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Agence France-Presse reporter: "How will we launch a counterattack?"

US military spokesman: "It is a matter of military secrets, and I have nothing to comment on it."

Associated Press: "You just said that the goal of the United Nations forces is to advance to the [-]th parallel. Can you think that the ultimate goal of the United States and the United Nations forces is to maintain the [-]th parallel instead of advancing to the China-DPRK border?"

The US military spokesman replied without changing his face: "This does not constitute a question, Mr. Reporter. The President and the Department of Defense have never formulated a plan to occupy all of North Korea or advance the Line of Control to the border between China and North Korea."

BBC: "Will the US use an atomic bomb on North Korea to regain battlefield advantage now that the war situation has fallen back into passiveness?"

US military spokesman: "This is an outdated question. President Truman has twice vetoed the plan to use nuclear weapons in North Korea late last year and early this year."

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The news of the Volunteer Army's capture of Seoul was originally intended to be suppressed by the United Nations Army, but China and the Soviet Union will definitely spread it desperately, and it is impossible to completely suppress it.The American news media can only delay the report for two or three days, and then try their best to downplay the news of the fall of Seoul and reduce the negative impact.

Nevertheless, when the Soviet special envoy to the United Nations was in a meeting of the UN General Assembly, he announced in a loud voice, "Just yesterday, the coalition forces of the United States and its vassal countries were once again defeated by the Chinese and North Korean troops. Seoul has changed hands. I recommend The second hearing on the relationship between the United Nations Army and the United Nations, as well as the legitimacy of the "United Nations Army"..." is still enough to embarrass the United States and cause an uproar around the world.

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"On April 1951, 4, U.S. imperialism and its minions, in disregard of the principles of international justice, brazenly crossed the 30th parallel again and invaded the territory of the Democratic Republic of Korea. Counterattack....The heroic volunteer soldiers were not afraid of powerful enemies, fought bloody battles, and defeated the arrogance of the American imperialists and the southern puppet troops.

"Annihilating the enemy's vital force, don't stick to the gains and losses of a city or a place..."

"The soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteers and the Korean People's Army fought like a broken bamboo on the western front, and dealt a devastating blow to the US emperor....On May 5, the volunteers and the Korean People's Army marching south conquered Seoul. It is not rude to come and go, we must Let the U.S. imperialists and the Southern Puppets know that the Chinese and North Korean people will not invade other countries, but they will not swallow the reactionary aggression. The actions of the Chinese and North Korean troops are counterattacks in self-defense. Our counterattacks are for self-defense and to punish those who provoked the war. Reactionary countries and groups of countries: don’t act rashly in the future!”

"Facts have proved that as long as the military and civilians of the whole country are united and the righteous countries of the world unite, the US imperialism will also be smashed in the face of our iron wall. Behind the brave, tenacious and determined volunteer commanders and fighters is the whole country. support."

"The victory of the fifth battle once again proves the strength of the Chinese People's Volunteers and the Korean People's Army. ... The soldiers and the people are the foundation of victory, from the anti-aircraft missiles that broke the myth of the US Air Force with perfect bullets, to the enthusiastic donations and support of people from all walks of life across the country. , as well as the Chinese people who went to the front line to go to the DPRK to condolences... These are the fundamentals of our army's invincibility on the front line."

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After five months, the volunteers occupied Seoul for the second time. On the evening of May 5th, radio stations in major and medium-sized cities first broadcast the news, and the people of the whole country were as excited as they were five months ago!

Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Wuhan, Taiyuan, Changsha, Nanchang... Despite the rush of time, citizens and students took to the streets that night to celebrate the victory of the Volunteers.While the Chinese cities were partying all night, North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, also held a grand victory celebration.

Tang Hua flipped through all the newspapers he could get at home.The capture of Seoul was decided after the battle on the night of May 5 or even May 2, so Tang Hua knew the news at least three days earlier than the others. Now that he reads the newspapers, he must pay attention to the caliber of the major newspapers. Variety.

In January 1951, when Seoul was occupied for the first time, the editorial published by the "People's Daily" was "I wish the recovery of Seoul".

In May 1951, when Seoul was occupied for the second time, the editorial became "Wish the Chinese and North Korean coalition forces beat the invaders and capture Seoul again."

Tang Hua still remembers that in the major newspapers in January, the sentence that was repeated the most was "Forward! Forward to Daejeon! Forward to Daegu! Forward to Busan! Drive the American aggressors who refuse to withdraw from North Korea to the sea." !"

Now, as in the previous article, "do not stick to the gains and losses of a city or a place", "The actions of the Chinese and North Korean troops are counterattacks in self-defense, and our counterattacks are for self-defense and for punishment."

Look, the mood in the country at that time was a little optimistic. Even if Tang Hua ran out of breath and broke his legs, it would be difficult for the volunteers to do this.

With the war situation in the past few months, the repeated research by the central government, and Mr. Peng's return from North Korea to slap the table at the Politburo meeting, we have also made a more objective estimate of the prospect and final plan of the Korean war.

In the General Staff's own intelligence office, Tang Hua carefully looked through all the public and semi-public information available in the country.

