Soviet Union 1991

(First update)

Mario indeed lived up to Yanayev's expectations. Shortly after taking office, he announced a state visit to Japan. Therefore, Japan became the first country that the new US President Mario interviewed. Of course, he did not come with any peace and hope. This visit to Japan was to expand military trade between the United States and Japan, and to achieve the purpose of containing the Soviet Union.

The diplomatic incident in which Japan was slapped in the face by the Soviet Union on the four northern islands in October last year is still vivid in my mind. What makes Japan even more embarrassed is that the Soviet Union clamored to return to the four northern islands. Unless you come to fight a war with us, otherwise there is no way to use diplomacy. Means to take the Southern Kuril Islands from our hands.

In response to this, Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu directly submitted his resignation, but the Director of the Defense Agency, Gen Nakatani, was retained by Toshiki Kaifu as the seed of the future Self-Defense Forces. Just as Gen Nakatani was preparing to innovate and replace Japan's defense and self-defense forces, However, he faced a major blow to his political career. Japanese dove Kiichi Miyazawa came to power and no longer supported the Self-Defense Forces in continuing to purchase equipment to stimulate neighboring countries. Instead, he actively sought and improved relations between Japan, China, and the Soviet Union. We hope to achieve peaceful coexistence through dialogue.

Gen Nakatani was almost indignant about this and wanted to submit his resignation and resign from the post of Minister of Defense. If the emperor's supremacy system was still in place, Gen Nakatani might make another mistake. However, Mario's visit did give Nakatani a glimmer of hope. For a country's president to rush to Japan for trade after taking office can only mean one thing that he is definitely not here to care about Japan's economy. The most likely reason is that he will do it again. Pen of arms sales.

So when Mario came to Tokyo to visit Miyazawa Kiichi, Gen Nakatani tried every means to contact President Mario. He made it clear to the other party that the Self-Defense Forces wanted to update the air force armaments in order to deal with the threat from the red polar bear.

"But don't you already have a bidding plan? The detailed design of your fs-x case was completed last year. It passed the review in April this year. In May, the test model was completed and then officially made public."

In February 1994, the companies that designed Japanese F2 fighter parts completed the engineering design and began manufacturing the No. 1 prototype. Assembly of the first fs-x prototype began in early 1994. It was shipped from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Komaki Minami Plant on January 12, 1995, and conducted its first 38-minute test flight in October of the same year.

"But we can't wait, Mr. President." Nakatani said anxiously, "We still need more fighter jets. Before the F2 is officially produced, we still need F15 and F16 fighter jets to deal with the Soviet provocation. And in Congress and the Prime Minister On the other hand, I also hope that the President of the United States can exert diplomatic pressure on Prime Minister Miyazawa Kiichi.”

Of course, President Mario does not mind doing this favor for the Minister of Defense. In fact, he also hopes that someone in Japan will actively negotiate for this arms sale. "Of course I will speak more for the Defense Agency during my next visit to the Prime Minister. In fact, he hopes that someone in Japan will actively negotiate for this arms sale." I also hope to help allies strengthen their military capabilities to deal with threats from the north."

Nakatani suddenly stood up, bowed slightly towards President Mario, and said gratefully in never-so-standard English, "Thank you, President, for your support. We will never forget your contribution to Japan."

In this way, a mutual agreement was reached in private. Later, during Mario's state visit to the Japanese Prime Minister, he naturally revealed the news of the United States' intention to conduct arms sales to Japan. And expressed that the United States is willing to sell F16 fighter jets to Japan to deal with the Soviet threat.

Of course, Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa declined President Mario's proposal. He said that Japan is now actively seeking to improve relations with neighboring countries, and will try to resolve any agreement that can be reached on the negotiation table, and does not intend to use force to intimidate. means to resolve territorial issues with surrounding countries.

To this. President Mario expressed his displeasure. He asked Miyazawa Kiichi, "Are you doing this to live up to the people's expectations of the Prime Minister? The failure of former Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu in the four northern islands led to his immediate resignation. Now the Soviet Union is eyeing it again. It is targeting your four northern islands. If you don’t update your armaments, I’m afraid you won’t be able to intercept even the Soviet bomber provocations.”

