Chapter 545: Behind-the-Scenes Deals
"When the rice country sneezes, it actually infects us with a cold, if they keep sneezing, won't we have to catch a cold all the time?"
Yang Feng said speechlessly.
The sharp turmoil in the rice economy has seriously affected the Ming Dynasty, which relies on exports to the United States to drive economic growth, because of the fear that the country will fall into continuous chaos, investors are afraid that the growth of exports to the United States will slow down, and the enthusiasm will seriously decline.
Yang Feng's side is still good, and European countries are the most unlucky.
The Frankfurt index plunged by 10 percent, especially in the automotive industry, and the other major West German car manufacturers except Volkswagen were all in mourning, and like Volkswagen, the shares of Mercedes-Benz, which represented the glory of West German cars after the war, fell directly to the limit.
As for Volkswagen, that's because it wasn't on the market at all.
"Führer, Mercedes wants to sell the Auto Alliance company."
Fang Xianting said.
"Bought it!"
Yang Feng said without hesitation.
The company is complex, a mess of things, but to simplify it, you can just think of it as Audi.
He is still a sole proprietor in Europe and controls the Sage Group, which already has the ultra-luxury Maybach, the luxury Squeeze, the civilian Volkswagen, and the sports car brand Porsche, which should be said to have formed a perfect system, and there is no need to buy Audi again, in fact, in order to keep a low profile, he has given up competing with the Quandt family for BMW, which almost went bankrupt last year, but this time he is not ready to give up Audi, because he is ready to let this brand continue its history in the future.
Of course, this was just a trivial matter worth mentioning to him, and even Grand Steward Fang didn't take it seriously.
However, this special economic relationship between the two countries. But it is a big problem that really needs a headache, the rapid economic growth of the Ming Dynasty mainly relies on the export of rice, but even if there is no terrorist attack, the recession of rice is inevitable, after all, this is what Yang Yuan diligently pursues. In other words, the consumption power of the people of the United States will continue to shrink. Similarly, Daming's exports will continue to shrink, and if you want to continue to grow, then you need to have a new market to supplement, but there is no replacement at present.
No country can consume as many high-end products in a year as rice country.
Western Europe is not good, at this time Western Europe can only be said to have just come out of the trough, and the consumption power is not even as good as that of Daming, just like the most popular low-end car in Daming is the Corolla, and the most popular low-end car in Britain is mini. The most popular low-end car in Gallic is the Citroen 2CV, and the most popular low-end car in West Germany can only be like a BMW eggshell. The last one, which is almost not called a car, a single-cylinder engine with a displacement of 0.25, in order to save materials, does not even have the left and right doors, and the front of the car is lifted and entered directly from the front, such a simple car even Yang Feng is amazed.
And what about the United States?
The most popular cars now have all V8 engines.
There is really no substitute for the market that likes V8 engines, and even Yang Feng is helpless about this kind of thing, but fortunately, this is just the beginning. He still has plenty of time.
"Führer, Eisenhower resigned."
Hu Hao ran in with an excited face and said.
All right. Eisenhower was really exhausted and couldn't hold on any longer, and after the nuclear bombing at West Point, the angry people of the United States immediately pointed the finger at him, and almost all newspapers and radio stations unanimously demanded that the United States government explain where the terrible nuclear bomb came from. Was it the nuclear mines that the US military lost in West Germany, and if so, how much?
Although the Mi government gritted its teeth and said that it had not lost it, it could not stand the flood of rumors of the loss of various nuclear bombs, and soon almost all the people of Mi had confirmed it. The government lied on this issue, and the ordinary people of the United States, who had nowhere to vent their anger, pointed out that Eisenhower was the culprit of the tragedy, and the demonstrators demanding his resignation blocked outside the White House every day. Under these circumstances, the United States Congress finally followed the trend and sent a special investigative committee to inspect the West German nuclear bomb, and once it was found that the nuclear bomb had indeed been lost, the impeachment procedure against Eisenhower would be officially initiated.
Eisenhower is not stupid, he still does not understand the intentions of the Democratic Party, if he resigns, then the result of the congressional investigative committee is that the nuclear bomb has not been lost, and if he does not resign, then the result of the investigation will definitely be the loss of the nuclear bomb.
