Chapter 29 Crazy Preparations
Zi said that the storm was about to come and the wind filled the building.
The international situation in the past month can be described as "one party sings and the other party appears". As Pei Chengyi ended his visit and returned to Xindu of the Republic, the US arms enterprise business cooperation and trade exchange team led by Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Chrysler and Northrop arrived in Moscow under the leadership of General Rockville, Chairman of the US Joint Joint Conference, and received extremely high-standard receptions from Russian President Chiliakov, Vice President Jodnovic, Prime Minister Ilyushenko, Minister of Defense Yankic and Chief of Staff Uriyanov and others. Even if the specific results are not considered, the high reception standards given by the Russian authorities is enough to prove that this is an extraordinary foreign affairs exchange.
Although even the children believed that the protagonists of the exchange group were arms dealers who controlled the lifeline of the US military. However, in the initial reports, the Republic and European news media pointed the camera at Rockville because he was the first president of the US military to officially visit Russia in nearly half a century. Before that, several presidents of the Joint Conference visited Ran Russia, but they all made informal visits under other names. Because the US military did not set up a chief of staff, the chairman of the Joint Conference who took turns to take charge was quite good.
Chief of Staff Yu played the role of the supreme military commander of the US military. According to the US Constitution, the president is the supreme commander of the US military, so Rockville's official visit to Russia is a very meaningful thing in itself. According to some European news media comments, Rockville's trip to Russia not only broke the deadlock that lasted for nearly half a century in US-Russia military exchanges, but also opened a new era, which means that the relationship between the United States and Russia is moving from relative independence to comprehensive cooperation.
No matter what, whether the comment has other meanings has already explained the problem.
At that time, the outside world was speculating about one thing. That is, whether the US and Russian authorities would take advantage of Rockwell's visit to Russia to disclose the secret alliance treaty that had been signed long ago. Although in the eyes of many people, the secret US-Russian alliance treaty has a stronger deterrent effect on potential threats, especially the two major forces of China and Europe, which are getting closer and closer, and are enough to make the Republic afraid of the enemy, many news media still believe that as the "Rome Treaty" has been supported and ratified in the parliament of several European collective security organizations such as France, Germany and Italy, and in addition, the Republic actively wins over Iran, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan and other countries, Russia's strategic situation is already extremely dangerous, and only official public
Only by unveiling an alliance treaty signed with the United States can we deter foreign enemies. Improve Russia's strategic situation and get Russia out of the predicament. In the eyes of these news media, because the publication of a secret alliance treaty will not benefit the United States, the Russian authorities are likely to use the method of deciding first and then reporting, or sudden attacks, directly sending Rockville to foreign affairs activities, and then publishing the relevant news before the US authorities respond. Considering the strategic situation of the United States and Russia, especially the importance of relations with Russia in the US global strategy, the US authorities are likely to suffer bitter fruit, abide by the reckless actions of the Russian authorities, and then follow the flow and recognize the US-Russian alliance.
There is only one reason why the news media pays so much attention to the US-Russian alliance, which will be the cause of the world war.
Although the United States and Russia have long secretly formed an alliance treaty, before it is announced, the secret alliance treaty has only a deterrent effect and is not a substantial threat. From the perspective of relations between countries, the Republic cannot believe that its national security and interests are threatened based on a secret alliance treaty that has not been recognized by the parties, and thus declare war on one side. It can be said that the Republic can regard the secret alliance alliance as a threat, but cannot regard it as a reason for starting a war, and there is no international law that recognizes the secret alliance treaty that can be a reason for starting a war. From another perspective, if the United States and Russia recognize the decoration, it is not a treaty that recognizes the secret alliance.
After the alliance treaty is concluded, all war measures in the Republic become natural. Because the alliance treaty itself is an active means of preparation for war. The Republic will definitely make targeted arrangements, so when both sides are actively preparing for war, it is inevitable that the fire will be fired. No matter who fires the first shot, he will not be charged with the crime of causing war. The key is that the world situation is not broken, and China and the United States have been actively preparing for war for several years. But they are reluctant to start the battle, but they do not want to bear the crime of creating war. If the final moral obstacle is eliminated, the war will come soon.
If it were a few years ago, perhaps few news media would have been so active. In the final analysis, they were still affected by the Rome Treaty. Although this is just a quasi-ally alliance treaty, it does not stipulate the rights and obligations of the Republic and the OSCE group. It is the ability of two forces that were not on the same path to sign such a treaty, which poses a serious threat to the national security and interests of the United States and Russia. Even if this threat is not recognized, with the consistent foreign policy of the United States and Russia, it will definitely not be calm and even more impossible to endure it silently.
To use the comments of a Canadian TV station, the continued retreat of the United States and Russia may be able to exchange for several years of peace, but in a few years, the situation of the United States and Russia will become even worse. It will be farther away from victory.
