Chapter 794 The Death of the Iron Father (fourth update, please subscribe)
The disappearance of the Fog City is indeed a pity from a literary point of view. After all, many literary works have fully described the fog in London. The description is still what many people yearn for.
Although the yellow-black sky mixed with smoke and fog is harmful to the human body. But it’s an authentic London taste, and maybe Old London is the best.
But a heavy fog claimed thousands of lives. This disaster naturally changed everything.
In this regard, Li Yi'an, who is a member of the British Commonwealth, of course has to call Old London to express his condolences.
In addition to calling for condolences, Nanyang also quickly launched its latest high-tech product-air purifier.
This high-tech product, which uses a filter to absorb and filter harmful substances in the air, was immediately transported to London by plane and delivered to the Queen's bedroom and, of course, the Prime Minister. This is for their health.
Of course, this gift from Nanyang immediately caused a sensation in the UK.
At the end of 2052, if you ask what is the most popular product in London, it is naturally the air purifier from Nanyang.
The rich people in London have purchased it for their homes and offices. People are always greedy for life and afraid of death.
It has to be said that there are always opportunities in crises, and Li Yian is very good at seizing opportunities. Taking advantage of the London smog, he successfully promoted a wave of air purifiers and collected the hard-earned money of the London people. Li Yi'an took his family to Genting Highlands without any hesitation - the Spring Festival is approaching, and naturally he will start to take a vacation. state.
However, the turmoil in the world did not stop with the arrival of the Spring Festival. Ever since Eisenhower was sworn in, the peninsula negotiations on the Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance have still had twists and turns with no end in sight.
In short, after the arrival of the new year, the Iron Curtain has already fallen, making the world more and more confusing.
It is amid this confusion that Li Yian pays close attention to the other side of the Iron Curtain every day.
“Which day is it?”
Once again, looking at the intelligence about Soviet Russia in the intelligence briefing, Li Yian's brows wrinkled.
"On what day did Iron and Steel die?"
Although his memory has been strengthened after time travel, Li Yian has indeed not seen information about Iron and Steel's death. At most, he has read one film The comedy movie "The Death of Steel" is just a spoof movie. It cannot be regarded as "history" at all, because there is no mention of the day on which Steel died.
In fact, what Li Yian is concerned about is not the life and death of Steel, but the changes in the overall pattern of the Cold War after Steel's death. Different from what many people imagine, when Steel was alive, the confrontation with the United States was actually... mainly due to own insecurities.
This insecurity is due to the fear that the Western world will launch a surprise attack on Soviet Russia like Hitler did. Yes, as strong as steel also suffered from PTSD, which is post-traumatic stress disorder, after World War II. , in fact PTSD dominated Soviet Russia until its disintegration. Unlike other countries, they are really preparing for World War III.
It is precisely because of this insecurity that Steel is committed to building a "security wall". This "security wall" is the expansion of Soviet Russia and Eurasia, but its core is security - surrounded by a group of little brothers. Be a buffer around you.
So this kind of expansion is limited, just like the reason why Soviet Russia’s response to India, Indonesia and other countries is not so drastic now, because the core of steel expansion is security, not competition with the United States. World domination.
At least for now, the Iron Tsar's focus is on creating an Eastern world under his control. As for world hegemony, that is a matter of the future.
In fact, this future is not far away. It means that this future has arrived after Khrushchev came to power.
In the future, Big Corn Cob will bang his leather shoe on the table at the UN General Assembly meeting and say to the Americans, "We will bury you."
Therefore, under this situation, Li Yian is very much looking forward to the Soviet Union's full attack and the comprehensive escalation of the Cold War.
After all, Nanyang is about being a fisherman. If the two superpowers did not become intensified, how could Nanyang be such a fisherman?
"It should be soon..."
Recalling the clothes of those people in "Death of Steel", Li Yian said to himself. "It should be spring!"
With this thought in his mind, Li Yian turned his attention to the calendar again.
March 1, 1953
......
This day seems very ordinary.
On the outskirts of Moscow, Kontsevo Villa, this villa not far from the Kremlin, seems to be unknown, but in fact, in Soviet Russia, Kontsevo Villa has always been the most desired by Soviet Russian senior officials. place, as long as he is summoned here by Iron and Steel himself, it means that Comrade Iron and Steel trusts him.
For a long time, although Comrade Steel seemed to the outside world to be staying in the Kremlin, in fact, he basically lived in this villa at night.
Last night, the same was true.
As in the past, the steel bedroom is connected to the guard room. The guards are sitting in the room as usual, but their expressions are different from before. His eyes always turn to the closed door involuntarily.
It’s already two o’clock in the afternoon, why doesn’t my loving father get up yet?
Although they were doubtful, none of the guards dared to speak or even express their doubts. They just looked at the clock hand from time to time.
Time is passing and the door is still closed.
Finally, one person couldn't help it anymore.
"What's going on today? Why hasn't my loving father gotten up yet?"
"Maybe I drank too much last night."
Said it was yesterday, but in fact It was early in the morning. Last night, Comrade Steel watched a movie in the Kremlin with Khrushchev, Malenkov, Beria and Bulganin. After the event, Steel, who was not satisfied enough, invited them to have dinner together at Koncevo's suburban villa.
Although this meal was eaten in the middle of the night, it was a late-night snack for normal people, but for Steel, it was "lunch". His work schedule is different from normal people. He usually only eats his "lunch" in the evening. And this "lunch" lasted until four or five o'clock in the morning today. After that, Steel went back to the room to rest.
Usually, he will get up before 12 o'clock. As usual, Steel would come out of the room or ask someone to deliver him the latest newspapers and books, but there was no movement this day!
Originally they thought it was just a delay. But until four o'clock in the afternoon, the room was still quiet, without any sound!
At this moment, the guards seemed panicked. They wanted to open the door to see the leader's situation, but when they thought of the cost of breaking in, none of them dared to open the door - they were sleeping. At that time, Steel would not allow anyone to step into his room!
Otherwise, there is no else!
The guards were afraid of the leader, so they could only stand nervously outside the door. Although they were nervous, they did not dare to "disturb" the leader. Until ten o'clock in the evening, the mail that my loving father read every day was delivered. Only then did a guard who was responsible for delivering mail find a reason and walked into the loving father's room!
After the guard entered the room, he saw a horrifying scene - the leader was lying on the floor, seeming to be muttering something, but making no sound at all! He raised his right hand, but he didn't know where it was pointing!
“Quick, get someone here!”
After standing for nearly a minute, the guard felt that something was wrong! he shouted immediately.
“Come in!”
The guards who heard the shouts rushed into the house, and they even broke in with pistols.
"Put the gun away..."
The guard shouted as he lifted the loving father to lie down on the sofa.
Looking at the comatose father lying on the sofa, everyone felt a sense of foreboding in their hearts. Although they were extremely nervous, they began to dial the phone numbers of various officers to inform the leaders of their whereabouts. Condition!
But after calling one after another, no one paid attention at all, and no senior staff came over within an hour!
(End of this chapter)