Chapter 1304 The United States 1 Will Definitely Win
"He has already retired and is still so concerned about military matters." Earl Wheeler, the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, laughed.
Earl Wheeler had served in the Allied Forces Command in Southeast Asia when he was young, and Marshal Mountbatten was also an old acquaintance. At this time, his son-in-law who met Mountbatten also joined the discussion, "But to be honest, we really can't deploy more troops." The South Vietnamese army is out of strength and cannot be used in a short period of time, so it would be better to let the South Korean army join the war."
The South Korean army was also trained by the United States during the Korean War. Earl Wheeler also knew Ridgway. At least Ridgway still recognized the combat effectiveness of the Korean army.
Therefore, Earl Wheeler instinctively did not reject the South Korean army's participation in the war, because the US military did have a manpower gap problem. Once a soldier was killed in action, the pension issue would be a headache.
Alan Wilson understands the twists and turns. Although the pensions issued cannot escape the payment of taxes, the remaining part falls into the hands of the families of the fallen soldiers. There is no room for stretching in this process, and weapons orders are completely different.
Arms are a huge profit business. How huge are the profits? The "Spike" micro-missiles and launcher systems also use a large number of modern commercial shelf-type components. Each missile costs only about five thousand US dollars, making it one of the cheapest missiles in the world. . In comparison, the US military's shoulder-fired "Javelin" anti-tank missiles cost US$70,000 per set, and each set of shoulder-fired "Stinger" anti-tank missiles costs US$120,000. "
This is the ex-factory cost and not the military purchase price. It is reasonable that the US military expenditure of 800 billion US dollars cannot produce many finished products. If you really want to make money, you must start with weapons, not manpower. The U.S. military's stringent death standards have reached their limit, and there is no room for effort.
"As long as the combat effectiveness of the South Korean army is intact and the strength gap is filled, I believe that the United States will definitely win." Alan Wilson said with a smile, "Such a great victory will definitely prevent the Soviet bloc countries from taking risks. I believe that all allies This will also increase your confidence.”
Earl Wheeler and Li Mei both nodded, feeling very fond of this Englishman who spoke well. It seemed that Mountbatten's son-in-law was as capable of coordination as he was.
"At least the news from Seoul shows that the Korean army is still very confident." Earl Wheeler was very relaxed. The Koreans took the initiative to stand up, so let's put it to good use.
"Yeah." Alan Wilson agreed with a fake smile. When did one of the top five members of the YouTube channel become less confident?
In the army, Indians are so confident that they dare not claim to be the best in the world. The ones that really want to take the lead are Ukraine and South Korea. One claims to be the world's second most powerful military power, and the other believes that its army has no rivals in Eurasia.
Even the United States does not say that its army is the best in the world.
To save some face for a certain big country, South Korea claims that it has no rivals in Eurasia. What is that if it's not number one in the world?
This involves what it means to be a strong army, a false strong army, the typical example is the Indian Army, which has more tanks than armored vehicles, and more armored vehicles than self-propelled artillery. This kind of army can only fight in waves.
Because tanks are army equipment with a minimum guarantee, for a very ordinary country, equipping a few hundred tanks can indeed increase its combat effectiveness.
But this kind of army will be finished after its inventory is exhausted. However, the army of a country with only this kind of capability often claims to be an army power.
This must be regarded as a powerful army. There are too many powerful countries in the world, from Poland to Turkey, Syria, Pakistan, India, and South Korea. They can all be called powerful countries in the army.
During the Fifth Middle East War, the T72 in the hands of the Syrian army beat the Israeli Merkava to death during a mid-range sniper attack, but the entire war was one-sided.
Although the Israeli Army in the 21st century has also completed the transformation from being unable to defeat Hezbollah to having difficulty even dealing with Hamas, no one can deny that Israel was indeed quite capable of defeating Hamas during the Cold War.
What kind of army power is there simply by stacking tanks? The army's strong combat effectiveness is established through some details. Although China, the United States and Russia have carried out some operations of converting divisions into brigades, a certain big country and the United States and Russia are completely different. The serious combat of a certain big country Strength is based on corps. The transformation of divisions into brigades is just a discussion among the masses. A certain big country is entirely for the decentralization of technical weapons, and the higher-level corps-level combat units have always been retained.
Unlike the United States' security war and Russia's battalion-level storm assault group transformation, the army system of a certain major country has not been dismantled. Once it is activated, it will be like the Soviet Red Army during the Cold War. It is by no means comparable to a wave of armies.
At this time, on the Indian and Pakistani battlefields, two armies in one wave were conducting a collective center-to-door sniper attack around Chawinda. During the first contact between the two sides, the Pakistani tank troops suffered heavy losses.
Two Pakistani brigades were ambushed by the Indian army and lost 97 tanks, including 65 m47/48s. One division commander and one brigade commander were killed in action, and six regiment-level officers were killed or captured. . The price paid by the Indian army was only the loss of twelve tanks.
