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The United States, once a superpower and now one of the three major powers in the world, has proven surprisingly weak after a four-year civil war.
Even if you can't stand up properly, at least turn over to prove you're a living salted fish.
However, a divided America says, "Sorry, we can't."
Compared to the incompetence of American warlords and capitalist militias, foreign interventionist forces are actually more powerful.
Yes, that's right, regarding the US's foreign intervention forces, love comes from Canada and Mexico.
Canada's weaponry is slightly better than Mexico's, but because the country's population is not very large (the country now has less than 40 million people, while Canada, the second-largest world power, has less than 30 million), the intervention force has fewer than 200,000 people, and its standing army is smaller than that of France.
In contrast, Mexico was very enthusiastic about sending mercenaries to the United States. In addition, Mexico in World Two had a population of nearly 100 million. The total number of interventionist forces, including mercenaries, exceeded one million.
Many Mexicans even brought guns with them to the United States, hoping to make a fortune.
As for how to get rich, just look at how farms in the southern states of the United States have been rebuilt like bunkers, which speaks volumes.
The scene was truly vibrant, with everything flourishing.
The American Socialist Party's strategy toward these enemies is to first be courteous and then resort to force. Although fighting is inevitable and there is no possibility of either side withdrawing voluntarily after negotiations, fighting can take many forms. The new America cares a lot about moral issues, and legitimacy is very important.
The negotiations, unsurprisingly, broke down.
On the one hand, the soldiers from both countries disagreed; they were making a fortune in the United States and were unwilling to give up the benefits they had gained.
On the other hand, the top leaders of both countries also disagree, which involves not only interests but also ideological issues.
The Americas have always been a tacitly accepted reserve of capitalism, and now the United States is being turned red—how can this be allowed!?
The two socialist superpowers, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, were already despairing enough; now, with the new United States added on top of that, are you suggesting we hang ourselves up on lampposts to dry in the wind?!
Therefore, we must fight this battle. If we don't fight it, we and our descendants will be swaying on streetlights.
With a clear understanding of their own position and future fate, the American capitalists quickly united to nip this nascent red regime in the bud and safeguard the purity and stability of capitalist America.
The first battle took place in the central plains of the United States, with the Mexican army being the main force.
As a result, the Mexican army was stunned by the People's Army's bombing the moment the battle began.
Various shells, missiles, and loitering munitions rained down relentlessly. For a moment, the Mexican army seemed to rediscover the feeling of being bullied by the US military in the past, when they also used this tactic to bleed Mexicans dry.
After thoroughly clearing the battlefield, the Socialist People's Army launched a sweeping attack spearheaded by a heavy, intelligent combined arms brigade composed of various remote-controlled robots and unmanned combat units. The massive drone swarm blotted out the sky, instantly obscuring the Mexican army's skies with steel wings.
Then came the torrential rain of steel.
The Mexican army, whose operational concepts and combat models were at least fifty years behind the US military, was instantly destroyed by this mill-like offensive of exchanging steel for flesh and blood. The three regiments on the front line lost contact instantly, and just five minutes later, the third line of defense encountered the People's Army's heavy combined arms brigade advancing at breakneck speed. Only then did they realize that the enemy had a total of seven heavy combined arms brigades.
Let alone them, even a Soviet unit of the same level would be completely overwhelmed by an attack of this magnitude. Not to mention the armies of these Third World countries, it's like using Louis XVI's pleasure table to kill chickens.
As a result, the Mexican army retreated faster than the warlord-led U.S. military, even breaking records.
Breaking records by attacking backwards, after all, their lives were at stake. The Mexican soldiers, who had been battered and bruised for their own lives, transformed into long-legged generals, each displaying the determination to fight Bolt to the death, and managed to break through the encirclement.
But such people were few and far between. After all, the terrain between the United States and Mexico is mostly plains. It's really unnecessary to compete with wheels and airplanes in terms of speed on such terrain. So of the 200,000 intervention troops that the Mexican government had, 130,000 were captured after World War I, more than 1,000 went missing, more than 800 escaped, and the rest were killed in action.
