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Yanayev has also considered this issue, just as he adopted Ogarkov's vigorous promotion of electronicization in the army. At first, many people opposed it, but in the end they were convinced by Yanayev's tough methods and could not accept it. Accept this equipment without changing your mind, "As long as you can set an example and these 'gadgets' perform well in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, then I can naturally convince Yazov and Field Marshal Varennikov."

"So the innovation of the Soviet army is entrusted to the two present here. I believe you will not let me down." Although Yanayev was peaceful, his attitude was very blunt. He ended the topic It stopped Pugo from wanting to continue speaking.

Kryuchkov, who has never spoken, just nodded and said, "We will faithfully follow the instructions of General Secretary Yanayev to experimentally innovate the individual equipment of soldiers in the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"Thank you Comrade Kryuchkov for your understanding." Yanayev finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After leaving Yanayev's office, Pugo complained about why Kryuchkov agreed to Yanayev's request without hesitation. You must know that the distribution of such untested equipment to soldiers is simply a joke.

Kryuchkov, who was hurrying along the corridors of the Kremlin, stopped, turned his head and cast a mocking smile at Pugo, who was complaining endlessly.

"Comrade Pugo, I think you misunderstood the meaning of the general secretary. This is just a small signal. Do you understand? General Secretary Yanayev's eyes are not just a small equipment update. He wants to pass the This incident is used to understand the resistance to innovation within the military and police, and if I am not wrong, I am afraid there will be bigger moves in the future.”

"A bigger move?"

Pugo frowned and asked, "What kind of big move will make General Secretary Yanayev use small equipment innovations to ask for directions?"

Kryuchkov sighed, and said slowly, "I'm afraid this big move will affect the future development of the entire Soviet army."

Chapter 343 Defense Exhibition

Yanayev's promotion of new equipment is not just a small experimental promotion by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In order to make a name for the new individual equipment, Yanayev encourages the research and development of individual equipment manufacturers to use the newly developed 6094 vest and The new Kalashnikov tactical fishbone is promoted at the European defense exhibition.When the name of the new molle system tactical vest began to be launched in Europe, the Soviet army had to pay attention to the development of new equipment.

Therefore, at the NATO Defense Exhibition in 1995, it was very rare that a Soviet booth dedicated to selling soldiers' personal carrying equipment appeared. This Moscow individual equipment manufacturing plant newly established by the government displayed their new tactical fish bones and carrying devices. The former fish bone It is prepared for countries in Eastern Europe that are accustomed to using Kalashnikov, and the latter is a promotion for the name of the MOLLE system tactical vest.

Compared with other booths exhibiting firearms and heavy weapons, the number and flow of the Moscow Individual Equipment Manufacturing Plant are pitiful. Although there are Soviet patterns of sickles and hammers hanging in front of the exhibition hall, the representatives of the former Eastern European countries are here. When passing by this piece of red memory, I always involuntarily quicken my pace.

The 6094 vest that was unveiled did attract representatives from some countries in Western Europe to stop and watch, but they were all hesitant after hearing the price quoted by the other party. This is indeed the first time that the Soviet Union, which has always advocated roughness, simplicity and durability, entered the high-end market, so the price of the 6094 vest It is twice as expensive as the carrying equipment currently in service in France and the United Kingdom.For the military of major European countries whose ideas are still convenient, practical and cheap, the 6094 is at most suitable for small-scale service in special forces, and it is not suitable for a large number of popularization in the army.

However, the design of the 6094 vest still attracted the attention of some local tyrants and small countries, such as the government delegation of Belgium, and Prince Albert of the Belgian royal family also followed the delegation to attend the European Defense Exhibition. When he saw the booth of the Moscow Individual Equipment Manufacturing Factory The hanging 6094 vest stopped afterward.

"What's the matter, Your Majesty the King?" The entourage asked. They were originally visiting the latest heavy weapons exhibition hall in the United States, which is where the Belgian delegation really wanted to visit.

Prince Albert is no longer the young and ambitious fighter in 1945. He became king 40 years later with a gray head, but when he saw the 6094 vest, he felt that this tactical vest was very novel.

