American Strategic Deception Bureau

　At the same time, upon learning that the US military on the front line had been hit by a nuclear bomb, the Pentagon was in chaos. They immediately put pressure on the president to launch another nuclear missile to save the front line. Soon, President Robert Kennedy, unable to withstand the pressure from the military, gave in and compromised again.

　Next, a new round of crazy nuclear strikes against North Vietnam began to be carried out in full swing.

　On September 2, 1969, another U.S. Minuteman intercontinental missile, carrying a nuclear warhead with a TNT equivalent of 1.2 million tons, was launched from a base in Hawaii, flew across half the globe, and finally violently slammed into North Vietnam’s largest port, Haiphong Port, located at the mouth of the Red River Delta.

　Then, there was a deafening roar, and another mushroom cloud, more than 20 kilometers high, rose slowly on the shore of the Beibu Gulf...

　Under the illumination of this death light that was brighter than a thousand suns, the entire Haiphong Port was razed to the ground by the shock wave of the hydrogen bomb explosion.

　Even the ships moored at the harbor were swept up in the raging waves caused by the nuclear explosion, some washed ashore, others overturned and sank to the bottom of the sea.

　Although North Vietnam had taken certain precautions, more than 50,000 Vietnamese soldiers and civilians, as well as thousands of Chinese and Soviet-aided engineers, air defense troops, and transport troops, were killed in the Haiphong nuclear explosion, and tens of thousands were injured or disabled.

　Next, Viet Tri, where the North Vietnamese Workers' Party's Central Committee had been temporarily stationed, and Thanh Hoa, a major transportation hub in North Vietnam, were both struck by nuclear strikes from US Minuteman intercontinental missiles. Although the accuracy of these early inertial-guided intercontinental missiles was poor, a nuclear fusion warhead with a TNT equivalent of 120 million tons could, even if it missed slightly, the terrifying shock wave was enough to reduce everything in the surrounding area to dust.

　Besides frantic retaliation on the battlefield, the US government, struck with a blow, simultaneously jumped up and down on the international diplomatic stage, stirring up public opinion and distorting right and wrong. Meanwhile, it sent its representatives to the United Nations to accuse the Soviet Union of providing nuclear weapons to the North Vietnamese army, claiming it was "a deeply irresponsible act," violating the "principle of nuclear non-proliferation" and "threatening world peace and security."

　However, in response to this absurd accusation, the Soviet representative to the United Nations retorted with disdain: "How dare you Yankee butchers who just killed a million people with hydrogen bombs still talk nonsense about peace and security?"

　In this regard, most third world countries around the world basically agree with the Soviet Union's position, believing that it was the United States that first abused nuclear weapons and caused the disastrous consequences.

　If the United States had not insisted on intervening in the situation in Vietnam and even launched intercontinental missiles, how could the current situation have arisen?

　In Europe, Britain and West Germany supported the United States, while France supported the Soviet Union, believing that unrestricted nuclear war could only lead to destruction and tragedy.

　As for China’s attitude?

　Taiwan's White China now occupies a seat in the United Nations and continues to be a mindless bootlicker of the United States, strongly supporting the United States in bombing all communist elements.

　Red China in Beijing is caught in a very awkward situation – it is reluctant to see Vietnam acquire nuclear weapons, but it can’t find a reason to stop its little brother from “possessing nuclear weapons”: after all, US nuclear missiles are still “growing mushrooms” in Vietnam one after another…

　If you seek peace through struggle, you will survive in peace; if you seek peace through compromise, you will perish in peace!

　These are the words spoken by the Chinese themselves. Now we can't turn around and contradict ourselves by persuading our Vietnamese comrades to compromise and surrender to the United States, can we?

　In order to fight against the US nuclear bombs, the Vietnamese comrades must also have nuclear bombs available... otherwise, a balance of terror cannot be formed!

　Even more devastating is that China currently possesses only atomic and hydrogen bombs, but lacks intercontinental missiles or advanced heavy bombers capable of carrying nuclear bombs through U.S. air defenses. This leaves China with "bombs but no arrows," unable to provide a reliable nuclear shield for its ally, Vietnam, which has suffered greatly from nuclear bombings.

