USSR 1991

Victor's answer indeed captured the core of Karadzic's thinking.They also don't want a civil war in the face of economic blockade, so every time Victor asks a question, it makes him frown.

"What's more, our previous proposal was also considered for the interests of the Serbs. If you can occupy a large area of ​​Bosnia and Herzegovina before a limited war breaks out and ends, it means that you have more say when signing the agreement. As for Other non-Serbs in those lands, I don't know what you're going to do."

As long as there is no massacre, the so-called expulsion is a trivial matter.And the more Victor went on, Karadzic's eyes became brighter and brighter, as if Columbus was as excited and fascinated as he discovered the New World.

"So, you still think it's not good to be a Soviet dog?" Victor asked.

Chapter 153 Conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Just like Victor's nickname "Death Merchant", Victor's front foot has just left the Bosnian Republic of Srpska, and his back foot Karadzic has become the president of the Bosnian Republic of Srpska. He has not yet secured his position when he took office. The Serbian army in the hands of Karadzic launched a military strike against Croatia and the Muslims.

Serbia first seized the areas where its own residents were the majority. In addition to competing with the Muslims on the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the east, the northwest region and the capital Sarajevo, Serbia also competed with Croatia for territory in the north near the Croatian border.Armed forces of various factions continue to open up new battlefields, and the flames of war quickly spread across two-thirds of the land in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Almost 20 people were swept into the largest local war in Europe since World War II.

Since they received military assistance from Serbia and the Soviet Union, the Bosnian Serb army, which was stronger than in history, gained a strategic advantage almost overnight. The Croatian army, which mainly uses light weapons and only a few tanks and armored vehicles, completely No match for Bosnian Serb troops equipped with Shilka, T54 tanks and a handful of Hind helicopters.

Like a burning flame that swept across Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnian Serb forces basically controlled Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Muslim forces that clashed with the Serbian army on the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina also suffered repeated defeats. Soon Serbia The tribe captured most of the important cities.It took less than a week from the start of the war to full control.The rapid intrusion of the Serbian troops also relied to a large extent on the intelligence provided by the Soviet Union.

The expansion of the results of the war naturally led to the dispersion of troops. When the Serbian troops were unable to concentrate their forces and continue to attack, the weak side also appeared.Croatian guerrillas and regular troops also began to fight back.

Because of Yanayev's previous warnings, the Serbs did not dare to be too obvious about genocide, and Karadzic also repeatedly emphasized that troops are not allowed to point their guns at civilians.So there are only some sporadic killings of civilians circulating in the war zone.

The turmoil in Bosnia and Herzegovina has naturally aroused anxiety in European countries, especially the Western world led by NATO.When the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina broke out, there was a looming wave of refugees. These people who relocated their families due to war and racial persecution did not yearn for former socialist countries such as Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania.Instead, they went straight to Greece, and even used Italy as a springboard to flee directly to welfare society countries such as France and Germany.

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl had urgent consultations and meetings with French President François Mitterrand and John Major on this matter. The turbulence and unrest, and even the EU may be split because of this incident.

Mitterrand scoffed at this view. He said that as long as one's own economy and society are in a stable state, external turmoil will not affect the foundation of a country's governance.And he emphasized that Britain, France and Germany do not have any direct economic relationship with Bosnia and Herzegovina.

"Sanctioning Bosnia and Herzegovina, forcing them to lay down their weapons and go to the negotiating table is easier than eating and drinking water." Mitterrand said disdainfully, "Yugoslavia has disintegrated, and there is a Republic of Serbia and a Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina that want to reunite. The glory of Tito? Did Milosevic really think he was the savior of the Serbs? In my opinion, the current Bosnian war with economic blockade, military sanctions and NATO military air strikes can completely force them to negotiate together table."

"You said that Croatia and the Muslims want to come to the negotiating table. I agree very much, but the Serbs don't think so. Now their weapons have an absolute advantage. If they don't take advantage of this time to recover most of the territory, then in the future After the agreement is signed, they will never have a chance to get their lost land back from the Croats."

Major, the British spokesperson who is a European dung, can naturally hope that this wave of refugees will affect the two countries of France and Germany, and then he will benefit from it across the English Channel.

"Peace talks may be a long and arduous task when the time comes. Why don't we discuss how to resettle the sudden influx of refugees from Western Europe?" Major asked.

"Isn't ending the war the same as ending the refugee flow?" German Chancellor Kohl, who had already seen what Major was thinking, asked rhetorically, "When the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina stabilizes, these people will be sent back to Bosnia and Herzegovina immediately. We keep a record of every refugee that comes into Germany. How about we sit down and talk about how to bring the Serbs to their knees."

Cole smiled slyly at the British Prime Minister, indicating that it was not the time for him to play tricks, while Major, who had been seen through, just smiled slightly and didn't care at all.

