American Strategic Deception Bureau

　As for the civil affairs on Kunlun Island, they are all managed by the local American consul, and there is no need for a soldier like me to intervene.

　So, apart from the occasional drills and sports, I really don't have much to do here. After all, our army has fought all the battles it can! The Pentagon can't possibly be counting on these two hundred or so fighters on Kunlun Island to launch a counterattack on Saigon, right?

　——Before, as the first commander of the Federal Space Force in American history, Firi not only had the rank of colonel, but was also a complete lone commander without any troops under his command. His only task during his term was to create a military flag, military song, badges and uniforms.

　Meanwhile, as the last commander of US Forces Vietnam, Fieri's current situation was little different from a commander without troops. He had been promoted to the temporary rank of major general, but the troops assigned to him were not even at the rank of general officer. The troops that had once belonged to the US Forces Vietnam Command had either been wiped out, imprisoned in prisoner-of-war camps, or deployed to the battlefields in Malaysia. Even the headquarters on Kunlun Island was deserted within days of his arrival, as the original staff, logistics personnel, and guards had been transferred to Singapore.

　In short, after taking office as the commander of the US forces in Vietnam again, Firi once conducted a statistics of the US military personnel on Kunlun Island, and found that he was actually equivalent to the security captain of a large hospital: on the entire Kunlun Island, in addition to more than 2,000 wounded and sick soldiers recuperating, excluding military doctors, nurses, civilian staff and general staff, as well as naval officers and soldiers guarding the radar station and a small number of military police, there are only about 200 people still belonging to the combat forces of the US forces in Vietnam, divided into two companies: one company is the Army and the other company is the Marine Corps.

　There are also several armed gunboats and landing craft moored on Kunlun Island, but none of them are under the jurisdiction of the US Forces Vietnam Command, but directly under the Seventh Fleet.

　What? The Yukikaze docked at Kunlun Island? That official ship was assigned to Dr. Kissinger, and Firi was just using it for a bit.

　Finally, according to the Pentagon's order, the wounded and sick on Kunlun Island, after recovering and being discharged from the hospital, would either be discharged and returned home, or sent to Singapore to join the front-line troops on the Malay Peninsula battlefield. However, none of them would remain under the command of Philippines, the commander of the US military in Vietnam.

　So, although Firi said he was the commander of the US forces in Vietnam, he was actually just a regimental commander at best, and the one he was in charge of was not a field regiment, but a logistics regiment...

　Since the actual power he possessed was so meager, the various benefits he could enjoy as the commander of the US forces in Vietnam were naturally very meager.

　For example, although there is a field airport on Kunlun Island, the current US military command in Vietnam does not have a single aircraft under its jurisdiction.

　If Phil wanted to go to Singapore to attend the Southeast Asia Warfare Conference, he would have to take advantage of the occasional transport plane from the Philippines, fly back to Manila, and then find a way to transfer to Singapore, or find a way to find a boat to go south to the Strait of Malacca, and he might encounter pirates...

　——Perhaps out of consideration for Fieri’s difficulties, Admiral Wheeler has not once called him to Singapore for a military meeting in the past few months.

　If you think about it carefully, on the surface, it seems that as the commander of the US forces in Vietnam, he is really no different from being on vacation, or in exile?

　"Ahem, but although Kunlun Island looks peaceful, it is actually still a war front, Mr. Halbernstein."

　Finding something seemed a little wrong, Fili touched his chin and quickly tried to excuse himself, "

　For the Viet Cong, Kunlun Island, where we are currently located, is the last piece of Vietnamese territory that has not yet been recovered by them.

　Unless we can reach some kind of tacit understanding, the Viet Cong may still attack the island at any time..."

　"Of course, the Vietcong will not give up their claim to Kunlun Island. But retaining the claim and launching an attack are two completely different things.

　Just like Red China has never given up its claim to Taiwan, but has never been able to cross the sea to attack Taiwan."

　Halbernstein shook his head in disbelief. "The Vietcong have no navy. How could they possibly attack Kunlun Island? They couldn't possibly gather thousands of men and hundreds of fishing boats for a surprise attack, could they?"

