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The day after the foreign secretary left Washington, Norris officially stepped down from office, and Vice President Cronin was sworn in in Congress. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although this political change has long been guessed by the outside world, when Norris announced his resignation, it still caused a sensation and made the turbulent international situation even more difficult to fathom.

The most affected is none other than the book.

No matter how Norris views the Russian-Russian conflict, after Cronin entered the White House, he said that he would have to adjust his foreign policy and consolidate his alliance with the United States. As a result, Ikawa Kojiro had to spend more time dealing with US-Israeli relations and was unable to make key decisions on the Russian issue in a timely manner.

Also affected is Russia.

Immediately after Cronin was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, the Russian president sent a congratulatory telegram, hoping to improve relations with the United States led by Cronin and jointly create a new world order of peace and prosperity.

Although this is just diplomatic rhetoric, it can be seen that Russia attaches great importance to its relations with the United States.

As a "short-lived" president, Cronin has largely served to bridge the gap between the past and the next, keeping the federal axe running in the months leading up to the election. In any case, the United States needs a president, even if in a few months, the election will begin.

Affected by this, in foreign policy, Cronin still adheres to Norris's line.

The day after he was sworn in, Cronin summoned the ambassador to the United States and bluntly stated the attitude of the United States on the Russian-Russian conflict. Like Norris, Cronin did not want to come out and stir up trouble at this time, and the United States not only would not fulfill the alliance treaty for the sake of the four northern islands, but would also not give him any military and political support, but hoped that he would be able to resolve the contradictions through peaceful negotiations.

At this point, he had no choice.

Although Ikawa Kojiro had already planned and even prepared for war, without the support of the United States, it would have been impossible for him to take advantage of the four northern islands. More importantly, what he did on the four northern islands not only made Russia feel a real threat, but also raised the vigilance of several neighboring countries. The reason is very simple: This is not only a territorial dispute with Russia, but also a territorial and territorial sea dispute with the ROK and the mainland, and if the ROK insists on going its own way on the issue of the four northern islands, it will inevitably make the ROK and the mainland go on their backs. Without the support of the United States, offending three neighbors at the same time, plus North Korea, which has always regarded Yuben as an enemy, all of his foreign policy in the Western Pacific region will be bankrupt and even seriously threatened, and he will not be able to defeat all three of his neighbors at once.

Ikawa Kojiro is not a fool, and he must rely on the United States before he can grow into a real power.

For this reason, Ikawa Kojiro had no choice but to withdraw the fleet deployed near Hokkaido, and at the same time announced the lifting of combat readiness and ordered the Kamoto Air Force to adjust its deployment and allow the air forces concentrated in the north to return to their positions.

In response, Russia has also downgraded the combat readiness of its military and withdrawn four bombers with strategic deterrence missions to the western region.

After a week of tense tension, the situation in Russia has finally calmed down, but everyone believes that this is only the beginning.

In this conflict, the hard-line stance shown by the company, especially in the waters under the jurisdiction of Russia, has shown a fundamental shift in the country's foreign policy. However, no one can guarantee that in a few years' time, as the United States gradually normalizes itself and no longer relies heavily on the security guarantees provided by the United States, it will again create incidents and use extreme means to settle territorial and territorial disputes with neighboring countries, thus becoming a destabilizing factor endangering world peace.

It is not only Russia that is worried, but also the mainland, as well as South Korea, which is also an ally of the United States.

This concern became even stronger with Ikawa Kojiro's urgent visit to the United States.

As the first foreign political leader to visit Washington after Cronin took office, Kojiro Ishikawa received an oversized reception.

In the eyes of the outside world, the main reason for Ikawa Kojiro's visit to the United States, in addition to being a "routine matter," is to use it to repair the US-China relations that have already cracked and to rely on US support to consolidate Kojiro's strategic position in the western Pacific region. But what the outside world didn't expect was that after Ikawa Kojiro met Cronin, the first thing he talked about was not the relationship between the United States and the United States, but Ben's interests in the United States.

To be precise, it was the interests of the companies and tourists who suffered heavy losses in the Manhattan attacks.

At the time of the attack, there were at least 5,000 tourists on Manhattan Island, as well as more than 10,000 expatriate workers from the company, according to data provided by the authorities. On this small island, there are hundreds of offices, branches, and fixed assets belonging to the company. In the attack, at least 1,000 people were killed, and the damage to property is incalculable.

Because the U.S. authorities did not recognize that it was a war, financial compensation was needed to the victims.

