French President Jacques Chirac expressed close concern about the Soviet Union's intention to establish a ballistic missile base in Serbia, President Jacques Chirac said that France would strongly condemn and protest against the Soviet Union's action, and the spokesman of the French government also said that the use of force to prevent the construction of ballistic missile bases would not be ruled out. The above is from the AFP report. ”

The German Chancellor said at a previous press conference that the Soviet Union's actions in Serbia were undermining the peaceful environment in Eastern Europe and posing a major threat to the strategic environment of the entire Europe, and that Germany had reached a preliminary consensus with France, which is not a NATO military member, that it would not tolerate the Soviet Union's continued provocation of NATO allies in Eastern Europe, and would carry out a new round of strikes and retaliatory measures against Serbia. The above is from the German news agency dpa. ”

The two news pieces were released almost three hours apart, and the Franco-German "joint statement" sent another message to everyone that the two countries would join forces to deal with the threat from Eastern Europe. Shortly after the news release, Croatian President Tudjman made a surprise visit to Germany to seek assistance from Germany.

"President Tudjman, I think you know all about Serbia's recent movements, right? The Soviet Union will deepen its economic and military cooperation with Serbia, that is, it will try to make Serbia an outpost of the Soviet Union, which I think is definitely not good news for Croatia. Prime Minister Kohl's tone smacked of threat, "As a secession state in Yugoslavia, Serbia dreams of re-annexing you to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and re-establishing the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. So once Serbia regained its military strength, it inadvertently provoked another war and conflict at the instigation of the Soviet Union. ”

"I know." President Tudjman replied honestly, with a look of anxiety, "That's why I made a sudden visit to Germany, once Croatia was back in the threat of war." Presumably, this is not good news for Germany. ”

"That's bad news." Prime Minister Kohl had a sense of uneasiness when he thought about dealing with the red threat from Eastern Europe once again, and he tried to get rid of the lingering red spectres and nightmares.

"So we intend to build a NATO military base in Croatia and deploy strategic bombers to deal with the Soviet threat in order to ensure the security of Eastern Europe, I think Croatia will not refuse such conditions, right? Of course, as compensation. We will assist the Croatian Army with a number of new tanks and fighter jets to help Croatia build up a modern armed force as soon as possible. ”

The conditions put forward by Kohl did make Tudjman a little excited, a modern armed force is Tudjman's pursuit, the current Croatian Army has eight guards brigades and three infantry brigades, but the heavy weapons are pitiful, although Germany supported part of the former East German armored weapons to Croatia in the Yugoslav war, but in front of the Serbian national armed forces supported by the Soviet Union, it is a poor worm that was refreshed by the tank troops.

"T72M tanks, T55 tanks. There are also a small number of M84 tanks, which are leftovers that have not had time to be disposed of after the merger of East Germany, and we will give them to you without conditions. There are also 24 MiG-21 fighters and 15 Mi-24 helicopters, and as long as you agree to the conditions of the NATO joint forces to deploy strategic bombers in Croatia, we will selflessly donate this batch of arms to the Croatian Army and your newly established Air Force. ”

In any case, the Luftwaffe did not have long-range strategic bombers, and Kohl's approach was nothing more than a pretense of the generosity of other NATO countries. to cover for their own purposes.

"I agree to your request, but I hope that NATO will keep its promises. Help Croatia defend itself against Serbian attacks. Tudjman nodded, it was clear that the deal was a good deal for Croatia, and of course he agreed to all of President Kohl's requests, including the establishment of a NATO military base to counter the Soviet Union's actions in Serbia.

"Then it's a pleasure to work together, President Tudjman." Cole smiled at the triumph of the conspiracy. Constantly calculating the Soviet Union and his allies, he finally got an opportunity on this issue. As for the life or death of Croatia, he will not care. It would be better if both France and the USSR exhausted their strength, and Europe would be left with one power.

"Good cooperation, Prime Minister Cole." Tittoman smiled in return.

When the news of the deployment of strategic bombers in Croatia to counter the Soviet threat reached the ears of French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac, the president's face immediately gloomy. This is completely different from the previous script, isn't it France and Germany uniting to provoke a border conflict between Croatia and Serbia? Why did it turn into a plan to deploy strategic bombers on the territory of Croatia.

Jacques Chirac felt that he was being put on the hook by Kohl, and French Prime Minister Alain Juppé also thought that it was unwise for German Chancellor Kohl to change the terms of the deal without authorization, and hoped that the French president would reject the Germans' offer.

"Everyone knows that the German army has never had such a thing as a strategic bomber, which means that if a strategic bomber is deployed in Croatia, the main task will still be undertaken by the British and French air forces, which means that most of the final funding will have to be divided from the French or British finances. Cole's use of generosity to accomplish his ulterior strategic purpose is wonderful, but does he take the leaders of other countries for fools? ”

President Jacques Chirac angrily said, "It is necessary for France to take a tough non-cooperative stance and warn the Germans not to try to make small moves behind our backs." France does not have the patience to expose the machinations of its allies, and even in response to a common European threat, Germany should not always be calculating. ”

Chirac did not believe that Germany would take an active part in the thankless task of deploying strategic bombers, shouting a few words from the sidelines and then watching the French be disgraced by the Soviet Union.

"So we have to make Germany nervous once before he realizes the seriousness of the situation." After listening to President Chirac's complaints, Prime Minister Juppé said softly, "Hasn't Germany always supported Croatia?" Then we will relax the sanctions against Serbia, and even pretend to throw an olive branch to Serbia, so that German Chancellor Kohl will also be nervous once, and do not forget that France is an important political force that can influence the situation in Europe, whether it is a member of NATO or the Soviet Union, no one should think about taking advantage of France. (To be continued.) )