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　The reason is that the United States' "striving for a new relationship" with Beijing does not mean "sacrificing America's old friends."

　But this is nothing more than fabricating cards and fabricating bargaining chips, as the UN is getting closer and closer to expelling the Taiwanese delegation every year.

　By now, everyone has seen clearly that if they insist on not allowing New China to return to the United Nations and insist on excluding the world's most populous country from the current international order, then New China will have no motivation or willingness to maintain the United Nations.

　As a result, any UN resolution involving East Asia, Southeast Asia, and even South Asia—the regions surrounding China—would be fraught with setbacks or even aborted due to New China's interference: just like the League of Nations formed after World War I and before World War II. Without the participation of the United States, then the world's leading economic power, it remained semi-paralyzed and ultimately disintegrated in the flames of World War II.

　——It’s not that China needs to return to the United Nations, but that the United Nations cannot do without China!

　It is not the United Nations that grants status to the five permanent members, but the five permanent members that give power to the United Nations!

　If the United Nations continues to prevent New China from coming to the table, New China will continue to trample on the authority of the United Nations!

　Although China is indeed poor and backward, its huge size is enough to make it difficult for anyone to ignore it for long.

　Even President Richard Nixon wrote in his article "Asia After Vietnam" in Foreign Affairs: "In the long run, we cannot allow China to remain forever outside the community of nations, fueling her fanaticism, fostering her hatred, and threatening her neighbors. There is no place on this small planet for a billion of the most talented people to live in angry isolation."

　Although it is now in a closed state, Beijing is by no means ignorant of these dynamic changes in the United States and the international situation.

　Therefore, China stated that the US military must completely withdraw from Taiwan

　There is only one China in the United Nations, and no plot to split the country will be tolerated. This is also non-negotiable. Meanwhile, the US military is still dropping nuclear bombs relentlessly in Southeast Asia, showing little sign of sincerity for peace.

　The US always hopes to maintain its dignity, prestige, and international credibility - but the defeated have no right to ask for these things!

　Fortunately, the Chinese people like to compromise. Even if the two sides cannot reach an agreement, it is a good thing as long as a channel of communication can be maintained.

　In short, on the basis of "setting aside disputes" and "seeking common ground while reserving differences", the two sides reached a draft of the Sino-US Joint Communiqué, which could be released as soon as Kissinger brought it back to the United States and obtained President Nixon's approval.

　At the same time, Beijing also extended an invitation to President Nixon for a diplomatic visit, a symbolic event for the thaw in formal diplomatic relations between China and the United States.

　While Kissinger was conducting secret negotiations at Diaoyutai, Jane Fonda's celebrity team, as a cover for him, was parading around Beijing: visiting the Great Hall of the People and the Forbidden City, climbing the Great Wall, and laying wreaths at the Monument to the People's Heroes.

　In addition, as the highlight of Jane Fonda's visit to Beijing, she brought a group of journalists from various countries (mainly journalists from Eastern European countries stationed in Beijing and Hong Kong journalists who were specially approved to accompany them) to visit the Vietnam War American prisoner-of-war camp in Changping, a suburb of Beijing. They observed the living conditions of more than 10,000 American prisoners of war in the Changping prisoner-of-war camp, gave them small gifts such as soap and razors, and held a concert to comfort them.

　Faced with the songs from their homeland, the American prisoners of war generally burst into tears and sobbed - regardless of whether they were treated humanely or not, life in the prisoner-of-war camp was always difficult. Some of them had even been prisoners for seven years. But they still didn't know when they would be released.

　Seeing this, Jane Fonda comforted them and said: Come on, hold on, the war is almost over, and you can go home as early as Christmas!

　Finally, after a five-day and five-night trip to Beijing, Dr. Kissinger rejoined Jane Fonda's star team and returned to Hong Kong by train.

　Although this diplomatic thaw was achieved, there was still one last step left - the publication of the Sino-US Joint Communiqué and President Nixon's visit to China.

