Bombs Away

January 1, 1902.

It was New Year's Day in America.

As Mr. Van der Linde had anticipated, emissaries from the British, French, and Soviet Union secretly arrived in a continuous stream, all hoping to establish secret cooperation with the Van Der Linde Government, even willing to temporarily betray their allies for this purpose.

However, Mr. Van der Linde completely rejected the requests of these three countries. Subsequently, he issued a not-so-secret message to His Majesty German Emperor William II.

Great Western King of America, Mr. Dutch Van der Linde, was prepared to donate two hundred aircraft to the Germany to help it achieve final victory.

Of course, the donated aircraft were bombers without protective armor or mounted machine guns, capable only of dropping bombs from above, similar to the Soviet I-15 fighter jets of that era. They looked cute and could fly up to 10,000 meters, but being export versions, their structural quality was reduced, preventing rapid ascent and causing them to disintegrate during dive landings...

Nevertheless, it was undeniable that these were still objects that other countries of that era would drool over upon seeing.

Oh, sh*t!, this not-so-secret message was almost immediately known by other countries after it was sent out.

Any discerning person could see that the Great Western King of America was using aircraft as a bargaining chip to drag the major European empires into a larger war.

But alas, this was an open conspiracy.

European countries such as the British, French, and Soviet Union certainly could not allow this batch of aircraft to be safely transported to Germany, casting a huge shadow over their war efforts.

After all, they hadn't even replicated the Tank yet; if Germany got aircraft too, what the sh*t! would they even play?

They might as well just surrender.

And Germany certainly wanted this batch of aircraft. Whether to prevent them from falling into the hands of other European countries or to increase their chances of ultimate victory, they would spare no effort to successfully receive these aircraft.

In short, Mr. Dutch Van der Linde was using this advanced aircraft technology to 'drive tigers to devour wolves'!

But no one had any solution!

This kind of disgusting scheme, Mr. Dutch Van der Linde had already used when he instigated the European war, and he unexpectedly continued to employ it.

To show these European bandits the strength of the aircraft and to escalate the scale of their fighting, Mr. Dutch Van der Linde waved his hand and issued a direct order.

Before the aircraft destined for Germany had even left the sea, he would dispatch his own aircraft to bomb military zones in the American East on a large scale!

This was to let them see the strength of the aircraft, make them more concerned about this thing, and make them completely beat each other's brains out.

January 2, 1902.

American East, Tennessee.

Because Mr. Van der Linde had recently reclaimed the western and southern states of America, the American East was currently confined to a limited number of eastern states. If viewed from a territorial perspective, the land area occupied by Great Western King of America, Mr. Dutch Van der Linde, far exceeded that of the United States Eastern Government.

If the legitimacy of America were determined by land area, then Mr. Dutch Van der Linde would currently be the most authoritative legitimate government of America.

But unfortunately, America is not divided in this way. The American population is largely concentrated in the eastern states, and wealth is also largely concentrated there. Even though they lost over sixty percent of their land area, their actual strength had not suffered any effective damage.

At most, they were limited in terms of food and resources.

Therefore, the United States Eastern Government remained resilient, and had even conscripted upright citizens, forming them into American soldiers, establishing barracks, and garrisoning them in Tennessee, preparing to launch a counterattack against Mr. Dutch Van der Linde.

If aircraft had not been developed in this era, then such a choice by the United States Government would naturally be preparation for conventional warfare, as aircraft could not attack military camps, and military camp areas were absolutely safe.

But now it was different; Mr. Dutch Van der Linde had developed aircraft, which gave him the ability to directly attack headquarters across regions.

People of this era had not yet seen aircraft, and Mr. Dutch Van der Linde had not disclosed the striking capability or flight range of the aircraft, which left these people to rely solely on speculation, deploying multiple scouts and outposts to guard against Mr. Dutch Van der Linde's aircraft.

But no matter how hard they thought, they could not have imagined that aircraft could fly over a thousand kilometers! And reach an altitude of 10,000 meters. (Using Zero fighter data)

Tennessee Military Camp.

This military camp had already gathered nearly 200,000 upright young soldiers from the American East, occupying a large area of the wilderness in Sinado State.

As for whether these people voluntarily went to war... in this era, how many people in America who could survive wanted to go to war? Their national history also meant that their populace generally had little patriotic ideology.

But regardless of what methods the United States Eastern Government used, they had managed to gather such a large group of people.

President Theodore Roosevelt of the United States Eastern Government actually looked down on Mr. Dutch Van der Linde of the American West. He not only looked down on him before, but still did now.

