The cold wind was bitter, the season was approaching the harsh winter, and the dark clouds of war that had accumulated in the east were rolling and surging day by day, and becoming more and more hideous.

At a time when the outcome of the Middle East theater had been decided and the red iron was rolling southward, preparations for war in the Far East were already in full swing in accordance with the unified arrangements of the Soviet Supreme Command.

As a large number of armed forces marched eastward, heavy trains transporting troops and supplies began to shuttle through the snow-covered land of Siberia; In the sky, transport planes with roaring engines carrying airborne troops and important supplies flew all the way east in the cold sky; In addition to some units that were transferred to Western Europe and were in essence only for feints, many front-line combat units that had made great contributions in the Caucasian Campaign were moving eastward and "leaping" along the field airfields and air bases in southern Siberia.

Troops are being continuously mobilized to the east, and the armed forces originally stationed in the Far East have also entered a state of high alert.

Since the outbreak of the world war, it has been in a tense confrontation with the adversary across the sea, and the ground-to-air missile units deployed in the vicinity of important cities, ports, and military staging areas in the Far East have been on 24-hour alert under the unified dispatch of the automated air defense command network. The Su-15TM and MiG-31 fighters of the Territorial Defense Force frequently haunt the white mountains and black waters, the two heavy aircraft-carrying cruisers of the Pacific Fleet of the Red Navy have left their home ports, and one submarine after another has left the dock and is missing.

In the Far East, where the Red Army was full of swords and guns. Acting in tandem with the Americans who deployed troops, the islands across the ocean were just as busy.

Seeing that the clouds of war are getting closer and closer, since the war. The people of the island nation, who were either worried or ready to move, smelled the terrible smell of war, and some were worried and urged government agencies to strengthen preparations for war, hug the thighs of the Americans, and turn the Japanese country on the side of the red empire into a bad fortune; Others, on the other hand, were as excited as a carp that smelled blood, as if the opportunity for war was at hand. The Great Japanese Empire, which has been dormant for many years, can once again sing the "March of the Warships" and set sail and show its greedy fangs to the vast land of the Far East!

But. No matter how fanatical it may be, it is just a delirious fantasy.

Recently, with the turmoil of the armed forces of the Red Empire, the Far East is full of crises. War is on the verge of breaking out; From the confrontation between the two armies on the Korean Peninsula. By the time the war broke out, hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops stationed abroad had already entered a state of first-level alert, preparing to fight against the Russians with the military forces of the host country when war broke out, and strive to delay the Ivans' offensive as much as possible before reinforcements arrived.

However, if you have to fight the terrible polar bear with all your might, you will directly consume the precious power of the United States. It would be wiser to use a client state as cannon fodder.

The tense west coast of the Pacific Ocean is very different from Europe, thousands of miles away. The armed forces on the vast continent cannot directly deter the enemy on the islands, and Japan, which has just joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, has become an unsinkable aircraft carrier for the Americans.

During the Cold War in the past few decades, the painstaking Americans relied on client states such as South Korea, Japan, and the Philippines to build a whole chain of strategic containment in the East, focusing on the Soviet Pacific Fleet in the north. The confrontation between Subic and Cam Ranh Bay once attracted the attention of countless military observers, but once the war really broke out in full force, after the violent and vicious war on the European continent and the tug-of-war with the Caucasus, the generals of the free world found that the role of this qiē was very limited, and what they should do now seemed to be to fight the Russians to the death in the Far East, otherwise no matter what kind of containment strategy they adopted, they would not be able to take any advantage at the geopolitical level.

In the midst of such a bitter winter, the capital of the United States on the other side of the vast Pacific Ocean, the Capitol Hill is still lit up at night, and in a small, luxuriously decorated conference room, the participants in suits and leather shoes sit around the table and meet informally to decide the fate of the entire Western world.

Tonight, what I got to this conference room to discuss is probably the current big war, specifically, how to choose the war on the other side of the ocean-

and countless lives caught up in the war, and how to squander them this time.

"Gentlemen, who else has any questions about the recent war situation?"

In the warm conference room, in a meeting that was not attended only by government personnel and not led by the military, the elderly man sitting at the head of the oval long table, Donald Rumsfeld of the Department of Defense, held thin gold-rimmed glasses in one hand, and his full forehead shone slightly in the light; Facing a table of people present, who had just let the deputy introduce the crisis of the war, the next thing was when all the decent people expressed their opinions and discussed freely, and the luck of the United States for the next period of time would probably be determined.

