Chapter 1336 Overcoming Difficulties

The top priority is to control the people first. Alan Wilson still believes that a high commissioner can handle this matter. The cause and effect are not yet clear, but he guesses that the leader should be an American wounded soldier, not a South Korean wounded soldier. He believes that there will be no When people pay attention, South Korean soldiers have the ability to deal heavy blows to civilians, but that is in the realm of South Vietnam.

Malaya is a British colony. The Koreans should not have the courage to cause trouble on British territory. After waiting for a while, the telegram from Kuala Lumpur arrived in Whitehall.

His guess was not wrong at all. The crimes against the local hospital nurses were committed by American wounded soldiers. As for the Korean wounded soldiers involved, they followed the orders of the sovereign to help.

This is not surprising at all. American soldiers are like this in every country in the world, including the United States. It seems that there will be a movie called The General’s Daughter in later generations, which tells the story of the American army’s inability to control their crotches wherever they go. Even the generals The daughters are all victims, so it is not surprising that they appeared in Malaya.

It was not necessary to act rashly now. He first wanted to see how Richard responded. When the second phone rang, Richard had already said that he would send people to arrest all the wounded soldiers involved.

"The Malayan colonies are conservative, and you know what the colonies fear most is this kind of thing. Crimes against women are the easiest to inspire nationalism, which is what the British are trying to avoid. So you have to make strict punishments. It seems that as to whether to apply Qing law or peaceful religious law, let the local judicial officials decide. The first priority is to restore Britain's reputation and defend local interests."

Alan Wilson paused after saying this, "As for the mastermind, first determine his origins. If he comes from a famous family, he may eventually be released under pressure from the United States, but if he is a low-level person with no background, then don't be polite. In order to highlight the special relationship between Britain and the United States, we will not kill American soldiers publicly, but they are still wounded soldiers. It is normal to have some complications. A drug overdose that was not saved? Alcoholism? There is no excuse."

"If the wounded Korean soldiers were talked back to by the local judicial officials in the colony, I would probably die." Richard also expressed his worries, "Secretary-General, are you going to be publicly executed?"

"Korean? Ha!" Old God Alan Wilson said calmly, "Bring all the soldiers who were treated in Malaya, regardless of the United States and South Korea, for a profound education. Now there is another question, the South Vietnam U.S. Military Command Do you know about this? Since you didn't block the news, I think you do. If the US military generals put pressure on you, you are calling me."

When he said this, Alan Wilson looked at his watch again, "That's it. It's time to get off work here. If we have anything to do, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

According to the tradition of the U.S. military, once the U.S. military commits a crime in other countries, as long as it is not caught on the spot, it will definitely be put under pressure. If the impact is large, the U.S. will definitely bring the committing soldier back home. This is not because the US military is very good at internal affairs, but because the rules of this special group of the military are different from other groups.

Alan Wilson can give the US military a face and will not publicly kill this American soldier to slap the city on the hill in the face, but this man needs to stay and cannot just pat his ass and leave.

In theory, a mere soldier would not attract the attention of the United States. So what if he kills him secretly? In fact, the South Vietnamese U.S. military command has not really noticed this matter now, because Richard followed the instructions of the supreme authority and targeted the criminals on the Koreans.

As for the Pentagon in Washington, how can they control a soldier fighting abroad? The United States has nearly 200,000 troops stationed in South Vietnam, and they can't control it. The Pentagon is now intensely discussing whether to expand the scope of the attack. This is the most important thing.

The chiefs of staff also strongly advocated that U.S. forces conduct more intense three-dimensional attacks on North Vietnam on land, sea, and air. They took this recommendation so seriously that they handed over another memo to the Department of Defense reiterating their view that an invasion of North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, including the deployment of U.S. forces in Thailand, had become necessary,

At the same time, there is a high possibility of using nuclear weapons against a major country.

They stressed that all of these actions highlighted the need to mobilize U.S. reserve forces now.

Lyndon Johnson was deeply shocked by the Pentagon's thinking because the CIA had given him contrary intelligence, concluding that victory was indeed unlikely with current war efforts alone. The results of an examination of all these and other selected options include: building a wall along the western and northern borders of South Vietnam; mining ports; large-scale air strikes; destroying transportation lines on rivers; Yes: None are sufficient to achieve the United States' purposes and achieve the desired military victory.

An additional option proposed sending U.S. troops to North Vietnam, which Marine Corps officials estimated would require at least half a million additional U.S. troops in the region.

Lyndon Johnson ignored the dispute between the Pentagon and the CIA. He was preparing for the visit of British Prime Minister Harold Wilson to highlight the special relationship between Britain and the United States during this special period. It would be better if the United Kingdom could send troops.

