Big Time 1958
v1 Chapter 714: red dandelion
"General Serov, there is a call from Moscow, and the target has no effect." The correspondent came in with a telegram with no beginning and no end. He was also a little strange. If this encrypted telegram was literally meaningless, it was simply worthless.
"Got it!" Serov took the telegram and glanced at it and understood that this was the successful telegram of Ustinov's anti-satellite test, and the Airborne Army and the Black Sea Fleet were still not involved in the war. For satellites in space, such a large target of the Black Sea Fleet is inconvenient to hide, and dispatching in the first place is of no use except to expose the Soviet Union's attempt. The implementation of night airborne operations will obviously bring unnecessary losses. The strength of the Soviet Union itself is much higher than that of Turkey, and there is no need to risk playing stunts.
Because of the existence of the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, there are only two options for railway construction between Europe and Asia. One is to go through the Black Sea and Russia in the north of the Caspian Sea, and the other is to pass through the Black Sea and Turkey and Iran in the south of the Caspian Sea. Therefore, as long as there is war in these three countries, there will be no economic capacity and internal environment to carry out economic construction, then the Eurasian railway will not be built, and no country will be able to seize the land rights of the entire Eurasian continent. In the struggle for land power and sea power in later generations, the reason why the United States has an advantage is because Russia is not strong after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Even if the Soviet Union destroyed Turkey, there was still a northern route to choose from, and it was still the master of Eurasia.
The Kurds have 20 million people, and the population is larger than the total population of Iraq at this time, and Iraq can fight head-on war with Iran for eight years. With the favorable mountainous terrain, as well as the righteousness and cohesion of national independence, once the Kurds form a wave of independence, and the independence is successful, the Turks are destined to be unable to suppress it. Once the Kurds become independent, they must be pro-Soviet because they hate the Turks. The nascent Kurdish state does not even need any support from the Soviet Union, and will automatically become the Soviet Union's chain to Turkey.
Now even if the Soviet Union withdraws its troops and returns to the country, without Constantinople, the Kurds are bound to become independent. What's more, the Soviet Union will not leave at all. From the rise of modern nation-state consciousness, it is doomed that the majority of pacifists will not be able to return. Pan-Arabism still has roots, so pan-peaceism is empty soil.
Serov knew that the Soviet Union’s sneak attack on Turkey could not be kept from the United States for too long. He had a certain record in his mind about several responses from the United States. Probably, the United States directly sent troops to attack the Soviet Union on land, which was almost impossible. When did the United States take into account the feelings of its allies? Who can't even the British can do it? Willing to give some comfort, has shown full strategic importance.
The second way is for NATO to put pressure on the Soviet Union with a posture of overwhelming troops. It is not because he looks down on NATO in this era. If nuclear weapons are used, both sides will suffer. The other is to use the Cuban Missile Crisis method to mobilize the global navy to take on a nuclear war stance. In fact, the navy is the slowest military service to mobilize, which is equivalent to giving itself and the Soviet Union a step.
But Turkey is not Cuba, the Soviet Union and Turkey are neighboring countries, and when the U.S. Navy arrives at the designated location, it seems that it will not play any role except to witness the Soviet Army Parade.
The Pentagon is the military symbol of the United States, and its status during the Cold War was no worse than the White House. There was a certain amount of confusion in the Pentagon at this point because they had lost information on one of their spy satellites. Units at all levels are making urgent contact to see if there is a malfunction. Although the Pentagon always deceives ordinary people about the threat of the Soviet Union, it actually increases military spending. They themselves do not think that the Soviet Union is as terrible as people describe it. The Pentagon believes that the Soviet Union is a powerful opponent, but it only admits that the Soviet Union is on a par with itself. If a certain field surpasses him, the generals of the military do not accept it.
"Will something happen? Contact NATO to see if there is anything different." The Pentagon decisively issued an order. If Greece hadn't withdrawn from the NATO military command system, the Pentagon would have immediately known that something had happened to Turkey. Because the electronic interference of the Soviet Union only covered Turkey, the Greek Defense Forces not far from Turkey could almost see the flames of Istanbul with the naked eye.
Time passed little by little, until two hours later, the Pentagon received something unbelievable, the whole country of Turkey was billowing with smoke, attacked in almost all directions, and Soviet tanks rushed into Turkey from all directions. Newly launched spy satellites have snapped pictures of devastating blows to major cities in Turkey.
