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Chapter 1780 The Frightened American Emperor (Third update, please subscribe)
Suddenly!

On September 9, 13 days after the Libyan military coup, just when Washington, London, Paris, Rome and other places had decided to recognize the new Libyan regime, a dazzling attack changed everything.

At 10 a.m., along with the speech of Libyan King Idris I, the electronic interference ended, and the embassies of various countries in Tripoli finally resumed contact with their home countries. They immediately reported the news of SEA's interference in the Libyan coup back to their home countries.

At this time, just as ambassadors of various countries contacted their countries, at the Wheelers Air Force Base east of Tripoli, the US military finally relaxed from the tension. This was the US military base in Libya. The base was the largest US military base in Africa at the time and was the center for the United States to monitor the Soviet Union's activities in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.

Amid the electronic interference, the US troops here were extremely panicked - starting at 2 a.m., the US troops at the base found that their radars had become blind and their radios had become deaf, and they knew it was electronic interference.

But what made them panic was that they had completely lost contact with the outside world. The radio communication officers here racked their brains but could not get in touch with the outside world and could not figure out what was going on.

Hundreds of U.S. military planes were just lying there at the air force base—because the radar was unusable, they didn't even take off.

At the same time, military mobilization was carried out in the entire base. For a moment, General Whitney, the commander of the base, even thought that a war had broken out.

As the base commander, he instinctively ordered the base to enter a state of combat readiness.

But what about Washington?

They lost contact with Washington, or rather, they lost contact with the outside world.

Just as everyone was waiting nervously, a car drove into the air force base. In the car sat Mu Changyong, the military attaché of the SEA representative office in Libya.

Mu Changyong then informed General Whitney in his office about the military operation carried out at the invitation of the King of Libya.

After learning the news, the first thing General Whitney felt was not anger, but fear.

Because... they became blind and deaf.

Although General Whitney stated that they had no intention of interfering with the king's actions, in the next few hours, the general and the technical officers in the base worked together to study how to break the electronic interference and gain contact with the outside world, but they found that everything was in vain.

"They are at least five years ahead of us in electronic warfare technology."

Faced with such a result, General Whitney felt terrified, because the capabilities demonstrated by the Allies were far beyond his imagination.

It was not until the electronic interference was lifted that Wheelos Air Force Base finally resumed contact with Washington, and they immediately reported everything that happened here to the Pentagon.

In particular, the overwhelming electronic warfare capabilities demonstrated by SEA were summarized in an extremely exaggerated language.

"Under their electronic interference, we became blind and deaf, and our fighter jets were lying on the runway. Although their target was not us, it is foreseeable that under this kind of electronic attack, the traditional air force would be vulnerable and could even become a target."

The Pentagon remained silent in the face of General Whitney's report.

Over the past decade or so, SEAs have taught the Pentagon lessons in military tactics and technology time and again.

And what about them?

In many cases, they still stubbornly choose tradition because some officers believe that their tactical theories are not suitable for large-scale wars.

“It is only suitable for local conflicts in the region.”

This is the conclusion reached by Pentagon officers who experienced World War II and the Korean War.

It is normal for them to come to this conclusion. After all, it has only been more than 20 years since the steel torrent of World War II ended, and those who have experienced the war will naturally be influenced by traditional cognition.

Therefore, in their view, although SEAs have made a lot of breakthroughs in military technology, their tactics are only suitable for bullying the weak and are not suitable for large-scale wars.

It was particularly unsuitable for fighting a behemoth like the Soviet Union. After all, the Soviet Union had millions of troops and tens of thousands of tanks.

Their style of fighting might gain them a certain advantage on a local battlefield, but facing a large-scale battle involving millions of troops, their technological equipment would not be of much use.

Because the quantity is limited and because the price is expensive.

So it's worth learning some of it, but that's about it.

But now in Libya, they finally felt what modern warfare is for the first time, and finally understood why these countries, from Siam to Iraq, and then to Jakarta, were always in a passive position when facing attacks.

"A deaf and blind man cannot knock down a strong man."

