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　Because the composition of gold can also be traced, some people have gone to great lengths to add impurities such as rust and copper powder, turning the high-purity Federal Reserve gold bars into a pile of rough-looking and mixed 18K or even 16K gold products...

　——After being modified to such an extent, if we still want to forcibly recover the gold bricks, I am afraid we can only adopt a one-size-fits-all approach and strictly order the confiscation of all gold products from the people. Ordinary people are not allowed to have a single gram of gold in their hands, and even wedding rings must be handed over!

　However, Che Guevara was too lazy to care about all the chaos and disturbances mentioned above, and he really could not do anything about it.

　After distributing the gold bricks, he led his men to Wall Street to prepare to complete the next major historical mission of the New York Commune.

　That is... blowing up the stock exchange! Burning down Wall Street!

　A bright color like fire and blood.

　With a loud "boom", New York's famous historical building, the New York Stock Exchange at 18 Broadway on the south side of the corner of Wall Street, was completely engulfed in smoke and flames.

　People staying nearby were surprised to see a fireball slowly rising from the roof of the stock exchange, and thick smoke spewing out like a volcano.

　Next, the Romanesque columns that adorned the facade of the Stock Exchange toppled over one by one and broke into pieces on the street.

　Then the triangular relief roof also broke into pieces along with the wall, collapsed and turned into piles of rubble.

　Finally, after the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, Che Guevara, who covered his mouth and nose and rushed to check with the help of the last few rays of sunset, was disappointed to find that the New York Stock Exchange had not collapsed, and the building structure was basically intact, but it had been burned into charred ruins.

　"Hey, it seems the amount of explosives isn't enough, and the placement is also problematic. After all, I'm not a professional engineer..."

　Che Guevara looked at the New York Stock Exchange, whose facade had been blown down, for a while and complained a little unhappily.

　However, just as he turned to leave, he heard a series of camera flashes behind him. The bright light almost blinded Che Guevara, who was facing the camera, and he had to raise his arms to block his eyes.

　"Okay, gentlemen reporters, I understand your enthusiasm. Go ahead and take pictures if you want! But can you please let me out first?"

　Looking at the reporters who were pointing their cameras at the ruins of the New York Stock Exchange and desperately pressing the shutter, Che Guevara quickly covered his face and ran away.

　Returning to Wall Street, Che Guevara was immediately satisfied to see that both sides of the not-so-spacious Wall Street were already engulfed in flames. The Irving Trust Building at 1 Wall Street, the Bankers Trust Building at 14 Wall Street, the JPMorgan Chase Building at 23 Wall Street, the American Trust Company at 37 Wall Street, the Manhattan Bank and Trust at 40 Wall Street, the Toronto-Dominion Bank at 45 Wall Street, the Bank of New York headquarters at 48 Wall Street, the Deutsche Bank Building at 60 Wall Street, the Citigroup Building at 111 Wall Street...

　These financial institutions in the United States and even the entire Western world, which can make the earth tremble with just a stomp of their feet, are now all bathed in flames!

　—The revolutionary fighters of the New York Commune first worked tirelessly to set fire to every financial institution, and then used captured fire trucks to spray gasoline into each building to ensure that these banks would burn properly, or at least burn out all the combustible materials inside!

　But the fire's massive size also proved troublesome—the ensuing heat and choking smoke quickly made it impossible for anyone on Wall Street to stand. Even more daunting was the black man driving the fire truck pouring gasoline on the bank fire. Not being a professional firefighter and unfamiliar with the precautions for setting a building on fire, he failed to notice that the fuel tank had been heated to an excessively high temperature by the heat wave.

　So, accompanied by a terrifying earth-shattering roar, the entire fire truck filled with gasoline exploded, and the flames ignited the other two "fuel trucks"... For a moment, the entire Wall Street was filled with flying scrap copper, rivets, screws and broken glass, like a machine gun sweeping across, knocking down groups of unlucky people who could not dodge in time, and the burning fuel was flowing everywhere, burning the ground to melt!

　There was also splashing gasoline, like an incendiary bomb, spreading the flames in all directions like flowers scattered by a fairy, and arousing a wailing sound.

