Status is earned through fighting. Fei Niao thought that if she had failed at that time, she might have been treated the same as a humanoid with the “Metis” system installed, a dispensable consumable.

Fei Niao sat back in her chair, wearing a light short-sleeved shirt only available in summer, and stared at the wall in front of her, thinking about something she rarely had time to think about: their lives.

They have almost no private life and will attract the interest of countless people even if they do nothing.

At this very moment, Fei Niao believes that DARPA has a dedicated strong artificial intelligence psychology team studying their past experiences.

She then thought of death, but death is a flexible concept. Human death usually comes from the biological cessation of heart beating and the disappearance of brain activity waves, while the death of a human form…

As long as Raphael is still functioning, even if Asuka’s puppet body is destroyed and the puppet core is scrapped, she can still “come back to life” in the future using the data stored by Raphael.

But whether that was still “her” was another matter.

Asuka felt that the current situation was particularly bad, and she believed that the East German People’s Army would not have the opportunity to complete its existing plans. The newly appointed Federal Head of State broke with tradition and went directly to Paris to meet with the French President.

For the first time, he publicly proposed that the military cooperation between Germany and France should be further deepened, followed by improving the synchronization of the two sides’ pace.

Then, when he visited Washington in mid-August, he proposed to the US President that for the sake of future generations, all countries that possess relic weapons should completely destroy them and achieve a world without relic weapons as soon as possible.

These measures are just the first step taken by the federal head.

Obviously, apart from the content of the meeting between Germany and France, his calls in other areas are shit. Persuading other countries to give up strategic weapons of mass destruction will make national security even less secure.

The new Soviet Union dreams of becoming a global hegemon and restoring its former glory, but it also has to rely on strategic strength. Even Britain has to consider the challenges it may encounter in the future, after all, the United States cannot help Britain solve all its problems.

As for the United States, it will not give in on the issue of reducing its legacy weapons.

Perhaps these public statements are a cover to conceal his true intentions. However, from a diplomatic perspective, the actions of this head of state are simply an active effort to improve his international reputation.

However, a country with obvious signs of division and internal strife has no say in the international arena at all.

How can a country that can’t even solve its own problems have the right to point fingers at other places?

Instead of thinking about these things, Asuka felt that he should focus on military preparations. It would be best to catch the enemy by surprise and then strike hard to defeat the heretic army controlled by the MfS Stasi in one fell swoop.

A cold war will only drag oneself down, the only option is a hot war.

Decades ago, when the two Germanys were united, the Federation recognized the threat posed by the MfS’s failure to disband. As long as this thing is still running, sooner or later it will give the Federation a heavy blow.

Any far-sighted person can see that the MfS is the source of internal unrest, and as soon as it stabilizes, it will try to gain legitimacy.

So far, MfS is indeed doing so.

Whether it is vigorously expanding the army or spending effort to rebuild the air force, it is all laying the groundwork for resolving the federal problem in the west.

But Germany’s problems were not caused by historical factors in the East and the West alone. They were also related to geography and the US troops stationed on its home soil. They were almost tied together.

This is something that MfS must be aware of.

Once the US military decides to intervene, no, it should be the East German People’s Army controlled by the MfS decides to expel US troops and NATO armed forces from Germany, it will inevitably lead to external violent intervention.

Asuka felt that her ideas were still conservative.

“Okay, Washington has issued a evacuation order, requiring all citizens in Germany to leave Germany.” Luhui walked in with a notice and said excitedly.

Chapter 236 Beginning

Many people think that war is very romantic, and their impression often comes from wedding photos of returning soldiers and their fiancées in magazines.

They forget that war is about killing.

If you have ever read the war works written by people who participated in World War II, you will find that there is no romance in them.

Regardless of the size of the war, those who take up arms will kill adult men, women and children. Because it is a war, death is inevitable.

The destruction of non-military targets and the casualties of civilians in war, also known as the so-called “collateral damage”, are tacitly kept secret by both parties involved in the war and the issue of transparency is avoided.

……

On November 11, a new Iron Curtain reappeared almost overnight on the border between East and West Germany – a military blockade from the Baltic Sea to Czechoslovakia.

At the same time, various urban legends and rumors spread among the people in the East and the West.

As American civilians gradually withdrew, all sectors of West German society, which also belonged to the Western camp, fell into mental anxiety – signs of war became increasingly obvious.

Despite the pervasive messages that heightened this anxiety, West Germans tried not to think about the outbreak of war.

Although the Americans said they had evacuated, the US troops stationed in Germany are still in various bases and have not left.

This shows that the United States has no intention of completely untying the bond or giving up.

In a sense, the movement of US troops stationed in Germany determines the latest time for the outbreak of war. The mandatory evacuation order forwarded by the embassy only applies to individuals and does not apply to US troops stationed in Germany for the time being.

For the United States, Germany is just an important part of the strategic layout for controlling Europe, not a decisive one.