How utterly miserable and wretched!
It's back! That feeling of Mexico being bullied by the US is back!
Unlike the Japanese, who ravaged the country for half a century after defeating the Japanese, Mexico went from the American Civil War to intervening in the United States, and then to slaves becoming masters of their own destiny in less than two years. In such a short time, they have lost their mystique of the United States' power. Unless the Mexican ruler is a bald man named Yuri, as long as the US military beats the Mexican army on the front lines, they will immediately recall the fear of being dominated by the US military.
So Mexico, having been thoroughly thrashed on the plains, immediately turned into a cowardly bear, with large numbers of Mexican mercenaries and interventionists beginning to return home, even without orders from above.
These people originally came to the United States to vent their frustrations and make money. Now that they've vented enough and those who could make money have made a lot, it's time for them to go home and not risk their lives here.
The 130,000 captured Mexican soldiers became expendable resources for bridge and road repairs. The American Civil War not only turned the United States into a blank slate, but also destroyed much of its infrastructure. Repairing bridges and roads would result in deaths, many of them, especially on those dangerous sections. In that case, these prisoners of war were sent there. Of course, the American Socialist Party was not Nazi and would treat them well, providing them with food, drink, and medical care. They would simply be made to work.
What, you're captured and don't want to work? Do you want to experience the 800-degree Celsius warmth of an incinerator?
With the victory in the Central Campaign, the Mexican intervention forces were driven back to their homeland by the U.S. People's Army, and the two sides began a standoff along the border. The U.S. domestic intervention forces were suddenly reduced to only Canada.
Now it was Canada's turn to suffer. They never dreamed that this newly emerged socialist party would be so indomitable, daring, and capable of winning.
The tragic fate of the Mexican army prompted the Canadian army to immediately halt its large-scale operations and begin retreating to the Great Lakes industrial region, their frontline base established in the United States. At the same time, American capitalists had largely withdrawn to this area, causing a sharp increase in local capital concentration. Most of the die-hard Americans were preparing to put up a last-ditch resistance there.
Qin Shan naturally welcomed this approach of sticking together and fighting to the death.
"We were just worried about not being able to catch them all at once. Now that everything is ready, let's send them all away together!"
At this moment, the American capitalists and Canadian interventionists gathered in the Great Lakes industrial area thought they had the leverage to negotiate because they occupied an important industrial zone in the United States. They had no idea that their actions were a perfect opportunity for Qin Shan to eliminate them. They thought they had taken the Great Lakes industrial area hostage, but Qin Shan actually planned to bulldoze it and rebuild a better place without having to worry about land ownership issues. Since it was all gone anyway, he was very happy.
Since that's the case, why stand on ceremony? One air force unit—cough cough cough—is the People's Army heavy combined arms brigade, move out!
By the end of that year, the People's Army had completed the liberation and purge of other areas. After hanging at least 300,000 people on lampposts and sending more than two million to labor reform, the American Civil War saw its first glimmer of hope for an end.
It was truly a ray of hope! Every American who survived was moved to tears; it had been so incredibly difficult!
On December 25 of that year, the new United States officially declared its founding. A one-party dictatorship, a centralized state without any other parties, was born on the federal land of the United States. Bismarck naturally became the first President of the new United States and Chairman of the National Military Council. Other government departments also officially opened for business. The highly organized management model that reached every corner began to take root and sprout on American soil.
After the grand military parade in Washington, D.C., the People's Army of the new United States marched north to begin the final battle against the White Army entrenched in the North. Having liberated most of its territory, the new United States was now the true legitimate nation. However, its legal system was built upon the foundation of destroying and reshaping America; therefore, there was no direct inheritance between the two, at most a territorial one. Christmas thus disappeared completely from American soil, and the Religious Administration Office took over all religious affairs within the country. The era of the Party deciding everything officially began.
Just as various reforms were progressing smoothly in the new United States, the White Guards in the Great Lakes industrial region were also facing their end.
Does domestic reform mean we won't deal with the White Army?
