It is Kokang and Changchun

　"These people are so good at intelligence, didn't you notice anything wrong before?"

　"I did notice something was wrong, and it was very wrong. But I never thought that these guys were not human at all?" Burns tried his best to explain.

　He continued, "I've always conducted my investigations based on dealing with an enemy on the same level as the KGB during the Cold War. Now it seems these guys are far more powerful than the KGB back then."

　"Okay, stop arguing." Kamala signaled Burns and the official to be quiet. "General Van Heck, do you have anything else to say?"

　Admiral Van Herk nodded and said, "In addition to intelligence and information warfare, there are also frontline combat reports. However, this is not convenient for discussion here. Please ask the President and other government officials to move to the conference room in the command center for further discussion."

　With that, Van Heck led President Kamala and his team to the command center conference room. After entering the conference room, Admiral Van Heck asked an officer next to him to turn on the multimedia.

　Admiral Van Herk took the remote, pressed it, and said, "Everyone, please look, this is the current battle line."

　The screen displayed a map of the northeastern coast along the Washington-New York line and its surrounding areas and waters.

　On the map, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Newark, New York, and other towns and cities are all within the color blocks of the enemy-controlled area.

　Although everyone in the conference room already knew this, looking at the map gave people a more intuitive visual impact, and the officials present couldn't help but gasp.

　"If someone had told me before that these major cities could all fall within 12 hours, I would have just wanted to slap him in the face," Van Hek continued.

　"However, judging by the battle reports we've received from the front lines, the enemy's ability to launch such a massive attack is closely related to the fact that they are not human."

　Admiral Van Herk pressed the button on the remote control again, and the map on the screen was switched, replaced by a photo and a report.

　The photo above is a close-up of the deep sea contained in a supply box, and the text report next to it is a record of this deep sea.

　Van Herk: "A soldier from the 75th Ranger Regiment, who was heading to Washington, D.C., was fortunate enough to capture a hors de combat enemy soldier. As you can clearly see from the photo, while they look very human and are very beautiful, they are clearly not human."

　Before, everyone just had serious doubts that the enemy was not

　Now that the close-up photos and reports have been posted, and it's truly confirmed that the enemy is non-human, everyone is still a little shocked.

　"If it's not human, could it be alien?" an official asked below.

　"Unfortunately, there is no evidence yet to prove that they are aliens. But this possibility cannot be ruled out, and it is very likely," replied Admiral Van Hek.

　Kamala asked, "Then send the enemy to a scientific research institute for further study. The frontline troops are not scientific researchers, so they can't learn anything more."

　"Madam President, that's exactly what I was saying." Admiral Van Heck responded, "We were originally planning to send her to a research facility in the rear to investigate, but she suddenly exploded.

　The explosion was as powerful as a 203mm artillery shell, killing dozens of soldiers and officers instantly and injuring dozens more to varying degrees.

　"What's going on? You've already done a preliminary check on her, but you didn't find any explosives?" Kamala thought it was a suicide attack with a bomb and was puzzled.

　Van Herk replied: "No, according to a simple analysis, the cause of the explosion was not external, but internal."

　Kamala pondered this and said in shock, "You mean, these enemies have the ability to self-destruct?"

　"It's very likely." Admiral Van Heck confirmed.

　"Are there any signs before the self-explosion?" Kamala asked.

　"I don't know. Even if there were signs, the people and equipment that could have seen them would have been completely destroyed by the explosion."

　Kamala fell silent, and Van Hek continued, "Moreover, we still don't know the weak points of these enemies. We only know that their limbs are their weaknesses, and a headshot will only make them lose their combat effectiveness, not kill them.

　To effectively kill them, you must attack their torsos with heavy weapons. But at present, we believe that this is only a vague answer. The specific point in the torso that can maximize the damage is still unknown.

　After Van Herk finished explaining what the enemies were and their weaknesses, he moved on to weapons and attire.

　"Secondly, their attire and weapons are also very strange. They have such advanced information technology that is beyond our reach, yet the appearance of their weapons and equipment is so retro."

　Van Herk pointed at the photos on the big screen with his pointer and said, "These photos were taken by a single-person drone from a frontline reconnaissance unit. You can see that the enemy soldiers are wearing our military uniforms from World War I."

