China's political axe expressed great indignation at the United States' act of secretly burying landmines at its own doorstep. On 10 July, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Li Dawei urgently summoned US Ambassador to China Holyfield and made clear his attitude toward the United States' act of violating the 1951 Sino-US agreement on the cessation of hostilities on the Korean Peninsula and the end of war on the Korean Peninsula. China's political axe expressed grave concern over the unilateral increase in military personnel by the United States in the deployment of intermediate-range missiles in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Vice Foreign Minister Li Dawei sternly pointed out: These missile facilities deployed by the United States have already constituted a serious threat to China's security and are a serious provocation to China's core interests. And warn the United States political axe, not to play with fire. If the US political axe does not immediately dismantle these facilities and prevent the further development of this situation, China's political axe will take resolute measures to carry out a preemptive strike against them if necessary.

The United States has flatly denied that there is absolutely no such thing. Ambassador Holyfield assured Li Dawei that China and the United States are strategic cooperative partners, and the United States will never undermine peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula or do anything that will damage US-China relations.

The United States is not intimidated! Once the decision is made, it is the Lord who will not cry without seeing the coffin, and will not turn back if he does not hit the southern wall, and the United States cannot allow an asymmetrical nuclear strike capability between China and the United States. For the sake of the strategic balance between China and the United States and the reciprocity of nuclear strikes, then you can be scared back by a few words from you Li Dawei. That's not Lao Mei's surname.

After receiving the warning from the Chinese political axe, the US military stationed in south Korea on the one hand dismantled the "corporal type II missile XSSM-A-17B missile system," which was developed by the United States for the purpose of installing nuclear warheads, which was the first in the United States to be shipped to south Korea from this country, but was already outdated, in order to confuse China. On the one hand, the level of secrecy has been strengthened, and buildings called "coffins" have been secretly built in Busan, Gwangju, Daegu, and Daejeon in South Korea to store missiles, prepare for strategic missile launches, and carry out launches. This "coffin" building missile launch system. It is after receiving the launch command that the top of the "coffin" will slide open, and the missile will be brought to a vertical position, ready for refueling and launching the system. A surface structure similar to a silos.

It is planned to install the most advanced US www.xstxt.org-75 Thor missile system capable of carrying an explosive power of 1.45 million tons in the buildings of these "coffins". Equip U.S. forces in South Korea to counter the nuclear threat and nuclear strikes from China's nuclear submarines.

On January 24, 1963, the last day of the Chinese Year of the Tiger, the traditional Chinese festival is the night of Chinese New Year's Eve. 3 by Lockheed. The Sm-75 Thor medium-range ballistic missile manufactured by Martin arrived at the port of Pusan in South Korea.

At 7 a.m. on 25 January, the Second Department of the General Staff Department, the Shenyang Office of the Strategic Intelligence Bureau of the Intelligence Department of the General Staff Department, urgently reported the situation and the photographs taken by the unmanned reconnaissance plane to the Strategic Intelligence Bureau of the Intelligence Department of the General Staff Department.

The officers on duty in the General Staff did not dare to slack off in the slightest in this kind of important information. Immediately notify the relevant personnel to conduct intelligence analysis and write a report. Together with the photo analysis data of the satellite and the unmanned reconnaissance plane, it was sent to Defense Minister Peng Dehuai on the same day, and after receiving the report, President Peng took a cursory look at it and immediately went to the residence of the top head of the Juxiang Book House in Zhongnanhai.

"Mr. Peng, have a good New Year!" Zhou Enlai stood in front of the door of the study of the supreme head of Juxiang Book House and greeted Peng Dehuai.

"Prime Minister, it's okay for you to celebrate the New Year!" Peng Dehuai responded to Zhou Enlai's greetings and said: "This old beauty is really not a thing, there is nothing to do during the New Year, they transported three SM-75 Sol medium-range ballistic missiles to the port of Busan in South Korea at 6 o'clock last night."

"Prime Minister, Mr. Peng, the chairman, please come into the house and say," the chief of the Supreme Chief's Guard pushed open the door and said.