　In addition, the country is still in the midst of a full-scale "revolution".

　The society was in turmoil, and the thinking of the army and the people was in chaos.

　No matter from which angle you look at it, it is really not appropriate for the country to start a war at this time, let alone to pretend to be strong.

　So, Beijing finally accepted reality and increased its aid to Vietnam, providing North Vietnam with more food and munitions. Even after the nuclear explosion at Haiphong Port, China allowed Soviet transport planes to pass through, facilitating the delivery of "guerrilla nuclear weapons" to Vietnam.

　As a result, more and more nuclear mushroom clouds began to "boom boom boom" on the land of Vietnam...

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　Boom!!!"

　Accompanied by a flash of white light like lightning, the plains outside Hue suddenly lit up.

　The scorching wind, mixed with radioactive dust, poured into the city from afar, making the humid rainy season air dry in an instant.

　It also caused the American soldiers who were "pile up" in the city to tremble all over and let out all kinds of hysterical screams of collapse.

　"Atomic bomb! The Vietcong's atomic bomb is coming again!"

　"How many rounds have we fired? Are the Vietcong using nuclear bombs as grenades?"

　"I feel like I've been losing my hair these past few days. Could I be suffering from radiation sickness?"

　"I don't want to become a mutant! If I really break out in pimples all over my body, I might as well commit suicide!"

　"The situation on the battlefield is completely different from what the commander said before! I've had enough! Mom, I want to go home!"

　……

　Sitting by the window of his temporary residence, listening to the mind-breaking howlings of the American soldiers outside, and looking at the mushroom cloud rising in the distance, David Halbernstein, the legendary war correspondent of the New York Times, couldn't help but sigh.

　He knew that this must be another Viet Cong human bomber, or suicide warrior, carrying out suicide attacks on US military checkpoints and field airports in the suburbs.

　Of course, the Vietnam War had been going on for so long that American soldiers and war correspondents on the front lines were no strangers to suicide attacks using human bombs and car bombs. But the problem was that the Viet Cong guerrillas near Hue had upgraded their human bombs: they were using miniature atomic bombs!

　——After retreating to Hue, the US military is now almost 200 kilometers away from the previously abandoned Linh Giang position.

　Given that it is the rainy season and the roads are muddy, it is definitely not a quick task for the North Vietnamese army to move the 240mm heavy mortar weighing nearly one ton from the Linh Giang front where it was originally deployed to the outskirts of Hue under the constant bombing and strafing by US aircraft.

　However, even if there are no artillery available for the time being, it does not mean that the Viet Cong armed forces will not be able to continue to nuclear the US troops in Hue.

　The Soviet Union also generously provided North Vietnam with a large number of miniature nuclear mines, weighing only 30 kilograms and sized to fit into a specially made backpack. However, their explosion had a TNT equivalent of 1500 tons, and in terms of actual lethality, it was even more lethal than a nuclear shell fired from a 240mm heavy mortar.

　Compared to a cannon weighing nearly one ton, a mere 30-kilogram "backpack nuclear mine" is obviously much easier to transport.

　The Viet Cong could just find a porter from the Iron Shoulder Team to carry two nuclear bombs on a shoulder pole and transport them to the front line and hand them over to the guerrilla fighters.

　Of course, nuclear mines are defensive weapons, not offensive weapons, and the Viet Cong cannot directly use mines to attack the US military.

　But it doesn't matter. As long as there is a brave man willing to carry this 30-kilogram nuclear mine, sneak close to the US military, and then explode it; or install the nuclear mine on a car and let a soldier drive the car into the US military base...

　In short, as long as nuclear mines are converted into human bombs and car bombs, they can be used for attack, but it will require more manpower.

　For the freedom and liberation of the motherland, or simply to avenge their families, the Viet Cong guerrillas can at least gather some brave men who are willing to sacrifice their lives, just like the Kamikaze pilots of the Japanese Empire.

　In this way, the Hue Plain became a testing ground for miniature nuclear mines, with small mushroom clouds rising every few days.

