Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

Although the technology and blueprints for the B-52 had been available for some time, everyone still flocked to see the latest modified version from the United States, with some even flying in from Chengdu and Guizhou.

After investigation, everyone was greatly disappointed.

It turns out that the so-called modification was really just replacing the engine and the active array radar.

At this point, Li Xinghe easily acquired decommissioned nuclear warheads and already possessed North Korea's ballistic missile technology. Now, he also had strategic bombers. If he could acquire strategic nuclear submarines, he could claim to have a 'triad' nuclear strike capability.

The B-52J must first be taken to the aircraft research institute so that Wang Shengming can see if the aerodynamic shape and engine can be improved to create a modern strategic bomber.

Despite distrusting his own Japan-North Korea missile technology research institute, Li Xinghe had no choice but to hand over a portion of its weapon-grade uranium and plutonium to them for nuclear warhead technology research.

Finally, there's that very small W76-2 nuclear warhead.

"Huh? A little gadget with a yield of 5000 units? Hmm... interesting."

Li Xinghe slapped his thigh and came up with a very interesting idea.

Although the nuclear bomb did not fall over Chicago, he decided to give it to Erdogan.

Let this Middle Eastern scourge experience what kind of blow Saddam Hussein would face if he truly possessed weapons of mass destruction.

……

Adana, Türkiye.

After several unnamed transport planes landed in this border city and then left, no one knew what they were bringing.

But Erdogan was genuinely frightened.

"Nuclear bomb?"

He couldn't understand why Li Xinghe would give him a nuclear bomb.

Not only are there nuclear bombs, but there are also chemical weapons used by the US military. Mustard gas shells from World War II are inconvenient to use, but there are still a large number of Agent Orange canisters from the Vietnam War. In addition, there are even sarin gas shells and other old Iraq War items in the US military warehouses that have not been destroyed.

In addition, weapons that the US military has been using, such as white phosphorus bombs and napalm bombs, were also included.

Basically, the more controversial the ammunition, the more likely we are to give it to you.

Go do it!

I'm right behind you.

Erdogan backed down; he had already keenly sensed Li Xinghe's behind-the-scenes instigation of trouble.

"Something's not right...something's not right..."

Contrary to popular belief, Erdogan is actually a person with little practical achievement.

His verbal sparring far surpasses his achievements.

Throughout the Middle East, almost every country has observed that Erdogan is characterized by a loud voice but poor execution, a knack for opportunism but lack of any real impact, much like the trashy, attention-seeking celebrities that people dislike.

He's nowhere to be seen when it comes to getting things done, but he's always the first one to arrive when it comes to ripping people off.

Just like in the Syrian war and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, when it comes to shouldering the real responsibility, Erdogan is always nowhere to be found. But whenever Hamas and Hezbollah achieve some success, Erdogan is behind the scenes launching surprise attacks on Syria while loudly offering verbal support to Palestine.

Therefore, when Istanbul was already being portrayed as a hellish concentration camp, Erdogan realized that things couldn't continue like this.

He needs to negotiate.

However, the nuclear bomb sent by Li Xinghe was like a hot potato, leaving him at a loss.

When Erdogan realized he had been tricked, he had indeed fallen into the trap.

CIA agents in East Asia, carrying suitcases full of cash, were active on both sides of the Bulgarian-Turkish border. They not only spread news of the arrival of secret munitions in Turkey, but also revealed that Turkey possessed weapons of mass destruction.

Incidentally, they also bribed lower-ranking officers at the border, telling them it was the 'Turkish high command's' order to advance.

As a result, in May, the border conflict between Turkey and Bulgaria escalated into an undeclared war.

The 3rd Armored Brigade of the Turkish 3rd Army crossed the border without authorization and launched a strong attack on the Bulgarian defense zone.

The Bulgarian army's ground forces total only 1.4 people nationwide. How could they possibly withstand Türkiye's million-strong military and police force?

Bulgaria suffered a crushing defeat, while Türkiye's 3rd Armored Brigade achieved a series of victories.

Erdogan was frantic; he roared hysterically in his office:

"It's over! Bring them back! Bring them back immediately!"

But faced with the Turkish army's solo advance, Erdogan could only react with impotent rage.

Although he has launched a major purge of the Turkish military, replacing it with a large number of high-ranking officers who are close to him, the Turkish army remains a highly independent warlord force, more akin to a cooperative entity with the president. The only difference is that the army's ideology has shifted from 'defending a modern Turkey' to 'establishing a Greater Ottoman Turkey'.

This is not surprising; similar situations exist throughout the Middle East, in countries large and small. Whether it's Egypt, Syria, or Lebanon, the government structures are highly unstable.

