"Our advantage over NATO has never been greater. This depends on the improvement of the entire geographical environment. The liberation of the southern front will inevitably bring some favorable reactions, and our deployment must also be changed." Shelov put down the pointer and returned to He sat down and continued, "Of course, due to the reduced pressure, proper disarmament can also begin."

   No one wants to have so many foreign troops on their own territory. Serov can understand this. He understands that he still wants to do this. The deployment of military forces will put more pressure on NATO. This is something that must be done.

"Because of the complete failure of NATO in the south, in order to maintain balance, the Federal Republic of Germany has carried out a new round of military expansion. The Wehrmacht of the Federal Republic of Germany originally had a scale of about 500,000 people. According to our information, it is necessary to expand on this basis. 250,000 people, reaching a scale of 750,000 people, once the People's Army of the GDR is completed, it will be under unprecedented pressure." Marshal Grechko, the Soviet Defense Minister, said meaningfully, "We must respond. of."

  The German People's Army is not weak, there are 2380 tanks, 7620 armored vehicles, 2500 artillery pieces; 400 combat aircraft, 90 helicopters; 191 ships. It is not weak in any region, but the front line of the confrontation in Europe is not enough. The German People's Army has only 170,000 people.

   "Yes, if we face the Federal Republic of Germany, if we expand our army again, it will make the military power of the two countries even more unbalanced." Major General Heinz Handke, commander of the Third Army of the GDR People's Army, nodded and replied. Due to historical reasons, the military ranks of the GDR are generally relatively low, and the ranks of generals at the commander level of the army are not high. However, soldiers with uncomplicated and specific tasks at the level of the Central Committee are not included in this list.

   The West German Wehrmacht numbered 490,000, with three corps and thirteen divisions. Most light weapons are American-made. Artillery, Wu Zhi are slightly more than East Germany, and rely on the NATO air defense system. As far as the ground forces are concerned, West Germany is in a defensive posture, but it may not dare to face the East German People's Army. The problem lies in the existence of the main Soviet Union in the GDR.

"We all know that apart from the large gap in the number of tanks, the GDR has no less artillery and gunships than the Federal Republic of Germany. The most unbalanced part is manpower. The population of the Federal Republic of Germany far exceeds that of the GDR. The blood-sucking of the GDR." Serov looked at the surrounding Warsaw Pact generals and said, "It is impossible for the GDR to expand its army. The reason is the same as the reason why Czechoslovakia cannot expand its army. The population is insufficient. Once the army is expanded, it will affect normal economic development."

"For a long time, most of the armed forces of the Warsaw Pact belonged to the Soviet Union. For this reason, the Soviet Union was under a lot of pressure. With our current advantage, we should adjust the garrison appropriately and discuss the appropriate force for all of us. Distribution, taking into account military and economic development, is very necessary. This is the original intention of this joint military conference." After Serov finished speaking, waiting for the generals of these countries to think, the Soviet Union will appropriately mean disarmament, but it does not represent the whole Warsaw is like that.

"That is to say, some countries want to cut their armies, and some countries want to expand their armies?" General Jaruzelski asked, "In this way, we are only adjusting the current main direction, so that we have to divide our forces and release them. Back in the Balkans? Concentrating forces to put more pressure on the West.”

"Comrade Yaruzelski is right, that's it." Defense Minister Marshal Grechko nodded. This is the purpose of this joint military meeting of the Warsaw Pact, to abolish some troops that still use old-fashioned equipment and complete the armament. 's update. In fact, the Warsaw Pact simply faced the western front of Europe, and its strength not only did not decrease, but also greatly increased due to the liberation of the Romanian and Bulgarian People's Army.

"Among the Allies, only Poland and Romania have the fastest population growth, so the Soviet Union hopes that the two countries will take some responsibility. The Romanian People's Army will have a division on the east coast of Soviet Grad, as will Bulgaria and Greece, and the southern The swarms monitor Turkey and completely weaken this threat. So the western front requires Poland to take greater responsibility, and Poland has enough population to do this. Poland should expand its army by 30,000 to 50,000 people, that is, two to three divisions At the same time, we will mobilize five tank divisions and motorized infantry divisions from the Caucasus to enrich the northern group stationed in Poland. It is expected that the northern group will have a scale of about 170,000 by then to maintain the expansion of the Federal Republic of Germany. balance after that."

Everyone nodded to the Soviet Union's suggestion. The GDR still has to resist the pressure of NATO. There are only two countries that have expanded their armies. The size of the Polish and Romanian People's Army remains unchanged. It was the greatest help to the Soviet Union.