"It's nothing, I want to see this vest." Albert left his entourage and walked into the Moscow booth alone. He asked the staff what the vest was for.

"Module combination? This is a new term." Albert picked up the black tactical vest on the table. This new type of vest is much lighter than he imagined, and it can be matched with various modules at will. The accessories, from NATO 5.56 caliber magazines to 7.62 caliber magazine bags in Soviet socialist countries, are relatively more convenient.

"Such a design can lead to a revolution in carrying equipment. This excellent design can save the military's expenditure on carrying equipment. For example, if we want to change various firearms at will, then we can realize the transformation from Kalashnik to just replacing an additional bag. Rifle converted into a P90 submachine gun. Interesting design, and I'd like to know the price."

When the staff at the Moscow booth broke the high price, Albert just frowned, and did not turn away like other representatives.Obviously this kind of advanced carrying equipment attracted his attention. The Belgian army is not as rich as other countries. On the contrary, their soldiers' individual equipment is more luxurious than other countries.

"It is true that the price of using nylon is much higher than that of sita, but if we purchase a certain amount, can the price be lowered? After all, this kind of leveling is new to all countries, and they need a certain amount of time to understand. Understand and accept." Albert began to try to bargain with the staff of this company.

"If possible, I think our Belgian police department is willing to purchase some of these tactical vests for testing. If the effect is good, we will place additional orders. How?"

Apparently, this order exceeded the expectations of the Manil factory director. He had just negotiated a deal with the representatives of Hungary and Romania, and the other party was willing to purchase small-scale products produced by the Moscow Individual Equipment Manufacturing Plant on the behalf of the former owner. Kalashnikov fish bones were used to test their effects, and Romania also purchased a batch of KOBRA reflex sights, although Aimpoint's quotation was even lower.

After negotiating the two deals, when returning to the booth, Manier met the staff members walking towards him in a hurry. After explaining the situation to him in a low voice, Manier personally talked with Albert The prince negotiates.The opponent is an important member of the European royal family. Even if the Belgian army is willing to purchase its own tactical vests, it is enough for this newly established manufacturer to continue to develop.

Since 1991, military manufacturers have had the right to freely sign orders with foreign military and police departments. As long as some high-end military secrets are not involved, the Soviet government often gives preferential treatment and care. It is often the orders that are freely pulled that come alive.For example, the MiG-29 carrier-based aircraft modification signed by Mikoyan and the Indian Ministry of Defense, and the Miri Design Bureau, which has been dumping a large number of cheap and durable Mi-8 helicopters to Africa and South Africa through the dead businessman Victor.In the most turbulent years of the economy, they used such means to maintain their profits by opening up overseas markets.So there is no situation of bankruptcy and collapse.

Therefore, the newly established Moscow Individual Equipment Manufacturing Plant, which has no solid foundation in the country, set its sights on a broader overseas market. He hoped that the Western countries could be used by countries with a lot of stupid money, oh no, countries with strong financial resources. To provide enough orders to keep yourself alive.

"We want to purchase [-] sets of tactical vests for our own testing of the Belgian military and police department. If the effect is good, then we can sign another order. I think your design is very interesting, so I would like to make a request, Question about the magazine bag."

Albert placed the 5.56 NATO magazine in front of Manier's director and said, "I need a magazine that can perfectly fit the FAC rifle. I don't think your company will refuse this request? After all, you are here. There are only two types of rifles on display, AR and AK. If the price is right, I think I will consider a closer cooperation."

Albert threw an olive branch to the director of Maniel, letting him know how much he valued this product. Maniel, who had waited for a long time to receive the first order, was of course unwilling to let go of such a great opportunity.

"Of course there is no problem. If you need it, we can even customize the P90 magazine bag for you. And we will give you a discount in terms of price." Manier said with a smile.

"Thank you very much." Albert nodded, and he asked the army officer who followed him to discuss other matters with the factory manager. This army lieutenant general who had served in the Belgian army and had a very high prestige in the army.Unlike the British royal family, which became a symbolic factor of the country after the constitution was enacted, he can still influence a country through his influence, even though the country seems so small in Europe.