Moreover, it was precisely because of 'Greater Ottomanism' that the Turkish army became even more fanatical.

After a night of rapid advance, Turkey's NATO 3rd Rapid Reaction Force has captured Haskovo, the capital of Haskovo Oblast in Bulgaria.

Due to its Ottoman history, this province, with a population of less than 18 and an elderly population exceeding 30%, still has 13% Ottoman Turks, approximately 2.3 people. Therefore, the Turkish army was greatly encouraged and saw this as the first step in Turkey's counter-cyclical rise and the true re-realization of 'Greater Ottoman Imperialism'.

At a press conference held without authorization, the Turkish Chief of the General Staff announced to the Turkish people, who had been suffering from economic collapse for months:

"We are on the fast track to victory!"

Upon learning this, Erdogan could only stand sadly in the presidential residence: "Where's Lin? I'm busy. Is Lin here or not?"

"This is not the fast track to victory, it is the fast track to death."

In any case, occupying the capital of a provincial-level administrative unit of a NATO country can hardly be called a border friction anymore.

NATO must respond.

Therefore, at the NATO meeting in May, the United States, Britain, France, Germany and other countries sat down together to begin discussing how to militarily intervene in Balkan affairs.

Li Xinghe deliberately had someone leak intelligence to the CIA, so the CIA declared at a meeting:

"According to reliable sources, the Turkish army has acquired biological and chemical weapons, a weapon of mass destruction, and even nuclear warheads through smuggling channels."

Upon hearing this news, Vance, who was far away in Washington, was no longer sleepy.

He has already conquered Canada and Mexico, so why can't he kill Türkiye as well?

Do they still dare to possess nuclear warheads?

This is no longer your average Turkey; we must strike hard!

Chapter 996: The Great Ottoman Empire, the Balkan Wars, and Cyprus (4100 words)

2032 October.

The Bulgarian army suffered a major defeat.

The entire army, numbering only 1.4 men, abandoned their T-55 tanks, which were older than themselves, and fled into the mountains and fields.

The newly victorious 3rd Armored Brigade happily raised the 'Great Ottoman Flag' in the occupied capital of Haskovo Oblast.

At this time, many rumors circulated within the military. Some said, "Turkey has completed a nuclear test." Others said, "The army of all other Balkan countries is no match for the Turkish army." Still others said, "The United States has been dragged down in Mexico, so it should take this opportunity to unify the Balkans."

As a result, morale within the army was low.

Their demands have now changed, and the army has put forward a slogan that terrifies the Balkan nations:

"Establish a Great Ottoman Empire!"

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the petty bourgeoisie and pro-European elements in Istanbul were first sent to concentration camps, just like the Armenians were exterminated. As a result, Istanbul suffered another demographic catastrophe, and its population declined further.

Meanwhile, the 3rd Armored Brigade found the 2nd Armored Brigade and several other rapid reaction forces, and began to claim territory in the retreating Bulgaria.

In less than two days, almost the entire territory of Bulgaria fell, with only the area near the capital Sofia holding out, but even there it was in imminent danger.

Amidst extreme panic, Bulgaria's existing pro-EU and pro-NATO center-right government quickly collapsed.

The EU and NATO were helpless in the face of Bulgaria's situation; they couldn't even offer assistance before most of Bulgaria fell.

The Communist Party of Bulgaria and the Union of Bulgarian Socialists hastily sent a distress signal to the Central Committee of the New Soviet Union in Kiev:

"Dad, Dad! Save me!"

The Bulgarian Communist Party felt no shame in calling Bulgaria "father," given its national character, language, and history as one of the Soviet Union's most loyal allies, even described as 'more loyal than the constituent republics.' Unfortunately, Bulgaria did not share a border with the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union was not particularly keen on providing aid (although it later did, making Bulgaria a supplier of electronic products to the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance), thus preventing Bulgaria from fully integrating into the Soviet Union.

In an effort to save themselves, Bulgarians fled to Europe while simultaneously seeking help from Kyiv.

In just a few days in late May, Sofia fell without a fight. With the last Bulgarian government overthrown and no successor, the country was essentially wiped out.

The EU and NATO were even more shocked by this shocking news, and the responses from the Balkan countries were classic:

'Hold firm and there's a way.'

Unfortunately, the EU is still mobilizing resources, essentially piecing together flyable fighter jets from national warehouses. Germany is not alone in having many countries that can't even find a handful of operational fighter jets.

Kyiv.

When Bulgaria died suddenly like a bubble, the UN General Assembly couldn't even convene because the UN headquarters was still surrounded by Vance, and the Bulgarians couldn't even find a place to cry.