After finishing speaking, he added a sentence that was enough to stimulate Miyazawa Kiichi, "My friend, the bargaining chips on the negotiating table are determined based on one's own military strength. Not based on your friendly attitude. When you don't have enough When we have air force that can protect our country’s territorial security, the so-called negotiation is a big joke.”

Sure enough, Miyazawa Kiichi was a little displeased by Mario's words, "President Mario, is this a threat to Japan? Although we are not a political power, we are by far the world's second largest economy."

"The second largest economy in the world? Oh, so what?" Looking at Miyazawa Kiichi's inexplicable sense of superiority, Mario couldn't help but smile and shake his head, "Then do you know that the Soviet Union's Varyag is about to be launched into service? The deadline has expired, and according to intelligence, the Soviet fourth-generation aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk. The aircraft carrier is also 70% complete. If you guessed correctly, when these two aircraft carriers are completed, they will serve in the Soviet Pacific Fleet. Will your economy be able to save the country in the face of the powerful ships and guns? No, only the armed forces of the Marine Self-Defense Force can deal with threats from the north."

The information provided by Mario was like a wake-up call, hitting Miyazawa Kiichi hard on the head. At this time, the director of the Defense Agency on the side was also fanning the flames, "Yes, the purpose of the Soviet Varyag equipped with the Pacific Fleet is to target Japan's four northern islands. This is probably a well-known secret, and there is nothing to hide."

"So, if we don't update the equipment of the Air Self-Defense Force, it will be difficult for us to stop the Soviet Navy's progress. At that time, let alone competing with the Soviet Union for the four northern islands, it will be a problem whether we can keep Japan." Nakatani Gen deliberately exaggerated the threat of the Soviet Navy in order to force Miyazawa Kiichi to agree to the conditions.

"The economic situation in Japan is not good recently. If some US-Japan economic cooperation projects are transferred to South Korea, I am afraid it will have a major impact on the Japanese economy, right?" Mario asked with a smile, seemingly friendly, but his tone revealed a threatening look. He did not put Miyazawa Kiichi in the same position at all.

Sure enough, under the Soviet threat of Mario and Nakatani Gen, Miyazawa Kiichi was forced to agree to the procurement project of Japanese arms, just like when Japan wanted to develop fighter jets independently but was coerced by the American chaebol groups to abandon the plan.

"Just like you coerced us to change the air force bidding plan?" Miyazawa Kiichi asked in retaliation, but in the face of the strong comprehensive strength of the United States, Miyazawa Kiichi's counterattack seemed weak and ridiculous. Comprehensive strength determines one's own diplomacy. What conditions does Japan, which is bound by the security agreement, have to put forward in front of the United States?

Mario directly ignored Miyazawa Kiichi's questioning. He didn't even care about the prime minister's opinion and directly asked Nakatani Gen's opinion, "If possible, I can have someone bring the contract over and sign it together with the economic cooperation project?"

"It's an honor." Nakatani Gen nodded.

Miyazawa Kiichi twitched the corner of his mouth and didn't speak.

This cooperation project includes four F16 fighters, five Black Hawk fighters and fifteen Sidewinder missiles. Everyone can see that Miyazawa Kiichi almost completed this deal under the coercion of domestic right-wing forces and the US military-industrial chaebol group. The newly appointed Japanese Prime Minister accepted a treaty that was simply humiliating for him, a peace-loving man, without any political assistance.

However, the hawkish forces in the Self-Defense Forces have obtained enough military forces to deal with the threat from the Soviet Union. Air Force Chief of Staff Suzuki Akio accepted this batch of air force assistance with a smile and arranged them all at the military base in Hokkaido. This move is obvious to any fool. The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force intends to challenge the Soviet Air Force and Navy on the issue of the Northern Four Islands.

Miyazawa Kiichi just sighed and blamed himself bitterly, "It is my incompetence that ruined Japan's hard-won peace."

Nakatani Gen is ambitiously planning to further strengthen the power of the Self-Defense Force and develop it into a powerful armed force that cannot be underestimated in the East Asian situation. (To be continued.)