Elections are still important, and Kennedy, who was at ease in front of the people, was filled with the haze of nuclear war, which must have been prepared for a long time, and the Soviet Union, through a series of careful preparations, now put the whole problem in front of him. Kennedy, who was speaking to the people for the congressional election, ended his trip to the West with this ambivalence, claiming that he had returned to Washington for treatment of a cold.

Is it an air raid or a blockade? That's a question, including Secretary of State Dean? Rusk and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Maxwell? Admiral Taylor, among others, advocated air raid warfare, as did the eternal FBI Director Hoover. At a meeting of the US National Security Council convened by Kennedy, there was a lot of bickering in favor of air strikes and in favor of blockade.

"I must remind gentlemen that war must be fought under open conditions, that we cannot fight an adversary in the fog, and that the Soviet Union is no ordinary adversary, gentlemen. We cannot risk fighting without knowing anything. "CIA Director John? Alex? McCohen wasted no time in reminding.

"Didn't we get a little rest in our forces in the USSR?" Treasury Secretary Clarence? Douglas? Dillon asked, "Our National Security Council has so many intelligence services that we can't get even a little bit of information?" ”

Clarence? Douglas? Dillon is Jewish, and he has a very good relationship with the three Rockefeller brothers, he is a Republican, and when Kennedy appointed him as Secretary of the Treasury, many people did not expect!

"It used to be, but now it's gone!" CIA Director McCohen took out a piece of paper and said, "The Soviet State Security Council has carried out successive internal purges in recent years, and many of our informants have disappeared. ”

The U.S. National Security Council is a group of staff of the President of the United States, and although nominally many departments of intelligence bureaus provide intelligence to the National Security Council below, the organizational structure of the National Security Council of the United States is a member of the National Security Council. Including the president, the vice president, the secretary of finance, the secretary of defense, this is just a platform for discussion.

The State Security Committee of the USSR was a department that coordinated the intelligence, security, and military affairs of the Soviet Union. The departments of the Main Directorate of the major intelligence services of the United States were all part of the National Security Committee of the USSR. The Chairman of the State Security Committee of the USSR had access to all kinds of information at any time and could change the head of the bureau at any time. As long as the two first deputy chairmen did not object, Semychasny could mobilize any resources of the USSR State Security Council at will.

"McCollen was right, we can't fight an enemy in the fog, like that. Our policy of blockade against Cuba requires our navy! "Kennedy looked at Secretary of Defense Robert as he spoke? McNamara, the attitude of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has become very obvious, and now Secretary of Defense Robert ? McNamara's attitude is very important.

"Are we ready for a full-scale war with the Soviet Union?" Like his predecessor, Secretary of Defense Robert? McNamara was a man of letters, and of course he had been a soldier, but he was better at being a manager.

Robert? A glint flashed under the lenses of McNamara's glasses and he offered his opinion, "If the United States takes an air attack on Cuba." Can we guarantee the destruction of all nuclear missiles, if not, then the air strikes will not be worth the cost, because this is an act of war, and our opponent is the USSR, not even the USSR alone, but the largest country in the world and the most populous country in the world are confronting us at the same time, are we ready? ”

Are we ready? This sentence calmed down the National Security Council, which was still very noisy just now.

"If we carry out a full-scale invasion of Cuba. Probably, in the face of the Soviet Red Army, which was up to more than 100,000 troops, in the end we would, of course, win. That's where we have the advantage. But we have to consider another question: if the Soviet Red Army uses its huge army force to capture Turkey, like us, will we fulfill our obligation to wage war with the Soviet Union all over the world? "Secretary of Defense Robert? McNamara pushed his glasses and said heavily, "It seems that our generals have always only thought that the battlefield would be limited to Cuba. And without taking into account the problem of the Turkish direction......"

Robert? McNamara's meaning is obvious: air strikes are okay, but they must ensure that they can destroy all Soviet nuclear missiles, and they must also bear the risk of the Soviet Union occupying Turkey and moving south, just like Cuba. Turkey was also under the nose of the USSR.

Robert? McNamara's words had just been finished, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Maxwell? The faces of the heads of Admiral Taylor's army, navy, and air force all turned rather ugly. All members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were unanimous in favour of immediate military action and strongly expressed their view that a 'blockade' alone would not be effective.

"Mr. President, can the Soviets be pushed back by the blockade alone? I personally have reservations about this, the Soviets only have respect for the mighty ones! "Air Force Chief of Staff Curtis? Lemay stood up and almost openly disagreed with the opinion of the Minister of Defense.

