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Chapter 555 Caught off guard

The negative vote cast by the Soviet Union in the Security Council caught Mazyer a little off guard. He thought that at least one member of the Security Council would support Turkey's policy, but he did not expect that even Yanayev also voted negative.In this way, Turkey's idea of ​​​​hoping for external mediation of Cyprus' conflicts has completely gone bankrupt.

What made him even more desperate was that the Cyprus Army, with the help of air strike cover and Greek support troops, was recovering the lost northern Cyprus step by step. After only a week, Northern Cyprus began to urge Turkey to need new assistance. With the current aid, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus will not last long.

Of course, the army of the Cyprus army also suffered certain losses. After regaining the two cities of Morfu and Lefka, they lost [-] tanks, and the overwhelming anti-tank missiles in North Cyprus almost surrounded them.

Even if Maziel wanted to support the Northern Cyprus regime, because the US aircraft carrier battle group blocked the coastline, ordinary cargo ships could not approach this island country shrouded in the cloud of war.It seems that there are only two ways to go before Maziel.Either surrender to NATO, surrender, and agree to deploy anti-missile systems in the country.Either expand the war and involve both the United States and Greece in the dispute among the Aegean island countries.

Mazier is facing the most difficult choice. Cyprus is being eroded bit by bit, but he can only watch the Turks on the island lose their homeland and be ruled by the Greeks again.Surrendering to Europe and the United States seems to be the only way out for Maziyer. He does not want to see everything created by Turkey's painstaking efforts come to naught.

"What? Morfu and Lefka have completely fallen?" Mazyel could hardly believe his ears.

When Maziel heard the news, he fell on the chair almost unsteadily. He didn't expect the Northern Cyprus army to lose so quickly.It seems that the defeat of Northern Cyprus is about to be a foregone conclusion.

"It seems that we can only restart the negotiations with the Americans, because the Americans can no longer control us this time." Mazier said indignantly, covering his face.Turkey is now in a situation where it has enemies on all sides. If it does not seek a way out, Turkey led by Mazier will be completely isolated and helpless.

Also on Mario's side, he was also waiting for Mazyel's next words.So far, the United States has cut off all the options that Turkey can take, and is waiting for the other party to surrender obediently and restart the negotiation project.

Maziel wants to fight the US government?A little too tender.The United States has countless ways to bring down Turkey.

"The probability of Mazier not surrendering is 20.00%, and the probability of surrender is about 80.00%. We have blocked all his escape routes. In other words, Mazier has nowhere to escape." Chief of Staff Bowers said excitedly, "The next thing is to make Maziel surrender obediently, they have no chance."

"Really?" President Mario replied with some uncertainty, "Turkey has not made up its mind to withdraw from NATO, and if it withdraws from NATO, then the island of Cyprus will be completely in the hands of Greece. For Turkey, this is simply a nightmare. .”

"This is all caused by Turkey itself." Bowers said with a smile, "Why did he choose the Soviet Union instead of us? If Mazier chose the United States, at least there are not so many now Something happened."

President Mario thought quietly, and said thoughtfully, "Well, it's time to slow down the offensive pace of the Cypriot army, and inform the British Air Force to suspend the air strikes on Cyprus, so that Cyprus and the Turkish regime will start a tug of war. "

Attacking Northern Cyprus is like a game of cat and mouse for the United States, and his every move affects the future of the entire Cyprus.

"Why? The current situation is very good. We can even help Cyprus win the entire northern regime and unify the country in one go. In this way, even Turkey will feel a headache." Bowles asked a little puzzled.No one wants to fail at the last minute.

"That's why we can't let Cyprus win too quickly." President Mario explained, "If Cyprus wins, we will never be able to negotiate with Turkey. Because Northern Cyprus is Turkey's last bottom line. No more They are tantamount to breaking up with Turkey."

Powers suddenly realized that this conflict was just a cover-up for the United States to win Turkey back into the arms of the Western world. In fact, he also hoped to keep Cyprus in this state of neither independence nor unity.

"Cyprus, so the real intention is here..." Bowers muttered to himself, "This plan is really ingenious, but isn't President Mario worried that Turkey will end up with a dead end?"

