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spn Chapter 464: Panic in the United States

United States, Washington.""Time Travel Novel""

Since the atomic explosion in Japan, the American people, who are full of crisis, have felt an unprecedented crisis, as if the Pacific Ocean is not enough to stop the enemy. When the "government" and the military are highly tense, the people have also joined in the "defense" unprecedentedly and consciously.

Amid demonstrations to protect America from nuclear attack.

People gather in squares and parks every day, and there are even demonstrations held on time every day to promote slogans.

Rosenberg is an employee of a Citibank branch office. Although the war has affected thousands of households, compared to a giant like Citibank, employees' jobs are relatively stable and their incomes are relatively objective.[

However, since the atomic explosion in Japan, his job has become less stable and comfortable. At least, he has felt a crisis, and this crisis has even spread to the entire Citibank.

People start to panic, which is the root of all crises.

Even when the war was at its worst, such as the setbacks in the Pacific War, the defeat in the Southeast Asian War, the continuous defeat in Europe, and even the defeat in the Far East, the American people did not show the same anxiety and panic as they do today.

The American people know very well that the United States has unique geographical advantages, and there is no enemy in the entire America that can compete with it.

Since the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the United States of America, the American people have enjoyed a life like a paradise. Domestic democracy, internal economic development and free trade, external limited expansion, semi-closed conservatism until industrialization deepened on a large scale and products became abundant.

Only then can we get deeply involved in international affairs.

From the end of the fight for colonies, to the pinnacle victory of World War I, to the high-spirited attitude in the early stages of World War II, the American people fully felt the superior feeling of dominating a continent.

The American people are very rich, the United States is very vast and resourceful, and the United States is very safe. These are all deeply ingrained concepts. When the First World War broke out, while people in Europe, Asia and Africa were horrified, the American people laughed at the worst outbreak in human history.

Strong war. As a result, the United States intervened at the most critical moment, and American soldiers saved the world and defeated the Germans.

The Second World War has begun, and the American people who made a lot of money in the First World War are cheering. It is also a world war, it is also initiated by Germany, and it is also a world war of unprecedented magnitude. The American "government" and people deeply feel in their hearts.

I'm always looking forward to it, ah, this will be another great opportunity to make money.

As a result, the outbreak of the Pacific War directly dragged the United States into the quagmire early, and the participation of the Chinese as an enemy in the war completely shattered the pride of the United States.

However, at these times, the American people have not panicked, because there are always winners and losers in wars, and as long as the homeland is separated from the enemy by an ocean, the great United States will not be defeated.

Unfortunately, the Far East has been lost, and China and the United States are currently separated only by the narrow Bering Strait. The Chinese Pacific Fleet is unprecedentedly powerful, and its huge aircraft carrier battle group has surrounded the American Freedom Fleet again and again. The latest situation is actually

Even Pearl Harbor was in danger of being lost again. Of course, after the Chinese struck with the two powerful weapons of strategic bombers and atoms, the Americans saw something was wrong and panic began to spread.

Compared to his usual working time of 8 a.m., Rosenberg started working very early these days. Today he even came to the bank business hall at 6 a.m. because people running on the bank were about to overflow the bank door.

"Everyone, don't be crowded, don't be anxious! Get in line!!"

Through the thick wall of the rammed business hall and through the iron, Rosen saw the surging crowd outside. He heard the security staff complaining in a low voice: 'There is at least a 500-meter-long queue, God, these damn guys...

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The bank managers were also there, shouting hoarsely to maintain order. They hid behind the police and security personnel, loudly ensuring that the bank's cash was still very sufficient and that Citibank would maintain the people's cash withdrawal needs.

"The free US 'government' will ensure the safety of everyone's deposits and our gold reserves..."

However, the response he got was this:

"Shit, politicians and bankers should die, I just want my money!!"

"Damn war, I want to take out the money to buy food and medicine!!" [

“It’s better to trust the ‘government’ and the banks than to trust a dog.”

“We want to withdraw money and cash it out!!”

…

People waved their arms angrily, holding in their hands various newspapers of the day, all of which were the latest bad news, yes bad news.

