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Everyone hurriedly stood up to prevent Li Qiwei from jumping at Charles Willoughby. The Chief of Army Staff also firmly held Li Qiwei's right hand to prevent him from taking things out of the holster.

Bradley: "Mr. Willoughby, please continue."

Charles Willoughby: "I'm done with the intelligence about Tang Hua. Most of it is based on the official reports we collected from Chinese newspapers from mid-May to the end of May."

Bradley: "That's too simplistic."

Air Force Chief of Staff Hoyt Vandenberg: "Mr. Chairman, regarding Tang Hua, we actually commissioned the RAND Corporation to produce an analysis report on him, which may be more valuable than Mr. Willoughby's report. "

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Henry Arnold Jr. took the podium.

On May 5, the RAND Corporation received an urgent mission from the U.S. Air Force, asking him to study and analyze the anti-aircraft missiles that appeared on the Korean Peninsula.After working on the research report for more than a week, the U.S. Air Force added another task, asking them to study this Tang Hua who appeared in Chinese newspapers.Arnold Jr. resisted at first, saying that the RAND Corporation is a technology-oriented think tank that only studies the dynamics of aviation technology in various countries in the world, and does not engage in strategic intelligence or dignitaries tracking intelligence.However, the Air Force insisted that Rand take up the task, and the price they offered was not bad, so Arnold Jr. finally accepted the task.

Little Arnold took out two photos from his briefcase and pinned them next to Tang Hua's album cover on the blackboard.

One may be somewhere in the Soviet Union, a group photo of Tang Hua and several Soviet engineers, each with a shiny medal hanging on their chest.One is a group photo of the Political Consultative Conference meeting. Tang Hua, who was standing in a relatively remote position, was pointed out by an arrow, and a 5 times enlarged photo was superimposed on the lower left corner of the photo.

"These two photos were taken in 1949. In fact, our research on him started earlier, but we didn't get the photos." Arnold Jr. said, "Our research started in 1941. In this In [-], Tang Hua entered the Virginia Military Academy to study."

Chapter 159, American technology may have fallen behind

Virginia Military Institute?

The chiefs of staff here don't seem to have come out of this military academy.

Well, although the Virginia Military Academy is a second-rate military academy in the United States, it is also a regular high-level military academy. It must be crushed by the West Point Department in the circle of generals in the US military, but there are also several well-known alumni, such as the five-star general Marshall.

"Tang Hua's father, Tang Xiong, was a middle-level bureaucrat in a national government. Like other bureaucrats, he was both a bureaucrat and a businessman. In 1938, the capital of China moved to Chongqing. Tang Xiong sent Tang Hua to the United States and lived in the United States for 3 years. Years later, Tang Hua entered the Virginia Military Academy."

Little Arnold frowned and continued to talk about the report in his hand.

"Tang Hua's performance in school is roughly the same as that of other descendants of Chinese officials in school. Tang Hua's life is quite good. His hobbies are cars, wine, movies, and music. Even when he is studying in a military academy, he often stays away for several days in a row... As you all know, the Virginia Military Institute had a large number of descendants of middle and high-level Chinese officials like Tang Hua during World War II. We have different military discipline requirements for them. But Tang Hua is a little different from other Chinese officials' dudes. That is very smart, the subject grades are ranked in the top 20% of all students of the same class in the school, and I got a degree in the history of science and electrical engineering."

Charles Willoughby's eyes lit up: "There is a link between excellent academic performance and frequent nights out for consecutive days. This may be closer to the truth."

Arnold Jr.: "There may be a connection between the two. But our investigation failed to find evidence. The Ivy League or the Institute for Advanced Study never cares about the records of classroom observers or visitors."

"In December 1945, Tang Hua returned from the United States to Shanghai, China, to inherit the property left by his seriously ill father. After his father died, Tang Hua appeared to the public as a playboy, singer and composer. Mr. Willoughby's This photo is the cover of one of the albums. His songs obviously incorporate elements of American music, even musical instruments. I wonder if you are interested in listening to Tang Huapu's songs?"

Li Qiwei: "No, keep talking."

