＜ Episode 319 >
Germany, Frankfurt.
Humanity’s technological progress, I’m sure, has accelerated by almost 10 to 15 years.
You sent people into space in the 50’s right? In the ’60s, we plan to send it to the moon, and in the ’70s, we want to send it to Mars.
After all, the world today is undergoing more rapid technological progress than in the past.
In the United States, exploration of the moon and Mars are being discussed, and in Russia, an aircraft that will not be available until the 1970s is flying in the sky.
Technology advances means I’m getting old, but… Damn it, I’m still alive and well, I have grandchildren, so my grandfather is right, but anyway, I’m not old enough to get arthritis yet.
While the Americans were shoveling to build nuclear-powered aircraft, we were working on stealth aircraft, a low-class multirole fighter with a double delta wing wing structure, the И (acronym for Истребитель)-17XЛ and the conventional The next high-class stealth aircraft, the PAB plan, which was decided in the form of adopting a V-shaped tail instead of a horizontal or vertical tail, and a plan to replace the main Air Force aircraft with the name Natasha in the developing country within 20 years were planned.
However, even those dazzling technological advances did not stop people from changing their waters.
“Oh my gosh…”
A girl groaned outside the door while moaning in the bathroom with a sickening noise.
“Don’t laugh, Nellie.”
Nellie, the princess of the German Empire and second in the line of succession, quickly became quiet, but she continued to be heard, so she could feel that she was outside.
“I had never been like this when I was in Berlin before, but suddenly it’s like this.”
“You’re getting older, so what?”
“Do you like making fun of your father because he is old? And if I only dye my hair and go out, other people will think it’s your brother.”
“There is no one who doesn’t know my father’s face and my face, and no one who doesn’t know that I am his daughter, at least in Berlin.”
Earn 2 losses.
After the internal clamor had calmed down a bit, I took a deep breath as I walked out of the bathroom.
“Huh, I came here to cool off, not to work.”
“The things we haven’t dealt with yet are the rearmament of the German Imperial Army and the Dutch one.”
“Yeah, before you get your brother to marry, you should discuss that matter.”
I sighed.
“In the case of the rearmament of the German Imperial Army, we decided to supply 4 million Vz.52 semi-automatic rifles for urgent rifle needs, is that not enough?”
“No, Dad, honestly not that.”
“You put a light machine gun on it too.”
“It’s also a semi-automatic rifle with a magazine attached to the machine gun barrel and only adding an automatic fire function. You call a machine gun a thing that is no different from the American M14.”
She muttered, rubbing her mouth.
“You should at least give me the initial T-45. The ruler of a great empire has a small barrel. You know that in wartime, our German Empire must be the front line against the Anglo-French Empire. The cost of stationing Russian troops in Germany would not be too small.”
“New weapons cannot be exported. no more donating. Instead, I will allow you to operate the weapons of the Russian army in Germany as a joint ownership concept.”
Nelle sighed, knowing that it was only a bit of a whining, and that Russia’s intentions were bound to be reflected in the end.
“Huh, you should be content with what you have, but be aware that the British and French are working hard on armaments right now, the same goes for the Netherlands.”
“Hey, the Netherlands cannot build warships of 2,000 tons or more under the treaty, and even if they raise an army, there is a limit, so you don’t have to worry about that. By the way, I heard that the situation is not good in the British and French Empire, but are the people patient?”
“I don’t know England, but France is France. It seemed to be at a level that could survive even as a ration system while feeding the UK.”
“That’s right.”
Sanctions are sanctions, but the biggest problem is the poor economic situation of Britain and France. Even if the US sells grain, it cannot afford to buy it.
In the meantime, while squeezing the remaining economic power, we are increasing our armaments, deploying troops to Indochina, and fighting the Indochina War of Independence. Are they crazy?
“Because they have not yet escaped from the specter of imperialism and colonialism. It’s a shallow idea of trying to somehow stabilize Indochina and squeeze them to maintain the colonial empire.”
As Nelle knew, the behavior of the British and French Empire was obvious. Churchill, who passed away lonely last year, the ghosts of the gents did something about it as a group.
“That’s right.”
“What do you mean?”
“It is a mistake for people who want to live a quiet life to be born in the 20th century.”
***
United States, Congress.
“It has become clear that the president is responsible for all this! The president must be held accountable!”
“The cartel connected by the military and the Democratic Party has been revealed!”
“Which country party is the Republican Party that cares only about the inventory of ships and not the digging of the back when our soldiers are dead?”
“Soldiers weren’t dying long ago! at Japan! They said they didn’t send troops to Japan!”
