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Chapter 1631 Goodbye, Big Brother (Third update, please subscribe)
The road is long, and the way home is even longer!
Along with the military coup, the army in Jakarta split. Some left-wing officers led their troops into the mountains and rainforests. They will continue to fight in the mountains and rainforests. As for the right-wing officers, they directly purged some of them.

But they cannot purge everyone, such as Soviet military advisers. In the past decade or so, in order to support Jakarta, the Soviet Union has sent tens of thousands of military advisers to Jakarta. This is also the reason why the SEA will eventually resolve Jakarta.

Although the two sides reached a verbal agreement that year and Khrushchev promised not to set up a military base in Jakarta, who could tolerate tens of thousands of military advisers? Those advisers were called advisers, but in fact, there was basically no difference between them and the stationed troops.

The reason why it was delayed for a month, in addition to the mobilization and preparation of the troops, was simply due to the problem of Soviet advisers.

Should we fight if we encounter the Soviet army?
What will happen when you grow up?
That's a problem.

The collision of the Light Horse immediately exposed Moscow's exterior strength but interior weakness. While the two sides were engaged in a war of words over the collision, Soviet advisers began to withdraw from various locations to three naval and air force bases.

In other words, the Soviet Union abandoned Jakarta.

Since you know that something cannot be done, there is no need to try again.

So, as SEA was advancing at a rapid pace, the Soviet Union began to use their transport planes to evacuate its soldiers.

Of course, in Moscow's official propaganda, this was not a retreat, but a victory - they had completed their mission to assist Jakarta, and now it was time to return to their homeland in triumph.

Well, the Soviet Union won anyway.

"I never thought we would leave here like this."

At the airport, when the An-12 transport plane landed, Lieutenant Colonel Ivan looked around helplessly. Like many Soviet officers and soldiers, he came here as a consultant.

They once thought that their arrival could help the country get rid of the invasion of imperialism, but what about now?
"It's not leaving, it's being driven away."

Major Sergei said:
"If we don't leave, then what we will face next is very likely... being driven away by them, like a lost dog."

When saying this, Sergei's tone was full of anger.

"We should have fought them to the end instead of running away like this."

Escape!
No matter how this victory was promoted in the official propaganda context, for the Soviet officers and soldiers at the forefront, they knew very well why they were leaving here.

"Fight them to the end?"

Lieutenant Colonel Ivan sighed helplessly, and then said:

"And then we have a nuclear war with them? Bomb each other with atomic bombs?"

As he spoke he took a puff of his cigarette and said:
"Although I don't want to leave here, but... maybe this is the last choice."

The lieutenant colonel's words made Sergei silent for a while. Just as the two of them were silent, someone said:
"Hey, what are you talking about? Hurry up and load all your stuff onto the plane."

Sergei, who was still indignant, suddenly remembered that there was something more important. He quickly pressed the box beside him and said:
"Lieutenant Colonel, have you brought all your things?"

"I brought everything, a washing machine and a refrigerator."

Washing machines, refrigerators... For the officers, these things were their trophies. Not only them, but other Soviet soldiers as well. Even the most ordinary Soviet soldiers would bring a few walkmans or tape recorders.

As for the things that the officers carried, they had a wide variety of things. But their favorite was the washing machine. After all, compared to the washing machines that the Soviet Union had to queue up for several years to buy, these SEA washing machines were not only of high quality, but also cheaper.

Of course, what’s better is their televisions, especially the color ones that don’t explode like Soviet color TVs.

Of course the most important thing is – no need to queue.

In the Soviet Union, you need to queue up to buy anything, except for subbotniks on Saturdays.

But here, even in Jakarta, there is no need to queue up for all kinds of goods, and most of the home appliances here are produced in SEA. Although they are full of hostility towards that country, it does not prevent them from using electronic products there.

Refrigerators, televisions, washing machines and all kinds of household appliances can be bought here as long as you have money.

As military officers stationed abroad, their monthly subsidies alone amount to dozens of rubles, which is equivalent to dozens of US dollars!
So, almost everyone here would buy various household appliances and then send them back to the Soviet Union by military mail.

Now even if they are about to leave here, they will take some household appliances with them.

After a transport plane landed, the officers and soldiers immediately rushed forward to load household appliances such as refrigerators, color TVs and washing machines onto the plane, and would rather stand there to make room for the goods.

After all, as long as they returned to the Soviet Union, these things would not only greatly improve their lives, but they would also be hot commodities on the black market.

For many people, retreat is not necessarily a bad thing.

In this way, while the big brothers left on transport planes or merchant ships with the harvest of aiding their foreign brothers, the armed forces of SEA also quickly advanced towards Jakarta.

The road to Jakarta was filled with troops advancing in triumph.

