A Lincoln drove into the heavily guarded White House, and Albert, who was sitting in the car, looked at the armed security personnel walking back and forth outside the car and was a little surprised, "It's strange, have the security measures in the White House been upgraded recently?" ”

The CIA agent in charge of transporting Albert replied, "This is to welcome His Highness Albert, and the White House has specially raised the security level." As a valued guest in the United States, you can rest assured that we are safe and secure. ”

Albert stuck out his tongue, dismissive of the CIA agents' sycophants, thinking that the Americans were really unprofitable. As soon as he heard that he had nuclear technology in his hands, he immediately changed his posture to talk to himself. Didn't Belgium still be a dispensable little brother before? And to ensure my safety, it's really light, thinking that I don't know that I almost tore up with Belgium for the information on ICBMs.

"This world is really not ancient." Albert let out a pretended old sigh.

Albert has been in and out of the White House more often than the Executive Hall in Brussels lately, and he has almost gotten in touch with the security guards. Those who did not know it thought that Albert was a distinguished guest of the US government, but those who knew knew that the White House hated and loved this person, and they were helpless.

Soon he was taken to the White House conference room, where he was estimated to have received the most foreign guests. Again, Truman's trio of friends, Secretary of State Marshall, CIA Director Roscoe Henry Hillencott, and Secretary of Defense James Forrestal. Because Truman did not have a vice president when he was in his first term, Vice President Albon William Buckley, who was elected in Truman's second term, did not appear in Truman's friend group.

As Secretary of State in charge of foreign affairs, Marshall's first speech would be more appropriate, and the Secretary of State asked in a slightly flattering tone, "May I ask Your Highness Albert, is it really Belgium that caused the nuclear test in the Atlantic?" ”

"Ah, what? Test? I don't know. Albert decided to pretend to be crazy at first, pretending not to understand Marshall's words, "I just remember that the Belgian Admiralty had a sea exercise, but they were just going to explode a 700,000-ton T-N-T equivalent bomb." I don't know what nuclear weapons you're talking about. ”

Marshall was so stupid that Albert was about to vomit blood, 700,000 tons of T-N-T equivalent bombs, how much do you have to have conventional explosives to make such power. You pretend, you continue to pretend. Marshall looked at Albert's innocent eyes and thought to himself that he couldn't be deceived by this kid's appearance. So Marshall continued to ask patiently, "Your Highness Albert, don't be kidding. In fact, only nuclear weapons can do this. ”

"Anyone can do it if there's enough explosives, don't you say, Mr. Marshall." Albert looked at the angry Marshall and felt a little funny.

Seeing that Marshall had a vague tendency to erupt, James Forrestal hurriedly came out to play a round, "Actually, Mr. Marshall has no malicious intentions, he just wants to know whether Belgium has nuclear weapons in its hands." ”

Finally getting to the point, Albert exhaled and put on a serious negotiating stance. He put his hands on the table, rubbed his palms together, and asked in a tone that was neither humble nor arrogant, "If I said yes, what would Defense Secretary Forrest do?" If not, what would you do, I'm curious. ”

"I only hope that Belgium, as a loyal ally of the American people, will not take sides with the Soviet Union." Truman spoke openly and honestly to Albert about his concerns, but at the same time evaded Albert's questioning answer, "In fact, we are really worried that you will sell fusion technology to the Soviets, because it will be an absolute disaster for the Western liberal world." ”

"Che, I thought you Americans had great ambitions, and they were worried about Belgium colluding with the Soviet Union." Albert pretended to be disdainful and said, "You really underestimate Belgium, I remember very well how the Soviets treated me as the crown prince back then." They want to get nuclear weapons from me, dream! ”

Everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief, and it seemed that what Albert, the future king, had said had already made Belgium's position clear, and they would undoubtedly stand firmly on the side of the United States.

"And as long as you Americans are willing and can afford that price, I can sell you fusion technology." Albert's words were like a depth charge, and in one fell swoop, the calm conference room exploded. The high-level US officials present all looked at each other, unable to believe such a pie-in-the-sky good thing.

Selling nuclear fusion technology? The eyes of everyone present lit up. In the case of the United States, these technologies are all top-secret information locked in a safe and guarded by a division of troops, so the Americans have no hope of selling Belgian fusion technology at all. I didn't expect Belgium to be so happy to trade with the United States.

"What are the trading conditions of His Highness Albert? Do you pay in USD? President Truman tried his best to suppress his excitement and try to maintain his demeanor as a national leader. A small country with little territory and short ambition can only ask for money.

But Truman guessed wrong.

"No, no, I hope that the United States can help Belgium with the construction of heavy industry, as well as the sharing of technology among military enterprises." Albert revealed his own conditions, "Belgium will have a share of all the development technology of conventional weapons such as aircraft, artillery, and tanks in the United States." Compared to a 700,000-ton T-N-T-equivalent fusion weapon, this requirement is not excessive, right? ”

Albert wanted the Americans to give Belgium a copy of the Soviet Union's aid to China, to help him improve the backwardness of the heavy military industry. So he naturally thought of the German heavy military enterprises that were trampled by artillery fire, so he added one more condition, "By the way, the Belgian Taleste Heavy Weapons Factory also plans to acquire Porsche, BMW, and Krupp." And I hope that the British government can release Alfred Krupp and Willy Messerschmidt from prison and take back control of their businesses, and I hope that the United States will be accommodating. ”

Willy Messerschmidt was a rare aerospace genius, and Albert didn't want to give him to Lockheed to develop the F104 Star fighter.

Porsche and BMW are at the world's leading level in aerospace engines and tank engines. Even though BMW's factory equipment was destroyed in the war, he did not miss the development of space engines after the end of World War II, and Ferdinand Porsche, who had developed the Tiger tank, was released in 1947. But designers like these who have been branded as war criminals can become tools of the powerful with a little pressure from the government. So Albert didn't worry about him moving the factory to Austria.

Sometimes the power is in hand, and everything is easy to do. When a large country with rights makes a trade for the sake of interests, not to mention individuals, even the rights and interests of small countries can be sacrificed.

Anyway, Britain and France wanted to rearm West Germany against the Soviet Union, so in the end, Alfred Krupp would have been released in 1951 no matter what, and Albert's move was just to let him come out early and shine.

Originally, Albert wanted to snatch the Rheinmetall Group, a company that claimed to be 20 years ahead of the Americans and the Soviets in technology, and anyone else would salivate. But considering that Rheinmetall is a German state-owned enterprise, it is too ugly to bite the bullet, and it is too greedy to chew too much, and the senior personnel of these enterprises and the restored factory facilities have been able to make a big difference in the development of Belgium's heavy military industry.

It can be said that as long as Belgium controls the German enterprises, obtains American technology, and adds the resources of the African colonies, it will definitely be at the leading level in the world in terms of conventional weapons!