Chapter 726: The World Situation (I)
If the previous conflict, and the silence between the two countries on the matter, attracted the attention of the whole world, then what happened in the early hours of March 6 shook the whole world! The first to be pulled off a meeting by the secretary was, of course, Obama! The US military satellites have been monitoring the development of this matter, so a violent conflict suddenly broke out between the two sides, and it is naturally impossible to hide this matter from the US military, which has been monitoring this matter, and this news was almost immediately delivered to the Pentagon at the speed of a rocket, and then appeared on Obama's desk.
"Generals, Secretary Gates, I want to know, what is going on? And how long will it take for the intelligence services to analyze this matter? Obama asked, frowning.
"Mr. President, the preliminary analysis has come out." As the Secretary of Defense who served the sixth president, Gates's reputation can be described as booming, so when he heard Obama's culture, Gates immediately replied: "According to the analysis of the intelligence department, Mr. President, please look here, the first fire occurred here, that is, several guns of an Indian artillery platoon located in this position first fired shells at a Chinese position!" Ten minutes later, the Chinese artillery positions quickly counterattacked, completely erasing the artillery positions of the entire Indian mountain division from the map. ”
"According to our statistics, in the past hour and 30 minutes, Chinese artillery dropped a total of about 175,000 artillery rockets of various types on Indian positions! A total of about 100,000 tons of "wings spreading" watermark medicine is expected to be delivered! And in the eastern sector of the conflict, that is, the Indian 2nd Mountain Division and the 5th Mountain Division, where the McMah direction was stationed, almost all artillery positions were completely destroyed in this hour! Gates' face was a little solemn.
Because none of these data shows that there was a huge error in their intelligence, at least in the course of their reconnaissance before, they did not find that a Chinese artillery regiment of this size had entered Tibet, and now, this is only in the eastern sector. And in the middle and western sectors, I am afraid that the number of artillery is not below that of the eastern sector.
Although it is surprising to say that the amount of artillery shells delivered is about 100,000 tons, Gates is not surprised, because the US military has the ability to deliver several times the amount of "winged watermark" medicine in an hour and a half, but the amount of "winged watermark" medicine delivered and the intensity of the blow are different.
Because in this delivery time of more than an hour, almost all the positions of the artillery deployed by the Indian army were almost accurately named by Chinese artillery and missiles! It can almost be said that they were eliminated by name one by one directly from the long line of defense! With the exception of some of India's permanent defensive fortress guns, almost all of them were destroyed! In just one and a half hours, India's long-range strike firepower in the eastern sector was almost destroyed!
"What?!" Several other domestic generals stood up from their seats in shock! I can't help but be shocked, even if the Indian army is a fish belly, but the intensity of this blow is a little too terrifying, right? Especially the opponent's precision strike strength, it is too strong!
The United States has always regarded itself as the boss, and it can be said that since the beginning of World War I, the United States has not eaten there except for two solid defeats in China! The U.S. Marine Corps is world-famous, the U.S. Navy is world-famous, and the U.S. Air Force is the most advanced in the world.
Of course, this does not mean that the US Army is not strong, but there is still a gap between it and the US Navy and Air Force. "There is only one possibility, that is, within half a month of the truce between the two sides, China has launched a special operation, without the guidance of special forces, it is impossible to achieve such accuracy only with satellites or reconnaissance aircraft, covering almost 95% of the positions of Indian artillery!" A U.S. Marine Corps general spoke in a deep voice.
"Is India an idiot! They have been infiltrated by the Chinese special forces for more than half a month, and their artillery positions have been figured out, haven't they found any clues? Also, what are our intelligence services doing for food?! Why haven't I heard about it? "Obama almost swept the things off the table! Even if China's special forces are very strong, this is recognized by the world, but no matter how strong you are, you can't let people drill on your territory for more than half a month without finding any clues, right? Are you not even as good as a Middle Eastern refugee?
The faces of several generals instantly became ugly, after all, they were questioned by the president like this, of course their faces were not good-looking, but this is a living fact, they really did not find out when China launched a special operation, you must know that although the two sides clashed before, but if it is not indicated, then this kind of thing is unlikely to directly send special forces into the territory of the other side, because it means an invasion! These are two concepts!
"Everyone!" Gates knocked on the table with a serious face, pulled back the thoughts of the generals who were talking, and when everyone's eyes were focused on his head, Gates said in a deep voice: "This is not what we need to pay attention to, what we need to pay attention to is!" This operation of Indian artillery to take the lead in firing is probably also the masterpiece of the Chinese special forces, for the simple reason that it is simple! It's the early hours of the morning in Asia! Even if both sides are on alert, it is impossible for the artillery to be in a state of high combat readiness twenty-four hours a day! Therefore, this time must be left guarded, and other operators will go to rest. However, China launched a counterattack within ten minutes of being bombarded, and the intensity was unprecedented! So this incident was clearly premeditated! ”
"Is there any evidence?" Obama was noncommittal, raising an eyebrow and asking rhetorically. In fact, this result is not surprising to everyone, it is very simple, as long as India is not **, it is impossible to have an incident of four artillery pieces in a platoon firing at China, even if it is to attack, it will be at least a collective attack by all the artillery of the two divisions, right?
So this weird event is going on for them, politicians, everyone knows what's going on? But it's one thing to know, it's another to have proof. The reason why these generals did not have a special reaction to Gates's words is another reason, that is, when the United States wants to fight whom, don't they all find excuses like this? Everyone knows that this kind of thing does not need to be said.
