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Chapter 1297: Help Your Brothers (Third Update, Please Subscribe)

Weekends are a time for people to relax and enjoy life.

It was just past eleven o'clock in the evening. Margaret, who had just finished watching "Dr. No" with her family in the screening room, was thinking of having some fun, such as riding a rocket, but the sudden ring of the phone interrupted her fantasy.

"Hey……"

Picking up the microphone, Li Yian said calmly.

"Sir, the White House in Washington called and President Kennedy hopes to speak to you in person."

Listening to the voice coming from the other end of the microphone, Li Yian's hand holding the microphone trembled. This was because he was too excited!

Then, he took a deep breath and said,
"Got it. I'll go to the office right away."

"What's wrong? Honey!"

Although she was somewhat dissatisfied, Margaret guessed that something must have happened, otherwise, he would not go to the office at this time.

"What happened?"

"Who knows? You'll find out when you get there."

Li Yian reached out and touched his wife's cheek. Now he was in the middle of such a big event. Although he knew that there was no accidental shooting in the other world, who knew?

"Be back in a moment."

After leaving his wife, Li Yian felt calm, not because he already knew what had happened.

But it was because he knew that now... was a critical moment, and what was needed at this moment was to face it calmly.

Soon, Kennedy called.

Just as he had guessed, it was Cuba, where the Soviets had deployed missiles.

"Sir, now the free world needs Nanyang to stand up and take responsibility."

"Mr. President, please believe that Nanyang will always stand on the side of the free world."

Of course, this freedom is the kind defined by Nanyang freedom. Freedom, of course, must be interpreted freely.

"Sir, the threat the United States is facing now is unprecedented. In order to better deter the Russians and avoid a nuclear war, the Pentagon believes that if your country's Yongchang-class destroyers can join the blockade, it will undoubtedly fundamentally change the balance of power. In addition, Tomahawk missiles can destroy all nuclear bombs at the first moment of crisis escalation, thus preventing the situation from further deteriorating. So, can you send a fleet to participate in the blockade?"

Facing Kennedy's request, Li Yian paused for a moment and said:

"Although our fleet is still needed in the Persian Gulf, we can send two Yongchang-class ships. After all, it is well known that the Soviet Union does not listen to rational logic, but is very sensitive to the logic of force. Military deterrence is the fundamental premise for forcing them to make concessions. At this time, the free world should unite!"

There was a burst of thanks from the other end of the phone. After the thanks, Kennedy knew that everything has a price, so he asked:
"Thank you for your understanding, sir. Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Mr. President, we all know that this confrontation originated from the deployment of ballistic missiles in Italy and Turkey, which made the Soviet Union feel threatened. As a result, the Soviet Union took the risk of deploying ballistic missiles in Cuba as a countermeasure, and Southeast Asia was also involved in the incident. We are building missile bases in the Middle East."

What construction? That's just an excuse - do mobile medium-range missiles need to build bases?

Yes, and no, we need a daily base. We don't need a launch silo or a launch site. If necessary, we can just use a heavy transport plane to airlift the vehicle and missiles together.

The reason for saying this is to ask for benefits.

"As a party involved in the conflict, we need to strengthen our armaments. For example, our air force only has light fighters. In order to better fight the Soviet Union, we need more F4s. If a major war breaks out, we will assist the Allies from the Middle East! Mr. President!"

An F4 costs several million dollars!
If not now, when will you ask for benefits?
"I understand, sir, your request will be met!"

For the sake of the free world...Nanyang is once again busy and busy.

But at this time, the people in Southeast Asia were still asleep.

It's not that Li Yian is careless, but because... the matter of the American, let the Americans worry first, and the people of Nanyang should have a good rest for another night. Of course, the military is an exception, and the military should be notified to prepare and prepare a response plan.

But in fact, Li Yian couldn't sleep, perhaps because he was too excited or agitated.

what?
Li Yian eagerly hoped for the Cuban Missile Crisis to break out. This was an absolute lie. No one cherished peace more than him. How could he be the kind of person who only feared chaos in the world?

He was not excited now, but nervous.

……

On Monday, when Xiang Chenglin woke up in bed, he glanced at the woman next to him. Although she was from Saigon, she was not Chen Lichun. After all, she was the sister-in-law of the South Vietnamese president's brother. His wife was a well-known movie star in Saigon. They met at a banquet and returned to Chang'an after marriage.

In the past few years, he has been working in the secretariat of the official residence, providing some information and advice on Saigon. After driving to Daming Palace in the morning, although he had just arrived at the parking lot, he felt that the atmosphere was different from the past. There were some Warrior off-road vehicles from the military parked in the parking lot, as well as some vehicles from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other departments. Today was not a meeting day, and everyone rushed here, so something must have happened.

"What happened?"

As soon as he entered the secretary's office, Xiang Chenglin asked his colleague next to him:
"USA!"

My colleague whispered:

"The Soviets have placed missiles in Cuba!"

Although it was just a simple sentence, Xiang Chenglin's diplomat's intuition made him realize that this really concerned the direction of the world.

