(2nd update completed)

It's still a bit difficult to carry such a high-profile batch of arms from Ukraine through Hungary or Romania, but as Victor famously said, no government official in any country buys a difference with profit, and if there is, it only means that your stakes are not high enough. After giving a large sum of money to the leaders of the troops stationed on the border, Victor passed through Romania without any problems.

Before leaving, the guy who had turned from a communist official to an army general patted Victor on the shoulder, saying that he would come to him for anything in Romania in the future and would definitely help solve it. In this regard, Victor just smiled and did not say a word, because some words can only rot in the heart and cannot be spoken, arms sales are all about the right and left, if you can call the leader of a small country brothers, congratulations on becoming an excellent international arms dealer.

The convoy crossed the Romanian border and reached Serbia. The sky here is as cloudy as the political situation in Yugoslavia, and even the streets have lost their former liveliness, leaving only a few hurried people walking through the streets and heading into the unknown distance.

"Phew, it looks like the economy is as bad as the weather in Serbia right now." Victor took a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled along with the cold air in his mouth.

When asked by the guards why the place was so desolate, Viktor replied, "After Tito's death and when Gorbachev came to power in our homeland, the Soviet Union implemented economic reforms and a policy of opening up. Western countries believed that the USSR was safe enough. Yugoslavia no longer has an important strategic position. ”

Yugoslavia also maintained a policy of non-alignment and trade with the European Community and the United States. The Reagan administration in the United States produced a report on the economic situation in Yugoslavia in an attempt to overthrow the Communist Party and communist regimes in Eastern Europe and bring Eastern Europe back to a market economy. That is, this country is also one of the goals of the policy of peaceful evolution. ”

With this goal in mind, Yugoslavia had a hard time, and the oil crisis in 1973, combined with trade barriers with Western countries, seriously hampered the rapid growth of the Yugoslav economy. To solve these problems, Yugoslavia joined the IMF and received loans from it. As a result, Yugoslavia defaulted heavily on its debts to the West. As a condition for obtaining loans, IMF demanded market liberalization in Yugoslavia. By 1981, Yugoslavia had an external debt of $1.99 billion. In addition, Yugoslavia had 1 million unemployed in 1980, and there was a large gap in the level of economic development in Yugoslavia, with a large part of the fiscal revenues of the more developed regions in the north being used to subsidize the less developed regions in the south, a problem exacerbated by the economic crisis in Yugoslavia. ”

"All in all, this is a war triggered by the issue of money, and the collapse of the economy has given impetus to the development of national separatism, which in turn has contributed to the brewing of war. It has also boosted the level of activity of our arms dealers in this land. I bet that now Yugoslavia is per 100,000 people. There was an arms dealer who recommended the Kalashnikov rifle to them. ”

Victor threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stepped on it a few times. Looking at the city buildings looming in the distance, he said to the guards resting behind, "Enough rest, wait and get ready to go." ”

When they arrived in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, it was already night, and of course the arms could not follow them to the capital, but were on standby at the designated place. Because Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic had already made secret phone calls with Yanayev, they expressed their satisfaction with the Soviet Union's behavior in the snow, and it seemed that it was indeed the former socialist ally who was the most reliable partner.

Only Victor sneered inwardly at the other side, who is a socialist ally with you, a right-wing nationalist. The current Soviet Union is not a big socialist brother who selflessly assists, but an imperialist hooligan bent on cultivating its own watchdog to fight NATO's eastward expansion.

Milosevic met with Viktor in his villa, this kind of invisible behavior can only be carried out in private, but when he saw the list of arms deals of the Soviet Union, he was so excited that he almost got up from his chair, and he said in front of Viktor with some trembling, "Three T54 tanks, ten beech missiles and thirteen Sam missiles, twenty-three mm anti-aircraft guns, and a MiG-23 fighter, oh my God, these are weapons that we are very short of now, and the price you give is so cheap." , thanks to the support of the USSR, we will definitely defeat the Croats. Serbia finally had the opportunity to restore the Greater Serbian state of the Dušan Empire in the Middle Ages, and only the Serbian nation was a brave people who had the right to become the leader of this empire. ”

"It's not support, it's arms sales." In the face of the fanatical leader, Viktor emphasized, "And this is just a small deal for Yanayev, and there is a real big deal waiting for your Serbian army." ”

"What's the big deal?" President Milosevic also came to his senses when he heard Viktor mention the mysterious gift, and although he was the leader of the Serbian Socialist Party and was far from the ideals of communism, this did not mean that he could not unite with the Soviet Union and become an agent of the Yugoslav civil war.

