American Strategic Deception Bureau

　Although this statement may seem ironic when compared to subsequent historical events, Fidel did in part keep his promise to his father: until he won the Cuban Revolution, he remained a member of the Cuban Orthodox Party and did not formally switch parties to the Communist Party.

　Angel died in 1952. Soon after, Fidel and Raúl began their revolution. Six or seven years later, the Cuban Revolution triumphed, and the Castro brothers entered Havana amidst jubilation. As their mother, Lina Castro felt deeply honored.

　However, the Castro brothers then fell out with the United States and turned to the Soviet Union, officially raising the red flag and starting socialist transformation in Cuba. The highlight of this was land reform, which involved confiscating the land from landlords and redistributing it to ordinary farmers for cultivation.

　In order to take the lead, Fidel decided to carry out land reform on his own estate first.

　However, his mother, Lina Castro, could not understand this at all. In her view, her husband Angel was just an ordinary Spanish farmer before coming to Cuba. Everything the Castro family had, including all the glory Fidel had achieved, was earned through their father's hard work. Otherwise, the brothers would never have had the money to receive an education and go to college, let alone their subsequent political careers.

　Now, for political purposes, these two prodigal brothers are actually giving away the manor that their father has managed for a lifetime? How unfilial is this!

　Besides, if her late husband's estate and mansion were given away by her unfilial son, where would she, as a mother, live?

　Furious, Lina immediately rushed to Havana with her daughters, angrily denouncing the Castro brothers for their squandering of their wealth and their unfilial behavior. Fidel patiently explained the situation to his mother, but it soon devolved into a heated argument, culminating in Castro's unwavering insistence that land reform was necessary for the sake of socialism.

　In this way, all the land of the Castro family was confiscated by the government overnight, and the sad Lina cried all day long from then on.

　In order to express their protest against Fidel, his sisters soon all married abroad and never returned to Cuba.

　At the end of 1961, the old mother Lina resolutely left Cuba, the sad land, and ran to Mexico to live with her daughter Emma who was married to a local man. She was soon recruited by CIA agents and became a CIA informant, engaging in underground activities against the Cuban revolutionary government.

　——At this point, Lina no longer cared about the lives and safety of her two unfilial sons, and just became a counter-revolutionary with a lot of resentment.

　However, before the angry mother could do anything to harm her son,

　The United States launched Operation Tropic Thunder against Cuba, and then accidentally turned an armed intervention into a nuclear war, which in turn led to a terrible disaster that almost triggered World War III.

　Next, the unprepared American society was in turmoil, war-weary public opinion quickly rose, and even the military was afraid of nuclear war.

　In the end, the originally ambitious invasion of Cuba was turned into the mediocre state it is today.

　In this awkward situation, Lina Castro became the bridge between the CIA and her sons, and her personal information was kept confidential. Even Fieri, the new head of the Cuban special task force, only learned the truth after meeting her.

　That's why Fili took the outrageous step of bringing Marita, Castro's ex-girlfriend, to meet Castro's biological mother.

　——As you can imagine, seeing that her negotiating opponent turned out to be her son's successor, Ms. Lina felt indescribably weird and awkward.

　Fortunately, Cuba and the Castro family have indeed been moving from one upheaval to another in the past few years.

　Whether it is Cuba's national destiny or the family's fate, the ups and downs have completely exceeded the thinking threshold of a traditional Latin American country old woman, making her increasingly numb in the repeated great sorrows and joys and confusions.

　Therefore, although the old lady Lina recognized Marita, she was too lazy to say anything sarcastic. She was silent for a long time before she knocked on the table and spoke.

　"Tell me, what message does the CIA want me to give to that rebellious son? And what kind of compensation do they plan to give to our family?

　My home, my land, everything I am familiar with in this world, have all been destroyed by your American nuclear bombs!"

　In the eyes of old lady Lina, her son was just too wasteful and gave the land and house left by her husband to those untouchables.

