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Chapter 1584: Iron Fist of Justice (rd update, please subscribe)

Bottom line.

Everyone has a bottom line. Some bottom lines are flexible, while others are untouchable.

As for who is flexible.

There is no way to know, but it is known that the SEA has not yet made concessions on matters of principle.

Just like the questions asked by reporters when Zhang Haoran was facing the reporters who came to interview him at the airport.

"Were you scared when you were kidnapped?"

"I was scared, but I wasn't worried about my safety,"

Zhang Haoran replied:

"Because I have the trust that the country will do its best to the end, I believe that the authorities will do everything they can to rescue me. Maybe there will be a special forces wearing double star badges flying to rescue me, just like in the movies. I believe that when something happens overseas, saving people may only appear in the movies!"

There is trust that the country will do its best to the end. Where does this trust come from?
It is precisely as everyone knows that sea has its own bottom line.

The bottom line cannot be touched.
This has nothing to do with dignity, it is simply because protecting the safety and lives of the people is the responsibility of the state.

There is absolutely no country in this world that will give up or sacrifice this responsibility, even in the face of threats.

Even weak and small countries have their dignity, responsibilities, and things they want to protect with all their might.

It didn't even take 48 hours. After just a few hours, Thang Long Province issued a statement accusing SEA of hegemony, saying that it would never compromise and declaring that it would repel all invading enemies.

They also have things they want to defend.

This of course means that both sides have bottom lines that cannot be compromised.

On this day, in the South China Sea, dozens of F2 fighter jets roared into flight from the "Friendship" aircraft carrier, and flew directly to Tokyo Bay as a cover group.

At the same time these planes took off, the radar station near Thang Long Province also detected their movements. In the past few months, they had been resisting the bombing of the US military, so they were no strangers to the invading enemies in the air. The airports and SAM air defense missile positions in the border areas immediately sounded the alarm. MiG fighters roared into the sky, and SAM missiles pointed directly at the sky.

Just wait for the enemy planes to come in and deliver a fatal blow, just like they did to the Americans!
Just as they were using MiG fighters, SAM anti-aircraft missiles and anti-aircraft guns to form a dense network in an attempt to intercept the fleet, the fleet launched an attack in the sea south of their territorial waters - twelve F4 fighters responsible for the attack mission launched an attack on inland targets over the high seas.

These F4 fighters are not carrying ordinary bombs, but Harpoon anti-ship missiles.

This anti-ship missile is a long-range anti-ship missile that the defense equipment department has spent several years developing. The missile is 5.2 meters long, 0.45 meters in diameter, weighs 1180 kilograms, and the warhead weighs 320 kilograms.

In addition to being launched from ship-borne quadruple launch boxes, the Harpoon anti-ship missile can also be carried by F2 and F4 fighters and launched from the air. Compared with the maximum range of 120 kilometers from the sea, the air-based range is up to 160 kilometers.

It can not only attack various warships, but also targets on land. It is another sea and land strike weapon of the Navy after the Tomahawk cruise missile. And compared with the Tomahawk missile, it is relatively cheaper.

Of course, the reason the Navy chose it, in addition to price, is because of the distance. Most of the targets that need to be hit are within 160 kilometers.

Guided by radar and GPS positioning systems, 24 Harpoon anti-ship missiles flew towards multiple targets.

On that day, many facilities including ports and oil depots were hit to varying degrees.

The deadliest attack was clearly a demonstration in nature - two Tomahawk missiles directly hit a power plant and transformer outside the city of Thang Long.

After the violent explosion, the whole city fell into darkness.

……

"The fire burned for two days and two nights."

In an office on the third floor of Changan's U.S. representative office, Lieutenant Colonel Richard said as he looked at the aerial photos.

"Their airstrike on the Due Giang facility destroyed 41800 tons of fuel, which is two-thirds of the facility's total fuel reserves."

As can be seen from the photos, the oil depot was completely engulfed in flames.

"Yeah, they used one attack to achieve what we wanted to do but never could."

Major Wilson on the side said with some emotion.

Lieutenant Colonel Richard said, shrugging his shoulders helplessly.

"It's not that we can't do it, but the White House doesn't approve the Air Force to attack. So far, our Rolling Thunder operation has been implemented for 7 months, but what have we done?"

"Nothing."

As Lieutenant Colonel Richard spoke, he took a cigarette from the cigarette box, lit it, and said:
"We were supposed to launch an attack on the oil storage facilities on the day the operation began, but until now, before the SEA attack, our oil storage facilities were still operating well, and no bombs were dropped on them."

"It's not that the Air Force doesn't want to bomb, but that the White House didn't approve our actions."

"Yes, those guys in the White House asked us to use bombing to win the war, prevent Thang Long from aiding the South, and ensure that Saigon would not be destroyed.

And on the other side? Our hands were tied again. Every plan and every target had to be reported to the White House first, and only after approval by the White House could we carry out the bombing in real time.

My God, when did the Oval Office become the Air Force Staff? When did President Johnson become the military staff?

"Military advisor? Is he qualified?"

