Nuke Miko: Chronicles of America

Chapter 141, Navy Sick Leave

In the early twentieth century, there was a history called "Navy Holiday".

That refers to the 1922 years after the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty in 1936 until its cancellation in 15.

Because this treaty restricting the power of the navies of various countries was signed, it caused a large number of disarmament of the navies of various countries, and a large number of ships were dismantled on the berth.

Compared with the previous World War I and the subsequent World War II, this peaceful "holiday" when the navies of all countries stopped is particularly precious.

In the early 21st century after a lapse of nearly a hundred years, the navies of various countries on the earth won another temporarily suspended holiday.

But this time, what the Navy ushered in was no longer a vacation, but a "sick leave"...

——When the COVID-19 virus swept the world, many luxury cruise ships floating on the sea turned into cages for breeding venomous plague.

As for naval ships with more compact living environment and relatively adequate sanitary conditions, they are even more breeding grounds for viruses.

As a result, from Europe to Asia, to the Americas and Africa, countless naval ships became sick ships paralyzed on the sea and ports.

In particular, the US Navy, the most powerful in the world, is the hardest hit area of ​​this epidemic. It has been paralyzed without being shot or fired.

Those aircraft carrier battle groups that have made the whole world tremble with fear and face an enemy have no resistance in the face of the COVID-19 virus, and have rushed to the street one after another.

——Before the full-scale outbreak of the "Corona" epidemic, the U.S. Navy just deployed three aircraft carrier battle groups in the Western Pacific to confront the dual aircraft carrier formation of the imaginary enemy in East Asia.

As a result, this powerful sea force did not encounter enemy missiles and bombing, but was completely defeated by the virus.

The terrible COVID-19 virus first appeared on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Due to the mishandling and paralysis of high-level officers, it quickly spread to other ships, and finally spread rapidly throughout the Pacific Fleet...

The helpless Pacific Fleet had no choice but to withdraw several aircraft carrier battle groups one after another to rest and deploy manpower from the mainland to replace the patients.

However, the epidemic in the front navy did not slow down at all, but intensified, and finally reached the point where it was completely out of control.

As of late June, the number of patients diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus in the U.S. Pacific Fleet has reached more than 5000, of which more than 5000 died of the disease, and more than 2 people left sequelae after recovery and were unable to continue to serve. operations are on the verge of paralysis.

As the first large ocean-going ship to be captured by the COVID-19 virus, the fate of the USS Theodore Roosevelt is even more miserable.

In early March, the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt was ordered to go out of the South China Sea and arrived in Vietnam for a visit. During this period, a virus infection appeared.

In the following month, the COVID-19 virus spread rapidly within the ship like wildfire and spread to other ships.

Captain Crozier, the commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, and the military doctor on the aircraft carrier were helpless.

——Because, first of all, in order to improve the survival rate in war, the hulls of American aircraft carriers and other warships below the deck basically have no portholes, and the below deck is almost a completely enclosed space. But the ventilation conditions are very unsatisfactory.

Secondly, the air circulation and exchange inside the large warship is mainly completed through the central air conditioning system on the ship.If someone in a cabin is infected with the COVID-19 virus, the infection will soon circulate in all cabins along the ventilation system.

Thirdly, unless there are a few officers with separate cabins, most of the navy’s sailors sleep dozens or even hundreds of cabins, gathering a large number of soldiers and non-commissioned officers in a limited space, and many of them use open shared beds.Many people have to share workspaces, share the same sanitary facilities, and there are many opportunities for frequent contact.There is also a high risk of continuous, repeated, and close contact between healthy people and infected people or public objects.

Fourth, the restaurant on board is also in a densely populated environment.This kind of close human contact, which is almost next to each other, coupled with the spread of droplets in all directions, leads to the rapid spread of the virus.

Finally, the ship doctors of the modern navy mainly guarantee the treatment and rescue of war injuries and common diseases at sea, and are not good at the isolation and treatment of infectious diseases.

As a result, by the end of March, 2500 crew members of the Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier had been infected, and many non-commissioned officers and officers, including the flight commander of the aircraft carrier, died of illness. People on and off the boat were panicked.

