American Celestial Master

Chapter 274, Turning In

After a deep integration, the coalition forces once again launched a second siege on the restricted area, and this time, the monsters' resistance was obviously not as effective as before. The coalition forces followed the rules and spent about half a month to gradually wear down the outer perimeter of the restricted area. They were about to launch the final general attack, but at this time, an unexpected change occurred - the monsters in the restricted area actually launched a breakout!
Although everyone now knows that some monsters actually have a certain level of intelligence, no one has ever seen a monster in the restricted area making a strategic shift. So it really can't be blamed on anyone for the monsters' successful breakout.

The next step was to pursue the enemy with all the remaining courage. However, pursuit was a science, because monsters were different from humans, so their counterattack methods were also different, especially for creatures like the mind suckers, which had high intelligence. As a result, the vanguard was ambushed accidentally during the pursuit. If the advisory group of X School had not been arranged in the vanguard, and the advisory group was led by a powerful superhero like Andres, the coalition might have suffered a great loss.

Although Andres broke through the ambush with his personal ability, the coalition forces' pursuit became more cautious. The coalition forces basically only used long-range reconnaissance and highly maneuverable superheroes to keep in touch with the fleeing monsters, and used extended-range JEDAMs to force them to change direction when they might stop or move in a more dangerous direction. The main force of the coalition forces kept a relatively safe distance from the monsters and was ready to switch to defense at any time.

The situation afterwards was basically calm. With the help of the Allied Forces, the Monster Army almost crossed the entire New England region, then passed through New York State and entered Pennsylvania.

As a response, Pennsylvania first tried to send federal troops to test the waters. After the federal troops tried it, they said: They thought the best way to deal with it was to drop a nuclear bomb.

"In order to ensure the killing effect, it is best to drop a few B-83s, so that the killing effect can be guaranteed." The federal army gave such a suggestion.

The B-83 is almost the most powerful nuclear bomb in the U.S. military, with an equivalent of about million tons. As a three-phase bomb, it is also very polluting. If a few of them were dropped in Pennsylvania, it would quickly create a restricted area that does not require monsters to exist.

So this suggestion was naturally rejected by Pennsylvania without hesitation, and they strongly demanded that the federal army adopt a more responsible approach to eliminate this threat.

The federal army certainly did not refuse, but they did not take action immediately. After all, preparation takes time, and there are so many dangerous restricted areas in the federal territory, so there is a first-come, first-served queue, right?

These dangerous monsters have settled in northern Pennsylvania, right near the Northeastern Coal Fields.

After shipping became difficult, the re-industrialization of the United States did pick up a bit. For example, because low-value products such as imported steel became less suitable, Pennsylvania's steel companies did pick up again. The steel production in the United States is mainly short-term steelmaking, that is, steelmaking is mainly based on scrap steel. The requirements for iron ore are not too high, but even short-term metallurgy requires coal. Therefore, the importance of coal mines to Pennsylvania has also increased significantly. Now these foreign monsters threaten the coal mines. The federal army can delay, but Pennsylvania can't afford to delay.

So Binzhou immediately contacted New York, and after paying a certain political price, received technical support from the New York National Guard. Then, the monsters began their migration again, and along the way, they also kidnapped monsters from several nearby restricted areas, causing the number of monsters to increase significantly...

So the monsters made their way through Pennsylvania and into West Virginia, which is a traditionally red state, unlike Pennsylvania, and nowadays, they are not like the New York-Great Lakes states, they are Houston-Mississippi alliance.

So not only did West Virginia not accept the help of the New York National Guard, it also accused New Yorkers of driving dangerous monsters to them, and they even demanded compensation from New York State.

Of course, New York would not really offer compensation. They told West Virginia, "If you can, drive them back."

West Virginia is a small state and certainly does not have the power to drive these monsters back. Besides, there are already enough monsters and restricted areas in the state. As long as these monsters do not cause too much trouble, West Virginia will not care about them at all.

Judging from the location where the monsters entered West Virginia, if they just stopped there, the threat to West Virginia would actually be very limited. The monsters entered West Virginia from the northwest, which is mainly mountainous. Even before the mutation, the population density was not high. Now, it has almost become an uninhabited area, so if they stay there, the West Virginia government thinks it is not a big deal.

But the monsters did not stop in the uninhabited northwest. They turned around and headed east to the river valley, and then stopped near Virginia in West Virginia.

This place is very awkward. First of all, it is still not a big threat to West Virginia, but it is very close to Hagerstown, Maryland, only about 20 kilometers away. Moreover, after a long migration, these monsters have become active. They have brought more other monsters with them, and their control range has quickly expanded to Maryland.

Maryland is originally a member of the New York-Great Lakes Alliance. If it is threatened, it will naturally be supported by the New York National Guard. However, the monsters' current lair is in West Virginia, and to attack them, it is necessary to cross the state border.

Originally, this was nothing. Although West Virginia and New York were not on good terms, they could still cooperate on this issue. However, West Virginia was very worried that the cross-border strikes from the New York-Great Lakes Alliance would cause the monsters to move to Fort Mustin, West Virginia. So they firmly opposed the cross-border strikes planned by the New York-Great Lakes Alliance on the grounds of maintaining state rights.

Everyone first quarreled in the media, accusing each other of taking human life lightly, and then even minor military frictions occurred.

(End of this chapter)