The problem with the Arabs is not within them. Even if the religious forces are strong, they are not strong enough to blind the Arabs to the point where they cannot see the difference between Arabs and Europe. There are people of insight, and in this era, they can firmly suppress religious forces. Nasser, Assad, and Gaddafi are all doing their best to develop the country. But they all failed one by one. In the future generations, only Assad in Syria remains. Except for Syria, all secular regimes have been wiped out, and only a group of emirates are left in the Middle East.

  The United States is destroying the Arab countries with stable regimes. This is not necessarily a secular regime. The standard depends on whether it kneels down to the United States. This is exactly the opposite of the Soviet Union's standard. After the oil surge, the situation the Soviet Union will face will definitely be different. Will those oil-producing countries in the Persian Gulf change the local balance of power?

“With the exception of Iraq, neither Egypt, Syria nor South Yemen can be considered oil-rich countries, especially South Yemen. As the price of oil rises, Saudi Arabia, Iran and those small countries around the Persian Gulf, the economy will be more and more The better, will this impact our strategic layout? We must know that the countries with large oil reserves are all emirates, and they are our enemies." Shelov pointed out that some countries, including Saudi Arabia and Iran, were extremely hostile to the Soviet system. Even the Soviet Union supported Arab states against Israel.

  The king is the enemy, and religion is the enemy. A country with these two factors is not destined to have a harmonious relationship with the Soviet Union.

"This is a problem, Saudi Arabia and Iran will benefit from this oil price surge, while Egypt and Syria will not be so easy, but things are still not too bad." Central Secretary Andropov assessed Said, "Is Shelov worried that the leadership of the Arab world will be lost from Egypt? It should not be, Egypt has always been regarded as the leader of the Arab world, especially after this war, Egypt and Syria have regained lost ground, Jordan Some territories have been recovered besides Jerusalem, but the casualty rate is not very good compared to Israel."

"Since there is this problem, we can help our allies from other aspects, and can only help them develop. In addition to oil, our Soviet Union is the strongest in the military field, making them a military power." Uth Zinov goes on and on at this point, and in his opinion nothing is more important than the development of the military.

"It is necessary to develop their armed forces, but this is not enough. The natural environment of Syria, Iraq and Egypt is much stronger than that of Saudi Arabia. It is appropriate to put some industries there." Shelov thought for a while and said, "Our department should speed up the deployment of optical cables to the Middle East, and also establish the People's Telephone Company in those countries, and promote the telephone business to the Middle East through cooperation. Let's occupy the market first. Those countries add up to hundreds of millions of people. Maybe there are more than 100 million, and their fertility rate is so high."

"Very well, we can develop other industries without oil. Can we still live without oil?" Andropov nodded in approval. The three of them then gave Brezhnev the results of the post-war assessment, and waited for the president. Secretary's comments.

When the diplomats of the United States and the Soviet Union were still traveling in the Middle East, the three people who were instructed by the general secretary began to act. TASS first announced the feat of congratulating the Arab coalition for regaining lost territory, and then said that the Middle East was already in a general balance. Peace has come and so on. Finally, he expressed the traditional friendship between the Soviet Union and the Arabs, and the need to develop good relations in the future. "The Soviet Union has an obligation to help the Middle East achieve peace. Of course, the first is to improve the quality of life of the local people. For example, the advancement of communication technology."

Egypt first responded positively to the Soviet Union. The Kuprianovich People's Telephone Company was first established in Cairo. As the inventor of the civilian mobile phone, Kuprianovich followed Kosygin to Cairo. visit to Egypt.

   "What kind of revolution did you export? Obviously, the Mao girls played a big role." The Mao girls in Serov's mouth were the wife of the Egyptian elite who had started studying in Moscow more than ten years ago. Including Mubarak's second wife, the result of this group of people blowing pillow wind, obviously played a huge role, more useful than exporting revolution.

Mubarak is the commander-in-chief of the Egyptian armed forces and the commander-in-chief of the Air Force of the Eleven-Nation Allied Forces. It is believed that his status will be more stable after the war. Mubarak, now 45, has one of his wives, a 30-year-old Russian, The two already have two children, and it is the pro-Soviet elites that are prevalent in Egypt now that allow the Soviet Union and Egypt to continue their harmonious relationship.

