American Strategic Deception Bureau

　Can?"

　"Yes, what the White House means is that we still have to clean up this mess! Because there is really no one else willing to take over.

　In addition, the President's Chief of Staff hopes that we can find a way to shift the blame to the Vietcong, but I'm afraid that will be difficult to implement in practice."

　Dr. Kissinger said with a bitter expression, “The whole world has already confirmed that the plague in Nha Trang was caused by our army itself.

　Previously, the Pentagon first lay low and pretended to be dead for several days, and once tried to prevent the Red Cross from going to Nha Trang to rescue people on the grounds of "illegal disaster relief". As a result, more troops mutinied on the front line, the blockade order was completely impossible to enforce, and public opinion was in an uproar.

　In the end, three generals and five lieutenant generals in the Pentagon were forced to retire, which temporarily calmed the situation.

　If you suddenly change your tune and shift the blame to the Vietcong at this moment, it would be an insult to the intelligence of people all over the world..."

　Logically speaking, shifting the blame in wartime propaganda is a very common tactic of deception.

　But the problem is that since the US military had already dropped the hydrogen bomb, accusing the "Viet Cong of poisoning" no longer had any killing power.

　——Just like one year after the Gaza War, no matter how many rockets hit Israeli towns, no matter how many Israeli civilians were killed or injured and then complained about their misery, public opinion around the world could not sympathize with the Jews: tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians were blown to ashes by you, so what does a few of your deaths matter?

　What's more, according to the thinking of most ordinary people in the world, when the warring parties have already reached their maximum intensity and are bombing each other with nuclear bombs, if the Viet Cong still wants to release some biological and chemical weapons that are less powerful than nuclear bombs, it would be purely superfluous and unnecessary!

　——The Viet Cong had already bombed Nha Trang with a miniature atomic bomb, so how could they possibly poison the area again?

　This is just as strange as building guillotines and gallows in death camps even though they already had gas chambers and incinerators!

　Even if the Viet Cong were already blinded by hatred at this point, if they really wanted to "eradicate all evil" against the US military, they could continue to use atomic bombs.

　As long as it is certain that it will be used to bomb the Americans immediately, the Soviet nuclear arsenal will definitely be opened generously, and the Vietnamese can take as much as they want!

　"The White House still insists we go to Nha Trang? It seems like they're not going to find out anything."

　Fili spread his hands. "Even if we want to hold those responsible for the biological warfare agent leak accountable, it seems difficult to conduct an investigation in a city of death that was just bombed by a nuclear bomb and is now ravaged by plague. Even the safety of the investigators cannot be guaranteed..."

　"So, brother Fili, since this trip is so dangerous, why don't you take your wife with you to Vietnam?"

　Kissinger looked at the seemingly delicate Marita and suggested, "This time is different from the public-funded tour of Asia with Miss Monroe eight years ago. We are really risking our lives. It is even more dangerous than escorting the "Dragon Lady" back to Vietnam seven years ago!"

　At least back then, Vietnam was just playing with guns and firing cannons, not like now, where they've resorted to nuclear and biological weapons."

　It sounded like a reasonable suggestion, but Marita firmly grasped Feri's hand and shook her head to refuse.

　"No, it's precisely because this journey is dangerous that I'm going with Fili. Wherever he is, there I will be!"

　She looked at Firi lovingly and said, "As your wife, my will is with you. I will hold your hand and stay with you forever."

　As a survivor who had once spent time in a German concentration camp ravaged by plague and famine, and even shared a room with the author of "Anne's Diary," Marita certainly knew how dangerous a plague-stricken city could be. But she knew even more clearly the extraordinary powers of her husband, a member of a cult.

　As his favorite collection, it would be difficult for me to die unless I deliberately commit suicide.

　Therefore, even if it was a nuclear battlefield or a plague land, she was willing to follow Fili to explore it - it could be a lifelong topic of conversation in the future!

　"Thank you for your support, dear. Besides, Dr. Kissinger and I are not so reckless as to put ourselves in a desperate situation."

