US Military Spent $400M to Rescue Colonel; CCP Forces Destroyed Helmet Device

The CCP military is riddled with corruption. (Graphic by People News)

[People News] Recently, the dramatic rescue operation by the U.S. military, which felt like a scene from a blockbuster movie, continues to evoke strong emotions upon reflection. Each righteous detail is filled with the brilliance of humanity, showcasing a deep love for life and a profound respect for human dignity. In stark contrast, we observe the Chinese Communist Party, which has recently disclosed how it disregards the lives of its soldiers. They have the capability to detonate devices installed in the helmets of soldiers who fall into enemy territory at any moment. Their corruption knows no limits, and they can arbitrarily arrest officers under the pretext of anti-corruption and imprison them...

Reflecting on the details of the U.S. military's rescue of the colonel

On April 3, a U.S. F-15 fighter jet was shot down by an Iranian shoulder-fired missile. The pilot was rescued on the same day, but a weapons systems operator colonel ejected and landed on a remote mountain in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran. He sustained serious injuries and was bleeding, particularly with a sprained ankle, yet he persevered and struggled to climb to a ridge 7,000 feet high, where he hid in a rock crevice. He had only a handgun, a communication device, and a positioning beacon. He used his radio to send a distress signal to his unit: 'God is merciful.'

The message, sent from thousands of miles away, quickly reached the Pentagon. After confirming the pilot's identity, Defence Secretary Peter Hegseth rushed to the Oval Office to brief President Trump, who immediately declared, 'We must save him.'

Upon learning of the location where the U.S. military personnel had fallen, the Iranian military and militias quickly mobilised, using helicopters and drones to approach the site. The Revolutionary Guard announced a bounty of nearly $70,000, encouraging the public to search, leading thousands of Iranians to converge on a single point. The Iranian military broadcast false information over the radio, claiming that the U.S. soldier had been captured by Iran, in an attempt to lure the U.S. military into a trap. The situation was extremely critical.

U.S. military officials received this 'emergency message' and suspected that the soldier might have fallen into enemy hands, prompting an urgent verification of his status. Those familiar with the colonel explained that he was a devout believer, so the 'God is merciful' distress message was likely sent by him. Officials from the Department of Defence confirmed this assessment: 'It makes sense to verify that he is still alive and has not been captured.'

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was also involved in the operation. The agency leveraged its intelligence capabilities to pinpoint the colonel's location accurately. However, searching in the vast mountains was akin to finding a needle in a haystack. 'He must be rescued,' the White House's directive was unequivocal. The U.S. military dispatched approximately 200 soldiers from special operations forces to assist in the rescue. The CIA shared the colonel's hiding location with the Pentagon and the White House, continuously providing real-time updates throughout the operation.

For a full 48 hours, the colonel waited for his troops to rescue him. One can only imagine the harrowing experience of a severely injured individual, alone and hiding deep within enemy territory. In the dead of night, the pitch-black mountains and forests were enveloped in silence, occasionally broken by the sound of the wind rustling through the trees and the distant explosions of artillery, resembling blooming flames. After each blast, the mountains returned to silence, where even the faintest sounds of trembling insects could be heard... The pain and cold that penetrated to the bone felt all too real.

Troops under the command of the United States Central Command amassed significant firepower, with four B-1 bombers dropping nearly 100 satellite-guided bombs, each weighing 2,000 pounds. MQ-9 Reaper drones also operated within a few kilometres of the colonel's hiding spot, targeting enemy fighter jets to ensure they could not approach his location.

Upon receiving a message from the U.S. military, the colonel felt a flicker of hope for his rescue.

In a last-ditch effort, the CIA initiated a deception operation to buy more time, spreading false information within Iran that the U.S. military had located him and was transferring him out of the country by land.

Meanwhile, the colonel heard the rumbling of U.S. aircraft and the sound of heavy artillery fire. U.S. commandos reached within 200 miles of Iran and successfully located him. During the extraction process, they destroyed several U.S. aircraft on the ground to prevent this advanced military equipment from falling into Iranian hands, incurring losses of up to $400 million. Amidst the explosions and thick smoke, the U.S. military finally evacuated the colonel from the scene. Before midnight, all U.S. personnel swiftly withdrew from enemy airspace.