　But no matter how much the unfilial son squanders his family's money, the land and houses in Bilan Town are still there, and maybe one day they can be taken back.

　The United States, however, used a hydrogen bomb with a TNT equivalent of nine million tons to flatten the entire town of Bilan, reducing everything to ashes!

　Lina Castro had lived in the tiny town of Biran for most of her life, familiar with every mountain, river, blade of grass, tree, and street and alley. But now, it was a desolate, irradiated wasteland. All the people she had known were gone!

　Even her husband's grave was covered by radioactive waste, and her dream of being buried with her husband after death became a luxury.

　At this moment, the hatred and anger that the old woman Lina felt towards the United States far surpassed her disgust towards the prodigal sons Fidel and Raul.

　However, no matter how ignorant and short-sighted she was, she knew the power and arrogance of the United States and the weakness and helplessness of Cuba.

　Therefore, Lina Castro could only suppress the hatred in her heart, and at the same time plan to get more benefits for herself and her daughters.

　"Ms. Castro, if you can connect us with your two sons, I will immediately pay you a $150,000 agency fee. In addition, I will also provide you with a sea view villa in Miami for you and your daughters to live and recuperate..."

　Hearing Lina speak first, breaking the awkward atmosphere at the negotiation table, Ferry felt as if he had been pardoned and hurriedly laid out a series of conditions. "The Castro family's farm and mansion in Bilan Town were unfortunately destroyed by the nuclear explosion. Although this is regrettable, it is irreversible. However, I can allocate you a thousand acres of land within the Guantanamo Bay base free of charge for the construction of a new private estate..."

　"Forget the land in Guantanamo. I'm too old to run a manor."

　The old woman waved her hand. "It's fine if you want me to pass on a message, but those two unfilial sons have long since stopped listening to me! If you don't show them enough goodwill, they won't be willing to negotiate with you..."

　"We have also made preparations to express our goodwill to your two sons."

　Firi smiled and replied, "To demonstrate our sincerity in negotiations to your two sons, our army is willing to immediately cede Guantanamo and withdraw to the US military base. At the same time, we will partially lift the naval blockade on Cuba and allow the United Nations humanitarian aid fleet to enter Cuba."

　As long as they can cooperate with us in some formal performances, the United States will no longer interfere with their rule over Cuba..."

　If the Cuban revolutionary regime were to crumble, the Castro brothers would likely flee back to their old base in the Sierra Maestra Mountains.

　Not only was it their base during guerrilla warfare, it was also close to the Castro brothers' hometown, the town of Bilan.

　When things don't go well in your career, it seems like the instinct of most people is to go back to their hometown to survive or wait for an opportunity to make a comeback, right?

　For example, the famous Colonel Gaddafi fled back to his hometown of Sirte on the eve of his defeat, where he was anally raped and died.

　Even the CIA and the Pentagon thought so. They relentlessly searched the entire Sierra Maestra, with aerial reconnaissance planes repeatedly taking aerial photos, ground agents scurrying about, and generously paying off guides in an attempt to uncover Castro's whereabouts.

　But in fact, after withdrawing from Havana, the Castro brothers did not go to the Sierra Maestra Mountains in the east, but came to the Escambray Mountains in central Cuba, the famous base camp of the counter-revolutionary organization, and became neighbors with those anti-Castro right-wing elements!

　This unexpected strategic shift was a stroke of genius, preventing the CIA from tracking down the Castro brothers until now.

　- The reason why he did not flee back to his old base in the Sierra Maestra Mountains in times of crisis was because Castro knew very well that his base during the guerrilla war was established with the help of CIA agent Frank Sturget.

　The CIA knew every detail of the Sierra Maestra base as well as he did, including the locations of camps, hideouts, and secret warehouses. Even the various checkpoints and transportation routes were well-known. After falling out with the Americans, Castro never considered the possibility of becoming a bandit again, and made no preparations for war in his old base. Therefore, he wouldn't be safe if he fled there now.