The President of the United States will definitely be disappointed, because Harold Wilson's main purpose of visiting the United States this time is to mediate an armistice in the United States.

Relations between Britain and the Soviet Union have been developing for the better recently. After a phone call with Kosygin, Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers, Harold Wilson decided to persuade the United States to cease the war in the name of Britain and the Soviet Union.

In fact, this is not the first time that a country has persuaded the United States to cease war. In the past year, eight countries have called on the United States to cease war. The United Kingdom and the United States have long been consistent in international affairs. British Prime Minister Wilson was very worried about President Lyndon Johnson's expansion of the Vietnam War.

President Lyndon Johnson expressed consideration of using nuclear weapons to end the war. Wilson used a hotline to persuade the President of the United States to engage in peace talks and asked to come to the United States for an interview. The Texas-born President of the United States refused! That was right after the Labor Party won the election.

Now that there is little progress in U.S. military operations, Harold Wilson once again came up with the idea of ​​​​persuading a ceasefire, hoping that the United States would not continue the war.

Before the Prime Minister set out, Alan Wilson had already betrayed this purpose to McCarthy. Who made him the defender of the special relationship between Britain and the United States, which was different from the Prime Minister who was suspected of being a Soviet spy. It is simply intolerable to use Kosygin to put pressure on the President of the United States.

Watching the Prime Minister board the special plane to the United States with expectant eyes, Alan Wilson stretched himself. Now is the time to take the opportunity to ask Kuala Lumpur whether the unfortunate isolated incident has been handled well. This kind of thing must be cut through quickly without hesitation.

Harold Wilson, who arrived in Washington, expressed his hope that the United States could cease the war when he met Lyndon Johnson.

This surprised the President of the United States. For the first time, he felt that the other party was judged by the CIA to be a Soviet spy, which gave him a sense of trust. Lyndon Johnson changed the topic and said, "I won't teach you how to solve the problem in Jakarta, and neither should you." Teach me how to deal with Vietnam. If you really want to help me, send some troops to help us deal with those guerrillas. Officially declare that you want to support us. If you can't do that, you might as well continue to solve your Jakarta problem."

Lyndon Johnson was very rude to the British Prime Minister's move to mediate with the Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers, and aroused deep distrust. The United States may not mind some innocuous questions, but this is a large-scale war, and the United Kingdom Actually siding with the Soviet Union?

Alan Wilson knew that the Prime Minister's visit would definitely be a lonely one. If he hadn't checked the Prime Minister's reliability from a third-party perspective, maybe he would have doubted whether the Prime Minister was a Soviet spy? How could you think of talking to the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union and the Americans together?

He even believed that the Prime Minister should learn from him and secretly kill the American soldiers who committed the crime, and then publicly and publicly torture the remaining seven Korean soldiers to defend the fact that the British protected the local residents of Malaya from infringement.

This time Alan Wilson flew directly to Kuala Lumpur and was ready to go to the scene to support Richard. Regarding the news of the unfortunate overdose of American soldier Sergeant John McNaughton, he also expressed his sympathy to the US military command in South Vietnam. War can really change a life. People, the cruel war has led to the choice of drugs to make up for the psychological trauma, which should be taken as a warning.

He believed that the U.S. military would thank him for saving a soldier's pension. The standard for U.S. soldiers killed in action must ensure that the soldier was killed by the enemy on the battlefield, such as those who fell ill due to the combat environment in the army, or who unfortunately died in the battle. Falling to death while boarding a helicopter and other reasons will not be recognized as death in action. Of course, overdose of drugs is not included in the scope of death in action.

"How many wounded soldiers are there in Singapore from South Vietnam for treatment now?" Alan Wilson asked a question first when he saw Richard coming out of the airport passage.

"Seven to eight hundred people." Richard was stunned for a moment, "There are only more than a hundred American soldiers. We don't know why the Koreans got the treatment to come to Singapore, but this was agreed by the US military."

"Maybe he did too many bastard things in South Vietnam, and he was afraid of being killed while being treated in a South Vietnamese hospital. Who can say for sure." Alan Wilson had some confusion on his face, "The United States has nearly 200,000 troops stationed in South Vietnam. , South Korea has less than 100,000 soldiers in South Vietnam. However, the proportion of South Korean wounded soldiers in Singapore is several times that of the US military. It seems that our US allies have arranged for South Korean soldiers to overcome difficulties."

The ratio of the number of American and Korean soldiers is two to one, but the number of wounded Korean soldiers is almost five times that of the United States. If the same ratio is found in the rear hospitals in the Philippines, it really shows that the United States has listened to his suggestions. The blood of Korean soldiers is not enough. America will never surrender until it bleeds dry.