"On the question of whether our strategic nuclear submarines can lurk in China's East China Sea and the Yellow Sea, this is a question of the military's tactical arrangement, and this question should be answered by Admiral Taylor, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff." Secretary of Defense McNamara thought for a moment and then said: "However, our second generation 'Ethan. Allen's class nuclear submarines can pose a certain threat to China.

"If that's the case, we have nuclear bases on land that can launch hydrogen bombs, and at sea we have 'Ethan. Allen's class strategic nuclear submarines, there are long-range nuclear strategic bombers in the sky, what are we afraid of China? Johnson said confidently: "I think we see China too strongly. Scared the hell out of ourselves. ”

Confidence in Johnson, the 37th president of the United States, who later "gave up the lovely wife of the 'great society' and fell in love with the bitch of the Vietnam War". The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Taylor, poured the first basin of cold water. "It's far from that simple." Admiral Taylor was a little nervous and kept tapping the table with the index and middle fingers of his right hand, and said, "Although we have strategic nuclear submarines that can carry the 'Polaris A2' ballistic missile with a maximum range of more than 2,800 kilometers. However, the United States has no advantage in strategic nuclear strikes, and the range of the Polaris A2 ballistic missile is too close. Now the South China Sea, the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea and the Benhai Sea have almost become China's inland seas. The launch of the Allen-class strategic nuclear submarine outside the first island chain can hardly effectively pose a substantial threat to China. Whether our nuclear submarines can enter China's South China Sea, East China Sea, and Yellow Sea depends on whether we need them, but it is safe to say that this is very dangerous and difficult, and whether they can break through China's anti-submarine network remains to be proven.

On the other hand, China's Qianlong class strategic ballistic missile nuclear submarines carrying the "Julang" ballistic missile. Judging from the last underwater launch of a nuclear submarine missile from the Indian Ocean to the North Atlantic, the range has exceeded 5,000 kilometers, and according to some relevant intelligence analysis that we have so far, the range of the Julang ballistic missile carried by the Chinese nuclear submarine is at least 8,000 kilometers or more. This would allow China to provide nuclear coverage of the entire territory of the United States in the North Pacific and Indian Oceans. From this point of view, China is not nothing to fear, but very scary. ”

"That's not the most terrible thing about China," CIA Director Mike said of Admiral Taylor, "and the most terrible thing about China is its superiority in information and intelligence." Intelligence information is unilateral and transparent. This advantage is immeasurable, and the image is like a healthy person fighting with a blind man, and China is completely watching our every move. So I'm afraid that our nuclear missile bases in South Korea will not play any role, because it is entirely possible that China has already mastered the exact coordinates and directions of these bases, and I think many of China's missiles have already locked down our nuclear launch bases.

Mike glanced at Vice President Johnson, who was looking at him with distrust, and said, "Mr. Vice President, you don't have any doubts about the accurate surname of Chinese intelligence. We, the CIA, have verified the information provided by the Chinese on the strategic missile bases deployed in Europe by the Soviet Union, and the coordinates and directions of these Soviet missile bases are exactly the same as those provided by China. It has been heard that Chinese satellites can take pictures of each of our license plate numbers. Therefore, there is no doubt that the nuclear bases that we have set up in south Korea will be destroyed by the Chinese side in the first moment of war, and there is no doubt that the Soviet Union has preceded it. ”

Johnson stared at the director of the CIA with eagle eyes, and secretly thought in his heart that this director Mike can really brag for China, and he said very dissatisfied: "Mr. Director, you can't always rely on 'maybe', 'I think' and 'I have heard' to provide decision-making basis for decision-making. Our decisions cannot be based on 'maybe', 'I think' 'as far as we hear'. It's about evidence. I don't believe that the Chinese satellites are clearer than the photos of our reconnaissance platoon? In addition, if you say that China will destroy our nuclear missile launch bases in south Korea as soon as the war breaks out, assuming that your statement is true, then why can't we launch a preemptive strike against China before the war even begins? ”

The director of the CIA, who was robbed of Johnson's name and powerless vice president, was very unconvinced and said: "Mr. Vice President, do you think that war with China is a child's play? I am absolutely certain that when the lid of the coffin of these missile launches is opened, it is not our nuclear warhead that flies first, but the missile that China has fallen. Don't think I'm making up a fairy tale, the Soviet Union's 8,000-kilometer P-7, codenamed 'baton' ICBM was cut off by Chinese missiles on the missile launcher at the Churatam ICBM launch base, and the liquid oxygen in the rocket was burned by the explosion, so that Marshal Nie Jielin, commander of the Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces, was buried in the fire. Mr. Vice President, you wouldn't be naïve enough to think that China would be extraordinarily kind to us and the United States to launch the nuclear missiles first. ”

CIA Director Mike was even more upset about Johnson's claim that he did intelligence work based on hearsay and conjecture. He took a sip of the cold coffee that was placed in front of his eyes, and then continued: "Also, I can tell you, Mr. Vice President, that what I said 'maybe' and 'I think' is a prediction based on a lot of intelligence analysis, and I said 'I have heard' that Chinese satellites can take pictures of each of our license plate numbers, which is the unanimous opinion of the image analysis experts in our bureau, and this is the opinion of the experts." I guess the words of these technicians are always justified. ”

"Okay, Mike, you CIA need to pay more attention to collecting information about China," President Kennedy said, turning to his deputy Johnson, "according to our experts who cooperate with China on the 'space program,' China is indeed much more advanced than us in the field of space, and this is possible as Mike said." ”