After winning the first battle, India wanted to continue to expand its results and concentrated 400 tanks of various types to attack Chawindar. Pakistani tanks also dispatched in full force. Pakistan had the advantage of American fighter jets, while the Indian Army had the advantage of scale, and the fight continued. It lasted until dark and when contact was broken off, the battle site had become a tank cemetery, with destroyed British and American tanks everywhere.
At this point, both India and Pakistan suffered huge losses. The British, who were waiting for both sides to be bored, finally found an opportunity. The Foreign Minister immediately expressed his intention to mediate the war between India and Pakistan. Later, the Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko also expressed the same intention. Meaning, after discussions between the two countries, they decided to mediate the war between India and Pakistan at a neutral location in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.
General LeMay liked Alan Wilson's insights on bombing very much. Because he also retired this year, he had time to meet with Alan Wilson and asked about Marshal Mountbatten's retirement life. He also heard that Britain and the Soviet Union were preparing to mediate the India-Pakistan war in Stockholm. , couldn't help but ask, "The British government seems to be very polite to the Soviet Union."
"General Le Mei!" Alan Wilson smiled bitterly and said awkwardly, "The Soviet Union is in Europe. The feeling of facing Soviet ground power in Europe is completely different from talking about Soviet ground power here in Washington. It can be said that every European country Full of courtesy to the Soviet Union. Washington should understand this behavior."
Even if you are anti-Soviet, you cannot show it. This is completely different from the 21st century. No fool will think that the Soviet Union is the same as Russia. The two are completely different. The most different thing is that Russia cannot defeat the Soviet Union after fifty years. At least the Soviet weapons were fresh out of the factory, and the Russians were full of old goods.
"Oh, I understand, maintaining peace in Europe is important, and we have no intention of exacerbating the situation in Europe." Li Mei nodded, adding in her mind that especially now, if something goes wrong in Europe, the United States will be even more stretched.
Still following the old rules, he expressed Mountbatten's longing for his American friends. After maintaining the traditional friendship, and talking about the Vietnam War, Li Mei also told the news she had received, "The Korean government has responded positively to our needs. We are open to the scale of troop dispatch. We also believe this is an opportunity to accumulate practical experience."
"That's great. The entire free world is looking forward to a firm response from the United States to the expansion of radical forces. Although the European side is unwilling to talk more, I know that governments around the world are very concerned and hope that the United States will show strong leadership. "Alan Wilson's face was full of confidence in the military power of the United States.
This kind of confidence is definitely not a good thing. Anyone who knows a little bit about history knows that the United States was defeated in the war and the entire country fell into chaos in the 1970s. But this moment is exactly like that. In the 21st century, after the United States performed a trapeze performance in Afghanistan, it quickly set fire to Ukraine and covered up its own embarrassing act.
Even if the ignition is successful, the United States is not prepared to end. Its undefeated golden status has been broken. If it fails to take advantage of the end, the situation of the United States will be even more ugly.
I can’t say that the United States will be smart in a few decades. I can only say that now the United States can’t find a place to ignite it. It’s too dangerous. European countries will not let the United States light a fire in Europe. If you click on Iran, the Soviet Union will cut off the Eurasian continent from the middle. If you click on East Asia? Japan and South Korea are not strong enough, and a certain big country will not listen to the United States.
I don’t know if Afghanistan was successfully ignited, but it seems that the Soviet Union itself took the initiative to jump in. For a country at the top of the world, defeat will bring a series of consequences. Now Britain just needs to wait for the consequences to appear, and cheer for the United States.
Monroe was not allowed to know this kind of thing. What she could know was that Britain was working hard to stop the expansion of the Indo-Pakistani war and saved many ordinary people who suffered from the war.
"You were like this when you and Vivian were together?" Monroe, who was naked, groaned and felt the palms on her body. The place where her palms passed seemed to be electrified, and even her questions became dull. On and off.
"Of course, what else would happen?" Alan Wilson, who was hugging Monroe's delicate body, showed his honest side, "What's the difference? It's that my physical strength was much better at that time than it is now. Vivianna I never want to leave my arms for a moment.”
"I see that your physical strength is also very good now." Monroe rolled her eyes at the man and asked for a kiss. "I met a few friends recently, and they all asked me why I went to Europe to develop my career."
"Then what did you say?" Alan Wilson pinched the cherry and said with a wicked smile, "Didn't you say that you don't want to go back to the United States now that you have been nourished by love?"
"I met a bad guy. Of course I have to keep it a secret. I can't let my friends appear in the bad guy's sight." Monroe turned around and pushed the bad guy in her eyes. It was time to let this bad guy know how powerful he was.
When the grim-faced Cabinet Secretary returned to London, Karachi and New Delhi had responded positively and were willing to accept mediation from Britain and the Soviet Union. The relevant negotiating delegation is being formed.
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