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　This shows that ordinary conventional forces can defeat the enemy. The main reason for the embarrassing performance is that the deep-sea air defense is too strong, some ships that are not submarines can dive, and our missiles are too slow.

　It's not like those KanColle games or "Arpeggio of Blue Steel", where only KanColle can break the defense of the deep sea.

　Therefore, based on this idea, NATO European countries have an unwritten consensus: unless the war reaches their doorstep, they will not use KanColle first.

　The U.S. Congress passed the proposal to enter a state of war. Kamala officially announced that the United States of America declared war on the deep-sea forces and the country entered a state of war.

　At the press conference, Kamala spoke passionately: "...But the deep sea people don't know how terrifying it will be when the United States enters a state of war! Think back to World War II, the whole country was united, tens of millions of soldiers were deployed, countless vehicles of all kinds, and they used living industrial machines to drown Japan and Nazi Germany!

　… I believe I interpreted the will of Congress and the people when I asserted that we will do everything in our power not only to protect ourselves but also to ensure that this form of betrayal can never again endanger us.”

　Kamala borrowed a little from Franklin Roosevelt when she gave her speech.

　"...There is no need to hide the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are facing great danger. With confidence in our army and the unwavering resolve of our people, we will inevitably win!

　When our country, our people, our army, and our industry fully react, it will be the end of the Deep Sea! They will follow in the footsteps of Germany and Japan and become another defeated general under the feet of America!

　As of this day, since the beginning of Deep's unprovoked and shameless attack, a state of war has been declared between the United States and Deep. The United States of America declares war on Deep! Let us take back that beautiful white house, let us take back what is ours!

　After the impassioned conclusion, there was warm applause from reporters, officials and parliamentarians in the audience.

　In the Oval Office of the White House, AC watched Kamala's entire speech via live broadcast and said disdainfully: "She may not be tall, but she speaks so arrogantly."

　AC then complained: "Does Kamala think she's Roosevelt? Roosevelt didn't climb up from below, and it's good enough that he asks you for copyright fees.

　In addition, Kamala seems to have forgotten that today's America is no longer the America of 80 years ago in terms of unity and stability.

　According to the information from the intelligence sisters, the federal government has declared a state of war, but whether the states can effectively implement it is a huge question mark.

　Sometimes we have to say that fate plays tricks on us. The day after Kamala's speech, something big happened in Ohio, as if her words were fulfilled.

　A train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, after several cars carrying toxic and flammable vinyl chloride overturned and leaked.

　It is the responsibility of the local emergency department to deal with this matter urgently. However, the local department's handling of the matter was shocking.

　They carried out a so-called "controlled release" of the leaked vinyl chloride, which meant discharging and burning the vinyl chloride in the car.

　The local emergency department reportedly said this was done "to avoid an explosion."

　It is not clear whether this was done to avoid an explosion, but what is certain is that the ignited smoke has formed a huge black mushroom cloud, the size of a city, covering the sky and the sun.

　Even at an altitude of over 100,000 meters, the mushroom cloud was still shocking, making people shake their heads and sigh, lamenting the end of the world.

　So, what exactly is vinyl chloride? It is a colorless, flammable gas that is carcinogenic and produces toxic phosgene, dioxins, and hydrogen chloride when burned.

　Phosgene is highly toxic and can cause vomiting and breathing difficulties. It was used as a chemical weapon in World War I.

　Compared to phosgene and hydrogen chloride, dioxins are even more serious. They are 130 times more toxic than cyanide and 900 times more toxic than arsenic. They are teratogenic, carcinogenic, and mutagenic, and are difficult to degrade.

　Dioxins will accumulate in plants, water, and soil, and then be absorbed by the skin. Once they enter the stratosphere, they will float everywhere, so it is called the "poison of the century."

　Before this, it had caused the famous American public nuisance incident - the Love Canal incident, which harmed generations of people.

　In short, no matter what, this major accident will have a profound and immeasurable impact on the local natural ecology and residents' health.

　The state government was dragging its feet in responding, suppressing the news, and even arresting a journalist who tried to get to the bottom of the matter, citing a state of war.

　The federal government has also been suppressing related news on the grounds of maintaining a state of war and stability.

　As local residents gradually felt uncomfortable, the news could no longer be suppressed, and even more negative information was exposed, such as the chaotic maintenance and management of US railways.

