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　Unless the U.S. Imperial Army can show its might and wipe out the Viet Cong, or at least squeeze them back into the small territory of North Vietnam.

　But this is obviously a very slim hope.

　"In fact, after the fall of Bangkok, it was already doubtful whether the Thai battlefield could be stabilized."

　Phiri told Dr. Kissinger, “Especially now that the King of Thailand has disappeared.”

　Generally speaking, a country's capital is often the country's political and economic center. However, powerful countries usually have many first-class cities in addition to the capital, forming a pattern of many stars surrounding the moon or a hundred flowers competing for glory.

　However, in Thailand, only the capital Bangkok can stand out. This city accounts for 40% of Thailand's total economy!

　What does this mean? In 21st-century China, the four first-tier cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen combined account for just over 10% of China's economy. Meanwhile, Bangkok alone accounts for 40% of Thailand's economy—in other words, any power that captures Bangkok is invincible in Thailand.

　The second largest city in Thailand is Chiang Mai, located in the Golden Triangle in northern Thailand. People who have been there say that it is just a small county town, at most only one-tenth the size of Bangkok: Come to think of it, what kind of big city can there be in the deep mountains and dense forests of the Golden Triangle?

　Therefore, Bangkok is to Thailand what Paris is to France and Constantinople is to the Byzantine Empire.

　As we all know, once Constantinople was lost, there would be nothing left of the Byzantine Empire.

　Today, red flags have been raised in Bangkok, the king is nowhere to be found, and eastern Thailand has been virtually riddled with problems by the communists.

　In the west of Thailand, Vang Pao's Miao soldiers occupied the territory in the north, while the Muslims of Pattani rose up for independence in the south.

　No matter how you look at it, the Kingdom of Thailand looks like it’s about to end!

　"Hasn't General Westmoreland already sent the 1st Marine Division to counterattack Bangkok? General Abrams should also find a way to gather some more troops to be deployed to the Thai battlefield. As long as Bangkok is recaptured by then, there should still be hope of turning the situation in Thailand around, right?" said Dr. Kissinger.

　"I have no doubt that our army will be able to retake Bangkok, but the problem is, given our firepower and the Communists' tenacity, even if we do recapture Bangkok, it will likely be reduced to rubble. And even if we establish a pro-American government in Thailand, or even find the missing King Rama IX, can they still rule the entire country with just a pile of ruins?"

　Fili spread his hands. "Even if Bangkok can be recaptured, Thailand is destined to become the South Vietnam of the past. And our army is destined to fight a Vietnam War that is several times larger in scale! I wonder how many more soldiers Secretary of Defense McLamara will have to recruit from the country to fill this gap?"

　I've estimated that even if we recruit another million soldiers, it might not be enough! The battlefield here is even larger than the Pacific War!"

　"But even so, my guess is that President Johnson would still have rushed headfirst into the quagmire."

　Dr. Kissinger was silent for a long time, then sighed and shook his head. "He has no other way to go!"

　Sure enough, in the evening of the next day, Ferry and Dr. Kissinger heard President Johnson’s latest speech to Congress on the radio. The theme was to further expand the scale of Southeast Asian participation in the war and include all Southeast Asian countries except Myanmar into the US military’s combat range!

　Listening to President Johnson's solemn declaration: "We will fight in Bangkok, we will fight in Da Nang, we will fight in Borneo, and we will fight at all costs to curb the spread of communist ideas and defend the people and dignity of the free camp..."

　Firi couldn't help but sigh: This is equivalent to expanding the Vietnam War, which has a limited combat scope, to the scale of the Pacific War in one go!

　The United States now has to fight again for the land that the Japanese Empire occupied when it launched the "Greater East Asia Holy War". No, it has to fight N times!

　The human, material and financial resources that will be consumed are truly incalculable, and it is difficult to see much direct return.

　To cope with the huge costs of the Vietnam War, President Johnson had abandoned the "Great Society" welfare program he had vowed in 1964.

　Now they want to turn the Vietnam War into the "Greater South China Sea War"

　, the US military spending is bound to continue to rise at a rocket-like speed.

　So, could it be that even the funding for the Apollo Moon Landing Project would be delayed and misappropriated because of this?

