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Chapter 476 Su Fa pits NATO

This meeting reached a verbal agreement. In fact, it is impossible to sign any secret agreement between France and the Soviet Union. After all, the basis for the cooperation of interests between the two parties is not very solid. NATO sum.As for what kind of rift France, which has sold its teammates, will have with NATO, Yanayev can't control it.

Since the reason for the existence of France is to add obstacles to NATO countries, then Yanayev unceremoniously carried out the blocking campaign to the end. After completing this secret agreement, Soviet Prime Minister Pavlov suddenly announced his visit to France. And made a high-profile announcement that the Soviet Union will conduct new trade cooperation with France to contribute to the economic and trade between the two countries.As an ally who has just received benefits, Chirac naturally reiterated hypocritically that the friendship between France and Russia has been traditional since ancient times, and the friendship between the two sides is long live.

This smoke bomb is a bit loud, so that the political elites in Europe just can't understand what happened between the two countries. Why did it suddenly become friendly between France and Russia?This was even more sudden than Kissinger's visit to China back then. Could there be some filthy secret behind it?The greater the Soviet Union's actions in Europe, the less other countries will notice France's small actions in Libya.

Under such circumstances, the new agent cultivated by France in Libya began to forcibly annex Libya's oil fields. He doesn't care which European country is behind those oil fields. That is his purpose.

At the same time, KGB intelligence personnel launched a lobbying operation in Kufra. Gaddafi, who was already in the sunset, was very surprised that he received a "friendly olive branch" from the Soviet Union at this time.You must know that the whole world has abandoned him now, except for his cronies and entourage, Gaddafi is in a state of isolation and helplessness.

The intelligence officer of the KGB did not come here to send charcoal in a timely manner. He only indirectly provided Gaddafi with information through this contact with Gaddafi's cronies. If the government forces still want to counterattack and seize Libya's oil city, it is best to take advantage of this opportunity, and France will also carry out cover air strikes in the central region. The target of this air strike is no longer Gaddafi's government forces, but the oil fields the Libyan Free Army.

"Now the opposition base camp of the Freedom Army is in chaos. In order to compete for the right to exploit oil fields, the agents controlled by various countries have no energy to carry out the war going south. The longer the matter drags on, the more passive they will be to the government forces. So it is best to take advantage of it now. Go north and recover your oil city. I think the reason why President Gaddafi didn’t do anything is because he realized that the oil in the south can no longer meet the supply of the army? Either slowly consume it, or take a gamble to seize the oil city, at least Not sitting still. And France has temporarily stopped targeting government forces, so your number one air threat is gone."

The words of the intelligence officer made Gaddafi think for a long time. In the end, he thought that this plan was very feasible. He believed that the plan provided by the KGB intelligence officer was feasible. Now the government army is indeed in the most critical moment. The current government army doesn't have enough tanks and planes anymore.

What the Soviet Union had to do was to direct the disaster of the government forces to the oil towns controlled by Britain and Germany.

Gaddafi took the last gamble and redesigned his strategy, which was to seize the oil mining area in central Libya. Under the instigation of the Soviet Union, he assembled his last armored forces to complete a Northern Expedition.

The actions of the government forces immediately made Germany and the United Kingdom not calm, and this was simply killing them.Taking advantage of the fact that the oil extraction facilities were still intact, Britain and Germany worked desperately to extract oil in Libya. They did not expect Gaddafi to come back so soon.Of course, they are not nervous about Gaddafi's counterattack, because there are French fighter jets protecting British oil facilities.John Major even advertised that this was only Gaddafi's last war, and that he would fail as before.

But the reality surprised Prime Minister John Major, and President Chirac announced that France would no longer send fighter jets to attack Gaddafi's government forces because of funding problems.The subtext that Chirac didn't say is that this is France's retaliation for the uneven distribution of spoils to its allies.

There is no way, the UK can only urgently dispatch a few fighter jets to block the attack of the government forces, but Prime Minister Chirac's next move is even more decisive, that is to send fighter jets to bomb the proxy ground facilities supported by the UK and Germany, to provide support for the Gaddafi government. The advance of the army cleared the obstacles.Because of the interest dispute between France and NATO countries, the Libyan civil war has been completely turned into a war initiated by European powers through proxies.

This move by France really annoyed John Major and German Chancellor Kohl. For this betrayal of its allies, Moscow can only say that it did a good job. This is the end of Britain and Germany's attempt to eat alone.

