554 Yankee in the chase

De Gaulle apparently did not take Morrigan's warnings seriously, he felt that Britain and the United States would not be so frustrated, and if anyone liked to play political assassination, then he thought that the Soviet Union in the East was more likely. As for www.biquge.info the Western world of democracy and freedom, there is no market for this set.

Li Xiaofeng's view on this is naΓ―ve. Who said the people. The Lord is free and doesn't play assassination, how did Lincoln die? And how did Kennedy hang up? People. Beneath the skin of the Lord's freedom has always been mercenary and wolfish ambition. And with a certain immortal's understanding of Learwin, this woman would never be merciful to the enemy, and if De Gaulle really made her feel threatened, assassination was definitely a strategy she would consider.

It's just that now the femme fatale is still waiting, watching the course of events, and once France is really on the opposite side of England, she will order the elimination of De Gaulle in a matter of minutes.

"What about the protective measures I suggest?" Li Xiaofeng asked.

"De Gaulle refused to even wear body armor, he thought he was absolutely safe." Morrigan replied helplessly.

"Tsk," Li Xiaofeng was a little speechless, sometimes De Gaulle's personality was also quite fucked, and after thinking about it, he ordered: "Then we can only let him take the initiative to raise the security level!" Arrange an assassination! ”

Li Xiaofeng's meaning is very simple, since de Gaulle does not take the assassination threat seriously now, then it is necessary for him to make de Gaulle pay attention. And an unsuccessful assassination had two other benefits, in addition to raising de Gaulle's vigilance. The first is to enhance de Gaulle's personal prestige, as people are like this, with a rebellious mentality. Even people who didn't like De Gaulle very much before, when they heard that De Gaulle had been assassinated, they probably would have more or less supported him. Moreover, no one would be stupid enough to strike again immediately after De Gaulle had just undergone an assassination, and the chances of success would be too slim.

A few days later, as de Gaulle walked out of the venue after attending a meeting, a bullet hit him in the left arm. The shot came so suddenly that no one reacted, and when the blood flowed out, the crowd around de Gaulle came to their senses, and in an instant the scene erupted, and in the chaos de Gaulle was escorted to the hospital by the guards. And this news immediately detonated the international political arena!

Churchill was both happy and sad, happy that the bastard de Gaulle had been shot, sad that the bastard was not dead, he shouted at 10 Downing Street: "Why don't the damned assassins practice their marksmanship or aim carefully, what does it do to injure that bastard?" What a problem for us! ”

As for Roosevelt, the old president was wiser, he thought: "Could this be a bitter ploy of de Gaulle?" Deliberately carry out an attempted assassination, and there is no danger in shedding a little blood. It is possible to gain widespread sympathy, and then incite public opinion against us! ”

Of course, Learwin had similar concerns, because she knew very well what kind of person her opponent was, and she warned Churchill: "We must beware that this is a ghost of the Russians, and we cannot rule out the possibility that they are framing us by this!" ”

In fact, Yakov did suggest that the assassination play be divided into two acts, the first of which is the assassination of de Gaulle, and the second of which is the emergence of the murderer. By using this as a sham, Britain and the United States can further drive a wedge between Britain and the United States and France.

But this suggestion was ruthlessly rejected by Li Xiaofeng, and a certain immortal said: "It's too much!" Don't underestimate de Gaulle, this man still has political wisdom, and such a means will arouse his suspicions. It's better to let the murderer disappear, and there will never be an explanation, so that he will be more suspicious of Anglo-American. ”

Li Xiaofeng was right, because soon someone proved his claim by being clever. The US Strategic Intelligence Agency felt that this assassination was a good opportunity and could take advantage of it, and under the instructions of Director Donovan, the Strategic Intelligence Agency forged a corpse and "framed" KGB for planning the assassination.

I have to say that this operation was too clumsy, the skills of the Americans were too rough, first of all, the weapon was wrong, it was the M1 Garand bullet that hit de Gaulle's arm, and the Americans, in order to highlight the Soviet flavor, replaced the dead "gunner" with a Mosinagan in order to highlight the Soviet flavor.

Well, and really convinced the careless Americans, it was easy to get Garand in France, but it was very troublesome to get the Mosinagan Type 30 of the Red Army, and how could such a stupid assassin come to assassinate with a weapon that could easily reveal his identity?

What's more, in this world war, the front-line units of the Red Army have completely eliminated Mosinagan, and the most inferior troops are also SKS41, and the main force or guards units are AS-30. It can only be said that the Americans are too careless in picking weapons.

