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Chapter 1041 Psychological Shadow Area (Second Update, Two-in-One)

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"Red Fox, Red Fox, what's the situation?"

Although there were constant calls coming from the headset, Wang Zhewu had no energy to be distracted. He could only hold the joystick tightly and constantly adjust the flight attitude of the aircraft. At the critical moment, he did not have the "leisure" to answer the base's questions, and he did not even have the time to carefully check the condition of the aircraft's wings. He just glanced at it briefly and thought that "a part of the aircraft's wing was gone, but I could still try it", but he did not realize that he had almost lost half of his left wing.

"Alive, I'm still alive..."

While trying to maintain its balance in flight, Wang Zhewu's fighter plane, once a soaring eagle, was now like a bird with broken wings, teetering on the verge of collapse. In the collision, it lost part of its left wing, and the metal was torn and twisted.

The fighter plane was shaking in the air, and every shake seemed to be a test of his will and skills.

"Captain, Captain, how are you doing?"

Zhang Yue shouted loudly.

"The rescue helicopter has been dispatched, Captain, if you can't hold on, just parachute out!"

"I'm fine, I'll try my best to fly the plane back..."

Like all pilots born in Tangshan, in Wang Zhewu's heart, airplanes are extremely precious and are weapons that he needs to protect with his life!

With his rich flying experience and extraordinary courage, he still controlled the fighter steadily and constantly adjusted the fighter's attitude to keep flying.

At this moment, Wang Zhewu was grateful. After all, being able to survive such a collision was already a very lucky thing.

"God bless ..."

Finally, after flying for who knows how long, the airport finally appeared in his sight!
Taking a deep breath, Wang Zhewu adjusted the fighter plane to the optimal speed and glided downward steadily.

As he began his descent, the airport was packed with people, looking in amazement at the Super Thunder in the sky that had lost part of its wing.

What is a broken-winged angel?

That’s it!

When the fighter plane that lost part of its wing landed steadily on the runway, it seemed as if the whole world had gone quiet. In addition to the emergency dispatch of rescue vehicles, there were more cheers.

When the interception net stopped the plane, Wang Zhewu loosened his grip on the joystick and leaned back in his seat, tired but satisfied.

Despite losing one-third of the left wing, he still managed to fly the plane back. The sun shone on his face, reflecting his resolute face and bright eyes. He looked at the fighter plane that had lost half of its left wing, and his heart was filled with emotion.

At this time, the ground crew had gathered around, and they were crowded on both sides of the plane. Some of them were checking the broken part of the wing, with only one question in their minds - how did this plane fly back?

"The Russians have escaped! Captain Wang, the Russians have escaped..."

After the hatch was opened, Wang Zhewu did not speak to the excited ground crew. He just sat there stupidly and said:

"Is there any cigarette?"

"Yes, yes..."

He took the Dromedary cigarette from the ground staff and when he took out a cigarette, someone took the initiative to light it for him. Everyone looked at him with an almost worshipful look.

There is no other reason. This guy is definitely a hero. Not only did he force the Soviet bomber to stop by a collision, but he also successfully flew the plane back after the collision. This is definitely a miracle!

After lighting a cigarette, Wang Zhewu once again looked back at his plane - the twisted fracture on the left wing still looked so glaring. Thinking about it now, he didn't know how he got back.

This is so fucking... thrilling!

While sighing in his heart, he couldn't help but take a deep puff of his cigarette. When he threw the cigarette butt in his hand, he looked at the ground crew brothers gathered around the cockpit and grinned.

"The Russian bombers fled. They got scared!"

"Yes, the Russians are scared!"

The next moment, his plane was filled with cheers from his comrades, and then Wang Zhewu, covered in sweat, was almost carried out of the cabin by his ground crew brothers.

At this moment, he is everyone's hero. And this fighter plane and his fatal collision will forever become a legend in the Nanyang Air Force!
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"Just come back safely!"

When he hung up the phone, Li Yian's expression was solemn, and he leaned back on the soft chair. He didn't speak for a long time. In fact, after learning that the pilot chose to hit instead of firing, he agreed with the pilot's decision in his heart.

Open fire - fraught with too many uncertain risks.

The rule of the Cold War game is - don't open fire, because opening fire may break the bottom line.

In comparison, collision is much simpler.

After a long while, Yu Xiangdong, who was standing in front of the desk, asked.

"Your Excellency, what if he chose to fire at the Russian bombers?"

Facing Yu Xiangdong's question, Li Yian said without hesitation:
"Then open fire!"

Your answer made Yu Xiangdong stunned, Li Yian said.

