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The US military wasn't stupid; they naturally discovered these tunnels and used bunker buster bombs, but the effect was limited because it was impossible to determine the exact location of the people underground or the tunnel's structure, especially since these tunnels connected to the open countryside. The town buildings above the tunnels weren't wasted either; all the houses were barricaded, with hidden firing ports, and many areas contained booby traps and traps, which could be used to quickly lay mines, ensuring the enemy was wiped out in one fell swoop.

If the US military wants to wipe out cities one by one with ammunition, that would be great. How much ammunition does the US have to squander like that? Besides, the ruins of a city are better combat cover. The structure of a destroyed city is no longer comparable to a map, which will leave the US military even more clueless in urban warfare.

Moreover, there is another major problem: guerrillas would plant explosives in the houses. When American armored vehicles and bulldozers advanced, they could very well be blown up by the explosives in the building's physics, leaving them with no chance of resurrection.

A small town, along with the surrounding villages, held up the American troops for a full two weeks. Even after the American troops brutally destroyed a large number of tunnels and dug deep into the ground for high-explosive demolitions, the sounds of gunfire continued to be heard every day, and many American soldiers were driven to nervous breakdowns by the ordeal.

"These Mexicans are more resilient than cockroaches!"

The groans and complaints of the US military personnel obviously won't solve anything. Fortunately, their battle lines have been pushed this far, so the US government's press conference won't be too embarrassing.

But when I looked at the map, damn it, it's still so far from Mexico City!

"This kind of incremental progress is too inefficient. We need a direct and effective way to strike at the enemy's heart!"

The U.S. military deployed its signature airborne capability. They planned to launch a direct airborne raid on Mexico City.

No, they've already been fighting tooth and nail in the border towns, and now they're directly attacking a modern metropolis like Mexico City, even though the Popular Front of Mexico has already clearly begun fortification construction. They weren't this arrogant during Operation Market Free. Do you think the American soldiers you've airdropped are a bunch of Astartes?

Even the Astartes can't be allowed to cause such chaos. Paratroopers carry limited resources; how will they ensure resupply?

Forget about airdrops; who knows what the actual situation will be like? But despite how outrageous this plan was, the US government actually approved it.

Fine, fine, you really don't value the lives of American soldiers at all.

That's wrong. Although the US government doesn't care about the lives of its soldiers, too many deaths would lower morale and affect its votes, so the US military can't sustain a protracted war.

The Mexican outposts have demonstrated the tenacity of the local resistance, so the US military must choose the most cost-effective method—decapitation strikes—to eliminate the enemy's high command and thus dismantle the remaining resistance. This approach, if not drastically different from Israel's, is at least identical!

Now that the flames of resistance have been ignited in Mexico, you actually think that taking a piss will solve the problem?

That's great. The US government's confidence should put India to shame.

For this operation, the U.S. government deployed its most elite airborne troops and assembled a massive air force.

It was indeed enormous. The entire air force of the continental United States was concentrated in the southern United States in just a few days. If you marked them all on the map, it would be a densely packed area, fully demonstrating the muscle of the United States as an imperialist power.

As for the U.S. Army, while the paratroopers are capturing their designated targets, they can simply charge into Mexico City, showcasing their impressive desert racing skills once again, and proving to the world that the United States is invincible.

Operation codenamed "Sky Gardens".

Chapter 60: Ambush from Ten Sides

"It seems the United States is about to make a fool of itself."

Qin Shan obtained the US government's operational intelligence almost without delay, and the players naturally found out as well.

Since the US government is asking for a hammer, then hammer them to death.

"By the way, add some more fire in the Middle East, don't stop."

Qin Shan would not allow Xinhua to fight on two fronts, but he would not mind letting the United States operate on multiple fronts.

The leading imperialist nation should have the awareness of being the boss and do things that its subordinates cannot. What could be more convincing than multi-front micromanagement? I believe America can do it. Ganbatte!

