American Strategic Deception Bureau

　However, just like Empress Dowager Cixi was eventually faced with the Eight-Nation Alliance and the Boxer Protocol, the Jakarta military government was destined to be unpopular both internally and externally.

　No matter how he hesitated and fought on his knees in front of the US Imperial Army, his disrespectful attitude had already made the US determined to change its agent. The Pentagon had already instructed General Westmoreland to prepare for a second landing.

　Jakarta should eliminate this Indonesian nationalist military government that is "not soft-kneed enough" and install a more obedient and spineless agent.

　It is said that Minister Suharto, who personally went to Singapore to smooth things over with General Westmoreland, is expected to become the new ruler of a smaller Indonesia.

　Of course, in order to achieve this goal, Westmoreland, while instructing a group of staff to plan and formulate strategies, also did not forget to desperately ask the Pentagon for more reinforcements, more aircraft, tanks, artillery and other technical equipment...

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　In short, on the other side of the Pacific, from Vietnam to Java Island, American commanders in almost every battlefield were crying out for insufficient troops and urgent need for reinforcements, asking the Pentagon for more supplies, funds and troops, wishing they could have a million-strong army at once.

　So, what is the situation in the United States on this side of the Pacific?

　Well, overall it's a mess.

　There is absolutely no such spirit of enthusiasm to join the army and sacrifice for the country as in World War II. There is only endless resentment and quarrels.

　From the Pacific to the Atlantic, from Alaska to Florida, the anti-war movement was surging in every corner of the country.

　Every few months, hundreds of thousands to hundreds of thousands of protesters would descend on Washington, D.C., for anti-war marches and chants on Capitol Hill and outside the White House.

　American college students have turned the anti-war movement into the most fashionable performance art, burning draft cards, occupying university administration buildings, spraying anti-war slogans on the streets, organizing large numbers of girls to march naked, shouting "We want sex, not war"... In short, they do whatever it takes to attract attention.

　This isn't entirely selfless idealism; college students are just the right age to enlist. Since the Vietnam War began, the Pentagon has increased the number of college recruits tenfold, yet it plans to continue doubling the number, a fact that has become unbearable for college students whose interests are being harmed.

　As the most cultured and imaginative group of people, college students have plenty of ways to package their personal demands to avoid military service into high-end, noble and selfless feats, and from the perspective of all mankind and the entire civilized world, criticize and deny this "unjust war" that caused them to shed blood and sacrifice.

　For a time, various slogans against imperialism were shouted so loudly on American campuses that people almost mistakenly believed that the United States was going to turn red.

　Anti-war voices were also heard in Congress - Congressman Morse of Oregon said that "the United States is leading humanity into a Third World War in which there is no chance of victory"; Congressman Greening of Alaska called the new war funding proposal a "blank check for unlimited escalation."

　Of course, hawkish American politicians have also organized a number of opposing groups advocating war, such as the Patriots for Victory, who loudly clamor for "using the sword according to God's will" and accuse journalists of being too left-leaning and exposing their collaborators.

　Congressman Russell Long of Louisiana raised the national flag and shouted: "Every time I see the American flag flying over the Capitol, I am filled with pride... I sincerely pray that the white flag of surrender will never be raised here."

　President Johnson gradually shed his mask of progressivism, revealing his true bellicosity—even though in 1965 he still hypocritically declared: "Every American, old and young, must have the right to express different opinions. Even minorities should never be barred from speaking. Opinions and dissent are the lifeblood of democracy, even if they are a little harsh."

　But just a few months later, President Johnson fully sided with the hawks, publicly declaring that Americans participating in the anti-war movement were disloyal to their country and guilty of treason, and that the "Russians" were "behind the entire movement." He also made accusations, branding anti-war protesters as enemy agents, claiming that doves in the Senate had ties with Soviet agents, had lunch with them, and attended banquets at the Soviet Embassy. "The Russians were coming up with a lot of things for the senators to say. I often knew what they were going to say before they even spoke."

　Starting from the second half of 1965, President Johnson basically stopped mentioning his "Great Society" plan, no longer cared about eliminating poverty and social welfare, drastically cut domestic infrastructure, and invested all the funds that could be raised into the war. With the opening of the Indonesian and Thai battlefields, military spending on the Asian war has skyrocketed to 50 billion US dollars a year, and there is a trend of continuing to double.

