Chapter 793: Hidden Danger
The Soviet Union's control over Eastern Europe was much stronger than it was historically. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ It can be said that among the several Eastern European thorns, the only country that Serov has not solved at the moment is Yugoslavia itself. The Warsaw Pact's superiority in the confrontation in Europe far exceeds that of NATO, and if it were not for the obvious economic superiority of Western Europe, it would have been a scene of the Warsaw Pact's army marching westward to liberate the world.
Although Western Europe is not in dire straits at the moment, the people do not have the desire to fervently hope that the Warsaw Pact will save them. However, it is obvious to everyone that NATO will never have an advantage in talking about military strength. We can only talk about the rather nonsensical issue of taking economic construction as the core, and NATO is no longer qualified to talk about military affairs.
The current situation in Europe is very embarrassing for Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia have reached a moment of tension, and the Yugoslav People's Army has carried out important reforms when the theory of limited sovereignty was introduced. Guarding against a sudden attack by the Warsaw Pact is quite correct, and planning is never too much. The Soviet Union had plans for military intervention in any country, and this naturally included Yugoslavia.
Yugoslavia's defense of the Soviet Union can only show that the other side is not stupid, and the problem arises again, from the Yugoslav point of view, I believe that even if Tito is confident, I believe that he will not think that he is the strong side. It's good that he is alive, but if he dies, who will save Yugoslavia when the Soviet soldiers are pressing?
"Now that I remember the aftermath, what did I do earlier? Didn't cooperate with the policy of the USSR back then, and only now do you think of dΓ©tente? "Entering Yugoslavia via Bulgaria, when the train was about to arrive at the Belgrade railway station, Serov stood up, and Second Lieutenant Valya, dressed in military uniform, held the general's cloak in both hands and carefully fastened Serov.
"Little girl, I'm not old enough to need someone else to take care of me." Serov, who was wearing leather gloves, smiled and listened to the whistle of the train station, and a few minutes later, the Commissar General with the brim of his hat got off the train with a cigar in his mouth, and his military boots stepped on the soil of Belgrade.
This is Serov's first time on Yugoslav soil, how does it feel? It doesn't feel any different. The mood was not surging, nor was there any excitement. As far as the eye can see, there are Yugoslav security personnel nearby, are they specially to greet you?
The Yugoslav state Serov was not interested, except that the location made it easier for the USSR to oppress Western Europe, there was nothing left. The only thing that Yugoslavia can call famous in the world is a man, his name is Tito, and he is the symbol of Yugoslavia at present.
Under the guidance of the Yugoslav government, Serov took his anti-rebel workers to Tito's residence, the Yugoslav presidential palace. Here, Serov, who was going to Soviet Grad, met Tito, who was already eighty-eight years old and had only one year to live, and in all fairness, Tito looked a few years younger than Brezhnev from the appearance alone, which may have something to do with the other party's military career, so it looks quite tough.
No one could have imagined that Tito had a one-year lifespan, and perhaps Tito could not have imagined it. After meeting, the two people with an age gap of more than 30 years looked at each other from a distance, each with a flat look on their faces, and their eyes were full of scrutiny of each other.
The roles between the Bulgarian People's Army and the Romanian People's Army changed after the Soviet Union and Romania were stationed on the east bank of the Soviet Union and Romanian Grad and the Romanian People's Army re-participated in the Warsaw Pact exercises. Prior to this, the main task of the Bulgarian People's Army was to intimidate Greece and Turkey, and the secondary task was to cooperate with the Soviet army to occupy Romania at the beginning of a full-scale war, eliminate the Romanian Ceausescu government that did not obey the command, and relieve the Soviet Union's worries.
Now the task of the KPA of the two countries, or to the Greek Wehrmacht, is to invade Yugoslavia from several directions, if necessary, and to pacify the last disobedient country in Eastern Europe.
"Marshal Tito still seems to be in good health, and I don't think it should be a problem for you to lead Yugoslavia for ten years. Yugoslavia, under your leadership, believes that no country can pose a threat to Yugoslavia. Serov was the first to speak, greeting Marshal Tito, who had invited him to come.
"Marshal Serov, do you mean that as long as I die, Yugoslavia will no longer be able to resist the Soviet Union?" Marshal Tito said with a resolute face without flinching, "Perhaps you think your most proud plan, the surprise attack on Turkey can be repeated from Yugoslavia?" "Tito lived in the USSR for a long time and could speak directly to Serov in Russian.