　He looked up at the moon that was quietly emerging in the twilight, and couldn't help but think so with worry.

　Author's Note: PS: Trump was assassinated! His ear was shot in half! If he hadn't turned his head just right, he would have been shot in the head! He is truly destined to be killed!

　Will the next assassination attempt involve stabbing someone in the flesh? Or blowing the entire car up 20 meters?

　Think about it, should Johnson and Nixon in this book also be assassinated? After Kennedy, will there be no more presidents with a good ending?

　Chapter 358: Ocean-going Flower Ship Yukikaze

　In the central Pacific, the famous destroyer Yukikaze, formerly of the Imperial Japanese Combined Fleet and now a CIA "special service ship"

　In the cabin that was swaying with the waves, Fili sat on the single sofa next to the porthole, flipping through a magazine he had just bought when he docked in Hawaii.

　The cover photo of the magazine was a US aircraft carrier, emitting black smoke and crookedly overturned on the shore, with a burnt American flag next to it.

　——This is the scene where the USS Card was bombed by Viet Cong commandos in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam.

　I have to say that the photographer who took this scene really has some skills.

　The destruction of a mere escort aircraft carrier was used to create an epic scene that resembled the attack on Pearl Harbor more than 20 years ago.

　The unfortunate USS Card, literally translated as "Card", was an escort aircraft carrier built during World War II with the hull number CVE-11.

　The sixth ship of the Borg-class escort carriers, it was launched in October 1941. Assigned to the Atlantic Fleet, which faced no enemies other than submarines, it performed no notable feats during World War II and was decommissioned and stored immediately after the war.

　However, in 1958, it was ordered by the Pentagon to be unsealed, but it was no longer used as an aircraft carrier, but was converted into a helicopter transport ship - because any type of jet carrier-based aircraft equipped by the US military after World War II could not take off from the escort aircraft carrier "Card" with a displacement of only 9900 tons and a flight deck of only 150 meters long, so it could only transport helicopters.

　However, its flight deck is still well preserved, and it still looks like an aircraft carrier, so outsiders also think it is an aircraft carrier.

　In March 1966 in this dimension, when the Vietnamese general Van Tien Dung was commanding his army on the western front to attack Bangkok, the Viet Cong on the eastern front took advantage of the troop shortage caused by the large-scale transfer of US troops stationed in Vietnam to the Indonesian battlefield, and launched a massive attack on the "Quang Nam Kingdom" and "Central Highlands Federation" in central Vietnam.

　Originally, the U.S. military also used the mountainous terrain to deploy defensive fortifications on the Da Dao-Phan Rang line facing "Red South Vietnam."

　Even though these fortifications were far less fortified than the Maginot Line and the 38th Parallel, and their natural terrain was not as formidable as the Hai Van Ridge that guarded Da Nang to the north, they were still enough to inflict heavy damage on the Viet Cong, who had less firepower.

　However, most of the strongest fortresses in this world were breached from within: the Cao Dai believers entrenched in Da Dao rebelled, and a considerable number of believers turned against the leader and kidnapped him, forcing the entire sect to surrender to the Viet Cong, resulting in the mountain city of Da Dao, which had a dangerous terrain, being captured by the Viet Cong without a fight.

　——Although Cao Dai’s teachings are more of a “mixture of Eastern and Western” mixture, they claim that their Cao Dai God has saved all living beings three times. The first was over 2500 years ago, initiated by the Buddhist Dipamkara Buddha, the Taoist Taishang Laojun, the Confucian Fuxi, and the Christian Moses. The second salvation was the great achievement of Sakyamuni, Laozi, Confucius, and Jesus. Cao Dai’s salvation is the third and final one, and its goal is to eliminate all religious barriers.

　But even if it has some European elements, it is ultimately a native Vietnamese religion and is not the same as the upper-class Catholics in Quang Nam.

　The reason why Cao Dai had a falling out with the Viet Cong in the past was because Cao Dai had a strong sense of independence and established its own political system and armed forces, creating a theocratic state within a state - this was not only something that the Viet Cong could not tolerate, but something that any modern country would find difficult to tolerate.

　Therefore, the Vietnamese Communist Party formed an alliance with the Cao Dai religion several times to oppose imperialist aggression, and then turned against it several times to carry out purges against the Cao Dai religion.