　Moreover, Castro's old base in the Sierra Maestra Mountains is located in eastern Cuba, too close to the Guantanamo Bay base where the US military is stationed all year round. If he moved there with the entire leadership team, it would be like being on the front line. He was not taking refuge at all, but courting death!

　On the contrary, the Escambray Mountains in central Cuba are much farther away from the US military base in Guantanamo.

　Since Castro officially surrendered to the Communist Party and began socialist reforms, extreme right-wing counter-revolutionaries from all over Cuba have flocked to the Escambray Mountains. Relying on the CIA's airdrops and propaganda, they created a considerable momentum for a time.

　However, generally speaking, most of these rebels are still trying to scam investors and get funding, and their real strength is quite limited.

　The reason why Castro was unable to wipe them out was not because they were too powerful. Instead, it was because the rebels were too weak and often broke up into small groups to infiltrate the civilian population. They did not have a truly stable base, which made it difficult for the revolutionary army to catch the rebels.

　However, this only shows that the counter-revolutionaries are very good at hiding, but it does not mean that they are familiar with the entire Escambray Mountains, and they cannot quickly discover that the Castro brothers themselves have sneaked into the Escambray Mountains and lived in the original revolutionary government's anti-bandit force camp.

　What's more, even the extreme right-wing armed groups that oppose Castro may not be willing to work hard for the Americans to collect intelligence at this moment.

　It's important to understand that the extreme right in a nation-state is often also extreme nationalist. With the US's high-yield hydrogen bombs repeatedly hitting major Cuban cities, Cuba, which at the time had a population of only seven million, saw at least one million deaths in a very short period of time.

　Looking across Cuba today, almost every family has someone who died under the mushroom cloud of the American nuclear bomb.

　The middle class and reactionaries who had hoped the US military would free them from "Red tyranny" were now faced with the tragic loss of their families and lives, and widespread grief. With the exception of a few extremely pro-American lunatics, most rebels were skeptical and repulsed by the prospect of cooperating with the US.

　Even those who were determined to follow the Americans had become wary of their own lives, eager to reap the rewards of the war by wielding the American bayonets. With their limited subjective initiative, it was difficult for them to realize the unusual movements of the revolutionary army around them.

　Fidel Castro also employed shadow warriors, or doubles, to confuse the public. Besides his younger brother, Raúl, Fidel also had an older brother, Ramón Castro, two years his senior. Ramón, the eldest, learned agricultural techniques and inherited the family business. While lacking the skills and fame of his younger brother, Fidel, Ramón bore a striking resemblance to Fidel, even speaking in a similar voice.

　While Fidel and Raúl were out there fighting the revolution, Ramón, the eldest brother, stayed in Biran to run the Castro estate. It wasn't until some time after the revolutionary government was established that Ramón was invited by his brothers to the capital, Havana, to serve as its Minister of Agriculture.

　Since the three brothers can share the prosperity when times are good, they will naturally have to share the hardships when times are difficult.

　So, ever since the atomic bombing of Havana, Ramon Castro has donned a fake beard and disguised himself as Fidel Castro, parading around Cuba, touring military and refugee camps, or releasing pre-recorded speeches by Fidel Castro on record.

　So, by the end of February, the US military had basically withdrawn from Cuban territory, but the military and the CIA had not yet found the location of the Castro brothers.

　Of course, this does not mean that the Castro brothers

　Life in the Escambray Mountains is very leisurely.

　On the contrary, the Castro brothers are now under great pressure and are overwhelmed by the increasingly deteriorating domestic situation.

　Although the U.S. Marines who landed in Cuba have basically withdrawn, and even the blockade at sea has been relaxed - after all, maintaining such a large fleet for many years, drifting endlessly in the Caribbean Sea, is something that the Pentagon cannot afford.

　But the problem is that the US Air Force's indiscriminate bombing of various parts of Cuba is still continuing, "de-urbanizing" Cuba.

