Chapter 692: Everywhere I Passed, Not a Blade of Grass Grows [Third Update]
"How about loosening the ties to Japan," Reagan gritted his teeth and said, there was really no choice but to take a risk.
"No," the seven generals said in unison, their faces were firm, it was resolute not to untie Japan, this point was not negotiable, Reagan's face was even darker, I didn't expect the military to be so resolute in opposition.
"Mr. President, Japan's nature is difficult to change, the Pearl Harbor incident must not be allowed to happen again, this kind of black pot is enough for our military to carry once, there will never be a second time" General Johnson said with a firm face, and the other generals nodded, which can be said to be of the same mind in the military, Reagan's face became even darker.
The incident at Pearl Harbor became an indelible rift between the military and the White House, and it was written into history, which was a complete bloody shame for these hawkish generals, but there was no way, because the other party was the president of the United States of America, and he had to maintain his external image.
Yes, your presidents are all great, and the black pot can only be carried by our military, but there is absolutely no next time, this is the bottom line of the military, the bottom line that cannot be agreed to no matter what, and you must not let your name be written into history and be scolded by future generations.
"Mr. President, although we subsidize half the price, but it is still between whether the umbrella accepts it or not, because India has no money, as far as our intelligence goes, half of the funds for buying weapons with the umbrella last time were from various other materials, and the last few times we bought weapons with the umbrella, the umbrella has not responded, obviously, the umbrella is very worried about recovering the money" Horton looked at Reagan and persuaded bitterly.
Reagan was stunned, is India poor to this extent, the wealth of the United States limits Reagan's imagination, "I will think about it seriously, give me a little time" Reagan looked at this document, really didn't want to sign it, and his heart was quite entangled in the resentment of the umbrella.
Several generals looked at each other, all of them smiled bitterly, and said in their hearts, isn't it just that the umbrella scraped the money on coffee futures and didn't give it to you, as for the complaint is so big, Morgan also scraped it, didn't he give it to you, why don't you see such a big grievance.
Several generals looked at each other and nodded slowly, this matter cannot be delayed, "Mr. President, in two days, if there is no news, our proposal will be submitted to Congress for review, this matter is too big for our military to bear" General Johnson said with a serious face.
Reagan was stunned for a moment, and submitted it to Congress, what do you military want to do, to show that I am incompetent as president, Horton took out a map from his bag and put it in front of Reagan, let Reagan take a look, Reagan looked.
"Mr. President, this is a polar bear control area, if he is allowed to stand on his feet, according to the internal analysis of the military, at most two years, the entire territory of India will completely belong to polar bears, at that time polar bears can get too many supplies from India for blood transfusion, we analyze, at most one year, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Myanmar, will fall, by that time, polar bears' military peaks can be pointed directly at Australia" Horton pointed to the map and explained to Reagan.
"These areas are places with great strategic resources, and if Japan had not attacked the mainland, but concentrated on attacking Southeast Asia, World War II would not have ended so quickly, and it was really not certain who would win and who would have lost," Horton said directly.
Reagan's face was dark, looking at the map, and he completely understood why Horton would say this, population, India is the same as the mainland, there are too many people, so many people are armed, they are completely locusts, and wherever they pass, there is no grass.
Next, a general named Bolton began to explain to Reagan the military strength of Southeast Asian countries, and the more Reagan said that Reagan's face became darker, and he never dreamed that the military strength of Southeast Asian countries would be so low and backward, and such military strength could not stop the steel torrent of polar bears.
(According to the information searched by hooligans, the countries of Southeast Asia began to gradually change after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and before that, the weapons used were basically eliminated by the powerful countries in World War II, and the combat effectiveness was simply scum)
The generals and Reagan spent a noon discussion in the office, and the four of them spent the morning in the break room, all four of them looking confused and not knowing what was going on.
It wasn't until the butler of the White House came to invite the four of them to dinner that they knew what was going on from this person's mouth, and the military bigwig had been arguing with the president in his office for a morning, and they had not eaten yet, and all four of them were taken aback.
This matter is not a trivial matter, the last time the military negotiated with the president for such a long time was during the war, could something have happened, the four of them looked at each other, and they all counted in their hearts, and went to the restaurant to eat.
