Soviet Union 1991

The first of five updates

Chirac was very satisfied with the Soviet Union's "profit concession" behavior in Libya, which was equivalent to allowing France to take out the oil fields in the northeastern part of Libya with its bare hands. However, the Soviet Union is not a fool. What it gives up are oil production areas controlled by other agents. It will not cede the interests of the Butivle Pool to France. Anyway, the Soviet Union now has ambitions but no strength. Instead of always thinking It is better to manage one-third of an acre of land with peace of mind than to expand the territory.

But Chirac's idea is different. It's like a greedy person encountering mountains of jewelry and trying desperately to get all the benefits for himself, but he forgets that every plunder means infringing on other people's interests, especially Use Gaddafi's government forces to suppress proxies backed by Germany and Britain.

It's not a clever trick. Chirac just diverted the government forces to the territory of Germany and the United Kingdom. As a result, Cole's life became difficult, and oil production dropped to only a quarter of its previous output. One, and as the war progressed, Cole became more and more anxious and could only ask France to launch another air strike, but this time, Chirac refused. His request was simple: France could send troops and he would exchange oil fields for it.

Germany does not have long-range strategic bombers, but that does not mean that Britain does not, and the Royal Air Force is far stronger than the emasculated German army. Therefore, Chirac did not think about looking at Britain's face from the beginning. After all, he knew that no matter how hard he forced Britain, Britain was the type that would never let go. He simply threatened Germany directly to see if he could make profits from it.

But Cole was not a fool, and Germany was not poor enough to sell out Libyan oil interests, so Cole asked the United Kingdom to carry out precise attacks on the government forces fighting to capture the important oil town. Germany and the United Kingdom joined forces to annex the areas around Tripoli. The place of oil production, and France’s share is also included, so that France will know the consequences of eating alone.

Cole was very angry at France's "betrayal", and he was unwilling to sit back and watch France benefit from the actions in Libya. France, which was supposed to be the vanguard of the Libyan war, began to push back after acquiring the oil fields, and Britain was powerless. In the end, Cole was forced to shoulder the heavy responsibility of air strikes because he knew that air strikes alone could not move Gaddafi and a ground attack plan had not yet been formulated, so he remained on hold. In fact, this air strike on Libya does not belong to counter-terrorism. Although it is ostensibly to protect human rights, it is actually subverting other countries' regimes and interfering in other countries' internal affairs. It is suspected of exceeding United Nations resolutions. Germany has been very cautious in using troops abroad since World War II, and the opposition has This supervision was very strict. Cole saw through the nature of this military operation. In order to retain the position of East German Prime Minister, he would resort to the method of killing with a borrowed knife.

"The international community has been very lively these days. The German Chancellor visited Washington. Next, the NATO military group led by the United States began air strikes on active government forces in Tripoli. A few days later, French oil fields in Libya were attacked, causing heavy losses. "It seems that NATO has already taken action." Yanayev is like an outsider, using his puppet strings to control the evolution of the situation in Libya. France will definitely not be able to swallow this breath after being attacked. Will it surrender or fight?

This requires the Soviet Union to interfere and push the French. Let him realize that a Soviet-French alliance is much more beneficial than wandering on the edge of the EU. After all, France is a country that wants to establish the Mediterranean Union and prides itself on being the European Lion of economic strength. From the era of De Gaulle to Chirac, France was unwilling to be controlled by the United States.

If this is the case, then the Soviet Union will add fuel to the flames and let France take on the role of disintegrating EU integration and threatening the second alliance of the NATO military group in Europe.

"Five days later, French Defense Minister Mike Portillo will visit Moscow. I think they are also coming for Libyan oil. This time they may be preparing to deepen military cooperation between France and the Soviet Union and establish a broad military alliance. " Comrade Yazov's eyes lit up. He believed that France was now feeling the pressure from Libya, so he was eager to get closer to the Soviet Union.

"It's time for Americans to have a headache again." Yanayev said with a smile, "Europe is now like a piece of scattered sand, which is not what Americans want to see. There are discord and conflicts between Britain, France and Germany. Continuously. And as the biggest thorn in Europe, the French's ambitious ambition to establish a Mediterranean alliance has been shattered. Unwilling to fail, they clearly want to use this Libyan civil war to attack other countries. Once the Mediterranean alliance is established... "

"Does this mean that the United States has an additional France that is both an enemy and a friend?" Yazov asked.

"As far as the Soviet Union is concerned, we don't have much interest disputes with France in the Mediterranean. It can be said that to a certain extent, we are allies." Yanayev rubbed his eyes and sighed. After so many years of Encirclement and breakthrough, all kinds of conspiracies and schemes have been exhausted, and now the Soviet Union has finally broken a gap in Europe. The EU's overwhelming ability is an opportunity for the Soviet Union, an opportunity for the Iron Curtain to return to Europe.

"Comrade Yazov, we must entertain the delegation from France no matter what. After all, they are very important to us now. As long as we can provoke the hatred of Britain and Germany against France, it is worth all the small actions we have made in Libya. "

"I understand. And General Secretary Yanaev, do we need to prepare a table of vodka for them?" Yazov blinked. The tradition of Russian entertaining guests is Kremlin brand vodka. Only those who can drink are good friends of the Soviet people.

"I think it's not necessary. The French delegation probably can't stand such a toss." Yanaev rubbed his temples. For the senior officials of the Soviet Ministry of Defense who drank this bottle of vodka at every turn, no delegation from any country dared to eat at the same table with them in the future. It really shows the Ustinov principle to the fullest.

Yanaev crossed his hands, leaned on the tip of the pen, stared at the report on the strength of French military on the table, and said to Yazov, "Besides, we have to finalize a deal with the French Defense Delegation. They are preparing to develop a weapon that the Soviet Red Navy wants. I think the Soviet Ministry of Defense should have a good chat with them to see if the Soviet Union and France can jointly develop such a ship."

"Weapons?" Yazov was stunned. Did Yanaev still expect to purchase arms from France?

"Yes, a type of ship that our Red Navy needs." Yanayev said seriously. (To be continued.)