　But according to Dr. Kissinger's estimation, this matter should not be a big problem, but President Nixon is very anxious about it.

　Under the American system, even the Senate and the House of Representatives could not withstand President Nixon's willful behavior in foreign affairs.

　In any case, Nixon's visit to China itself, like Trump's 21st-century attempt to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was initially a simple gesture. Whether this further promotes the normalization of Sino-US relations remains to be seen.

　In short, the two sides just need to exchange some empty words, shake hands, and send out some friendly and goodwill signals in front of the reporters.

　Congress, where conservatives are still powerful, can certainly block President Nixon's China relations bill, causing it to fail and not pass.

　But what if there was no such bill at all, and Nixon simply went to Beijing for a visit?

　Capitol Hill can't just launch an impeachment against the president based on Nixon's visit to China, right? This charge is far from enough!

　Therefore, Congress could not stop Nixon from visiting China. At most, it could prevent President Nixon from implementing his promises to Beijing.

　But if President Nixon did nothing more than issue a communiqué in China, Capitol Hill would have been helpless.

　So, what practical significance does a visit by the US President to China, which is purely air-to-air, have?

　It seems meaningless, but it actually means a lot.

　First, President Nixon could tout it as a political achievement and win support from the left and the anti-war movement.

　Secondly, the handshake between the leaders of China and the United States is enough to make the sensitive Vietnamese feel abandoned, thereby weakening their fighting spirit.

　As long as the Vietnamese know that they may be abandoned by China, and see that the Vietnam War is essentially over, I believe they will agree to ease foreign policy and recuperate: Vietnam has been beaten into this state, do they have to continue to engage in warmongering?

　So, while people at that time couldn't have foreseen that the normalization of Sino-US relations and the "Great Triangle Diplomacy" would establish victory in the Cold War, they could all see how crucial Sino-US engagement, "breaking the first domino," would be for a dignified end to the Vietnam War.

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　"Anyway, you finally managed to secure President Nixon's visit to China. It wasn't easy, Dr. Kissinger."

　Phiri praised Dr. Kissinger, saying, “When the Pentagon asked me to move the US military headquarters in Vietnam to Hong Kong, I was worried about whether this would touch Beijing’s sensitive nerves on the issue of territorial integrity. Now it seems that it has not affected your work…”

　"It did have some impact, actually. Mr. Zhou mentioned this to me on the last day of negotiations. But it just so happened that our army suffered a crushing defeat in Kuantan, so after mocking us for a few words, they didn't pay much attention to where you moved your headquarters..."

　Dr. Kissinger shrugged. "When victory or defeat is about to be decided, the victor is always more tolerant of the loser..."

　——Just as the Viet Cong's Kamikaze Special Attack Force planes carrying nuclear bombs attacked Kunlun Island, the Malayan Communist Party in the south also launched an offensive against the US military: Although the supply line of the Kra Isthmus was completely cut off by the US Navy and Air Force, the ammunition captured on the front line was enough to

　It’s enough for the Malayan Communist Party to fight for a long time.

　As a result, the 3st Marine Division of the US Army, which had suffered a heavy defeat in Perlis in March, was hit by a miniature atomic bomb in Kuantan before it had time to rest and replenish. It fled Kuantan in a mess, setting the worst record in history of "ten consecutive defeats" within a year.

　Under normal circumstances, a US Army ace like the 1st Marine Division shouldn't have suffered such repeated defeats. However, since the Cuban War, the 1st Marine Division has been exposed to so many nuclear explosions that the soldiers have generally developed PTSD, and will flee frantically at the sight of a mushroom cloud.

　Not to mention, the anti-war movement in the United States has reached its peak, recruiting has become extremely difficult, and the active-duty troops have long lost interest in medals. They would rather stay in the United States and play unlimited street fighting competitions with various black thugs and anti-war college students than go to Asia to suffer nuclear explosions.