And even more interesting is yet to come, because the French soon checked and found out that this Mosinagan 30 rifle was not produced by the original Soviet factory. Rather, it was a modification of a Model 1910 M1891 rifle produced by the United States for Tsarist Russia in World War I. This is an authentic American product, and the careless Americans even forgot to grind off the gun's number, which can be traced directly to the last user of the gun, the U.S. government.

Well, it's really a bit embarrassing. But the more embarrassing thing is still to come, there is also a problem with the corpse that the Americans get, although the Yankees try their best to find the corpse of Ivan that matches their impression, but the Yankees' vision is always a little problematic. The body was actually a German who had died of a heart attack in the prisoner of war camp hospital. The Americans happily took the body, and asked the medical examiner to start the death certificate and symbolically make a fake grave.

But the Americans did not do a detailed investigation, they did not know that the German prisoner of war had a family in Paris, so when the poor French widow saw a picture of her husband in the newspaper, she immediately did not believe it, and immediately made a big fuss about it.

One can imagine how embarrassed the Americans would be when that fake grave was dug up and there was only an empty coffin inside. To make matters worse, the French widow also filed a lawsuit against the U.S. military, suspecting that her husband did not die a natural death, but was killed by the U.S. military for some nefarious purpose.

In an instant, public opinion was detonated, and the journalists attacked the US government and the American military with the greatest malice, especially the nationalist-controlled newspapers, and almost sprayed the American troops on French soil as neo-Nazis.

All in all, this matter is a big deal. So much so that Roosevelt had to personally stand up and apologize to the poor widow and promise to pursue the matter harshly. The old president had to set up an investigation team against his will to wipe the ass of the Strategic Intelligence Agency. Of course, as we all know, the investigation will not lead to anything, at least not in particular against the United States.

It stands to reason that this is the end of the matter, and the French will not be able to offend the Americans for the time being, and even De Gaulle, who is very angry about it, can only calm down. It's just that that's not Li Xiaofeng's style, so at his behest, KGB threw stones at the Americans at the bottom of the well.

When the Roosevelt investigation team had just come to the conclusion that the incident was nothing more than a misunderstanding. The scandal of the abuse of prisoners by the United States broke out in a French newspaper, which said sharply and sarcastically: "The American investigation team has no interest in the truth, and their only role is to cover up the truth." Otherwise, they would never have turned a blind eye to the war crimes committed by the American military. ”

The newspaper published a large number of photographs of the mistreatment of prisoners of war by the American army, and the French people were once again outraged. The first wave has not subsided, and the second wave has come back, and in their eyes, the image of the Americans has plummeted. So much so that demonstrations broke out in Paris to get American GIs out of Paris. To be honest, at a time when the world anti-fascist war was about to be won, such an action was quite a slap in the face.

At one point, Roosevelt was so angry that he had to apologize again with a shy face and promise to investigate the matter to the end. However, it is clear that the old president's apology was not satisfactory, and the French did not buy it, and the chain reaction was that the French leaders who were closer to the Americans were implicated. Girard was thrown eggs, and the populace called him a traitor. De Gaulle, on the other hand, saw his approval ratings skyrocket, forcing Britain and the United States to abandon their political intrigues against him.

Director Donovan is really a god assist, anyway, this time he lost so many points that even Roosevelt was thinking about whether to find a more expert to replace him, with the bird of the Strategic Intelligence Agency, he would be played to death in minutes!

Fortunately, this was only a small episode, and as the victory drew closer, the attention of the people quickly shifted, which allowed the precarious Director Donovan to keep his position.

By the end of March, the Axis powers were already zombies. In Germany, Berlin was surrounded by regiments, and the million-strong Red Army was steadily advancing towards the Brandenburg Gate. In addition, Hamburg and Hanover have already been put on the table, and as for Munich, it has already surrendered under the fierce offensive of Vasilevsky.

Italy, well, Italy really has nothing to say. The only problem was the huge contradictions between the USSR and the United States, Great Britain. On the issue of the occupied territories, the three countries are constantly talking about it.

Speaking of Japan, Japan is really just trying to catch its breath, the US troops landed in the Philippines, and the Kwantung Army in the three eastern provinces also retreated step by step in the direction of the three eastern provinces. As for Guannai, the last two large cities in North China, Beiping and Tianjin, were also liberated by the Eighth Route Army. At this time, Jinan, the provincial capital of Shandong, also entered the countdown to liberation, and a large number of devils could only retreat towards Qingdao, trying to hold on to this fortress. In Hunan, the devils were also forced to carry out a big contraction, and the scraping army could swagger to regain the lost ground, which shows how depressed and fragile the devils are at this time.

