the world is at stake

The car radio was full of news of 'Chanders was assassinated', and the media was completely enraged, cursing the murderer overwhelmingly.Many listeners called the radio station and began to roar after they connected, expressing that such a bad behavior was completely unacceptable.

Marco frowned tightly, annoyed that he was misunderstood by the people, unwilling to fail in his actions, and even more puzzled by the official 'bullet poison theory'.

With the power of military bullets, as long as it hits the target, there is no need to add any toxins to the snake.It's useless if you can't hit.

Marco would not do such a foolish thing.He's just upset he didn't get a more accurate gun.

The accuracy of modern sniper rifles can reach below 1MOA.This is an angular unit, indicating that the error of 3 meters is within 500 centimeters, and when it is enlarged to 15 meters, the error will expand to [-] centimeters.

The essence of the M1903A4 is still an ordinary bolt-action rifle.Even if carefully selected for modification, the error is still 2 to 3MOA. At a distance of 500 meters, the error is nearly half a meter. It is normal to aim at the chest but brush it from the scalp.

"Why do you say the bullets are poisonous? I didn't do that at all? Why do Washington officials say that? What happened?"

Be it Zhou Qingfeng, Ma Keshi, Xiao Jinlang and Qin Qing who were far away in the imperial capital, they were all puzzled.A few hours later, Major General John went to the Army Hospital to express condolences on behalf of the officials, and only revealed some inside information with a dark face.

"Chanders, you've been staying in the hospital for the past few days, you can't go anywhere, let alone have any contact with the outside world?"

"Who gave the order?"

"The order issued by the president himself has been approved by the Ministry of Defense."

"why?"

What Zhou Qingfeng had in mind was that someone wanted to use this to coerce public opinion and influence next year's presidential election.But Major General John gave another answer...

"The Chinese army launched a second attack on Kinmen five hours ago. The joint attack by sea and air was extremely powerful. The Congress is arguing whether to help defend Taiwan, and also wants to see if Taiwan's national government has the ability to resist the attack by the Chinese army. .

To be honest, the current situation is very bad, even if the Seventh Fleet stops on the battlefield, there is no way to stop the Chinese army from attacking.Our blackmail failed.

If Quemoy falls quickly, it will certainly affect Washington's decision-making on the Taiwan issue.When necessary, the murderer who assassinated you came from the Nationalist Government of Taiwan, with the purpose of obstructing the dialogue between China and the United States.

In the past six months, Taiwan has been unable to resist the bombing from the mainland at all. Its military strength and ruling ability are rapidly fading, and it has reached the point where it cannot be supported at all.

President Truman has long been tired of the Nationalist government, and now he lacks an excuse to abandon Taiwan and end the war in Korea.In short, the United States will not waste resources on a bunch of waste, let alone shed blood for it.

With your assassination as a foreshadowing, the media will publicize it again, and the public will naturally understand.So you have to stay in the hospital these days, waiting for the result of the battle in Jinmen, and you can't go there either. "

Ah... the development of the situation is so bizarre?

Zhou Qingfeng was stunned when he heard this, but his heart was calm - which gunman did this at such a critical moment?I have to thank him!

Chapter 91

White House, Situation Room.

Truman sat at an oval table with cabinet ministers and aides, listening to intelligence officers from the Pentagon analyze the situation.Including the speakers of the two houses of Congress, all the participants were frowning.

About eighteen hours ago, the PLA Air Force dispatched a large fleet to carry out air strikes on Kinmen and Taiwan.This air strike was large in scale, high in frequency, and intense in intensity, and it was by no means an ordinary harassing bombing.

The U.S. Seventh Fleet, which assisted in the defense of Taiwan, sent back a telegram stating that the PLA was likely to launch a landing operation, and the target was obviously Kinmen Island.

As soon as he heard the news, Truman asked the military generals, is it possible to keep Taiwan?None of the answers I got were optimistic.

After World War II, the United States was invincible all over the world, and the government's self-confidence was inflated, and it used its national strength to expand globally.

Looking at the map, North America and South America, needless to say, have always been the land of the United States; the British and French forces in Africa and the Middle East were also dismembered by the United States and the Soviet Union; Western Europe simply stationed troops to create pressure on the Soviet Union.

Oceania is the younger brother of the United States, and its influence in East Asia has also approached the edge of the continent.The Philippines, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan are all under the control of the United States. The next step is to put the gun on the head of the Turk Communist Party.

The Korean War was the inevitable outcome of this geostrategic expansion.Either Fatty Jin went south or Syngman Lee went north, the contradictions were irreconcilable, and there was no point of discussion.

American politicians didn't even think that China dared to send troops to aid North Korea.Now the war is easy to start, but how to end it is a difficult problem.Now that North Korea has not been dealt with, is it necessary to add another Taiwan battlefield?

