"On Christmas Eve, at 9:15 a.m., I was awakened from my room by a violent shaking. The room was shaking and the glass windows were rattling. What happened? Was there an earthquake?
Obviously, this is impossible; after all, there has never been an earthquake in the New York area.
But the next second, accompanied by the rumbling of cannons, I realized that this was not an earthquake, but an artillery bombardment!
Finally, what people had been worried about happened.
Perhaps it was the Empire-class battleships that had been appearing in the newspapers recently, so I remembered that I had a pair of binoculars.
While the bombardment was going on, I found a telescope and ran out. Then, I looked out to sea through the telescope and saw two huge ships. I could clearly see them - the pride of the Imperial Navy and the most powerful warship in the world - the Imperial class. They played a decisive role in the recent "Battle of Trindade".
At this time, they were bombarding New York less than 3 miles from my room. The beach was full of people, all of whom were looking at the huge ship on the sea with tears of grief and anger. The 8 huge 15-inch guns on the warship were daunting.
I saw Officer David also standing there. He was a veteran who had participated in the Civil War. At this moment, like everyone else, he was looking at the Imperial fleet on the sea with tears in his eyes.
Why is the Imperial Fleet here?
Because America’s naval power no longer exists!
At this time, they were in battle formation, with their guns pointing nearly a dozen miles away, in the direction of New York.
Suddenly, a cloud of black smoke came out of the barrel of a cannon on the warship, and in the blink of an eye, a large area of red fire surged out of the black smoke. Ten seconds later, a loud "boom" sounded, and the ground shook again. Then I could clearly feel a strong wind coming towards me, blowing people's clothes and making a bang. Some women in long skirts were even knocked to the ground by the airflow.
The shock wave generated by the artillery firing could have such a great impact on us several miles away. This shows the power of the 15-inch gun. It is no wonder that our fleet failed. Such a force is not something that humans can resist.
When the Imperial Navy bombarded, the coastal artillery in New York fought back bravely. Although they were brave, their artillery had a short range and backward performance, and had no effect at all. During the bombardment, the US air force tried to attack the fleet, but was shot down by planes taking off from the Imperial aircraft carriers, and did not cause any damage to the fleet.
…The Imperial Navy fleet then bombarded New York for a full hour.
Before this, almost all newspapers had mentioned that the 15-inch guns of the Empire-class battleships were so powerful that they never missed a shot and could sink a battleship with one shot.
So, what is the actual effect?
After the bombardment ended, when the Imperial Fleet left in a swagger, although across the sea, I could still see black smoke rising from New York. As a doctor, I took a ship to New York driven by responsibility. When the ship entered New York, I found that there was no place to get off - the port had been destroyed, and all I could see was smoke and flames. Perhaps this was hell.
Then I saw the Statue of Liberty, the symbol of our friendship with the French. It had been completely destroyed. Only the frame of the majestic statue remained. When I got closer, I could see the upper half of the statue broken off and lying on the ground.
Flames were burning in many places in the city. When the ship passed the Statue of Liberty, I found a big pit near it, as big as a tennis court. I knew without asking that it must have been caused by the explosion of a 15-inch shell.
Looking at the fallen Statue of Liberty, a thought came to my mind - perhaps America is heading towards its end, or perhaps this is America's future..."
The New York Times - The Collapsed Statue of Liberty!
When the Battle of Trindade ended, almost everyone thought that the British Empire was finished!
After all, the honor and pride of the British Empire were achieved by the Royal Navy.
The destruction of the Royal Navy meant the end of the British Empire.
But to everyone's surprise, the first to be destroyed was not the British Empire, but... the United States.
The day before Christmas Eve, after New York suffered near-devastating artillery fire, several other cities were bombarded in succession. Faced with the Imperial Navy's attack on the coast, the governor and state legislators of Rhode Island, a coastal state, finally made a decision that went against their ancestors - they stated through public channels that Rhode Island refused to intervene in the war between the Federation and the Empire. For the benefit of the citizens of the state, they would withdraw from the war and would recall the state's National Guard fighting in the West to remain neutral.
"The blood of Rhode Islanders will not be shed for the politicians in Washington!"
This news shocked not only the entire United States, but also the empire. When Emperor Zhu received the report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was stunned for a long time before speaking.
“Is America divided?”
"Your Majesty, it's just one Rhode Island, but our initial analysis is that the Rhode Island declaration may be the first domino to fall. We must be prepared for the division of the United States."
“It requires preparation!”
Emperor Zhu said directly.
"Immediately inform the Rhode Island government through diplomatic channels that we welcome their neutrality and are willing to establish a deeper relationship with Rhode Island..."
After thinking for a while, Emperor Zhu said again.
"Also, communicate with the military to see how many prisoners from Rhode Island there are in the prisoner-of-war camps. We can negotiate with them through the Red Cross about releasing the prisoners."
What is fueling the flames?
This is adding fuel to the fire!
Although the division of the United States had been planned long ago, according to the plan, the division should have started at the negotiation table, but who would have thought that the United States... would fall into division so easily. One state actually took the initiative to withdraw from the war.
Quit the war, maintain neutrality, withdraw the troops - although all of this is still a little distance away from independence, it is not impossible to achieve the goal with a little help.
"Your Majesty, what is the deeper connection?"
"It's about establishing diplomatic relations!"
Emperor Zhu said directly.
"Tell the Rhode Island authorities that in the next negotiations, we will ask the United States to pay no less than 2 billion US dollars in war reparations. This amount of reparations will definitely be distributed to the states. This will definitely become a burden for all of them. I think they will respond accordingly!"
Yes, the people of Rhode Island will definitely react accordingly. After all, they were united for the sake of interests, and they will also be divided because of interests. After all, the United States... is not a country with a main ethnic group. They have neither a common history nor a common nation. At most, they only have common values. So-called values... Can they be worth the $20 per capita indemnity?
Perhaps in the eyes of some politicians, the United States can afford to pay $20 per capita in compensation, but what about ordinary people? Are they willing to pay this money?
Ordinary people are realistic. No ordinary person would be willing to bear such a heavy burden, especially in this day and age - $20 is equivalent to two months' income for many ordinary Americans.
They will definitely make a rational choice. What is this choice? Nothing more than - quitting the American club.
"Thank God, the United States is a democratically elected country. In order to avoid paying the reparations, those people will definitely vote out the congressmen who are unwilling to be independent..."
As New Year's Day was approaching, Emperor Zhu rarely expressed gratitude to God and the American political system. After all, the United States was heading for destruction from then on...
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