To ensure the smooth progress of its "Sky Garden" project, the U.S. Air Force launched a massive bombing campaign against Mexico City, clearing out its inventory with bombing tactics reminiscent of the Vietnam War. This effectively helped balance the books at various U.S. military warehouses (the U.S. military itself also engages in arms trafficking, sometimes even colluding with the FBI and CIA). Mexico City was transformed into a living hell. Quite good, in every sense of the word.

Don't forget, Mexico City is the capital of Mexico. In a country supported by the United States, where the upper echelons are almost entirely compradors and traitors, where would these wealthy people like to live?

Of course, it's the capital! Rich people like to flock to convenient, modern metropolises, so now it's the perfect time to take them all in one go.

Normally, dying at the hands of the Mexican Popular Front would have been a matter of a single bullet, but now, American incendiary bombs have given them a much more powerful boost before they die, with temperatures reaching 1,000 degrees Celsius – quite impressive.

These compradors and traitors went from crying and shouting to cheering and jumping for joy, and then to cursing the American imperialists for being inhuman.

Those who were bombed were all loyal subjects of the American Empire! How could you do this, America?!

Of course they could do it. When it comes to ruthlessness, the United States has always been the epitome of the nineteenth level of hell.

However, these attacks, which almost completely reduced Mexico City's main targets to ashes, had little effect on the fortified and underground Popular Front of Mexico. If the temperature in the city became too high, they could also move out of the city through tunnels. Now the entire Mexico City has become a three-dimensional fortress. Let the US bombing bomb as it may. In any case, it is impossible to occupy the city without deploying ground troops. Once the US deploys ground troops, then it will be their turn to cry.

"That's truly brutal."

Looking at the ruins of Mexico City, player "First Generation Moe Queen Sakura" took out a photo from before the bombing for comparison.

It was a thorough and complete bombing; the images in the photos no longer match up.

"That's the kind of creature the United States is. Luckily, we were born in a powerful country."

Player "Anna," a rare female player, kicked a pebble at her feet and sighed.

"Fortunately, we transferred people beforehand, otherwise the hospital would be overcrowded now."

Player "Grey Ghost Enterprise" looked at a villa not far away, one of the few places where people hadn't moved and were willing to believe in the American soldiers.

Everyone knows what kind of people these guys are. Now, their wish has come true; they've been sent straight to heaven by the heavenly soldiers' incendiary bombs.

"Come back quickly! Radar station reports, American bombers are coming again."

Player "Pinghaiwohunjian" shouted at the group.

"Holy crap, how many waves are there?"

"The frontline radar station reports three waves, and there will be another wave after this one."

"What a rich imperialist eagle! Alright, they've probably bombed enough, the paratroopers should be here soon. Get ready for battle, harvest the corn."

After carrying out a devastating bombing campaign, the pride of the United States, the paratroopers, made their appearance.

"Air superiority secured, commence airborne operations!"

After quickly completing the final checks, the US paratroopers leaped down, and the sky was filled with blooming parachutes covering Mexico City. The US spared no expense for this airdrop, even airdropping frontline reporters to capture more footage of the US military's heroic posture.

The parachute drop went very smoothly, even exceptionally smoothly, without any gunfire or artillery fire, which made the American soldiers who landed safely start to feel uneasy.

Something fishy is going on with the enemy's unusual actions. What are they trying to do?

As the Stars and Stripes slowly rose over the tallest ruins in Mexico City, the U.S. paratroopers cheered.

"It seems our enemy has abandoned the city."

"They must be terrified by our powerful air force."

"Such a simple operation, it seems we can easily take home a medal."

An easy victory is pleasing to American soldiers; they don't really want to engage in a bloodbath. Don't forget, there are still more than 400,000 American prisoners of war undergoing labor reform in Iran. The US can only spare a limited number of personnel right now, and a significant portion of those so-called elite troops in the homeland are temporary transfers from the reserves. It's hard to say how much combat effectiveness they have.

Fortunately, the enemy's morale had collapsed, and then... Boom!

With a deafening roar, the spot where the U.S. military raised its flag was turned into a crater by a massive explosive charge.

Players are well aware of the US military's tradition of raising the flag for propaganda, so they planted explosives near all the taller ruins in the city in advance, just waiting for the US military to come close to them.