Peng Dehuai did not greet him when he entered the house, and said directly after sitting down: "Chairman, at 6 o'clock last night, the US cruiser Project 97 transported three SM-75 Thor medium-range ballistic missiles from Guam to Pusan, South Korea, and then transferred them to the US air base in Suyeongyeong, South Gyeongsangnam-do, Busan. ”

The supreme chief struck a match, lit a cigarette, then shook the burning match in his hand, put the extinguished match into the ashtray, and said unhurriedly: "Americans always want to base their security on threats to others, and their hegemonic thinking cannot be changed." ”

"Yes," Mr. Peng said with a solemn expression: "The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, they have stopped for 10 years, and now they are ready to move again." They don't listen to persuasion. ”

The supreme chief puffed out the clouds and said: "This is determined by their imperialist surname, they always want to make trouble, fail to make trouble, and fail again and again until they perish, and they cannot escape this logic." ”

"Mr. Peng, please talk about the situation of this missile in detail," Zhou Enlai said very seriously, "see how much threat it can pose to us?" ”

"According to the General Staff report, this missile SM-75 Thor ballistic missile, according to our classification criteria it belongs to medium-range ballistic missiles. It is kerosene and liquid oxygen as fuel. The main propulsion system was numbered MB-3. In addition, the SM-75 is equipped with two Rockdyne small trimmer engines for fine-tuning and direction control. The Thor medium-range ballistic missile can carry a W-49 thermonuclear warhead with an explosive power of 1.45 million tons, a range of 2,400 kilometers, and an all-habitual guidance system. The missile accuracy is between 3200 and 300 meters. To protect the missiles from conventional attacks and bad weather, Thor medium-range ballistic missiles are stored horizontally in soft bunkers at the base. After receiving the launch order, the missile will be lifted to a vertical position to refuel and launch, and the missile reaction time needs to be delayed by about 10-15 minutes," Mr. Peng briefly introduced the functions of the SM-75 Thor medium-range ballistic missile, and said, "This missile has been in service since September 1958, and most of it has been deployed in the United Kingdom. Now there are 60 Thor missiles deployed at four bases in the UK to carry out combat readiness duty tasks. This time, they tossed us to the Korean Peninsula to threaten us. ”

After listening to Peng Dehuai's introduction, Zhou Enlai said: "Americans are a bit of a bully, too much. On the one hand, they have pledged that they will never undermine peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and will not do anything that would damage US-China relations, and on the other hand, they have deployed strategic nuclear weapons under our noses. Once this missile is deployed in south Korea, the entire heavy industry and scientific research institutions in northern China, such as Vladivostok, Changchun, Shenyang, Yanjing, and Tianjin, will be under their nuclear attack. In the 2,400-kilometer radius, there are nearly 200 million Chinese people. This is a serious threat to the safety of our country and the lives and property of our people. ”

The supreme chief sat thoughtfully on the sofa and smoked a cigarette. The astute Zhou Enlai immediately realized that the supreme leader was thinking about what new ideas and bigger plans were brewing.

Zhou Enlai guessed correctly, in the chest of the supreme chief, he was indeed sketching the strategic pattern of the entire East Asian region. China succeeded in resolving the Far East problem and recovering the territories occupied by Tsarist Russia for hundreds of years. There was no longer a need for the US military to contain the power of the USSR. It is no longer necessary for the US military to remain in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula, but it has become a strategic point to restrain China, controlling the Tsushima Strait, the sea passage from China's coast to the Far East in northern China, and now trying to turn it into a nuclear base that threatens China. If it is stuck in the throat, it makes people feel very unhappy. Solving any problem requires an opportunity, an excuse to get a lot of help. This time, we have taken advantage of the good opportunity that the United States has sent to our home to resolve the Korean Peninsula issue in one fell swoop. On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly? Drive the Americans out of Asia. East Asia is left with only one that has no industrial base and has a broken backbone. After solving the Korean Peninsula issue, Ben is surrounded by China except for facing the United States across the ocean from the east, and there is no way out except relying on China

A heroic passion swelled up in the heart of the supreme chief, and a burst of irrepressible excitement swayed. Man and the sky fight, the joy is endless, the man and the earth fight, the fun is endless, the man and the powerful opponent fight, the joy is endless. The surname of the supreme chief destined him to be an invincible warrior who was not afraid of strong enemies all his life.

