It is Kokang and Changchun

　Anyway, the total force for the Chinese campaign is sufficient, so we don’t need to fight to the death in Shanghai. Our real target is the Greater Bay Area.

　It is time for the sisters lurking in the South China Sea to prepare."

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　After the Shanghai Garrison Command suffered a deep-sea decapitation attack, fortunately Yang Wei's company and other friendly forces came to the rescue in time, preserving the entire command system and the remaining troops defending the headquarters.

　"Damn... How did these deep sea monsters get in?" Commander Chen LB didn't look very good. Even though he was rescued now, he was still scared.

　He had just taken office as the garrison commander when something like this happened. While it's said that new officials often start with three fires, Shen Hai's fire was truly too much.

　At this moment, he was receiving wound treatment from the medical staff. After the medical staff finished the disinfection, they tore open a pack of oily gauze and applied it to the wound on the commander's head.

　"It is possible that they first split up into small groups, followed the dense water network to reach the designated location, then continued to regroup, and finally assembled to launch a strong attack on our military base." Deputy Commander Xu GA inferred.

　Chen LB was very worried. When the medical worker had just applied the dressing on his wound, he ignored the dull pain in his head and immediately stood up to check the map of Shanghai on the wall.

　Deputy Commander Xu was also there, saying, "In previous studies of American battles, similar tactics in the deep sea have always been effective, but I really didn't expect them to use two platoons to carry out a decapitation operation. This kind of operation is usually the work of squad-level combat units..."

　"No, it's very likely a collaboration between inside and outside." Chen LB pondered for a while and came to a brief conclusion.

　Before anyone could ask, he explained, "According to the intelligence we received from the United States, the Deep Sea possesses powerful espionage and disguise abilities, and the division of labor among them is not so clear-cut.

　For example, a deep-sea soldier fighting on the front lines can also be sent to conduct intelligence work. A deep-sea soldier working in intelligence can also be sent to the front lines to inflict heavy casualties. The only difference is that their professional abilities are somewhat inferior.

　In this case, they can't be so foolish as to do nothing and directly open our country's borders. Before that, they must have already penetrated Shanghai extensively and deeply.

　In other words, among the deep-sea troops involved in these decapitation operations, it is very likely that a considerable number of them are deep-sea troops engaged in intelligence work, who cooperate with a small number of combat deep-sea troops who have infiltrated to carry out decapitation operations against us.

　Otherwise, if Shen Hai used two platoons of combatants to carry out the decapitation, that lineup would be too luxurious. How could a major general like me deserve such treatment? "

　"It's possible, but not certain," Xu GA said.

　"How to say?"

　"Some deep-sea creatures have relatively 'sluggish' movements. These 'sluggish' deep-sea creatures may be the so-called 'combat puppets'."

　Chen LB shook his head slightly. "No, I made a special comparison when I was looking at the deep-sea data before. The relatively slow-moving deep-sea creatures you just mentioned are more agile in combat than combat puppets.

　Their fighting posture and body movements are somewhere between those of the Deep Sea and those of the Puppet. That's why I believe there's a lot of Deep Sea involvement."

　"I see...that's true."

　"No matter what happens now, it doesn't matter. The Deep Sea Marines just retreated after seeing that they had lost too many men. I'm worried that their remnants will cause trouble in our rear.

　Even though I've just sent troops to conduct a large-scale search, I'm still worried. The cockroach theory... we're both familiar with it."

　After chatting for a few more words, the two immediately plunged into the highly intense combat command.

　Since the command and leadership core was still there, the security forces reacted in a very short time. Like other local armed police and militia, they used their lives and blood to build the Republic's Great Wall of Steel to resist the first wave of attacks from the deep sea.

　The military reforms over the past nine years and Shanghai's extremely developed transportation infrastructure have given the People's Liberation Army strong rapid response capabilities.

　In addition, the PLA had previously gained some understanding of the deep sea through various intelligence means and was well prepared, so it blocked the front line in time, and its attempt to grab land in the deep sea basically failed.

　The PLA achieved its initial strategic goal, but in terms of tactics, each unit suffered heavy casualties, and the exchange ratio in the first encounter between the two sides was as high as over 1:5.

　Just as the People's Liberation Army and the armed police were fighting a bloody battle in the deep sea around the Outer Ring Expressway, good news finally came from the Navy. Thanks to Chongqing's new radar, the deep-sea fleet that had been elusive in the East China Sea was finally discovered.

　Less than a minute after the discovery, the East China Sea Fleet and land-based anti-ship forces launched a round of saturation attacks on the deep-sea fleet.

