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Volume 2 Growth Chapter 770 The War Spreads

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    The station in Houston was chaotic.  @Countless Americans with their families gathered in the waiting hall, waiting with anxious and expectant faces for the door to the platform to open; occasionally, the heavy iron doors were opened to both sides under the police guards with live ammunition.  As you slowly move away, the waiting hall will burst into a sudden roar of noise, erupting like a rolling torrent of spring tide.  Thousands of people rushed to the train platform, rolling up a vortex of trampled death in the crowd. If you are not careful, you will be swept under by the crowd like a lead ball entering the sea, and your skin and flesh will turn over in an instant.  Broken to pieces, died on the spot.  However, the people around them turned a blind eye to this and continued to run forward with the flow. They had only one thought in their minds, and that was to get in a car and escape from this place.  The main force of the army, which had assembled all its elites, was completely annihilated by the enemy in Cuba. What other force could resist the German attack in southern Texas?  The United States, which has lasted for more than 150 years, is like a shaky building that will soon completely collapse under the ravages of external forces!  Rumor has it that the Germans were burning, killing, and looting in the occupied territories, and they were as ferocious as jackals, scorpions, and snakes; these American residents living in Texas and neighboring states were about to face the storm of war and destruction, and they fled deep into the country.  This is their only option to temporarily avoid this doomsday torrent!  The crowds were rolling, the whirlpool was rolling, and the number of people rushing through the iron gate quickly lost control.  The police's scoldings and scoldings could not slow down the spring flood at all. They immediately started firing shots into the sky and activated the hydraulic mechanism to close the door again; however, this time, the situation was completely different from before.  As various rumors about the high-speed advance of the German army were rampant, the panic-stricken American people could no longer endure the long wait; I don't know who issued a cry to charge to the death.  The surging waves of people surged forward like a long river; the steel gate collapsed after holding on for a moment.  Countless people poured onto the platform layer upon layer, cheering and noisily.  This small area is packed to the brim.  The waiting hall after the flow of people was littered with corpses, bloody and bloody, and squeezed-out shoes, bags and other sundries were scattered all over the floor, like a hellish garbage dump; faintly injured and dying survivors were faintly moaning weakly, but no one came.  Save their lives.  The crowds of people rushing onto the platform don¡¯t care where the train in front of them is heading. They will get on as soon as they see the train, as long as they can leave the southern war zone.  The carriage was packed like a can of sardines, with no space left at all.  However, this limited capacity could not meet the needs of the large influx of American refugees. The crowds immediately began to climb to the sides and top of the train, and eventually all the places where people could stand were filled with people.  When the train started to move, a large piece of the crowd outside the car suddenly fell down, and screams and screams could not be heard; a few unlucky guys who were struggling to cling to the front of the car lost their feet and fell on the tracks involuntarily.  , before they could react, the rumbling steel wheels stirred up the terrifying scarlet flesh!  On the roads outside the city leading to the east and north, there is also chaos and congestion.  A large number of private cars were blocked along the road, which stretched for more than ten kilometers.  Frustrated car owners kept honking their horns, but the snake-like convoy ahead couldn't even move forward.  Despite a catastrophic economic crisis.  Currently, there are still a very large number of families in the United States who own cars. When they all drive out to flee and move, it immediately causes serious traffic jams.  Countless bicycles, human-powered flatbeds, strollers and other small individuals shuttled through the car convoy like mercury, which made it even more difficult for them to pass.  Even the oncoming troops preparing to rush to the battlefield lost their momentum under the impact of this refugee flow; the two sides met each other on the roads and wilderness, completely disrupting their respective timetables.  ¡°Corresponding to this escape, which was a disaster for both the people and the army, was the collapse of the local social order.  Criminals armed with guns were looting everywhere. Shops, banks, residences, warehouses, etc. were destructively looted, and gun battles broke out on the streets from time to time.  Since it is legal to own guns in the United States, the proliferation of hot weapons among the civilian population is far greater than in any major country; once the country falls into a dangerous situation, its drawbacks will be clearly highlighted.  The Mafia, which grew due to Prohibition in the 1920s, and the green and black uncles who blended into American society are potentially unstable factors, making the situation more difficult to control.  Since the German army began its offensive on the mainland of the United States, these scenes have been played out in its southern states.  Although the local government also wanted to decisively control the turbulent situation at hand, the successive news of defeats coming from the frontline battlefields made all their energy focus on how to prevent the further advancement of the German army, and it was no longer possible to take into account the chaos of the underlying society.  .  In just one week, the German armored forces marched nearly 400 kilometers forward, approaching the important town of Houston in the southern United States.  