Chapter 498: This Year's Mission
"A war with your hands tied is a failure at the national level, and with this kind of restriction, letting American GIs fight is equivalent to putting people into a cauldron and expecting them to fight it themselves. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ info"Marshal Zhukov appeared again at a meeting of the Ministry of Defense after eight years, and this time there were not many words, but no one ignored his opinion. Whatever one may say, his prestige was fought from the Great Patriotic War.
The same reason arose here for Marshal Vasilevsky, who, after Podgorny's accident, reminded Khrushchev of many marginalized generals, including Zhukov and Vasilevsky. Both of them have been away from the Ministry of Defense for several years, and this time they have also been warmly received by their former colleagues, but after several years of ups and downs, both have become unfazed.
"Judging from the battlefield trends in the past six months, the United States has mainly adopted aerial bombing attacks on the North Vietnamese side, while the main force has concentrated on South Vietnam to carry out anti-infiltration operations. Marshal Vasilevsky held his chin with one hand, looked at the situation in Vietnam and said, "Which country will be taken care of by the Air Force?" Will the Americans believe too much in their air superiority? β
"It should be the Chinese factor that plays a role, and it seems that the United States does not want to have a big war with China on land." Zhukov noticed China behind Vietnam and immediately knew where the scruples of the United States were.
"But this scruple is so obvious that it seems to be recognized." Serov patted the pentagram on the heart of his military uniform and said, "In this case, the United States is facing an opponent that cannot be defeated. As long as North Vietnam itself does not abandon the ideals of the same country, will the United States continue to fight? β
Serov's military uniform of the General Political Commissar of State Security was very different from the Soviet military uniform of this era. It's not that he has to be unconventional, the General Political Commissar for National Security has not been there for 20 years. The style of the Soviet military uniform twenty years ago is different from the current one, and the new military uniform has not yet been designed, which caused Serov to have a sickle, hammer, and five-pointed star.
Taking out a stack of posters from his briefcase, Serov put them directly on the table, and said sarcastically, "Americans' psychological warfare is still as ignorant and shameless as ever, and this kind of propaganda strategy is not uncommon." It can be said that Western Europe in World War II had an invincible effect, but Asia is different, and the people there are very sensitive to this kind of propaganda itself, and under the national liberation of the general environment, this kind of propaganda can only have the opposite effect. β
Among the posters taken out, all of them are half-dressed women, and judging from the posters, they are all Vietnamese women. From the perspective of oriental aesthetics, at least these Vietnamese women are good-looking.
Psychosexual warfare was widely used by the U.S. military in the Vietnam War. During the Korean War, the U.S. military was "armed to the teeth", and by the time of the Vietnam War, they were armed to the point of sexuality. During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military set up a special organization such as a psychological warfare operation group to be responsible for psychological warfare operations against the North Vietnamese armed forces. Half-naked photos are acceptable by Western standards, but they offend the morality of the local people.
Americans often distribute such sensor-stimulating photographs, but rarely make use of clothed women. The Americans thought that these pictures would make their Vietnamese enemies homesick. However, for most Vietnamese, such women are not tempting to them. This is the sadness of the psychological warfare of the US military. Qian is right, this kind of picture flyer has largely failed. North Vietnamese soldiers considered it an insult to Vietnamese women to have a girl wearing a three-point swimsuit like that, and they thought the girl in the photo was a bar girl.
"Most of the countries in Southeast Asia have been influenced by Indian culture, from Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and even Indonesia, Indian culture has had a great cultural influence on these countries. But there is one country that is an exception, and this country is Vietnam, whether it is North Vietnam or South Vietnam, and the general Southeast Asian countries, that country is more influenced by China, although Chinese culture is not as serious as the peaceful religion of the country, but compared with European countries, it is still very sensitive, this kind of propaganda offensive in Vietnam, is very irrational. Serov stood up again and said, "A very important reason for a man to defend his family and country is to protect his family, and a woman is an indispensable part of family organization. Let's imagine what would happen to a country that takes this issue very seriously and sees these posters? β
Calculating how many bombers to dispatch and how many bombs to drop to achieve how many results were achieved was not Serov's forte, and so many professional officers of the Ministry of Defense, even if they were asked to calculate at the same time as Serov, it was the Ministry of Defense that came up with the results first. So he can only say something that other people don't understand, and disguise his own compulsion. Now it seems that the effect is not bad......
"In this way, the quagmire of the United States is already doomed. I wonder if you KGB are prepared for this? The commander-in-chief of the army, Marshal Grechko, exchanged views with his colleagues and asked, according to what he knew about Serov, under normal circumstances, this general political commissar of national security, who had always watched the excitement and did not think much of a big deal, should have rushed forward a long time ago. But so far the KGB has been in a calm situation, which is simply unreasonable.