"General Secretary Yanayev asked me to turn you around, and you will have to accept the mediation of the United Nations in the next war, if you can't accept this premise, it will be difficult for us to continue to talk." Vic Majority.

Milosevic was a little unhappy when he heard this, he looked at Victor and said word by word, "The war will not stop unless we drive the Croats out of Bosnia and Herzegovina when the United Nations offers mediation and establish a country that truly belongs to the Serbs." ”

"Do you really think that the Serbian army will be able to occupy the whole of Bosnia and Herzegovina in a short time?" Viktor said disdainfully, "If your army is unable to wipe out or expel the Croatian and Muslim resistance forces from the lands of Bosnia and Herzegovina within a month, let me tell you what will happen next." ”

"First of all, the United Nations will impose comprehensive sanctions on the Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, send peacekeeping troops to Bosnia and Herzegovina, establish a no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina, and establish a security zone for the Muslims. Of course, you will not give in at this time, and then NATO will send bombers to bomb Serbia's army until you compromise, and even do not rule out the dispatch of ground troops. Having lost the battlefield advantage and being blockaded, what bargaining chips can you use to bargain in front of NATO? ”

Victor's voice was calm, and every consequence he uttered was the result of deliberation. In fact, Milosevic also considered these issues, but under the influence of fanatical nationalist sentiments, he did not think deeply like Victor, or did not want to think deeply.

"Of course, you can also see NATO's move as a violation of sovereignty and integrity, and you can also instigate Karadzic, the leader of the Serbs in Bosnia-Herzegovina, to take his own retaliatory measures, to carry out bombing attacks in France, in Britain, in Germany, in Italy, in order to warn NATO that as long as you dare to continue to sanction the Serbs, then we will turn Europe into a bloody sea of fire."

Victor only quietly mentioned that after all, this kind of terrorist attack can only be done by their Serbian people, and the Soviet Union cannot have anything to do with them. If the three hooligans of the other Security Council knew that they were fanning the flames behind their backs, then the relations between the Soviet Union and Western Europe would have completely slipped into the abyss.

Therefore, what Victor has to do is to try his best to harm Western Europe while maintaining the image of the Soviet Union.

"Yes, you're right, Mr. Victor. The Bosnian Serbs could also resort to this approach to force NATO into submission. And it is we who instigate the Bosnian Serbs to do it, and we can also dissociate ourselves from our Republic of Serbia. Milosevic listened to Viktor's advice, but he didn't know what the consequences would be.

But the Soviet Union does not care what kind of outcome the leaders of the Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina end will end up with, anyway, as long as the goal of disgusting the West is achieved, the means and process do not matter.

Victor put one hand on his forehead and said slowly, "If you are willing to accept the demands put forward by the Soviet Union, then we will try our best to win an agreement in favor of the Serbs at the next United Nations meeting according to the chips in your hands." ”

"You mean to put the fate of Serbia in the hands of you, the Soviet Union?" Milosevic hesitated and said, "So what price do we have to pay?" I know no other country that would be so kind and selfless to help Serbia. Name your conditions in Moscow, Mr. Victor. ”

"The price?" Victor almost laughed out loud, and he said word by word, "If you were to join the Soviet Union, do you think that would be a price?" The USSR needed a pawn wedged into the Mediterranean, and it also needed a stable regime. As long as you are willing to agree, there will be more cabbage sales after the war is over. ”

"Of course, we in the Soviet Union have always been very free, and you can make your own choice. Promise the USSR or refuse. Of course, if you refuse, I will have to go to Croatia or the Muslims to discuss the matter, presumably in countries with weaker military strength, they will be more interested in such proposals. ”

"The choice is yours, the fate of Serbia is in your own hands, President Milosevic. Say yes or no? Or to live or to die? (To be continued.) )