As the saying goes, taking advantage of his illness to kill him, although the struggle for Germany within the Allies has come to an end, the struggle for Japan has also been officially put on the agenda. The United States, which has the most say on the issue of Japan, is naturally the United States, followed by the Soviet Union, and finally the United Kingdom, oh, by the way, there is Huaxia, which is almost equivalent to playing soy sauce.

The interests of these four countries are certainly not completely identical, for example, the United States, which hopes to dominate Japan and thus build a blockade line of the first island chain. And the Soviet Union naturally hoped to poke a few holes in this blockade line, so that he would have room to maneuver. Then Japan's strategic location, which is an important node on the first island chain, is very important.

So, on March 2nd, in power. At the regular meeting of the governing bureau, Sverdlov suggested: "Is it possible to revise the previous plan for landing on Taiwan and transfer the troops used for landing on Taiwan to land in Japan?" Compared with Taiwan, Japan's strategic position is more important, and if it can land in Japan, it will certainly be able to break the US attempt to monopolize Japan and blockade China's access to the sea. And from a distance, it was easier to land in Japan, and we didn't have to worry about being attacked at sea or about the supply difficulties caused by long sea lines of communication. ”

Sverdlov was aiming at Japan, and from a geographical point of view, it was indeed easier for the Soviet Union to launch an amphibious operation against Japan, just go to Vladivostok and cross the Sea of Japan. In contrast, landing in Taiwan is too far away and supplies are difficult, so it seems that it is indeed not the best policy.

However, Li Xiaofeng wanted Taiwan more, and he immediately retorted: "Suddenly revising the battle plan at this time will only lead to a series of confusion, and all the preparations made by the troops before are about Taiwan, and it will be difficult for them to adapt to the sudden change to Japan." Second, our previous intelligence work was also carried out entirely against Taiwan, and a sudden change of goal will inevitably lead to the re-collection of relevant intelligence, which is simply impossible to do in a short period of time. Finally, and most importantly, it is true that Japan is close to us, but it must also be noted that Japan's domestic defense strength is also several times that of Taiwan. The Japanese may not be strict about Taiwan, but they will do their best to their hometown. The Japanese have proven their madness before, and I would like to ask, how many casualties are we going to pay? ”

Sverdlov was silent, because Li Xiaofeng was right, Taiwan's defense level and Japan's defense level are absolutely incomparable, didn't these grandsons also shout the slogan of 100 million jade pieces before? And in the war plan made by the Americans to land in Japan, they were also prepared to pay millions of casualties, and even asked the manufacturers who produced medals to work overtime to produce the Purple Star Medal (these medals have been used until the 21st century, and will probably continue to be used until the 22nd century).

Going to Japan to gamble on his luck when he was not fully prepared, Li Xiaofeng was resolutely opposed to such a death. What's more, he believes that Taiwan's strategic position is not much worse than that of Japan, and that taking Taiwan will have a similar effect as taking Japan.

To this, Sverdlov said that he could not agree: "Taiwan's strategic location is too far worse than Japan's. The Korean Peninsula, the Japanese archipelago, and Sakhalin are like a rope that locks our country's access to the sea. Taking Taiwan will not untie this rope, and taking Taiwan will only be particularly beneficial to China! I am categorically opposed to currying favor with other countries at the expense of the Soviet Union! ”

"How can this be called currying favor with other countries at the expense of the Soviet Union?" Li Xiaofeng could not tolerate such accusations, and he retorted: "The common forces of all countries in the world. The party is a family. The victory of the Chinese Revolution would greatly change the world situation, and the seizure of Taiwan would help deepen the friendly relations between the two countries. Huaxia broke the blockade of the island chain, which is equivalent to the Soviet Union breaking the blockade of the island chain, and your narrow nationalist thinking will only push our allies to the enemy's side! ”

Seeing that these two men were about to quarrel, Trotsky hurriedly played a round: "There is no point in accusing and attacking each other at this time, comrades, we must remain united!" After a pause, he continued: "There are practical difficulties in both landing in Taiwan and landing in Japan, Taiwan is too far away for supplies, and although Japan is close, the dying devils are still terrifying. The war is coming to an end, and we must be cautious and choose the plan with the highest cost-effectiveness ratio. ”

The so-called highest cost-benefit ratio is naturally to spend the least amount of money and pay the least sacrifice to get the most gains. So who is more suitable, Taiwan or Japan? Finally Politics. The answer given by the ruling bureau was Taiwan, which was based on a comprehensive consideration of all factors, especially considering that the Red Marines lacked experience in amphibious landings, and it was too risky to rashly land on Japan, so Sverdlov's proposal was rejected.

