Dragon Strike -- A Novel of the Coming War with China (Future History Book 1) by Humphrey Hawksley & Simon Holberton
Author:Humphrey Hawksley & Simon Holberton
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson
Published: 2013-11-06T18:30:00+00:00
The Presidential Palace, Hanoi
Local time: 2020 Tuesday 20 February 2001
GMT: 1320 Tuesday 20 February 2001
Colonel Etienne Gerbet was shown into the President Nguyen's office. The President was on the telephone and Colonel Gerbet surveyed the room cautiously. The presidential office was dignified, but not overly stuffy. Pictures of the President's family were displayed on a sideboard along with a multitude of other photographs of world leaders and regional politicians Nguyen had met during his rise to power.
`Welcome to Hanoi, Colonel. I trust your flight was uneventful,' Nguyen said.
`Quite uneventful, thank you, sir,' the Colonel replied.
`Well, shall we get down to business? I understand from the conversation I had with President Dargaud on Sunday that he would be sending me something special. Are you it?'
`In a manner of speaking, sir. If I may be permitted . . .' The President nodded his assent; Gerbet opened an attache case and removed some papers and computer floppy disks. `What I have here, sir, is a suggestion for how we might be able to help you . . . level the battlefield, as it were. How familiar are you with the term "information warfare"?'
`Not at all. Go on.'
`Your forces have since Sunday been engaged in operations in southern China. Groups of up to ten men have penetrated deep into Chinese territory and sowed confusion among the local townspeople. The attack on Monday at Xiatong when the local Party Secretary and Head of Public Security were killed in their beds was particularly effective. We have reason to believe that the Chinese have had about as much as they are going to take of this sort of harassment of their border towns. They are, in fact, preparing a force, lightly armoured, and of about 50,000 troops, to stage a retaliatory strike across the border. We have reason to believe that they plan to raze Lang Son in revenge.'
`I am impressed with your knowledge not only of our operations but also of the intentions of the Chinese. But what has this to do with . . . information warfare?' Nguyen asked.
`I was coming to that. President Dargaud has authorized me and my men to assist your army in defeating the Chinese attack. We expect it will come quite soon.'
`We have had experience in beating the Chinese before, Colonel. Why do we need your help?'
`I have the utmost respect for the Vietnamese soldiers, sir, and I have no doubt that they could, as in 1979, deliver a bloody nose to the Chinese. However, what we are offering you is a way of preserving your army and delivering a knock-out blow to the Chinese at the same time.'
`Go on.'
`We have the capability to see the battlefield in its entirety and assist your army with target selection. In real time we can pinpoint the position of Chinese tanks and troop deployments. With this information your heavy artillery, rockets, and mortars ought to be able to do the rest. How can we do this? I am not authorized to go into details but we, like the Americans, and the Chinese for that matter, have satellites in the sky.
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