Volume 8 A Hundred Years of Grudges Chapter 77 Retreat to the Solid Basics
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When Cunxun rushed to the Führer's capital, on the other side of the world, Brooklyn walked into the shape of the study. 【Reading.com】
The U.S. government does not have a foreign affairs department, and the secretary of state is responsible for diplomacy. Japanese Foreign Minister Shikawa Kitayama is visiting, and according to diplomatic protocol, Brooklyn is supposed to meet with him. This time the matter is extraordinary, Brooklyn cannot make decisions on his own, and must ask the president for instructions.
"Kitayama Shikawa made it clear that he hoped that we would be able to provide assistance within our means."
"Assistance within your means?" Westwood glanced at the Secretary of State and said, "That is, let's send troops into battle." ”
"There was no mention of sending troops." Brooklyn crossed his legs, looking casual. Kitayama Shikawa came as the Prime Minister's special envoy, and it was Murakami Sadamasa who really led Japan's diplomatic work.
Over the years, we have been trying to avoid a direct conflict with China, and Murakami will not expect us to send troops. ”
"But it's possible as a diplomatic bargain."
Brooklyn nodded and said, "As long as we keep our mouths shut and don't make promises easily, Japan will not be entangled in the issue of sending troops, and it will soon move on to the main topic." ”
"The question is, can we sit back and watch Japan lose?"
Brooklyn did not answer this question from the president, because there was no need to answer.
After the Peninsular War. The country has shifted from strategic expansion to strategic contraction. There are also unspeakable bitterness. China uses the pretext of "helping North Korea achieve reunification." Not only did he wipe out South Korea with his own hands. It also eliminated the last US position in Northeast Asia in one fell swoop. Extend the strategic line of defense hundreds of kilometers outward. It can be said that the edge is exposed!
Influenced by the foolish policies of Frederick's administration. Not only did the United States lose the war. Also lost the economy. In 2026. The U.S. share of the global economy has dropped from 212% in 2016 to 167%, while China's share has increased from 98% in 20166 to 17. Surpassing the United States in terms of economic aggregate. Become the world's number one economic power.
Internal and external troubles. Westwood had to adopt a strategy of "holding back to its roots".
Everyone knows that the depression is over. As the confrontation between China and the United States shifts from the bottom of the stage to the top of the stage, the role of Europe and Russia in world affairs is becoming more and more obvious. A multipolar world dominated by the great powers will be inevitable. Multipolarity means that each major power will establish a sphere of influence with itself at its core. Consolidate the sphere of influence through military, economic, diplomatic and other means. Infiltrating other countries' spheres of influence. Although the "integration of the world economy" will not be dealt a fatal blow. However, the trend of economic development in the direction of regionalization will become more and more obvious.
Who can expand the sphere of influence. Whoever is in a good position to compete in the future.
The U.S. sphere of influence is North America and the Caribbean. China's sphere of influence is East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. years. The United States consolidates its sphere of influence through economic, diplomatic, and other means, while China mainly uses economic, military, and diplomatic means to eliminate destabilizing factors in its sphere of influence. Relatively. The United States is in a better position than China. It doesn't matter if it's Canada in the north, Mexico in the south, or the Caribbean. In addition to a few small countries such as Cuba that are at odds with the United States. Other countries have extremely close ties with the United States. China's roots in Eastern, Southeast and South Asian countries are not strong. In addition to hostile countries such as Japan, India, the Philippines, etc. In addition, non-traditional friendly countries such as Indonesia and Singapore need to spend more energy on solving the "backyard problem".
At the beginning, the United States "twisted and twisted" the Japanese nuclear issue precisely in the hope of using Japan to create trouble for China.
Strengthening oneself and striking at the enemy are always things that go hand in hand.
From the perspective of the United States, the "war of Japan" was not a simple regional war, but a global war that had a major impact on the world pattern.
As early as during the negotiations between China and the United States to return prisoners of war, the country's intelligence services warned that China could create a war.
Westwood did not take it lightly, because China is strong enough to win a large-scale regional war.
Until the outbreak of the "Japanese War", Westwood believed that China had targeted India and was about to join forces with Pakistan against India.
Westwood was also extremely shocked to receive the news that China had sent troops to Taiwan and bombed Japan's strategic nuclear facilities in an all-out manner.
The war went so fast that even the United States did not have time to react.
In the early morning of the 23rd Eastern Time, when the White House press secretary was preparing to issue a diplomatic statement to major news media, Japan used strategic ballistic missiles to carry out a strategic counterattack against China.
Westwood immediately asked the press spokesman to press down the paper.
In the face of unclear situation, the United States cannot rashly make any statement to avoid making an uncorrectable mistake.
What happened next was even more unbelievable to Westwood, China's "National Strategic Defense System" destroyed all ballistic missiles that lifted into the air, and at least several ballistic missiles carrying nuclear warheads fell on Japanese territory, causing severe radioactive contamination.