Some young people even jumped onto a street lamppost nearby and shouted at the hundreds of meters long withdrawal queue: "The latest news is that the U.S. government has rejected the unilateral surrender negotiation prerequisite proposed by the Chinese government.

Conditions, damn the US 'government', they want us to taste atoms..."

"The latest news is that the Japanese 'government' has announced its acceptance of the 'x preconditions for Japan's surrender' proposed by the Chinese 'government'. Oh God, damn the US 'government'. The Japanese emperor and the military have personally announced the roundup of militarists and

War criminals, they even publicly arrested those war criminals who survived the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894. Look, God, the sincerity of the Japanese surrender was enough to make that stupid pig like Truman feel ashamed..."

"... Oh God, damn the US 'government', look at this... According to internal information disclosed to this newspaper by dissatisfied officials of the Japanese military, they have arrested 26 division commanders so far, 56

Officers above the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and above, more than 15,000 militarists and junior officers... God, they even broke out a rebellion and counter-insurgency war in Osaka. In the end, the besieged division surrendered, and the die-hards in the military headquarters had a disembowelment.

suicide"……"

"God, everyone, look at the sincerity of the Japanese 'government'. Their people do not want war or atoms. They would rather surrender. Look at damn Truman, damn the American 'government'. They rejected the negotiation prerequisite for conditional surrender. They

They want war, they want the great American people to have a taste of Chinese atoms..."

"We must not let them get what they want. We have to take out the money from the bank, snap up all the food and medicine in the store, and buy everything we need. We have to prepare for the winter..."

"Withdraw money, withdraw money..."

"Withdraw money, withdraw money..."

"Withdraw money, withdraw money..."

Rosen is a public relations manager who is responsible for this sudden financial situation. When he heard and saw all this outside, he couldn't help but frown.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: The American people, who have always prided themselves on being gentlemen, sometimes get so crazy.

The situation is getting worse and worse. On the first day, the line of people queuing was only more than 100 meters long. However, it grew day by day in the following days. It exceeded 500 meters this morning.

He knew that the U.S. government's rejection of the negotiating premise of conditional surrender and the Japanese government's active surrender had a new impact on the current situation. However, his intuition and what he had seen and heard in the past few days told him that there seemed to be something behind all this. There is another hand moving everything.

"Hi, Rosen."

Rosen returned to the office and saw Paul, the plainclothes policeman in charge of the area.

Paul is an excellent plainclothes policeman. Recently, the financial order has been seriously chaotic and the people are panicking, so he was sent to this area to secretly investigate and maintain order.

Paul was also very tired, and his complexion was very bad. What was worse was that there were even a few bruises on his face, and his clothes were as messy as a beggar. When he saw Rosen, he complained, "I I swear, Rosen, some of them recognized me. When I was queuing up just now, a group of hooligans even rushed up and beat me up. They shouted in my ear and told me that those who were beaten were those who stood up for the American people. The police department on the opposite side is a loser..."

"..."

Hearing Paul's complaint, Rosen couldn't help but be stunned. When did it become so normal for police officers to be beaten? Moreover, plainclothes police officers were beaten up by gangsters in the street, and they dared to tell them openly that "the ones who were beaten were police officers." The world has really changed.[

"Then you should go back to the police station immediately and tell your boss all this. Maybe you need support, for example, to arrest those thugs."

"These damn thugs, they took my gun away, and I need a reason to make my boss realize that this is the truth, not my ability. So, I need your help, help me testify." Paul Said depressedly.

"Sure, no problem." To Paul's surprise, this friend who grew up on the same street agreed easily.

"Hey, let me tell you a damn thing."

Paul pulled Rosen and said, "When I was on plainclothes patrol on Locke Street two days ago, I found some people agitating the citizens. I followed up and investigated. After the parade and the chaos, they actually To collect commissions from unknown persons, yes, damn, they actually collect commissions.”

"What, is this happening??"

Rosen was horrified. He didn't expect to hear such news from this plainclothes policeman. It coincided with his guess.

"Yeah, but damn, God, I swear you don't know what's going to happen next."

Paul said angrily, "I took one of them back to the police station, and the others ran away. I explained their activities to the police station. As a result, I sent them to the police station in the morning and I had lunch. I actually saw them being sent away by a police chief in person..."