It can be said that in everyone's eyes, the United States and Russia have no way out, so they can only grit their teeth and face the challenge.
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The problem is that when the United States and Russia meet the challenge, they do not necessarily need to announce the alliance treaty. Until Rockville ends his visit to Russia and leaves Moscow first, the United States and Russia have not announced the alliance treaty, nor even mentioned anything related to the secret alliance treaty.
Of course, the situation of stopping people's doubts did not last long
On the Old Moon Blade Day, the Russian authorities took the lead in announcing a package of agreements signed with the US arms trade group.
An extraordinary package of agreements that will surely cause a humble earthquake in the International Bureau.
The agreement is divided into two parts: one is the arms sales contract and the other is the military-industry cooperation agreement.
For the arms sales contract, Russia will directly purchase a number of weapons and equipment including hundreds of fighter jets, frame tactical transport aircraft, thousands of ground main battle platforms, hundreds of long-range artillery systems, dozens of large warships, and supporting weapons and ammunition.
In the military cooperation agreement, American arms companies will expand the production scale of Russian military factories through technology investment, equipment investment, etc., as well as build new arms factories, and promise to transfer patents and train employees. Russia only needs to provide infrastructure and fully open the domestic market.
Because the information released by the Russian authorities is very limited, the specific situation is not clear.
At that time, some news media noticed a very important issue, that is, the amount of the agreement and payment methods were not mentioned in the official Russian news.
Although the US authorities have reason to provide strong assistance to Russia, American companies have no reason to trade at a loss.
That's why, after the Russian authorities announced the news, some European news media pointed out that Russia's foreign exchange reserves and hard currency cannot pay for such a huge military trade project at all. Behind this package of agreements, there must be even more amazing news.
This speculation was confirmed several days later.
On March 2, after three days of silence, the White House of the United States finally officially admitted to signing a package of agreements with Russia, and the president is considering expanding the application of the Foreign Aid Act to help Russia resolve the problem of lack of funds and inability to pay contract funds.
Now, international public opinion was immediately in full swing.
The Foreign Aid Act is actually an enhanced version of the Ancestral Borrowing Act. In order to adapt to the new international situation, especially the changing world situation after the 2nd century, the US authorities issued a clearly targeted bill in the early days, and its direct inducement was the situation in South Asia after the conflict in southern Tibet. In short, the biggest feature of this bill is that it expands the significance of the Lease Act and can subdivide the aid targets according to actual conditions so as to more rationally use foreign aid to expand the influence of the United States.
At that time, what was discussed most was not what this would bring to Russia, but what it would bring to the United States.
Like all foreign bills in the United States, the core interests of the Foreign Aid Act are not external, but internal, that is, to protect and realize the national interests of the United States as the fundamental purpose. It is precisely this that the bill has extremely strict and even strict requirements on the targets of aid. For example, for India, which first benefited, the US authorities used the provisions of the bill to require India to accept the US transformation while receiving assistance, that is, to open the domestic market, listen to the policy advice of American advisers, etc. For example, when helping Britain get out of the dilemma after the Second Falklands War, the US authorities also put forward similar requirements, that is, Britain needs to respect the interests of the United States. In short, this is a bill that is beneficial to the United States but not necessarily beneficial to the recipient countries, and it is also a bill used by American interest groups to plunder other countries.
Affected by this, the first thing the news media is to pay attention to is whether Russia will accept the arrangements of the United States.
Of course, this seems a bit redundant. The US authorities announced the news a few days later, indicating that the relevant problems have been resolved, otherwise they would not be boring.
On the 20th, the U.S. State Department announced the details of the expansion of the scope of application of the Foreign Aid Act.
To put it simply, it is how to ensure that the US aid can receive actual results after aiding Russia. In this regard, the US State Department has proposed several specific measures. First, strengthen the supervision of aid projects, that is, the US authorities will export and military operations in the name of supervision.
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The second is to increase the US authorities' voice in the agreement, and the specific method is to provide part of the guaranteed loans to the Russian authorities by the US federal government. The third is to ensure the interests of American companies. The specific measure is to allow Russia to mortgage state-owned capital, or to mortgage profits by Russian companies participating in cooperation. The final method is to ensure the safety of advanced American technologies. The specific method is to supervise the equipment and use of exported weapons, the production of joint ventures, product flow, etc.
Now, the situation is much clearer.
Because Russia does not have enough money to pay huge military purchase fees, it can only accept the conditions of the United States, that is, accept comprehensive supervision from the United States. In exchange, the US authorities will not only provide guaranteed loans to Russia. They will also refer to the relevant provisions of the Lease Act to export weapons and equipment to Russia by lease, and can even recognize part of the transportation responsibility as they did in World War II.
In short, this is a significant agreement for Russia, which is actively preparing for war.