　Well, don't think setting a mountain on fire is a skill-less endeavor! To be a successful arsonist, you need knowledge, experience, and skills!

　Seeing the streets turned into a sea of ​​fire, everyone had no choice but to scramble back to the famous Trinity Church. It was only in the 17th-century gardens and cemeteries outside the church that they finally breathed a sigh of relief, began to treat the burned soldiers, and took stock of the losses.

　In this cemetery closest to capital in the world, Che Guevara randomly found a tombstone to sit on, then looked at the blazing Wall Street and couldn't help feeling a little proud:

　He knew that no matter how many plantations and police stations he had burned in third world countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, the damage and impact he had caused to the capitalist camp was probably not even one percent of what the Wall Street fire had!

　Alas, it’s a pity that the Wall Street bankers all ran away too fast, so we couldn’t hang them from street lamps as decorations!

　Well, maybe there are still a few financial tycoons hiding in hotels in the city. But given the current state of the New York Commune, it is impossible to organize a city-wide search.

　Forget it, this time they burned down Wall Street and divided up the Federal Reserve's gold. For the bigwigs on Wall Street, this must be more painful than killing them, right?

　Just as he was thinking about this, a reporter wearing glasses was led over after a few words with the guards.

　"Mr. Che Guevara, I am David Halbernstein, a reporter from The New York Times. Could you please accept my interview?"

　Seeing the reporters coming, Che Guevara, who always paid attention to news publicity, forced himself to respond despite being very tired.

　Then David Halbernstein asked him why the "New York Commune" wanted to blow up the stock exchange and burn down Wall Street?

　This is a simple emotional outburst and

　Is it a violent performance art? Or is there a deeper political meaning?

　"Of course, it is to free the American people and the people of the world from the bloodsucking of financial scammers and from the heavy burden of loans and debt."

　Che Guevara spoke eloquently, “One hundred years ago, President Lincoln destroyed slavery in the United States. But one hundred years later, Wall Street bankers have made the people slaves to debt. As a revolutionary force in the new era, the New York Commune naturally has the obligation to break these new shackles!”

　Of course, I understand that as long as the social system remains unchanged, simply burning down bank headquarters and stock exchanges won't permanently eliminate these banks. But just because social realities are difficult to change, does that mean suffering workers shouldn't strike? And angry students shouldn't march?

　At the very least, this uprising fully demonstrated the people’s resolve to resist, and has made the giants of Wall Street no longer dare to act as recklessly as they did in the past…”

　"I can kind of understand your goal of destroying Wall Street and blowing up the stock exchange.

　But because of your actions, eight million New Yorkers have suffered an unprecedented nightmare. Don't you feel guilty?

　You destroyed the old order of this city, but were unable to establish a new order, and the result was that you pushed people into the abyss of crime!

　Also, how long can you keep flying the red flag in New York?

　Just before you set fire to Wall Street, General LeMay held a press conference in Newark, announcing that he would lead 3 troops to recapture Manhattan within 24 hours and eliminate you "terrorists." And with the number of people left on your side..."

　David Halbernstein looked at the New York Commune revolutionaries gathered around him and said, "I'm afraid there aren't even enough to offer any symbolic resistance."

　Following the reporter's gaze, Che Guevara felt a little embarrassed when he saw the "streamlined" or shrunk revolutionary fighters around him.

　During the New York uprising last night, the People's Temple successfully rallied nearly 10,000 people in Queens and Brooklyn. The Black Panthers in the Bronx also mobilized a force of 3000. While the personnel were largely a motley crew, with some simply "opportunistic revolutionaries" (gang members), this combined force of over 10,000 was a significant force.

　However, after the 7,000 tons of Federal Reserve gold from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York were distributed this evening, the vast majority of revolutionary fighters who received the gold could not resist the temptation of wealth. Lacking the ideological awareness to devote themselves to the liberation of all mankind, they all slipped away with the gold bricks.

　Afterward, a count revealed that only about 200 members of the People's Temple remained willing to stay and fight. And after the Black Panthers had distributed all their gold, only about 1,000 remained. The remaining 10,000 or so chose to flee with the gold bricks!

