Gromiko began a tender offensive with Yugoslavia. Soviet Defense Minister Ustinov and KGB Chairman Serov went to Minsk to listen to the report of the Warsaw Pact Joint Operational Conference. From the first moment when Reagan took office, there has been no warmth between the Soviet Union and the United States, and all we can do is to see who dies first.

"In the five months since the beginning of this year, we have been able to clearly see the hostility of imperialism to us. It can be said that we are now in a state of quasi-war with NATO. The war is coming step by step." In the name of the General Political Commissar of National Security Serov, who participated in this Warsaw Pact Joint Operations Conference, has just begun to set the character of the current US-Soviet relationship.

  Reagan has been clearly hostile to the Soviet Union since he took office, and he has begun to eliminate the support of the Soviet Union. However, the first year or two Reagan has not completed the sorting out of the United States, and the pace is relatively slow. However, since the Falklands War, this action has accelerated significantly, and the establishment of the International League for Democracy is only one aspect of it. There are many other means, involving many countries and industrial fields.

  If Serov said that Reagan was a congenital idiot now, many Western European media, including the domestic media in the United States, would agree very much, because normally, why would an American president lead his own country and the Soviet Union desperately? Although there are many supporters, the opponents are equally huge, and the degree of social division is no less than that of later generations.

But he really dared to carry out his anti-Soviet policy, and just in time for the top Soviet leadership to line up to meet Marx, and now Andropov and Chernenko are in a state of fishing for three days and two days for nets. , the Soviet Union is the same as without a general secretary. The leaders that people see the most on TV are not the general secretary and the second secretary, but the foreign minister, the chairman of the KGB and the defense minister. This state is very abnormal...

"Military and anti-espionage agencies in various countries are also there. I will temporarily talk about a few aspects of work and let comrades be prepared!" Shelov cleared his throat and said, "The formulation and implementation of Reagan's strategy for the Soviet Union mainly focused on the National Security Committee and It is not the State Department. The core figures in formulating the strategy for the Soviet Union are Defense Secretary Weinberg and CIA Director Kathy. Just like the relationship between me and Comrade Ustinov, you can think about it in reverse.”

   The senior Warsaw Pact commanders who attended the meeting nodded, which is easy to understand. The intelligence field and the military field have always been the main battlefields for national-level confrontation. Compared with the frequency, the intelligence field may be more.

Provide financial, intelligence and logistical support to anti-Soviet activities to ensure the survival of the opposition in the heart of the Soviet Union; provide financial and military support to anti-Soviet resistance organizations in various countries to direct the war to the Soviet Union itself; Oil prices, and limits Soviet exports of natural gas to the West to reduce Soviet hard currency revenue.

Launch an unscrupulous nerve war to create panic in the Soviet leadership; launch a global campaign including secret diplomacy, thereby greatly reducing the possibility of the Soviet Union gaining access to Western high-tech; widespread dissemination of false technical information in an attempt to Disintegrate the Soviet economy; launch an offensive high-tech defense buildup that puts the Soviet economy under heavy pressure and exacerbates its resource crisis.

“Since Reagan came to power, the number of incursions into Soviet airspace and territorial waters by U.S. aircraft and warships has gradually increased. With the establishment of the International League for Democracy, this wave of violations will increase. With more options, the emerging socialist countries in Southeast Asia need our investment, and in some countries that may be more dangerous, I am ready for US military intervention, such as Latin America. As for oil and gas, The foreign exchange we obtained is not really useful, and there is no problem in supporting the use of our own camp. Of course, this problem still needs to be solved." Shelov cleared his throat and said, "Saudi Arabia, a country that cooperates with the actions of the United States, is not only hurting the Soviet Union. You must know that oil is much more important to Iraq and Iran than the Soviet Union. The latter two countries are not weak countries militarily.”

   "Can we attack pro-American countries in the Middle East by commanding the troops of Iraq and Iran, and then cause the second economic crisis of the capitalist world through oil price increases?" A general of the Bulgarian People's Army said after a moment of consideration.

"It's a very novel idea, but I think it's more suitable to launch this military and economic battle when Iraq and Iran cannot tolerate it and actively demand the support of our Warsaw Pact." Shelov stretched out a finger. , "You don't need to attack Saudi Arabia directly, you can try to make a little fuss in a country like Kuwait."

"Similar to a country like Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran may not be able to swallow it, but if the purpose of ensuring destruction is to evacuate the oil wells that destroyed Saudi Arabia immediately, it is not difficult. Although the combat effectiveness of the two countries is not high, they should also be divided. Compared with whom? Fortunately, Saudi Arabia's military is weaker. It is feasible to launch a quick battle by considering many aspects!" Serov and Defense Minister Marshal Ustinov exchanged and nodded at the same time.