  The remaining countries have cut their troops by thousands to 20,000. At the same time, some equipment from the 1950s has been retired and replaced with more reliable equipment that has been tested by the Soviet Union after this war. The retired equipment will be given to Middle Eastern countries.

What equipment is produced but not satisfied, look at the military regions of the Soviet Union and Europe and the Warsaw Pact countries not equipped, but the border guards and the Middle East countries use, this equipment is transitional equipment, the T62 tank is like this, the MiG 25 is mutiny It's the same after it happened. The military was dissatisfied with the equipment itself, but put these weapons into service in order to use them before more reliable equipment entered service.

   To a certain extent, the T62 is only a deep improvement of the T54, and it is a step backward compared to the T54 in terms of ergonomics. The division of labor and integration within the Warsaw Pact countries is much higher than that of NATO, and NATO only requires that the ammunition and key communication equipment of each member state be common. In the Warsaw Pact, except for the Soviet Union, other countries have limited strength in developing weapons and equipment, especially heavy weapons are basically imitated from the Soviet Union. Say, T54 is enough. Third, the Soviet army was not satisfied with the T62. The T62 could only be regarded as a transitional equipment in the Soviet army. At that time, the Soviet army had high hopes for the T64 and T72, which meant that the output of the T62 could not be compared with the T54 and T72.

This time, in order to show sincerity, the Soviet Union brought out the T72, which shined in the offensive against Turkey, mainly because the four major tank factories of the Soviet Union were already operating at full capacity, but because the Soviet Union already had many allies, it was still unable to supply it. , After this meeting, T72 tanks will enter the armies of other Warsaw Pact countries in turn.

   It is also for this reason that Ustinov began to investigate the location of the fifth tank base in the Soviet Union. The four Soviet tank bases, two in Russia, one in Ukraine, and one in Central Asia. On the choice of the fifth tank base, Defense Minister Marshal Grechko believes that it must be selected in the Siberia region.

"If you choose from Siberia, there will be some cost problems, but compared to the high planned cost of the T80 tank, this is not high!" Marshal Grechko said indifferently. The manufacturing cost of the T80 tank is 400,000 rubles, which is higher than the T64 The tank was nearly three times taller.

   "In Siberia? It's quiet there, Yura said there's no threat." Ustinov said thoughtfully.

"Only a general political commissar like him who is not a soldier would think that a country with 4.8 million troops is not a threat." Marshal Grechko hummed, "The deployment in the Far East is a bit arrogant, in case the other side raids What about the Trans-Siberian Railway?"

"Four. There are also more than 600,000 people in the Red Army. Although the tanks are a little behind, at least it is no problem to clean up the imitations of the T54. The number is twice that of the whole of China. We have more gunships, large-caliber artillery, air power and even nuclear weapons than the other party. Much. I really don't know where that fear of the Defense Department comes from?"

   "But they have so many soldiers, we should be on guard." Marshal Grechko said with a different tone.

"You also know that there are many Chinese, so we can't compare the number. India can compare with China. The Indians have been gearing up to recover more than 200,000 square kilometers of land in the northeast." When referring to India, Serov had no reason. His momentum weakened, but he quickly concealed it. Whether the Indian army has combat effectiveness or not, it seems impossible to deceive Marshal Grechko.

   "Then we don't prepare anything?" Marshal Grechko asked with the look in the eyes of whether your kid is a spy.

"Of course not. Advance preparation is necessary. From now on, you must be prepared. Just like my preparations in the Caucasus, prepare military supplies in Mongolia, the Far East, and the Kazakh region, and reserve them little by little over five years. Done." Sheloff thought for a moment and said, "The preparation time has been extended to five years, and no one will find it on each wagon. It can be concealed to the greatest extent, and this kind of offensive defense does not need to be increased. The means of the soldiers are completed."

"As for the new tank manufacturing base, the factory for the production of T80 tanks can be placed in the Komsomolsk in Amur. This preparation is enough." Serov must compromise properly, otherwise Marshal Grechko will really doubt him now. Is it a spy?

When the tank manufacturing base in Amur Komsomolsk was completed, the T80 tank was almost finalized, and it could be put into production directly in Eastern Siberia. Because there are many European spies in this world, the cost of the T80 tank has dropped a lot, stealing it from France and Italy. The reliability of the T80 tank with a lot of technology is much higher than that of the same period in history, and it will not always fail. (~^~)