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"This child is so good, comrades can see it." Brezhnev promised very leniently, "Comrade Ekaterina does not need to be too modest, the Soviet still needs more contributions from you. We have always been interested in women's rights, and you are the best role model for women."

Brezhnev was the first to find Fultseva because of her female identity, and when the Molotov Group was in trouble, Fultseva stayed at the Moscow airport all night to help Heru Xiaofu turned over the past, if all goes well this time, Fultseva will not threaten anything, and can always sit in her current position.

The lame soldier leaned on a wooden stick and struggled to move his long legs in the woods.Rotten and wet fallen leaves creaked under his feet, dense branches, vines and weeds blocked his way from time to time, and he had to stop to rest almost every way he walked.

The injury and inflammation on his leg made his already weak body even weaker, and his physical strength was about to be exhausted.

They had already walked through this big forest that covered the sky and the sun for two full days.For most, this was not just a strenuous cross-country march, it was a triumphant escape, a failed experience.They were attacked by the North Vietnamese guerrillas two days ago, and they were defeated without any surprise.

The marching speed of the team is getting slower and slower, and the number of wounded and sick is increasing day by day.The dry food is almost finished, and people mainly rely on mining plant tubers and hunting animals to satisfy their hunger.Due to the rugged and difficult mountain roads and frequent getting lost, the team sometimes can only advance five kilometers a day.

From time to time, there was a messy gunshot in the forest. It was soldiers shooting monkeys in the trees.Hungry men sometimes spend a great deal of ammunition in order to hunt a grouse or a squirrel.An aura of disastrous defeat enveloped the entire team.

The ranks of civilians staggered forward.The civilians supported each other, and although they were walking hard, they had no complaints.The stretcher team also came over.All the stretcher soldiers were as tired as if they were drunk, top-heavy and unable to stand steadily.The officer stipulated that only seriously wounded and seriously ill patients could take stretchers.

The American adviser in the army was suffering from relapsing fever and was unconscious. A white major touched his hot hand and sighed softly.

Two young nurses tried to help the officer go on, and he looked up overhead.Although there are many broken spots of sunlight in the sky, there is clearly a thick smell of fishy humidity quietly permeating the air, and there are faint thunderclaps coming from the southern sky from time to time.All this indicates that the rainy season is not far away.

The climate in Vietnam is a test for the American soldiers in the city on the top of the mountain. The elusive Viet Cong guerrillas have become their nightmare. Now almost everyone believes that relying on special warfare alone is not enough to have any effect. In the absence of air superiority, American lives are no more valuable than Vietnamese lives.

Maxwell Taylor, who is equivalent to Mountbatten's status in the British army, faced such a situation when he came to Saigon.

The complaints from the local U.S. military are endless. If it is said that when they first arrived in Vietnam, the U.S. soldiers were relatively restrained. Apart from being unable to control their crotch, they would not implicate innocent people. But after being sniped by guerrillas from time to time, the soldiers also gradually When he becomes irritable, even if he is not in the combat zone, the crimes he commits continue to rise.

"Mr. Ruan, the current situation is really ashamed of Washington's support for you." Maxwell Taylor couldn't help but feel disappointed. He was not only disappointed by the bad news, but also because the ruler of Vietnam was Yang Wenming before he came. While he was on the road, Minh Minh was coup d'état and Nguyen Khanh became the ruler of the country again.

At this time, North Vietnam’s infiltration operations are so frequent, but the Saigon regime is still undergoing military coups. How can this state of affairs be reassuring?

"Dear general, our heart towards the free world will not change because of some conflicts of ideas." Ruan Qing was a little embarrassed to face Maxwell Taylor's questioning. It is indeed inappropriate for Yang Wenming to step down from the game at this time , but there is no such thing as a coup d'état that is appropriate or inappropriate.

Even if he knew that Maxwell Taylor was coming this time, he would drive his opponent to go fishing.