　The 1st Marine Division of the US Army, which had become a frightened bird at this time, found that even after running so far, it was still being chased by the Viet Cong's nuclear bombs. It could not help but suffer a mental breakdown and even blew up the camp and mutinied again, making the scene like a madhouse, which was simply unbearable to watch.

　Despite suffering several setbacks, the US military began to repair fortifications near Hue, set up checkpoints, and search for all suspicious Vietnamese.

　But the problem is... where in this world are there any field fortifications or highway checkpoints that can withstand a close-range nuclear explosion?

　It’s not the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Cheyenne Mountain!

　As a result, terrifying mushroom clouds continued to rise around Hue, and at least hundreds or even thousands of people died every day. The local US troops seemed to be struggling in purgatory every day. There was even one incident where a bomb directly detonated in the new city of Hue on the south bank of the Perfume River. In addition to destroying a large area of ​​residential houses in the streets that had barely escaped the war's artillery fire, it also caused the radiation pollution level of this ancient Vietnamese capital to rise day by day.

　However, in David Halbernstein's view, the Viet Cong's "one-man suicide nuclear attack" in Hue wasn't the most terrifying. US Forces Vietnam had already decided to abandon Hue and withdraw to Da Nang, south of Hai Van Ridge. So, Hue's destruction was a given.

　But the problem is that according to the captured miniature nuclear mines "unexploded bombs"

　Or judging by the fact that it was a "dud", it shouldn't be too difficult to transport something this small in size and weight to the heart of South Vietnam via the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

　If every Vietcong guerrilla group were equipped with nuclear weapons, and even the Khmer Rouge and Thai Communist guerrilla groups next door had nuclear weapons, how would the US military then sweep their strongholds? How would they wage "nuclear guerrilla warfare" against them in rice paddies and tropical jungles?

　Think about it, the U.S. military finally took down a hilltop from the enemy through indiscriminate bombing, but the enemy detonated an atomic bomb, wanting to die together?

　Or what if American soldiers were happily enjoying themselves in a city, drinking beer and cuddling with girls, when suddenly a nuclear bomb hidden in a dumpster detonated, instantly reducing several city blocks and everyone inside to dust? The rest of the people began vomiting blood, peeling off their skin and hair, and suffering from terrible radiation sickness?

　Hey, how do we fight this battle?

　We can't let American soldiers wear nuclear protective clothing all the time, right?

　If you wear something so thick, sealed and non-breathable in the tropical environment of South Vietnam for a short time, you will definitely get heatstroke!

　Oh my God! Why does something as unscientific as "nuclear guerrillas" exist in this world?

　Even more frightening is that in recent years, the Vietnam battlefield has become an important black market source of arms smuggling. American quartermasters are secretly reselling arms and supplies, and ordinary American soldiers are exchanging captured weapons and "lost" firearms for money - this is a fact known to the world.

　Many of these guns, which were supposed to have been lost or destroyed on the battlefield in Vietnam, appeared in the hands of gangsters in the United States within a few years!

　And if the Reds continue to abuse miniature nuclear bombs like this, it is hard to say whether their nuclear bombs will also be lost to the black market.

　Then, if these miniature nuclear bombs unfortunately flow back to Europe or the United States like other weapons, the consequences will be unimaginable!

　——In terms of size and weight, a miniature nuclear mine provided by the Soviet Union to the Viet Cong was no more difficult to transport than an ordinary explosive pack or heavy machine gun.

　In this case, the miniature nuclear bombs that may flow into the United States may further destabilize the already turbulent American society!

　For example, when two black gangs are fighting in an American city, suddenly a group of black people with stronger martial ethics suddenly show off an atomic bomb, or some terrorist cult that opposes the government transports a miniature atomic bomb to the gate of the White House or Wall Street...

　There was even a madman who put a miniature nuclear bomb on a timer, hid it in a suitcase, and dropped it at the foot of the Statue of Liberty.

　At that time, the people of New York will see the Statue of Liberty, a landmark of the United States, collapse under the illumination of the mushroom cloud of the nuclear explosion!

