Chapter 003: Prelude to War (3)
United States of Lichung.
A nondescript conference room in the Hexagon. The room is unmarked, looks indistinguishable from a storage room, and even when you walk in, it's just an ordinary office. But what everyone thinks of as an ordinary office is an extremely secret strategic command and decision-making hub that only a few people in the Hetagon can use. Behind the filing cabinet in this office, you can only discover the hole behind a thick three-meter steel door destroyed by a nuclear weapon by entering a series of passwords and retinal recognition systems. It is said that even a nuclear weapon with a yield of 100,000 tons will not be able to destroy this secret underground facility.
The cave is composed of roadbed, sea-based, space-based intelligence and monitoring systems. In particular, it is connected to the National Space Intelligence and Monitoring Center of the Lexiong Kingdom in Las Vegas, and 72 spy satellites send back key monitoring images around the earth every minute and every second, and then the three groups of 100 million supercomputers of the Lixiong State analyze and screen them before sending them to the Hexagonal Hub Strategic Command Center. Of course, some of the information sent back by the spies planted by the CIA around the world was also transmitted here.
The core decision-makers at the hexagon call the cave an "eagle's nest."
Today, the secret conference room of the "Eagle's Nest" gathered the chairman of the Joint Staff Council of the three services, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency of Lixiong, the director of the Homeland Security Bureau of Lixiong, the secretary of state, the assistant to the Security Intelligence Committee, the president, the secretary of defense, the secretary of finance, and other senior officials.
"Your Excellency, the countries of the Globe, Mona, and Barbarians have begun the first phase of their military deployment in accordance with our instructions," Defense Secretary George Pohl said, pointing to a satellite military deployment map on the big screen.
"My F22 formation is already on high alert at the Naha Sasebo base in the ball country, and there is our aircraft carrier Walton formation in the East China Sea 500 nautical miles away from the Diaoyu Islands, and the Walton formation is also on high alert, and it is gratifying that the ball country has sent sixteen * frigates and eight submarines around us, just waiting for the first shot fired by the Yu country, at that time, three batches of about 240 fighters will take off from our aircraft carrier and the land base of the ball country roaring, and the East China Sea Fleet of the Yu country will be disabled in the first attack wave."
"But Mr. George, don't you think that the encirclement and suppression of the Yu Congress will lead to World War III?" Secretary of State Mays interjected, "If our national strategy is only to delay the rise of Yu and slow down the country's development momentum, do we need a war to solve Yu once and for all?" It's not that we haven't fought with this nation, the Xianguo War in the fifties of the last century made the shame of the United States create today's Yu country, the current Yu country is not what it used to be, although it has not participated in large-scale wars for more than 50 years, but how many killing weapons are there in this country, and our military can have a perfect strategy? ”
"Mr. Mace, in terms of military strength, we are several levels higher than Yu State. If the scale of the war is uncontrollable, then the military strength of the Allied forces together is enough to destroy the military accumulation of the Yu State for fifty years. The Yu country will never dare to use nuclear weapons first, because they know that our 2,500 nuclear warheads are not for show. Although Yu has some asymmetrical weapons, if we use the tactics of integrated naval and air warfare to deal with them, those weapons are estimated to not be able to give full play to their advantages. Over the past 50 years, we have participated in more than 300 wars around the world, large and small, and although our country has sacrificed tens of thousands of soldiers, why did our country's territory, interests, and world leadership not be expanded and safeguarded by war? And the Yu State only had a brief border conflict with the Mona Kingdom and the Barbarian State, and then the swords and guns were put into storage, how can it be compared with our brave and warlike army? If a long-range powerful military strike could be used, we would be able to conquer the country without sending a single soldier. ”
Secretary of Defense George was confident.
Bronny, assistant to the National Security Intelligence Council and adviser to the President's Security Council, stood up at this point.
"Your Excellency, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that we have found an opportunity and a way to use our strength to undermine the rise of the Yu Kingdom. But the defeat of the nations at our hands in the Second World War does not mean that their desire for revenge disappeared within half a century, and that the ferocity of this nation will surely manifest itself in due time. Although the Peace Island is within our security treaty with the Globe Nation, we did not give sovereignty to the Globe Nation in the first place. Now that the country is facing the rise of Yu, the anxiety and fear we feel should not let us take the risk of war with Yu. Although our parliament has passed the war secret bill against Yu, if our interests are realized without completely eliminating Yu, then we are willing to risk nuclear war. If we lose both with Yu, then the only one who will benefit from this war must be the Qiu country. The strategic intentions of the country are very insidious, and if we provoke the country of Yu, they will die with us. Didn't Major General Yu Hu of Yu State say that he would sacrifice the cities east of his western capital in exchange for the result of destroying hundreds of our cities? Can we take this risk of destroying humanity to fight against the Yu Kingdom?
Brownie's words silenced the audience for a long time.
Finance Minister Hertel paused and said, "But our country's financial situation needs the support of the military, and the country that has a dispute with Yu to start this war." Two years ago, the financial turmoil cost our country at least 5 trillion currency, and now we owe 3 trillion yuan to Yu alone. The country is good to go bankrupt. Moreover, the euro and the Yu currency began to avoid our sovereign currencies on a large scale and settle freely with trading countries internationally, which was a catastrophic blow to our strong currency in the world. We can only quantify monetary easing and keep printing money, but such a move will eventually tip the country into recession. There is only one way to get rid of the three trillion yuan, which is to use the dispute between Yu and neighboring countries to instigate them to start a war with Yu, at that time, we can send a large amount of arms, and at the same time intervene to varying degrees depending on the progress stage of the war. When the surrounding countries are exhausted from fighting with Yu, we only need to make a smaller investment to defeat Yu as the winner, and the three trillion yuan will justifiably become the war reparations given to us by Yu. Moreover, the country will be more decayed as a result, and it will be firmly controlled by us. Our banknotes will become the safest and strongest currency in the world. Is it possible not to fight this battle? ”
"Fighting is definitely going to be fought, but it is just necessary to master the heat and skill," CIA Director Paku continued, "according to the intelligence analysis we have, the progress of Yu's military modernization in the past ten years has been very fast." Although in some respects our aircraft are still unsurpassable in the military, the killer weapons of Yu are not inferior to us at all. We still have no way of knowing whether they will be able to penetrate our TMD defense network. It is difficult for our agents embedded in Yu to steal the core military secrets of Yu State. According to the confirmation of Agent No. 1 lurking in Yu Kingdom, there is indeed evidence that the entire Taihang Mountains of Yu Country are 3,000 kilometers away from their underground * and secret aircraft caves, and the mobility rate is very high. If we cannot completely destroy their strategy*, then it is impossible to imagine ending up with them. It's not in our interest. But I tend to provide weapon support and intelligence support from the Sphere and the Barbarians, as well as the Mona Country. Our delta special forces are waiting for an opportunity to attack and harass on the border of Yuguo, while at least two aircraft carrier groups are on alert and deterrent in the area of its second island chain, and are also waiting for opportunities to act according to the progress of the war. ”
Bronny was about to say something when President Olasky interrupted him with a wave of his hand.
"No matter what, we will not allow Yu to surpass our Lixiong country and become the world's first power. Taking advantage of the fledgling of Yuguo, we must decisively disrupt the pace of their development. It is better to let this dragon rage, and thus rage and rage, and let our allies around it tear to blood. At that time, we surrendered without a fight. The country of Li Xiong will always control the whole world. The development momentum of Yu is too strong, and it is time to strike. ”
The president glanced at everyone present and smiled knowingly.