Former Commander of the U.S. Central Command, retired General Frank McKenzie, informed reporters after the rescue of the colonel that while the U.S. lost several aircraft during this mission, "it takes a year to build an aircraft—whereas establishing a military tradition that ensures no comrade is abandoned takes two hundred years." 

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has resorted to remotely bombing its wounded soldiers. 

The disparity between the U.S. military and the PLA appears to be one of equipment, but at its core, it reflects a fundamental difference in respect for life. The U.S. principle that life is invaluable resonates with the Chinese traditional belief that "human life is of utmost importance," which highlights the PLA's troubling disregard for the lives of its soldiers. 

As far back as five or six years ago, during a border conflict with India, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took measures to prevent soldiers from defecting, leaking information upon capture, or becoming isolated. To this end, the PLA equipped soldiers in the Tibet Military District with a type of suicide helmet. 

In 2021, Chinese media reported that this "individual digital combat system" combines various functions, including navigation, audio conversion, and consultation processing. The helmet is fitted with a satellite antenna and a monocular night vision multifunctional scope, while soldiers have a digital terminal mounted on their arms. The battalion commander at the command centre can directly command individual soldiers. If a soldier is severely injured and falls into enemy territory, they can activate a self-destruct mechanism, ensuring that the enemy cannot access any information from this system. 

If a commander notices that a soldier has become isolated from their unit and cannot be contacted, they can also remotely trigger the self-destruct mechanism to eliminate the soldier from a distance.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) proudly claims in the media that this is a high-tech system, representing a new generation of military weaponry. However, it has faced criticism from many who argue that the CCP 'views human life as worthless' and 'treats people as cannon fodder.' Taiwanese military expert Su Ziyun remarked to The Epoch Times that the CCP's remote detonation helmets, which can kill soldiers, are essentially a 'terror management tactic.' 'From a human perspective, this clearly illustrates the fundamental difference between authoritarian regimes and free societies. This distinction encompasses not only our way of life and economic development but also military conflicts like this one.' 

In 2013, CCTV, the CCP's state broadcaster, reported that a women's special forces unit was equipped with this new individual digital combat system. Even earlier, in September 2012, the CCP's military newspaper had been touting this individual's 'digital combat system,' publishing an article titled 'Our individual soldier equipment's command platform can self-destruct remotely if it falls into enemy hands.' 

In reality, the CCP has a longstanding tradition of dehumanising soldiers. Many will recall the CCP's heavily promoted film 'The Battle at Lake Changjin,' which chronicles the CCP's deployment of 150,000 troops into the frigid conditions of northern Korea, where temperatures plummeted below minus thirty degrees Celsius, without adequate winter clothing, leading to many freezing to death. The CCP glorifies this as the 'Ice Sculpture Company,' transforming extreme suffering into a narrative of heroism. The CCP refers to those who die on the battlefield as 'blood flowers,' portraying it as a beautiful and picturesque image.

In June 2020, a violent clash erupted at the China-India border. Reports from Indian media indicate that at least 20 Indian soldiers lost their lives, while the Chinese side's casualties are estimated to be between 35 and 43. The Indian military quickly confirmed the deaths of 20 soldiers in the conflict and held a formal state funeral for them. In contrast, the Chinese Communist Party has not disclosed specific casualty figures, and the names of the fallen soldiers have not been made public, nor has there been any official funeral. Previously, during the Vietnam War, there was even a song called 'Blood-Stained Glory' dedicated to soldiers who died far from home, but now there is not even a song to honour them.

Beyond the remote control of soldiers' lives, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) fails to treat its soldiers as human beings, with reports of violence, corruption, and sexual assault. Former PLA officer Sam has exposed the corruption within the armed police forces and the mistreatment of new recruits, which is deeply disturbing.

Corruption and Abuse in the PLA

Taiwanese internet influencer 'Ba Jiong' recently published a follow-up interview with former PLA officer Sam. Sam served in the armed police force in Yili, Xinjiang, in 1998. He revealed that the PLA operates as a money-making system, where everyone is there to profit, and a common scheme involves recruiting soldiers, specifically bringing young people into the military.

During the interview, he remarked: 'In my time, recruiting a soldier cost several thousand yuan; now I understand the price has skyrocketed to tens of thousands. Typically, when going to recruit soldiers, you need to bring in several hundred individuals. Just think about how much money you could make from that!'