Serov, who was fiddling with American propaganda posters, pauses slightly, then lifts the poster girl above his head, and after two seconds, he says in a strange tone, "This year, our KGB has a big operation to do, and when it succeeds, we will pull out our hands and concentrate on getting things done in Vietnam." β
Indonesia is the largest country in Southeast Asia, both in terms of population, size and resources. Since the Vietnam War, Americans have certainly felt more and more that Indonesia, with its more than 3 million Indonesian Communist Party, is like a spear on its back, and it is very normal to be ready to instigate actions to eradicate the Indonesian Communist Party in such a situation. Similarly, Serov also felt that most of the generals in the military of a country of great importance in Southeast Asia were pro-American, which was also very unpleasant.
Calculating the comparison of forces between the two sides, Serov felt that he could win, with the organizational power of the Indonesian Communist Party and the executive power of the Indonesian Ministry of Internal Affairs, no matter how you look at it, it is a situation in which it is five or five or even slightly advantageous. Since the United States dares to gamble, there is no reason why Serov does not dare to gamble, the entire area of Southeast Asia is 4.5 million square kilometers, and Indonesia occupies 40% of the area, and if the Indonesian problem is solved, Southeast Asia will be equivalent to a part of socialism, and the front line of the Cold War will be greatly advanced to Australia.
If Indonesia's success is taken as an optimistic estimate, the situation in Southeast Asia will change again, the importance of South Vietnam will increase, and the United States may increase its military offensive to save its own strength from being driven into the sea. Probably, the war will be more intense, but the final result will not be changed, and the basis of South Vietnamese rule is very weak.
The KGB is preparing for a counter-coup d'Γ©tat with the simple aim of wiping out the pro-American forces as long as it succeeds, and the results of Indonesia before the end of the year will tell Serov whether these preparations are useful or not.
After the meeting of the Ministry of Defense, Serov sent Marshal Zhukov and Marshal Vasilevsky to the Kremlin, and the two marshals who had long been marginalized returned to the mountain, which can be said to be Khrushchev's ice-breaking journey. Several people also had a meal, and Serov, who was supposed to return to the Lubyanka, was also stopped and stayed together.
"I have seen the report of the Ministry of Defense, when the United States is mired in the Vietnam War, we should develop the economy to catch up with the pace of the United States, Yuri's judgment is right, this is our opportunity to turn the situation around." With a hint of appreciation in his tone, Khrushchev looked at Marshal Zhukov and Marshal Vasilevsky and asked, "Do you think our General Political Commissar of National Security has his own unique views on military affairs?" β
His insights focused on the analysis of the situation, but that was enough. In fact, understanding grand strategy is not as simple as directly leading troops to war. Marshal Vasilevsky answered this question, Vasilevsky, unlike ordinary commanders who rose to the rank of marshal, was not famous as a front-line commander, Vasilevsky was mainly in the war in the high command, not as a front-line commander in the decisive battle, and his direct combat achievements were insufficient. During the war, as the chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Army, Vasilevsky's main activity was to plot with Stalin and Zhukov in the High Command, or to coordinate the actions of several front armies as a representative of the Supreme High Command, rather than as the commander of the front army commanding the army and fighting a decisive battle with the enemy on the battlefield.
Therefore, Marshal Vasilevsky is not like other marshals of the Ministry of Defense who have an attitude of rejection towards this young General Political Commissar of State Security, on the contrary, when he sees Serov analyzing the situation, he always remembers his experience as Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet High Command.
"There is no shortage of commanders in our country, on the contrary, there are relatively few staff officers who really control the overall situation." Serov also maintained a respectful attitude towards Marshal Vasilevsky, in fact, he respected any marshal.
Today, Serov has completed Khrushchev's ice-breaking trip, and then Khrushchev issued a written document expressing his forgiveness for Marshal Zhukov's earlier mistakes, and the Central Committee officially restored Marshal Zhukov's honor. At the same time, Marshal Zhukov and Marshal Vasilevsky were appointed deputy ministers of defense, and the two were considered to have returned to the military circles.
"The first bastards of American soldiers have already been trained? Well, their English was already very good, and after several years of training, they also mastered a lot of combat skills, and they were immediately sent to Indonesia, and the Indonesian Ministry of Internal Affairs responded and put the finishing touches on it. Serov issued the document in a hurry, and at the same time ordered, "The more such people, the better, we have to find more American illegitimate children, the kind whose life is very difficult at the moment, and when the number of people is enough, it is possible to consider setting up a special army." (To be continued.) )