　Therefore, on the Malayan battlefield in 1970, the combat effectiveness of the US military further plummeted. Among the new recruits in the front-line units, there were more and more fools and criminals, as well as illegal immigrants who were caught and impersonated. There was no time for proper training and they were thrown into the front line at random. The result was naturally that they collapsed at the first touch. Today a battalion was defeated, tomorrow a regiment was defeated, and the day after tomorrow a division fled with its tail between its legs.

　At first glance, it is just like the situation 28 years ago during World War II when the Japanese Southern Army swept across Malaya and quickly passed through Singapore.

　Seeing how incompetent the US military is now, Beijing naturally doesn't care much about the relocation of the US military headquarters in Vietnam to Hong Kong.

　"Okay, now that our mission in China is basically over, the next thing is what's happening in the United States."

　Firi shrugged and said to Dr. Kissinger, "While Congress can't stop the president's diplomatic actions, there are probably quite a few conservatives and warmongers within the various departments of the White House Cabinet. Is the president confident he can overcome their interference and obstruction?"

　"President Nixon once told me that he would not hesitate to eliminate any warmongerers in order to achieve peace."

　Dr. Kissinger rubbed his hands and said, "After the end of World War II, we had already escaped the difficult years of poverty and war and were living in an era of gradual comfort. However, some people wanted to destroy all this beauty. Such bad people should be eliminated!"

　"You are right, but for the sake of profit, there are still people who want to keep the war going," Firi replied.

　"All great undertakings require sacrifice. They may not understand, but they must obey."

　Kissinger posed a riddle: "Greatness is a curse. It stands on corpses."

　Fili was slightly stunned when he heard this, but then he understood:

　I see, President Nixon was willing to resort to lynching and the power of the underworld, and even arrange for mentally ill gunmen, in order to push for a ceasefire!

　Very good, very energetic!

　With this reckless spirit, we will definitely be able to pull this out-of-control American chariot back!

　-

　In this way, Dr. Kissinger stayed in Hong Kong for only one day before hurriedly boarding a plane and returning to Washington to report on his work.

　And Firi was completely idle, with almost no official business to deal with: as the commander of the US forces in Vietnam, he was now in name only, without any subordinate troops, and was completely an empty shell - even the few remaining troops withdrawn from Kunlun Island were assigned to other US military bases.

　Since he has no soldiers left, what else does he, as the commander, have to deal with?

　Does he have to personally organize a naked party for those naked girls on the Xuefeng?

　Fortunately, although there was no military affairs to deal with, people from all walks of life in Hong Kong were still quite curious about him, the American commander who suddenly arrived.

　Therefore, invitations to banquets, balls, horse racing and other social events kept coming in one after another.

　Just as Fili was sitting behind his desk, playing with a thick stack of invitations, wondering which banquet he should go to tonight, the fat Texas man who was now his confidential secretary

　Wolf Lee suddenly burst open the door, panting, waving a telegram and shouting breathlessly: "Something big has happened! Sir! Something big has happened! A city has just been destroyed by a nuclear bomb!"

　"What's so strange about this? It's just a nuclear explosion."

　Firi looked up from behind the table and asked curiously, "How many targets have we detonated in Southeast Asia? Which city did our army use the hydrogen bomb to hit this time? Seeing how surprised you look, could it be that we accidentally bombed one of our own people?"

　Then, Wolf Lee revealed a shocking piece of information to him: "The nuclear explosion wasn't in Southeast Asia, sir! This time, the explosion took place in the westernmost part of Asia! I just received news! A new round of Middle East war has broken out! And it's a nuclear war right from the start! The Egyptians bombed the Israeli capital, Tel Aviv!"

　Wolf Lee handed the telegram to Firi. "The Egyptian army has crossed the Suez Canal and is counterattacking the Sinai Peninsula. The Syrian army has also launched an offensive on the Golan Heights! And the Israeli capital, Tel Aviv, has been bombed by a hydrogen bomb. The Israeli army may not be able to withstand this attack!"

　Please turn on the TV! There might be more detailed reports on the news! British journalists are always very fast!