As long as the troops are still stationed in Europe, no matter how chaotic it is, it is under the control of the United States.

What is important now is not what happens in Germany, but what the new Soviet Union does and what Moscow decides.

A few months ago, the border between Poland and the new Soviet Union was bustling with activity, with military trains arriving one after another, either loaded with heavy battle equipment or transporting supplies and ammunition.

Then it was quiet, unbelievably quiet.

Could it be that the new Soviet Union didn’t care about the direction of the situation in Germany? But the signs of deployment clearly showed that they were ready for battle and were waiting for Moscow to give orders.

Washington never received the red call from Moscow, which made the president and his staff uneasy and difficult to make accurate judgments.

For the West German Federation, the Americans’ choice made them feel extremely uncomfortable. No matter which direction things developed, they would be the most hurt.

But on Saturday, November 11, something no one wanted to face happened. Thomas Dmovsky, a refugee living in West Germany, used a kayak to swim across the Elbe River demarcation line into East Germany.

Thomas accidentally killed a federal border police officer while fleeing.

On December 12, the federal government requested the deportation of Thomas Dmowski for trial, but the East German border guards rejected the West German federal government’s request, citing unclear facts and insufficient evidence.

On the morning of the 3rd, the spokesperson of the East German border guards held a press conference and said, “We are not Americans, this is not Afghanistan, and certainly not Saigon.”

The spokesman’s implication was clear: regardless of whether this person was a murderer or not, they would not give a hard punch to those who came to seek refuge until the matter was fully investigated.

That afternoon, the East German 3rd Army raised its combat readiness level. All personnel canceled their leave and returned to the barracks. Units at all levels began distributing live ammunition, and mechanized troops left the barracks and moved towards the border.

The same was true of the West German Bundeswehr.

The air forces were testing each other in the border airspace, and the radars of the F-4F KWS Phantom fighters were illuminating each other and disengaging from each other during the violent maneuvers.

The old Mig29 suddenly inserted itself into the air with the R-73 air-to-air missile, and then used its excellent combat performance to test the Typhoon fighter, constantly trying to stimulate the opponent with its tail flame and radar.

Tensions on both sides of the new Iron Curtain reached a peak.

On December 12, at the Magdeburg demarcation point, East German border guards handed over the murderer Thomas Dmowski to the West German Federal Police.

Just when everyone was rejoicing that the shadow of war was fading away, the railway hub in Chemnitz was attacked by an explosion, four trains full of cargo and passengers were scrapped, and the death toll rose to 300.

In the early morning of the 18th, sporadic exchanges of fire began in the Saalfeld area. Subsequently, the 16th Mechanized Infantry Regiment of East Germany rushed through the minefield under the cover of artillery and successfully entered the city of Saalfeld.

The West German Bundeswehr urgently mobilized the 39th Armored Grenadier Brigade stationed near Coburg to go to Saalfeld to repel the rebels.

Immediately, Leipzig declared a state of war with the Rhine-Frankfurt Federal Government.

By this time, no one cared about what happened on November 11th, and no one cared whether Thomas Demovsky, the instigator of everything, was still alive.

People only knew that West Germany and East Germany had really entered a state of war, from sporadic exchanges of fire to military conflicts, and then to organized units crossing the isolation line…

On the afternoon of the 18th, the 39th Reconnaissance Battalion of the 13th Armored Grenadier Brigade appeared on the outskirts of Saalfeld.

This is a newly formed mechanized unit that is fully equipped and has high morale. Its 10.4-ton wheeled vehicles can run at a speed of 115 kilometers per hour on the road, and its KZO drones provide it with superior tactical advantages.

Although the three armored grenadier battalions were all equipped with Marder 1A3/A5 infantry fighting vehicles that were eliminated from other units that had switched to Puma tanks, their performance was still sufficient to deal with the East German 16th Mechanized Infantry Regiment entering the city.

光人力就多出了1/3，还有1个营的豹2A5主战坦克，足以应付绝大多数情况。

In order to respond to the Saalfeld crisis, the Wehrmacht drew two grenadier battalions equipped with 88 Puma infantry fighting vehicles and BPz-2 armored maintenance vehicles from other active forces and joined the 39th Armored Grenadier Brigade to strengthen the unit’s combat capabilities.

Despite being a newly formed Panzergrenadier unit, its commander, Colonel Wilhelm Johann Lorenz, was very pleased with the speed of the unit’s movement and believed that there would be no difficulty in stopping the 39th Panzergrenadier Brigade.

After the follow-up main force arrived at the outskirts of Saalfeld, two armored grenadier battalions entered the city accompanied by an armored battalion equipped with Leopard 2 main battle tanks.

Colonel Lorenz left an armored grenadier battalion hidden in the dense forests on the outskirts of the city as a rear guard, and then entered the city with the brigade’s direct forces.

Even though the opponent was only a mechanized infantry regiment, he thought it would be better to use all his strength. Only by repelling the East German bastards could they give up.