While Mao ZD and Zhou Enlai were discussing and studying the strategy for the United States at the Juxiang Book House in Zhongnanhai, at the White House on the other side of the world, Truman sat behind his desk in the President's Oval Office, looking intently at the president's exclusive sunny rose garden.

The European rescue plan has been carried out for three years, and the results have been good, and the large-scale post-war restoration of the surname construction in Europe has greatly stimulated the rapid economic growth of the United States, and the export has been increasing. The Korean issue is also to be resolved, and according to the report of the Far East Army Command, the United [***] team is now almost on the Yalu River, and the North Korean [***] regime has collapsed. All this made his mood as bright as the weather outside. He is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in the heart of downtown Washington. It is bordered by Lafayette Square in the north, Elips Park in the south, and the towering Washington Monument, covering an area of more than 73,000 square meters, representing the highest power center in the United States, in the White House, which has been working and living for more than 6 years. He loved everything about it

At this moment, a secretary walked in and whispered, "Mr. President, Mr. Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, please answer the phone." ”

Truman smiled and picked up the phone on the table. "Mr. President, something big has happened on the North Korean side. Two hours earlier, Task Force 77 was in the Sea and 95 Escort Fleet was in the Yellow Sea, and almost simultaneously came under an unknown attack. Three aircraft carriers, two escort aircraft carriers were hit by the wreaking surname . At the same time, the Far East Army reported that two airfields in South Korea were also attacked, causing heavy losses, and the attack caused the death of Lieutenant General Stelai, commander of the Far East Air Force, from a heart attack. Subsequently, the U.S. Eighth Army was in North Korea, and it also encountered a full-scale attack by the [***] team," Bradley's hurried voice came from the earpiece.

"Come to my office right away." He put down the phone.

The attack on the two aircraft carrier fleets and the large-scale appearance of the Chinese [***] squadron on the Korean battlefield were completely unexpected by Truman. After World War II, the United States' national strength has developed unprecedentedly, the United States is invincible in the world, and no one dares to challenge the hegemony of the United States in the world. He did not believe that anyone would dare to break ground on the "head of Tai Sui", and that anyone would dare to attack the US aircraft carrier fleet and sink it in such a short time. Even in the past World War II, American aircraft carriers have not been sunk. They did not believe it even more, and then they did not dare to believe or did not want to believe that Red China, which was poor and could not even put on pants, dared to launch an all-out attack on the mighty United States of America just one year after the founding of the People's Republic of China. However, Bradley's report confirmed that this had happened. Five aircraft carriers sank . The [***] team did go into battle.

After listening to Bradley's debriefing, Truman asked, "I now wonder who and with what weapons attacked our fleet?" Bombed our airfield? How much troops does China actually commit to North Korea? What is their possible purpose?

"Mr. President, we don't know who did all this with what weapons, or how many troops the Red China actually put into North Korea, or what they were going to do. I have asked MacArthur, his Far East Command, to investigate this and make an assessment of the current situation. MacArthur believes that he is not in a position to make a definite assessment at this time, and that further intelligence support will be needed to make it. But at the same time, he believes that we are facing a completely new war, and estimates three possibilities: first, China and the Soviet Union have entered the war without scruples, and have used powerful and unimaginable weapons that we do not know at present, including submarines, airplanes, and bombs, to conduct a world war with us in two camps in Asia; Second, out of consideration for border security, China and the Soviet Union dispatched ground troops from China and the Soviet Union to the sea and the air force to attack our naval, land, and air forces in the area around the Korean Peninsula. confine the war to the Korean Peninsula and its environs, and eventually occupy the Korean Peninsula; The third is to help Kim Yue-sung restore his power in North Korea out of their [***] obligation. In his telegram, he said: There may be 250,000 to 350,000 Chinese volunteers entering Korea to attack the US Eighth Army, which is already in a difficult situation and is even in danger of being completely annihilated. At present, the planes under the command of the Far East Air Force that can carry out missions in North Korea have been lost and are unable to fight again. He will order the Eighth Army to retreat towards Pyongyang and prepare to withdraw south of the 38th parallel. The 10th Army canceled the landing at Wonsan and withdrew to Inchon and Busan. He concluded by saying: 'This Commander has done everything he can. However, the current situation has exceeded the limits of its mandate and troop strength. The situation we have to deal with is one that has been dire since World War II. ”

Truman tried his best to keep his composure and said, "Yes." This is indeed the worst situation we have encountered so far. We have to face it and beyond. You should immediately convene a joint meeting of the chiefs of staff to discuss the current war situation on the Korean side and come up with a plan. ”

What happened in North Korea on November 1. caused a great shock in the White House and the Pentagon.

All the advisers to the president, who are not civil or military, know that something is wrong in North Korea. But no one has an idea what is wrong, how to find out, and how to deal with it. The frequency of meetings is unprecedented, which shows that there is a great deal of confusion and the need to discuss them together through various meetings.