　Many railroad accidents that would have dismissed scores of officials in China are commonplace in the United States. Derailments alone occur thousands of times a year in the United States. Such statistics would be unacceptable in China.

　In addition to train derailments, there are also some railway conditions in some parts of the United States. When you take pictures and post them online, it is hard not to wonder whether it is the American railway, the railway in India or an underdeveloped country.

　In this way, the Ohio incident continued to ferment, while the US official media reported on the balloon every day, saying it was a deep-sea and Chinese thing, and demanded that they give an explanation for the balloon.

　China naturally made a reasonable rebuttal to the US accusations. China admitted that the balloon belonged to it, but that the balloon floated over the United States due to force majeure natural factors, and the balloon was civilian in nature, so there was no need to worry at all.

　After hearing the accusations from the US State Department spokesperson, AC laughed so hard that she almost spit out the fat house happy water she had just drunk. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry:

　"With our intelligence gathering capabilities, do we still need balloons? I can only say 6, what else can I say? Come on, let me guess, in a few days they will definitely say that we were responsible for the Ohio chemical leak."

　As expected, as soon as the United States finished talking about the balloon incident, it immediately demanded that Deep Sea be held responsible for the Ohio chemical leak. Without any evidence, it simply insisted that it was Deep Sea that did it based on its own position.

　The United States and the deep sea are fighting on the front line and exchanging verbal attacks in diplomacy, and the battle is so fierce.

　Eve currently doesn't have much energy to care about the mess between the United States and the Deep Sea, because her main focus is on preparing for the Japanese revolution.

　Of course, if the United States really finds it difficult to withstand the deep-sea offensive, Eve will consider giving the United States a helping hand out of humanitarianism and the principle of "the lips and the teeth are cold".

　"A half-dead American empire is a good American empire. This is conducive to the accumulation of socialist revolutionary forces in the United States." - Eve

　Somewhere in Japan, Eve was following the domestic news. As expected, another accident happened in Fukushima.

　First, the Japanese government considered reusing the Fukushima nuclear contaminated soil, for example, to build public facilities or transform it into agricultural soil.

　Later, a batch of black sea bass exported from Fukushima was found to have excessive radiation. The government initially denied it, but finally, faced with overwhelming evidence, it was forced to stop the export of the fish under public pressure.

　Eve suddenly remembered what she had asked Xi to do before. She communicated with Xi through the mental network and asked him about the current status of evidence collection.

　Xi shook his head and said regretfully, "I've only collected scattered clues about the government, Takeda Pharmaceutical, and the violent incidents. However, I haven't found any evidence of a deep-sea connection between Takeda Pharmaceutical and the AC faction, at least for now."

　Eve listened, lost in thought. "So cleanly done? That's beyond my expectations of AC's deep-sea intelligence capabilities. Or... did AC herself personally take part in this?"

　For Eve, all this is just speculation. What is more important now is how to ignite the huge powder keg of Japanese society again.

　Then, Eve said to Xi, "If it really doesn't work out, then let's just leave it at that. Come back. At least you've collected evidence, however fragmentary, of the connection between the Japanese government, Takeda Pharmaceutical, and the violence."

　"Okay... this is where my headache comes from. How can I string these fragmented pieces of evidence together to form a powerful and inspiring letter to the Japanese government?" Xi rubbed his temples and promised Eve that he would return immediately.

　Eve smiled slightly. "So, this is the importance of logic. If the facts are like concrete, then logic is like the intricate network of steel bars. Only reinforced concrete can build the strongest building.

　But sometimes, in the absence of concrete,

　It can also build skyscrapers—think of the Eiffel Tower and the Tokyo Tower.”

　"You mean, making up stories based on logic? Sister Eve, why are you making up stories here? Come, I'll go back and see if you're possessed by Iwanaga Kotoko." Xi joked.

　Eve quipped, "How can this be called fabrication? We do have factual evidence, but even if it's insufficient and unnecessary, it's precisely in situations like this that the importance of logic becomes apparent."

　Fictional reasoning relies on rigorous and reasonable logic to divert people's thinking away from objective facts. We, on the other hand, rely on this logic to bring people closer to objective facts."

　"Okay, okay, I get it. I'll write it when I get back. Really, you make such a high-brow story about such a trivial matter." Xi understood Eve's intention, yawned, said goodbye and hung up the channel.

