"Ula, Ula, Ula!" A huge wave of sound reached Brezhnev's ears through the telephone, with a hint of busyness, but without detracting from the momentum of the wave. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoEven if Brezhnev was thousands of kilometers away at this time, he could still empathize with him, as if he was in the crowd.

"Well done!" Speaking in a majestic and calm voice, Brezhnev slammed the phone on the table. The back of the originally somewhat rickety back was unprecedentedly straight, and in the eyes of Marshal Grechko, Brezhnev, who had always been silent, seemed to be a different person in the time of a phone call, and seemed to be twenty years younger all of a sudden.

"Constantinople has been conquered, and the obstacle blocking us in the Black Sea has disappeared." Brezhnev sat down and was silent for a moment and said, "The war can actually be said to be over, and we have achieved our goal." But the war will continue for a while, and the results will be a bargaining chip between us and the United States, and Yura will also need a period of time to receive our results without leaving any trouble, Yura has done everything promised us, and now it's up to us. ”

"Comrade Chernenko, inform the other comrades to convene a meeting of the Presidium of the Central Committee, and we will discuss the problems involved." After giving instructions to Chernenko, Brezhnev turned his gaze to Defense Minister Marshal Gretchko, tapped the index finger of his right hand lightly on the table, and suddenly raised his head and said, "The Red Navy is all dispatched, except for the fleets around Cuba and Chile, the homeland, the four major fleets, the Black Sea Fleet before the Dardanelles, the Baltic Fleet before the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Fleet moves towards the North Pacific, the surface ships of the Northern Fleet and the Baltic Fleet are combined, and the nuclear submarine forces are lurking in the predetermined locations in the Arctic Ocean, This time the U.S. Navy will never scare us off again......"

Brezhnev did not talk about the issue of nuclear weapons, in fact nuclear weapons are not a problem, since the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union has stopped talking about missiles, very simply, the time for talking about nuclear weapons every day and playing nuclear blackmail has passed. The nuclear weapons of the Soviet Union in the Khrushchev era were too far behind those of the United States to play nuclear blackmail. By the time he led the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons had reached a state of equilibrium with the United States, and in this case, the Soviet Union did not always have to talk about the number of nuclear bombs.

The credibility of publicly declared policies has no impact: Britain and France have always declared that they will be the first to use nuclear weapons in the event of a large-scale conventional invasion by the Soviet Union, and China has always declared that it will not be the first to use nuclear weapons under any circumstances. And in a state of ensuring mutual destruction.

Both the United States and the Soviet Union are in a state where they do not openly threaten you with nuclear weapons, but they promise to start a nuclear war at any time. Because for both countries, the average enemy does not need to think about the use of nuclear weapons at all, conventional weapons can solve all countries except the other, and the nuclear weapons of both countries are prepared for each other.

So Brezhnev didn't ask how many nuclear missiles were hung on the four fleets that attacked, he just needed to know what they had and what they didn't have, and the huge conventional military power of the Soviet Union was, in a sense, protecting its own nuclear weapons.

"I immediately informed Comrade Gorshkov that this time we will test how much combat capability the US Navy has, and I believe that Comrade Gorshkov has been waiting for this day for a long time." Defense Minister Marshal Grechko laughed, and Brezhnev nodded, waiting for a meeting of the Central Presidium.

"The four major fleets will attack to cover the nuclear submarine forces deep into the ocean, and then rush to the Arabian Sea to intercept the major US aircraft carrier battle groups, and the strategic bomber formations will prepare for combat readiness according to the standards of nuclear war, and surprise the US aircraft carrier battle groups at any time." Gorshkov ordered, "Let's try the US Navy's ......"

The orders of the Minister of Defense, Marshal Grechko, and the commander of the Red Navy, Marshal Gorshkov, carried with them the obvious criteria of the Soviet military and American hardliners, the criterion that when we feel that if we put you down and the gains outweigh their losses, then you are not far from the end. Pursue verification battles. That is, to win a nuclear war, only in this way can they believe that they can credibly deter the enemy. Nuclear war can not be fought, but my nuclear forces must be stronger than yours. And if I find out that my nuclear forces are much stronger than yours, and there is an imbalance of power between the two sides, then put you down.

Because of the Soviet Union's attack on Turkey, the United States and the Soviet Union once again had a stage to compare with each other, and during this time both sides would carefully evaluate each other's strengths and weaknesses. Once the USSR and the United States found out from each other that something was far inferior to their own, then nuclear war had to be an option to consider.

This is also the reason why Serov has the nuclear weapons of the three large military districts with him at any time, he has no intention of opening the radiation plot, but at the same time he must be ready to open it at any time.

