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Chapter 1222 Watch carefully, I will only demonstrate once (third update, please subscribe)
A more traditional way!

After Richard Selby, the CIA's deputy director for plans, received this report from his subordinates, he said:
"Do those Southeast Asians want to mobilize their fleet? Do they think Cuba is Siam, which is just around the corner? This is North America, not Southeast Asia."

After laughing, Selby said:

"However, we have saved them a lot of trouble. Soon, the Nanyang people will find that they don't need to send out a fleet at all. Let the United States worry about the affairs in its backyard!"

Then he asked:
"Has Operation Crusade begun?"

"Tomorrow, Chief."

Harry replied.

Unlike previous denials, last year CIA Director Allen Dulles submitted a plan to the White House: to organize and train Cuban exiles gathered in Florida and conduct secret activities inside Cuba to overthrow the Castro government. President Eisenhower agreed and said that the United States would "assist to the end" these anti-Castro guerrillas.

However, before this plan could be implemented, Kennedy entered the White House.

Kennedy took over the CIA under Allen Dulles intact, and Dulles assured the new president that the invasion plan was "more promising" than the plan to overthrow the Guatemalan government, and that it would not only succeed but would also ensure future U.S. control over Cuba.

Moreover, their plan was led by Richard Selby, the deputy director in charge of the plan, who was known as the "smartest agent". It lasted for three years and brought together the wisdom of geniuses from the entire system, so the possibility of success was very high.

Kennedy naturally expressed his support for this guarantee. Of course, Kennedy, who had just come to power, was eager to use a successful military action to show his tough side from all over the United States, rather than being a rich young man who did nothing.

As the planner, Richard Selby was extremely conceited, so he said:

"After Operation Crusade succeeds, we will go and receive Nanyang's gratitude!"

And so, on this day, in North America, history was evolving in a fixed direction, while at the same time, on the other side of the earth.

Li Yian was listening to Cheng Pengan's report. What was different from usual was that they were listening to the report while eating barbecue by the garden lake of Daming Palace.

"So the Americans have no corresponding actions?"

"At least that's what they told us - there won't be any action..."

Cheng Pengan took a sip and put down the glass. He was not good at drinking, so he only needed to take a sip.

"Your Excellency, you know that in the intelligence business, everyone's answer is to be taken with a grain of salt, even among allies."

"Definitely!"

Li Yian also put down his glass, thought for a while and said:
"For the United States, they will never allow a pro-Russian regime to appear in their backyard, so they will definitely interfere, but in a different way. If I am right, they will definitely use their intelligence agencies to do this, just like they did in Guatemala."

"But they definitely won't tell us. To them, this is their secret."

Cheng Pengan chuckled and said:

“But the more they do this, the more it shows that they care deeply about Cuba.”

"It's just trying to cover it up, it makes it more obvious."

Li Yian nodded and continued,

"However, this is a good thing for us. After all, in the past, Americans always thought we were making a fuss over nothing, and even accused us of directly invading a country. What a joke! How can we allow others to sleep soundly on our own bed? In the past, Americans didn't understand, but now they understand what it feels like to have a hostile country at their doorstep! So, to a certain extent, they will understand why we are making trouble. It's for safety!"

Americans are like this - they always pretend to be innocent, but this green tea bitch is really good at pretending to be innocent, and she disguises herself very well, unlike the Soviet Union, which often ended up in trouble.

But sometimes, when faced with matters of life and death, can we still let others do it?

"What about the Americans..."

After taking a sip of wine, Li Yian said:

"They pretended to be innocent, but in the end, even they were deceived by themselves."

Cheng Pengan was puzzled and asked, "What? Your Excellency?"

"If you want to survive in this world, how can you not get your hands dirty? You can pretend to be a white lotus, but you can't pretend all the time!"

Thinking of the impending defeat, Li Yian smiled.

"Well, don't expect that rich boy to have a strong will. Even if the Americans take action, it will be anticlimactic. At least Cuba will let the Americans know that on some issues, you can't pretend to be a fool!"

Afterwards, Li Yian and Cheng Pengan talked about things in other regions, such as the situation in Iraq. After all, Iraq had been in his plan for a long time, and he was just waiting for the right opportunity, but the timing was still not ripe.

Just like the action taken by the Americans in Cuba this time, neither the timing nor the location of the action was appropriate.

"The Bay of Pigs, they're like a bunch of fucking pigs!" The next day's intelligence briefing included a piece of intelligence from the United States: 1500 Cuban exiles, under the command of two CIA officers, raided Cuba. They landed in the southern part of Las Villas Province in central Cuba under the direct cover of American aircraft and US Navy warships, occupied Long Beach and Playa Giron, and continued to advance northward.

Sure enough, it’s still the Bay of Pigs!

It was a remote, sparsely populated swampy area - the reason for choosing that place was that it was easy to defend but difficult to attack. However, this was a two-way street: it was easy to defend for the exiles who had landed, but also difficult to attack. Eventually they lost their support and were surrounded by the enemy.

