Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which belonged to the Iron Curtain of the Soviet Union, were in the center of the strategic encirclement of various former communist countries, from Hungary, Romania to Bulgaria, they were very "lucky" to be one of the very few countries in the Balkans that needed the protection of the Soviet Union, and the Serbian economy, which had just experienced the Yugoslav war, was still in extreme difficulty. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

NATO members originally wanted to rely on the political and economic blockade to bring Serbia to its knees and change the flag of the red system on their heads, but they did not expect that the Soviet Union would be very generous in providing Serbia with interest-free loans and helping with post-war reconstruction work, ensuring that Serbia could get out of its economic predicament in a short period of time, as long as the "Balkan Tigers" could be reinvigorated, the original decline of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe would be changed.

At this time, Serbia still belonged to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and together with Montenegro, it was called Little Yugoslavia or Third Yugoslavia, which was originally a country that was almost dismembered under the siege of Western Europe, and escaped the tragic fate of history under the protection of the Soviet Union.

Therefore, the Soviet Union sent Prime Minister Pavlov to visit Serbia to deploy Soviet strategic weapons for the Soviet Union in the territory of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, although in the eyes of the Soviet Union, Mishelovich had little choice, but for the sake of insurance, it was better to let Pavlov be the object of this state visit, first test Serbia's tone, if Serbia is willing to the Soviet Union to establish and deploy missile systems on their territory that can strike any country in Europe, then the Soviet Union is willing to provide Serbia with long-term asylum.

When Pavlov left the Kremlin, Yanayev had a secret conversation with him about whether the creation of long-range missile launch bases in the Serbian region was the right and sensible choice, the Cuban Missile Crisis had warned the Soviet government not to try to blackmail your opponents in the face of an imbalance in the strategic situation.

"Because Serbia has no choice now, just like when Cuba was surrounded by American warships, there are enemies everywhere. Western countries are eager to dismember the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and make it a completely non-threatening country. ”

Yanayev looked beyond Mishelovich's background information and felt some emotion about the tragic fate of this heroic figure, in the original history, Milosevic became a judge of the so-called ICTY, defended himself without a lawyer, and in fact made an indictment of Western military violence before the International Tribunal, Milosevic died suddenly in The Hague prison in 2006 without a verdict because he did not receive convincing medical treatment.

"If we once represented a brutal and evil empire in the Western world, now NATO is more like a bunch of ugly villains, and the USSR will not let a group of villains stir up trouble in Europe, who want to get their hands on the Balkans? We also have to ask if our steel torrent agrees. ”

Pavlov came back to his senses in a jolt, he looked out the window and found that the plane had entered the taxiway of Tesla Airport, and after a short taxi, the plane stopped in a crowded parking stand, and President Milosevic personally went to the airport to meet Soviet Prime Minister Pavlov in order to show friendship, and the two had a friendly meeting at the airport. Milosevic shook Pavlov's hand and said excitedly, "Welcome to Serbia, Prime Minister Pavlov." On behalf of the whole country, thank you for coming. ”

Pavlov smiled at him in a friendly way, and a photo of the cordial meeting was captured by reporters, and it was not long before it made headlines on the streets of Serbia.

The enthusiasm of the Serbs was palpable, since the USSR did not fall into the trap in the most difficult times of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and also provided economic and military assistance to Serbia through the cold winter. Pavlov noticed that the streets were full of images of Serbian and Soviet friendship, which made Pavlov feel a little surprised, and the enemy had become his ally in the blink of an eye because of a war.

Pavlov was invited to the Serbian presidential palace, where he would have a secret conversation with the de facto ruler of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which, of course, would be about the aforementioned project for the establishment of a Soviet military base in Yugoslavia.

At the conference table, Milosevic changed his previous smile to another serious look. And Pavlov was also very cautious in proposing the establishment of strategic missile targets.

"The Soviet Union's intention to set up a ballistic missile base on the territory of Serbia in response to NATO's attempt to set up anti-missile systems in Poland and other Central European countries is a very cautious and confidential plan, and we hope that President Milosevic will agree to the Soviet Union's approach in order to achieve the goal of strategic cooperation between the two countries."

Pavlov put forward the Soviet Union's request, he cautiously observed the other party's expression, Milosevic's face flashed a trace of surprise, he did not expect the Soviet Union to make such a request. This is tantamount to turning Serbia into an outpost of the USSR in Eastern Europe.

"If the strategic intention of the USSR was to tie Serbia to your tank? Or do you want to rejoin your Warsaw Pact? Let's not forget that the Soviet Union was in the dust of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Milosevic's face turned a little ugly, he really didn't expect that this state visit would turn into a contest between two allied countries. Serbia did want to be protected by the Soviet Union, but this did not mean that their interests were tied to those of the Soviet Union, but the current situation also made Milosevic realize that turning the other cheek with the Soviet Union was equivalent to being isolated in Europe.

As long as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia does not disintegrate, NATO's claws will not let Serbia go for a day, even after the end of the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, NATO's military integration has already exerted pressure on Serbia in neighboring countries, and on the Kosovo issue, if the Soviet Union had not stopped the conspiracy and calculation of the vast majority of the United Nations countries, perhaps even the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia would not have been able to protect itself.

"But is there a way out for Serbia without joining our camp? Rapprochement to the West? What does it mean when the Yugoslav civil war broke out, German Chancellor Kohl was the first country to recognize the legitimacy of the Croatian regime, followed by France, Britain and a series of other Western countries? Meaning they only want to see a fragmented Eastern Europe, not a strong united alliance. ”

Every word Pavlov said left Milosevic in deep thought.

"And you are wrong to compare the Cuban Missile Crisis with the current situation, when the opponent of the Soviet Union was the United States, and he had the confidence to start a world war. But what about Europe now? The economic downturn combined with social unrest has made them much weaker than they appear to us. We were dealing with a powerful country, but now we are dealing with a declining alliance. ”

"If Yugoslavia rejects us, it means that you may face the threat of NATO countries alone, and without the protection of the Iron Curtain, will you have a chance to turn the tables in front of them?" Comrade Milosevic, let me tell you what will happen if the USSR chooses to refuse, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia will be bombed by NATO, dismembered, from Kosovo, to Croatia to Bosnia-Herzegovina, inch by inch by NATO, and then what? Your people are forced to go to the West to wash dishes to feed themselves, and you? They can openly send you to the International Court of Justice in The Hague for war crimes and ****** crimes, and you will spend the rest of your life in prison in The Hague, or die a tragic death. Then the country was forever plunged into darkness, and that is the result of your refusal to cooperate. ”

Milosevic's face became very ugly, and everything Pavlov said was true. Had it not been for the intervention of the Soviet Union, The Hague would have put him on the agenda of trial.

"And the Soviet Union will rebuild its unbreakable alliance and let NATO know that they will never have the opportunity to manipulate the life and death of a country and interfere in the internal affairs of a country, and I guarantee that the Soviet Union will make everyone who is an enemy of him pay the price he deserves, that is, to shed the last drop of blood." (To be continued.) )