USSR 1991

Seeing the disappointment on Dumei's face, Yanayev shrugged and said indifferently, "It's okay, if you don't need it, I won't force it. After all, there are still people waiting to buy my destroyer, frigate , Don’t you think so? Of course, you can also buy armaments from Western countries, and they will be very happy. But General Secretary Du Mei, I will let you know what is the biggest geopolitical tragedy at the end of the [-]th century .”

Yanayev's intimidation was played down as if it were an insignificant matter.

Chapter 144 Ustinov's Law

Poor Vietnam was forced to agree to the purchase of fifty "monkey version" T72 tanks under Yanayev's half-intimidation and half-incentive situation. This shameless act of forced buying and selling even made Pavlov can not watch anymore.He asked Yanayev if it was necessary to do such a thing?In any case, he was also a former ally comrade.

Yanayev just answered him indifferently, "It's normal, it's not that hooligans don't do Wuchang. Anyway, China will not buy our ships for the time being. If China does not take action after Vietnam places a large order, the Vietnamese will Believe it or not, you will be grateful to us in turn. The world has changed and it is no longer the time to pay attention to class friendship. Whoever has a hard fist and who uses unscrupulous means can achieve the position of world leader."

In contrast to the current situation, the United Kingdom and the United States have the same interests. Although they occasionally do something to betray each other, in most cases they still show a state of glue.Since the time of Charles de Gaulle, France has shown a state of being independent from the alliance, showing an attitude of traveling without fighting.So what the USSR has to do is stick together with its neighbors to the south against a group of unscrupulous rogues who are ambitious and want to evolve them.

When the Soviet Union and China become partners in exchange for greater profits, the interests of some allies around them can be sacrificed appropriately, such as Vietnam and India.In addition to creating some profits and value for the Soviet Union, these countries did not seem to be able to increase much political leverage.

It is precisely because of this that China is willing to get closer and closer to the Soviet Union, so that it appropriately ignores the warnings of some former allies.

Just after disposing of a bunch of T72 foreign trade tanks, military officials from the Indian Ministry of Defense also came to Moscow to join in the fun, saying that they wanted to inspect the Soviet Union's armament situation in order to purchase weapons suitable for India's national conditions.But Yanayev knew very well that the neighbors in the south had signed an order agreement with Pakistan for a batch of Type [-] main battle tanks a few weeks ago, which suddenly stimulated India's nerves, so they attempted to purchase new tanks from the Soviet Union. Meet the needs of its own army armored forces.

For this kind of country with people like Ah San who are stupid and rich, Yanayev has always been open to visitors.But this kind of thing can only be done by people from the Ministry of National Defense. He is not suitable for a country leader to participate in this kind of military trade occasion.But Yanayev told Defense Minister Yazov to remember Ustinov's law. To Ah San, oh no, to talk too kindly to India's purchase price is to be cruel to our military industry department.

Yazov nodded understandingly, at least now the top Soviet military leaders have reached a consensus, that is, as long as Ah San comes to buy a tank, he will definitely goug out a large piece of flesh from him and thank Xiang Xiang himself for the rhythm .

The official Indian delegation included Minister of Defense Kapoor, Deputy Chief of Staff Prakash, and some accompanying Ministry of Defense officials. Last year, the Soviet Union sold them a batch of Tunguska air defense systems with a conscience price and the same quality. When they arrived in sweet India, they began to obsess over the Soviet Union's armaments, so they planned to place a larger order this time, give priority to upgrading the army's equipment, and strive to fully crush the armored division of Pakistan this year.

Naturally, this arms race was strongly welcomed by the Soviet Union.And this time the Soviet Union did not intend to give Ah San a foreign trade version, but provided two T72 solutions, the foreign trade version and the original version.

However, when the Indian official delegation saw the price gap between each tank, they couldn't bear it. They took the price list and asked the Soviet officials, "What? The price difference between the original version of the T72 and the foreign trade version is four. Double, what's going on here?"

