Chapter 335: Riding a Tiger, General Taylor, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, at a White House meeting of the U.S. National Security Council discussing the Tsushima Strait crisis, he pointed to the Tsushima Strait on the globe to the participating U.S. government decision-makers They introduced: "The Second Red Navy Detachment of the Chinese Navy's Far East Fleet stationed in Vladivostok consists of 4 converted guided missile destroyers from the former Soviet Pacific Fleet destroyers, 4 Chinese-made "Dreadnought" class guided missile frigates, and 6 submarines, including The Tsushima Strait patrol fleet, including three "dolphin" class conventional submarines known as undersea black holes, blocked the northern end of the Tsushima Strait and carried out patrol missions over the 67-kilometer-wide Tsushima Strait. This is what they are doing. A patrol fleet sank three destroyers of the 12th Destroyer Squadron of our 7th Fleet and seized our supply ship "Claris" carrying two W-49 hydrogen bomb warheads and a **-75 Sol ballistic missile launch system. ¡¾¡¿ There are also two "Great Wall" class guided missile destroyers, two "Dreadnought" class guided missile frigates and two minelayers of the Chinese Navy's North Sea Fleet. They entered the Tsushima Strait from the southern end of the Tsushima Strait in the Yellow Sea. They blocked the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. coastline, and laid mines on major ports and waterways such as Busan and the mouth of the Yeosu River. Almost all U.S. and South Korean warships were blocked in the ports. Just before I came to attend this meeting, I received another bad news. One of our cruisers tried to break out of Busan Port and hit a mine 5,000 meters outside the port and was seriously injured. Now we are negotiating with the Chinese side to allow the cruiser to be towed back to Busan Port for repairs. "" Then the American staff officer. Admiral Taylor, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, explained what he knew about the Chinese Navy¡¯s defense situation in the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea, and the South China Sea, as well as the deployment and maritime blockade of the Chinese Indian Ocean Fleet in the North Atlantic and Indian Ocean. ¡°China is doing this this time. We are ready to compete with the United States. "CIA Director Mike added some additional explanations to Admiral Taylor's briefing, and specifically reminded: "It is worthy of everyone's attention that almost all of China's submarines have disappeared in their home ports, and some have just been launched not long ago. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "MZD" and the newly formed aircraft carrier fleet are also conducting adaptive training day and night in the Taiwan Strait. All Chinese naval aviation divisions have entered a state of first-level combat readiness. " "What measures has the military taken in response to China's action? Vice President Johnson asked. Then General Taylor, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave a general explanation and deduction of some emergency deployments made by the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff to the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force as well as possible conflicts. Deduction The result was very pessimistic. President Kennedy's eyebrows were wrinkled into a large and irregular "Chuan", which made his originally handsome face become a little distorted, and his head was running at high speed. What should the United States do next and what response is the most appropriate? China¡¯s action organically combines politics, diplomacy and a series of military measures, which is beneficial, reasonable and measured. , the battlefield is completely within its own sphere of influence in Asia, and the range of military strikes against the United States is also within its own absolute geographical advantage. The navy and air force have formed a very complete offensive and defensive system. In international relations, China has also digested it. Some shadows left by the Sino-Soviet war established a huge buffer zone in Western Siberia between China and the Soviet Union, allowing China to have enough energy to deal with the United States. This matter itself is entirely due to the United States. China has planted landmines under its feet and provoked this conflict. For this sneaky behavior, anyone will give it a kick. Legally speaking, China has completely deserved this kick. It was recognized and supported by the international community. On the contrary, the United States acted very passively this time, which aroused widespread dissatisfaction and criticism from the international community, including some countries in NATO at the United Nations. Everyone at the conference expressed that this approach of the United States is very inappropriate and unethical. It should not actively challenge China's core interests and cause new tensions in the world. China has not done anything so far. It's too much. They have negotiated with the US government through formal diplomatic channels in advance, explaining that the nuclear missile-launching facilities deployed by the US in South Korea have constituted a serious threat to China's security and are a serious provocation to China's core interests. behavior. It requires the United States to withdraw its nuclear missiles deployed in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. At the same time, it also made a solemn statement to the U.S. government that if the U.S. government does not immediately dismantle these nuclear facilities that affect China's security, if the situation develops further, China will The next step may be to take severe measures. But I underestimated the severity of such measures by the Chinese government. If this happened to the United States, the United States would naturally react in the same way. Who could allow a superpower to do so? There is a gun hidden in the backyard.Where is the gunman in his own head? But if I understand China this way, will American voters understand me? How should I react? How can we achieve the best results at home and abroad? It is of course the best way to engage in nuclear confrontation with China as if it were a nuclear war with China, and then force the Chinese government to surrender. But can China surrender? The Secretary of State is right. China's good luck is the result of fighting. They are not afraid of war. War is the catalyst for China's rise. China emerged from the war. Forcing the current Chinese government to surrender is just a wishful dream and is absolutely impossible. Does the United States have the ability to engage in nuclear confrontation with China? Yes, but now it seems that this ability is definitely insufficient. And China has an absolute advantage. Kennedy vaguely felt that this advantage was not a quantitative advantage, but a qualitative difference. This advantage of China is based on the gap between the establishment of the second electric power technology revolution and the new industrial technology revolution, which is mainly marked by the widespread application of atomic energy, semiconductors, electronic computers and space technology. , everything seems to be asymmetrical between China and the United States, and information is unilaterally transparent. The weapons and equipment are also asymmetrical, and even the tactics and thinking are asymmetrical. China's tactical arrangements and some fighting methods are not thought of in advance. Otherwise, the Soviet Union, which is similar to the United States, would not