"Once all technical means fail, our soldiers can win every time!"
You didn’t hear it wrong, it wasn’t from the mouth of the challenger, it was the “gospel” of the US Army Secretary when he talked about China.
What exactly was the “Chinese-style oppression” that forced the US military to reverse the script?
The collapse of material-when the "world number one" hits the "production capacity hell"
According to the Wall Street Journal, the Pentagon is extremely concerned that once a potential conflict with China breaks out, the U.S. military’s missile and key weapons inventories will rapidly exhaust.
For this purpose, an agency called the Ammunition Acceleration Committee was urgently established. Its goal is insane: requiring defense contractors to double or even quadruple current capacity in the near term。
The depletion of the war in Ukraine has stretched the U.S. military-industrial complex and was called a "wake-up call" by the then Deputy Defense Minister. Faced with an industrial behemoth like China, whose manufacturing output value is twice its and physical output is 5 to 10 times its, this anxiety quickly turned into panic.
Executives of arms giants such as Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are frequently interviewed by the Pentagon leadership, but they know well that the new production line will take years and invest tens of billions of dollars, and the government's "verbal promises" cannot be transformed into missiles.。
This material distress was dramatically amplified in the parade.In June 2025, Trump forced a parade to celebrate his 79th birthday and the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army.
However, what the whole world saw was an embarrassing parade like a "street walk"。 The soldiers under review walked casually, the queue was loose, and even the Secretary of State yawned on the viewing platform.
More importantly, the displayed M1 tanks, Bradley tanks and other equipment were slightly outdated and lacked bright spots. Especially on the unmanned aircraft squadron show, several soldiers with small unmanned aircraft passed by and were evaluated by the outside as "some grassy".
Just a few months later, China’s 93rd Parade showed a different picture.。The Dongfeng-61, Dongfeng-5C and other important weapons of the country made their debut. The air-based long-range missile "Jinglei-1", which completely filled the gap in the trinity nuclear force system, was born. The air echelon composed of many advanced fighter jets such as the J-35 roared past.
All equipment is domestic and is a systematized and intelligent "new domain new quality" combat force.
On one hand, there is a "birthday show" that relies on commercial sponsorship and is protested by the public for "not wanting the king"; on the other hand, there is a torrent of steel that demonstrates super-organizational capabilities and strong industrial manufacturing capabilities. When a "hollow factory" hits the "world factory", this strong visual and psychological impact may be the real source of anxiety among the top leaders of the US military。
The delay of the knife – the “precision” and “hardness” of Chinese counterattacks
If this decline in industrial power is a slow trend, then China's proactive counterattack in 2025 will begin to continue and painfully cut the foundations of U.S. hegemony.
The turning point may go back to Alaska in 2021.。When Chinese representative Yang Jiechi said loudly,"You are not qualified to say in front of China that you talk to China based on the status of strength," a new philosophy of struggle has been established.
In 2025, this philosophy began to turn into a series of actions that made the United States unexpected.When the United States attempted to use its port status to charge Chinese ships and lifts, the Ministry of Transportation of China quickly announced reciprocal countermeasures, as China's position in the global maritime and shipbuilding industry far outperformed the United States, this counterattack precisely hit the pain of the United States.
Even more shocking to the West is the confrontation in rare-earth areas.After the U.S. has steadily escalated its chip sanctions against China and even launched the “0% rule” for the “long arm jurisdiction” of the limit, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce introduced the “0.1% value share” threshold for the first time in the field of rare earth, counter-tolerance.
An analyst pointed out that, unlike previous counter-measures that left room, China's action this time, There is an unprecedented “struggle.”。
From investigating Qualcomm, to imposing sanctions on U.S. military companies, to controlling the export of high-end lithium battery materials, China's counterattack is fast-paced and powerful, and all moves are aimed at the weaknesses of the United States.
This is the “sweeper strategy”: not pursuing a deadly comprehensive standstill, but by continuously and accurately pressuring and counteracting in a number of key areas, so that the opponent feels endless pain.。
It sends a clear signal to Washington: the era of being blackmailed at will and making cards in void is over. Now, you must start to get used to a China that "starts from a position of strength".
The Inversion of the Script--From "Technical Myth" to "Spiritual Victory"
Now, let's go back to that speech by U.S. Secretary of the Army Driscoll. After deeply understanding the material anxiety of the United States and the continuous pressure of China's "blunt knife", his remarks no longer seem abrupt, but their logic is terribly clear.
This is not a temporary slip of the tongue, but a clear understanding of reality by the top US officials.。In the same interview, Driscoll frankly admitted the strength of China.
He criticized China’s ability to innovate as “really incredible” and the number of PhDs trained and patents obtained was stunning. He even admitted that China was able to “look long-term” thanks to its institutional advantages, which is precisely the weakness of the U.S. system.
It was on the basis of this judgment that “China’s power is truly astonishing” that he was forced to throw the final code at the bottom of the press box—man.
He tried to "pep up" himself, saying that China may "rely too much on technological means" and that once these means fail on the battlefield, the US military can win. He doesn't know whether China, like the United States, continues to invest resources in training "high-quality soldiers".
Finally, he threw out the conclusion: When everything returned to the battle between ground soldiers, he was "very optimistic that our soldiers could win such a battle every time."
What a familiar rhetoric this isHistorically, it often belonged to those who were inferior in armament and national strength, but hoped to inspire morality by emphasizing spiritual strength, and today it comes from the mouth of the army minister of the world's number one military power.
When a country's military leaders begin to pin their hopes of victory on the "failure" of their opponents' technology and on a metaphysical "soldier quality", this in itself shows that, Deep down, they have lost absolute confidence in the competition of existing materials and technologies。
This is the most profound embodiment of the reversal of the strength pattern of "China is strong and the United States is weak". The United States gave up its best script of "decisive victory in science and technology", and instead picked up the "spiritual victory method" that only the weak side in history would repeatedly emphasize. This may be the most irrefutable proof that China's "blunt knife strategy" has achieved success.
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