  Egypt as an example, Syria and Iraq also expressed their interest, and Libya also expressed their willingness to set up a communication company in their own country. For now, it appears that Soviet-Arab relations have been boosted after this war.

   Kosygin received a huge welcome in Cairo, and the daily schedule was full. At the same time, Egypt's neighboring country Ethiopia also welcomed a guest. Zinev, vice chairman of the KGB, was naturally reluctant to come to this beggar country, but if the result of the visit was linked to the bonus, it would be possible try.

"This country is the water tower of East Africa. If we control it, it will affect not only one country. If we can gain a firm foothold here, the entire northeast Africa can be unimpeded, and at the same time, the threat to the southeast of Sudan will be lifted, and the strategy towards Congo will be realized. Attack and open up the route to the south." Zinev recalled the words of his boss Serov.

  Zinev, who got off the plane, saw that the situation in this country is not good. People don't even have clothes to wear.

At this time, Ethiopia encountered a drought. Natural disasters are very normal in Africa. We should not have paid too much attention to it, but we are afraid of comparing everything. Although Sudan has also suffered losses, but with the original accumulation and domestic projects The facilities and the help of the Soviet Union survived and were not affected too much by the drought. On the contrary, Ethiopia starved to death hundreds of thousands of people. In this comparison, it is not surprising that there is a problem, but it is strange that there is no problem.

"The conditions are not bad." Zinev, who was rushing to the military camp in the car, commented secretly. What he said was not the economic and social level of the country, but the soil of the revolution. Under such circumstances, it is very easy for a revolution to break out. .

  The KGB's view of Africa is basically negative, and the North African Arabs' establishment of the state is not very high. In addition to North Africa, Africa is mainly divided into three parts, West Africa, East Africa and South Africa. The evaluation of the three parts is also different. Among them, East Africa has the highest evaluation. It is believed that if the revolution is carried out in this place, it will definitely be stronger than the other two regions.

  There are civilizations in East Africa. African civilizations are mainly located in East Africa. As for West Africa, they are a group of primitive people. Not to mention that the current development is not good, and it has not even developed well in history. Black people in West Africa and black people in East Africa are completely different in character, physique and appearance, and there are still dynasties established by black people in ancient Egypt.

   It didn’t take long for Zinev to arrive at the barracks, which belonged to the Military Consultative Committee, where he would meet with some of the original Ethiopian mid-level officers, who had already been detained. Even Haile Selassie I was under house arrest, not to mention those dignitaries.

  Zinev did his homework before he came, and he found no trace of the French. With the recovery of its national strength, France has become more and more ambitious, which can be seen from the actions of Africa. France, which started out after World War II, was just a country carried into the United Nations, but with the establishment of the Fifth Republic, de Gaulle's careful governance came into play, and France shed its soy sauce role.

   There is also the Soviet Union's credit, which allowed France to own the overseas province of Algeria, which was not affected by the oil crisis. It is precisely because of this that France's development is much faster than that of its old rival, the United Kingdom. In addition, France only gave up its colonies in name, so not only did its power in Africa not shrink, but because Britain was completely out of the game, there was no enemy.

In the past few years, France has not only continued to maintain its influence in its original colonies, but has also begun to frequently intervene in the original British African countries. Before the Soviet Union did not attack the Congo, France and Britain formed mercenaries to kill them two years ago. Congo, but the mercenaries were unsuccessful and were defeated by Mobutu.

   It is good news that no French forces were found in Ethiopia, which made Zinev have certain expectations for this trip.

It didn't take long for Zinev to meet the officers of the Military Coordination Committee. The rank of these officers was generally not high, at least not a general. It was these people who controlled the country. Zinev was welcomed by these middle and low-level officers. The Soviet Union is still very influential.

"I'm Colonel Mengestu. Welcome to General Zinev. As you can see, the situation in our country is not very good." The two sides chatted for a long time, and an officer who looked very temperamental took the initiative to shake hands. .

  Zinev was stunned for a moment. He remembered that this person was mentioned at an internal meeting of the KGB. Although the chairman said it vaguely, the name was right. After a closer look, this person was not only a little darker, but also spiritual.

"Colonel Mengistu, you are so young, it's really surprising." Zinev took the initiative to extend his hand, which made Mengistu feel good. During his training in the United States, he was ubiquitously discriminated against. , at that time he vowed to keep a distance from the Americans, and now it seems that the Soviets are not bad. (To be continued~^~)