Republicans who said that civilian control had collapsed and the Democrats were war-maniacs, syndicated with the military and put the United States into a de facto wartime state without Congressional approval;
A small counterattack from the Democratic Party continued, claiming that the American soldiers were killed and they did not intend to retaliate by revealing who was behind it, harassing the grieving captain and soldiers, and fussing about what was shipped.
Then, President Adlay Stevenson made a decision.
“I will resign.”
“Sir President! What are you talking about!”
“If I go in this state, I will lose, I will receive the trial and I will attend the hearing, but we must not step out.”
The reason for intervening in western Japan was not just to stop the spread of communism.
To leave a spark of interventionism. Furthermore, it was to maintain American hegemony.
If the entire Democratic Party falls into the abyss, no, if the Democratic Party does not fall, but if their faction is expelled from the Democratic Party for accountability.
America will be forever isolated.
And even with his personal beliefs, he couldn’t let Russia take over the Old World.
He was a staunch believer of liberalism, and he couldn’t afford to see police nationalism, a de facto authoritarian state, spreading it around the world.
And in that respect, the British and French Empire could not be an alternative. It was no different in the British and French Empires adopting the national police principle.
In addition, the Russian Empire once ignored the proposal of the complete abolition of nuclear weapons and the denuclearization of mankind to prevent any country from making nuclear weapons in the future, which he proposed through diplomatic channels on the topic of advertisements about the dangers of nuclear weapons.
The Russian Empire could only determine that Stevenson was sane because of excessive ideals. The reason for the existence of the UN and the fact that it is a permanent member of the United Nations is that it can provide nuclear poultice to a scoundrel, and once the nuclear weapons are dismantled, from that point on, Pax Ruth-Americana has no choice but to shake.
Therefore, the Russian Empire’s answer stipulated conditions such as ‘If you want to disband, you must first disband and allow the investigation team to freely investigate so that our side can prove that they have disbanded.’ It was a de facto rejection as it was an unacceptable proposal.
Seeing this, Stevenson saw the Russian Empire as a different and ultimately uncooperative entity.
Then, rather than confronting the whole world alone, wouldn’t it be much more likely to lend the US power to countries that Russia has not yet reached and establish a pro-US government to divide the world into two and deal with it?
But the damn Congress didn’t agree with his idea at all. It was natural. If it was the same situation, the US government would have reacted the same way.
The denuclearization proposal, initially made arbitrarily by President Stevenson, had no chance of being passed by Congress. How many countries would be willing to give up their world vested interests? At least not in the US.
‘Without nuclear weapons, even South America would be difficult to control. Denuclearization? Are you going to spit it out all the way to South America?’
‘We basically have nuclear weapons, one of the few means that can be militarily comparable to the Russian Empire, so let’s give it up? Are you crazy?’
Saying not to use nukes and getting rid of all nukes were two completely different things. Who doesn’t know that it’s best not to use weapons?
Isn’t there an advantage that comes from having that weapon?
In the immediate vicinity, the astronomical defense budget can be reduced, and in the far distance, it can maintain its status as one of the two pillars supporting the world cheaply.
Do Americans who have one gun at home like to shoot at other people, so they buy a security gun? A person who tells people that shooting people with a gun is dangerous and refuses to throw the gun away at the same time is nothing that can be said to be different from the outside.
Of course, there was someone who wouldn’t have heard of it, and his name was Adlay Stevenson.
For that reason, the president, who sympathized with the interventionism, was now saying that he would give up his presidency for the sake of his convictions.
“Instead of taking all responsibility and stepping down, I want the party to spread as much as possible about the damage done to U.S. Navy officers, so that we can not only intervene deeper in western Japan, but also bring down the background behind it.”
To break isolationism and help America stand up to the dark, Stevenson was determined to sacrifice.
***
“The author has expressed his intention to step down.”
“Yes that’s right.”
After receiving the report from Berlin, I sighed.
“To turn it off, turn it off quickly.”
“Your Majesty hates idealists.”
“It’s not like there isn’t a single idealist I really appreciate, but it isn’t. At least among those who have entered politics, there is no idealist whom I value highly.”
As soon as the author took office as president, the chatter was absurd.
Let’s dismantle all nuclear weapons for world peace?
If we reduce the Chinese population below 30 million in South China and North China combined, we will actively pursue it. really.
“Then the vice president will take over.”
“Yes that’s right.”
And now, the Vice President was a name I knew all too well.
“John, Fitzgerald, Kennedy.”
In short, John F. Kennedy. Or JFK.
A person who would soon succeed to the presidency in the original history.
Cuban missile crisis, tragic death. The start of the Vietnam War. When asked to think of a major figure in the early to mid Cold War, the first person that comes to mind.
Sooner or later he will be another chess player to sit across from me.