On the morning of the day, when the whole world was concerned about whether China would send troops to Vietnam, the Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic announced the "Letter to the Vietnamese People" in front of hundreds of journalists from all over the world.

Through the live report of the international radio and television station, Ruan Liangyu's voice spread all over the world and shook the world.

In this "declaration" of less than two words, Nguyen Luong Ngoc not only declared that Vu Thanh Minh had betrayed the country and the nation, and that Le Minh Giet had violated the laws of the country, but also called on the Vietnamese military and civilians not to participate in the civil war and maintain the stability and unity of the country.

When Nguyen Luong Ngoc made his statement, the air force and naval aviation of the Republic of China dispatched more than 100 combat planes and dropped millions of leaflets printed with the contents of the "Letter to the Vietnamese People" and military leaflets of the Republic of China to send troops to Vietnam in dozens of large and medium-sized cities in northern Vietnam.

At this point, it has become a sure thing for the Republic to send troops to Vietnam.

In the afternoon of the same day, Foreign Minister of the Republic of China Hoang Quoc Wai announced that the Republic of China, at the invitation of the Prime Minister of the Vietnamese Government, will send troops to Vietnam within 24~hours to help the Vietnamese Government quell the civil war and restore order in Vietnam.

At this time, the Republican ** team has completed the assembly and deployment.

In addition to the 162nd Airborne Brigade and the 163rd Airborne Brigade of the 16th Airborne Army, the first batch of troops to enter Vietnam were the 272nd Armored Assault Brigade deployed in northern Laos, the 5411th Armored Brigade, the 542nd Armored Brigade and the 543rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the 54th Army deployed in the southeastern region of Yunnan, and the 211th Armored Brigade, the 212th Armored Assault Brigade and the 222nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the 211th Military Ground deployed in the southwestern region of Guangxi. A total of 9 brigades, more than 32,000 ~ officers and soldiers.

The reserve positions were the 22nd Army stationed in Kaiyuan and the 26th Army stationed in Baise.

According to the operational plan drawn up by Xiang Linghui, the air force will bomb the Vietnamese troops in Lao Cai and Dong Dang respectively before the ground troops set out, open up the ground passages, and then the airborne troops will occupy Bao Ha and Quei Dai to control the "bridgehead" entering Vietnam. Ground troops entered Vietnam simultaneously from east to west, advancing along the railway line towards Hanoi, striving to capture Hanoi within two to three days.

The republic's military deployment has not been able to evade the space and ground reconnaissance satellites.

In the early morning of the 28th EST (the afternoon of the 28th Beijing time). Treduy with the satellite reconnaissance photos that had just been processed. Woke Frederick out of bed.

Because Leslie went to Kuala Lumpur. Stockton went to Manila. So Frederick only called Berkeley.

"China has made a statement. Troops will be sent to Vietnam within twenty-four hours. Tredui laid the picture flat in front of the president. Pointing to one of the photos, he said. "Judging by the deployment of Chinese ground forces. The battle will start in eight hours. China will be the first to dispatch an air strike force. Suppression of the Vietnamese border guards. Subsequently, airborne troops were dispatched to seize the military towns and transportation hubs behind the Vietnamese defense line. After the completion of this round of combat operations. The squadron will advance along the Lao Cai to Hanoi and Liang Son to Hanoi metro routes. There is no difficulty in combat operations. The squadron will arrive in Hanoi in two to three days. ”

"Two or three days?"

"Very conservative estimates." Tredui sighed. "If China sends an air assault force. Attack speed can be increased a lot. From the outbreak of war. You can reach Hanoi in two days. ”

Frederick's brow jumped a few times and he looked over at Berkeley.

"We have also done an analysis and believe that after China entered Vietnam, the primary purpose was to occupy Hanoi and allow Nguyen Luong Ngoc to return to power. However, we have to consider another situation. Berkeley singled out a photo, "This is where two airborne brigades of the Chinese Army are deployed, and the range of the airborne troops' assault is between five hundred and a thousand kilometers." Judging from the performance of the Chinese airborne troops in the old war, they are fully capable of launching attacks on targets 500 kilometers away. Even if the primary task of the Airborne Forces is to capture the military strongholds behind Lao Cai and Liangshan, China only needs to dispatch one airborne brigade to complete the combat mission, and it is entirely possible to use another airborne brigade to capture other targets. ”

"You mean ......"

Berkeley was a little late and said: "It is very likely that China will send an airborne brigade to capture Ho Chi Minh City, or some important city near Ho Chi Minh City, before it takes Hanoi." ”

"An airborne brigade to occupy Ho Chi Minh City?" Tredui was stunned for a moment and said, "Don't talk about China, we may not be able to occupy Ho Chi Minh City if we dispatch the 82nd Airborne Division." ”

"The dispatch of the Airborne Forces is only the first step." Berkeley shook his hand and said, "The mission of the Airborne Forces is to hold back tens of thousands of garrison troops in Ho Chi Minh City, and then China will send Marines to land on the north bank of the mouth of the Gong River, capture a certain port, and then transport the main army force to capture Ho Chi Minh City." ”

Tredui hesitated for a moment, then smiled wryly.

