Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 1097 Cold War Thinking
"But Your Excellency, shall we allow the Chinese to break through the defense line on the west coast and advance in depth?" the staff officer looked at Clark with a blank face in disbelief, and asked urgently.

"We can prevent it, but our military alone is far from achieving this goal. We need our citizens to fully and unreservedly devote themselves to this war, just like they did during World War II, I would rather have [-] million pieces of jade than live under the enemy's iron hoof." A strange light flashed in Clark's eyes, as if he had taken a stimulant.

"Your Excellency, I'm afraid, this is very difficult to achieve." Although he knew that his words might hurt the chief's hope, the staff officer still reminded him from the side.

"Really? It was like this before, but after the battle in Seattle, this decision may be realized." Hearing what the staff officer said, Clark did not show any displeasure, but said excitedly.

"However, Your Excellency, we failed in the battle of Seattle, and Seattle is already under the enemy's occupation." The staff officer intuitively felt that the officer seemed a little abnormal.

"Yes, that's because most of the civilians we sent were armed. We have received intelligence that after the battle, the enemy captured about [-] civilians. How to deal with these civilians is an important factor affecting the direction of the war." Clark was not crazy, he said slowly after looking at the staff officers around him with a smile.

"Your Excellency, I don't quite understand what you mean." The staff officer said bluntly.

"The enemy will either choose to massacre, or choose to detain, no matter which choice is beneficial to us, of course, although I know that the captives are our people, but if I am in the enemy's perspective, there is nothing wrong with massacring them The thing is, after all, in the war, they chose to take up arms and fight instead of hiding in the corner of the room and crying. From the moment they took up arms, they had already proved with their actions that they were soldiers and not civilians. However, What would happen if they were slaughtered after laying down their weapons? I think it will definitely let our people know that fighting is the only option, and if you don’t fight, you can only be killed. This is also the most direct way to inspire our American national spirit means." Clark said here, and smiled profoundly.

"But your Excellency, the Chinese have always advertised themselves as messengers of peace and justice. I think they are likely to choose to be detained. In this case," the staff officer shook his head and guessed.

"If this is the case, it is not a bad thing. We will provide them with cities that can accommodate millions of refugees in a later period of time. Our United States is not a big agricultural country, and South America is our food supply Base, it is difficult for the enemy to obtain enough resources from our land to maintain the war, and the only way for them to continue fighting is to continuously deliver supplies from China, and our refugees and prisoners will become the biggest beneficiaries of these supplies Aren't the Chinese always flaunting benevolence and morality? They will pay the price of defeat for their kindness and hypocrisy. With the continuous increase of personnel and prisoners of war, the result is that their supplies will not make ends meet, and it is time for us to fight back ’” Clark added with a sneer.

After listening to the chief's words, the staff officer felt a chill. Although what he had learned in the military academy had made him think that the so-called guerrilla warfare was a method of sacrificing civilians, but after hearing Clark's words, he felt that the current This kind of arrangement is really a cruel battle that is willing to abandon civilians for the sake of purpose.

"But Your Excellency" the staff officer was unwilling.

"Go and execute the order, tell the second line of defense cities, enter the state of all soldiers, distribute weapons to civilians, conduct pre-war mobilization and training, no matter what happens after the battle in Seattle, I am afraid they will not be able to do without their participation .” Clark waved his hand to stop the other party’s words, and turned to look at the map again.

"Yes!" The staff officer nodded silently, turned and walked out of the room.

"Raise your guns and get ready!" In front, the prisoners of war lined up silently leaned against the wall. Behind them, a group of heavily armed soldiers had already raised their rifles high, waiting for the final order.

"Commander, the headquarters is calling to prohibit any massacre of prisoners of war!" Just as he was about to give the order to shoot, the correspondent ran to Ma Zhanyuan and reported loudly, out of breath.

"Why?" Hearing the order, Ma Zhanyuan frowned, took the telegram, and glanced at it briefly, but when he saw the content clearly, his brows furrowed even tighter.

"Stop the execution!" Ma Zhanyuan yelled loudly as the leader rolled the telegrams into a ball. Hearing his shout, the executive company commander in front helplessly put down his raised hand.

"Generation Headquarters, tell them that we captured [-] prisoners of war, and ask them, what will they feed these guys?" Ma Zhanyuan asked slightly angrily, looking at the prisoners who had just returned from the gate of hell with dissatisfaction.

"Order from the headquarters, handle it as appropriate!" The correspondent obviously had thought of this, and quickly replied.

"Discretionary? I don't have any cans here. I have nothing to spare. I only have bullets. Ask them if they eat. They have to be supervised, escorted, and evacuated. This is a real battle." Ma Zhanyuan held back his anger and lowered his muttering.

