Soviet Union 1991

First update: Happy Dragon Boat Festival to everyone

The results announced by the Director of the Japanese Defense Agency, Akio Nagasaki, surprised all American industrial companies that were preparing to make a fortune in Japan. He announced that the Maritime Self-Defense Force will purchase shore-to-ship systems and cruise ships jointly developed by the Soviet and Japanese governments. Project applications from other companies will no longer be accepted.

As soon as this statement came out, public opinion was in an uproar. Anyone with a clear mind knew that the result this time must be that the Soviet Union had a hand in the background and wanted to obtain this profit.

The unwilling U.S. industrial giant will naturally not give up this exciting piece of fat. Just after Akio Kuma announced the bidding results of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, members of the Japanese House of Representatives who had colluded with interests began to ask the Japanese Self-Defense Force. To exert pressure, senior Japanese government officials, including Akio Kuma and even Ryutaro Hashimoto, became targets of intimidation. On the pretext of not agreeing with the new budget, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force was hoped to abandon the procurement project of cooperation between the Soviet Union and Japan.

Of course, as vested interests, no matter how envious the U.S. government is, they will not give up this nearly 3 billion military project. Faced with the aggressive attitude of members of the House of Representatives, the Soviet Union immediately launched a counterattack. The KGB is best at digging into foreign countries. Scandals for politicians, especially in countries like Japan.

"These are our 'gifts' to Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. In order to consolidate the friendship between the two countries, I think these are necessary. I think Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto should know what to do by then, right?" Nayev asked the Soviet ambassador to Japan to bring this sentence to Ryutaro Hashimoto.

A pile of evidence of financial bribery and lifestyle was thrown on Ryutaro Hashimoto's desk. These were all members of the parliament who tried to threaten Ryutaro Hashimoto to abandon the Maritime Self-Defense Force procurement joint venture project. The Soviet Union did not choose to make this information public, but gave it to the Japanese Prime Minister as a gift. In Yanayev's words, the other party knows better how to deal with these things.

Spreading these political scandals will inevitably affect the ruling status and social trust of the cabinet headed by Ryutaro Hashimoto. In the end, it will just end in two pieces. But if you use these things to threaten the other party, you can get an unexpected ending. Used to coerce these bribe-taking MPs.

Ryutaro Hashimoto met with these members of the House of Representatives one by one in private. After all, they each represented the interests of different military industry giants. And he directly threw these materials in front of those people, and then said in a calm tone, "These are your usual scandal materials. In fact, when communicating with Lockheed representatives, you should choose a more secluded place, and Instead of taking these photos, there are also videos, Representative Kishiyuki Akihiro.”

"In this era where members of the House of Representatives are forced to resign if their adultery is exposed, what do you think the consequences will be if a bribery scandal like yours is spread, Representative Akihiro Kishiyuki?"

Ryutaro Hashimoto pressed the recorder on the desktop and heard the contents of the transaction clearly. Ryutaro Hashimoto pressed the pause button. Representative Akihiro Kishiyuki, who was sitting opposite, turned pale and bit his lip tightly. He had wanted to force Ryutaro Hashimoto to surrender before, but he didn't expect that the other party would bite him back.

"If you stop now, I can let go of the blame, but if you continue to pursue it, I can't guarantee whether these things will be released, and don't forget that the Prime Minister has the power to dissolve the House of Representatives in advance for elections, before Congress is usually held. ”

Kishi Yuki Akihiro's face twitched. At this time, he had no choice. Presumably, Hashimoto Ryutaro had already communicated with others before him, and he defeated them one by one.

"You are not the first, and you are not the last, Representative Kishiyuki Akihiro. If you insist on doing this, then I will release all the evidence."

"Okay, I promise you will no longer be involved in this matter, but these evidences must be handed over to me."

"Do you know where you went wrong?" Ryutaro Hashimoto asked.

"What do you mean?" Representative Akihiro Kishiyuki was confused by Ryutaro Hashimoto's words.

"Your mistake is that you provoked a terrible Soviet bear."

