Chapter 876 Defense Minister Manfred

You can't do this! This sentence was said very forcefully. Hearing this, Günter Rall looked up and looked at the person who said this, Manfred Werner, who was the new German Defense Minister last year. Before he became the German Defense Minister, he was the Chairman of the Defense Committee. It can be said that Manfred is also one of the main pillars of the Federal Armed Forces.

Moreover, another characteristic of this person is his extreme hostility towards the Soviet Union! After World War II, some West German leaders actually had a favorable impression of the Soviet Union. For example, Willy Brandt, the West German Chancellor who had the historically amazing Warsaw Kneeling, made great efforts to ease relations with Eastern Europe. Under his leadership, West Germany established trade representative offices with Poland and Czechoslovakia, established diplomatic relations with Romania, and restored diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia. This greatly eased the contradictions between Germany and Eastern Europe.

However, there are also some hardline regime figures, such as the defense minister in front of us. In history, after Manfred became defense minister, he continued to intensify the confrontation between the two sides and played an important role in the deployment of American cruise missiles and Pershing II missiles in West Germany. He was known as one of the representatives of the hardline faction against the Soviet Union. After he left office, he succeeded the British Lord Carrington as the Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, becoming the first German to hold this position in 40 years. He insisted that NATO should continue to maintain nuclear deterrence and never compromise with the Soviet Union.

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In Western Europe, Germany's economy is the most developed. If it weren't for the current high oil prices and Britain's advantage in oil reserves, Germany's economy would be the first in the entire Western Europe. And now, Germany's economy is only behind Britain. Although the entire economy is in a recession now, and although it is constantly impacted by cheap electronic industrial products from East Germany, Germany still has a solid foundation after all.

With such confidence, how could Germany continue to communicate with the Soviet Union? This is simply selling out the country and the entire Western countries!

As a tough guy, Manfred certainly would not agree to visit East Germany for exchanges. Although nominally he was visiting East Germany's military technology, no matter what, it was still a closer exchange with East Germany! This was a real military exchange! Once this door was opened, maybe East Germany would make a military visit to West Germany in the future!

Slowly, the two Germanys will move towards unification, and this kind of unification will definitely be East Germany unifying West Germany. How can this be possible!

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No! Manfred will never agree to this exchange!

"This is a good opportunity for us to understand East German equipment! We have always believed that our equipment has a technical advantage, because we know that we can never have an advantage in quantity, so we can only win in quality, but now, we are at a disadvantage in both quantity and quality! And now, we need to know how bad we are, and how much hope we have of winning if a war really breaks out." Günter Lahr said: "This is the best opportunity, we will not give up."

This is certainly a good opportunity! A chance to get up close and personal with East German equipment! In the past, even our own spies couldn't get this information, but now we can see it with our own eyes. Günter Rall will never give up!

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"I propose that we vote by a show of hands," said Hausinger.

Vote by raising hands! Whoever proposes a vote by raising hands will be confident that he is in the majority! Manfred certainly understands this truth, so he will never agree: "The truth is always in the hands of the minority! Ladies and gentlemen, don't you really see what this means once we have military exchanges with East Germany?"

With the opening of the Berlin Wall, exchanges between East Germany and West Germany immediately increased, both economically and academically. And now, if there is also military exchange, it means that the two sides are really going to come together!

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For the Germans, they always look forward to the unification of Germany! However, as a qualified national leader, they should see that as the situation develops, it is West Germany that will eventually disappear!

Historically, the unification of the two Germanys was achieved by the incorporation of East Germany into West Germany. The West Germans were jubilant, and the East Germans were also jubilant because West Germany's economy was much better than East Germany's!

But what about now? The economy is good in East Germany! East German electronic products have drained the wealth of West Germans. Many West Germans prefer to settle in East Germany! In this case, once the merger takes place, West Germany will definitely disappear!

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"I strongly oppose it, and if I have to make such a choice, I would rather resign as Secretary of Defense," Manfred said.

In terms of position, Manfred is definitely higher than Günther Rall, although he is not as senior as him. Now, he threatened to resign, so the chancellor of West Germany, Helmut Kohl, had to come over to smooth things over: "I think we can discuss this later. Let's talk about something else first. There is good news recently. With the continuous increase in oil production in the Middle East, the international oil price is falling continuously. It has fallen from a high price of more than 100 US dollars a barrel to the current 70 US dollars a barrel. Should we continue to increase our strategic oil reserves at this time?"

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While the Germans were arguing, Andrei was sitting in front of a computer terminal, conducting a video conference with Moscow.

Video conferencing had already been available in the ocean before, but it occupied precious communication satellites at the time. But now, in the military zone, Andre's video conferencing is completely transmitted via the Internet.

Now, the Soviet Union's networking process is quite fast, and the laying of optical cables on land is also very rapid. At the same time, in order to ensure the security of the military network, the Soviet military network is not connected to the civilian network, but uses dedicated lines. In this way, even the most talented hackers cannot pose a threat to the Soviet military network.

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The backbone networks of Moscow and the major military regions were, of course, laid out as soon as possible. Now, Andrei's video calls were transmitted in a timely manner.

"Andre, we have gathered intelligence on West Germany." The speaker was the chairman of the KGB. He said to Andre, "Although we have made a thorough layout, there are definitely voices of opposition in the West German leadership. For example, West German Defense Minister Manfred is a hard-line anti-Soviet. With his obstruction, I am afraid that Günter Rall's trip to East Germany will still be full of variables."

"In this case, let's find a way to get rid of him." Andre said calmly, "Right now, the situation in West Germany is still very chaotic, right? Those refugees are very likely to cause trouble, and traffic accidents are normal, aren't they?"