USSR 1991

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Before the other party could speak, Yanayev spoke first and interrupted Shevardnadze's well-prepared speech, "If I'm not mistaken, you came here for the recent events in Turkey, yes Right? But I’m sorry to tell you that the foreign affairs department must keep pace with the attitude of the Moscow Politburo in this matter. In other words, we must keep a low profile now, and Moscow will allow your actions only after the arbitration result comes out. "

Speeches to the outside world are nothing more than condemnation and protest. Is it not allowed for the Soviet Union to issue condemnation and protest now?

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

"The biggest problem now is that the whole world thinks that the Soviet Union has surrendered diplomatically. We have neither issued a strong statement of accusation nor obstructed, which is a signal to Western countries that we are no longer able. It is in the vantage point of occupying the moral high ground in this permanent arbitration."

Yanayev said disdainfully, "Only incompetent countries will continue to use deterrence methods, because coercion into war is the last resort." Yanayev put down the book in his hand and turned his head to Shevardana Ze said, "Besides, given the comprehensive strength of the Soviet Union, do we still need to care about the issue of the moral high ground? The law of the jungle in the world has always been the law of the jungle."

Yanayev has always sneered at morality and justice. These are just icing on the cake. The military strength and comprehensive national strength of a country 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 part of the plan to him, which can be regarded as a boost to the outside world, "We will not participate in the arbitration, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can announce when the arbitration result is released. It 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 didn't know, so the Soviet Union didn't take any measures at the beginning. Will there be bigger moves in the future?The problem is that the NATO group has always been in a state of victory, and the Soviet Union is now passive in diplomacy, so what chance can it have to counterattack the other side.

"The sleeping giant 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 to him the plan, "The next actions of the Soviet Union will make people The whole world has been taken by surprise and I hope President Demirel can bear the shock."

Yanayev did not explain what kind of shock there would be, but left it to Shevardnadze to think about it slowly.

At the same time, the Black Sea Fleet is also actively mobilizing the fleet. As the main force of the Black Sea Fleet, it has an unshirkable sacred mission.The commander-in-chief of the Black Sea Fleet, Ivan Kasatonov, was summoned by Smiryev in his office. Smiryev was giving Kasatonov a dangerous but exciting order to send the Black Sea Fleet The main ship sailed to the vicinity of the Turkish Strait and conducted live-fire exercises near the Turkish Strait, creating a strategic deterrent to Turkey.

"Our task is to put pressure on Turkey militarily and force the other side. This task is very important, Comrade Kasatonov, are you confident that you can do it?" Smiryev stared at his face and said seriously .

"The Black Sea Fleet will faithfully carry out the mission of the Red Navy." Kasatonov also replied firmly.

"I just have a question. Wouldn't NATO troops be involved in military exercises on the day of the arbitration? After all, Turkey is now their loyal ally."

According to the level of Turkey's five destroyers and a dozen frigates, the chances of the Black Sea Fleet winning in a flat push are still very high.And since the deployment of the diesel-electric submarine 5V Alrosa in 1990, the shipyard is stepping up the deployment of a strategic nuclear submarine to increase the game chips in the Black Sea Strait.

The guided missile cruiser Moscow, the large anti-submarine ship Kechi, the frigate Agile, the frigate Qiuzhi, and the frigate Clever, etc., although the Black Sea Fleet is the second generation of the Soviet Union, has not yet undergone large-scale renovation and deployment, but it can To deal with this crisis, and after the vine system is deployed, Smiryev will persuade Moscow to increase funding for the Soviet Navy Fleet to prepare for the replacement of the Black Sea Fleet.

As for the Turkish Navy, when the Greek Navy relied on an armored cruiser to overturn three former dreadnoughts, and they overturned them twice in a row, you know how powerful the Turkish Navy is.

Smiryev straightened his hat, smiled and said to Kasatosav, "Intervention? How many countries are actively responding to the arbitration now? The United States? Turkey? The United Kingdom is just passing it by. We have no time to deal with Turkey. All our current opponents are only Turkey, and the Americans who support Turkey behind the scenes."

"And our military deployment is carried out in secret. Once a military conflict occurs, will the Americans have time to come and increase their personnel? The biggest mistake of the US government is that it really believed that the Soviet Union was swallowing their anger, so that they did not even dispatch their Pacific Fleet. come over."