　With military spending so high, the federal government no longer has the resources to do anything for its citizens.

　American hawks followed President Johnson's example and arbitrarily labeled people as disloyal to the country. Hundreds of war correspondents, TV news anchors and radio broadcasters were accused of treason by the Pentagon.

　Even more outrageous was the fact that even Secretary of Defense McNamara was accused of being a traitor because he had given a speech in Montreal in which he openly opposed the use of a hydrogen bomb in Hanoi, arguing that it would not scare the Vietcong and would not solve the problem at all.

　President Johnson was furious and refuted the statement, saying he had the right to "use the armed forces of the United States by any means necessary," including nuclear weapons.

　——This is similar to the situation in China at the same time, where a large number of marshals and generals were labeled "capitalist roaders" and "enemy spies."

　But no matter how the president and hawkish politicians stand on the

　All over the place, people are advocating war at the top of their lungs, but the young people who really need to serve are mostly extremely anti-war from the bottom of their hearts - it is equivalent to the pro-war faction hiding in the rear and forcing the anti-war faction to go to war.

　In particular, the children of these hawkish politicians have also avoided military service, and almost none of them are willing to set an example and go to the front line to be exposed to bullets and gunfire.

　Such hypocritical "patriotism" naturally cannot convince people, but only makes people feel angry when they hear it.

　Under such circumstances, the Pentagon's recruitment work is really difficult, even to the point where it can no longer be done.

　Author's words: PS: The internet-famous wolf from Hoh Xil can now be petted. The internet is full of videos and photos of people furiously rubbing the wolf's head. No matter how much experts say this is not allowed and that is unsafe, it cannot change the reality that "wolf culture" is a joke.

　Chapter 368: We are not recruiting fools, but mobilizing all abnormal humans!

　The United States during the Cold War was essentially a huge and ruthless war machine, and the federal government kept files on all legal citizens across the country.

　The government's conscription office is able to basically know the human resources situation across the country, down to the smallest detail for each individual.

　When the Vietnam War broke out, there were 2700 million young people in the country who were of military service age. On the surface, it seemed that the United States should have no shortage of soldiers.

　Well, after World War II and before the outbreak of the Vietnam War, the US military did not lack new recruits.

　Although the United States had a conscription system at the time, ordinary people never felt that military service was a form of oppression, and they never thought that they would be drafted.

　Because the US military was not large at that time, the navy, army and air force combined had only more than one million people, and the number of soldiers needed to be recruited each year was very limited.

　Before the Vietnam War, even if you volunteered to enlist, the US military wouldn't necessarily accept you. As for conscription, it was even more ridiculous—for example, in the movie "Forrest Gump," the arrogant recruiting officer boasted, "The army only wants the best."

　According to the regulations at the time, myopia, flat feet, asthma, caring for relatives who are unable to live independently, going to college, working in a military factory, clergy, spinal injuries (President Kennedy's old problem), food allergies and drug dependence (drug addiction) could all be reasons for exemption from military service.

　Of course, Americans who suffer from sexually transmitted diseases, infectious diseases, or are physically disabled, blind, or deaf should forget about joining the army and making a living.

　Then, when all the service conditions are met, the Pentagon will also have to "select the best from the best" on a voluntary basis to screen out the applicants with the best qualifications. Anyone who can become a soldier is recognized by the country as a good guy, which was a very honorable thing at the time.

　If one fails to join the army and is sent back, the whole family will be depressed and feel like they have lost their parents - probably similar to failing the college entrance examination in modern China.

　Therefore, in the United States before the Vietnam War, more than 100,000 people volunteered to join the army every year, but were rejected because they did not meet the requirements.

　Under such circumstances, the US military before the Vietnam War had no shortage of recruits and did not need recruiters to recruit people everywhere.

　However, after the outbreak of the Vietnam War, this harmonious and happy relationship between the military and the people was gone forever.

　Rich and poor Americans were all avoiding military service, but the Asian front was a bloody mess and desperately needed reinforcements.

　Especially after President Johnson ordered the deployment of troops to Indonesia and stationed troops in Singapore, turning the Vietnam War into the "Greater South China Sea War", the number of troops that the US military needed to deploy in the entire Asian battlefield soared to one million, which was twice the size of the Southern Army of the Japanese Empire during the Pacific War.

