American Strategic Deception Bureau

　First, because the CIA and the White House were too secretive and had no prior communication with the diplomatic department, American diplomats had no idea about this matter. So at the United Nations General Assembly held after the outbreak of the Bay of Pigs, they were questioned by the Cuban representative and were speechless and embarrassed.

　Secondly, the CIA felt this operation was incredibly significant. So they hired a public relations firm—yes, that's right, a public relations firm—to release a news story through the exile propaganda radio station, telling the world that "the Cuban uprising will begin within hours!" A self-exposure indeed!

　What's even worse is that because the expeditionary force's radio station frequency was not adjusted correctly, radio stations across the United States received the information, but the officers and soldiers of the Cuban brigade on the ship did not receive it - in other words, the whole world knew that they were going to land in Cuba, but they themselves were unaware that the news had leaked.

　Then, the CIA apparently didn't conduct any pre-war reconnaissance of the landing site, using maps from years past. So, when the vanguard of the Cuban brigade arrived at the Bay of Pigs, a supposedly "desert desert," they were stunned—the supposedly uninhabited area had been transformed into a seaside resort, attracting tens of thousands of tourists every weekend. Even Castro frequented the Bay of Pigs for fishing and swimming.

　Well, the landing day was a weekend, and although the mercenaries had chosen a night landing, the tourists at the beach had not yet left. There were quite a few handsome men and beautiful women flirting on the beach at the Bay of Pigs. Then they watched in amazement as the mercenaries landed...

　So some people went straight to the telephone booth to report to their superiors, and the stationed militia sent radio messages from the sentry box.

　This was great. Castro, who had already known that the Americans were going to take action and was ready to fight, now knew the location and specific time of the mercenaries. While the mercenaries were still struggling on the beach, Castro had already led his troops out of Havana and headed straight for the Bay of Pigs!

　Then, the Americans anticipated that the anti-Castis movement would spread across Cuba.

　The Trotsky Rebellion, in fact, did not cause any waves at all and was suppressed before the landing. This allowed Castro to calmly mobilize tens of thousands of troops and launch a fierce attack on the thousand or so mercenaries trapped in a corner of the Bay of Pigs.

　In the Bay of Pigs battlefield, the gap in troop strength between mercenaries and government forces was as large as 1 to 13, and Castro also dispatched armored troops!

　Even worse, the mercenaries loaded most of their ammunition and supplies onto a merchant ship, which was then sunk by the Cuban Air Force. As a result, the mercenaries lost 90% of their ammunition just after landing. Under the American style of wasting ammunition, they quickly ran out of ammunition and food.

　Next, the Cuban bombers took off from Guatemala and were escorted by American carrier-based fighters. Although they were scheduled to fight together, they forgot to adjust to the time difference between the two places, causing the bombers to enter the battlefield an hour early and were all shot down by the Cuban Air Force without escort.

　In the end, President Kennedy chickened out and refused to allow the US military to attack, resulting in the annihilation of the Cuban brigade and allowing Castro to publicize his victory.

　A small tropical island nation in the Caribbean Sea managed to defeat the world's dominant power, the United States! What a glorious achievement!

　It is no less than the Japanese who defeated Russia in the Russo-Japanese War, and successfully broke the concept of "the invincibility of the American imperial army" in Latin America!

　This can almost be said to be the most glorious highlight in Cuban history!

　Then, although the 2506th Brigade was composed of hired Cubans, many of them had already obtained American citizenship, and there were real American soldiers mixed in, so the United States had to spend money to redeem them... The result was that the United States lost face on the international stage again, and its diplomatic reputation was ruined.

　Castro's new regime had an excellent stepping stone to expand its prestige. Within 72 hours, his revolutionary army, unafraid of the threat of US aircraft carriers, thwarted the US armed subversion, leading to a huge increase in Castro's prestige not only in Cuba, but also in the Latin American world and even internationally.

　President Kennedy, feeling deeply deceived by the CIA, muttered, "I was such a fool to trust a bunch of spies to tell me the truth," and angrily declared that he wanted to "tear the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter them to the wind."

　CIA Director Dulles and Deputy Director Bissell took primary responsibility and were forced to resign, leaving politics in disgrace.

　The rest of the American personnel involved in the Bay of Pigs operation were naturally also implicated. Even if they were not completely dismissed, their future was at least bleak for a long time.

　So, can Captain Ferry King feel good when he finds himself thrown into this stupid IQ show?

　However, no matter whether Captain Ferry King was happy or not, he could not escape this business trip.

　So, as the convoy passed through the dense tropical jungle and came to the towering mountains, Retalhuleu was getting closer and closer to him.