"However, even if it is dispatched, I think it will continue to increase Turkey's internal conflicts. After all, Demirel is personally in the west, but it does not mean that the Turkish army will tolerate other people's aircraft carriers showing off their power on their own territory."

Wait, the Turkish army?

Smiryev's originally frowning brows eased, he bit his lip and fell into deep thought, slowly recalling what Yanayev said to him that day, the Black Sea Fleet, the PKK, the last scene that was not shown behind trump card.

Cold sweat broke out on Smiryev's forehead. He vaguely understood something. If this is true, then there must be some ulterior secret between the top leaders of Turkey and the Soviet Union.And this exchange of interests will even affect whether the Turkish president can keep his position.

After a long time, Smiryev came back to his senses, and said slowly, "This is really an amazing move. If the Americans follow this script, it is equivalent to falling into the trap of the Soviet Union." Middle. Not to mention the United States, even Turkey may not be spared.”

"General Smiryev..." Kasatosaf saw the uncertain expression of the commander-in-chief of the Navy, and dared not interrupt his meditation.

"Oh?" Smiryev came back to his senses. At this time, his expression was no longer confused, but he had a kind of expectation. Regarding the expectation of the next event, he said to Kasatosav, "Please, Comrade Kasatosav, as long as there is no war, the commotion will be as big as it is. The bigger the Black Sea dispute, the higher the chance of our counterattack. Please believe in the decision of General Secretary Yanayev."

Chapter 523 Arbitration Farce (3)

It was time for the arbitration to start, but unexpectedly, there was still no movement from the Soviet Union.It seems that this trial related to the jurisdiction of the Strait is not within their consideration, and the more this is the case, the more anxious Washington becomes.They feel that there is always some conspiracy in the Soviet Union that has not yet been implemented.

CIA Director Tenet also had this premonition. Now that the arbitration has started, the representatives of the Soviet Union did not appear in court.It was precisely because of this that Director Tenet became suspicious.He believes that there may be other ulterior motives behind this.

"This is really strange. Logically speaking, the Soviet Union will always express something when the Permanent Arbitration Tribunal is in session, such as protesting, and a little more seriously, directly threatening warships. Why has the Soviet Union not taken any action so far? This is really against the law. Common sense." Director Tenet held his chin and carefully analyzed all the possibilities, "Could it be that they still have a backhand?"

"What a miscalculation." Director Tenet seemed to have thought of something. He slapped his head and suddenly remembered a key question, "We didn't deploy the fleet in the Turkish Strait. In fact, we should have sailed the Pacific Fleet into Marma before the arbitration was opened. This will also prevent the Soviet Black Sea Fleet from making a surprise attack. Damn, we have always planned to wait until the Soviet fleet approaches before the arbitration starts, but we didn’t expect that they might make a surprise attack.”

In order to "take care" of the situation of its ally, the Turkish government, Mario did not deploy the aircraft carrier battle group near the Turkish Strait, but now it seems that neither the CIA nor the White House has made a mistake in this matter.Now it will take at least a week for the aircraft carrier battle group to bypass the Mediterranean Sea and rush to the Turkish Strait.

"President Mario, if we can get the British fleet into Turkey now, maybe we can save it in time." Director Tenet suddenly thought that even if he didn't have himself, he still had the closest ally to the Turkish Strait, the United Kingdom.As long as the British are willing to nod, the United States can still win a round.

"British? Now the new British Prime Minister is worrying about the Scottish incident and the Brexit referendum. They have no time to help our interests in Turkey." President Mario meditated, his brows slowly knit into a knot, it seems that now , I am still ahead, but Mario has no way of knowing what conspiracy is behind the Soviet Union.

The United Kingdom is already overwhelmed, and it is impossible to expect the EU to push the boat smoothly. Germany and France only care about the benefits they can get, and never take risks to do thankless things.What's more, because of economic reasons, these two countries are still colluding with the Soviet Union behind their backs.

"Now the only thing we can count on is the Turkish navy, but the strength of the Turkish navy is completely different from that of the Soviet Union. Even in the Tsarist Russia period, the former Ottoman was beaten by the second-rate navy of Tsarist Russia."