　Not to mention that in the waters between Kunlun Island and the Vietnamese mainland, our warships are still patrolling regularly and reconnaissance planes are constantly active in the sky. Even if they successfully avoid our patrol fleet and reconnaissance planes and successfully land on Kunlun Island, how can they possibly withstand the pressure?

　Stop our army from counterattacking?"

　"Although the Vietcong don't have a navy, they have planes and nuclear bombs! If we can find a pilot willing to sacrifice himself, he can fly a plane carrying a nuclear bomb and rush over, and this headquarters will be flattened by a mushroom cloud!

　These days, control of the sea isn't as strong as it used to be. Even an enemy without a navy won't necessarily be trapped on land!

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　Although the importance of sea power and fleets has grown since the Age of Exploration, with the continued advancement of military technology, the Age of Sea Power has begun to show signs of decline. Many forces without navies can also put opponents with fleets into a difficult position.

　For example, in the Russo-Ukrainian War in the 1920s, Russia annihilated the Ukrainian Navy at the beginning of the war and gained control of the Black Sea.

　However, in the subsequent war, Ukraine, without a navy, used only missiles, drones, and unmanned suicide boats to defeat the Russian Black Sea Fleet, sinking a number of large ships including the Russian flagship "Moscow" and even bombing the Russian Black Sea Fleet headquarters.

　In the end, the Ukrainians miraculously achieved "land control of the sea." With no fleet at all, they relied on a bunch of gadgets to drive the Russian warships out of the battlefield. They could only flee across the Black Sea, completely losing the courage to fight...

　At the same time, the Houthi armed forces in Yemen, relying on extremely backward equipment, beat the US aircraft carrier battle group in the Red Sea and forced it to flee in embarrassment.

　Of course, it was only the 1970s. Although drones had already appeared, without the assistance of AI systems, early drones were little more than remote-controlled toys, lacking the ability to "control the sea from land" in actual combat and launch long-range attacks on ships.

　But the problem is that Kunlun Island is not a warship and cannot move or dodge at all!

　Fixed targets are much easier to hit than moving ones! Even with Cold War and even World War II military technology, it's completely doable!

　Even though there was 185 kilometers of ocean between them, the Viet Cong only needed to launch a short-range missile at Kunlun Island and replace it with a nuclear warhead to give the US troops stationed in Vietnam on Kunlun Island a radiation baptism, and use a mushroom cloud of a nuclear explosion to "warmly welcome" Major General Ferry King to take office!

　Even if the Viet Cong didn't even have short-range missiles, at a time when miniature nuclear weapons had become widespread, as long as they could find a few fearless pilots, they could recreate the "Kamikaze Special Attack Force" of the Japanese Empire at the end of World War II - build a wooden plane that is difficult to detect by radar, take off from the mainland with a miniature nuclear bomb on board, fly all the way over the sea, and finally explode in mid-air over Kunlun Island, thus achieving "one plane for one island"!

　Since Kunlun Island, 185 kilometers away from the mainland, still has the possibility of encountering the "suicide plane air raid and nuclear explosion" of the Viet Cong's "Kamikaze Special Forces" at any time, how can we say that this place has completely been away from war and turned into a peaceful and leisurely resort?

　Phi, the commander of the US military in Vietnam, is still on high alert, ready to fight off the Viet Cong's naval attacks and aerial suicide nuclear explosions at any time!

　"The only way to prevent the Vietcong from coming is to convince them that the island is not worth destroying with a nuclear bomb."

　Ferry joked to Halbernstein, "This requires the help of your pen. Please make sure to describe the situation on Kunlun Island in a shabby way, such as there are patients everywhere, there is nothing they need, the headquarters is just an empty shell, and the new commander is only a colonel, etc.

　Even now, nuclear bombs are still expensive, and the Vietcong would be reluctant to use them for something of little value..."

　"Since you already know that Kunlun Island cannot be defended and the Vietnam War is already lost, why do you continue to stay here?"

　A clear, crisp female voice suddenly rang out in the office, with a somewhat reprimanding tone, "Signing a formal armistice agreement with the Vietnamese as soon as possible, ending this failed war, and allowing the young men to return to the safety of their homeland to recuperate, is the right thing to do, right?"

