Serov and Dobrynin returned to the Soviet embassy, and in a few hours, theoretically all the preparations of the USSR would be in place, that is, there would be a day at most, and the moment of the showdown would come. Tomorrow will be a very important day, and the results of this confrontation should be revealed. For the sake of this confrontation, both the United States and the Soviet Union have already made the whole world jump, and almost all countries have expressed their positions on this issue, either explicitly or implicitly.

Europe's attitude is basically neutral, of course, in the event of a war, those old imperialists will still cooperate with the United States without hesitation, and the support of the Soviet Union is mainly concentrated in the newly independent countries in Asia and Africa, plus the pro-Soviet countries in the Middle East. U.S. authority in the Americas reigns supreme, and pro-American countries in Asia also enjoy strong support. However, because of the question of whether Guantanamo has colonial overtones, Western European countries are not too embarrassed to openly support any of the countries of the United States and the Soviet Union.

"The Soviet Union was very tough and demanded that the United States abrogate the Lend-Lease treaty with Cuba at Guantánamo. This and their attitude of advocating the withdrawal of Turkish missiles is the bottom line of this reconciliation, and Serov, the head of the secret police, did not let Dobrynin speak at all, and it is conceivable that he is a negotiator specially sent by Moscow this time. "Secretary of Defense Robert? McNamara said to the U.S. military generals who were not present at the talks.

"The problem is not this, Serov knows exactly how many nuclear bombs we have, my problem is how the number of nuclear warheads we have leaked." Attorney General Robert Kennedy looked at FBI Director Hoover with an ugly face, looking at the director who claimed to protect the United States, and in Serov's affirmative tone, the United States knew that there must be a traitor at the level of the number of nuclear warheads, and at a very high level.

"Serov knows the number of American nuclear warheads? That's impossible! Hoover's granite-stiff face was filled with surprise, which was counterintuitive, and Hoover did not find anything suspicious, and it was almost impossible to know the problem.

"How could it be, Secretary of Defense McNamara and Secretary of the Treasury Clarence both heard it, that secret police chief clearly knows the number of nuclear bombs in our United States, could it be that we have auditory hallucinations?" Attorney General Robert Kennedy did not hide his anxiety at all.

Of course, his anxiety is justified, and in this kind of negotiation, your enemy suddenly says your biggest hole card unabashedly, and that tone is like how much money your family has, and the heart of any person is full of fear. It's as if there's someone silently staring at you every day.

This is not ordinary data, this is the number of nuclear bombs in the United States, is this something that ordinary people can leak? If the United States can leak even this kind of data, then what else can't be leaked, the most important nuclear umbrella is gone, then what else can be trusted?

FBI Director Hoover, who was bearing Robert Kennedy's accusations, had a cloudy face on his face, and through the simultaneous certification of three ministers, it was certain that the number of nuclear weapons in the United States had indeed leaked. But the question is who leaked it? That's a problem. Hoover's suspicion was not of anyone else, but of himself that it was Attorney General Robert Kennedy and even his brother President Kennedy.

The possibility of his suspicion was from a woman, Hoover and Serov had already known that Marilyn Monroe was in Serov's hands from their earlier conversations, and Hoover did not take it seriously at first. What can a woman do if she knows something? But now that he doesn't think so, maybe the woman's diary does record a lot of American secrets.

Hoover, who thinks so, looks at Robert Kennedy, who is a little irritable, is also a little wrong, people are like this, once they add their subjective feelings, they look at everything with a skeptical attitude. Ordinary people are like this, and Hoover is also a person, and in the face of this explosive news, he also began to be suspicious of his surroundings. It's not that Hoover wasn't sophisticated enough, but if Serov had learned of the leak of major Soviet secrets, he might have moved faster than him and had already begun to investigate.

Suppressing his dissatisfaction in his heart, Hoover regained his stiff expression and remained silent about Kennedy's accusations, after all, he had no evidence, and Hoover was responsible for Marilyn Monroe's sudden disappearance. Even if he suspected that the Kennedy brothers had leaked this major secret, he had to think about it on his side, and he must hide this matter, and even Marilyn Monroe could not be hunted down in the future, because the Soviet Union also knew about it.

Serov didn't know that Hoover had linked the two things, and he was already dissatisfied with Kennedy from the bottom of his heart. Even if you know, you won't say anything, anyway, the Kennedy brothers will finish sooner or later, and one more thing or less will not affect the overall situation.

