Chapter 1015 Confiscation (5)

"Isn't it too cruel?" Queen Elizabeth asked unbearably as she listened to the host on the radio impassionedly and righteously criticizing the militants who refused to surrender. These arguments are fine for deceiving ordinary people, but these high-level officials know it all.

"Is it cruel?" Yannick smiled disapprovingly. "I wonder if the British Empire also slaughtered the aboriginal people of North America back then. It was so merciless. And the aboriginal people of Australia were almost wiped out by you. Would anyone think it was cruel at that time?" Her face became a little embarrassed. , Yannick no longer gives examples one by one. "Cruelty is a bit cruel. But for the sake of future stability, it is necessary. If you think about it, if guns were not allowed, how many black shots would our soldiers have to take while patrolling the streets."

The best example is the US military in later generations. In 2003, the United States bypassed the United Nations Security Council and jointly dispatched a total of 250,000 troops with the United Kingdom to launch a military attack on Iraq on the grounds that Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq illegally held weapons of mass destruction.

Under the attack of the US and British coalition forces, the Iraqi army hardly organized any decent resistance, and there was really no decent counterattack at all. Less than 20 days after the war started, the leading US military troops invaded Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. What awaited them was not stubborn resistance, but an undefended city. All senior executives, including Saddam, were missing. , leaving the whole city in chaos. The people in Baghdad were looting government agencies, museums, banks and Saddam's official residence, and no one paid any attention to the Americans.

On the 26th day after the war started, the President of the United States announced the end of the coalition's major military operations in Iraq and that the coalition had taken control of the entire territory of Iraq.

According to data released by the U.S. military, during these 26 days, the number of U.S. military casualties was 262, of which 139 were killed in action. Among the dead soldiers, 123 died in various accidents, including accidental fire by the U.S. military itself. The British army suffered 33 casualties. It is no exaggeration to say that the US military directly crushed the Iraqi army.

At the end of 2011, most of the main US military forces stationed in Iraq withdrew, leaving only a small number of officers to train the Iraqi army. In the past nine years, a total of 4,869 US troops have been killed in Iraq. These casualties were basically caused by anti-US armed forces in Iraq. What these anti-American armed forces are best at is car bombs, roadside bombs, suicide attacks, sneaking in among ordinary people, and shooting black guns, etc., which makes the US military very difficult to guard against. And even if they want to eliminate these anti-American armed forces, the biggest difficulty they encounter is how to distinguish various types of "enemies" from ordinary people.

The land area and population of the United States are several times that of Iraq. Unless their guns are completely confiscated, Yannick cannot imagine how many casualties it will cause to his own troops. "The guns must be confiscated, and there is no room for negotiation. If they would rather die than surrender, then we can only ask them to die." Fortunately, we are not in the Internet age where information is flying everywhere. A civilian was accidentally killed here, and the whole world Everyone knew it immediately; and no Virgin Mary or White Lotus jumped out to scream.

At this time, Marshal Rundstedt and Reinhard came to report the matter. "Your Highness, the Virginia government sent a special envoy to contact our frontline troops and wants to negotiate with us."

Virginia, located in northern North Carolina, is one of the original 13 states of the United States.

"Negotiation?" Yannick had a look of disdain on his face. "Negotiations require bargaining chips. I don't see what bargaining chips they have now to negotiate terms. Tell them that they can only surrender obediently. If they dare to resist, it will be a dead end." He said and looked at Reinhard. "Have you grasped the movements of those high-level officials in the U.S. state government? Where are the high-level officials in the Virginia state government now?"

Reinhard said respectfully. "Your Highness, they are hiding in a countryside near Richmond (Virginia's state capital)." Because the German army used thunderous means to kill the top government officials in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia; The top brass were so frightened that they fled their original fortifications, and most of them hid in the surrounding countryside.

Unfortunately, the German intelligence network has covered the entire United States a long time ago, and there are many informants in these government departments. No matter where these guys hide, they cannot escape the grasp of the Germans.

"Give them a day to think about it. If there is no news after one day, then they will be of no use." The frontline troops are about to attack North Carolina, and then Virginia. Killing them now can cause chaos to them.

"yes!"

Soon, the news reached the German frontline headquarters in South Carolina and informed the special envoy sent by Virginia's top officials; the special envoy went back and conveyed it to Virginia's top officials.

"What?! Let us surrender obediently?!" Upon hearing the news brought by the special envoy, the governor of Virginia gritted his teeth angrily and trembled all over. Before, they had fantasized about negotiating with the Germans in an attempt to retain their rights. As a result, the Germans drove the envoy back without even listening to the conditions they proposed. "These damn Germans bully people too much! They are not afraid..." But after thinking about it, they didn't have any trump card that could make the Germans afraid. Instead, the Germans' various methods made them feel deeply afraid. "Can you contact several surrounding states to jointly resist the Germans?!"

"It's easier said than done." The deputy governor on the side couldn't help but smile bitterly. Similar to the vice president of the federal government, one of the importance of the deputy governor is that once the governor is absent during his term, such as resignation, dismissal, death or inability to perform his duties due to illness, the deputy governor will take over the governor's position. Another role of the deputy governor is to serve as the speaker of the state senate, which is also similar to that of the vice president. Therefore, in the state government, the role of the deputy governor is very special; he is not only the second-ranking executive official after the governor, but also the speaker of the senate of the legislative body, straddling the two major institutions of administration and legislation. Therefore, although the deputy governor has the word "deputy", he is not a subordinate of the governor, but his rank is lower than that of the governor.

He felt that the governor's proposal was simply a fantasy. If other states had the intention of uniting to fight the enemy, wouldn't they have formed a new government long ago? Just like them, didn't they secretly contact the Germans to get some benefits? If the Germans gave enough benefits, I'm afraid they would have welcomed the German army with singing and dancing.

Now that they can't get any benefits from the Germans, they want to unite with others to fight the German army. How can such a good thing happen? Even if they joined forces, they would only be in cahoots with each other. Maybe they both wanted to use the other side as cannon fodder and preserve their own strength.

But what's the point of preserving that little strength in front of the powerful German army?

"Maybe we should surrender as soon as possible." That way, we might be able to save our lives.