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"So if a large-scale ground war breaks out, our army's simple is good thinking may be right. Although the overall technical level of main battle tanks is slightly behind that of its opponents, it can ensure that the country can mass-produce and the army can Faster adaptation, quick maintenance of factories, and the sheer number of Soviet armored forces still have the ability to overwhelm opponents. But you forget one thing, since the end of World War II, under the confrontation of nuclear-weapon countries, it has been impossible Large-scale wars and conflicts have broken out again. Haven’t local conflicts given us new awareness in the past 70 years? Modern wars are more of local small and medium-scale military conflicts, and the quality of combatants is the same and the amount of equipment is not much different. Under this circumstance, the side with tactical and technical advantages has more chances of winning."

Yazov was the first person to understand Yanayev's words, "Could it be that our army has begun to change its thinking and develop in the direction of electronic technology warfare?"

Yanayev took a deep breath, "Thank God, you finally understand what I'm talking about, yes, the electronic technology war, so when will you be kicked out of the General Staff, and the electronic technology of the Soviet army To develop far-sighted Marshal Ogarkov please return to the General Staff, instead of making him regret for life as the Director of the General Inspectorate of the Ministry of Defense?"

In 1984, Marshal Ogarkov left the General Staff and was dismissed because he made a speech against the reduction of military research and development costs due to the development of civilian products. From September 1984 to June 9, he was transferred to be the commander-in-chief of the Western Direction. From 1988 to In 6, he served as the director of the General Inspection Group of the Ministry of National Defense. In the end, the military science and technology reform he advocated came to an end.

Although Yanayev did not say it clearly, Yazov had heard his dissatisfaction with himself, and quickly apologized, "Sorry, Your Excellency, we will transfer him back to the General Staff and resume his important position."

"Well, very good. You are all veteran marshals, and your thinking may still be stuck in the nostalgia for the victory of the Great Patriotic War in the past, but I want to say something ugly. I am a staunch supporter of technological warfare, an army Only equipped with powerful high-tech can we be invincible in modern warfare. Of course, whoever wants to stop me from dismantling the armored forces and establishing a digital and informationized army, I definitely don’t care about letting him and Xilichenko of the Ural Military District The admiral will end up alone."

Yanayev gave courtesy first and soldiers later. It was out of respect for the Soviet army before, so the next step is a serious warning to those who block the reform of the army.Of course, no one expected Yanayev's tone to be so strong, and everyone fell silent for a while.

"Besides this, are there any other problems?" Yanayev looked around at these old guys who were several times his age, and then glanced at other high-ranking people who were expecting to replace him. Chechevatov, who is in his early days but is now silent, Mance said in an orderly manner, "The next thing I will tell you is about the dismantled armored units and the personnel placement plan. Of course everything will be done step by step, and I will not mess around. Disarmament in the Far East will be divided into several steps, but before I explain it, I would like to introduce you to someone. Come in, Comrade Chemezov."

All eyes focused on the door. Under Yanayev's order, Chemezov, who was still a little green in front of the Moscow high-level, stepped onto his political stage for the first time.

Chapter 36 Military Contracting Group

Chemezov, as one of the eight national pillars around Putin in the Kremlin in the future, will serve as the first general manager of Rosoboronexport in 2004, in charge of Russia's arms business.Russia's arms export business is almost a towering, ownerless cash cow, and even keeps pace with the export of natural gas, becoming Russia's double-headed eagle.

Prior to this, Chemezov was a graduate of the Advanced Training Course of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In 1975-1976 he worked at the Institute of Rare and Non-Ferrous Metals before resigning to join the National Security Service. From 1980 to 1988, he worked for the Soviet "Sunshine" Nonferrous Metals Industry Group, and was later sent by the group to Dresden, East Germany as the chief representative. In other words, he used to be an agent of the KGB.

After returning to the Soviet Union in 1988, he has been serving as the general manager of the Soviet International Sports Corporation Fu. It was also Yanayev who had the insight to promote him from that position and put him beside him without giving him any specific position. Chemezov never had any complaints, because Yanayev said to him before he was transferred to the Kremlin, "Comrade Chemezov, I will not let you serve as Any important position, this is the first sentence I want to say to you, and the second sentence is that the positions you will hold in the future are more important than those I can give you now, so do you understand?"

Yanayev didn't force the other party to understand his thoughts [-]%, until he went to Chemezov two weeks ago and said to him, "I need to see a copy of the previous one in two weeks. The construction plan of the military multinational group you mentioned, please be serious and rigorous, because this is your first opportunity to go on stage."

Chemezov, who has a keen political eye for the company's operations, realized that this was a good opportunity, so he spent two weeks writing a plan, which was reviewed by Yanayev on today's He explained to the top military.

