Big Time 1958
v1 Chapter 718: to pick peaches
Greece wants the lives of the Turks for more than a day or two. Russia and Turkey are a feud, and Greece and Turkey are also feuding. If there is a country that can send Turkey to **** with Greece, Greece can do anything. According to relatively clear words, even if the whole country is eating grass, Greece will not give up its revenge against the Turks.
Greece failed in the Greek-Turkish War more than 50 years ago, which does not mean that Greece will also fail now. The Greeks suddenly found that they could enjoy the glory of the victors together with the Soviets. With the Soviets there, the war is sure to be won.
The Greek Defense Forces have always relied on the support of foreigners to take advantage of the Turks. As long as there is no support from both sides, Greece must be the loser. The most typical example is the first Greek-Turkish war. Because it is a simple contest between the two countries , the Greek side was crushed. After World War I, the Greek army invaded Anatolia and was defeated by the National Army led by Kemal. It can be said that Greece has never won.
In the ongoing Cyprus war, the Greek military government performed poorly and responded improperly, resulting in strategic failure. Cyprus was finally divided into two parts. This is because the United States turned a deaf ear to Greece's request for help because Turkey was more capable of resisting the Soviet Union. In this case, now that the Soviet Union is beating Turkey to the ground, what reason does Greece have to stand by?
Anyway, the war between the two countries has already started earlier than the Soviet Union, so what is the problem with continuing the war? At the tactical level, the small number of Greek troops and Cypriot troops stationed in Serbia fought more with less, which once made the landing troops very embarrassed, and finally overwhelmed the opponent with the tactics of the sea. From this point of view alone, the tactical literacy of the Greek Army cannot be underestimated. The gap between Greece and Turkey is exactly one-fifth of the population of Greece. It is impossible for Greece to equip tens of thousands of tanks to drown its opponents like the Soviet Union, but if it cooperates with the Soviet Union, all the disadvantages will not exist.
The public announcement of President Konstantin Karamanlis immediately caused the Greek people to fall into cheers, but then they heard an explosive news, "We must drive all the Turks out of Cyprus this time, Greece We must win. We are not fighting alone. The most powerful country in the world, the Soviet Union, is standing with us. Just fourteen hours ago, the Soviet army had attacked Turkey. At this time, more than a dozen major cities in Turkey fell, and Constantine Fort has been surrounded. We will meet this great victory together with the great Soviets."
As soon as these remarks came out, all the Greeks were shocked, but they were immediately replaced by ecstasy. Greece itself is an Orthodox country, the only one in NATO, and all other Orthodox countries with influence are in the Warsaw Pact. The relationship between Greece and the Soviet Union is complicated. On the one hand, Greece confronts the Soviet Union in order to fulfill its obligations to NATO. On the other hand, Greece maintains a certain friendly relationship with the Soviet Union because of the threat from Turkey.
Especially after the overthrow of the military government, Greece was invaded by Turkey because of Cyprus, and the suppressed pro-Soviet speech instantly rose. It is impossible for the Americans to help Greece deal with Turkey, but the Soviet Union can, not to mention that the Soviet Union has already started to attack.
It has been less than a day since the Soviet Union's surprise attack. Although the Soviet Union's all-out offensive on the east and west fronts has been discovered by NATO, NATO countries are in tense negotiations. First of all, they must unify their opinions and face the Soviet Union together. Therefore, the news of the outbreak of the war only fell into the government level of NATO countries, and the people did not know that the war was so close to them.
As a NATO country, although Greece has withdrawn from the joint combat system, it is still a member of NATO after all. When President Konstantin Karamanlis announced that Greece would join the war and attack Turkey, it immediately caused a great uproar around the world. This influence has two aspects. On the one hand, as a NATO country, it cooperated with the Soviet Union to declare war on Turkey, which caused fierce debate within NATO. Another convenience is that the news of the Soviet attack, which was still blocked in the government, was suddenly known to the whole world.
The Soviet Union actually sent 500,000 troops to attack Turkey? This explosive news spread all over the world in an instant, no less than the original Cuban missile crisis. The spread of the news put the United States and NATO under tremendous pressure. Some newspapers, which have always been tough, questioned the capabilities of the US government and NATO, and why they turned a blind eye to the Soviet invasion.
"The Soviet Union used a large electronic jammer. We didn't know anything about it for the first eight hours. Then we detected the situation through military satellites. We have already ordered the Soviet troops to withdraw from Turkey. NATO is meeting to discuss how to fight back. Great America People, because the matter is very sudden, it has only been a dozen hours since the beginning of the war, please give us some time to deal with it." Defense Minister Schlegelsing had to come forward to accept questions from major media.
