Siheyuan: I eat melons while doing scientific research

Chapter 1166 Ahead of Time

This matter is over and done with. For Gao Zhendong, he estimated that with Pharaoh's capabilities, the general trend might not change much. Even the starting time of the Six-Day War would not change. After all, the Six-Day War was not initiated by Pharaoh to some extent, but was betrayed by his teammates.

Gao Zhendong believes that his butterfly wings are not powerful enough to change the trend of other countries. The fact that Citibank's brain-opening incident reappeared in exactly the same form as in the previous life is very telling.

He just wanted to cause a little trouble there, to show off his abilities to some extent.

As for reaching our hands in, it is estimated that we will not be able to do so within a few decades.

But what Gao Zhendong didn't expect was that some things might not change, but at least in front of him, some things have really changed.

When he read a report about North Bay in the Daily News on a morning in mid-December, he looked at the calendar on the wall with some surprise and disbelief.

That’s right, it was December 1963, so this should have happened in about 12 months.

Although the details are different, the overall situation is exactly the same as the Beihai Bay incident that Gao Zhendong knew in his previous life.

Gao Zhendong was somewhat suspicious whether a similar incident had occurred in Beihai Bay before the Beihai Bay incident, but he thought about it for a long time and realized that it had not happened. As a veteran military fan, he could not forget something of this level.

And most importantly, leaving aside the indirect results, the direct result of this incident in the newspaper is much more serious than the Beihai Bay incident that Gao Zhendong knows. If this incident happened in his previous life, it would definitely be something that is equally worth writing about, and he couldn't have been unaware of it.

Could it be that the North Bay incident really happened ahead of schedule?

Although theoretically, the North Bay incident was the result of a series of "coincidences" and it was impossible for even the coincidences to happen in advance, Gao Zhendong actually knew that the so-called "coincidence" in this matter was something that the Citigroup guys could come up with as long as they wanted to. It was just an excuse, and those who understand will understand.

The original North Bay incident was divided into two stages, half true and half false.

The first stage was on August 8 of the next year, when the American destroyers entered the territorial waters of North Jiaozhi in the North Bay and were then driven away by North Jiaozhi's torpedo boats. The American destroyers opened fire and sank one of the other torpedo boats and damaged two.

This matter is true.

Then on August 8, the ship reported being attacked by a torpedo boat from North Jiaozhi in the North Bay and opened fire again. Citibank then used this as an excuse to fully intervene in the Jiaozhi War.

But the incident on August 8 was false. There were no torpedo boats from North Jiaozhi there at all.

The biggest difference between this incident and the North Bay incident that happened in Gao Zhendong's previous life in August next year is that in this incident, the Citigroup's ship also sank! It was in the first stage of the incident. Of course, it is hard to say whether there will be a second stage now.

Gao Zhendong read the report, which described the situation very clearly.

The previous situation was basically the same. The Citi destroyer entered the territorial waters of North Jiaozhi and was driven away by two torpedo boats. The Citi destroyers opened fire and sank one of them.

Then things changed. Two flying swords attacked from the sky and sank the American destroyer on the spot!

As for where these two missiles came from, according to Jiaozhi, they were new weapons that had just been received from their brother in the north.

It is indeed new. It only took a few years for this thing to be successfully copied, but then become unpopular and be donated out.

But the Americans didn't know about this, and they drove in with a cannon and torpedo destroyer.

It has to be said that if history had not changed, this artillery destroyer would have had the upper hand when facing the two torpedo boats, but the missile boat behind it dealt a fatal blow to the destroyer.

It all happened when an F-8 Crusader fighter jet from the Citigroup aircraft carrier arrived.

Gao Zhendong stared at the report in amazement, thinking that something big was about to happen.

This matter did not cause much trouble for us, but some comrades in the army were quite regretful that the first kill of the Citigroup ship was taken away by Comrade Jiaozhi.

But at this time, there was an uproar within Citi.

"Our ship was sunk! Hundreds of boys from various states died! We must take revenge!" A Citigroup general in a naval uniform said viciously at the joint meeting.

"There are more boys missing from our Air Force and Marines and Special Forces, calm down."

"But your men were killed in an active action, while we were provoked!" The navy officer was still angry. "The question is, why did that destroyer appear in someone else's territorial waters?" Although the Citigroup commander took over halfway, he was not stupid.

