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President Stefanopoulos sat in the presidential office exhausted after his last meeting, but received a cordial "greeting" from the Kremlin. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

President Stefanopoulos's hands trembled a little when he received Yanayev's phone call, he did not expect that the Soviet mercenary team would have such a high execution efficiency. Almost within a few days of being put into battle, a beautiful decapitation operation was completed, suppressing the so-called elite Turkish troops and annihilating almost half a battalion of tanks. President Stefanopoulos even regretted that more Soviet veterans should be organized into mercenaries and put into battle, in front of these invincible Red Army, not to mention Turkey, I am afraid that the elite of Western Europe will also tremble in front of the steel chariots.

However, Yanayev did not call specifically to celebrate the victory to President Stefanopourus, and he had more important things to declare to Stefanopourus, that is, related to the bombing mission of the Greek Air Force against Turkey's so-called "Maginot Line". After all, this is a family affair of NATO member states themselves, and the Soviet Union's dispatch of volunteer troops is already the bottom line that Europe can tolerate. Once you send your own air force into the battlefield, it's not as simple as a family matter. It will rise directly from the civil war to the severity of the conflict in the Aegean region, so in this battle, both the United States and the Soviet Union appear to be cautious.

The Greek Air Force has 75 F16 fighters, 87 F5 fighters, 90 A-7H Corsair fighters, 27 Mirage F-ICG types. This kind of strength is not inferior in the whole of Eastern Europe. Yanayev believes that Greece is more than capable of this offensive mission. What's more, in the Turkish invasion of Cyprus that year, Greece also had a glorious record of defeating Turkish fighters.

"General Secretary Yanayev, you mean sending fighters to bombard the Turkish defense line in Morfu to create good opportunities for the breakthrough of the armored forces of Cyprus?"

Stefanopoulos loosened his tight tie a little and allowed his neck to stretch at will. Stefanopoulos stretched, and the exhaustion of the day left him no time to think about anything else.

"But now the Greek and Turkish sides, in order to exercise restraint, do not want to send their air forces to fight in the skies over Cyprus. If Greece takes this lead, I am afraid that it will cause further fierce conflict between Turkey and Greece. That's what worries me the most. By escalating the situation, Greece will not be able to stand on its feet. ”

"Oh? I thought the Greek government had decided to go head-to-head with Turkey. "Or does the Greek government want to see the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus move from a strategic defensive phase to a strategic counteroffensive?" ”

Stefanopoulos, who had his eyes slightly closed, opened his eyes, and he asked in a deep voice, "General Secretary Yanayev, what do you mean by this?" ”

Yanayev shook a piece of paper in his hand, this is the information transmitted from the front, which clearly records the recent situation of the war, Yanayev read to Stefanopoulos word by word. "According to the reconnaissance aircraft, the Cypriot army is massing armored forces and personnel, and is defending itself against the offensive of the coalition Cypriot army in the vicinity of the Turkish defensive line. According to the intelligence analysis of our General Staff, after a certain amount of attrition, the army of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus will enter the counteroffensive phase, not only stabilizing the two cities that have changed hands several times, but will also continue to move south, seize more towns and cities, and create a buffer zone for the Northern Cyprus regime. At that time, not only Cyprus, but also British air bases could be threatened. ”

"Then I'll tell you what the Turkish army would have done without air support. They would go south and destroy all the cities and slaughter the surviving Greeks. When the situation is almost out of control, the United States will pretend to stand up and order the two sides to stop fighting and sign a treaty. When the time comes, Cyprus will find that they have lost far more land than they had in the first two cities, instigated by the United States, so would President Stephanopoulos want to see that? ”

Stefanopoulos coughed and replied slowly, "Not really." ”

Greece had already lost once in 1974 and could not afford to lose again this time. On the one hand, the voice of the people may affect the approval rating of the Greek president at any time. Secondly, he had to consider how much he would lose if Greece was not prepared for a war.

"Yes, none of us want to, so I want President Stephanopoulos to think about whether to help a Soviet Red Army that can retake strategic points for you, or whether to negotiate peace with Turkey and lose most of its territory?"

"Only if you fight the Northern Cyprus regime in the shortest possible time can you gain more leverage at the negotiating table. In both the Soviet army and political dogma, an offensive is always the best way, President Stefanopoulos, so we need the support of the Greek Air Force. ”

"We don't want to see tragedy happen."

After a long silence, Stefanopoulos said slowly, "When the time comes, we will inform the Cypriot army that the Greek Air Force will cooperate with the air strikes in Cyprus. ”

"Then I'm sorry for you, President Stefanopoulos."

After hanging up the phone, Yanayev sighed, he turned to Primakov and said, "President Stefanopoulos seems to be nothing more than a qualified politician, not a good politician." Politicians always think about the balance of interests of all parties, and do not directly crush the other side to the point where they are powerless like the military. ”

After speaking, Yanayev said with some self-deprecation, "Sure enough, politicians have such similar problems." ”

"What's wrong?" Primakov, who had just returned from Cyprus, asked about the fact that he was going to Washington in a few days to negotiate with the United States on the Cyprus issue.

Yanayev waved his hand with a helpless expression, "He has been calculating what kind of losses will be caused by the Greek army's involvement in the Cypriot civil war, and what kind of consequences will be caused to the already sluggish Greek economy. So Greece is just staying at the interface of aid, and not carrying out a direct integration strike. ”

But Stefanopoulos forgot one thing, and that was the strategic importance of the island nation for Greece. Although almost all of the Aegean Sea is nominally part of Greek waters, in reality everyone knows that Turkey has been trying to get its hands on the Aegean Sea and sees Cyprus as a springboard. If Turkey loses this dispute, it will quickly expand its sphere of influence in the Aegean Sea. ”

"Now that they have been expelled from Asia Minor to the Balkans, do they want even their own inland sea to become someone else's bay?"

In response to the Greek president's hesitation, Yanayev felt indignant that iron could not be made of steel, and he pointed to the location of the Aegean Sea on the map and said, "In fact, in terms of political interests, the Cyprus dispute has little to do with the Soviet Union." The only benefit was that the Soviet air base created in Cyprus was capable of threatening the security of Turkey. And the S300 and bastion systems sold by the Soviet Union in this war, as well as corvettes, are the focus of this dispute. ”

The arms deal alone would have brought nearly $300 million in profits to the Soviet government, which was simply using the mouths of political strategists to sway the situation. This was already very satisfying for Yanayev, since the Americans sold the Perry class to Turkey, how could the Soviet Union have some benefits for its allies. So Yanayev just treats the conflict in Cyprus as a business for arms sales.

"That's why General Secretary Yanayev is so anxious to ask me to discuss the Cyprus issue with the United States?"

Yanayev sighed, "Yes, now let the UN army intervene, at least Cyprus is just a situation where there is no loss and no victory." Of course, I also hope that the situation will improve in the next week. Otherwise, at the negotiating table, the USSR would have been very passive. (To be continued.) )