Yanayev first explained to everyone, "The disarmament plan will be divided into three steps, and the three-step plan will be completed by December next year. In the first stage, we will abolish 6 people in advance, and then conduct an observation meeting. What kind of impact will the military and regional balance cause? After stabilization, we will conduct the second stage of speculation. We will abolish another 16 people, and in the third stage we will abolish 20 people. 25 people."

"This is also tantamount to sending a goodwill signal to our neighbors in the south. China and the Soviet Union are no longer willing to confront each other. We hope to restore the previous friendly relations, and the neighbor who is undergoing economic reform will also be a political force that cannot be ignored in the future. Existence. We have already struggled enough to deal with Europe and the United States. There is really no need to ask for trouble and create a powerful enemy. Sorry, to put it bluntly, we have already begun to decline. If we want to deal with threats from the West, The only way is to unite with others to deal with the bald eagle."

Yanayev's words are undoubtedly a nightmare for those who are crazy about maintaining a strong Soviet army.But it is impossible for Yanayev to joke about the future of the entire country in order to satisfy a small group of supremacists who defend the country. In fact, the simple large-scale armored group charge is already behind the times. The Gulf War brought all National is shock and reflection.Information warfare and coordinated strikes by sea, land and air will be the main mode of future warfare.

"What about the large number of T72 tanks that have been abolished? Arkhipov once complained to me that maintaining the daily maintenance of these tank armor units is a nightmare to fill dissatisfaction." Varennikov said.

"If it is sold to the outside world, the effect may not be good." Chechevatov, who felt hopeless to stop the disarmament, took the initiative to show his favor to Yanayev, so that he would not be abolished at the same time. The poor performance has become something that is obvious to all the world. How can anyone be willing to buy a tank with such a poor performance. Of course, those people in the former Warsaw Pact are not willing to be deceived anymore."

"With all due respect, everyone here." Chemezov smiled slightly, "Who said we are going to sell T72 tanks, the foreign trade version we sell is T90 tanks, okay?"

"T90 tank? Is it a new project?" No one knew what Chemezov was talking about, and some people thought it was a new tank project developed by a certain design bureau.

"No, we changed the name of the T72 and continued to sell it in foreign trade, and these second-hand tanks can be sold to Iran, India, Egypt and other third-world countries at a discounted price. If the conditions are suitable, sell six get one free It is not impossible, and it can be equipped with personnel for teaching, daily maintenance of tanks, and export of equipment parts if necessary. In a country with a less industrial level like India, where artillery and parts cannot be self-produced We can only rely on imports. Of course we will set up a new multinational company to sell these things."

Chemezov's military arms delivery group can be said to have great power, after all, it was personally authorized by President Yanayev.Arms dealer Victor Bout travels around the world to show his talent for selling weapons, while Chemezov takes overall care of the overall situation and maintains close ties with the top military officials in Moscow.to get more stock.

"I want to get 200 tanks first and try to export them to the third world at a very low discount, oh, and those Hind gunships, if possible, get more than 72 first, of course, every gunship or T5.00 sold For tanks, [-]% of the profit will be returned to the original military region as the cost of laying off personnel, what do you think?"

Selling arms for disarmament is tantamount to empty-handed wolves, and Chemezov has no cost risk to consider.

The arms business is just like a normal sale, the price is determined, the time is scheduled, and the money is paid and the delivery is made.However, the arms sales that Chemezov is responsible for are more of a gray area. Although Yanayev emphasized that the money is used to improve the lives of the people, it is not subject to the supervision of any state agency.In other words, the money is Yanayev's personal property.

"I'm willing to accept this condition." Chechevatov of course nodded and agreed to pay back his own losses, "But what about the disbanded soldiers? You must give them a job after they are not in the army, otherwise 40 Thousands of unemployed people flowing into society will have a great impact on social stability."

"Of course, we have taken these into consideration. Not all countries need weapons, especially when a region is at peace, arms sales will become more difficult, and we also need large-scale multinational corporations to maintain the world's military In short, we help an organization to overthrow the government of a region and create conflicts. Then we sell arms to ignite the powder kegs of war, and finally intervene in the conflict by pretending to be a coordinator of interests, maintain stability, and help them rebuild their homes.”

Chemezov's words can be said to be despicable, but it is understandable from the perspective of national strategy. Varennikov coughed and asked, "Do you want to use this company to solve the problem of most people after disarmament?" Is there a problem with the placement of personnel?"

Chemezov became more and more excited as he spoke. He propped his hands on the table and said with a smile, "Yes, and when it comes to war, who is our Soviet Red Army's opponent? And the salaries of the staff are paid in US dollars, even if they die in battle In other countries, based on international exchange rates, their family members will receive much higher compensation than soldiers in other countries.”

