Half an hour after the exchange of fire between China and the Soviet Union stopped, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs urgently sent a private note to the US side, saying that the Sino-Soviet border conflict was a sensitive matter and should not be reported in the newspaper.

Lao Mei, who is much stronger in aerospace technology than China at this time, had already observed it before the spacecraft fell, but it didn't make a sound, holding its arms to see what China and the Soviet Union would do. However, even the Yankees, who have always feared that the world will not be chaotic, did not expect that for this thing that does not know what the road is, the Chinese and the Soviets actually fought a border war.

Now the White House, the Pentagon, NASA headquarters and other places have completely turned into a state of porridge, some people are collecting intelligence, some people are making assessments, and some people are shouting on the phone, in short, no one knows what this farce will eventually turn into, and what kind of variables it will bring to the United States, its allies, and even the whole world.

In the Oval Office, President Ronald Reagan and his cabinet members, plus several aides sat together again because of China, but now it was like a rainy cloud covering everyone, and no one was glad that China was at war with the Soviet Union, and the United States had completely won a heavyweight strategic ally.

Secretary of State Schultz took a piece of paper and said to the crowd: "...... According to information sent by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was the Soviets who first illegally crossed the border, invaded Chinese territory, and inflicted heavy losses on their local cantonment reserves. The Chinese army stationed nearby, with the cooperation of the missile forces and the air force, launched a fruitful ****, and finally annihilated the Soviet troops deep into China in the case of isolated battlefields, the specific situation was not disclosed, but we estimate that the scale will not be small. ”

Defense Secretary Weinberg said: "Obviously, either the Chinese were not prepared at the beginning, or they played a bitter ploy, deliberately putting the weak cantonment troops in front and making the Soviets more unscrupulous." If that's the case, then the Chinese have achieved what they were hoping for. Moreover, this can also explain why the Chinese army can so easily eat a Soviet force that is at least the size of a brigade, they are creating a trap and waiting for the Soviets to enter. The Soviets thought they had a plan, but in fact they suffered a big loss. ”

Reagan nodded, and then asked with some suspicion: "Even if it is a ruse, but the Chinese army has so successfully destroyed a large Soviet formed unit, what is the second batch of military assessments of China's military strength?" ”

Crowe, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, witnessed the RIMPAC military exercise not long ago, and still has a fresh memory of the performance of the Chinese Navy, he said: "From the clues shown in all links, we can infer more and more that China's military strength is advancing by leaps and bounds at an unbelievable speed, from the South Korean incident last year, we can see the combat strength of their air force, the RIMPAC military exercise can show their naval level, and the current Sino-Soviet border conflict, but also put their army under everyone's microscope." We have always worried about the terrible army of steel that the Soviet Union built, but now the Chinese seem to be not inferior to the Soviets in their ability to build an army, and even better than the Soviet Union in some respects. ”

Reagan asked, "How does it compare to our boys?" ”

Chloe replied cautiously: "This has not been practiced, and it is theoretical." However, more than 30 years ago, we had a photo with the Chinese army on the Korean battlefield, and we were also deeply impressed. Their remarkable tenacity and lack of fear of sacrifice, as well as their good training and discipline, prove that they can be a formidable opponent. ”

Minister Weinberg added: "It can also be a reliable ally. ”

Reagan still decided to put aside the issue of discussing the strength of the Chinese army, because they had discussed this kind of thing many times, and every time after the discussion, after a while, the Chinese would give them new surprises, so that Reagan felt that such a thing was a waste of time. Therefore, paying enough attention to China's military strength and treating it cautiously is the guiding ideology of the Reagan administration at this stage.

Reagan added: "The Chinese want us to silence this matter and not make this matter public, gentlemen, what do you think." ”

Schultz first expressed his agreement: "This is undoubtedly the result of careful consideration by the Chinese, and I also agree that such an event should not be announced so quickly, especially when there is still room for reversal, and the announcement may cause both sides to face each other directly, so as to lead to a nuclear war, which is not something we are happy to see." In addition, the cause of this incident came from the mysterious visitor from the sky, and the Chinese side has not disclosed any information, so it cannot be ruled out that this is another Roswell incident. ”

When they heard the word Roswell, they were silent, and did not say anything about it.