The words of the Minister of Defense triggered a low discussion at the scene, and after these rustling sounds gradually fell silent, someone coughed slightly:

"The situation is clear, I personally have no doubts.

Here, on behalf of all of you, I would like to ask the question, how credible is the assertion of the intelligence agencies that the Russians are about to launch an offensive in the Far East? ”

"Totally credible, Mr. Morgan;"

In such a private setting, there was no need to call this thin-faced middle-aged man by a pseudonym, Rumsfeld waved his hand at the air in front of him, "Or, if the Russians are crazy enough, maybe they will attack Japan and Britain at the same time, but this possibility is very small after all." ”

"Thank you very much for your introduction, Mr. Minister."

Compared with Linnad Morgan, who is unsmiling and has a city-like appearance, John Mellon, who is wearing a gray suit and a blue tie next to him, seems to be a little sleek, he raised his hand to look at the glittering Rolex on his wrist, and quickly flipped through the text in his hand, and continued to speak in a slightly hoarse, seductive voice:

"So, let's talk openly and honestly, will our troops be able to withstand the Russian offensive?

If your answer is 'yes,' then please tell us when this war will be over, and if not, then please answer you, perhaps with Mr. President's staff, what exactly do the Russians have to achieve in order to withdraw from this damn war? ”

"Yes, Mellon has a point!"

As soon as the slightly hoarse voice fell, the big guy on the other side of the table picked up in a rough voice, just now this Hubert Humphrey was smoking a cigar in the conference room, and the room was filled with a choking Havana smell:

"Speaking of which, I'd like to ask, are the CIA recruits just a bunch of rice buckets? How the hell did the war go, what conspiracy is there, anyway, I absolutely don't believe it, those hateful red brains will have nothing to do and run to fight a world war!

Our rights and interests are suffering greatly every day, why can't anyone stand up and say it? ”

"Mr. Humphrey, I would like to point out that the CIA's investigation does not cover 'certain areas,' and certainly not all of you here, so ...... Well, I think that's all I have to say. ”

Donald Rumsfeld faced a strong man with rather vulgar words, the corners of Donald Rumsfeld's mouth were slightly crooked, and his gray-blue eyes rolled a few times in his sockets, and his inner thoughts now obviously thought that there was no need to say good things for the CIA on such occasions.

It is a strange feeling to be the Minister of Defense of the United States, and an important person close to His Excellency the President, to be like a conscientious manager, to be submissive to the directors and report on all the work of the government agencies; However, compared with the votes, the elderly defense minister certainly knows very well that those pale blue broken papers can't actually decide anything, and these well-dressed guys in front of them really have the decision-making power, and they really represent the behind-the-scenes power that controls these politicians.

But even so, sitting at the table and facing these arrogant representatives of the consortium, Rumsfeld still had some resentment.

Even if he is a beneficiary of this system, he sometimes can't help but wonder what is the difference between a technocrat like himself, who receives a salary from the government's pocket and often has to look at people's faces, and the uneducated and bombastic guys in front of him.

Is it the natural divide between working for the ruling class and sitting on enormous wealth?

"Well, Mr. Minister, let's leave the issue of the intelligence system out of business today."

After a short period of coldness, I looked at Hubert Humphrey, who looked unhappy next to him, the main shareholder of the Boston consortium and the representative of the meeting, and the new generation of leaders of the Morgan consortium, Linnad Morgan seemed quite self-contained, he raised his hand and tugged at the silk tie buckle, and his tone was as calm as ever:

"All in all, it is not the military issue that is of real interest to us in the present situation, and that, Mr. Rumsfeld, you must be well aware of.

Oh, and that's why, if your question is 'Far East, or Western Europe'? Then my personal opinion is also very clear, what can be done to force the Russians to return to the negotiating table, to end this senseless conflict as soon as possible, and to put the free world back on the right track, you can lobby and assist His Excellency the President as it is, as for some specific details,"

Speaking of which, rather leisurely lit a slender cigarette, the indifferent look in Linnad Morgan's eyes became a little heavier:

"How to recruit soldiers, how to create public opinion, what to do, just like before, these trivial matters, we are actually not interested." (To be continued......)