It is simply absurd to let intelligence personnel be responsible for formulating military plans.

They are not professional in this matter!

Don’t they know how to find a professional?

While sneering in his heart, Li Yian continued to listen to the report.

"The Castro government immediately publicly condemned the invasion of US military aircraft to the United Nations, but the US side flatly denied it."

While making this report, Cheng Pengan smiled bitterly and said:

"Sir, as you said, in response to Cuba's protest, Kennedy directly called off the second round of air strikes."

This is Kennedy!

What will happen next?

20000 Cuban troops and militiamen fought against the invading exiles in the Bay of Pigs. Without the air cover of the US military, it was the turn of the Cuban Air Force to show its power. Two ships carrying ammunition were sunk by the Cuban army.

The battle lasted for three days, and all the exiles were wiped out. The long line of prisoners was filmed and became a classic scene broadcast on television stations around the world.

"Ten years ago, I said that the United States had not yet learned the Cold War, but after ten years, it has almost matured. It seems that I made a mistake in judgment. Ten years have passed, and the United States seems to have made no progress, especially in the Cold War mentality."

Li Yian's expression was solemn, and he said slowly:
"We expressed to Washington our concerns about their judgment. If they cannot adapt to the basic principles of the Cold War, then not taking action will be more effective than taking action, and not taking action can also scare the Soviet Union."

A burst of laughter immediately broke out in the study. The relationship between Nanyang and the United States is complicated. Nanyang may be a small country, but it has national pride in its bones. It is impossible for it to blindly follow the United States. Nanyang diplomats have never lacked ridicule when facing the United States.

"It's strange. How could the United States fail in intervening in such a small country?"

Although he was a little puzzled, Li Guoren was still a little worried:

"In this case, we really have to worry about security issues. After all, the Russians are much stronger."

"It's not that serious."

Li Yian is just taking the opportunity to mock the United States, not really thinking that the United States is no good.

In terms of military, the United States' deterrence power far exceeds that of the Soviet Union. From aircraft carriers to nuclear missiles, the Soviet Union does not have the former, and as for the latter, the United States also has an absolute advantage.

The United States is definitely not a paper tiger. However, if the United States was a paper tiger, then wouldn’t the Soviet Union, which existed side by side with it, not be much stronger?
"The US military did not get out of the Bay of Pigs incident, and the reason why the US military did not get out of it was because of Washington's indecision. It was not just Kennedy, even Eisenhower was the same. The United States misjudged Castro and others from the beginning, thinking that they were just a group of warlords who would soon become as corrupt as Batista and would collude with the United States."

After sneering, Li Yian said sarcastically:
"Even after discovering that they were leaning towards the Soviet Union and threatening the national security of the United States, they did not dare to intervene directly, or strike hard. Even after deciding to use the exiles, they still had many concerns and did not dare to let go. This is simply a crime against the country!"

Throwing the report on the table, Li Yian said.

"This is what I said - the United States has not figured out what the Cold War is until now. There is no good or evil in the Cold War, only success or failure. The winner is the master of history, and the loser will become the foil of evil. Therefore, when we encounter such things, we must be decisive. Once a decision is made, we must strike hard and there must be no hesitation. Let politicians handle political matters, and the military only needs to win the war."

In fact, the United States was constantly learning throughout the Cold War.

Although the United States was humiliated by the "Bay of Pigs Incident", it made one thing clear - the CIA was unreliable, so the United States needed to rely on the military.

So, a few years later, the US military began to increase its troops in Saigon. But in Saigon, they made another big mistake - they did not dare to let the US military take action, because of the lessons of the peninsula, so they held the US military's hands.

Throughout the Vietnam War, U.S. air strikes in Vietnam were limited to denying North Vietnam land routes for supplying its troops and for northern forces fighting in the south.

It was not until the end of the war that Operation Linebacker II was implemented in order to force Hanoi to negotiate. It was a bombing of Hanoi and other places. It aimed to destroy important military facilities, railway lines, energy plants, factories and other high-value targets. As a result of the bombing, 1600 military facilities, several miles of railway lines, hundreds of trucks and train cars, 80% of power plants and countless factories and other buildings were destroyed.

More than ten days later, Hanoi returned to the negotiating table and the United States was finally able to leave Vietnam with dignity. However, those generals knew very well that if the "Christmas Bombing" had been carried out a few years ago, the United States would not have spent so much money and shed so much blood there.

Therefore, the U.S. military has learned another lesson - when fighting a war, let the generals do what they want.

As a result, the Gulf War more than a decade later blinded the world.

Although I understand that people in the United States are still learning, just like a primary school student waiting to copy homework!

After thinking for a while, Li Yian said:
"Well, since they want to copy the homework, then... well, let's demonstrate it to them once, so that they can watch!"

(End of this chapter)