　No matter how the Pentagon tries to patch up the gaping hole by robbing Peter to pay Paul, or even drawing troops from the country, the Korean Peninsula, and Europe, it cannot fill such a huge hole.

　The only solution is to expand the military on a large scale, and if you want to expand the military under the conscription system, you can only issue conscription cards widely.

　Unfortunately, because the United States has not declared war on any country and has not entered a national state of war, the Pentagon cannot mobilize its reserves.

　To maintain normal socioeconomic functioning, the Pentagon couldn't act like the Imperial Japanese Army during the Pacific War, conscripting every young man they saw into the army. They even resorted to conscripting skilled workers from a Zero fighter factory into the army as cannon fodder. They also forced a beef cannery to switch to fighter production, ultimately producing a bunch of junky planes with a pass rate of only 15%, which were then boycotted and rejected by frontline pilots.

　At the same time, under the background of the conscription system, the Pentagon cannot create "green card soldiers" as it did in the future, forcing illegal immigrants to work for the United States for a green card; nor can it recruit a large number of "thieves to join the army" and release prisoners from various prisons to serve in the army - today's US military is still a glorious profession.

　In fact, it is difficult to recruit American citizens who already have formal jobs when the country has not yet entered a state of war. It is no wonder that the recruitment office is focusing on campuses and those college graduates who have not yet found jobs.

　——Only by capturing these young students who have not yet entered the workforce can we minimize social unrest and economic fluctuations.

　Otherwise, what else could be done? Should we follow the advanced practice of later Ukrainian conscription, having conscription officers falsely report fires and then conscript firefighters into the army? Or should we stop ambulances, abandon patients on the roadside to die, and forcibly conscript doctors and nurses?

　A special batch of camouflage uniforms for pregnant women were also made, from the obstetrics and gynecology department

　The hospital forced pregnant women to join the army and forced them to fight the enemy with their big bellies?

　They even broke into the city government and, in front of reporters and live cameras, forced the mayor and a group of officials to serve in the army?

　Well, if the recruiter could just walk into the White House and take President Johnson to the Vietnam War front to step on traps and fill trenches, everyone would be convinced, right?

　Thinking about it carefully, Ferry also felt that the current Secretary of Defense McNamara was in a really difficult situation.

　On the one hand, the front line is desperately demanding reinforcements, and on the other hand, heavy troops must be guarded everywhere in the world. The heavy US military forces stationed on the 38th parallel of the Korean Peninsula and the Iron Curtain front in West Germany cannot be easily withdrawn. Any slight movement will "surprise the allies", cause an explosion of public opinion, and lead to fierce attacks on Capitol Hill.

　Seven or eight divisions of the National Guard from various states have already been deployed overseas, draining any units with any combat effectiveness. Furthermore, in recent years, the relentless unrest among black Americans has also required the National Guard to suppress it, leaving the country vulnerable to a "defense of weakness within."

　While enjoying the protection of the US military, the European allies refused to send a single soldier to Asia, or at most sent a few hundred symbolic troops. Their behavior was simply a battlefield tour! Not only would they be of little use, but they would also cause trouble for the US military's logistics.

　Australia once actively participated in Vietnam, shedding blood and sweat for its American leader. However, with the outbreak of hostilities in Indonesia, Australian enthusiasm for the Vietnam War has rapidly waned. Now, they are fully focused on managing the Indonesian occupation zone on their doorstep, refusing to continue participating in the Vietnam War.

　As for Australia's neighbor, New Zealand, despite having historically joined forces with Australia to form the Anzac Army, which fought numerous expeditions for the British Empire, from the deserts of the Middle East to the beaches of the Dardanelles, and having made numerous contributions under the Union Jack, has consistently resisted Washington's call and invitation, unwilling to tie itself to Washington's chariot and continue to fight for the Stars and Stripes.

　Lured by the lure of money, South Korea had already sent 50,000 troops into Vietnam. While they weren't equipped for hard-fought battles, they were still effective in sweeping through the countryside. However, President Park Chung-hee, still struggling in the 1960s, was still struggling to gain a firm foothold. To secure his reelection victory, Park Chung-hee was hesitant to act rashly, perhaps by deploying more South Korean troops overseas to serve the Americans. How could a warlord like him be confident without a few elite troops?

　According to Phiri's recent observations during his report-taking flight to Washington, the Pentagon and the White House, having been forced into a corner, are ready to accept Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's "good intentions" and agree to refer to the Burma Expeditionary Force during World War II and recruit 20 soldiers from Taiwan to be deployed to the Indonesian battlefield.