　Fili touched Marita's hand and said with a smile, "Since the White House has decided to throw us out to deal with this crisis and clean up this mess, then regardless of whether we have the power to turn the tide, we should act with full energy."

　He paused and said, "No matter if it works or not, we must make the world believe that we are really working hard to deal with the crisis!"

　——In short, even if it makes things worse, you must give it your all!

　-

　Three days later, at the dock at the San Diego Naval Base, the former Japanese Imperial Navy destroyer Yukikaze, now a CIA vessel, was freshly painted and adorned with a red cross symbolizing medicine.

　Then, a dozen male and female "Tantric Masters" who were illegal immigrants or Vietnam War refugees were captured from various refugee and illegal immigrant shelters wearing only shorts. They were escorted onto the Yukikaze with numb expressions, ready to participate in a "humanitarian rescue expedition" across the Pacific Ocean.

　Next to the Yukikaze, Firi held an impromptu press conference, announcing that he would bring a ship of "super healers" to Nha Trang: because the existing conventional medical means are difficult to cure patients with anthrax and radiation sickness, so only supernatural means can be used.

　As to why he and Dr. Kissinger did not fly to Nha Trang, but used a relatively

　Slow boats? That was, of course, because Vietcong artillery still blockaded Nha Trang's airport, and US aircraft carriers had withdrawn from the South China Sea, no longer providing air cover for US troops stationed in Vietnam. Consequently, Nha Trang's air routes had long been cut off. Both the Red Cross medical staff and the UN investigators arrived in Nha Trang by speedboat.

　Obviously, the "Tantric masters" basically do not know how to parachute, and cannot be airdropped into the Nha Trang encirclement at will, so they can only take a boat to get there.

　In addition, thanks to supplies shipped by sea and air, the current encirclement of Nha Trang is not short of antibiotics and conventional anti-inflammatory drugs. What is lacking is a truly effective treatment that can "cure all diseases" - and Firi and Kissinger will bring confidence and miracles to those poor people who are struggling with illness.

　In short, although the reporters' various criticisms and questions were unavoidable at the press conference, Fieri's attitude generally won the initial recognition of public opinion, which felt that Washington was finally doing something.

　But in reality - even at the speed of the Yukikaze, it would take more than a month to cross the Pacific Ocean, not to mention that Firi also planned to make a detour to Bali and recruit a group of naked "Tantric Masters" from the local nude prisoner-of-war camp to buy time.

　In this case, it would take until late March for the Yukikaze to arrive in Nha Trang.

　By then, the armed forces of the Viet Cong might have been unable to hold back and would have rushed into Nha Trang, hoisted the red flag, and taken over the burdens in the city.

　Even if the Vietcong remained patiently hunkered down in the suburbs, most of the less resilient victims of the infectious disease in Nha Trang would have long since perished after such prolonged suffering. Philippe could simply get the last few lucky survivors of the Nha Trang encirclement, still struggling with aftereffects, onto the Yukikaze and stage a "show rescue" in front of the reporters, and he should be able to get by with a perfunctory rescue.

　At most, after the incident, the Yukikaze could be allowed to carry a shipload of "Tantric masters" to visit Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore, and other places to conduct a few "unobstructed assembly-style" "tour healings (donation of physical bodies)." Then, even if public opinion still criticizes the United States, at least Philippines should be able to get away with it, right?

　Of course, the above is just Firi's humble opinion. But as a renowned auspicious sacred object, the Snow Wind's power is far more than just this...

　Chapter 460: The Curse of the Snow Wind Continues

　February 10, 1970, Vung Tau Port, Vietnam

　As the closest seaport city to Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, Vung Tau became the largest remaining stronghold of US troops in Vietnam and a gathering place for the fleeing US troops and South Vietnamese reactionary forces after the complete collapse of the Vietnam War, the fall of Saigon, and the assassination of several consecutive commanders of US troops in Vietnam.

