Chapter Seventy-Three: The Last Straw

There is no evidence to prove it. Cassily's death is related to the U.S. intelligence plane, but it can be seen from many related clues that Cassily died very strangely. For example, when he went to Beijing for the second time to seek medical treatment, the secretary in charge of his daily diet did not leave with him, and he was hit and killed by a drunk driver in a car accident on Kouyue Day, the day before Cassily died.

Of course, if you really want to talk about evidence, the military intelligence really has a piece of evidence in its hands.

When Cassily went to Beijing for medical treatment, the Military Intelligence Agency asked the Cuban security services to provide Cassily with a blood sample and commissioned the State Key Laboratory of the Department of Bioengineering of Peking University to analyze it. When Cassily went to Beijing for medical treatment for the second time, the military intelligence agency again asked for his blood samples and commissioned the State Key Laboratory of the Department of Bioengineering at Tsinghua University to analyze it. Both analyses have shown that Cassily has a serious defect in his genes, and that it is not a birth defect of a hereditary nature, but is related to acquired influences. In other words, it is some environmental factors that cause these genetic defects. These two analysis reports are enough to prove that Cassily was killed.

The problem is that such an analysis report simply does not hold the table.

Although as early as the beginning of the 2nd century, it was rumored that Jewish scientists had developed genetic weapons specifically targeting Arabs based on the genetic differences between Arabs and Jews, and a breakthrough had been made. As we all know, Israel is behind the United States, so the United States will certainly be able to share the fruits of Israeli scientific research. By the regimental year or so, the Military Intelligence Service received information. It proves that the United States is already secretly using genetic weapons. And it's mainly for yellow people. As a matter of fact, as early as the year of Li, the Republic launched a similar program for the development of genetic weapons" and included this program in the "Yanhuang Plan" and received great attention. However, in the absence of a high degree of propaganda about genetic weapons in the Republic and the United States, it is impossible for the Military Intelligence Agency to put the label of "secretly developing genetic weapons" on the United States based on the death of a person. Under the additional provisions of the London Treaty, genetic weapons are classified as weapons of mass extinction on the same level as nuclear weapons and are absolutely prohibited. In other words. As long as one of the signifiers secretly displays genetic weapons, the other signatories can tear up the treaty. Defend oneself by deploying nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction.

Of course, these two analytical reports cannot fully prove that Cassily's death is related to the United States.

In fact, even if the authorities of the Republic are convinced that Cassily's death is related to the US intelligence agencies, for example, the US intelligence agencies can add some genetically modified ingredients to Cassily's food by adding some genetically modified ingredients to Cassili's food, so that Cassili's health can deteriorate dramatically.

In the circumstances of the time. Only the United States has a reason to kill Cassili.

Anyway, with the advancement of technology. Especially with the advancement of medical technology, the life expectancy of human beings is increasing. According to a survey conducted by the United Nations in the first year, the average life expectancy of the world has increased from the concave years at the beginning of the century to the current year, and the average life expectancy of the countries in the country is as high as the number of years, the average life expectancy of the countries that are not up to the age is the year, the life expectancy of the countries in the exhibition is the base year, and the average life expectancy of the backward countries is the average year. The average life expectancy of the country's top leaders is the longest, with the highest number of countries reaching the age of slack. The top leaders of the countries in the exhibition also have a mouth of 3 years old. In this way, as long as Cassily does not have problems with his health, he will definitely live to the age of Na.

In other words, he also had a strong year of political reform in Rampa.

Although in the eyes of many, Cassily did not want to carry out political reforms, otherwise he would have been in politics for decades. There will be no lack of enthusiasm for political reform all the time. More importantly, Cassily is the leader of the Castro family, and any political reform that pushes Cuba towards a democratic society will harm the interests of the Castro family, so Cassili has no reason to pursue political reforms. But objectively speaking, it is not that Cassily does not want to carry out political reform, but that the conditions for political reform are not ripe. Even from the Castro family's point of view, after Cuba's socio-economic concentration has reached a certain level. Only political reform can bring Cuba to a higher level and bring the Castro family to the greatest advantage. If the lack of democracy leads to unrest, the Castro family will not only not benefit, but will be the biggest victim.

Two years ago, Cuba lacked the basic conditions for political reform.

In the light of the situation at the time, the majority of Cuban society believed that economic reforms had brought about earth-shaking changes in Cuba and had fundamentally improved the lives of the people, and that there was no need for more radical political reforms that could lead to social unrest. In other words, until the basic awareness of the Cuban population is raised and a consensus on reform is formed, no one can give up vested interests for a less realistic goal. In fact, this is very similar to the situation in the republic a few years ago, when the vast majority of the population believed that on the basis of economic reforms, only very limited social reforms were needed to ensure the continuation of the country, and there was no need to risk political reforms.

The problem is, it's here. After three years of turmoil, especially after three years of turmoil, many Cubans' attitudes have changed.