　This continued until 1966, when it seemed that even with the support of the Americans, they were still powerless to deal with the Viet Cong. In addition, the "Quang Nam Kingdom" which respected Catholicism and the "Tay Nguyen Federation" which was mainly composed of indigenous mountain barbarians were ultimately incompatible with the Cao Dai believers of the Kinh ethnic group.

　The Viet Cong, through a series of brilliant military victories, fully demonstrated that they were far more qualified than any other forces to rule this land.

　However, the Guangnan Kingdom went against the trend and returned the land that had been developed by the Kinh people to the barbaric indigenous people in the Western Plains Mountains.

　Therefore, many Cao Dai members who escaped from the South began to secretly collude with the Viet Cong, trying to return to their own ethnic camp.

　At the same time, under the heavy military pressure from the entire Western camp, the Vietnamese Communist Party was forced to make some adjustments to improve its united front capabilities.

　In the end, the two sides hit it off, and the Cao Dai sect turned against the enemy again, raised the red flag, and acted as the fifth column for Red South Vietnam from within.

　As a result, due to the change of ownership of Dadao City, a big hole was torn in the entire defense line against the Viet Cong and it could no longer be sealed.

　What's even more terrible is that the Cao Dai armed forces who defected also acted as the pioneers of the Viet Cong.

　, helped the Viet Cong to trick open several checkpoints of the Central Highlands Federation, Quang Nam and even the US military stationed in Vietnam, and spread rumors to confuse the people, successfully turning the US military's sphere of influence in Vietnam into a mess!

　As a result, the red wave of the Viet Cong quickly swept through the isolated Champa remnant settlement - the port city of Phan Rang. Its main force, the Third Division "Venus Division", fought all the way into Cam Ranh Bay, where a large number of US warships were anchored. The vanguard even once attacked the tropical tourist resort of Nha Trang further north.

　Faced with the sudden onslaught of the Viet Cong, the US warships and merchant ships in Cam Ranh Bay immediately weighed anchor and left the port, hastily fleeing to sea.

　However, the USS Card helicopter transport ship had just been involved in a collision in the South China Sea and was currently undergoing emergency repairs in Cam Ranh Bay. All its oil tanks had been emptied, and it was impossible to start its engine for a while... So, the sailors had no choice but to abandon the USS Card and run north along the land route.

　In this way, the "Card" helicopter transport ship or former aircraft carrier was hoisted with a red flag and became the most proud trophy of the "Venus Division" - apart from them, which other army division in the world today can capture an aircraft carrier?

　However, facing the subsequent fierce counterattack and indiscriminate bombing by the US military, the "Venus Division" was unable to save the grounded escort aircraft carrier.

　So, when evacuating Cam Ranh Bay three days later, the Viet Cong blew up and set fire to the USS Card, leaving the US military with only a burning sunken wreck.

　The Associated Press war correspondent professionally captured this shot, making General Abrams' defeat known to the world.

　Of course, compared with the impact of the fall of Bangkok, the destruction of a mere old and dilapidated World War II aircraft carrier is nothing.

　Because of this unprecedented and magnificent military achievement, the people of Guangnan have been shaken!

　——According to the social survey report of the CIA intelligence station and some reports from American frontline reporters, the Vietnamese living in "Quang Nam" have very complicated feelings and thoughts in the face of the Viet Cong's successive victories in recent years, even sweeping across the entire Indochina Peninsula.

　Even though official media outlets constantly criticized the North Vietnamese Workers' Party in newspapers and on the radio for "warmongering," "abuse of force," "offending neighbors," and "destroying peace," many people secretly rejoiced as they watched their own nation's army conquer and triumph everywhere.

　——After all, although they converted to Catholicism, they are still Kinh people in Vietnam!

　This is still an era of nationalism. It is ultimately difficult to make a large number of people hate and be hostile to the ethnic group they come from.

　Especially after the news of the Viet Cong's capture of Bangkok came, even in Da Nang, the capital of "Quang Nam", some Vietnamese people were quietly celebrating.

　You know, human beings are born with a desire to admire the strong. Envying the strong, worshipping the strong and following the strong are everyone's instinctive reactions.

