Kennedy was not very indifferent, from the time he was running for president, he knew that the United States had a numerical advantage of nine to one in the number of nuclear weapons, from nuclear submarines to strategic bombers. So at the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis, he thought that the Soviet Union would be the first to hold out and retreat, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Bad news came one after another, the first secretary of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev, issued a first-class combat readiness order, and the whole of Europe was plunged into a storm, as if the next second tens of thousands of Soviet tanks would break through the border and roar. What annoyed Kennedy the most was the discord among his own camp, the Italian prime minister led a group of European communist parties to constantly demand concessions from the United States, and Kennedy of course refused. He will not sacrifice the interests of the United States because these guys who believe in the same faith as the Soviets come out and ask for it, he is the president of the United States, and of course he is responsible for the United States.

But France's dissatisfaction with the United States could not help but make Kennedy not face it squarely, and de Gaulle was deeply dissatisfied with the confrontation of the United States, and some bad news came from France, such as the United States being threatened by missiles and posing for a nuclear war. We Europeans have been living under Soviet nuclear missiles for many years! Now that the United States can drag the whole world into a nuclear war because it is threatened, how can Europeans trust the Americans because of this irresponsible behavior?

"I'm the president of the United States, what's wrong with maintaining America's security?" Kennedy gritted his teeth and muttered to himself. There is nothing wrong with thinking so, but there is nothing wrong with the Europeans wanting to maintain their own security and make the United States retreat.

Compared to the dissent in the American camp, the Soviet camp was simply united, and the Eastern European countries overwhelmingly supported the Soviet confrontation, on the one hand, the Soviet Union had much stricter control than the United States. On the other hand, the emergence of the Guantanamo issue, the unequal treaty between the United States and Cuba, which even Western European countries are dissatisfied with, not to mention the Eastern European countries that regard anti-imperialist and anti-colonial as their main propaganda direction, and even China, which is in a war with India, has not forgotten to take the time to show solidarity with the Soviet Union.

Kennedy now wondered if the Soviet Union and China had been in collusion from the start. At the same time, by the way, there were also the Poles who commanded the so-called Algerian People's Army and the French in Algeria, and Kennedy always wondered if there was some conspiracy involved.

According to the observations of spy satellites, all the submarines of the Soviet Red Navy disappeared, far from the four that the US Navy searched in the Caribbean, so where are the remaining dozens of submarines? Kennedy had just ordered the Seventh Fleet to search the Pacific Ocean for Soviet submarine forces just in the morning, but the strength of the Seventh Fleet to search the vast Pacific Ocean seemed to be somewhat weak. Whether the disappeared Soviet submarine forces can be found, no one is sure.

Kennedy now felt as if he had been wishful thinking earlier that the Soviet Union would retreat when it was far inferior to the United States in terms of the number of nuclear weapons. Things are getting a little out of control right now.

"President, CIA Director McCohen has something to report!" Pushing the door in was President Kennedy's younger brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy.

"Call him in!" President Kennedy rubbed his face to look more unhurried.

"Mr. President, this is something that is coming up around Guantanamo today. We have identified the atomic cannon that appeared during the military parade on Red Square five years ago, and it is now facing the Guantanamo military base. "CIA Director McCoen had just come in and brought an explosive piece of news.

The atmosphere of the entire office froze instantly. Attorney General Robert Kennedy was the first to break the silence and said in a trembling tone, "Are the Soviets ready for war?" Are they ready? ”

Until now, the United States still did not know how many nuclear weapons there were on the island, and Serov had been building in Cuba since the beginning of the year, mobilizing more than 6 million rubles in the KGB in one go. Hundreds of buildings and factories have been built, and it is impossible to see how many nuclear missiles can be installed in them. If every building had nuclear missiles, then the number would be too large. And the atomic cannon that appeared today made Kennedy, who was already unaware of the Soviet military power, even more uncertain.

"Why did the negotiator who came to Washington go directly to Cuba that Dobrynin said?" Kennedy asked, rubbing his somewhat numb head.

"First Deputy Chairman of the State Security Council of the USSR Serov. This time he had two missions, as the deputy commander of the Cuban cluster of the Soviet Union and a private trip to the United States to deal with the Cuban missile crisis, it seems that Serov himself thought it was more important to take up the post of deputy commander first! CIA Director McCoen also said with some uncertainty, "By the way, Serov is parading in Havana......"

