USSR 1991

Gates sighed, wondering why he was so persistent.He decided to tell the truth to Vytautas, "President Vytautas, do you have armed forces in your hands now? Do you have a popular base that responds to everyone? None. If there is no, why should we allocate the originally tight funds to you? ? And even if you have armed forces, can you beat the current Soviet army?"

Vytautas's face gradually turned pale, but Gates' ridicule did not stop. He continued, "Since you don't have any, why should I allocate funds to you. Remember, American money is not so good Take it, we will never raise trash, unless what you do is in the interests of the United States, we will support you. We support you for the national interest, not the so-called shit freedom slogan, I say this, you understand ?”

Gates asked seriously.

Chapter 2 Codename: The Free World Strikes Back

"You mean to let those wastes regain power in the three Baltic countries. Wouldn't it be too whimsical?" When President Mario heard about Gates' plan, the first thing he thought of was rejection, so much so that he Forget that I originally wanted to blame Gates for his mistakes in strategic publicity.

The latter excitedly paced back and forth in his office, promoting his ideas to President Mario, "No, this is not a whimsical idea, but an action that can be put into practice. We all know that although the Soviet Union has a strong and high-pressure policy Suppressing the demands of the original Baltic people, but this does not mean that the Estonian people have given up resistance. Now they need a spiritual leader to lead themselves, I think it is time for the government-in-exile to call on the people to revolt."

"Riot? Are you sure it will work?" President Mario was a bit skeptical of Gates' idea. He didn't let the CIA mess up the water in Eastern Europe like President Bush did, but tightly choked on the CIA's money. bag.As far as Mario is concerned, he will not do actions that have no effect.

"I just want to know, what effect can the CIA achieve after spending so much money, including providing weapons? The Bay of Pigs incident? Or this Los Angeles riot?"

President Mario specifically used the term Los Angeles riots to warn Gates that if his intelligence work fails to achieve the results he wants, terrible results will happen.Without the L.A. effect, just wait to feel the president's wrath.

Gates suddenly became nervous. He didn't expect the president to force himself to issue a "military order."He originally just wanted President Mario to personally sign the funds generated by this operation, but he didn't expect that he would force himself to make a promise.For a while, Gates felt that he had walked into a dead end, or a dead end where the back road had been cut off.

"Of course it is guaranteed to achieve the desired effect of the president." Gritting his teeth, Gates still gave Mario an ambiguous answer, neither admitting nor denying it, leaving a little leeway for future maneuvers.He chose to insist because the CIA has been planning this operation for almost four months, and even got in touch with potential opposition forces in the three Baltic countries. As long as the United States is willing to provide weapons, they can launch armed riots.

So this is one of the reasons why Gates dared to take such a risky action. Think about turning the three Baltic countries into another version of the Bay of Pigs incident. It will cost the Soviet Union a new round of nationalities at a lower cost than overthrowing Castro. Crisis, Gates believes that this risky transaction is worthwhile.

"Very good." Unexpectedly, Mario didn't struggle too much, but directly signed his name on Gates' approval document.He handed the document to Gates and said, "I hope you don't disappoint me, Gates. It's up to you whether you can make the Soviet Union stumble on ethnic policy this time."

President Mario belongs to the kind of person who doesn't want to live a good life even if I don't live well. The United States suffered heavy losses in the Los Angeles incident, so the ethnic issue in the Soviet Union must not be let go.The fire in my backyard must also let the Soviet Union catch fire in the backyard once.

"I will definitely not let the president down." Gates said resolutely, his hands even trembled a little when he took the document handed to him by the president. This is an event that will be recorded in the annals of history regardless of whether it succeeds or not.At that time, the CIA will make a special report on this incident, letting everyone know that they made the Soviet Union pay a heavy price.

After Gates left the presidential office, he finally took a long breath. Originally, if President Mario disagreed, he would privately mobilize CIA funds to carry out political struggles in the three independent Baltic countries. He even took out part of the secret circulation funds For Vytautas, fortunately, the president's final decision made him not have to worry too much about this issue.

And the next thing is to find ways to deal with the three Baltic countries.As soon as Gates returned to the CIA, he clapped his hands excitedly in the office hall, and shouted to the employees who were working hard, "Don't be dazed, everyone will act for me, and carry out the investigation on the previously designed bureau. In the end, we've got the president's permission, boys, let's go big."