　(PS: Because the combat uniforms of the British and American armies during World War I were extremely similar, and the photo was a distant view, only a rough outline could be seen after zooming in, so Van Heck mistakenly thought that Shen Hai was wearing the uniform of the American army during World War I.)

　"In addition to the costumes, even the vehicles look retro, and there are even cavalry." As he spoke, Van Hek released several photos of tanks, armored vehicles, cars and cavalry taken by drones.

　As for why they are like this, it is beyond the scope of this discussion. I am not a social scientist. My only concern is how to defeat them.

　Their weapons are even more baffling. They seem to have an adaptive mechanism that prevents us from using them. If we forcibly dismantle them, the guns will naturally disintegrate, turning into points of light and slowly disappearing.

　Van Heck paused and took a sip of water. During this pause, Kamala suddenly spoke up, "Can these enemies communicate? I mean at the political level, at the national level. I want to know what their purpose is in invading us?"

　Unfortunately, there is still insufficient intelligence about the other party, and Kamala's problems have no answers for the time being.

　While there's no solution for now, we still need to prepare for the worst. Regardless, given the current situation, even the "invincible" IRS can't collect taxes from cities like Washington, D.C., and New York, as well as Delaware, most of New Jersey, and eastern Maryland.

　For convenience, they discussed and decided to give the enemy forces a code name. Someone suggested, "Why not just call them Deep Sea? It just so happens that two years ago, Kanmusu appeared, and two years later, a strange enemy appeared. Deep Sea is the perfect name."

　"But, according to the settings of those 2D KanColle games, can deep-sea landings be carried out? Are there such large land forces? Are there such nostalgic costumes?

　"Furthermore, these enemies all have silver hair and red eyes. I wonder if any of the villains, whether on a ship R or a ship C, have all silver hair and red eyes? "No, right?" someone objected.

　"Let's call it Sea Mist, but that doesn't quite sound like Sea Mist. Their ships have similar particle beam weapons, but they don't have the Klein Fields seen in the anime, and their hulls don't have the strange, shimmering patterns."

　Besides, sea fog doesn't have any land or air forces. Calling it a siren is completely irrelevant," another official said.

　An officer standing nearby thought and suggested, "A large army... individual weapons with adaptable mechanisms... silver hair and red eyes... Got it! How about calling it Iron Blood? The Iron Blood from Girls' Frontline."

　Everyone pondered over it and felt that this was the closest answer among all the answers. According to the officer's logic, if we exclude the navy on the other side, then there are indeed quite a lot of similarities.

　So everyone agreed and decided to use "Iron Blood" to refer to the unknown armed forces, and use it as the NATO code name, a unified name throughout NATO.

　However, when the United States was thinking of a code name for the deep sea, it seemed to have completely ignored the feelings of certain groups.

　When the German ship girls learned that the United States had given it such a NATO code name, every ship felt a sense of inexplicable discomfort in their hearts, especially those ship girls whose images came from ship B, whose reactions were even stronger.

　U1405 made perfect use of her honeyed mouth, first using various German curse words, and then started to complain:

　"(Omitting a few German curse words)... Did the Americans get their heads kicked by John's lame donkey next door? They call the unknown enemy Iron Blood, so we privately call them White Eagles! Coincidentally, these enemies are wearing the uniforms of the British and American soldiers from World War I, so calling them White Eagles is so fitting!"

　"1405, even if you're cursing America, the swear words you used at the beginning are really harsh. You should tone it down a bit..."

　Faced with the junior's pleasant voice but vulgar words, U47 scolded U1405 and asked her to control herself a little.

　……

　After determining the code name of the enemy force, General Van Heck made speculations about the enemy and our deployment based on the currently available military intelligence.

　Finally, Admiral Van Herck concluded: “…Based on the above, my personal suggestion is that the United States should immediately enter a state of war and declare war on the unknown armed forces;

　Activate the NATO agreement and unite other NATO countries including Europe to jointly resist this menacing invasion;

　At the same time, we must mobilize all domestic armed forces as much as possible, recall overseas troops, and actively utilize the power of the shipgirls to protect our beloved United States of America! We must let these enemies who invaded America know that they have stirred up the biggest hornet's nest on the planet!