"I think Prime Minister Dehaene doesn't like such small moves? After all, this political giant doesn't like a king who has too many entangled relationships with the army. In the eyes of this old-fashioned guy, it means that the royal family is very concerned about that article. The invisible red line is somewhat crossed."

Albert's soliloquy made the followers around him unable to answer, but he just laughed at himself and said, "Forget it, it's a pity that such an interesting thing is not equipped with troops. I’m really curious about how this small, unknown manufacturer in the Soviet Union that designed such innovative products will go in the future.”

Chapter 344 The Future of Digitalization and Informatization

The molle tactical vest advocated by Yanayev has not been recognized by the majority of Western European countries, but on the contrary, it has aroused the interest of some small countries, especially the armies like Belgium and Saudi Arabia who are willing to spend money on their soldiers.The first customers for tactical vests came from them.Saudi Arabia, which is more generous than Belgium, ordered 500 sets of 6094 vests almost in one go for small-scale testing in the army.

Yanayev's armament reform plan did not fail to attract the attention of keen-sighted guys within the Army.For example, Marshal Ogarkov, who was supposed to die on a certain winter morning after surviving the illness in 1994, was still alive and well in front of Yanayev. For a while, he planned to sacrifice Yanayev's precious world to talk about his thoughts.

However, the current Bureau of Strategic Deception does not have the strength to overwhelm the sky with one hand before, so it can only obediently become a certain subordinate department of the General Staff.As a militarism and the continuation of the general war idea, he has always been an unstable factor for Yanayev. Yanayev needs this guy's sensitivity and talent, but he dare not give it too much power, so as not to Unable to control the double-edged sword, he hurt his hand.

"General Secretary Yanayev has been advocating digitalization and electronicization within the military in recent years, and has promoted and reused those generals who advocate modernization of the army. It can be seen that General Secretary Yanayev shares some ideas with me. , are all aware that the electronic information revolution will become the mainstream on the future battlefield. If the group of idiots who spared no effort to develop strategic nuclear submarines and strategic bombers in the 70s could pay attention to my tactical thinking, it would not be the turn of the United States in the Gulf in 1991. Electronic warfare shines in warfare, doesn't it?"

After careful study of Ogarkov's theory, then US Deputy Secretary of Defense William Perry accepted Ogarkov's revolutionary ideas and vigorously promoted a new military revolution centered on information technology.Soon, this achievement was fully verified in the Gulf War.Many US military generals even believed that the Gulf War was won with US military technology and Ogarkov's military thinking.

"Yes, but your ideas affected the future of a large number of people at that time, so you were banned." Yanayev replied indifferently. The 70-year-old marshal had a deep heart. The flame of ambition is still burning everywhere, and he hopes to see this great army transform from the old body again, just like being reborn in World War II.

"Moreover, the Soviet army's development strategy now is point-and-point warfare. We only carry out point-to-point attacks on important targets of the enemy. The targets selected for attack are often strategically important points of the opponent, such as the command and control system and the reconnaissance and early warning system in the battlefield system. , electronic countermeasure system, logistics supply system, and important economic targets and other key chains. Although there are not many targets selected, they can all play a role in affecting the whole body. Once successful, strategic or operational goals can be quickly achieved, thereby Changing the posture of the opposing sides is different from the method that Comrade Ogarkov strongly advocates that massive precision-guided weapons will cause extremely terrifying lethality to the entire economic system."

"To borrow a phrase, the idea of ​​ending a war by dropping a bomb in your bathroom one afternoon is grotesque, so we're starting out on the same page, but at some point we're going our separate ways. You just want to Precisely removing the organs from top to bottom of our enemy's body and causing the opponent's death, we just stabbed a sharp knife into his heart and ended the war with a precise surgical strike."

Every word of Yanayev made it impossible for Marshal Ogarkov to refute. As a foresight and leader of the old era, Ogarkov's views originally had historical limitations.He hopes to accurately destroy the entire country of the opponent in the future when there is an all-out war with the United States, while Yanayev is thinking about how to catch up with the development ideas of the US military.

