The bridge built by the U.S. strategic air force and ocean transportation is constantly transporting soldiers from the U.S. mainland, and every day that passes, the U.S. military power in Saudi Arabia has increased dramatically, followed by a steady stream of Iran-Iraqi troops being sent to stations close to the war zone, and heavy pressure has spread on both sides of the Persian Gulf, and at the current density, the military strength of the Persian Gulf has surpassed the European region of the confrontation between the Warsaw Pact and NATO, and has become the most military-intensive region in the world. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"The navy is enough, the army is not enough, what is 200,000 people enough? Have you ever been to the house? Serov looked at the latest intelligence and snorted coldly, "Although the United States has far more military strength than the two countries, it can't be too far apart in numbers. Bush was a bit naïve to think that accumulating 200,000 troops would make the Iran-Iraq alliance compromise. ”

As of today, three months after the Iran-Iraq raid, the United States has used its sea and air power to bring in more than 200,000 troops from its homeland. But this was followed by the expansion of Iraq and Iran, which shows that the two countries are not intimidated.

"This group transferred from the United States should have been used on us." Grischen, the first secretary of the Moscow Municipal Party Committee, said sarcastically, "It seems that the efficiency is a little worse, and if we are given three months, Europe has already entered the era of communism!" ”

According to the U.S. European war plan, the initial phase must have been to retreat as the beginning, and at the same time to carry out military mobilization at home to launch a transoceanic operation to drive the Soviet Union back into Eastern Europe. In fact, the various tasks of mobilizing large troops to the Persian Gulf should be used most in Europe, and the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union is also paying close attention.

Note that there was some disappointment, as it took three months to bring in 200,000 soldiers from the mainland, which was a bit disappointing and far from the Soviet estimates. In Europe, it is almost nothing.

"If I were the United States, I would solve my domestic problems and nothing would have happened." Ligachev said in a very serious tone, "The whole situation is already very unfavorable, and it may not be impossible to make a comeback if we preserve our strength." ”

"The geographical position of the United States is very awkward when all Eurasia is subordinated to one proposition, so the United States has always prevented the emergence of a unified land power hegemon in Eurasia. Now they have failed, and the United States cannot reverse this passivity without us making mistakes, not that we are necessarily smarter than the Americans, but the natural advantage of Eurasia as the center of human civilization, so they chose Bo once. Serov said with his hands spread out at the end, "The current situation is that if the United States acts as if nothing happened, they will die slowly, and this process is irreversible." If you fight once, maybe there is hope for turning the situation around, although it is small, but there is hope after all. ”

"I don't want that if possible, because it leaves us and the United States with no way out, and we've been avoiding that for decades." Gromyko said with concern in his heart.

"It's not always the right thing to dodge, so let's talk about the next topic." Serov took a deep breath and said, "The United States does not accept our claims, and we do not accept the claims of the United States." Let's give it a try, back to the topic just now, 200,000 soldiers are not enough, and the US military strength gap in the Persian Gulf is still about 300,000. ”

"But the U.S. homeland has no extra Army troops without mobilization." General Chebrikov knew a lot about this, and directly asserted.

"Yes, how not! Isn't there a big army in Europe? It depends on whether Bush dares to move. The corners of Serov's mouth were grinning, and the smile on his face was deeper and more meaningful.

The US government originally thought that the stationing of 200,000 troops in the Persian Gulf would allow the two Iraqs to retreat, but they did not expect that Baghdad and Tehran would not be frightened at all and would expand their troops. This situation came as a big surprise to Washington.

In the end, Bush hit the idea of the troops stationed in Europe, and only by using these heavy military groups to resist the Soviet Union could he have the possibility of defeating the Iran-Iraq alliance. At the same time, there is also the formation of alliances,

U.S. Secretary of State James? Baker has spent most recently on airplanes, forming coalitions to share the risks of military operations: Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Honduras, Kuwait, Morocco, the Netherlands, Niger, Norway, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Japan and the United States.

"Awesome, Twenty-Two Alliance. Is there a possible fight other than the UK? Serov whistled with a newspaper, and it looked like the United States was raising its arms and calling for followers, but in fact it was no different from the US-British coalition. It's more like the war waged by Bush's son in the twenty-first century.

More countries will not send troops, but are ready to trade economic aid in exchange, and the United States has also agreed to a number of tax exemption packages for demand support, and finally pulled out this set of plans. Still? Recently, the role of the Soviet Union has been a little less, and it is not a good thing that the country has no sense of presence in the world.