　However, when you stare into the abyss, the abyss is also staring back at you; the Deep Sea Fleet also discovered the East China Sea Fleet, and before launching its defense, it also fired its guns and missiles at the East China Sea Fleet.

　Shenhai knows that China's anti-ship missiles are much more powerful than those of the United States, especially supersonic anti-ship missiles. They cannot be avoided by just diving quickly at shallow depths. The air defense weapons must be equipped like a hedgehog.

　China's spear is very powerful, and the deep sea has also upgraded its shield (referring to air defense weapons). This conflict is not only about quantity, but also about quality.

　Modern naval battles often determine the outcome in a very short time, and can even determine life and death. Both the East China Sea Fleet and the Deep Sea Fleet suffered damage from attacks from the other side.

　"Damage Control Team 1! Explosion and fire on the starboard side, speed!"

　The 052C Changchun ship was hit by a deep-sea missile on the starboard side. The violent explosion caused a raging fire. The ship's automatic fire extinguishing system was activated, and the damage control team followed closely to assist.

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　On the distant sea, Changchun (103) witnessed the moment when her junior was hit by a missile. Her pupils suddenly contracted and her heart felt like a huge rock fell to the ground, as if she was the one who was injured.

　It is normal for the elders to feel sad when the younger generation is in trouble, but Changchun did not let the sadness affect himself. Instead, he tried hard to concentrate on fighting the enemy.

　"Comrade, you must hold on! Wait for your senior to kill a few more deep-sea ships to vent your anger!" If Changchun had not had a mission to accomplish and the enemy in front of him, he would have rushed forward to help the damage control team.

　……

　At the Southern Theater Command headquarters, commanders and communications personnel bustled about the building. Commander General Lin XY was speaking with a subordinate unit while simultaneously monitoring the enemy and friendly forces on the command center's large screen.

　Just as Lin XY put down the phone, a voice called out from behind him, "Old Lin, there will be an internal online meeting later. The Central Military Commission and other theater commanders and political commissars will all attend. It will mainly discuss political matters."

　"Political?" Lin XY was puzzled. "Old Liu, I know full well that political work is the lifeline of the People's Army, but with a powerful enemy right at our doorstep, isn't it more important to focus on the military?"

　Liu QS, the Political Commissar of the War Zone, said, "I just received the news as well. Deep Sea has launched a public opinion offensive. This offensive is extraordinary and could seriously shake the morale of the people and the military at the grassroots level. Therefore, we need to hold a special meeting to clarify things."

　"..." Commander Lin expressed his doubts about Lao Liu's keeping the secret, but he decided to concentrate on commanding the battle first. After all, he would know what was going on after the online meeting.

　Chapter 495: Enlarged Political Bureau Meeting

　Since attacking Shanghai, Shenhai has issued a public declaration of war against China, which also marked the beginning of Shenhai's media offensive.

　Since Shen Hai came here with a red flag and expelled the left-wing members of the current TG, the top leaders of TG all felt the seriousness of this public opinion offensive.

　So, under the chairmanship of the Red Dragon Rider, the members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee held an emergency expanded meeting. The location was not elsewhere, but in a conference room in Zhongnanhai.

　"Comrades, what do you think of Deep Sea's series of operations?" The Red Dragon Rider did not express his opinion first, but decided to listen to the opinions of other comrades first.

　LQ was still concerned about the safety of Geng S and the others, and words laced with negativity surged from his heart, "What Shen Hai did can be summed up in seven words: holding up the red flag to oppose the red flag."

　ZLJ nodded in agreement. "Yes, Shen Hai is completely using the Gang of Four's tactics to justify their aggressive behavior. Even if they really wanted to practice 'pure' socialism, how could they do that?"

　When the Soviet Union fell out with us, it was at most a border conflict, and the nuclear blackmail was later proven to be just talk. But deep-sea warfare is real, and the nature of it is completely different.

　This is just like the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution, who united with the Party to fight against those who were different. They thought they were great and glorious, so they could use any means, whether it was to protect or to create.

　DXX followed closely, expressing strong indignation at Shen Hai's actions: "Marx never said that exploring a path to socialist construction that is not written in books should be expelled from orthodoxy or even physically eliminated.

　Even if our party is really as they slandered, I don't think that Marx and Engels would take a knife to physically eliminate Proudhon and Bakunin, right?

　They even called us 'Marxists' and engaged in such extreme behavior, but who is the real 'Marxist' is still unclear."

　CQ also criticized Shen Hai's thinking and actions: "Well, since they want 'world revolution' so badly, they haven't even finished dealing with the United States, haven't even started reforming the United States, and they're so eager to attack us. The level of their tricks is really not commendable."

