(I'm sorry to be on a 24-hour shift today, so I can only have one shift, and there will be three shifts from the 23rd to the 29th)

After Prime Minister Toshiki Umibe's visit to the Self-Defense Forces, he announced that he wanted to sit down at the negotiating table with the Soviet Union for peace talks, and for a while, Japanese newspapers published photos of the prime minister's speech on the destroyer, accompanied by a speech that Toshiki Umibe was going to reorganize the navy, which caused an uproar in the country.

Moreover, Toshiki Umibe uses the domestic media to build political momentum for himself and portray the image of a tough Japanese supreme leader, one of the reasons is to increase his votes, and soon he will face a new round of prime minister elections, even if he does not get back the four northern islands in the end, but only to maintain the stalemate in vain, he can also get the support of the people's votes.

Yanayev, who was far away in Moscow, also saw the news that had been published in the domestic newspapers of the Soviet Union, at this time Yanayev had a rare opportunity to free himself from his busy work and enjoy the warm afternoon sun on the balcony of the presidential holiday villa in the suburbs, he read the speech of the Japanese prime minister word by word, while shaking his head with a disdainful expression, and said to himself, "The saddest thing about a country is that its comprehensive strength is not worthy of its growing political ambitions." Since experiencing an explosive economic development, presumably Japan's economic bubble is also beginning to gradually collapse, the United States' "Plaza Accord" lit the fuse, this year Japan's real estate economy will collapse like an avalanche, but I am a little curious, when will their economic collapse be? ”

Pavlov, who stood behind him, was grinding coffee in the kitchen, and Foreign Minister Boris Dmitrievich was sitting on a large sofa on the balcony.

"Who knows, the economic problems of the Japanese will be solved by the Japanese, and we will still have to solve the inevitable problem of island disputes." Foreign Minister Boris crossed his hands and asked, "It is clear that our leader of a small country to the south wants to take advantage of the most difficult economic situation in the Soviet Union to risk cutting a piece of meat off us." When Gorbachev visited Japan this year, the Japanese prime minister put forward the condition of 'exchanging economic aid for islands,' but in the end there was no follow-up. ”

"Are you saying that the Japanese, who heard that we were preparing for disarmament, intend to take another risk?" Yanayev was a little surprised, he didn't expect the outside world to look at the Soviet Union's disarmament problem in this way, if the Soviet economy was really in such a difficult situation, it was not just a small-scale attempt at the beginning, it was a complete desperate sale of the entire army.

"It seems a foregone conclusion that the Japanese want to take the risk of taking back the four northern islands through negotiations and political pressure, and of course these defeated subordinates of the Far Eastern Army are not qualified to negotiate with us at all." Pavlov, who came in with coffee, said disdainfully.

"But I don't think it's that simple." Thinking about Japan's next move, Yanayev stood up and walked over to the railing, where birches were planted around the villa, and Yanayev's favorite thing to do was to stare at the birch forests. His thoughts slowly became clear in this peaceful atmosphere, and he turned to Pavlov and said, "When we discussed the issue of the four northern islands and the attitude of the Japanese government just now, we forgot a very important thing. ”

"What's the matter?" Boris and Pavlov asked in unison.

"Wait a minute." Yanayev turned and walked into the living room, then took a book on the Japanese political system from the shelf, flipped to the page he wanted to read, and finally fixed his gaze on the third line, and then Yanayev exhaled as if he had just woken up from a dream.

Pavlov also stepped forward curiously and asked, "What's wrong?" Comrade Yanayev. ”

"One thing we've been ignoring before, and that's about the election of the prime minister of Japan." "Next month is the general election of the Japanese government, and if I guess correctly, the reason why Toshiki Umibe is showing a tough attitude at this moment is nothing more than to win more public support." ”

Boris scratched his head and asked, "It is true that the issue of the island dispute will stimulate the centripetal force of the nation, but it is a bit of an exaggeration to say that you can win public support." They just sat down at the negotiating table with us and discussed something that was not destined to come to fruition, instead of us ceding the four islands to the Japanese. ”

Yanayev shook his head and said, "You are wrong, Comrade Boris, in fact, Toshiki Kaibe has achieved his goal as long as he can get us to the negotiating table. If you think about Toshiki Umibe's previous speech on the Kongo-class destroyer and the new warship on display, they all point to him fabricating some kind of illusion of the strength of the Japanese navy in order to satisfy the national self-confidence of the domestic masses that has also been inflated by the rapid economic development. If we had chosen to negotiate, it would have been assumed that Japan's naval power had brought the Soviet Union to its kneeting table, and that no matter whether Toshiki Umibe succeeded or not, his political votes would skyrocket like a functional equation. ”

Speaking of this, Yanayev couldn't laugh or cry, "I really didn't expect Toshiki Kaibe's scheming to be so deep, if you do this, it will not affect the mood of our Soviet Union, but also take care of the self-confidence of the domestic people, what an old fox." ”

"Of course, we won't let Prime Minister Toshiki Umibe's plan come true." Yanayev tapped his fingers on the table, thinking about how to make Japan embarrassed on the issue. The USSR, of course, could not have driven tanks and bombers directly into the territory of the member countries, as in the Baltic crisis. Japan is a sovereign country, and such a provocation is tantamount to starting a war.

Another Pacific Fleet exercise? Yanayev shook his head, now is the time for the Soviet Union's fiscal policy to tighten, and he will never support such a costly and laborious behavior as military exercises.

Suddenly, in a flash of inspiration, Yanayev got up from the table, startled both Boris and Pavlov, and said to Boris, "Comrade Pavlov, I would like to invite you to Tokyo for a meeting with Toshiki Kaibe. And Comrade Boris, as soon as Pavlov arrives in Tokyo, you will draw up a statement claiming that the four northern islands are the inalienable inherent territory of the Soviet Union. ”

"Does that make any sense?" Boris asked, puzzled.

"Of course it makes sense." Yanayev narrowed his eyes, he looked at the green shade outside the window, and said with a smile, "Since Toshiki Umibe wants to use the issue of the four northern islands to hold a political catwalk to win votes, we can also use the issue of the four northern islands to make a political catwalk to change the image of the people." ”