Major Wilson said in a sarcastic tone:
"From the time Operation Rolling Thunder was launched on March 3, what was his plan? Not only did he not allow us to engage in a large-scale attack, but he even initially targeted small military supply points and some small naval bases for bombing, and later expanded it to bridges, industrial facilities, power plants, supply bases, oil depots and some military facilities.

Not only that, Johnson also specified some areas where bombing was prohibited, such as areas near the northern border, as well as large cities and densely populated areas such as Thang Long and Hai Phong. After seeing our true face as a paper tiger, they moved their military equipment, material bases and industrial facilities to these areas where bombing was prohibited. Later, they even moved their air defense weapons to these areas. Now they can attack us American devils without worrying about their retaliation. "

As officers, Wilson and others could not conceal the sarcasm in their tone when they mentioned Johnson's actions, and even directly used the term "American devils" to describe themselves.

Johnson had two ideas in mind when he stipulated these: one was not to cause a large number of civilian casualties, and the other was not to bomb the Soviet Union's advisers to avoid triggering World War III. However, he did not expect those people to be so "cunning" and actually took advantage of this.

When these two officers mentioned the most absurd aspect of this war, they even said in an extremely angry tone:

"The way they are conducting the war, we will never be able to win the final victory in this war."

"Yes, in fact, as Barry Goldwater said last year, either go all in or get out of Saigon. Those guys in the White House are just plain stupid."

After Lieutenant Colonel Richard finished speaking, Wilson expressed his agreement and said with emotion:
"That's bullshit, Lieutenant Colonel, I regret it now!"

"what?"

"I should have voted for Goldwater instead of Johnson. We can't win this war with guys like them!"

"Yes,"

Lieutenant Colonel Richard took a deep puff of his cigarette, then he looked at the photos. These photos were not taken by US military reconnaissance planes, but by SEA's "Ghost" high-altitude reconnaissance planes, which were used to evaluate the results of the bombing.

As part of the intelligence sharing plan between the two sides, they sent a copy of the photos to this side. Now, looking at these photos, Lieutenant Colonel Richard was more moved.

"In fact, we should fight like them. Either don't fight, or go all out, just like them. Even if it's just to get an explanation, we will attack the most fatal weakness."

Richard held a cigarette in his mouth, looked at the targets marked on the photos and maps, and continued:

"Oil storage facilities, radar stations, plus power plants and substations. These targets they attacked were all very strategically valuable, and they were all places that the White House did not allow us to bomb.

Those guys will definitely feel bad after these places are destroyed.”

"It's more than just heartache. Didn't you see how angry they were? They accused SEA of violating their sovereignty by bombing without reason."

Before Major Wilson finished speaking, Lieutenant Colonel Richard burst into laughter and said:
“What’s the point? As their representative said – ‘You can’t just wait until you’re attacked by a tomahawk before you remember that sovereignty is inviolable!’ They don’t have that many scruples.”

While expressing his feelings, Richard said in an extremely helpless tone:

"It's a pity that they only carried out this one strike. If they also joined Operation Rolling Thunder, I dare say that within half a year at most, Thang Long Prefecture would definitely surrender!"

Wilson nodded in agreement and said:

"Yes, they don't care about the Russians or the war!"

"It's a pity that they only participated this time."

Seeing the lieutenant colonel's regretful look, Major Wilson thought for a moment and said:
"There is still a chance. If Thang Long Prefecture chooses to retaliate, such as ordering the guerrillas in the south to attack and kidnap those sea people, perhaps the relationship between them will become further tense. At that time, in order to protect themselves, they are likely to join us, and we will bomb those monkeys together."

Listening to Major Wilson's imagination, Lieutenant Colonel Richard laughed:
"Haha, you are simply dreaming. After this bombing, those monkeys will definitely understand that these guys and the French are different from us. If we provoke them, they will definitely retaliate. Although those monkeys are skinny, they are definitely not fools!"

After thinking for a while, Lieutenant Colonel Richard added:
“I dare say that they will definitely order the man next, absolutely not to kidnap or harm SEA people under any circumstances.

No matter how tough their words are, their bodies are honest!"

"It would be a shame if those monkeys really didn't have the guts to retaliate."

Major Wilson said with regret:

"I thought we were going to have a very strong partner, at least one that would fight the war the way it's being fought, without having their hands tied by the White House."

Richard expressed his deep regret for Wilson:
"Yes, but I have not thought of another possibility, which is that the reason why they are unwilling to participate is that they do not want to have their hands tied by the White House."

As soldiers, there are some things they understand very well, and they know very well what the price will be if their hands and feet are tied in war, but they have to accept such constraints because they have no say in the conduct of the war.

In this case, they can even understand why some allies are unwilling to wade into this muddy water. After all, no one wants to fight a war with their hands and feet tied.

"Although they cannot join this war and become our helpers, at least their bombing has given the Yankees a profound lesson, telling them what we can do."

Richard nodded and said,
"We can do what they can do in the future, as long as we loosen our hands and feet..."

(End of this chapter)