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U.S. debt defaults in a short period of time, and the Fed will no longer buy U.S. debt. As a result, not only the interests of U.S. debt holders, but also the short-term interests of beneficiaries such as medical insurance, education, and military expenditures will be sacrificed, but the value of the dollar can basically be preserved. Credit.And if the US dollar is "water injected" to support the increase in US debt, the credit of the US dollar will continue to decrease, and the result will be a more severe recession in the entire social economy.

If the U.S. debt ceiling does not increase and the Federal Reserve no longer buys U.S. bonds, then maturing U.S. debt will be classified as junk.At the same time, other local debt and corporate debt will also be downgraded, resulting in a heavier interest burden.The U.S. finances will be forced to cut spending, and high-income fields such as medical institutions and military enterprises will be hit significantly.At the same time, the rising cost of US corporate debt will force a large number of high-asset, high-debt, and low-profit companies to lose money or go bankrupt.

If the U.S. debt limit cannot be raised and the "bomb" is left to the next president, Bowman himself will bear the responsibility for causing the Great Depression.In addition, even if Bowman wants to increase U.S. debt, in addition to the approval of the Federal Reserve, the Fed's bureaucrats are also assessing the situation and painfully weighing whether to buy U.S. debt to support Bowman through the "water injection" of the US dollar. .Because, if the Federal Reserve buys a large amount of U.S. bonds, it will lead to more serious speculation and "bubble" in the U.S. economy, and the bureaucrats of the Federal Reserve will bear the blame.Therefore, in the face of the test of history, everyone is playing their own "small ninety-nine" calculations.

"Mr. President, not long ago, at nine o'clock in the morning of Beijing time, the Huaxia government announced to the public that it would sell 3000 billion U.S. bonds that had matured."

Bowman nodded and said in frustration: "What should come will always come. This is the first time that the U.S. government has been targeted by creditors*."

"Yes, this is indeed the first time. The last time we raised the U.S. debt ceiling, we got into trouble. This time, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult."

Bowman understood what Pallack meant, smiled wryly and said: "You are right, as soon as I raised the issue of increasing the U.S. debt ceiling in Congress this morning, I was ridiculed and criticized by the Republican congressmen. Inquiry. Judging from the current situation, it is impossible to raise the debt ceiling in the short term. Not only that, but the Fed is also firmly opposed to raising the U.S. debt ceiling. From this point of view, we can only find our own way.”

"These damned politicians have reached this time. They are still thinking about their own interests, and they have not considered where the interests of the United States are? I just got a very bad news. I heard that some congressmen are preparing to jointly sign Submit a proposal to impeach you to Congress, and I hope you will prepare in advance."

Bowman certainly understands what impeachment means. Article II, Section [-] of the U.S. Constitution states: The President, Vice President, and all civilian officials of the United States, when impeached and convicted of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors , should be dismissed.

Of course, it is not an easy task to remove a president. The specific procedure of impeachment is that the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives first review the evidence materials of the charges to determine whether there is a basis for starting a formal impeachment investigation. The House of Representatives moved to begin a formal impeachment inquiry.After the House of Representatives approved the motion to start impeachment proceedings, it authorized the Judiciary Committee to conduct a formal impeachment inquiry.After the investigation is completed, if the Judiciary Committee passes the formal articles of impeachment, it will be submitted to the full House of Representatives for a vote.The House only needs a simple majority to approve the articles of impeachment.

The House of Representatives then sends the bill to the Senate, which needs a two-thirds majority to convict the impeached.If the object of impeachment is the president, the trial in the Senate must be presided over by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.Once the Senate finds the president guilty, the president is removed and replaced by the vice president.

It will take at least a few months for this set of procedures to be completed. That is to say, Bowman still has time. If the situation changes during this period, his impeachment may not be successful.

For example, now, if the two aircraft carrier battle groups sent by Bowman enter the South China Sea, and then incite some small countries to make trouble with China, Bowman has reason to participate in the disputes between China and these small countries by virtue of domestic law. , Huaxia is also very likely to bow its head, not only will not continue to sell U.S. debt, but will also buy a large amount of U.S. debt, so that all problems will be solved. Not only will Bowman not be impeached, but he will become a hero .

