During the period of hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union, the powerful Soviet army can be said to have put its guns directly on the heads of the Germans.

Now, although the Soviet Union is gone, aren't the Germans afraid?

No!

They are still afraid!

If you look at the map, the straight-line distance from St. Petersburg in Russia to Berlin in Germany is only more than 1,300 kilometers, which is still the distance between the big cities of the two countries, and if you count the straight-line distance of the border between the two countries, it is even shorter, only about 1,000 kilometers.

A distance of about 1,000 kilometers, what is this distance for modern warfare? It can be said that Germany is all in Russia's heavy fighter planes and long-range cruise missiles. If you make an analogy within the strike range of short- and medium-range ground-to-surface ballistic missiles, it is nothing more than that the Soviet Union held a gun to the door of the head before, and now the muzzle of the gun is only three inches away from the door of its own head, but this distance is not useful, damn Maozi said that killing himself is killing himself, not to mention that Russia can completely use the power of the Baltic Fleet to strike at Germany's cities along the Baltic Sea.

To put it mildly, although the Soviet Union is no longer there, the fear that the Russians have left in the hearts of the Germans for decades, as well as the real military threat, still keep the Germans awake at night, and they are afraid and afraid of this evil neighbor.

In this case, a number of US military bases throughout Germany, the US European Command and more than 70,000 garrisons are of great importance to protect Germany's national security, but at this time, when the entire Germans are doubting whether their soldiers can afford to protect Germany's national strategic security, the Americans said that they will reduce the number of garrisons and bases, for the Germans, this is no less than a bolt from the blue!

As soon as he heard the news, Schroeder called George Jr. to confirm the authenticity of the matter: "Mr. George, I heard that your country is now interested in reducing the number of troops stationed in Germany, is this true?"

"This ...... The Pentagon did hand me a document before," George Jr. nodded, and did not hide it: "You said that you strongly demanded to reduce the number of troops stationed in Germany, didn't you?"

Hearing little George's disguised admission that it was true, Schroeder suddenly became anxious: "Mr. George, as you know, the German government has always highly welcomed the stationing of the United States @ army in Germany, and the US military stationed in Germany is very important to Germany's national security, which is the ...... written into the relationship between the two countries."

"That's not what you said, is it?" Before Schroeder's words could be finished, he was interrupted by little George: "Mr. Schroeder, over the years, the call in your country to reduce the number of US troops in Germany and the number of US military bases in Germany has not stopped, and it can even be said that this voice is getting higher and higher, don't tell me that this has nothing to do with the acquiescence of your government." ”

The diplomatic rhetoric submitted to the media is one thing, but when it comes to the level of George Jr. and Schroeder, both sides actually don't go around in circles when they talk, they can say whatever they want, and as for the question of whether to give face...... Hehe, with Millican's ability to control Germany, does George Jr. need to give Schroeder face?

“......”

Schroeder was dumbfounded.

Of course, he knew that George Jr. was right, and the reason why the voices in Germany demanded that the US troops stationed in Germany get out of the country were so high, and the reason why the number of opposing US troops was rising every year, if this had nothing to do with the German government, someone had to believe it.

The truth of the matter is that with the continuous growth of Germany's national strength, economically speaking, Germany has even surpassed France, Britain and Italy, becoming the number one economic power on the European continent I make myself uncomfortable, I no longer want to be a dog for Americans, I want to be a person myself, and I want to use this way to get rid of this "dog chain" around my neck.

It's just that this time the incident was too embarrassing, the Germans, who were desperately trying to get rid of the chains that the Americans put around their necks, suddenly found that this chain was very important to them, and without this chain, even their own lives would no longer be safe......

You said that this thing was done, it was really as embarrassing as it was.

They are all smart people, and at this point, if Schroeder still doesn't understand that this incident was caused by the Americans, he is not qualified to sit in his current position, sighed, Schroeder said: "Okay, Mr. George, I assure you that in the future, you will never hear those voices calling for the withdrawal of American troops again." ”

Hearing Schroeder's words, little George smiled: "Are you going to admit it now?

Thinking of what Chen Geng had said to him before, little George's mood was pleasant, and he said with a smile: "Mr. George, is it okay just like this?"

Schroeder was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding what little George meant: We don't protest anymore, let your army be stationed on our land, we are all like this, what are you going to do?!

But Schroeder was not stupid after all, he took a deep breath and asked little George, "What do you mean?"

Little George had waited too long for this moment, and when he heard this, he did not hesitate to say loudly: "The German government must increase the proportion of your share of the cost of garrisoning!"

"This is impossible!" Schroeder exclaimed: "Mr. George, it is absolutely impossible for the German government to agree to such conditions!"

Increase the proportion of the cost of garrisoning troops shared by the German government?

The idea never crossed Schroeder's head, and in Schroeder's opinion, the Germans were now bearing enough of the cost of garrisoning that it was absolutely impossible to increase the apportionment.

It is a pity that Schroeder's lust has been seen by little George, and the Americans have been planning for so long, how could they be given up by Schroeder's "NO!" He said without hesitation: "Mr. Schroeder, over the years, your Germany has taken advantage of Milliken enough, because Millican has assumed the responsibility of protecting Germany's national security, and your military spending has been maintained at the level of 1.2% of the gross national product all year round. France and even Italy, what is the proportion of military spending in the gross national product?

None of them are below 2.8%!

You see that the saved military expenses are used to develop the economy and science and technology, but they are not used to subsidize the American soldiers who protect your safety, Mr. Schroeder, are you fools when we are Americans?!"

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