　Seeing the uninvited Hollywood actress Jane Fonda at the office door, Ferris suddenly felt a headache.

　Ever since Jane Fonda arrived on Kunlun Island with the USO, this anti-war icon, reminiscent of a later generation of white leftists, has been causing quite a bit of trouble with her reckless behavior and outrageous rhetoric... And it's Fieri who's had to clean up her mess...

　Chapter 465: Is “Hanoi Letter” going to become “Beijing Letter”?

　In short, when Hollywood actress Jane Fonda finally finished her long speech on anti-war, love and peace, and walked out of the office of the commander of the US military headquarters in Vietnam with a smug look on her face, Commander Ferry King, New York Times reporter David Halbernstein, and Dr. Kissinger, who arrived later, all showed expressions of relief.

　"Oh, I never thought Miss Jane Fonda could be so eloquent... Isn't she thirsty?"

　Fili rubbed his forehead with a wry smile, and then dug his ears that had been tortured just now - he finally understood how aggrieved and helpless Putin and Trump in the 21st century felt when facing the angry accusations of the environmentalist girl Greta.

　"Yeah, I listened to two hours of 'correct nonsense'. It was uncomfortable and I couldn't refute it." Dr. Kissinger followed up with a complaint.

　"Peace, ceasefire, humanitarianism... these terms all sound good, but the question is how can we achieve them?"

　Fieri shrugged. "Miss Jane Fonda has been talking for so long, as if she thinks the problem is solved if she can convince us—but how can that be? Seven years ago, I said the Vietnam War was unprofitable and might turn into a quagmire, but who listened?

　"Over the past decade, Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Kennedy Jr., and Nixon—who didn't know that the Vietnam War was a huge inferno? Yet, in the end, they had no choice but to pinch their noses, step on the accelerator, and lead the entire United States into the inferno? Now we're almost in hell!"

　"As for Hollywood actresses, it's already good enough if they can just shout a few slogans and show off some performance art."

　Dr. Kissinger sighed. "Do you really expect them to be elected to Congress or become president? Female celebrities are very naive, and they all think that everything can be solved with love and peace. But our world is not a Disney movie; there are no such beautiful fairy tales."

　President Nixon in the White House is currently struggling with how to end the war. What good ideas can the anti-war groups, who can only make high-sounding noises, offer?

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　In modern society, starting a war is certainly not easy, but stopping an ongoing war is probably even more difficult.

　After all, war can never be stopped by just saying so. Instead, the problems that caused the war must be solved, or at least suppressed.

　How should we compensate the victims of war? How can we heal past hatreds? How can we change unfair rules and systems?

　When faced with those vested interests who refuse to make any concessions, how can we force them to give up their interests?

　Obviously, those white lotuses who can do nothing but shout slogans cannot come up with any feasible suggestions.

　They only know how to shout "justice prevails" or "convince people with reason", and believe that as long as there is mutual understanding, the conflict can be eased.

　But in fact, people cannot understand each other. Those who are willing to endure hardships will only suffer endless hardships, and capitalists can only "practice Marxism-Leninism in reverse."

　So, their exciting progressive slogans ultimately turn into a bunch of correct nonsense.

　Although in politics, there is indeed value in spouting a lot of correct nonsense, at least it can frame a standard of right and wrong.

　But what should a leader do if he or she can't come up with any new ideas except the right nonsense?

　Then, this guy can only deceive himself, try to stick to the rules, maintain the status quo, ignore those crimes and distortions, and just blindly ask the oppressed to continue to endure... He even tries his best to suppress all kinds of civil resistance and denounce them as crimes - in the end, he can only speak righteous words and do unforgivable things, but he has not been able to gain much personal benefits, and has become a free cow and horse for the vested interests.

　People like this think they are shining messengers of justice. In fact, they are just clowns manipulated by the mastermind behind the scenes.

　Of course, the majority of white lotuses, from the moment they were promoted, had already been in cahoots with the black hands behind the scenes, so that when they open their mouths they are talking about human rights and freedom, and when they take action they are harming the world and morality...

　——After seeing so many bull-headed and horse-faced bitches and green tea bitches, even the real big-breasted and brainless white lotus seems so fresh and lovely.