　——In order to avoid irritating the sensitive nerves of mainland China, the Pentagon stipulated that this batch of Taiwan’s "Chiang’s National Army" could only be used on the South Pacific islands and could not be used in the Indochina Peninsula where Red China could project military power, so as to avoid another fight between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, which would further escalate the situation of the Vietnam War.

　As for places like Java, Sumatra and Borneo, there is no problem in sending Taiwanese troops to fight, because the PLA cannot cross the sea anyway.

　Considering the record of the remnants of the Communist-Kuomintang (KMT) army in Burma, and the Indonesian army's invariable defeat against the Dutch, the Taiwanese army's inability to win a single battle would undoubtedly result in a relentless slaughter. Then, they would have to pick up their old mainland skills and strike hard at Indonesian farmers and civilians, massacring and burning villages and digging mass graves. Even the most unruly and rebellious would surely be docile before the butcher's knife.

　But even if 200,000 people were pulled from Taiwan, there would still be a gap of hundreds of thousands of troops in the entire Nanyang battlefield.

　The Pentagon currently drafts 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers every month. If all of this were to be borne by college students, it would be too much.

　Therefore, in order to tap the potential, Secretary of Defense McNamara set his sights on a group of "unqualified soldiers" in the country.

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　"Recent news media have been saying that Secretary of Defense McNamara's '100,000 Man Plan' was designed to recruit fools into the military, but this is a misunderstanding. The Pentagon called this recruitment plan the '100,000 Man Plan' based on a very simple statistic."

　Fili told his subordinates, "Before the Vietnam War, there were 100,000 volunteers registered for the draft every year in the United States. However, they were rejected by the Pentagon because they could not pass the review and assessment.

　Secretary of Defense McNamara's idea was to lower the draft standards and draft these 100,000 men, thus partially filling the gap in manpower. He could then push Congress to amend the Selective Service Act to allow for the recruitment of prisoners from prisons, and the military crisis would be largely resolved.

　That's why Secretary of Defense McNamara called it the "100,000 Man Plan" instead of the "Retarded Troops Plan."

　Of these 100,000 unqualified soldiers, those with low IQs certainly made up the largest number, but they also included people with disabilities, asthma, myopia, obesity, and other infectious diseases such as leprosy and venereal diseases, as well as those who could not speak English.

　Generally speaking, it is almost a total mobilization of the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and as long as they are young men, they are there to make up the numbers.

　According to the Department of Defense's plan, these low-quality soldiers were supposed to be deployed to damaged units on the front lines of the Vietnam War after completing their training, directly filling in understaffed units and mixing in with ordinary soldiers. However, frontline troops were generally disgusted by this, and letters of complaint poured into Washington like snowflakes.

　So

　Secretary of Defense McNamara and the CIA Director gave me a task: to use all the unqualified recruits recruited by the 100,000-man Plan to form an experimental force and complete various exercises to prove the correctness and feasibility of the plan.

　"Lepers?! Oh my God! The Ministry of Defense is even recruiting lepers?"

　When the Chinese old man Bai Siwen heard this, he immediately took a breath and said, "This is really worse than a fool. At least he is not as dangerous as a leper!"

　"Don't worry, even if you get leprosy, I will find a girl to cure you!"

　The one-legged proprietress Armas glanced at Bai Siwen and said with a smile.

　Of the "Four Great Kings" under Fili, the one-legged proprietress Armas is the most successful. Not only has she amassed tens of millions of dollars in assets, but she's also upgraded her business, expanding from the entertainment industry into the medical sector, leaving many hospitals in a state of panic.

　There's no way around it. These "Tantra masters" under her tutelage, who have earned their stripes through diligent practice of joyful Zen, haven't even attended a single day of medical school and can barely speak English. But their "sex therapy"—the cure-all for all ailments—still leaves most doctors in the dust.

　Even a terminal illness like leprosy, which is beyond the reach of modern medicine, can be cured without medication by a "Tantric Master" above level 4!

　At present, despite the crazy slander and efforts to ban it by the entire medical community, patients who are eager for health still vote with their feet.

　However, unfortunately, there are certain prerequisites for patients to receive "sex therapy".

　"Alas, I appreciate your kindness, but this superpower is really useless to me!"

