Chapter 760: Cuban Volunteers
"Can you nibble it off?" In the process, Tikunov did not leave, and waited until Serov finished arranging before asking. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"It's not easy, but we have to respond, or we won't have any prestige. South Africa has just broken off diplomatic relations with us, and I will fight him to death. Serov was never prepared to take a step back, he knew very well that southern Africa would offset some of the Soviet Union's superiority, but he still had to do it, and the Soviet Union could not retreat.
At the United Nations General Assembly, the United States and the Soviet Union insisted on their own words, Cuba and South Africa went toe-to-toe, the United States accused the Soviet Union of using Cuba as a thug to support the puppet regime, and the Soviet Union pointed out South Africa's racial policy, and believed that South Africa had nothing to fear because the United States was behind it. The United States itself is a racist country, and South Africa is a type of country.
Of course, this accusation was mercilessly refuted by the United States, but because South Africa is pulling hatred around the United States, many African countries do not believe in this kind of defense of the United States. The United States has just begun to advocate racial equality, but it is on the side of South Africa in the matter of Angola.
"I hope that peace-loving people all over the world will be wary of the aggressive expansionist policy of the Soviet Union." The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations shouted hoarsely.
"Compared with the United States, which fought the Korean War and the Vietnam War in succession, the Soviet Union can be called a peace-loving country." The Soviet ambassador to the UN, Troyanlovsky, shot back with a blank face.
This argument between the two sides, because the United States and the Soviet Union had completely opposite opinions, not surprisingly did not come up with any resolution. It is basically impossible to expect the United Nations to confront the other side, and both sides understand this. Both the United States and the Soviet Union understood that a contest on the battlefield was imperative, and they used guns to tell each other who was going to say what was going on with the wrecking ball.
Both sides are gearing up to use Angola as a battlefield to see who should represent the truth. Diplomats from both countries began to look for supporters, with Soviet diplomats visiting African countries to rally support for the SPLM, and the United States using South Africa and Zimbabwe as centers to persuade them to support UNITA.
However, the Soviet Union received the support of Eastern Europe very quickly, and the United States was in a stagnation with the support of Western Europe, because the Western European countries wanted to solve the economic crisis more than Africa, and the landlords were running out of food, so they still had time to care about the life and death of the long-term workers.
"I have always believed that our country has far more decisive power than the political structure of the United States, which is also the guarantee that our motherland has gone from weak to strong. Therefore, I propose to support the SPLM immediately and to defeat the opposition as quickly as possible and integrate it into our economic system. Serov first raised his hand and suggested immediate intervention in the Angolan civil war.
"The sooner things get better, whoever makes the first move will take the initiative, I agree with Yura." Ustinov, secretary of the Central Committee, raised his hand in favor and said, "As soon as we interfere, we must immediately increase our efforts and not let the opponent react." ”
"I have contacted many parties in neighboring countries, and at present it seems that most of the neighboring countries around us are in support of Angola and oppose South Africa, of course, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is in the midst of a civil war, no statistics are made, Zambia has a vague attitude, Nigeria is very supportive of us against South Africa, Mozambique is definitely on our side, but these countries have opponents of different sizes, I hope comrades are vigilant." Andropov spoke slowly, introducing the situation around Angola.
The most notable of these is Nigeria, the heart of Africa, whose influence can directly affect almost the entire African continent, so Nigeria has also become a battlefield for all parties to compete after the establishment of the country. Nigeria's founding father, Azikwe, was a very senior cent, and the process of Nigeria's independence was full of calculations. Because if Nigeria suddenly became independent, then the power of the Soviet Union would enter. It is better to understand the transition of Nigeria from the British to the Americans, rather than the transition of Nigeria from the British to the Americans. Akikwe, on the other hand, is a cent, and in order to ensure the success of the plan, an independent plan has been developed.
However, countries that rashly believe in the experience of the United States are more miserable, and at present, a military junta in Nigeria is in charge, and this general is called Mertara, and this general's relationship with the Soviet Union is average, not good or bad. But although he was supported by Britain and the United States in his early days, he was a proper nationalist and was quite disgusted with Britain and France. As far as the Soviet Union is concerned, as long as you are anti-American, you are my friend, and there is certainly nothing wrong with that.
