American Strategic Deception Bureau

　If we, the revolutionary fighters, hadn't invaded Wall Street, you wouldn't have been able to take out even a single gold bar from the New York Federal Reserve's vault!

　Che Guevara held his head high and shouted righteously, "We have opened the door to the vault, but we are not your servants! If you want to retrieve the gold deposited for your country, then follow me! Otherwise, it will be deemed as automatic abandonment, and there will be no waiting!"

　- Damn it, you lunatic makes it sound so easy, but aren't you just putting us on the fire?

　If they really tried to retrieve the gold, they would inevitably offend the United States and be severely punished; if they did not try to retrieve the gold, they would be severely criticized by their own political opponents...

　The diplomats present couldn't help but groan in their hearts and responded with angry eyes.

　(During the Cold War, countries willing to store their gold in New York vaults were undoubtedly pro-American, and their political circles naturally did not dare to offend the United States.)

　Looking at these irresponsible diplomats who dared not follow him at all, Che Guevara seemed to want to say something, but he didn't say it.

　He sighed, turned around and was about to leave, but a Soviet diplomat quietly came up and blocked his way outside the hall.

　——It is well known that the Soviet Union certainly did not store a single gram of gold in the Federal Reserve's New York vault, so this can only be due to something else.

　Next, after listening to the Soviet man's whispers, Che Guevara, who was already in a bad mood because he failed to drag others into the water at the United Nations, suddenly became even gloomier...

　-

　At 3 p.m. on August 1, Che Guevara left the United Nations Building and returned to New York City Hall, only to find it deserted.

　Even the "New York Commune" sign was removed.

　He had no choice but to rush to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at 33 Liberty Street, where he found Jim Jones, the leader of the People's Temple, and Huey Newton, the military commander of the Black Panther uprising and the self-proclaimed "Secretary of Defense."

　These two "American proletarian revolutionary leaders," one white and one black, were sitting on a mountain of gold bricks with a dazed expression.

　Well, the "New York Commune" sign was also moved here.

　"When did the commune move? This building, though, is made of massive stones, and it's certainly stronger than the town hall. The walls are so thick that even tanks can't penetrate them. It's a shame there's no open space around it. If the enemy blows up the skyscraper next door and it falls on us, we'll be finished."

　As Che Guevara surveyed the New York Commune's new headquarters, he grumbled, "Why did you move here?"

　"Isn't the reason obvious? It's for the seven thousand tons of gold here! How can you feel safe if you don't keep so much gold close to you?"

　Jim Jones pointed to the 100,000 gold bricks piled around him, his expression a mixture of joy and sorrow, with a touch of helplessness and self-mockery. "If Huey and I weren't here to watch over it, our revolutionary fighters would be fighting each other over the gold!"

　Indeed, apart from the Federal Reserve in Manhattan, where else could one take out 7,000 tons of gold at once to test the revolutionary team?

　Seven thousand tons of gold... well, for most people, it seems to be a burden that life cannot bear!

　Perhaps only a few natural revolutionary holy bodies made of "special materials" can be immune to the magic of so much gold?

　It just so happened that Che Guevara was a "natural saint" who regarded money as dirt, gave up his wealthy family to make revolution, and endured no hardship.

　So, he simply said disapprovingly, "It seems our soldiers still lack awareness! There are obviously many things in this world that are more valuable than gold. Oh, and I just heard some bad news. Redwood Valley in San Francisco was captured and destroyed by local police today. My condolences, Jim."

　"Isn't this something we expected? I'm mentally prepared." Jim Jones replied calmly after learning that his nest had been destroyed.

　Redwood Valley, just outside San Francisco, had long been the public headquarters of the People's Temple. So, when the explosive news of the New York Commune's birth and the fact that one of its leaders was actually Leader Jones spread across the United States, the San Francisco police immediately stormed into Redwood Valley like crazy.