　The airport has used all its strength!

　The American officers who supervised the Cuban training were all from the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, and most of them were retired veterans. They were often decorated in World War II and the Korean War, and their basic military skills were guaranteed, as were their combat experience.

　Although the quality of the Cuban recruits currently available is relatively low, with fewer than a hundred having served in the Cuban military and fought in the war, the rest are intellectuals such as lawyers, journalists, teachers, musicians, engineers, or gang members, and are generally older, averaging around 30 years old.

　But over the past few months, US military instructors have done their best to try to train this motley crowd effectively.

　"Waste! Stupid dog!"

　"Shout louder! I can't hear you!"

　"You're running so slowly, have you not eaten?"

　"Crawl! Crawl! You stick your butt up so high? Are you waiting for the enemy's bullets to fuck you?"

　"Not only can you run so slowly! You can't even crawl! Have you been weaned?"

　"Damn you, you bunch of garbage! You're worse than dumb dogs! You're all just a bunch of maggots that can only eat shit in the toilet and can't even eat hot shit!"

　On the dusty training ground, the instructors yelled all kinds of American swear words, kicked the Cubans' butts, and urged them to complete tactical movements.

　On the shooting range, the sound of Thompson submachine guns was continuous, and occasionally there were explosions of grenades and mortar shells.

　The whole process was full of the heavy flavor of the Marine Corps, but the effect seemed to be okay, at least the Cubans did not seem to be slacking off.

　Perhaps, to deal with such a mob, corporal punishment is the only way to educate them?

　Next, Firi saw the roster of the 2506th Assault Brigade at the command post of the training base.

　The entire brigade was divided into four infantry battalions, one motorized battalion, one airborne battalion, one heavy artillery battalion, several armored units, and an attached air force unit. It was planned to be equipped with a batch of B-26 "Invader" bombers and M41 light tanks.

　At present, the 2506th Assault Brigade has sufficient weapons and equipment, but almost every battalion is seriously understaffed.

　Because the entire brigade only had time to recruit about 1500 people, and the full strength should be 3000 people, they could only wait for further recruitment in the rear.

　The CIA sent a group of people over, and Retalhuleu trained them, and then used the old to guide the new, and formed a combat capability.

　In order to improve the combat capability of this mercenary force, last month, in November 1960, the new recruits of the 2506th Brigade participated in the operation to suppress the rebellion of Guatemalan officers together with the U.S. Navy, allowing everyone to experience the atmosphere of the battlefield, and some people even had blood on their hands.

　The nominal political leader of the 2506th Brigade was Dr. Manuel Artime, a former Castro subordinate who had even participated in Cuba's land reform. However, because he opposed the overly radical policy of uncompensated land confiscation, he was purged by Che Guevara and forced into exile.

　As an old comrade of Castro's, Dr. Artime actually had some military experience. However, he had only fought guerrilla warfare with a few dozen men and orchestrated demonstrations, and was not familiar with direct combat with "large forces" of thousands of men (Castro himself had only commanded 300 men).

　So the CIA paired him with a regular army veteran to serve as brigade commander and military commander: José Pérez San Roman, a former Cuban officer who had been imprisoned under both the Batista and Castro regimes until recently.

　——Eight years ago, the Cuban black dictator Batista also came to power by overthrowing the democratically elected government of Cuba through a military coup. Many military officers who rebelled against him or came from other factions were dismissed and imprisoned one after another. José Pérez San Roman was one of them.

　Although considering this commander spent so many years in prison, he probably didn't remember much of the command courses he learned in military academy. But considering that South Africa's Mandela spent most of his life in prison and still became president... Phiri tentatively assumed that this guy should be able to command a brigade!

　Anyway, there is a group of genuine American military officers from West Point Military Academy who are serving as his advisors and making plans for him.

　Once they actually arrive at the Cuban battlefield, these American military staff will probably have to follow up and assist throughout the process.

　At this moment, Colonel Jack Hawkins, the CIA's top military adviser seconded from the U.S. Marine Corps, was also at the coffee plantation in Retalhuleu, helping Brigadier General San Roman to set up a seemingly decent staff team and formulate a landing operation plan for the counterattack on Cuba.

　Looking at the sand table model in the center of the room, the Cuban map pinned to the wall, the stacks of charts and documents, and the Cuban officers practicing sending telegrams and yelling in code into walkie-talkies, it seemed quite presentable, at least more like an army than a gang.

　In short, the above news made Captain Ferry King, who had been gloomy all the time, feel a little relieved. He felt that this unit...

　Maybe it wasn't as bad as he first thought?

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　Both the Cuban commander of the 2506th Brigade and the US military adviser were very enthusiastic about the arrival of Captain Ferry King.