　Ah, this picture is so beautiful that I dare not imagine it!

　Thinking of this, David Halbernstein couldn't help but sigh and shake his head repeatedly, then picked up his pen again and began to write a new manuscript to send to the newspaper: "In the past, in Vietnam, just some trees could talk, which was enough to make people feel terrified; but now, in the jungles of Vietnam, atomic bombs have begun to walk!"

　Chapter 436: Nuclear Attack on Saigon

　One night in November 1969, in Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam

　As we all know, after a heavy rain, the mushrooms in the grass always grow particularly lush.

　Similarly, as Vietnam's rainy season draws to a close, a variety of nuclear mushroom clouds have grown densely and profusely across this fertile land, ranging from small fission mushrooms to large fusion mushrooms. They've even spread to Saigon, home to the headquarters of the US military in Vietnam.

　——Accompanied by a white light of a nuclear explosion representing death and destruction, and a deafening roar, the lights in the entire Saigon went out in an instant, and the telephones and radios in use in the city all lost their sound in an instant.

　After the white light flashed, all the pedestrians on the street who had not been blinded by the light ran away in panic, looking for a place to hide. Some of the most unlucky guys had burn marks on their faces and arms, and some even had their clothes and hair smoking!

　Next, both the Vietnamese citizens who were fleeing for their lives and the exhausted American soldiers saw a ball of dazzling flames rising straight into the sky, slowly rising in the night sky along the Saigon River, like the brightest giant lighthouse, instantly reversing the day and night on this land!

　Then, the spectacular blaze gradually transformed into a brilliant mushroom cloud, emitting a dazzling light in all directions, giving the impression that it was brighter than a million suns. It was colorful and full of the cruel beauty of destruction.

　A US military helicopter, having just taken off, was struck from behind by the radiation and shockwave of the nuclear explosion. Like a small boat in a raging flood, it tottered and struggled for a moment before sparking and crashing into the ground, exploding into a pile of charred wreckage.

　A massive tsunami-like waterspout instantly erupted on the Saigon River, hurling everything floating high into the air. A small steamer, weighing over 300 tons, was flung over 30 meters into the air before crashing violently into a harbor crane, instantly twisting it into a tangled mess.

　The rest of the ships that did not reach the shore were also caught in the fierce shock waves and were either smashed and sunk, or collided with each other.

　The people, houses and vehicles on the shore were also knocked down by the sudden huge waves and swept into the river with heart-wrenching screams.

　Soon, the entire Saigon River

　The river had become a massive garbage dump, with rotten wood, thatch, debris from wooden boats, and the bodies of people and animals scattered across the surface. Fuel leaking from a nearby oil depot ignited the river, giving those who had the misfortune of falling into the water a firsthand experience of what it meant to be in dire straits.

　Obviously, this was a Viet Cong suicide squad that sneaked into the Saigon metropolitan area and fired a "human atomic bomb" to cheer up the American troops who came from afar.

　Last time they bombed Tan Son Nhat Airport, and the one before that they bombed Bien Hoa Airport, and tonight they bombed Saigon Pier...

　I wonder where the bomb will hit next? The US military headquarters in Vietnam or the US Embassy in Vietnam?

　As you can imagine, the whole of Saigon was in chaos that night - the fire caused by the nuclear attack quickly spread among the thatched houses, bamboo houses, wooden houses and shacks and tents in the city, burning with thick smoke and flames everywhere, and explosions were heard from time to time: that was the ammunition depot.

　The hard-working American soldiers stationed in Vietnam had to put out fires while enduring nuclear radiation, while also suppressing the thugs who took advantage of the chaos to loot.

　It is unknown how many people were burned to death or suffocated in the fire, or were exposed to radioactive dust in quantities that were dangerous to their health while fighting the fire.

　Of course, just like several previous nuclear explosions, it wasn't long before raindrops began to fall in the explosion area. The water vapor carried up to the sky by the mushroom cloud condensed into raindrops at high altitudes, then caught countless deadly radioactive dust particles and fell down again, contrasting with the bright mushroom cloud.