　But their efforts ultimately came to nothing. Redwood Valley was now homeless, with only a group of disabled people, homeless children, and recent converts remaining. As for the core members of the Peoples Temple, they either traveled to New York City to "make a big splash" or dispersed and hid across the United States to preserve the revolutionary flame.

　So, after hearing the news of the fall of the Redwood Valley headquarters, Jim Jones did not feel any sadness.

　"And here comes even worse news. General LeMay, the commander-in-chief of the Congressional forces sent to attack us, has arrived in Newark, New Jersey, only 20 kilometers away from us! We don't have much time left to prepare! The decisive battle may begin tonight!"

　"What? Newark? How did LeMay come so quickly? Wasn't he in Philadelphia yesterday?" Jim Jones was finally surprised.

　"LeMay was an Air Force general, so he naturally flew to Newark. Some of his troops were also airlifted to Newark."

　Che Guevara said, "But even if they took the highway, his ground troops would not be able to reach New York for long. After all, Philadelphia is only a hundred kilometers away from New York, and there is no defense force along the way that can stop the enemy.

　Since the New York Revolution broke out, Washington has become our enemy, and President Nixon seems to have no intention of hindering the Congressional Army from suppressing us!"

　"So, the enemy will soon cross the Hudson River from the west and enter Manhattan?"

　Huey Newton, the military leader of the Black Panther Party, jumped up and said, "No, I have to organize people to blow up the bridge!"

　"Come back, Comrade Newton! Blowing up the bridge won't help now. Put your explosives somewhere more useful!"

　Che Guevara spoke up to stop him and said,

　The third piece of bad news is that to our north, at the West Point Military Academy, 80 kilometers away from New York, the principal, instructors and reactionary class cadets there, together with the New York State National Guard and local militia organizations, also urgently formed a punitive team at noon today, totaling about 5000 people, and are heading south along the east bank of the Hudson River. There is no river between them and us!

　By tonight at the latest, this enemy force from West Point Military Academy will arrive in the Bronx in northern New York!

　Comrade Newton, you can go to the Bronx now and organize local black fighters to repair barricades and prepare for a defensive battle!"

　Upon learning that the New York Commune had been established for less than a day and that the enemies who came to suppress it had already surrounded it from both sides, Jim Jones couldn't help but feel a little dazed. Even the 7,000 tons of gold bricks around him seemed to have lost their appeal in an instant.

　Although he had been prepared to die in New York at the beginning of the uprising, he was still surprised by the enemy's arrival so quickly.

　According to Jim Jones's original idea, because the presidential army and the congressional army were tying each other down, he should be able to fly the red flag in New York for a week.

　But judging by the current situation, the red flag of the New York Commune may not last even 72 hours.

　It fell...

　"The enemy is coming so fast, they don't even give us a moment to breathe! We don't have time to fortify the occupied area!"

　Jim Jones looked up at Che Guevara, his mind at a loss. "What do you say we should do, Che?"

　"My suggestion is, before the enemy arrives, we should divide up these 7,000 tons of gold! We can't spend it, and we can't take it with us anyway."

　Che Guevara pointed to the dazzling array of Federal Reserve gold bars around him and said, "Believe me, comrades, the destructive power caused by publicly destroying this batch of Federal Reserve gold will cause far more pain to American imperialism than if we completely wiped out several American divisions!"

　Chapter 501, The Federal Reserve divides gold on a large scale!

　At 3:30 p.m. on August 1, 1970, the afternoon the New York Commune was founded, five training and transport planes from Philadelphia flew over Manhattan, which was occupied by "mobs," and dropped a large number of leaflets that appeared to have been printed in a hurry and the ink was still wet, calling for surrender.

　At 4:00 PM, the remaining loudspeakers on more than a dozen streets in southern Manhattan emitted a shrill, piercing noise. At the same time, radios in the area from Manhattan to Brooklyn received the same broadcast signal.

