Soviet Union 1991

Third update

This battle made the October Battalion and the Penal Battalion directly become the darlings of the war in Cyprus. Even Clerides personally visited this group of Soviet soldiers who annihilated the elite Turkish troops and expressed high respect for them.

Even after a fierce battle, the punishment battalion still maintained a high fighting spirit. The neatly parked T72 tanks tried to prove their final glory to others. They would only be defeated on the battlefield and would never stop at the steel cemetery. Rusty and old inside.

Defending the faith is the pride of Soviet soldiers.

Capitalists in the free world will never understand what a noble and great ideal it is to liberate oppressed people all over the world. Of course, they will also not understand how great the people who dedicate and sacrifice for this ideal are. Although they used all means to portray the Soviet Union as an evil totalitarian state, they still could not cover up their crimes of exploiting the people. A warrior with flaws is still a warrior, no matter how noble a fly is, he is not just a fly. Even if the capitalists are sitting at the dinner table, cutting steaks elegantly, praising freedom, human rights and democracy. It doesn't change the fact that my hands are stained with the smell of blood.

When Eastern Europe is frantically undergoing de-Sovietization and de-Europeanization, when the beliefs they once defended are trampled on, there will always be people who stand up and tell the world that they are still there.

As long as they are still there, the Red Republic will not fall.

Clerides walked in the military camp. This was the first time he felt what a real army was. Clerides felt solemn and solemn with a meticulousness that was close to pathological.

"I finally understand why this force was sent to Cyprus in the first place. It is said to be a retired volunteer force, but it is much more terrifying than the regular army. It turns out that it is not a legend that the Soviet Union was able to push Europe's steel torrent. According to its current strength , it is completely easy to crush the Turkish garrison in the north, as long as the Soviet Union is willing to invest a division of troops here. Fortunately, they are our allies, not our enemies. "

Clerides breathed a sigh of relief, but Alcazar standing next to him said with some disdain, "With such strength, it doesn't take a division to annihilate the Turkish army in Cyprus. Half a division is enough for them. A lot of suffering. One armored division could liberate the whole of Cyprus in a week."

Alcazar said to Clerides, "We have opened up the key point leading to Morfu for the Cypriot army, and next we will encounter the Maginot Line of Defense that Turkey is proud of. Of course, the Turkish army was building it at the beginning This line of defense did not consider the issue of fighter jets at all, because Turkey's main target is not us, but the Cypriot army. When you do not have air supremacy, Turkey does not have to worry about air strikes at all, so it uses such outdated weapons. defense method."

In fact, the Maginot Line was not really a fortification built with bunkers, walls, trenches and barbed wire. It was simply a line of defense constructed using armored troops and setting up firepower points in certain key areas. Because the terrain to the southeast of Morfu is a plain area, it is easy to attack but difficult to defend. That's why the Turkish army needs such a seemingly outdated method to cover up its weak defenses.

"Then how can we tear through this Maginot Line of defense? Are we still using rocket launchers to wash the ground?" Clerides stared at the map. He believed that the experienced Alcazar knew what war was better than the Cypriot army. Art. Especially after seeing how the Soviet army fought.

"No, no, no." Alcazar shook his head, rejecting Clerides's idea, "This line of defense is different from Curion Fortress. It is much wider than we imagined. In this way, This means that the enemy's forces are not so concentrated, and the artillery fire may not have much effect, but it is just a waste of artillery shells. In other words, we need the support of the Greek Air Force. ”

"Greek Air Force support? Aren't your fighter jets capable?" Clerides asked. In fact, the Greek Air Force is not very willing to perform combat missions over Cyprus at this time. After all, he still needs the consent of the British side.

"No, no, no, it is too obvious that we use Soviet-made fighter jets. Moscow does not really want to get involved in this dispute in Cyprus, so we hope to use Greek fighter jets to use air strikes to tear apart this line of defense and provide armored forces with Break through the Maginot Line to create opportunities.”

Clerides asked, "Why are you so sure that Turkey did not use anti-aircraft weapons?"

Alkasha chuckled disdainfully, "Because their cognitive level is still stuck in the 1974 war. They expected that Greece would be afraid of the British attitude, so they did not dare to intervene in this dispute on a large scale. But the Soviet Union It’s different. As long as there is a layer of identity cover, we are just a volunteer force helping Cyprus liberate the national power.”

Clerides nodded and said, "We will try to communicate with President Stephanopoulos and ask them to send the air force to support us in retaking Morfu."

"Please be sure to tell President Stephanopoulos that whether the Cypriot army can retake two important cities depends on the support of the Greek Air Force. If the Maginot Line is solved, then the Punishment Battalion and the October Battalion will take the lead The troops inserted a wedge into the heavily guarded Morfu, creating a safe battlefield for the two T80 battalions, and then carried out street fighting to gradually annihilate the resistance of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. "

After sending Clerides away, Alkasha sat alone on the tank, smoking melancholy and looking melancholy at the slowly setting sun. When he turned around and saw Gordon standing behind him, he asked him to sit down.

Alkasha said slowly, "Maybe in the next few days, we will have a very difficult war. It may be as tragic as Stalingrad. Are you all ready?"

"Huh?" Gordon was startled by Alkasha's words, and he replied, "Isn't our attack going very smoothly? Why is there such a fierce battle? Moreover, Turkey's strongest elite troops have been beaten to the point where they are unable to fight back. Now the regime in Northern Cyprus is in panic.”

"Success?" Alcazar threw the cigarette butt on the ground, turned to face Gordon, and said with a mocking arc at the corner of his mouth, "Morfu is different from the town of Curion, it is a city with dense buildings. Without the support of rocket launchers and the cover of air fighters, the weakly armored T72 tanks are simply living targets in the streets and alleys. They can only use TOW anti-tank missiles to destroy our tanks. At that time, they can only rely on rocket launchers. Carpet attack in the direction of our attack As for the effect of the attack, I don't think it will be very effective. So what will we do as the vanguard? There is only one possibility, and the losses will be heavy. But our intelligence shows that the defenders of Morfu are only the militia of Northern Cyprus. In other words, as long as they can advance deeper and occupy one-third of the city, the remaining militiamen will not be able to fight back at all, but this one-third may need blood to fill every step. This is why I say this. Another version of Stalingrad."

Gordon was silent, and after a while he replied, "Then what will we do then? Slow down the pace of the attack? Or readjust the strategy?"

The setting sun reflected the profile of Alkasha's face, outlining a sad outline.

"No, everything went according to the original plan. The Soviet armored forces only moved forward, not retreated."

He knew his mission as a soldier, and it was Alkasha's honor to die on the battlefield, which was also his final destination.

Alkasha's voice was a little sad, and he said silently, "If possible, after I die, I hope to be buried in the cemetery closest to the New Saint Virgin Cemetery. This is the honor I dream of as a soldier. I want to tell my motherland , I have tried my best.”

"I am honored to die for my country." (To be continued.)