　Firi: “…”

　Chapter 470, Middle East Nuclear War, the first nuclear explosion in Tel Aviv!

　In the original history, the Fourth Middle East War broke out in 1

　October 6, 973, is also known as the Yom Kippur War.

　Because the day the war began was the Jewish religious holiday of Yom Kippur, when all Jews were required to fast, and most Israeli soldiers were absent from duty, the Arab coalition chose this day to launch a surprise attack on Israel, hoping to achieve a tactical effect of surprise.

　However, with nuclear weapons now widespread and even many small nations possessing nuclear weapons, the Arab coalition leadership believed that with both sides possessing nuclear weapons, tactical surprise had become meaningless, and even the strongest defenses could not withstand the devastating impact of a hydrogen bomb.

　Therefore, the key to determining the outcome of the next war is who can be the first to drop more nuclear bombs on the enemy's head!

　——It sounds like the setting in the antique science fiction novel "War of the Galactic Heroes", the "Thirteen-Day War" that destroyed the old civilization of the Earth Sphere and also promoted the unification of all mankind: in just thirteen days, the major powers of the world destroyed each other with nuclear bombs.

　Of course, the above is just the imagination of novelist Yoshiki Tanaka, as well as the Japanese people's exaggerated fantasy about the end of nuclear war at that time.

　In fact, even with the maximum total nuclear arsenals of countries around the world during the Cold War, it is far from enough to destroy the entire modern civilization of the earth.

　However, if the battlefield is narrowed to the Middle East, especially to Israel, whose land area is only 15,000 square kilometers (excluding Palestine), more than half of its territory is desert and uninhabited area.

　So, with the current power of nuclear weapons, it is really possible to take Israel away in one wave!

　At this time, Nasser, the Egyptian leader who had championed the "Arab National Renaissance," was still alive. Despite being crushed by Israel in the previous Middle East War (the Six-Day War), Nasser's prestige had been tarnished, and he had lost his will to live, his health deteriorating to the point of being practically a walking corpse.

　However, the nuclear bomb sent by the Soviet Union last year gave him hope of regaining lost territory and washing away previous shame, and he became more encouraged.

　However, he was already quite old and his energy was not as high as before. The prestige he lost in the last defeat was unlikely to be restored quickly.

　Therefore, Nasser decided to launch a war against Israel in 1970 while he still had plenty of energy and prestige!

　Of course, as a hero of the Arab world, Nasser was not the kind of rash person who would start a war in anger.

　He chose this moment to launch a war of revenge against Israel when the Egyptian army was not yet fully prepared, not only to see the Egyptian army regain the lost territory in the Sinai Peninsula in his lifetime, but also for many reasons and considerations.

　First, the United States had just suffered a crushing defeat in Southeast Asia this year. Hundreds of thousands of troops had been decimated by the Vietnam War, with heavy losses of weapons and ammunition. While the Navy and Air Force suffered relatively minor losses, the Army and Marine Corps had suffered heavy casualties in the Vietnam War, and even their nuclear arsenal had been largely depleted. Domestic anti-war sentiment had surged to the point of exploding—in some areas, it had already begun to explode. Every draft call had been followed by city-wide riots.

　Secondly, in addition to suffering devastating losses in Vietnam, the defeated US military did not get any respite. Instead, it had to immediately send these defeated troops to the next battlefield, continuing to bleed blood on the Malay Peninsula, and the replenishment of weapons and ammunition could not keep up with the consumption.

　Over the past year, US troops stationed in Europe, which are closest to the Middle East, have been deployed in large numbers to the Southeast Asian battlefields to put out fires, or transferred back to the country to suppress riots.

　In other words, the US military is currently in its weakest state since World War II, comparable to Nazi Germany which had just lost the Battle of Stalingrad.

　The Pentagon has neither the extra troops to open a new front nor much stockpile of munitions to support Israel.