Reagan said with some pity: "It's just that if this matter appears in the newspapers, it will completely push China to the opposite side of the Soviet Union, and China will definitely be able to keep closer to us in order to confront the Soviet Union, and we will get a modern army in the Far East and the Asia-Pacific region that exceeds the number of European armies combined, which can make the Soviets face a huge threat on both the eastern and western fronts at the same time." ”

Chloe shook his head and persuaded Reagan: "Mr. President, the purpose of our Cold War with the Soviet Union is victory, and there is no victory in a nuclear war. ”

Weinberg echoed: "I also agree with Mr. President, that we want a victory without the participation of nuclear weapons, and that complicating the situation will only lead us to a more dangerous situation." ”

Schultz then suggested: "In this case, there is no better time for secret diplomacy." After Gorbachev succeeded as leader of the CPSU, he began to implement his new thinking, and the victory of the Cold War is already more and more visible, and it is undoubtedly a foolish choice to destroy the direction of the development of this great thing at this time. I believe that Gorbachev and his supporters must be reluctant to engage in an all-out war with an increasingly powerful China, let alone a nuclear war, but both sides are stakeholders and are more likely to fight fire, so they need a mediator and a peacemaker. ”

Reagan sat behind his long desk, leaning back in his chair, and when he heard Schultz's words, his eyes lit up, and he got up from the back of his chair and said, "We can act as such a mediator!" ”

Scholz continued his ideas, saying: "Yes, through such an opportunity, the resolution of a conflict can not only maintain the peace that we have not easily maintained, but also show our American diplomatic skills, and to a certain extent, enhance our ties with the current Soviet government and China." Relying on this opportunity, we can increase our infiltration into the Soviet Union, and take advantage of the door opened by Gorbachev to pour into this country everything ****, anti-Soviet, and aimed at their system and people's hearts, and accelerate their disintegration, and at the same time, we can further encircle China, so that they can further realize that only by following us can we have a future and be safe. ”

Weinberg praised: "It would be in the best interest if things could be negotiated and the result that Mr. Secretary of State said would be achieved!" ”

Schultz smiled confidently: "At the same time, we can also put forward some attached conditions, such as that mysterious meteorite or something, and the United States, China and the Soviet Union can sit down and study it together." ”

This belongs to pulling things that don't have their share into their own hands, Reagan nodded again and again, and said, "However, they won't agree so easily." ”

"It's difficult, but it's all something that can be discussed."

After discussing for a while, and making a rough plan, Reagan clapped his hands and said, "Okay, according to this line of thought, we will quickly start this crisis diplomacy and try to obtain what is most beneficial to our United States in the Sino-Soviet crisis." ”

Reagan added: "But we also have to prepare for the worst, the nuclear forces of the three services have canceled all their vacations and entered a state of first-class combat readiness, and we need to send our nuclear weapons out of the country the next second when China and the Soviet Union start dropping atomic bombs on each other." ”

Secretary of Defense Weinberg said solemnly: "It will definitely be as you wish, Mr. President." ”

It is absolutely impossible to say that these high-level US leaders are not nervous at all, and this Sino-Soviet conflict is like the Cuban Missile Crisis in the sixties, which almost triggered a nuclear war, and there is always one side that needs to take a step back, and the United States hopes to repeat the outcome of the missile crisis. It was the Soviets who started the offensive step, and then the other side rebounded strongly, and the Soviet Union had to end in disgrace.

At least the Americans wanted the Soviet Union to take it back one more time.

At least now neither the Chinese nor the Soviet forces on the front line have come up with their nuclear weapons to intimidate each other, and not as in the Cuban Missile Crisis, when Soviet submarines are loaded with nuclear torpedoes, and perhaps the slightest thought of the grassroots commanders could push the world into the abyss.

In this crisis, the Americans are on the second line, which also gives them more room to operate some things, and the tension has also decreased. Even some high-ranking people in the United States feel that it is obviously much easier and more convenient to put China in front of the Soviet Union and then come out and end up on their own than it is to face the Soviet Union directly. This, of course, has also intensified the desire of some people to win China into the Western camp.

In order not to excessively provoke the Soviet Union and create the appearance that China and the United States are joining hands to deal with the Soviet Union, although the US nuclear forces have carried out first-class combat readiness, other units have not made any excessive reactions, especially the strength of the US military and NATO stationed in Europe. Even the Americans don't have the leisure to tell their NATO allies what happened.

It's just that things will never go the way the Americans imagined, and all kinds of uncontrollable variables make this conflict only continue, and it will not end so easily peacefully.