Chapter 348 Havana Parade
/s日 pt>Kennedy was not very calm. From his campaign for president, he knew that the number of nuclear weapons in the United States far exceeded that of the Soviet Union and could reach a numerical advantage of 9 to 1. From nuclear submarines to strategic bombers, the United States has an absolute advantage. So at the beginning of the Cuban crisis, he believed that the Soviet Union would not be able to stand the retreat first, but now it seems that this is not the case.
Bad news came one by one. Soviet First Secretary Khrushchev issued a first-level combat readiness order, and the whole of Europe was in a panic. It seemed that tens of thousands of Soviet tanks would break through the border in the next second. What annoyed Kennedy the most was that the people in his camp were uneven. The Italian Prime Minister led a group of Europeans to constantly demand the United States to make concessions. Kennedy of course refused. He would not sacrifice the interests of the United States just because these guys who believed in the same faith as the Soviets came out to demand. He was the president of the United States and of course he was responsible for the United States.
But France's dissatisfaction with the United States cannot but make Kennedy dismissive. De Gaulle is deeply dissatisfied with the United States' unremitting confrontation. Some bad news comes from France. For example, if the threat is encountered by the United States, it can act as a nuclear war? We Europeans have lived under the Soviet nuclear power for many years! Now the United States can pull the whole world into the nuclear war because of its own threat. How can Europeans believe Americans?
"I am the president of the United States. What's wrong with maintaining the security of the United States?" Kennedy gritted his teeth and said to himself. It's right to think so, but Europeans want to maintain their own security and make the United States retreat, and there is nothing wrong with it.
Compared with the objections in the US camp, the Soviet camp was simply united. Eastern European countries supported the Soviet confrontation one side, on the one hand, the Soviet Union's control was much stricter than the United States. On the other hand, the emergence of the Guantanamo issue, and the unequal treaties between the United States and Cuba were even dissatisfied with Western European countries. Not to mention that the Eastern European countries that regarded anti-imperialism and anti-colonialism as the main propaganda direction, even China, which fought against India, did not forget to take the time to support the Soviet Union.
Kennedy is now very suspicious. Did the Soviet Union and China colluded at the beginning and then took action at the same time. By the way, there are also the Poles who commanded the so-called Algerian People's Army and France in Algeria. Kennedy always feels that there is any conspiracy in this.
According to the observations of spy satellites, all the submarines of the Soviet Red Navy disappeared, far from the four that the US Navy searched in the Caribbean. Where are the remaining dozens of submarines? Kennedy just ordered the Seventh Fleet to search the Soviet submarine forces in the Pacific in the morning. However, the Seventh Fleet's troops searched for the huge Pacific Ocean, and it seemed that they were still weak. No one could find the disappearing Soviet submarine forces.
Now Kennedy felt that it seemed that he had thought that the Soviet Union would retreat when the number of nuclear weapons was far inferior to that of the United States. Now things are developing a little beyond control.
"President, CIA Director McCorn has something to report!" The one who pushed the door was President Kennedy's younger brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy.
"Call him in!" President Kennedy rubbed his face, making himself look more calm and said.
"Sir President, this is something that appears around Guantanamo today. We have confirmed that it was the atomic cannon that appeared during the Red Square parade five years ago, and it is now facing Guantanamo military base." CIA Director McCohen just came in and brought an explosive news.
The atmosphere of the entire office instantly solidified, and Attorney General Robert Kennedy first broke the silence. He said with a tremolo in his tone, "Are the Soviets ready to go to war? Are they ready?"
Until now, the United States still does not know how many nuclear weapons there are on Cuba. Since the beginning of the year, Selov mobilized more than 6 million rubles of the KGB funds in one breath and built hundreds of buildings and factories. How many nuclear lights can be installed in it cannot be seen from aerial reconnaissance. If each building has nuclear weapons, then this number would be too large. The atomic cannons that appeared today made Kennedy, who had already known the Soviet military power, feel even more unsure.
"Why did the negotiator who came to Washington who came to Cuba directly?" Kennedy asked, rubbing his numb head.
"Selov, the first vice chairman of the Soviet National Security Council, has two missions this time. He serves as deputy commander of the Soviet Cuban cluster and goes to the United States to deal with the Cuban crisis privately. It seems that Selov himself thinks it is more important to take office as deputy commander first!" CIA Director McCohen also said with some uncertainty. "By the way, Selov is parade in Havana..."
After the Cuban Cluster Commander General Puliev finished speaking, Selov came to the speaker and took out a few pieces of paper in front of dozens of square formations, and then tore off the speech under everyone's gaze. Naturally, he would not say that this so-called speech was actually nothing written on a few white papers. He was just doing it.