As the fourth largest city in the United States, Houston is not only a beautifulIt is an important oil and aviation industrial base in the United States and is also the leading port core in the United States. If it is captured by the German army, not only will the war potential of the United States be severely damaged, but the German army's supplies will also be able to reach the front line directly by ship, thus making all the U.S.  The war situation we are facing has become even more uncontrollable!  However, the Americans were unable to defend the city.  The democratic parliamentary system they have promoted for many years has caused the government to lack the necessary confidence in front of the people; the task of recruiting citizens to carry out fortification construction and city defense was regarded by the American political class as the most unfeasible strategy from the beginning.  There is still no substantial progress despite the fact that the enemy is at the forefront.  In fact, the Texas government in the United States has been publicly recommending that people evacuate frontline combat zones to avoid unnecessary casualties. Under the advice of the state government, nearly one million of the 1.4 million Houston citizens have chosen to flee.  Highways or government-sponsored trains were moved to the rear depths.  At this time, the total number of citizens remaining in the city was less than 30% of the original number, which greatly reduced the labor force available for the US military to strengthen city defense.  And even among the 400,000 citizens who stayed behind, most of them chose to stay there riding on the clouds of passion and the fog of fantasy.  Since nearly a century has passed since the Revolutionary War that resulted in millions of deaths, a considerable number of Americans who have long forgotten the past are full of curiosity about the war: under impulse, they want to stay in their own homes and come here.  See what war is all about.  Soon, the curiosity of these American citizens was satisfied.  The German armored troops sent up smoke and dust all over the sky, rushing toward Houston like yellow sand sweeping over the earth; a tentative attack closely coordinated by armored troops, artillery, infantry, and aviation troops directly defeated the citizens' city defense team, which had only been armed for a few days.  The dense volleys of bullets and the thundering explosions were beyond what their untrained senses could withstand, and the blood and flesh flying in the explosions broke down their last line of psychological defense.  Witnessing all this, the American people either trembled or ran away screaming, hating themselves for making such a shameless choice to stay in the war zone.  Although the situation of the U.S. Army troops was slightly better, they still had no fighting spirit after just experiencing the tragic defeat in Cuba, and believed that resistance could only be meaningless and cost lives.  When the main force of the German infantry arrived at the outskirts of Houston, the US military in the city sent representatives to propose surrender conditions to the German army. The process was so smooth that even the top German army officials were unexpected.  The tricolor Iron Cross flag replaced the Stars and Stripes, flying on the flagpole of the city government building, and the city's developed port shipping also regained its vitality thanks to the efforts of the German army.  As the sunken ships and mines on the periphery of the port were cleared by the Germans, the transport ships loaded with supplies were immediately unloaded quickly through the giant cranes on the pier; the efficiency was so high that it far exceeded any process since the Germans entered the Americas.  In less than three hours, a 6,000-ton merchant ship completed the unloading of all cargo, and this was the total cost of an army group for two full days!  "Our transport convoys finally no longer have to trek on the poor roads in Mexico. The Americans' infrastructure is complete and superior, even better than that of the empire itself. Through coastal ports such as Houston, it is enough to ensure that frontline combat troops can  The logistics are worry-free." After receiving the battle report from the front line, General Bock, who was in charge of commanding the U.S. Army in the theater, breathed a sigh of relief.  Due to logistical constraints, he only invested 15 divisions in the early offensive, and the remaining main forces were in a state of standstill; but from now on, all the troops under his command can show their strength on the North American continent.  style.  "However, relying solely on the military power of the Army is by no means an ideal means to force the United States to surrender. Although the Navy's transport fleet has formed a long line in the Atlantic Ocean, the Army still cannot devote the entire country to the battle like it did in Europe.  The total strength of the United States, coupled with the vast territory of the United States, is more than 10 times that of Germany. Defeating the United States through military occupation is still an extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive matter." Bock turned his attention to his colleagues.  Kesselring continued, "Therefore, the Air Force should also launch large-scale bombing and air strikes against the enemy to destroy the opponent's will to fight." Kesselring smiled slightly and said: "The 7th Air Fleet has been assembled at Havana Airport.  . Different from the previous units, this air force is almost entirely composed of me-264 heavy bombers. Its core mission is to destroy the industrial base in the United States. Starting from tomorrow, the Air Force's strategic bombing intensity will reach a new level.  A whole new level." (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster! PS: Thanks to book friends Taohuaxiaohongchen, 46 for their monthly ticket support, and Birdcheng for the reward~~~
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