"Well, this is not the worst. The worst thing is that yesterday and today, I actually saw a few familiar people in the crowd in front of the bank. My intuition told me that they had participated in the run on several other streets. And the demonstrators. My guess is that they took the lead in queuing up at the bank early in the morning, took the money to eat at noon, continued to lead the demonstration in the afternoon, took the money home at night, and continued the next day. Damn it, I think everything has clues This is the truth expressed... But, Rosen, you know, these are useless. Chief Spears told me that they were just too impulsive to express their dissatisfaction with the "government". If they were arrested, it would be like San Francisco. Similarly, the targets of the siege have changed from banks and "government" buildings to police stations, even if they are really being used and organized... The police chief said that our power is only to prevent them from being reactionary with guns and not on the streets. Just murder, set fire, and rob..."

After listening to Paul's complaint, Rosen was completely stunned.

He even thought of one thing. His younger brother Rodelberg has been acting strangely recently. He seems to be very busy every day. One day he is dressed as a worker, and the next day he is dressed as a teacher or other profession. Sometimes he is dressed in rags.

He was unbearable, but sometimes he dressed very formally and seemed to be very busy every day, but he never asked himself for money. Instead, he readily supported himself and gave his mother a considerable amount of money.

Could it be that my younger brother is also...

Thinking of this, Rosen had a headache. He knew that he shouldn't think about this by himself. Maybe the people queuing outside were what he needed to deal with. Even if they were incited and led to disrupt social order, what did it have to do with him?

After agreeing to have Paul testify, Rosen walked out of the office and returned to the front lobby. Looking at the queue of people that was said to be more than one thousand meters long and the queue of people waiting for admission several hundred meters in front of a nearby department store, he suddenly

Realizing a terrible fact: Following the marches and demonstrations, runs and panic buying have already taken place. What’s the next step? Will it be a riot, or an anti-U.S. government...

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Rosen's worries are not wrong. At the same time, Washington and the White House are.

Truman looked outside at the White House lawn, which was once again occupied by crowds. The military and police who maintained order originally tried to drive the people out, but the crowd broke through the blockade. In the end, the people returned to the White House lawn after briefly leaving for a few days.

Returned and occupied the American high ground that the enemy had never occupied.

Conditional surrender is unacceptable to the American "government", but the people use it to compare with the Japanese "government" who graciously accepted the conditional surrender and actively cooperated with it.

He did not believe that the mainstream American people would not see the huge disadvantages of conditional surrender, although he also admitted that the atomic panic was still spreading and was far from over.

"Mr. President, according to our verification, there are now some agitators in various places. They took the lead in lining up for crowds and rush purchases early in the morning, blocking traffic, and in the afternoon they went to demonstrations and besieged government buildings.

And, they get paid on a daily basis.”

Lubis, the presidential deputy director of intelligence, was briefing Truman on the complex situation.

"Who is paying them? Have the local police departments taken any measures?"

Truman asked.

"It's all the Americans who are paying them, and no foreign forces are found. The reason they pay is 'all for the United States.' They justify this behavior as doing good and spreading wealth..."

Truman: "..."

"Some places made arrests, but they usually released them in the afternoon because there was no evidence and there was no way to frame them. Some places found some excuses to detain people, but they were soon besieged by demonstrators. The police station

The detained suspects had to be released on the spot..."

Truman: "Okay, I get it."

After the deputy director of intelligence left, Truman turned around and looked out at the people on the White House lawn who were shouting, shouting, waving flags, and clashing with the military and police. Even as a wise president, he could not tell these people apart.

Are they the real American people fighting for freedom and peace, or are they degenerates fighting for the dollar?

He really wanted to condemn the enemy who caused all this. After all, this enemy was very obvious in the eyes of wise politicians. Although he was hiding in the backs of millions of people, he felt deeply powerful.

War chaos, atomic panic, defeat, soaring prices, and malicious man-made instigation have all given rise to the worst signs in the United States. However, the "government" cannot make the people refuse the temptation of dollars and gold bars.

, and perhaps a promise of immigration to the Chinese Empire.

"These damn beauties."
Chapter completed!