While Lin Youde was having fun running the band, his opponents, the Americans, were studying how to deal with the situation in the Persian Gulf. If we start counting from 1952, this military operation has been going on for just over a year, tens of millions of dollars have been spent, and the casualties are increasing. Now the economy in the United States is improving due to the orders brought by the war, and the citizens are enjoying the benefits of the war, so anti-war sentiment has not yet been ignited. However, as time goes by and the number of casualties and injuries continues to rise, this will definitely cause problems. The war in the Persian Gulf is different from the Korean War in another time and space. The US opponents are also well-equipped and well-trained, and are more familiar with fighting in desert areas. Many US military officers have experienced the war in North Africa, so they are quite familiar with desert combat. But many ordinary soldiers in the US military are not accustomed to hot and dry weather. Seeing that Christmas of 1953 is approaching, the top leaders of the United States are becoming more and more worried about this war. The White House, large conference room. MacArthur banged the table hard: "We should use nuclear bombs to blow up cities like Baghdad and Basra. Those damn yellow-skinned monkeys will never be able to fight again!" Others looked at each other, and no one responded to MacArthur. Finally, President Eisenhower, who was the same theater commander as MacArthur during World War II, said: "I personally think that using nuclear bombs is also an option, but what if Germany counterattacks us with nuclear bombs?" "Germany's nuclear bombs are controlled by the German army, and Lin Youde cannot do it. "General, according to the reliable information we have, Lin Youde still has unassembled nuclear bomb components and enough weapons-grade plutonium. Because they are not assembled, they are not considered weapons. The German government and the Wehrmacht There is no way. He can assemble it at any time and use his rockets to launch it into the Persian Gulf. We cannot put our fleet and soldiers in danger. "In this era, we still have relatively few nuclear weapons. The ability to directly blow the earth back to the Stone Age, so the use of nuclear weapons in this era has always been regarded as an option. In another time and space, this situation did not change until the 1960s. At that time, scientists discovered that although nuclear weapons could not directly blow the earth back to the Stone Age, manufacturing and nuclear winter could already cause huge and indelible harm to mankind. , enough to destroy most civilizations. So the use of nuclear bombs began to be regarded as the last option, and the governments of major powers no longer seriously considered the use of nuclear bombs as an alternative. The first time a U.S. president in another time and space seriously considered using nuclear weapons was when Kennedy decided to use bombers to drop nuclear bombs to attack the Lop Nur nuclear weapons test site on the eve of China's nuclear explosion. This crazy idea frightened many people in the United States. So after these people discovered clues that the radical anti-Kennedy elements planned to assassinate Kennedy, they chose to sit on the sidelines and did nothing. Then Kennedy was assassinated before issuing the bombing order. The printed order was not signed and was not executed. After this, the President of the United States never really seriously considered using nuclear weapons. This is also the inevitable result of the late stage of the Cold War. During this period, the nuclear war strategies of various countries were completely different from those in the early Cold War. In the early days, everyone was seriously considering how to use nuclear weapons in war. For example, the Soviet Union¡¯s early idea of ??using nuclear weapons was to clear the ground with nuclear bombs before the armored corps attacked, opening the way for the armored corps. France¡¯s approach to the use of nuclear weapons is the opposite. The French are prepared to use nuclear bombs to cleanse West Germany after the Soviet army begins its offensive, and wipe out the Soviet troops that broke into West Germany, the defending West German troops and the US military. The United Kingdom seriously planned to use nuclear bombs to attack the Soviet troops in France after France was occupied But in the late Cold War, everyone's nuclear weapons use strategies were all based on one criterion. This criterion is: If I am attacked To attack, we have to drag the whole world down, and we have to finish the game together. So in the late Cold War, if the United States was suddenly attacked by the Soviet Union, while fighting back against the Soviet Union, the United States would also launch nuclear bombs at China, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. The logic of this strategy is this: If the United States and the Soviet Union destroy each other¡ªwhich is almost certain¡ªthen China, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and Japan, which have not been attacked, will become the new masters of the world. The United States will definitely not allow these countries. The fisherman will benefit. The same goes for the Soviet Union. Once it is attacked by the United States, the Soviet Union will launch a nuclear counterattack against all major powers in the world. In fact, the same is true for China, which is why a considerable number of China's nuclear warheads are aimed at Russia, which seems to be an ally. Of course, China has relatively few nuclear bombs and cannot ensure the destruction of Russia and the United States at the same time, butAfter being attacked, each country will launch its own counterattack plan, and then the world will be over. Therefore, in China in another time and space, some people do not understand patriotism and claim that patriotism will lead to China being nuclear neutralized. For these people, it can only be said that they do not understand what the five hooligans are. No matter what, none of the five gangsters will be