By this time, looking back at the secret alliance treaty of the United States and Russia, we can understand why the Russian authorities did not break the last layer of window paper. It can be imagined that with the situation at that time, the Russian authorities must have threatened the United States. That is, they asked the United States to provide maximum military assistance, otherwise Russia would unilaterally announce the secret alliance treaty, causing the US authorities to suffer political disasters. They said that the ship would not be firmly closed to the United States and Russia, so the US authorities would not be able to compromise with Russia in a comprehensive way and promise to expand the scope of the application of the Foreign Aid Act to Russia. On this basis, military assistance will be provided to Russia. Although doing so will more or less cause Russia to lose its independence, considering the special relationship between Jodnovic and the United States and the importance of the US-Russian alliance to Russia, the Russian authorities cannot make more demands and can only compromise and make concessions.
From another perspective, although the US-Russian alliance has not yet surfaced, as the scope of application of the Foreign Aid Act is expanded to Russia, the United States and Russia have formed a substantial alliance. More importantly, because the Foreign Aid Act is a bill for special circumstances, the president has the right to exercise powers according to the provisions of the bill, without first obtaining approval from Congress. In other words, even if the US Congress opposes this, it can only stop aid at most. With the efficiency of Congress' work, there is no result in a discussion. A few months later, it is probably impossible for the US Congress to prevent the president from exercising the powers granted by the bill in the smoke of gunpowder. Therefore, from the situation at that time, the US authorities' military aid to Russia can be described as "unstoppable".
Let’s go back to the previous topic, namely the impact of the exposure of the US-Russian alliance.
If the United States' military aid to Russia is completely targeted at the Republic, it is not that no one believes it, but that not many people believe it. After the White House announced the news, the European Xinran media accused the US authorities of disregarding European interests and making the stupidest decision. Even the British news media held the same position on this matter. They believed that the United States should not provide military aid to Russia, and at least should not use the Foreign Aid Act to help Russia.
The reaction of the European news media is completely understandable. Even without considering the influence of the Rome Treaty, the United States provided military aid to Russia, which was definitely unacceptable to the European people.
Of course, the news media of the Republic, as the direct "victimized country." also immediately expressed strong dissatisfaction.
Not to mention the official media of the Republic, even some private media have stated that the US move will surely break the strategic balance on the Eurasian continent and make the strategic pattern beneficial to Russia, thus promoting Russia's wolfish ambitions and laying the groundwork for Russia to actively create trouble.
The Republic's authorities will naturally not ignore the strong civil will.
On 6th, after the US State Department announced the details of military aid to Russia, the Republic's Ministry of Defense immediately submitted the latest new budget for defense expenditure to the Military Committee of the All Congress. The Premier of the State Council came forward in person to present the importance of the new budget at the All Congress.
As predicted by the outside world, the Plenary Congress of the Republic not only ratified the new defense budget, but also reviewed and ratified the Rome Treaty as quickly as possible, and authorized the State Council and the Head of State. If necessary, the scope of application of the Rome Treaty can be expanded, that is, the treaty can be extended to countries that have not signed the Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance with the Republic but have close contacts and good relations with the Republic.
There is no doubt that this is not a small step, but a down-to-earth step.
According to the understanding of this resolution of the Plenary Congress of the Republic, the Republic will use this to build an international strategic system composed of three-level alliance relations to compete with the United States, encircle Russia, and achieve the goal of dominating the world.
In fact, this resolution is still targeting Russia.
You should know that in Central Asia, several former Soviet republics outside Afghanistan did not sign an alliance treaty with the Republic, that is, they are all applicable countries of the Rome Treaty. Because the situation in the region is extremely sensitive, before the outbreak of the war, it was difficult for Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to form a formal alliance treaty with the Republic, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan were even more unlikely to form an alliance with the Republic, and Kazakhstan was an ally of Russia, so the republic wanted to strengthen its efforts in Central Asia.
The only way to exist in the region is to form a contract agreement with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, strengthen the position of the two countries, and influence Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, to achieve the goal of isolating and surrounding Kazakhstan and attacking Russia. The actual situation is the same. When the Plenary Congress passed this resolution, the Ambassador of the Republic to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan formally submitted a letter of state to the two governments, formally proposing a contract agreement for the contract agreement of persimmons.
At this time, we can see the significance of the United States' military aid to Russia again, and we can understand its importance.
It can be said that when the situation has developed to this point, neither side has any way out, or neither side intends to compromise.
On the day after the US President signed the "US-Russia Military Cooperation Package Agreement", the first fleet carrying arms and equipment sailed into the Murmansk Port. The next day, another fleet carrying heavy weapons and equipment arrived at Vlavapostok Sea Cucumber. In the next few days, the United States also handed over dozens of fighter jets and dozens of transport aircraft to Russia.
Chapter completed!