While eating, they whispered, "The only thing that can make the military so nervous is the polar bear, and the others don't have this weight, even Guo plus us, they don't have this weight" Xiusi said seriously, his voice was very low.
They all nodded, "You're right, there must be something wrong with the polar bear, but it's also a good opportunity for us, isn't it?" said Ermar as he looked at the three of them.
The three of them were stunned for a moment, looked at Ermaar's eyes, and quickly understood, "We have no profits, we have to lay off people, this cannot be refused" Strauss took a bite of steak, looked at the three of them and said, the three of them all smiled and nodded.
At two o'clock, the chief came and invited the four of them to the president's office, and told them to be careful when they spoke.
The president doesn't eat or not, the four of them don't care at all, it's my business, things have reached such a point, it's a symbol of incompetence, and I don't mean to pity the president at all.
When the four of them entered the president's office, they were more or less taken aback, not only the president and the military, but also several ministers, this formation is not small.
"Sit down" Reagan said very unhappily, and the four of them did it, and seeing that the president was silent, Reagan wanted to get angry, but he held back.
"You're going to lay off people," Reagan asked, and the four of them nodded and said nothing
"How many layoffs are you going to make," Reagan asked
"Boeing plans to lay off 14,000 workers in the United States," Ermaar said directly, and several of them raised eyebrows
"General Plan lays off 16,000 people in the United States" Hughes also reported a number, and the faces of these people darkened even more
"There are not many of Thor, six thousand," said Strauss, his face calm.
"Huntington Ingalls didn't lay off many people, 4,600 people," Sartre said expressionlessly, and Reagan pinched his thigh fiercely to remind himself to control his anger.
"Gentlemen, it's against labor law that you're laying off people like this," Reagan said, looking at the four
"I, Boeing, don't break it, these people's contracts expire this year, and we are not renewing them" Ermaar said directly, Reagan couldn't wait to pick up his gun and destroy Ermaar, did your patriotism be eaten by dogs.
"We don't violate the law, these people are all contracts that have expired, we don't renew the contract, we don't violate any laws" Hughes said seriously, GM is not something you can pinch casually.
Strauss was about to talk to Sartre, but was stopped by Reagan, "Gentlemen, do you know that such a large-scale layoff would cause turmoil" Reagan controlled his anger.
"I know, but if you don't lay off people, if you drag it out, it will make more people have no food, and then the turmoil will be even greater, not more than 10,000 people, but 30,000 or 40,000 people" Hughes said directly, and the faces of Reagan and several ministers were darkened.
"Is it because the umbrella doesn't give you orders?" asked Reagan, and all four nodded.
"Mr. President, after Boeing cooperated with Umbrella, in the past two years, a whole seven production lines have been activated, and now if there are no orders for Umbrella, we must close these lines, otherwise, our loss will be astronomical," Ermaar said directly, and Reagan was taken aback.
Has Boeing activated so many production lines, looking at the person next to him, the staff member nodded, signaling that Ermaar was not lying, this is a fact, you can't erase it.
"We have activated four production lines, we need to shut them down as well, to be honest, my heart hurts" Hughes said holding his chest, if he really shut down four production lines, Xius might have a heart attack.
"Mr. President, we have been working with the umbrella for so long, and the orders from the umbrella to our four companies have added up to more than 10 billion US dollars, you know what this amount means to the four of us, we really can't bear it," Strauss said seriously, and many people were taken aback.
Reagan began to hesitate, such a high transaction amount, what does the umbrella want to do with these arms, Reagan began to think deeply, "Mr. President, do you want to know, why does the umbrella want to reduce the order" Ermaar said directly, Reagan nodded, really wanted to know what was going on.
"At the beginning of this year, the Umbrella was at war with Vietnam, did Mr. President know?" asked Ermaar, and Reagan nodded, he knew the matter very well.
"The umbrella has invested more than five billion dollars in arms to win this battle, not counting the personnel pension, material consumption, etc., if it is all down, it will cost almost seven billion dollars, and in return, Vietnam only compensated 300 million US dollars, which is the basis of the umbrella reduction order, and the umbrella does not want to play this game" Ermaar said directly.
Many people took a breath of cool air, and the military people lowered their heads in embarrassment, they knew this matter very well, Reagan saw the expressions of the military bigwigs and knew that this matter was not fake, your sister, what should I do about this, don't talk about the umbrella, even the country can't bear it.