Frederick frowned and said, "How likely is this?" ”

Tredui did not speak, because he did not have much say in this government.

Berkeley was late for a moment and said, "It's hard to say specifically, because it hasn't been discovered yet."

Signs of landing the fleet. But we can't ignore one thing, China; An aircraft carrier battle group, and the Marine Corps, which had previously seized the Spratly Islands, did not withdraw. With air and sea supremacy, China could project at least two armies of ground troops into southern Vietnam in a matter of days. If I had commanded it, I would have captured Ho Chi Minh City first, so that Vu Sam Minh and Le Minh Giet would not have been able to flee south. ”

Frederick nodded, acknowledging Berkeley's analysis.

"Perhaps, China does want to capture Ho Chi Minh City first."

Hearing Tredui's words, both looked at him.

"This morning, the Chinese Navy sent an additional landing fleet to the South China Sea. Although no other ships were mobilized, China is the world's largest shipbuilder and the world's largest merchant shipkeeper, and can mobilize dozens of freighters in 24 hours if necessary. ”

Frederick let out a sigh and said, "If that's the case, Wu Sanming and Li Mingjie will be finished." ”

"That's up to us." When the president turned his gaze, Berkeley said, "To attack Ho Chi Minh City, you have to send in marines, and you have to rely on sea transportation." The USS Washington aircraft carrier battle group, which is operating in the eastern waters of the Gulf of Thailand, can be sent over to prevent China from sending combat troops to southern Vietnam. ”

"This will also trigger our military conflict with China!" Tredui immediately spoke.

"Military conflict?" Berkeley smiled coldly and said, "China only has an aircraft carrier battle group, and its combat effectiveness is not very good, do you have the courage to fight us?" In a real fight, we can send two additional aircraft carrier battle groups to the South China Sea within three days, and five more aircraft carrier battle groups within a week, which can not only destroy the Chinese Navy, but also defeat the Chinese Air Force. Unless China intends to go to all-out war with us, it will not take the initiative to provoke a conflict. ”

"But ......"

"No matter what, we have to keep power in Vietnam." Berkeley's attitude was very resolute, "If Wu Sanming is finished in Hanoi and has a devastating impact on our diplomatic operations in Southeast Asia, Leslie and Stockton will definitely not be able to achieve anything." ”

Tredui kept his mouth shut and said nothing more.

Frederick pressed his hand and said, "We don't plan to go to war with China either. The key issue is not how to deal with the Chinese Navy, but how to save Wu Sanming, at least not to let him finish immediately. ”

"The best thing to do is to send the aircraft carrier over."

"Wu Sanming should be allowed to leave Hanoi as soon as possible." Tredui sighed and said, "Most of the troops in South Vietnam are descendants of Vu Sam Minh, and as long as he arrives in Ho Chi Minh City, he can control half of Vietnam." Whether it is a counteroffensive to the north in the future or a civil war against the Chinese-backed Nguyen Luong Ngoh, it is necessary to allow Vu Thanh Minh to gain a firm foothold in South Vietnam. ”

"If you don't send the aircraft carrier over, Wu Sanming won't stay long even if he arrives in Ho Chi Minh City."

Tredui did not argue with the Secretary of Defense.

Frederick smiled bitterly and said: "That is, we send aircraft carriers to the South China Sea to prevent China from landing in South Vietnam." And then let Vu Sam Minh go to Ho Chi Minh City as soon as possible and organize a new regime? ”

Berkeley nodded, and Tredui, a little later, nodded too.

"Okay, arrange it as soon as possible." Frederick did not waste precious time, "Let the USS Washington aircraft carrier battle group immediately go to the mouth of the Mekong River, contact Wu Sanming, and ask him to accept it as soon as he sees it." ”

At this time, the first rays of dawn appeared outside the window.

On the other side of the globe, it was already dark.

The units participating in the war deployed in the border areas between China and Vietnam and Laos and Vietnam entered a combat state one after another, and scouts and reconnaissance planes carrying out pre-war missions were dispatched before dark.

In the South China Sea, the USS Republic aircraft carrier battle group released the first batch of carrier-based fighters.

Everything was going according to the pre-drawn battle plan.

The mission of the USS Republic aircraft carrier battle group is not to bomb military targets in Vietnam, let alone to support the landing of marines at the mouth of the Gong River, but to strike at military targets on islands and reefs occupied by the Philippines.

On the afternoon of the 26th, the Republic sent an ultimatum to the Philippines in the form of a diplomatic note.

24~hours have passed, and the Philippines has not only not withdrawn its troops from the occupied islands and reefs, but has not yet made any response.

When he received the combat mission, Lin Xiaolei was very unhappy. With the exception of bombing military targets in Vietnam two days before the start of the war, the combat operations of the "Republic" aircraft carrier battle group have always revolved around the recovery of islands and reefs.

Anyway, Lin Xiaolei complained at most, thinking that Xiang Linghui was too "arbitrary".

When carrying out combat orders, the vice admiral did not dare to make any discounts.

When the first carrier-based aircraft flew to the islands occupied by the Philippines, the US Navy's USS Washington aircraft carrier battle group received an order to turn to the mouth of the Mekong River.

The aircraft carrier battle groups of China and the United States are about to encounter. (To be continued)

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