In the European command center, the new CCP leadership sat together, looking at the electronic version with puzzlement.

The General Staff marked it on the map:

"The situation in the Balkans is very strange. There is turmoil everywhere."

"For example, our neighbor, the Republic of Moldova, wants to reclaim the Russian-majority Transnistria. They keep sending us hints that they hope we will remove the Russians from the area. At the same time, the Republic of Romania is trying to annex Moldova, and they are also sending hints that they hope we will not interfere with their merger."

The Transnistria is west of Ukraine, Moldova is west of the Transnistria, and Romania is west of Moldova. The latter all want to annex the former.

Only Transnistria, as the latter, wanted to be integrated into the former new Soviet Union. It wanted to be annexed.

Everyone stared at this bizarre map, their heads filled with question marks:

Are you playing Snake here?

The command's baton was pointed south into the Balkans:

"Turkey has deployed a large military force into southern Bulgaria, where there are 60 ethnic Turks. The region is likely already in the process of regional integration. Bulgarians are fleeing en masse to the EU. We estimate that at least 200 million refugees will flee in this wave."

"At the same time, Turkey's naval forces deployed along the long coastline with Greece in the Aegean Sea have begun to harass the Greek Aegean islands and Cyprus. We have reason to suspect that the Turkish Aegean forces may attempt to occupy Rhodes and Cyprus."

In fact, Turkey's Aegean forces are quite unique. They belong to Turkey but are not part of NATO's army. They call themselves 'training forces,' but anyone with eyes can see that these 13 training soldiers are constantly on the Greek-Turkish border.

This is the news from the Eastern Balkans and the Aegean Sea.

Hu Zhantian twirled his pen and asked:

"What about Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia, Croatia, and Slovenia? What about Kosovo?"

"Forehead……"

The intelligence agency, the new KGB, could only reply with one sentence: "It's hard to say."

Let alone outsiders, even the Yugoslavian fragments in the Western Balkans themselves probably can't explain how their hatred has been erased.

Albanian conflicts continue in Serbia and North Macedonia, and between Albania and Kosovo. Two- and three-ethnic conflicts are as commonplace in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Another key flashpoint in territorial disputes is Hungary, which has historical territorial disputes with almost all of its neighbors, including Serbia.

The problem of landmines everywhere cannot be explained in just a few words.

Seeing how easily the Balkans had fallen into turmoil, Hu Zhantian could only encourage everyone to hold firm to their will, saying:

"Our overall plan remains unchanged: to create localized crises, causing Europe to be completely overwhelmed by refugees and disrupting social stability, leading to a dramatic resurgence of the far right across Europe. Then we can use this opportunity to withdraw the remaining industries, capital, and manpower from Europe, making Europeans experience the bitter fruit of their centuries of colonization. This year, we aim to push natural gas and food prices to double highs."

According to secret calculations by the Qingshan Command, the Ukraine crisis and the Balkan crisis will inject at least 2000 million refugees into Europe, completely changing the ethnic structure of many countries.

Amid such intense ethnic tensions, the far right will further fragment and, like in the United States, begin to arm itself to change the country.

that's the truth.

In the past few months, airfares around Turkey have skyrocketed, and many Turks have been fleeing to Europe in a frenzy, taking advantage of the refugee status granted by the EU's 'Istanbul Act'. In just a few months, millions of people have fled.

Currently, refugees from the entire Balkan Peninsula are heading north en masse. 5500 million residents from 11 countries are facing the threat of war. People are very adept at finding loopholes and are eager to fly to more developed countries such as Britain, Germany, and France.

Although the economy there is not good either, inflation is high, and job opportunities are low, it's still better than the Balkans, right?

The EU had nothing to say either; these were residents of EU countries that had been invaded, and they couldn't just ignore them, could they?

As a result, airfares and train tickets here have skyrocketed, and highways are filled with Balkan immigrants fleeing to Germany with their families. In the coming months, Germany will be taking advantage of millions more Ukrainians, tens of millions more Turks, and tens of millions more Balkan peoples.

There's enough space in Germany to wage a mini-world war.

Speaking of immigration, Hu Zhantian was not satisfied with the immigration department:

"Is there any way to increase immigration? We still have too few immigrants. Less than 30 people enter the workforce each month."

According to the initial plan, Ukraine needed 500 million able-bodied men to restore its industrial and agricultural output during the recovery period. It would require approximately 1000 million able-bodied workers to return to its peak. However, almost a year has passed since the European Command began its large-scale population relocation last year, and the number of East Asian men transferred to Ukraine has not exceeded 300 million. Moreover, a significant portion of them are not contributing enough to the workforce, necessitating the participation of more able-bodied women.