The Mi-6 heavy transport helicopter can be used as a transport aircraft or as a combat armed helicopter, and this characteristic can play a role in concealing part of the purpose. General Aboud should not have aroused great suspicion when he first received military assistance from the Soviet Union, which could help the KGB achieve its own goals.

The Mi-6 heavy transport helicopter had just been added to the active armament of the Soviet Union at this era, and when Serov asked the Ministry of Defense for these helicopters in the name of the KGB, it took a lot of twists and turns, but he finally achieved his goal.

"Khartoum is the capital of Sudan and is located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile. As the largest city and capital of Sudan, it is second to none in terms of economic, agricultural and political status, and taking control of the capital Khartoum controls half of the situation in Sudan. Serov, with his back to the KGB presidium, suddenly turned his head, and behind him was a huge map of Sudan, densely marked with cities throughout Sudan, even better than Sudan's own map.

The importance of the Sultan, which the entire Soviet Union did not know more than the members of the KGB Presidium in front of them, was the real place of attack, and not the Soviet Ministry of Defense with tens of thousands of tanks staring at Eastern Europe and the United States. The KGB lacked everything, that is, it did not lack the so-called big picture.

This was the first time that the KGB of the Soviet Union seriously considered overthrowing a coup d'état of a country's government, and it was not a matter of circumstance or inducement, and this time the KGB was trying to change the political situation of a country by itself. Since World War II, there have been no attempts in this area, but there is no doubt that all of them have failed, both in terms of disparity in strength and inadequacy of conditions, but in any case, there is no precedent for the KGB to succeed in this regard.

Especially during the Khrushchev period, on the whole, when Khrushchev was in power, the Soviet Union adopted a posture of accumulating strength, and adopted a cooperative attitude with the United States on general issues, of course, this was not an unprincipled concession, as evidenced by the Cuban Missile Crisis and the United States and the Soviet Union's cooperation in dismembering the British and French colonial empires.

If the KGB is confined to putting its own forces at home and not doing something in the world, it is undoubtedly unqualified, and in the final analysis, from the Cheka, the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the KGB, the Soviet Union's security services are an offensive organization in their guiding ideology, and everyone can deny this.

"As a department on the front line, the KGB has to react first when the state has not yet realized something, and you can also understand this, comrades, as a precursor to an offensive strategy, or a tentative offensive." Serov, the chairman of the KGB, began to mobilize his colleagues before the war.

A coup d'état may seem simple, but even in Africa, it is not something that can be achieved at will. The experience of the CIA cannot be used as an indicator of the KGB operation, there is a gap in the strategic projection capabilities of the two countries, and this gap Serov must admit, so the operation must be fast and effective, and the Americans must not be given the opportunity to interfere. The United States could reach Africa, but the Soviet Union could not reach South America, and Serov recognized the difference and had to tread carefully.

"There are two military and ground assembly points around the capital of Sudan, namely Omdurman on the left bank of the Nile and North Kamul on the right bank, these two cities are in an inverted triangle with the capital of Sudan, Kamul, which can not only control the shipping of the Nile, but also be close to the capital of Sudan, we use these two places as a base to quickly control the situation in Sudan in the event of a surprise attack, this is the opinion of our General Military Administration!" Lieutenant General Roman, head of the General Directorate of Military Administration, stood up and walked to the map, picked up the whip and demarcated the main locations of the operation, and introduced the starting point of the military operation.

Inverted triangle? It's a very attractive shape! Throwing out the idea that it is not suitable for children in my mind, one-third of Sudan's population is around the Nile River, and drawing a circle around the capital of Sudan, Kamur, can radiate most of the important cities, considering the proportion of the population of Northern Sudan and the population of South Sudan, it is not an exaggeration to describe the problem that half of Sudan can be solved by completing the capital area.

The opinion of the General Directorate of Military Administration is similar to the plan of the Stasi, and the plan sent by Markus Wolff is also the same, after all, the GDR and the Soviet Union are both land countries, and they are very similar from the starting point, and the two countries used armored forces in World War II to fight a life-and-death war, and today it is natural that the starting point is quite the same.