However, the Pentagon, which does not do personnel, still insists on ordering the Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier to continue its military confrontation deployment in the Western Pacific.

It was not until the beginning of April that the higher authorities finally relented and agreed that the Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier would withdraw to Guam for rest.

However, at this time, Guam had also become an island ravaged by plague. Both military and civilian hospitals were full, and it was impossible to arrange for the sick number of the aircraft carrier to disembark for treatment.

As a result, the Theodore Roosevelt, which was already full of sick ships, lay on the berth for three days and no one came to take care of it, as if it had been forgotten by the world.

Captain Crozier, who was also infected with the virus, had no choice but to send help letters everywhere in despair, leaked the news, and broke the news to the news media, which finally attracted domestic attention.But as a price, Captain Crozier, who uncovered the shady scene, aroused the wrath of the Pentagon and was quickly dismissed.

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly added fuel to the fire, personally flew to Guam, and in front of thousands of crew members, angrily criticized Captain Crozier for leaking the epidemic, which triggered a large number of aircraft carrier sailors, especially It's the indignation of those bedridden patients.

Then, the next captain, who was airborne from the mainland, stayed on the Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier for less than 72 hours, and also became infected with the COVID-19 virus, and was subsequently rescued in a hospital in Guam to no avail. die.After the next captain set off from the mainland of the United States, he encountered an air crash during the journey across the Pacific Ocean. The plane crashed and crashed into the sea, with no bones left.

The dismissed Captain Crozier also failed to overcome the serious illness. After barely struggling for half a month, he died in Guam Hospital in late April.

In addition, Thomas Modly, the acting Secretary of the Navy who flew to Guam to swear, was also infected with the COVID-19 virus. He was admitted to the hospital as soon as he returned to the mainland, and died of illness in Washington soon because of his old age. , One step ahead of Captain Crozier who was reprimanded by him.

So far, before April is over, the USS Theodore Roosevelt has killed three captains and a secretary of the Navy.

On the other hand, after the incident became serious, the Pacific Fleet Command finally bit the bullet and began to deal with the epidemic situation of the Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, and asked the base soldiers on Guam to temporarily rebuild a batch of isolation facilities to accommodate the aircraft carrier and sailors on other ships.

However, due to the shortage of beds and medical care, the headquarters only allowed the officers, non-commissioned officers and pilots on the aircraft carrier to evacuate to the shore for recuperation and recuperation.

At the same time, the command asked the 3000 sailors on the Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier to continue to stick to their posts on the aircraft carrier—disregarding that most of these sailors have been infected with the virus, hundreds of them are still critically ill, and continue to stay in poorly ventilated The ship is waiting to die!

In this regard, the Fleet Command naturally has its reasons: nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are not ordinary ships, especially nuclear reactors, which must be supervised at all times, so the relevant personnel of some key facilities cannot evacuate at will, and must stay on the aircraft carrier to continue Work.

Anyway, the hospitals and isolation facilities on the Guam side are also full. The beds and accommodation that were finally coordinated are only enough to meet the needs of officers and non-commissioned officers. There is no place for ordinary sailors to arrange treatment for them when they go ashore. Keep going on board.

But there is no doubt about how chilling this approach of "rescuing officials but not soldiers" is.

So, on the second day after getting the news, the remaining 3000 soldiers of the USS Theodore Roosevelt started a collective strike. They used the excuse of "not feeling well" to ask for leave forcibly, refused to execute orders, and lost their daily maintenance. And the aircraft carrier that is being maintained is facing paralysis for a while.

The Pentagon, which was furious about this, immediately ordered Guam to send military police to the ship to suppress it. After a short boarding battle, the strike sailors of the Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier finally surrendered, barely ending the "mutineer bloodshed" farce.

What makes these striking sailors feel even more desperate is that even though they have already rebelled, they still have to continue to work on the ship in the end!

However, the critically ill patients on the ship were finally able to be carried out, and at the same time, there were also wounded who were beaten badly by the military police.

In addition, the organizers of the strike action were also thrown into the military prison in Guam, so-so can be regarded as fulfilling their wish to escape from the aircraft carrier.

——Although the epidemic situation in the prison is now more serious than that on the aircraft carrier.

