Nanyang Storm 1864

News of the bombing and complete destruction of Kancakey spread like wildfire, instantly shocking the entire United States and then reaching Europe, causing an uproar in world opinion.

Some are debating the humanitarian disaster caused by the bombing, others are debating where justice and order lie, and still others are worried about the escalation of the war.

However, high-ranking officials and military leaders around the world have noticed this unanimously;

The outstanding ability of the twin-engine piston medium bomber produced by the Great Chu Empire to travel thousands of miles meant that most of the central and southern United States was within its bombing range, including the Great Lakes region with its heavy industry.

This had a huge impact on American industrial development, and a further escalation of the war was inevitable.

As expected

After bombing the Kankagi engine factory, the long-suffering Royal Expeditionary Force of the Great Chu Empire revealed its true colors and began a large-scale bombing campaign against military targets around the desert defense line.

The Royal Air Force of the Great Chu Empire frequently appeared over heavily fortified front-line areas, military camps, warehouses, transportation hubs, and material transfer centers, bombing these military targets so often that the American troops on the front lines lived in constant fear of the howling winds.

Besides
Denver, Norman, and the long supply lines were frequently visited by small groups of bombers, which bombed the original supply depots and military outposts into rubble and barren land almost every two or three days.

When the escorting Chu Royal Air Force fighter groups returned, they would often unleash heavy machine gun fire along the desert roads, causing four-wheeled carriages, trucks, and marching troops to fall over, leaving corpses strewn everywhere, a truly horrific scene.

Even more serious is

The bombing raids by thousands of Chu Royal Air Force aircraft disrupted two long-distance transport routes, one heading south and the other west. Personnel and supplies could not be transported, a large number of supply depots were destroyed, and American troops suffered heavy casualties and enormous material losses.

This tactic was known as the "air noose tactic" within the Royal Army of Chu's Arizona Front, meaning to completely paralyze the supply lines for American logistics to the front lines through air noose tactics.

In this vast and boundless wilderness
Aside from having access to plenty of water, the 46 American troops stationed there suffered from hunger and cold as large quantities of other urgently needed supplies were destroyed in the bombings and supply lines could not be maintained.

Retreat is not an option; most of the supply depots along the way have been burned down, and the supply and logistics capabilities have been lost.

On this long, desolate road, without food or water, death is the only outcome.

On the 17th day of the "air noose tactic," the large group of American troops stationed at the front line completely collapsed. For more than ten days, they had been eating only one meal a day, which consisted of a small handful of black beans, which were originally meant to be fed to horses.

Now even black beans are gone, and large numbers of people are starving to death in the army camps. All the mules and horses that can be eaten have been consumed, and logistical supplies still cannot be delivered.

With an army of over 46, the daily supply requirements are staggering, and a large amount of ammunition is also consumed on the front lines. The long supply lines are the most vulnerable point.

November 24st

A large-scale mutiny broke out among U.S. troops at the front. Desperate soldiers of the U.S. 62nd Division stormed the command post, and a fierce gun battle ensued, resulting in the deaths of many U.S. commanders.

It was like a spark falling into a powder keg, instantly spreading and exploding, with gunfire and shouts of killing echoing throughout, throwing the entire US military into chaos.

Three days, three full days.

Standing on one side of the desert defense line

Prince Chu-Zheng Yan and a group of senior commanders carefully observed the situation of the American military camp across the way through binoculars. The gunfire that had been going on for several days gradually subsided, and thick black smoke from the fires everywhere shot straight into the sky, blocking out the sun.

The widespread mutiny within the US military resulted in bloodshed on the American side, with the stench of corpses wafting across the desert winds.

At this point, the American positions on one side were already a scene of unbearable horror, resembling hell.

Between the two armies' positions

There were also a large number of American soldiers killed, scattered in various places, many of them entangled in barbed wire in mid-air, like a scene from hell.

According to information transmitted by reconnaissance aircraft
The 460,000 American troops engaged in fierce fighting, with casualties estimated at least 100,000, possibly even between 160,000 and 170,000, though the exact number is difficult to ascertain.

It's not just bad, it's absolutely terrible.

Some of the escaped American soldiers left along the long desert highway, and their bodies appeared a few days later on the seemingly endless desert highway, all of them having died from exhaustion.

They either died of thirst or starvation; there was no third possibility.

A large number of mutinous American soldiers still remained on the front lines and had repeatedly asked the Chu state to surrender, but were coldly refused.

"Your Highness's move to win without fighting is truly brilliant. We can only admire it."

"Hahaha... Hundreds of thousands of troops were defeated in one day. This battle is enough to be recorded in history and establish Your Highness's supreme reputation as the 'God of War'. It can even stop the foreign children from crying at night."