Just when there was already a trend of chaos in the entire conference room, the newly left CIA Director John? Alex? McCoen walked in with a solemn look on his face, holding a bunch of aerial photos he had just taken in his hand, and he was still on the table in a huff, "Now we know how many Soviet nuclear missiles there are on the island of Cuba, all on them!" ”

Since the Cuban Missile Crisis began, most of the United States' reconnaissance forces have been concentrated in the skies over Cuba, and CIA Director McCoen was eager to know how big the Soviet Union's military power was in Cuba. This news immediately made the members of the US National Security Council present forget what had just happened, that the leakage of US nuclear weapons had become a fact, and that they now wanted to know how powerful the Soviet missiles were in Cuba.

"Nearly 200 nuclear missiles can hit almost all major cities in our United States, no wonder the Soviet Union has so much confidence this time?" Seeing the results of today's U-2 reconnaissance plane, Defense Secretary McNamara even had a feeling of disbelief, and he even wanted to know the news as well as not know. At least in ignorance, they can fight with confidence, and now it is not a question of the United States being seriously injured to defeat the Soviet Union, but of fighting and surely ending together.

As a senior fraud expert, Serov naturally will not forget to play strategic tricks, this is a job that the KGB often does, it is normal to stuff a bunch of fake missiles into a bunch of real missiles, if the KGB director who is proficient in counterfeiting forgets to do this, he is really sorry for his predecessors. These fake missiles are so shoddy that they can be seen with the eye at close range, but they are unrecognizable from the air.

Kennedy had a sense of depression in his heart, since the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis, he had not heard a single piece of good news, the whole process was simply ridiculous, when the matter was discovered by the United States, the Soviet Union was close to being ready to complete, and the United States could not say that it was unhappy, but now it seems that the Soviet Union has shipped the power to Cuba, and it can be destroyed with the United States.

"Admiral Taylor, can the military guarantee the destruction of these missiles?" Kennedy asked, clutching his forehead, tossing the question to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Maxwell Taylor.

"No, Mr. President. Even if we take the initiative to attack, there is no guarantee that all nuclear missiles will be intercepted. "The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Maxwell Taylor, was also stunned by this number, which is simply irresistible.

Hoover originally wanted to question this number, but when he saw Robert Kennedy's appearance, he sighed in his heart and felt that this was not the right time for him to speak.

"In this way, we are not sure of victory, but we have no way back in this matter, Cuba is too close to the United States, so close that we have no warning time, in any case we must let the Soviet Union withdraw all nuclear missiles, send a telegram to Khrushchev, we can consider negotiations, we must transport all nuclear missiles under the supervision of the United Nations, if we do not agree, go to war!" President Kennedy suddenly stood up and said, "We can talk about the Guantanamo issue and the Turkish missile issue, but we will not talk about anything other than these two points." I hope the USSR doesn't go too far, I'm not ready to retreat......"

At this time, Serov received three telegrams from the Soviet embassy, one of which was the atomic bomb-carrying Fleet A, which had reached the periphery of the U.S. Navy blockade and was waiting for the final order there.

The other telegram was that of a regular submarine formation on the way, and seven submarines were bitten by the US Navy during the two oceans, but they could reach the location at the specified time. The last telegram was a telegram from the Soviet Far Eastern Frontier Military District, informing Serov that the Territorial Defense Force was there today to expel an American reconnaissance plane.

Serov, who did not take care of the other two things, responded by sending a telegram to Fleet A, "My comrades, as a member of the anti-rebel workers, I have great admiration for your courage. Thank you for your continued support, and my order is, to stop the inspections that may arise in the US Navy! If the U.S. Navy has to do this, let them see how powerful Big Ivan is......"

After sending the telegram, Serov sent another telegram to the Presidium of the Central Committee in Moscow, stating his thoughts in detail, and after a short time, he received a call back, which was very simple, "Yuri, don't worry...... do it."

On a calm sea 600 nautical miles away from the United States, six ocean-going fishing boats communicated with each other, and after a long time, these fishing boats simultaneously sent a telegram with the same content: "As anti-rebel workers, we will never compromise!" Sniff out and root out the traitor ......"

"General Serov, the White House has asked us to continue negotiations, and this is a letter from Moscow!" The Soviet ambassador to the United States, Dobrynin, walked in and said.

Serov took a brief look at the telegram, and immediately put on his military coat and shouted, "It's time for a showdown!" (To be continued.) )