Therefore, Bowman now pins all his hopes on the two aircraft carrier battle groups he sent this time. Like a gambler, he put all the last little capital on it. If he wins, he will naturally recoup It will be a big transfer, and once you lose, you will become a veritable pauper.Bowman may become one of the few deposed presidents in American history, and his name will always be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

"Mr. Kornford, chairman of the chief of staff contact meeting, called just now. Our two aircraft carrier battle groups will enter the South China Sea at the scheduled time. At this time, we should let the Filipinos and Japanese take action against China. Only they will do it. Only then will we have a reason to enter the South China Sea."

Palak felt that he and Bowman had become two grasshoppers on the same rope. If Bowman was impeached, his political career as Secretary of State would be completely over, not to mention that he would never be able to raise his head in politics. Even some big companies and schools would never hire him. The president of the United States he served has been impeached. Does he, the Secretary of State, have no responsibility at all?

Palak nodded knowingly and walked out. Looking at Palak's back, Bowman couldn't tell what it was like. At this time, another flash of lightning flashed, and with the rumbling thunder from far and near, Bowman just now The ominous feeling became stronger at this time.

Text two thousand 540 chapter one armed conflict

That night, Palak sent special envoys to the Philippines, Vietnam, and Japan in secret, assuring the leaders of the three countries that the United States would protect their interests in territorial claims, and instigated them to provoke China in the disputed areas of the South China Sea and the East China Sea.

The grievances between Vietnam and the United States due to the war decades ago have not been resolved. The relationship with the United States is not as strong as that of Philippe. The two countries have not signed any mutual defense treaty. After thinking about it, I always feel that the United States is not reliable. , In addition, the Huaxia Military Commission has deployed four mechanized divisions in the border areas of the two countries during this period, and the soldiers are pressing down on the border. Naturally, Vietnam dare not act rashly.

However, Philip, Japan, and China have no land borders and cannot be threatened in this regard, and they have the backing of the Americans, so they listened to the instigation of the United States and adopted aggressive and provocative activities against China. First of all, patrol ships were sent to drive and beat the Huaxia fishermen, causing great damage to the lives and properties of the Huaxia fishermen.

The Huaxia Kingdom, which had already made all preparations, was naturally tit-for-tat, unceremoniously driving away the Philippine ships, and taking advantage of the large tonnage and fast speed of the fishery administration ships, repeatedly collided with the patrol boats of the Filipinos, causing a patrol boat of the Filipinos to The boat was knocked over, even so, both sides still maintained restraint, no one dared to fire the first shot.

In the Internet age, news spreads fast. A few hours later, the news of the conflict between the ships of the two countries in the South China Sea was sent back to their respective countries.The people in Huaxia were very enthusiastic. They praised the heroic feats of the fishery administration boats, criticized the navy for not being able to move like a tortoise, and strongly demanded that the Central Military Commission order the sinking of the provocative Filipino ships, avenge the Huaxia fishermen, and take back the Filipino state. occupied islands.

For a while, the South China Sea Fleet was under tremendous pressure, and some officers and soldiers in charge of purchasing tasks did not dare to go to the streets, but how did these ordinary people know that the South China Sea Fleet had already made all preparations for battle, and they were just waiting for Fei Guo to fire the first shot .

At this time, foreign enemy agents also took the opportunity to organize a powerful cyber navy, and a large number of hostile elements fanned the flames and caused chaos.Internet trolls appear in the guise of extreme right and extreme left respectively, provoking left and right factions in China to fight each other online, instigating ethnic divisions, and creating ideological confusion.Not only that, these hostile elements are also secretly developing terrorist forces.

The public security and national security departments at all levels, which had already made all preparations, quickly launched operations against these hostile elements. Incitement and terrorist attacks by hostile elements.In less than four hours, the reactionary comments on the Internet disappeared, and some netizens who were deceived and enthusiastic about posting on the Internet were also invited to drink tea by the police and state security departments.

The same is true of the domestic situation in Philipines. The conflict between the ships of the two countries in the South China Sea also triggered serious protests from their domestic people. In some places, there were even violent acts of beating overseas Chinese and burning their property.President Abrian even shouted hoarsely in the Congress: "We must resolutely fight back against China's provocations, and do not hesitate to use force to defend the territory to the death."

The calm South China Sea is now full of gunpowder. The heads of state of some countries have called the hotline of Huaxia No. [-], asking the Huaxia government to exercise restraint and must not allow the conflict to escalate.Of course, the heads of state of these countries also have different mentalities when they make this call. Some are really worried about China, worried that the United States will take the opportunity to send troops, and China will be unable to resist.Some of them are holding a kind of watching the excitement. They want to see whether China, a big economic country, has the courage to fight a local war in the South China Sea, and whether it has the capital to fight against the US aircraft carrier battle group.