In his office in the Pentagon, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General, put down the report sent by General Whitney and said:

"In war, when the enemy becomes deaf and blind, this strong man can trample on him at will, just like now..."

The general frowned, then said:

"Now, they are doing the same thing in Libya. They can even unscrupulously use transport planes to airlift tens of thousands of troops to Libya. They can attack every part of Libya at will, and the Libyans have no room to fight back. This is war."

The voice faltered slightly, and then he added:
“This is their modern warfare.”

"General, we can use this tactic of theirs in Vietnam." "In Vietnam? Can we bomb Hanoi? Can we bomb the airports along the border? No, we can't even impose an embargo on them.

In this case, what's the point of us electronically suppressing them?"

The general who was speaking sighed in a rather helpless tone:
"That's the biggest difference between them and us. When a war breaks out, their army will go all out. They will do whatever it takes to win the war, but what about us?"

For a moment, the conference room fell into silence. They all knew that their hands were tied in Vietnam. Because their hands were tied, they had no way to win the war, and this war was doomed to fail.

Not because they lost the war, but because the White House needed to end it.

"Well. At least we saw a new way of war, which is worth learning."

The general smiled and said:

"And fortunately, this tactic was invented by our friends. We should learn from them and exchange technology with them in this area."

The general thought for a moment, then said:

"Tell Whitney to stay calm and be careful not to clash with their troops. Then, have more contact and learn as much as possible about how they carried out this operation."

After a brief pause, the general added:
"Tell them we don't object to their actions there, but they have to protect American interests."

"General, if you reply to them like this, the White House will be very unhappy. After all, this is a political matter."

In response to his colleague's reminder, the general smiled and said.

"As for the political impact, go to the White House to consider it. We only need to consider the war."

Meanwhile, in the White House, Nixon had a serious expression on his face as he listened to the Secretary of State's report. It took him a long while before he spoke.

"So they took over all of Libya in just a few hours today, right?"

"Yes, Mr. President, now the whole of Libya is under their control. According to our intelligence, the group that launched the military coup has died in the fighting, and now the king's rule has been restored."

As Secretary of State, his expression and tone were full of bitterness when he said this. Just a dozen days ago, he sent a signal to journalists - the United States did not oppose regime change in Libya.

And he also pointedly refused to provide assistance to the overthrown king.

In other words, the United States directly abandoned the king, but at this time, SEA still chose to support the king.

Then they launched this military operation.

"Of course their oil interests have been protected. Just three days ago, Gaddafi wanted to nationalize their oil fields. What about now?"

The Secretary of State said with a long sigh of helplessness.

"We warned that guy that the opponent he was facing was different. But he didn't pay any attention to our warnings."

This is the price of not heeding warnings.

In just a few hours, the once arrogant and young coup maker was buried in history.

"Yeah, I think everyone will understand SEA's stubbornness from now on!"

After saying this, Nixon breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"On the bright side, at least this incident did not tie up their energy too much. In this way, we can tell them that we can understand their actions in Libya, but remind them that they must pay attention to the interests of the allies in North Africa!"

"Yes, Mr. President."

As Secretary of State, he once discussed with the President the US position on SEA's military action in North Africa, which was neither supportive nor opposed.

To some extent, the rapid economic development of SEA in the past few years has made the United States aware of a certain threat. In the eyes of some politicians in Washington, SEA will be able to challenge the United States in the next 20 years, so the United States must be prepared in advance.

In this case, it is beneficial for the United States to have some disagreements with European countries. And this time, their reckless behavior is simply too beneficial for the United States, not just because their behavior offended European countries.

More importantly, no one in Washington likes France or Charles de Gaulle. After all, France's swings over the past decade or so have been a source of resentment among Americans.

The military action launched by the SEAs was tantamount to giving France a resounding slap in the face.

Nixon and others were naturally happy to see this happen.

"do you know?"

Nixon looked off into the distance and said:
"I think the people who are reacting most strongly right now are not us, but Europe, France, Paris, Rome... After all, that is North Africa."

(End of this chapter)