Since the victory in World War II, the contradictions between the capitalist and socialist camps have become prominent, especially after 1947, and the contradictions have developed in an irreconcilable direction. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 It was not without military crises during the INFO period, such as during the outbreak of events in Turkey and Yugoslavia and Palestine, where there was a danger of military conflict.

But this time the crisis was far more severe than before, the Red Army clusters stationed in Poland and Austria were completely mobilized, more than 5,000 tanks were almost lined up along the border, and thousands of fighters, attack planes and bombers were still active in the sky, which looked like the rhythm of World War III.

The full mobilization of the Red Army also took the NATO troops who were just beginning to pose, especially Belgium, the Netherlands and France, whose combined military strength was less than half that of the Red Army, even counting the British and American garrisons, and failed to surpass the Red Army group opposite.

And what is even more frightening is that behind the Red Army on the Austrian and Polish lines, there is a steady stream of second echelons coming over, and there are at least more than five thousand tanks and more aircraft behind them. It's a torrent of steel.

Note that this is not only about quantity, and NATO is even more to lose in terms of quality. In the torrent of steel assembled by the Red Army, almost all T-54/55, and the T-34 was basically thrown to the CIS and other allies. And NATO's side is still the batch of stock platforms of World War II, and the most are still M4 heavy tanks, and then there is the M26 Pershing that has just been renamed, which has been downgraded from heavy tanks to medium tanks. As for the more advanced M46, it was still in development and testing at this time, and it was estimated that it would not be put into production until 1950.

Judging from the composition of the armored force, the Red Army has an absolute advantage, especially with the Red Army's new generation of new 100-mm high-pressure tank guns replacing the D-10T in service, the Red Army has gradually achieved a certain advantage over the American 90-mm tank guns in terms of firepower, and with the use of more advanced ammunition, this advantage has the possibility of expansion.

Not only in terms of firepower, but with the major breakthrough in Soviet laser technology, optoelectronic injection fire control equipment and laser rangefinders began to be put into production, and it was initially estimated that in the mid-50s it would be possible to widely equip the armored forces of the Red Army.

Moreover, the relevant departments of the Red Army also hope to further expand this advantage, the overhauled T-55 T-62 is under intense research and development, and another high-tech future tank is also under development, according to Li Xiaofeng's requirements, the tank should use a newer generation of large-caliber smoothbore guns, command ceremony fire control systems, second-generation laser rangefinders, composite armor, to be ahead of NATO for about 10 years.

But that's all for later, so let's get back to the crisis for the time being. Because of the sudden all-round mobilization of the Red Army, the NATO bloc felt great pressure, and on the one hand, the United States began to mobilize troops intensively, and transferred a large number of warplanes from its homeland to bases in Britain and France. On the other hand, it also exerted diplomatic efforts and frequently warned the Soviet Union not to mess around.

To be honest, this is really the logic of bandits, they were the ones who caused the trouble at the beginning, but as a result, people reacted normally, and they began to chirp and say what this was a provocation and threat. It's as if all the truth in this world is on their side.

To this the reply of the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the USSR was: "The Soviet Red Army is just conducting annual exercises normally, there are no provocations, the weak are provocations against the strong, and the Soviet Red Army, which has experienced the test of the Great Patriotic War, is the strong and does not need to provoke anyone!" On the contrary, NATO must explain why it is gathering heavy troops on the German border, there is a security agreement between the Soviet government and the German government, and we will not allow any country or force to harass Germany and destroy peace! ”

In fact, this kind of mouth cannon can't be seen, NATO dares to go to war? I'm afraid I don't dare. What about the USSR? I don't dare. Everybody is just making a gesture. Of course, this gesture can also distinguish the winner from the loser, at least for now it seems that the USSR has a slight advantage!

"I am very dissatisfied with your performance, what we need is an effective deterrent, it must be able to deter the Soviet Union, and now, it is we who are frightened, this is a joke!" Truman was very dissatisfied.

However, it is understandable, because Republican congressmen have exerted great pressure on him during this period, especially after the Soviet Union's heavy military gathering frightened NATO, and congressmen have ridiculed Truman like a clown.