Due to the time difference, the U.S. dollar exchange rate of the two major exchanges in the United States and London miraculously rose that day. What surprised some people was that Huaxia's announcement of selling U.S. treasury bonds did not cause much repercussions.According to the feedback from Huaxia's intelligence department, the 1000 billion U.S. debt sold by Huaxia on the first day was all bought by some large consortia in Europe, America, Japan and South Korea.

The reason behind this is also very simple. Everyone has seen that Huaxia’s countermeasures against US sanctions are getting stronger and stronger. Naturally, they will not pay attention to such a tiny place as Philip. Taking advantage of it, the Philip Kingdom, with the backing of the United States, will definitely retaliate against China.And the United States will rely on the mutual defense treaty signed with Philip, and will definitely send troops to protect Philip.

These people judge that the Huaxia government is absolutely incapable of resisting the powerful naval power of the United States. In the end, they can only bow their heads and admit defeat. Not only will they not continue to sell U.S. debt, but they will continue to increase their holdings of U.S. debt under the strong pressure of the U.S. government. It means that the U.S. dollar will continue to be strong, and U.S. debt is still the safest investment. You must know that bargain hunting is the best way to invest.

At [-] o'clock the next morning, a Chinese fishing boat was unreasonably expelled by a Peacock-class patrol ship of the Philippine Navy while fishing near Huangyan Island in Huaxia's traditional sea area. When the Huaxia fishermen refused to leave, the Philippine Navy tried to detain Huaxia. The fishermen were immediately resisted by the Chinese fishermen.After half an hour of fighting, they were finally outnumbered, and the Huaxia fishermen were brutally detained by the Philippine navy.But what the Philippine Navy did not expect was that the captain of the fishing boat had sent out a distress signal in advance.

After receiving the distress signal, the Huaxia 301 fishery administration ship patrolling nearby rushed to the scene of the accident, and a sea conflict quietly began.

The so-called fishery administration boats are also called fishery protection boats, and their purpose is to protect the country's fishery rights and interests.The equipment generally carried by fishery administration ships includes light weapons to deal with threats of violence or resist fishery inspections, as well as relatively advanced and complete navigation equipment, long-distance photography, video, recording equipment, and water quality measurement, fishing gear inspection, and the exact location of illegal fishing boats. Special instruments, equipment and tools for flight and flight paths.Flares and high-power searchlights for night missions.

Large and medium-sized fishery administration ships are also equipped with radio, radar, radio direction finder, audio detector, scanning sonar, satellite navigation, communication equipment and other equipment. Since the fishery administration ship is not used for war, it is like this 2500 The 301-ton fishery administration ship only has a 14.5mm four-barreled anti-aircraft machine gun and a few light weapons on it.

But the Philippine patrol ship is different. This Peacock-class patrol ship is one of the "capital ships" of the Philippine Navy. It served in the 80s of the last century. Although it is much newer than other Philippine ships, it is not "young". "Are.It used to be a patrol ship of the British Army in Hong Kong, and it was not until the 90s that the British handed it over to Philip.But don't look at his displacement of only 763 tons, but it is equipped with two 76mm Otto guns with a maximum range of 16 kilometers, and it is also equipped with two 2mm single-barreled machine guns.

This means that no matter how big the fishery administration ship is, it is also for law enforcement, and its weapons and equipment are of course simple, while the patrol ship, no matter how small, is also used for fighting, and its firepower is of course very powerful.

The 301 fishery administration ship shouted to the Filipino patrol ship, asking the other party to unconditionally release the Huaxia fishermen illegally detained by them immediately, otherwise the Filipino State should bear full responsibility for any consequences arising therefrom.Perhaps it was because of the tough attitude of the Huaxia fishing boat, or because it was too inconvenient to drag the Huaxia fishing boat behind them, and the four-barreled anti-aircraft machine gun on the fishery administration boat was too scary. Absolutely no way to please, the Philippine Navy quickly released the fishermen illegally detained by them.

Ordinarily at this time, the two sides went their own way and nothing happened, but the Philippine patrol ship, which wanted to find fault, naturally refused to let it go. After about five miles away from the Huaxia Fishery Administration Ship, the two 76 The mm Otto gun fired at the fishery administration ship almost at the same time.The training of the Philippine Navy was really bad. Several shells were fired, and they all fell into the sea, splashing high waves.