"Today, in Cuba, thousands of miles away from Moscow, I had the honor to witness this great military parade next to General Puliev and Lieutenant General Grechko. The military parade is not unfamiliar to us soldiers and anti-counterfeiting workers. Twenty-one years ago, Comrade Stalin held the military parade with great willpower and courage when the German army was at the city of Moscow. The great Soviet Red Army won the victory in the Battle of Moscow. The victory parade 17 years ago allowed all the Soviet people to finally taste the joy of victory after the arduous war. It marked that the heavy war finally left us..."
Selov cleared his throat and continued, "The most unforgettable broadcast in my life is the victory broadcast of Comrade Yurilevitan after the capture of Berlin. In that war, I lost my parents, and only six of the thirty classmates returned to school in the end. No one in this world is more expensive than the war paid by the Soviet Union. Why do we come to Cuba at the risk of going to war with the Americans?"
The entire field was squeezed into nearly 100,000 people. Except for the Soviet troops participating in the parade, most of the people of Cuba were Cuba. Although more than 100,000 people gathered here, they were all silent. Selov's voice came back again, "The Soviet Union was just established and faced the invasion of the Allied Alliance. Cuba had just succeeded in the revolution and landed on the Bay of Pigs. Yes, Cuba is just a small country with an area of 100,000 square kilometers, with an area of 0.5% of our Soviet Union. Yes, it is small, it is insignificant, and it is right next to the Americans and does not seem to be worthy of our help. But I would like to remind comrades, what is the ideal of our Soviets? The alliance has made mistakes, it is far from perfect, and we have many things to do. Why should we travel thousands of miles to fight against the Americans, and the country that claims to be the most powerful in the world confronts?"
"But if we don't help Cuba, there will be no other country in the world that can help them. When a new country is facing invasion, the leaders of this country ask us to protect them, and we must not refuse!" Selov raised his clenched fist, "The Iron Curtain Speech fifteen years ago, NATO was established thirteen years ago, and the motherland was surrounded by American military bases. Perhaps the young soldiers present still remember the painful Patriotic War when they were young. Let me tell you why we should fight. We have experienced war and cherish peace, so we must pick up the enemy we told us and don't start the war easily!"
"Ula!!!" The shouting of tens of thousands of Soviet soldiers was the best response to Selov.
"The Internationale tells us that there has never been a savior, nor does it rely on the king and God! Our generation has experienced war, so we have to stand up and fight, so that our children can stay away from war." Selov finally shouted, "From the perspective of the country, we should fight, from the international responsibility of the Soviet Union, we have the obligation to get Cuba out of colonization. This is the purpose of this national choice. As a soldier, obey orders. If the war comes, let fate make a choice..."
"Ula!!!Ula!!!Ula!!!Ula!!!Ula!!!" With three loud Ula sounds, the military band played an unbreakable alliance. Amid the cheers of nearly 100,000 Cubans, the military parade began.
Great Russia, a permanent alliance; an independent republic, a free alliance. The will of all nations, the Soviet Union established by the establishment is unified and powerful for thousands of years! A free motherland, you are extremely glorious: a solid fortress for the friendship between all nations! The Soviet red flag, the red flag of the people, leads from victory to victory!
The sunshine of freedom shines on us; the great Lenin pointed out the future. Stalin taught us to be loyal to the people; and inspire us to build merits. A free motherland, you are extremely glorious: a solid fortress for happiness of all nations! The red flag of the Soviet Union, the red flag of the people, leads from victory to victory!
One infantry phalanx after another walked past Selov, which was not very accurate. It was the photo of Selov saluting each phalanx, a reporter from the Cuban leadership, including the commander of the Cuban cluster, General Priev, and Lieutenant General Grechko, the commander of the air defense force, and the photos of Selov saluting each phalanx became the headlines of major European newspapers today with the clicking sound of all the reporters present taking the cameras.
At the same time, the Styx anti-ship was pushed to the predetermined position, and KGB agents entered the launch frame, waiting for the order to remove the iron sheet on the roof.
"Child, this is your father, we are proud of him." Valia said holding two young boys, while Yulia next to her stared at the photo of her father in the newspaper. "He is still so confident!" Ye Lianna sighed, "I hope you don't fight..." (To be continued.)
ps: It seems that something is missing, and some of it can’t be found. Thank you for the rewards from the book friends today. Thank you, I always forgot to thank you. It should be thanks to everyone for the rewards from this book until now...
Chapter completed!