As Minister of Defense, after being questioned, Schlegshin also expressed his strong opinion. It is the obligation of the United States not to sit idly by and watch the Turks of NATO member states be attacked.
"Mr. Shleggsing, I have no doubts about the government's tough attitude, which has been proved through the Korean War and the Vietnam War, but I would like to ask how we handle things with Greece, a NATO country and China. The leader of the treaty attacked another NATO country at the same time, why, if we could adjust the Cyprus war a month ago, would we not have found an opportunity to attack at all.” A reporter stood up and asked.
"This is not the time to be held accountable. For the problem between Greece and Turkey, it is very complicated. The problem we are facing now is that the Soviet Union invaded Turkey, not Turkey. Cyprus. The Cyprus issue is an internal issue of NATO, the Soviet Union is a External problems." Shlegshin said without changing his face, "It's pointless to talk about the war between Turkey and Greece, the problem now is that the Soviet Union is attacking Turkey."
The meaning of is very clear. Turkey's invasion of Cyprus is only a small problem, and Greece's dissatisfaction will not let the United States lose a hair, but the Soviet Union cannot attack Turkey. Once the Soviet Union kills Turkey, the United States will be in a very embarrassing situation.
"It's a reasonable hegemonic argument. Simply put, it doesn't matter if the Greeks are dead, but not the Turks, because the murderers are different. The Turks who kill the Greeks are not a threat, and the Soviets who kill the Turks are human beings. The enemy." Sheloff laughed, with a group of experts from the Seventh General Bureau beside him, even if he was in a small town where birds don't shit, he knew the news from all over the world.
Under normal circumstances, when Greece and the Soviet Union fought together, there should be quarrels within NATO for several hours. Greece has not withdrawn from NATO. Of course, it will not be certain in the future. Konstantin Karamanlis used the power of the Soviet Union to merge Cyprus, the Soviet Union Is it so easy to borrow the power of Greece? In the end, Greece successfully merged Cyprus, which will also cause doubts within NATO. It is said that the goal that was not achieved in NATO was achieved with the help of the Soviet Union. What do the Greeks think?
In fact, Greece has started to leave NATO from now on. Even if the United States and the Soviet Union try to win over Greece at the same time, it will be easier for the Soviet Union to use the same force, but the Greek government itself has not understood this.
"General Serov, I just got the news that General Mustafa in Iraq led 20,000 Kurdish forces to attack the southeastern cities of Turkey, and five minutes ago, the gunship that took the General Secretary of the Kurdish Communist Party, Ocalan, was just repaired. The airport will land." At this moment, a guard came in anxiously and reported.
"Let Comrade Ocalan come in." It didn't take long for Serov to meet the general secretary of the Kurdish Communist Party supported by Andropov. He didn't expect this person to lead the Kurds in the end. Is it a coincidence or fate? But there is one thing, in history, it was not until Andropov's time that he began to concentrate on dealing with Turkey, and Andropov died relatively early. With the failure of Kurdish independence, the PKK was attacked by Turkey.
After thinking about it, Serov had to admit that Ge Tutu was really not ordinary. He even killed more than a dozen socialist countries, hundreds of socialist parties and the same armed forces. The Soviet Union has worked hard for decades to create a global layout. , in just a few years, let him all be buried.
"Comrade Ocalan, the Soviet Union is happy to see the Kurds become independent and independent, and a capitalist country like Turkey is completely unsuitable to be a multi-ethnic country. It brings only oppression to other nations. A socialist country that is completely equal at this point is completely Different!" Out of professional habit, he naturally hacked capitalism again. But this is not the point. The point is that the Soviet Union hopes to support a Communist Party as the ruling party of the Kurds more than a warlord like Mustafa.
From the current armed force, Ocalan has less than 10,000 people, while Mustafa has more than 30,000 armed forces, but there is one thing Ocalan has an absolute advantage in. He is a Kurd from Turkey. And Mustafa is a Kurd in Iraq. Although he is a Kurd, he is different. After independence, the Kurds in Turkey will occupy an overwhelming numerical advantage. After all, more than 60% of the Kurdistan area is in Turkey.
"We support the Kurdish Communist Party, and the new Kurdish will be our friend." Serov said unabashedly.
"Only socialism is the most suitable way of life for the Kurds." Ocalan said eloquently.
"The great Soviet Union will meet the great victory together with the great Kurds." The hands of the two were tightly clasped together. Serov's time was running out. A transport plane was already waiting outside, and he was going to Bulgaria now. Naturally, go to pick peaches and witness the return of Constantinople. (To be continued~^~)