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Yanayev shook his head and vetoed the proposal, "Turkey is not a fool. Their fighter jets are all American fighter jets. Even the logistics system is provided by the United States. Purchasing Soviet fighter jets, is this going to exhaust their logistics department?"

As soon as Yanayev finished speaking, he paused for a moment as if he had thought of something.He scratched his head and said to himself, "No, no. We can try to sell Soviet fighter jets to Turkey, um."

Yazov said excitedly, "General Secretary Yanayev, what's the matter? Did you think of a way to sell arms to Turkey?"

"Probably." Yanayev said, "As long as Maziyer is still an ally of the Soviet Union, the United States and even NATO will always be hostile to the existence of Turkey, won't they?"

"Yes." Yazov nodded. I don't know what purpose this has to do with selling Turkish fighter jets.

"So should Turkey's order to purchase replacement parts for fighter jets from the United States be cancelled?" Yanayev showed a mysterious smile.Mazier's confrontation with the United States now makes President Mario very upset.

"As long as we let the United States continue to deepen its relationship with the PKK, there will be no conflict between Turkey and the Soviet Union, will it?"

"You mean?" Yazov froze for a moment.

"Using public opinion propaganda to create a friendly relationship between Turkey and the Soviet Union. Continue to drive a wedge between Turkey and NATO. According to the way Mario likes to be suspicious, I think the cancellation of the order will probably be fulfilled in the near future. " Yanayev said with a smile.

Yanayev was really happy to see the allies of the United States being alienated one by one.

5Chapter 17 Fuck Türkiye

The Soviet propaganda department has always been able to understand Yanayev's political trends. After a period of silence, Comrade Surkov began to climb through the government departments at an alarming rate.Originally, this small role that not many people paid attention to was in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.After Secretary Shenin abdicated, he quickly filled this gap.It became the idea of ​​the entire Soviet Union.knowledge.shape.It was only then that people were surprised to find that this silent man was actually one of Yanayev's key caretakers.Honing in the position of the Propaganda Department allowed Surkov to be more familiar with manipulating the direction of public opinion in the country.After all, in the eyes of the public intellectuals who expelled him from the West, he was an out-and-out demon of the Soviet Propaganda Department.

As long as the Soviet Union's public opinion position is still controlled by Surkov, Yanayev is not worried about such things as "color revolutions".When the entire war-torn Middle East is full of flowers of democracy and freedom, the whole world will understand what the price of being free is.No one wants to see their motherland fall apart, worrying every day whether the artillery fire will fall on their heads.There is also a life of fear that is not guaranteed every day.

Soviet propaganda has always liked to deliberately let the West see what they want to promote.Including the Soviet-Turkish friendship visit tour unilaterally promoted by the Soviet Union. "Pravda" even disclosed the details of Mazyer's arms sales visit to the Soviet Union, including the purchase of five poisonous spider-class missile boats, including a visit to the Sevastopol naval base, and even Mazyel's glorious visit to the Soviet Union. All the speeches delivered on the class cruiser were published after being misinterpreted by Pravda.From Turkey-Soviet friendship and cooperation to Turkey-Soviet friendship and cooperation against the United States.

This is not a small blow to President Mario.When he saw the Soviet report, his eyes became gloomy.White House chief of staff Bowles also happened to see this reprinted report, and said with some sarcasm, "The times have really changed. I didn't expect Turkey and the Soviet Union to form an alliance. What's even more ironic is that they have deepened military exchanges. "

President Mario said puzzledly, "However, the recent propaganda is only a unilateral propaganda by Moscow, and the Turkish side is silent. What's the matter? Is Maziel still thinking about getting benefits from NATO? Now Turkey is an enemy of NATO, as long as it continues to implement the sanctions policy, one day Mazyer will be surrendered."

"However, those military industry giants are very dissatisfied with President Mario's policies! The original orders of several hundred million have just disappeared." Bowers chief of staff shrugged and said helplessly.These few days his private phone has been almost fully occupied.Bowers was very annoyed.

Mario threw the document in his hand on the table, and said coldly, "You have to bear with me if you are dissatisfied!"

Mario's anger stunned Bowers for a moment, and he immediately realized that Mario was still annoyed by this matter.Now Mario's mind is full of the idea of ​​sanctioning Turkey, and he will not consider other issues at all.

Mario's sanctions are manifested in cutting off military trade with Turkey. For example, the previously agreed military aid to the Keeling-class destroyer has come to naught, and orders for repair and replacement of F-16 and F4 fighter jets have also been cancelled.Don't even think about Türkiye's entry into the EU.But Mario's sanctions are much more than that.

Next, he will assist the two enemies of the Turkish government. Mario vowed to make Mazier feel the anger of the United States.One of these two rivals is the PKK, which has been fighting for many years, and the other is Greece, which has been watching the show in this Black Sea dispute.