小阿诺德：“1946年4月，唐华突然从上海消失。1946年8月他出现在莫斯科，发表了4篇信息论和控制理论的论文。1948年和1949年两次获得苏联的勋章，并在1949年当选苏联科学院通讯院士。1949年9月出现在北京，参加红色中国的第一届中国政协全体会议，现在是全国政协委员和中国政府重工业部电子工业局的局长……”

"Tang Hua successfully developed the first electronic computer in the Soviet Union in Kiev. According to the information currently available, after returning to China, Tang Hua copied the computer he invented in Kiev, and completed the development of the computer relying on the resources of the Electronics Industry Bureau. mass-produced and in turn sold to the Soviet Union..."

"It can be concluded from this that Tang Hua is a top technical expert recognized by both China and the Soviet Union in this field..."

"The equipment provided by the Bureau of Electronics Industry we met in North Korea included DJ-1 wireless walkie-talkies in addition to anti-aircraft missiles. Mr. Chairman, since my speaking order has been advanced, I can make the other two technical reports other than Tang Hua Are you done talking together?"

Bradley: "Go ahead, please."

"China's anti-aircraft missile - let's name it the 'Seoul' type missile for the time being. We have analyzed its technical principles and learned some of its technical characteristics. This is a short-range anti-aircraft missile, radar-radio command guidance, the principle is the same as The Soviet Union is working on an anti-aircraft missile called 'Golden Eagle' which is the same. But the 'Seoul' type anti-aircraft missile was put into actual combat by the Chinese and caused extremely...terrible results, and the 'Golden Eagle' has not yet been completed Experiment. It is now known that the maximum range of the 'Seoul' missile is 5-6 miles, and the maximum shooting height is 3 miles, so the Air Force's heavy bombers can fly at high altitude to be immune to this missile."

"According to the electronic signal characteristics collected by the Army and Air Force at the front, the 'Seoul' missile is guided by equipment similar to the 100mm anti-aircraft artillery sighting radar, and the command transmission channel between the missile launch vehicle and the missile has 4 bands. These data It is very important for us to counter the 'Seoul' type missile, and I think we can start developing corresponding electronic jammers immediately."

Hoyt Vandenberg: "Are you sure this missile was developed by the Chinese and not by the Soviets?"

"The analysis in this part of the report is based on the information provided by the European Intelligence Command. If the information on the 'Golden Eagle' project provided by the European Intelligence Command is true," Arnold Jr. paused, "Yes."

Hoyt Vandenberg: "I still believe that the source of Tang Hua's technology began with his secret activities in the United States from 1941 to 1945..."

Little Arnold rolled his eyes helplessly.There are actually quite a few such stubborn generals in the U.S. military, but he can't reply, not only because he is a general, but also because the Air Force is the patron of the RAND Corporation, and it is unwise to hate the chief of staff of the Air Force.

Arnold Jr. does not think that Tang Hua stole any technical secrets in the United States.Whether it is anti-aircraft missiles, information theory, or cybernetics, it is impossible to steal them in the United States-because the United States does not have them.

"In addition to the information about the 'Seoul' missile, I think I must also remind: the Soviet Union and China are in an alliance. Tang Hua's activities in the past few years have traveled between China and the Soviet Union. Tang Hua has won medals from the Soviet Union more than once. In view of the existence of the above three facts, our forecast for the date of entry into service of the 'Golden Eagle' project may have to be revised."

At the end of the report, Arnold Jr. added a sentence.But he didn't read this passage at the Joint Chiefs of Staff meeting. The three technical analysis reports are too lengthy. Facing these three-star and four-star generals, he can only focus on the key points.

……

"The nighttime tank battle that took place in the early hours of May 5. The number of battles between tanks, tanks and general vehicles that took place on this night was extremely high. A total of 2 tanks were destroyed, all of which were "Pershing" heavy tanks. In addition, there were 91 tanks. Howitzers and more than 24 other vehicles, so even though there were a fair number of tank crew and commander casualties, we still had a lot of sightings and combat reports.”

