Chapter 705: The Fall of the Military Government
"Give it to him!" After Serov left, Brezhnev learned the news and, seeing that Kirilenko did not understand what he meant, repeated again, "Give him everything he needs, and this time he is the general head of the plan." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Ilyich, I don't understand." Kirilenko shook his head in confusion and asked, "You should understand the seriousness of this. β
"I understand, of course, that I am at the same time the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. You can't understand that. Brezhnev's face was as indifferent as usual, but there was an unmistakable look in his tone.
He was Leonid Brezhnev, the boss of the Dnipro gang, and also the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He liked power, believed that only he was capable of leading the country, and did not have a good impression of the cadres of the Komsomol. But he was also responsible for the Soviet Union, and Brezhnev had his own criteria in mind as to who was best suited to plan this operation.
Since the book has already been made, Brezhnev will accompany him to the end, and if the adventure fails, Serov, as the head of the army, will also leave the leadership post because of the failure of the adventure, and his political life will end. It was a gamble, and he would give Serov the greatest support, but if Serov still failed with this support, he would be sacrificed.
Get ready? In fact, there is nothing to prepare, Turkey and Greece are both NATO members, and the Soviet military districts in this direction have always been in preparation, as long as the order is given, although it is impossible to fight immediately like a Western cluster, but as long as it is prepared for a few hours, it can also be put into war.
The Turkish army is less than 400,000 men, and the Soviet Union has already invested more troops than Turkey, plus the Kurds, the Syrians, and the Greeks if the plan goes well, once the war begins, millions of troops from various countries will rush into Turkey and carry out surprise attacks with two or three times the superiority in strength and equipment, in this case, Serov thinks that twenty days is too much.
The only concern is the United States, whether the United States will fight for Turkey, or one can imagine another scenario, whether the Soviet Union will have created a fait accompli before the United States fights for Turkey.
This fait accompli is that the Soviet Union has crushed all the forces of Turkey in a few days, resulting in the capture of Constantinople as a fait accompli, and if this has already been created, Serov is 100 percent sure that the Soviet Union will never spit out what it has eaten, and that there are other places to talk about, and Constantinople does not even want to talk about it, it is simply impossible.
Let the USSR stop, unless the United States declares war on the USSR at the same time as the USSR goes to war, this kind of post-event protest will not work for the USSR at all, "I am ready to solve the problem at the most favorable time, in the shortest possible time, as long as we can withstand the pressure, Constantinople, no, the Soviet Grad is ours." β
"I hope everything goes well, graphite bombs, electromagnetic bombs, and cloud burst bombs are in stock in the three major military regions, which is also what you proposed at the beginning, and when the opportunity comes, I will definitely give you all your support." Ustinov nodded, he also had some pressure, but with the completion of the preparations, many members of the Central Presidium felt that their own strength was actually far greater than that of the other party, and this risk was not worth taking.
With a standard displacement of 220 tons and a full load displacement of 298 tons and a loading capacity of 80 tons, the "Stork" class air-cushion landing ship can carry 4 light tanks plus 50 soldiers, or 2 medium tanks plus 200 soldiers, or 3 armored personnel carriers plus 100 soldiers. It has a maximum speed of 70 knots, and its main armament is two AK-630M anti-aircraft rapid-fire guns. It is currently the largest hovercraft in the world, and there are currently sixteen such hovercraft in the Black Sea, plus small and medium-sized hovercraft equipped in the Black Sea itself, which can send five thousand Soviet naval infantry to shore at a time.
Three divisions of the Soviet Airborne Forces would be engaged in operations against Turkey, and one division of the Soviet Army using amphibious tanks would cross the Black Sea, and these units would operate simultaneously with the Soviet armed forces on the eastern and western fronts.
Of course, before the big army moves, the Soviet Union will first bomb Turkey with surface-to-surface missiles, send out its air force to bomb it, attack Turkey under electromagnetic interference, and strive to destroy Turkey's military power on the first day.
There is no doubt that Greece has only one-fifth the population and one-fifth the size of Turkey, and is by no means a match for Turkey in a head-on battle. Even the Americans, the boss of NATO, are doubting that if the southern European region faces the armies of Yugoslavia, Romania and the Soviet Union, whether Turkey and Greece will join hands to resist the enemy, or fight on their own first, that possibility is relatively high, and now this problem can be put aside first, the Soviets have not yet come, Greece and Turkey have already started fighting.
Turkey is bordered by the Soviet Union to the north, Greece to the north, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. Both Turkey and Greece were bastions against the southward movement of the Soviet Union. Compared with the national strength of Turkey and Greece, Turkey has undoubtedly made a greater contribution. So, in order to satisfy the Turkish government, the British, at the behest of the White House, came up with a compromise solution, that is, Cyprus would neither return to Greece nor let Turkey get involved, but let Cyprus become independent!