From this point of view, if there is no afterlife, that is, Cassily is still alive, the political turmoil in the first half of the year is not necessarily a bad thing.

In other words, Chuan; Unrest! Later, the time had come for political reform in Cuba. In fact, Cassily discussed the topic of political reform at the Workers' Party plenary meeting in August in order to find out the situation in the country and within the party and to build momentum for political reform. If Cassily hadn't died. And when he lives to the age of Na, with his influence in Cuba, even if he no longer serves as the general secretary of the Workers' Party, he will not serve as an important leader of the country. can complete political reform in the form of "regency".

This is also the most harmful thing for the United States.

As mentioned earlier, if Cuba engages in political reform, it will fully join the republic and become an ally of the republic.

In fact, at the Intensive Bloc Summit at the end of last year, the main reason for the rejection of Argentina's proposal to upgrade Cuba from an observer state to a full member state was the Cuban political system, which was considered by more than half of the member states at the time, including Pakistan, Thailand and Malaysia. Cuba is a typical "totalitarian state" whose political system not only does not meet the requirements of the intensive bloc to join the EU, but also brings harm to other member states. Therefore, the basic conditions for full membership are not met. On the basis of this information, Yan Shanglong, while attending a meeting in Havana in February, proposed to the Cuban authorities that political reform should be carried out at an appropriate time, and he was willing to provide all assistance to him.

At that time, the only person Cuba could emulate in carrying out political reform was the republic.

To put it another way, after Cassily died, no one was able to carry out political reform in Cuba. And reap the fruits of reform. It can be seen from this that the only one who really wants Cassily to be finished is the United States. This is the only way to prevent Cuba from completely joining the Republic, let alone joining the Intensive Group. You must know that once Cuba becomes a full member of the Intensive Group, it will become the forward position of the Intensive Group against the Western Group and the forward base of the Republican Army. Even if the White House and the Pentagon could tolerate it, members of Congress would not tolerate such a thing.

In other words, just go this far. Whoever lives in the White House will be pressured by Congress to send troops to attack Cuba, thus allowing the United States to start World War III with the Republic without preparation.

The problem is that killing Cassily also pushes the United States to the brink of war.

The internal situation in Cuba has been volatile throughout the month. Although in the middle of the month, the Workers' Party of Cuba elected a new general secretary and announced that it would carry out political reform in a conditional and step-by-step manner according to Cassili's ruins, and that it would fully listen to the opinions of other political parties and the people in the political reform. But by the end of the month, with the exception of Havana, Santiago, Cienfuegos and other major cities, the situation in Cuba was out of control, and there were even vicious incidents of violence against foreign tourists. By the beginning of the month, with the exception of a few Latin American countries, many countries, including the Republic, had included Cuba as a "travel restriction country"

Also at the beginning of the old month, the Republic announced the dispatch of a second fleet to the South Atlantic.

What's more, this is not a fleet with one aircraft carrier, but a fleet with two aircraft carriers at its core, plus the aircraft carrier battle group that has previously arrived in the Caribbean and is visiting Venezuela, the Republic has deployed a huge fleet of three aircraft carriers to the Atlantic.

You know, this is a war-level maritime deployment.

Although the Republic does not claim that this move is aimed at Cuba or directly challenges the United States, according to many Western news media, it is an important measure taken by the Republican authorities to prevent it from happening. You must know that in the inevitable years of the century, the United States dispatched its navy to blockade Cuba and forced the Soviet Union, which was still an ally of Cuba at that time, to withdraw its troops from Cuba. Even in the case of drowning, there is no reason for the United States to embargo Cuba. However, no one can deny that in some cases, the United States is likely to adopt the methods of the past. The army of Cubans exiled to the United States was used to fight back to Cuba, and a puppet regime was formed, and then troops were sent to Cuba under the pretext of accepting the invitation of the puppet regime. In this way, the fleet of the republics operating in the Atlantic became of paramount importance. Even if it is impossible for a fleet to seize sea supremacy, let alone defeat the US Navy, the existence of this fleet can at least allow the United States to think carefully before taking the most critical step.

Of course, the deployment of so many warships by the republic to the Atlantic will also have a negative impact.

If nothing else, in the eyes of US congressmen. This is an unmistakable provocation.

Before the second fleet of the Republican Navy entered the Atlantic, the United States Congress passed a temporary bill requiring the federal government to give high priority to the situation in Cuba and authorizing the Department of Defense to use military forces, including strategic air forces, when necessary to ensure US dominance in the Atlantic. According to this bill, the Pentagon has the right to make preliminary deployments. For example, sending an additional fleet to the Caribbean.

In fact, the U.S. Navy did.

Two fleets of the Navy of the Republic were in the Rox Islands in the southern Caribbean Sea. When the United States joined forces with the Venezuelan Navy in the waters near Venezuela and held a joint exercise with the Venezuelan Navy, the United States sent a second fleet to the Caribbean Sea with the Whip aircraft carrier as the core, thus bringing the U.S. Navy's naval strength to two to two in the Caribbean.