"I'm still talking about the trinity of air strikes, economic blockade, and military strikes. Even if Serbia has a torrent of steel comparable to the Soviet Union, it can't escape the power of aerial bombs."

"But the two of you here, have you thought of one thing?" German Chancellor Kohl suddenly said such a sentence for no reason.

"What's the matter?" Major and Mitterrand asked in unison.

"That's the Soviet Union's statement on this matter. Even the White House expressed concern in the news about such a big event, but why is the Soviet Union so silent?" Cole asked with some doubts. As long as the Soviet Union shows abnormal phenomena, it means that the Soviet Union and the West have different ideas.

Cole's words made Mojie and Mitterrand's hearts sink, and at the same time, an ominous premonition welled up in their hearts.

"I'm thinking, maybe in this civil war, the Serbian army also has the shadow of the Soviet Union behind it?" Cole said in a low voice.

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In the Office of the Director of the CIA, Robert Gates is holding a piece of intelligence from Europe in his hand. The intelligence shows that before the outbreak of the war, a Russian international arms dealer haunted Bosnia and Herzegovina, and then Bosnia and Herzegovina Armed conflict broke out.And this businessman nicknamed "Death Trafficker" is also on the CIA's special person supervision list.

"This guy is really capable. He went to Mozambique, and then the civil war in Mozambique suddenly heated up, and the peace agreement that was supposed to be signed was also invalidated. He went to the jungle of Colombia, and then the drug cartel there even owned helicopter gunships , became the most troublesome anti-government organization for the government. And this time he appeared in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and then the civil war in Yugoslavia started. No wonder this person is called a death merchant. His sales are like targeting It is as accurate as the wedge that made the war happen, I am curious how this guy did it?" Gates muttered to himself.

"The body of the last Interpol officer who traced his criminal evidence on the high seas of the Indian Ocean was found in the waters near Mogadishu. It is said that he was ransacked by pirates and all the information he carried was stolen. Hehe, this guy is really interesting .” Gates flipped down the information page by page.There are many stories about this legendary figure in the arms industry. It is said that his friends range from drug dealers in the tropical rainforest of South America to the People's Armed Front on the African grasslands.He can always use money and arms to match these people.The near-perfect sales record is also attracting the United States, the Soviet Union's old rival, who also needs such talents to add income to the country's small coffers.

"Assistant, please send this person's identity information to our European database. I want you to try to keep an eye on this person's whereabouts." Gates' eyes that have been honed on the battlefield gradually became sharper. Kedo surrendered, and whispered, "If I'm not wrong, this person has the influence of a superpower behind him."

The Soviet Union's secret rivalry in this incident naturally had their purpose, so Gates must know what Victor's ultimate purpose is.

"I have a hunch that the next Europe will be turned upside down by this person." Victor said in a low voice.

Chapter 154 United Nations Conference

In the second week after the outbreak of the war, the UN Security Council meeting finally put the resolution on the Bosnian war on the agenda of the parliament.Just when the Security Council had just issued this decision, the Soviet Union suddenly stepped forward and issued an ambiguous statement of war.On the position of opposing the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he expressed sympathy for Serbia's actions to maintain national unity, and believed that they needed to resolve this issue at the negotiating table with Croatia and Muslims.

In the eyes of those who don't know, they thought that the Soviet Union was making a statement to resolve the turmoil in East Asia. However, from the perspective of countries that knew that the Soviet Union provided Serbia with arms and equipment before the war broke out, this statement contained another layer of meaning. .So when Kozlovich, the Soviet representative to the United Nations, walked into the conference hall, he was treated with meaningful eyes from other countries.

Kozlovich is not afraid of the representatives of Western European countries. Moscow has already arranged everything, and he only needs to preview according to the script.So after the meeting started, Kozlovich just quietly waited for the representatives of other countries to speak first.

Sure enough, the representatives of Germany and France explained the importance of peace at the very beginning, and said that the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina was a racial war that violated humanitarianism and had a major impact on world peace.Therefore, at the United Nations meeting, it was proposed to launch an economic blockade and military strike against Serbia, which launched the war, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Germany and France have focused on military strikes, believing that only military strikes can prevent the spread of war.However, other countries, especially those small countries whose internal affairs have been interfered by rogue powers, obviously do not have the slightest interest in what Germany and France say, and there are very few echoes.

Kozlovich listened impatiently to the representatives of France and Germany finishing the manuscripts in their hands. When it was his turn to speak, Kozlovich, who did not bring any manuscripts, went directly to the podium and looked towards the audience. The country representative on the Security Council said, "Germany and France have already explained most of our views very well just now, so I will make a small addition here."

When the representatives of the Soviet Union said this, the representatives of Germany and France looked at each other and smiled. It seems that the other party did not come here today to cause trouble, but what Kozlovich said next made the faces of France and Germany look very different. Gradually I couldn't hold it anymore.