Naturally, Sverdlov was not happy about this, so the whole person looked angry, and he felt more and more that in this political session. He couldn't do anything within the framework of the situation, and the thought that in the future this framework would bind him for five years made Xiao Si unable to bear it.

It was at this moment that Sverdlov strengthened his belief that he had to break the framework, that he had to plan well and make a big deal!

Not to mention Sverdlov's inner thoughts, this time politics. The focus of the regular meeting of the government has shifted to the second topic, when the Soviet State Seismological Observatory monitored an earthquake activity on March 1. There appears to be an earthquake of magnitude five or so in New Mexico, USA.

At first, the news did not attract the attention of the relevant parties, because there are too many earthquakes in the world, and there is no need to make a fuss about a magnitude 5 earthquake. But when Li Xiaofeng learned of this news, he immediately paid attention to it, and he immediately ordered the relevant experts in charge of the nuclear engineering project to organize relevant experts to compare the waveform data of the earthquake in New Mexico with the earthquake caused by the previous Soviet nuclear test on Novaya Zemlya. and activated the relevant agents of KGB in the United States to go to New Mexico to find out. Thanks to Andropov's efforts, it was first confirmed that the exact location of the earthquake was the experimental site of the US military, and then relevant experts compared the waveform data and believed that the earthquake was likely to be caused by a nuclear explosion.

So this information was immediately put on the highest priority list. The desk of the governance bureau, the political . It is necessary to hold a meeting to discuss how to deal with the nuclear challenge of the Americans.

"Preliminary estimates suggest that the yield of this nuclear explosion should be around 20,000 tons. KGB is collecting data on the gas, but it is estimated that it will take a month for the samples to arrive in our lab at the earliest. But I think it should have been a successful nuclear explosion. ”

Li Xiaofeng first clarified his judgment, and his judgment is very important, not clear about the nature of this earthquake. You can't do anything.

Trotsky nodded: "It seems that the speed of the Americans is not slow, can the KGB estimate when the Americans will be able to create an atomic bomb that can be used in real combat?" And how many similar devices will the United States be able to manufacture this year? ”

Li Xiaofeng also has no score in his heart, not a joke, but really no score, because this is not the same as history, in which the Americans only conducted their first nuclear test in July, and now it is three and a half months ahead of schedule, so the data on the nuclear weapons of the Americans in history will lose their meaning.

Li Xiaofeng can only make a rough estimate: "According to the conclusion of our test, it is relatively easy for a nuclear test device to be turned into a nuclear weapon that can be used in real combat. Considering the performance of the B29, even if the American atomic bomb weighs four to five tons, the B29 can be carried. As for the number of U.S. nuclear weapons, this depends on more intelligence support, but it should not be more than five atomic bombs. ”

Trotsky frowned, for this time Li Xiaofeng did not give a particularly confident answer, and his words were more speculative words such as possible and maybe. This shows that the KGB does not know much about the US nuclear weapons program.

Of course, Trotsky did not accuse Li Xiaofeng of anything, because he also knew that any country would do everything in its power to keep the nuclear project secret, especially a big country like the United States, which spared no effort. For example, the secrecy level of the Soviet Union's nuclear project is really terrifying. Only members of the Administration Bureau are qualified to know.

So Trotsky instructed: "I know that this will not be easy, but the KGB should still intensify its penetration into the US nuclear project and try to get as real data as possible, which means a lot to us!" ”

Then Trotsky shifted to another topic: "Actually, all the comrades present here are well aware that the secret of the atomic bomb can be easily cracked, and that it can be done with sufficient industrial capacity. It is conceivable that in the future more countries will possess nuclear weapons. So here's the problem, we all know how devastating this weapon is, and in order to prevent the world from being ruined on the spur of the moment, we must adopt a whole set of relevant policies. And now it's time to do it! ”

Trotsky said solemnly: "What kind of nuclear strategy should we adopt?" Comrades. ”

This issue involves a great deal of concern, and among those present there are those who advocate a preemptive strike, those who advocate a preemptive strike, and even those who advocate never using it, and there is no consensus on the opinions.

Sverdlov was a proper preemptive striker, saying: "We should consider using the atomic bomb first, firstly to deter potential enemies, and secondly, to deal the final and deadliest blow to the Axis powers, because the atomic bomb can demoralize the fascists and let them know that even desperate resistance will not help...... I think we can consider the use of the atomic bomb in Berlin, which I believe can hasten the ...... of the fall of the Nazis and the surrender of Germany" (to be continued. )