"Why don't we get any news at all? This is also an attack on our United States. We don't know how we died." Defense Secretary Schlesinger roared with a grim face.
"Minister, until now the communication in the whole of Turkey has been interrupted, and we can't contact the Turks at all." The technical officer holding the photo said with a humiliated look, "We can't get any news from Turkey, which is embarrassing. "
"Electronic jamming?" Defense Secretary Schlesinger said to himself in a wistful tone, "The Soviets' electronic warfare is so powerful? It's surprising, I'm going to the White House, and you contact Greece, so that Greece can fulfill its obligations to NATO and stop the Soviet Union. people."
The US mainland and NATO headquarters exploded after confirming the news. The Cold War confrontation has been approaching for 30 years. They have never felt that the war is so imminent that the Soviet Union really dared to fight against a NATO country. And when they made a move, they even attacked mercilessly. Aren't they afraid of a third world war?
In the border area between Bulgaria and Turkey, more than 70,000 Soviet soldiers of the Soviet Army Group in Romania have arrived at the designated position. After a six-hour march, they used the roads and railways of Romania and Bulgaria, and with the full cooperation of the general secretaries of the two countries. , arrived in southern Bulgaria, more than 20 kilometers ahead is the border, which is Istanbul, Turkey's largest city.
The Soviets are more familiar with another name, Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, General Ivanov, the commander of the Romanian Army, is holding a telescope to observe the movement ahead. Behind him, armored personnel carriers, self-propelled artillery and towed The artillery formed a majestic and magnificent scene that was more than ten kilometers long. Because the Soviet troops of the Romanian Army have not yet arrived, and even he himself has just arrived here.
General Malakoff, chairman of the Bulgarian National Security Council, is here. He prepared fuel and food for the Soviet Army Group in Romania and also for Army Group South. This preparation was completed half a year ago. Personal friendship, Bulgaria's preparation in this regard is not compromised.
"Thank you, General Malakoff, you helped us save a lot of time." Admiral Ivanov thanked. During the journey to the south, Serov sent electricity to urge every hour. This anxious attitude made Iraqi Admiral Vanov was very annoyed, but he could understand that, as a soldier, he fully understood how risky the Soviet raid was.
"It doesn't matter, there is another division on the way. It doesn't matter, you can rest for a while." Malakoff understands the exhaustion after a night march. The Soviet Red Army is a fully mechanized army, but even by car, after such a long time The bumps are also tiring.
"It doesn't matter, we can rest for half an hour now and order the soldiers to eat. The Bulgarian comrades have prepared food for us. After half an hour, we are attacking Constantinople." Admiral Ivanov shouted. The order said that there is nothing unfamiliar with Bulgaria. The earliest Soviet Union's southern cluster jurisdiction itself includes Bulgaria, but after the accident in Hungary, the Bulgarian garrison was withdrawn to Hungary, and Bulgaria has been performing well, so the Soviet Union Signed a treaty with Bulgaria to withdraw the garrison.
Ceausescu always wanted Romania to receive the same treatment, but the Soviet Union never let go. This time, in order to get Romania to fully support the Soviet Union's actions, Serov, after obtaining the consent of the Soviet Central Presidium, promised that if the Soviet Union succeeded in conquering Constantine Dinburgh, withdrew from Romania.
"Commander, General Serov, the political commissar, called to ask us if we have reached the designated location, when we can attack, and how long we can take this place." During the chat between the two, a signal soldier came over and reported.
Admiral Ivanov shrugged at General Malakoff, expressing helplessness, and simply ordered, "Tell General Serov that the southern group is ready to attack at any time. As for how long it will take, we will make our own plans."
Also at dawn, in the major airports in Osad, Soviet military transport planes were lined up like a military parade. The Soviet flag spray paint on the tail showed their identities. The Soviet airborne soldiers looked serious, but they boarded the plane very disciplinedly. No one said a word of nonsense during the whole process and silently followed the orders.
Among some of the giant transport planes, the chariots for paratroopers have been loaded and unloaded, the centaur system and giant umbrella bags have been arranged, and all the airports are spotless in a short period of time. The nickname of the Soviet paratroopers is called Red Dandelion, and this time they will bloom in Turkey. One after another Il series transport aircraft accelerated, lifted off the ground, took off, and gradually disappeared into the blue sky. All the ground crew stood at attention and saluted, watching the only paratrooper in the world that can compete with the heavy troops. Troops set off. (To be continued~^~)