　Thousands of tons of incendiary and high-explosive bombs, as well as mini time bombs that fell like flowers from the sky, not only created countless flames and explosions, but also caused the entire Cuban railway to stop operating, the power grid to collapse, and industrial and agricultural production to basically come to a standstill.

　The largest and most prosperous cities in Cuba were all destroyed by nuclear bombs, and the smaller cities were also reduced to ruins by the daily bombing.

　Such a horrific loss is no longer something that can be described as a serious injury, but is almost equivalent to "amputation of the entire limb below the eyebrows"!

　What's even worse is that Cuba now has very few anti-aircraft guns left, let alone anti-aircraft missiles. The U.S. Air Force bomber groups can come and go freely over Cuba, bombing wherever they want and holding complete air supremacy - this feeling of being able to only take a beating and not fight back is too terrible!

　To make matters worse, at this critical moment, the Soviet Union reached a compromise with the United States and essentially gave up its aid to Cuba.

　As a result, as those Soviet officers and soldiers left one after another, the morale of the Cuban revolutionary army became increasingly low.

　——The Soviet Union’s foreign aid cannot be relied upon, the US bombing is endless, and even a terrifying nuclear explosion may occur at any time.

　The Cuban people are exhausted and tortured by the air raid sirens and skyfires day after day, as well as the extreme fear of nuclear mushroom clouds. The entire Cuban revolutionary regime is in panic... Life is really unbearable!

　Many military and civilian officials began to revolt, especially those who had surrendered from dictator Batista and former guerrillas trained by the CIA. CIA spies and informants seized the opportunity to operate extensively in Cuba, offering bribes and promises of official positions. They quickly bribed numerous traitors, acting as a fifth column to backstab the Castro brothers.

　——There is no way. Faced with such a bleak future with no hope, the Castro brothers themselves are often discouraged, let alone others?

　The Santiago Rebellion that broke out not long ago was extinguished by the explosion of Soviet nuclear mines, but it also caused heavy damage to the Cuban revolutionary army.

　Today, the Castro brothers have to rely on the atomic bombs transferred by the Soviets to maintain very limited domestic deterrence.

　Moreover, they only had one atomic bomb left in their hands, which could only serve as their last trump card, but they dared not use it easily anymore.

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　In the corner of the hut, Raul Castro was writing furiously under the oil lamp, drafting the manuscript of his next speech: "The relationship between struggle and oppression is one of either advancing or retreating. If we take a step back, the enemy will take two steps forward, until they push us off the cliff..."

　——Although he tried his best to encourage the Cuban people, the disparity in strength between the enemy and us was too great, and the effect of his speech was likely not very good.

　Outside the hut, beside a blazing bonfire, Fidel Castro played guitar in the style of an artistic youth, singing as he played: "In this world of endless despair, fighting has become the only meaning of survival.

　In this world that is gradually becoming ruins, the pain in my heart has become my only hope..."

　The music was mournful and the singing was sorrowful, just like his mood at the moment.

　After the sad song was sung, the two girls sitting next to him did not applaud in response, but kissed him on the cheek, one on the left and one on the right, to comfort him.

　Well, as a romantic and passionate Latin American hero, there has never been a shortage of women on the revolutionary path of the bearded Castro.

　Even though the current situation is quite difficult, Fidel Castro still has two lovers by his side.

　One of these was a sturdy, older female fighter, Celia Sánchez, a revolutionary comrade five years his senior. Since their guerrilla days in the Sierra Maestra Mountains, Celia had been his comrade, girlfriend, assistant, and advisor, protecting the revolutionary leader like a sister, and Castro trusted her immensely.

　Another blonde, blue-eyed, and elegant female teacher is Castro's new lover, Dalia Soto, who is more than ten years younger than him. She met Castro at a literacy campaign last year and has been with him since then, doing housework, taking care of children, and even going to the countryside.

　Under the tender comfort of these two girls, although Fidel Castro, the second leader of a country in the world to suffer a nuclear attack, has been quite depressed recently, he has finally not completely lost his fighting spirit and suffered a mental breakdown like Emperor Showa did 17 years ago.