　Then, amidst the rustling sound of electricity following the sharp noise, Che Guevara began his speech in a low and calm tone: "Insurgents of the New York Commune! I am your military commander, Che Guevara... I believe you have all seen the leaflets dropped by the enemy planes an hour ago. If your superiors stopped you just now, then go ahead and read them. I approve!"

　As a true revolutionary, I never lie to my comrades, and I will never force them to do anything they don't want to do.

　As the military commander of the New York Commune, I, Che Guevara, would be pleased to give you all a clearer understanding of our current situation.

　It is no exaggeration to say that the armed uprising we launched in New York in the past 20 hours has shocked the entire world!

　In Washington, President Nixon has used this armed uprising to force the military-industrial complex and Wall Street bankers to submit to him. American imperialism will not launch another large-scale overseas war for the next decade, and the world will largely return to peace.

　This is the change you have achieved with your blood and lives. The impact of this change on the future of the world may well exceed people's imagination! You can be proud of having participated in the New York Uprising. Because your uprising has shown the world your strength!

　This powerful and unstoppable destructive force gives the most severe warning to all exploiters in the world: workers are not ants to be trampled on at will, workers are also human beings, and workers must live with human dignity!

　Anyone who dares to disregard the lives and dignity of the vast majority of proletarian workers should think about the New York uprising and think about you!

　However, the New York Commune's historic mission ended there. The long-held hope of a nationwide uprising seemed to be a lost cause... We were now a lone force, without any outside support. Although New York was still a rebel state to the Union, the cadets of West Point Military Academy took up arms, unleashed tanks, and marched up the Hudson River, leading a large group of right-wing militias to suppress us.

　General LeMay, who once burned Tokyo and bombed Cuba, has arrived in Newark, 20 kilometers away, and is deploying operations to attack us.

　The reactionary forces throughout the United States are uniting as never before, trying to extinguish the flames of revolution here as quickly as possible!

　To be honest, I feel very sorry to see the situation take such a sudden turn for the worse. If I were given half a year to train you, with sufficient ammunition and supplies, and with your bravery and fearlessness, I would be fully confident that I could lead you to defeat any American army of equal size!

　If you give me three months to train you well, I have every confidence that I can lead you to break through the encirclement, cross the Appalachian Mountains to the west, cross the Mississippi River, and move to the central Great Plains which is more suitable for the survival and development of the revolutionary team!

　Even if you only give me another week, I am confident that I can turn New York into a super fortress that any enemy will be afraid to approach. I will build barricades on every street, make the reactionary army of imperialism pay a heavy price, and bleed New York dry!

　Unfortunately, these are all hypotheticals. The reality is that within six hours at the latest, our ferocious enemies, whose combined forces far outnumber those of us insurgents, will launch a counterattack on New York from two directions. We won't even have time to repair our fortifications or build barricades.

　At this moment, it is my duty and obligation as commander-in-chief to tell you the truth. Whether to stay or leave is your choice and your right. Consider carefully: die in a losing battle or escape New York for your life.

　If you choose to leave, no one with a conscience in the world will condemn you. You have already proven your dignity with your courage! I hope you won't act impulsively, and won't put pressure on your companions... You have approximately one hour to think, but after 5:1 PM, in order to prepare for battle, those who remain must obey my unified command and face the battle like a regular army..."

　"Why don't you leave? Comrade Che Guevara!" A voice suddenly came from the radio, interrupting Che Guevara's words.

　"Me? I'm an internationalist revolutionary fighter who abandoned my family. I hate everything decadent and reactionary in capitalist society! I hate those gentlemen who don't treat the poor as human beings! As long as I can teach these gentlemen a profound lesson! I will never hesitate to sacrifice my life!

　I have escaped countless times in the past, in Guatemala, in Cuba, and on battlefields in Africa.

　But now, I am tired and don't plan to run anymore.

　It is my greatest honor to transform Manhattan into the final battlefield of my life and fight to the very end in the heart of capitalism!