After the commander of the Cuban cluster, General Priev, finished speaking, Serov came to the loudspeaker, took out a few pieces of paper in front of dozens of phalanxes, and then tore up the speech under the gaze of everyone.

"Today in Cuba, thousands of miles away from Moscow, I had the privilege of witnessing this great military parade next to Lieutenant General Pliyev and Lieutenant General Grechko, which is no stranger to us soldiers and anti-terrorist workers. Twenty-one years ago, Comrade Stalin conducted a military parade with great willpower and courage when the German troops were approaching the city of Moscow, and then the great Soviet Red Army won the victory in the defense of Moscow. Seventeen years ago, the Victory Parade allowed the entire Soviet people to finally taste the joy of victory after the arduous war. It marks that the terrible war is finally away from us......"

Serov cleared his throat and continued, "The most unforgettable broadcast in my life was the victorious broadcast of Comrade Yuri Levitan after the capture of Berlin, in which I lost my parents and only six of my thirty classmates returned to school in their entirety, and no one in this world paid a greater price than the Soviet Union. And why did we come to Cuba at the risk of war with the Americans? ”

The whole crowded into the venue of nearly 100,000 people, except for the Soviet troops participating in the parade, most of them were Cuban people, although more than 100,000 people gathered here, but they were silent, Serov's voice came back again, "The Soviet Union has just been established, and it is facing the invasion of the Allied forces, and Cuba has just succeeded in the revolution, and there was a landing in the Bay of Pigs." Yes, Cuba is just a small country with an area of 100,000 square kilometers, 0.5 percent of the size of our Soviet Union. Yes, it's small, it's insignificant, it's right on the side of the Americans, it doesn't seem to deserve our help. But I would like to remind the comrades of one thing, what are the ideals of our Soviets, the Union has made mistakes, it is far from a perfect state, we have a lot of things to do with ourselves, why go all the way to confront the Americans, the country that claims to be the most powerful in the world? ”

"But if we don't help Cuba, there is no other country in the world that can help them, and when a new country is facing invasion, the leader of this country asks us to protect them, and we must not refuse!" Serov raised his clenched fists, "The Iron Curtain speech fifteen years ago, the founding of NATO thirteen years ago, the motherland has been surrounded by American military bases, maybe the young soldiers present still have a vivid memory of the Great Patriotic War when they were children, let me tell you, why fight, we have experienced war and cherish peace, so we have to pick up a gun and tell our enemies, don't start a war lightly!" ”

"Ula !!!" The shouting of tens of thousands of Soviet soldiers was the best response to Serov.

"The Internationale tells us that there was never a savior, nor did it depend on God the King! Our generation has experienced war, which is why we need to stand up and fight it, so that we can keep our children away from war. Serov finally shouted, "From the point of view of the country, we should confront, from the point of view of the international responsibility of the Soviet Union, we have the obligation to free Cuba from colonization, and this is the purpose of this national choice, as a soldier, to obey orders." If war comes, let fate decide......"

"Ulla!!! Ulla!!!! Ulla!!!! With three shouts of ula, the military band played an unbreakable alliance, and the parade began to the cheers of nearly 100,000 Cubans.

Great Russia, a permanent union; Independent republic, formed by free association. The will of all nations, the establishment of the Soviet Union, unified and strong, for thousands of years! Free Motherland, you are incomparably glorious: a strong fortress of friendship among peoples! The red flag of the Soviets, the red flag of the people, leads from victory to victory!

The sun of freedom shines on us; The great Lenin pointed out the future. Stalin taught to be loyal to the people; And inspire us to build up meritorious deeds. Free Motherland, you are incomparably glorious: a strong fortress of happiness for all peoples! The red flag of the Soviets, the red flag of the people, leads from victory to victory!

One infantry phalanx after another passed in front of Serov, which is not quite accurate, and walked in front of the Cuban leadership and the entire Cuban cluster commanders, including the commander of the Cuban cluster, General Pliyev, and the commander of the Air Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Gretzko, as well as his Serov, and the photographs of Serov saluting each phalanx, with the click of the cameras of all the reporters present, have become the headlines of all the major European newspapers today.

At the same time, the Styx anti-ship missile was pushed into its intended position, and KGB agents entered the missile launcher, waiting for the order to remove the iron sheet from the roof.

"Son, this is your father, and we are proud of him." Valya hugged the two young boys, while Yulia next to her stared at the photo of her father in the newspaper, "He's still so confident!" Yelena sighed, "I hope there won't be a fight......" (To be continued.) )

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