"What should the commander do?" The commander of the executive company ran over and asked out of time.

"What should I do? Keep him alive." Ma Zhanyuan said angrily.

"But"

"It's nothing but, execute the order, uh, wait." Just as the executive company commander was about to run away, he was called back again by Ma Zhanyuan.

"All the women stay, and all the men are shot." Pulling the other side, Ma Zhanyuan said in a low voice.

In Denver, there are only a handful of intact buildings, but in this ruins, the battle is still going on fiercely.In every corner and next to every pile of ruins, soldiers from both sides are constantly exchanging fire.

The scorching temperature shrouded the whole city in a stench, mixed with the stench from corpses and the strong smell of gunpowder smoke, making people feel as if they were shrouded in a layer of torn quilts that had been covered for thousands of years. Tolerated to the point of suffocation, however, no one seems to have quit the battlefield because of this, as if there are infinite treasures in every corner of the whole city, constantly attracting both parties to invest, invest, and invest again, and put their original young lives into it. To this battlefield like a meat grinder.

rumble!Tremors came rhythmically from the ground. On a road in the suburbs of Denver, rows of American tanks lined up in combat columns were moving forward at high speed. Their mission was to support the troops left behind in the city.At this moment, in front of them, the outline of Denver gradually became clear. Seeing the approaching destination, the leading general urged again.

Hum, a deep engine roar sounded from somewhere on the horizon, and the deep sound was completely covered up by the huge vibration of the US tank, but it was so, when the owner of the roar just appeared on the horizon, the observers in the tank The aiming system still determined the opponent's position in the first time.

"Three kilometers ahead, there is a U.S. armed helicopter." While observing the enemy, a series of reports sounded one after another in the communication channel.

"Leader group, launch an attack!" After a moment's hesitation, the commander ordered quickly. Hearing the order, the vanguard quickly stopped on the spot, and the gunner in the car pushed the 9M119 gun-launched missile forward after a simple identification. The chamber of the bullet was quickly turned, and then the muzzle was turned to aim at the enemy plane hovering in mid-air ahead.

"Bang, bang!" After bursts of low-pitched explosions, several artillery-launched missiles escaped and shot at the target like lightning, as if they had just sensed the threat of the enemy. The armed helicopter in the distance hesitated for a while , only then continuously released tracer bombs and climbed rapidly at the same time. Unfortunately, the fate of the enemy plane was already doomed from the moment it was locked by the sighting system.

After a simple correction, the missile had already firmly bit the target. Although the opponent dodged several times clumsily, it still couldn't avoid the bad luck of being hit.

The long distance made the sound of the explosion so small that it could be ignored. The only thing everyone could see was that after a flash of flames, the target disintegrated into pieces in the air.

The vanguard shook its muzzle proudly, then got up again and rushed forward, but at the same time as the tank was just moving, there was a sharp whistle in the distance, and in the clear sky, a fiery The trajectory pointed straight to the leading tank at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Bang" when the light collided with the tank, there was no explosion, but the tank suddenly stopped like a beast hit by an anesthesia needle. Amidst the gunpowder smoke, there was a small hole in the body of the tank. A sabot stabilizing armor-piercing projectile turned the crew members into a mass of minced meat without destroying the armor of the tank.

"Enemy attack! Prepare to fight!" In the sighting system, dozens of dense red dots suddenly appeared, indicating the arrival of the enemy. The owner of each red dot represented an M1 main battle tank. Appeared, the commanders of all the tanks instinctively pushed the armor-piercing bullets into the firing chamber while reporting, waiting for the moment when the enemy approached.It seemed that during the interval of the battle, no one thought of the appearance of the helicopter before, but soon, everyone regretted this omission.

The enemy did not continue to approach. On the contrary, after obtaining the results of the battle, the enemy tank formation retreated in a neat formation. Such a strange scene was simply incomprehensible to everyone, but when the commander was busy When the order to pursue was given, the previous buzzing sounded again.The sound is no longer single and subtle, but instead is huge, as if the sound of hundreds of mosquitoes flapping their wings has been amplified tens of thousands of times, which makes people feel so weird and terrifying.

On the sighting system, dense red dots occupy the entire display screen. Seeing the scene in front of them, all the commanders rushed to the bomb bay at the first time. It is impossible to call for help. Calling for air confrontation is like catching them with nothing. The huge speed difference between the air force and the land force made it impossible to escort the whole process, and the enemy obviously took advantage of this loophole.However, the enemy obviously did not give them time to replace the artillery-launched missiles. The sacrifice of the previous target aircraft was obviously of great significance. , like a temptation, the barrels of all US tanks are filled with armor-piercing bullets.

(End of this chapter)