What's more, he didn't do anything to Yang Wenming. It didn't look like Wu Dingyan was killed. Of course, this was also related to Yang Wenming's supporters in the army.Maxwell Taylor just didn't practice the special relationship between Britain and the United States to invite experts in orientalism, otherwise Alan Wilson would tell the American general that the situation in South Vietnam was called a feudal town.

The situation of feudal towns does not only belong to the East. For example, Ukraine, the second military power in the world in later generations, also has private soldiers all over the country. It is almost the resurrection of feudal lords in the Middle Ages.

But even if he didn't quite understand it, Maxwell Taylor could at least feel one thing that couldn't be more obvious. Without the presence of the US military, South Vietnam really couldn't survive.Just like Chang Gong 20 years ago, now he only hopes that the US military will hold the line, and the South Vietnamese army can do what the South Korean army did, at least after reorganization, it will have the strength to face the enemy.

"Just having this heart is not enough. South Vietnam must have a certain degree of self-defense power. I hope General Nguyen can take my words to heart." Maxwell Taylor urged, like Wu Dingyan's honeyed self-confidence, but also Dare to blame the United States, as if the United States is begging him, it is best to disappear as soon as possible.

There is no need to read too much, Maxwell Taylor has already made a judgment, and he must intervene to stabilize the situation, and it will be too late.

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There is no need to read too much, Maxwell Taylor has already made a judgment, and he must intervene to stabilize the situation, and it will be too late.

Religious strife, political sectarianism, and police corruption have ravaged the country no less destructively than the growing guerrilla uprisings supported by its northern neighbors.

Before Diem's ​​death, even those who advocated a coup to oust him admitted that his successor was only 50.00% sure of stabilizing the political situation.However, even this estimate has proven overly optimistic.

Within [-] days, South Vietnam has had two coups. If the United States does not help, the future of this country is unimaginable. This is different from the Korean Peninsula. The Korean Peninsula is extremely easy to cut off the influence of the North, but the Indochina Peninsula is not. Easy, North Vietnam can detour to subvert South Vietnam.

After coming here once, Maxwell Taylor not only did not relax at all, but his mood became more and more heavy. What action should he take?Will the operation include the involvement of the U.S. Air Force and Army?Is it possible to launch an attack on North Vietnam?Will doing so pose a risk of going to war with a certain big country?At the highest level, what would be the economic, military, political, and personnel costs of such a plan?

Will America succeed in the end?If the chances of success are slim and expensive, should other options - such as neutralization and withdrawal - be carefully and seriously studied?

Thinking of this, Maxwell Taylor suddenly woke up, and he actually had the idea of ​​retreating, not to mention whether this would lead to criticism, first of all, he couldn't even pass the Pentagon.

He shouldn't have this kind of thinking, but should have a firm belief, come up with a plan that best suits the interests of the United States, and guide the government to make decisions that are most beneficial to the Pentagon.

Or without further ado, after learning about the situation, Maxwell Taylor embarked on a journey back to Washington to inform Lyndon Johnson of his current predicament.

"Without a strong pushback in South Vietnam, South Vietnam will be seen not only as a test of American steadfastness in the eyes of other Asian nations, but also of key nations threatened by Communism elsewhere, but also of America's handling of the "National Liberation War." A special test of the ability to "war" is a special test. On the Asian scale, things are extremely obvious. For Japan, for example, the United States' disengagement and recognition of pro-Soviet rule will seriously affect people's confidence. Broad In short, any country that is threatened by the left in the future will undoubtedly have reason to doubt whether we will be responsible for them. Even, in theory, even in remote parts of Latin America, this situation It might also happen.”

In other words, the Americans have innovative ideas and can extend the events in Southeast Asia to Latin America. However, considering the changes in Cuba, it is not unreasonable to say it is alarmist or anything.

Alan Wilson doesn't have clairvoyance, but he can still know what's going on in Washington. Does it need to go through the Five Eyes alliance? It doesn't need it at all. Just by reading the headlines of the New York Times, you can know that the situation in South Vietnam is heating up rapidly in the United States. In the sense of pre-war mobilization.