Minister of Defense Yazov kindly explained to them, "Look, the original T72 is naturally different from the foreign trade T72. Although they are all three-layer composite armor made of steel fiberglass steel, the main difference is the turret. The foreign trade version uses a cast steel turret instead of the original composite armored turret. The gap between the self-use type and the export type mainly lies in the software gap. Many foreign trade versions have been simplified, and there are dozens of simplifications, such as fire control. The degree of automation of the system, three-proof equipment, fire extinguishing system and so on."

"You get what you pay for, so do you still think the price of the original version is too high?" Yazov was speechless at the other party's rebuttal, and finally Chief of Staff Prakash had to come forward to make a rescue.

"Okay, what Zhang Yazov of the Soviet Ministry of Defense said was just a unit price. We will be buying in batches at that time, so the price will still be negotiated." Prakash's words dispelled the official's doubts.

"Yes, if we buy a group, we will indeed lower the price a lot. For example, the Mi-17 transport helicopter sold to China was originally quoted at 500 million U.S. dollars, but the final transaction price was only about 200 million U.S. dollars. Of course, in terms of quantity, this belongs to the military It is confidential and cannot be leaked casually. Please forgive me." Yazov said slightly apologetically.

After hearing the assurance from the Minister of Defense, these delegations were also relieved.Next, they visited the original version of the T72 tank model. Compared with the foreign trade version with more than a dozen items cut, the original version is indeed much better than other export models. In addition to the T72 tank, the BMP-3 armored vehicle, Shile The Ka River self-propelled anti-aircraft gun and the Sam-11 Beech anti-aircraft missile.

The Indian delegation's admiring expression was seen by Yazov, especially after seeing the improved version of the beech, he even asked the price directly.

"Everything is easy to say, we will give our respected Indian friends the biggest discount, really." Yazov said with a malicious smile.If you can meet again at the next wine table, come and talk to us about the price.

After several rounds of visits, the Indian delegation determined the weapons to be purchased.Because the Soviet Union refused their request to visit the MiG-29 because the MiG fighter jets were not suitable for sale recently.However, the Indian side is already very satisfied. After all, it is unheard of in the history of arms sales to be able to buy original Soviet weapons at a conscientious price.This also made Prakash, the newly appointed deputy chief of staff, secretly delighted.

It's just that the stupid and kind-hearted Ah San didn't expect that the Soviet Union had already designed a trap, the so-called cheap arms sales?Let's talk about the original military sales when you can afford the original T72 order of [-] units in one go.Yazov stood quietly on the side, looking at the group of proud Indians, thinking secretly in his heart.

The horror of the Russians is not only on the battlefield, but also on the dining table and wine table. They are also a group of rough and violent Soviet giant bears.

Chapter 145 The Motherland Needs Your Stomach

After visiting the armament exhibition, it was naturally time for the Soviet banquet.This time, in order to entertain the guests from India, Russian-style pork knuckles, Russian-style vegetable soup, flame-skewered chicken skewers, flame-skewered lamb skewers, Moscow sausage, Peter meatloaf, baked yogurt mushrooms, Roasted Russian potatoes and mushrooms, etc., taking into account Indian eating customs, the Soviet state banquet deleted the dish of skewered beef.

Even though they knew they were Hindus, the Soviet side did not take the wine off the menu, otherwise the whole banquet would be so boring.Of course, for the Russians, what is ultimately indispensable is the "Kremlin" brand vodka used to entertain distinguished guests at state banquets. This is a weapon on the Soviet table, and its lethality is no less than a 7.62mm steel core. bomb.

When the wine was served on the table, every official of the Soviet Ministry of Defense sitting opposite the official Indian delegation showed a malicious smile.Like a hungry wolf staring at a fat sheep, the official Indian delegation felt a little uncomfortable all over.The teetotalers didn't know that the next banquet would be the real nightmare.