　Most importantly, even though the US Air Force's bombing continued and Cuba was still being burned to ashes, from the hasty retreat of the US Marines and a series of signs of chaos in the US mainland, Castro vaguely realized that he seemed to have a chance of getting through.

　What made him even more excited was that just a few days ago, the United States, through his mother's relationship, took the initiative to invite a ceasefire and peace talks. The CIA, which had taken over the Cuban war, even took the lead in withdrawing in order to show its sincerity.

　Castro's agents arrived at Guantanamo Bay, which had just been occupied, and began to negotiate ceasefire conditions with the CIA.

　I wonder what kind of harsh terms the other side will offer? Will there be any political risks if I accept them?

　Bearded Fidel thought so as he hugged the two girls on his left and right, and was about to go back to the bedroom to do some relaxing health exercises, but was stopped by his brother Raul, "Hey, brother, don't rush to bed! Juanita is here! She brought back the American conditions!"

　Well, the Juanita that Raul was talking about was of course not the little maid beside Fili, but their brother's sister Juanita Castro.

　Among the entire Castro family, Juanita was the most supportive of Raul and Fidel's revolution. She took risks to help her two brothers convey information and even went to the United States to raise funds for them.

　However, when Fidel decided to lead the land reform and confiscate their own farm, Juanita, who was reluctant to leave her home, fell out with her brothers.

　Originally, Juanita had planned to emigrate. But before she could leave Cuba, the US invasion of Operation Tropic Thunder began, forcing her to stay. The US military's brazen nuclear bombing of Biran further convinced Juanita to side with her brothers.

　Therefore, this time, the Castro brothers handed over the task of secretly meeting with the US negotiators at Guantanamo Bay to Juanita.

　"Brother! I brought back the Americans' list of peace demands! The conditions are so strange!"

　Juanita came bounding over with a roll of documents in her hand, shouting loudly.

　Fidel Castro frowned and reached out to take the document and took a look at it, and his brows furrowed even deeper.

　"What? The CIA wants me to shave my beard? Keep the beard and lose the hair?"

　Author's words: PS: I have previously complained about the gold medal lecturer Ding Pangzi opening up a new track for recruiting people in the United States, and becoming a top internet celebrity by begging.

　There are already writers who are using his experience as a reference and are vying to write stories about American homelessness. I wonder when this site will have one too?

　Chapter 134, Castro: My Chin Itches...

　The "goodwill" from the CIA caused a huge turmoil among the top leaders of the Cuban revolutionary government who were taking refuge on Mount Escambray.

　This is certainly not because the conditions imposed by the United States are too harsh. On the contrary, it is because the requirements put forward by the United States are too lenient.

　Specifically, there are no actual interest demands on Cuba, only a bunch of empty face-saving demands.

　In addition to requiring Cuba not to conclude any military alliance with the Soviet Union, not to invite Soviet troops to station in Cuba, and not to allow the Soviet Union to deploy medium-range missiles and nuclear weapons in Cuba, the United States is willing to give up all the rights and assets it once had in Cuba, including land, factories and franchises, free of charge.

　Even the Guantanamo Bay base, which has been occupied by the US military for more than half a century, can be returned to Cuba after negotiations are reached.

　Of course, the prerequisite is that Castro must hand over the last Soviet nuclear mine in his hands to avoid the headache of nuclear proliferation.

　Apart from this, the United States has almost nothing else to ask of Cuba. It even knelt down and begged Castro to give it some face and stop causing trouble!

　——Faced with Cuba, which had been turned into a pile of stinking dog shit by nuclear bombs, the American master pinched his nose and said that he would cut his losses from now on and no longer wanted any interests from Cuba. He just wanted Cuba to lie there quietly and not splash out and disgust people.

　After all, Cuba has been bombed by nuclear bombs from both the United States and the Soviet Union, and is almost turned into a radioactive wasteland. Who would want such a rotten land?