From the captain to the crew of the 301 Fishery Administration Ship, all are passionate men who have transferred from the navy. In terms of combat quality, they are absolutely top-notch.As soon as the Filipino ship fired, the 301 Fishery Administration Ship took advantage of its high horsepower and speed, risked being hit by the Filipino ship's gunfire, and desperately rushed towards the Filipino patrol ship with full power, and soon entered the The shooting blind spot of the Filipino ships.

At this time, the 14.5mm four-barreled anti-aircraft machine gun on the fishery administration boat began to show off its power. It fired at a rate of 2 rounds per minute and only fought for [-] minutes. I don't know where it hit, and the patrol ship of the Philip Kingdom actually ignited a raging fire.

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Text 540 [-] Chapter [-] Victory in the first battle

The desperate action of the Huaxia Fishery Administration Ship frightened the officers and soldiers of the Philippine Navy. The people on the ship didn't even bother to fire the guns, and fled to the distance at full speed.The fully armed patrol ship was actually defeated by a fishery administration ship, and the Philippine Navy can be said to have created the best in the world.

The chief mate of the Huaxia Fishery Administration Ship is a young man under 30 years old. He saw the Philippine patrol ship running away and was about to order to pursue it, but was stopped by the captain: "Don't chase, let them run."

The first mate was a little confused: "Captain, now is the right time to sink the opponent. Our ship is powerful, fast, and has thick armor. It is not a piece of cake to sink him!"

The captain smiled: "You kid, do you think you are still on the frigate? We are the fishery administration ship, and we are not here to fight sea battles with them. Have you forgotten our mission?"

The first officer scratched his head in embarrassment: "Don't say it, I really thought we were driving a frigate just now, so I forgot our mission of luring the enemy."

"Okay, our mission is complete, let's just wait and see the excitement. If we sink the Philippe patrol ship for the brothers in the navy, it will be like a father-in-law crossing the river with his daughter-in-law on his back. If you can’t win a battle for the brothers, you start a fire and bombard us, but there will be no place to sue.”

An order from the South China Sea Fleet Command appeared on the information display screen. The captain looked at the first officer standing beside him and said, "The ship commander ordered us to leave the combat sea area immediately and return!"

Two MTU1201163TB92 high-speed diesel engines made a huge roar. With a powerful power of 14200 horsepower, this refitted fishery administration ship can reach a top speed of 25 knots.

Several high-speed moving targets appeared on the radar screen, and they rushed towards the fishery administration ship aggressively. The captain looked at it and said with a smile: "Here comes the excitement, it seems to be an American-made Humabang-class frigate and four peacock ships." Class patrol ship, good fellow, it is a great honor for Philip to dispatch half of its navy to deal with our fishery administration ship."

The captain used to be the captain of a frigate in the South China Sea Fleet, so he knew the situation of the Philippine Navy well. He said he was honored, but in fact he pouted without hesitation.The captain is very clear, not to mention the two [-]-ton destroyers of the South China Sea Fleet ambushing tens of nautical miles away, even the old frigate he used to be the captain of will definitely be able to drive these ships from the Philippines Send dead WWII vintage ships into the sea to feed the fish.

Several bright spots dragged long white smoke across the sky, and the chief officer shouted in surprise: "Look, our 801 anti-ship missile!"

The captain shook his head and said, "It's not like 801, the speed of 801 is not so fast."

"Chief mate, you are all old." Xiao Liu, the helmsman who came to this fishery administration ship with the first mate, said with a smile: "When you were the gunner of the frigate, 801 was the most advanced Yes, now maybe there are both 901 and 1001."

With the voice, the five bright spots on the radar screen disappeared, and the first officer said in surprise: "This is a bit awesome, I didn't even see each other, so I opened the scoop for others, and this battle is too good It's boring."

A carrier-based helicopter passed over the fishery administration ship and headed for the battle area. The captain looked up and said: "Standard combat procedure, the helicopter rushed over to confirm the results of the battle."

This small-scale naval battle came to an end in such a dramatic way. The poor old warships of the Philip Kingdom during World War II sank to the bottom of the sea in a daze without even seeing the shadow of the warships of the Huaxia Navy.They didn't figure it out until their death, how could there be anti-ship missiles on Huaxia's fishery administration ship, and if Huaxia had other ships in ambush, why the radar didn't find it.

According to the unified deployment of the central government, the major news media in China quickly broadcast this huge news. Looking at the battle scene on TV, and the Filipino ship sank to the bottom of the sea with billowing smoke, the domestic people were passionate and organized spontaneously. Get up and go to the streets to parade, and all parts of the country are as lively as festivals.