　Chapter 258 Türkiye Earthquake

　Xunzi once said: "Heaven's ways are constant; they do not exist for the sake of Yao, nor do they perish for the sake of Jie." Similarly, geological movements have not shown any mercy to the vicissitudes of human society.

　The United States' bloody battle on the northeast coast, the Soviet Union's impending new round of all-out offensive against southern Russia, and North Korea's internal agenda of putting the military reunification of South Korea on the agenda have not affected the turmoil in Turkey and Syria at all.

　北京时间2023年2月6日9时17分（当地时间2月6日4时17分），土耳其发生7.8级地震，震源深度20千米，震中位于北纬37.15度，东经36.95度。

　After all, Türkiye is not Japan, where earthquake-proof buildings can be seen everywhere. The damage caused by this earthquake to local buildings is very serious.

　When some domestic and international rescue teams came to Turkey for rescue, they found that the materials used in many collapsed buildings were completely unqualified. The civil engineer who saw them was so angry that his blood pressure could burst his blood vessels.

　Among these completely collapsed buildings, many of the beams and columns were made of smooth steel bars without any threads.

　The concrete used was extremely weak, contained a large amount of sea sand, and was mixed with pebbles. The rescue team's electric drills cut through this "concrete" like chopsticks poking tofu, and even broke it apart with bare hands.

　The extremely poor quality of the buildings directly led to the fact that the number of casualties in Turkey in this earthquake was more than that of the 9 magnitude earthquake in Japan in 2011.

　You must know that this is only the current data. Until the earthquake ruins are completely cleared, the death toll will only increase, not decrease.

　Türkiye's judicial and law enforcement departments were very diligent in dealing with these shoddy projects. In less than a week, they arrested nearly 100 people responsible for the projects.

　Although the earthquake in Türkiye was devastating, it received a lot of international assistance immediately. In contrast, Syria has received little international attention.

　However, what is unexpected is that, despite the lack of attention, the United States actually has the leisure to point fingers at Syria while fighting the deep-sea conflict.

　Not only did the United States stand idly by while watching the devastation caused by the Syrian earthquake, continuing its economic sanctions and oil theft, it also tried to obstruct other countries' attempts to assist Syria.

　"We have to endure not only natural earthquakes, but also the human earthquakes imposed on us by those Western countries - illegal and unreasonable economic sanctions!

　Some ambulances have no fuel to transport the wounded, and you are still stealing our oil and gas!" - A patriotic Syrian official tearfully complained to the United States.

　Finally, under strong condemnation from international public opinion, the United States relaxed some restrictions and agreed to allow other countries to provide assistance to Syria, but only in the form of earthquake-related supplies.

　Although the deep sea is fundamentally anti-human, they still don't understand the US's actions. You say your house is on fire, but you still want to care about others? Why?

　4090, who was in charge of the American-occupied zone, shook his head and shrugged, saying, "Perhaps this is America... no, humanity."

　Deep Sea immediately decided to use the Turkish earthquake to improve their international reputation; they provided Türkiye with a large amount of disaster relief supplies.

　When Shenhai announced internationally that it would provide disaster relief supplies to Türkiye, the United States could no longer do anything before the Turkish authorities could respond.

　At a press conference, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused Deep Sea, saying that Deep Sea's aid to Turkey was to win people's hearts, and hoped that Türkiye would rather die than eat Deep Sea's relief food. Who knows if there is anything fishy about Deep Sea's pile of supplies?

　Then he notified the ambassador to Turkey and asked him to tell Erdogan that deep-sea supplies must be kept out of the country, otherwise Türkiye would be charged with collaborating with the enemy (Türkiye is a NATO member).

　Erdogan didn't want to reject the deep-sea supplies because he thought that if he was worried that the deep-sea supplies were really fishy, ​​he could take a sample and let the death row prisoners test it. If the death row prisoners did not show any abnormalities, he could use them as usual.

　However, due to military issues, he politely declined the deep-sea supplies. Erdogan felt that being accused of collaborating with the enemy by the United States was an unbearable burden for him.

　Seeing that he could not deliver the supplies to Türkiye, Shenhai transferred the original supplies to Syria.

　At this time, the United States jumped out again, making diplomatic remarks and spitting foam:

　"Anyone can provide aid to Syria, even China and the Soviet Union, but Deep Sea cannot! If Deep Sea continues to act on its own will, our troops stationed in Syria will seize all of Deep Sea's aid!"

　Deep Sea: "9 (6 turned over)"

　China and the Soviet Union: "Fuck, they got shot even when they were lying down?"

