Chapter 1,480 Armor Torrent

?Late February.

A week has passed since the twelve tridents were launched into the sky.

The term sugar cube diplomacy seems to have become a very distant word. The twelve Trident missiles that are often talked about by Americans have become a stain that President Mike Pence cannot erase.

Although he is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, the president himself does not have the power to declare war. The power to declare war belongs to Congress, a power granted to Congress by Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11 of the Constitution, even though this law seems to have never been followed.

From the Korean War in 1950, the landing in Lebanon in 1958, the two presidents sent troops to Vietnam in 1960, the armed intervention in the Dominican Republic in 1965, and the bombing of Cambodia in 1970... After World War II, except for the Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf War, which were immediately approved by Congress, Most were carried out without prior congressional approval, and Congress was forced to accept the fait accompli after the fact.

There are winners and losers in these wars, but it is unprecedented for it to be pushed back to the mainland like this.

If one person had to be held responsible for this disaster, it would undoubtedly be the man hiding in the Cheyenne Mountains who gave the orders.

Even if they defend their motherland with mixed emotions, Americans have to admit that they are the initiators of this war, and Star Circle Trade is only on the defensive side.

Although the defender has obviously over-defended.

His eyes returned to the battlefield.

Pittsburgh's defense line has been broken through by the Star Ring Trade 2nd Armored Brigade, and a fierce exchange of fire started in the wilderness with the U.S. 1st Armored Division, which came to support, and a tank battle was about to break out.

Just like the original Iraq War, only this time the Americans are on the disadvantaged side of an asymmetric war.

The pride of the M1A2 was torn to pieces by the high-quality bullets of the Jagdtiger II. Whether it was depleted uranium armor-piercing bullets or depleted uranium armor, they were as fragile and powerless as a fire stick against a sword when faced with equipment that spanned more than a century.

The combat-to-exchange ratio of more than 20:1 made the U.S. Army's attitude towards the tanks of Star Circle Trade change.

The Jagdtiger II is not bad. Although it has thick armor, it is slightly less maneuverable. With the cooperation of ground support firepower, it is still capable of fighting.

However, there is really nothing the US military can do about the Prowler.

From infantry anti-tank weapons to long-range support artillery, all available means were used. U.S. soldiers fighting on the front line saw with their own eyes that after being directly hit by a Javelin missile, the Prowler tank at the center of the explosion opened up from the smoke as if nothing had happened, and continued to use particle cannons and coaxial electromagnetic rapid-fire cannons. , harvesting the tanks on their side and the soldiers crawling near the tanks...

No matter how perverted it is, it's impossible to make the top cover as thick as the front armor, right?

Even the Hunting Tiger II dare not use its forehead to resist the javelin...

The armor of the Prowler tank, which uses the Meissner effect for defense, has gone beyond what the US military can understand. The M1A2 that was beaten by particle cannons and retreated in embarrassment on the battlefield was just like the Sherman M4 that was driven everywhere by King Tiger in the European battlefield. The only difference was that they could still rely on the air force and numbers to regain their advantage. But this time they didn't even have the power to fight back.

Under successive air strikes by Starlink Trading's Aurora-20 and Wings of Freedom, the US military's ground support firepower was weakened to the limit. On the Starring Trade side, with the support of the Fireball-1 Artillery Battalion, which suppressed the enemy at a depth of more than 50 kilometers, the forward armored forces crushed the U.S. 1st Armored Division from the outskirts of Pittsburgh to Ohio.

It is worth mentioning that during the Battle of Pittsburgh, the "Leviathan" power armor developed by the Advanced Projects Agency of the Department of Defense finally completed the installation of the first brigade-level combat unit in the US Army. A brand-new power armor brigade was pushed to the front line of the Battle of Pittsburgh...

Although this "newbie" was beaten to a pulp by Star Ring Trade, compared to the disastrous defeat in front of the Lincoln Memorial, the US military in this battle at least caused limited casualties to Star Ring Trade.

It must be said that war is the catalyst for civilization. If we hadn't seen the powerful combat effectiveness of the Star Ring Trade Powered Armor Brigade in urban warfare,

The US military, which has been bullying children overseas, would never think of equipping its own troops with such a thing.

