Chapter 628: Isolated and helpless (asking for monthly votes at the beginning of the month)

United States.

Since the outbreak of the "Toshiba incident", major American media such as USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post, whether print media or television media, have reported that Toshiba has seriously violated the relevant regulations of the Batumi Embargo Committee and the Japanese provided prohibited technology and equipment to the Soviet Union.

Under the introduction of these media, almost all American people know that Toshiba of Japan provided the Soviet Union with five-axis CNC machine tools for processing large warship propellers and the world's top five-axis five-linkage top CNC machining center for cutting-edge military industrial manufacturing.

It was precisely because of the help of Toshiba that the Soviets successfully replaced the smoother-looking nuclear submarine propulsion propellers, reducing the noise of their nuclear submarines that could be heard across the Atlantic Ocean, and NATO's monitoring stations could no longer monitor the movements of Soviet nuclear submarines.

This is a serious problem for the entire NATO defense system.

This undoubtedly made the people of the whole United States full of anger. Not only the United States, but also the people of the whole Europe were full of panic and anger. After all, the TV station had been broadcasting the Soviet Union's "81-Military Exercise". Under the threat of nuclear war, what could the Soviet Union's huge and trembling steel torrent be resisted?

This question has existed in Europe for so many years, but there is still no answer.

In other words, the only answer, or the consensus of the whole of Europe, is that the Soviets only need one week to sweep across Europe, drink the Atlantic coast, and point their swords at Britain.

In the United States and Europe, I don't know how many people have launched demonstrations to boycott Japanese goods.

Now this atmosphere in the whole of Europe makes Europe very annoyed. Almost no European government dares to say a word for Japan.

They all know that this is nothing more than the United States attacking Japan and wanting to deal with Japan.

If it were normal times, they would interfere and help Japan. It is really that Americans have gone too far in recent years.

In 1960, the US GDP was 543.3 billion US dollars. At that time, the United States was the world's most powerful industrial power, and it was extremely powerful in all aspects. This was the "golden age" of the United States. The U.S. economy developed rapidly. By 1970, the U.S. GDP had grown to $1.07 trillion.

However, throughout the 1970s, the United States experienced its first oil crisis, many companies went bankrupt, low-end manufacturing industries continued to leave the United States, the Vietnam War dragged down the United States, the entire U.S. economy was very weak, and unemployment was reaching new highs every year. Americans were even unable to maintain the "Bretton Woods System" and announced that the dollar could no longer be freely exchanged for gold. The "Bretton Woods System" collapsed, and in the competition with the Soviet Union, the United States was at a disadvantage. "The Soviet Union attacked and the United States defended" was the situation throughout the 1970s.

In this situation, the U.S. GDP grew from $1.07 trillion in 1970 to $2.86 trillion in 1980, and the U.S. debt grew from $371 billion to $908 billion, an increase of $537 billion in ten years.

But look at the second economic crisis in the two terms of Reagan since 1980. American products were beaten by Japanese products. The economy was extremely weak, and the US dollar started to raise interest rates. The US GDP increased from 2.86 trillion US dollars in 1980 to 5.24 trillion US dollars in 1988, almost doubling. The US debt increased from 908 billion US dollars in 1980 to 4 trillion US dollars. In 8 years, the US debt increased by 3.1 trillion US dollars.

Europeans are not stupid. How could they not know what the Americans are playing?

It's just that the people are now sensitive to the Americans and are extremely dissatisfied with Japan. As a person who came to power through elections, how dare they offend the people at this time? That would lose votes.

For a time, Japan was in unprecedented isolation and faced huge pressure. Japan was like Alexander.

Takeshita Noboru was shocked and angry, and cursed the United States!

When Takeshita Noboru was still the Minister of Finance, he signed the Plaza Accord with the Americans, which made the yen appreciate by nearly one-fold.

During this appreciation process, the US dollar depreciated significantly.

Even when the news of the Plaza Accord came out and the yen appreciated significantly, the Japanese suspected that it was the Americans who did it.

It can be said that in the past two or three years, Japan's hundreds of billions of dollars were robbed by the United States for nothing.

In order to stabilize the people's hearts and stabilize the yen that was appreciating sharply at the time, Takeshita Noboru had a brainwave and used the stock market and the real estate market as a reservoir for the yen.

In addition, at the G5 Finance Ministers' Meeting in France, Takeshita Noboru withstood the pressure and thus ascended to the throne of Japanese Prime Minister.

It can be said that Takeshita Noboru is very clear about the minds of Americans.

Because he has faced the American stick + carrot more than once, and he has experienced all kinds of temptations, threats and intimidation.

He did not expect that the Americans would kill Japan in this way.

"Bakayar~~" Takeshita Noboru couldn't help being angry and overturned the table.

This immediately put Japan into an isolated situation, completely isolated and helpless.

In this case, how can Japan withstand the pressure from the United States?

"Oh no, Prime Minister, the US military is making trouble!" At this moment, the Minister of Defense ran in with a panicked look on his face.

"What kind of mess is happening at the US military base again?" Takeshita frowned.

The US military stationed in Japan is making trouble every other day, and I don't know how many mixed-bloods they have created.

And those beasts dare to do anything, even elementary school students.

I don't know how many times the people have demanded severe punishment for the murderer, but nothing has been done. Once he left Japan and returned to the United States, he was still free and unfettered, and he was not punished at all.

With only the Self-Defense Force, Japan is undoubtedly not tough in this regard.

"They raped a junior high school student on the subway." The defense minister said, "and an American aircraft carrier formation arrived in Tokyo Bay."

Speaking of an aircraft carrier formation arriving in Tokyo Bay, the defense minister was trembling all over, and his face was full of fear.

Takeshita Noboru sat paralyzed on the ground.

He knew what was behind it. Making trouble was a provocation. The arrival of the aircraft carrier formation in Tokyo Bay was a provocation, a demonstration, and even a coercion.

Forcing them to accept the conditions of the Americans!

Otherwise, it would be force!

Takeshita Noboru smiled bitterly. He didn't expect that the Americans were so shameless. They were obviously robbing, and they were obviously robbers, but they had to find a reasonable reason.

He really wanted to cry to death!

He wanted to say to the Americans: I fucking thank you!

Takeshita gnashed his teeth, facing the terrible pressure. He knew very well that he could not agree to the harsh conditions.

Once he agreed, he would be a traitor!

There would be a brave Japanese boy to send him to see Yamata no Okami.

Takeshita chose to bow and apologize and resign!

Whoever agrees, go!

Anyway, he, Takeshita, could not agree!

Because Takeshita knew very well that once Japan agreed, the current Japanese economy would be completely hopeless.

Japanese companies would be broken, and they would never be able to stand up and compete with American and European companies again.

Even Takeshita wondered, were the Americans forcing Japan so much, and were they not afraid that Japan would join the Soviet camp?