China Warlords Study Nazis’ Blitzkrieg

American Thinker 

Frank Capra’s WWII war documentary shows us how Nazi Germany sent inconspicuous peaceful-looking cargo ships to all principal ports along the coast of Norway.  While the cargo ships looked normal, they were actually Trojan horses, filled with troops, armaments, and tanks to attack Norway and capture the ports.  Having just overrun Denmark in a mere six hours, the Nazis began their invasion of Norway from both the land and the sea.  Nazi “blitzkrieg,” or “lightning war,” emphasizing rapid surprise attacks to overwhelm the enemy, causing the enemy to be confused and disorganized, gave the Nazis numerous swift victories.  Nazis were highly successful in World War II, rapidly conquering 11 nations.

China’s military leaders have studied these techniques.

Just like the Nazis sent covert cargo ships that were actually military vessels to the main coastal ports of Norway, China on January 19, 2026, launched its first known refitted cargo ship, the Zhongda 79, that has been converted to a weapons system, according to Taiwan’s Taipei Times.  Having advanced radar, missile launchers, and numerous combat drones, the Taipei Times says, “the ‘military-civilian fusion’ strategy of disguising weapons systems within standard shipping containers is a ‘gray zone’ warfare tactic to complicate targeting decisions for Beijing’s opponents.”  The only reason for such a ship being designed and deployed is that this is a covert, offensive, first strike, surprise attack vessel, like the Trojan horse.

China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLA) also has a “hospital ship,” the Silk Road Ark, currently touring Latin America. The China Daily says that the ship is a “Peace Ark” giving “medical check-up[s] free of charge,” but that is not the view of many Latin Americans.  During its January 2026 visit to Montevideo, Uruguay, a high-level delegation welcomed the PLA Navy ship, including Minister of Defense Sandro Lazo, National Defense Undersecretary Joel Rodriguez, Navy Chief José Elizondo, and Chinese Ambassador Huan Yazhong.  Note: “none of them belong to the health care sector.”

When the ship arrived in Brazil, Brazilian Dr. Francisco Cardoso, who leads the agency of the Federal Council of Medicine in Sao Paulo, stated that this ship was “at least 10 times larger than any similar ship on the market.”  The ship is sailing to various Latin America ports “providing medical care without local authorization.” Cardoso stated, “This is unprecedented, unparalleled in our history, this type of ship docking here.”

Dr. Raphael Camara, a consultant to the Medical Council of Rio de Janeiro stated, “Was there any substance abuse? … What were all those people doing there?  Was biological material collected?  Blood?  Whatever it was, we don’t know,” because the Chinese consul, arriving with military personnel, would not allow Camara to enter the ship.  Cardoso said that this is not normal for this type of inspection to be denied, stating, “they usually allow it, even to show that everything is in order.”  So, is this ship providing unauthorized medical care?  With the history of the China-virus, COVID-19, coming from the Wuhan, China virology lab, perhaps the ship is also unloading who knows what.  Measles?  More China-viruses?

Apparently, the PLA ship’s visit to the country was as a result of a request from the “Chinese Navy to the Brazilian Navy.”  Camara said that the ship’s operation was a “war operation” authorized by the Brazilian Ministry of Defense.  Evan Ellis, Latin America research professor at the U.S. Army War College, said the ship is part of the Chinese naval forces and “it is a military ship, even though it is a hospital ship.”

Photos and reports indicate that the ship has military features.  Cardoso stated, “There was military equipment on board, and not just a little, according to reports from dockworkers.  There was also a lot of communications equipment.”

The ship took part in a joint maritime exercise with the Brazilian and Chinese Navies, demonstrating combat and rescue operations.

This military armed ship has a big red cross on the side, making it difficult to attack in a battle scenario.

The U.S. State Department announced a potential sale of $1.5 billion in equipment to upgrade Peru’s main Navy base, as it is competing with a Chinese-backed “mega-port” just 50 miles away, not to mention the other 37 ports that China owns in Latin America, as well as the fact China controls both ends of the Panama Canal.  These ports “could be used to resupply Chinese warships with weapons or missiles to support combat operations against the United States or flanks in the eastern Pacific.”  Note: Owning 37 ports in Latin America would facilitate rapid deployment of troops and armaments to the Western Hemisphere.

Just to keep the party going, China has also sent the “scientific vessel” Tan Suo Yi Hao to Valparaiso, Chile.  This ship is coming from Australia where it is believed that the Tan Suo Yi Hao used its submarine, the Fendouzhe, “the only submarine in the world capable of diving into the deepest part of the ocean,” to map networks of submarine cable routes which are vital to Australia’s economy and infrastructure.  Mapping these networks would enable an enemy to “identify the best places to attack and cut those networks as part of the ‘war of system destruction,’ with the goal of dismantling an information-based society.”  These cables are crucial for the function of the internet, for example.  Malcolm Davis, an analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) says that the Tan Suo Yi Hao serves a “military function.”  Why Chile?  Because Chile is the other end of the 14,810-km Humboldt Submarine Cable System“connecting Chile, French Polynesia and Australia, with branches for the possible connection of other countries and territories.”  A coincidence?  Not!

Tan Suo Yi Hao’s voyages are reminiscent of the 2023 CCP spy balloonmapping nuclear missile sites, and the B-2 stealth bomber base when it mysteriously and without permission flew across the United States.

An item in The Hill stated, “China’s military ships and spy submarines should not be welcome in the Western Hemisphere.”

On December 10, 2025, China’s CCTV aired a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) war game simulating combat near Cuba, the Gulf of America, and the Caribbean.  On December 19, 2025, as the Silk Road Ark sailed from Jamaica to Barbados, CCTV aired another Chinese military simulated war game between the PLA and an opposition force.  One image clearly shows combat happening near the Gulf of America, Cuba, and the Caribbean.

The Bible’s book of the Revelation in chapter 14 speaks to a great city called Babylon and says she is fallen “because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”  Then in chapter 18 in verses 10, 17, and 19, the Bible says three times that Babylon was destroyed in “one hour” and all the merchants set off shore and watched her burn.  To be destroyed in one hour tells you that Babylon was attacked by a modern-day version of “blitzkrieg,” for it had to be a surprise attack, a decisive attack, and an attack with overwhelming armaments and scenarios causing the city to be unable to defend itself.  So, Babylon was destroyed by modern-day weapons of a “blitzkrieg” attack.

Is there a connection?