"We are going to carry out a hydrological scientific research mission, and my commander-in-chief, the territorial waters we recognize are 3 nautical miles, not 12 nautical miles. In our opinion, that place is not the other side's territorial waters." The naval general was playing dumb. The Americans have never signed the Convention on the Law of the Sea, and relying on their navy, the territorial waters they recognize are theoretically 3 nautical miles.

"Since when have naval combat ships been required to carry out this kind of scientific research operations? My sir, I need an answer." The commander frowned.

"I do not know."

"You do not know?"

"Yes, we are commissioned by the Langley Center to carry out this mission. You can ask the Langley Center about the specific purpose of the mission." The naval general spread his hands and said whatever he wanted.

"What's your explanation for this?"

The people at the Langley Center were not panicked at all: "It is our mission to collect all kinds of intelligence, including hydrological intelligence. And that country is at war with us, so this is normal. As for yesterday's incident, it was a complete accident."

The Citigroup leader looked at them deeply, but as a leader who changed his career, he could only do so much. It could even be said that this matter was not a bad thing for him, after all, it was he who made the decision to fully intervene in the Jiaozhi War. In theory, the decryption was later revealed because he was deceived by the small group of people who fabricated the North Bay incident, but who knows in reality.

The one with the most creative idea wanted to withdraw from Jiaozhi, and then nothing happened.

"Gentlemen, the most urgent task is not to find out why our destroyer is there, but what should we do after our destroyer sinks there?" This person is in charge of diplomacy and can be considered the head of Citi's diplomatic department.

"I think we should increase our involvement in Jiaozhi affairs. We have already experienced a failure on the peninsula. If we experience another inconclusive war, our threat compared to the White Bear will be greatly weakened. At the same time, the Crystal Blue Bay there is very important to us." Some people are very straightforward. Here they are all their own people, so they can admit failure, but outside, they must be tough.

Many people nodded, for various reasons, but the core reasons of many of them were probably the same.

The other one shook his head: "Since you mentioned that failure, have you ever considered that Jiaozhi still borders the Orientals, and they are on the same road. Will the result of the war more than ten years ago be repeated?"

Speaking of this, even the most radical people will calm down a little.

They are not afraid that their young people will die or be injured for things that have nothing to do with their country, but they are afraid that they will not be able to gain enough benefits.

"Sir, if I remember correctly, they drew a line more than ten years ago, but our critic crossed it with a corncob pipe in his mouth."

"What do you mean?" The Citigroup Army guy looked like his lungs were stabbed.

"No, no, no, don't get me wrong. What I mean is that we won't cross the line they drew this time. Orientals are trustworthy, provided we don't provoke them."

Most people, including the commander, fell into deep thought, but the army jumped up and said, "Impossible! You want our children to face a country with high mountains and dense forests and strong support, and we can't even launch a ground attack on their core areas? Sir, this is not how wars should be fought. It's like tying up your own hands and feet to fight an ape!"

"I think we have the ability to support the people in South Jiaozhi to cross that line after full involvement. As long as the big guy in the north does not leave the field, I think it will not be difficult. That line is not a big problem for the plane. Or do you want to fight again there with the opponent from more than ten years ago?"

His idea was very simple. He would have the Citi people defend on the ground, attack across the line from the air, and support South Jiaozhi to attack northward. It was that simple.

Theoretically, there is nothing wrong with this method, and everyone nodded.

Even if it is impossible to eliminate Northern Jiaozhi, from a strategic point of view, as long as Southern Jiaozhi is preserved, the strategic goal will be achieved.

The soldiers were all nodding. It was obvious that the second half of the other party's words convinced them. Compared to fighting with the Northern Jiaozhi army, the big guy was the most terrifying.

But everyone tacitly agreed not to mention another solution - maintain the current status and intensity of intervention and don't step into that cesspool.

What happened next was nothing more than a formality, with television speeches, congressional approval, and so on. The process was so skillful that it seemed as if everyone had been waiting for this moment and had rehearsed it countless times.

They didn't even have to wait for the second stage that Gao Zhendong knew about. What was the second stage? Wasn't it enough that the ship had sunk?
Looking at the report in the newspaper "Citibank launched a large-scale bombing and brazenly intervened in Jiaozhi affairs", Gao Zhendong smiled and shook his head. What was coming had finally come, but not to us, but to Citibank and Jiaozhi.

Gao Zhendong felt it was an easy task, but for North Jiaozhi, it was not easy at all. On the day when Citi announced the matter, a large fleet of more than 60 aircraft crossed the North-South dividing line and carried out large-scale bombing on important targets in North Jiaozhi.

At this time, the North Bay area becomes important.

(End of this chapter)