Before [-], Britain occupied most of the headlines of the monthly magazines, and until last year, Britain occupied the headlines for two months.Although most of the time, the spotlight of the New York Times has been on the Soviet Union, this month, North Vietnam, a corner of the world, appeared on the headlines of the New York Times, clearly sending some kind of signal.

"The next time it appears on the headlines, maybe it will be the Falklands War." Alan Wilson couldn't help but sigh, yesterday is like a passing water, and we can't stay if we go away. Now I, Daying, can't even compete with North Vietnam.

But this is also a good thing, appearing on the headlines of the New York Times, it is obvious that the United States regards a country as an imaginary enemy. Isn’t there a saying that the most important thing is your enemy.Just like in the ten years after 57, a certain big country dominated the headlines of the New York Times for [-] months.

If he hadn't got other things to do today, he would give the Americans a few words, but he really didn't have time. With some data, he went to No. [-] Downing Street to talk to Prime Minister Eden about maternity leave subsidies.

"We have obtained a result from the public data of France and even the Soviet Union. The so-called maternity leave, or maternity allowance, is not beneficial to the country except for an increase in expenditure."

Alan Wilson took out two documents and placed them in front of Aiden, "Among the countries that implement subsidies, the birth rate has not changed significantly. The most important thing is that the birth rate in the UK has not decreased, at least higher than that of the French, completely There is no need to take additional subsidies, and it is very short-sighted to do useless work."

If you want the data of the free world, Alan Wilson has it. If you want the data of the Soviet bloc, he also has it. They are all public data. The population data of the Soviet Union after the war was originally a secret.But in the past few years, as the post-war children have grown up, the population data of the Soviet Union has become public.

"The reason why the local population has not changed much is because of immigration. British citizens immigrated to Australia or North America. This is completely different from France's trend of immigration from abroad. The age of native citizens has not deteriorated." Alan Wilson said confidently, "Instead of worrying about the local population, it is better to worry about the population growth of Malaya."

It's not to change the subject, but the population of the UK is really not very serious, at least compared with other European countries, it is not a big problem.

In fact, the Conservative Party is not keen on welfare and the like. The so-called maternity subsidies were only discussed in cabinet meetings.Aiden just routinely asked Whitehall to come up with some data support, and Alan Wilson naturally came up with data support.

He really thinks that it is useless to buy children with money, and it is not as useful as making women unemployed.

The highest fertility rate in the free world is now in the United States, and this era is at the stage when the working class is the strongest.Living in a big mansion and driving a big pickup truck, a man who works can afford the life of a wife, two children and a dog.

This is not to brag about the United States. The current working ratio of American women is 20.00%, which means that [-]% of American women are just housewives, and it is enough to provide superior logistical support for their husbands.

Just like the cabinet secretary also has a woman with the same status as his wife, providing logistical support.

The United States is really powerful now. A family only needs one man to work to cover all expenses.This kind of life is broken, and we have to wait until Reagan comes to power and kills the Quartet.Anyway, in the 21st century, the United States has achieved equality between men and women in a sense. Women are no longer housewives, and the proportion of people participating in work has reached 70.00%, which is higher than that of women in a certain big country.

The UK is similar now. The gap between the UK and the US lies in the size gap, not the per capita gap. After all, female role models like Pamela Mountbatten are in the minority.

Otherwise, why has Malaya surpassed the British mainland in terms of industrial indicators? The Malaya colony is the real equality between men and women. I am a backward country in Great Britain, and I know how to objectify women.

"Indeed, based on these statistics, our problem is not that big." Aiden was very satisfied with this answer. The Conservative Party is not keen on using money to buy welfare, so this matter will be over after a discussion.

"It's really not a big problem." Alan Wilson breathed a sigh of relief. He once again stood on the opposite side of the working people, but right and wrong have nothing to do with morality.

So what if you offend a woman?Do they dare to rebel? He hasn't heard of any rebel force dominated by women.

The UK can only care about fertility issues. It is not like a city on a hill with abundant martial arts. It has already begun to consider its next opponent.