　——Not only the newcomers who have recently developed in New York, but also many core cadres who have been trained for many years on the West Coast, took the gold and ran away.

　This situation is just like the famous saying of a certain warlord: "A hundred thousand soldiers, pay them and they'll go!"

　Therefore, those black-hearted warlords are just like black-hearted bosses. Even if they have enough money, they will try their best to delay the payment of their subordinates' salaries...

　Obviously, an armed force of this size is not enough to defend a metropolis the size of New York.

　Not to mention, more than a thousand Black Panthers had been pulled back to the Bronx in the north by Huey Newton to stop the cadets from West Point Military Academy.

　The only ones left in Manhattan at this time were Che Guevara, Jim Jones, and the two hundred or so people around them.

　- In other words, as long as General LeMay launches an attack, the red flag of the New York Commune will fall tomorrow or even tonight!

　Furthermore, for eight million New Yorkers, the day the New York Commune uprising broke out was the worst nightmare they had ever experienced. For example, even though the army had not yet entered the city and the fighting had not yet broken out, the entire city was still in ruins.

　——With the loss of police and government management, and the newly born New York Commune basically ignoring and having no ability to manage public security, terrible riots are spreading throughout New York. Gunshots and explosions are heard from time to time on the streets, indicating the complete collapse of social order!

　Robbery, theft, gang fights, vendettas, arson... countless crimes erupted in New York on this day! The entire city was filled with gunfire and hail of bullets!

　Before the red flag on the top of the Empire State Building fell, at least tens of thousands of people in New York City would have died, and many more would have lost their homes.

　For many people, all these disasters were caused by the "radicals" of the New York Commune.

　“I admit that the uprising of the New York Commune, while striking a blow against the reactionary forces of imperialism, also caused some harm to ordinary citizens.

　However, the greedy vampires of Wall Street have covered the United States like a dark cloud and extended their evil tentacles to the entire world, causing misery and suffering to the American people and the people of the world for at least a century, but you have turned a blind eye.

　Now, the New York Commune has come and dispelled the dark cloud like a thunderbolt, and you want to blame the thunderbolt?

　Of course, the reactionary class will certainly do their best to smear us and accuse us of countless crimes, but the winds of history will eventually blow away the garbage!

　Just as Che Guevara frowned and pondered how to answer, the newly appointed chairman of the New York Commune, the People's

　Jim Jones, leader of the Church of the Temple, strode over and interrupted, "As for the New York Commune, which may soon be suppressed by the reactionary army, what is the point of our struggle? Then I would like to ask, what was the significance of the Paris Commune a hundred years ago?"

　The birth of the New York Commune itself was a miracle. For the United States, it was the first proletarian regime in the history of this land. It was a manifesto, a propaganda team, and a seed drill! It declared to the entire world: Where there is oppression, there will be resistance!

　There are too many people in America who need to understand this simple truth, and I will force it into your ears with blood and fire!

　If we don’t teach the gentlemen a lesson, I’m afraid they’ll have a bad memory and easily forget that the poor also have dignity!

　At this point, Jim Jones, who disguised the Party branch as a cult, looked around at the flames and red flags and sighed: "We have our own principles and will never force our people to do things they don't want to do, but we don't want to be trampled underfoot all our lives.

　As a senior member of the Communist Party of the United States, I have a deep understanding of how difficult it is to raise the red flag in the United States.

　I have waited twenty years for this opportunity today. I launched this uprising in New York not to prove how powerful I am, but just to fight for my own pride and to prove to this country: you must treat the people as human beings!

　As Jim Jones delivered his impassioned speech, expounding on his inner journey, the twilight sky overhead suddenly evoked the clamor of airplane engines. Looking up, he saw a fleet of Huey helicopters approaching from the west across the Hudson River, menacingly descending upon Manhattan, a scene of blazing gunfire and smoke.

　Jim Jones and Che Guevara looked at each other, and they both understood:

　This must be the "air transport force" sent by General LeMay. After learning the news of the Wall Street fire, they rushed to New York impatiently!

