Soviet Union 1991

The third update

After the Japanese delegation finished their visit, Keizo Obuchi asked about the results of the survey team, and the answer they gave shocked him. To use the politically incorrect words of a right-wing member, if Japan had owned one-third of such an oil field, they would not have lost so badly in World War II. Faced with such a result, Keizo Obuchi was of course very excited. He had to return to Tokyo cleanly and report the good news to Ryutaro Hashimoto.

Before leaving, Keizo Obuchi also said goodbye to Yanaev and emphasized the new friendship and cooperation between Japan and the Soviet Union. No country could resist such temptation. "General Secretary Yanaev, a special delegation will visit Moscow next to cooperate with the Soviet Union. I think this cooperation is unprecedented, and we hope that Japan can increase its financial investment in oil development projects."

Yanaev was not surprised by Keizo Obuchi's promise. The cunning of the Japanese had been imprinted in his impression, so Yanaev was very cautious about Keizo Obuchi's words. After all, Yanayev still remembers clearly that he wanted to take advantage of the oil crisis to suppress oil prices. Of course, the Soviet Union also loves and hates Japan. After all, the position of Asia's economic power is still there. As for the four little dragons wanting to cooperate with the Soviet Union? Go away.

There is another reason. Yanayev hopes to use the oil cooperation between the Soviet Union and Japan to drag China into the water. After all, since 1993, China is changing from an oil exporter to an oil importer, and will become a major oil consumer in the future. Therefore, participating in Yanayev's oil development club now has a profound impact on China's future oil strategic development.

"I hope to have deeper cooperation with Japan in the future, rather than just stop at the surface. By the way, since Minister Keizo Obuchi thinks that the Il-96 is good, then Aeroflot will also use the Il-96 to send the Soviet delegation back to Tokyo."

Yanayev has done everything he can to promote the Il-96. Not only did he turn the Il-96 into the special plane of the Soviet General Secretary, but he also let the delegations from various countries going to the Soviet Union take the Il-96. Everyone can see that Yanaev is going to vigorously promote the Il-96 passenger plane. If Japan does not buy one or two Il-96s at this time, it will be difficult to talk about such a large oil transaction order.

"Regarding the issue of the Il-96..." Minister Keizo Obuchi paused, and finally made up his mind and said, "I will report this matter to Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto."

"Then I will trouble Minister Keizo Obuchi."

Facing the future Japanese Prime Minister, Yanayev did not dare to be too demanding. Anyway, there are still many opportunities for cooperation in the future, as long as Japan

"There is one more thing, Minister Keizo Obuchi. If the Japanese government encounters economic difficulties in the future, the Soviet Union is willing to provide paid assistance. Please remember my words, Minister Keizo Obuchi in the future." Yanaev left with an ambiguous remark, leaving Keizo Obuchi standing there in confusion, not knowing why.

Things that are not clear now will be clear one day in the future. Yanaev has even seen the future Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi helpless in the face of the Asia-Pacific financial crisis in 1998. And he was eventually trapped by the chaotic political situation in the transition period, died of illness in the phase, and became a cross-century prime minister with unfulfilled ambitions.

Yanaev quietly laid another secret line on Japan, and this secret line will gradually become clear with Keizo Obuchi's coming to power.

Yanaev is very busy. Even after the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kara Sea oil drilling-well-platform is over, he needs to return to the Kremlin to deal with a lot of problems. Floating in the cold waters of the Arctic Circle, Yanayev was fully prepared to keep warm. He did not want to be like the former Soviet leader Brezhnev, who died of cold after a winter military parade.

However, just after coming back to his senses from the joy of oil field development, Yanayev had to face a bad strategic situation. The deployment of the anti-missile system has entered a critical moment. In addition to Turkey's half-hearted attitude, Bulgaria and Romania are in a stalemate with the United States because the high price of the anti-missile system has deterred Bulgaria and Romania. Although the United States emphasized that it is willing to bear half of the cost, they are still unwilling to agree. The cost is still too high.

Moreover, since the Soviet Union's natural gas pipeline transportation and oil extraction projects began, the attitudes of Romania and Bulgaria have become somewhat ambiguous. And as long as Syria curbs Saudi Arabia's attempt to build an oil pipeline project from the Middle East to Europe, the Soviet Union can use natural gas and oil to threaten Eastern Europe without fear.

As for the anti-missile project, as long as we observe the offensive and defensive game between the United States and the Soviet Union over missiles, we can see that the United States is currently mainly building a multi-level defense system, namely the defense of Europe and the United States.

The United States' deployment in Europe has entered the land-based level, and is currently stepping up the construction of a detection system for the Soviet Union in Poland and the Czech Republic, using long-range radar to provide early warning and continuous warning of Russia's missile launch activities.

Yanaev predicts that the United States will deploy many interception weapons in the Soviet Union's neighboring areas in the future, such as using the Patriot missiles that will soon be put into service to form a relatively complete terminal defense capability; in the future, the sea-based Aegis ships responsible for mid-course interception will also be stationed in Spain; and the possibility of the THAAD system, which is currently under development and testing, entering Europe in the future is not ruled out.

In the United States, the defense system will become more abundant, including terminal defense, land-based mid-course, THAAD system and sea-based terminal. If the defense network of these two large regions is formed, then the Soviet Union's strategic strike on the US mainland will have to go through multiple levels of penetration, which is also what prompted the Soviet Union to take "offense and then offense" as the core principle of Russia's strategic strike. And this will also set off a new round of competition between the United States and the Soviet Union on missile offense and defense.

In other words, once a complete anti-missile interception system is established, the Soviet Union's strategic space will be further compressed.

Yanaev looked at the dazzling data and said with some emotion, "The multi-layer anti-missile interception system is really an unsolvable chess game so far."

Even Yanaev had the idea of ​​solving everything through war, but the anti-missile system is destined to be a long battle. As long as the Soviet Union does not fall, Yanaev will have a chance to turn the tables in the future.

Turkey can no longer be relied on, so Yanaev can only try to find a breakthrough from Romania and Bulgaria. (To be continued.)