But you know, 80 percent of Cyprus is made up of Greeks, and 90 percent of these Greeks are willing to merge with Greece, so the Greek junta's adventure is supported by public opinion, and this is not an annexation. But at the same time, the Greek junta also knew that it was no match for the Turks, so in the face of the large-scale attack of the Turks, the Greek junta could only rely on the resistance of the original garrison in Cyprus and was unwilling to expand the war.
At this time, the Turkish reinforcements urgently brought from the port of Mersin landed in Kyrenia, and this force composed of tank companies and mechanized infantry companies launched a general attack on Kyrenia at noon on the same day, relying on superior forces to break through the Serbian defense line, and by the afternoon they had taken control of the whole city of Kyrenia, and thousands of Greek people fled their homes.
Fei Zong? General Ghisgis anxiously walked up and down the presidential palace, which, in contrast to his own silence, was bustling with angry Athenians outside the palace and chanting for the junta to step down. The wall can't stop this sound from coming in at all, at this time Fei Zong? General Ghisgis looked distressed, he knew that the junta's adventure had failed. Militarily, Greece is no match for Turkey.
Many of the hundreds of thousands of protesters outside the presidential palace were holding photographs of Cypriot Greeks being driven and shot to death, which would not have been made to the civilian population by the control of the Greek junta. But isn't there an intelligence organization with a million members in this world, and Serov felt that the great, glorious and correct Greek people should know the truth about the slaughter of their own people on the island of Cyprus, and these truths really appeared in Athens.
"The junta is down, Fei Zong? Ghisgis stepped down. "The Greeks' discontent with the military junta, which orchestrated a coup d'Γ©tat and then flinched because of the size of the Turkish army, ignited everyone's discontent. Outside the presidential palace, people held aloft the national flag with a cross, inciting public opinion in the Orthodox country.
Just at this time, a small car stopped outside the crowd, and several officers entered the presidential palace under the protection of the police. Some of the protesters saw the officers, and the crowd in Syntagma Square became even more agitated and began to storm the military police wall outside the presidential palace, and the gendarmes managed to stop the crowd.
"How's it going? What do Americans say? "See a few officers, Fei Zong? General Ghisgis asked very nervously, now only the Americans can help him, as long as the Americans are willing to intervene, they will definitely be able to stop the war and restore the status quo ante.
"What the United States and the USSR meant at the UN was that let our two countries cease fire on the spot on the present front!" The officer's tone was a little heavy, and he was silent after he had finished speaking.
"And then?" Fei Zong? General Ghisgis then asked, and the officer shook his head, meaning that there was no then. This makes Fei Zong? General Gistis's heart hit rock bottom, and it was at this time that some representatives of the garrison arrived in Athens, and the men of these armies, who were also dissatisfied with the Greek reaction this time, said Fezon? General Ghisgis should step down.
His military support disappeared, and from this time on, Fei Zong? General Ghisgis knew that things were irreparable.
Three days after the start of the war, Fei Zong? General Ghisgis announced his resignation, the Greek junta was overthrown, and at the same time, those imprisoned by the Greek junta were released, and people, including the Greek Communist Party, began to see the light of day.
"Send someone to contact Comrade Florakis immediately, it's our turn." The news of the fall of the Greek junta was immediately learned by Lubyanka, and Serov instantly decided to send someone to contact the Greek Communist Party. The state of the Greek Communist Party in the military junta was such that the leaders who advocated the armed struggle were in prison, while the leaders who advocated the parliamentary struggle were suppressed, but not locked up, it was just illegal.
Now that the armed leaders who were in prison have been released, some changes will surely take place in the Greek Communist Party.
"Chairman, who do you think would be more appropriate?" Morikin, the head of the First General Directorate, asked, "These Communists have just come out, and the situation in Greece is still chaotic. β
"That makes sense, let's take a detour and let the Syrian Communist Party help us do this." Serov thought for a moment and said, "Khalid? Comrade Bagdash will help us, after all, his friendship with Comrade Andropov is very deep. β
The fall of the Greek military junta did not stop the war, but because of the fall of the junta, the Greek garrison was engaged in a war with the Turkish army, and the Turkish army tried to occupy Nicosia International Airport, but was stubbornly resisted by the Serbian-Greek coalition army, relying on the support of the Greek garrison, the Turkish army has not been able to completely occupy Nicosia, and the Greek army also paid the price of 88 killed, 148 wounded, and 83 missing. (To be continued.) )