Chapter 875: Secretary of Defense Manfred
You can't do that! Hearing this, Günter Rahr raised his head and looked at the person who said it, Manfred Werner, the new German defense minister last year, and before he became the German defense minister, he was the chairman of the defense committee, so to speak, Manfred is also one of the main pillars of the Bundeswehr. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
Moreover, another characteristic of this person is the incomparable hostility towards the Soviet Union! After World War II, some leaders of West Germany actually had a favorable impression of the Soviet Union, such as West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, who had an amazing history of kneeling in Warsaw, and made great efforts to ease relations with Eastern Europe, under his auspices, West Germany set up trade representatives with Poland and Czechoslovakia, established diplomatic relations with Romania, and restored diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia. It greatly eased the contradictions between Germany and Eastern Europe.
However, there are also some hard-line regime figures, such as the defense minister in front of you. Historically, after Manfred became Minister of Defense, he continued to strengthen the confrontation between the two sides, and played an important role in the deployment of American cruise missiles and Pershing II missiles in West Germany, and was known as one of the representatives of the hardliners against the Soviet Union. After leaving office, he succeeded the Briton Lord Carrington as secretary general of the North Atlantic Trade Unions Organization, becoming the first German to hold this post in 40 years, and he strongly advocated that NATO should continue to maintain nuclear deterrence and absolutely not compromise with the Soviet Union.
In Western Europe, Germany's economy is the most developed, and if it weren't for the fact that oil prices are now high, and Britain has the advantage of oil reserves, Germany's economy, which should be the first in all of Western Europe. And now, Germany's economy is only lagging behind Britain. Although the entire economy is now in a recession, and although it is constantly being hit by the cheap electronic industrial goods of East Germany, Germany still has an old bottom.
With such confidence, how could Germany be able to carry out constant exchanges with the Soviet Union? This is simply a betrayal of the country, a betrayal of the entire Western countries!
As a tough figure, Manfred certainly would not agree to visit and exchange with East Germany, although nominally to visit East Germany's military technology, but, no matter what, it was always a more intimate exchange with East Germany! This is a real military exchange! As soon as this opening is opened, it may be possible that East Germany will make a military visit to West Germany in the future!
Slowly, the two Germanys are about to move towards reunification, and this reunification is definitely the unification of East Germany and West Germany, how can this be!
No way! Manfred would never agree to this exchange!
"This is a good opportunity for us to get to know the East German equipment! We always thought that my equipment had a technical advantage, because we knew that we would never be able to dominate in quantity, so we had to win in quality, but now, we are already at a disadvantage in quantity and quality! And now, we need to know how far we are and how hopeful we are of victory if war does break out. Günter Lal said: "This is the best opportunity and we are not going to give it up. ”
This is certainly a good opportunity! A chance to get up close and personal with East German equipment! In the past, even his own spies couldn't get the information, but now you can see it with your own eyes, and Günter Ral will never give up!
"I propose, we vote by show of hands." Haussinger said.
Vote by show of hands! Whoever proposes to vote by show of hands will be confident that he is on the side that has the majority! Of course, Manfred understood this, so he would not have agreed at all: "The truth is always in the hands of a few!" Guys, don't you really see what it means once we have a military exchange with East Germany? ”
With the opening of the Berlin Wall, exchanges between East and West Germany immediately increased, economically, academically, and now, if there are also exchanges in the military field, it means that the two sides are really going to come together!
For the Germans, the reunification of Germany is always looking forward to it! However, as a qualified high-level state leader, they should all the more see that as the situation develops, it will be West Germany that will eventually disappear!
Historically, the reunification of Germany was achieved by the annexation of East Germany to West Germany, and the West Germans rejoiced, and the East Germans rejoiced, because the economy of West Germany was much better than that of East Germany!
But what about now? The economy is good for East Germany! The electronic products of East Germany have hollowed out the wealth of West Germans, and many West Germans prefer to settle in East Germany! In this case, once merged, it would definitely be the disappearance of West Germany!
"I strongly disagree, and if such a choice had to be made, then I would rather resign as my defense minister." Manfred said.
In terms of position, Manfred is definitely higher than Günter Lal, although not as good as in terms of seniority. Now, he is threatening to resign, so the chancellor on the side, West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl can only come over to play a round: "I think, this exchange, we can come down and discuss it again." Let's talk about something else first, there is good news recently, as the Middle East continues to increase oil production, now, the price of oil in the international market is constantly falling, has fallen from a high price of more than 100 dollars a barrel to the current 70 dollars a barrel, should we continue to increase our strategic oil stocks at this time? ”
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While the Germans were arguing, Andrei was sitting in front of a computer terminal, having a video conference with Moscow.
In the past, when it was on the ocean, there was already videoconferencing, but at that time it occupied valuable communication satellites, and now, in the military district, Andrey's videoconference has been transmitted completely using the network.
At the same time, in order to ensure the security of the military network, the Soviet Union's military network was not connected to the civilian network, and a special line was taken, so that even the most talented hackers could not pose a threat to the Soviet military network.
The backbone network of Moscow and the major military districts was, of course, laid out at the first time. Now, Andrey's video calls, the timeliness of the transmission is very good.
"Andrey, we have gathered information about West Germany." It was the chairman of the KGB who spoke, and he said to Andrei: "Although we have made careful arrangements, there must be opposition voices at the top level of West Germany, for example, West Germany's Defense Minister Manfred, who is a hard-line anti-Soviet person, and with his obstruction, I am afraid that Günter-Lahr's trip to East Germany will still be full of variables." ”
"In that case, let's find a way to kill him." Andrei's words were extremely calm: "Now, the situation in West Germany is still very chaotic, right?" Those refugees are very capable of making trouble, and besides, traffic accidents and whatnot, aren't they all normal? (To be continued.) )