Are you kidding me? I haven't forgotten you guys yet! There must be a place for you on the streetlights!
Section 140: National Responsibility
The New American People's Army arrived in the Great Lakes industrial area and then launched an offensive.
There was no negotiation, no dialogue, and no pre-battle persuasion to surrender; in short, it was all about fighting!
What's wrong with the Great Lakes industrial area? Aren't there plenty of places on American soil that shouldn't be destroyed? Yet they were all blown up. This garbage from the old era shouldn't have boarded the ship of the new era; it would be best if it all sank into the long river of history and disappeared.
The People's Army's attitude left the local capitalists dumbfounded.
No, bro, at least give me a chance to talk!
Shouldn't the new US government have been reluctant to relinquish the Great Lakes industrial region, then negotiated with us, and after a series of power struggles, sold ourselves for a good price, taking the opportunity to infiltrate the new government in preparation for a future resurrection? What happened to the promised appeasement and preferential treatment?
"As agreed? When did we agree on this? I don't know anything about it. Have we had any contact before? No, we haven't lied to you or made any promises. So, what's the legal problem with attacking to quell the rebellion now?"
Absolutely not! Attack! Attack! Attack! Crush these insects!
In order to ensure that these parasites would continue to resist and to eliminate as many reactionaries as possible, the new US government published a purge list at the start of the offensive.
See these names? These people, and their families, must all die!
The new US government is doing this for your own good. The pain of a family being separated by death is too cruel, so it's better to reunite in the underworld. I hope Satan in hell will like your filthy souls.
At this moment, all conspiracies and bribery become meaningless. The two sides of the class conflict are left with only a simple mentality of life and death. Only by overcoming this hurdle can the new America have a brighter future!
So, you should all just die.
The Great Lakes Campaign was the last and most brutal battle of the American Civil War. Because the People's Army refused to accept the surrender of capitalists and reactionaries, the opposing side, knowing they were doomed, committed all their resistance forces, which led to the complete destruction of the Great Lakes industrial area. After the war, not a single intact house remained in the area.
The People's Army also suffered more than 50,000 casualties. This was with an unmanned corps launching the main attack. If it had been a bloody battle between people, the casualty figures would have been at least the same as those in Stalingrad.
"In any case, the American Civil War is over."
Qin Shan manipulated the electronic map, coloring the Great Lakes industrial area red, along with a piece of Canadian land.
After all, Canada was also a country that sent interventionist troops. When clearing out these reactionaries, it was only natural to conduct cross-border operations. Even if personnel did not cross the border, artillery shells do not recognize the border.
Canada, a country with a population of less than 30 million in the second world, dispatched its 300,000 elite troops, along with American capital conglomerates in the Great Lakes industrial region, to arm at least a million soldiers. They used supervisory teams to exert pressure and achieved some respectable results, but at the cost of annihilating them all.
In addition to the pungent smell of burning chemicals, the Great Lakes industrial region in the United States now reeks of blood. Many slow-moving areas are filled with corpses, and the salvage and disposal work is expected to take one to two years.
"Admiral, shall we not continue?" Bismarck was eager to expand his territory.
This second-in-command, the first female president in American history, fully demonstrated the fighting spirit and expansionist desire worthy of her name, and was eager to use the sword of the new America to plow the land for the new America.
"We just need to control the key passes along the border. The complete liberation of Canada should be done in conjunction with the complete liberation of Mexico. The new America needs to recuperate and rebuild. The survivors crave peace more than the war."
If they continued to push forward, taking over Canada and Mexico wouldn't be a problem, but Qin Shan calmly suppressed this impulse. The United States was already very large, and there were many problems to solve after the founding of the new United States. Infrastructure alone would require at least two five-year plans to complete. In order to truly put the new United States on the socialist path and inject red genes into this land stained by invasion and slaughter, it was necessary to carry out land reform seriously and centralize power honestly. Any reckless advance on this issue would be like trying to tear one's own balls apart.
Qinshan has plenty of time and resources to waste on Canada and Mexico now, so there's no need to force a fight at this point.
