The Art of War: a Novel
“—Winston Churchill It was early in the morning in China when Admiral Wu was summoned to the capital to meet with the Paramount Leader at a session of the Central Military Commission. The staff was monitoring the media reaction in the United States to the Internet rumors, of which they had translated quite a sample.
The plan had not included a contingency for the Americans getting advance warning of the Chinese stealth attack on their ships, only two of which were actually at the carrier piers.
...Tomorrow, the eighteenth of December in America, the men gathered around the table were told, the third one was scheduled to arrive. The final two would arrive on the twentieth and twenty-second. All three were in the Atlantic with their task forces bound for the entrance to the Chesapeake.
The choices were obvious: Abort the attack, detonate the bomb as soon as possible, or await the carriers and detonate it then.
“Does the American navy know the weapon is there?” the Paramount Leader asked the head of the intelligence service, who was in attendance.MoreLess
The plan had not included a contingency for the Americans getting advance warning of the Chinese stealth attack on their ships, only two of which were actually at the carrier piers.
...Tomorrow, the eighteenth of December in America, the men gathered around the table were told, the third one was scheduled to arrive. The final two would arrive on the twentieth and twenty-second. All three were in the Atlantic with their task forces bound for the entrance to the Chesapeake.
The choices were obvious: Abort the attack, detonate the bomb as soon as possible, or await the carriers and detonate it then.
“Does the American navy know the weapon is there?” the Paramount Leader asked the head of the intelligence service, who was in attendance.MoreLess
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