When Maxwell Taylor returned to the United States, he did not go to the White House first, but first went to the Pentagon to discuss the South Vietnam issue with the military generals. The result of the discussion was a final memorandum, "On the security interests of the United States To prevent the loss of South Vietnam is of paramount importance."

"But the president's attitude is relatively conservative, far less enthusiastic than the Republican candidates." A general asked his own doubts, which are also common doubts in the Pentagon.

"We need an unquestionable reason to intervene." Discussions about the situation in South Vietnam began immediately.

"My friends, this problem is actually very simple. We only need a USS Maine." An admiral said confidently, "If the United States is attacked by North Vietnam, I believe that no matter who is the president, they will not be able to stop the USS Maine." Retaliation by a regime that America despises."

In [-], the Cuban revolution intensified, so the United States sent the "Maine" warship to the port of Havana under the pretext of protecting American citizens in Cuba, but actually for the sugar cane plantations and sugar factories owned by the Americans. , put pressure on Spain.However, the USS Maine exploded suddenly while stationed in Havana Harbor.

Regardless of the reason, the sinking of the USS Maine was an excellent excuse for the United States to declare war on Spain, and the Pentagon needs such an excuse now.

"It's a good idea, Tokyo Bay cruise has such conditions." This suggestion was put forward, and it immediately aroused a lot of approval, and the meeting room was full of fresh air.

In order to protect the safety of the free world, sometimes everyone doesn't mind being a villain, this is to better protect the majority of good people.

Maxwell Taylor went to the White House after this meeting to make it clear that the evacuation seemed unacceptable, as had been the case on previous occasions, and this time was no exception. Since the coup, there is no doubt that South Vietnamese The situation is seriously deteriorating.Over the past month, the government's weaknesses have become all too apparent.Riots and uprisings backed by North Vietnam were increasing day by day,

While Maxwell Taylor was chanting scriptures at the White House, other people naturally arranged for the occurrence of the Maine again, and everyone performed their duties without delaying each other.

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Chapter 270 Tokyo Bay Incident

The Gulf of Tonkin patrol program was seen by some as worthless, most of the South Vietnamese agents sent to North Vietnam were either captured or killed, and the raids at sea were innocuous.

The U.S. Navy was wasting fuel protecting such a group of South Vietnamese agents, but soon the Pentagon will prove that the patrol program is useful, just not necessarily everyone's favorite.

Several South Vietnamese patrol boats attacked two North Vietnamese islands in the Gulf of Tonkin, believed to be supporting infiltration to the south.Early the next morning, the American destroyer USS Maddox, on patrol in De Soto, sailed to Tokyo Bay, far from the two islands.

At [-]:[-] p.m., the Maddox reported several fast gunboats approaching her, and a few minutes later the ship came under torpedo and automatic weapon fire.There were no casualties or damage aboard the Maddox.

There was no doubt that the Maddox had been attacked: the crew removed shrapnel from North Vietnamese shells from the deck and sent the shrapnel to the Pentagon to verify that the attack had actually taken place.

Compared with the USS Maine half a century ago, the United States today is not the same, in all aspects, and there is no need to sacrifice a warship to achieve the goal.

At the time of the incident, the Maddox was moored in the open sea, more than 25 miles from the coast of North Vietnam. North Vietnam, which had only theoretical sea power, attacked the world's largest navy, which would not be tolerated.The entire United States is boiling, and the US Navy warships are being attacked on the high seas. This is a provocation to the dignity of the United States.

South Vietnamese ambassador Maxwell Taylor objected to the decision to downplay the incident.In a late-night cable to the State Department, he noted that failure to respond to unprovoked attacks on U.S. destroyers on the high seas would be seen as "a sign that the United States is afraid of direct confrontation with the North Vietnamese."

The public opinion of the whole world is boiling, and Britain is boiling ahead of the United States. The major British newspapers are extremely shocked, and the headlines are all sensational, expressing the reporting concept that I don't understand but I am greatly shocked.

The secretary-general of the cabinet, who was in a good mood, finished his day's work energetically and went home anxiously, expressing his loyalty to the female president.

