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I was hoping to see the White House bombarded, but that's not going to happen now.

"It's okay, there's more to come."

The players didn't care about these minor details. Under their control, the capital of the red state after the US president left was confirmed to be San Francisco, which had all the necessary facilities and was just waiting for the president to move there and quell the rebellion.

Of course, the players in the Blue State are also playing a different game; they are preparing to establish a separate federal government.

Although the armed forces in the blue states failed to capture the president, it did not prevent them from cleaning up the armed forces in the red states after the conflict was broken.

Before, when the conflict was still ongoing but not outright broken, everyone still had some sense of propriety. But now that they were facing each other with guns pointed at each other, what was the point of being polite? So that night, Washington turned into a sea of ​​jubilation as the red state militants and the blue state militants clashed violently, an event known as the "Washington Blood Night."

Because it was Christmas 1954, it was also known as "Bloody Christmas" or "Bloody Christmas".

The result of the battle was that the blue state forces successfully drove out the red state forces, took control of the entire Washington, D.C., and then declared that Eisenhower had cheated during the election, possessed more than ten million unidentified ballots, and was a ghost soldier passing through the country. They announced that he was stripped of his presidency, installed a new emperor, and reorganized the national order.

Trump, who had already arrived in San Francisco, a city he was loyal to, was immediately denounced by Eisenhower as a traitor. This was followed by an American version of a manifesto against traitors, exposing the various sordid affairs of Wall Street and condemning the Federal Reserve as a traitor, utterly wicked, a "robber who steals money from the pockets of the American people," a "shameless beast whom even Jesus would punish with the destruction of the world," "dishonest, disloyal, and wavering towards America," and "having wavered in its faith, lost its spirit, and strayed from its original purpose."

First of all, you can't kill the enemy by insults. Both sides are not just talking, but also fighting for the high ground of public opinion. In 1954, both the Democratic and Republican parties in the propaganda field were not weak. The difference was that the Democratic Party was more shameless and had no bottom line, while the Republican Party was relatively more humane, but only relatively.

Both sound terrible, but these are the only two things Americans have to choose from right now. What are they going to do?

The situation within the United States is now very clear.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, leader of predominantly western red states, dominated the Republican Party and received support from American industrial capital. John F. Kennedy, leader of predominantly eastern blue states, dominated the Democratic Party and received financial support from Wall Street and the Federal Reserve.

The Group's support.

But regardless of which side, the real economy has not been hollowed out, which is the source of America's greatest pride at this time.

The division in the United States has also led to the division of its overseas military presence. After all, it's impossible to arrange overseas military presence in a way that "this few states are responsible for this area, and that few states are responsible for this area." The federal military is a mixed bag, with personnel from various states, so it's just a matter of proportion.

So the situation became, "You are an American, but what kind of American are you?"

Answering this question wrong could really kill you.

Some authoritative U.S. military commanders stationed overseas have been able to temporarily suppress this division, but some U.S. troops stationed overseas have begun to have conflicts. Although it has not escalated to the point of armed confrontation, there is a possibility of accidental clashes at any time.

The divisions in the United States have begun to spill over and are becoming increasingly apparent.

This is not a good sign. Although virgins have disappeared and prostitution is rampant in the areas where the US military is located, even the worst order is still an order. In some places, before the US military arrived, there was really no order at all. Once the US military's own order collapses, that is the beginning of rushing into hell.

The European countries are the most trembling, because if the United States really starts a civil war, the Soviet Union will definitely have to move westward.

Hahaha, Europe, my Europe, it's all my, my!

I can already picture a polar bear drooling as it pounces on Europe! Aaaaaaah!

The prospect of such a bleak future has caused European countries to let out screams.

Don't forget that Stalin is getting younger and younger; given his current physical condition, he could easily continue ruling for another twenty years (Qin Shan: Two hundred years wouldn't be a problem, okay?). Just thinking about having a strongman leader in the Soviet Union, and who will continue to rule for another two decades...

After a decade of self-torture, European countries are truly doomed.

Unfortunately, the United States itself ran into problems at this time, and it looked like it was heading towards civil war.

No, brother, you're the last stronghold of imperialism and capitalism, the place we're ultimately fleeing to. How can you let things fall into chaos? We fight and struggle with you to live more comfortably, not to see you die.

Unfortunately, their voices are no longer heard in the United States today. With the outbreak of physical criticism between the lower and middle classes of the Red and Blue camps in various states in the Midwest, the American Civil War finally broke out on the last day of 1954.

This is a real problem for the US Navy. How am I supposed to choose sides? Should we just split up?

Section 27: The Unbreakable Western Europe

With the US on the verge of civil war, the US Navy is the most bewildered.