Because the war logistics, economy, population, control of public opinion, educational level, and military literacy of the two sides were completely incomparable. For the American East, gathering 200,000 soldiers was just a drop in the bucket.

Whereas for the West, for Mr. Dutch Van der Linde to gather 200,000 soldiers and meet their logistical needs had already exhausted all his resources.

If it weren't for the rebellion of the 300,000 low-level organized troops last time, the rebellion of the Great Western King of America would probably have ended long ago.

As for him now developing the Tank and aircraft? These were minor issues. What couldn't be bought with money? What could aircraft and Tank do against a large population?

Of course, saying this was merely to express President Theodore's conviction of certain victory.

But this time, he had truly miscalculated.

At high noon, the soldiers of the Sinado State United Government military camp had just finished lunch and were currently enjoying their midday rest.

Groups of soldiers gathered in twos and threes, smoking and drinking a little wine, while chatting and laughing.

It was wartime, so soldiers didn't need to train. After all, they were about to go to the battlefield, and their primary task now was to enjoy their last peaceful moments, lest they have regrets upon dying.

Soldiers from various parts of the East were still being continuously transported, and those who arrived early had already been incorporated into the first echelon, ready to enter combat at any time.

However, just as these soldiers were enjoying themselves, strange buzzing sounds began to echo in the distance.

"Buzz buzz buzz..."

"What is that?!" The highest commander of the troops was suddenly startled. His heart tightened, and he inexplicably thought of the latest news he had received a few days ago.

Mr. Dutch Van der Linde of the American West had developed an aircraft that could buzz and fly in the sky!

"Oh, sh*t!..." An expletive burst from the officer's mouth. He was about to run out of the tent to check, but the next moment, a whistling sound flew over his head with extreme speed.

Immediately following were a series of whistling sounds, like screams.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh..."

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!" The shouts of the sentries in the camp and the alert whistles had already sounded, and the camp was in chaos.

In this era, who could have imagined that high-speed flying weapons could come from the sky? Even though several external outposts had not yet sent back any news, the enemy had already launched an air raid and hit them directly on the head!

Damn it, how terrifying was this!

In the sky, black shells whistled down from a thousand meters high, with whistles at their tails emitting piercing screams in the air.

Row after row of aircraft whistled through the high sky, and as their bomb bays opened and closed, piles of shells fell rapidly due to gravity.

An American soldier looked up at the sky.

He saw twenty aircraft flying in a row across the sky, and as soon as one row flew past, the next followed closely behind.

Ten full rows of aircraft flew by before the silhouettes of the aircraft in the sky finally disappeared.

However, the screaming, pitch-black shells had already landed in the military camp.

"Boom boom boom..."

High-explosive bombs fell from the sky, exploding with a roar in the military camp.

Blinding fire accompanied by the sound of gunpowder and explosions, the ground was almost flattened by this ferocious firepower.

Various ammunition and weapons in the military zone were destroyed in the bombardment, and American soldiers were blown head over heels by the dense shelling, suffering heavy casualties.

In this era, without air raid shelters, these people were live targets under the aircraft, with no space to escape whatsoever.

The intense explosions almost covered the entire military camp. Mutilated bodies were everywhere, and the corpses of dead soldiers and constantly wailing, crying soldiers were visible everywhere.

The highest commander, who fortunately survived the bombing with his life, watched in horror as the camp before him, seemingly plowed over by shells, became a living hell with smoke still lingering!

However, after only two hours, the camp had just regained a little life, and the highest commander had just directed his men to check the number of dead and wounded.

In the sky, the familiar yet terrifying roar of aircraft sounded again.

"Buzz buzz buzz..."

A soldier whose leg had been blown off had miraculously survived. He had just lit a cigarette to ease his pain, waiting for rescue from the troops, but the next moment he heard that familiar roar.

The amputee soldier's hand trembled slightly. He slowly looked up, his azure eyes filled with terror and despair.

However, what was reflected in his azure pupils was still the sight of two hundred aircraft, row after row, forming a bomber squadron flying in.

"Ah! Devils! Devils!!!"

"No no no no! I surrender, I surrender!"

"F*ck Theodore, f*ck the United States Government, they're making us fight devils, they're sending us to hell!"

The remaining soldiers in the camp fell into boundless despair.

However, this despair could not bring them any chance of survival.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..." The familiar sharp whistling sound from the tail of the shells echoed in the sky.

As rows of aircraft flew by, the fate of these soldiers was already sealed.