Soviet Union 1991

Second update

"General Secretary Yanayev, this time French President Chirac visited Vietnam, I think he went to China, right? After all, the arms deal we made in the Asia-Pacific region made all Western European countries jealous. ⊙. ⊙" Pavlov mentioned this accidentally while chatting. A conflict that lasted for more than five months ended with the Soviet Union completing a 2.5 billion arms deal as the winner in the Asia-Pacific region. Yanayev's move shocked almost all professors of international political relations.

In the past, Western European countries only dared to carry out such high-risk and high-reward regional conflict actions in small countries such as Africa. However, no one expected that the Soviet Union would dare to use this Asia-Pacific crisis to maximize its own interests, directly allowing a country without The outsider countries in the relationship have become the big winners in gaining the greatest benefits.

France wants to participate, but it does not have a deep foundation in the East Asian country with the strongest economic strength, and China, which has just purchased the Soviet Union's Glorious class, does not like the French navy's wealth.

France would choose Vietnam, a former colony with which it had inextricably linked, after careful consideration. In the face of the South China Sea dispute, Vietnam could put aside its status and cooperate with the capitalist enemies it had previously fought.

Yanayev stopped the sliding tip of his pen, leaned back on his chair and said slowly, "Visit Vietnam? What else could there be? Of course Chirac went there for his own economic problems. France is like a swarm of locusts. , after plundering the economic lifeline of Eastern European countries, I think they began to look at the rapidly developing Asian countries.”

Yanayev said with a smile, "After all, France suffered a hidden loss in Libya. It originally thought that Gaddafi would be able to make a fortune in Libya after he stepped down, but it dampened Gaddafi's ambition to establish a unified African bank. After that, the United States intervened and took away the interests that originally belonged to France. "

Although Gaddafi has no real intention to establish the African Monetary Fund and the African Bank, Gaddafi, who likes to confront France, has never been liked by Western powers. If the Soviet Union had not interfered, fabricating false information that Gaddafi was trying to create an African monetary organization, and misleading the CIA and MI6, Libya would have been alive and kicking for more than ten years.

When the useless little master chose to move closer to the West, Yanayev knew that his last bit of use value as a Soviet arms customer was lost.

The United States can tolerate your opposition to its position as a rogue in the world, and can even tolerate you manufacturing nuclear weapons. At worst, it can use economic sanctions and threats of force to coerce you into submission. But if you want to prevent the World Monetary Fund and the World Investment Bank from controlling the economic lifeline of Africa, Then you just wait to die. This is the big cake that concerns the vital interests of Western countries. Whoever touches it will die first, which is still an ugly way to die.

"That's why France is now eager to find a way out. This time it launched an attack on Libya. France took the lead, contributing both money and strength, trying to bring Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States in to share the pressure. However, France did not expect that these countries would have back-ups. We ended up in such a thankless situation.”

"Now Vietnam is France's only chance to turn around. After all, one arms transaction can even be worth the income brought by economic and trade cooperation for a year." Yanayev smiled slightly, "Of course, it doesn't matter who does business. Southeast Asia's We also need to take care of our customers, but if we intervene, the French business will not be done. "

The friendship between France and Vietnam is becoming more and more intimate. Two Casal-class destroyers that the French navy was no longer prepared to acquire were directly handed over to the Vietnamese government. Generally speaking, Vietnam suffered a hidden loss. , although the Kasar-class destroyer has been described in a garish way, it uses the SM-1 anti-aircraft missile with a range of only 40 kilometers and full-range semi-active radar guidance. , even the mk-13 device was removed from the Type 47 destroyer air defense type and continued to be used. Such air defense capabilities can only be regarded as a small improvement at best, and there is no cross-generation upgrade at all, because the French Navy intends to wait until funds are sufficient. Modify the design of the Casal-class follow-up ship and replace it with the new vertical-launch Aster air defense missile system that was being jointly developed by France and Italy at the time. However, it is obvious that the Kasar-class destroyers sold to Vietnam will not enjoy such treatment.

After all, there are naked unspoken rules for selling ships among Western powers, that is, it is impossible to sell 100% perfect ships to third world countries, just like the Soviet Union's attitude towards India's Asan, the monkey version of the T72 tank, and The half-dead Kiev-class aircraft carrier was violently modified and then deceived and deceived. It was also called the Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier "shrunk but its functions have not changed." As a result, the boiler exploded not long after driving back.

"In addition to the Kasar-class destroyers, we have other preparations." President Chirac said sincerely, thinking that he could make a fortune. "We also have the Fighter-class fast missile patrol ships, which are specially designed for Vietnam. Didn’t China just purchase the tonnage of weapons prepared for the Paracel Islands dispute? The amazing Glory-class cruiser? However, although the Fighter III-class fast missile patrol ship is not as tonnage as the Glory-class, it can still pose a threat to the Glory-class once a battle group is formed, and it can launch anti-ship missiles and torpedoes. Complete the anti-ship combat mission well.”

The Gladiator III class is indeed the most favored ship in developing countries. First of all, it is affordable. Secondly, it has the ability to launch anti-ship missiles and has a certain air defense capability. This is acceptable to Vietnam, whose economic strength cannot be compared with that of China.

"This is a big order, President Chirac. I hope I can think about it carefully before giving you an answer." Vietnamese President Le Duc Anh hesitated. Two Casar-class destroyers, plus the Gladiator III-class fast missile patrol ship, are indeed a bit difficult for Vietnam.

Chirac knew that he could not tighten the bait too much, not to mention that he had already blown pillow wind to the Vietnamese army. Of course, he used the false intelligence at hand to spread the Chinese-threat-theory to the Vietnamese army. Then let the Vietnamese Ministry of Defense put pressure on Le Duc Anh.

"Of course there is no problem. I look forward to your reply." Chirac's state visit is about to end, but the arms business will continue. And Chirac is also very clear that in the face of the overall situation in the South China Sea, Le Duc Anh will choose to buy French ships. (To be continued.)