Among them, the support of the three major European countries is absolutely important, and the British Prime Minister is Harold of the Conservative Party? Macmillan, who had been seeking the understanding of the United States after the Suez Canal War, should not develop a problem. And Federal Chancellor Konrad? Adenauer should not be a problem, the German chancellor, although very capable, can not neutralize the impact of the garrison. There is only one path in front of him, and that is to follow the United States.

The most incomprehensible thing for the United States is France's Charles de Gaulle, who has a very strong European mindset and is difficult to control, and France has been insisting on fighting in Algeria, which puts the United States in a very embarrassing situation. The United States wants to bring France back into its own system, but it cannot agree with the Algerian problem, and if it were not for the fact that the supporters of Algeria's independence are in the socialist camp, the United States would have openly criticized France's policies long ago.

If France now seeks French support, it is likely that the French will sit on the ground and bid for the opportunity, and if France asks the United States to take a stand on the Algerian issue, it is likely to make the United States violate its own foreign policy. Like the Soviet Union, the United States has always hoped to suppress the two colonial empires of Britain and France, preferably never beyond the Soviet Union.

But now is the time to show solidarity, Kennedy immediately contacted Britain, France, and the Federal Republic of Germany, and Italy is quite happy to be neutral between the two camps, and its foreign policy is becoming more and more in line with the French, and considering that the Italian Communist Party is in power, it would be good not to drag the United States back.

Without further ado, Kennedy decided to call the British Prime Minister personally, and leave the contact with the Federal Republic of Germany and France to Secretary of State Dean? Rusk. At the same time, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Maxwell? Taylor ordered the US mainland military forces to assemble in Florida in the southeast, and at the air base near Cuba, four U-2 reconnaissance planes took off one after another, and as soon as the reconnaissance planes took to the sky, they were divided into four ways to reconnoiter Soviet military installations throughout Cuba, and their mission was to reconnoiter all Soviet military forces on the island of Cuba. Let the military make an estimate of the military strength of the USSR.

"These buildings are Soviet military facilities, oh my God, dense undulations, how many people can fit in these buildings?" Rudolph? The U.S. U-2 plane piloted by Major Anderson looked down on the Cuban land below at an altitude of 15,000 meters, and the U-2 reconnaissance plane was circling continuously. You can always find clues in it. Although the Soviet ballistic missiles were hidden, the anti-aircraft missile launch positions were still in the open air. Rudolph? Major Anderson photographed all the Soviet anti-aircraft missile positions and immediately flew directly back to the United States.

As soon as it landed on the ground, the equipment of all reconnaissance aircraft bound for Cuba was unloaded. There were already people who couldn't wait to figure out the military power of the Soviet Union. Two hours later, Kennedy was informed that Cuba had a large military force that belonged to the Soviet Union, the world's largest territorial power. The hidden location of the ballistic missile was not found, but several dozen Il-28 bombers were found, which, according to the estimation of such bombers, could also carry out a nuclear attack on the United States.

The US National Security Council has held successive meetings to discuss countermeasures. At that time, seven options were proposed: no action, diplomatic action, bringing the issue to the United Nations, sending a special envoy to the Soviet Union, solving the problem privately, using threats and inducements to drive a wedge between Cuba and the Soviet Union, and imposing a blockade. An air raid or a full-scale invasion.

To fail to act is to take a tacit attitude towards the offensive behavior of the USSR, and this loss is unbearable for the United States, even the United States of Cuba, which is so close, can bear it, and what is there that cannot be endured. And Kennedy could not retreat even more than Khrushchev, the US Congress was being elected, and the people of the whole country were watching him.

Diplomatic action works. But it's certainly not of much use. Submit a question to the United Nations? When will the United Nations be able to manage the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union? Are you kidding. Sending an envoy to the Soviet Union is tantamount to admitting defeat, but it is better to lose. The United States made compromises with the USSR. What NATO's allies think. It was also undesirable to threaten and induce relations between Cuba and the Soviet Union, and Cuba would not agree to the deployment of nuclear missiles by the Soviet Union if it worked. As for the full-scale invasion, the risk is too great, and the United States wants to win, but it does not want to die.

Various proposals were put forward, and in the end blockades and air strikes were included in the formal discussions. Both factions have their own opinions, and their voices are very strong. It was at this time that CIA Director John? Alex? McCoen received news of Soviet nuclear tests on the Kamchatka Peninsula.

"About two hundred kilometers from the coastline, it can be determined that the anti-ship missile developed by the Soviet Union was being experimented, and at that time spy satellites flew over it!" CIA Director John? Alex? McCohen said in a heavy tone.