He explained the unspoken rules regarding how military leaders distribute profits: "Every year during the New Year, all the cadres in our division must go to the homes of the division commander and the political commissar to deliver money. As a person approaches the division commander's and political commissar's home, those below will instruct you: Hurry up, make it quick, don't take more than 5 minutes. Each person goes in for 5 minutes, hands over the money, and leaves."

Sam elaborated that the division commander cannot personally receive soldiers and directly ask each parent for 20,000 or 50,000. This is a profit-sharing system: the division commander sends the regiment commander, who sends the battalion commander, who sends the company commander, and finally, the company commander sends the platoon leader. These individuals collect the money and must pass it up through the ranks, allowing the division commander to pocket millions, even tens of millions. "This is a very large and regular money-making scheme."

He revealed that, in addition to the embezzlement of daily meal expenses, money must be paid to obtain a driver's license within the military; to become a medic, one must also pay money, as being a medic means no training is required; to raise pigs, money must be given because raising pigs requires no work, and one can also embezzle some funds for pig feed.

Every year, there are promotion quotas, and out of 100 available slots, it is likely that 90 are taken by the children of leaders, leaving only 10 for ordinary soldiers. Ordinary soldiers must spend money to buy positions; for instance, to become a company commander, it used to cost tens of thousands, but now promoting a cadre may cost 100,000 or 200,000, with money needing to be given at every step of the promotion process.

Engineering projects are even more corrupt. For example, the construction teams for barracks and restaurants are all from Jiangsu because the division commander hails from Jiangsu, and they are sent over from Jiangsu to work. While digging the foundation is supposed to be done by excavators, it is actually done by soldiers using shovels, and the funds allocated for the project costs are pocketed by them.

The Communist Army simultaneously fosters corruption among military personnel while conducting extensive crackdowns on officers under the guise of anti-corruption. Senior military officials such as Wei Fenghe, Li Shangfu, Li Yuchao, He Weidong, and Miao Hua, who have been imprisoned, are victims of the very corruption that the Communist Party has permitted.

Sam highlighted the troubling situation of female soldiers: they are not stationed within the regiments but rather at the division headquarters. Recruitment of female soldiers is minimal, and upon arrival, they are categorised based on their appearance. The most attractive are assigned to the cultural troupe to serve the leaders; the next tier of attractive soldiers is sent to the division's hospital to assist the leaders; and the least attractive are placed in the communications unit as operators. In pursuit of so-called 'advancement,' female soldiers often engage in sexual relationships with leaders, and whenever a leader visits, they are expected to drink with them.

In contrast, male soldiers often face violence. Sam noted that many of his comrades suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Some have developed schizophrenia, while others have been beaten into mental illness during their service, abandoned by their families, and have remained in the military for decades.

Sam recounted a comrade who, as a recruit, was beaten until his mouth was bloodied. By the following year, he was inflicting similar violence on new recruits. Years later, after his discharge, he began dating a girlfriend, whom he also beat until her mouth was bloodied.

Sam remarked, 'Violence is contagious; he already has mental health issues, he already suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.' There is a silence surrounding the dead and the mentally ill; in the country, speaking out is considered a breach of state secrets, leading to imprisonment or worse. 'Your life or death is irrelevant to the leaders; you may eat grass and husks, but that does not stop the leaders from enjoying sea cucumbers, squid, and lobsters,' he stated.

Communist Army officers are known to sexually assault female soldiers.

Male soldiers frequently endure physical abuse, while female soldiers are more often subjected to sexual assault. Bai Ling, a Chinese-American actress currently living in the United States, has starred in films such as 'Red Corner,' 'Dumplings,' and the American series 'The World’s Most Famous Little Assistant.' In a past interview with the Associated Press, she disclosed her experiences of 'sexual bullying' during her time in the Chinese Communist military.

Bai Ling recounted that after graduating from middle school at the age of 14, she joined the military's art troupe as a performing soldier and was coerced into providing sexual services to military officials for three years. During this time, she became pregnant and had to undergo an abortion under a false name. Bai Ling mentioned that this form of 'sexual bullying' had remained a secret, even from her parents, for many years.

Bai Ling expressed that the most tragic aspect was that she did not initially perceive the actions of her superiors as abusive. In a culture that emphasises obedience to authority, questioning such behaviour was not an option; compliance was the only path.

(Originally published by People News) △