White House, Oval Office......

After seeing off Senator Fredrick Myers of New York, Japell leaned back in his chair and rubbed his sore forehead vigorously.

The midterm elections are approaching, and both Democrats and Republicans are making their final sprint.

The significance of the midterm election is no less than that of the presidential election, and it is even called the weather vane of the presidential election in two years. In November's elections, not only will all members of the House of Representatives, one-third of the senators be elected, but several states will also be re-elected. Whoever controls both houses of Congress controls the highest legislative body. If the Republicans win, many of Jappel's policies will be affected and even vetoed by Congress.

In previous polls, the Democrats' advantage was not obvious.

Jappel was not very concerned about whether he could win the election. Even if the Republicans get a majority of votes, they can only control the House of Representatives, not the Senate.

Jappel is more focused on Miles.

As the youngest U.S. senator in the history of New York State and chairman of the Senate Armed Budget Committee, Myers, who is only 47 years old, has performed very impressively in these four years. Although Japeel is reluctant to acknowledge the political potential of the Irish-American politician, the vast majority of prominent Democrats, and even some prominent Republicans, believe that Myers will represent the Democrats in the presidential election two years later, when his term as a senator expires.

Miles' background is even more simple. As a rare "hawkish" politician in the Democratic Party, he has very close ties with arms dealers, oil companies, and financiers. Being able to become the chairman of the Senate Military Budget Committee is also directly related to his deep background.

Many have compared Myers to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who also came from New York State and led the United States to victory in World War II during the Great Depression of the late twenties.

This made Japel feel uncomfortable, as he felt that someone was using this to imply that he was Hoover.

It's just that. Facts are facts.

Three years ago. Through large-scale money lending. Lower interest rates. indiscriminate issuance of currency and other means. The global financial crisis has finally died down. There were predictions at the time. In the case of a flood of liquidity. The financial crisis was followed by global stagflation. And eventually it turned into the Great Depression.

The Great Depression is yet to come. Stagflation has already tormented the United States.

Stagflation for three consecutive years. This has made it difficult for the US economy, which is mired in quagmire, to extricate itself. Coupled with the rapid rise of China. It has already been predicted. Before 2025. China will overtake the United States. Become the world's largest economic entity.

Regardless of whether this prediction will become a reality or not. China's local threat should not be underestimated.

Improving the economy. Contain China. All of them need to make the dollar a global currency again. The United States is needed to maintain its position as the world's largest market location. The U.S. needs to produce local products that other countries need. The United States is needed to maintain its position as the world's number one power. U.S. products need to be sold all over the world.

What seemed like a simple problem five years ago is now an unsolvable problem.

With the fall of Japan's auto triumvirate, the U.S. auto industry has also encountered unprecedented challenges. In two years, China's electric vehicle exports to the United States increased twelve-fold to 2.5 million. Chinese auto companies have also set up production plants in the United States to produce car shells, and power and drive equipment can only be imported directly from China. While more than a million Americans have been employed, more than two million others have lost their jobs.

The aviation industry, which has always been a source of pride for the United States, has also been hit by China.

With the first regional airliner of the China Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation obtaining an airworthiness certificate in the United States, and the all-electric regional airliner will be launched on the market in two years, Boeing will follow in the footsteps of Ford and "surrender" to the China Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation, reducing it to a third-rate enterprise.

Terrible, really scary.

Japel couldn't imagine what would be left of the United States when one company after another that supported "Made in America" fell?

However, change cannot happen overnight.

The United States still has a chance, and there is a last chance.

At the beginning of the year, Japel signed a budget bill with an additional $15 billion for the development of new energy and new power technologies. The money will be invested in more than a dozen mega-companies such as General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Boeing Company, Loma Company, Norge Company, General Electric and Mobil Company, to accelerate the pace of progress in new energy and new power technologies in the United States.

If a breakthrough can be made in two to three years, the United States will have a chance, and the Democratic Party will have a chance.

God bless America, Allah bless the Democratic Party.

At this time, Jappel can only pray to God, to Allah.

As the secretary brought in the coffee, Jappel opened his eyes.

"Mr. President, Director Jonathan waited outside for an hour and a half."

"He's coming?" Jappel sighed, "Let him in, don't bother us." ”

The secretary nodded, packed up the empty glasses, and left the office.

When Jonathan came in, Japel regained his usual confident look.

"Your Excellency ...... President"

"Sit down, don't tell me it's bad news again."

Jonathan coughed dryly twice and pulled out a document. "The early phase of the operation has been successful, but the second phase of the operation has encountered a little trouble."

"A little trouble?" Japel frowned slightly, a small trouble in the mouth of the director of the CIA is often a big problem.

