Chapter 246 The Unlucky American(1/3)
Victory, although this victory may not be in line with everyone's mind, victory is victory.
When Agares fell under the siege of Yan Shao and others, almost everyone cheered.
When the troops outside also came in, the capable people and soldiers who came in on helicopters almost cheered around Yan Shao and others.
From a certain perspective, the atmosphere is actually pretty good.
However, there are still some things to discuss...
"Next, what should I do with these guys?"
Looking at Yan Shao and others who were surrounded by soldiers and capable people on the screen and cheered, an old man in the World Government Conference Room said with a wry smile.
Although the old man was not in the conference room at this time, perhaps because of the good screen, the expression on the old man's face was clearly restored.
"Treat? Can I still talk about handling it now..."
Looking at the location where it was originally the gate of time and space, the other old man was somewhat grateful while being angry.
"I thought it would be a good thing, but I didn't expect it to almost kill everyone. Fortunately..."
"Yes, fortunately that door was closed, otherwise we could only choose one of the nuclear strikes and hard battles. For the former, I'm afraid that the political lives of the five of us and the following group of people will end. For the latter, we won't mention the cost of hard battles for the time being, and whether we can win is also a question."
"The same is true now. Although the time and space gates have been forced to close, what is the difference between New York and being hit by a nuclear strike?!"
"The difference is that at least we didn't level the city ourselves!"
Indeed, although the city was destroyed in the end, there is still a big difference between destroying it in the hands of others and destroying it in one's own hands.
Just like the entrance of the garden back then.
The Huayuankou Dike Break incident was the first disaster of the National Government taking advantage of the Yellow River during the flood flood in the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japan. Its purpose was to carry out scorched earth policy, causing floods to spread in the area east of the Pinghan Railway, and attempting to prevent the overwhelming advantage of Japanese mechanized troops from advancing west along the Yellow River.
According to the National Government's subsequent statistics, a total of 380,000 people died, from 1938 to 1947, including the number of direct and indirect deaths and missing people due to floods, droughts, locust plagues and wind disasters between 9 years. This statistics not only include Chinese civilians who died in the tug-of-war between China and Japan in the Yellow River Flood, but also a statistical project problem. It may be that the government regards the floods in 1939 and the locust plagues in 1942 as the number of people killed in the yellow waters, but they believe that the drought in 1943 has nothing to do with the floods, so they are not included in the "380,000". Japanese data also show that the death toll is more than 300,000.
The breaking of the garden entrance did slow down the Japanese army's actions. The problem is...
The consequences caused by doing so are obviously more abundant than the results of the battle.
Moreover, if the Japanese do this, it is naturally angered by both man and god. If the subordinate generals do it, it is the most unforgivable, but what is the matter if a government does it...
The same is true in New York.
If New York was destroyed by the demons, then the actions of these demons were naturally angered by both humans and gods. If Rengar was destroyed, there would be less anger. First of all, this was a personal behavior. Moreover, there were few people living in New York at that time, and they were even close to nothing. Even if the city was destroyed, it wouldn't matter. After all, no matter what, Rengar also pulled hundreds of thousands of demons to hell together.
But if it is done by the world government, it will be a heinous crime...
After all, demons are alien races and an evil race. In the eyes of the world, demons are specialized in doing evil things. If they do evil things, it is actually a very normal thing.
Rengar is an individual and has nothing to do with the government. Just like the Nordic man who shot dozens of people, no one would think that this is a problem with the local government.
But if the world government does this, even if it can save the world, it will be greatly condemned afterwards.
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The world government was relieved to save the world without using nuclear bombs to level the city, but...
"Did you just let those guys go?" An old man sat in the upper left corner said dissatisfied. "Even if the things are really the same as they said, even if they really saved the world, it is true that they violated the orders of the world government. Moreover, they also caused a large number of casualties between soldiers and construction workers during the process of breaking into the camp. Could it be that this matter was ignored?"
"What do you want to do?" Another old man, obviously, had a different idea from the previous old man who spoke. "Can you want to send someone to arrest them now? Or do you want to pass on orders to soldiers who have been fighting for a long time, so that they can turn against them now?"
"Yes, even if those guys are so bold that they dare to fight against the government, they have done a lot of things after all, and the whole world is saved because of them, so it's okay to just forget it..." Another old man also said, anyway, all the Americans died at that time, so he didn't feel much distressed.
As he said this, the other two old men also expressed their opinions, mostly calming down the situation.
It’s not that they are timid and afraid of things, but that there is no dispute at the moment.
After all, no matter what, Sefilia and the others did make great contributions, and as they once said...
"It's not that they please us now, but that we need to please them..."
As he said this, an old man said with a wry smile.
"After all, no one expected that what the [Divine Flame] said would be true. The gate of time and space really leads to the twisted void. We have to bear at least half of the responsibility for the invasion of the demons. Moreover, the Guardian of Time once warned us about this. Even in the world government, many people know about it, let alone the outside world. Now, in the outside world, there have been discussions on holding us accountable. After all, it is because we do not listen to the warning of the Guardian of Time that this incident happened. As for the Guardian of Time, they are only responsible for stopping our mistakes..."