　"By the way, Major General Jin, Dr. Kissinger, how do you think we ended up in this situation?"

　New York Times reporter David Halbernstein lamented over a cup of coffee, "In recent years, I've been either in Vietnam, New York, or elsewhere in Southeast Asia, and have rarely been to the capital. So I'm wondering why, in this war, the Washingtonians always manage to step into every pitfall so precisely? Why, almost every time, do they make the worst possible choice?"

　"Ah, when a country is going downhill, usually few people step on the brakes, and more people keep their foot on the accelerator."

　Firi thought for a moment and explained to the reporter, "It's too hard to brake downhill, but it's much easier to step on the accelerator." Short-sighted politicians don't care whether the car will eventually go off the cliff and explode into a fireball with a "boom".

　You should know that in this world, the more something is lacking, the more it is emphasized. The gentlemen on Capitol Hill are the most lacking in patriotism, which is why they insist on shouting patriotic rhetoric—in fact, they really have no patriotic enthusiasm for the United States..."

　Although the United States, with its enormous power after World War II, could have single-handedly dominated the world with a clear and feasible strategic path, the problem was that it lacked a stable political force to control the overall situation, and its political arena was unstable most of the time.

　The ruling class of the United States is a basket of crabs, administrative bureaucrats, bipartisan politicians, conservatives and progressives, the military-industrial complex and Wall Street, rednecks and lobbying groups, the military and trade unions...all kinds of forces are intertwined and tangled in Washington, always pulling each other's legs.

　No one can make the final decision, and no one can restrain the actions of the entire country. Every force is desperately trying to grab the steering wheel.

　Then, in the eyes of the arrogant American ruling class, foreigners who do not listen to Americans are anti-American.

　But the problem is that the American ruling class is fighting among itself.

　What this group of Americans says will offend another group of Americans.

　Later, Ukraine's Zesheng desperately tried to curry favor with Trump and the Democrats, only to make himself a mortal enemy of Trump and the Republicans. Saudi Arabia responded to Trump's every request, spending lavishly. But when Trump lost the election and Trump ascended to the throne, Saudi Arabia immediately became a US-certified "international pariah state."

　Only Israel, as America's father, can issue orders to any force in the United States and threaten to accuse them of being "anti-Semitic" at any time.

　But the problem is, there is only one Israel in the world!

　Therefore, even if anti-American organizations in the 21st century want to negotiate with the United States, they will find that unless they choose to surrender unconditionally and hand over everything to the United States, or even end up hanging themselves, it is impossible to reach an agreement with every faction in the United States at the same time.

　In the end, except for a few lunatics who want to commit suicide, the surrenderists will be forced to become staunch rebels, believing that opposing the United States is easier than negotiating.

　Being America's enemy is hard enough. Being America's underling is even more mentally tormenting.

　The United States has never been known for its petty foes. Throughout the 20th century, "American allies" around the world often relied on feigning pro-Americanism to solicit aid and favors. The claim that "Chief Chiang Kai-shek was the most capable of American proxies" is sheer nonsense.

　Because Chairman Chiang was simply a reactionary and not at all a running dog supported by the United States, the United States did not initially invest heavily in him.

　Although when Chairman Chiang Kai-shek married Mrs. Soong, who had an American background, the news of "Sino-US Cooperation" was published in Shanghai newspapers.

　But in reality, during the first ten years of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's administration, Sino-US relations were not good, and Sino-British relations were also mediocre. The imperialist powers generally believed that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was too "nationalist" and that his Nationalist government was still too revolutionary and insufficiently compliant, requiring a heavy blow.

　——According to Churchill, Chairman Chiang was similar to the Pahlavi dynasty of Iran, both of whom were troublesome to the British Empire.

　Both the Hoover and Roosevelt administrations in the United States described Chairman Chiang as a "nationalist" and believed that he was not "civilized" enough.

　Alas, those who are reactionaries in the eyes of the Chinese are still revolutionaries in the eyes of Western powers. This shows that Chiang Kai-shek was obviously not reactionary enough!

　At the same time, it can also be seen that to be a qualified agent in the eyes of the imperialist powers, one must be a self-deprecating insect.

