Soviet Union 1991

First update

The most troublesome thing for German Chancellor Kohl is the increasingly modernized Soviet armed forces. After Georgia appeared, Kohl's inner fear began to be infinitely magnified. This deep-seated fear is the same as the huge war pressure when West Germany faced the East German People's Army, so that Chancellor Kohl is still thinking about speeding up the construction of the German National Defense Force.

Although Kohl can only adopt a muddy attitude on the issue of refugee flows, the German Chancellor is very sober in dealing with real enemies. He even believes that the Georgian civil war will subvert Western Europe's perception of the Soviet army. France and Britain seem calm on the surface, but in fact they have begun to secretly study the transformation of the army's modern combat mode.

According to the analysis of the Federal Intelligence Agency, the Soviet army is more like a combination of informatization and armored group attack, which not only retains the cutting-edge part, but also retains the atmosphere of the old era. The accurate expression is that the current Soviet army is in a transitional stage. After completing the "Ogarkov Revolution", the size of the new Soviet army will be compressed, but the military strike capability will be more terrible than before. Therefore, Germany is facing a worse situation, because its armored forces have been compressed, and it is impossible to confront the Soviet Union.

In the face of the steel torrent, Germany naturally needs its own armored forces to balance the situation, but in the face of the modern Soviet army, if Germany does not strengthen the modernization of its own tanks, it will only be beaten by the Soviet army.

Now, in order to ensure the effective combat performance of the Leopard 2 tank in the new century, the German Bundeswehr has implemented the improvement plan of the Leopard 2 tank since the early 1990s. The improved model was initially named Leopard 2 modified, and finally named Leopard 2a5 main battle tank.

The main improvements of the Leopard 2A5 include a new enhanced armor assembly installed in the front arc area of ​​the turret, replacing the original hydraulic fire control and stabilization system with an all-electric system; improving the recoil device of the 120mm gun so that the 120mm L/55 smoothbore gun of Rheinmetall can be installed in the future; the commander's top PE/A2 sight has a thermal imaging channel; the TV camera at the rear of the vehicle is connected to the monitor screen, allowing the driver to turn quickly and safely; a composite navigation system based on fiber optic technology and the global positioning system that can be connected to the command and control system; and an improved laser rangefinder data processor.

It sounds like such an advanced tank was also born to cope with future information warfare. Cole's situation is slightly better than that of Britain and France, because Germany is still facing certain pressure from the Soviet army in the east. This is also the problem that Cole is worried about. There is another issue, that is, the issue of the former East German garrison. The Western military cluster of the Soviet Union stationed in Germany, which was supposed to complete the withdrawal mission in 1994 in history, has not yet completely withdrawn from the land of East Germany. Coupled with the performance of the Soviet army in the previous Georgian war, Cole began to worry.

What if the Soviets tried to use these armed forces to threaten Germany?

Before the German merger in 1989, 4 of the 11 tank divisions under the East German Soviet Army had been withdrawn in advance, and the remaining 15 motorized infantry and tank divisions. From 1989 to 1994, the East German Soviet Army continued to withdraw from Germany. Of the 19 motorized infantry and tank divisions, 1 withdrew to Ukraine, 1 withdrew to Belarus, and the remaining 17 divisions all withdrew to Russia.

However, unlike in history, the Soviet Army has only withdrawn 15 armored divisions so far, and there are still about 4 remaining in East Germany. Retreating at a snail's pace. According to Moscow, Germany should know how difficult it is to evacuate the elite troops of the 8th Guards Army, the 1st Guards Red Banner Tank Army, the 20th Guards Red Banner Army, and the 16th Air Force Army stationed in East Germany without the help of any country?

So the Western military cluster stayed in Germany for nearly eight years.

The Western military cluster has a large number of heavy equipment and real estate bases in Eastern Europe. In addition, Poland and other Central and Eastern European countries did not support it and refused to provide rail transportation. Therefore, in some areas at that time, only extremely inefficient air transport was used, and some heavy equipment was destroyed on the spot, and the entire withdrawal plan was delayed for several years.

After Yanayev came to power in 1991, the evacuation work became even slower, but Moscow has been paying for the military expenditures of the Western group. They are like a forgotten army, waiting to return to the motherland.

However, as long as the Soviet Union's huge armored cluster does not withdraw from Germany, Kohl's worries will be delayed for one more day. Although the Soviet Union's desire to deter Europe through Germany is already helpless, Kohl is always worried about sudden incidents, so he has been trying to strengthen the armored forces of the German army.

Even if the Soviet Union no longer exists, the stationed East German armed forces want to rebel, which can still make Germany drink enough.

"I think Chancellor Kohl doesn't need to worry too much about the East German problem, or even the movements of the so-called Western military cluster. They want to start a war? We have to see what qualifications they have." Merkel sneered.

"Do they have perfect logistics? Do they have enough fuel? Besides, how many of the remaining T80 and T64 tanks can be driven and start a war? Even if they dare to rebel, it's just a suppression for us. The Soviet army has no foundation here at all."

"What we should be more concerned about now is the issue of refugees. Everyone knows that the current poor economic situation and refugee situation in Germany are affecting public sentiment. If these problems cannot be properly resolved, they will become the focus of issues affecting Germany's stability."

Merkel subtly diverted Kohl's question away from the attention of the East German garrison.

"You are right. We have already paid a large amount of money to the Soviet Union before, so as long as they completely evacuate from Germany, our worries will really go away." Cole nodded.

The young Merkel said slyly, "Prime Minister Kohl can also try to put pressure on the Soviet Union and ask them to evacuate the last troops from East Germany as soon as possible. Otherwise, Germany will use coercive protest methods to expel the Soviet army garrison bases." , and make room for refugees entering Europe.”

Merkel is digging a hole for her beloved chancellor to jump into. Of course, these troops that have completely evacuated from Germany are also the second pawn laid by Yanayev in Germany.

It's just the last remaining group of people who are still waiting for an opportunity. (To be continued.)