Ustinov's law was proposed by Marshal Ustinov of the Soviet Union. He believed that defeating the opponent at the wine table is the first step to gain absolute psychological advantage. This weird law still affects the top leaders of the Soviet army and diplomat.And the best move of the Soviet military delegation is to ask for high-strength soju to be served at the banquet, and then drink it in front of the stunned host.Although the defense ministers and staff officers of other countries have a lot of drinkers, but in the face of the Indian delegation, they are all poor vegetarians, and they have never been exposed to vodka drinks with a certain degree of alcohol in this life. It will kill them in minutes.

Sure enough, Indian Defense Minister Kapoor smiled awkwardly, and said embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, Minister Yazov, people here don't seem to drink much."

"You worry too much, Minister Kapoor. There is a saying that you will know if you can drink it when you get used to it. If it is the kind of wine that can't be ordered, we won't serve it. It's not something a man should drink. Do Indian officials Are they all unmanly people?" Yazov deliberately used aggressive methods to stimulate Kapoor. He first poured a glass of wine, raised it up and said boldly, "To the success of the transaction between the Soviet Union and India, let's make a toast in advance."

After all, under the stunned eyes of the Indian delegation, Yazov drank it down.They have never seen anyone drink high-grade wine as casually as they drink plain water.

"Since Minister Yazov drank it all in one gulp, I reluctantly took a drink." Kapoor smiled awkwardly, poured a glass reluctantly, and pinched his nose to force it down.The strong alcohol flowed down, burning his tongue, esophagus, and finally fermented in his stomach, turning into a rush of heat to his head.Kapoor was overwhelmed by the unexpected drunkenness and almost fell to the ground without standing still. Fortunately, he held the table with one hand and kept from falling.

"Your attitude is not good, Minister Kapoor. You have to punish yourself with three cups." Seeing Kapoor's unsatisfactory performance, Yazov said, although he is old, he has the spirit of the vodka nation Still, he poured three glasses of strong vodka in front of Kapoor and said, "Well, to be fair, how about three glasses for me and three glasses for you?"

Perhaps because of Yazov's underestimation, Kapoor poured three glasses of strong vodka and said fiercely, "It's up to you, Minister Yazov. How much do you drink? Cups, I will drink as many cups as I want!"

The accompanying officer just wanted to persuade Kapoor, but was rejected by the other party. He said firmly, "You don't need to say anything, this has nothing to do with the country, it is purely a contest between two men."

Seeing that the other party had stepped into his trap, Yazov smiled slightly, picked up the wine glass and drank three glasses in one go.

And after Kapoor drank the third cup, he had already started to hold the table with his hands, and he was a little unconscious, and the picture in front of him became a little overlapping.But as soon as the alcohol got up, he yelled at the Soviet military officials, "Come on, come again, it won't be enough. I tell you that Indians can drink too."

"Okay." The Soviet Ministry of Defense officials around were booing. Under Yazov's gesture, they toasted to the officials of the Indian Ministry of Defense delegation. The law has a foothold in the domestic political arena.Seeing that the Minister of Defense was working so hard, the Indian delegation also got upset and had a drink with the Soviet officials.

But how could they, who have never been used to strong alcohol, be the opponents of the Russians? The courage of the Indians seemed a bit tragic and decisive in Yazov's eyes.

Yazov blushed a little after drinking. He simply threw away the glass this time, picked up a bottle of vodka, shook it in front of Kapoor, and yelled loudly, "How about it, Minister of Defense. I'll drink a bottle of vodka. How about you drink ten glasses of wine?"

"Okay, no problem." Kapoor, who was shocked by the alcohol, laughed, completely unaware that his ten glasses of vodka were already one and a half bottles.After ten cups like this, Kapoor was completely brought down, and few of the other Indian delegations could stand up again.Either hugging the chair and throwing up, or falling directly on the ground unconscious.

Although Yazov was a little drunk, but after all, his fighting power was still there. Looking at a group of felled guys, he said sarcastically, "This group of Indians really don't know how much they want to provoke the Russians to drink. life or death."

"It seems that we, the Soviets, will have the upper hand in tomorrow's arms sales negotiations." Yanayev walked into the banquet hall and said cheerfully, looking at the messy scene.

