Volume 12 Prelude to the Great War Chapter 80 All-Out Arms Race
The report of the war was published within a short period of time after the outbreak of the war, and the republic's move was described as "very positive" by Kang Xiaoxiao. In previous regional wars, regardless of whether they had gained an advantage or not, the belligerents rarely released detailed battles on the first day. In addition to avoiding the impact on the country's credibility due to false war reports, it also has to do with the country's attitude towards war.
Naturally, if you win, you don't want to go around. Those who lose don't want to hype it up.
Such an unusual move by the authorities of the republic immediately attracted the attention of the whole world.
Due to the constraints of the occasion, the spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic did not give a detailed explanation of the fighting situation, and was very cautious when answering reporters' questions, but said that the fighting situation would be announced on the official website one after another, and that some combat operations would be explained in detail.
At the end of the press briefing, the first detailed battle report appeared on the website of the Ministry of National Defense.
In just a few minutes, the website of the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China broke through the number of hitters and fell into 10,000 minutes, and the time in Beijing was at the right time. The number of visits has exceeded 10,000. Thankfully, the Department of Defense's cyber technicians had been prepared for it, otherwise such a huge number of visits would have led to the website going down.
At this time, the intention of the republic to actively disclose the situation of the fighting also became apparent.
In the eyes of almost everyone, the first war report published by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic was not aimed at Turkey, but at the United States on the other side of the world, because it was a war report related to the Republic's Celestial Army.
According to the information released by the Ministry of National Defense, shortly after the start of the war, a certain combat unit of the Republican Celestial Army successfully destroyed the military command center and military communication center in the southeastern region of Turkey, completed the most critical strategic strike mission, successfully paralyzed the military system of the Turkish army, played a key role in preventing the Turkish army from continuing to brutalize the Kurds, and also laid the foundation for the eventual rescue of the Kurds.
You don't need to read the latter words at all, just pay attention to the first half of the sentence.
If this news is true, then this is the first real combat operation of the Aerospace Forces. More importantly, this is a real combat operation in a real confrontation situation, because the combat units of the Celestial Army of the Republic were dispatched "after the start of the war" and blew up the high-value strategic targets of the Turkish army. Because only the Republic and the United States have the ability to let the Space Force participate in actual combat, and military experts all over the world believe that outer space is the commanding heights of the next large-scale war, so no one doubts the intention of this war report.
This is definitely not good news for the United States.
Just as in the Cold War with the Soviet Union after World War II and at the beginning of the century, neither the Democratic nor Republican presidents could tolerate the backwardness of the United States in key technologies. You must know that when the Soviet Union did its best to launch the first artificial satellite and send the first astronaut into space before the United States, the United States invested tens of billions of dollars to send the first astronaut to the moon in just a few years. It claims that the world's most accurate astronomical telescope does not have Armstrong's footprints in the Silent Sea, nor the American flag, but until actual evidence is obtained, the international community still believes that the United States did indeed send astronauts to the moon in the age of the century. Now that the Republic occupies the commanding heights, the US authorities are naturally restless and regard this report as a matter of top priority.
It is precisely for this reason that on the morning of the 4th Eastern time, Landes held a high-level federal meeting at the White House.
It was not a simple meeting, and in addition to Mrs. Loeblin's State Department officials and senior generals, Landes invited the speakers of both houses of Congress, party leaders, and representatives of several main committees. Because the oval study could not accommodate so many people, the meeting took place in the underground conference hall. As a high-ranking general. As well as the commander of the front, Duchway attended the meeting through a confidential line.
Conference network, start, the argument begins.
Although Mrs. Loblin used information provided by the fourth-class intelligence agencies to firmly believe that it was not an aerospace fighter that was "lying" about attacking Turkish military facilities, but a new type of fighter that was secretly being flown by the Republican Air Force. However, several deputies to the Congress did not believe Mrs. Loeblin's words, insisting that the information published by the authorities of the republic was very reliable, and that the advanced fighters of the Air Force were also air-space fighters and belonged to the air-space strike force, that is, the republic had far surpassed the United States in air-space combat forces.
Unlike in the past, Landers did not support Mrs. Loeblin, but sided with the members of Congress.
In any case, Landers is the president of the United States.
The president's attitude has had a great impact on Jing Liang.
Although Dudgway, in line with the principle of not causing trouble, only reported the situation in a factual manner, and did not participate in disputes between different interest groups, from the performance of Mrs. Loebling and Landers at the meeting, the Marine Corps general knew very well that the two most powerful men in the United States did not agree on key issues.
Of course, the attitudes of both men are easy to understand.