"Director Roman's opinion is very pertinent, but I would like to remind you that this is a tentative attack, we can only succeed and not fail, and under the premise of success as the result, the result of the action is the most important, and the process of achieving the goal is not important." Serov looked at his colleagues and said earnestly, "If we don't do it, capitalism will never correct its mistakes on its own, so it is only a matter of time before the country turns into an offensive strategy, but we in the KGB will act as a forerunner." ”

The Soviet attack on the United States is actually divided into two stages, the first stage is the period when Khrushchev was in power until the Cuban Missile Crisis, it is very strange to say that Khrushchev was in power to take détente as the main phalanx, but in fact there was a situation in which the Soviet Union attacked the United States and defended it, this is because the Soviet Union was still recovering from the trauma of the war during the Stalin period, although Stalin was obviously stronger than Khrushchev in ability, but the situation in the Soviet Union could not support the realization of Stalin's ideas, and although the Khrushchev period implemented the détente phalanx, However, the Soviet Union gradually recovered from the trauma of the Great Patriotic War, and although Khrushchev tried his best to ease up with the United States as its strength grew, the policy of the Soviet state was still slowly turning to expansion, which Khrushchev himself could not prevent.

This stage ended with the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Soviet leadership realized that although the Soviet Union had recovered a lot, it still had a strength gap with the United States, so after the Cuban Missile Crisis, Khrushchev and Brezhnev in the early stage, the Soviet Union began to accumulate strength to prepare for the next offensive, and the Soviet Union began to attack the United States in the middle of the United States, which can also be regarded as the second stage of the Soviet Union's attack on the United States. The Vietnam War weakened the United States and caused domestic discontent; 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; The Third World seeks to free itself from the grip of the superpowers.

The Soviet Union, with Leonid Brezhnev in power, took advantage of the favorable opportunity when the United States was mired in the Vietnam War to concentrate on developing its economic and military strength. At the same time, he consolidated the "Eastern European family" by sending troops to Czechoslovakia on the one hand, and proclaiming the "theory of limited sovereignty" on the other hand, and strengthening his control over Eastern Europe. , Brezhnev launched a "détente offensive" to 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 strategy: 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.

It seems that there is nothing wrong with the policy of the Soviet Union, Serov carefully observed this period of history and found a problem that is not a problem, that is, at the same time, the Soviet Union was accumulating strength, but China was carrying out a strategic offensive, and the target was Southeast Asia, that is to say, during this time, the time of China's attack and the time of the Soviet Union's attack were exactly staggered, and the time of China's attack was just accumulating strength for the Cuban Missile Crisis, and when the Soviet Union felt that it was almost enough, China had begun to prepare for reform and opening up.

During the Khrushchev period, when the Soviet Union tried to expand its influence, although it had little effect, the situation was still obvious, but at the same time as the Soviet Union's offensive policy for two periods, it happened to be staggered with the time of China's offensive. It's a headache.

At this stage, Serov's toss is not ineffective at all, at least the Cuban Missile Crisis is a real draw, and the leadership of the USSR is still at the stage of feeling good about itself. Then the offensive strategy can continue, at least a tentative offensive strategy. The fact that a little can be done in Africa shows that while China is working in Southeast Asia, the USSR is not idle.

So the Sudan's change of color is very necessary, so that the Soviet leadership, which feels good about itself, can see the results, and also to boost the confidence of its allies, both of which are necessary. Decades later, the victory of the socialist camp will beautify history, and both the Soviet Union and China will be able to beautify history, even if it is said that they have been strategizing from the beginning of the Cold War and pursuing an offensive strategy from beginning to end, and the victors will not be condemned in any way.

In February 1964, the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union made a resolution to sign a cooperation treaty with Sudan, at least from the treaty to express a very large sincerity, but this sincerity was not given to the government of General Aboud, but was ready to continue long-term cooperation with the next government, and at the same time, with the affirmation of the Soviet Ministry of Defense, the Soviet Union handed over 12 Mi-6 heavy transport helicopters to the Sudanese military as a supplement to the Sudanese army's army aviation force.

"I can fully say that the twelve Mi-6 heavy transport helicopters are not at all comparable to what we have gained, and I hope Uncle Malinovsky understands this!" Serov stressed the importance to the marshals of the USSR Ministry of Defense. (To be continued.) )