"These guys are so useless. I can still drink at least a dozen glasses in this state." Yazov, who smelled of alcohol, shouted at Yanayev, shaking the bottle in his hand drunkenly. Just kidding, "You really should award a Red Star to our 'Kremlin' vodka, which has done so much for us on the drinking table."

"Drink less, Comrade Yazov. You and I are both old people." Yanayev frowned slightly, and kindly reminded that he did not want to be like other Russians caused by alcohol. Disease died.At least Russia right now cannot live without him.

"I can still drink, Comrade Yanayev." Yazov finally lost his balance, sat down on a chair, and said in some nonsense, "I can still fight, as long as the motherland still needs my stomach."

1Chapter 16 Do you mind the price?

That night, the Indian delegation came in chatting and laughing, and then they turned into a puddle of mud and were carried out horizontally. They danced and drunk along the way, which attracted many people's attention and laughed at these Indians. Alcohol power.

However, Yanayev did not expect that these non-drinking Indians would fight to the end for the motherland. Although it ended in a disastrous defeat, they were still strong.But both sides consider things from the standpoint of the country, how could they let these people go because of emotional pity?

The meeting originally scheduled for the next morning was also postponed to the afternoon of the next day due to the unexpected hangover of the Indians. When the Indian representative walked into the meeting venue, the hale and hearty Defense Minister Yazov was still smiling Greetings to the slumped Indian delegation and a slightly ironic question about how well they slept last night.

"I really can't do it, Minister Yazov." Minister of Defense Kapoor shook his head, thinking that there was a small thorn stuck in his temple, and every time he beat, there was a sharp pain in his heart. He supported himself With his forehead, he said slowly, "Let's negotiate the price of the weapons quickly, and stop drinking the wine. If we continue to drink, it will delay the business."

"Okay." Yazov forced his smile back. Seeing that the purpose of drinking last night had been achieved, he glanced at the negotiator Varennikov beside him. The two were ready to work together to cheat each other.And the Indian delegation also felt that the menacing attitude of the people on the other side of the negotiating table was very different from the sluggish situation on their own side.

The Indian delegation put forward a list of materials to be purchased, including 56 Kalashnikov rifles, 72 T170 original version tanks, 72 three T11 foreign trade tanks, and fifty rounds of Sam-3 Beech surface-to-air missiles , twenty BMP-[-] armored vehicles and ten Shilka River self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.This order adds up to about [-] million US dollars.

But the Soviet Union was obviously a little unhappy with India's offer. He pointed to the order and said, "My friend, your bill is sorry for Moscow, which took good care of your delegation. Look, it's just the original version of the T72 tank Our selling price is almost more than 250 million US dollars, isn’t it a bit, um, the price is too low? Are you really embarrassed at this price?”

The officials of the Indian delegation were about to refute, but Yazov continued, "Also, look at our Shilka self-propelled artillery. The products you want to buy are all original versions of the Shilka. His quotation But it is around 100 million US dollars. There is also a beech surface-to-air missile, which costs millions of missiles every minute. What? You said that a missile is only 10,000+? Have you ever counted the radar on it? Commander Ah launch pads and stuff, if you did the math, you wouldn't come to such ridiculous conclusions."

In fact, a set of beeches is about 60 US dollars, and Yazov deliberately used the banner of the original version to deceive the Indian defense regiments.

"As for those BMP-3 armored vehicles, including artillery shells, logistics and so on, it will cost close to 40 to [-] U.S. dollars, so if you think about your order of about [-] million U.S. dollars, do you have the nerve to justify it?"

"But didn't you say that if you buy a large amount at one time, you will give us a discount?" The Indian delegation was a little flustered. He didn't expect the Soviet government to backtrack.

"Of course, I mean that there are preferential policies for mass purchases. But think about it, you purchased 72 of the original T56 tanks. What kind of mass purchase is this? Have we never seen the world? Know the Soviet Union How powerful is the armored force? With [-] tanks, the torrent of steel is enough to cover your entire India. For us, less than [-] tanks are not considered a large purchase, so forgive us for not accepting your price."