"Khrushchev's doctrine of a nuclear war at sea is about to be implemented?" Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Maxwell? Admiral Taylor suddenly stood up and said fiercely. "The Soviet Navy really thinks that the kind of thing that deals with poor countries can deal with the American Navy, and they will definitely hit their heads on the steel body of the American Navy!"

The theory of nuclear war at sea held that an aircraft carrier was nothing more than a huge coffin, which was originally a pretext for Khrushchev to cut the military spending of the Soviet Red Navy in order to raise funds to develop the nuclear industry and space industry, but for so many years Khrushchev has always put this sentence on his lips, so that the United States, which always has the mentality of wanting to harm the people, has successfully accepted this viewpoint. And the news of the nuclear test at sea just now seems to prove that the Soviet Union is ready to come true.

Due to the tireless work of the Soviet intelligence services represented by the KGB, their success in the field of espionage and counter-espionage will lead to the following results: It is very difficult for the United States to develop a spy in the Soviet Union, and the biggest source of information is often people who actively cooperate with the Soviet Union, such as Pinkovsky and Benikovsky. The KGB combines foreign intelligence and domestic espionage work, just like the Iron Curtain described by the United States, firmly controlling the information channels of the entire Soviet Union, what the Soviet Union is doing, what military development has reached, the Americans do not know at all, and even have to watch the military parade on Red Square to collect information, and the military parade on Red Square has also deceived the KGB, and the trick of lengthening missiles and flying more planes has been used many times.

The Soviet Union's military power became more and more mysterious, so that the brain-opening US military and intelligence agencies had to speculate on the Soviet Union's military strength through brain supplements, and the representative work was the US military construction in the late Cold War, and the United States carried out the largest arms construction in history. And the US Department of Defense published research reports everywhere that the Soviets surpassed the United States in almost every military field. After the collapse of the former Soviet Union, it was discovered that the Pentagon was actually competing with a ghost army of its own imagination. also took great pains to come up with the Star Wars plan, and the Soviet Union immediately followed up, and everyone knew about it.

At present, the US Department of Defense does not think this is serious, but it is enough to start affecting policy. The Soviet nuclear tests at sea in the Far East were immediately reminiscent of the actions of the Soviet Union in Cuba at this time.

"We have just obtained more evidence from the U2 reconnaissance plane that went to Cuba, the Soviet military power in Cuba seems to have surprised us, there are various military facilities densely built on it, many photos show Soviet soldiers walking around, we can know that the Soviet army, navy and air force, as well as the internal guard of the Soviet KGB are all operating in Cuba, the estimated number of people is very surprising, if those buildings are full of Soviet soldiers, the number can even reach 200,000!" CIA Director John? Alex? McCohen threw out the bombshell news again.

"We also found dozens of SAM anti-aircraft missile positions, and if the positions are all Soviet nuclear missiles hiding next to them, I'm sorry, I don't want to say such desperate numbers." McCohen finally shook his head slowly and said, "Once the war starts, hundreds of cities may be wiped out, this price is too terrible......"

"The Soviets must be allowed to take the missiles away, this is a threat to the United States, we cannot tolerate this threat!" Kennedy, who had listened to all the opinions, said loudly, "Isn't Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko coming to attend a United Nations meeting as a 24-hour non-stop reconnaissance of Cuba?" I would like to warn against the provocations of the Soviet Union......"

Two days after the discovery of the Cuban nuclear missile, Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko came to the United States to attend a United Nations meeting, where Gromyko and Kennedy met at the White House. The two of them sat down separately, and the whole scene was very stiff, and there was neither an angry glare nor a trace of warmth on Gromyko's unscrupulous countenance. He knew that the Soviet Union was sending nuclear missiles to Cuba, and at the meeting of the Presidium of the Central Committee, the KGB also analyzed that the nuclear missiles might leak, but at this time, he still would not admit it, sitting in front of Kennedy.

"I must remind Mr. Gromyko that the Soviet deployment of medium-range nuclear missiles in Cuba would have the most serious consequences, have you assessed this in the Soviet Union? Are you going to war with us? Kennedy asked Gromyko very seriously.

"When a new country is in danger and asks the Soviet Union for help to resist the aggression of the world's great powers, the Soviet Union has no reason to refuse, and as for the nuclear missile claim, Mr. Kennedy, do you have any evidence?" Gromyco's face remained unchanged and he didn't even blink his eyelids and asked, "Who would believe that Cuba would attack the United States?" Soviet weapons were all used to prevent the United States from invading Cuba......"

Kennedy and Gromyko had a stiff conversation at the White House, and finally broke up without any understanding, and Kennedy looked at Gromyko's robot-like back and clenched his fists tightly. (To be continued.) )

PS: The second chapter will be late, let's go to bed, and it's the same tomorrow