.It is absolutely no trivial that a Type 041 submarine of the Chinese Navy has sunk in the waters east of the Diaoyu Islands.

Interestingly, the United States received the news before Japan.

About four hours after the incident, a US Navy's "Virginia"-class attack nuclear submarine appeared in the northwest waters of the Miyako Islands about 60 nautical miles away from the scene of the incident. It sent a short-wave telegram with a communication mast extending out of the water, and then penetrated into the vast sea.

The telegram only has a few English letters, and the communication time is very short, so it was not discovered by the Chinese naval patrol plane that arrived.

Almost at the same time, an ep3b that was wandering over the Miyako Islands left the patrol area and turned back to Kadena Air Force Base on Okinawa.

Half an hour later, a top-secret information was delivered to Secretary of Defense Chandler.

For Chandler, the Second Korean War was not a disaster, because this war brought him back to his military post, even if he had to change his status as a civilian official.

The Second Korean War completely changed the political situation in the United States.

Although the US economy was out of trouble before the end of the war, and important economic indicators such as unemployment rate, consumption level, and real estate index were all improving, in the 2016 election, Lindberg's Democratic Party still lost and lost the election with less than 40% of the electoral votes. The Republican Party, who had left the White House for eight years, made a comeback, and Macmillan was elected the 45th president of the United States.

In early 2017, Macmillan was sworn in.

When he formed a cabinet, he nominated Chandler as Secretary of Defense and received support from Congress, so Chandler was sworn in on the same day.

From Director CIA to Minister of Defense, it is not considered a promotion, but at most it is a level transfer.

Of course, what Chandler cares about is not the size of his official position, but how much role he can play in the cabinet.

As Director of CIA, Chandler's job is to provide intelligence to the president and other decision makers. He can make some professional suggestions at most and do not have the right to participate in decision-making. The Secretary of Defense is different. As a major cabinet member, he can not only make suggestions to the president, but also have certain decision-making power.

For example, in arms construction, Chandler has a veto power.

After taking office, Chandler's first thing was to improve the construction plan of the US military and initiate many arms projects including BX.

Doing so, on the one hand, the US military does need new equipment, and on the other hand, it is to cater to Macmillan.

The key to McMillan's victory in the general election is that the Democratic government lost the Second Korean War, which gave the American people an unprecedented sense of urgency.

Although the Cold War has ended for twenty-five years and the new generation of Americans do not understand that history at all, Americans over forty are very clear about the feeling of more than 10,000 nuclear warheads hanging above their heads and may be smashed down at any time. The rising China reminds them of that horrific period.

It is not scary to lose a war, but what is scary is to lose the next war.

It must be admitted that the Democratic government led by Lindberg has made great contributions to the United States, such as leading the United States out of the financial crisis.

However, it has paid a huge price for this, such as a comprehensive strategic contraction.

In fact, by 2016, the financial crisis had passed.

In the context of economic improvement, Americans first consider economic indicators such as employment rate, consumption level, and real estate index, but the country's strategic security.

Although Lindberg made adjustments to policies and began to strengthen arms construction before the election, Democratic candidates also expressed that they would do their best to consolidate the United States' strategic position, losing the Second Korean War has disappointed voters, and Lindberg did not do thoroughly on military issues.

At that time, Lindberg made the most wrong decision to withdraw troops from Japan.

Grasping this, Macmillan defeated his competitors effortlessly.

The first in Macmillan's campaign program is to comprehensively improve the United States' strategic security level and enhance the United States' ability to promote democracy and freedom globally.

To this end, after being sworn in, Macmillan immediately set out to strengthen his military preparations.

However, just strengthening the armament will only lead to the Second Cold War.

Although the United States won a great victory in the first Cold War with the former Soviet Union and defeated the arrogant Red Empire without a single soldier, for this victory, for nearly half a century, generations of Americans lived in the nuclear shadow of possible global destruction at any time and paid unimaginable prices. For example, during the Cuban missile crisis in the 1960s, more than half of Americans built air raid shelters in their backyards.

It is obviously not realistic to defeat your opponent with another half-century Cold War.

To do an arms race, what is more important is to try to weaken the opponent and make the opponent unable to engage in an arms race with the United States, and it will not pose a threat to the United States.

For this reason, Macmillan played tricks.

After taking office, McMillan first visited major Western allies as usual. When meeting with the French president in Paris, he first proposed that nuclear disarmament should be carried out globally. When he visited Moscow in early 2018, he proposed to the Russian President that for the sake of future generations, all nuclear countries should completely destroy nuclear weapons and achieve global denuclearization as soon as possible.