　As for the true American puppets, the pinnacle of combat effectiveness was undoubtedly South Korea's Syngman Rhee. Although he couldn't withstand General Kim's frontal assault, he at least independently cleared the rear, killing over 1.5 million people. In particular, he reduced the population of Jeju Island from 270,000 to just 30,000.

　Relying on this skill of killing, Syngman Rhee finally suppressed the people's resistance, hid under the wings of the US military, and became the founding father of South Korea.

　Later on, the agents selected by the United States in third world countries became even worse than the other.

　Since the Korean War, the US has essentially used dog-training methods to support its proxies. In Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, the US has spent vast sums of money to maintain a bunch of devoid of moral principles and useless vassal armies. Not only have they consistently lost battles against anti-US forces, but they have also frequently collaborated with the enemy and retaliated against them.

　Why has it become like this? It seems that the more money and effort the US spends, the more useless the puppets it fosters become.

　Because the United States considers itself a country on the top of the mountain and cannot look other countries in the eye. Its diplomacy is somewhat similar to the tributary system of ancient China. As a result, it either raises a group of useless subordinates who are lying flat on their backs, or is "tail-wagging-the-dog" by ambitious subordinates who fleece the United States under the pretext of righteousness.

　——The former is represented by Afghanistan. Because the United States is unwilling to give up power, the two successive Afghan presidents have both been ineffective.

　The representative of the latter is Israel, which has turned an important wedge of the US Middle East strategy into a wild dad riding on the head of the United States!

　In short, just as ancient China could not effectively absorb advanced Western technology and social systems as long as it still considered itself the Celestial Empire, its emperor the Son of Heaven, and insisted on viewing other nations as barbarians and foreign rulers as chieftains, so long as the United States persists in its arrogant and disdainful attitude and its greed for both appearance and substance, it will continue to be an out-of-touch victim and a utopian dreamer.

　Fortunately, compared to those second- and third-rate presidents who merely sat on the job and did nothing, President Nixon, while not a particularly good character, was undoubtedly a first-rate figure in both his tactics and abilities. In terms of his ability to turn the tide and overcome setbacks, only President Franklin Roosevelt could rival him throughout the 20th century.

　So, in order to end the Vietnam War, President Nixon could do a lot of unconventional and "brave" things...

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　"Although Ms. Fonda's speech was indeed naive, or even naive, her call for anti-war and peace did reflect the mainstream thought in American society. Of course, it was a bit excessive for her to promote the anti-war movement directly at a military base on the front lines.

　So I'm very curious, Major General Kim, why did you tolerate Jane Fonda and her delegation spreading anti-war ideas and organizing anti-war and peace activities on Kunlun Island? You even cheered for her and asked me to interview her and publicize her anti-war activities?

　David Halbernstein flipped through his shorthand notebook and asked Ferry curiously, "Although I know you have always had a good temper, but being scolded in front of her like just now...

　But she still didn't show any anger at all, which still surprised me! Are you a fan who is obsessed with her? "

　"Chasing stars? Haha, Mr. Reporter, you know there is a saying that goes "Distance makes beauty", and my family lives in Hollywood.

　Those female stars who made little boys crazy, I've heard stories since I was a kid about them sleeping with half the crew just to get a role, and I've even seen them lying on red sofas, being ridden on, screaming and even urinating..."

　Phiri said bluntly, "So, when I look at Jane Fonda, I don't have any celebrity filter, and I'm not her fanatical fan.

　As for why she was allowed to conduct anti-war propaganda and spark a peace movement within the military... that involves some confidential information."

　He glanced at Dr. Kissinger, who in turn made a subtle gesture to David Halbernstein.

　The clever war correspondent immediately nodded in understanding, put away his shorthand notebook, and started chatting about some light and trivial topics.

　After David Halbernstein left, Fieri quickly approached Kissinger and whispered, "Any news from Hong Kong? When can we send this women's rights fighter and goddess of peace to China?"

　"The Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong has agreed, but they said it is impossible to proactively invite Jane Fonda. They can only ask Jane Fonda to apply to their office in Hong Kong to visit the Beijing prisoner-of-war camp after arriving in Hong Kong."