　Because these people all rely on the CIA for their livelihood, they are well-informed and know that this captain has already clung to the new president's thigh. If nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely have a bright future in the next four years. Even now, Fili

　Also in charge of their logistical supplies.

　So, facing their own "God of Wealth," a "special envoy" sent by the Bureau, the Cubans and Americans of the 2506th Brigade naturally dared not neglect him. Even the higher-ranking advisors did not dare to put on airs in front of Filip, answering his questions with all their knowledge.

　——After all, in Retalhuleu, there was really nothing that needed to be kept secret from Firi.

　According to what these officers told Firi, Retalhuleu is the main training base of the 2506th Brigade, but not the only one.

　Because there is no sea here, it is impossible to train for amphibious landings. However, the counterattack on Cuba requires landing and airborne operations.

　So, Retalhuleu is only the training base for the 2506th's infantry, artillery and air force. The 2506th's paratrooper training is conducted at another military base in Guatemala; ship handling and amphibious landing training is carried out at Vieques Island, Puerto Rico; tank training is carried out at Fort Knox, Kentucky and Fort Benning, Georgia; and underwater demolition and infiltration are carried out at Bear Chase in New Orleans.

　After all the above training is completed, the 2506th Brigade will become a combined force capable of carrying out airborne + amphibious landing operations.

　Specifically, it is "small but complete" - although the entire 2506th Brigade, even if fully equipped and staffed, has only more than 2,000 people at most, it has tank troops, air force, airborne troops and field heavy artillery, as well as frogmen and gunboats, which can be said to be fully equipped with the three armed forces of navy, army and air force.

　Of course, due to the generally limited quality of Cuban exiles, some high-tech branches of the military can only be made up by genuine Hispanic American soldiers.

　As for the logistical supplies of the 2506th Brigade, it seems to be sufficient at present. At least there has been no incident of military rations being stolen and sold, resulting in soldiers starving to death.

　These Cuban mercenaries were all very strong, and their warehouses were overflowing with supplies. They were a far cry from being short of fuel and ammunition. They didn't seem to be as poor as the US troops stationed in Syria in the 21st century, who had to steal the locals' wheat and oil...

　In fact, both soldiers and officers said in unison that their equipment was not too little, but too much.

　The most serious problem facing this unit at present is that there are too many guns and too few soldiers. The existing manpower is far from enough to support the establishment of a brigade.

　In short, the 2506th Brigade has no shortage of weapons and supplies, nor is it short of money. The only thing it lacks is people.

　Therefore, they hoped that Fili would urge the bureau to send more troops as soon as possible, so that the 2506th Brigade could be fully staffed first.

　Author's Note: PS: A successful suicide drone attack on an airfield occurred on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield. Because paper airplanes are small, slow, and made of little metal, air defense radars mistake them for birds, filtering them out. As a result, they successfully destroyed fighter jets and air defense missile systems worth thousands of times more.

　Will future wars become just throwing paper airplanes at each other?

　Chapter 14: Trinidad Landing? Isn't that the Bay of Pigs Operation?

　"I know the four brigades in Florida also need reinforcements. But the 2506th Brigade must be given priority! After all, we are the main attacking force in the Trinidad landing operation. We are to serve as the vanguard and engage in a decisive battle with Castro's main force!

　Even the most basic ordinary infantry needs to complete two months of intensive training before they can barely go to the battlefield.

　If it is a technical branch of the military such as artillery or tank troops, the time required to complete the training will be further extended.

　If there are new recruits who have not completed their training in time when the operation begins, they will not be able to cooperate well with other veterans.

　Therefore, I hope the CIA can fill the 2506th Brigade's staffing as soon as possible to ensure that all soldiers have time to receive adequate training."

　Brigadier General San Roman complained to Firi, “As for the other feints and reserves, we can wait a little longer…”

　"Wait, are there other Cuban exile troops in Florida? Also, what about the Trinidad landing?"

　After hearing Colonel Hawkins's complaint, Ferry was stunned - what was going on?

　The Trinidad landings? Not the Bay of Pigs?

　Moreover, in Florida right now, the CIA has recruited four more "Cuban Brigades"?

　This seems to be completely different from the history in his memory that has not yet happened?

　Could it be that the fluctuations in the timeline caused by his time travel caused the course of the Bay of Pigs Battle and the fate of Cuba to be changed by the butterfly effect?

　In other words, this invasion of Cuba might actually be viable?

　He thought so with a little surprise, a bit of uneasiness and excitement.

