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Carl Rankin: "Please calm down. Our goal is the same, that is to keep Taiwan and not let Taiwan fall into the hands of Red China. The United States has spent too much military power and military expenditure on Taiwan's defense. We believe that only The best way to protect Taiwan is to keep the two sides of the Taiwan Strait in a state of peace and to prevent red China from taking Taiwan by force. This is what General Eisenhower meant, and it will be the future state policy of the United States.”
Two minutes later, Chiang Kai-shek walked away, Chiang Ching-kuo served tea to see off the guests, and Karl Rankin was kicked out of Chiang Kai-shek's mansion.
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Washington.
"Chiang Kai-shek was both stubborn and unrealistic."
Receiving a telegram from Carl Rankin, Eisenhower and Sherman Adams met to discuss what to do next.
"If Taiwan does not make any changes, then six months after the signing of the armistice agreement on the Korean peninsula, China will gather their main army on the southeast coast, and 6 months later, they will gather enough food, ammunition and Soviet aid. , China will start to attack Taiwan." Sherman Adams shook his head and said, "At that time, the strategic posture of the United States in the Western Pacific will undergo a major change, and it will become worse."
Eisenhower looked at his chief military adviser: "Perhaps we should have substantive contacts with China outside the negotiating table, and exchange concessions from North Korea or other places for China to suspend its attack on Taiwan."
Sherman Adams: "We don't have many cards to play in North Korea. When we visited South Korea, we also saw that the Chinese don't need us to put water on the battlefield. In fact, we still use straight-line thinking to solve the Taiwan issue. Well, instead of making deals with something other than Taiwan. Let's get Chiang Kai-shek out."
Eisenhower: "And then?"
Sherman Adams: "And replace it with someone who will listen to our advice. Ike, you have 4 days to live in the White House. You should consider that in the future we are using the power of the country to do things. Trust the CIA The U.S. intelligence system and the U.S. military have been making plans in this regard, and I have personally heard that they have prepared several candidates."
Eisenhower: "I have also heard such rumors that they planned to send Dr. Hu Shih back to Taiwan and make him the president of the Republic of China."
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Princeton.
The Gestalt East Asian Library at Princeton University.
""From Albany, the capital of New York to New York City", a small poem I wrote some time ago."
"The Hezhen River, which is four hundred miles away,
Flowing calmly down New York Bay,
Just like my teenage years,
Once gone, never return.
There used to be my poems on this river,
My dream, my job, my love.
Destroyed like a long flow of green water.
It seems that the green hills are still there. "
In the living room of Hu Shi's office, the director of the library, several guests nodded in praise after hearing Hu Shi's poem.
"After reading Mr. Hu's book, I realized that only enlightened enlightenment is enough to resist the arrogance of totalitarianism, and the openness of knowledge is enough to reveal treachery and arrogance." A Chinese student said.
"A few days ago, my youngest son Hu Sidu published an article criticizing me in mainland China," Hu Shi said, "The title is "Criticism of My Father-Hu Shi". I didn't understand it before, but now I know it. Not even the freedom to remain silent.”
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Sherman Adams: "Dr. Hu Shih is now trying to show his distaste for Red China, but that doesn't endear me to him. Politics is pointless, incompetence is his Achilles' heel. If the CIA sends Hu Shih back to Taiwan as a President, Hu Shi will be ousted by KMT politicians in the second month."
Eisenhower nodded in agreement. "Sherman, you are worthy of being my chief of staff. Yes, incompetence is the original sin of failed politicians."
Sherman Adams: "General Sun Liren was dismissed by Chiang Kai-shek as the commander-in-chief of the army. He is someone who has dealt with us. We know his military ability. But the problem now is that the president of the Republic of China must also have political ability , and General Sun Liren probably does not have experience in this area."
Eisenhower: "What if we send Wu Guozhen back? The mayor of Taipei who resigned and left Taiwan."
Chapter No.16, each control the younger brother
North Korea, Touta Mountain, the headquarters of the 24th Army of the Volunteer Army.
"Staff Zhang, the result of yesterday's battle is out. Zhang Taofang's team hit 3 people!"