"The Royal Air Force displayed its might in this battle; their aerial grappling techniques were truly impressive, and we have to admire them!"

Hearing the cheerful words of the officers, even the usually serious Prince Chu-Zhengyan smiled and put down his binoculars.

"As the ancients said, excess is as bad as deficiency. Let's wait two more days before accepting the surrender of American troops. After screening, they will be reorganized into auxiliary troops to fight alongside the main army. It's time to teach the Americans a lesson again."

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief."

All the officers saluted in unison, their faces beaming with joy.

The imperial expeditionary force has achieved a great victory, and the news has been reported to His Majesty the Holy Emperor. He must be overjoyed, and high-ranking officials and generous titles will go without saying.

Since its founding, the Great Chu Empire

The imperial family has always been fair in rewarding and punishing. As long as you can achieve outstanding merit, the imperial family will never be stingy with rewards, including land, houses, beautiful women, wealth, shops, noble titles and ranks, etc. It all depends on whether you have the ability to take them.

Through repeated expansion and colonization, the Great Chu Empire has accumulated a military merit group totaling tens of millions. This includes soldiers who were rewarded with land, women, and houses in wars. This is the most loyal supporter of the royal family in the empire, as well as the conservative landlord class of all sizes in the empire.

It's already the end of February, and June is the season for the Imperial Army's demobilization and recruitment. A total of more than 720,000 veterans will be demobilized, and an equal number of new recruits will be added.

Calculate the time with your fingers
The Empire's war preparations began as early as June of the year before last, with a large-scale expansion of recruits and active preparations for war against North America. It has now been two full years.

According to the "Chu State Conscription System Law", the term of service for conscripts is three years, which can be extended by one year depending on the circumstances, meaning a maximum service period of four years.

If they are not allowed to retire at that time, they must be arranged to become professional sergeants, who are paid professional soldiers and the backbone of the Imperial Army.

The strength of the royal army of the Great Chu Empire lies in its large number of experienced professional soldiers who serve as squad leaders, platoon leaders, heavy machine gunners, and main gunners, playing a crucial role in shaping the soldiers' combat effectiveness.

Many professional sergeants who participated in World War I are still serving in the Imperial Army today, and their rich experience plays a very important role.

November 26st

The Great Chu Empire's Arizona Army, stationed on the desert defense line, began accepting the surrender of American soldiers. One after another, ragged American soldiers, looking like beggars, laid down their weapons and surrendered to the imperial soldiers.

Final review

Excluding the wounded and too weak American prisoners of war, the final total number of American prisoners received was 25.3765. More than 20 American soldiers either died in the mutiny or died while running around aimlessly like headless flies.

In this endless desert, where can one escape to?
The cleanup work lasted for more than half a month, and the fire that burned the bodies also lasted for more than half a month. In the end, one sandstorm after another in the spring completely covered up the tragic situation on the front line, as if it had never happened.

Rio Rancho was henceforth known to Americans as "Heartbreak Ridge," becoming one of the most untouchable wounds of the war.

November 7st

The Great Chu Empire's Arizona Mobile Strike Group, numbering over 6.6 men, advanced eastward for more than 800 kilometers. After half a day of fierce fighting, they captured Norman, the capital of Oklahoma, cutting off a vital transportation hub in the central United States.

November 12st

The newly formed Colorado Mobile Strike Force of the Great Chu Empire, numbering over 7.3, marched north for over 630 kilometers, and after two days of fierce fighting, captured Denver, the capital of Colorado, and quickly occupied several important surrounding cities.

Just as the United States was in shock, on April 19, the southern state of Texas declared independence and publicly invited the Royal Army of the Great Chu Empire to establish a presence there.
Texas's independence was expected, but once it was publicly announced, it still caused a hurricane-like impact on the United States, triggering a series of chain reactions.

The White House strongly condemned this act of betrayal and stated that it would not tolerate Texas's unilateral independence against the will of the people, which would divide the United States.

The federal troops stationed in Texas also sent telegrams to the entire United States, stating that they would use force to resist Texas’ separatist activities, vowing to defend the unity of the Union with their lives and loyalty, and to fight the separatists to the end.

Just two days later
The Royal Army Arizona Mobile Strike Group of the Great Chu Empire, which had completely occupied Oklahoma, launched a three-pronged southward offensive to strike federal troops stationed in Texas.

at the same time
Large numbers of bombers and fighter jets flew over the U.S. federal forces, bombing and strafing them relentlessly, resulting in a one-sided and merciless massacre.

The Chu expeditionary force, with its combined land and air power, launched a swift and decisive attack, destroying one federal army outpost after another, with the support of the Texas National Guard.

In less than a week, the resistance of the federal troops was completely quelled.