　Chapter 255: Hornet's Nest (2)

　In response to General Van Herck's suggestion, Kamala said seriously, "The Marine Corps has been ordered to the front lines. As for the other branches of the military and the state of war, as you know, they must first be approved by Congress."

　When it comes to this, Kamala sighed. Although the local media always praises how correct the separation of powers is, sometimes one has to admit that in some special circumstances, the separation of powers is too inefficient.

　Glenn Van Herk expressed his understanding and said he would wait for Kamala to discuss the matter with the lawmakers. For now, all he could do was to work with his colleagues at the Department of Defense to come up with strategies for this tough battle.

　While Kamala was arguing with Congress, the FBI and other intelligence agencies, in response to new changes in the national security situation, began to conduct strict investigations into American traitors and deep-sea spies within the government and within themselves.

　Based on the intelligence currently available, the FBI boldly speculates that Deep Sea is likely to have advanced camouflage and infiltration technology, on a level no less than that of Kaito Kid or Lupin the Third in anime.

　"Since they are not human, they should be easily identifiable by biological means." - Christopher Ray

　Therefore, in order to ensure safety, a number of U.S. intelligence agencies began by checking themselves and required each employee to undergo regular full-body physical examinations under unified arrangements.

　And when going to work, leaving get off work, and returning from work, the cameras outside the office building will identify all external features of every person entering and leaving.

　While this cumbersome process does reduce intelligence agency efficiency, national and intelligence security are paramount. Without these two safeguards, no matter how efficient an intelligence agency is, it will ultimately become a dowry for the enemy.

　Soon after, this process began to be rolled out to the federal government. As for whether it was extended to local governments... given the loose nature of the American federal system, even a brief thought reveals that this is a confusing matter.

　4090 in New York, after learning about this from the sisters lurking inside the FBI, did not remain highly alert. Instead, he simply replied with a brief "Read, be careful" and said nothing more.

　China in the previous century also used similar methods to identify deep-sea spies that might be lurking within.

　In that dimension, there was a wealthy female student named Zhao from Shanghai. She was taken for a physical examination by the suspicious Guoan security, but the results showed that she had no non-human numerical values.

　If other flaws had not been exposed, which finally exposed Miss Zhao, Guoan would not know how long it would have been kept in the dark.

　Fortunately, there was Yiluoer Xi. She helped China out of friendship because the Chinese officials invited her to dinner. She told China the simplest way to identify deep-sea targets - looking at the suspect through electrified glass. Otherwise, China's national security situation would be extremely serious.

　As an intelligence officer, 4090 naturally knew the history of the previous world and had learned about the situation of "Miss Zhao" at that time through historical materials. Therefore, she regarded the efforts of the US intelligence agencies as the futile struggles of insects.

　"However, when the water is too clear, there will be no fish. Sometimes you have to reveal some flaws in order to hide better." said 4090.

　If there are fish in a pond but you can't catch any, this does not effectively prove that "there are fish in the pond" is a false proposition. Instead, people will reflect on whether there is something wrong with their fishing method and try other methods to get the fish in the pond.

　At this time, if you deliberately hang a few fish on his hook, he will easily think that his fishing method is effective, and then continue to follow the procedure and do the same.

　In other words, to some extent, the theory is similar to the "farmer and shooter" hypothesis.

　4090 has exactly this idea. Although it feels sorry for the sisters who will be arrested in the future, it is normal to sacrifice part of the situation for the sake of the overall situation.

　"Anyway, no matter how hard these humans try, they won't think of electrifying the glass and looking through it to see us!"

　090 Prepare a response plan and send it to every colleague in a group.

　Following this line of thought, 4090 also does not want to interfere in Congress and make it difficult for the state of war bill to pass.

　After all, the country's borders have been violently bombarded. If Congress does not pass a resolution to enter a state of war, everyone can guess that there is definitely a traitor inside Congress.

　By then, those congressmen who oppose entering a state of war will surely be caught one by one, and out of ten, only some will be missed and no one will be wrongly accused.

　If this happens, it will be detrimental to the congressmen controlled by the deep sea, or the deep sea that has infiltrated, to collect intelligence over a long period of time and disrupt the internal affairs of the United States.

　As mentioned before, the United States needs more than two-thirds of the votes in Congress to move its own ship girls. At present, the Deep Sea does not intend to prevent the United States from entering a state of war, but they intend to prevent the deployment of American ship girls.