Xiang Chenglin didn’t know the specific situation, but he vaguely realized that this was a big event!

However, as a commissioner, he was not qualified to attend the meeting. In the conference room of Daming Palace, the meeting had been held for almost half an hour.

“…So Cuba, that’s right under the noses of the Americans, we can’t interfere too much.”

Li Guoren said,
"It is now certain that the problem is caused by American missiles in Italy and Turkey, and possibly also on our part - after all, we have deployed missiles in the Middle East in accordance with the agreement between us and the United States."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Delin said:
"What General Li said is different. Although we deploy missiles in the Middle East with the United States, the direct reason is for ourselves. To deploy missiles in the Middle East, we only need to deploy "Craftsmen" to cover most targets including Moscow. This is only in Musandam. If deployed in Iraq, it can cover the entire Soviet Union!"

Although it is the world's first mobile medium-range missile, the "Carpenter" uses a lot of new technologies and its range is not short - a range of 3300 kilometers, which is enough to threaten most areas of the Soviet Union. The military is also making further improvements to it, and it is expected that the range of the new missile will exceed 5000 kilometers.

Compared with intercontinental missiles that require tens of millions to build silos to launch, mobile medium-range missiles have a much longer range and do not require expensive silos. If deployed in the Middle East, it will only take a dozen minutes to bomb important Soviet cities such as Moscow into ruins. This is simply a magical weapon that can kill an entire family!

Especially with the "liberation" of Iraq, the military has planned to build a military base in the mountainous area of ​​northern Iraq and deploy medium-range missiles directly towards the Baltic Sea.

It is enough to use medium-range missiles to deal with the Soviet Union. As for intercontinental missiles... the United States may not be a friend!
There is still a certain demand in Nanyang for this.

Since medium-range missiles can hit the Soviet Union, why use expensive intercontinental missiles?
Li Yian interrupted directly:

"Let's talk about the United States first! As for us, we haven't deployed yet!"

Medium-range missiles will definitely be deployed in the future, but that is in the future. Anyway, we have mobile launch vehicles and can be deployed flexibly in any way we want.

"In terms of current military strength, the United States has an absolute advantage over the Soviet Union. This is beyond doubt."

Chief of Staff Zhao Mingqin said:

"The only question is whether the Cuban Missile Crisis will lead to a major war, and the key to whether it will lead to a major war lies in the Soviet Union - whether the Soviet Union will withdraw its missiles."

"The Soviet Union withdrew its missiles? That would mean they surrendered! How could they surrender in front of the whole world?"

"Why not? We can't really drop atomic bombs on each other!"

The phrase "dropping atomic bombs on each other" silenced everyone. Although geographically speaking, the South Pacific is quite safe - basically all nuclear-armed countries that want to bomb the South Pacific have to drop intercontinental missiles, but apart from the South Pacific, only the United States and the Soviet Union have intercontinental missiles. They don't even have enough missiles to bomb each other, so naturally they can't take care of the South Pacific.

But even so, no one is willing to drop nuclear bombs on each other!

"But what if the Soviet Union doesn't give in?"

What if you don't give in?
Not to mention that they didn't know, in fact, Li Yian didn't know either. Although the big event came as expected, only God knew whether the world had changed like this and whether they would really fall out with each other. The "Cuban Missile Crisis" back then was only one step away from an accidental discharge of a gun.

If it were not for the domestic hardliners suppressed by Kennedy and Khrushchev, especially the former, according to the information declassified later, the CIA and the military had deliberately concealed the "Cuban Missile Crisis" from the White House from the very beginning. They wanted to use this issue to make the White House face up to the threat and thus directly resolve the Cuban issue by adopting a preemptive strategy.

What was the U.S. military's speculation at the time?
It is true that the Soviet Union "may not" fight a losing nuclear war with the United States for Cuba, but they obviously forgot one thing: there were tens of thousands of Soviet troops in Cuba, so how could they allow the United States to invade?

Moreover, the Soviet military hardliners would not sit idly by and take no action. In a word, there were too many accidental factors in Cuba.

If any unexpected deviation occurs, I guess they will really start a big fight in Cuba. If that happens, we will be doomed.

Even though Li Yian chose to go all-in several times, in fact, he was playing blackmail because he knew the other party's cards well, so he dared to do so.

But what about Cuba?
Now that history has changed in this way, will the problems in Cuba be further intensified?

Li Yian was not clear, but one thing was certain: to a large extent, the Soviet Union was not willing to fight. As for the American capitalists, they were not willing to be hit by an atomic bomb!
In other words, there is still great hope for peace.

Then, Li Yian said:
"For the sake of world peace, we should make diplomatic efforts. What is the Soviet Union's purpose? Of course, all this depends on the latest news from the United States. The situation is unclear now, so it is naturally impossible to judge how to respond. We can only..."

After a pause, Li Yian glanced out the window and said after a moment:

"We'll take it one step at a time! However, we must ensure that we have a certain level of deterrence to ensure that no one dares to act rashly!"

(End of this chapter)