Despite the navy's usual show of force and status as a second-class military force, a mobile Great Wall at sea, a massive carrier strike group can quickly become a piece of scrap metal adrift at sea if it is deprived of national-level supplies.

For the US government, the navy is of paramount importance. A maritime power like the United States desperately needs a strong navy to protect it. Just look at the North and South during the American Civil War: the North relied on its powerful industrial strength and fleet to blockade the South to the point of near collapse.

The United States is currently divided between East and West, so whichever side controls the U.S. Navy will significantly influence the course of the American Civil War. The side controlling the fleet can freely land at any point along the other side's east or west coast, gaining complete control of the war. So, which side will the U.S. Navy side with?

The answer is: Fuck you, the US Navy has to crack too.

Indeed, players had already noticed that the U.S. Navy, which could influence the balance of power in the American Civil War, had naturally made preparations in advance. They infiltrated the U.S. Navy through various channels, and once the flag of division between the East and West was raised, they immediately divided the U.S. Navy in two as well.

Wasn't it said that the other half of the US Navy could defeat half of the US Navy? Well then, let's split the US Navy in two and start fighting each other today! These public intellectuals never dreamed that the boasts they once made would be realized in another world through the American Civil War.

The players' allocation was also very realistic: those closer to Washington voted for blue states, and those closer to San Francisco voted for red states. The massive U.S. naval power was thus divided in two, and the closest U.S. navies quickly engaged in combat.

Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for the two sides to go to war so quickly, but the players stirred up trouble among themselves and forced the US Navy to start fighting first. "Shit! These bastards really don't have any camaraderie at all."

"We are enemies now!"

"Where are the anti-aircraft guns? Fire! Fire!"

"Destroy them! They are our enemies now!"

Amidst the roars of American sailors, the two US carrier strike groups first clashed near the Sea of ​​Japan.

The battle was so intense that neighboring countries came to join in the fun, and Xinhua's aircraft carrier group also sailed over, observing the civil war between the two US aircraft carrier groups from a distance while evaluating the tactics used by both sides.

"I didn't expect that dive bombing alone could be used to create so many fancy tricks. It seems that the US Navy still has a lot to teach us." "However, the future belongs to missiles, and dive bombing can only be considered a supplement."

"Didn't the instructors from the People's Revolutionary Alliance say that intelligent manufacturing is the future of industrialization? In the future, soldiers may not necessarily appear on the battlefield, and the planes they fly on will become unmanned." "Yes, there is still a lot we need to learn."

In contrast to the enthusiastic discussions on Xinhua's side, the Soviet Union could only feel envy.

There's nothing they can do; they don't have an aircraft carrier.

Although Stalin now knew that aircraft carriers were the future direction of development and had allocated special funds, the Soviet Union was completely blank in the field of aircraft carrier research and development and manufacturing. You can't expect the Soviet Union to master the manufacturing technology of aircraft carriers with just a half-destroyed Zeppelin aircraft carrier.

One key reason why Xinhua, a domestic company, was able to gain a competitive edge in this area was that it recruited many Ukrainian professionals after the collapse of the Soviet Union. This can be seen as the last ripple of the old giant's efforts; on the ruins of the Soviet Union, Xinhua forged ahead and finally illuminated its own aircraft carrier technology tree. "We have fallen far, far behind in aircraft carrier technology."

"Yes, fortunately we will soon be able to obtain our own aircraft carrier from the People's Revolutionary Alliance."

"Aren't the People's Revolutionary Alliance and Xinhua getting too close?"

"This is not a question for us to discuss. The Red Navy has only one mission: to become a heavy hammer to deter capitalism."

"Indeed, we hope that Xinhua and the People's Revolutionary Alliance will always be our most steadfast allies."

Stalin himself was very friendly towards the Human Socialist Revolutionary Union (the Human Socialist Revolutionary Union's technological level was there, and it didn't care whether he was friendly or not), but other high-ranking Soviet officials who were unaware of the truth had a complicated attitude towards the Human Socialist Revolutionary Union.

They were delighted to have such a comrade accompany them as they planted their flags across the world, but at the same time, they worried about the Soviet Union's voice within the socialist camp once everything settled down. This dilemma would persist for a long time, but the contradiction itself was never the problem; the key was whether the contradiction would escalate into a major issue that would tear apart the socialist alliance. However, such a thing would not happen, and even if it did, Qin Shan would suppress it.

That's the confidence of a strong person.

When the U.S. Navy began its civil war, both the United States and its NATO allies were devastated.

Regardless of the outcome of the conflict, the United States' naval power suffered a fatal blow.

The seeds of distrust have been sown; from now on, the U.S. Navy is two navies belonging to two different countries.