　However, Shenhai has a backup plan. Even if Congress passes the bill to call up the ship girls, Shenhai still has other ways to prevent the ship girls and US military from returning to support Pearl Harbor and Guam.

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　After the attack on the northeastern coast of the United States, the American ship girls far away in Pearl Harbor and Guam were paying close attention to the news every moment.

　Qieji, who is concerned about the country and the people, is sitting in the main room with her eyes closed in deep thought. She is deeply saddened by the fall of our great country.

　"It's already this time, why haven't we been sent back to support the homeland?" Businesses are puzzled by Congress's hesitation to use them.

　Crownpeace came over with a tray of coffee, placed it in front of Enterprise, and consoled him, "Enterprise, you know Congress is always full of nonsense. Even if it's a set issue, they can talk about it all day long.

　This time, both Washington and New York have fallen, one is a political center and the other is a financial center; Congress should pass it no matter what, as this is already related to their pockets. "

　Enterprise looked a little haggard, and said softly, "I'm not worried that the United States won't go to war. I'm worried that in this time of national crisis, Congress will still abandon us, the shipgirl."

　"Don't think too much. Although I know that Congress has always been at odds with you, the ship girls, they shouldn't be putting the grudges of their small group above the rise and fall of the country at this time." Crownpeace believed that those people in Congress should still have a bottom line.

　Enterprise didn't answer immediately, but instead looked up at the red sun outside the porthole. The red sun seemed within reach, yet so far away.

　After a long pause, Enterprise slowly spoke: "Captain, how did the Paris Commune Movement break out after the Franco-Prussian War?"

　Crownpeace recalled the knowledge and experience she had accumulated in the past, and was suddenly stunned. She understood what the company wanted to express.

　"That's right... your 'ideological problems' are extremely serious to those gentlemen in Congress. They could even threaten their lives. It's not the first time in history that the ruling class has resorted to double-teaming, colluding with both domestic and foreign forces to suppress progressive citizens."

　Speaking of socialism, Crownpeace suddenly thought of another ship and asked, "Hey, what does Milwaukee (Murmansk) think about this?"

　"She has the same opinion as me. She has no illusions about Congress. And she wants to bypass Congress and go alone to beat up those bastards who invaded America. It's just..." Enterprise paused slightly.

　"Just what?"

　"It's just... right now, she's actively negotiating with the Soviet shipgirls, hoping to get the US's help after the Russian Civil War ends. At the same time, she's prepared for the worst-case scenario - if the US is doomed, she'll turn to the Soviet Union, prepare to establish a socialist free America, regroup, and wait for the right moment to return to North America."

　Crownpeace was shocked when she heard this and said, "This matter cannot be spread out. In the eyes of people who lack internationalism, this accusation of collusion with Russia will be immediately put on them!"

　Besides, by doing this, isn't she going against the government of the United States of America, which is also in exile?"

　"In her deduction, if the situation is hopeless, the American bourgeois government will only surrender servilely and will not go into exile." Enterprise rubbed his chin and replied.

　"Why?" Piss asked curiously.

　"Because her views on the current US government and society are even more pessimistic than mine, the Lexington-class seniors, and New Jersey."

　"..."

　The two felt the conversation had strayed a bit, so they brought it back. Crownpeace asked, "If, I mean if, Congress passed this and you were allowed to go to the Northeast Coast Front, what would your reaction be?"

　Enterprise put on his black windbreaker, stood up and prepared to go out, saying: "I will be glad that they still have at least a little conscience, and then devote myself to the battle and fight to the end!"

　At noon that day, when Crownpeace was handling official business in her office on the Enterprise, the phone on her desk rang.

　Crownpeace reached for the microphone with her right hand, her eyes still fixed on the documents. "Hello, sir... Hello, go ahead! Um... ah... oh... um... yes! I understand. Goodbye."

　The entire call lasted less than a minute from beginning to end, but this less than a minute call made Crownpeace's mood turn from gloomy to cheerful.

　"Enterprise, Enterprise! Come back soon! Great news!" Crownpeace kept knocking on the office wall and shouting to the air.

　Following the captain's call, Enterprise appeared in the captain's office and asked, "What's the good news? It can't be that Congress has shown mercy and let us return to the mainland to fight the war, right?"

　"That's right." Crownpeace