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, and there is no shortage of resources, the reason why this time it is inclined to the Soviet Union is definitely not how much this country loves the Soviet Union, but simply hates South Africa, Nigeria, which thinks it is a strong country, hates South Africa quite a lot, just like Poland looks at the Soviet Union from the same angle, if it weren't for you South Africa, Lao Tzu would be the first in Africa.
"Since the situation is so favorable for our country!" Brezhnev seemed to have just come to his senses, glanced at the surrounding committee members with a flat gaze, cleared his throat and said, "Then I decide, kill them." ”
It was when the United States, Great Britain, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, and Italy gathered in Paris. In Moscow, the capital of the USSR, the Presidium of the Central Committee of the USSR had already decided to intervene in the Angolan civil war, targeting South Africa in the name of opposing apartheid.
The first meeting of the G7 began in Paris in July, and almost simultaneously, from Cuban soil, Soviet An-22 transport planes, carrying thousands of Cuban soldiers and equipment, crossed the Atlantic and landed on Angolan soil. It marked the involvement of Cuba in the Angolan civil war by sending volunteers to support the pro-Soviet SPLM. Meanwhile in Moscow, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR and the Central Liaison Department compiled lists of countries that supported the Soviet Union morally and militarily, and Bulgaria, the German Democratic Republic, Cape Verde, Czechoslovakia, the Republic of the Congo, Cuba, Guinea-Bissau, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, China, Romania, Sao Tome and Prembi, Somalia, the Soviet Union, Sudan, Tanzania, Viet Nam and Yugoslavia have all expressed their readiness to provide military assistance to SPLM.
On July 12, a cargo ship carrying twelve MiG-21 fighters arrived in Angola, and at the same time, Andropov, head of the Central Liaison Department, left Moscow for a visit to Mozambique. But the chief of the General Staff is Chris? Hani, who is also the general secretary of the South African Communist Party.
The Soviet Union made a big move to transport the Cuban Airborne Forces from Latin America to Angola, which did not have the slightest intention of hiding motives, and at the same time published a list of support for Angola's complete independence for the first time.
U.S. President Gerald Ford, who was busy distributing benefits with other partners, handed over these matters directly to the CIA. The SPLM and UNITA are gearing up in their own chassis with their supporters behind them. Waiting for the day of the outbreak of war, the number of Cuban soldiers in the base areas of the SPLM has quickly reached more than 5,000 with the continuous landing of Soviet transport planes, and Castro has paid tremendous strength to support the world revolution. And just a dozen years ago, he was a person who knew nothing about socialism.
Cuba is equipped with more than 130 tanks and armored vehicles of various types, 200 large-caliber artillery pieces, and 12 MiG-21 fighters sent by the Soviet Union.
"The strength of the SPLF is not strong, and the countries in the north do not support them, if they can not fight, they will not fight, and the trouble of the henchmen is UNITA, and the SLL can wait until the victory or defeat with UNITA is resolved, and even without the way of war. If we are afraid that in the decisive battle with UNITA, the Northern Security Liberation Front will find trouble, then our Alpha troops directly under the KGB will defend the north, of course, we only have 1,500 people, and it is impossible to catch all the small forces that have infiltrated us. ”
"If the KGB comrades can keep the Northern SLF calm, then it is not a big deal to solve the plan of UNITA first, the strength of the SPLM itself is above UNITA, and if there is a South African army behind UNITA, the South African army can be in charge of our Cuban army, so there will be no problem." said the commander of the Cuban army.
"I also think that the military power of UNITA should be solved first, so that our country can be quickly reunified, if it takes too long, the country will be in ruins, and the Soviet comrades and Cuban comrades will also be dragged down by us, and we don't want to see the war last too long!" The SPLM military representative dos Santos gave his opinion in Russian, which made both the Soviet Union and Cuba nod their heads,
In the sixties, dos Santos went to study petroleum engineering at the Azerbaijan Institute of Petrochemical Engineering in the Soviet Union, and after graduation, he remained in the Soviet Union to receive military training in the field of communications and radar. It can be regarded as a pro-Soviet faction in the People's Movement.
After two weeks of preparations, the two sides had been preparing to fight each other, as the Angolan civil war officially began when the SPLM and Cuban 30,000 coalition troops attacked UNITA, and the representative of the Soviet Union spoke at the United Nations to protect Angola's independence and defeat the invasion of South African racists. (To be continued.) )