The world has changed a lot, and it is not so easy to be a magic stick.Except for some major trends that are difficult to change and places that have not been affected by China for the time being, you can continue to stick to it. For other things, Tang Hua can no longer close his eyes and predict the future. It depends on Robert Clark and Jerome Krause. There are also methodologies written by Richards Hoyer Jr., intelligence leaders who have experienced the Cold War and post-Cold War era.

It is now the afternoon of May 5th.

The 24th Division of Mibu in Lianchuan is being besieged. If General Chen's attack goes well, Commander Blackshire will have to hand in the flag this evening.

The [-]st Marine Division, which hastily boarded North Korea, arrived at the south bank of the Han River and joined the [-]st US Cavalry Division. The next stage of movement is still unclear.

The 2nd division of Xin·Meibu is on the way of sea transportation. Counting the days, there are still 2 days before disembarkation.

Yesterday’s press conference at the White House and the Pentagon was still dull—it’s no wonder that the U.S. military’s front line suffered so much losses from a wave of counterattacks by volunteers, while the U.S. military’s own attempts to counterattack hit a wall. Embarrassment was everywhere, and the spokesperson couldn’t say anything Come.

After reading the two Pentagon press conferences, Tang Hua felt that something was wrong, so he turned back and looked at the last round of Q&A with the US military spokesperson:

"Will the United States use an atomic bomb in North Korea to regain its advantage on the battlefield when the war situation has become passive again?"

"This is an outdated question. President Truman has twice vetoed plans to use nuclear weapons in North Korea late last year and early this year."

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It's kind of weird.Something is wrong. ... a bit strange.

"Secretary Shen," Tang Hua picked up the phone, "The latest collection of materials sent by the Soviet embassy, ​​use your car to pick it up right away, it's urgent."

Now Tang Hua had to confirm a few things.Pull out the file from the filing cabinet behind you, track down the USS Lyra, and the USS Sebastian.

In 1950, the US MK4 nuclear aerial bomb was mass-produced, and then a batch of MK4 nuclear bomb casings were shipped to Guam—that is, the nuclear bombs with all other parts and no uranium cores.The uranium nuclei are stored locally, and if a world war breaks out, they will be transported there for installation.

The transport ship that transported this batch of MK4 nuclear aerial bombs was the "Lyra".

The "Sebastian" is another transport ship in the Pacific that has the specifications for transporting nuclear bomb casings and uranium nuclear transport.

1951年3~4月，杜鲁门曾下令向冲绳运送9枚MK4核弹的弹壳，但在将麦克阿瑟解职之后，杜鲁门又下令让这2艘运输舰返回。

The information on the port of San Diego is relatively easy to check. Surveillance information from the Soviet Union shows that the "Lyra" and "Sebastian" left the port in February and have not returned until now.This in itself is an abnormal signal.Had Truman rescinded the order to deploy nuclear bombs to Okinawa, the two transport ships would have reported at Naval Station San Diego by the end of April.

But it needs to be further confirmed what the two ships are doing...Look at the Northern Mariana Islands where Guam is located?US overseas territories, information vacuum, no solution.

Just look at Okinawa.If the US nuclear bomb transport ship arrives in Okinawa, will the local news report it?

Tang Huan could only find one copy of "Uruma Shinpo", which is Ryukyu Shinpo, and the latest one was published 10 days ago, on May 5.

A stack of newspapers, most of the current affairs news is discussing the upcoming "San Francisco Peace Treaty", because this peace treaty will determine the status of Okinawa.If there is no accident, the "San Francisco Peace Treaty" signed in September will give Japan the sovereignty of Okinawa, and the administrative power will belong to the United States. It was not until 9 that Japan took back the administrative power.

Turning from front to back, Tang Hua "suddenly" got up from his chair when he saw the April 4 newspaper.Sure enough, something is wrong!

It took another hour to sort out the regional intelligence summary made by the Soviet side retrieved by the secretary, and the information was anchored for the second time.

Tang Hua picked up the phone and called the duty office of the War Situation Center.

"I'm Tang Hua. Who is in the center now? Good. I'm going from the General Staff now, and I have something important to do."

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"Prime Minister, Chief of Staff Xu."

"The United States has delivered nine MK9 atomic bombs to Okinawa. At least one of the bomb body and fission core of the atomic bomb has been transported to an air force base in the United States. After assembly, it can be dropped by a B-4 bomber."

"This is the electromagnetic surveillance record of the Soviet Navy's camouflaged reconnaissance ship at Luda." "This is the report of the local police station in Okinawa arresting protesters." "This is the movement of the MK4 nuclear bomb transport ship..."

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"Although the report did not mention a single word why the police station arrested more than 20 protesters, combined with the problems illustrated by these seven suspicious information," Tang Hua said, "and the speech of the US military spokesman yesterday, the US military has made The deployment is very clear."

Tang Hua explained the process of reasoning and analysis in as much detail as possible, because it involved a lot of cumbersome information fragment puzzles, even for a brief introduction, Tang Hua talked for half an hour at a stretch.The Prime Minister and Xu Shuai thought as they listened, their faces gradually became serious, but there was no trace of panic.

MacArthur kept talking about using the atomic bomb, but Truman didn't agree.Instead MacArthur was dismissed.