Turkey and Greece have deep grievances on the Cyprus issue. In 1959, the United Kingdom initially agreed to the independence of Cyprus. The United Kingdom, Greece, and Turkey signed the "Zurich-London Agreement." The treaty meant that the three powers of Britain, Greece and Turkey ensured the independence of Cyprus.But in fact, Turkey did not want to see the Greeks dominating the Cyprus family, so it sent warships to Cyprus and handed over a large number of weapons to the local Turks.After that, the conflict between Greeks and Turks in Cyprus deepened, which finally triggered the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974.At that time, in order to expand the results of the war, the Turkish army disregarded the truce order of the United Nations and clashed with a Greek army stationed near Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus.The invasion of Turkish troops inevitably drew Greek soldiers into the fight, and a civil war broke out between the two NATO countries.

Afterwards, the UN Security Council Resolution 367 did not recognize the Turkish Federation of Cyprus established by Turkey, and in order to ensure that the Turkish people in the Turkish Federation of Cyprus were the main ethnic group, they forcibly expelled 16 local Greeks.

How could the Greek government forget this deep hatred.

That being the case, President Mario will show kindness and help the Greek people. After all, Greece has always wanted to get back on the Turkish dispute.Return the humiliation suffered by Cyprus back then.

"By the way, it seems that Turkey and Greece have been at odds over the issue of islands and reefs?" President Mario asked, raising his head.

"Yes." Bowles replied, "Limnos, Lesvos, Somers, Rhodes, and the Aegean Sea are all in the hands of Greece, although Turkey has declared These islands have direct possession rights, but this kind of disputed coastline has always been based on military strength and political pressure. Now Turkey's military strength does not take advantage because we have blocked it with military aid. In terms of political pressure, in With the support of the United States, Greece also has the strength to provoke Turkey. So I think we can make a fuss about this issue."

Everyone who has studied the Greek maritime boundary will be amazed at the arbitrariness of Greece's coastline division. In addition to extending twelve nautical miles in accordance with the International Convention on the Law of the Sea, even Turkey's coastal beaches are Greek territory.Coupled with the grievances in Cyprus, Turkey and Greece can be said to be blood feuds.

"Help Greece further provoke Turkey in the Aegean Sea and create disputes." Mario said, "If we help Greece deploy missiles on those disputed islands, what will Turkey think? Even rockets can reach Turkey's west coast The land of the country. At that time, the entire west coast of Turkey will be on the verge of an enemy."

Imagine using these islands to form a missile defense belt, and it may really be a nightmare for Turkey.If medium and short-range missiles are deployed on the island, it will be enough for Turkey to eat a pot.

White House Chief of Staff Bowles replied honestly, "Then the dispute on the west coast of Turkey will become very exciting. Strengthening the defense capabilities of the Greek Navy and the Greek missile force may not be a good thing. At least it can make Turkey understand clearly that the United States can help Turkey. The way of the enemy to prevent his rise."

"Very good." Mario thought of the best candidate to visit Turkey, and he said to Powers, "Recently Madeleine seems to be obsessed with the Turkish incident. I want her to visit Greece and South Africa as a representative of the United States. Cyprus is the most suitable place. I want to use this incident to illustrate the position of the United States. On the Turkish issue, the United States firmly opposes the cooperation between Turkey and the Soviet Union. If Turkey continues to be obsessed, then we do not mind creating a war within Turkey. turmoil."

A visit to both countries with Madeleine, the most politically determined Iron Lady, could not be more fitting.Declare to the world that the United States is going to fight Turkey to the end, and no one can stop it.And it is still in a state of pulling half of NATO to suppress Turkey.

"Since Turkey wants to become an ally of the Soviet Union, it must be prepared to accept the suppression of the United States. We will pull out countries in the world that are not in line with the interests of the United States one by one."

Mario clenched the pen in his hand and said indifferently.

Becoming an ally of the Soviet Union was the biggest mistake Maziel made.

Chapter 548 Tough Greek Government

Madeleine's visit to Turkey was like an adrenaline shot to Greek President Konstantin Stephanopoulos, lifting him up.Since last year, Greece and Turkey have had disputes and conflicts around the Imia Islands, and have even repeatedly triggered the Imia crisis.

All the causes can be traced back to the incident in December 1995 when a Turkish freighter ran aground on the small island of Imia due to an accident.Because of the sovereignty issue between Greece and Turkey, the Turkish captain clashed with the Greek Crete rescue team, and then the two countries began to fight over the ownership of the island.

Turkey formally claimed sovereignty over the island shortly after the grounding. At the beginning of 1996, the incident on the Imia island had attracted widespread attention in Greece. On January 1996, 1, the Greek side planted the Greek flag on the island for the first time.Turkish journalists then took a helicopter to the island to remove the Greek flag and insert the Turkish flag. Within 26 hours, the Greek navy arrived and pulled out the Turkish flag again.This led to fierce responses from the respective governments of the two countries, with the two navies sounding the alarm and marching towards the island at the same time.This is also the beginning of the Imia crisis.Later, the helicopter on the Greek destroyer Navarino accidentally crashed while going to the small island of Imia for reconnaissance. Greece believed that it was shot down by Turkey, which caused the situation between the two countries to become tense.