He did not forget that Zhou Enlai and Peng Dehuai were analyzing the situation of the United States smuggling strategic missiles into south Korea, and he pressed the cigarette butt that was already hot into the ashtray and said to Peng Dehuai: "Old Peng, the plan formulated by the General Staff Department last time needs to be revised. Now we are all too conservative. You bring Deng Feng here, and you make a new plan. Now that the Americans have taken the first step, it is up to them to decide what to do in the future. Then the supreme chief swept his right hand lightly and said very heroically: "For the sake of the long-term peace and stability of the Chinese nation, we must thoroughly solve the problem of the Korean Peninsula this time." ”

Then the supreme chief and his two comrades-in-arms talked about their thoughts just now, and then said to Zhou En: "Prime Minister, you inform Comrade Shaoqi to organize and convene a Politburo meeting, and everyone will discuss it and see if there are any problems. ”

Then he asked Peng Dehuai: "Old Peng, who do you see in command this expedition?" ”

Mr. Peng blurted out, "Of course, Deng Feng is the most suitable candidate, he has commanded almost all the battles of the republic on the front line, he has rich experience in modern warfare, he is in the prime of life, and his work has both a principled and flexible surname, and no one is more suitable than him." ”

The supreme chief pondered for a while and said, "Those who can work hard, but they work too hard." Then he looked at Zhou En, and said, "Prime Minister, what is your opinion?" ”

"I agree with Mr. Peng's opinion, Deng Feng is definitely the best candidate. It's just that the Far Eastern Special Commissar is so big, who will pick it up? Zhou Enlai asked.

The supreme chief knew Zhou Enlai's set very well and knew that he had a candidate in mind. Rhetorical question, "Who do you think is more appropriate?"

Zhou Enlai pondered for a moment and said: "I think it would be more appropriate for Comrade Xiaoping to preside over the work in the Far East; he studied in the Soviet Union in 1926 and has work experience in the local and central areas and in all aspects of the party, government, and military."

"Hmm" The supreme chief nodded and said, "Then let him go, you can discuss it with Comrade Shaoqi, and then talk to him himself, and listen to his opinion." ”

After Deng Feng received a call from Mr. Peng, he hurried to Yanjing in the second year of junior high school. He was taken to the Jingxi Hotel, a heavily guarded guest house of the General Staff on Chang'an Avenue in Yanjing. In a small conference room on the third floor of the Xihe Conference Building, Mr. Peng briefed him on the deployment of nuclear missiles by the United States in south Korea and conveyed the general deployment of the supreme leader.

He is somewhat familiar with the deployment of missiles by the United States in South Korea, but because the Far East Working Committee has too many affairs and the territory under its jurisdiction is too large, he is very busy. I haven't paid much attention to this matter. Strategically speaking, after the United States withdrew from the United States, South Korea has become an isolated stronghold and a small dish on China's table, which can be eaten whenever it wants. He originally thought that after the Soviet problem was completely resolved and the entire Far East region was stabilized, then the United States had completely withdrawn from the Soviet Union, and it was not too late to make any more plans. Otherwise, as soon as the situation on the Korean Peninsula becomes tense, it will be very troublesome for Lao and the United States to not leave. It would be even more complicated if the United States hooked up with the Soviet Union again. In his mind, all the problems of the Korean Peninsula can be postponed, so he will drag them back as much as possible. The further back you drag, the more convenient and advantageous it will be.

He is also familiar with these M-75 Sol medium-range ballistic missiles deployed by the United States in south Korea. In this era, both the ballistic missiles of the United States and the Soviet Union were still very nascent. In terms of operations, there are many technologies that they do not yet master, and there are many problems that they will not be able to solve for a while. At present, their missiles still use liquid fuel, which is very troublesome to reload and store, and must be refueled before launch. Unlike China's missiles, which all use solid fuel, the solid combustion agent and the solid oxidizer are packaged together to make a solid fuel column, which is very simple to store in peacetime, and can be ignited by loading the missile when it is used.

With liquid fuel, the process of refueling is very dangerous, requiring the launch site to be very spacious, and there must be a huge refueling system, which does not meet the requirements of high mobility of missiles. All this is absolutely transparent to the Chinese reconnaissance satellites that are traveling in space 24 hours a day, and there is no way to hide them at all. It is easier to destroy these missile firing positions than to destroy an artillery position.

(To be continued)