Tenet is not optimistic about the prospects of the Turkish Navy, but this does not prevent him from selling new US ships to Turkey after this crisis.Where there are regional conflicts, there are arms dealers from the permanent members of the United Nations.

"So?" President Mario asked.

"I think we should send the aircraft carrier battle group to the Turkish waters. Even if the Turkish military complains about this, we must maintain the first gate to prevent the Soviet Red Navy from entering the Mediterranean. And the sooner the better, take advantage of the last Bad things haven’t happened yet, and we can still remedy that.”

"What about the PKK?" Mario asked another key question.At the beginning, it was Tenet's vowed guarantee that the Soviet Union would attack Turkey on the issue of the PKK.

Tenet gave President Mario an unexpected negative answer, "No, the PKK did not take any action. The previous Soviet financial assistance did not stimulate the PKK to expand its strike range. Instead, there was a feeling of disappearing, as if , they don't want to do anything at this time."

"Huh?" Hearing the news, President Mario was also taken aback. He didn't expect this to be the case now.If the PKK does not act, where will the Soviet Union's most critical pawn move fall?

President Mario stood up suddenly and began to walk back and forth in the office. Whenever he got into trouble, he would show himself in front of others with a silent gesture.

"I have a sense of foreboding, Chief Tenet."

President Mario stopped in his tracks, turned his head and said to the nervous Director Tenet, "So far, have we followed the Soviet Union's will step by step? Everything that is done is not what the Soviet Union wants to happen."

"This..." Hearing this answer, Tenet fell into deep thought, but he really couldn't think of any chess pieces that Yanayev could deter Turkey's security besides the PKK in the east.Black Sea Fleet?If the Soviet Union wants to dispatch the Black Sea Fleet as the only means of check and balance, it can only show that Yanayev is at the end of his rope.

"Think about it, have we all missed something, is there any most critical detail that we haven't noticed?"

When Mario said this, Tenet remembered the Turkish coup mentioned before, but Tenet denied this idea from the very beginning. The Turkish military and the Soviet Union can be said to be wary of each other. It is possible to reach an unanimous agreement on this matter.Moreover, the stability of Turkey is not in the interests of the Soviet Union, so Director Tenet believes that the Soviet Union will start on the more reliable issue of Kurdish separatism.

"I can't think of what kind of backup the Soviet Union has, but we must be prepared now to prevent the Soviet Union from counterattacking on the Turkish issue. I hope President Mario can negotiate with Director Tenet to send the US aircraft carrier battle group into the Pacific Ocean sea ​​area."

"Of course, I will contact the Turkish president on this issue."

After giving this suggestion that talking is better than nothing, the two sides fell into a long silence.

President Mario raised his hand and glanced at the time. Now it was almost the end of the Permanent Arbitration Tribunal. Because the Soviet Union unilaterally refused to attend, the Permanent Arbitration Tribunal naturally made a ruling based on the materials submitted by Turkey.

Now the arbitral tribunal is full of journalists from all over the world, and they are all waiting for the final outcome.Did Türkiye win the case, or the Soviet Union?But no matter who wins or loses, the Black Sea will not be peaceful.Because the Soviet Union's revenge is always beyond everyone's expectations.

When the pointer on the watch turned for the last minute, there was a knock on the door of the President's Office.President Mario said please come in.Sandy Berger, the U.S. national security adviser who was out of breath, walked in the door and said to President Mario, "The arbitration result is out. The Soviet Union lost the case and Turkey won the case."

Director Tenet turned his head and said with a smirk at President Mario, "This ending is really exactly the same as the ending in Nicaragua in 1986, but everyone knows the result of the execution."

"At least now we have a reason to deploy the anti-missile system aboveboard. The crime is of course the result of the Soviet Union's unwillingness to implement the ruling." President Mario said with a smile. Everyone understands that the so-called arbitration is a piece of waste paper, but this Waste paper can allow the United States to stand on the moral high ground and serve its own interests confidently.

All guarantees are based on the comprehensive strength of the country. Any idea of ​​sanctioning other countries with a piece of paper is not only ridiculous, but also naive.

Americans are not naive because they need the momentum of international public opinion.

Türkiye is pretending to be naive because he needs American assistance.