"So good today." Pamela Mountbatten saw her husband coming in, took the remote control to turn off the TV, and floated towards her husband.

"When did I become misbehaved?" Alan Wilson hugged his wife's body and said in a tone that no one is more loyal to his wife than him, "A good relationship with the media will help both your career and my career."

"Do you think a destroyer with no casualties is worth causing a large-scale war?" Pamela Mountbatten acted according to her husband's words, which didn't mean she agreed with the man's point of view.

"Who is right? Not necessarily for the United States. Aren't they the world's hegemon?" Alan Wilson sat down together holding his wife's hand, and said happily, "The Americans have something to do. For most countries, it's a good thing."

"Then what are you going to do?" Pamela Mountbatten asked, frowning. South Vietnam was very close to Malaya. She really didn't want the situation that her husband said to develop like this.

"Of course it is calling for peace. We want to emphasize the importance of Europe and persuade the United States not to start war lightly." Alan Wilson said firmly in a pacifist tone, "Isn't it the majesty of the world's hegemony, in fact, as long as the bottom line It’s not particularly important to be flexible enough.”

The more you don't want to do something, the more you have to keep emphasizing that you want to do it. It's a very basic truth. Is the British persuasion useful?That is of course useless. The British persuaded us at the beginning of the Korean War, but the United States entered the Korean peninsula without hesitation. Our British efforts to maintain peace at this time are infinitely equivalent to the effect of Hun Tuo Dasheng.

The Gulf of Tonkin incident seems to be a little earlier. I wonder if it will affect the US aircraft carrier being bombed and sunk by North Vietnam. It would be a pity if it was affected.After all, it was the only aircraft carrier sunk after the war. Alan Wilson still hopes that this crown can be won by the hardworking and brave Vietnamese people.

Armstrong, the British ambassador to the United States, is practicing domestic instructions and doing his best to save peace. He found the US Secretary of State Dean Rusk to explain Britain's views on this matter.The British official position, like the Korean War, was that North Vietnam was not worth fighting for.

"Dear Secretary of State, war is terrible after all. Britain is worried about the development of the situation." Armstrong expressed Britain's concerns without concealment.

"Mr. Ambassador, I also understand your and the UK's concerns about this matter very well, but I can't promise anything." Dean Rusk is a very close person, and he took time to receive the British ambassador at this time, but this Being close to the people can't change anything, it's too late to say anything now.

"The U.S. warship was not damaged, not even a single wounded. In fact, it can be regarded as a misfire." Armstrong is still fulfilling his mission. never happened.

This means that even if the attack is real, the United States has no loss.This kind of view is very easy to stand and talk, and now even American public opinion knows that American warships have been attacked on the high seas.

How could Dean Rusk act as if nothing happened? This year is a general election year, and now is the time for bipartisan elections. If the United States keeps silent, the Republican Party will seize the opportunity to make a fuss.Not to mention the United States, now that even the British know about it, the United States has made a big deal smaller?

The Pentagon claimed that the Maddox had sent a cable that an attack from unidentified ships appeared to be imminent.The Maddox intelligence came from highly classified reports from the National Security Agency, which had intercepted various North Vietnamese orders.An hour later, the Maddox cabled that radar contact had been established with three unidentified vessels.

Dark clouds and stormy winds thickened the night, making visibility extremely poor.In the following hours, the Gulf of Tokyo has been in chaos.

The Maddox and Turner Joy reported being attacked by more than 20 torpedoes. They saw the wake of the torpedoes, the lights in the aft compartment of the enemy ship, the flashes of flashlights, and the firing of automatic weapons. To the radar and sonar waves.

At this time, the Pentagon was discussing how to deal a head-on blow to North Vietnam, which despised the majesty of the United States. Armstrong bid farewell to Dean Rusk in disappointment, and returned to the embassy to tell London that the belligerent nature of the Americans made persuasion full of thorns.

"That's such a pity." Alan Wilson tilted his head and clamped the microphone in the Cabinet Secretary's Office, and said happily, "We still can't give up our efforts to save peace, Dixon, when I express my condolences and thanks to Ambassador Armstrong, he has already He did everything he could."