What's quite interesting is that both the Northern and Southern United States governments declared themselves to be federal governments, much like the struggle for legitimacy for the emperor at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The reason for this situation is that both sides know that if they do not fight for legitimacy, the people in their own camp will become confused. In the ensuing life-or-death civil war, confusion is the most fatal negative state. Even if it is just to make it easier to deceive the American lower class into filling the gaps on the battlefield, they must first pretend to be legitimate.

Trump has a natural advantage in this regard because his current identity as Eisenhower is that of a legitimate, democratically elected president of the United States.

Regardless of how the Democratic Party interprets his election process, the majority of Americans recognize him as president.

Once the federal troops in the red states gain the upper hand on the battlefield, the rest will be a process of easy victory.

With such high hopes, the American Civil War 2.0 began.

As the American Civil War officially began, NATO allies realized that they had to start saving themselves immediately.

The colonies in Asia could not be preserved. All hostile actions against the Soviet Union had to cease immediately. On matters of life and death, the European powers remained remarkably calm.

On the one hand, they sent special envoys to the Soviet Union to conduct communication and negotiations.

On the one hand, they increased their own military spending, but relying solely on a single Western European country to confront the Soviet Union was out of the question.

As a result, under the pressure of objective circumstances, the European integration process has unexpectedly entered a state of rapid acceleration.

First, there were the two countries that were historical enemies in World War II: Germany and France. France immediately extended an olive branch to West Germany. It is hard to imagine that the incompetent people of the Fourth Republic would have such administrative efficiency.

West Germany reacted very quickly; the two chancellors only had a phone conversation before immediately approving visits to each other's countries.

For France at that time, West Germany was like a shield between France and the Soviet Union. Therefore, the French Prime Minister visited West Germany first and declared in a public speech that Franco-German cooperation was a crucial part of modern European history. Only when France and Germany united could Europe once again become a beacon of human civilization.

Throughout the speech, the French Prime Minister made no mention of World War II and engaged in a warm interaction with the German Chancellor, sending a positive signal of Franco-German reconciliation to the outside world.

Britain then joined in, announcing a reconciliation with Germany over World War II, followed by Italy, Belgium, Spain, and Portugal. Western Europe was united like never before.

Because the United States was no longer able to command NATO military forces, Britain, France, Germany, and Italy reorganized NATO's European Defence Command. Other Western European countries also contributed money, manpower, and resources, seemingly preparing to do everything in their power to keep the Soviet Union out.

In reality, all Western European countries were well aware that if the Soviet Union were to launch a full-scale westward advance, the chances of them stopping the steel torrent were extremely low.

So, in addition to openly showing a tough stance to the Soviet Union, Western European countries secretly sent delegations to visit Moscow, and some even went to Xinhua, clearly preparing to choose between retreating and kneeling down.

But it is precisely at times like these that one should not hedge one's bets, because this will cause vested interest groups within the country to develop a cowardly mentality. The old man is most afraid of death. Letting them fight the Soviets with bayonets in the trenches with the peasants is not as good as believing that Italians like pineapple pizza.

At this critical moment, the last man of France stepped forward.

On January 12, 1955, de Gaulle launched the January Coup, forcibly dissolving the Fourth French Republic and amending its constitution. On this basis, the Fifth French Republic was established, and he himself became its first president.

Logically, de Gaulle's actions should have been met with fierce criticism from Western countries, but in reality, no country reacted. Britain and France even welcomed and readily accepted de Gaulle, a strongman, as the leader of the French government at this time.

They're not fools. They're well aware of how much France had performed in the past. But France is, after all, a European power with a complete industrial system. If France can't help West Germany withstand the Soviet Union's steel onslaught, and once the Soviet Red Army's tracks roll over Paris and nuclear bombs are erected on the French coastline, Britain will be doomed.

The reason why Hitler's air campaign against Britain failed to defeat the British was that even if Germany dropped all the explosives it manufactured on London, it would not be able to kill everyone. However, the advent of nuclear weapons brought a city-destroying catastrophe to the world. Soviet nuclear warheads could completely annihilate the entire United Kingdom.

Even if the Soviet Union's resources weren't enough, what about the People's Revolutionary Alliance? What about Xinhua's?

Oh, right, and there's also that robot dog-wolf singing "Looking for me, looking for my friends!"

Even if the British lobster soldiers were aware of the situation, they still couldn't accept exchanging the lives they had raised for six years for a wolf that would only last a few minutes on an assembly line.

Didn't you see that the entire Southeast Asia has been completely integrated by the People's Revolutionary Alliance? Throughout the war, the People's Revolutionary Alliance only suffered resource losses in mechanical units, with zero casualties among its personnel. In the past, which country could have done this? Therefore, Britain's only hope was to have France hold the line, and France's only hope in the West was to have West Germany hold the line, while West Germany's only hope was strong support from its allies.