These diplomatic tricks are just the first step for Macmillan to take.

Obviously, no country will actively respond to his call.

The reason is simple. The United States has a huge advantage in conventional military power. If other countries give up nuclear weapons, national security will be even less guaranteed. If France wants to maintain a relatively independent position, promote the EU integration process, and occupy a major position in the EU, it must rely on its strategic nuclear power. If Russia wants to become a global power and restore its past glory, it must also rely on strategic nuclear power. Even Britain has to consider the challenges it may encounter in the future. After all, the United States cannot help Britain solve all problems. As for China, it will not let go of the issue of reducing nuclear weapons, at least until conventional military forces have considerable strength, it will not talk about reducing nuclear weapons.

From a diplomatic point of view, Macmillan is just actively improving the international status of the United States.

To put it simply, if the United States promises to cut nuclear weapons, but other countries refuse to agree or do not respond, the United States will stand on the bright side of human civilization, while other countries are endangering the common interests of human civilization. If other countries are forced to agree to cut nuclear weapons, the United States can use a much larger nuclear arsenal to put pressure on other countries, so as to gain the initiative in nuclear disarmament negotiations.

However, under the background of 2017, reducing nuclear weapons is definitely a flower in the mirror and a moon in the water.

After playing with this trick, Macmillan did the second thing.

The direct participant in this matter was Secretary of Defense Chandler, who was appointed by him personally.

It is not enough to just encircle China from a strategic perspective. After all, China is a major country with sustainable development capabilities and plays a crucial role in globalization. In the short term, maybe twenty years, maybe thirty years, or half a century, China has an important international status. Even if the United States uses various methods, it cannot completely isolate China, and it will not be able to prevent China from becoming the world's number one power without bleeding.

At least economically, it won’t take long before China can surpass the United States and become the world’s largest economy.

Even if the United States can win, it will take a lot of time and a very high price to engage in an arms race with such a powerful country.

Therefore, if you want to curb China, you have to start elsewhere.

A cold war cannot be done, so you can only have a "hot war".

China is very powerful, but not perfect. There are many problems, some of which are even fatal. For example, among the five permanent members of the Security Council, China is the only one who has not completed the great cause of unification.

Is a great country that has not even solved its own troubles, qualified to go to other places to make trouble?

Decades ago, when the founding of New China, the US authorities realized that the sleeping giants in the East were awakening and would sooner or later pose a threat to the United States. At the beginning, especially after the outbreak of the First Korean War, the United States adopted a strategy of comprehensively containing China. As the Cold War in the United States and the Soviet Union became more and more intense, China began to actively win over China due to ideology. After the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the new Russia turned to the West in the early stage. China not only lost the strategic value of continuing to win over, but also became the new target of the United States' encirclement and suppression due to ideological issues. In the past few decades, the United States has not let go of the hand to contain China, that is, it has been using the Taiwan Strait issue to restrict China's international influence and prevent China from growing rapidly into a global power.

After the Second Korean War, the value of conflicts in the Taiwan Strait emerged.

Any politician with a little vision can see that after the Second Korean War, China will inevitably turn its strategic focus to the Taiwan Strait with the main goal of achieving national reunification.

Judging from the national strategy, China is indeed doing this.

Whether it is vigorously expanding the navy and air force or actively expanding its influence in Southeast Asia and South Asia, it is laying the foundation for solving the Taiwan Strait problem.

Strategically speaking, only by stabilizing Southeast Asia and South Asia and eliminating threats from other strategic directions can China concentrate its efforts to complete the great cause of unification.

However, in order to achieve unification, China must face the east and the neighbors.

The Taiwan Strait issue does not exist alone, but is tied to the East China Sea dispute, or Taiwan’s strategic value determines that the Taiwan Strait dispute involves Japan’s fundamental national interests.

China must face the threats and challenges of Japan.

Not only Macmillan, but Lindbergh, who recognized this problem.

In a sense, Lindberg's decision to withdraw troops from Japan laid the foundation for Macmillan to use the Taiwan Strait issue to curb China.

To put it simply, after the Second Korean War, the United States' basic strategy in the Western Pacific region was to use Japan's ambitions to make Japan fight against China, while the United States retreated to the second line to avoid direct conflict with China and then make profits from the Sino-Japanese confrontation.

This strategy is very simple. Whether it can work depends on whether Japan is willing to advance.

At present, Japan's performance has not disappointed the United States.
Chapter completed!