Therefore, after the new United States completed the liberation of its homeland, it immediately declared the end of the war and sent delegations to Mexico and Canada to demonstrate the new US government's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, which were modeled after those of the Soviet Union and South Africa.
The principles have been slightly modified, after all, things in the Americas have their own characteristics and cannot be generalized.
Having already been beaten and trembling with fear, the two countries naturally did not want to continue to contend with the new United States. So they quickly signed a peace treaty with the new United States at the negotiating table, thus ending the five-year American Civil War and foreign intervention war.
In those five years, the United States regressed dramatically, losing almost everything a superpower could lose. Its international standing and domestic recognition suffered unprecedented destruction. The civil war cost the United States more than half of its population (those who fled, died for various reasons, or were killed in action). The once proud beacon of light was completely extinguished.
But a new beginning can emerge from the ruins. The devastating civil war also cleansed the land, and the survivors began to rethink the meaning of the United States as a nation and whether what they once believed in was worthwhile. More and more Americans tried to take unimaginable paths during the civil war and eventually ushered in the victory they had longed for.
On March 19, 2070, in World Two, the new United States officially ushered in peace.
At the First National Congress of the American People that followed, Bismarck, as President of the United States, declared the new United States a socialist country and launched the First Five-Year Plan. The full name of the new United States was the People's Republic of America. Although the official abbreviation was still United States, it was a brand new United States, completely different from the past.
"In our first five-year plan, we will build the Crossroads Railroad, a high-speed railroad unlike any other, that will reconnect America!"
Bismarck's speech greatly boosted the morale of the American people, especially regarding infrastructure.
Before the outbreak of the Civil War, the United States’ infrastructure was already in a state of decline and collapse. More than 60 percent of the country’s highways and more than 78 percent of its railways lacked maintenance. The involvement of private companies and the greed of capital turned these highways and railways into accident-prone hell passages.
If one day American trains don't derail and cars don't fall into ditches, oh God, that miracle is worth buying a lottery ticket and winning the grand prize.
This is just the problem at the road level; the situation in cities is even worse. Fortunately, the Civil War turned many American cities into ruins, so there's no need to worry about the cost of renovations anymore. Now, they can just demolish and rebuild. All old American house and land deeds are no longer recognized and are all nationalized. The government will be responsible for supporting everyone's future.
The new US government will protect its people, because protecting the people is the responsibility of a socialist country.
Section 141: A Friend Comes from Afar
In order to improve the efficiency of national reconstruction, enhance national cohesion, strengthen the connections between the east, west, north, and south of the United States, and quickly and effectively create a positive image for the new United States, the first thing the new US government did after the Civil War was to move the capital.
The White House, Capitol Hill, the Capitol Building, and all those other things will be opened to the public as tourist attractions. The new capital of the United States must be in a completely new place, saying goodbye to the decay of the past.
It wasn't that Qin Shan was worried about the presence of old-era vested interests in the new American capital. During the American Civil War, this place was the focus of contention between the two sides. Just like Chang'an and Luoyang at the end of the Han Dynasty, it had been bombed to pieces. Those who could escape had all fled, and those who couldn't escape were powerless to oppose the policies of the new government, not even the old guard.
But the new America is, after all, a socialist America, not the old America built by slave owners and tax rebels. Therefore, it must be completely separated from Washington politically. Even the name of the city of Washington has been changed, and the statues have been removed. The founding father of the United States, Louis XVI, and Washington can only be considered the leader of the federal alliance. American history must be reshaped in an objective and fair manner.
More than three hundred years later, Louis XVI finally reclaimed the honor that belonged to him, which is cause for celebration (humorous).
The new capital of the United States was located in Wyoming, where American City was rebuilt on the boundary between plains and mountains.
It's called American Town, representing the unwavering determination to reshape America.
The reason for choosing this location is simple: it's located to the north and is also the dividing line between the plains and mountains of the United States. After liberating Canada in the future, it would be more convenient to connect to Canada through this location. On the surface, it's just a relocation of the capital within the country, but in reality, Qin Shan's goal has long been set on the entire Americas.
