Dominate South Asia

"Without Afghanistan, we can only attack from the west and cross the Zagros Mountains. It will be very difficult to supply our heavy troops." Defense Secretary Cheney said: "Our plan to destroy Iran in the short term will go bankrupt. "

Iran is located on the Iranian Plateau, which is a multi-fold mountainous terrain formed after the collision of the Arabian Plate and the Eurasian Plate. The terrain is complex and difficult to conquer. Now, if we want to quickly destroy Iran, attacking from the east and west is the most suitable choice, but the United States cannot persuade Afghanistan.

"Afghanistan is simply a farmer's snake!" Secretary of State Baker said: "When Afghanistan was invaded by the Soviet Union, we provided a lot of assistance to drive away the Soviets. Now that the Soviets are gone, Afghanistan doesn't know how to repay us. They didn’t even agree to our request for passage!”

"Let's overthrow the Afghan regime first!" said a brainless staff member.

Everyone's words were just accusations, and they didn't come up with a practical plan.

"I want a concrete action plan." Bush Sr. finally couldn't bear it anymore, interrupted everyone's discussion, and said: "We will continue to fight this war without Afghanistan!"

Do you want to fight too? This means that the casualties of the US military will be even greater!

The flesh on Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady's face trembled and he said: "Mr. President, last year's war in Iraq and this year's battle to exterminate the remaining Iraqi forces have already caused us to have a high fiscal deficit. of the past six months If this continues, our fiscal deficit this year will exceed the warning level of 3% of our GDP. line, up to seven percent.”

Nicholas did not attend the previous meetings. Since he is here this time, he must express his opinions. If this battle continues, the United States will completely become a developing country!

"Now we are a war system, and the people will forgive us for reducing investment in other areas. We are all here to defeat our enemies." Bush Sr. waved his hand to signal Nicholas not to continue talking about this issue.

"But these are the results of our propaganda." Nicholas was willing to go all out and continued to say to Bush: "Although we have had problems with Iran before, after all, Iran has not attacked our homeland. Last year, we entered a wartime system, which has seriously It has damaged our normal economy. If we continue to develop like this, by next year, even if we continue to issue national debt, no country will be willing to accept our national debt. Once the U.S. dollars return to our country, we will face high domestic currency. bulge and our economy will collapse.”

"Nicholas. You don't have to worry about this. We in the United States have a strong military, and we will find countries that can absorb our national debt." Bush said: "Moreover, as long as we finish fighting Iran, we will control important crude oil production areas. Then our economy will recover.”

At this point, Bush's eyes suddenly lit up, and he suddenly thought of something.

All the time. The goal set was to destroy the Iranian government, and to destroy them, it was necessary to invest a large number of troops and attack on two fronts. But now, this wish is about to come true.

Then we can only change our thinking, re-establish strategic goals, and focus on occupying the Iranian oil producing areas!

Although Iran is a vast country. But oil is not available everywhere. The most important ones are located along the Persian Gulf coast of Iran and in southwestern Iran. The United States relies on its powerful force to occupy these places. It's not difficult.

Seize all these oil producing areas first to ease your own financial crisis. Make up for the military spending gap!

Thinking of this, Bush Sr. suddenly felt like a sick person who had found a panacea. He glanced at the crowd and said, "Everyone, I have decided to readjust our strategy and first occupy Iran's oil producing areas!"

As soon as Bush Sr.'s words came out, Cheney's heart skipped a beat. This was not a good plan. If they only occupied Iran's oil-producing areas, there would be no peace in future battles! Not to mention those ballistic missiles, even the harassment by the Iranian ground forces was enough to completely desolate those oil fields. What the hell is this idea?

"With the oil fields, we have a source of funds. At the same time, we are equivalent to blocking the coast of Iran. Iran has become a landlocked country. Then we can gradually solve the Iranian problem!" Bush said: " At the same time, our fighter planes will bomb deep into Iran's interior to destroy their ballistic missile manufacturing factories and attack their war potential!"

"As long as we start attacking from the west, the Iranians will definitely block the Strait of Hormuz. What will happen to our supply transportation then?" Cheney asked.