The biggest reason why Landers was able to live in the White House, apart from Mrs. Loeblin's lack of candidacy, was that he was supported by several major interest groups, including arms dealers and energy companies, and defeated several other candidates supported by the lawyers' association and financial companies in the party elections. Although the new address of this site has been changed to: Regret the heart, please log in to read! , everyone knows that it is Mrs. Loeblin who is in charge of the overall situation, and Des is only the spokesperson for the residence, but Randers and Mrs. Loeblin must have a disagreement, and after becoming president, Randers must fulfill his promises to interest groups.
Now is the time for Landers to deliver on his promises.
Emphasizing the Republic's leading edge in the aerospace field is tantamount to emphasizing that the United States does not have enough defense spending and insufficient investment in scientific research. The federal government needs to increase its budget and invest more money in the arms race and the science and technology race, so that arms dealers, energy groups, and other interest groups can profit from it. All in all, the US federal government can no longer live a small life with a careful budget, as it did in the past, and in the increasingly severe situation of the Cold War, it must carry out drastic reforms, and it must first start with the reorganization of military forces.
"Rectifying military forces" is not a slogan, or rather a slogan of operational significance. Although the United States does not have a tradition of shouting slogans, the federal government of the United States must always put forward a slogan if it wants to implement a major policy. For example, during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the United States used to boast about the commanding heights of military science and technology, and it eventually evolved into the "Star Wars" program that dragged down the former Soviet Union. Entering the 2nd century, President Jappel put forward the slogan of "new energy" when solving the economic problems caused by the financial crisis in the year of Linian. After the outbreak of the Great Depression, Republican President Frederick first engaged in infrastructure construction, and Democratic Presidents Westwood and Blandino launched the "economic transformation" and "economic development for the scientific and technological revolution in the second half of the century".
Thus. For Landers to make a difference, he had to come up with a slogan.
From the point of view of politicians, the authorities of the republic announced the results of the Aerospace Forces at this time, and even if this is indeed false news, the US authorities will not sit idly by and must act. In the words of Randes's national security adviser at the conference, if the federal government does not act, it will not only lose next year's midterm elections, but also cause the Republican Party's support to drop to its lowest point since being elected. In short, the federal government must do something to counter the Republic's provocative statements. In the words of the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, the key to the United States being able to defeat the huge Red Empire in the Cold War, which lasted for nearly half a century, was that the United States grasped the commanding heights of science and technology and led the trend of world development. It is not the most powerful and advanced country in the world, and it will definitely lose the Cold War with China.
Because Landers focused on national defense construction from the beginning, senior U.S. generals who had been supporting Mrs. Loebling came to Gogo and quickly entered the presidential camp.
If Dudgway had been a Marine Corps general many years ago, he would have made the same choice.
The problem is that Du Qiqi is no longer a simple soldier.
From beginning to end, he was not involved in Madame Loeblin's struggle with Landers.
In fact, Dudgway has always believed that Mrs. Loebling's views are more favorable to the United States.
Although Loblin did not deny the objective fact that the United States and the Republic were fighting a Cold War, but from the very beginning. She insisted that the republic was not the former Soviet Union, and that the United States had no reason to deal with the former Soviet Union against the republic. More importantly, the republic has seized the initiative and, in fact, is ahead of the United States. Under the circumstances of the unfavorable overall situation, the United States should not blindly launch an all-out arms race with the Republic, or even an all-out science and technology race. For decades, the United States, led by a Democratic president, has avoided the Republic's challenge and made the most of its existing advantages. Leading in some important areas, rather than in all, lays the groundwork for America's long-term growth. The problem is that Mrs. Loebling could not have mentioned the Democratic president. After all, it is now the Republican Party that governs. What makes Mrs. Loeblin even more troublesome is that she cannot directly oppose the increase in military investment, after all, this is against the Republican Party's food and clothing. If Mrs. Loeblin is really like the Democratic president, I am afraid she will not even be able to keep the position of Secretary of State.
Exactly. In this controversy of disparity in strength, Madame Loebling did not even have a chance to defend herself.
Before the end of the meeting. In the absence of Mrs. Loeblin's objections. Proposed by Landes' National Security Adviser. Two of the most critical points are to pass a temporary bill aimed at US defense construction, one is to do its best to support Turkey and other US allies to tide over the difficulties, and the other is to increase the normal defense budget in the fiscal year, and to increase the defense budget to the annual level in the next three fiscal years. Because this proposal has the support and approval of congressional leaders, leaders of both chambers, and several chairmen of the main committees, it is settled to get congressional support, and all that is needed is for the bill to go into effect.
For Dudgway. This is not necessarily a bad thing.
Although this very crucial temporary bill does not explicitly help Turkey and other allies win the war. But after the bill was supported by Congress, several of the problems facing Dudgway ceased to exist. In addition, as long as the US federal government begins to allocate war funds, the Pentagon will be able to procure arms on a larger scale and increase front-line investment, so that Duchway no longer needs to worry about troop strength.
It's just that, as a politician, Dugway knows very well that this bill will lead the United States to a point of no return.
