The technological competition starts with the integration of space-time memory

Chapter 345 The Empire is in turmoil
When the news spread wildly throughout the empire, the public resentment, which was already like dry wood and raging fire, was instantly ignited by someone with ulterior motives.

As we enter a new election year, it is a time when various forces are competing fiercely.

The opposition Elephant Party would certainly not miss this good opportunity and used all means to criticize the Donkey Party's military policy as extremely stupid.

There are people causing trouble in many cities, believing that the Empire should not launch a military operation to "defend freedom."

That was an internal war in Lusong. Lusong was not a colony of the empire and the empire should not interfere.

Calls for "peace, not war" are heard one after another.

One Big Boss candidate even shouted, "Once elected, we will definitely bring our children home!"

Under such circumstances, the tension on the Lone Star State border was eased.

The imperial military top brass knew that they would withdraw troops from the Asia-Pacific region, but they never imagined that such a devastating situation would occur.

Withdrawing troops at this time would cause too much damage to the prestige of the imperial military!
Some powerful figures in the imperial military who were closely associated with the Xiang Party began to speak to the media, saying that they would send more troops to Lusong to avenge the humiliation!

The middle and lower echelons of the imperial military were bewildered. They had never imagined that the imperial army would be so vulnerable.

This tragic defeat was even more unbelievable to the ordinary people of the empire.

Modern naval and air battles last for a very short time, but to ordinary people who don’t know much about the subject, it would sound like an aircraft carrier fleet was destroyed by the enemy in less than half an hour.

This shows that the Northern Luzon People's Army is very powerful and the Imperial Army cannot defeat it.

Since it is impossible to achieve a crushing victory, it means there is a high possibility that soldiers will be killed in battle.

That involves the people's own interests. Their husbands and sons may have died or are about to die in Lusong, thousands of miles away.

Is this war of any benefit to the people? Why fight it?
Once the doubts were raised and fermented by some people with ulterior motives, people's anger erupted.

Anti-war sentiment was immediately exaggerated to the extreme.

Amid the chaos, a White House spokesperson dropped a bombshell directly to the media.

"The Empire announced that it will withdraw all its military forces from the Asia-Pacific frontline, and the Seventh Fleet's home port will also be moved to Guam."

The news was so shocking that it swept across the empire like a hurricane in an instant and then rushed towards all the empire's allies.

The top leaders of East Japan and the South Peninsula actually knew about it and had already begun preparing to take over the legacy after the imperial military retreated.

But ordinary people in these two countries don’t know this.

For a time, public opinion in the Southern Peninsula was filled with wailing.

"The Imperial military has abandoned us just like they abandoned the country!"

"We will be forced to face the threat of the violent regime in the North alone!"

"The Empire is so irresponsible!"

"We paid so much protection money, but the Empire just left without saying goodbye."

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In contrast, public opinion in East Japan appears cautiously optimistic and slightly radical.

"The Imperial military should have withdrawn long ago. We are not a colony!"

"Can the Self-Defense Forces protect us if something happens in the surrounding area?"

"We, Japan, have finally become a normal country!"

"If Japan builds its own Aegis now, it won't be hindered by the Empire's Aegis!"

"The Great Japanese can finally make their voice heard!"

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Apart from these two countries, a certain Jin Sun was so frightened that he didn't even dare to make a sound.

The boss suddenly walked away, and the skinny-armed and -legged younger brother was stunned for a moment.

Immediately order that air defense missile radars must not illuminate any targets and that all ships must not go out to sea.

Whether in the sea or in the sky, there is no need to emphasize any lines.

In short, at this time, it is safest to be a little transparent.

Besides, the Lusong puppet government, which induced the withdrawal of the Imperial Navy, had no time to react at this time.

Because they need to discuss whether to move the capital.

The three lines of defense being established on Luson Island looked like they were made of paper.

On the one hand, the People's Army broke through from the front, and on the other hand, it mobilized naval vessels and transport ships to send the People's Army Marine Corps troops to the rear of the defense line.

None of the three lines of defense could last a day.

Just three days after the Lusonghai naval and air battle, the People's Army's vanguard troops were only 50 kilometers away from Manila, and the rumbling of artillery fire could already be heard in Manila.

This created a mess for the mani wax.

Rich people are looking for plane tickets and boat tickets everywhere, trying to escape from here.

These people got all the negative news about the People's Army from the big families in Beilusong. Thinking of some policies advocated by the predecessor of the People's Army, the rich would rather believe it.

But at this time, the sky above Lusong was completely controlled by the People's Army Air Force, except for those legal foreign flights.

It is impossible for all aircraft to fly away from most islands in Luzon smoothly, and only the southernmost island of Medan can be flown away smoothly.

After all, the People's Army Air Force has a limited number of fighter jets, and the battle with the Lu Song puppet government is still fierce, so the fighter jets have heavy ground strike missions.