Little Arnold hung a Uijeong-Yangju military map on the blackboard.Now that the Chief of Staff of the Air Force is fine, it is the turn of the Chief of Staff of the Army, Joseph Collins, to fidget.

"This is the operational report of the artillery battalion being attacked. According to existing reports, the artillery battalion was the first to be shot by tanks..."

"This is the combat situation of the 70th Heavy Tank Battalion of the First Cavalry Division at that time, and the transcript of the post-war report of the 11 vehicle groups. Obviously, the farthest purposeful firing distance of Chinese tanks exceeds 1200 meters, and the firing distance is usually between 800 and 1000 meters. 70 meters. None of the tanks of the [-]th Heavy Tank Battalion were illuminated by flares or flames in any of the battles I counted."

"This is……"

"This is the wreckage of a completely destroyed T-34-85 tank that we seized in Yangju."

Arnold showed this heavyweight photo.

"As of May 5th, we have obtained two T-24-34 and one SU-85 from the Chinese army. These three vehicles were repeatedly hit, unable to be repaired and cannot be towed, so they were abandoned by the Chinese. .Before abandoning these tanks, the Chinese removed all the parts that could be removed from the tanks, so we did not find night vision devices on them. But," Arnold Jr. pointed to a place in the photo, "here is a The hole made on the top is connected inside and outside. On both sides of the front of the turret, there are still some traces of welding. This is the evidence that the Chinese have modified the night vision device on the T-100-34."

After enumerating and analyzing the combat data, Arnold took out a piece of information: "Active infrared night vision system. Our T120 night vision device has an effective detection range of 200 to 400 meters. Unfortunately, none of the tanks fighting in North Korea are equipped with T120. Germany In 1944, the ZG-1229 had a nominal detection distance of 600 meters. We seized the real object and conducted tests. Usually, the line-of-sight distance of 600 meters cannot be reached, but 300 to 400 meters. On the Soviet side, several of their active infrared night vision The visual system is improved on the basis of ZG-1229, and the performance data is similar to or slightly improved from the German product."

“…I think the U.S. needs to start working on a new generation of night vision systems immediately, and in this regard, the U.S. technology may be behind. And, the new generation of night vision systems should be equipped with tanks first and not riflemen.”

Beijing.

"The information is ready. Minister Li, it's time to say 'bon voyage'."

The information on the armistice negotiations provided by Tang Hua and the intelligence collected by the Intelligence Department of the General Staff were packed together in several large boxes. Li Kenong, Qiao Guanhua and several staff officers carried these boxes and prepared to board the train for North Korea.

Li Kenong: "You have worked hard during this period. I hope that when I arrive in Huachuan, the telegraph line from Zhisi to Huachuan can be repaired. No matter how slow it is, it must be repaired before the official start of negotiations on June 6."

Qiao Guanhua: "Tang Hua, I thought it would be like last year when I went to the United Nations. Before I left, you gave me some lyrics."

Tang Hua and Qiao Guanhua laughed.

In November last year, Qiao Guanhua went to the United Nations with Wu Xiuquan's delegation. Before leaving, Tang Hua gave him the lyrics of a few songs and asked the delegation to establish contact with Paul Robertson during activities in the United States.

Tang Hua: "I don't have time to write a song this time. Say hello to Commander Ye for me. His bass has always been well preserved, and the Conservatory of Music has dug it out of the warehouse recently."

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Andong-Sinuiju-Pyongyang Highway.

Mr. Peng and his confidential secretary "Xiao Cao" were sitting in a jeep, and the convoy of three jeeps drove along the road all the way to Pyongyang.

Xiao Cao recovered last month. Not only did he think so, but the doctor checked his whole body for a long time and confirmed that there was no problem. The internal organ injury did not leave any sequelae. recovering well.Although Xiao Cao insisted that he wanted to re-enter North Korea, the chairman had no choice but to agree and approved him to work in Zhisi for a period of time.But since he and Mr. Peng have become sick friends, they will return to work together after Mr. Peng recovers from his injury.

The convoy was traveling during the day, and Mr. Peng and Xiao Cao felt a little unaccustomed to it for a while.