　If this strong person is a compatriot of the same ethnic group, then even if there is a conflict of interests and positions, people will unconsciously admire and fall in love with him - the so-called "heroes appreciate each other", which means that even if they are enemies, they will naturally be in awe and respect each other.

　For example, Nazi Germany's magnificent military achievements in sweeping across Europe during World War II continue to be admired by the world, no matter how much it is criticized.

　Otherwise, how could there be so many "German sticks" all over the world in the future?

　Therefore, in the eyes of the Vietnamese today, they seem to be living in the most glorious era in history. The Red Vietnamese army resisted the US imperialism in the east, conquered the barbarians in the west, drank water from the Tonle Sap Lake, crossed the Mekong River, and fought all the way to Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, the old overlord of the Indochina Peninsula. No one in the world can stop them!

　This is a magnificent military feat that has never been demonstrated by any "King of Great Southern" in ancient Vietnamese history!

　Even the American imperial division that dominated the world suffered repeated defeats at the hands of the Viet Cong, and tens of thousands of prisoners alone were captured!

　Such a dazzling achievement will make any Vietnamese who still has a sense of national pride feel excited and admire it.

　But for Vietnamese Catholics in Quang Nam, the embarrassing reality of standing in opposition to the Vietnamese Communist Party and going against it makes them feel very conflicted.

　The 20th century was a century of nationalism, not religious thought. The piety of the vast majority of Vietnamese Catholics is, in fact, similar to the situation after Stalin won World War II, swept across Eastern Europe, captured Berlin, and made the Soviet Union the hegemon of half the world. Even the White Russians, who once hated the Bolsheviks the most, put aside their grudges from more than two decades ago and wholeheartedly bowed down to the Iron Leader.

　Once the Viet Cong expands its territory throughout Indochina and triumphs over the world hegemon, the United States, the legitimacy of this red regime in Vietnam will be incomparably stronger! Because the victor cannot be blamed! Military victory can always cover up all shortcomings!

　By that time, no matter how much military aid the United States provided to the Quang Nam regime, it would probably be difficult for them to fight a bloody battle with North Vietnam.

　Even if the US military personally fights on their behalf, the local puppet troops might be inspired by nationalist ideas and stab them in the back!

　If it really comes to that, the Vietnam War will be just like the war against the Indians, where you have to kill everyone along the way to win, and the losses will be unbearable.

　Of course, the Pentagon would never admit such a thing, and President Lyndon Johnson probably would not listen to such advice.

　Since the outbreak of the Vietnam War, the entire US top leadership has taken the initiative to close the communication channels with the other side, relying entirely on their own imagination to direct

　Leading to war - on the one hand, it is the United States' usual arrogance and conceit that makes the White House and Capitol Hill too lazy to pay attention to the demands of the "foreign natives"; on the other hand, the military-industrial complex, Jews and many other political groups are deliberately fabricating intelligence and creating an information cocoon for the president in order to seek personal gain.

　The mediocre President Johnson was clearly unable to escape these distractions. He could only let the invisible hands cover his eyes and ears, staying in a fantasy world constructed for him. He could neither see nor hear the truth, and he became like a mentally retarded person, leading the entire United States towards the abyss...

　Even if the overly idealistic Robert Kennedy had not been assassinated before the election and had successfully become president, given his style of doing things, it would have been difficult for him to help the United States smoothly overcome the double defeats of the Vietnam War and the collapse of the Bretton Woods system.

　If the United States wants to escape from the death spiral, it may have to rely on President Nixon, who is full of lies and cunning.

　But if Nixon really does enter the White House, how will he view us, the remnants of President Kennedy?

　Alas, I heard he holds a grudge very well! I wonder if Dr. Kissinger will speak up for me then?

　Ferry thought so quietly, put away the magazine and was about to write some notes when he saw Marita getting up from the bed with sweat all over her body. She first touched the empty kettle on the bedside table, then stood up dizzyly, shaking the two lumps of soft flesh on her chest, and wanted to push the door and walk out of the cabin.

　Fili was so frightened that he quickly stood up and stopped her, "Honey, what are you doing?"