Li Xisong did not think of completely blocking all escape routes to prevent some people from taking desperate measures and causing too much damage.

When the Empire's announcement of withdrawing its troops from Asia-Pacific was issued, James and other Imperial soldiers had already boarded the last batch of military aircraft and evacuated from Manila.

James stood on the boarding ramp and took a last look at the terminal building of Manila Airport.

My heart is filled with bitterness.

Not far below the gangway, Admiral Kata was waving goodbye to him.

James sighed deeply, waved at Admiral Kata, turned and entered the cabin.

The military business jet quickly took off and soared into the sky.

Next to it, an F15EX and 12 F/A-18 carrier-based aircraft from the USS Carl carrier battle group soon flew over.

These were fighter planes escorting James and others. The fleet first flew south and then turned eastward to the Guam base.

With their withdrawal, there were no more combat-capable air force planes over Manila.

The newly formed F16 fleet of the Lusong puppet army has been withdrawn to the Medan Island Airport.

After their withdrawal, the People's Army Air Force quickly filled the gap and completely blocked the sky around Manila.

At this time, the USS Carl carrier strike group in the South China Sea has retreated westward, and they will withdraw directly to the Diego Garcia base in the Indian Ocean.

Before that, the entire fleet will rest in Star Country for a while.

In addition to those places affected by the withdrawal, countries such as the old nobles in Europe and the White Elephant were really shocked by the news.

They knew that the empire was declining, but they never imagined that it would decline so quickly and so completely!
For a while, they all found it difficult to adapt.

The question is not whether they can adapt. The announcement actually caused a stir on the Ermao battlefield.

The troops on the Ermao front collapsed and retreated 50 kilometers in one day before they re-established their defense line and gained a firm foothold.

This result made Damao overjoyed.

You know, they had been in a tug-of-war with Ermao before, and being able to break through a few kilometers was a great achievement.

The old nobles in Europe suddenly became anxious. Without even consulting the empire, they sent more support, hoping that Ermao could hold on.

At this time, obviously I can only rely on myself.

Fortunately, the empire does not seem to intend to give up the old European nobles. This is their base, and they will not lose it until the empire collapses.

The Empire's 101st Airborne Division and air force units directly confronted the Ermao border area and launched actual combat exercises, as if declaring to Ermao that we will not give up here!
The news of withdrawing troops from the Asia-Pacific region had the greatest impact within the empire.

Although the Elephant Party criticized the Donkey Party's military policy for its complete failure, it also incited the people to seek peace instead of war.

However, actually withdrawing troops from the Asia-Pacific region is not in the interests of the Elephant Party.

After all, their financial backers are mainly military-industrial groups.

The withdrawal means that a large amount of interests will be abandoned, and many long-term and sustainable interests will become one-time transactions.

It seems that selling equipment to countries such as the South Peninsula and Eastern Japan will have great sales in the short term, but without the suppression of the Imperial Army in the later period, they may not continue to purchase.

The various factions within the Xiang Party quarreled with each other so fiercely that there were only three candidates in the party this year.

In fact, there are some direct interest groups within the Donkey Party, which is also inevitable for internal circulation.

The progressive forces of the Donald Trump Party simply took action in California, imposing a state of emergency under the pretext of suppressing various riots such as zero-dollar shopping.

And they began to mobilize, form militias, and so on, following the example of the Lone Star State.

In fact, ever since the ties between the Western Alliance and the Star Alliance were severed, California's economic foundation and agriculture and animal husbandry have been greatly impacted.

Not to mention the impact on the high-tech sector, California has long been dissatisfied with certain federal policies amid the economic crisis.

The military-industrial complex has been affected by the withdrawal from the Asia-Pacific region, and California also accounts for a large share of technological components.

If Mark’s space exploration hadn’t been here, and a large portion of the large funding for the Mars colonization program had not been allocated here, California would have learned from the Lone Star State.

The defeat of the Empire's navy and air force at Lu Songhai caused unrest in many parts of the Empire.

After discussing with the Symbiote Society, Mark decided that in order to ensure the plan to colonize Mars, California must be firmly controlled, so he took advantage of the internal conflicts within the Donkey Party and did this.

Unexpectedly, the actual result of this approach is that the relationship between California and the federal government is in a de facto state of division, just like the relationship between the Lone Star State and the federal government.

In this way, California, which happened to become the Donkey Party, and the Lone Star State, which happened to become the Elephant Party, both became separated from the federal government, and a strange balance was reached between the two parties.

It seems that neither party objects to this and instead focuses on the election.

In short, under the heavy pressure of the economic crisis, the United States has lost its hegemony and military hegemony. The contradictions cannot be vented outward, so it has no choice but to roll back to death.

(End of this chapter)