high-ranking federal officials who are still staying in Washington are also like him, unwilling to suffer humiliation, and determined to die for the country...Of course, it can also be said to be the most stubborn Ineffective, old-fashioned guy.

However, no matter what happens next, he has already become a defeated general, and there is no possibility of turning around.

The history and destiny of the United States of America will soon come to an end in the hands of President MacArthur, or someone else.

Therefore, President MacArthur was very, very depressed every day and every night when he stayed in the White House waiting for his final fate.Frustration, disappointment, anger, pain, powerlessness... A tide of strong emotions rushed into his heart, making it almost impossible for him to maintain a moment of peace.

At times like this, he always tries to put on a cold and indifferent look, distracts others, and anesthetizes himself with alcohol and tobacco...

For example, at the moment when this wave of air raids just ended, President MacArthur found a fairly complete chair at random as he watched the black smoke rising from the skyline, dusted off the dust, and ordered his bodyguards to come from the White House. A few bottles of fine whiskey were brought from the cellar.Then, he picked up the wine bottle, and with a box of Spam canned luncheon meat, he planned to drink while watching the street scene of the capital Washington, which was becoming more and more unfamiliar and evolving towards ruins. Get drunk, and get drunk to relieve your worries... Anyway, there is no decent official business now, and he, the president, needs to handle it.As for how miserable the United States will be in the future, he is even more unwilling to think about it, and he is too lazy to think about it.

——Due to the gradual severance of domestic information, MacArthur, who was staying in the White House, did not even know how many nuclear bombs the United States had suffered so far. He only knew that the atomic bombs of the Soviets seemed endless, and perhaps they could really destroy the entire United States. Razed to the ground... Even if the entire United States is not completely blown up, and some Americans can survive, the future of the United States is simply unimaginable: whether the survivors who escaped from the nuclear explosion in each state are still alive Will be willing to continue to recognize the federal government that has brought them ruin, I am afraid it will be unknown.

However, those Indians who were driven to the protected areas in the deep mountains and old forests escaped the nuclear explosion because of a blessing in disguise. Only God knows how they will cruelly retaliate against the white immigrants who fell into trouble... After so many bloody killings and vile deceptions in the movement, the romantic encounter between the immigrant ship "Mayflower" and the native Indian "Pocahontas" 300 years ago may not be repeated...

Even so, President MacArthur believes that he continues to insist on not surrendering in Washington, which is still meaningful to the country and the people.

Although he was in the White House, he couldn't shoot down even a Soviet bomber, couldn't resist any Soviet atomic bomb falling from the sky, and couldn't give the enemy on the other side of the ocean even the slightest revenge...but he and the people standing in front of the White House The Stars and Stripes can still do one thing:

That is to attract the firepower and attention of the Soviet Bolsheviks for others—as long as they persist in Washington with the Stars and Stripes, the more buffer time they can buy for those Americans who fled overseas, and leave behind the spirit of freedom in the United States. More sparks of hope...

And this is the last thing he, the president, can do for the country...

As for whether the continental United States will be hit by more Soviet atomic bombs because of his procrastination, turning more cities and villages into radioactive wasteland, and causing more Americans who could have survived to die after the nuclear explosion. To be honest, MacArthur didn’t think about this issue at all—in his opinion, the United States of America is about to perish anyway, and I am the president, so I plan to die for this country. You inferior people What else is there to say about mud legs?To be able to sacrifice for the country with this president is a great honor to leave a name in history!
Regrettably, although President MacArthur has been so dedicated and sacrificed for the country, there are obviously many Americans who do not agree with his views.

——At this moment, in the Arlington Cemetery across the river from downtown Washington, a sonorous and powerful shout is resounding through the sky:
"...Go to hell with the dignity and arrogance of those politicians and dignitaries! The lives of our poor people are our lives!"

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PS: I am planning to create a sad and sad funeral song for the United States of America. Some details have not been conceived, so it has been delayed a bit.

Then continue to complain about current events, the International Olympic Committee announced that after re-testing the urine samples of athletes in the 08 Olympic Games, a total of [-] athletes were disqualified and stripped of their medals.Except for one Greek athlete, all of them are from Russia. The meaning of this political operation is really beyond words!Having said that, the old urine from eight years ago has not expired?And will people really hand in their medals obediently?