Next, because three captains and a secretary of the Navy died in a row within a month, and bloody conflicts broke out between the sailors and the military police, the Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier suddenly became the world-famous "Plague Ship" and "Death Ship". "ship", the whole navy avoided them for fear of not being able to make it.

In the end, the Admiralty could only promote a very politically correct black gay female captain, and recruited some rookies and temporary workers from naval prisons and other ships, plus some "rebel sailors" who had rebelled before. ", finally gathered 2100 people.

Immediately, the Pentagon ordered the black female captain to command the USS Theodore Roosevelt, which currently lacks more than half of the sailors, 90% of the officers are on leave, and has no pilots or ground staff. , in order to reduce the supply pressure on the Guam side.

——It is not just the Roosevelt aircraft carrier that is currently suffering from the plague: when the plague hit, the three aircraft carrier battle groups were all cruising in the Western Pacific. Overwhelmed and short of everything.

The media even compared Guam at this time to Guadalcanal in World War II. Unfortunately, the U.S. military played the starving role of the Japanese army back then.

And so, on June 6, the USS Theodore Roosevelt sailed from Guam under the command of a politically correct black gay female captain.

However, the voyage of the Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, because most of the sailors on the ship were rookies, was full of disasters from the beginning-just after leaving the port, it overturned a small tugboat based in Guam, and then broke out. The fire followed by an inexplicable power outage throughout the ship.

Next, God knows how the problematic children on the ship managed to operate. The power outage was not fixed, but the nuclear reactor was leaked.

So, amidst the yelling of the Geiger counter, the black female captain took the lead in jumping on the helicopter and running away, while the irresponsible rookie crew and the rebellious sailors who had just rebelled and were suppressed rowed the life rafts and transferred to the escort ship. On the destroyer, the aircraft carrier with the nuclear leak was lying on the sea and no one cares about it.

After more than a week, after countless wrangling and blame, the Pacific Fleet sent an amphibious assault ship and a chemical defense force to take the [-]-ton aircraft carrier that had a nuclear leak Continue to drag to Yokosuka, completely disregarding the crazy protests from the Japanese side...

As a result, the towage did not go far, and the Roosevelt aircraft carrier somehow caught fire, and because there was no one on board, it was difficult to extinguish the fire, and soon detonated the aviation fuel and ammunition stored on the aircraft carrier, completely burning up A scorched black iron shell filled with deadly radiation... The desperate Fleet Command could only ask the destroyer to strike it with lightning, and the USS Roosevelt finally turned over and sank in the waters of the Ogasawara Islands.

——An accident caused the ship to sink, but what sank was a leaking nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

And the sinking place is Godzilla's hometown, and the news of the revival of the spiritual energy was announced to the world by the little witch Akiyama Megumi...

What if a Godzilla was really created by the Yankees?

As a result, the incident caused panic and wailing on Japanese Internet forums, and by the way, the South Korean Internet was very happy about it.

"...Hey, the [-]-ton aircraft carrier is so towering that it surpasses the steel floating city of the Yamato, but it is so vulnerable to the virus?"

Looking at the news of "The sinking of the USS Roosevelt" on the mobile phone, Akiyama Hui couldn't help sighing, "...in the middle school class, the teacher often said that 'the 21st century is the century of biology'. But I didn't Come to think of it, it is such a 'biological century'!"

"...It is the century of [Biological Warfare]! The tonnage of ships destroyed by the virus in the US Pacific Fleet is more than the loss in the attack on Pearl Harbor!"

The Russian girl Sonia, who was sitting opposite her, listened to Akiyama Megumi's muttering, and echoed meaningfully, "...a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, an amphibious assault ship, a destroyer, plus two nuclear submarines... the whole The U.S. Navy is paralyzed!"

——In addition to the USS Roosevelt, which died in the Ogasawara Islands, other aircraft carriers of the US Pacific Fleet were also severely damaged by the epidemic. The captains of the "Reagan", "Washington", and "Stennis" aircraft carriers also did not escape the harvest of the scythe of death, and have recently been infected and died one after another.

In addition, a large number of ships had to lie down in the ports of Guam, Hawaii, and San Diego because of too many sick sailors, unable to move.