be so vulnerable. It is certain that China now knows the strategic nuclear missile bases and nuclear missiles of the United States very well, and the "giant" ballistic missiles carried by China's "Qianlong" class strategic ballistic missile nuclear submarines are fully capable of destroying these missile bases in the United States. Lose America¡¯s nuclear teeth. It would be even less reliable to use aircraft from aircraft carriers or strategic bombers to launch nuclear strikes against China. Before the US aircraft carriers get close to the mainland, I am afraid that these US aircraft carriers will have been bombed and sunk long ago. Kennedy has no doubt that China is absolutely capable of this. China's mysterious power did this during the Korean War, not to mention Say it now. Even the use of strategic bombers will not work. The aircraft cannot enter mainland China at all. We have tried many times over the years. Ten times out of ten, they were either shot down, or they were "coaxed" away by Chinese fighter jets from a distance without even reaching the edge of mainland China. Therefore, U.S. strategic bombers pose no threat to China at all. The only thing that can compete with China is the US strategic nuclear submarine, but its range is only more than 2,000 kilometers. If you want to pose a real threat to China, you must break through China's first island chain and enter the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea, the South China Sea and the Sea of ??Japan. The United States has not yet tried this method, but it can be done in this regard. Kennedy suddenly thought, could this be a conspiracy of China? Perhaps now China is looking forward to making a decision on nuclear war so that it can completely destroy the US nuclear weapons system. If that's the case, don't fall into China's trap. Before the United States is absolutely sure of victory, it must not take the risk of a nuclear war with China and play roulette with China with the fate of the United States. This responsibility is too great and I cannot bear it. It is better to give up the idea of ??a nuclear war with China. It is best not to even think about it. ?So to take a step back, is it impossible to fight a conventional war with China in order to save face? If we want to go to war with China, we must be prepared for nuclear war. What if China uses this as an excuse to escalate the war into a nuclear war? Even if China does not escalate the war to a nuclear war with the United States, but instead engages in a conventional war with the United States, will the United States be sure of victory? The question raised by Secretary of State Rusk is also very real. If we fight a local conventional war with China, where should we fight it? It's definitely not possible to fight on the Korean Peninsula. The Korean Peninsula is closely connected with mainland China and is equivalent to a province in China. There is only a chance of being beaten there. This was proven more than 10 years ago. What about the Korean Peninsula? If the fight really breaks out, we have to give up, otherwise the prisoners of war may not be able to get them back in exchange for a few excavators and bulldozers. Fighting in Japan? The U.S. military's stay in Japan no longer has legal legitimacy. Can Japan itself agree to the U.S. military entering Japan again? That is impossible. Even if Japan agrees, can China agree? If you don't agree, let's fight. This is a good excuse to start a war. But Japan is too close to China, and the United States does not have any geographical advantage. Now Japan is surrounded by China, and only faces the United States thousands of miles away to the east, across the sea. Japan is an island country with no strategic depth or strategic resources. Its industrial base has long been demolished by China, and its skilled engineering and technical personnel have also been poached by China. If China sends a few submarines to the North Pacific and blocks the east side of Japan, how can the United States rely on it to fight China? Even if China drags on for two years, it will drag the United States down. In Vietnam? That's even worse. Now the South China Sea has been firmly controlled by China and has almost become a?China's inland sea and the small Southeast Asian countries are all surrounded by China. Which country dares to offend China, wear the same pants as the United States, and provide a base for the United States? The "Shannan Agreement of the Foreign Ministers' Meeting of South and Southeast Asian Countries on Preventing the Introduction of Nuclear Weapons into Asia" has proved that these small and eggless countries are all on the side of China. In the Middle East, China now legally occupies Kuwait and Shannan, China - the United Arab Emirates. The only place where the United States can stay in the Middle East is Israel, which is regarded as an enemy by the entire Arab world. It relies on its own support. If China is angered, these Jews may have to be made homeless. At that time, the United States no longer even had a place to stay in the Middle East. The war ultimately depends on the strength of a country. This strength does not only refer to material, but the comprehensive strength of a country. It is reflected in a country's overall strategic thinking, the determination and will of its leaders, as well as a correct policy and strategy, war preparations, war potential, etc., as well as the country's productivity level, the country's financial situation, diplomatic relations, and the geographical environment and many other factors. Not to mention other things, in terms of diplomacy, the United States does not have the international environment for a war with China. Is there any country that can fight a war with China together with it? It¡¯s hard to say ¡°fairly¡±. There is also the injured polar bear of the Soviet Union. After being beaten by China, it actually got closer to China. China and the Soviet Union entered the honeymoon period. Together with China and the Soviet Union, they established "special zones" in the vast western Siberian region. This greatly enhanced China's strength and improved the living standards of the Soviet people to varying degrees. China helped the Soviet Union transform its weapons systems and provided NATO military intelligence to the Soviet Union. Cooperation between the two countries is now broader and deeper than before. If there is really a fight with China, will the Warsaw organizations in the Soviet Union and those socialist countries in Eastern Europe launch attacks in Europe and advance westward with China's support? These are factors that are difficult to determine. After all, Europe is a close neighbor of the United States and is inextricably linked to the United States in politics, economy, military, culture and other aspects. Although China is the main rival and most dangerous enemy of the United States. However, Asia is separated from the United States by thousands of mountains and rivers. So far, it is not clear that China has the strategic intention or ability to intervene in the Americas and Europe. Therefore, Europe is still the number one strategic focus of the United States. Stabilizing Europe is still the first priority. If the United States uses all its power to engage in a large-scale war with China, no matter what the outcome of the war is, whether it is a win or a loss, the United States will be completely destroyed and reduced to a second- or third-rate country. Perhaps it will be even worse. Kennedy thought about it Go, but I haven't been able to come up with a decent idea for a long time. zhUZhudao.com