Now that the other party has torn its face, France has no reason to be a good person hypocritically. Besides, France has always emphasized that Mediterranean countries have been French territories since ancient times. If France is made ugly in Libya, Britain and Germany will never have a good life. lose the interests of other countries in Libya.

France has used its own actions to prove that offending a major European country will end in a disastrous end. With France adding obstacles, even if Britain dispatches fighter jets frequently, it will not be able to stand up to France's rhythm of selling teammates.Under the chaos of France, Gaddafi's government forces had a tendency to advance all the way, and soon approached the core interests of Britain and Germany.

Under such circumstances, Britain and Germany had no choice but to bow their heads, begging France to raise their hands in desperation.Before, the United Kingdom thought about putting pressure on France to force the other side to make concessions, but France directly declared that once the United Kingdom took measures, France would take more radical measures to force the United Kingdom to compromise, which is completely barbaric and unreasonable .

There is no way, under such circumstances, the United Kingdom can only choose to back down. Libya's oil fields are Shell's life-saving talisman.As a European oil control group that has been losing ground in the wars in the Middle East, the fall of Shell symbolizes that Europe will lose a large sum of money.

However, the resentment between Britain and Germany towards France will not end. After all, they violated their own interests. Just as France was rushing to obtain "black gold", cracks began to appear in the relationship between Britain, Germany and France.

Chapter 477 The Warming Relationship

Chirac was very satisfied with the Soviet Union's "beneficiary" behavior in Libya, which was equivalent to allowing France to take out the oil fields in the northeast of Libya with its bare hands.However, the Soviet Union is not a fool. The oil production areas controlled by other agents are handed over. He will not cede the interests of the Butifle Pool to France. It is better to manage your own one-acre three-point land with peace of mind if you are expanding your territory.

But Chirac thinks differently, just like a greedy person encounters a mountain of jewels and wants to take all the benefits to himself, but forgets that every plunder means violating the interests of others, especially Use Gaddafi's government forces to suppress proxies backed by Germany and Britain.

It's not a clever way of embedding flowers and trees. Chirac just diverted the disaster of the government forces to the territory of Germany and the United Kingdom. In this way, Cole's life will be difficult, and the oil production will drop to only a quarter of the previous output. One, and with the end of the war, Cole became more and more anxious, and could only ask France to launch another air strike, but this time, Chirac refused.His request is very simple, he can send troops to France, and he can exchange oil fields for himself.

Germany does not have long-range strategic bombers, but it does not mean that Britain does not have them, and the strength of the Royal Air Force is far stronger than that of the castrated German army.So Chirac didn't think about looking at Britain's face at the beginning. After all, he knew that no matter how he forced Britain, Britain was the kind that would never let go. He simply threatened Germany directly to see if he could make a profit from it.

But Cole is not an idiot, and Germany is not so poor as to sell Libyan oil interests, so Cole turned to Britain to carry out precise strikes against the government forces that captured the oil city, and Germany and the United Kingdom joined forces to annex the area around Tripoli. The place where the oil is produced, and France's share is also counted, so that France will know the end of eating alone.

Cole was very angry at France's "betrayal" behavior, and he was unwilling to sit back and watch France benefit from Libya's actions. France, which was supposed to be the vanguard of the Libyan war, began to push back after acquiring oil fields, and Britain was powerless Provoking the heavy responsibility of air strikes, in the end Cole could only hold back because he knew that air strikes alone would not be able to move Gaddafi, and the ground attack plan had not been released.In fact, this air raid on Libya is not an anti-terrorism operation. Although on the surface it is to protect human rights, it is actually subverting the regime of other countries and meddling in the internal affairs of other countries. It is suspected of going beyond the resolutions of the United Nations. Germany has been very cautious in using foreign troops since World War II, and the opposition This supervision is very strict. Cole has seen through the essence of this military operation. In order to keep the position of East German Chancellor, he will use the method of borrowing a knife to kill people.

"The international community has been very lively these days. The German Chancellor visited Washington, and then the NATO military group led by the United States began air strikes on the active government forces in the Tripoli area. A few days later, France's oil fields in Libya were attacked and suffered heavy losses. It seems that NATO has already taken action." Like an outsider, Yanayev used the puppet line in his hand to manipulate the evolution of the situation in Libya. After France was attacked, he would definitely not be able to swallow this breath. Surrender or resist?