"Xiangdong, we should never use normality to look at a country that wiped out a generation of men in one year. This country has post-traumatic stress disorder from top to bottom. Behind their seemingly tough appearance, they are actually bluffing..."

Why did Li Yian dare to "go all in"? Because standing on the shoulders of historical giants gave him a full understanding of the Soviet Union. After all, everything he knew was written down by the eyewitnesses at the time.

The Soviet Union surrendered again and again during the Cold War, which ultimately came down to human factors - the losses in World War II were too heavy.

“PTSD?”

This was the first time Yu Xiangdong heard of this term.

"A psychological term,"

Li Yian explained.

"The post-traumatic stress disorder caused by World War II not only affected the Soviet Union, but also the Soviet Union's allies, the Warsaw Pact member states - Poland, East Germany, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia - were all severely affected by World War II. Eastern Europe, which was within the Soviet sphere of influence, directly lost more than 4500 million people in the war, while Western Europe, Southern Europe and North America only lost a few million people. The gap is quite obvious."

The most obvious example is the baby boom in the Western world after the war, which became the main force of the Western economic recovery after the 1970s. However, there was almost no baby boom in the Eastern European bloc, and the population in many places did not recover to the level before the outbreak of World War II until the collapse of the Iron Curtain, which shows how great the loss was.

"Before the war, the total population of the Soviet Union was 1 million, but 9 million people died in World War II, with total casualties approaching 2700 million. More than half of the men of military age in the Soviet Union were either dead or disabled. In just four years, the number of men in the Soviet Union decreased by nearly 6000%, and more than 4% of men were missing arms and legs. Most of the men who were missing were young people, with only some old, weak, and disabled people left. In an ordinary woman's family, at least one of her grandfather, father, husband, and son was dead or disabled, and the probability of her husband and son dying or being disabled was higher than that of her grandfather and father. Under such circumstances, the psychological impact of post-traumatic stress disorder on the Soviet Union can be imagined."

When talking about the population loss of the Soviet Union, Li Yian was fascinated - there was no way, World War II profoundly changed the entire population structure of the Soviet Union. Tens to twenty million men of marriageable age died in the war, resulting in millions of widows and millions of women who wanted to get married but couldn't. Those women were a social problem for the Soviet Union, but for Nanyang? They were extremely valuable fertility - most of them were women who had received secondary school education!
With so many women of childbearing age, how can one not be fascinated?
But unfortunately, the Soviet Union's door was tightly closed and foreign immigration was prohibited. In this case, we could only watch helplessly!
Yu Xiangdong fell silent when he heard you describe the nationwide post-traumatic stress disorder. Indeed, such a tragic loss would make anyone abnormal.

"So, the psychological shadow area of ​​the Russians is very large!"

Li Yian took out a cigar from the cigar box, lit it, took a puff, and continued.

"The huge psychological shadow brought by World War II made the Soviet Union strive for absolute security from top to bottom, dragging its exhausted and injured body to attack everywhere, because it did not dare to rest and recuperate, fearing that once it rested, it would repeat the mistakes of World War II. It had to prepare for a war that would never break out, because they did not dare to stop at all."

What will be the final result of this nationwide "post-traumatic stress disorder"?

In the end, he died of exhaustion!

How severe was PTSD in the Soviet Union?

In the late 1980s, after Map Head discovered that the military had taken up a lot of resources and produced tens of thousands of useless weapons over the years, he questioned the Minister of Defense about the point of making those weapons. The Minister of Defense said, "We must be prepared. I have experienced the Great Patriotic War and don't want to go through it again."

"The post-traumatic stress disorder engraved in their bones made the Soviets prepare for war for decades, but... they never dared to go all in because they knew the cost of war!"

After taking a puff of his cigar, Li Yian asserted.

"Even if we open fire, they will not overreact. Instead, it may make them realize where our bottom line is!"

This is why the Soviet Union looked so majestic on the surface, but was actually very cowardly.

"But, sir, since they pursue absolute security, we have fundamental differences with them on the Hungarian issue, and it is impossible for them to make concessions on this issue."

Yu Xiangdong said:
"After all, Hungary borders Russia, and its national security is at stake!"

"You're right!"

Li Yian nodded affirmatively and said.

"But if we are not tough enough, the Soviets will not make concessions on other issues, eastwards..."

After a slight pause, Li Yian said.

"Do you know what the saddest thing about the weak and small countries in this world is?"

"I'll always be betrayed!"

Yu Xiangdong said without hesitation:
"Just like they betrayed us during the war, do you mean that we should sacrifice Hungary?"

“It’s not a sacrifice.”