Truman looked to the speakers of both houses of Congress in the Situation Room.The latter was whispering to each other, but judging from their facial expressions, it seemed that they had little interest in appropriating funds for the US military to intervene.

Wars are for profit.

After Li Qiwei replaced MacArthur, the United Nations Army could not be said to be inactive.But the volunteer army on the opposite side has become a general trend. Regardless of equipment and training, it is no worse than the US military, and its fighting will is even higher.

The Volunteer Army is also proficient in mountain warfare and is more adaptable to North Korea's mountainous environment.In terms of the casualty ratio, the United Nations Army is at a disadvantage.In terms of casualties of the US military alone, they are no less than those of the Volunteers.

This makes the Yankees very big.

The war has been fought for more than a year, and it is October again, and North Korea is about to freeze again.Both sides are unwilling to fight in such a harsh environment, and this stoppage must be another half a year.

It costs military money to not fight.

If it continues like this, China doesn't care.Anyway, the equipment in its hands was either picked up or borrowed from the Soviet Union, and the consumption was less than one-third of the original history.Coupled with Zhou Qingfeng's secret blood transfusion, the country is completely able to hold on, and the fight is getting stronger and stronger.

Unlike China, which has to defend its own Northeast, Americans can't stand it now.They couldn't find a reason to insist on the death of North Koreans, and their anti-war sentiments became stronger and stronger.

If a decent excuse can be found, Truman and Congress are really willing to cease the war-this is why the original history started the armistice negotiations in 51, and now the United States is more willing to cease the war.

At this time, the PLA, with a strong army, once again considered liberating Kinmen Island.Unlike the previous time when only wooden boats were used to transport infantry to the island, only two years later, the equipment in the hands of the Turkish Communist Party has undergone earth-shaking changes, and coordinated sea, land and air operations have been launched.

'Tu-4' was not well received in the USSR.

这种仿制B-29的螺旋桨轰炸机在48年开始服役，但到54年和56年就被‘图-16’‘图-95’全面取代。

The Soviet Union is not rare, but it does not mean that 'Tu-4' is useless.The Turkish Communist Party has felt the benefits of heavy bombers since it took over the 'Tu-4', and quickly expanded from the earliest two regiments to ten regiments, with more than 240 aircraft.

With so many 'Tu-4's, Lao Jiang's good days are completely over.

PLA bombers only came to Taiwan once a week, and he felt that he could bear it.Then it became once every three days, and it didn't take long for it to be once a day, and he was fucked until his asshole rotted.

Up to now, I can come two or three times a day, which is even more unbearable.

Taiwan is such a big place, not far from the mainland. 'Tu-4' can take off with a full load of bombs. After blowing up the airport and port of the national army, it will be difficult for the old Americans to support Taiwan.

Warships could not find berths, planes had no runways, and even the army had no barracks, and training could not be carried out—as long as the national army dared to take the lead, PLA bombers would dare to fly over.

Lao Jiang has been a "bunker boy" for several months. The Shilin official residence has long been razed, and the Taipei presidential palace has also become ruins.Life is harder than in Chongqing.

After all, the Japanese invaders back then could not play carpet bombing.

A few months ago, PLA bombers only engaged in night bombing.Now that the national army airport has been bombed to pieces, the 'Tu-4' dares to shoot at low altitude during the day as a gunboat.

What "one year of preparation, two years of counterattack, three years of mopping up, and five years of success" is a bit of nonsense.Hundreds of tons of bombs hit the top of the head every day, whoever believes this is an idiot.

The military adviser of the US military in Taiwan wrote a report to the White House and Congress, stating that unless the US military directly intervenes, the PLA can destroy the national army's will to resist by bombing alone.

Now the radio communication on Kinmen Island has been interfered with, making it difficult to communicate with the outside world.The message was sent back by two destroyers of the US Seventh Fleet off Kinmen Island.

The fleet reported that the PLA had organized a landing force consisting of American-made amphibious combat vehicles, small landing craft, and a large number of civilian fishing boats, and was preparing to forcibly land on Kinmen under the cover of aviation.

The PLA air force is probably three "Stuka" aviation regiments and five "Tu-4" bomber regiments, and they are clearing the national army fortifications and firepower points on Kinmen Island.

The swooping call of the 'Screaming Vulture' spread from Europe to Asia.

It is only ten kilometers from Kinmen to Xiamen. The US warships sailing this distance is a full provocation, and it is also a test and blackmail. It is to see if the Turkish Communist Party dares to do it, and can it be intimidated?

But the reality is that four heavy artillery regiments and two anti-aircraft artillery regiments have been deployed on the shore of Xiamen.As long as American destroyers dare to obstruct PLA's liberation of Kinmen, shore artillery will immediately send them to the bottom of the sea.