"Yes, it's not them who are facing trouble now, but us..."
The Americans were a little dissatisfied when they heard the other four old men so weak.
After all, the United States has paid too much this time.
The reason why we agreed to establish the gate of time and space was that it is very likely that the energy in the heart could exist in the new world. As long as new energy is available, the current situation of energy scarcity in humans can be greatly alleviated.
Of course, these have nothing to do with the United States.
He would agree and strongly demand (force) the construction of the gate of time and space in the United States in order to get the moon first.
As long as the Gate of Time and Space is built in the United States, the United States, as a local country, will naturally enjoy the benefits brought by the Gate of Time and Space as soon as possible, and the benefits obtained will definitely be more than any country.
In this way, the United States, which has already shown a downward trend, will gain new support.
It is not impossible for American hegemony to be lifted up...
The reason why the US dollar became the world's currency is not only because the United States was the world's largest economy at that time, but because the US dollar was linked to global energy such as oil.
As long as humans still need oil as the main energy source, the US dollar can be spread around the world because as long as you buy oil, you need to pay in US dollars.
Especially the oil-rich countries in the Middle East are all standing with the United States.
Of course, there are times when you don’t stand together.
That is the Fourth Middle East War, also known as the Yom Kippur War...
The Yom Kippur War (also known as the Fourth Middle East War, Ramadan War, and October War) took place from October 6 to October 26, 1973. It originated from Egypt and Syria attacked the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights occupied by Israel six years ago respectively. The Egypt-Syrian alliance gained the upper hand one to two days of the war, but the situation has since reversed. By the second week, the Syrian army withdrew from the Golan Heights. In Sinai, the Israeli army attacked between the two armies and crossed the Suez Canal (the original ceasefire line). Until the United Nations ceasefire order came into effect, an Egyptian army had been wiped out.
The war had a profound impact on many countries. Compared with the disastrous defeat of the Egypt-Syrian (Jordan) alliance in the Six-Day War, the Arab world felt psychological comfort for the early progress of the war. This mentality paved the way for the future peace process and Egypt's open door policy. The Camp David Peace Treaty normalized Israel-Egypt relations, and Egypt became the first Arab country to recognize Israel, and at the same time, Egypt was almost completely separated from the Soviet sphere of influence.
During the Yom Kippur War, the United States greatly supported Israel, which is one of the reasons why Israel was able to win in the end.
Egypt and Syria's early offensive caused a lot of war damage to the Israeli army. Israel urgently needed to supply arms and weapons, otherwise the situation would collapse. In addition to damage to equipment and parts that needed to be supplemented, Israel's national ammunition reserves also dropped to a very dangerous level. Israel has experienced many wars and has good experience in the amount of ammunition storage needed, but the consumption of this battle is far higher than any previous battle, and the various artillery and ammunition used by Israel did not have the production capacity at that time, resulting in the crisis of the supply of ammunition being cut off. Before the US transportation began, Israel's national 105mm ammunition storage once dropped to only 48 hours. In addition, the psychological pressure and panic caused by the situation at the time of the war, which exceeded the expected consumption, was also one of the reasons that prompted Israel to actively ask for US assistance.
On October 9, Prime Minister Meier appealed to the international community for assistance, but all European countries refused. Only US President Nixon agreed to support Israel - especially the Soviet Union began to support the arms of Arab countries. The United States contacted many business airlines, hoping to help carry arms to Israel, but airlines were afraid of being boycotted by Arab countries after the war, so they all refused. Only Israel's national airline ElAl was willing to assist and started carrying them from October 10. However, the passenger aircraft of EIAI did not have enough energy to transport the required large amount of arms in time. In addition, these civil aviation aircraft were unable to transport large equipment, such as artillery or tanks. The loading and unloading efficiency was far inferior to military transport aircraft. Despite this, these transportations could barely gain more time for Israel's operations.
On October 14, Nixon decided that the aid could not be delayed and ordered the US Air Force to "fly all the flying things to Israel!" This mission, called the five-cent rescue operation, was launched, and in the next nine hours, a large number of C-141 and C-5 transport aircraft had already begun to fly to Israel.
On the route from Portugal to Israel, the transport plane flew across the Mediterranean along an extremely precise route. There were enemy Arab countries to the south of the route, and European countries that refused to open airspace to the north. Any deviant plane, especially entering Egyptian airspace, could not guarantee whether it would be shot down. Therefore, escort was necessary. The US Sixth Fleet and Israeli fighter jets jointly served as escort until the transport plane arrived at Israel's Bangulian International Airport safely. Although there were many reports of contact with Arab fighter jets, no transport plane was harassed until the end of the war.
The arms that arrived in Israel were quickly unloaded and sent directly to the front line. Some ammunition was even cold when it was launched. The United States was worried that any transport plane would be attacked on the ground or the arms would be attacked within the airport and caused inestimable losses. However, during this period, no expected attack occurred, and no transport plane would be damaged by attack.
