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　Immediately afterwards, a terrifying shockwave erupted, instantly destroying most houses within a two-kilometer radius. The scorching foehn winds reached Central Park's "Millionaire's Row." (As the dollar depreciated, this area would later become "Billionaire's Row.")

　Especially within a radius of 500 meters from the center of the nuclear bomb explosion, all buildings were uprooted by the terrible nuclear explosion shock wave. The flying bricks, rubble and concrete fragments were like artillery shells, heavily smashing onto the roofs of houses farther away, turning many buildings into crumbling hornet's nests. Some buildings were even collapsed on the spot, and the people inside had no time to escape and were buried alive under the rubble.

　What's even more terrible is that when the nuclear bomb exploded, 900 teachers and students of the West Point Military Academy were riding in armored vehicles and jeeps, and were ordered to attack the Bronx for fire reconnaissance. As a result, even the heavy armored vehicles were like homemade planes and were blown hundreds of meters away by the violent shock wave.

　As for the infantrymen who were hit by the shock wave, they were like ants being crushed by a millstone. I don’t know how many of them were turned into minced meat on the spot!

　Next, when millions of people in New York were still shocked by the flash of light

　As their minds were in a state of confusion, some New Yorkers who happened to look up were even more horrified to see a mushroom cloud rising slowly on the northern skyline.

　——It looks just like the scene from the game "Red Alert"!

　-

　When the nuclear explosion occurred, the military commander of the New York Commune, the famous internationalist red guerrilla fighter

　Che Guevara, along with a dozen of his guerrillas and thousands of refugees, was staying in New York's Central Park, avoiding the raging fires that were burning in all directions.

　——When General LeMay brazenly ordered the dropping of incendiary bombs and the burning attack on New York, the New Yorkers who were dazed by the burns subconsciously fled to open areas without buildings, such as parks and squares, thinking that they would not be burned again.

　The problem was that even if the fire didn't reach the area, thick smoke would still quickly spread on the wind. If the park wasn't large enough, evacuees would quickly collapse from the smoke and suffocate from the lack of oxygen. Many people were burned alive by the hot wind, carrying sparks, and turned into mummies.

　However, as the largest green space in downtown New York, Central Park covers an area of ​​843 acres and includes a large artificial lake. So even if the whole city is filled with smoke and fire, at least in Central Park, thanks to the shade of the lush green trees, it is temporarily safe from the smoke and fire.

　But on the way to Central Park, the real dangers were everywhere - the fire was not only burning behind the fleeing people, but smoke and fire would often billow out along the narrow alleys on both sides of the street, breaking up the fleeing team and cutting off those in front of them, leaving them no time to turn back and help.

　Therefore, the fleeing groups from various blocks to Central Park gradually shrank along the way like melting ice and snow. However, others continued to join them halfway - this was not a big deal, but the problem was that those murderous and looting soldiers also mixed in, and even while fleeing the fire, they did not forget to beat and kill people at will, venting their violence to their heart's content.

　As a result, New Yorkers who were trying to escape the fire not only had to fight the fire, smoke, landslides and getting lost, but also had to fight thugs and soldiers... They really died all the way there, and many people went crazy before they even reached Central Park.

　Fortunately, Che Guevara's New York Commune guerrillas possessed greater combat power and experience than General LeMay's mercenaries, who were only interested in looting. They ultimately fought their way through the chaotic city and successfully escaped to Central Park.

　In addition, Manhattan was not the main target of General LeMay's fire attack after all. Most of the incendiary bombs and gasoline barrels were thrown into the Bronx in the north... In this way, Che Guevara and the last dozen guerrillas around him spent this sleepless night in the woods of the park, watching the flames that illuminated the night sky red, listening to the explosions and gunshots one after another, and the crying and wailing of women and children.

　Then, as the flames gradually died down and the sun once again shone its pale rays through the smoke and ashes, Che Guevara summoned his fellow revolutionaries to discuss their next move... but was almost blinded by a sudden flash of light!

　Then, another deafening roar erupted, setting everyone's ears ringing. The shockwave that followed swept across Central Park from north to south—first, almost all the windows in the luxurious hotels and mansions surrounding the park shattered instantly, sending them flying in all directions. In the morning light, the shattered glass looked like sparkling gems, reflecting brilliant colors.

　The next moment, the entire ground of Central Park seemed to come alive, suddenly leaping and throwing people, tents, flowers, trees, cabins, billboards, cars, and even the water in the artificial lake into the air. Even those who managed to grab onto something fixed on the ground and avoid being blown away by the shockwave were still met with a torrential downpour of all sorts of debris, sending them fleeing in panic, their heads in their hands and their cries for help.

　Even Che Guevara himself was blown away by the scorching air wave. His eyes turned black and he fainted.