"In this way, we need weapons trainers, contract soldiers, construction workers, etc., and we are backed by a strong country. No small country that is not open-eyed dares to target us, and the company also has the ability to subvert the regime of small African countries. Military power, and of course those involved in wars don't intervene in the name of the nation. They need another name that is less disputed."

Although Chemezov did not understand Yanayev's instructions that the company's paramilitary personnel were not allowed to wear camouflage uniforms and could only wear civilian uniforms uniformly distributed by the company, he still faithfully implemented Yanayev's instructions, including The names of those who went out to operate have already been chosen. "They are called private military contractors. They are not illegal mercenaries, but legal war contract workers."

Chapter 37 The Tragedy of a Small Country

The news that the Soviet Union was going to disarm on a large scale soon caused a new round of turmoil in the international community, especially the NATO countries headed by the United States. It is definitely the most accurate word to describe the expressions of the leaders of various countries at this time. .

"Damn it, these Soviets tricked us. They tricked us once." It was the first time Brent saw Bush so furious. He threw the documents on the table to the ground, which was not enough to appease him. Furious, he hammered the table with both hands, filled with righteous indignation, "If we had pushed the Soviet Union a little more on the Baltic Sea issue, they would have succumbed. Oh my God, why are there so many intelligence analysts in the Pentagon who couldn't think of the fact that Asia Nayef is lying to you!"

Brent murmured in his heart that I insisted on continuing to coerce the Soviet Union, but you and your European allies chose to withdraw in the end, so blame me?And haven't we been tricked by the Soviets less often?Didn't the Americans think it was a victory of reason when we signed an agreement with Brezhnev to limit strategic ballistic weapons?Didn’t the Soviet Union’s unprecedented Western-1981 military exercise in 81 make the West conclude that the Warsaw Pact’s tank fleet has the ability to wipe out NATO’s garrisons in Central Europe within a week and hit the city of Paris?Haven't our top leaders learned from these events?

Of course, Brent couldn't say these things clearly, so he could only comfort Bush, "But President, at least we learned one very important thing from the disarmament of the Soviet Union, that is, they can no longer use weak The economy has to maintain the huge military expenditure of the armored forces. So from now on, we should adjust our strategic goals to completely defeat the Soviet economy. In this case, even if they have huge war weapons, they will go bankrupt because they have no money to maintain them. "

"That's what I said, but how to defeat the Soviet Union's economy? It is obvious that the Soviet Union has begun to find a way to counter our ideological propaganda offensive, and the Pentagon's intelligence analysis indicates that since the Soviet Union adopted Ryzhkov's economic policy, there have been 70.00 There is a [-]% chance that the Soviet Union will get out of its economic predicament."

"Isn't there still a 20.00% possibility of failure? We only need to add fuel to the Soviet Union's difficult economy once, and even if the reforms are effective, they will not be able to withstand the collapse of reality." Brent said.

Bush nodded, he wanted to make the Soviet Union's economy worse.Bush picked up a document and threw it to Brent, saying, "So we still have a guy named Leo Vanta? According to the information in my hand, in the 80s, this guy named Vantaa CIA agents were directly ordered by President Reagan to engage in a covert financial war aimed at overthrowing the Soviet ruble, and his covert operation was code-named the 'Great Ruble Scam' and had been in the works for years. It's time for This guy is glowing."

Brent is also one of the insiders of Vantaa's plan. In the plan that Vantaa presented to Brent, he stated that he would cooperate with the conspirators in the Soviet Union to complete a deal at a price that was twice as high as that on the black market. An extremely profitable deal to buy 50 billion rubles for $1400 billion.Then in this year's London gold trading market, they wantonly shorted up to 2000 tons of gold.As a result, the Soviet economy, which had already been weak, was able to survive on the gold export. The sharp drop in the price of gold drove the last nail into the coffin of the Soviet Union, and it collapsed.Then Vantaa implemented a follow-up plan to acquire a large amount of assets from the Soviet Union, and achieved the goal of hollowing out the red polar bear.

This action has been waiting for Bush's approval, and because of the inexplicable changes in the situation in the Soviet Union a year ago, Vantaa's action was a few months later than in history. The change included the secret means of the traverser, but he was regarded as a force majeure factor, and continued to prepare for action according to the original plan.

"Is the president ready to use Vantaa's pawn?" Brent asked, he was a little worried now, if Brent would not hesitate to support Leo Vantaa half a year ago, but this time he always felt that Things will not be that simple.

But President Bush has lost his mind in anger, and he urgently needs to win a round in the political game to save face, otherwise the United States will not be able to hold its head among NATO allies, so no matter what form it is, he will give the Soviets A profound lesson.