　WHN warned: "Deep Sea's tricks certainly can't shake us, but their propaganda is likely to stir up an uproar among young people online, and we still need to pay attention to this.

　Therefore, I personally suggest that comrades working in public opinion should be well prepared for battle. Things that they did not want to talk about or were difficult to explain clearly in the past must be publicly presented and explained today.

　Otherwise, the lack of official and detailed explanations of historical materials and theoretical originals will inevitably lead to us losing our voice in this area, thus becoming a breeding ground for the existence and development of "conservatives."

　After listening to everyone's words, the Red Dragon Rider agreed with them. He said, "Everyone has a point. Shen Hai thinks that by carrying the red flag, he can conceal his true intentions. In fact, such history has not been unprecedented within the Party."

　Take BXL for example. Didn’t he promote the "Sing Red and Crack Down on Crime" movement in Chongqing before? But if he really sang praises to teachers, why would he hang out with people like Zhou Ling, Guo Xu?

　When he was in office in Chongqing, he developed a so-called "Chongqing Model". However, once he was arrested, all the various projects he presided over collapsed one after another - it was not sustainable at all.

　In essence, this is a form of left-wing populism, using crude means to eliminate the wealthy and achieve equal wealth. On the other hand, it cultivates its own new elite, allowing them to make huge profits and enrich themselves in the asset transfer and restructuring.

　This is not the most important thing.

　Yes, he used the public support gained by these short-term policies to ask the Party Central Committee for power. This is a serious violation of organizational discipline!

　The Red Dragon Rider paused for a moment, then continued, "Even if BXL didn't have his own inconsistent behavior, his approach still goes against the principles of the primary stage of socialism. To put things from the next historical stage into practice now is like truth taking one more step forward and becoming a fallacy.

　What's more, his methods are so crude and lack institutionalized and systematic governance methods, which seriously violates the spirit of the rule of law that the Party has long emphasized.

　Shen Hai's actions today are essentially the same as BXL's. To put it in a metaphorical way, they are the BXL outside the Party and abroad, except that Shen Hai's methods are more extreme.

　Problems arising during the reform process must be resolved during the reform process. People's livelihood must be improved and protected during development, rather than simply killing the rich to help the poor or draining the pond to catch all the fish.

　The decline and exit of a production relationship from the historical stage is not simply due to its inherent, irreconcilable contradictions. There is also an external factor: the emergence of new production relationships whose shortcomings coincidentally contradict the strengths of the old ones.

　Just as cavalry was not eliminated by machine guns, but replaced by motorized and mechanized vehicles.

　Unfortunately, the reality is that the traditional socialist planned economy and the capitalist market economy are exactly complementary in their advantages and disadvantages.

　Unless one day the socialist planned economy can not only resolve the fundamental contradictions of capitalism and the three major shortcomings of the market economy, but also have efficiency that is not inferior to capitalism and flexibility and innovation of the market economy; only then can it be said that the lifespan of capitalism and the market economy is coming to an end.

　Shenhai does not understand these principles, nor does he understand that our country is in and will remain in the primary stage of socialism for a long time.

　Or perhaps… they understand but are deliberately avoiding the issue because their real goal is our party's ruling position and national power. If that's the case, all the debate is just shooting the arrow first and then drawing the target."

　The Red Dragon Rider sighed softly, not because he was afraid or anything like that, but because he wanted to relax a little and organize his words, after all, he had just spoken a long paragraph.

　Comrades, we have always developed through trials and tribulations and grown stronger through enduring challenges. There is nothing new under the sun. Facing the fierce battle of public opinion, we must be brave enough to fight back.

　At the same time, the blacksmith must be strong himself. At this critical juncture, I hope that all comrades can perform their duties more diligently and keep themselves clean in their posts, solve social problems that the masses strongly react to, and do good and practical things for the people.

　Only in this way can we most effectively deal with the slander and smears against the deep sea. Facts always speak louder than words.

　Shen Hai naively believed that a few revelations from "unrelated historical materials" would put us on edge. However, what they didn't know was that the ideological struggle had never stopped since the end of that decade.

　From the eve of reform and opening up to today, four large-scale ideological debates have erupted.

　From the "Two Whatevers" and "Seek Truth from Facts" in the late 70s, to the issue of socialism or capitalism in the early 90s, to the issue of the relationship between public and private economies, and finally to the "Lang Xianping style" in 04, the nearly three decades of reform and opening up have been completely questioned.

　Ultimately, these debates failed to halt the steady progress of reform and opening up. Of course, the issues raised during these debates also served as a reminder to our Party to stay true to its original aspiration in the face of the challenges of a market economy.