Almost everyone cheered, they were waiting for this moment, these people have not planned such a major action for a long time.The CIA even mobilized one-third of its staff to take charge of the Soviet Union's operation. Gates code-named this operation "Counterattack from the Free World", aiming to set this operation as a counterattack against the previous Soviet Union. For revenge.

After the Beslan incident, Gates will once again give the Soviet bear a slap in the face.At least Gates will take another blow after a victory to stabilize his career.After returning to the office, Gates received a call from Vytautas, who told Gates the good news with an irrepressible excitement during the call.

"Yes, Director Gates. We have already contacted the secret organizations in Lithuania and Latvia. Although the Soviet military and police departments have been chasing them for more than a year, their main forces have not been broken up, and they still maintain a certain level. We can ship weapons from the Polish border to Lithuania and Latvia, and the Liberation Group still secretly controls those ports, ready to counterattack at any time."

"Very good." For Gates, this good news is definitely the most touching words he has heard in the past few days, he said to Vytautas, "I want to know how many people they have and how many weapons they can prepare for attack. "

"Their main force is about 1000 people. Most of them are young people who oppose the Soviet government, and some are former Soviet soldiers of Lithuanian or Latvian ethnicity. However, their situation is very bad, because of the relationship between the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union. Most people don’t own firearms, only a few have small-bore pistols,” Vytautas replied.

Hearing that the main force is actually young people who have not received any military training, Gates questioned their combat capabilities, "Well, you will smuggle some of the young people to Poland, where they will receive new armed training."

As the first anti-Soviet and anti-Russian front, Poland and the Soviet Union are almost feuds, and this is the seed that has been planted since the First Republic.Because of this, the CIA was able to justifiably establish its own safe house and training base in the local area, and armed and trained those anti-Soviet elements.And after Poland became independent in 1989, it naturally wanted to get closer to NATO and the United States. Isn’t Polandball’s ambition to become a powerful country in Central Europe and recover the First Republic?Now that the opportunity to fight against the Soviet Union is in front of you, Poland joined the secret copy of challenging the red polar bear without even thinking about it.

The CIA's consideration is to train some Polish youths to become excellent snipers. Even after the failure of this riot, they can use the method of assassinating leaders to harass the Soviet authorities for a long time in the future.Anyway, the CIA never trades at a loss, and they calculate every step just right.

"Okay, we will let the resistance organization select some outstanding personnel to train in Poland." Vytautas replied.He hung up the phone after discussing some other important details with Gates to start working on a new plan.

At the same time, Gates also dialed the phone number of the director of Central European Strategic Operations of the CIA. He briefly proposed that a group of professional soldiers be hired with a lot of money to form mercenaries with combat effectiveness, and cooperate with the resistance personnel of the three Baltic countries to carry out armed turmoil.Gates emphasized that it is best to have some guys with simple backgrounds, and don't get mixed up with KGB spies.

What the CIA didn't know was that just as they were conspiring in full swing, the same intelligence document was sent to Yanayev's desk, and it recorded the latest every move of the Baltic secret resistance organization. From this document, the Soviet Union has a clear view of the intricate secret forces of the three Baltic countries.

CIA Director Gates even overlooked a crucial thing, that is, every step he took was exactly as he imagined, and he did not expect that the plan would go too smoothly, whether it was the enemy who was too stupid to be cured, or himself Stepping into a more sophisticated trap.

Chapter 2 Japanese provocation

The conspiracy in the Baltic Sea is still fermenting under the planning of the CIA, and the situation in East Asia has also begun to develop into a tense situation. Since Japan purchased the F-16 fighter jets, it has frequently shown an aggressive posture on diplomatic occasions.The head of the Self-Defense Agency, Nakatani Minamoto, is ambitious and wants to turn the Self-Defense Force into a powerful army capable of resisting the threat of the Soviet Union. Of course, the first thing to do after having new equipment is to show it off.And the best way to show off is to hold a joint US-Japan military exercise.