　"Goodbye, Mr. Reporter. I hope you can return to the newspaper office safely. As for me and my comrades..."

　Che Guevara shouldered his rifle and whistled, "Let's go to meet the glorious battle that belongs to us!"

　Where did they hide? Given the technological conditions of 1970, even in Manhattan, the heart of capitalism, there were no ubiquitous cameras or city-wide internet coverage, let alone intelligent AI capable of facial recognition...

　Unless Jim Jones and Che Guevara still have spies from the CIA, FBI or other intelligence agencies around them... Well, that won't work either. Even if there are really CIA and FBI spies among the members of the "New York Commune", they cannot send a signal to General LeMay at this moment.

　Don't forget that the United States is now engaged in a civil war, and the army under General LeMay that suppressed the New York Commune was not the US military, but a rebel army!

　As a federal government employee, you actively passed intelligence to the rebels. What a serious political mistake! It could even be considered treason!

　Indeed, after the world-shaking New York Commune uprising, President Nixon in Washington and the old Congress in Philadelphia quickly began to mend fences and colluded once again, driven by class interests. However, those undercover on the front lines were not so quickly informed of developments in the rear, and they dared not arbitrarily speculate on the thoughts of the Washington bosses and then act accordingly.

　What if I guessed wrong? What if President Nixon chose to cooperate with the Reds and was determined to destroy the rebellious states?

　Don't say it's impossible! Ten years ago, everyone thought the United States would never have another civil war! But now it's happening, isn't it?

　Haven’t all kinds of things that were originally thought to be impossible happened enough in recent years?

　When black swan events like this happen frequently, the little people at the bottom usually become more conservative and dare not speak or act rashly.

　Even a grain of sand that slips away during the fierce battles between the top bosses can be like a mountain pressing on the heads of these little guys!

　Of course, they could also find a way to pass the intelligence of the New York Commune to Washington through their superiors, and then have their superiors discuss with President Nixon, and let the president decide whether to disclose the information to LeMay - but in fact, even if they did so, Washington might not receive the intelligence.

　Because, not long ago, President Nixon had just ordered the generals in the Pentagon to massacre the headquarters of the CIA and FBI!

　Many sleeper agents who were online were inexplicably laid off, imprisoned, or even executed! And there was no job handover at all!

　The situation of the major US intelligence agencies today is essentially the same as that of the KGB during the collapse of the Soviet Union: spies in the field don't know who to pass their intelligence to, superiors don't know if their orders are still being obeyed, many files have been burned, and no one knows where the funds and assets have gone...

　Therefore, most of the information reported by grassroots intelligence personnel disappeared or was omitted inexplicably along the way.

　The newly formed intelligence agency headquarters didn't even know about the existence of these subordinates because of the loss of files!

　In short, General LeMay, who led his army into New York, relied almost entirely on aerial reconnaissance photos and journalists' reports to grasp the dynamics of the "New York Commune." He was completely ignorant of the more detailed enemy situation.

　Seeing that Jim Jones and Che Guevara could not be found, General LeMay, who personally flew over Manhattan in a helicopter to inspect the operations, had no choice but to order the entire army to enter the city and conduct a carpet search and clearing operation block by block.

　According to his military orders, the troops entering the city had two tasks: one was to conduct fire reconnaissance against the Red Armed Forces, and the other was to search for and confiscate the Federal Reserve gold that had just been distributed by the Reds, as strongly requested by the Governor and the bankers. "The Federal Reserve's gold cannot be lost!"

　But this Air Force general, who had never commanded a ground combat, forgot one very fatal thing - his troops were not regular troops!

　In fact, in essence, the Congressional Army, gathered by the old Senate (Congress) through connections and money, was a complete mercenary and rabble with no ideological support. However, there were many former regular army members in the Congressional Army, which seemed to be decent at first glance.

　But this only shows the acceptable military appearance. As for the discipline of mercenaries, it cannot be guaranteed.

