554 Yankees in pursuit
De Gaulle obviously did not take Morrigan's warning seriously. He felt that Britain and the United States would not be so crazy. If someone likes to play political assassination, he felt that the Soviet Union in the East was more likely. As for the democratic, free and Western world, this set has no market.
Li Xiaofeng's view on this is childish. Who said that democracy and freedom would not play assassination, how did Lincoln die? How did Kennedy die? Under the skin of democracy and freedom, there are always profit-oriented and wolf-like ambitions. Moreover, according to the understanding of Li Erwin by a certain immortal, this woman will never be ruthless to the enemy. If De Gaulle really makes her feel threatened, assassination is definitely the strategy she will consider.
But now the woman like a femtocratic woman is still waiting, watching the progress of the situation. Once France really stands in the opposite direction of Britain, she will order the removal of De Gaulle in minutes.
"Where are the protective measures I suggested?" Li Xiaofeng asked.
"Charles de Gaulle refused to wear even the bulletproof vest, and he thought he was absolutely safe." Morrigan replied helplessly.
"Tsk," Li Xiaofeng was speechless. Sometimes Charles de Gaulle's personality was quite fucked. After thinking about it, he ordered: "Then we can only let him take the initiative to improve his security level! Arrange an assassination!"
Li Xiaofeng's meaning is very simple. Since Charles de Gaulle does not take the threat of assassination seriously now, it is necessary for him to take it seriously. Moreover, an unsuccessful assassination not only makes Charles de Gaulle vigilant, but also has two other benefits. The first is naturally to enhance Charles de Gaulle's personal reputation. People are like this and have a rebellious mentality. Even if a person who didn't like Charles de Gaulle before heard that Charles de Gaulle was assassinated, he would probably give him more or less support. In addition, in the short term, no one would be so stupid that after Charles de Gaulle had just experienced a assassination, he would immediately take action again, and the possibility of success was too small.
A few days later, when Charles de Gaulle just walked out of the venue after attending a meeting, a bullet hit his left arm. The shot came so suddenly that no one could react. When the blood flowed out, the crowd around De Gaulle woke up and instantly broke out. In the midst of chaos, De Gaulle was escorted to the hospital by the guards. This news immediately ignited the international political arena!
Churchill was both happy and sad. What was happy was that the bastard Charles de Gaulle was shot. What was sad was that the bastard was not dead. He shouted at No. 10 Downing Street: "Why didn't the damn assassin practice shooting skills or aim carefully? What's the role of hurting that bastard? It's really causing trouble for us!"
As for Roosevelt, the old president was wiser. He believed: "Is this a bitter plan for Charles de Gaulle? It is a deliberate attempted assassination, and it is not dangerous to shed some blood. It can gain widespread sympathy and incite public opinion to fight us!"
Of course, Lierwen also had similar concerns, because she knew very well what kind of person her opponent was. She warned Churchill: "We must beware of this being the Russians' trick, and it is not ruled out that they frame us by this!"
In fact, Yakov did suggest that the assassination scene be divided into two scenes. The first scene is the assassination of Charles de Gaulle, and the second scene is the murderer surfaced. This can frame Britain and the United States to further alienate the relationship between Britain and the United States and France.
However, this suggestion was ruthlessly rejected by Li Xiaofeng. A certain immortal said: "Too much is not enough! Don't underestimate Charles de Gaulle. This person is still politically wise. Such means will arouse his suspicion. It's better to let the murderer disappear. There will never be any statement, so that he will be more suspicious of Britain and the United States."
Li Xiaofeng was right, because someone quickly proved his statement by himself. The US Strategic Intelligence Agency felt that this assassination was a good opportunity and could be used. Under the instructions of Director Donovan, the Strategic Intelligence Agency forged a corpse and "framed" it was kgb who planned the assassination.
I have to say that this action was too clumsy. The Americans' skill was too rough. First of all, the weapon was wrong. The bullet hitting De Gaulle's arm was m1 Garland. In order to highlight the taste of the Soviet Union, the Americans replaced the dead "gunner" with a Mosinnagan.
Well, I really believe that careless Americans are willing to get Garland in France, but it is very troublesome to get Mosinna, a Red Army-style model, to get the 30 type. And how could such a stupid assassin come to assassinate with a weapon that easily reveals his identity?