"That's for sure, you just ask Vanta to come to my office. I want to talk to him personally about the specific implementation steps of this plan." The president who has calmed down has been completely ignited by the seeds of hatred, he wants Let Yanayev see the counterattack and sanctions of the United States.

Some people are sad, and others are happy. The military threat to the southern neighbor and the north has been abolished. I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. I don’t have to worry about this violent machine in the north that suddenly can’t turn its head and push it with a torrent of steel. You know The three provinces to the east are plain areas with no strategic depth at all. Once the enemy launches a large-scale attack, it is absolutely powerless to stop the advance of those tank tracks.

After the disarmament in the Far East, Yanayev immediately issued a statement, expressing his willingness to put aside disputes with neighboring countries and jointly develop the areas to be disputed on the northern border.This is a signal of the Soviet Union's goodwill. Since the NATO military and economic sanctions, the economy of the neighbors to the south is also facing great troubles. Seeking new development opportunities is also on their agenda. The Soviet Union's goodwill has shown them A new ray of light and hope.

Years of complex international environmental struggles have also cultivated a cautious character in the southern neighbors, and they only said a few token words of innocence to the Soviet Union's overtures, and did not express anything further.But Yanayev is content with his performance.The ice-breaking journey doesn't happen overnight, but it doesn't look like a bad start.

The Soviet Union's overtures frightened a group of small countries in Southeast Asia, especially those neighboring countries that had long been at odds with the East Asian powers. They all relied on the former Soviet Union's generosity to deal with their vast neighbors.For example, the General Secretary of Vietnam solemnly stated that they are the strategic cooperative partners of the Soviet Union, and reiterated the friendly relations between the Soviet Union and Vietnam.But Yanayev just sneered, who has a friendly relationship with you group of Vietnamese monkeys?At the beginning, Vietnam was just a pawn to curb the rise of great powers. Now that the two countries are planning to join forces in the Asia-Pacific, there is nothing wrong with small countries like you.

The alliance of the two socialist powers in the Asia-Pacific region will exert political influence beyond what NATO and the United States could have expected, and the alliance of the Asia-Pacific superpowers will also bring terrible political pressure to those small countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia.To borrow a lyric, the picture is too beautiful to look at.

So the past few days have been busy with foreign policy directors and senior officials of various small countries. They gathered to discuss the impact of the fusion of the situation in East Asia, but the results without exception are depressing conclusions.When two big socialist countries are moving toward an alliance, small countries with conflicting interests in their surroundings must give up their interests and protect themselves.China has gone through a group of white-eyed wolves such as Vietnam and Albania, and has begun to become like a hegemonic country. Then it encounters a red polar bear who fantasizes about how to sell arms to other countries to make profits, without the spirit of the Communist International, so these countries The most likely approach encountered is that the two superpowers unite to carve up the interests of the surrounding small countries, and the question they stand on is nothing more than choosing the distant free world of America, or choosing communism that is close at hand brilliant.

The choice between surrender or death may become a question that leaders of many small countries have racked their brains recently. However, there are also leaders who cannot see the situation clearly and will misjudge the current political situation from the Soviet Union's large-scale disarmament.Think that the Soviet Union is only a purely economic problem and cannot maintain huge military expenditures.

There is no doubt that Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu is one of the leaders of the country who cannot see the situation clearly.

Chapter 38 Japan's Ambition

Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaibu, as a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party, was elected as the Prime Minister of Japan on August 1989, 8. He ended his prime ministerial career at the end of 9. He experienced the peak of the Japanese bubble economy, as well as the stock market and real estate Begin the initial stages of the crash.And this prime minister who has been in power for 1991 days has also become one of Japan's longest prime ministers in power in the 812s.

Of course, the economic difficulties of the Soviet Union also gave the confident Prime Minister of an economic power the hope of recovering the four northern islands. In April of this year, Gorbachev visited Japan in April 1991 as the first former Soviet president after World War II. While Toshiki Kaibu promised to provide assistance to the economic crisis of the former Soviet Union, he also made a request to take back the four northern islands occupied by the former Soviet Union.Of course, Gorbachev said no.

Toshiki Kaibu changed his strategy because he received news from his friends in the White House that after the Soviets abolished the army, they would attack the navy, especially the Pacific Fleet. This is a great thing for Japan. If the issue of the four northern islands that has lasted for almost half a century can be resolved in his own hands, he will also become one of the greatest prime ministers in Japanese history.

So he urgently summoned the director of the Japanese Defense Agency, Gen. Nakatani, to analyze the possibility of taking back the four northern islands from the Soviet Union this time.

So far, Kaifu Toshiki is still optimistic about the sustainable development of the Japanese economy. He believes that Japan has become a world-class economic power, so it should actively seek the right to be a political power. Opening a gap in China, presumably Japan's performance will impress Western countries.