　In response to the US accusations, Shenhai retorted: "I can't even decide who to give my own supplies to? If the US dares to send troops to intercept them, we will send troops to escort them! We will ensure that these supplies are truly delivered to the Syrian government!"

　As a result, these diplomatic statements of the United States were collected by the Deep Sea into a bound volume, and then anti-American propaganda was carried out in the occupied areas and on the international Internet using mass media such as the Internet.

　……

　Inside America's deep-sea occupation zone, screens in Times Square broadcast news about "deep revelations" about the Ohio chemical leak and America's obstruction of earthquake aid.

　In a poor community, several Deep Sea medical soldiers set up a few tables, erected tents, and placed several boxes of things. They also put a notice next to it, telling people that this was a free drug addiction treatment drug supply point.

　Then, some addicts who are willing to quit drugs and are brave enough come to ask for it with the mentality of giving it a try.

　For drug addicts, being able to get rid of drugs, which are a money-eating beast and a plague, is something they would love to have.

　In the interviews with drug users conducted by the Chinese public security departments over the years, not a single one of them was not deeply regretful, which is very telling.

　The addicts took the drugs back and, with the idea of ​​risking everything, bravely took them. A few days later, they found that their energy and spirits had improved, and their desire for drugs was no longer as strong.

　After another week, these people were completely free from drug addiction, and their spirits were more energetic than ever before, even more energetic than before they took drugs.

　Some of them took out the remaining drugs again, feeling extremely disgusted.

　Then, these addicts who had gotten rid of their drug addiction formed a team and ran to the door of the local government building, expressed their deep gratitude to Shen Hai with tears in their eyes, and handed over all the remaining drugs.

　Shenhai seized the opportunity, confiscated the drugs, and responded to these former addicts, hoping that they could learn from history, and then set an example in drug rehabilitation and anti-drug propaganda, and persuade other drug addicts to come here to receive drug rehabilitation drugs.

　In this way, Shenhai gradually built a "mass base" in the occupied areas to gain a firm political foothold.

　The reason why it is in double quotes is because this is part of the deep-sea race assimilation plan, which is designed to minimize the local people's resistance to deep-sea transformation in the future.

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　After the Deep Sea revealed itself, the first thing the US military thought of was the KanColle. After all, in many related games and animations, KanColle is the exclusive nemesis of the Deep Sea.

　The US military originally wanted to send all its ship girls back to the homeland on transport planes, but the military was afraid that if the planes were shot down by the enemy, it would be disastrous if the ship girls fell into the water.

　If a ship girl wants to actively unfold her body, she must do so in a port berth that can accommodate her length, width and draft, or in a dry dock of corresponding size.

　In addition, on the sea surface, only when the main body is released can the main body be transformed into ship suit mode. Without the ship suit, the ship girl is basically no different from an ordinary person swimming on the sea surface, except that she will not drown.

　At this time, the ship girls are often the most vulnerable.

　So, this is why the US military does not use transport planes to transport ship girls back to the mainland - for safety reasons.

　Actually, it was the British who first discovered this. At that time, the Royal Navy was thinking, could they use the method of airlifting ship girls, and then have them parachute out and deploy their main bodies to fight?

　You know, it would be astonishing if a ship had the same maneuverability as an airplane in strategic deployment.

　Then, during a training session one day, the British military added an extra activity to Elizabeth. They asked her to carry a parachute on her back and board a transport plane, which then took off from the Hainan Airlines airport and flew to a designated sea area.

　"Commander, Captain! Can you please not jump? It's too high!" Elizabeth stood at the cabin door, shivering as she looked at the ocean below.

　Behind Elizabeth stood two men, one was the commander of the Plymouth Naval Base, and the other was Elizabeth's captain, Nick Cook Priest.

　Priest first scolded him, "You can fly an F-35 so well, but you don't dare to parachute? This is near the sea, and there's Sheffield down below to pick you up. What are you afraid of?"

　"Elizabeth, either jump down or abolish the Ship Girl Maid Corps, you choose one." The commander of the Plymouth Naval Base stared at Elizabeth with a nuclear look.

　Banning the Royal Maids would mean the end of Elizabeth. Silly Bai gritted his teeth and jumped out of the cabin door.

　"Ahhhhhh! I want to go back to the port area, wuwuwuwu!" Silly Bai was frightened by the feeling of weightlessness brought about by free fall.