What's more, in this world war, the front-line troops of the Red Army had completely eliminated Mosinnagan, and the most powerful troops also used sks41, and the main force or guards were as-30. It can only be said that the Americans were too careless to pick weapons.
And what is even more interesting is still behind, because France soon found that the Mosinna 30 rifle was not produced in the original Soviet factory. It was transformed from a 1910 m1891 rifle produced by the United States for Tsarist Russia during World War One. This is a genuine American product, and the careless Americans even forgot to grind the gun number, and based on the gun number, the last user of the gun could be directly traced to the US government.
Well, this is really a bit embarrassing. But even more embarrassing is still behind. The body that the Americans got was also problematic. Although Yang tried his best to find the body that matched their impression, Yankees' vision was always a bit problematic. The body was actually a German. He died in the hospital of the prisoner-of-war camp due to a heart attack. The Americans happily accepted the body, and asked the forensic to start the death certificate and symbolically made a fake grave.
But the Americans did not conduct a detailed investigation at all. They did not know that the German prisoner of war had started a family in Paris. So when the poor French widow saw the photo of her husband in the newspaper, she immediately refused to believe it and immediately made a big deal about the matter.
It is conceivable how embarrassing the Americans would be when the fake grave was dug up and there was only an empty coffin inside. What's worse is that the French widow also filed a lawsuit against Team US, who suspected that her husband was killed by Team US for some evil purpose.
Public opinion was instantly ignited, and reporters attacked the US government and the US team with the greatest malicious intention, especially those newspapers controlled by nationalists, and almost sprayed the US team on French soil as neo-Nazi.
In short, this matter was so big that Roosevelt had to stand up and apologize to the poor widow and promise to investigate the matter severely. The old president had to set up an investigation team against his will to wipe the Strategy Intelligence Agency. Of course, we all understand that the investigation will not have any results, at least there will be no results that are particularly unfavorable to the United States.
Logically speaking, this is over. The French cannot offend Americans for the time being. Even De Gaulle, who is very angry about this, can only calm down. However, that is not Li Xiaofeng's style, so under his instruction, kgb threw a stone at the Americans in the well.
When the Roosevelts' investigation team just came to the results and said that the incident was just a misunderstanding. French newspapers broke out another scandal of American prisoners abuse. The newspaper said in a sharp and sarcastic tone: "The American investigation team has no interest in the truth. Their only function is to cover up the truth. Otherwise, they would never watch the war crimes committed by the US team."
The newspaper published a large number of photos of the US military abuse of prisoners of war, and the French people were once again angry. Before the previous wave had subsided, the image of the Americans plummeted in their eyes. So much so that a demonstration broke out in Paris that would let American soldiers get out of Paris. To be honest, when the World Anti-Fascist War was about to win, such actions were quite slap in the face.
Roosevelt was so angry that he was almost ill. He had to apologize again with his old face and promised to investigate the matter to the end. However, it was obvious that the old president's apology was not ideal, and the French were not very willing to buy it. The chain reaction was that the French leaders who were closer to the Americans were implicated. Gillard was thrown eggs and the people called him a traitor. De Gaulle's support rate soared, forcing Britain and the United States to give up their political conspiracy against him.
Director Donovan is really a divine assist. Anyway, he lost a lot of points this time, so even Roosevelt was considering whether to find someone more expert to replace him. With the Strategic Intelligence Agency, he would be killed in minutes!
Fortunately, this was just a small episode, and as the victory got closer, the public's attention quickly shifted, which allowed Director Donovan, who was in danger, to retain his position.
After March, the Axis powers were already a zombie. In Germany, Berlin was surrounded by groups, and millions of Red Army troops were steadily advancing towards the Brandenburg Gate. In addition, Hamburg and Hannover had also set up the dining table. As for Munich, it had surrendered under the fierce offensive of Huasilevsky.
Italy, well, Italy really has nothing to say. The only problem is the huge contradiction between the Soviet Union and the United States and Britain. The Three Kingdoms are constantly talking about the issue of the occupied areas.
Besides, Japan is just about craving. When the US military landed in the Philippines, the Kanto army of the three eastern provinces also retreated step by step towards the terrible county. As for the last two major cities in North China, Beiping and Tianjin, were also liberated by the Eighth Route Army. At this time, Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, also entered the countdown to liberation. A large number of Japanese devils could only retreat to Qingdao, attempting to hold on with this fortress. In Hunan, Japanese devils were also forced to undergo a major contraction, and even the scrambled troops could sway and recover lost territory. It can be seen how depressed and fragile the Japanese devils were at this time.