　Religious armed forces, landlord militias from the capital's Kinki area and the Mekong Delta, as well as right-wing intellectuals and industrialists who opposed the Viet Cong, all brought their luggage and followed the retreating US troops, gathering here from all directions, waiting for the ships to pick them up.

　Although the Viet Cong guerrillas followed suit, harassing, bombarding, and launching disguised sneak attacks on the outskirts of Vung Tau Port, even organizing a suicide bombing of a US military base with a miniature atomic bomb, their attacks were ultimately weak and the number of troops involved was small, clearly a spent force.

　——After being almost completely destroyed by a super-heavyweight nuclear strike a year ago, the Viet Cong in the South suddenly recovered a large amount of territory and had to rebuild order and resume agricultural production as soon as possible. However, they were currently unable to tackle the tough nut of Vung Tau Port, where a large army was gathered.

　At the same time, a large number of bandits, roving bandits and defeated soldiers were scattered on the land that had just been recovered, and they urgently needed to be eliminated and rectified.

　Compared with the American troops who have retreated to the seaside to fend for themselves, the bandits scattered in the rear are obviously more worthy of the Viet Cong to deal with as soon as possible.

　So, while the land surrounding the port was a scene of chaos, war, and barren fields, Vung Tau Harbor was brightly lit every night and bustling with activity every day. The entire length of the seawall was filled with American merchant ships, landing craft, and improvised passenger ferries.

　At the crowded dock, vehicles of all sizes transporting people and supplies formed a long queue, extending all the way to the large and small warehouses on the shore.

　There are also countless refugees with children, the elderly and children, who are trying their best to squeeze onto the ships, even at the cost of bribes or selling themselves.

　In short, although Vung Tau Port has been quite noisy and chaotic in recent times, it is also bustling with people, presenting a kind of distorted wartime prosperity.

　However, what no one expected was that when the auspicious ship Yukikaze, which was carrying the White House's order, was still cutting through the waves and struggling to sail westward in the vast Pacific Ocean, its auspicious power that had once destroyed the Japanese Combined Fleet crossed half of the Pacific Ocean and was transmitted to the battlefield on the front line in Vietnam.

　That evening, a terrible tragedy suddenly occurred in Vung Tau.

　A team of Viet Cong special agents disguised as refugees sneaked into the warehouse area of ​​​​Vung Tau Port and installed a time bomb in the oil depot. With a few "booms", the place was blasted into a sea of ​​fire. Thick smoke and flames shot up into the sky. For a moment, it was like a volcanic eruption. The top of the smoke column was four or five kilometers high!

　Even worse, the fire spread to merchant ships anchored at the pier, which were also affected by the wind. The panicked ships in Vung Tau Port started to set sail, but they collided or ran aground outside the port, further escalating the chaos. At around 11 pm, a munitions ship loaded with 1500 tons of ammunition collided with a

　The oil tanker immediately caught fire and exploded!

　The blast swept across a three-kilometer radius, instantly killing everyone on board. A nearby landing craft was lifted from the water by the shockwave and thrown 2000 meters onto land. Seven other merchant ships were driven aground or sank by collisions. Two cranes collapsed and were destroyed in the blast. The entire port was devastated, with over 1000 people killed. The devastating explosion was said to have been heard as far away as Saigon!

　After the explosion at Vung Tau Port, hundreds of people struggled desperately in the sea, trying to swim to safety. The muddy seawater mixed with oil kept rushing towards them, enveloping their bodies, pouring into their eyes and noses, and invading their throats.

　When they finally managed to get ashore and were rescued, wrapped in oil-soaked clothes, and thought they had escaped a disaster, new misfortune struck them again - many of the wounded experienced stinging and burning eyes, skin edema, large-area peeling, difficulty breathing and other strange symptoms.

　Due to the chaos at the fire and explosion site, most of the survivors and injured in Vung Tau Port were unable to receive timely medical treatment and died in agony: some were covered in blisters, some had their skin peeled off, some had ulcers all over their bodies, and some even dug their throats...