The US destroyers staying on the front line applied for evacuation because there was really nothing they could do. The PLA can tolerate them cruising along its own coast. It is the chairman who ordered not to take the initiative to attack the US military, but it does not mean that they cannot be attacked.

The intelligence officer walked into the situation room and submitted the latest situation on the battlefield. "The Chinese army sent an ultimatum on the radio, asking our warships to leave the battlefield. Otherwise, it will be regarded as a hostile act of intrusion into territorial waters and counterattack."

Truman did not speak, and the President of the Senate asked the Secretary of the Navy attending the meeting: "Are we sure to launch an attack on the CCP in the Taiwan waters?"

The Minister of the Navy was taken aback for a moment, and asked back: "Your Excellency, Speaker, what kind of intention do you want to achieve? How big is the battle?"

"Maintaining the existence of the National Government of Taiwan, can this minimum be achieved?" asked the speaker.

In order to combat the new China, the Pentagon has discussed many options.

Throwing nuclear bombs; using the navy to attack China's coastal areas in an all-round way;

Among them, in order to allow Lao Jiang to play a role, the United States did not spend less money or contribute less.The warships of the Seventh Fleet are not only across the Taiwan Strait, but directly to Jinmen.

But now it's not like it used to be...

The Secretary of the Navy shook his head, "If the Chinese Communist Party does not have a strong air force, we can indeed do this. But I'm afraid it will be difficult now.

You must know that we have sunk and one wasted in North Korea, and lost two aircraft carriers.The rest of the aircraft carrier fleet is also far away from the North Korean coast, from the first [-] nautical miles to [-] nautical miles and then to [-] nautical miles.

The reason is that the Chinese military installed radar on their heavy bombers, and took advantage of the fact that our aircraft carrier is difficult to take off and land at night, and dispatched a large fleet to search the sea.

Once the target is found, the Il-28 jet bomber of the Chinese army will rush towards it at high speed with torpedoes.This tactic is so threatening that we have already lost several destroyers responsible for radar alerts.

They can do this in North Korea, or they can do it in the ocean east of Taiwan.The area of ​​southeastern China is much larger than that of Europe, and we cannot prevent such attacks at all. "

The Secretary of the Navy said a lot, and the meaning is very simple-China is not Japan with a narrow territory, nor is it the Nazi Germany that is at the end of the road.With the support of the Soviet Union, its equipment is no different from that of the US military.In a real fight, the U.S. military will suffer.

The speaker swept around the soldiers of the Ministry of National Defense in the situation room, and asked with spread his hands: "Are we just waiting and doing nothing? Watching Taiwan be taken by the Communist China?"

The military generals were speechless for a moment, but no one was willing to take it easy - the mess in North Korea was bad enough, wouldn't it be a pleasure to start another battlefield?Even if you want to start a fight, you will have to approve the money!

If you don't give money, what a ghost?

It has only been six years since the end of World War II, and anyone who dares to raise such a bill that requires American soldiers to shed their blood for Taiwan on the other side of the world will be immediately rejected by voters.Even if Eisenhower came.

The President of the Senate turned to Truman and asked, "If Quemoy is captured by the CCP, how will the government respond?"

Truman didn't speak, and his Secretary of State Acheson said: "What can't be obtained on the battlefield, can't be obtained on the negotiating table. Maybe we should change our strategy and adopt containment and blockade to combat the spread of communism in East Asia."

Everyone present understood what Acheson meant. It was nothing more than admitting defeat on the battlefield and wanting to take a step back to get out of the predicament.It's just that everyone is out of face considerations, and no one is willing to speak.

The Korean War was the culmination of the post-war expansion of the United States. It made American politicians realize where the frontier of "New Rome" was - the Pacific Ocean is almost becoming an inner lake of the United States. What is there to be dissatisfied with?

Since the United States is unwilling to continue to invest, the discussion in the situation room soon becomes meaningless, and everyone leaves one after another.Now let's see if Taiwan's old Chiang can carry it?If you can't bear it, you will die naturally.

Truman returned to his Oval Office, summoned his chief of staff Stillman, and asked: "I think the end of the gang of thieves in the Nationalist government is coming. We urgently need someone to contact the CCP."

The chief of staff nodded, agreeing with this point of view.

The United States and the Soviet Union both had diplomatic relations, but China and the United States did not. This is unreasonable—the biggest obstacle in this is the Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek.Now this stumbling block can be removed, which is a good thing for both parties.

In international relations, a big country like China cannot be ignored.Having diplomatic relations does not necessarily mean friendship, but at least it can exert influence.

Truman looked at the globe in the office, and his eyes fell on the territory of the Soviet Union, "China is not worth our energy and resources, our biggest enemy is not it.

