Chapter 274: Turkey with Commendable Courage
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It can be said that the Soviet Union participated in large-scale regional conflicts in Europe and Africa at the end of the 20th century, supported the Serbian government in the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina in Europe, and joined forces with the United States and other countries to sanction the South African government, so that South Africa was completely plunged into the predicament of civil strife. In the words of the Americans, the USSR was a deservedly evil empire.
After seeing the Soviet Union's tactics in South Africa, he felt the pressure of the giant red behemoths in the small countries around him, especially the former socialist countries that had undergone the upheavals in Eastern Europe and transformed into democracies. They thought that the threat from the east would no longer exist, but they did not expect that the fear of the past would sweep back again.
Moreover, after democracy, instead of bringing them rapid economic growth, the people's living standards showed negative growth, and social turmoil gradually intensified. Governments that have gone from bureaucrats to capitalist oligarchs are so busy pocketing the resources of entire countries that they don't have time to care about the lives of their people.
And after the Soviet Union and its member states withstood the wave of secession, the economy gradually began to improve. This also made the people of Eastern Europe envious and jealous, and even those former Eastern European countries put forward radical slogans to either return to the era of socialism, or to rectify corruption and adopt more radical policies.
From their initial hope to their growing disillusionment, angry Eastern Europeans began to take to the streets to demonstrate, just as they had done when they were against communism, and the deceived people stood up against and complained about the government's corruption.
"We want bread and we want to live. Don't want politicians endless lies or corruption. The procession carried a banner and shouted slogans in the streets. Someone even raised portraits of Yanayev and the leaders of their own country. It's just that their leaders have a cross painted on their faces. And Yanayev's portrait adds a few more words.
"We need that kind of leadership. He is the savior of a nation. ”
"Incompetent bourgeoisie. Incompetent government leaders get down! ”
Naturally, the Soviet Union paid attention to what was happening in Eastern Europe, but the Kremlin elite did not act, because the Soviet Union now had no energy left to turn the capitalist countries of Eastern Europe into socialism again. Moreover, the people of some of these countries are still hostile to the Soviet Union, are not accustomed to the economic recovery of the Soviet Union, and continue to spread the theory of the collapse of the Soviet Union to the West and to their people. Seeing what these people were doing, Yanayev realized that there are fools like Taibazi and Gangcan all over the world, not just this one.
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The fighting borders of the USSR were lifted from airfields in Georgia. Patrols and intelligence reconnaissance were carried out as usual on the border between Turkey and Georgia. It was a simple mission, and pilots Rumyantsev and Kolodov didn't even take it seriously. They did not even realize that they had flown over the borders of Georgia and into Turkish airspace. Just as they were about to make further explorations, suddenly a shrill sound sounded throughout the cockpit, alerting them to the danger of approaching.
Rumyantsev, the pilot of the Su-27 fighter, looked down and found that his fighter had been locked onto the fire control radar of the fighter of an unknown force. His companion Kolodov reminded, "Be careful, a fighter appeared in the direction of us at six o'clock." ”
Rumyantsev couldn't see what was behind him from the cockpit, but he could tell from his companion's hurried tone that they were in a bad situation. He hurriedly reported his troubles to the Georgian air base.
"This is number 37, and we're under attack from unidentified fighters. Repeatedly, we were attacked by unidentified fighters. Rumyantsev maneuvered the pole to swing left and right. An attempt to shake off the fighter who was biting tightly in the back.
"I see clearly, it's an F16 fighter, the Turkish Air Force." Kolodov, who saw the whole picture of the ghost behind him, hurriedly conveyed the message to Rumyantsev. The other party is like a bird of prey that cinches itself.
"Did we just cross the Turkish border?" Rumyantsev asked.
"Yes, we crossed the Turkish border for about thirty-five seconds to gather intelligence." Kolodov reported the sad news to Rumyantsev.
"This is not good news, Comrade Kolodov. We've got to run back now, and as soon as we're in Georgian airspace, these guys won't dare do anything to us. ”
Rumyantsev decided to take a very risky approach, pulling the left stick to raise the nose of the plane and at the same time starting to slow down the flight. The entire Su-27 fighter was like a forced somersault in mid-air, and the Su-27 pilot used a somersault maneuver to get rid of the F16 fighter that was following him.
"It's now." Just when Rumyantsev decided to shoot at the invading fighters in front of him, the radar warned them that they had been locked onto by missiles, and Rumyantsev did not expect that there was another Turkish fighter hiding behind him. At this time, the missiles were already approaching them, and Rumyantsev could even feel the illusion of the whistling sound of air-to-air missiles in his ears.
That air-to-air missile was getting closer, the two pilots activated the ejection system knowing that they could not get rid of the missile, and then the tail of the Su-27 was hit by a missile fired by a Turkish fighter. It continued to fall like a burning meteor. Billowing flames and black smoke disappeared into the sky along with the pilot's distress signal.
Two Turkish fighters swaggered away after shooting down the Soviet plane. Only two pilots were left to parachute and plunge down to the Georgian border. As long as they don't fall on the borders of Turkey, then those Turks can't help them.
At the same time, the Soviet air base also hurriedly launched a search and rescue, and the ground forces rushed to the accident site the moment they confirmed the fall of the Russian fighter. At the same time, they also reported the matter layer by layer, up to the ears of Defense Minister Yazov.
"What, our fighter was shot down by Turkey?" Hearing this, Yazov got up directly from his seat and almost dropped the microphone of the phone on the ground, at first shocked, and then angry emotions welled up in his heart, "Are our pilots injured?" Or rather, captured by the Turkish army? ”
When he heard the other party say that he was not caught by the Turkish army, Yazov breathed a sigh of relief. But then his brows furrowed again, this time it was the Soviet fighter that crossed the Turkish border first, the reason is that he was not on the side of the Soviet Union, but the Turkish fighter shot down the Soviet fighter directly without warning, and the Soviet Union must not sit idly by. Even Yazov could not tolerate this, let alone the hard-line General Secretary of the Soviet Union.
"I will report this to General Secretary Yanayev, don't worry. It has always been the only part of the Soviet army to bully others, and if anyone dares to touch us, the Soviet government will definitely not let them go. ”
After hanging up, Yazov was silent for a while, dialed Yanayev's office, and then he cautiously reported the news to Yanayev. However, the other party only replied briefly, and there was no follow-up after knowing it.
Yazov's heart swelled with a sense of foreboding, and the calmer Yanayev's attitude was, the more it showed him, the Baltic incident, the Vantaa incident, the Tbilisi riots, and the Chechen war, all of which confirmed that the general secretary did not show a trace of emotion when he was most angry, but focused all his attention on how to calculate and take revenge on the other side.
The Eleventh Russo-Turkish War? Such a terrible thought suddenly popped into Yazov's mind, he did not want Yanayev to really start a war under the provocation of Turkey, and the Soviet Union was no longer willing to engage in a foreign war after Chechnya. Recuperation and economic development are the key points.
"I always thought that Turkey should know what it means to learn what it means to be a lesson, but it seems that the lessons they have learned are not deep enough." Yanayev narrowed his eyes and said coldly that Yanayev would not take large-scale military action, but this did not mean that the Soviet Union would tolerate Turkey's misdeeds.
"It seems that these Turkish guys are still dreaming of a great caliph and a great sultan. Let the Soviet Union wake you up from the dream of reviving the Ottoman Empire and feel the nightmare of communism. (To be continued.) )