Chapter 1037: War without Declaring
At first glance, it seems to be quite abrupt, but when you think about it, it's actually quite natural.
As far as Long Yun knows, the history of the real world is not the same, the socialist camp in the parallel world still exists, and China, which has experienced ten years of turmoil, may be able to find another road to rejuvenation, and no longer have to make false promises with Western countries in order to catch up; Based on his understanding of the situation in parallel worlds, the relationship between the two camps of the East and the West has indeed eased somewhat, but once a world war breaks out, it is conceivable that the two sides will still have an all-out confrontation in hot water as always, and it is very common for Xinhua News Agency to publish such an unceremonious editorial.
Valentina was a little suspicious of Victor's comments after reading the newspapers, and the clever KGB agent quickly guessed that these seemingly imposing remarks were actually mostly a smokescreen to confuse the enemy:
"It's written quite impassionedly, but Viktor, I make a bold guess that the Chinese probably won't declare war on Japan, just like they didn't declare war on the Americans before, what do you think?"
"Oh, really?"
Valentina's words, Long Yun thought about it with interest, and thought that what this beauty agent said was quite reasonable.
Based on his own observations, since he has been entrenched in the parallel world for so long, and has also learned some background knowledge about the world situation in addition to the battle, Long Yun also feels that "not declaring war for the time being" is a more reasonable strategy, and believes that China in the parallel world will also take such actions.
A world war between East and West, the scale of which is undoubtedly unprecedented. However, it does not necessarily mean that both sides of the contest will go into battle and decide each other's future and fate in the smoke of war.
Take the current situation as early as the United States suddenly attacked and the world war broke out in Central Europe. Naturally, the countries of the Warsaw Pact group acted in unison with the collective self-defense clause and declared war on all the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; After that, the Federal Republic of Germany was washed by the red iron current, France judged the situation and formed an alliance with the city, and even a handful of small countries in Western Europe defected, and with the occupation of Italy and Turkey, the number of member countries under the flag of the North Star became fewer and fewer. The confrontation between the two sides of the war has gradually become clear.
As the war became more and more severe, the heavens and the earth had already become a pot of porridge, and at this time, it seemed that it was not a problem at all whether to declare war on each other or not. Anyway, both sides of the contest know each other that in this world, there is no such thing as "outside neutrality", and even the executives of Swiss banks have gone to the gallows. Who else can really stay out of the war-torn little world?
However. Although the war situation on the European continent is in full swing, and the Far East, which is geographically completely different, is another strange scene that is close to the Cold War.
Since the outbreak of the war, the two camps, which have been divided into two along the western waters of the Pacific Ocean, have invariably raised their alert levels, facing each other across wide and shallow seas: on this side of the ocean, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines, plus hundreds of thousands of overseas American troops who support and cheer up the host country. On the vast continent on the other side of the sea, there are countries such as the Soviet Union, North Korea, China and Vietnam. In addition, there are some nationalist countries with limited strength but little affection for the West.
As long as each side "agrees" on each other's opinions, they can immediately twist themselves in the East and expand the battlefield of world war into a large area.
However, unlike the military strategists who were eager to try, based on the overall strategic situation, both camps adopted a strategy of waiting and seeing what happened, and in fact formed a new Cold War in the Far East. Seeing that the enemy is in sight across the sea, but no country has declared war on the opponent, Japan, as the "head dog" of the American Asian paparazzi, although only Uncle Sam is the first to look forward, but China, an old enemy with blood, is also silent, in addition to continuing to cooperate with all countries that are willing to maintain business contacts, that is, while expanding armaments and warfare, while mobilizing production capacity, to add fuel to the protracted world war.
In this situation, whether it is a muffled fortune or a game at the strategic level, Long Yun quickly figured out the mystery, he took the newspaper handed by Valentina, and nodded approvingly while raising his glass and sipping hot tea:
"Hehe, actually, that's what I thought.
The so-called 'declaration of war' is just a tactic of struggle, and I think it's already stuck in the throat of the Yankees, isn't that good? ”
Based on the strategic situation in the parallel world, Long Yun could naturally understand what he saw, and he did feel that "fighting without declaring" was a good idea, and it was not the only option to go into battle in person to help the war.
