American comics: Starting from a copycat arms dealer.

Chapter 81 Designated Scapegoat

Norman Osborn felt a strong sense of absurdity in his heart, but Carl was clearly threatening his own son.

He had to force a fake smile and said, "Well, I'm just worried that the military might go crazy and launch a nuclear weapon at New York."

Hearing this, Carl felt that this was not impossible. With the intelligence of the American top leaders, they could do anything ridiculous!

After all, the zombie crisis spreads too quickly, and there is even a risk of it spreading to the entire world.

It is even highly likely that top American officials will use nuclear weapons to prevent the spread of the virus.

At this stage, nuclear weapons still pose a threat to Carl. In order to avoid a nuclear bomb exploding over his head without him noticing, he raised his left hand and ordered:

"Red Queen, call up the real-time surveillance footage from New York and hack into the U.S. military satellite to monitor their wartime communication channels."

The watch then projects a holographic screen.

It includes real-time satellite monitoring of New York and internal monitoring of the Pentagon of the Department of Defense.

There is even surveillance of the New York outer blockade and the temporary command center.

Norman Osborn was surprised to see General Ross appear on the holographic screen.

I didn’t expect that Umbrella’s hackers were so powerful that they hacked into the military network in just a few seconds.

"The hacking capabilities of Umbrella are really amazing!" Norman Osborn complimented while suppressing his displeasure.

Karl smiled but said nothing. He didn't even need telepathy to know that the old guy must be cursing him in his heart.

At this moment, new developments appeared on the holographic projection screen, and General Ross, the Pentagon Department of Defense, and the President of the White House started an emergency online war situation meeting.

Carl and Norman Osborn turn their attention to the meeting.

White House President Matthew Ellis took the lead in asking: "General Ross, what is the situation in New York now?"

Ross reported solemnly: "The situation is very bad. It has been found that this is a biological virus attack launched by Hydra!

Millions of people have been infected in New York, and the death and injury figures are currently unknown.

And judging by the current infection rate, it is estimated that in two days, this metropolis will completely become a zombie city."

Hearing that the situation was so bad, President Matthew asked, “Are there any efficient measures to control the speed of infection?”

Ross shook his head helplessly and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. President, this is a biological virus that we have never seen before. We have no way to control it for the time being."

President Matthew looked grim: “Can’t you even slow down the infection?”

Ross still said helplessly: "I'm sorry, the military has no way to deal with this extremely terrible biological virus."

President Matthew asked again: "Is it possible to cure this biological virus?"

Ross was prepared to reply: “I have urgently convened dozens of international biologists to conduct virus vaccine research.

But the current research progress is not optimistic, and whether this unknown virus can be cured is still unknown."

President Matthew glanced at the senior officials of the Ministry of Defense, hesitated for a moment and asked: "Do you think it is necessary to deploy large-yield nuclear weapons to eliminate the virus threat?"

For a moment no one dared to respond.

After all, if I said I agreed directly, I would be scolded by the public if it was dug up later.

General Ross also didn't want to be the sinner who agreed to the use of nuclear weapons, so he revealed the bad news.

"Mr. President, there is no need to launch nuclear weapons because the virus has already spread beyond New York.

Judging from the speed at which this virus spreads, I’m afraid that within a few months, all cities in the United States will become a sea of zombies.”

President Matthew frowned and retorted: "But nuclear weapons can quickly eliminate a large number of zombies and control the scale of zombies. Otherwise, if millions of zombies rush out of the city, can you stop them?"

Ross also fell silent. He was very reluctant to use nuclear weapons, not because of any guilt.

But because once he gives the order to launch nuclear weapons.

Even if he is just a tool to issue orders on behalf of the president, the subsequent public pressure will likely lead the president to push him out to calm the public's anger.

Therefore, Ross hypocritically advised: "But there are still more than 20 million uninfected civilians in New York.

That’s tens of millions of lives!

Do we really want to do this?"

He did this mainly to take precautions, so that he could then say, "I advised the president, but he insisted. As a soldier, I could only follow orders from my superiors. Everything is the president's fault!"

President Matthew does not want to be the second president in American history to order the launch of nuclear weapons.

He didn't want the opportunity to leave his name in history at all. The president who threw two little boys into the Sakura Country last time is still being criticized.

But in such a dire situation, using nuclear weapons is the only solution.

Moreover, it is foreseeable that after this biochemical crisis, he will definitely have to step down as president early, so he doesn't care about bearing more infamy.

After all, if there are too many lice, it won’t itch.

After thinking it over, President Matthew began to give orders with a serious face: "General Ross, as the President of the United States, I grant you the authority to use nuclear weapons."

Ross frowned and said, "This is not in accordance with the procedures. According to the regulations for unlocking nuclear weapons, the Ministry of Defense and the Chief of the General Staff need to come forward. They also need to verify the nuclear codes."

President Matthew interrupted, “This is a secret operation, and now we are in a wartime state, time is running out, let’s skip those cumbersome procedures.

General Ross, you are just a soldier, and it is your duty to resolutely follow orders! "

Ross's face was full of reluctance, and the president obviously wanted to take the blame.

Even the process of unlocking nuclear weapons can be omitted?
If the president says afterwards that all this was due to General Ross exceeding his authority.

Then isn't he being put on the fire by the president?

But Ross saw that the generals in the Ministry of Defense kept their mouths shut and didn't say a word, for fear of being involved in anything.

Ross thought for a while and decided that he was bound to be the scapegoat.

He slowly said, “Mr. President, I will resign after this crisis is over.

The military career is not suitable for me. Maybe I should become a respectable Secretary of State. "

This is Ross negotiating the terms. He can take the blame, but he must give enough benefits in exchange.

Anyway, he had long had the idea of entering politics, and the position of Secretary of State was his qualification.

President Matthew thought for a few seconds and agreed to General Ross's conditions.

"May God bless America, Amen!"

Seeing that the president was still pretending to be serious before closing the online emergency military meeting, Ross was the first to log off with a blank face.

After the war situation meeting, Ross sat alone at the conference table in the headquarters and said faintly:
"Then let me be the devil who orders the launch of nuclear weapons."

Carl, who had watched the entire secret meeting by hacking into the military network, raised his eyebrows and said to Old Norman beside him:
"They're actually going to use nuclear weapons. That's really bad news, isn't it?"

(End of this chapter)