With the secret support of the hawkish President Mario in the United States, the United States and Japan will hold a military exercise code-named Sword Offensive in the near future. The main content of this exercise is to seize the island. Anyone can see the goal of this military exercise Directly pointing at the four northern islands, with the Soviet Union as the imaginary enemy.The main content of the exercise is that Japan wants to recapture its own islands and attack the imaginary enemy forces that come to support them. Of course, in the entire war of seizing the islands, the US Pacific Seventh Fleet will provide active support.

Gen Nakatani, director of Japan's Self-Defense Agency, announced that 150 fighter jets, 1 ships and at least [-] soldiers from the Navy, Army and Air Force Self-Defense Forces will participate in the exercise, while the United States will invest at least [-] soldiers, ten ships and more Fifty fighter jets participated in assisting the exercise.

At the same time, the Aegis frigate of Japan's maritime self-defense and the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, which has just entered service in the United States, were also displayed in the military exercise. The US Navy's move was also to demonstrate to the Soviet Union. The claws of communism penetrated into the territory of Japan.

The U.S.-Japan joint military exercise is undoubtedly a serious provocation, which instantly tensed up the balance of power in East Asia. If South Korea hadn’t purchased the Kiev-class aircraft carrier from the Soviet Union, it is estimated that a large-scale U.S., Japan, and South Korea joint military force would be formed. In one fell swoop, it blockaded the coast of the Asia-Pacific and turned the coastal waters of East Asia in the Pacific Ocean into a swimming pool in the back garden of the United States.

Of course, the Soviet Union will never let it go. Navy Commander-in-Chief Smiryev and Defense Minister Yazov were summoned by Yanayev to discuss how to suppress Japan's recent arrogance.

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a huge military exercise, 150 fighter jets and 4 ships were dispatched. Is this the entire military force of the Japanese Self-Defense Force?" Yanayev said in a mocking tone. Read it out, "It also announced the specific time and place to the outside world. This is to make it clear that they will compete with us on the South Thousand Islands issue. Where did they come from to have the courage to challenge our bottom line? Just the latest 16 bought back F-27 fighter jets? Enough to feed our Su-[-] fighter jets?"

"Japan, like South Korea, is nothing more than a geopolitical tragedy. Sometimes it's tempting to put your finger on the red button and gently apply a pound or so of pressure to nuke the peninsula and remove both countries from the map." Clean it up completely."

Yanayev's words fell on the hearts of Yazov and Smiryev like thunder. When they raised their heads, they were greeted by Yanayev's smiling face with narrowed eyes. He spread his hands and said, "Don't be nervous. , I was just joking."

Yazov and Smiryev breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"Okay, let's get down to business, comrades." Yanayev opened his chair and sat down. He looked at Yazov and Smiryev and asked, "What can we do to give these arrogant guys a deep impression?" The lesson? At least let them know that the Soviet Union is not a problem that can be solved by the George Washington aircraft carrier."

"We can also conduct military exercises, just like the Japanese exercises. If they send out 150 aircraft, we can send out two hundred. If they send out [-] ships, we can send out [-] or even [-] ships. "Smiryev gave the most common counterattack plan to deal with the enemy's exercises, and also held exercises.

"Moreover, the Varyag, which we newly launched into service with the Navy, can also be pulled around the waters of Japan and dispatched together with the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier. The US has a USS George Washington, but we have two strategic aircraft carriers. It’s a match against the court.” Yazov said, “Although the current Varyag has not yet formed enough combat effectiveness, this time the political significance is greater than the military significance, not to mention that the Varyag has not undergone ocean-going tests, so it is just right to use this It’s time to test its performance.”

"I've considered all the points you said, but it's not enough. Japan can't understand the fear of carrying strategic nuclear weapons around Japan's waters." Yanayev thought for a while, "What we have to do is to On the day when the United States and Japan held a joint military exercise, the excitement of strategic nuclear weapons leaping over the Japanese island was staged again, and then a military exercise was held near the disputed island, that is, in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, telling the Japanese that they want to compete with us for South Africa. For the Thousand Islands, at least half of the strength of the Soviet Union must be used."

Holding a military exercise in the adjacent waters on the same day as Japan is enough to stimulate the nerves, but sending strategic bombers around the Japanese island on the day of the military exercise can be said to be an absolutely provocative act, and it is a bomber carrying strategic nuclear weapons.Regarding this kind of deadly behavior, Yanayev said, I just like you who can't understand me and can't kill me. Why do you want to intercept it?Congratulations to Japan for opening one of the five permanent copies of the earth, winter is coming.Under the nuclear attack of the Soviet Union's intercontinental missiles, the combat effectiveness of the Self-Defense Forces is guaranteed, and it can resist the flat-push attack of the steel torrent.