Putting down the newspaper, Serov hatched a more righteous and awe-inspiring excuse, and then walked out of his office.

On this day, the Soviet Komsomolskaya Pravda published the opinion of General Secretary Serov on the situation in the Persian Gulf, "the wars between Iraq and Kuwait, Iran and Bahrain, are entirely the battles of the Arabs, the Persians themselves. It can be resolved through consultations by a series of local powers, such as Egypt, Syria, and Saudi Arabia, and the United States cannot wait to intervene, and may pay more attention to local oil interests, and the degree of enthusiasm cannot but be questionable. ”

Moscow's first statement on the situation in the Persian Gulf region immediately caused a huge reaction around the world. Newspapers around the world reprinted the Soviet speech, which was interpreted as a warning from the Soviet Union to the United States. Soon the GDR, Yugoslavia, Albania and other 10 countries in Eastern Europe, as well as Arab countries including Egypt, agreed, and when it came time to take sides, it seemed that because of the Persian Gulf, the whole world had a faint sense of saber rattling.

People tend to think that only on the front lines of the confrontation between NATO and the Warsaw Pact in Europe can only have such a high-profile situation, but this time the interests of the Persian Gulf have overshadowed Europe, allowing many countries to intervene in it.

The first to make an effort was not the Soviet Union's allies, but France in Western Europe, which was often in a position to gain influence in hot spots, using its important position between the United States and the Soviet Union as a balancer, but this time? France has failed, the French foreign minister has not gotten what he wants from Washington, and Bush's attitude has never been more hawkish. Either Iraq and Iran will withdraw, or the United States will knock them out, and there will be no third way.

After the Soviet side expressed its position, there was no follow-up for a long time, but it was also in frequent contact with many countries. Some unknown preparations were also underway in secret, and on this day, after getting off work, Serov knocked on the door of an apartment, and the owner of the room opened the door with a heartfelt smile and let him in.

"There are some things that I don't want to say to Akhromeyev, and you know that he has no problem with his personal integrity, and it is for this reason that in front of such an upright person, there are some things that I can't say." Serov sat down without seeing anything, and thought of his own home, which was actually about the same, and this can be considered his own home.

"Akhromeyev's integrity, our whole army knows, you vetoed his preemptive proposal, in addition to taking into account the overall situation and preventing the scale of the war from becoming uncontrollable, there should be other considerations, I don't know about you?" General Bagramian laughed and said, "How can you be so great? It's just that Marshal Akhromeyev could not understand. ”

"Or big brother, you know me!" Serov squinted his eyes and said faintly, "Iraq, which annexed Kuwait, and Iran, which occupied Bahrain, if the preemptive strike caused losses to the United States, these two countries still don't want to go to the sky?" If the United States loses, it is better to say, if it really makes the United States suffer huge losses, it is estimated that they will not have much respect for the Soviet Union. ”

Controlling the scale of the war is only one aspect of the veto of Marshal Akhromeyev's battle plan, and the other is the containment of the two countries, which have long been regarded as superior countries by other countries. After the Vietnam War, many countries did not respect the United States very much, believing that the Vietnamese could win, and they could also win. This was also a negative factor for the United States brought by the Vietnam War. If we really want the Iran-Iraq alliance to taste the sweetness, we must consider another issue in the future, the knife is too fast and easy to cut, and they can disrespect the United States, and when they feel good about themselves, they can also disrespect the Soviet Union.

"Shall I just say? That's you! General Bagramian laughed, stood up, took a bottle of vodka after a while, was poured a glass by Serov and asked, "It seems that you are going to make the two countries suffer a little, we are going to save them." ”

"That's right, that's what I'm here for! I need a commander of the Southern Theater of Operations, the other marshals are too old, come to think of it, you are the most suitable person. Serov's eyes burned and he said, "Big brother, do you dare to have a real contest with the United States?" I fully support you! "When Serov was the commander of the Southern Theater of Operations, he went to top mines, but now this position is not suitable for him, how can the general secretary personally go into battle, and even the master of micro-manipulation.

General Baghramyan held the body of the wine glass for a moment, and then tilted his neck to drain the entire glass of vodka, his chest continued to rise and fall, you can imagine how agitated the mood was at this time, and it took a long time before he said, "Why not?" I'm a military ......"

The next day, Serov presided over a military meeting in his capacity as chairman of the National Defense Committee, and the chairman of the front ordered the secret appointment of General Baglamyan, commander of the Moscow Military District, to rebuild the Southern Theater of Operations and serve as the commander of the Southern Theater of Operations.