　"What are you doing? There's no water in the kettle. I'm going out to find something to drink..." Marita said hoarsely when she saw her husband blocking her way.

　"Just go out naked like this?" Fili frowned.

　"Ah? Yeah, we're outside now... Oh, I'm so used to being naked at home all day that I forgot about it."

　Of course, there was no air conditioning on the boat at that time. Marita seemed to be mentally slowed by the scorching heat. She looked down at her naked body and thought for a long time before she suddenly realized what was going on. She smiled awkwardly and stuck out her tongue, "I'll go put on a shirt..."

　"Forget it, you'd better not go out. Just stay in bed. I'll get you some water if you want."

　Fili shook his head and muttered a few spells. Then, with a flash of light, a crystal ball of water condensed from his fingertips. He poured it into a glass and handed it to Marita. "There's a group party going on outside, and it seems like someone is taking drugs and smoking weed to liven up the atmosphere. So, dear, if you have nothing to do, it's best not to go out. If you run into a high-energy sailor, they might gag you and drag you to the bathroom..."

　As Marita listened, she picked up her water glass and drank it all. Then she leaned over to the porthole and peeked out. She immediately caught a glimpse of several naked bodies writhing on the deck, accompanied by moans mixed with the sound of the wind and waves. She couldn't help but wonder, "Wow, they're having sex so early in the morning? And in a group out in the open on the deck?"

　"Hey, that's normal. The sailors on the ship are all hot-tempered young men. When they meet so many beautiful girls without clothes, shaking their bare butts in front of them every day, and the commander also makes an exception and allows them to have sex with women...they must have sex from morning to night, and then have sex until dawn, right?"

　——When the 1st Marine Division ended its "happy vacation" in Indonesia, boarded the troop transport fleet with curses, and headed north to the Indochina Peninsula again, returning to that quagmire to fight the Viet Cong, Firi also boarded the Yukikaze, which was currently assigned to the CIA, and sailed to Los Angeles.

　Accompanying him on the Yukikaze were more than a dozen Indonesian girls who were transported back to the United States from the Bali prisoner-of-war camp - all of them were female masters who had successfully practiced "Tantric Mind Method", as well as some white American female volunteers who were tired of staying in Bali and chose to resign and prepare to take the ship back home.

　Then, whether they were Indonesian native girls or white girls, they all got naked in order to become "Tantric Masters"...

　At the same time, in order to maintain their "cultivation", even on the boat, these girls did not forget to seduce men and practice double cultivation together to achieve bliss.

　Therefore, the young man who was in charge of driving the Yukikaze "special service ship" naturally couldn't control himself in the face of such vivid temptations. He had been "fiercely firing" since the voyage, and it was obvious that he was going to have sex all the way from Asia to North America.

　——The Yukikaze in this dimension, after having served as a Japanese destroyer, a mobile artillery platform during the Republic of China, and a South Vietnamese yacht, now plays the role of a flower boat...

　, making a hissing sound, but it was immediately covered by heavy breathing.

　At this moment, taking advantage of the rare calm weather, the sailors who were not on duty on the Yukikaze came out to have sex with the women in the open air for fun.

　On the rear deck, which was more open due to the removal of the main gun, Jia, a naked female Indonesian red militia cadre and the wife of the former county party secretary, was lying on a lounge chair with her butt raised high, panting as she endured the repeated violent impacts from behind.

　Although she became a prisoner of the imperialist enemy, her figure and complexion seemed to have become better than when she was fighting guerrilla warfare in the mountains. Her plump breasts were bouncing vigorously, and her creamy coffee-colored skin seemed even more delicate and elastic because of her youth and sufficient exercise. Her wonderful touch was simply unforgettable, leaving every man who was lucky enough to enjoy her with endless aftertaste.

　On the left and right of the lounge chair where she was lying, there were two other lounge chairs, on each of which lay two middle-aged women and a childish girl, who were also naked and covered in sunscreen. They looked somewhat similar to Gia, and were each holding onto the back of the chair and being violently fucked by a sailor.

　——This is Gia's mother Maria and sister Leah. Now the whole family is having sex neatly under the scorching sun.

　Although Jia felt ashamed when she heard her mother and sister crying, she also felt a sense of relief.

　It seems, probably, that my family will not die, right?