"Why not? I have always believed that with enough time to prepare, no country is invulnerable, and I can turn Turkey into what it is today, and there is no reason why it should not be with Yugoslavia. Serov looked around carefully, and did not find any secret guards, since there were only two people, let's tell the truth, "Marshal Tito never takes a plane, is he afraid of being killed by the KGB during a foreign visit?" You're so old, from our point of view, we can wait for you to talk about the problems between the two countries after you die, right? β
"The Soviet Union has become more and more aggressive since you put forward the theory of limited sovereignty." Tito's eyes were fixed on Serov and said, "Even if Stalin was alive, there was nothing he could do about Yugoslavia." β
"That's because you're still alive, and I think you'll have a few more years to live?" Serov said-for-tat, "A small country can rely on a leader to compete with a large country for a period of time, but once the leader dies, it will soon be beaten back to its original shape." To tell you the truth, seventy percent of the Soviet army's forces are fighting against NATO, and thirty percent of its forces are against you. β
"I am ready to protect Yugoslavia!" Tito looked at Serov unmoved and said, "I have to admit that Khrushchev and Brezhnev chose to let you operate the Soviet Union's external subversion or strategic offensive is indeed the right person, and your service to the Soviet Union is not a good thing for other countries." β
"A socialist country, with a rival camp, is the equivalent of holding a torch to light up at a gas station. Eventually, it will burn itself. From the Soviet point of view, Yugoslavia behaved like a traitor, and as the chairman of the KGB, I had an obligation to eradicate traitors for the Soviet Union. Serov lit a flue to himself, "Marshal Tito, in order to show that you can resist the Soviet attack, you have established the Yugoslav border guards. If I'm not mistaken, the border guards are made up of the local population of the republics, right? Are you sure that all the peoples of Yugoslavia were hostile to the Soviet Union? β
After the theory of limited sovereignty was proposed, Tito decided to make a national defense plan as soon as possible, and an important part of it was to form a border guard. Unlike the professional KPA, the Border Guards are armed with locally commanded militias and include the majority of young men and women of working age. According to the National Defense Plan, the border guards will conduct amateur military training in peacetime and will be used as a reserve force under the command of the KPA in wartime, or will carry out guerrilla warfare and auxiliary military missions on their own. However, the formation of border guards actually means that the localities already have their own armed forces.
As Serov said, there were so many nationalities in Yugoslavia, and the Serbs and the USSR were traditionally connected. Tito is alive and may continue to support the current political establishment in Yugoslavia, once Tito is dead. As long as Serov is given a few years, supporting the Serbs to detonate the Yugoslav civil war is a completely probable event.
"Do you really have the demeanor of Stalin, and under your planning, the Soviet Union wants to swallow the world in one bite?" Tito sneered, "The Third Reich seemed to think the same way back then, and you, as a Soviet, should know best what happened to him." β
"Don't get me wrong, I'm a Soviet, so I'm not a Trotskyite, the current productive forces can't bear the demands of the world revolution, I'm preparing a country to build a communist society." Serov flatly denied, "If Yugoslavia is disobedient, the Socialist Republic of Serbia may be obedient, but if it is not, the Socialist Republic of Croatia can also be obedient, and if Yugoslavia as a whole is disobedient, then let him be divided." β
"To tell you the truth, you have suppressed the national forces of Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Albania respectively for ten years, aren't you tired, why are there always splits? This has nothing to do with the USSR, and I have no support for anyone in this regard. I have seen one thing from the events of these years, that is, Yugoslavia is all after your death, and the USSR only needs to wait and do nothing. In the end, you can achieve your goals. Serov, who was a little thirsty, took out the water he had brought and took a sip of it, saying, "You play neutrality between the United States and the Soviet Union, once the Soviet Union and the United States decide the winner, what do you think will happen to Yugoslavia, unless the Soviet Union and the United States will never decide to win or lose." β
"But isn't China okay now? Your layout is so much that it looks horrible. Tito was noncommittal.
"China is only a nominal multi-ethnic state, and if Yugoslavia alone accounts for 95 percent of the population, I will definitely not incite Yugoslavia to secession. Because it is impossible to succeed. Don't think I'm as stupid as the Americans think. I only do things that have a success rate, and I don't waste money and time doing useless work. Marshal Tito, it is better to follow my train of thought and think about whether I can succeed or not. Serov stretched out his hand to make an inviting gesture.
"What exactly is your purpose? How can we abandon a policy hostile to Yugoslavia? Tito also knew that Yugoslavia was a multi-ethnic state, and that Yugoslavia itself did not have a dominant nation, but that Croatia and Serbia stood side by side.
"This can only be resolved within the framework of the socialist family, therefore, Yugoslavia should return to the Warsaw Pact." (To be continued.) )