Of course, the Japanese are not stupid enough to do such self-destructive things. Nomenkan and the Kwantung War have only become taboo topics for all right-wing officers, and the nuclear disaster in 1945 is the pain in everyone's hearts.

"Yes, I'm going to make arrangements for the military exercise." Smiryev glanced at Yazov and said in a low voice, "I hope the defense department can fully support this Soviet naval exercise, which is related to the honor of a big country .”

"The Ministry of National Defense has always supported you with power. Comrade Smiryev can rest assured about that." Yazov replied. In his mind, although Smiryev's military ability was not as good as that of Chernavin who was dismissed, But when it comes to loyalty to the Soviet, the former is much more serious than the latter.

"This time let's make Japan shut up for a long time, it's really an eyesore to have a fly flying around in front of us all the time."

Yanayev compared Japan to a poor little fly, and what they have to do is to raise the giant claws of the red polar bear, and trample the jumping fly on the floor until it is smashed to pieces and can no longer get up .

The day after Gen. Nakatani issued a statement, Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze issued a statement. They expressed regret for the joint military exercise held by the United States and Japan, claiming that this move was not a measure to ease the conflict, but a It is deepening the gap between East Asian countries in the sea area.The Soviet Union expressed its strong hope that all parties can return to the negotiating table to properly resolve the issue instead of resorting to military conflicts to resolve disputes in the sea area.

If the first half of this report is well-behaved, without the slightest official statement, then the counterattack from the Soviet Union in the second half is as spicy as vodka.

"Of course, the Soviet Union made this statement not to mean that we are not strong enough, on the contrary, it is because we are so strong that a country like Japan can even make him disappear from the earth in 3 minutes, even if he can buy more The American fighter jets are rubbish in front of our intercontinental missiles. So we never use force easily. The last person who provoked the Soviet was called Hitler. His armored forces were much stronger than Japan at that time, but the final outcome was ours Plant the red flag over the Reichstag of Nazi scum."

When they heard this passage, even the always nervous Soviets applauded almost one-sidedly. What scruples about the feelings of friendly countries? Pooh, if you dare to infringe on my interests, the Soviet weapons of war will dare to push you flat.

"The Japanese government seems to have forgotten one thing. We only signed a ceasefire agreement back then, and the war was just shelved indefinitely. No one wants to see a red flag with a sickle and a hammer that symbolizes socialism on the emperor's palace. Protect yourself , don’t mess with us, otherwise we will let Japan see what a real steel torrent is. The Soviet Union, which loves peace, respects the outside world.”

Chapter 2 Military Exercise and Confrontation

The serious warning of the Soviet Union did not attract Japan's attention. The Minister of National Defense Nakatani even took their warning as a joke. It's just an old army with strong outside but dry inside.

"The current Soviet Union is just as fearless as the Russian Tsar's Far East Fleet during the Russo-Japanese naval battle. At that time, the Japanese army defeated the Russian Pacific Second Fleet, which was far more powerful than itself, in the Battle of Tsushima. History will be the same today. Repeat. Our U.S.-Japanese joint fleet will defeat the Soviet Union's Pacific Fleet and regain the four northern islands!"

Although Nakatani's mobilization was impassioned, there were actually very few people who actually responded. Everyone knew how sadly the security treaty limited Japan's naval power. Want to challenge the Soviet's maritime hegemony?In addition to the strength of the United States, which has a series of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier battle groups, how could Japan, which has the largest King Kong-class Aegis destroyer, be an opponent of the Soviet Union? Win the opponent under such a disparity.

Of course, in order to show its strength, Japan dispatched all King Kong-class destroyers, including submarines and landing ships, to stop at the port before the exercise. The black battleships covered almost all the sea surface of the port, and the ship's sides and flagpoles were all in sight. , and the creepy naval guns.This is the most powerful Japanese navy in recent years, but in the eyes of the Japanese themselves, the greatness in the eyes of the Americans is just a child's play.