Big Time 1958
v1 Chapter 705: The fall of the military government
"Give him!" After Serov left, Brezhnev learned the news, and seeing that Kirilenko didn't understand what he meant, he repeated again, "Give him everything he needs, and this time He is in charge of the plan."
"Ilyich, I don't understand." Kirilenko shook his head in confusion and asked, "You should understand the seriousness of it."
"Of course I understand. I'm also the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. You can't understand this." Brezhnev's face was as indifferent as usual, but there was an unquestionable look in his tone.
He is Brezhnev, the boss of the Dnipro gang, and the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He likes power and thinks that only he has the ability to lead the country, and he does not like the cadres of the Communist Youth League. But he is also responsible for the Soviet Union, and Brezhnev has his own standards in mind as to who is most suitable for planning this action.
Now that the book has been written, Brezhnev will accompany him to the end. Similarly, if the risk fails, Serov, as the chief executive, will also leave the leadership position because of the risk failure, and his political life will end. This is a gamble, he will give Serov the greatest support, but if Serov still fails with this support, he will be sacrificed.
Prepare? In fact, there is nothing to prepare. Turkey and Greece are both members of NATO. The Soviet military region facing this direction has always been preparing for war. As long as the order is issued, although it is impossible to fight immediately like a Western group, it only takes a few Hours of preparation can also be thrown into the war.
The Turkish army is less than 400,000 people, and the Soviet Union has already invested more troops than Turkey. Add in the Kurds, Syrians, and if the plan goes well, the Greeks. Once the war starts, millions of troops from various countries will rush into Turkey, with two or three In this case, Serov thought that twenty days was too much.
The only place to worry is the United States, whether the United States will work hard for Turkey, or can imagine another situation, before the United States is desperate for Turkey, will the Soviet Union have already created a fait accompli.
This fait accompli is that the Soviet Union overwhelmed the entire power of Turkey within a few days, resulting in the fait accompli of the occupation of Constantinople. If the fait accompli has been established, Serov is 100% sure that the Soviet Union will never vomit what it eats. Come out, you can talk about it in other places, and it is impossible to even talk about it in Constantinople.
Let the Soviet Union stop, unless the United States declares war on the Soviet Union at the same time as the Soviet Union goes to war, otherwise this kind of post-event protest will not work for the Soviet Union at all, "I am ready to solve the problem in the shortest time when it is most favorable, as long as we can withstand the pressure, Constantinople, no, Sovietgrad is ours."
"I hope everything goes well. Graphite bombs, electromagnetic bombs, and cloud bombs are in stock in the three major military regions. This is what you proposed at the beginning. When the opportunity comes, I will definitely give you all your support." Ustinov nodded. , he also has some pressure, but with the completion of preparations, many members of the Central Presidium feel that their power is actually far more than the other party, and this risk is not worth taking.
The "Stork"-class air-cushion landing ship has a standard displacement of 220 tons, a full-load displacement of 298 tons, and a loading capacity of 80 tons. It can load 4 light tanks plus 50 soldiers, or 2 medium tanks plus 200 soldiers, or 3 armored vehicles The personnel carrier plus 100 soldiers. The maximum speed is 70 knots, and the main armament is two AK-630M anti-aircraft rapid-fire artillery. It is currently the largest hovercraft in the world. At present, there are sixteen such hovercraft in the Black Sea. Together with the small and medium-sized hovercraft equipped in the Black Sea itself, it can send 5,000 Soviet naval infantry to the coast at one time.
In order to fight against Turkey, three more divisions of Soviet airborne troops will be involved in the operation, and a division of the Soviet Army using amphibious tanks will cross the Black Sea. The above forces will act at the same time as the Soviet armed forces on the east and west fronts.
Of course, before the big army moves, the Soviet Union will first bomb Turkey with surface-to-surface missiles, then dispatch the air force to bomb, attack Turkey under electromagnetic interference, and strive to destroy the Turkish military force on the first day.
There is no doubt that Greece's population is only one-fifth of Turkey's, and its area is also only one-fifth of Turkey's. If they fight head-on, Greece is by no means Turkey's opponent. Even the NATO boss Americans are doubting that if the southern European region faces the forces of Yugoslavia, Romania and the Soviet Union, whether Turkey and Greece will join hands to fight the enemy, or will fight on their own first, that possibility is relatively high, and now this question can be Put it down first, the Soviets have not come yet, and Greece and Turkey have already fought.