　Finally, to the warriors of the New York Commune, to the great heroes who fought for workers around the world! Whether you choose to stay or leave, please stop by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at 33 Liberty Street and collect a 400-ounce Federal Reserve gold bar from their vault before you leave!

　This blood-stained gold is the ill-gotten gains plundered from the world by U.S. imperialism. I am now distributing all of it to you. This is the reward you deserve! Thank you for your contribution to the great cause of liberating all mankind!

　Long live the workers! Long live the world revolution! The people united will never be defeated! I have finished my words!

　-

　As soon as Che Guevara's "Federal Reserve's Big Scales Dividing Gold" speech was broadcast on cable radio and radio stations, the whole of New York was instantly boiling!

　Except for a few bankers who had already fled New York and gnashed their teeth in hatred and cursed "robbers" and "red devils" after hearing the news, the remaining millions of New Yorkers were like they had won the lottery and instantly entered a state of joy and carnival!

　This means we have to fight the bank and divide the gold!

　When the revolutionary fighters of the New York Commune first learned of the imminent enemy, they were somewhat uneasy, even panicked, their legs weakening. But when they heard about the gold distribution, they suddenly became energized and rushed to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

　In addition, many greedy New Yorkers, after learning about Che Guevara's "Federal Reserve gold distribution", simply plucked up the courage to grit their teeth, wrapped a red cloth on their heads, took their old rifles and pistols at home, and went out to try to sneak into the "revolutionary team" and get the gold together!

　These are 400-ounce gold bars! Even if you robbed a jewelry store, you probably wouldn't be able to steal this much gold!

　For a piece of gold like this, how many people would risk their lives, so what does it matter if they take a little risk now?

　How can there be wealth in this world without taking some risks? Even if ordinary people win the lottery, they may not be able to keep the prize money!

　Even the bank employees who had fled earlier changed into worn-out clothes, learned a few revolutionary slogans, and came together to get the gold!

　In the blink of an eye, the streets outside the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at 33 Liberty Street were packed with people.

　——Forget driving or riding a bike, you can hardly even put your feet in. The level of congestion is comparable to a subway car during rush hour.

　Amidst the crowd and noise, gold bars were distributed from the bank building and quickly disappeared into the crowd.

　From time to time, people clutching gold bars, carrying boxes, or carrying bags would stealthily sprint out of the bank, disappearing into the dark alleys at the foot of the skyscrapers. But at the same time, even more people, red-eyed and noisy, would rush over. Some even pulled guns on others' heads to squeeze through the crowds!

　There's no way around it, money is always tempting! What's more, these are golden bricks.

　Che Guevara, Jim Jones, and others didn't bother with the New Yorkers who joined the "revolutionary fighters" in their quest for gold. After all, there were a full 100,000 gold bricks, and they were willing to give them to anyone who dared to come. The key was whoever met first got a share, on a first-come, first-served basis.

　Some greedy people wanted to take a few more gold bricks, but Che Guevara didn't stop them. He just laughed and said, "A single gold brick weighs eleven kilograms. You might be able to make do with just one. But if you take more than that, you'll probably fall flat on your face. Do you have the strength for that?"

　Then, he witnessed a miracle: there was a fat, middle-aged office worker who was carrying more than 100 kilograms of gold bricks and was still walking briskly under the scorching sun in midsummer, running hundreds of meters in one breath without stopping!

　The power of money is truly infinite!

　Gold is more effective than any stimulant and can better stimulate the physical limits of human beings!

　In short, the surging flow of people to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is like the ebb and flow of the ocean tide, sometimes flowing in, sometimes withdrawing. But between the inflow and outflow of the crowd, like Yugong moving a mountain, they carry away tons of Federal Reserve gold bars with their bare hands.

　Although the 7,000 tons of gold piled up in the bank building was a huge amount, under the frantic human transportation, like an iceberg exposed to the scorching summer sun, it quickly melted away. Because the bank door was so packed, some anxious New Yorkers simply broke windows from the street and jumped in, then passed gold bars directly through the windows...