This is forcing him to resign.
In order to avoid the most embarrassing humiliation, and to preserve the face of the Republican Party, Eisenhower had no choice but to resign, and he formally submitted his resignation to Congress on the grounds that he could not continue to perform his duties as president.
It was quickly passed in Congress.
This legendary hero of the United States during World War II finally did not complete his last presidential term of less than a year, and left the White House in a swearing.
He was succeeded by former Vice President Richard Nixon.
The new president of the United States, and one of the candidates for the next presidential election that is about to begin, against Kennedy, who is almost in the ascendancy, will be a race without any suspense, Nixon's candidacy is not so much a competition, but more of a helpless struggle of the Republican Party to show unyielding fighting spirit, unless Nixon has the ability to perform miracles in the remaining less than a year in office, his fiasco is an inevitable result.
As for miracles......
It would not be a miracle if it could be created casually, not to mention that Eisenhower left behind a mess that could not be desolate, and how to solve the problem of the Japanese nation alone was enough to destroy Nixon and his predecessors.
He can't give in, once he gives in, he will be completely tied to the pillar of shame, after two consecutive unforgettable horrors, as president, he must come up with thunderous means to take revenge on these horrors, and avenge the thousands of people who died. Otherwise, he is not worthy of being the president, otherwise the United States will become a joke, otherwise these horrors will definitely gain an inch, otherwise all the forces hostile to the United States will compete to follow suit in the future, and he must retaliate, and he must retaliate with thunderous means, such as continuing to use nuclear bombs against the Japanese Liberation Army or even throwing a Qing bomb at their lair.
But it doesn't work!
Because then Star TV received an anonymous email, the content of which was still a box of videotapes, and the video tape showed that Xie evil little girl arrogantly threatening the government of the United States. If she dares to continue to use nuclear bombs in the Japanese country, then she will detonate all the remaining nuclear bombs in New York, including one with a yield of 2,000 tons.
Looking at the dozen or so nuclear bombs stacked behind her, Nixon knew he had better listen to her.
But he could not give up the Wa Kingdom either.
Fortunately, the house also set conditions, as long as the United States does not continue to use nuclear bombs in the Japanese country. The two sides only fought a war in a conventional way, so she would temporarily stop attacking the United States.
"Let's have a war in a dignified manner, so that you can truly see the wrath of the warriors of the Yamato nation!"
She shouted on the TV screen.
On the same day, the Japanese People's Republic announced the suspension of the peace talks.
As long as this little girl and the nuclear bombs in her hands are still floating over the United States like ghosts, then it is impossible for the US military to dare to continue to use nuclear bombs in the country. And if they don't continue to use nuclear bombs, they are afraid of a bird in a conventional war, and victory is already in sight. It's just that the people of the United States erected a wall in front of them with a nuclear bomb, and now this wall has collapsed, and the dawn of victory is already beckoning to them, of course, it is impossible to miss such an opportunity.
Without the possibility of liberating the whole country, they had to accept the 39th parallel, but now they continue to accept such a result, they are really fools.
On the eve of the signing of the armistice agreement, representatives of the Japanese People's Republic in Manila abruptly announced that they would withdraw from the peace talks, and the Japanese Liberation Army in Niigata and Sendai launched an onslaught against the American forces, and during the break in the armistice negotiations. They also received a large amount of aid from the Soviet Union and Xinhua, especially the latest Jian-6 fighter jet of Xinhua also appeared in the skies of the Japanese state.
It can be said that the Japanese Liberation Army, which was full of momentum, quickly broke through the US defense line on the periphery of Sendai. Poor President Nixon had to face a Dunkirk-style fiasco just after he came to power, and the U.S. and Goryeo forces in Sendai hastily evacuated the city by ship from the sea in the face of the Styx missiles falling overhead. The most pitiful thing is that the 8th Division of the South Korean Army, which stayed as the rearguard, was surrounded and annihilated by the defective Lu Zi because it did not have time to withdraw, and like the previous captured South Korean soldiers, out of hatred for these guys. Lu Zi simply stabbed the more than 5,000 captured South Korean soldiers into the sea with bayonets.
In this way, Sendai was liberated.