This requires the Soviet Union to interfere and push the French.Let him realize that the Soviet-French alliance is much more beneficial than hovering on the edge of the European Union.After all, France wants to establish the Mediterranean Union, a country that boasts economic strength as a European lion.From de Gaulle to the Chirac era, France was unwilling to be subject to the manipulation of the United States.

That being the case, the Soviet Union contributed to the flames and let France take on the second alliance in Europe that disintegrated the integration of the European Union and threatened the NATO military bloc.

"Five days later, French Defense Minister Mike Portillo will visit Moscow. I think they are also coming for Libyan oil. This time, they may be preparing to deepen military cooperation between France and the Soviet Union and establish a broad military alliance. Comrade Yazov's eyes lit up, and he believed that France was also feeling the pressure from Libya, so it was eager to get closer to the Soviet Union.

"It's time for the Americans to have a headache again." Yanayev said with a smile, "Now Europe is like a mess, which is not what the Americans want to see. There are discords and conflicts among Britain, France and Germany. Constantly. And as the biggest thorn in Europe, the French's ambitious ambition to establish the Mediterranean Union has been broken. Unwilling to fail, they clearly want to take advantage of this civil war in Libya to attack other countries. Once the Mediterranean Union is established... "

"Does that mean that the United States has one more France, which is both an enemy and a friend?" Yazov asked.

"As far as the Soviet Union is concerned, we don't have much conflict of interest with France in the Mediterranean region. It can be said that we are allies to a certain extent." Yanayev rubbed his eyes and sighed. Encirclement and breakthrough, all kinds of conspiracies and plots have been exhausted, and now the Soviet Union has finally broken a gap in Europe. The EU's overwhelmed attention will be an opportunity for the Soviet Union, and the Iron Curtain will return to Europe.

"Comrade Yazov, no matter what, we must entertain the delegation from France. After all, they are very important to us now. As long as we can stir up Britain and Germany's hatred of France, it is worthwhile for us to make so many small moves in Libya. "

"I understand, and General Secretary Yanayev, do you need a table of vodka for them?" Yazov blinked. The Russian tradition of entertaining guests is Kremlin brand vodka.Those who can drink are good friends of the Soviet people.

"I don't think so. The French delegation probably won't be able to withstand such a toss." Yanayev rubbed his temples. Regarding the high-level Soviet Ministry of Defense who drank this bottle of vodka at every turn, there will be no representatives from any country in the future. The group dared to eat at the same table with them.It is really the most incisive and vivid display of Uskinov's principle.

Yanayev crossed his hands, leaning on the tip of his pen, staring at the French armament strength report on the desktop, and said to Yazov, "Besides, we have to finalize a deal with the French defense delegation. They are preparing to develop a Soviet The weapons that the Red Navy wants, I think the Soviet Ministry of Defense should have a good chat with them to see if the Soviet Union and France can jointly develop such ships."

"Weapons?" Yazov froze for a moment. Did Yanayev still expect to purchase armaments from France?

"Yes, a ship that our Red Navy needs." Yanayev said seriously.

Chapter 478 Cheers to Cooperation

When the delegation of the French Ministry of Defense visited the Soviet Union, Yazov followed Yanayev's instructions and began to plan a unique military cooperation project.This is to correct the fallacy of the Soviet Navy in the long-term military development due to the short-circuiting of the leaders' minds.

From the Khrushchev era to the Gotu era, the leaders of the Soviet Union did not have enough understanding of the role of aircraft carrier-type large warships, resulting in the loss of good development opportunities.The differences in the direction of the development of amphibious warfare also prevented the realization of a direct-deck amphibious assault ship in the Red Navy.As the third-generation cradle of the Soviet aircraft carrier, the Soviet Neva Design Bureau once designed a 11780-type amphibious assault ship based on the Kiev-class aircraft carrier after the Kiev-class aircraft carrier came to an end.Removed the armament in front of the island and the same helicopter take-off and landing point as the Kiev class.If the development is successful, although it is not as good as the Wasp class, it is still quite powerful.However, with the tightening of the Soviet Union's military budget, the 11780 type has not achieved mass production.

Since the Soviet Union lacks experience in the construction of amphibious landing ships, the best way is to absorb foreign technology and transform it into its own use. Under such an international situation, Yanayev's first thought was the equipment of the French Navy.