Mario replied, "Of course not. As long as Turkey still has a way out, he will not do such a stupid thing as withdrawing from NATO. Now that the attack on the northern regime is slowing down, isn't the United States creating a way out for Turkey? Of course we It also severely set back the prestige of Turkey. The loss of two important cities is the price they have to pay."

"I hope that the next anti-missile system negotiations will go smoothly. After all, Turkey is also one of our earliest customers. If Mazyer agrees, the defense circle of the Black Sea anti-missile system will be officially constructed. At that time, the Soviet Union will face Very painful situation." President Mario sat in front of the phone, hoping that the hotline from Ankara would ring.

"And hit him hard once over the Turkey Straits," Bowles said with a laugh.

As soon as the voice fell, the harsh phone rang.A hotline from Turkey was urging Mario to pick up the phone.Mario didn't answer the phone right away, but smiled at Chief of Staff Bowers, "It seems that General Maziel can see the situation clearly."

Mario picked up the phone unhurriedly, and said hello softly.

The voice on the other end of the phone appeared to be in a hurry. He said in a hoarse voice, "I'm President Maziel. Is this President Mario?"

Mazier's simultaneous translation is fast, so there is no delay in the communication between Mario and Mazyer.Mario held the microphone and answered respectfully to the person on the other end.

"Yes, this is President Mario. General Maziel, glad we meet again."

Chapter 556 Sudden Changes in the Situation

"Oh, is it General Mazier?" Mario said with a smile, "I didn't expect that the conversation between us would be carried out under such circumstances. I have said before that Turkey will definitely surrender to the United States. It was just a matter of time. You see, I was right? In the end Turkey chose to admit defeat."

"Hehe, of course." Mazier smiled a little reluctantly, and he said all the despicable methods of the United States trying to control Turkey, "At first, he wanted to use the Kurdistan Workers Party in Turkey to launch a big war. The large-scale rebellion left Turkey with no time to take care of itself. Next, it used the maritime boundary dispute between Turkey and Greece and the Cyprus issue, and even intervened in the internal affairs of other countries to put pressure on Turkey. The confronting Greece is a potential ally of the Soviet Union, so Turkey will lose if it does or doesn’t do anything. Isn’t it? It’s just that the one who loses is more ugly.”

Mario clapped his hands and praised each other, "But you are very smart, and you did not choose to let the Turkish garrison in Cyprus confront the United States face to face, General Mazier, if we are not against each other, I think the United States and Turkey will be very A close ally partnership."

"Yes, but I still think it's too stupid. If we could have handed over the ownership of the strait, we would not have suffered such a loss. However, the Turkish strait is an inseparable part of Turkey. How could it be handed over to the Soviet Union? " Mazier said with a self-mockery, "You won, President Mario. You won very well. Now, I want to know what conditions are needed for the United States to withdraw its aircraft carrier battle group from Cyprus and stop aiding the Kurdistan Workers Party in Turkey?"

Mario breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that Maziel was finally going to ask the most critical question.The efforts of the United States over the past month have not been in vain, at least to ensure that Turkey will not become a staunch ally of the Soviet Union.As for becoming an ally of the United States?Mario has never held out much hope.He just wants to see an anti-Russian and anti-Soviet Turkish regime.

"You know, General Mazyer. We need to deploy an anti-missile system on Turkey's mainland, and the Turkish military doesn't seem to want us to build an anti-missile system on their soil. This makes the Pentagon very embarrassed. .”

"Of course not. The establishment of an anti-missile system is a prudent and cautious issue. This point needs to be discussed and studied by Turkey. We are not against this project, but we need to ensure that this project will not appear Major accident. By 2000, if I can, I hope to be able to complete the deployment."

Maziel only wants the Americans to get out of Cyprus, so he can only temporarily deal with the other party's request for the establishment of an anti-missile system.As for the others, how long can it be delayed.

"With General Mazyer's words, I feel relieved." Mario said, "There is one more thing. Didn't the Turkish Navy want to sign a purchase agreement with the United States for eight Perry-class destroyers?"

"Haven't you already sold the ship to the Greek government?" Maziel asked with some doubts.

"Only the United States can decide who to sell our ships to. The Greek government does not have this right." Mario said with a smile.At the same time, he also told Mazyel from the side that as long as he is willing to cooperate with the United States, no matter what the Turkish government does, Mario can turn a blind eye.

"Then there is President Laumario."

