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Finally, as the date of the Turkish arbitration approaches, all parties have focused on the so-called Permanent Court of Arbitration for the Law of the Sea. President Demirel even declared that this international arbitration would be an unprecedented move by Turkey to defend its sovereignty in the strait, and that it would take decisive countermeasures against the Soviet Union's suppression.

However, the Soviet Union's performance still seemed to be uneventful, and it seems that this permanent arbitration trial was not taken seriously at all. But the Soviet foreign department always needed to do something to make its position clear. After several requests from Yanayev Jr., Yanayev finally agreed to meet him in the president's office.

However, as the successor of the previous foreign minister, Shevardnadze Jr. still lacked fire in foreign policy and attitude, and was ultimately unable to be as sleek but tough as the "old fox" who took office. When the dusty young man appeared at the door of the office, before he could open his mouth, Yanayev guessed what little Shevardnadze wanted to say.

Yanayev made a gesture of please, motioning for the other party to sit down before speaking.

"Sit down, Comrade Shevardnadze."

Before the other party could speak, Yanayev was the first to speak, interrupting Shevardnadze's carefully prepared speech, "If I'm not mistaken, you're here for the recent events in Turkey, right?" However, I regret to tell you that the external authorities must be in step with the attitude of Moscow's political and political situation, which means that we must keep a low profile and wait until the arbitration results are in, and Moscow will not allow your actions. ”

Statements to the outside are nothing more than condemnation and protest, is it not permissible for the USSR to issue condemnation and protest now?

Shevardnadze really couldn't understand what Yanayev was thinking, so he protested to Secretary Zhong.

"The big problem now is that the whole world thinks that the Soviet Union has diplomatically thrown in the towel. We have neither made strong statements of accusation nor obstructed them, signaling to the West that we are no longer able to do so. In this way, it would not be possible to occupy the moral high ground in this permanent arbitration. ”

Yanayev said disdainfully, "Only an incompetent country will constantly resort to deterrence, because coercion is the last resort." Yanayev put down the book in his hand, turned his head to Shevardnadze and said, "Besides, with the comprehensive strength of the Soviet Union, do we still need to care about the moral high ground?" The law of the jungle in the world is inherently the law of the jungle. ”

Yanayev has always scoffed at morality and justice, which are just icing on the cake, and the country's military strength and comprehensive national strength are the greatest guarantee of an empire. The huge territory of the Soviet Union was not given by others, but won back with blood and war.

In order to comfort Shevardnadze, Yanayev still confided in him part of the plan, which can be regarded as a shot in the arm to the outside world, "We will not participate in the arbitration, but the Foreign Ministry can issue a statement from the Soviet Union when the results of the arbitration are released, which is a signal for us to fight back." As for the wording, it is as tough as it is. We don't care about the feelings of a Turkey. ”

Signal?

Shevardnadze did not know why, the Soviet Union did not take any measures at the beginning, could there be even greater actions in the future? The problem is that the NATO bloc has always been in a state of victory, and the Soviet Union is now passive diplomatically, and what chance does it have to fight back.

"The sleeping bear doesn't care about the flies buzzing in his ears." Yanayev seemed to see through the thoughts of the young man in front of him, and confided in him the scaly claws of the plan, "The next move of the Soviet Union will surprise the whole world, and I hope that President Demirel can withstand this fright." ”

Yanayev did not say what kind of fright, but left it to Shevardnadze to think slowly.

At the same time, the Black Sea Fleet is also actively mobilizing its fleet, and as the main fleet of the Black Sea, it has an unshirkable sacred mission. And the commander-in-chief of the Black Sea Fleet, Ivan Kasatonov, was summoned in his office by Smirev, who was giving Kasatonov a dangerous but exciting order to sail the lead ships of the Black Sea Fleet to the vicinity of the Turkish Straits and conduct live-fire exercises near the Turkish Straits to create a strategic deterrent to Turkey.

"Our task is to put military pressure on Turkey to force it. This task is important, Comrade Kasatonov, are you confident that you are up to the task? Smirev stared at his face and said seriously.

"The Black Sea Fleet will faithfully carry out the tasks of the Red Navy." Kasatonov replied with the same firmness.

"I just have a question, will the conduct of military exercises on the day of the arbitration not provoke the intervention of NATO troops? After all, Turkey is now their loyal ally. ”

According to the level of 5 Turkish destroyers and more than a dozen frigates, the Black Sea Fleet still has a good chance of winning with a flat push. And since the deployment of the diesel-electric submarine 877V Alrosa in 1990, shipyards are stepping up the deployment of a strategic nuclear submarine to increase the bargaining chips in the Black Sea straits.

Although the Black Sea Fleet is a second-generation Soviet ship and has not yet undergone large-scale renovation and deployment, it can cope with this crisis, and after the deployment of the vine system, Smiryev will persuade Moscow to increase the funding of the Soviet naval fleet and prepare for the replacement of the Black Sea Fleet.

As for the Turkish Navy, the Greek Navy relied on an armored cruiser to overturn the Turkish three former dreadnoughts, and it was two consecutive overturns, so you know how powerful the Turkish Navy is.

Smiryev straightened his hat and said to Kasatosaf with a smile, "Intervene? How many countries are there that are now actively responding to arbitration? United States? Turkey? The UK is just a passing mention. The EU is now too busy with its own internal turmoil to take care of Turkey. All we have now is Turkey, and the Americans who are behind Turkey. ”

"And our military deployment is carried out in secret, in the event of a military conflict, will the Americans have time to come and increase their troops? The biggest mistake of the U.S. government was to really believe that the Soviets were holding back their anger, so much so that they didn't even send their Pacific Fleet. ”

"But even if it is sent, I think it will continue to increase Turkey's internal conflict, after all, Demirel himself is in the West, which does not mean that the Turkish army will tolerate other people's aircraft carriers showing off their might on their own territory."

Wait, Turkish army?

Smirev's originally frowning brow softened, he bit his lip and fell into deep thought, slowly remembering what Yanayev had told him that day, the Black Sea Fleet, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, the last trump card that was not shown behind it.

A cold sweat broke out on Smirev's forehead, and he vaguely understood something, and if this was really the case, then there must be some ulterior secret between the top leaders of Turkey and the USSR. And this exchange of interests will even affect whether the Turkish president can keep his position.

It took a long time for Smiryev to come back to his senses and said slowly, "This is really an amazing move, if the Americans follow this script, it will be equivalent to falling into the trap of the Soviet Union." When the time comes, not to mention the United States, even Turkey may not be spared. ”

"General Smirev......" Kasatosaf did not dare to interrupt his musings when he saw the uncertain expression of the commander-in-chief of the Navy.

"Oh?" Smiryev came back to his senses, and at this time his expression was no longer confused, but there was a kind of anticipation, and in anticipation of the next events, he said to Kasatosaf, "Excuse me, Comrade Kasatosav, as long as there is no war, this time there will be as much trouble as there will be." The bigger the Black Sea dispute, the higher the chances of us fighting back. Please trust the decision of General Secretary Yanayev. (To be continued.) )