At that time, Brooklyn had just received a note from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Kitayama Shikawa would visit Washington.
Westwood immediately convened an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss what the United States should do
Although many hawkish officials advocated immediate and substantive action, Westwood decided to stay on the sidelines at Brooklyn's strong suggestion. The reason is simple, Japan's launch of strategic ballistic missiles at China constitutes a strategic nuclear strike de jure sense. If China takes a tough stance, it is quite possible to immediately launch a strategic nuclear retaliation against Japan. Under such circumstances, any drastic move by the United States could lead to fire.
Westwood did not sit idly by, but took action.
On the morning of the 23rd Eastern Time, Westwood had a hotline call with the British Prime Minister, the President of France, and the President of Russia to discuss Japan's use of strategic nuclear weapons in the war, China's possible retaliatory actions, and the positions and actions that nuclear powers should take.
Needless to say, Westwood's greatest fear is that a nuclear war between China and Japan will turn into a global nuclear war.
Although China has no reason to adopt a policy of "nuclear bundling" when dealing with Japan, if the attitude of the other four nuclear powers is not clear, China will certainly take the necessary precautions when it carries out strategic nuclear retaliation against Japan, and as long as there is a little bit of trouble, China will expand the scope of nuclear strikes!
At this time, whoever of the five nuclear powers takes one step will destroy the entire human world!
The position of Britain and France is very simple, China must be prevented from using nuclear weapons in the war, after all, Japan's nuclear warheads have not fallen on the Chinese mainland, and China has no reason to use nuclear weapons to carry out retaliatory strikes. Russia's attitude is more ambiguous, that is, it supports the views of Britain and France, but also believes that it should not be overly involved, after all, China is a "responsible" power, and will not make rash decisions on issues related to the welfare of all mankind~, let alone destroy the entire human world with his own hands.
In the end, the heads of government of the four nuclear powers reached only one agreement, that is, to jointly urge China not to rashly use nuclear weapons in war.
According to the results of the consultations, the heads of state and government of the four nuclear powers will make their attitude clear to the Chinese heads of state through a hotline.
Before Westted could act, the war expanded.
As soon as I received a call from Sadamasa Murakami, and learned that the Japanese Prime Minister had sent the Minister of Foreign Affairs to visit Washington, the CIA sent a message to the president that the Chinese Air Force was bombing Japan's nuclear facilities, including civilian nuclear power plants!
This news made Westwood both surprised and secretly happy.
According to unwritten rules, striking another country's nuclear facilities is tantamount to a nuclear attack. In other words, China's bombing of Japan's civilian nuclear power plants is tantamount to dropping nuclear warheads on Japan. But at least one thing can be proven, China does not intend to use nuclear weapons in war, let alone drop them on other countries.
The situation has developed to such a point that the mediation of the four nuclear powers has become meaningless.
Because Wang Yuanqing has been in the strategic command center and China is already on strategic alert, Westwood has not been able to communicate with Wang Yuanqing on the hotline, so it is impossible to know what Wang Yuanqing wants to do.
When Brooklyn was given a meeting with Kitayama Shikawa, Westwood discussed the situation with the Secretary of State.
The two men have exactly the same main point of view, that it is impossible for the United States to prevent the war, let alone participate in it.
China's courage to strike at Japan's nuclear facilities shows that China is confident enough to fight this war. In other words, striking Japan's nuclear facilities is not only an act of war, but also a diplomatic signal. In this extreme way, China has unequivocally told other countries, including the United States, that no matter who intervenes in the war, China will resolutely retaliate.
Not going to war does not mean doing nothing.
Following Brooklyn's suggestion, Westwood asked the CIA to gather accurate intelligence as soon as possible and leak the news of China's attack on Japan's nuclear facilities to the news media to create unfavorable public opinion propaganda against China.
Putting pressure on public opinion is only a secondary action.
The key question is how the United States can take this opportunity to strike at China.
The attitude of the two men is exactly the same: if China wants to defeat Japan, it must devote all its strength, and as long as the United States does something during this period, it can weaken China's national power to the greatest extent and block the pace of China's expansion.
Kitayama Shikawa's visit to Washington is precisely in the hope that the United States will do something.
Although both Westwood and Brooklyn believed that Murakami Sadamasa would not expect the United States to enter the war, both knew that Japan had reached a critical moment of life and death, otherwise they would not have asked the United States for help in the first place.
It is almost impossible to help Japan defeat China, and how to use Japan to weaken China is the key.
Six years ago, the United States hoped to use the Japanese nuclear issue to force China to wage war against Japan. Although it was six years late, the result was not much different, and China finally chose war on the issue of its own interests and national security, and launched a war against Japan by taking the initiative to start a war.
Westwood didn't rush to make a decision, but asked Brooklyn to find out the details of Japan first.
The situation was not much different from what Westwood had predicted, and Japan needed help.
The question is, what kind of assistance can the United States provide to Japan? (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to idian, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )
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