They lived up to expectations and raised the flag, which also led to the ascension to heaven.

The explosion directly ignited the entire city of Mexico, and in an instant, countless bullets, both overt and covert, flew towards the American soldiers.

Paratroopers are the elite of the US military, but elite does not mean invincible. Paratroopers can only carry a very limited amount of weapons and ammunition. Moreover, at this time, they are only partially assembled, and more paratroopers are still on their way to the assembly point.

The journey was so tiring that players felt sorry for the American soldiers and fast-forwarded to their deaths.

After engaging in actual combat, the American paratroopers experienced despair almost immediately.

Where did these guerrillas come from? And they even brought their own tanks!

It was actually an old Sherman tank. The Mexican government does have these old guys, but even so, they are a hopeless target for lightly armed paratroopers, not to mention that the Sherman was covered with explosive reactive armor.

The Mexican government is indeed backward, but not to the point where all they have left is the Sherman. These Shermans are actually obtained by players through exchange, because they're cheap—extremely cheap, costing only a few points. However, they're sufficient for dealing with paratroopers. Players can make slight modifications, half-burying them underground or driving them directly into buildings, allowing them to prove effective in crucial moments.

An unexpected effect.

For example, right now, the paratroopers' meager ammunition load clearly doesn't allow them to wipe out all these Shermans.

Because modified Shermans are everywhere, and even all of them have an absurdly added roof, making the already tall vehicle even more conspicuous, but the ugly roof is really useful. Top-attack anti-tank missiles just blow up nothing.

If hit by multiple top-attack anti-tank missiles, this level of defense would be ineffective. The problem is, where do the paratroopers get so many top-attack anti-tank missiles? They can't even provide one disposable rocket launcher per person.

"We are under heavy enemy attack, requesting reinforcements! Requesting reinforcements!"

The American soldiers were incredibly unlucky; they thought it was an armed parade, but they ended up walking into a German encirclement. Now they can understand the joy their grandfathers felt back then—the firepower of war could be so brutal.

But even more ruthless are the players hidden within the Mexican native fighter squads. They are like mobile arsenals, with endless ammunition. Following the squad greatly enhances firepower, while acting independently makes them mobile artillery platforms, ready to pull out all sorts of amazing weapons to surprise the enemy at any time. Enemy troops who originally had no heavy firepower will suddenly be hit by a single shot.

They might load a bomb, or throw a huge wad of C4 at you, or some other deadly contraption.

In some places, even though they had scouted the area beforehand and found no enemies, when they turned a corner during the relocation, lo and behold, there were enemies, and they were slowly approaching in Shermans.

Can anyone explain how this thing appeared? The walls of the buildings on both sides are intact, and there are no craters in the ground. Is such a huge tank a gift from God?

The US government was also at a loss. It wasn't that they hadn't considered the possibility of the Popular Front's armed forces in Mexico City, but they hadn't expected that even after such a thorough bombing, the enemy could still have a large force lying in ambush. They had used a lot of bunker buster bombs during the bombing, so why did it seem like they had bombed nothing at all?

"Where's the air force? Where's our air force? Send them out! Send them all out! Operation Sky Garden cannot afford any mistakes!"

Albert roared, no longer hoping for victory, just not to lose too badly and affect his chances in the next election.

Unfortunately, the US bomber group that took off this time was not so lucky.

Section 61: Flames Over the American Mainland

When you're down on your luck, even drinking cold water can cause problems, and that's exactly the situation in America right now.

The massive B-52 bomber fleet is a symbol of the United States' strategic bombing power, but these subsonic bombers are nothing more than easy prey for countries with genuine air defense systems.

Previously, players deliberately let the US military in to trap and kill them, while also eliminating pro-American elements and collaborators who emerged during the US military's advance. Now that the US military has completed its mission, it can die in peace.

In the sky, the US military encountered a terrifying attack by a group of fighter jets. Because the target was Mexico, and because the previous bombing had been very successful, the US bomber group was too arrogant and had no fighter escort.