Now, the United States only occupies Iraq and Kuwait. If it wants to attack Iran, it can only attack from the west. The east is still controlled by the Iranians. There is no doubt that the Iranians will first block the Strait of Hormuz. Hundreds of thousands of US troops will How to solve logistical supplies?

"We still attack on two fronts at the same time." Bush said: "While attacking on the western front, the eastern front also quickly attacked. First, we took over the Strait of Hormuz and completely eliminated the Iranian navy."

Eastern Front? How to attack the Eastern Front? Cheney did not react, but General Brent Scowcroft, National Security Assistant, instantly understood what the president meant: "You mean, starting from Gwadar Port?"

Now, the US military has used Gwadar Port as its rear base. From here, it can reach the Iranian border by walking dozens of kilometers. If it marches northwest, it can capture Hormozgan Province. At the same time, it can attack from the sea and quickly control Qeshm Island and Abbas Port.

Bush Sr. was once a soldier. He was keenly aware of a fighter opportunity. Although he could not attack from Afghanistan, he could also act from Gwadar Port in Pakistan!

However, what would the Pakistanis do in this case? After all, Pakistan does not want to use its base in Afghanistan, let alone use its base in Gwadar Port to directly attack the Iranians.

"Don't worry about the Pakistanis' reaction. By the time they protest to us, we have already occupied Qeshm Island and Abbas Port. At most, we can use Abbas Port as our base and don't have to pay rent." Bush Sr. continued.

That is the prime location of the strategic waterway of the Strait of Hormuz. If we control it, what is the use of Gwadar Port?

Bush Sr. has a clear strategic vision and believes that his plan is absolutely correct. His mentality at this time is the same as that of the little mustache who almost ruled the whole of Europe.

"Bang." At this moment, the door was suddenly opened, and John, the White House Chief of Staff, hurried in and said to Bush Sr.: "Report, our embassy in the Soviet Union sent a message that a major change has occurred in Moscow!"

Moscow, a major change has occurred! This news came so suddenly.

Bush Sr. has set his sights on the Middle East. He does not have too many concerns about the half-dead polar bear of the Soviet Union, and now, the news that has arrived is definitely good news!

The Soviet Union, which was in a precarious situation, finally came to an end after continuing to survive for several years.

Although various reform measures were adopted, including reducing military spending and selling various weapons to obtain funds for the development of the Soviet Union, the stubborn problems were deeply rooted, and Gorbachev had no choice but to embark on the path of decentralization. While Gorbachev continued to plan the "New Union Treaty" to give more power to the republics, some people in the Soviet Union began to go to extremes.

Just yesterday, Gorbachev was placed under house arrest in his residence, and Gorbachev's staunch supporter, Defense Minister Marshal Ogarkov, was also placed under house arrest at the same time.

The coup was launched by Soviet Vice President Yanaev, who also issued an order announcing that Gorbachev could no longer perform his presidential duties due to health reasons, and he would act as president from now on. At the same time, the establishment of the State Emergency Committee was announced to exercise all state powers and implement a six-month state of emergency in some parts of the Soviet Union.

The State Emergency Committee is composed of Yanaev, Prime Minister Pavlov, First Deputy Chairman of the Defense Council Baklanov, Minister of Internal Affairs Pugo, Chairman of the State Security Committee Kryuchkov and others. They issued a "Letter to the Soviet People", saying that the reform policy advocated by Gorbachev has reached a dead end and the country is in an extremely dangerous and serious moment. The committee issued two consecutive orders, requiring all levels of government and administrative organs to unconditionally implement a state of emergency, and temporarily only allowed the publication of nine newspapers including Pravda.

It is no longer important who is just, but their coup will be doomed to fail, because they have forgotten the power of the masses and ignored the Russian President Yeltsin who is good at mobilizing the masses.

On the day of the coup, Yeltsin mobilized the citizens of Moscow to take to the streets to march.

For the citizens of the Soviet Union, the economy has not been effectively improved for many years. They are full of resistance to the current government and are easily provoked and used by external factors.

The army cannot shoot at the people. Without strong means, and under external pressure, this coup ended quickly.

Two days later, Gorbachev was released. When he returned to the Kremlin, he found that he had no power and Yeltsin had taken over everything he had. (To be continued ~^~)