To this, Eisenhower, as commander-in-chief of NATO's Allied forces, replied: "The Soviet Union has a greater advantage in conventional forces, and we need some time to catch up." For the time being, it should be our nuclear forces that can effectively threaten the Soviet Union, and we should fully demonstrate this threat! ”

Truman thought for a moment to agree with this answer: since losing the race to level Japan to the Soviet Union, the United States has increased its investment in atomic energy in an effort to produce more atomic bombs, more powerful, and smaller atomic bombs. After several years of hard work, remarkable achievements have been made in this regard.

By the end of 1948, the United States had more than 100 atomic bombs, and many more were in production, and Truman was quite satisfied with many more atomic bombs. Now is it time to settle the old scores of 1945?

Soon the United States test-fired two medium-range ballistic missiles with live ammunition, and the whole West was jubilant at the moment when the two mushroom clouds rose into the air. Most Western elites felt that the U.S. test firing of five medium-range missiles in a short period of time was a complete success, and each of them carried a nuclear warhead. The dropping of five atomic bombs in one go can at least show that the US nuclear arsenal is quite full!

It is almost certain that the United States has at least equaled the level of the Soviet Union in the nuclear arms race, and perhaps even surpassed it. For the elites of the West, what they are most afraid of is the nuclear stick of the Soviet Union, and now that the United States has been able to threaten the Soviet Union on an equal footing, what else is there to be afraid of?

For a time, the whole West was jubilant, even happier than Christmas. However, this joy did not last long, and the day after the United States successfully tested its medium-range missiles for the second time, the Soviet Union first launched three R-7 intercontinental missiles in one go, and conducted a full flight test, the first of which flew 12,000 kilometers and accurately hit a nuclear warhead at the range. The second, which also flew 12,000 kilometers, again accurately hit the range with a nuclear bomb. The third is even more striking, the R-7, which flew only 8,000 kilometers, but dropped three nuclear warheads accurately at the range.

Immediately after the success of this test, the Soviet side announced that it had achieved the success of the test of multiple warheads, and that in the future, Soviet intercontinental missiles would carry more warheads to strike at the enemy.

Although the Soviet Union did not specify who the enemy was, everyone could see that the enemy could only be the United States. When the Americans were still playing with single-warhead ballistic missiles, the Soviet Union had already begun to play with multiple warheads, although it was still only a cluster multiple warhead, and it was still far from a split-guided multiple warhead. But how can the cluster multiple warheads also be ahead of the Americans. Anyone has to admit this!

Especially considering that the Americans do not even have intercontinental missiles now, the Soviet Union's lead has been further magnified, and looking at the fact that the Soviet Union threw out five atomic bombs in one go, it was simply a-for-tat slap in the face of the United States.

Of course, if the Americans know that the nuclear weapons produced by the Soviet Union since 1947 are basically hydrogen bombs, and the atomic bombs produced before are either dismantled and re-boiled with nuclear materials, or a little bit is left as a tool to fool the United States, I am afraid that the Americans will die of anger. For example, the five atomic bombs in this case are in stock.

The elated Western elites were poured cold water on the head of the Soviet Union again, and the fiery little hearts were instantly cold. There is no longer any mention of the total lead and victory over the USSR, these guys bury their heads in the sand like ostriches, keep their mouths shut about Soviet ICBMs and atomic bombs, and pretend that nothing had happened before.

Of course, the Americans were stimulated enough that the Senate gritted its teeth and allocated funds for atomic energy and ballistic missile-related programs again, and the cheque book was even more tyrant than a tyrant. For a time, the United States received quite sufficient funds for the technology related to intercontinental missiles and multi-warhead missiles, and it can almost be said that there is too much money to spend.

However, these abundant funds did not come in vain, and at the same time as the Senate's vicious appropriation, a tax increase bill was also passed. There are so many places to spend money in the United States that you can't make ends meet without raising taxes!