After the 90s, there were only four remaining main amphibious assault ships of the French Navy. In addition to the two Lightning-class dock landing ships that served in the 90s, they were two 1965-ton ships that were in service in 1968 and 21. Tempest-class amphibious assault ships, the latter of which are too old to be on duty after entering the [-]st century; in addition to the Tempest-class, the old French Navy's old helicopter cruiser Joan of Arc suffered serious mechanical failures at the beginning of this century Effective operation; the aging and degradation of these ships has seriously affected the amphibious warfare capabilities of the French Navy.

Yanayev is even more aware of these inside stories than the French high-level. France is now considering using a new type of amphibious assault ship as the main force of the French navy, which will involve the subsequent service of the French Mistral-class amphibious landing ship. , What Yanayev has to do is to enable the Neva Design Bureau of the Soviet Union to cooperate with France to develop the northwest wind class, so that he has accumulated experience and has a northwest wind class that is even better than the 11780 model.

Yanayev wanted to complete this plan while the relationship between the Soviet Union and France was heating up. After all, Yanayev had invested so much energy in Chirac.No matter how you say it, you should get back some kind of return.

Under such careful arrangements, the French delegation visited Moscow, not so much to exchange friendship, but to enhance the arms trade between the two countries. Chirac is not a fool, he arranged for Mike Portillo to visit the Soviet Union It can be seen that the old fox has a keen sense of smell, not only planning to make a fortune in Libya, but also wanting to make a fortune from the Soviet Union.

It can be said that Portillo and Yazov's missions are almost exactly the same, they both hope to scrape a piece of fat from each other's body.

The lights in St. George's Hall were magnificent. Under the reflection of dozens of crystal lights, everyone's face was filled with smiles. French Ministry of Defense officials stood in front of some Russian Ministry of Defense personnel holding glasses, exchanging two The military project between the two countries, the performance of the symphony covered up the small chatter between each other.

Yazov walked into the French Defense Minister Portillo, who was surrounded by the crowd, holding a glass. When the other party saw Yazov, he said sorry to the people around him, and then quickly stepped forward to greet Minister Yazov.

"Hello, Minister Yazov." Portillo stretched out his hand and held it with Yazov's right hand. The reporters around quickly pressed the shutter, and all of a sudden there were lights and lights, and the dazzling light made Portillo Luo narrowed his eyes.

"Hi, Minister Portillo." Yazov said with a smile, "Are you satisfied with the banquet we arranged?"

"Very satisfied." Portillo nodded, "The thoughtful and thoughtful care even completely overturned my previous imagination."

Yazov raised his glass, and the slightly pale yellow wine echoed in the wine glass. He said with a smile, "Is it subverting the horror and evil image of the Red Empire that has been propagandized by Americans for a long time? Now, for the sake of the relationship between our two countries friendship, cheers."

"Cheers." The crystal cup collided with the crystal cup, Yazov raised his head.The wine in the glass was drained in one gulp.

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost warmed up, Yazov directly cut to the topic, he said to Portillo. "I'm a little curious. Does France have any plans to develop a new type of landing ship recently? I mean, like the current situation, France's amphibious landing ships are already in an aging state, and now there are constant international regional conflicts. The demand for force to land is increasing day by day, so many European navies are considering expanding their amphibious combat power. I heard that in order to replace the Tempest class and improve amphibious combat power, the French Naval Shipbuilding Bureau launched in July this year The multi-functional amphibious assault ship plan intends to develop a new multi-functional amphibious assault ship, and at the same time draw up a national amphibious combat operation teaching model according to the needs of the present, as the basis for the French army to quickly project force abroad in the future, right?"

Hearing Yazov burst out so much information at once, Minister Portillo looked away from the symphony orchestra. He looked at the smiling Yazov with some vigilance and asked, "I want to know about Yazov's What does Minister Fu want to find out from me?"

Yazov stepped on the marble tiles on the floor, and said very calmly, "Nothing, join me in saying that the Soviet Union wants to study amphibious assault ships with France, will you agree? Now the Soviet Union has a plan in its hands. , but has been suffering from the lack of a mature shipyard to complete this task, I think the French Pacific Shipyard will be the best choice for this plan.”

Minister Portillo slowly narrowed his eyes, thinking about what conspiracy Yazov had behind him.The design drawings of large warships were originally a national secret. At this time, the Minister of Defense actually proposed joint research and development. This is completely putting a big cake in front of the greedy French army.