Immediately after that, the Japanese Liberation Army, which lost less than 30,000 in the battle, but was replenished by nearly 60,000 fresh troops at once, marched forward like a tsunami, sweeping across Miyagi and Fukushima, and then continued south. The front quickly approached Tokyo.
"Nixon wasn't prepared to continue to increase his troops?"
Yang Feng said to Kennedy suspiciously.
The latter is to thank Yang Feng for his help to the families of the victims of West Point on behalf of the United States Congress, and of course, the main thing is to probe Yang Feng's tone and see how he plans to deal with the affairs of the Japanese Kingdom next.
"Your Excellency, you must understand that there are three divisions of the US Army there, and there are two divisions of the South Korean Army, which has now shrunk to the Tokyo defensive circle, and it is definitely no problem for such a strong strength to hold on for half a year."
Kennedy said with a meaningful smile.
Understood, Yang Feng nodded knowingly.
Nixon knew that his presidential election would undoubtedly be lost, so he continued to drag on in the Japanese country until the end of his presidential term, and then this problem became what Kennedy needed to solve, and he thought that there was no hope for the Japanese country anymore, unless Hoover could find out the house of faith and the dozen or so nuclear bombs during this time, otherwise the defeat of the US military in the Japanese country was inevitable. But this humiliation should be resolved by Kennedy and the Democrats, anyway, Nixon will get out of the Republican Party as soon as he comes to power, and then they can throw rotten eggs at Kennedy offstage, and at that time, whether Kennedy is fighting or fighting, he will lose.
"It's just too much, how many young Mi people will have to sacrifice for this kind of drag, and how many Mi taxpayers' wealth will be squandered by them, as an entrepreneur who paid more than 500 million US dollars in taxes in Mi last year, I must condemn this!
Yang Feng said indignantly.
"Your Excellency, what do you think will be the course of this war in half a year?"
Kennedy said despite his indignation.
This meaning is very clear, I will be the president in half a year, how to end the affairs of the Japanese country, you give a happy word, see if we can reach an agreement, even if you want to directly annex the Japanese country, you can also say it directly, anyway, it has come to this point, you can take this mess if you want, I am not indiscusable.
"John, I said that the Wa Kingdom is yours, I have no interest in fighting with you, what I said will always be valid, my claim to the Wa Kingdom is limited to the island of Kyushu and the part south of it, I have no interest in other places, that is your competition with the Soviets. But I will never allow the Soviets to monopolize the Japanese state, and I will not allow the Japanese People's Liberation Army to set foot in Tokyo, if you take over as the president of the United States, the Ming army will go north to assist you in the war if necessary, in short, after half a year, I can guarantee that you will end the war in a very short time. ”
Yang Feng said very frankly.
Well, this is his plan, since Nixon wants to delay for half a year and then throw the mess of the Japanese State to Kennedy, then it is just the right time to take this opportunity to stand with the United States again, no matter where the Japanese Liberation Army fights next, he will continue to watch the excitement, and when Kennedy comes to power, the Ming army will immediately go north to participate in the war, helping him to drive the Japanese Liberation Army back to the north, as for where the final demarcation line stops, this Kennedy himself decides, anyway, what he wants has been realized.
After such a tug-of-war, the Wa Kingdom was basically sawn into nothing.
"Your Excellency, thank you very much for your friendship."
Kennedy said with a smile on his face.
This is like pie in the sky, he really didn't expect Yang Feng to give face so much, in fact, he was ready to bargain and hand over the Japanese country to Yang Feng to prepare, he didn't want to take this mess, but he didn't expect Yang Feng to be so generous, and actually directly promised to send troops to help the U.S. army fight, it is conceivable that once the Ming army sends troops, then he will quickly become a winner, and the dream of Nixon and the Republican Party will be in vain.
Thinking of the latter's tearless expression at that time, he wanted to laugh now.
"I have one extra little request, though, John."
Yang Feng said
"Please!"
Kennedy said.
It doesn't matter what the requirements are now, as long as Yang Feng can send troops at that time.
"It's very simple, first, abolish the Japanese empire, establish a federal republic, and abolish the throne of the Hirohito family, and second, hand him and his family over to me."
Yang Feng said. (To be continued.) )