Everyone's confusion focused on two main questions: Who exactly used what to knock out the planes of the US Far East Air Force in the Korean theater of operations? What is the actual situation of the Chinese forces in North Korea, and what are their intentions? For a time, both the White House and the Pentagon were at a loss and fell into a panic.

At the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, more than 20 highest-level figures from the US side gathered here. After Bradley reported on the situation in Korea, the generals were stunned and spoke for a long time.

Secretary of the Navy Matthews was the first to say something very unnutritious: "We must make the makers of this incident pay a greater price"

"Mr. Matthews, I agree with you, but can you tell me who is the maker?" The Secretary of the Air Force took Matthews' words and asked with a slight sarcasm.

Everyone fell silent again, and the Chief of Staff of the Navy, Sherman, broke the silence and said: "It is obvious that the maker must be the Soviet Union, and China absolutely does not have the ability to do this, they will only make porcelain and grow tea from mud." ”

Pest, the secretary of the Army, said: "Don't underestimate these Chinese, it is they who are now launching an all-out and fierce attack on us in Korea." ”

"I think the most important thing now is to find out what kind of weapons the other side is using, in what form, and what kind of attack is it going to launch against our aircraft carriers? If this problem is not clarified, we cannot come up with a reasonable plan, and it is all empty talk to say that everything else. Air Force Chief of Staff Vandenberg said. Then he looked at them and said, "Mr. Pace is right. Let's not underestimate the Chinese, in this mysterious country, there are many unknown things. This reminds me of the P4M-1Q reconnaissance plane that went missing in South Manchuria, China, on the 18th of last month. The Chinese media said that it was shot down by air defense forces. Imagine that no matter whether the other side uses advanced MiG-15 fighters or antiaircraft artillery, how can it be possible to shoot down a twin-engine plane at an altitude of more than 10,000 meters in an instant, and it is so fast that our plane does not have time to send any news back. Combined with the 14 hits of 13 of the aircraft carrier's attacks this time, our enemy may have mastered a weapon with a long range, high accuracy, and great power. Although I don't know what this weapon is called. ””

Everyone looked at the former CIA director, a four-star general of the Air Force, and he really made an extraordinary move.

"You can't help but think about it, whether China or the Soviet Union has this kind of weapon. What are our chances of winning the next war? Vandenberg finished. I picked up the coffee that had cooled down in front of me and took a sip.

Secretary of the Navy Matthews was extremely unconvinced: "General Vandenberg, a country's weapons production is commensurate with a country's industrial level and scientific and technological level. The production of weapons is a huge systems engineering. The United States has the most complete basic industry in the world, has absolutely first-class scientific and technological personnel in various fields, and is the most technologically advanced country. The kind of weapons that you depict out of thin air, we have never heard of, how did they produce them? In the whole manufacturing process, our intelligence department will be ignorant of this. How can this be explained? ”

Vandenberg looked at the Minister of the Navy with some contempt and said, "Mr. Minister, I would first like to correct you a word, what I said is not at all imaginary, but based on the facts that have happened. I don't have a reply to you, how did they produce this weapon, the important thing is that they have this weapon. And I predict that as the war escalates, they will continue to use this weapon against our important strategic targets.

Everyone was left speechless again.

The following afternoon, Truman convened an enlarged meeting of the National Security Council. Bradley gave a brief account of the military situation on the two days. At the meeting, he read out a telegram from the British 27th Brigade forwarded by the Far East Command, and according to a Kuomintang spy who had absconded to the British 27th Brigade and was lurking in the Chinese 50th Army, the 50th Army of the Chinese Volunteers had received a telegram from the headquarters of the Chinese Volunteers, telling him that it would be supported by friendly air forces at a critical moment. and a report on the night of the attack on the captain of the "Sicilian" frigate aircraft carrier Pierre. There is also a description of the attack on Gimpo Airport. The situation of the US Eighth Army being surrounded and having no hope of breaking through in North Korea was introduced. Everyone now agrees that the participation of the Soviet Navy and Air Force in the war is an indisputable fact. The meeting was dull and did not result in any resolution, but most of the participants agreed with Acheson that an all-out war with China and the Soviet Union must be avoided in any case. In particular, before we have made clear what weapons China and the Soviet Union used this time to attack the aircraft carrier fleet, we must not act rashly again. Now more than ever, we are closer to a new world war. One move is not very good, and all the games are lost. Acheson said: "We must not look at the Korean incident in isolation, for Red China and the Soviet Union must have premeditated and prepared for all-out war." World War III may be on the horizon tomorrow. And we are not preparing for this, and Europe is even more so. We must do our utmost to get them to stop. Acheson went on to say, "We can't win against the Chinese and the Soviets in Korea." They have far more troops at their disposal than we do. In addition to the mysterious weapon they used this time, so powerful"