What's more terrible is that the dull, stubborn and conservative Pentagon knew at first that the plague was raging in the fleet, but still underestimated the harm of the epidemic. Instead, it strictly ordered the Pacific Fleet to continue to carry out deterrent cruise missions in the waters of East Asia and Southeast Asia. Terrible disaster.

After the sailors were forced into the cabin with guns by the military police, and they had to bite the bullet and set sail, one of the most unlucky Ohio-class strategic nuclear submarines in the Pacific Fleet was gone forever. Not sure how it sank.

Another Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarine, because of the spread of the plague among the crew and the death toll of more than 10% of the crew, was still strictly prohibited from returning to the port and asked to continue to complete the cruising mission... As a result, a sailor accident occurred on this submarine at sea. rebellion.The captain was kidnapped by rebel sailors, an officer was killed, and a nuclear leak occurred, which eventually caused the submarine to float up urgently, and everyone abandoned the boat on small rafts.

Afterwards, because a large number of ships were lying in the epidemic, the Pacific Fleet took a full week before sending a search fleet to tow the submarine back.

But at this time, the abandoned Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarine had somehow sunk to the bottom of the sea.

In addition, there is also a destroyer and an amphibious assault ship. Due to a large number of sailors falling ill and management in chaos, a fire accident occurred during the mooring in the port of Guam. Change it to the value of a museum or theme park.

Of course, in addition to the most unlucky Pacific Fleet, the US Atlantic Fleet and European Fleet also suffered heavy losses in the epidemic.

Although the US Atlantic Fleet and European Fleet did not directly lose ships during the epidemic, there are also a large number of precious professional sailors and experienced officers who were forced to retire because of the direct death or sequelae of the "Corona" epidemic, resulting in a serious shortage of manpower. I dare not let the fleet go to sea again.

In addition, the U.S. Navy’s shipyard is also the hardest-hit area ravaged by the “Corona” plague. In the United States, a large number of skilled technicians and middle and senior engineers, which are extremely scarce, have been knocked down by the virus, which has greatly delayed the progress of ship maintenance and refitting. , or even directly stranded and paralyzed.

The end result is that the entire U.S. Navy today has basically entered a "sick leave" state.

——The original 11 aircraft carrier battle groups of the U.S. Navy, with the sinking of the USS Roosevelt, now only 10 remain.

But even the remaining 10 aircraft carrier battle groups are all lying down, either in the port or in the shipyard, and none of them can move.

Unlike the navies of other countries, the U.S. Navy has pursued an all-nuclear fleet since the early days of the Cold War, and all aircraft carriers are nuclear-powered.

But the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is very difficult to serve. The United States is fighting for its wealth and strength. The overhaul cycle of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is eighteen months. The longer the major overhaul period, it has now been dragged on to three years.

In an ideal state, one-third of the nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in the United States undertake combat missions every year, one-third conduct sea training, and the other one-third rest in port or enter the factory for maintenance... But until the "science and technology" Before the outbreak of the "Lorna" epidemic, because 11 of the 10 aircraft carriers of the US Navy had become old ships, this ideal state could no longer be achieved.

At that time, 5 aircraft carriers were lying in the shipyard, undergoing nuclear fuel addition and overhaul, and only 6 aircraft carriers were able to go to sea.

After the "Corona" epidemic broke out, the 5 aircraft carriers in the shipyard were far away from leaving the factory, and the 6 aircraft carriers that went to sea sank one, and the remaining 5 ships were paralyzed in various ports, because the lessons learned from the Roosevelt aircraft carrier were silent, life and death Refuse to go to sea again.

At the same time, all the nuclear submarines of the U.S. military were recalled to the port for rest and temporarily stopped cruising. Since nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines do not go to sea, the U.S. Navy, with the aircraft carrier battle group as its core, is tantamount to taking sick leave.

In addition to the U.S. Navy, which was defeated by the COVID-19 virus, the navies of other countries have also been hit hard by the epidemic recently.

The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, which was already covered in illnesses, was paralyzed because a large number of sailors fell ill, and had to be pulled back to the port by a tugboat again.

The British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has indefinitely canceled its ocean-going training to the Western Pacific, and continues to squat in its home port as a housemaid.