　It was unknown how long it was before Che Guevara regained consciousness, crawled out of a pile of loose earth with a dizzy head, and looked out while covering his mouth and coughing. He found that his surroundings had been completely changed. The whole sky was yellow, the trees had fallen down, half of the Central Park seemed to have been shaved flat by a razor, and several high-rise buildings in the distance had collapsed. The air was as dry as a desert, and it made people want to cough.

　"Ahem, how many people are still alive? Anyone who can still breathe, please stand up! Ahem..."

　He staggered to his feet, screaming and shouting at the top of his lungs, and then slowly, some guys like mummies, covered in dust and dirt, stood up and faced each other. Although most of the guerrillas survived, almost all of them had lost their weapons and were injured to varying degrees. One of them had a face so swollen that even his nose seemed to have disappeared... How should the urban guerrilla warfare be fought next?

　"What on earth exploded? Why does it feel familiar?"

　Che Guevara muttered in frustration, and for some reason he suddenly felt a little nauseous and wanted to vomit.

　He suppressed the discomfort, raised his head, and looked towards the north where the explosion sounded, and then he saw a scene that seemed just like yesterday.

　幕：

　A column of white smoke rose from the distance, quickly passing over the tops of skyscrapers and ascending thousands of meters above the ground. Then, the top of the smoke column blossomed like a flower bud, forming a massive mushroom cloud. It tumbled up and down like boiling water, continuing to rise ever higher into the sky!

　Such a magnificent and cruel spectacle of destruction left an unforgettable impression on everyone present.

　For Che Guevara, who had seen a mushroom cloud before his eyes, this instantly triggered a stress response!

　"This is... an atomic bomb?! Li Mei, that barbecue expert, actually used a nuclear bomb in New York?!"

　Che Guevara, unaware of the KGB's actions, assumed LeMay, still not satisfied with burning New York, had resorted to nuclear bombing. He was stunned, his worldview shattered. General Sherman's burning of Atlanta during the Civil War had already inflicted centuries of bitter hatred on white Southern Americans. Now, General LeMay, not only burning New York but also nuking it... Aren't you afraid of eternal infamy?

　Just as he was looking at the mushroom cloud rising in the northern sky, breathing the turbid air filled with radiation, he was stunned.

　Suddenly, an old subordinate leaped up and pinned Che Guevara to the dusty lawn, shouting, "Get down! Commander! There's an air raid!"

　What? Air raid?! At this time?!

　Didn’t you do it???

　An atomic bomb is exploding in New York right now. How could any plane dare to bomb it despite the shock wave?

　It's like... a death charge towards a mushroom cloud! Hey, hey! Is it worth it?

　After hearing this, Che Guevara felt his head go haywire. He then struggled to raise his head and observe the scene in the sky.

　The next moment, he saw an old grass-green military business plane drawing a messy route in the sky, zigzagging over Central Park, and finally crashing into the radio antenna tower on top of the Empire State Building, knocking over the antenna tower and the red flag hanging on it!

　Next, a loud bang was heard from the street in the distance, probably the plane landing and exploding.

　Looking at the destroyed roof and the fallen red flag, Che Guevara was speechless for a moment and said he could not comment on this behavior.

　Is this an imitation of the Japanese Kamikaze Special Attack Force during World War II? Do American pilots today actually have such courage?

　Che Guevara was stunned for a moment, his world view shattered, and his mind seemed to have turned into a ball of wool that had been played with by a cat.

　Moreover, Japan's Kamikaze Special Attack Force at least used planes to crash into warships, and their slogan was "one plane for one ship", which doesn't sound like a loss.

　But what about the plane that crashed into the Empire State Building just to remove the red flag? "One plane for one flag"?

　This is... well, how should I put it? You think your life is too cheap, don't you?

　In short, Che Guevara was amazed at the enemy plane's suicide attack on the Empire State Building with a red flag flying.

　- If Che Guevara knew that General Curtis LeMay, who was commanding the current suppression operation in New York, was sitting on the plane that hit the Empire State Building, he would probably be even more shocked, right?

　However, when he saw other planes flying around in the air like headless flies and crashing one after another, he immediately understood the truth:

　It turns out that these planes were not carrying out suicidal kamikaze attacks, but were shot down from the sky by the shock wave of the nuclear explosion!

　Chapter 507: The Kamikaze Suicide Plane that Crashed into the Empire State Building (More Updates, Please Vote)

　When the tactical nuclear bomb exploded in the Bronx, it not only brought destruction on the ground, but also created a catastrophe in the air.

　——In order to carry out General Curtis LeMay's "Burning the Bronx" bombing mission, he dispatched more than 200 helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft from nearby airports to the skies over New York to carry out the bombing of Black Panther Party strongholds.