Prepare to send our emissaries.Since China is strong enough, we should engage with it. "

Chapter 92

As night fell on Xiamen Bay, more than 200 US-made LVT amphibious combat vehicles drove out of the temporary dock. The engines drove the crawlers to paddle and slowly headed for Kinmen Island in the south.

The models of these amphibious vehicles are very mixed. They are all "scrap" purchased by the national army from the United States after World War II. PLA picked them up like treasures and made temporary modifications.

Some are equipped with 75mm short-barreled guns, while others are equipped with 37mm close-in anti-aircraft guns.There are also simple transport vehicles carrying two infantry squads or an armed 'Willis'.

These LVTs can transport two reinforced regiments to Kinmen Island in an hour and a half.

In addition to American-made amphibious combat vehicles, there are also a small number of Soviet-made landing craft used to transport heavy equipment such as tanks and artillery.In addition, a large number of maritime militia were mobilized to drive fishing boats.

In general, two infantry divisions can be transported to the island in one wave.

The previous Kinmen landing taught the PLA too profound lessons.Paralyzed and underestimated the enemy's pride, the distance of only ten kilometers is too strong to encircle, and more than 9000 main forces have been swallowed up by such a small island.

So much so that when the PLA fought against Yijiangshan Island a few years later, General Liu insisted on fighting, but General Xu was not very happy.But this time they 're' landed, and the PLA, determined to revenge, is full of murderous intent.

Throughout the day, five heavy bomber regiments, three tactical bomber regiments, and three assault aircraft regiments took turns to attack Kinmen.There are also four heavy artillery regiments on the shore, setting up 155 mm caliber gun barrels and blasting wildly.

After a whole day of bombardment, the land of Jinmen was almost turned over.

Hundreds of fortifications were bombed into the sky by the swooping 'Stuka'.There is no place to hide for more than 5 national troops on the island, and even the hair of the Communist bandits has not been seen, and their organizational structure is about to be suddenly wiped out by the 'Il-10'.

The last time the national army was defending the island with naval and air force support, and there happened to be 'reinforcements' arriving.Now there is nothing.The bombing that lasted for half a year drained the blood of Taiwan's navy and air force.

A small number of elite national troops trained by the Americans were either killed by MiG-15s over Dachen Island, or were killed on the runway during carpet bombing.

As for the hundreds of ships of the national army, large and small, let alone.

Because the 'Tu-4' bombed too fiercely, it caused serious damage to military ports such as Taipei, Kaohsiung, and Keelung.Many ships of the national army couldn't stand the bombing, and the underground party instigated rebellion, so they simply sailed to the mainland for uprising.

These warships changed their flags, turned around and joined the PLA Navy. After training, they appeared in the sea off Kinmen.They are responsible for preventing the national army from coming to aid from Taiwan, and secondly, protecting the troops from landing behind the Kinmen side.

During the day, only [-] to [-] shells and bombs fell on the island. Compared with the hundreds of thousands of shells bombed by the US military every day, this is really small.

It's just that the PLA put up a big battle this time, but Kinmen Island was like a flaccid man. Before the battle, he yelled, "I'm big", and exhausted his energy within 3 minutes after the battle.

The PLA landing force boarded the ship and set off. The roar of the amphibious combat vehicle spread across the sea, but there was no movement on the other side.

Several 'tu-4' dropped flares over the island to guide the landing.Dangling light floats in the sky, illuminating the cold sea.

Since Xiamen is so close to Kinmen, the tracks of the first batch of more than [-] LVT amphibious vehicles climbed up to Guningtou, north of Kinmen, one hour later.

It was quiet on the shore, and the obstacles arranged by the national army on the beach were blown to pieces by the artillery fire.Concrete piers, barbed wire, I-beams, and all kinds of unexpected debris were all blown to pieces.

What can stop the amphibious chariot is the densely packed bomb craters on the coast.Many pits are filled with seawater, which look flat on the surface, but are actually two or three meters deep, and it is really impossible to get out of them.

The first thirty or so LVTs were equipped with artillery.The driver and gunner stared around.The commander took out a flare gun and fired flares into the sky, making the battlefield as bright as day.

The last time they attacked Kinmen, the landing force was only a few fishing boats. The commander didn't take the landing operation seriously, and only landed north of Guningtou.This time the PLA shotguns were changed, and the first two reinforcement regiments entered Shangdao from north to south.

Last time, the "Taiping" was intercepted by several warships of the domestic army at sea. Now the "Taiping" was bombed and sunk on Dachen Island to feed the fish.

On the sea, several US-made and Japanese-made destroyers from the uprising were staring at them, ready to give artillery support at any time.Whoever dares to stand up will be bombarded?