November 15st

This is extremely wise. If the Republic of Texas wants to secede from the United States, it must find a stronger ally to maintain its independence. Otherwise, facing the other states in the east, it is constantly at risk of invasion and total annihilation, and its national security is extremely precarious.

The reason why the Great Chu Empire attacked Normandy to the east and completely occupied Oklahoma was, on the one hand, to exert greater war pressure on the United States and expand the war to the central and western United States.

The intention was to inflict a greater blow on the United States and force it to surrender completely.

On the other hand, it is also to support the independence of the Republic of Texas. The two sides have been secretly cooperating for a long time, and this is just the beginning.

The Great Chu Empire's occupation of Oklahoma would guarantee the security of northern Texas, allowing it to shift its national defense focus to the eastern region, thus greatly reducing security risks.

This decision also came from His Majesty the Holy Emperor Taizu.

Based on the current battle situation
Emperor Taizu made timely adjustments to the deployment. After the complete collapse of the main force of the US military in the desert defense line, the United States had in fact lost the ability to continue to deploy its military forward.

However, as a world power with vast territory and depth, the United States will not admit defeat so easily. Instead, it hopes to buy time through its vast territory and depth to fight a protracted war.

The new engine plant in the United States is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which is more than 2300 kilometers away from Denver and even further from Rio Rancho.

The United States is simultaneously developing tanks, high-powered diesel engines, and 76mm tank guns. It has already made significant progress in trial production of new tanks on tractor tracks.

Military preparations are underway in all aspects, and truck production capacity is increasing rapidly, now reaching an annual output of 15 vehicles, which will greatly enhance the US military's battlefield mobility.

These new circumstances determined that the Great Chu Empire's expeditionary force could not hold its ground in the desert defenses, but had to advance further and exert strong pressure on the living space of the American forces.

Heading north to Denver and east to Norman was the most severe warning that the Holy Emperor Taizu of the Great Chu Empire issued to the United States.
The Heavenly Army will arrive swiftly, and you barbarians will all submit. Do not make a mistake! Otherwise, we will all perish, and you will not say you were not warned.

In response to the growing criticisms from various European countries, the Holy Emperor Taizu gave a direct and forceful reply.
Whether the war ends depends on when the United States unconditionally and completely surrenders and accepts the post-war arrangements.

If the US does not acknowledge its defeat, its imperial army will be unrestrained, and escalation of the war will be inevitable. The US should think twice.

The successive defeats severely damaged the prestige of the federal government and were a disaster for the federal treasury; truly, misfortunes never come singly.

The war has progressed to this point

The United States has suffered over a million casualties in the war and spent $71.6 billion on war expenditures, only to suffer one crushing defeat after another, with no glimmer of hope in sight.

After conquering Denver and Norman, the Great Chu Empire immediately began the construction of railways.

The new railway branched off from Rio Rancho in two lines, one going north for over 630 kilometers to Denver, and the other going east for over 870 kilometers to Norman. Construction was progressing very quickly.

why?

Because the Americans had already built a large amount of railway embankment and had smooth and wide desert highways, their main task was to repair the embankment and lay the rails.

Originally, under the relentless bombing by the Chu royal air force, even with the laying of rails, the railway could not be put into normal use and was often bombed off.

With the Great Chu Empire firmly holding air superiority, these security issues were not a problem under its rule.

Once these two railway branch lines are completed, they will be fully connected to the U.S. railway network.

In peacetime, the ability to easily and quickly transport large numbers of people and supplies to cities in the eastern, southern, and northern parts of the United States is an advantage.

For the United States, which was at a disadvantage in the war, that was a heavy military burden.

After the Chu army occupied Denver and Norman, the Americans deployed a large number of people to dismantle the railway tracks, destroy and blow up the roadbed, and spent a lot of effort to build fortresses, defensive walls, trenches, and barbed wire to begin building a new defensive line.

But doing so would be completely pointless, because down from the Denver Plateau lies the vast Central Plains, with no natural barriers whatsoever. How could a defensive line be established?

As the main force from the rear arrived one after another, starting from May 2nd, the Royal Army of the Great Chu Empire, in accordance with the decree of the Holy Emperor Taizu, reorganized the Colorado Mobile Strike Group into the Northern Army Corps, responsible for conquering the surrounding areas of Colorado.

The Arizona Mobile Strike Group was reorganized into the Southern Legion, tasked with conquering the area surrounding Oklahoma.

From the beginning of November

Two major armies, one in the south and one in the north, launched attacks on Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Arkansas, causing these sparsely populated surrounding states to fall one after another.

By the end of August
With half of the United States fallen, the shadow of war loomed over the Midwest and East, causing widespread panic in the densely populated regions. Masses fled, production was abandoned, and urban dwellers lived in fear and anxiety.