　Although General LeMay's staff had made arrangements for rotations and waves of attack, over fifty aircraft were still stranded over New York when the nuclear explosion occurred: not only the air force commanded by General LeMay, but also reconnaissance planes sent by the Pentagon to observe the battle situation, and even some small civilian planes hired by war correspondents who risked their lives to fly over New York in pursuit of first-hand news!

　Moreover, on the eve of the nuclear explosion, General LeMay himself took a plane from Newark, ready to take the risk and personally fly over the battlefield to conduct an investigation.

　As a result, just as his plane crossed the Hudson River, a strong light flashed in the sky.

　The pilot, caught off guard, felt everything around him suddenly turn blindingly white. The cockpit's support beams glowed white, as did the nose and wings. As for the instrument panel, well, it was so white it was almost indistinct!

　——If you are a pilot who often flies on the front line of nuclear war, when you see this sudden strong glare, you will usually understand what is going on immediately, and you will close your eyes and turn your head to the back very experiencedly, count to yourself for fifteen seconds, and wait for the glare to subside before opening your eyes again.

　But the problem is that just like the temporary mercenaries under General LeMay are basically a group of rabble, the pilots of this old business jet are not real battlefield eagles, but just two guys who fly civil aircraft.

　Therefore, the pilot and his co-pilot were unable to react in time and were dazzled by the flash of the nuclear explosion, screaming in shame.

　Fortunately, General Li Mei in the rear cabin had his back to the porthole and was shielded by his adjutant and orderly, so nothing happened immediately.

　He quickly stood up and pushed open the cockpit door, just in time for the glare to fade away, and saw the second sun hanging in the air for the first time!

　But General LeMay knew he had no time to admire the fireball. Based on his understanding of nuclear warfare, it was time to dodge the shock wave.

　Therefore, General LeMay immediately pushed aside the pilot who was still covering his eyes and wailing, grabbed the joystick, and made the plane turn sharply, trying to make the relatively sturdy rear of the plane face the huge fireball that was turning into a mushroom cloud to meet the coming overpressure shock wave.

　However, the intensity of the nuclear explosion shockwave seemed to exceed his expectations, and this old, broken plane, after years of use, had become incredibly slow in turning. As the plane was hammered hard by the shockwave, he seemed to hear a cracking sound coming from somewhere!

　He quickly glanced around and discovered that the left wing had been bent by the shockwave, leaving it at an upward angle. This created an imbalance in lift between the left and right wings, causing the plane to spin, with the left wing bending even more severely, looking like it was about to break.

　It's over!

　Without a second thought, General Li Mei put on his parachute pack, pulled a handle, tried to open the plane's door, and parachuted out to survive.

　But the problem was, the hatch didn't respond at all! Even if he pounded on it with his fists, it wouldn't budge!

　——It is obvious that under the impact of the nuclear explosion shock wave, the aircraft's cabin door was deformed and stuck and could not be opened!

　At this moment, the two engines of the plane shut down one after another, causing the flight altitude to drop further. The continuous violent airflow also caused the plane to vibrate violently, like a sailboat that unfortunately encountered a storm, floating up and down with the terrifying waves.

　General LeMay had no choice but to return to the cockpit and try to pull the plane up and increase its altitude, at least to keep the plane alive until it could make an emergency landing on the sea.

　In this way, there is still some hope of being rescued.

　With half a lifetime of experience in the skies, he almost accomplished this difficult maneuver by flying his wrecked plane over Manhattan.

　Unfortunately, General Li May's luck was still a little off.

　In the thick smog, he was unable to steer the plane away from the tallest building, the Empire State Building, and the bright red flag hung on the top of the building by someone unknown.

　He pushed the joystick hard, trying to steer the plane away from the Empire State Building, but the plane remained stationary, clearly out of control.

　Is everything coming to an end?

　As General Li Mei stared at the rapidly enlarging red flag with the hammer and sickle, his mind flashed back to the past, like a revolving lantern: his childhood longing for the blue sky, his middle-aged bravery on the battlefield, his old age ruthlessly destroying his nation with a nuclear explosion...

　Decades of glorious years of war and battle were condensed into the blink of an eye and flashed before his eyes.

　Perhaps, this is the fate of a soldier?

　He who gains everything in war will eventually lose everything on the battlefield.

　However, compared to dying in a sickbed of old age, perhaps dying on the battlefield is a fate that suits the taste of this "barbecue master" better!

　Although he himself had to admit that his performance in the last battle in New York was really a mess - there was no other way, just like the Russian Admiral Kolchak was not good at fighting land battles and was not good at politics, he, an American Air Force General, was also not good at fighting land battles!

　Forget it, things have come to this, why are you still thinking about it?

　I will tell you about my merits and demerits, successes and failures after I meet God!

　General Li Mei no longer wanted to think about what happened to the nuclear bomb that had just exploded, and just closed his eyes silently.

