Chapter 311: Reconciliation
The first update
The most terrifying thing is not that you are going to accept the economic blockade of the United States, but that you are going to meet the retaliation of the Soviets. The former will at most give you some conspiracy and trickery to disgust you, while the latter will directly adopt the most brutal means of attack, directly initiating conflicts when there are territorial disputes, and fostering proxies to carry out conflicts and subversion when there are no territorial disputes. The Soviet Union's method of teaching others is to try to be unreasonable if they can do it, and they are rarely willing to calm down and listen to your reasoning, and any protest is ineffective, only fists and strength prove everything.
SHORTLY AFTER THE ATTACK ON A FISHING BOAT IN SOUTH KOREA, ANOTHER JAPANESE FISHING BOAT RETALIATED IN THE SAME WAY, BUT THIS TIME NOT WITH A 30MM GUN, BUT WITH A STRAIGHT AK130 130mm gun and a seven-pack MRG-155mm grenade launcher to send the Japanese fishermen directly to meet God.
The bloody massacre of civilians shocked the Japanese government, which strongly condemned and protested that the Soviet Union was a provocation to the dignity of a country, while Soviet spokesmen retorted that they had not learned the proper lessons from the events in South Korea.
"There is no second warning from the USSR, and those who have not yet learned from the bloody lesson had better adapt to our laws as soon as possible."
Relations between the Soviet Union and Japan and South Korea fell below freezing, and the Soviet government unabashedly claimed that the blow was revenge for the pilots who died in the Hawthorn Incident, and that as long as South Korea and Japan did not apologize, the Soviet Union would severely punish any enemy who crossed the border.
Japanese Prime Minister Hosokawa Gohei hurriedly convened a cabinet meeting, and even the top level of the Japanese government did not know much about this joint operation, and they were only told that they would conduct a routine exercise with the United States, and they did not expect that this routine exercise would bring such a heavy price to Japan. The Soviet Union took the lead in venting its anger on Japan and South Korea, and without protection, the two countries became pitiful worms for Yanayev to vent his anger.
on this. The Japanese prime minister had no choice but to hold a secret meeting with the South Korean president, and the two had an in-depth exchange on the Soviet issue. South Korea and Japan disagree on how to solve the problem. Japan insisted that they and the Soviet Union must negotiate at an equal table, not as a victim after you bombed my fishermen.
Kim Yong-san, who was still struggling with the mood of the people, said to Prime Minister Hosokawa Go-hee, "Emphasizing equality is of no use to the situation in East Asia, and there are thousands of ways in which the strong power of the Soviet Union can create conflicts at your doorstep or within your home." This was a fisherman attack. The next time his strategic bomber may leap directly and openly over your waters, is it not true that Japan has experienced less such conflicts? ”
"Now our focus is on seeking understanding from Moscow, not on pride. After all, it was our Navy that provoked this madman first, and in the event that they did not accomplish the expected goal, the Soviet retaliation would come in waves. Kim Yong-sam is ready to visit Moscow directly to apologize and express condolences for the previous attack. He rejected the so-called protective policy of the Americans, which only complicates the situation on the Korean Peninsula more and more.
"This is an unacceptable shame for Japan." Hosokawa Gohee rejected Kim Yong-san's suggestion. Japan, which is an economic powerhouse and even seeks to become a political power, is scornful of polar bears, which are not in the prime of their power. Fishing boats attacked? It's a big deal not to let the Japanese fishermen cross that sea area in the future, otherwise the Soviet Union will be able to help them?
"Unless the Soviet Union first gives an explanation and apologizes for the attack on the Japanese fishing boat, we will apologize for the accident in the combined fleet, and we would rather tear up the cease-fire agreement and return to the state of war than let the Soviet Union succeed."
"Have you forgotten what happened to the Kwantung Army back then? Japan's heyday did not stop them from moving south, so how could a country controlled by a security treaty survive this game? (Prestige Communist: Yanayev.) )
"This is a time of reasoning." Japanese Prime Minister Hosokawa Gohei politely replied. Although Kim Yong-sam's question is not so polite.