As with all such meetings, some of the statements have been accepted as clichés, at least, there is little point in such discussions. For example, members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff strongly advocate that we should use nuclear weapons. But know that our adversaries will certainly use their nuclear weapons to fight back as well.

Unmoved, Kennedy decided on a blockade instead of an air raid and asked, "General Sweeney, can you guarantee that the Air Force can destroy all Cuban nuclear weapons?" ”

"Mr. President, I can't guarantee 100 percent!" Like his colleagues, General Sweeney, commander of the Tactical Air Force, was in favor of a military solution, but when the president asked him the question himself, General Sweeney found that he could not give an accurate answer. If he really ordered the Air Force to bomb Cuba, it would be war......

At this time in Moscow, Defense Minister Malinovsky entered the Kremlin and met with Khrushchev with the battle plan formulated by the Ministry of Defense, which marked in detail the location of Turkish cities and how many nuclear missiles were planned to be used to solve the Turkish problem, "As long as we are ready to use three synthetic armies to attack Turkey and first blow up the US nuclear missile positions with nuclear weapons, I can guarantee that after this war, Turkey will cease to exist......"

Khrushchev put the documents away and said that he would use them as a reference to approve the Defense Ministry's battle plan in the event of an attack on Cuba by the United States, and at the same time order the Soviet armed forces and the troops of the Warsaw Pact bloc to prepare.

Meanwhile, at Lubyanka 11, Semychasny, Serov and Itvasov, after a long discussion, nodded to each other that they had reached an agreement, and the KGB presidium ordered that "in view of the recent rampant hostile forces within the alliance, security personnel everywhere must maintain the stability and prosperity of the alliance." The National Security Committees of the republics, the local Main Directorate of State Security, the State Security Service, the NKVD and the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs, as soon as they received the order, began to arrest anti-Soviet elements who spread rumors and slandered the Alliance, and the resolution was adopted by the Chairman of the State Security Committee, Semychasny, First Deputy Chairman Serov, First Deputy Chairman Itvasov, and all members of the Presidium......"

The decision of the State Security Council was immediately transmitted throughout the Soviet Union by telegram, and if there is a guy who spreads rumors recently, it is indispensable to be purged by the workers to ****. This is equivalent to tightening the faucet that does not drip in the first place, and then the three of them sent a telegram in their own names, the content is still the same content, which belongs to repeatedly emphasizing this matter. But after receiving the telegram from the KGB triumvirate, the security cadres in various places were nervous, knowing that Lubyanka was not joking this time, but was urging them to maintain stability in their jurisdictions at all costs.

"I'm sorry to call you back, but I have my reasons!" Serov, who returned home, looked at his woman, Valya, Yelena, Isemiotny, and Lukani. Serov, who had just arrived home, gave his wife a hug, hesitated for a moment and hugged Yelena, turned to Isemotny and said, "When the time comes, you take my wife and children into the Moscow metro, and I will inform you of the time ...... then."

According to the steps of the nuclear war declassified by later generations, the capital area was a relatively low-ranking nuclear strike area, of course, it was the information unilaterally declassified by the United States after the Cold War, and he was not impressed by the news of the Soviet Union. It is said that it is relatively low in the ranking, but in fact it is only half an hour more time to prepare.

"Moscow Metro, isn't that preparation for nuclear war?" Valya's already big eyes were full of astonishment, and then she asked eagerly, "What's going on?" Yura, what are you planning? ”

"You're obedient!" Serov's eyes widened, but his tone softened again, "It's not that I'm planning something, but we're planning something, and you'll know when the time comes!" Now listen to me, when the time comes, I'll let you enter the subway, and you will get in! "Moscow's metro system is 100 meters deep, Serov is still more convinced.

Letting his woman calm down, Serov went directly upstairs to change into a dark gray military uniform, Moscow was already a little cold.

"How do I feel that Yura is very nervous this time, he doesn't look like this in normal things, he is always so confident, and there is no reason to be confident!" Yelena, who was holding the child, looked at Valya and said.

"I don't know, but I hope something terrible doesn't happen!" Valya shook her head vigorously, not daring to guess. Serov, dressed in military uniform, returned to the Lubyanka and came up with an evacuation plan drawn up by the Internal Guard to cover the population. This is a record, I hope you don't use it. (To be continued.) )