　Meanwhile, the officers present exchanged glances, noticing that Fili seemed completely clueless about the specific military plan for the invasion of Cuba. Then, Irnedo Oliva, the deputy commander of the Cuban brigade, stepped forward to brief Fili on the detailed intelligence regarding the Trinidad landing.

　"The Trinidad Landing is our decisive battle plan for the counterattack on Cuba. It's equivalent to a miniature Normandy Landing..."

　According to Deputy Brigadier General Irnedo, drawing on the experience of the US-Japan island-grabbing campaigns during the Pacific War, the most common tactic for conquering a long, narrow island like Cuba is to land in the center, splitting it in two and leaving the defenders unable to support each other.

　Place

　Therefore, the "Trinidad" here does not refer to Trinidad Island in the Caribbean Sea, but to a port city in central Cuba. This port is located about 270 kilometers southeast of Havana, the capital of Cuba, facing Honduras and Guatemala in Central America.

　If the Freedom Fighters land in this city, they will immediately have access to an excellent port, which will be conducive to the influx of subsequent troops and supplies.

　More importantly, there are still many dissidents in Cuba who are dissatisfied with the new regime, as well as rebel forces who intend to overthrow the new regime.

　These Cuban dissidents and rebel forces opposing Castro usually have deep foreign backgrounds and have received various forms of assistance from foreign forces, including President Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic (honored as "Benefactor of the Motherland") and the US Central Intelligence Agency.

　Over the past year, they have been continuously receiving weapons, radios and funds airdropped by the CIA to carry out various sabotage activities.

　The most famous act of sabotage was on March 4, 1960, when the French cargo ship "La Cobre" was blown up after breaking through the US blockade and entering the port of Havana, killing 100 people on the spot and injuring another 200. This was in line with the US economic sanctions against the Cuban revolutionary regime.

　In addition to carrying out terrorist attacks, these people also imitated Castro's revolutionary methods, forming guerrilla forces, using Mount Escambray as their main base, roaming around and attacking the revolutionary government. This "counter-revolutionary base" in Mount Escambray is near the port of Trinidad.

　To be precise, the Port of Trinidad is located in the foothills of the Escambray Mountains and is easily accessible by road.

　Once the 2506th Brigade captured Trinidad, it could immediately establish contact with the anti-Castro armed forces entrenched in the Escambray Mountains, forming a pincer attack. Together, they could build strong fortifications in the area bordering the mountains and the sea, serving as a bridgehead to contain Castro's direct forces.

　At the same time, another four brigades of Cuban mercenaries will successively land on other coasts of Cuba, dividing into multiple routes and sweeping across the island...

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　"The core purpose of this operation is to 'advance from north to south, and exploit the center', so that Castro's army can't take care of both ends!"

　Deputy Brigadier General Irnedo Oliva gestured with a baton on a sand table model of Cuba and said to Firi, "In the first step, our army will launch air strikes on airports throughout Cuba, destroy Castro's air force, and seize air superiority over the entire battlefield.

　In the second step, a feint force with weaker combat effectiveness will cross the sea from the Florida Peninsula to the south, harassing eastern Cuba and creating the illusion of a landing to attract the attention of the defenders, transfer Castro's army to eastern Cuba, and leave the defense forces in other areas empty.

　In the third step, the 2506th Brigade will land at the port of Trinidad on the south coast of Cuba and cooperate with the freedom fighters on Mount Escambray.

　The fourth step was that our army held the port of Trinidad and relied on the powerful firepower of the U.S. Navy and Air Force to repel the Cuban troops urgently transferred back from the east.

　The fifth step is that after the 2506th Brigade has broken up the counterattack of Castro's Red Army, the other four brigades of Cuban mercenaries will also land separately on the north coast of Cuba. Through multiple attacks, they will occupy at least one or two provinces and establish a "Free Cuban Government"!

　At the same time, our Air Force will continue to bomb major cities in Cuba, throwing the entire island into chaos and disrupting Castro's military operations.

　Then, we can invite the US military to enter Cuba in the name of "Free Cuba" to help us completely overthrow Castro..."

　Listening to the deputy brigade commander's introduction, Firi touched his chin, thinking.

　Well, if the CIA really wanted to recruit five brigades to fight Castro instead of just sending one brigade to Cuba to kill...

　So, maybe it is really possible to overthrow Castro?

　After all, Castro had not yet completely stabilized the domestic situation in Cuba, nor had he had time to accept too much Soviet weapons aid.

　At present, his army on the island of Cuba is very limited. Even if the militia is included, the total number is only about 30,000.

　So, the Cuban War that will begin next year will be...

　Five brigades totaling 15,000 mercenaries, plus several rebel militias on the island of Cuba, joined forces to fight against 30,000 Cuban revolutionary troops?