What is even more unexpected is that there is no end to tax increases in the future, as the Soviet Union exposed more and more advanced technologies, such as artificial satellites, such as underwater launched ballistic missiles, such as nuclear-powered submarines, aircraft carriers and cruisers, as well as extremely expensive plans to land on the moon and explore Mars. Americans had to be ransacked by the Senate again and again, the tax burden was getting higher and higher, and all kinds of messy expenses became astronomical. This laid the groundwork for the future division and disintegration of the United States.

But this is also a later story, by the way, back to the topic, in the face of the strong counterattack of the Soviet Union, the Americans were once again disappointed, failed to scare the Soviet Union, but were taken aback again. No matter how you look at this rhythm, it is the rhythm of rushing to the door and slapping the face and being blown up, anyway, the Americans are very embarrassed.

But this has to end, right? The Americans were originally going to scare and scare the USSR, and then take advantage of the situation to go to Castro's XJJ, preferably another killer. Now, no matter how you look at it, it's all empty!

To tell the truth, the most discussed issue at the US Joint Chiefs of Staff at present is not how to intervene in the Cuban Revolution, but what to do in the face of strong opposition from the Soviet Union after interfering in the Cuban Revolution.

In fact, there is no result in discussing this issue, because the result is nothing more than two, one is that the Soviet Union does not care about Castro and Cuba, which is naturally happy for the Americans, but this possibility is really unlikely. Another result is that the Soviet Union will intervene strongly, and then the United States will lose face and lose absolute control over the Americas, and if the United States is the front, I am afraid it will be the rhythm of World War III.

Therefore, the Cuban question was placed in front of Truman as a difficult problem, and if he had blindly taken a hard line, the result would have been quite difficult to say. If World War III breaks out, it is likely that even if all mankind is not destroyed, the United States, the Soviet Union, and the entire Eurasian continent will have to be buried with them.

So Truman had to think about the question -- was it worth it to do so for the sake of a Cuba?

This is a rather critical question, and once you figure it out, everything else is not a problem, and the question of Truman's wisdom is not difficult to figure out.

If Cuba and the Philippines in 1898 were quite meaningful to the United States, the seizure of these two colonies announced that the United States had also become a member of the top hooligans. But 50 years later, for the United States, which had quickly reached the top after World War II, the value of Cuba as a small land was much less than before.

Let's put it this way, the acquisition of Cuba and the Philippines by the United States was like a poor man having enough to eat for the first time. But fifty years later, this poor man has become a local tyrant, and eating a full meal is nothing at all, and abalone and bird's nest can be eaten bowl by bowl. At this time, let this local tyrant tear up another big enemy head-on for a meal, do you think he will roll up his sleeves and really play?

Cuba's value is not worth the United States' hard work, and for Truman, it is absolutely not worth it. Therefore, he will look at the Cuban issue more cautiously and will never adopt an excessively drastic policy.

However, this does not mean that the United States is so generous to let Cuba go, which is also impossible, after all, Truman still has to go down the stairs, no matter what, he wants to interfere in Cuba, but the intensity of the interference is not so great.

Truman's choice of intervention was not to open fire on Cuba in an all-out way, but to continue to foster new proxies to fight Castro, and if Batista could not, then replace it with Matista or Jutista. Three-legged toads are hard to find in Cuba, and two-legged careerists still grab a handful.

At Truman's request, the Senate urgently approved a plan to aid Cuban "democratic" teasers, allocated a large amount of money, excluded American military advisers, and fostered a group of remnants of Batista's former government army, hoping to use these people to fight against Castro.

From 1949 to 1955, the United States spent a lot of money to nurture a group of "democratic" comics, that is, these people either ran away with money to South America to work as apartments, or were crushed into scum by Castro, which was useless at all.

But for Truman, this is enough, anyway, what he has to do is to give an explanation, showing that he has worked hard to save the Cuban problem, as for success or not, then what, Lao Tzu's term of office is up, should the next president solve this problem?

As for the next president, Eisenhower, this is also an old fritter in officialdom, and the level of kicking ball is even higher, and he does not carry the pot of his predecessor...... (To be continued.) )