Now occupied the southern cluster of Constantinople, receiving everything in the city, everything belongs to the Soviets. Including banks, postal services, and government here. Serov is holding a map and studying with the commander of the Southern Cluster, Admiral Ivanov, where future anti-aircraft missile and ballistic missile positions will be deployed, and where the newly built radar stations will be most effective. The layout of the barracks, whether to lay minefields, these plans are in progress.

"Comrade General, Chief of Staff of the Hellenic Defense Forces, Konstantin Jean, I would like to meet you." The signal soldier of the southern cluster came in and said, seeing the solemn appearance of the signal soldier, the two smiled, and Serov said, "In fact, with our current distance, a surprise attack of the southern cluster can make the Greek Defense Force history." ”

"That's right, Comrade National Defense Commissar." The commander of the Southern Cluster, Admiral Ivanov, confidently replied. The entire southern cluster lost more than three hundred and forty dead in the course of the assault on Constantinople. The losses on the part of the Airborne Forces were similar, they killed more than 5,000 Turkish soldiers and captured more than 65,000. Now these prisoners of war are being held by the Hellenic Defense Forces, and the Greeks love this kind of work.

"Just do what we planned, and I'll talk to the Chief of the General Staff of the Greek Defense Forces." Serov put down the red pen in his hand and threw it on the map. The remnants of the enemy in the whole of Constantinople have been cleared, and the three commanders of the military districts of Osad, North Caucasus, and Transcaucasia in the Eastern Theater are in command, and the general command is still in Erwin.

Rather than Serov's simple consideration of how to win over the Greek Defense Forces, he hoped that the other side would help him drive out the Turks. The Kremlin's thinking is more comprehensive, and the conquest of Constantinople is certainly gratifying, but it is also difficult to deal with it.

Now this conundrum is in front of everyone, which, according to Russian tradition, should theoretically be directly annexed to the Soviet Union, declaring that the centuries-old Mediterranean strategy has come to an end. But from the perspective of wooing Greece, if Greece can join the Warsaw Pact, handing over Constantinople to Greece is also an option.

Russia calls itself the Third Rome, but it still doesn't seem very straightforward compared to Greece. Moreover, religion in the Soviet Union has always been suppressed, and Greece has the highest proportion of Orthodox Christians. What if Greece made territorial claims to Constantinople.

"Let's put it bluntly, Constantinople must not be given as a gift to Greece in exchange for support. Any support is unreliable, as was the case in Yugoslavia, in Albania. The only people we can trust are ourselves. The chairman of the Supreme Soviet, Sherepin, was the first to stand up and object, saying, "Anything can be discussed, and it is okay to let our navy help Greece to annex the island of Cyprus, only Constantinople is impossible to talk about." ”

"Chairman Sherepin's words are very reasonable, and I myself mean the same." Ustinov spoke, "We paid the loss of 700 killed and more than 4,000 wounded, and after taking Constantinople, we gave it to the Greeks without saying a word, and if the news spread, it would be difficult for the soldiers to recognize it." If the military personnel are dissatisfied with the state policy, it is definitely not a good thing for the authority of the central government, and we should take care of the emotions of the military personnel. ”

"Don't talk about Constantinople, it's ours, it's the city that the Soviet soldiers who fought bloody battles took with their lives, and we can't let the blood of the soldiers be shed in vain." Brezhnev waved his hand and took out another statement, "Look at it, these are the words of President Ford." ”

You must know that in terms of the time when the war began, the war has just been going on for twenty-four hours. The Soviet Union struck hard with more than ten years of preparation, conquering more than a dozen large Turkish cities, including Constantinople, in one day, and the coastal cities were swept by the Soviet Union. But what Brezhnev also did not expect was that it was almost impossible for the American government to react in the first few days, given the efficiency of the American government, and the result surprised him. The United States actually made a countermeasure in one day.

What does the letter mean? Let's withdraw from Turkish territory right away? Sherepin snorted coldly and said slowly, "For more than 50 years since the October Revolution, no country has ever ordered us in such a tone, which is almost an unconditional surrender for us, and I personally will never accept it." ”

"No one will accept it, especially we, the Soviet Union." Brezhnev sat firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, Serov completed the plan and took Constantinople, if he, the general secretary, could not keep, God knows what would happen to the Soviet Union.

"I have ordered the Red Navy to attack, and now I am coming to you to discuss whether to make some moves on land." Brezhnev pondered for a moment and said, "Let's see if there is such a united ...... within NATO" (to be continued. )