U.S. President George W. Bush is not feeling good right now, and he was urgently summoned to the Pentagon by a phone call just about to fall asleep at night, and of course the people who were also ruined the good mood of the day were British Prime Minister John Major, Conservative Party leader John Major, French President François Mitterrand, and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. These people all got together by phone for a special meeting of senior NATO leaders because of the stormy Baltic Sea thousands of miles away.

"We have all received calls for help from the presidents of the three Baltic countries, and you can discuss any ideas here. To cut a long story short, there's not much time left for them. Instead of sitting in his seat, Bush paced back and forth, thinking about how the current situation could develop in his favor.

"It's difficult, now the USSR is more like a desperate madman, and no one knows what the leaders who have fallen into madness will do." German Chancellor Helmut Kohl on the other end of the phone had a sad expression on his face, and it had not been more than a year since the merger of East and West Germany, and who could stand such a frightened shock in the Baltic crisis again. No matter how turbulent Eastern Europe is, it is none of his business in Helmut, as long as it does not affect Germany. But now the brutal intervention of the Soviet Union could not guarantee the fate of Germany.

"They seem to have given up on using roundabout methods to conquer others, just as they did in Prague." British Prime Minister John Major said that NATO leaders seem to be ignoring the crisis of unrest that Yanayev has created in the three Baltic states.

"The most important question now is whether we should send troops to the three Baltic countries to maintain stability." François Mitterrand, known as a French hawk, suggested, "I think it's better for NATO troops to wait and see what happens in Germany, and even if they really want to help the three Baltic countries, they can only start from Germany, Finland, and Sweden." ”

"What do you mean, François?" Helmut's voice raised a few decibels, "You just want to say that the three Baltic states will be reclassified into the Soviet sphere of influence, strengthen and consolidate the barriers of Eastern Europe, and even make Germany directly face the military threat of the Warsaw Pact?" ”

François was the president of Western Europe who was strongly opposed to the merger of Germany, and now the old Franco-German feud has been revived by the Baltic crisis.

"Alright, stop arguing, guys. The most important thing for us now is to defuse this crisis and teach the USSR a lesson. "The British Prime Minister, who was humiliated by the Soviet Union, has never forgotten how to get revenge on the red polar bear. Especially when Foreign Ministry spokesman Boris Dmitrievich Pankin uttered the words of the Irish Republican Army threatening Britain, John Major's face did not look good all day.

Of course, the United States on Bush's side also has other ideas, and he wants to know the bottom line and military situation of the Soviet Union, but he is not willing to risk his life, and it is a good choice to use the European Union to test it. Anyway, it's all something you want me to do.

Next to Bush stood Brent Scowcroft, a thinker, whose advice before Bush's call was to let European countries be the vanguard to test the Soviet Union's bottom line and stay out of it. If he really angers the polar bear's bottom line, he can also come out to mediate.

This time, the United States played the political role of the British's offshore balancer. As Brent Scowcroft said, "We need to know how much the mighty red polar bear is capable of fighting back, and from the moment Yeltsin and Gorbachev die, a new war has begun, Your Excellency." But I think that these seemingly heavy-handed measures are just a flashback to Russia's dying past, and the situation we laid out more than ten years ago has not completely failed, and if we can really find the weakness of the Russians by taking advantage of this, even if it costs our European friends to die, this lose-lose situation is best for us. There can only be one powerful America in the world, and those so-called old European powers are just a thing of the past, so they should not have the illusion of reviving an alliance with a strong dominant power. ”

"Allies, be quiet and listen to me." Bush stopped the quarrel between the guys, picked up his carefully prepared manuscript and read it out, "We have stopped the fascist aggression together, and now we are standing together against a huge evil empire." Yes, now the peoples of Europe are facing the most critical moment, and those crazy communists in Russia are preparing to burn the flames of war on the land of freedom. We can't retreat, we can't be cowardly, and every time we retreat, it's a compromise with the dictator. So no matter how you look at it, the United States of America will choose to defend the Baltic Sea, to defend those freedom-loving people who resist oppression. This is our responsibility! ”

After the President of the United States read the manuscript, François was not happy.

"Damn the Yankees! I want Europe to be part of this troubled waters. François cursed quietly, France tried to keep itself out of the way, while the United States tried to pull the European countries into this troubled water, and the most unfortunate thing was that the British had recently had some diplomatic unpleasantness with the Soviet Union, and Germany was already worried about its own problems as the first line of resistance to the progress of communism. Originally, Britain and France could choose to oppose it, but now Britain is going to join the ranks of opposition with the Americans.

A group of people with different intentions came together, and as to how much credible the Americans' call was, François smelled a faint hint of unease. On the other side of the Atlantic, if the professed allies chose to betray, it could stay out of it, but the countries of Europe would have to face the wrath of the Soviets.

"I agreed to help the three Baltic states, just as they did to us during the Berlin crisis, and to show the people of Eastern Europe that the free world has not forgotten them." In order to win over another country, Helmut asked again, "Prime Minister John, what do you think?" ”

"We were vehemently opposed to the Iron Curtain, and now is the time for the island of Great Britain to behave. I agreed to send troops into the Baltic Sea to give dying polar bears a taste of our awesomeness. John Major said.

"Since you've all said so, is there anything else I can do?" French President François said helplessly, "But we will only send a symbolic force, and I will not do such a stupid thing as annoying the Soviet Union." ”

It is enough to set an example, and no one thought of a bloody war with the Soviet Union. NATO sent troops more to remind the dangerous neighbor that the land you had previously occupied was no longer yours. Just when France was at a loss, and Britain and Germany were high-fived, Uncle Sam, who silently took a step back, ready to stay out of the way, showed a sly smile.

The conference call was held only an hour after the Big Four conference was held, and almost as soon as the leaders left the phone, government spokesmen began to write articles and then make statements on television about the situation in the Baltic Sea. He also said that he would do everything in his power to support those people who rebelled against the tyranny of the dictatorship.

Bush also personally sent a telegram back to the presidents of the three Baltic countries, saying that NATO countries would send armed forces to help the three Baltic countries, and that they must not compromise and persist in their tough attitude to the end. The leaders of various countries who were sold and helped count the money were naturally grateful to US President George W. Bush for his generosity.

Anyway, it was just a form of demonstration with thunder and rain, and the German mobilization of armored forces was almost exaggerated, and they ordered the television station to give a detailed description of the route of the tanks to the German-Polish border, and the media desperately exaggerated to create an atmosphere that Germany was going to do the Barbarossa plan again. But anyone with the slightest ability to think knows that this is just a show, and that real war is never as big as a show.

At the same time, British warships also set off from their homeland and sailed to the Baltic Sea, and John Major also hoped to show the muscles of the empire on which the sun never sets. In addition to solidarity, the United States said that they were willing to pay a third of the cost of this NATO operation.

This was how a military operation, codenamed "In Defense of Freedom", began. The action of this improvised organization is as ridiculous as a child's play, and the Americans are willing to pay for it anyway, so it should be a trip to the Baltic Sea at public expense. However, it soon became clear that the British navy had made a mistake in their thinking.

For the first time, these young sailors will see the horrors of the Evil Empire in the Baltics.