Industrial and agricultural production suffered a major blow, and important surrounding industrial cities such as Chicago and Detroit were frequently bombed, resulting in considerable losses.

November 2st

The Royal Navy of the Great Chu Empire, providing cover for the eastward-advancing army, launched a full-scale invasion of Louisiana from eastern Texas, resulting in the Battle of Salford.

Under aerial bombardment and relentless naval artillery bombardment, the 170,000 American troops defending Salvador only held out for six days before this heavily fortified fortress was breached.

With 3.7 American casualties, 11.2 Americans were taken prisoner, and the rest either escaped or went missing, the gates of Louisiana were completely opened.

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Louisiana fell, and the Royal Occupation Forces of the Great Chu Empire established a puppet government in the state. On October 5, Louisiana declared independence and established the Republic of Louisiana.

Not long after, the same scene played out again.

The Great Chu Empire and the Republic of Louisiana signed the New Orleans Military Alliance Treaty, which stipulated the military alliance obligations of both sides. The Great Chu Empire had the right to station troops indefinitely, and the two countries opened their markets to each other in the economic and trade fields, etc. It was almost a replica of the Republic of Texas.

Now, all the European countries understood how the State of Chu was playing its game.

He couldn't help but exclaim in his heart, "Brilliant, truly brilliant!"

The State of Chu watched as the United States refused to surrender and gritted its teeth to fight the war to the bitter end. The war had been going on for more than two years, and there was still no hope of a complete end.

Then let's just stop playing with America, start anew and dismantle America. Let's see if you can tolerate that.

In any case, this was to support the independence of the southern states of the United States, and apart from stationing troops, it would not be responsible for any other domestic affairs, security, economy, or taxation, which greatly reduced the military pressure.

This is like cutting pieces of flesh from America's body; the pain is unspeakable, and only America knows it!
The southern states of the United States already had a strong tendency towards separatism, and now, under the relentless blows of the Great Chu Empire, they are showing increasingly obvious signs of division.

They were just waiting for the arrival of the Heavenly Army of the Great Chu Empire, and then they raised the banner of independence.

The southern states are now stirring up trouble, and quite a few are secretly colluding with the Great Chu Empire. Among them are traditional British forces, as well as traditional French and Spanish forces. The situation is very complex.

The Great Chu Empire expanded its occupied territory, further compressing the safety perimeter of the United States from the central and northern regions, rendering its vast interior no longer secure.

Starting from forward field airfields, bombers from the Great Chu Empire frequently flew over Chicago and Detroit, bombing the production lines of major automakers such as GM, Ford, and Chrysler, as well as numerous parts factories, bringing automobile production to a standstill.

Let alone 15 trucks a year, we can't even produce a thousand right now.

Over the past few months, the Great Chu Empire has expanded its fleet of Hanfu-clad bombers to over 2230 (note: minus the number of losses), enabling it to carpet-bomb important industrial and military targets deep within the United States and destroy their production capacity.

This made America's proud industrial production capacity as fragile as paper, easily torn apart.

It would be difficult to organize large-scale operations, so on the Great Plains of the American Midwest, they would undoubtedly be nothing more than a sitting duck attracting bombs.

The Great Chu Empire has already established more than a dozen large-scale arsenals in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Local copper mines, Chilean nitrates, and abundant sulfur resources have enabled the production capacity of weapons and ammunition to increase dramatically, more than ten times that before the war.

In the clash between the two major industrial powers, the Great Chu Empire was undoubtedly ahead.

By November, the railway line from Rio Rancho northward to Denver was fully completed, greatly enhancing the Great Chu Empire's ability to manage the north.

On December 7, the previously paralyzed Central Pacific Railroad was fully restored to operation, giving Denver two rail lines, ensuring unimpeded logistics and further enhancing its military strength.

Just half a month later

On December 23, the railway line from Rio Rancho to Norman, more than 830 kilometers to the east, was fully opened, breaking through the difficulties in transporting supplies to the Southern Corps and enabling a continuous stream of reinforcements to be sent to the Southern Corps.

For several months, the Union Army had been preparing for the Battle of Chicago, sending and stockpiling more than 50 troops to the front lines to strategically encircle Chicago from three directions.

In order to ensure the priority of supplying materials to the Northern Corps, the Southern Corps suspended its expansionary offensive and focused on consolidating its existing occupied territories.

Internal security, social management, industrial and commercial development, and many other affairs of the Republic of Texas and the Republic of Louisiana have been completely handed over to the independent governments formed locally. The Southern Corps has withdrawn from most towns, maintaining only its military deterrent.

The Confederate Army was also stockpiling supplies, mainly ammunition and personnel, for the new Southern campaign after the Battle of Chicago in the North, in order to launch a more powerful attack on the United States.

Under such relentless pressure, I don't believe America can withstand it. (End of Chapter)