Clerides never dreamed that the United States would withdraw asylum at its most critical moment.After taking down the two important cities of Morfu and Lefka in northern Cyprus, the Staniske aircraft carrier battle group quietly withdrew from the civil war in Cyprus.

At the same time, the British also stopped air strikes against the northern regime at the Royal Air Force Base of Akrotiri in Cyprus. Without air strike support, the attack of the Cypriot army became difficult.Because the Turkish garrison, which had been retaining its strength before, began to help the regime of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus counterattack the southern army.Previously, Mazier had kept the Turkish garrison restrained because of the US intervention, and did not engage in large-scale intervention in the war.

And the Greeks are also helping the Cyprus army to pack up the Turkish army.The original conflict with Turkey was destined to make the garrisons between the two countries a feud.

Of course, there is still a certain disparity in the comparison of military power. There are 3.2 troops in Turkey, while there are only more than 1100 in Greece.The Cypriot troops used to rely entirely on the momentum of the Americans and the support of Turkey to launch an attack on the northern regime. Once there was no support from the United States, everything would get worse.

The war really turned into a Cyprus melee.Turkish army, northern regime, southern regime and Greek army, messy situation.

However, President Mario stood up at this critical point and called on the United Nations maintenance forces to intervene in the end of the civil war in Cyprus and send Cyprus peacekeeping forces to maintain stability and peace in the region.Call on the Greek-backed Cyprus regime to end its offensive as soon as possible and return to the negotiating table to resolve the issue.The plot in the United States reversed so quickly that even Greek President Stephanopoulos didn't know what happened.It seems that the United States changed its original position overnight and became the protector of the regime of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

In the past, the arms trade between the United States and Greece also began to be pushed back and forth, making people uncertain.Except for the delivery of an old Perry-class destroyer, the United States stated that the remaining destroyers need to pay the balance before the Greek Navy can take ownership.Otherwise, the United States will delay the delivery time.

This made Stephanopoulos feel very disturbed. It just happened that now is the critical period when the conflict between Greece and Turkey broke out. With the support of the Americans, the President of Cyprus was ambitious to recover the northern region, but at this time the US fleet unilaterally withdrew. But the whole situation has fundamentally changed.

And all of this was seen by Yanayev. What he cared about was not the situation in Cyprus, but to study the changes in the relationship between the United States and Turkey through the Cyprus issue.Obviously, after a brief alliance, the Maziel government finally chose to form an alliance with Mario under the heavy means of the United States.

In other words, the intimacy between him and Maziel may have come to an end.

Yanayev is not worried that Mazyer will attack Moscow after changing his position. After all, Mazyel is not a fool.In the face of the CIA, which once wanted to overthrow itself, even if Turkey changes its position, it will keep a hand behind it to prevent Turkey from playing black hands.

However, Yanayev still miscalculated one thing, and that was about the establishment of an anti-missile system.The spokesperson of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced at a recent press conference that the establishment of the anti-missile system that Turkey previously signed with the United States will be slowed down due to some technical reasons, but it will not be truly cancelled.Moreover, it is still deepening cooperation with the United States, striving to complete comprehensive testing and deployment in 2000.

Yanayev was very annoyed by Mazier's behind-the-scenes action. He even suspected that Mazier had completely become a dog in the hands of the Americans.

Of course, after the two countries changed their positions, Yanayev should also keep a distance from Mazyel.However, in the dispute over Cyprus, even if the U.S. fleet withdrew from the waters of Cyprus, Turkey was not the one with the last laugh.

The relationship between the Greek government and the Soviet Union is far closer than Americans imagined, otherwise Greece's important missile and submarine procurement projects would not be aimed at Moscow.So Yanayev will once again play an important role in this island civil war about the two superpowers.

A few days after President Mazierdai and President Mario put down the phone, Greek President Stephanopoulos received a call from Yanayev.And Yanayev didn't have any extra greetings. The opening chapter was concise and to the point, directly hitting the core issues.

"On the issue of Cyprus, I think the Soviet Union can help Greece."

Chapter 557 The deal between Greece and the Soviet Union

"The Soviet Union wants to help us? What does this sentence mean?" Stephanopoulos didn't quite understand what Yanayev said, and felt that Yanayev had something to say, and seemed to mean something else.But he couldn't read the meaning inside.