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The armored spearheads of the Halo trade continued to advance northwest, deep into the heart of Ohio.

In order to protect the Great Lakes industrial area, the United States pushed almost all the troops it could mobilize into Ohio, leaving only a small standing army to defend Colorado deep in the hinterland.

As the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, the President of the United States is the supreme commander of the armed forces. Except for the special Marine Corps, the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force do not have the position of commander. The military commanders of the U.S. Army and Air Force are the Chief of Staff of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force respectively. In addition, there are also civilian officials such as Secretary of the Army, Secretary of the Air Force, Secretary of the Navy, etc.

And now these civil servants are in Cheyenne Mountain.

In southwestern Wyoming, U.S. Army Chief of Staff Raymond Odierno passed by the ruins of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on his way to the frontline headquarters in a Humvee from Detroit. Because he was moved by the scene, he asked the guard to park the car beside the damaged road.

This used to be the headquarters of the Air Force Equipment Command, but now it has become a ruin...

If the location hadn't been marked on the map, he would have hardly found it.

The originally flat plain turned into a basin, and cross-shaped cracks spread outward for more than ten kilometers. The planes, tanks, and missile launchers were all missing, and the soldiers stationed here were either baked into coke by the heat brought by the tungsten rod bombs when they hit the ground, or were torn into pieces by the shock wave, or were directly buried... …

"I heard it's even worse over there in Wyoming." After getting out of the car and walking next to him, Deputy Chief of Staff Mark Milley looked at the ruins and sighed.

"Are there different calibers for tungsten rod bullets?" Odierno raised his eyebrows.

"More than five hundred W87 nuclear warheads were buried on the spot... It is now a powder keg. No one can guarantee that those nuclear warheads will never explode."

Buried together were not just safe nuclear warheads, but also unstable conventional explosives. Under normal circumstances, nuclear warheads are safe, but if the explosion of conventional weapons causes the combat components of nuclear weapons to reach the critical value of a chain reaction, the possibility of triggering a nuclear explosion cannot be ruled out.

Taking a step back, even if there is no explosion, the slowly leaking nuclear radiation will cause permanent radiation damage to the soil. These nuclear weapons must be properly placed immediately, but now the United States simply cannot care about that.

"Eberhard is right, we should develop the Space Force instead of wasting the budget on increasing nuclear weapons stockpiles." Admiral Odierno sighed, thinking of his old friend who had passed away.

As early as 2000, General Eberhard proposed the tactical idea of ​​developing a Space Force, but the plan eventually became a pie created by Pentagon officials to cajole Congress, and it has not been taken seriously to this day.

"It's useless to say this now." Mark Milley comforted, "We have assembled twelve divisions, and another twenty divisions will be mobilized in a month. As long as we defend the Great Lakes Industrial Zone for a month , we have hope of victory. If we hold on for two months, we can crush them back to the Pacific Ocean."

"I'm afraid they won't give us a month." Admiral Odierno looked at the ruins with a frown, "The Star Ring Trade will not be able to see this clearly. I always have a hunch that this war will It won’t go on for long.”

Mark Millay was silent, not knowing what to say.

Admiral Odierno was worried about what he was worried about.

The next month will definitely be extremely bloody. Star Ring Trade will definitely launch a crazy attack on their defense line, and the US military, which has no retreat, will not give in an inch of ground. A brief peace like this won't last long, maybe tomorrow, or at the latest the day after tomorrow.

Shaking his head, General Odierno turned and walked in the direction of the Humvee.

At this moment, the satellite phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

"Whose?" Mark Millay, who was following him, asked casually.

"General Headquarters."

"Our allies are finally willing to take action?"

"I hope so, I have no expectations." After pressing the connect button, Admiral Odierno put the phone to his ear.

He no longer had any expectations that good news would come from behind. However, even though he had been mentally prepared, his expression still froze when he heard the other person on the phone telling him about it in a hurried tone.

The phone slipped from his hand and fell to the ground.

Mark Millay's face changed slightly and he asked hurriedly.

"What happened?"

After a long silence, Admiral Odierno spoke with a heavy tone.

"Cheyenne Mountain."

"... Something happened over there."

That's the least likely place for anything to go wrong.

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