At the army headquarters, the chief of the combat department brought the daily front-line battle report, and Staff Officer Zhang immediately stood up, picked up a piece of chalk and went to the wall.
On the big blackboard hanging on the wall, the names of twenty sniper teams are written from top to bottom, and each name is followed by a long or short series of "positive".
"Zhang Taofang's group, 3 people; Chen Fushou's group, 1 person; Xie Xiang's group, 2 people; Chen Qiufa's group, 3 people... Who is Chen Qiufa, he didn't make the list."
Staff Officer Zhang opened the notebook next to the blackboard and found information on Chen Qiufa's team. From August last year to the present, this team had hit 8 people. "Not in the top 29. To surpass the 20th place, there are still 20 people left."
"The record of Zhang Taofang's team is about to exceed 40." The chief of the combat department counted the number of "正" behind Zhang Taofang. There are [-] characters in total, but the last "positive" is still two strokes away.
"There are 198 people now. He must be more than 200 before we rotate out, but I don't know how many will be 198 in the end." Staff Officer Zhang rubbed his chin, "It's just a little bad. Zhang Taofang's team in our army's sniper battalion is the best. His 2 , No. 97 Xie Xiang’s team is only 23. Alas, the total record of our army’s sniper battalion is about [-] people behind that of the [-]rd army.”
Chief of Operations: "Xiao Zhang is a sniper genius who is one in a million. The assistant shooter is also clever. It is normal to have an outstanding record. No. 2 kills 97, and the number of projectiles is very small. The hit rate is comparable to that of Zhang Taofang, which can be regarded as One in a thousand sniper."
"Actually, I raised my opinion at the Corps Staff Meeting last time. The sniper battalion's competition can't just be based on the number of kills, but also on our own losses. 10 points are deducted for sacrificing a soldier, and 20 points are reasonable. Our 24th Army has sacrificed two people in the sniper team in the past few months, and their 23rd Army has sacrificed six people."
"Seven people, the 23rd Army and a deputy shooter of the sniper team accidentally rolled down the mountain..." the combat section chief added.
"In short, if we only count the number of kills and the 24th Army is behind by 33 people, it depends on whether we can catch up with the 23rd Army in more than a month." Staff Officer Zhang said.
"Staff Zhang, should we go back home on time?"
"Turn into North Korea to participate in the war. When the time comes to return to China, the chairman has decided. If you don't return to China, you want to marry a wife and settle down in North Korea? We will change defenses on time on March 3, and there are still one month and nine days. I have been training in Northeast China for two months."
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Yangkou County.
January is the coldest time of winter.Zhang Taofang and deputy shooter Lv Changqing left the camp in the early morning and climbed the mountain for another two hours. They are now on the shoulder of the peak of the 915 Highland. The altitude is about 850 meters, and the temperature may have dropped to minus 20 degrees.The two wore white cloaks and had been lying between the snow and dead wood for three hours.
"Zhang Zi, are you so sure that there are American snipers on the other side?"
Lu Changqing asked.
"The 70th Division sacrificed a correspondent here yesterday. I saw the scene. The American shot at least 550 meters away." Zhang Taofang said, "I can guess where he is. It's there, 898 The depression between the high ground and the 870 high ground. Just don't know if he is in the front or the back."
"The wind speed in the depression there is very stable, but the left and right horizons are not big enough."
"There are no troops on the far left, and our positions on the right have no shallow trenches."
Lu Changqing used a telescope to carefully observe the area mentioned by Zhang Taofang.After looking at it for a long time, I remembered all the big and small objects in my mind, but now I am not sure which one is American.
"The distance is 750 meters. It is a bit difficult for the American sniper rifles to hit us at this distance. If you are aggressive, you can actually open fire." Lu Changqing said, "There seems to be a problem with the lower left of the cyan hexagonal rock."
"Lv Dayan, to the right of the hexagonal stone, about 20 meters away, please help me to see it."
"A clump of dirty snow. Looks like it. Don't worry, I'm watching."
"It's not that simple... this one is!"