"We lost contact with one of the agents."

"Important members?"

"It's ......," Jonathan was a little panicked. can be regarded as a key member, without her, the subsequent actions would not have been able to go as planned. ”

"She?" Jappel's gaze shifted from the document to Jonathan's face. "It's not that simple, is it?"

"It's true, and we need to adjust the course of action and adopt a backup plan."

"How did I not know there was a backup plan?" Jappel closed the file and leaned back in his chair.

"I don't think there will be trouble with the operation, and there is no mention of a backup plan in the report. It's just that we have a backup plan in place for a long time. ”

"Really?" Mr. Jappel has heightened his vigilance, and he has not forgotten the fiasco of five years ago.

Jonathan nodded and said, "Everything has been arranged, as long as the order is given, you can act immediately." ”

"You just tell me what do you need me to do?"

Jonathan shrugged his shoulders and glanced at the paper in the president's hand. "The back-up plan is too wide-ranging, it will definitely escalate the situation, and you need to sign an order to start the plan."

Japel smiled coldly, he knew that nothing good would happen.

Orders that need to be given directly by the president are related to the interests of the country, or the interests of the allies. Apparently, Jonathan is targeting America's allies.

What Jonathan is going to do, the documents are very clear.

The fuse of the powder keg in South Asia has been lit, and if the operation were to be terminated at this time, all efforts would be undone. If the last fuse is opened, the entire powder keg will be detonated.

It seems like a simple question, but Japell finds it extremely tricky.

If this step is right, he will be the hero who will lead the United States through this. If this step is wrong, he will become the gravedigger of the "American dream."

To go, or not to go?

Within five minutes, Japel had considered almost every aspect of the matter.

As long as it does not directly participate in the war, the Indo-Pakistani war will only be good for the United States, and there will be no harm. If Japan is dragged into the water, it will not only be able to consume Japan's national strength, but will also be able to use China's hand to punish the increasingly arrogant Democratic Party of Japan, so that Japan will obediently return to the wing of the United States and willingly act as a pawn of the United States.

If India wins, Pakistan will change its policy of joining forces with China to contain India and throw itself into the arms of the United States. If India loses completely, it will inevitably abandon Russia and join the United States, move closer to the West, and revive its armaments, bringing tens of billions of arms contracts to the United States. There is only one issue to worry about: China will use this opportunity to gain a strategic breakthrough and destroy the strategic defense line that the United States has spent more than a decade building in Central and South Asia.

In fact, even if the war between India and Pakistan does not break out, in 20 years, China will break through the shackles set by the United States.

In addition, in order to maximize the benefits, it is not enough to provide strategic assistance to Pakistan, China must enter the war. As long as China participates in the South Asian war, its international image will inevitably be affected, and its foreign policy will also undergo a major change. In the next few years, or even a decade, China will have to concentrate on establishing a new image that will hardly pose a threat to the United States.

Thinking of this, Japel let out a long breath and picked up the pen.

Jonathan quickly stood up and flipped the document to the page where the president's signature was required.

Seeing the blank signature, Japell visibly hesitated. It's easy to sign a name, but it's not easy to take responsibility for it.

Just as the tip of the pen was about to touch the paper, the office door was pushed open, and the secretary hurried in.

"What's the matter?" Japell looked over to the secretary.

"What just happened." With that, the secretary turned on the TV and tuned into the international news channel of N TV.

Smoke filled the air, dilapidated buildings, panicked crowds, and burning Japanese and Indian flags.

"What's going on?"

"There was an explosion at the press conference venue." The secretary turned up his voice, and the reporter of N was doing a live report. "The bomb was powerful, and the casualties are not yet known. Japanese Prime Minister Ozawa arrived half an hour later than scheduled, and when the explosion occurred, he had not yet entered the venue and should have been unharmed. ”

Japell immediately stood up. "What about the Prime Minister of India?"

"At the time of the explosion, the Prime Minister of India had already entered the venue and was not far from the point of the explosion. Judging by the power of the explosion, no one within fifteen meters was spared. ”

Japeel didn't think much of it, and immediately looked at the stunned Jonathan. "You ......"

"This ...... I ......"

After controlling his emotions, Japell asked the secretary to go out, and then said, "Could it be that this is the backup plan?" ”

"No, it's not, it's not an action we planned, we ......"

"Is it still useful to explain now?" Japell picked up the unsigned document and smashed it in front of Jonathan. "From the beginning, you planned this attack and kept it a secret from me. Jonathan, you're finished. I'm going to see your resignation report early tomorrow morning before I eat breakfast. ”

When he got up to leave, Jonathan was even more shocked.

He didn't know exactly what was going on, because the explosion wasn't in the backup plan.

Damn it*

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