Everyone was silent for a while, and Secretary of Defense McNamara still raised a little unwillingly: "Since it is not possible to fight a nuclear war with China, is it okay to fight a conventional local war like that?" In short, we must not allow the Chinese to do whatever they want; if they say that they will block the international passage on the high seas, they will block the international passage on the high seas, if they say that they should stop the ship, if they say that they will inspect it, if they do not agree, they will sink the US warship without saying a word, and if they do not give any punishment to China for this act. So what else should the United States be the leader of the free world, I think it should be China's third grandson. Therefore, for the sake of the reputation of the United States, we must fight back, and we must no longer compromise or retreat, not to mention that we have now reached the point where there is no way to retreat and no way to make concessions. ”

"The same can't be said about things." Secretary of State Lasker said unhurriedly: "The way to solve this problem depends on what is more in the interests of the United States, and war is not the only way to solve the problem." Don't go to war with a big country like China lightly. First of all, what means to use and what form of war to fight is not a matter for us in the United States. Once a war breaks out, who can guarantee that China will not use nuclear means to engage in a nuclear war with us? Second, even if we fight a conventional local war with China, where will the battlefield be chosen? Do you choose North Korea or Babon or Vietnam and the Middle East? How to control the scale of the war? None of this matter concerning the national destiny of the United States can be controlled by the United States unilaterally, and if the fate of the United States cannot be completely controlled in its own hands, what kind of state will it be? The reputation of the United States is important, but it is only a small part of the fate of the United States, and life is always more important than face! It's easy to say if you win, but what will happen to the United States if you can't win? How to close this field? ”

"The fate of the nation? Isn't China afraid of influencing the fate of the country? Secretary of Defense McNamara ignored and asked in a three-point manner.

In response to McNamara's question, Secretary of State Lasker immediately replied, as if he had been prepared: "It can be said that China is not afraid, China's national destiny is decided!" [***] led by MZD has been fighting in China for more than 20 years and has played a new China; Only one year after the founding of the People's Republic of China, when they were poor and white, they fought another war with us in Korea, and in this battle they became a great power; In South Asia they dismantled India and made it a regional power; Through this war with the Soviet Union, it not only regained millions of square kilometers of land lost over the past few hundred years, but also created a new world superpower. So they are not afraid of war, and to a certain extent, war is the catalyst for China's rise. ”

Taylor, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has been thinking that the Tsushima Strait incident is indeed a shame for him, an American, and that China has gone too far, and if you blockade the Tsushima Strait and prevent the US ships from passing through, then forget about it. However, China was too domineering, and with only three missiles, three strikes and five divisions divided by two, the three destroyers of the US Seventh Fleet were "guided" and sunk. What does the U.S. military, including himself, do with a dog-like person? But thinking about it the other way, it's not the inaction of the United States, it's that the United States' weapons and equipment are inferior. He couldn't help but sigh and blurted out: "We should indeed fully understand the gap between us and China, and have a sense of crisis." If you fall behind, you will be beaten! ”

"This point of view you said is not tenable at all, and it is completely a pretext for inaction!" Johnson glanced at the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff with great contempt and said: "According to your statement, China can only be beaten in the Korean War." But that's not the case. Isn't it? ”

"Mr. Vice President, do you mean to say that we beautiful [***] people are afraid of death? Inaction? Taylor, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said with some excitement: "No! No, take the 12th destroyer squadron in the Tsushima Strait this time, they knew that they were not the opponent of the Chinese fleet, but they still refused the inspection of the Chinese, and swore to defend the hydrogen bomb warheads and missile launchers on the supply ship "Claris", and finally caused the Chinese to sink them in anger.

According to the telegram from Captain Thomson of the supply ship 'Claris,' the greatest efforts were made at that time, but the Chinese fleet was completely outside the range of our artillery fire, and you couldn't hit it if you wanted to, while the Chinese missiles could easily and calmly hit our warships. It's not that we're lagging behind? Strength is everything, Mr. Vice President, do you still have any doubts about this? ”

After a pause in thought, Taylor, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said: "The US military carries out the national mission, and as long as the president orders it, the military will resolutely carry it out." But if we go to war with China now, we can only bring humiliation upon ourselves. Whether it is a nuclear war or a conventional war, we have no chance of victory. Judging from what we have learned, the Chinese People's Liberation Army is ready for all-out war, its three mechanized infantry divisions have already entered Korea in three ways, and the 30,000 or so personnel of the US Eighth Army stationed in south Korea will certainly not be able to withstand these tiger and wolf divisions that participated in the war in the Far East, regardless of the level of equipment or the combat quality of their personnel. I am not saying this to deliberately exaggerate the strength of the [***] team, but it is well-founded. We can compare our and Soviet armies. The Medium [***] team could wipe out a million lions of the USSR in the Far East in a month, and our army could do this? Obviously, it can't be done anyway. Now let's compare how much stronger our army will be than the Soviet army? ”

With that, Admiral Taylor walked up to a huge globe in the right corner of the conference room and said, "Now let's all know the overall deployment of the Chinese Navy in this operation, so that everyone can have a good idea." ”

He turned the globe and gestured on the globe and said: "The first detachment of the Red Navy of the Far East Fleet of the Chinese Navy, stationed in the Far Eastern Soviet Port, under the leadership of the modified missile cruiser "Yanjing," has formed a task force with more than 60 warships, including six missile destroyers, six missile frigates, and 10 conventional submarines, including four of China's most advanced 'Dolphin' class conventional submarines. The Tsugaru Strait between Sapporo and Hokkaido and the Soya Strait between Sakhalin Island in the north have been blocked, and the Sea has been completely sealed. If we dispatch more than two aircraft carrier fleets to forcibly break through the blockade line and enter the Yuebenhai Sea, then it will inevitably be an unprecedented naval battle, where seven aviation divisions of China's Far East Air Force are concentrated. What the result will be, everyone can imagine. In fact, it is impossible for us to enter the sea from there. ”

(To be continued)