Later, the United States was worried about NATO's civil unrest and intervened to mediate the dispute between the two countries, but in fact it also stood on the side of Greece, and the EU also stood on the side of Greece, and warned Turkey not to act rashly, which made Turkey very passive.The two countries took the matter to the international court, but there was still no result. Greece was unwilling to be reconciled, and always wanted to find an opportunity to retaliate. This also led to the crisis in which the Greek Mirage 2000 shot down the Turkish F-16.Although the Turkish side claimed that it was caused by a mechanical failure, anyone who knows the conflict knows that the F-16 was actually shot down by the Greek Air Force.

Now that the United States came to support the Greek government, Stephanopoulos immediately felt that he had met a savior.Especially after seeing Secretary of State Madeleine, who is known as a political hawk, President Stephanopoulos felt this way even more.

Stephanopoulos poured bitter water on Secretary Madeleine and played a sad card, "Turkey not only did not restrain itself after the F-16 fighter accident, but instead exerted political chips on the Imiya issue. If the Cyprus issue is Turkey’s tolerance, then on the issue of safeguarding Greece’s sovereignty, we will absolutely not tolerate Turkey’s rampant behavior.”

After speaking, Stephanopoulos waved his fist a few times to express his indignation.The issue of sovereignty has always been the most relevant and most concerned thing for Turkey. In their eyes, the entire Aegean Sea has been Turkey's indivisible sacred territory since ancient times.

"The United States has never taken a soft and compromising approach when it comes to helping Greece resolve the issue of the coastline."

Madeleine revealed a strong political hawk style as soon as she opened her mouth, "As you can see, the United States will never allow a second pro-Soviet country to appear within the Black Sea range, and the other party is still one of the important NATO allies. This For the United States, NATO, and even Europe, it is a nightmare. Turkey under the control of Maziyer is like the Ottoman Empire that has made a comeback, with strong hostility towards the West. This is not the result that the United States hopes to see."

"Yes, so on the issue of Simia, I hope that the United States can..." President Stephanopoulos hesitated to speak, he hoped that the United States could support Greece and take the island of Simia from the hands of the Turks snatch back.

"Don't worry, the United States will definitely stand on Turkey's side." Madeleine said with a smile, "After all, the enemy of Greece is the enemy of the United States. How could we allow the enemy to attack our allies?"

This is the first time that Madeleine has come to the most beautiful presidential palace in the Greek peninsula. The red curtains are matched with the marble relief walls, and the golden wall lamps exude a soft light.The dazzling and eye-catching light emitted by the brilliant crystal chandelier is as dazzling as the large diamonds hanging from the ceiling.

She answered Stephanopoulos' questions while visiting the palace that served as the presidential palace of Greece.The high heels stepped lightly on the red carpet, making a delicate sound.

Secretary of State Madeleine turned her head, and she said to Stephanopoulos solemnly, "Hasn't the Greek government heard about Turkey's recent movements?"

Stephanopoulos frowned and asked softly, "You mean the visit to Moscow by Acting President Mazyel of Turkey? Isn't the whole world aware of this?"

Madeleine stopped, she shook her head helplessly, and then corrected President Stephanopoulos, "It is not to visit Moscow, but to visit the Soviet military base of Sevastopol. The point of this conversation."

"Sevastopol military base?" Stephanopoulos chewed on the information hidden in Madeleine's words, his face suddenly changed, and he asked cautiously, "You mean that Turkey bought the Soviet Union five The incident of the poisonous spider-class missile boat? According to the Soviet Union, Turkey may also purchase the Soviet Kassin-class guided missile destroyer. Once this kind of ship is equipped with Turkey, it will pose a major threat to the Greek navy."

As early as 1991 and 1992, the Greek Navy introduced 4 Adams-class guided missile destroyers from the United States into service. After that, the Greek Navy renamed them the Kimon-class and became the main battleship of the Greek Navy.Afterwards, the Turkish Navy also took active actions. Since the American Adams-class destroyers were too old and had been sold out, the Turkish Navy purchased eight Knox-class guided-missile frigates from the United States from 1993 to 1994.Thus launched the arms race between the Greek Navy and the Turkish Navy in the 90s.

"Turkey's purchase of poisonous spider missile boats and the purchase of Kassin-class guided missile destroyers are actually not the point." Secretary of State Madeleine stretched out a finger, waving in front of him, and said, "What if they buy the Soviet Glory-class cruiser?" , does the Greek navy still have the strength to compete?"

The corner of Stephanopoulos' mouth twitched. If the Black Sea monster like the Glory-class cruiser joined the Turkish Navy, it might really be a disaster for the Greek army.

What if Türkiye makes persistent efforts to purchase the Dreadnought?The Greek Navy could hardly imagine it.

Secretary of State Madeleine admired Stephanopoulos' cloudy and uncertain face to the fullest, and she believed that her sensational remarks had already made Stephanopoulos' scalp numb.As long as the Turkish president is restrained, the next series of military negotiations and cooperation will become a breeze.

Stephanopoulos recovered from the shock, and he asked nervously, "So has the United States sold any other ships recently? I think the Greek Navy needs to increase its strength."