From a purely political point of view, this temporary bill, which came to be known as the "Armaments Act," fundamentally confirmed the Cold War relations between the United States and the Republic, and officially pushed the United States onto the fast track of the arms race. However, before that, successive Democratic administrations in the United States had tried to avoid an all-out arms race with the Republic, because previous presidents knew that the United States did not yet have the conditions to engage in an all-out arms race with the Republic. Among other things, Brandino actively promoted the United States to participate in comprehensive nuclear disarmament and did his best to get the United States Congress to ratify the "London Treaty" in order to avoid a full-scale arms race with the Republic. For the United States, the fortunate thing in the misfortune is that in the years before that, the republic needs to concentrate on making up for the shortcomings in the country's overall strength, such as science and technology, social culture, and political system. Therefore, there is also no ability to enter into a full-scale arms race with the United States. As the Republic overtakes the United States in more and more technological fields, builds the world's largest "olive-shaped" society, and achieves phased results in political reforms, the authorities of the Republic have finally signaled a full-scale challenge to the United States at the most opportune time.
The main point of contention between the President of the United States and the Secretary of State is whether or not the United States should respond to the war.
As a military man, Dudgway will not back down. But as a politician, he knows it very well. The United States must back down.
If the Republic had been defeated through an arms race, the United States would not have lost as many regional wars in previous years. Lose so many allies. The new address of this site has been changed to: Regret the heart, please log in to read!
In Dugway's view, the United States will have to wait until the end of the power revolution to meet the challenge of the Republic.
The problem is that Duchway is now just a straw man, not a politician, at least not a talkative politician.
For the decision of the US authorities, Duchway can only accept it.
Less than a minute after the White House meeting ended, the US news media, led by Die, CBS, Warner Bros., and a number of television stations, including Show, began to report on the news announced by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic, claiming that the Republic had taken control of the commanding heights in the military field, and that the Republican Aerospace Forces could appear above the heads of the American people at any time and drop special bombs capable of destroying the entire city. To put it figuratively, under the propaganda of these American news media. It's as if tomorrow is the end of the world.
I have to admit that the reaction of the American news media was too fast.
Although this is a very glaring flaw, no one has pointed it out, not including Al Jazeera, which has been playing against the US news media.
While the U.S. news media is hyping up the Cold War atmosphere, the Republic's Department of Defense has released more news.
According to the information released by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic, after Iran, Iraq and Syria announced that they would join the military operation to liberate the Kurds, the combat units of the Republic will be stationed in these three catties. Country. In the first few rounds of air strikes announced by the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic on the first day, the success rate of the bombing was above the outrage, and the high-intensity bombing alone destroyed more than 1,000 important targets. Suffice it to say that in just a few hours, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic published almost all the details of combat operations, except for the absence of a detailed description of the air battle with US naval aviation. Although so much information was released at the same time, making the report unfocused, those who understood it well knew that the "explosive" news of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic was not for the sake of news reporting, but to convey a certain message to the US authorities, that is, whether the United States would respond to the war or not, the Republic would take proactive action. In other words, the United States has no choice but to take the initiative to meet the all-out challenge of the republic in this confrontation between the two great powers, which concerns more than 100 million people.
It was for this reason that later that day, the European news media issued a warning that "world war was about to break out."
It was only at this time that some people saw the doorway.
The authorities of the republic have no intention of aggravating the situation in the Cold War, let alone fighting a world war with the United States, but want to take this opportunity to keep the European states on the verge of moving out of the battlefield and not to get into the heat of Turkey.
In fact, shortly after the Ministry of Defence of the Republic announced the first message, the parliaments of the Netherlands and Belgium rejected the resolution to send troops to help the NATO ally Turkey resist the attack, and only decided to recall diplomatic personnel in the Republic, Iran, Iraq and Syria, temporarily sever diplomatic relations with these four countries, and warned their nationals not to travel to the war zone and belligerents until the end of the war. Although the Dutch and Belgian parliaments cited the Turkish authorities for crimes against humanity when they rejected the proposal to send troops, the European news media agreed that the two NATO members had come to Georgia at a critical moment to make it clear that they did not want to be enemies of the republic.
Someone set a precedent, and the latter is much easier.
Within the next few days. Except for the British House of Commons passed a bill to provide limited military assistance to Turkey, other European countries have indicated that they will not send troops or provide military assistance to Turkey, and at most they will only temporarily sever diplomatic relations with the republic, while major countries such as France, Germany and Italy have only downgraded diplomatic relations with the republics from the ambassadorial level to the chargé d'affaires level, and have not recalled diplomacy
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Of course, in the case that the vast majority of European countries have long been determined not to aid Turkey, the incident of being born in Yuri made these countries express their attitude at most, and it had no impact on the war situation.
There is only one country that can really influence the situation of the war, and that is Greece, which has not made concessions to the United States for a long time.