　When their bizarre and tragic deaths were discovered the next morning, it caused a huge panic throughout the city. Nha Trang had become a plague city due to the leakage of US biological weapons. Could it be that Vung Tau was also plagued by the epidemic?

　Although the Pentagon immediately refuted the rumors, claiming that nothing was wrong with Vung Tau Port, that the Viet Cong attack had been repelled, and that the area was "very safe," the problem was that the US government's credibility had completely collapsed. While the military's denial might have been fine, the denial sent shockwaves through the city. Even soldiers in the trenches outside the city began abandoning their posts and attempting to escape by boat.

　The only silver lining was that the Viet Cong also learned of the unusual situation in Vung Tau Port and did not attack those empty positions.

　After all, no one wants to step into a cesspool, right?

　Afterwards, according to investigations by war correspondents and Red Cross doctors, a large amount of highly toxic Agent Orange and poison gas bombs had been stored in a warehouse in Vung Tau Port. As a result, a leak occurred during the fire, and more than 1000 tons of chemical agents seeped into the land and harbor, or spread into the air.

　At the same time, among the sunken ships in the harbor that night, there seemed to be some carrying highly toxic chemicals...

　In short, because the Pentagon refuses to disclose more information, the press is temporarily unable to determine how bad the situation in Vung Tau Port is.

　But in any case, the military plan made by the former commander of the US forces in Vietnam, General Weyand, during his lifetime - "withdraw troops and defend Vung Tau to the death, fortify the port of Vung Tau as the last stronghold of the US military on the Indochina Peninsula" - is probably impossible to continue to be implemented.

　——Who would be willing to guard a chemically contaminated area?

　-

　"What? A chemical pollution incident broke out in Vung Tau Port? There was a biological warfare agent leak in Nha Trang, and a poison gas bomb leak in Vung Tau?"

　Aboard the Yukikaze, which had just completed a mid-journey resupply in Hawaii and was turning southward toward Bali, Marita, listening to the news on the radio, exclaimed, "What kind of hell are we heading to this time? It sounds even more terrifying than Verdun and the Somme on the Western Front of World War I!"

　"A mere biohazard is nothing to that troubled land, dear.

　Vietnam's land has been saturated with nuclear pollution and Agent Orange (defoliant) for the past few years, and even a little more anthrax and sarin gas now seems to be no longer a problem for lice and debt—the most it will do is to grow poisonous rice and produce babies with deformities.

　Firi calmly uttered these terrifying words, "I remember seeing countless scenes like this in Hollywood's post-apocalyptic wasteland movies. But since the Vietnamese want independence and freedom from the hands of a world hegemon, this is the price they must pay."

　By the same token, these tragedies are the price the US military must pay if it wants to break the spell of political correctness and leave the quagmire of the Vietnam War.

　"Leaving the quagmire of the Vietnam War? And then going to hell or a prisoner-of-war camp?" Marita joked.

　"Ah, going to Siberia to grow potatoes is also a way to escape the battlefield."

　Fili shrugged. "Compared to the hot winds from a nuclear explosion, even the cold snap of Siberia seems so pleasant."

　"Well, although it sounds depressing, I have to admit that you are right."

　Marita's eyes rolled. "But if we continue to stroll along at this leisurely pace, wouldn't the US troops stationed in Vietnam be completely wiped out by the time the ship reaches Vietnam?"

　“If the U.S. troops in Vietnam were annihilated, President Nixon would probably be outwardly indignant, but secretly relieved, perhaps even secretly celebrating.

　In fact, from Capitol Hill to the White House to the Pentagon, most people had long wanted to withdraw from the Vietnam War, but they were just worried about being held accountable afterwards.

　If the US military stationed in Vietnam completely collapsed, it would allow the entire exhausted country to be relieved, and no one would have to bear the responsibility.

　Of course, it is definitely unfair to those soldiers who were deceived by patriotic slogans and sent to the front line to be bombed.

　, how do you put it? "

　Fili sighed, "Perhaps, this is fate!"