Turkey is bounded by the Soviet Union to the north, and Bulgaria and Yugoslavia to the north of Greece. Whether it is Turkey or Greece, it is a bulwark against the south of the Soviet Union. Compared with the national strength of Turkey and Greece, Turkey has undoubtedly made a greater contribution. Therefore, in order to satisfy the Turkish government, the British, at the behest of the White House, came up with a compromise solution, that is, Cyprus would neither return to Greece nor let Turkey get involved, but to let Cyprus become independent!
But you must know that 80% of Cyprus are Greeks, and 90% of these Greeks are willing to merge with Greece, so the adventure of the Greek military government is supported by public opinion, and this is not annexation. But at the same time, the Greek military government also knew that it was not an opponent of the Turks, so in the face of the massive attack of the Turks, the Greek military government could only rely on the original garrison in Cyprus to resist, and was unwilling to expand the war.
At this time, the Turkish reinforcements urgently transported from the port of Mersin landed in Kyrenia. This unit consisting of a tank company and a mechanized infantry company launched a general attack on Kyrenia at noon that day, relying on superior forces to break through the Serbian army. The defense line took control of the entire city of Kyrenia by the afternoon, and thousands of Greeks fled their homes.
General Feizong Gisgis was anxiously walking back and forth in the presidential palace. Compared with his own silence, there was a lot of people outside the presidential palace. Angry Athenians gathered outside the presidential palace, shouting the military government to step down. The wall could not stop this kind of voice from coming in. At this time, General Feizong Gisgis had a distressed look on his face. He knew that the military government's adventure had failed. Greece is no match for Turkey in terms of military power.
Among the hundreds of thousands of protesters outside the Presidential Palace, many were holding photos of Cypriot Greeks being driven and shot to death. With the control of the Greek military government, such photos would not have been among the people. But isn't there an intelligence organization with millions of members in this world? Serov felt that the great, glorious and correct Greek people should know the truth about the slaughter of their compatriots on Cyprus, so these truths really appeared in Athens.
"The military government will step down, and Feizong Gisgis will step down." The Greeks' dissatisfaction with the military government has long existed. This time, the military government first planned a coup d'etat, and then stunned everyone because of the size of the Turkish army. dissatisfied. People outside the presidential palace held up a flag with a cross, stirring up public opinion in this Orthodox country.
At this moment, a small car stopped outside the crowd, and several officers entered the presidential palace under the protection of the police. When some protesters saw these officers, the protesters in Syntagma Square became even more agitated in an instant, and began to storm the gendarmerie and police wall outside the Presidential Palace. The gendarmerie finally blocked the crowd.
"How's it going? What do the Americans say?" General Feizong Gisgis asked very nervously when he saw several officers. Now only the Americans can help him. As long as the Americans are willing to come forward, they will surely let Turkey. People stop the war and revert to the status quo.
"What the United States and the Soviet Union mean in the United Nations is, let our two countries cease fire on the spot on the current front!" The officer's tone was a little heavy, and he remained silent after speaking.
"Then what?" General Feizong Gisgis asked immediately, the officer shook his head, meaning there was no then. This made the heart of General Feizon Gisgis fall to the bottom. At this time, some representatives of the garrison arrived in Athens. The people of these troops were also dissatisfied with the response of Greece this time, saying that Feizon Gisgis said The general should step down.
His military support disappeared, and from this point on, General Feizon Gisgis knew that things were irreversible.
Three days after the start of the war, General Feizong Gisgis announced his resignation, and the Greek military government was overthrown. At the same time, people imprisoned by the Greek military government were released one after another.
"Send someone to contact Comrade Florakis immediately, it's our turn." Lubyanka learned of the downfall of the Greek junta, and Serov instantly decided to send someone to contact the Communist Party of Greece. The state of the KKE in the military government is such that leaders who advocate armed struggle are in prison, while leaders who advocate parliamentary struggle are suppressed but not locked up, just illegal.
Now that the armed leaders who are in prison are released, there must be some changes in the KKE.
"Chairman, who do you think is more appropriate to send?" asked Morrigin, director of the First General Bureau, "These communists have just come out, and the situation in Greece is still in chaos. Will we be discovered when we send someone."
"It makes sense, let's take a detour and let the Syrian Communist Party help us complete this matter." Shelov thought for a while, "Comrade Khalid Baghdash will help us, after all, he and Comrade Andropov have a relationship. The friendship is very deep."
The downfall of the Greek military government did not stop the war. On the contrary, because of the downfall of the military government, the Greek garrison was at war with the Turkish army. The Turkish army attempted to occupy the Nicosia International Airport, but was stubbornly resisted by the Sehi coalition forces. The Turkish army has not been able to completely occupy Nicosia, and the Greek army has also paid the price of 88 killed, 148 wounded and 83 missing. (To be continued~^~)