As the saying goes, he took advantage of his illness to kill him. Although the battle for Germany within the Allies came to an end, the competition for Japan was officially put on the agenda. The United States had the greatest say in the issue of Japan, followed by the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom. Oh, by the way, there is also China, which is almost equivalent to making soy sauce.
The interests of these four countries are definitely not completely consistent. For example, the United States hopes to dominate Japan and thus build a blockade line for the first island chain. The Soviet Union naturally hopes to poke a few holes in this blockade line so that it can have room for activity. Then it is very important to have Japan's strategic position as an important node on the first island chain.
Therefore, on March 2, when the regular meeting of the Political Bureau was held, Sverdlov suggested: "Whether the previous plan to log in to Taiwan can be modified, and the troops used to log in to Taiwan will be used to log in to Japan. Compared with Taiwan, Japan's strategic position is more important. If it can log in to Japan, it will inevitably break the United States' attempt to dominate Japan's blockade of my country's sea outlets. Moreover, from a distance, logging in to Japan is easier. We don't have to worry about attacks at sea, nor do we have to worry about the supply difficulties caused by the long maritime traffic lines."
Sverdlov was aiming at Japan. From a geographical point of view, it was indeed easier for the Soviet Union to launch amphibious operations against Japan, and it was enough to go to Vladivostok to cross the Sea of Japan. In contrast, the distance to land in Taiwan is too far, and the difficulty of supply is indeed not the best strategy.
But Li Xiaofeng wanted Taiwan more. He immediately retorted: "A sudden modification of the combat plan at this time will only lead to a series of chaos. All the preparations made by the troops were about Taiwan, and it was difficult for them to adapt to it. Secondly, our previous intelligence work was also completely directed to Taiwan. If we suddenly change the target, we must re-collect relevant information, which is impossible in a short period of time. Finally, and the most important point, the Japanese are indeed closer to us, but we must also see that Japan's local defense is several times that of Taiwan. The Japanese may not be strictly guarded, but they may try their best to their hometown. The Japanese have proved their madness before. I want to ask, how much casualties are we going to pay?"
Sverdlov was silent because Li Xiaofeng was right. Taiwan's defense level was absolutely incomparable to Japan's local defense level. Didn't these grandsons shouted the slogan of 100 million? In the war plan made by the Americans to land in Japan, they were also prepared to pay millions of casualties, and even asked the manufacturers who produced medals to work overtime to make the Purple Star Medal (this batch of medals has been used until the 21st century, and it is likely to continue to be used until the 22nd century).
When he was not prepared enough, he went to Japan to bet on his luck. Li Xiaofeng firmly opposed such a death. What's more, he believed that Taiwan's strategic position was not much worse than that of Japan, and winning Taiwan had similar effects as winning Japan.
Sverdlov said that he could not agree: "Taiwan's strategic position is far worse than that of Japan. The Korean Peninsula, the Japanese archipelago and Sakhalin Island are like a rope, locking our country's seaports tightly. Taking Taiwan cannot untie this rope, taking Taiwan is only particularly beneficial to China! I firmly oppose the way of sacrificing the Soviet Union to please other countries!"
"How is this called pleasing other countries by sacrificing the Soviet Union?" Li Xiaofeng could not tolerate such accusations. He retorted: "The Communist Party of all countries in the world is a family. If the Chinese Revolution wins, it will greatly change the world situation, and seizing Taiwan will help deepen the friendly relations between the two countries. If China breaks the blockade of the island chain, it is equivalent to the Soviet Union breaking the blockade of the island chain. Your narrow nationalist thinking will only push our allies to the enemy!"
Seeing that the two people were about to quarrel, Trotsky quickly smoothed out the situation: "It is meaningless to blame and attack each other at this time. Comrades, we must maintain unity!" After a pause, he continued: "Whether it is landing in Taiwan or in Japan, there are practical difficulties. Taiwan is too far away, which is a big problem for supply. Although Japan is close, the Japanese struggling dying Japanese are still very terrifying. The war is coming to an end. We must be cautious and choose a plan with the highest cost ratio."