defeated, and the gangsters will keep an eye on countries that are beyond their control. You see, Iraq built a nuclear reactor, and the Israelis blew it up. The Security Council didn¡¯t even give a shit, because Saddam is dangerous and Saddam cannot be allowed to have nuclear weapons. This is the consensus of the five hooligans. After India and Pakistan developed nuclear weapons, the five gangsters did nothing. This is because both countries are under the control of gangsters. India's economy relies heavily on the United States, and Pakistan is China's best friend. Looking at North Korea again, before North Korea had nuclear weapons, China supported North Korea. After North Korea had nuclear weapons, China immediately changed its face. No matter how the two fat and three fat people came to Beijing to plead for mercy, China decisively abstained from voting when the Security Council wanted to punish North Korea. No more veto power to support the disobedient neighbor. North Korea is so miserable in the 21st century because of the nuclear bomb. In this time and space, the Cold War has just begun. As Eisenhower said, using nuclear bombs is still an option. However, I am afraid that after opening this Pandora's box, Lin Youde will also drop nuclear bombs in the Gulf. Both sides will wash the Persian Gulf into a wasteland full of radiation. It's not good for anyone. Moreover, no matter how many casualties Lin Youde suffered in the nuclear attack, he was not responsible. Those who died were all people from the Republic of Mesopotamia. Lin Youde's reputation and support in Germany would not be negatively affected in any way, or even They may make some speeches criticizing the inhumane behavior of the United States to continue to gain sympathy; on the American side, the Americans were killed by Lin Youde's nuclear counterattack. It would be fine if Lin Youde used the nuclear bomb first. If the United States dropped the nuclear bomb first, it would be attacked by nuclear weapons later. Any Americans who die after the counterattack will be blamed on the government. MacArthur will not have to bear this anger then, but Eisenhower will definitely lose the next election because of this anger. Eisenhower had no intention of ruining his chances of re-election. "In addition to using nuclear bombs, do you have any other suggestions?" After Eisenhower finished speaking, everyone present had a solemn expression. Even Special Advisor Charlotte, who usually had a strong desire to speak, remained silent. The situation facing the United States now is very delicate. Xinmyeong is conducting large-scale military exercises in the Northeast region north of the Korean Peninsula. More than 1.5 million troops have gathered in the Northeast in the name of exercises. It seems that they may go south to unify the Korean Peninsula at any time. , the United States had to increase its military presence on the Korean Peninsula. In Europe, the Alliance for Human Innovation is conducting a maritime military exercise codenamed Ocean Storm. The German Navy has taken out the bottom-of-box ships that were completed after the war, and is having fun in the North Sea with the French Navy and the Italian Navy, which is sailing away from the Mediterranean. The United States suddenly discovered that because many aircraft carriers were injured in the Persian Gulf, it now had no aircraft carriers to monitor this military exercise. It could only quickly let the aircraft carriers undergoing maintenance in the dock end their maintenance ahead of schedule and go to the North Sea to defend the United Kingdom. Lin Youde¡¯s intention could not be more obvious, which is to distract you, the United States, and the rest of the world from fighting the Persian Gulf War. "We must maintain military strength on the Korean Peninsula and in the United Kingdom," Defense Secretary Johnson said. "The combat power sent to the Persian Gulf is destined not to be too much. Unless we can further call up reserves." "If we call up reserves further, it may be domestic. There will be more complaints,¡± someone at the conference table immediately objected. Reservists are all young and middle-aged workers, and the recruitment of reservists may affect domestic production. In the United States today, the post-war baby boom generation is still a baby, and the demographic dividend period is far from coming. On the contrary, because of the post-war baby boom, Most American families have multiple children to raise, and if a male member of the family is drafted into the military, that could cause problems for the entire family. Now? During World War II, every factory accepted a large number of female workers. Today's American society is just like another time and space. After the war, it quickly restored its pre-war attitude towards women. The jobs that women can find and the wages they can get The gap with men is quite huge. Therefore, recruiting men away from families with many children to raise will definitely breed huge dissatisfaction. Even with her husband¡¯s salary in the army, this dissatisfaction will definitely continue to accumulate. Eisenhower certainly didn¡¯t want to see this happen. Charlotte, who will definitely run in the next election, is sitting at the conference table. She definitely hopes that the Eisenhower government¡¯s evaluation will be lowered, and the more dissatisfaction the people have, the better. "No," Eisenhower finally shook his head and said, "We cannot expand the scale of recruiting reserves. The next batch of reserves to be recruited into the army will remain the same as 100,000 people." "But the casualties on the front line are very large," Bradley With a look of embarrassment, "The death toll has risen to 50,000, and there are more than 30,000 people who are seriously injured and are not suitable to return to the battlefield. In addition, there are tens of thousands more whose injuries will not be completely improved in the next three months. We are now There is a shortage of about 150,000 troops. At least increase the number of conscripts to 150,000, Mr. President. " Eisenhower took a deep breath. "Okay, 150,000, no more."