　Therefore, Shen Hai thought that his public opinion offensive of "returning the favor in its own way" was very clever, but in fact it was just the leftovers of some comrades in the party who had committed "leftist" errors.

　This includes some young people who are currently misled online; many of their methods of opposition are similar. Since Shen Hai wants to provoke the fifth great ideological debate, we will fight to the end.

　However, this does not mean we can remain calm. If we do not seize the high ground of public opinion, the enemy will.

　Especially online public opinion, some of the "leftist" voices on the Internet in the past can no longer be spread in such an disorderly manner, and guidance and control must be strengthened.

　When the time comes, I will ask the propaganda department and the Ministry of Public Security to pay attention to this. It's okay to criticize the socialist market economy, but if anyone dares to openly support the deep sea, or collude with the deep sea online or offline, and attempt to overthrow the national regime, they will all be severely punished according to the law during this special period.

　There are also those like BXL who carry the red flag but oppose it. I hope everyone will be extremely vigilant. Li X, after this meeting, please pay attention to your Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision. If there is any support or collusion with the Deep Sea, no matter who it is, they must be dealt with according to the law and discipline, without mercy.

　Li X listened carefully and nodded, "Yes, Comrade Chairman, the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission will strengthen supervision in this area."

　The Red Dragon Rider then continued, "China is so vast that it's normal for different people to have different opinions. However, no matter what their ideology, they must uphold socialism and patriotism. Regarding Chinese affairs, only the Chinese people have the final say.

　No individual, organization or force should attempt to use the banner of 'internationalism' or 'true socialism' to practice hegemony and interfere in my country's sovereignty and internal affairs, or in my country's independent exploration of the path of socialist construction.

　When friends and comrades come, we have good wine and good food. But if the jackal in Little Red Riding Hood comes, he will be greeted with nothing but a hunting rifle!

　The Red Dragon Rider's tough words attracted the attention of the regulars sitting down.

　The enthusiastic response of the committee members.

　At this moment, the door of the conference room opened, and the person who came in was the driver's personal bodyguard from the Central Security Bureau.

　"Chairman, I'm sorry to bother you. Here's a letter from Shen Hai, and I'd like you to open it and read it yourself."

　The guard's words aroused everyone's vigilance. LQ asked, "Comrade, have you checked this letter?"

　"The Security Bureau has checked it carefully. It's just an ordinary paper letter and there's nothing unusual about it," the guard replied.

　The Red Dragon Rider slowly took the envelope from the guard and placed it on the table. He twisted the envelope with both hands and frowned.

　On the front of the white envelope, there was a line of Chinese characters in flowing and beautiful running script - "Personally addressed to Chairman 586".

　Under this line of Chinese characters is the letter writer’s famous “Admiralty Code”

　The Red Dragon Rider took a deep breath. He felt that the content of the letter must be nothing good. As the saying goes, a dog cannot spit out ivory.

　If it is a declaration of war, it has already been published in the media, so why write another letter?

　Since there was nothing wrong with the letter, the Red Dragon Rider decided to open the envelope and see what this deep-sea boss had in mind.

　After opening the envelope and taking the package, the Red Dragon Rider felt more and more embarrassed the more he looked at it. An expression of anger and speechlessness appeared on his face.

　This letter was a rhetorically embellished letter of persuasion to surrender, saying how "capitalist revisionist" and "heretical" the TG was. In short, it criticized them, and then said that as long as they surrendered and handed over the state power, they would try to get leniency.

　That would have been fine, but what made Red Dragon Rider most upset was that in the second half of the letter, AC used humorous language to tease Red Dragon Rider about how he had been caught buying milk tea secretly by a nutritionist, and that it was now difficult for him to even eat Tianjin Mahua.

　Near the end of the letter, AC wrote: "...as a sweet tooth, you are so busy and stressed, yet you can't wait to have a bite of sweets.

　As for us deep-sea people, we don't have to worry about high blood sugar levels. We can eat as much sweet food as we want without any worries. If you lay down your weapons and surrender with courtesy, the gates of the deep sea will always be open to you and your comrades.

　By then, we will transform you into one of us. You will have an extremely healthy, disease-free body that is superior to that of an ordinary person, and you will be able to enjoy the joy of sweet treats every day."

　Seeing these breathtakingly postmodern things written by AC, the Red Dragon Rider was completely furious. He slammed the table and handed the letter to the guard with suppressed anger:

　"Comrade, send this letter back to where it came from! What on earth is in the minds of these deep sea creatures?

　Remember to take photos and keep them for record before sending them. With such perverted mindsets, we have an obligation to let future generations know about their perverted mindsets and let the people of the whole country condemn them together!"