　Previously, this congressional army had been hunkered down in Philadelphia, glaring at the Presidential Army in the far-flung capital across the state of Maryland. This long-distance standoff, with neither side able to see the other, meant there was little to fight. So, aside from harassing the townspeople, these congressional troops had generally been relatively well-behaved.

　But now, General LeMay ordered this mercenary army to attack the richest city in the United States, and there were at least 7,000 tons of gold scattered in the city!

　Seven thousand tons of gold! This number is really going to drive people crazy!

　To make matters worse, to reduce maintenance costs, like most bad employers in modern Europe, the congressmen who fled Washington, D.C., and the financiers who supported them, also owed these mercenaries a lot of wages. So, after they stormed New York fully armed, why shouldn't they take their "dues" in their own way?

　Therefore, as soon as this filthy, super-mixed army entered New York, they began to plunder and loot the city without any hesitation: "Hand over all the money, jewelry and gold, or we will kill your whole family!"

　For a moment, the entire Manhattan was filled with scenes of looting and crazy screams.

　Those middle-class and wealthy people in New York who had been hiding in their houses and cursing the Reds were going to hell

　The rich became the soldiers' favorite fat sheep and prey. First, their doors were blown open by grenades, and then guns were pointed at their heads. They had to give up their property to save their lives - those who had taken gold bars from the Federal Reserve handed over the gold bars, and those who did not take gold bars handed over their watches, jewelry and banknotes... Finally, the soldiers killed their entire families without hesitation to eliminate witnesses.

　As for those shops in the city that had not yet been looted by the mob, they certainly could not escape the greedy soldiers' smashing down of doors and looting, and they would set them on fire afterwards!

　Although the people of New York are quite knowledgeable, they are used to seeing the police hitting thugs with six sticks in one second, beating people like beating meat floss, and the swinging of sticks leaving afterimages. They have also long been accustomed to coexisting with all kinds of thieves and robbers. They must carry some cash when going out to save their lives from robbers.

　But compared with the mercenaries who are extremely cruel and willing to kill entire families, what are those seemingly fierce gangs in the past?

　The mercenaries' non-commissioned officers and veterans expertly directed the looting and slaughter, while officers who attempted to stop them were instantly shot dead. As for the remaining officers, they wisely chose to go along with the bandits, joining the thieves in the plundering and slaughter!

　There were also some "patriotic militia groups" who came from the surrounding countryside. Seeing this scene, they could not help but join in. With a hatred of the rich, they began to go on a shopping spree at zero dollars. There were even soldiers from different teams who started fighting in the city in order to grab gold and jewelry.

　On the other hand, while New Yorkers were caught off guard, they weren't completely defenseless—due to the recent chaos, many people kept guns, ammunition, and even grenades hidden in their homes. Initially, they held back from resistance out of fear of the ruling order. But seeing the soldiers intent on killing and looting, leaving no one alive... what was there to fear? They were all going to die anyway, so they decided to fight them!

　Thus, on the night of August 1st, New York City was transformed into a "chicken-eating" (everyone vs. everyone) super-death match. Soldiers, carrying large bags filled with valuables, rushed back and forth, and the cries of women and children and the screams of men filled the air. Blood flowed on the ground, and bullets occasionally whistled from the alleys. Soldiers and civilians engaged in a passionate battle, forging deep, heartfelt friendships...

　There were also Jim Jones and Che Guevara's "New York Commune" guerrillas, who wandered around the burning city, calmly killing every soldier who was looting civilians, and mobilizing the survivors whose entire families were killed to fight and seek revenge under the red flag of the commune.

　On the other hand, the hard-hearted General LeMay turned a deaf ear to the cries of New Yorkers and was only focused on flattening the black area of ​​the Bronx.

　Because he believed that the core base of the "New York Commune" was here!

　Well, strictly speaking, General LeMay's idea was not wrong, because the armed forces of the Black Panther Party were indeed entrenched here.

　——Unlike Jim Jones and Che Guevara who abandoned their fixed bases and wandered around the streets of downtown Manhattan, the Black Panther Party's "Secretary of Defense" Huey Newton still had more than a thousand loyal followers who did not run away after the "Federal Reserve's big scale division of gold."