As for the ships of other small countries, due to financial constraints, they seldom go out to sea, and when they encounter problems, they return to the port and lie on their stomachs. Moreover, these ships are conventionally powered and can be shut down to play dead. Unlike nuclear-powered ships, which need constant care, so On the contrary, nothing major happened.

Only Russia's only active aircraft carrier "Kuznetsov", although already lying on the ground in the shipyard, still caused a large number of shipyard workers to fall ill due to the epidemic, and the replacement new workers made a fire randomly and were burned. The deck is scorched black, and the next trip to sea is getting farther and farther away...

In short, during the epidemic, the navies of all countries in the world have temporarily stopped, as if collectively taking sick leave.

In this way, at least European and American countries will not be able to launch overseas wars.From the perspective of world peace, maybe it is a good thing, right?

Chapter 142, The Year of the Demon Dance

Of course, if we say that the "naval sick leave" caused by the COVID-19 virus sweeping the world is a good thing that is not worthy of congratulations.

Then, the world economy, which is on the verge of collapse amidst the tragic epidemic, is a bad thing that makes everyone cry.

——The global film industry has entered a cold winter, hotels and catering have been depressed, and the aviation industry has fallen directly to freezing point. Japan Airlines has to lay off a large number of stewardesses and let them collectively transfer to rural shrines as part-time witches... Uh, at least compared to Shanxi, China It's easier for the stewardess to go home and dig coal.

However, with the tourism industry in such a sluggish situation, it is really unknown how much incense money the country shrine will receive.

Perhaps, with the debut of "Nuclear Witch Megumi Akiyama", the idol effect will be triggered, and the income of the shrine will increase a wave, right?

As for the international tourism industry, which is most dependent on passenger flow, it has collapsed even more this year. Those tropical islands that rely on overseas tourists for food, such as the Maldives, Saipan, Palau, etc., have experienced serious unemployment and are forced to withdraw from the tourism economy. Transform to the primary industry of agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

As a result, many Polynesian islanders who were generally obese in the Pacific Ocean, because of the collapse of overseas tourism, the closure of hotels, and the plummeting income, can no longer afford imported beef and butter. They can only make a living by picking coconuts, planting taro and catching fish like their ancestors , As a result, he starved and lost a lot of weight.

It is expected that the incidence of these "modern diseases of wealth" such as high blood pressure and high blood lipids on the Pacific islands will be greatly reduced, and the average life expectancy of the islanders is expected to be greatly improved—a blessing in disguise.

Of course, the premise is not to overcorrect and let the fat islanders starve too much, causing famine like the ancient Easter Island...

However, I believe that with these tropical islands with dense vegetation and abundant food resources, it is really not easy to starve to death.

Even the world's industrial production has been severely damaged by the epidemic. Those labor-intensive factories, such as the garment manufacturing industry in Bangladesh, have become ravaged by the virus just like naval ships because of the cramped environment and crowded people. Gu farm.

And as skilled workers and engineers die or retire from illness in large numbers, even if they continue to forcefully reopen factories full of rookies, the accident rate will soar—from India to Turkey, as well as Europe and the United States, factory explosions have been everywhere in the past few months and leaked bad news.

What makes people feel the most counterintuitive is that when the global epidemic is raging, instead of exploding, the medical industry has experienced a severe depression as a whole. A large number of hospitals have gone bankrupt and closed down.

Why?Because the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases only accounts for a very small segment of the medical industry.

The more lucrative cosmetology, surgery, treatment of chronic diseases, mental illness and other diseases are the bulk of the medical industry.

As a result, when the "Corona" epidemic, for which there is currently no cure, everyone fears the virus-swarming hospitals like a tiger.

Unless the condition is really critical, or the injury is serious enough that it cannot be delayed any longer, most Americans are now chronically ill and would rather stay at home and simmer rather than risk contracting the COVID-19 virus go to the hospital.

And those who originally wanted to do beauty treatment have retreated one after another, thinking that it is not too late to wait until the epidemic has passed, and there is no need to grab this little time-at this moment, many Americans still think that the epidemic is about the most It lasts until next year, and it's time to end it.

After all, it is the United States where anti-intellectualism is popular!