This is the real America: riding high when things are going well, cowering when things are going badly.

The army can't afford to be arrogant now, but the air force hasn't been severely punished yet, so it's still acting recklessly.

The result was naturally a series of tragedies, with players piloting F-15s and F-16s beating the US Air Force to the point of questioning their existence.

Who would have thought that Mexico would produce such a large number of F-15s and F-16s? And the number is just too outrageous; the US hasn't exported that many in recent years.

"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! I'm being chased by F-15s!"

"Why the F-15? How many F-15s has our country actually sold?"

"If I go back, I'm going to give that congressman a good kick in the ass!"

Unfortunately, this massive subsonic bomber group could not return. Upon receiving the news, the US government immediately ordered fighter jets to take off from the mainland, but during takeoff, they collided head-on with a second wave of fighter jets formed by players.

What followed was an aerial battle that was entirely one of bullying.

Aerial combat is a three-dimensional, high-difficulty, high-tech, and high-risk battle. To put it more bluntly, the speed and maneuverability that aircraft can achieve may be unbearable for the human body, but players don't care. They wreak havoc on the bodies of constructs at will and use all sorts of unbelievable tactics, completely disregarding the limits of human flesh and blood, and wipe out the proud American Air Force.

A familiar scene, a very familiar scene, the same damn situation exists in Iran!

“Mr. President, we may have always been facing the same enemy, an enemy that has been working against us from Iran to South America. Please look at these.”

American think tanks aren't fools; they're the ones who created the data-driven approach. After analysis and summarization, they concluded that a powerful force is secretly influencing the international situation. However, no one has yet been able to prove where this force comes from, but Xinhua is definitely the prime suspect.

A sudden surge in national power, a sudden global export of revolution, a sudden and powerful rise—all of this happened so suddenly. "Did those yellow-skinned monkeys find some alien legacy?!"

Little Albert's eyes were bloodshot; he was in a similar state to Clinton back then, both on the verge of a mental breakdown.

“Mr. President, even if God is on Xinhua’s side now, we can only accept it, because after this defeat we have no way to deal with Mexico. Please make a decision as soon as possible.”

This decision is very American; it's tantamount to making Albert Einstein take the blame and step down.

I'm so unwilling to accept it! I'm really unwilling to accept it! Albert was already sitting on the presidential throne, and he seemed like a sure-fire candidate for re-election with a little effort. But now, it's all just a mirage.

Albert waved his hand, signaling his assistant to leave, and then led him to his office in the White House.

The situation on the front lines was dire. After a complete air defeat, the paratroopers could no longer withstand the onslaught from all sides by the Popular Front for Mexico, and more and more American soldiers raised their hands in surrender. This time, the U.S. military suffered a total annihilation on its own doorstep.

The Army began preparing to evacuate the moment it received the news, because if Mexico could defeat the U.S. Air Force, there was no reason not to defeat the U.S. Army, which was right next door.

Unfortunately, they were too slow to react, or rather, even if they had evacuated in advance, it would have been useless, because the Mexican Popular Front's air force had already begun bombing them. The roads and sides of the roads were littered with the bodies of American soldiers. The death highways of Iraq were playing out on America's doorstep.

But this is just the beginning. Qin Shan's purpose in letting players control Mexico is to create a constantly turbulent war outpost on the doorstep of the United States, so Mexico will also advance into the United States mainland.

It's not expected that these people will achieve many victories; just setting foot on American soil will be enough to shake the world. Unlike the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the balloon bombs during World War II, this is a real foreign enemy breaching America's borders and pointing a gun at the head of the American government.

"This is the anger of the Mexican people!"

A Scud missile rose from the Mexican border and headed toward the nearest U.S. city.

When the missile landed, the whole of America was in an uproar.

Although it was just a relatively short-range ballistic missile with relatively low power, it was still a ballistic missile. And unlike Cuba, Mexico is positioned right on America's doorstep. Now that a missile has landed in America's territory, how can the American people remain calm?

Today they can fight on the border, but who knows if they'll parachute onto Wall Street tomorrow!