So if it wasn't for being politically incorrect, Yanayev really wanted to promote and reuse Marshal Ogarkov to serve as the Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union after Yazov stepped down.However, due to physical problems, Ogarkov may not be around for a few years. Even if he survives the illness in 1994, he may die at any time in the next few years.It would be better for him to spend his remaining years in the Bureau of Strategic Deception without its glitz than to grow old alone and forgotten.

Ogarkov finally understood that he, who was once at the forefront of the entire military world, is now gradually becoming a conservative conservative. At least the leader of the Soviet Communist Party in front of him has proposed a more complete strategic idea than himself, and This idea of ​​development is likely to affect the construction of the Soviet army in the next few decades.

As for whether the planted seed will become a towering giant tree or a low bush in the future, Ogarkov believes that he will never see the day when he will bear fruit.

"The domestic young faction has begun to take shape, and the development of their new generation of SAM precision-guided missiles has also developed rapidly with the strong support of the Ministry of Defense, but there are still a group of conservatives that need to be dealt with. If General Secretary Yanayev is willing to give me Then a little bit of poor rights, I can help you bring all these conservatives who hinder the development of the military's digitalization and informationization to the grave."

"They caused me to miss the most glorious era in my life, shouldn't I pay a small price?" Marshal Ogarkov said.

Yanayev until Ogarkov is ready to fight to the end with conservatives who do not advocate informatization, helping Yanayev clear the stumbling block that hinders the large-scale reform of the army, and at the same time providing support for Yanaev Yev's military transformation provides a favorable environment and conditions.

"The future belongs to digitization and electronics. I can no longer see this future. The only thing I can do is to help clear away the conservatives who block my great ideals. Although the future development ideas are different, one thing we believe in is Similarly, it is imperative to build a high-end Soviet army, we have been separated by the United States for more than ten years, and no one wants this distance to continue to expand.”

Having said that, Ogarkov expressed his last wish.

"My only hope is that in the future, the Soviet army, under the leadership of General Secretary Yanayev, can bring the shock and fear to the West that was not lost to them during the August [-]st military exercise."

Chapter 345 The Iran Nuclear Issue

Saddam's fate has sounded the alarm for every country that has a problem with the United States, especially countries like Iran and Libya that are determined to develop nuclear technology and attempt to possess nuclear weapons.Iran’s environment is even better than that of Libya. After all, before the severance of diplomatic relations with the United States in 1980, Iran’s nuclear energy development technology was supported by Western countries, but after the severance of diplomatic relations, the United States accused Iran of using “peaceful development of nuclear energy” as a cover for secret development Nuclear weapons, especially after Iran discovered rich uranium deposits in the Yazd region.

Rafsanjani's ability to discover uranium was not a gift from a real pig, but from the Soviet Union.After the detection of rich uranium deposits, Iran's ambition to vigorously develop nuclear energy has also expanded. They hope that the Soviet Union can help them build a large nuclear power plant to accumulate experience in the peaceful use and development of nuclear power.

As for the sincerity of the peaceful use of this sentence, it is unknown, but if it really intends to give up nuclear technology, there will be no sanctions that lasted for ten years and the difficult Six-Party Talks on the Iranian nuclear issue.

After the Yazd uranium mine was discovered, President Rafsanjani of Iran began to prepare for his visit to Moscow. Although he had strongly advocated peaceful coexistence with the West, after seeing the tragic situation of the US invasion of Iraq and President Mario After showing disdain for the olive branch thrown by Iran, President Rafsanjani also began to consider changing his position, at least not as keen as before to resolve the gap between the United States and Iran.

Although it will not be an enemy of the United States, Iran has not shown any enthusiasm for showing a hot face and a cold ass. Therefore, after the discovery of the Yazd uranium mine, Iran adopted a secret mining method to prevent the real information of the mine from being disclosed to the outside world. It is only a small area. The claim that they found a mine of rare metals, and ready to mine the project.