"Although the economic blockade and military strike can prevent the situation from deteriorating very well, after all, this is only a way to treat the symptoms and not the root cause. As you know, Serbia and Croatia are now almost feuding. Even if we use brutal means to temporarily It has suppressed the ethnic conflicts between the two countries, and it cannot control whether they will continue to break out in a series of conflicts in the future."

"Instead of treating the symptoms and not the root cause like this, let's use our brains at the negotiating table and let the three tribes divide up the whole of Bosnia and Herzegovina directly."

As soon as this remark came out, the public opinion in the audience was in an uproar.The Soviet Union was the first to openly support different forces to split the country.

"What the hell is Kozlovich doing?" The representative of France said with some doubts. Although France and Germany also believed that supporting national self-reliance is the best choice for the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina, you, the Soviet Union, took the lead in proposing this plan from the very beginning. Come out, no matter how you look at it, there is a suspicion of hand-picking.

"I'm sorry, Representative Kozlovich." The British raised his hand to ask questions, and he took the lead in attacking the Soviet representative, "You proposed this plan so early, and in addition, you used some channels to aid the Republic of Serbia before. Wouldn't it give people a suspicion of collusion with other countries?"

What Kozlovic said was unclear, how could the representatives of other countries get hold of him, Kozlovic waved his hand and said, "Wait, I didn't say that the Soviet Union would appoint the Republic of Serbia to carve up Bosnia and Herzegovina, there is no such meaning. But you ask, you must feel that you have to ask me whether to support Serbia. The Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbs are now an ethnic group that controls 70.00% of the country’s territory. How can we not support them? And you The Bosnian Serb military aid mentioned is completely out of thin air, and the Soviet Union will not take the risk of violating international law to aid a country that is of no benefit to itself.”

"But you provided military aid before the war started, that is to say, you just stepped on a loophole in the law." The British representative retorted.

"I want to repeat that it is normal military trade, not military aid. Are we the Soviets masters of prophecy, knowing that Bosnia and Herzegovina will launch a large-scale war? You are making rumors out of nothing, representative of the United Kingdom. I don't know who you heard the news from, but if you repeat it for him again, it means that you are also responsible, you know?"

The British representative was left speechless by Kozlovich's rebuttal for the first time. Kozlovich couldn't find a loophole to counterattack in every sentence. The opponent caught the handle.

"The above is a small suggestion put forward by our Soviet Union. The settlement of territorial disputes must be through national self-determination, and the territory actually occupied by the war is used as the standard to divide the regional ceasefire line. If not, the United Nations will intervene militarily in Bosnia and Herzegovina."

Kozlovic’s statement may seem to be making peace on the surface, but it is actually fighting for the best interests of the Serbs. As long as they can firmly control 70.00% of the territory, then the remaining 30.00% Regardless, the ultimate winners are still them.

"I know this resolution is difficult for everyone here to accept suddenly, so I don't mind going back to discuss it." Speaking of this, Kozlovich suddenly raised his voice a few times, "But I also hope everyone here knows Every second we are talking, an innocent Muslim, innocent Croat, or innocent Serbian civilian dies in the flames of war. We can now sit on our knees, drink coffee, and have nothing to do in a game that seems to last forever Endless discussion. But people who have suffered in war, do you know their pain?"

"I think it's hard for the representatives of the permanent members here to feel that kind of pain and despair, and the representatives of other member countries, especially those from Africa, the Middle East or South Asia, must have a deeper understanding of war than the pampered guys! "Speaking of this, even Kozlovich himself was moved, let alone a group of representatives who had been silent in the audience.

The representatives of Britain, France and Germany were a little stunned. They did not expect that the Soviet Union, which has always been violent in solving problems, would actually use the emotional card to blame European and American countries by placing itself at the highest point of morality, and it also successfully aroused the resonance of other countries.

"Peace belongs to all mankind, and hope belongs to the future. I hereby call on the two sides to resolve territorial disputes peacefully, return to the negotiating table, and build a homeland together!"

As soon as Kozlovich finished speaking, the representatives of the Security Council countries in the audience suddenly stood up and gave Kozlovich the warmest applause.The remaining representatives of the other major European and American countries sat where they were, with embarrassing expressions on their faces.

Chapter 155 The Ghost of Kosovo

At the United Nations Security Council meeting, the NATO military bloc's decision to impose an economic blockade and military strike on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina passed the final resolution with three votes in favor and two abstentions.Of course, it is understandable that the neighbors in the south of the Soviet Union abstained from voting. After all, this kind of incident related to the territorial integrity of a country should be treated with care, otherwise it is very likely that some people with ulterior motives will use it as an excuse to interfere in internal affairs.

However, the Soviet Union's abstention was beyond the expectations of the other three countries, because before that, the Soviet Union had always emphasized the need to resolve the conflicts between the three nations at the negotiating table, but it shrank at a critical moment. NATO aggressively proposed a military strike, but it was a vote of abstention.