　A black soldier who had accompanied Che Guevara to Beijing and read Mao's Selected Works, upon seeing this bustling scene, could not help but sigh: "Sure enough, mobilizing the masses is the greatest magic weapon for achieving revolutionary victory! It's exactly as Mao's Selected Works says."

　Others (Bean

　Douyan): Mobilize the masses? Use gold bricks to mobilize the masses to move away? With all this gold, what kind of masses can't be mobilized?

　"You are absolutely right. Mobilizing the masses is our greatest weapon for achieving victory in the revolution."

　Che Guevara nodded in agreement, “If we are driven by greed and want to monopolize this gold and refuse to let it go, then no matter where we hide it, the capitalist enemies will find it with a nose more sensitive than that of their hunting dogs.

　Thrown into the sea, it will be fished out; buried in the soil, it will be dug out. Even if hidden in a secret location, it cannot stop the pervasive police, FBI agents, and private bounty hunters.

　Since we are destined to lose control of this gold, how can we make Wall Street lose this gold forever?"

　He paused and taught the people around him, "If you want to hide a drop of water, the best way is to hide it in the sea; if you want to hide 7,000 tons of gold, the best way is to throw the gold into the vast ocean of the people!

　Once these gold bricks are in the hands of the general public, it will be difficult for the vampires on Wall Street to take all the gold back!"

　“I’m afraid not. As long as the government frightens some citizens a little, they will obediently hand over the gold.

　Moreover, under pressure from the frantic capitalists, the New York police, the National Guard, the FBI and other intelligence agencies would repeatedly organize city-wide searches, smashing open every apartment and searching room by room for the gold…” A university student rebel retorted.

　"It's true that some people will hand over their gold, or it will be found. But more people will find ways to hide their gold."

　Che Guevara explained, “Also, those soldiers and policemen probably wouldn’t be so honest as to hand over all the gold they seized, but would try their best to keep some for themselves. As long as these 7,000 tons of gold are not concentrated in the hands of Wall Street bankers, but are distributed to tens of millions of ordinary people, then the value of the US dollar will probably collapse!

　I don't think President Nixon has the ability to confiscate all the gold held by the American people with a single order, as President Roosevelt did back then."

　By five o'clock that afternoon, thanks to the enthusiastic efforts of the general public, the New York Federal Reserve Bank's 7,000 tons of gold bars had been largely distributed. Yet, people eager to claim the gold continued to arrive in a steady stream.

　So, since there was no gold left, these latecomers started to rob the US dollars in the major banks. After robbing the US dollars in the banks, they broke down the doors of the stores and bought small amounts of money, searching through the boxes and cabinets for anything that looked valuable.

　There were even people who ambushed on the road, attacking and robbing those pioneers who tried to leave with the gold bricks, robbing the robbers!

　For a moment, before General LeMay's expeditionary force had even crossed the Hudson River, the streets of New York were filled with gunfire and screams.

　Furthermore, many of those who had obtained the gold bars anticipated that the government forces would launch a massive search for them once they regained control of New York. Therefore, they rushed to escape the city with the gold before the troops arrived. Suddenly, all sorts of methods were employed: some hijacked ships and sailed out to sea, some fled east to rural Long Island, and some even escaped underground using the subway! It was a case of "everyone has their own way, every man his own way!"

　Others raced against time to melt the Federal Reserve gold bars in their hands, erase the emblem marks on them, and recast them into other shapes as disguise to deceive the police search: for a time, goldsmith shops throughout New York were broken into and looted, and some people broke into the laboratories of universities and research institutes, looking for furnaces and crucibles everywhere... Soon, the 400-ounce Federal Reserve gold bars were turned into countless crudely crafted gold bracelets, anklets, rings, gold cups and large gold chains, or more unique gold spittoons, gold door handles, gold lamp bases, etc.