Representative Akihiro Kishiyuki promised Hashimoto Ryutaro to withdraw from this military conflict involving political struggles, provided that all evidence against him was destroyed. But Ryutaro Hashimoto's plan is far from that simple. He also proposed another deal, which is a new budget bill for the Japan Self-Defense Forces. In the new bill, Ryutaro Hashimoto increased the budget by 20 percent from the previous level and made it impossible for any House of Representatives involved in the scandal to propose a veto.

The originally vigorous plan to oppose joint procurement was strangled in the cradle. Afterwards, several congressmen suddenly announced their resignation from their positions. In order to protect their own interests, it also surprised others.

In the end, no piece of the big cake that originally belonged to them was left. The U.S. military-industrial enterprises were naturally very unhappy, and when they failed to use congressmen to put pressure, they had no choice but to let the U.S. government officially exert pressure.

"Oh? Are you saying that the Americans will put pressure on the Japanese government and veto this purchase?"

This was the message conveyed to Shevardnadze by the Japanese ambassador to the Soviet Union. However, after hearing the foreign minister’s question, Yanayev just smiled and shook his head, indicating that Shevardnadze was really overthinking, "The United States will The reason for the pressure was that no other force stood behind Japan to support them. If the Soviet Union stood up and expressed its support for the decision made by the Japanese government when the United States put pressure on it, what would be the effect? ​​"

"A crisis of distrust in Japan in the United States?" Shevardnadze, who is well versed in the international situation, thought for a while and said.

"The crisis of mistrust is only one-sided. It may also put pressure on Japan. For example, hasn't the Japanese Defense Agency been calling for the abolition of the civilian coordination system and raising the status of the Defense Agency to the level of the Ministry of Defense? If If Japan goes against the Americans, Akio Kuma will never have this opportunity.”

Yanayev knocked on the table with his hand. This gesture often represents ulterior conspiracy and political struggle. He continued, "In this way, we will close the gap between Japan and the United States. And the Soviet Union will next What we do is to support what the Japanese government wants to do, but the Americans refuse to let Japan do it, such as raising the status of the Japanese Defense Agency. So where do you think Japan will fall in the future? China and the Soviet Union or the United States? "

"China and the Soviet Union." Shevardnadze showed a look of enlightenment. He did not expect that Yanayev's plan actually contained such an ulterior secret.

"From the moment Japan began to accept the deal between us and them, it was destined to be a trap. The military was just a cover. The most important thing was to alienate and sow discord between the United States and Japan, incite hatred, and turn Japan into the Soviet Union. The second ally in the Asia-Pacific region.”

Yanayev's plan against Japan has been planned for more than ten years. The penetration of political forces into Japan must be a long-term silent behavior. By the time they are aware of it, Soviet forces have already taken root in Japan. And regarding the actions of the Japanese Red Army, Yanayev said that the era of armed riots to seize power has passed. Since they like votes, they will use the rules of the votes to completely shut up the Americans and Japanese.

In fact, Yanayev hopes to reach a consensus with the Japanese Communist Party. However, for a group of Japanese Communists who value the territory of the four northern islands more than anything else, they have a grudge against the Soviet Union on essential issues, so Yanayev The husband first rejected this group of people.

"So what should we do next? If the United States puts pressure on Japan and eventually Japan surrenders, wouldn't the situation be unfavorable to the Soviet Union?" Shevardnadze said.

"What are you afraid of? They will not give in. Do you remember the political bribery scandal a few days ago? Oh, the United States has warned the Japanese government not to try to participate in the development of the Asia-Pacific situation. There are also sex scandals at US military bases in the past few days. It makes the Japanese government lose face. I wonder how the Japanese could let these Americans go without benefiting from it.”

"It was really a fierce battle." Shevardnadze said, "Do we need to do anything? After all, we are now half partners. It is impossible to watch Japan being suppressed by the United States."

"No need, now we wait and see what happens. We will never help Japan until the critical moment." Yanayev said. (To be continued.)