Putting down the microphone, Alan Wilson stood up and walked around the desk, lit a cigar and took a puff, with a long flavor.

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U.S. President Lyndon Johnson made a public televised speech ordering retaliatory strikes against the North Vietnamese regime.Immediately, 64 U.S. bombers entered the airspace of North Vietnam and bombarded places such as Ngee An, Hon Gai, and Thanh Hoa indiscriminately.

The day after the U.S. bombed North Vietnam, U.S. President Johnson submitted a message to the U.S. Congress, asking Congress to allow him to use the U.S. armed forces to counter the North Vietnamese attack, protect "freedom and peace" in Southeast Asia, and protect South Vietnam and Laos.

Three days after the incident in the Gulf of Tonkin, the U.S. Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Accords, authorizing Lyndon B. Johnson to command U.S. forces to take all necessary measures to crush North Vietnamese armed attacks.

In Monroe's house, Alan Wilson, like a successful person, hugged Marilyn Monroe's delicate body, watching the speech of American President Lyndon Johnson defending the United States and the free world on TV.The cabinet secretary was all smiles and listened with relish.

This is a restrained smile. Monroe is an American, so he can't express his happiness on his face in case the beautiful woman in his arms can see it.

"It's another war." Monroe muttered unhappily. Marilyn Monroe had been to Korea to work in the army. At this time, she hated the outbreak of another war.

"This world is like this." Alan Wilson stretched his hand along Monroe's neck, grabbed the dream-like peak, and said with a sense of accomplishment, "This reminds me of The Boer War, oh, I'm not saying America will lose, it's just a boring metaphor. Maybe that's life, it happens sometimes."

If facing Aiden, Alan Wilson would definitely not answer like this, but now he has to take care of the emotions of the American guests, and he must not take it for granted that Monroe can do whatever he wants because he is in his own shape.

Each one is an individual, with ladies of the same status as his wife, and if truth be told, it was Ellen Wilson who changed not them.

"You are an official, and you seem to understand it." The crushed Marilyn Monroe glanced at the man angrily, "It seems that Vivienne is overwhelmed by your desire."

"Is this a compliment? I don't deny it, I think I know the whole world." Alan Wilson praised himself with a pun, and answered two questions from Monroe at the same time, "Without you, my life might not be the same. I won't be so tired, but I'd rather be a little tired. As long as it leads you to bloom more perfectly, everything is worth it."

In the face of the same issue, different opinions will be expressed on different occasions. The matter has two sides. Minister Profumo, Alan Wilson answered quite differently.

"We have expressed our concerns about the current situation through the ambassador to the United States, but obviously the Americans have not recognized it. London failed to stop the Korean War more than a decade ago. It cannot stop the Americans from participating in the next war now." Allen Wilson had a dignified expression as he reported the latest situation.

"Washington's thinking is very sloppy." Aiden asserted directly, "We can't understand why the United States has such a violent reaction."

"The United States is different from the United Kingdom. We lead the world through checks and balances. The United States, like the Soviet Union, wants to lead the world by itself. Both the United States and the Soviet Union believe that they have this ability and do not need the cooperation of their allies. Of course If it goes on for years, I believe at some point the United States will express its desire for Britain to go to war."

Alan Wilson dare not say that no one in the whole of Britain participated in the Vietnam War, and he may have provided assistance in some small operations, but he definitely did not send an organized armed force to participate in the war.There is no doubt that Britain did not find any value in directly participating in the war from South Vietnam.

"Allen, do you think the United States will encounter trouble this time?" Profumo asked with a serious face, "You know the East very well, do you think the Chinese will support North Vietnam to fight to the end?"

"Dear minister, this is obvious. It was proven in the Korean War." Alan Wilson shook his head and smiled wryly, "Although they have encountered some problems at present, they are definitely not affected to the extent that they cannot provide support to North Vietnam. Of course, we hope that the Americans can successfully contain the severe situation in Southeast Asia, and everything goes well."