Chapter 90: You're Sure You'll Lose
"But will China and India win the fight? In fact, whether it is population or economy, India is not worse than China, and in terms of geographical advantages, it is easier for India to mobilize and assemble troops! Gromyko calmly analyzed, "No matter from any aspect, I can't see that India will lose!" ”
To be honest, before the Sino-Indian War, Gromyko's ideas were the common understanding! So the question he raised is not surprising at all, China at this time does not have the posture of beating everything at all! But this illusion is too terrible, if it finally evolves into the Soviet Union pulling India and China and the United States to confront each other, Serov is really dead-hearted, and that kind of pig teammates really can't take it. It is comparable to Germany with Italy in World War II and Austria-Hungary in World War I.
He doesn't think that the bursting self-confidence of the Soviet Red Army in the Brezhnev era is well-founded! If he really wanted to start a war on both the eastern and western fronts at the same time, Serov could only take his wife to Northern Europe to develop socialism.
"Let's think about the United States first, and when I go to China, I have to communicate with the Chinese comrades! Of course, it would be best if peace could be maintained, after all, our relations with India and China in the Soviet Union were very good! Khrushchev summed up the current friction between China and India, Khrushchev considered the overall situation, whether it is China or India, he does not want to give up, if both countries maintain friendly relations with the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union's forces will naturally increase greatly. However, Serov knew that Khrushchev was completely taken for granted, and later facts proved that the Soviet Union was a big mistake in treating India as a thing, and India also pitted the Soviet Union when the Soviet Union collapsed.
"Comrade First Secretary, perhaps my ideas are too dark, but I still think that it is more in the interests of the USSR to provoke a war!" Anyway, Serov's hands were already full of blood, and he didn't care about throwing dirty water on himself again, "If the Sino-Indian war follows my line of thought, it should be fought!" If China wins, we will use public opinion to condemn, and if India wins, we will also use public opinion to condemn, and we must put ourselves in a fair position! ”
Serov's selflessness is actually useless, how can India win? Before the start of the Sino-Indian border war, it was generally believed that peace would be fought no matter what, but the speed of India's collapse made other countries have no time to react.
This argument was put forward after careful consideration, and if it was not his turn to think about how to face such an international problem in normal times, it was the relatively closed environment on the plane that gave him this opportunity. And Serov is not particularly biased towards any country, it is useless to be biased or not, India loses anyway.
Serov just hopes that India's loss will be more valuable, if the attention of China and the Soviet Union is diverted, India can be regarded as a well-deserved death, so once India loses the land, it is necessary to cut the land, not only to cut the land, but also to make India's flesh hurt! A complete shift to a fully hostile relationship would divert China's attention and dispel the Soviet Union's fear of China.
"The point of view is very novel, and if the Chinese comrades knew that you were calculating them, they would be angry, haha!" Khrushchev laughed uncontrollably as if he had thought of something funny.
This is absolutely not! Serov's move is simply to give pillows to the sleepy, and it is completely in the spirit of internationalism.
For Khrushchev, Serov's proposal in such a closed environment was not a formal reference. At best, it was an after-dinner conversation, and Serov was not ready to reverse the thinking of the first secretary. These words were only said after things had developed to that point, and Khrushchev could have one more kind of reference when thinking about this issue. In other words, if Khrushchev can remember what Serov said today, he will already be considered a success.
After a long flight, on September 15, 1959, Khrushchev's special plane slowly landed at Andrew Air Base, and when the crew opened the plane door, Serov looked at the pose in front of the door, Khrushchev, who was wearing a military uniform and a medal, slowly walked off the plane with his wife Nina Petrovna, until the Khrushchev couple walked under the plane, Foreign Minister Gromyko and Serov walked down, this is the first time Serov set foot on the territory of the United States, When Khrushchev spoke, Serov stood behind him with his head held high, fulfilling his duties as the head of his bodyguards.
"Everything at the airport was sparkling, clean and bright, I have to say that everything was arranged with taste, magnificence and all the details were in place, in short, the welcome ceremony of the head of state, everything that should be in place, I am very satisfied. Thank you to President Eisenhower and President Nixon for your hospitality! Khrushchev gave an enthusiastic speech, Gromyko applauded in indirect time, and Serov continued to put on a dead face.
In fact, compared to all the Soviets of this era, Serov was the least interested in this visit, the so-called welcome ceremony, the review of the army, and the development of the United States, none of which he was interested in! For example, the guard of honor at the airport does not attract his attention at all, and the modern high-rise buildings in the United States do not attract him either.
It was not Serov who pretended to be forced, and later generations compared the city construction and military parades, as if his original homeland was undisputed first. So now seeing the welcome ceremony arranged by the Americans, Serov stopped paying attention to it after a little glance and fell behind slightly......
"Welcome to the United States Mr. Khrushchev, this is a friendly beginning for us!" Nixon looked at Serov, who was standing behind Khrushchev, with a slight surprise, and then the two walked in front of the honor guard.
The fifteen-mile road from the airport to downtown Washington was crowded with about 250,000 people, and Khrushchev smiled and waved his arms as he saw so many Americans for the first time. As friendly as possible, Serov didn't seem to have much effect, and the group was more like they were coming to see the fun.
It didn't take long for Khrushchev and his entourage to arrive at the White House, and at this time, Serov, the robot in Nixon's eyes, had the opportunity to speak for the first time, "Mr. Nixon, there is only half a year before the US election!" When will you, the vice president, be turned regular? When you return home, do you really want to find out why the meeting with Dulles was leaked? But even if you look up, you won't be able to find anything......"
"Mr. Serov seems to be interested in our election, is he very interested in life in the United States?" Nixon did not hesitate to fight back, "It's okay, this time you can see all aspects of the United States with your own eyes......"
Serov smiled inexplicably, narrowed the distance between the two sides and whispered, "I mean, don't watch you play tricks on the TV station to silence the voice ......of the Khrushchev kitchen debate, even if you use the kitchen debate to make a limelight, you will also lose this election" After speaking, Serov put on a meaningful smile again, exactly the same as the last time he said that Nixon and Dulles met.