　Then, if we miss this window of opportunity while the US military is still locked in the Southeast Asian rainforests, if we wait until the US military makes a drastic decision, completely abandons the Southeast Asian battlefield, and retreats to recover domestically... then, with the US still the world's leading industrial nation and the formidable productivity of the "arsenal of the free world," once the domestic chaos is quelled, it will likely only take six months to replenish the depleted equipment!

　At that time, the Arab coalition might have to directly engage in PK with the US military like the Vietnamese in order to defeat Israel!

　Therefore, the Fourth Middle East War cannot be delayed! The window of opportunity for the Arabs to defeat Israel is now!

　It is true that Israel now has nuclear bombs, and if a war breaks out, Egypt and Syria will also have to withstand nuclear explosions.

　However, is it just because of this that we can never recover the lost territory, allow the Suez Canal to become a front line of confrontation, and cut off navigation for a long time, so that the Egyptians can guard the golden waterway but cannot collect tolls, and instead become so poor that they have to beg for food?

　There will always be sacrifices in war, but the only outcome of fearing war is destruction!

　Although it is difficult to describe the level of organization of modern Arabs, they are still quite courageous as individuals.

　Otherwise, where did the Palestinian warriors who fought Israel for more than half a century in desperate situations come from?

　So, in the early morning of May 16, 1970, Egypt took the lead in launching a nuclear attack on Israel.

　At this time, although the proliferation of nuclear weapons was inevitable after the Vietnam War became a nuclear war, the Soviet Union provided Syria and Egypt with 100 tactical nuclear bombs with a TNT equivalent of 1000 to 5000 tons each, but did not provide any to the Arab coalition.

　Provide medium-range missiles that can be equipped with nuclear warheads.

　However, the Israeli Air Force has a great advantage over the Arab coalition forces in terms of equipment quantity and pilot proficiency.

　Although the Mirage 3 and F4 Phantom fighters used by the Israeli Air Force and the MiG-21 and Su-7 fighters used by the Arab coalition forces are similar in generation and performance, the gap in the quality of pilots and commanders on both sides is too great to be bridged in the short term.

　If Egypt and Syria choose to use conventional air forces to break through and bomb Israel, they may not be able to penetrate deep into Israeli territory and will be intercepted by Israeli fighter jets or shot down by anti-aircraft missiles. In the last war, the Syrian Air Force also attempted to bomb Tel Aviv, but the Syrian fighter jets loaded with bombs were intercepted by the Israeli Air Force as soon as they flew over Lake Tiberias, and they did not even touch the edge of Tel Aviv.

　If you want to drop a nuclear bomb on the Jews, you have to learn from the experience of the Palestinian heroes in the 21st century: use drones or rockets!

　——Of course, there are no AI-powered drones in this era. But as long as there are people who are not afraid of death, they can replace artificial intelligence!

　More than 20 years ago, Japan's Kamikaze Special Attack Force provided an impressive example.

　And in this cruel land of Palestine, what is most in demand is desperate warriors who have national hatred and family feuds with Israel. Ever since the Palestine Liberation Organization was driven out of its homeland three years ago and fled to Jordan with the refugees, they have been eager to fight their way back to their homeland!

　(In the first half of 1970, the conflict between the PLO and the Jordanian government had not yet erupted. If a counterattack had occurred at this time, Jordan would probably have been happy to send the plague.)

　At this time, Nasser was known as "half caliph" in the entire Arab world, and his reputation was far greater than that of Bin Laden in the future. If he wanted to recruit a group of death squads from Palestinian refugees, train them to be suicide plane pilots, and his target of revenge was Israel, wouldn't that be easy?

　In short, on May 16, 1970, a suicide plane disguised as a passenger plane took off from Cairo Airport in Egypt. But what no one knew was that the plane was piloted by Palestinian volunteers, and there were no passengers in the cabin, but an atomic bomb with a TNT equivalent of 30,000 tons.

　——The Soviet Union gave Egypt tactical-grade nuclear bombs with a TNT equivalent of several thousand tons. This atomic bomb was bought from China by Libya's Colonel Gaddafi.