"In this incident, I saw the shadow of the old opponent, but this time our old opponent is obviously more confident, and it seems that he doesn't care that we have to get involved." Gates did not answer Obama's words, but said something inexplicable. The generals present basically rose all the way from the army, except for Gates who has no military rank because he wants to serve as secretary of defense, the others are all active soldiers, and they naturally know Gates's words.
The only thing I don't know is Obama, there are too many secrets in the United States, and most of the time I know the most secrets is the role of the Secretary of Defense, the Director of Intelligence, and the President of the United States...... The president will only know when he needs the secrets that the president knows, otherwise, there are so many secrets, you just tell the president, and the president can't remember them all, so Obama naturally doesn't know about it.
Seeing Obama's puzzled eyes, Gates immediately explained: "7 years ago, probably from 02 to 04, China's special forces and China's special forces used to fight, and since then we have a deep understanding of the strength of China's modern army, and many China policies have also changed at that time." ”
Gates said vaguely, but Obama suddenly realized that this matter is not too closely classified in the United States, 02 Obama was already a congressman, so he also heard about it, the place where the two sides exchanged fire was in Vietnam, when China's Minister of Defense General Liang even did not hesitate to directly mobilize more than 200,000 troops from the two military regions to carry out a vigorous exercise on the Sino-Vietnamese border.
This is also the reason why the confrontation between the two sides at that time slowly disappeared, and the confrontation between the Chinese and US special forces at that time caused the United States to fall into disadvantage, so Bush had to change its policy.
"You mean, this time the beam played a huge role in the middle?" A four-star admiral looked at Gates thoughtfully and asked.
"Not a possibility, but a certainty. It's just that our intelligence department has not yet had an orderly answer to why China has suddenly made such a big change, after all, this is different from China's policy of taoguang and obscurity in recent years. Gates shook his head slightly, looked around the crowd, and then spoke, after speaking, Gates thought for a while and turned to Obama: "Mr. President, I need you to sign the presidential order, I want to mobilize some high-level agents in the CIA." ”
"Mr. Minister, I know what you are talking about, but if these people are discovered by China, I want you to think carefully about the current people-to-people cooperation between our two sides." Although Obama wanted to agree to this request, he had to consider the overall situation, and now the US economy has no way to bear the heavy blow, unless the US Congress can directly intervene in this war through the US government "spread its wings and watermark" government! Take advantage of the huge resource consumption of the war, stimulate domestic military enterprises, increase investment, and return the dollar to ordinary people, so as to survive this economic crisis. But this is very unlikely, because it is another superpower with a population of 1.4 billion and almost certainly the world's largest economic entity!
A superpower that replaced the former Soviet Union! Regardless of whether the United States is willing to admit it or not, this is an out-and-out fact, especially after the appearance of that demonic young man, the overall economic strength of a country with a population of 1.4 billion has risen several times in a short period of time with the strength of a group! The rise in economic power does not reflect the war potential, but the young man has more than just economic power!
Countless high-tech technologies have proved that that young man already has many world-leading technologies in his hands! This is what the United States has to pay attention to! The game between countries is not so simple, one mistake is a catastrophe!
Even if the United States were directly willing to send troops, those congressmen would not be able to agree to this plan against China, especially if it was thousands of miles away, because they could not let the United States be hit hard by the economic crisis and plunge into an endless war.
Because this is a doomed war! Unless you can occupy all of China...... But this possibility, forget it, it's a nuclear power, it's just a matter of thinking about it.
Gates has a headache, there are complicated procedures for the activation of high-level spies, and these spies penetrate the enemy's top brass, but in the same way, the U.S. government "spreads its wings and watermarks" has also spent a huge price for these people! Especially in that red China, cultivating such spies is hundreds of times more complicated and difficult than in countries like Russia! The United States has too few chess pieces at its disposal! On the contrary, China has a lot of high-end goods that can be used on the US side.
There are some Gates who have mastered the identity, but many more have not mastered, damn it! Gates can't help it, who made the United States a country of free immigrants, there are too many Chinese in this country! And in China, except in some big cities, foreigners are a rare thing, let alone let these people get to the point of high-ranking officials.
And the use of some Asian spies is even more difficult, no way, spy war, intelligence war is so complicated. "If not, Mr. President, I will not be able to make the most accurate judgment of the current situation, and we are very limited in what we can offer India."
Gates compromised, and he couldn't afford not to compromise. Obama nodded: "The generals can discuss a solution for me, since the conflict has broken out, then India must need enough weapons support!" Now that we have entered the era of upgrading, let's dispose of all those old weapons at a discount to India! Also, General Robert, CIA you don't need to care who wins and who loses in this incident, anyway, it is impossible for China to invade India, so it's okay to let them deepen their hatred, but what you have to pay attention to is what updates have appeared in China's weapons and equipment in this incident! After the conflict is over, I want to see their materials on my desk. ”
After saying that, Obama left the meeting, no way, he has more important things to do, the most important thing at the moment is to let the United States get through this damn economic crisis, this is the most important thing, otherwise, the United States of America, which has been strong for a hundred years, may be about to set.
The sudden outbreak of conflict between the two sides was like a spark thrown into a gasoline barrel, and the world situation suddenly became delicate, at least in the first time after receiving the news, the Philippine president almost did not hesitate to give an order to the troops to withdraw those ships near Scarborough Shoal that were confronting Chinese maritime surveillance ships and other ships.