Of course, neither side has linked the maritime confrontation to Cuba.

According to the Republic, the Navy of the Republic accepted the invitation of the Venezuelan Navy to conduct joint military exercises in the Galle "Shy Pond District against non-traditional maritime threats, and the scope of the exercises was very limited, and it did not leave Venezuelan territorial waters." According to the US authorities, the US Navy is not sending additional fleets to the Caribbean Sea to prevent the Republican fleet from going north. Rather, it is a routine military deployment.

The problem is that no one believes the statements of both governments.

It was in this tense atmosphere that the Cuban question gradually subsided. In fact, this is one of the means by which the great powers can overcome their differences and avoid war. In any case, the United States authorities must take into account the feelings of Latin American countries when deciding to send troops to Cuba. At this point. The Republic has unequivocally told the US authorities through joint military exercises with Venezuela. If the United States brings down Cuba, the Republic will instigate many Latin American countries, including Venezuela, to break away from the international system with the United States as its own, thus completely messing up the backyard of the United States. The same. In the Atlantic, the republic did not have the capital to engage in a military contest with the United States, and the strength of the republic's navy remained below that of the United States, so the American authorities did so by deploying twice as many fleets as the republic. Let the authorities of the republic know that if the problem becomes bigger, the United States will definitely not give up, and the republic will not want to take advantage.

This mutual show of strength is enough to calm down the leaders of both sides.

Of course, political reform in Cuba is no longer so important.

According to some information that was later revealed, at the beginning of the new year, the President of State of the Republic had seven telephone calls with the President of the United States, and the Premier of the State Council of the Republic held three secret meetings with the Secretary of State of the United States. What's more, during this period, the intelligence agencies of the republic and the United States exchanged information with the defense services. According to the archives of the Military Intelligence Agency, the US Department of Defense has made it clear that the bottom line for the United States is Cuba to join the intensive group. In other words, as long as Cuba joins the intensive group. The United States will take military action. Of course, a similar message was conveyed by the Ministry of Defense of the republic. That is, the bottom line of the republic is the invasion of Cuba by the United States. It is precisely for this reason that when the fleets of the two sides confronted each other at sea, the two Governments had reached a secret agreement whereby the Republic would guarantee that Cuba would not be allowed to join the intensive group, and that the United States would guarantee that no military action would be taken against Cuba under that precondition.

Because such international political transactions are based on strength, there is no possibility that either side will go back.

To be precise, neither side will tear up the secret agreement until the strategic balance is broken. If the strategic balance is broken, secret agreements of this nature also lose their meaning.

It was in this way that by the end of the month, the situation in Cuba had cooled down rapidly.

Although there are still many countries that are interested in political reform in Cuba, especially some small countries in the Central American region, they hope to gain experience from Cuba in making the country rich. But in the eyes of the two major powers, Cuba, like the Philippines, has become the fulcrum of the strategic balance.

In fact, by this time, the Republic and the United States were only one step away from a world war.

Although the Cuban crisis did not lead to the outbreak of war, its impact should not be underestimated.

You know, at the time of the Cuban crisis. It was the time when the Republic and the United States were formulating their budgets for the year and the fiscal year.

At the end of July of that year, the plenary session of the Republic adopted a budget totaling 100 million yuan, of which trillions of yuan were spent in the form of national debts or deficits. In this budget, as much as one trillion yuan will be spent on national defense and defense-related fields, of which the real national defense budget will be as much as one trillion yuan. It can be said that this is definitely the largest budget of the central government of the Republic in the century, and it is also the year with the largest increase.

The US federal government budget was announced at the end of August. Like the Republic, the U.S. authorities have raised the proportion of the budget to more than 24 percent of the gross national product by spending on the national debt and deficit, with the defense budget being the main focus. Although the increase in the US federal budget is not the largest in the century, because in the past few months, the US federal budget has increased significantly, but for the United States, such a huge expenditure means that the country will enter a state of war.

More importantly, behind the huge budget is the preparation work of both sides.

You must know that in the Republic's national defense budget of the trillion yuan, trillions of yuan are used to purchase new equipment, the largest proportion in the past. And in the old trillion-dollar defense budget of the United States, it was used to procure equipment. Trillions, but also the most in the past.

Of course, such high military spending will definitely create problems.

Only, from an economic point of view. In the short term, the huge amount of national defense and security will stimulate economic growth. You know, in previous economic crises, major countries have increased their defense spending.

The problem is that defense spending is too large to be sustainable.

Based on the growth rate of defense spending by the Republic, the economies of both countries will be on the verge of collapse in three years at the latest.

There is only one way to avoid economic collapse, and that is to transfer domestic contradictions abroad.

It was for this reason that almost everyone at this time believed that a full-scale war between the Republic and the United States was about to break out.