There was almost no resistance along the way, but there were still many left-wing officers and soldiers who did not obey Suharto's orders and stayed in the barracks waiting for further instructions.

Instead, he hid in the mountains and the rain forest.

They will protect the country in their own way - by repelling foreign invaders.

Just like when they repelled the Dutch. However, all of this had nothing to do with Li Yixuan now.

Because he illegally harbored journalists in the military camp, he was put in solitary confinement and even had to be investigated by the military court.

The investigation was extremely rigorous, and even the head of the Warlord Department said:

"It wasn't a big deal, but the brigade commander was pissed off, and even the generals in the Ministry of Defense were pissed off," he said.

As the head of the military court, Cheng Dingyuan was also helpless. He took the initiative to take a cigarette from the cigarette box and handed it to the young man in front of him.

"Warrant Officer Lee, do you know why they are so angry?"

"Well... because this violates military discipline. According to military discipline, only journalists with permission can accompany the military for interviews."

Li Yixuan thought for a moment, then said:

"In fact, during frontline interviews, reporters should try to avoid direct contact with the battlefield. I once heard the instructor mention this when I was in the Officer Reserve Corps."

"Correct."

Cheng Dingyuan nodded and said:

"One of the most fundamental reasons for preventing journalists from having direct contact with the battlefield is to prevent them from understanding the cruelty of the battlefield and showing the cruelest side of the battlefield to the rear.

Especially in this day and age, when every household has a television, if they saw the real side of the battlefield through the cameras of journalists, how many people do you think would still be willing to go to the battlefield?"

Facing the question from the chief of the military court, Li Yixuan was silent for a while. What he didn't know was that during the war, a comprehensive news control was implemented, especially restricting journalists' right to interview on the battlefield.

The reason why they need to limit their interviews on the front line is because of previous lessons.

During the Vietnam War, the US military believed that journalists should conduct all kinds of direct interviews on the battlefield. There was absolutely no control.

As a result, they forgot that times had changed, and they still thought it was like World War II. The photos taken with cameras had to wait for several hours before one or two were carefully selected to appear in the newspapers, and the pictures taken with movie cameras had to wait for several months before they could meet the audience.

Unexpectedly, times have changed and technology has advanced.

The Vietnam War was presented to Americans in a very special way. The cruelest side of the war was truly displayed to Americans in the most intuitive way.

The reason is actually very simple. If people see victory first and then sacrifice, they will feel that sacrifice is justified and worth it.

But if people see the sacrifice first and then the victory, then they will feel that the price of victory is too high.

The problem is that during the Vietnam War, thanks to technological advances, what the American people saw was failure.

What they saw was American soldiers being killed and wounded in the rainforest. The most real and cruel side of war was right in front of them.

When victory is not in sight, all the sacrifices are insignificant.

This is also the most profound experience that the Vietnam War has brought to the world: you can lose or win, but you must never expose the cruelest side of war to the world.

It was for this reason that Li Yixuan fundamentally denied a possibility at the very beginning, which was to absolutely prohibit reporters from directly interviewing and broadcasting on the battlefield.

The reason is to protect those people's fragile hearts, so that they don't have to face the cruel battlefield, and then reflect on themselves, and then fall into a vicious circle of self-doubt.

This is not alarmist, but real. For example, the ongoing Vietnam War is such a case.

Thanks to technological advances, the Vietnam War was the first war in human history to be broadcast live. The American people were too soft-hearted to accept some of the cruel scenes, which led to large-scale anti-war demonstrations and a rift in American society.

Ultimately, the United States lost the war amid this division.

It is precisely because he understands the impact of live TV broadcasts on war that Li Yian has formulated detailed regulations for war coverage to prevent reporters from directly entering the battlefield and presenting the most real and cruel side of the battlefield to the public, thereby affecting the public's confidence and ultimately leading to the public's opposition to the war.

In fact, this is human nature. People can accept the glory of victory, but cannot accept the price paid for war.

Therefore, the simplest way is to prevent them from contacting it, so that they can only see the victory of the war without having to see the cruelest side of the war.

Now, Li Yixuan's behavior is undoubtedly in violation of military law, and the anger of all parties is naturally understandable.

"I see."

Li Yixuan nodded and said:
"I am willing to accept the punishment of military law."

"Oh, what a pity. Logically speaking, this matter is not a big deal. Basically, we can handle it internally. At most, we can just give them a few scoldings.

But you know, the leaders at all levels are very angry. They are not angry about you, but about this incident. They are worried that others will follow suit in the future, so they want to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys. "

Kill the chicken and show it to the monkey.

Li Yixuan naturally understood this truth, but he never thought that one day he would become the chicken that was killed...

(End of this chapter)