After Brezhnev, Kosygin, and Sherepin became members of the Soviet leadership, Serov remained in the Lubyanka on the grounds that security cadres should not be involved in politics, while respecting all members of the Presidium of the Central Committee. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He came to the Kremlin today to come up with a well-made plan, and this systematic plan will turn from defense to offense.

"After the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, our KGB assessment was that Nixon, President Eisenhower's deputy in the kitchen debate that year, would have a better chance of becoming the new president of the United States. His opponent was Robert Kennedy, but now that he is dead, the remaining Democratic candidates are still a little short. Serov began by talking about the ongoing elections in the United States, after all, the policy of the President of the United States has always played a major role in the assessment of the foreign relations of the Soviet Union.

"That is, Nixon could become the president of the United States." Brezhnev immediately remembered this man, and the two met during the kitchen debate, but he did not notice Nixon at that time, because the vice president of the United States was nothing more than a vase in his eyes, and it was not worth noting at all. "I didn't expect him to make a comeback, this man is a staunch anti-Soviet, and this person's coming to power is not good news. 、”

Brezhnev had contact with Nixon, and although Nixon posed as peaceful in Moscow, Brezhnev, who had actually been up and down in the Soviet cadre class for so many years, could see at a glance that the other party's peace was all faked, and he was deeply influenced by Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech. Nixon developed a deep understanding of resistance to communism. After entering politics, Nixon established himself as a staunch anti-Soviet activist in the American public by joining the House Committee on Un-American Activities, introducing the Mont-Nixon Act, joining the Hetter Committee, and pursuing the Heath case in an exhaustive manner.

"Nixon's hostility to the Soviet Union and Communism could not change one thing, and that was the situation. I think this man's so-called withdrawal from Vietnam is just talking about it before the election, and he is still trying to find a way to win the Vietnam War, but it doesn't matter, as long as we let the United States meet and bleed, he will have to stop. Serov briefly talked about the current situation, to paraphrase a popular phrase, the current situation in the Soviet Union is not a small good but a great good.

The situation is stronger than people, and Nixon was still a friend of Chiang, but he still gave up peanuts because of the détente with China. Whether Nixon wanted it or not, he had to make these choices that he was not willing to make in a bad situation.

"Yes, an endless war of attrition will eventually make the Americans stop and realize that their national power is not unlimited!" Suslov said, and then said, "The strategic offensive plan should have been prepared, take it out and let's take a look, in fact, each of us has considered it in our hearts to see if it coincides with us." ”

"Well, that's right, in view of the fundamental changes in the international situation, as well as the strengthening of our country's own national strength, and of course the support of the First Secretary, the Second Secretary, and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, I have formulated this plan in the name of the General Political Commissar for National Security, supplemented by the KGB's intelligence network intelligence around the world, to describe this offensive plan." Serov stood up and gave each of them a rough outline, explaining, "From the French attack on the dollar, it proves that the current situation in the Western world where the United States is the dominant power has caused dissatisfaction in many countries, and the United States will certainly respond to the needs of some of the powerful countries in its own camp, and at the same time adjust its own policy, I think the Vietnam War will end in five years, because this adjustment cycle will take time, and when it is not adjusted, the Americans will not quickly evacuate, because it may cause an avalanche of difficulties." ”

Brezhnev, Suslov, Sherepin and Kosygin all nodded, obviously this was a very reasonable prediction, and withdrawing from the Vietnam battlefield without saying a word may leave a sum of military spending, but the price to pay for slapping the ass and leaving is also very large.

"Given the relative decline of the United States in the capitalist world economy; The balance of military power between the United States and the Soviet Union has changed unfavorably for the United States; The contradictions between the United States and Western Europe and Japan have deepened; For these reasons, the Third World seeks to get rid of the control of the superpowers, so an appropriate offensive policy is feasible and necessary. ”

"Yes, some offensive policies can test the bottom line of the United States on the one hand, and increase our influence on the other hand." Brezhnev nodded, the offensive policy coincided with his ideas. Détente is détente, offensive is offensive, Brezhnev did not see any contradiction in this, the policy of détente is only to deceive the countries of Western Europe, and the only way to deal with the United States is to constantly increase its military strength and put pressure on it.