　Bai Siwen glanced at Armas, slapped his thigh, and sighed, "I'm already seventy-five! How can I still get hard?"

　At the same time, Wolf Lee, a fat radio operator from Texas, noticed another bug.

　"There are actually people in the Pentagon's 100,000-person plan who can't speak English? But shouldn't conscription only be from American citizens? Are there American citizens who can't speak English? Are they mute?"

　"Why not? Leo, you're still too ignorant. There are so many American citizens who can't speak English nowadays!"

　Fieri replied, "In Florida, there are a lot of Latin American immigrants who only speak Spanish. Then, in Chinatowns in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York, there are also many Chinese immigrants who only speak Chinese..."

　At this point, he was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up as a sudden realization dawned on him: "Wait, why do I have to train a bunch of idiots? Those people who can't speak English are clearly also in the 100,000-person plan! Didn't I previously command the Cuban Brigade? If I could just follow the same method and train another American troop that speaks other languages, wouldn't that be fulfilling Secretary of Defense McNamara's mission?"

　Chapter 369: American soldiers who don’t speak English

　Chinatown, Los Angeles

　The originally narrow but bustling streets were suddenly filled with people shouting, crying and making a mess.

　A smug, dark-skinned old man in camouflage uniform commanded a group of armed thugs to break into a bar-like building. They quickly abducted four or five young Chinese men, followed by a tattooed middle-aged man, who cried, "Bai Siwen! You dead bastard from Cuba! You're a jerk! What gives you the right to arrest my nephew and my younger brother? You're showing no loyalty to society!"

　"Xiao Liu! Don't be so ungrateful! I'm trying to find a way out for you street urchins from the Iron Fist Gang!"

　Bai Siwen said with a smile, and then comforted the young Chinese street urchins who were tied up by their arms one by one, "Don't be afraid. We're not going to put you in jail, nor will we send you to do hard labor on black farms! We're going to let you serve in the Pentagon! Being a soldier is glorious! You get food, drink, and military pay, and you get a pension when you retire. If you win a battle and make meritorious contributions, you might even become an official!"

　"Bullshit! Don't treat me as a fool! American officers are all military academy students, how can they be privates?" the tattooed middle-aged man roared.

　"Oh, I didn't expect you to have some experience! Xiao Liu, but even if they continue to follow you, won't they still go hungry for nine meals in three days?"

　Bai Siwen turned around and looked at the tattooed man whose arms were held by two bodyguards in military uniforms. He patted his face and said, "From what I know, your Iron Fist Gang has been having a tough time lately. They can't beat the black guys in the South District, nor can they beat the wetbacks in Mexico. They're almost losing all their business!

　It's fine if you're not strong enough to engage in physical struggle. But if you resort to verbal warfare, taking the upper echelons, you can't compete with the Japanese. Their gangs are legal! They know how to deal with the government and the police. And your men, even with their American citizenship, barely speak English. When they see the police, they just nod and say "yes, sir." How can they survive in the underworld with such foolish and cowardly behavior?

　It would be better to let them follow me to the army to train, kill a few people, build up their blood and energy, and then they can come back and attack the black area!

　Besides, staying in the military for a few years is also good for developing personal connections. The reason why Japanese people are so popular in the United States is not only because their motherland is very strong, but also because they participated in World War II.

　The 442nd Infantry Regiment of the US Army fought in many battles, got to know many officers, and established personal connections.

　Your nephews and younger brothers should go to the army and suffer for a few years. When they come back, they can help open up new opportunities for their family..."

　"Come back? Can they come back? Don't think I don't know that the death rate of the Japanese-American 442nd Infantry Regiment in World War II was 300%!"

　An old Chinese man wearing glasses and looking like a white paper fan lawyer walked out behind the gang leader. He looked at Bai Siwen with a gloomy look and snorted coldly, "General Patton at that time, no matter what tough battles he encountered, he would lead the 442nd Regiment to fight, and they died in droves. One platoon was reduced to only two people in one battle! I don't think our young people are any better cared for than the Japanese back then!"

　If everyone dies on the battlefield and can't come back, how can they get any benefits?"

　"Alas, times have changed. Back then, the 442nd Infantry Regiment was fighting the German Nazis. The Germans were such tough guys, so naturally, more Japanese died. Now, the Pentagon bosses are understanding and don't even let you fight the Vietcong. You're only allowed to fight the Indonesian natives!"