　But the rain that fell after the nuclear explosion wasn't clear; it was a thick, black rain with a strange smell and a strange feel. It made the Americans and Vietnamese on the ground, who were being scorched by the sea of ​​fire and heat, feel even more desperate, as if they had seen the end of the world coming...

　First, the city burned down, then came the rain of radiation, and next, there's going to be a pandemic of radiation sickness! How can anyone survive like this?

　Therefore, the next day, a team of fully armed armored vehicles painted in tropical camouflage and with small American flags hanging on the front of the vehicles rushed out of the gate of the US Embassy in Vietnam, like lightning, through the still smoky city, and drove onto the road out of the city to Vung Tau Port.

　Originally, this route passed through a slum area, so small groups of American troops rarely used it. But now it's no longer a problem.

　Because this Saigon slum area, which was once full of shanties and in a disorganized state, had just been "cleared" by a miniature nuclear bomb and turned into an open space with a good view. Standing there, you can see hundreds of meters away. Only some charred debris of what was originally there is left on the ground.

　Other Vietnamese, draped in rags, with pale, gaunt faces and numb expressions, wandered like wandering ghosts amid the rubble that reeked of corpses. Some spent their days diligently rummaging through the ruins, perhaps trying to gather the remains of loved ones. More likely, they were trying to find something useful. Others simply stared blankly at their vanished homes. They didn't know what to say or do. Their tears had long since dried, their spirits had long since numbed, and even their bodies were riddled with holes from the radiation...

　Looking out the small window of the armored car at the tragic Saigon street scene outside that looked like a post-apocalyptic ruin, Hugh Hefner, the current US ambassador to South Vietnam and owner of Playboy, couldn't help but sigh and complain to his former bunny girl secretary beside him: "Life in Saigon is so exciting! Before I was assigned to be the ambassador to Vietnam, no one told me that this place not only has talking trees, but also walking atomic bombs! And, there are so many mushroom clouds here that they are almost becoming a scenic spot!"

　Can you believe it? The atomic bomb has become a secret service weapon! I'm afraid many assassins will use nuclear bombs to carry out assassinations in the future!

　Oh my God, Saigon is such a horrible city, I can’t stay here for even a day. Living here is like living in a nuclear test site!

　Hey, I heard Commander Taylor fainted and vomited blood after being exposed to radioactive dust from a nuclear explosion a while ago. I haven't seen him in over a week, and I don't know if he's dead or alive. Come to think of it, I've been exposed to so much radiation in the embassy these past few days. I'm almost vomiting from taking so many iodine tablets! After I leave Saigon, I must find a female "Tantra Master" as soon as possible and ask her to use her extraordinary methods to heal me..."

　"Boss, after we leave Saigon, will we temporarily seek refuge in the villa on Kunlun Island?"

　After listening patiently for a while, the secretary, who had once been a bunny girl, finally couldn't help but interrupt her boss's rambling and asked, "Should we send a telegram to inform the people left behind on Kunlun Island to clean your villa, tidy up your room, and prepare some daily necessities for you in advance?"

　"

　Kunlun Island? No, no, no, I want to go back home directly! I don’t want to stay in Vietnam, a place where even an atomic bomb can walk, for even a single day!

　Hugh Hefner was stunned, then shook his head repeatedly, "Let's find a ship to the Philippines first, and then fly back to the United States from Manila!"

　Well, he looks like he's eager to go home.

　Given the dire situation in Saigon and South Vietnam, Hugh Hefner's thinking is understandable. But the problem is...

　"Boss, your term as ambassador hasn't ended yet. Secretary Rusk might be unhappy if you leave without permission."

　"I don't care what Secretary Rusk thinks! Whoever wants to be the ambassador to Vietnam can do it! Anyway, I

　I won’t serve you anymore!”

　Hugh Hefner waved his hand impatiently,

　I spent so much money on the Democratic Party's election last year, made so many contributions, and even suffered injuries and shed blood for the president. And yet, they sent me to such a horrible place as Saigon to suffer! Is this a reward or a punishment?