Judging from the current situation, China in the parallel world does not directly participate in the war, that is, does not directly declare war on a single NATO member, nor does it "declare war without declaring war" like Japan did in the past, and continues to live the life of a "normal country", which will not have any adverse impact on the course of the war.
After many years of mutual assistance and cooperation, which are different from those in the real world for decades, the state-to-state relations between China and the Soviet Union are still relatively normal, and on the basis of giving full play to their industrial advantages and cooperating with each other, the two countries have survived the difficult times of the late 80s: the former has received additional markets and technical support for light industrial products of limited quality, and the military industry with overcapacity has also found new subscribers.
Under these circumstances, since the Warsaw Pact still has the upper hand on the European battlefield and there is no life-and-death threat in the Far East, the Warsaw Pact bloc in a strategic offensive posture is still unwilling to get into a lot of trouble in attacking Britain, and the risk of rashly attacking a nuclear power is huge
Combined with the relevant information of the recent war, it is probably clear that China will not directly participate in the battle in the Far East, which makes Long Yun feel a little relieved, after all, even in the parallel world, he does not want the country to be involved in the whirlpool of blood and fire.
At the same time, he packed up his things and ran to wash, he brushed his teeth and thought at the same time, he had been in this parallel world for a long time, but because of the restrictions of his identity and tasks, he could only act step by step, now that he had come to the Far East, could he consider visiting China when the time was right, and see what the motherland in this bizarre world was like.
Ay...... So, he seems to have something to do with it?
Standing in front of the mirror with a tooth cup, his eyes fixed on Viktor Rezenov in the mirror, Long Yun was still a little confused at first, he couldn't remember what was related to "visiting China" in his consciousness; After a moment, a shadowy thought came to mind, and he remembered that he did have an important matter related to China, and that was ......
The mysterious flying machine in the night sky, he had imagined before, can it be in a parallel world...... Trying to stop the tragedy at Wutong Slope?
On a cold winter night, standing in the barracks toilet of the Irkutsk base, his mind suddenly made a distant jump, and suddenly remembered the night talk of the cruise ship in the real world, and a terrifying scene of fire appeared in his mind for a moment, and Long Yun in front of the mirror couldn't help but shiver, and almost dropped the cup in his hand to the ground.
Yes, he finally remembered now that when he took the train all the way east, he felt something on his mind from time to time, did he subconsciously think of this question?
After experiencing the secret conversation of the "Ruby", the mystery of life experience that had been buried deep in the bottom of his heart because of his busy affairs is now like a scar that has cracked again, making the young man feel a trace of inexplicable chill in addition to the pain.
Only two months ago, when he learned of his bizarre background, he went to the Middle East to track down the traces of the "mysterious aircraft" and try to change the tragedy of Wutong Slope, these thoughts were so natural that there was not even a trace of additional concerns; However, now, after experiencing a series of strange encounters, and having more understanding of the appearance of the two worlds, or even the three worlds, Long Yun only felt a trace of awe, he really couldn't figure out whether his understanding of what was happening around him was correct, and he didn't know if the actions he planned to take could really change the real world.
Taking a step back, even if what he did could indeed change reality through "historical distortion", the next question would be even more difficult to answer: how could he be sure that this change would definitely develop for the better?
Frankly, he doesn't know the answer to this question at all.
Standing in the bathroom without saying a word, it took a long time to resume his movements, both hands bowed and a handful of cold water on his face, feeling the chill of the water, Long Yun broke free from his heavy thoughts, he hurriedly washed his face, and returned to the bedroom to prepare to rest, and he no longer had any unrealistic illusions about the thought that suddenly popped up just now.
Yes, Irkutsk, where we are now, is, of course, closer to the east than Moscow, and even not far from the "Wutong Slope", where the tragedy will take place.
However, compared with the superficial assumption of two months ago, he is now completely uncertain about the relationship between the parallel world and the real world: if he takes rash action, once he really changes the course of events in the parallel world, will it be self-defeating and cause unexpected upheaval in the real world?
Putting this aside for the time being, what reason did Viktor Rezenov, a lieutenant general of the Red Air Force Air Force, have to leave the front line and run to an air base in northwest China to find the unwarranted "Wang Weiguo" and ask him not to take off to the air on that night to carry out his mission? (To be continued......)