　Author's Note: PS: It must be said that Sinwar's final moments were far more dignified than Colonel Kaduna's. Israeli tanks trapped him in a dilapidated house, but he fought to the bitter end with guns and grenades. When an Israeli reconnaissance drone burst into the room, the Hamas leader, already out of ammunition and gravely wounded, used his last remaining stick to throw at the drone before being killed by a shell.

　Chapter 461: True Hydrogen Bomb Disinfection

　March 18, 1970, South China Sea, US Forces Vietnam Headquarters, Kunlun Island

　The Yukikaze "spy ship" was ordered to set off from San Diego and cross the Pacific Ocean, carrying an investigation team to the Vietnam battlefield to investigate the biochemical crisis in Nha Trang. It finally arrived at Kunlun Island in the territorial waters of Vietnam, only a stone's throw away from its final destination, Nha Trang.

　However, the Yukikaze could only stop here and could not continue to Nha Trang.

　Because there is no Nha Trang in this world anymore.

　——Nearly a month ago, on February 20, a sudden fire destroyed another secret anthrax weapons storage warehouse in Nha Trang City, causing hundreds of kilograms of anthrax spores to pour out, making the already plague-ridden city even worse.

　Everywhere there were patients covered with blisters and black scabs, lying on the dirty streets, running high fevers, half dead and talking nonsense.

　Even the Red Cross volunteers had to withdraw from Nha Trang, and at the same time called on the Viet Cong to enter the city as soon as possible to surrender and eliminate hidden dangers.

　Many desperate and frantic Nha Trang citizens ignored the Viet Cong blockade and rushed out of the city in droves, trying to seek refuge in the countryside. Even the Viet Cong's machine gun fire was useless, as the nearly frantic people would rather die than return to the plague city to suffer.

　All of the above-mentioned horrific scenes were filmed by war correspondents who risked their lives to sneak into the scene, and were soon published in major media outlets around the world.

　Faced with this situation, the North Vietnamese authorities gradually became unable to withstand the pressure from all sides and dared not sit idly by and watch the epidemic in Nha Trang continue to spread.

　However, Vietnam, which had already been reduced to a radioactive wasteland, did not have sufficient sanitation and disinfection capabilities to deal with the biochemical crisis in a city.

　——There were no doctors, no medicines, and even field hospitals had to be set up in tunnels for fear of bombing by American planes.

　Besides, who knows how many traps and landmines the Americans have left in Nha Trang?

　A few years ago, Americans even invented super powers that could cure all diseases. Now, even if they sealed a demon in Nha Trang, it wouldn't seem strange, right?

　How to do it?

　The Raccoon City in the game "Resident Evil" has already provided a decent solution.

　That is nuclear explosion and destruction!

　In order to deal with the problems left behind by the American imperialist invaders as quickly, efficiently and economically as possible, let’s drop a hydrogen bomb on Nha Trang as soon as possible!

　As long as a hydrogen bomb is launched, under the power of nuclear fusion, all viruses, bacteria and supernatural magic will surely be defeated!

　As for nuclear radiation, it doesn't matter. Vietnam has already been hit by so many nuclear bombs, so this one really doesn't matter!

　Therefore, a week after the Viet Cong finally opened the blockade and allowed the survivors of Nha Trang, both military and civilian, to evacuate the city and temporarily live in quarantine areas in the nearby countryside, on March 1, the Soviet Union, at the invitation of the Viet Cong, launched an R-16 intercontinental missile at Nha Trang, which had been basically evacuated.

　And miraculously, it hit the city center of Nha Trang accurately.

　Then, accompanied by a "brilliant radiation" with a TNT equivalent of 500 million tons, 80% of Nha Trang's urban buildings were razed to the ground...

　The remaining biological and chemical agents and pathogens in the city, as well as the forgotten patients and other people, were also subjected to the most thorough high-temperature disinfection.

　This is the instantaneous temperature of tens of millions of degrees Celsius in the core area of ​​a hydrogen bomb explosion! Under such high temperatures, what living organism can not be reduced to ashes?