In fact, long before Serov came up with this plan, Sergey? Georgievich? Marshal Gorshkov had already come to the Kremlin the other day and had seen Brezhnev first come up with a plan for the development of the Navy. The following areas were targeted: the Suez Canal. Eastern Mediterranean. Western pacific. North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. The Soviet Union's nuclear assault strategy faced a problem, that is, the United States was also attacking the Soviet Union with nuclear weapons, and the Soviet Union's nuclear assault strategy had to ensure that it had the initiative in nuclear assault, and the method adopted by the Soviet Union to limit the US nuclear strike was to use anti-submarine assault groups to search for and track US nuclear submarines and then strike at them. This was all drawn by the Soviet Union's nuclear assault strategy. Therefore, the USSR had to begin the development of an ocean-going navy. Develop a navy that has always been able to compete with the U.S. Navy head-to-face. At the same time, the Y-class submarine entered service this year, and one can be built every month, giving the Soviet Navy at least the opportunity to be on an equal footing with the US Navy in the field of strategic nuclear deterrence. Its missiles can reach anywhere in the United States.

Marshal Gorshkov's plan for the development of the Navy has been agreed to by Brezhnev, and in recent times Ustinov, as well as generals of the army and air force, have often come to the Kremlin to submit new plans for the development of armaments.

"There are three main offensive directions, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Needless to say, Southeast Asia is now underway, and in Africa, we use Sudan as a military base to try to go south and establish a direct road to South Africa, and in the world, the oil resources in the Middle East are very important, comrades, we must take into account another problem, that is, although our Soviet Union itself is not short of oil resources, but our exploitation costs far exceed those of Middle Eastern countries, once this place is controlled by the United States, artificially lower the price of oil, It will have an impact on our oil industry. In the case of the third Baku, which is already in production, this possibility is very dire. "Think about it, if the cheap price of oil in the Middle East becomes the nourishment of the enemy, and the oil we supply to the allies is not profitable, then the comparison will slow down our development." ”

"Yes, the treasure trove of the world's minerals is in southern Africa, and the treasure trove of oil is the Middle East, and the strategic offensive plan must take these two places into account." Brezhnev nodded approvingly, but he didn't expect this person to think of it with himself.

"Comrades, we paralyze the countries of Western Europe primarily with a policy of détente, but we must resolutely attack in other directions, especially in Southern Africa and the Middle East, which must be included in our sphere of influence." Brezhnev's clenched right fist accentuated his breath.

Historically, Brezhnev launched a détente offensive against Western Europe, and then launched a fierce expansion offensive to the Third World, and formulated a set of political, economic, and military three-pronged global offensive strategies: with economic strategy as the support, military strategy as the core, supplemented by détente strategy; With Europe as the strategic focus, it has launched a flank detour in the Middle East and Africa, competing for strategic locations, strategic resources and sea lanes; With the goal of breaking the strategic layout of the United States, we should gradually seize strategic superiority over the United States.

Xie Lepin thought for a moment and nodded, and then asked, "In principle, there is no problem, but what is the order, now that the United States is deeply involved in the situation in Southeast Asia and cannot get away, do we take the initiative to provoke a war and expand the war in Southeast Asia?" ”

"Start in three directions at the same time!" Serov said something that surprised everyone, "Once the United States promotes joint defense through diplomacy and communicates with relevant countries, in fact, many places will not be easy to gnaw." At a time when the United States is not yet finished, and it is the time of the general election, we must take the initiative. I personally and mainly supervised the operation in the Middle East direction. ”

This eagerness is due to the opportunity in just a few years, during the Nixon period, the United States' Middle East policy was a two-pillar policy, that is, Saudi Arabia and Iran were regarded as the main partners of the United States in the Persian Gulf, providing them with a large number of weapons, making Iran a military pillar and playing the role of a policeman, and Saudi Arabia mainly becoming an economic pillar and acting as a stabilizer by using its huge economic inducement force.

Saudi Arabia and Iran were the bottom line of the United States during the Nixon period, and after Vice President Ford succeeded Nixon, when he implemented a strategic retreat, he clearly assured the American people that the Middle East is a place that the United States must protect. So if you want to use your brains about the Middle East, you have to start now. In the future, if the Soviet Union's military forces directly intervene in the Middle East, the United States will fight the Soviet Union to the end, even if it is desperate.

"Okay, if we support this plan, then we will start implementing a strategic offensive plan at the same time as the détente against Western Europe." Eventually, Brezhnev, Sherepin, Suslov and Kosygin, the giants of the Soviet Union, nodded in approval of the plan. (To be continued.) )