Marokov refused, which was also expected by everyone, after all, he had not placed an order yet, and people would not agree so happily, and the plane would cost tens of thousands of dollars for fuel once it went up. However, no one expected that there were other things in this.

At the same time as everyone was inspecting in Kubinka, in the Ministry of Defense in Moscow, Senior General Dmitry Timofeevich Yazov was taken aback with the information that had just arrived.

"What's going on? Who agrees with this? General Yazov angrily put down the information in his hand and dialed the phone number in front.

"Hey, is it Marshal Sergei?" His tone was serious.

General Yazov, who is now the head of the General Cadre Department of the Ministry of Defense, and at the same time, he also served as the commander of the Far Eastern Military District, for him, the security of the Far East is something he always pays attention to, and now, he actually sells MiG-29 fighters to China, isn't this a big challenge to the Far East?

He immediately called the Chief of the General Staff, Marshal Sergei Fedorovich Akhromeyev.

The marshal was still in a good mood, and a relaxed voice came from the other side of the phone: "What's wrong?" Listening to your tone, it looks like there's something going on. ”

"Yes, marshal, are we going to export our MiG-29 fighters to China?"

This is the latest Soviet fighter jet, who is hot-headed and decided to export to China.

"That's right, that's right. I can understand your feelings, but this is a very meaningful event for Moscow to restore friendship with Beijing. Marshal Akhromeyev said.

This matter was promoted by Marshal Akhromeyev, of course he knew the whole process, and at the same time, he also understood Yazov's feelings, after all, General Yazov came out of the Far Eastern Military District, and for many years, the Far Eastern Military District has regarded China as a very important combat target, and now Yazov's surprise and even annoyance are understandable.

However, this matter is necessary, you know, the current army is also in the process of reform, if the army is reduced by an imaginary enemy, it is quite beneficial, and the Far East can reduce at least a third of the troops!

Marshal Akhromeyev, who maintained a close relationship with the General Secretary, was a military adviser to the General Secretary, and it can be said that he also led this matter.

The general secretary wants to ease relations with China and wants to promote reforms in the army, and Marshal Akhromeyev fully supports it, and the sale of the most advanced MiG-29 fighter jets to China is done in this situation.

To restore friendly relations with China, in the past, when it had close relations with China, it had exported a lot of advanced weapons, including MiG-17, MiG-19, and MiG-21, all of which were developed and exported to China, even after the breakdown of relations with China, in fact, some of them were exported, such as Mi-6 helicopters and so on.

Now, in order to restore relations, of course, it is necessary to have a certain degree of sincerity, and the general secretary has decided to follow the path of MiG diplomacy.

At the same time, this is also of practical significance, in recent years, the state of the country has not been good, those madmen in the Middle East, frantically extracting crude oil, saturating the world's energy market, and making the Soviet Union's oil exports in a dilemma, because the price of oil has fallen below their extraction price!

The Middle East is not afraid, they make a hole in their land, and the crude oil will be sprayed on its own, and they can make money even if it is sold for only ten dollars per barrel, but unlike the Soviets, a lot of their oil is extracted from the permafrost of the plateau, and then after a long period of transportation, when it is less than forty dollars per barrel, they have already lost money.

They export, they lose money, and if they don't export, the oil workers will lose their jobs en masse.

At the same time, their domestic food production has always been unable to meet the needs of the people, there are no goods on their shelves, and the people have to queue for a long time to buy the necessities of life, and the country is entering a dead circle.

The USSR needed more foreign exchange to buy various light industrial products such as grain. Although China does not have a large amount of foreign exchange reserves, the Chinese have grain, they have light industrial products, so that the two sides can just exchange with each other and take what they need.

From the perspective of the strategic situation alone, a friendly China is more important than a hostile China, and after the new general secretary came to power, this major policy has been established, so they plan to use the MiG-29 as a stepping stone to friendship with China.

"This matter was also agreed to by the general secretary himself." Afraid that Yazov still had a pimple in his heart, Marshal Akhromeyev continued to explain.

You don't have to worry about this matter, the top management has already taken it into account, in short, the general secretary has already made up his mind, so you don't have to worry about it.

"If that's the case." Yazov, of course, was not reconciled, he thought for a moment on the phone side, and immediately put forward his opinion: "We can provide China, but, at the same time as providing China, we should also provide Hanoi with the same equipment to maintain the strategic balance in the region!" ”

After the production of the MiG-29, it was first equipped with the most confrontational European regions, and the number of MiG-29s in the Far East was very small, and now, if China has the MiG-29, then Hanoi should also have it, so that Hanoi can be used to contain China?? General Yazov is also famous, and later he also did the role of Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union, he suddenly grasped another key point and provided it to China, it seems that it cannot be changed, in this case, then use Hanoi to contain China!

This is the so-called consideration of the big powers, you know, now on the border between China and Hanoi, there are still small-scale conflicts at any time, if the MiG-29 is provided to Hanoi, then China has no choice but to deploy the MiG-29 fighters provided to China to the south!

Let China promise not to deploy in the north, that is all empty words, once a war breaks out, who will pay attention to honesty with the enemy, but this kind of containment is real.

This kind of containment, the United States and the Soviet Union are doing, showing the means of their so-called great powers.

Hearing his words, Marshal Akhromeyev's answer was also very simple: "This proposal should be discussed at the meeting, and I personally support it." ”

In this world, there are no eternal friends, and there are no constant enemies, no matter what time it is, be prepared with both hands.