"But we're facing an unreasonable adversary." South Korean President Kim Yong-sam coldly laughed at the ignorance of the Japanese prime minister, at least compared to Kiichi Miyazawa. It's so ignorant of lifting.
Kim Yong-sam and Hosokawa went on two different diplomatic paths, with the former sending a direct signal of an ice-breaking trip to Moscow, while the latter continued to denounce the heavy losses inflicted by the Soviet Union on Japanese fishermen.
In the Kremlin's St. George Hall, Yanayev met with South Korean President Kim Yong-sam in the splendid palace of the Golden Wall, where he expressed condolences and apologies for the fallen pilots. And it claimed that such an accident was not what the South Korean government wanted to see, and that the South Korean Navy had led the military into the abyss without knowing the true intentions and circumstances of the United States.
"We don't want to see that outcome. Oh my God, what are we all doing? At war with a conflict-free country? It's insane. The United States used a cunning tactic to make the Soviet Union and South Korea suspicious of each other, and then benefited from it behind the scenes. On the one hand, Kim Yong-sam apologized amicably, and on the other hand, he shifted all the blame to the Americans and washed away the stain on his body. Even Yanayev, who was sitting next to him, watched the slick politician's every move with relish.
"We also don't want to have an unpleasant conflict with South Korea. But territorial integrity and sovereign integrity are inalienable conditions of any State. The next time South Korean fishing boats enter Soviet waters, please say hello, because the political atmosphere in Japanese waters has been tense recently, and no one knows whether the Soviet Union will go to war with the country with which it has territorial conflicts. ”
Kim Yong-san, who had a big belly, instantly gasped when he heard Yanayev's words, making his unstretched white shirt a few sizes smaller. Yanayev's words have become very clear, he has nothing to do with South Korea, but his hatred with Japan is not over. But if the Soviet Union and Japan really clashed, South Korea would definitely not be able to avoid it.
In order to curry favor with Yanayev, the active South Korean president also braved the freezing rain to run to the tombstone of the unknown soldier in Moscow to lay a bouquet of flowers to mourn the pilots who died in the incident. Kucha came to a Warsaw kneeling to show his heart.
Even in the rain-swept weather, the torch in front of the tombstone of the Unknown Soldier did not extinguish the burning faith.
The South Korean president, of course, would not understand the greatness of the Soviet army, and even the heroic spirits in the halls of Valhalla could not understand such a noble faith. What's more, the emasculated Germany has long lost the vigor of conquest and killing.
On the way back from Moscow, Kim Yong-sam remained silent, and the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who accompanied him throughout the process, carefully waited on the frustrated president, fearing that he would suddenly go berserk.
Kim Yong-sam looked up at the clouds outside the window, and the return from Moscow to Seoul was only a short distance, but it felt like a century for him. Not long after the negotiations progressed, the North Korean side announced that it would stop the border conflict and withdraw its troops gathered near the 38th parallel, and the tense situation on the Korean Peninsula was eased again.
Kim Yong-sam certainly knows that behind all this, there is the figure of the chairman of the Soviet Union.
"This is really a terrible neighbor, and I hope South Korea will never be an enemy of him." Kim Yong-sam was already working on a plan to restrain the movement of the army, and in the future, the activities of the navy would be strictly restricted, and it would be forbidden to run near the waters of the Soviet Union to provoke the red steel waves against them. Otherwise, South Korea's hard-fought aircraft carrier fleet will instantly become a bloody back in the Pacific Ocean.
"But Japan will have a good time to watch, do you really think that its military strength is enough to seek respect and status corresponding to the permanent membership of the United Nations?"
"You're underestimating the dignity of an empire and provoking its bottom line, Prime Minister Hosokawa Gohei." President Kim Yong-sam gloated. (To be continued.) )