The relocation of the capital was only part of the plan, and a negligible part at that.
As the founding leader of the new United States, Bismarck naturally had the authority to make the decision, and even if everyone disagreed, she could force it through her personal will.
Things certainly wouldn't have developed to this point. From the founding of the American Socialist Party to its subsequent development, Bismarck's personal abilities were overwhelming. An extraordinary person can completely outperform ordinary people just by relying on physical qualities and work efficiency. A politician with unlimited energy and extraordinary strength has an overwhelming advantage in the political arena. Although this can easily lead to the problem of personality cult, the advantage is that things asked of the leader will be completed with double the efficiency. Being able to get things done is better than not getting things done, and only then can one consider how to get things done well.
If you can't even properly manage the administration, do you expect Jill to respect your governance?
The arrival of the capital city has had a huge impact on the US economy. A capital economic zone that is expected to flourish in the future is beginning to take shape near American City. However, the land here is strictly planned, and no unauthorized construction is allowed. The urban metropolitan area and surrounding satellite cities are planned before construction begins, and the possibility of surrounding counties and cities being incorporated into the big city in the future is fully considered. The past American community mentality of "minding one's own business" will be completely abandoned. Urban development will no longer be a problem for the city alone. The key is to promote common development from point to area.
It will be difficult for the new American civil servants and bureaucratic system to adapt to this, but that's okay, they will adapt eventually. After the problems of the old America have been swept away, the new America, a blank canvas, is particularly easy to paint on, and Qin Shan can mold it into the shape he wants.
The landscape is like a painting, and a beautiful day begins with the US president.
What's wrong? Bismarck is our ship girl, is there a problem?
There's a saying that the higher a woman's status, the more enjoyable it is for a man to have sex with her. Of course, if the gap between the status of men and women is too big, then the man becomes a gigolo. It's only this peculiar relationship between ship girls and admirals that allows Bismarck and Qin Shan to maintain their previous status. If it were a human woman, this issue would be a 180-episode TV series.
As for the process in between, since everyone reading this book is a gentleman, I won't go into details. Anyway, the battle between the superhumans was very exciting, the ship girls had great physical flexibility and could use a wide variety of positions, and everyone got great satisfaction and achieved great harmony in life.
Oh dear, I almost forgot, the United States no longer has a president, only a chairman. In this new era of America, many government officials have different titles, but the most important change is the elimination of local decentralization and the power to hire staff.
Other leaders are usually surrounded by a group of people. What are you trying to do? Do you think this is a dual monarchy from the Han Dynasty?
Never underestimate the power of personnel to recruit staff. In peacetime, personnel is politics, and the power to appoint and dismiss personnel is the greatest political power. If local authorities can be on par with the central government on personnel appointments and dismissals, then they have the ability to confront the central government. Therefore, this power must be abolished. Anyone who dares to overstep the bounds will be beheaded. This is a serious political issue. If such a mistake is made, bloodshed is necessary to ensure that orders are obeyed.
Unsurprisingly, many local officials in the United States immediately fell into the trap.
Some of these people wanted to test the waters, while others simply stuck to the old ways, believing that the state had the final say in matters concerning the state, even though it had been changed to a province, the state still had the final say.
Fine, fine, we've already given you a heads-up. Since you insist on doing this, then respect the fate of others. Where's the National Security Agency? Get them!
After executing more than a dozen people and sending hundreds to labor reform, the problem finally came to an abrupt halt. Those with differing opinions were now forced to re-examine the relevant laws and regulations with trepidation under the central government's executioner's blade.
After all, misunderstandings can really kill people.
Fortunately, the new government is a decent bunch. Before it comes down, it gives you a warning and a chance to correct your mistakes and cut ties. If you think you can be that exception, then go ahead and try. Bismarck doesn't mind sacrificing a few more fools to solidify the legal foundation of the new America.
Just as the new United States was embarking on a vigorous internal reform, Qin Shan had already set off on a new journey.
Actually, we went to World Two, the place where the dream began, to see how things were going on the Suwu side.