Ikawa Kojiro's raising of the issue of compensation at this level is obviously not in line with the already contradictory US-China relations, and is more like putting pressure on the United States, so that the United States will give more consideration to the demands of the United States on issues involving the interests of the United States, rather than just proceeding from the interests of the United States.

As a result, Ikawa Kojiro's meeting with Cronin was not a success.

At this time, the United States needs the support of its allies more than being criticized and criticized by its allies, let alone discussing compensation with its allies.

The problem is that the U.S. should really pay for the losses of its own businesses and tourists.

Even if it is not the federal axe of the United States, it will have to be paid for by American insurance companies.

Unlike Norris, Cronin's domestic policy is more focused on restoring normal order than focusing entirely on the aftermath. To be precise, restoring normal order in society is also part of the aftermath work, and it is the most critical part.

One of the first things Cronin did when he took office was to provide guarantees for insurance companies.

In exchange for Norris's resignation, Congress also passed a revised Federal Monetary Axe Loan Guarantee Act after Cronin took office, which provided more room for federal political debt and gave the federal political axe assets such as taxes to provide loan guarantees for businesses that were in trouble as a result of the attack.

The key to restoring economic order is to restore confidence among the people and to give businesses the funds to resume operations.

It can be seen from this that saving those insurance companies that are on the verge of collapse has become the main task of economic reconstruction in the United States, and it is also a necessary guarantee for the victims to rebuild their homes, and Ikawa Kojiro has very accurately grasped the key points of the United States and put pressure on the United States on the issue of compensation.

In doing so, he just wants the United States to make concessions and pay more attention to the interests of the United States.

As a president who rose from the vice presidency, Cronin's ability to handle crises is far inferior to that of the most decorated leaders in history, not even Norris. In fact, in the history of the United States, presidents with a similar identity to Cronin have not fared very well. For example, Truman, who succeeded Roosevelt, and Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, the former involved the United States in the Korean War, and the latter made the United States unable to extricate itself from the quagmire of the Vietnam War. Cronin was no better, in the face of the threat of Ikawa Kojiro, he actually compromised in an all-round way, handed over the initiative, and was led by the nose by Ikawa Kojiro on some crucial issues.

When he left Washington, Kojiro Ikawa brought a very generous gift with him.

According to the agreement he reached with Cronin, the United States will continue to fulfill the arms sales agreement to Japan, that is, sell the F-22J and F-35B fighter jets and the patents for their production, and provide the aircraft carrier construction technology, such as electromagnetic catapults. In addition, it will greatly enhance the status of the military alliance in the region, give the army more operational autonomy, and gradually abolish the military bases in the army.

Only a month later, the United States delivered the third batch, the last batch of F-22J fighters manufactured in the United States, and the first batch of F-35B fighters manufactured in accordance with the requirements of the Navy.

After Kojiro Ikawa returned to Japan, the first thing he did was to actively promote the construction of aircraft carriers.

According to the bill on the development of naval equipment passed by the lower house of the National Assembly, in the next five years, the construction of three attack aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of more than 60,000 tons will begin one after another, and at the same time, supporting combat ships and production lines for carrier-based fighters will also be started.

In return, Kojiro Ikawa did not treat Cronin badly either.

According to the agreement reached between the two sides, the company will provide a total of $150 billion in financial assistance to five U.S. insurance companies in the form of guaranteed loans, of which 75 percent will be paid to the companies and tourists who suffered losses in the attack. In addition, in the next 20 years, the gold deposited in the United States will no longer be withdrawn, and the international gold price before the incident will be settled with the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States, and the funds that need to be repaid will be gradually repaid by the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States in the next 20 years.

To put it simply, the authorities bought off the United States with more than 1,000 tons of gold and $150 billion.

Although on the surface, he did not take advantage of it, after all, the price paid was too high, hundreds of billions of dollars were only exchanged for dozens of fighter planes and some military technology, but Ikawa Kojiro is not a fool, even if he does not make concessions, the United States will not compensate for the losses suffered by him. More importantly, if the United States falls in this attack, he should not expect to gain anything from it.

Only by helping the United States tide over the difficulties can Ben benefit from this.

Taking advantage of this opportunity to reap a little advantage and obtain military equipment that the company could not develop in a short period of time has already taken advantage of a lot of advantages.

It's just that this secret agreement, which is not considered secret, will inevitably have a serious impact on the situation in the Western Pacific, which has heated up.

(To be continued)