Not all arms were sent to Israel by transport planes. In the first few days of the war, the Israeli Air Force lost a large number of fighter jets and was shot down or injured by various surface-to-air missiles deployed by Arab countries. Therefore, Israel bought 36 F-4 ghost fighters from the United States. These fighters were originally affiliated with the US military. After painting the US military logo and replaced it with the Israeli Air Force logo, US pilots flew directly to Israel and immediately entered the battlefield.
In addition to supplementing the equipment and ammunition consumed by Israel, the United States also provides some new Israeli equipment: Mavericks, Mockingbird missiles and tow missiles. The use of Mockingbird missiles was accused by Egypt of having pilots from the US Air Force directly intervened in the war.
Until the end of the war on October 24, the operation allowed Israel to quickly replenish initial equipment at critical moments of the war, so this operation was sometimes called "an action that saved Israel's life."
It was with the help of the Americans that Israel won the victory in the Yom Kippur War.
For Arab countries (especially Egypt), the sense of defeat that they have been enduring since the Six-Day War was overcome and allowed them to negotiate with Israel equally. However, Egypt only obtained a small part of the land on the Sinai front in the war, while Israel obtained more land in the Golan Heights and the west bank of the canal. This war allowed Arab countries to understand that they could not defeat Israel militarily, and thus allowed peace between Israel and Azerbaijan to unfold.
This war shocked the entire Israeli country. The victory of the previous six-day war made the Israeli army overconfidence and always believed that Israel had superior military strength in the Middle East. The setbacks in the early stages of the war caused psychological panic in Israel. However, at that time, the Israelis also realized that "due to the raid of a large number of enemy troops on both sides, Israel had not yet begun to mobilize. In an emergency, Israel still quickly stood firm within one day and launched a counterattack within two weeks, directly threatening the capitals of the two countries." "In such a short time, only Israel can do this in history." However, Israel also suffered a very high proportion of casualties. In terms of population ratio, Israel suffered the casualties of the United States in ten years of Vietnam War in three weeks.
In retaliation for the United States' support for Israel, the Arab countries in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) and the Arab countries in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) were led by Saudi Arabia. On October 17, on October 17, he decided to reduce oil production by 5 months and threaten a complete embargo. However, Nixon still requested Israel's 2.2 billion yuan arms to the U.S. Congress on October 18. Libya immediately announced an oil embargo on the United States. On October 20, Saudi Arabia announced an oil embargo on the United States, and other Arab oil-producing countries joined and expanded to embargo on the Netherlands and some other countries supporting Israel, causing the 1973 oil crisis.
The oil crisis in 1973 lasted from 1973 to 1974, also known as the first oil crisis. Due to the outbreak of the Fourth Middle East War in October 1973, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced an oil embargo and suspended exports in order to combat opponents Israel and countries supporting Israel, causing oil prices to rise. At that time, crude oil prices rose from less than three dollars per barrel in 1973 to more than $13, which was one of the three major oil crises in the second half of the 20th century.
The surge in crude oil prices has caused an economic recession in developed Western countries. It is estimated that the growth of the United States' GDP fell by 4.7, the overall growth of Europe fell by 2.5, and Japan fell by 7.
After the first oil crisis, there were two oil crises, but the second time was because of Iran and the third time was because of the Gulf War. The impact of the Gulf War was much smaller than the previous two times.
It is precisely because of the attractive charm of energy that Americans will carry out projects similar to the interstellar gate under huge pressure.
Mastering energy is equivalent to mastering the world. For the United States, which has dominated the world for decades by relying on the linkage between the US dollar and oil, it must have a greater understanding of this sentence than any country. It is also because of this reason that they choose to support this project.
However, after investing huge amounts of money, not only did they not gain any benefits, but instead led to the invasion of demons, which only happened in fantasy novels, and caused the destruction of New York, the most prosperous financial city in the United States, and the death of millions of people.
Of course, if the gate of time and space can really be opened and the United States really gains a lot of benefits, then all this is not unbearable. The problem is that they have not gained anything...
It is definitely not something that Americans can afford to pay so much after they have gained nothing.
Someone must stand up and be blamed for this matter, and all the five people here know this.
but…
After all, this incident happened in the United States, not in other countries. In other words, the other four countries and the remaining countries do not need to bear too much responsibility, and neither domestic or international public opinion can be compared with Americans.
For domestic public opinion, as the president of the United States, he must pay the price for the destruction of New York and the sacrifice of millions of people.
This price may not even be solved by stepping down.
It is precisely because of this reason that he thought of pulling some people to hell with him——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
So, what he is thinking now is not how to protect himself, but just to drag others to hell.
It's a pity...
He was not interested in what he could pull down with him, but he might not be able to pull down.
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Looking at the Americans, the other four people also looked sympathetic. They knew very well what his future fate would be...
Millions of casualties, and the destruction of the largest financial city in the country...
I remember a few years ago, a criminal was sentenced to 1,000 years in the United States, and the charge was for imprisoning a woman, which of course also included everything that happened during the imprisonment, such as forced sex and so on...
To be continued...