What European version of the Ukrainian replica? It's a closed loop for family members.

Although there were voices of opposition to de Gaulle within France, they were merely opposition. Everyone knows how important it is for someone to stand up at a time like this, even if it means taking the blame, right?

Thus, the January coup ended smoothly, and de Gaulle gained supreme power in France. According to the history of the world, he would be the most powerful president in France for a long time to come. He began to carry out sweeping reforms throughout France, the first thing of which was to increase military spending. With the current limited funds, he had to maximize the increase.

Given France's current economic situation, this seems somewhat absurd, but de Gaulle had no choice. After coming to power, the first thing he had to face was pressure from the Soviet Union. Didn't you see that the Soviet Union was already eager to embrace Western Europe? At present, the Soviet army has deployed at least four million troops to Eastern Europe, and even military leave has been canceled. If you say that Stalin had no intention of taking advantage of the situation to take over Western Europe, then you might as well believe that the French never have affairs.

Moreover, it's not just France that's doing this; NATO members throughout Western Europe are doing it too, even Spain and Portugal. The former is afraid of being held accountable for its involvement in World War II, while the latter's leaders are somewhat abstract. Nobody knows how well it's actually being implemented; perhaps it's to maintain Portugal's utopia.

Aside from that, the only thing Western European countries could do was pray that the Soviet Union wouldn't act too quickly.

At least give us a chance to struggle.

Section 28: Each with their own calculations

The world doesn't revolve around any one person with cameras; the reality is that a single move can have far-reaching consequences.

Inside the Kremlin in Moscow, Stalin was discussing the situation in Europe and the United States with high-ranking Soviet party officials.

"According to information relayed from the United States by KGB agents, there is absolutely no possibility of compromise between the two U.S. governments, and civil war is inevitable."

"The U.S. Navy has already started fighting. Now half of the U.S. Navy is annihilating the other half, and the other half is doing the same thing."

"Comrade Stalin, the situation is so good for us, it's unbelievable."

All the Soviet party cadres present were very optimistic, except for Stalin, who sat in his chair without saying a word, his face expressionless.

After the discussion had cooled down somewhat, Stalin stood up and said, “The current situation certainly seems full of opportunities, but let’s not forget that our enemies are not without a fighting chance. The chaos in America has not spilled over into Europe; on the contrary, Europe has begun to unite under common pressure. I believe that the strength of our comrades is enough to crush the last capitalist bastion in Europe. But we must also consider how enormous the sacrifices such a war would be. Less than ten years have passed since the end of World War II. There are still many wounds in the Soviet Union that have not yet healed. So what we need to do now is to calmly wait for opportunities, rather than rushing into an opportunity that is not yet certain.”

Stalin's words quickly calmed the Soviet party cadres present. Perhaps they had other thoughts in their minds, but in the face of Comrade Stalin, who had led the Soviet Union to victory in World War II, they all subconsciously felt that their considerations were not as comprehensive as those of the Chairman and therefore they should obey him.

Well, if you were a prestigious leader in the Soviet Union with both skill and power, you would have a very comfortable life, at least your subordinates would be very willing to obey your will.

However, all necessary preparations would be made. Stalin was well aware that this was a golden opportunity for the Soviet Union. The dream of planting the Soviet flag across the globe and the Slavic people's yearning for the whole of Europe would both coalesce into the force for the Soviet Union's westward expansion.

The Soviets were united like never before. Neither nationalists nor communists would refuse to see the Soviet flag planted across Europe.

Moreover, at that time, there were plenty of red forces in Europe willing to welcome the arrival of the Soviet Red Army.

Communist parties in many Western European countries have already proclaimed the slogan of the complete liberation of Europe.

The Soviet Union, of course, wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to launch various campaigns against Western European countries, whether through military threats or propaganda.

However, what was unusual about the Soviet Union was that while its propaganda machine was very powerful, the actual mobilization of military forces was minimal.

Although some Soviet Red Army armored units were ostensibly redeployed to Eastern Europe, overall, the Soviet troop strength stationed in Eastern Europe did not change significantly.

This is where Stalin's shrewdness lies: excessive pressure can turn loose sand into hard diamonds, but if you give the sand some hope, it won't voluntarily band together.

The idea of ​​"better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond" is widespread in Europe. Otherwise, Europe, a country only the size of Xinhua, wouldn't have so many countries.

Sure enough, after the mobilization of the Soviet Red Army gradually subsided, Western European countries began to make private contact with the Soviet Union to discuss the possibility of peaceful coexistence with the Soviet Union, and made it clear that they were willing to contribute manpower and resources to this peace.