   This is a multi-faceted consideration, as well as the issue of the international arms share of Soviet-style weapons and American-style weapons. Weapons cannot be eaten or drunk. If they cannot be sold, it will definitely put pressure on the country's finances. For a long time after the Vietnam War, Soviet-style weapons, which were easy to be equipped on a large scale but with low cost, caused great psychological pressure on the United States.

  Reagan wanted the U.S. military to dare to confront the Soviet Army, and he must choose a pro-Soviet country equipped with Soviet weapons. Even more money would have to prove that the Soviet-armed state was not so scary. The first country the United States chose was Grenada, which has a big booger. In order to build up the belief of a strong America.

The United States began to attack Grenada. At that time, the United States was still tentative about whether it would lose as much as the Vietnam War. It turned out that it was too easy. Confidence. This move strengthened Reagan's confidence in the stick policy of using force as a means of intervention. It can be said that if the U.S. military can suffer heavy losses in Grenada, it will take some time for Reagan to regain confidence in the U.S. military.

   The problem is that even if he knew about Reagan's actions, Serov couldn't do much. He can only provide some more assault rifles, so that the country will fall into a civil war after the withdrawal of the US military, and smear the United States from international public opinion. The Soviet Union couldn't make Argentina beat Britain, how could Grenada, a small island that 90% of the countries have never heard of, beat the United States?

"Also, within the borders within the framework of the Warsaw Pact, the air forces of various countries must be on guard. Once the enemy air force invades, shoot it down!" Defense Minister Ustinov fiddled with the pen in his hand and lowered his voice. road.

"Comrade Ustinov's meaning is not difficult to understand. The Soviet Union has sufficient capabilities to solve the incidents created by your countries, but on the other hand, no one can help the Soviet Union solve the problem." Serov did not say it too clearly. , which means that the big brother needs you to block bullets now. I would rather you shoot down the provocateurs who cross the border than let the Soviet Air Force take action.

  Reagan used a lot of sublime means in the process of confronting the Soviet Union. In fact, Serov thought that Reagan could be an excellent anti-rebel worker in the KGB, but unfortunately the opponent was an American, so there was no way.

   In the 1980s, a series of negative events occurred in the Soviet Union, and it was also blamed for the slow response caused by the death of the Soviet Union’s successive general secretaries. In short, a series of events brought the Soviet Union to international notoriety. Among them, the Soviet downing of a South Korean passenger plane is the most doubtful. Will such a lost thing happen in modern society? When the Sea of ​​Japan is the Bermuda Triangle?

Serov can't change the general Cold War environment between the US and the Soviet Union, but he absolutely does not believe that the butterfly effect created has no effect on even small things. If a South Korean airliner invades the Soviet airspace again this year, he will conclude that this incident was planned by the United States. , and he had already communicated with the Korean People's Army before the start of the Minsk military conference. Once this incident occurs again, the Korean People's Army Air Force will be dispatched to shoot down the passenger plane instead of the Soviet Air Force, and see what is inside?

   After the Minsk military conference, Serov contacted the pro-Soviet neighbors of Kurdish, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries in his own name, hoping to write that the neighbors should shoulder the international responsibility to protect themselves and also protect the Soviet Union's airspace.

"I had a friendly exchange with Comrade Lankovic, and the results were great!" Gromyko said this at the meeting of the Central Presidium after returning to Moscow after his five-day trip to Yugoslavia. thing.

   In Yugoslavia, as long as the two nationalities decide, it will basically become a foregone conclusion. That would be Croatia and Serbia, if anything a nation could decide would be Serbia. Rankovic was the No. 3 figure in Yugoslavia and No. 1 figure in Serbia before the 1970s.

After   Tito's death, the Soviet Union slowly began to work on Rankovic's reputation restoration. The stability of Yugoslavia must be traded at the expense of part of the Serbian nation. Just like the Soviet Union must let Russia support the frontier minorities, China must let the Han nationality have no nationality. There is no way to do this, because of historical reasons. Those peoples do not exist if you do not recognize them, otherwise the Soviet Union will not be able to split Kurdistan from Turkey.

After   Rankovic came back out of the mountains, he advocated national equality and unity just like when Tito was alive. The only difference is that Tito, who had been holding him down, was dead, while he was still alive. Not only alive, but also supported by the friendly forces of the Soviet Union.