Shaking his head, Li Yian said:

"Just like the United States cannot fight a world war with the Soviet Union for Hungary, we cannot fight with the Soviet Union for it either. So, in the end, we will make some concessions on the issue of Hungary, but before making concessions, we must ensure their safety. Well, the next step is negotiation,"

What would be the position in Hungary?

Holding a cigar between his fingers, Li Yian looked into the distance. In fact... he didn't care at all.

After all, from the very beginning, Hungary was a bargaining chip, a pry bar for Nanyang to stir up the world, to stir up the world situation, and thus achieve a higher and farther goal!
“But no matter what the outcome of the negotiations is, the whole world will see that although Nanyang is not one of the five major countries, it is a country that is willing to uphold justice and fairness for small and weak countries. This will also put us on the highest moral ground!”

What about Egypt?

Who cares? Just tell the Europeans that Egypt violated international treaties. Nanyang is upholding basic international business norms, but on major issues, Nanyang is more resolute than any other country!

Don't talk about Nanyang double standards.

Some rules are inherently vague, and Nanyang is just taking advantage of these vague rules to a certain extent.

Besides, is a special military operation an invasion?
As long as Egypt agrees to the "internationalization of the Suez Canal" and accepts international management, Nanyang will leave immediately. It will definitely not be like the Soviets - coming to Eastern Europe and then "forgetting" to leave.

After all, Nanyang had already got everything it needed - at the same time Macmillan visited to seek help, Nanyang's ambassador to the UK had signed an agreement with the UK in London, whereby the UK transferred Socotra Island to Nanyang.

For Nanyang, the gain was not just the Socotra Island. Negotiations to establish the "Indian Ocean Bank" were also launched at the same time. Once an agreement was reached with Britain, it would mean that in the British colonies, the Nanyang dollar would have the same status as the British pound.

A monetary system independent of the "Bredesen System" is the biggest gain for Nanyang. It will be a colony at first, and in the future, Iran, India, Pakistan and Indian princely states can all join it.

Compared to all this, things like the Suez Canal are almost not worth mentioning.

"Of course, another benefit is to let the Soviet Union, the United States, or the whole world see that Nanyang will not accept any threats. It doesn't matter whether the atomic bomb is terrible or not. What's important is that if someone dares to threaten Nanyang, then Nanyang will not mind using atomic bombs. Using hydrogen bombs will definitely not penetrate the earth, but it is okay to destroy a country!"

After saying this, Li Yian, holding a cigar in his mouth, walked to the map, looked at the map first, then glanced at his watch, and said:

"Well, just now, we launched a ballistic missile - it had a 100 million ton warhead on it!"

"One million tons?"

Yu Xiangdong was surprised:

"Sir, we have the hydrogen bomb!"

His tone was full of surprise, and he even thought, no wonder you are so calm, it turns out it is because of this reason.

"We don't have hydrogen bombs yet, but..."

Li Yi'an said:
"We have a new weapon that is no less powerful than the hydrogen bomb!"

Confidence comes from strength!

Although Nanyang does not have a hydrogen bomb yet, relying on the technology of the 50-ton booster atomic bomb that was exchanged from the United States using rocket technology, Nanyang's nuclear weapons experts have developed an enhanced atomic bomb based on this technology.

The enhanced atomic bomb is a nuclear weapon between the atomic bomb and the hydrogen bomb. By adding some fusion materials to the atomic bomb, the power of the fission nuclear weapon can be increased by 2-5 times. Moreover, its structure is much simpler than that of the hydrogen bomb, which facilitates the miniaturization and adjustable equivalent of nuclear weapons.

Moreover, unlike early hydrogen bombs that could not be stored for a long time, the enhanced atomic bomb can not only be stored for a long time, but also the warhead weight is very important. It is this technical advantage that made it the first choice of the United States and the Soviet Union in the early and middle stages of the Cold War. The equivalent of a well-designed enhanced atomic bomb can even exceed 200 million tons, and its destructive power is no less than that of an ordinary hydrogen bomb.

Even because of raw materials and design problems, the weight of early hydrogen bombs was generally overweight and large in size. This was mainly due to the inability to produce highly enriched isotope lithium-6 at the time. As a result, it was difficult for missiles to carry hydrogen bombs, and they could only be dropped by bombers.

Therefore, for a long time, the enhanced atomic bomb was the main force of the US and Soviet nuclear warheads, and currently Nanyang is the only country that has it! Because the United States and the Soviet Union are currently focusing on hydrogen bombs and their miniaturization.

It would take another two or three years for them to realize that they could not solve the miniaturization problem for the time being and that they would have to go back to develop enhanced atomic bombs to meet the demand for nuclear warheads in order to solve the problem of combat readiness.

And now it's time to give the Soviets a big shock!

(End of this chapter)