　Just like that, with a loud boom, General Curtis LeMay's plane crashed into the radio tower atop the Empire State Building. It, along with the red flag atop the tower, plummeted to the street below, bursting into a bright, explosive flame as it touched the ground.

　It also seems to indicate that the Battle of New York, which shocked the world, has come to an end within just 36 hours.

　As for the rest, it's just garbage time.

　-

　By the time dozens of planes fell like meteors and General LeMay died in the Empire State Building, the main events of the Battle of New York had come to an end.

　Let's not even talk about the New York Commune rebels who had already run out of ammunition and support, or who had fled with their own money, clutching the Federal Reserve's gold bars. Even the mercenaries who flooded into New York to loot, or the local gangs who wanted to take advantage of the chaos, were now terrified by the nuclear bombs and only cared about escaping.

　In short, the New York Uprising had reached this point, and neither the insurgents nor the suppressors could continue.

　However, although the battle for New York was over, the disaster for New York and the entire United States had only just begun...

　Xon won

　Shortly after General Curtis LeMay, the "Eagle of the Cold War," the "Tokyo BBQ Master," and the "Atom Maniac," crashed into the Empire State Building and was killed wrapped in a red flag, the atmosphere above New York, which had been stirred and churned for a quarter of an hour by the cosmic force of the nuclear explosion, began to fall with heavy raindrops.

　——Generally speaking, unless it's an extremely dry place like a desert, if a nuclear explosion is carried out somewhere, it will inevitably rain afterwards.

　The blazing mushroom cloud, accompanied by a dazzling burst of radiation, lifted a vast amount of water vapor from the ground into the sky. Then, condensed by the radioactive dust, it formed countless raindrops, transforming into a mysterious and terrifying black rain that fell back to the ground.

　This black downpour poured down on the groaning wounded, leaving behind gray streaks and even smoke.

　This caused many people who fell into a coma after the nuclear explosion to be awakened by the heavy rain, and also made those who were awake, facing the black rain that looked like poisonous, frightened out of their wits, and they hurriedly fled to any place with a roof to shelter from the rain.

　However, even though this black rain was filled with deadly radiation, the fires scattered throughout New York were finally extinguished by the rain.

　A moment later, the deadly black rain filled with radioactive dust turned into misty yellow drizzle and spread into the distance. Some survivors began to crawl out of the building tremblingly, collecting food, drinks, belongings and everything they could use, preparing to escape from this purgatory.

　But more New Yorkers still stubbornly stick to their homes, continue to stay in their houses, and pray fearfully that the disaster will pass quickly.

　--Because the tactical nuclear bomb detonated in the Bronx this time had a relatively small equivalent and the explosion center was more than ten kilometers away from Manhattan's central business district, the core areas of New York's world-famous skyscrapers did not suffer any obvious damage except for a lot of broken glass.

　Under the cover of many high-rise buildings, Manhattan's Upper West Side, Upper East Side and other densely populated areas are basically safe.

　Well, at least the buildings are basically safe and sound, but it’s hard to say about the people inside the buildings.

　Generally speaking, although the "old New Yorkers" living in Manhattan were terrified, most of them still missed their homes and were reluctant to abandon their belongings and flee.

　Fortunately, because major countries during the Cold War popularized civil defense education among the entire population, New Yorkers in 1970, unlike the people in Hiroshima in 1945, knew how to deal with nuclear war. They dug out the "Doomsday Survival Kit" gift boxes that had been gathering dust in attics and cellars for years. Some wore gas masks, some swallowed iodine tablets, some injected themselves with stimulants, and of course some pried open cans of Spam and gobbled them up.

　Then, the people of New York, feeling a little relieved, began to flip through the Wasteland Survival Guide while considering their own solutions...

　But those whose houses were burned down or who were driven out by mobs were even more miserable - because they stayed outdoors during the nuclear explosion, their skin was often burned by the flash. Some people also continued to lose their hair, and suffered nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and fever...

　These are all typical symptoms of radiation sickness!

　In fact, if these wounded could receive timely cleaning and treatment, they could still be saved.

　Unfortunately, New York's medical system has completely collapsed. Doctors and nurses are generally unable to protect themselves, and the city's tap water supply has long been cut off. Even if they want to find some clean water to wash the radioactive dust off their bodies, they simply cannot do it!

　So, apart from a few lucky few who found their way into bars and soda shops and washed themselves with alcohol and drinks, most of the wounded could only lie on the roadside and howl, or cry for water from others. However, in troubled times, people were cold and indifferent, and very few people were actually helped.

　A few hours later, around 2:8 p.m. on August 14, a group of dazed refugees trekked more than ten kilometers south from the Bronx, near the center of the nuclear explosion, and walked along Fifth Avenue to the relatively intact Manhattan area.

　So, the citizens of Manhattan saw through windows and door cracks a group of zombies on Fifth Avenue that looked like they came from hell.