The so-called maximum efficiency ratio is naturally to spend the least money and make the smallest sacrifice to get the greatest gain. So who is more suitable for Taiwan or Japan? The final answer given by the Political Bureau is Taiwan, which takes into account all factors in a comprehensive way, especially considering that the Red Marines lack amphibious landing experience and the risk of landing in Japan rashly is too high, so Sverdlov's suggestion was rejected.
Sverdlov naturally would not be happy about this, so he looked angry. He felt more and more that he could not do anything within the framework of this political bureau. When he thought that such a framework would bind him for five years in the future, Xiao Si could not bear it.
It was at this moment that Sverdlov strengthened his belief that he must break this framework, that he must plan well and make a big vote!
Not to mention Sverdlov's inner thoughts, the focus of the discussion at the regular meeting of the Political Bureau had turned to the second issue. The Soviet National Earthquake Station monitored an earthquake activity on March 1. It seemed that an earthquake of about magnitude 5 occurred in New Mexico, USA.
At the beginning, the news did not attract the attention of relevant parties, because there were too many earthquakes around the world, and there was no need to make a fuss about a magnitude 5 earthquake. However, after Li Xiaofeng learned about this news, he immediately attracted attention. He immediately ordered the Wufengjevich, who was fully responsible for the nuclear engineering project, to compare the waveform data of the earthquake in New Mexico with the earthquake caused by the Soviet Union's nuclear test on Nova Nova. He activated the relevant kgb agents in the United States to go to New Mexico to find out. With Andropov's efforts, it was first confirmed that the exact location of the earthquake was the experimental site of the US military. After that, relevant experts compared the waveform data and believed that the earthquake was very likely caused by a nuclear explosion.
So this information was immediately placed on the desk of the Political Bureau with the highest priority level. It is very necessary for the Political Bureau to hold a meeting to discuss if it is to deal with the nuclear challenge of the Americans.
"A preliminary estimate is that the equivalent of this nuclear explosion should be around 20,000 tons. kgb is collecting gas data, but it is estimated that the sample will take as long as one month to arrive in our laboratory. But I think this should be a successful nuclear explosion."
Li Xiaofeng first clarified his judgment, and his judgment was very important. If he did not clarify the nature of the earthquake, the Political Bureau could do nothing.
Trotsky nodded: "It seems that the Americans are not slow either. Can kgb estimate when the Americans can create atomic bombs that can be used for actual combat? And how many similar devices can the United States build this year?"
Li Xiaofeng was also unsure, not a joke, but it was really unsure, because this was different from history. In history, Americans only conducted their first nuclear test in July, and now they are three and a half months ahead of schedule. Then the data on Americans' nuclear weapons in history have lost their meaning.
Li Xiaofeng could only make a rough estimate: "According to our test conclusions, it is easier for a nuclear test device to become a nuclear weapon that can be used for actual combat. Considering the performance of the b29, even if the American atomic bomb weighs four to five tons, the b29 can be carried. As for the number of US nuclear weapons, it still depends on more intelligence support, but roughly speaking, it should not exceed 5 atomic bombs."
Trotsky frowned because this time Li Xiaofeng did not give a particularly confident answer. His words were more speculative words such as possible or perhaps. This shows that kgb does not know much about the US nuclear weapons engineering.
Of course, Trotsky did not accuse Li Xiaofeng of anything, because he also knew that nuclear engineering was kept confidential by any country, especially a big country like the United States, who spared no effort. For example, the confidentiality level of nuclear engineering in the Soviet Union was really terrifying, and only members of the Political Bureau were qualified to understand.
So Trotsky ordered: "I know this is not easy, but kgb should still strengthen its penetration of US nuclear engineering and try to obtain more real data. This is of great significance to us!"
Then Trotsky changed his tone and entered another topic: "In fact, all the comrades here know that the secret of the atomic bomb is easy to crack. As long as you have enough industrial capabilities, you can do it. It is conceivable that in the future, more countries will have nuclear weapons. Then the problem comes, we all know the destructiveness of this weapon. In order to prevent the world from being destroyed by impulse, we must adopt a complete set of relevant policies. And now it is time to do this!"
Trotsky said solemnly: "What kind of nuclear strategy should we adopt? Comrades."
This issue involves a lot. Among the people present, some advocate preemptively, some advocate latecomer, and even advocate never to use it, and their opinions are not unified.
Chapter completed!