"Comrade Serov, Comrade Ustinov, don't always think from a military and security point of view, we are negotiating, not when you are planning an attack on Turkey. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" Brezhnev pretended to stop, and then said, "Of course, what the two comrades said is only one aspect, and the statements of the military are always more direct, but by no means threatening, President Karamanlis, I hope you don't take it to heart." ”

"In fact, from the perspective of national security and military affairs, what the two comrades said is very reasonable, of course, our main concern is the quality of life of the people, and I believe that President Karamanlis will not deny it." Seeing President Karamanlis' nod, Brezhnev continued, "Isn't it enough to alert the president now that the Western world is generally in an economic crisis? There are too many unemployed, and it is very prone to social unrest. Improving people's quality of life is the solution to the problem. ”

"At the beginning, we just didn't set our sights on the southern front, and it turns out that as long as we use a little force, the so-called encirclement network is not as strong as the fence of my house." Ustinov raised his head slightly and said very arrogantly. Unlike Serov, Ustinov has a marshal star on his shoulders and looks more high-profile.

"Fighting a war itself is not NATO's specialty, if they had this ability, they would not have been swept by Nazi Germany in World War II. Serov and Ustinov sang and harmonized, ridiculing NATO's military power from various angles, "Now that Turkey is finished, does Greece have to shoulder the heavy responsibility of blocking us and conscripting 300,000 troops to fill the vacancy in Turkey?" ”

"Enough, Greece is not our enemy." Brezhnev's tone rarely put on a hint of majesty, "I know that the military has become extremely confident in military power, but for a country, this is not a good thing. ”

"Got it, General Secretary." Serov and Ustinov looked at each other and said no more. It made the appearance of a Soviet hardliner and tested the pressure on Greece. It also maintained the prestige of Brezhnev as general secretary.

The attitude of the Soviet military must be made clear, and there is no force more direct than a military threat, and the frustration that prevails in Western Europe is now brought about by the Soviet Union's defeat of Turkey within a week. I believe that the current NATO headquarters will definitely be more convinced that if you want to stop the joint advance of the various arms of the Soviet army, you can only use nuclear bombs.

The terrain in Europe is flat, and once the Warsaw Pact enters an offensive posture, it will definitely advance much faster than Turkey. You must know that the main terrain of Turkey is the mountains, so it will not be able to stop the Soviet Union, and what can the great plains of Europe resist?

According to the Soviet combat regulations, a tank division has a concentration area of not less than 2,000 square kilometers, and a small-yield nuclear bomb cannot destroy two tank battalions at the same time. Spread out during the march, quickly engage the enemy, disperse immediately after the breakthrough of the concentrated attack, and the process of concentrated attack is as short as possible, and glue together with the enemy as soon as possible. to prevent the strike of the enemy's weapons of mass destruction. This is the famous change of attacking formation in the middle of the drive. The application of nuclear weapons increases the advantage of tank combat in large depths, because breaking through the enemy's defense line does not require careful planning, and at considerable sacrifices, a nuclear bomb can solve the problem.

In tank warfare under the advent of nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union emphasized the speed of advancement, once the war began, it was an attack on all fronts, biting the NATO troops on the opposite side, in this case, once NATO launched a nuclear bomb attack, the three-defense system was equipped with a complete Warsaw Pact tank army, and the survival rate would definitely exceed that of the NATO army.

Nuclear war was originally the Soviet Union's consideration of all-out war, and once NATO used nuclear bombs, the Soviet Union, which distributed nuclear bombs to division-level units, would definitely use them. Because the Soviet Union was the attacking side, the first wave of nuclear bombs of the Soviet Union must have been thrown at the Federal Republic of Germany, which blocked the attack of the Warsaw Pact, and NATO was the defending side, so the nuclear bombs of the United States were also thrown at the Federal Republic of Germany.

"President Karamanlis, you should know that the economic growth of the Warsaw Pact has always been faster than that of NATO, because the Soviet Union used its own resources free of charge to balance the gap in the import of Warsaw Pact countries, and once Greece joins the Warsaw Pact, it will be able to buy high-quality oil quickly and relieve the current economic pressure." Brezhnev persuaded unhurriedly, "Turkey is finished, if Greece remains in NATO, Yugoslavia in the west, Bulgaria in the north, and the southern cluster where we live on both sides of the strait, this is not something that the Greek Defense Forces can confront it." ”

"But Greece is a country with a market economy, and if you adopt a planned economy now, people may not be able to adapt to it. Moreover, the planned economy itself has some problems, and I believe that even Prime Minister Kosygin would not deny it here. "Although President Karamanlis is under tremendous pressure, his tone is neither humble nor arrogant, and he argues for Greece.

"The market economy and the planned economy are not diametrically opposed and cannot coexist, and who says that a country with a market economy cannot be a member of the Warsaw Pact?" Brezhnev did not attach much importance to this issue, in fact, the general secretaries of the Soviet Union in successive generations did not talk about this issue to death, otherwise how could the current Soviet Union have the nickname of Soviet repair.

"Greece may be the first to implement a socialist market economy. As long as Greece joins the Warsaw Pact and maintains a market economy, it is also possible to develop Greek characteristics, and this is our final bottom line. "Before coming to Greece, Serov and the others had already discussed this issue, and the final result was that as long as Greece could join the Warsaw Pact, other things could be discussed.

"I'm going to talk to the military." President Karamanlis thought about it for a long time and concluded by saying that it would take time.

"Yes, I believe that the Greek military will not easily give up the friendship cultivated with the Red Army this time." Brezhnev nodded, he was not prepared to achieve the goal in one negotiation, usually it is not the negotiation that achieves the goal at one time, but the war.

Greece now has a peculiar form of government, the military junta has collapsed, although Karamanlis has returned as president. But the election did not start, because of the war, although there is no military government, but the military still has a relatively heavy voice. Greece and Turkey have long been defensive of each other, so the military positions of both countries are more detached.

"How sure!" After leaving the Greek presidential palace, Brezhnev asked this question, how sure is the Warsaw Pact Greece to draw closer to the camp, although even if Greece does not make progress, this is a great victory, but it is better to bring in.

"If it's just the attitude of the military, it shouldn't be a problem. I believe that the results will be transmitted back soon. Serov replied.

Half an hour later, a man came to the hotel where he was staying, handed a letter to the Soviet security personnel, and soon fell into the hands of Serov, who was waiting for news, "It's done, the generals of the Greek Ministry of Defense have all agreed to let the country join the Warsaw Pact from a security point of view, and this is the result of the discussion just now." ”

These words attracted the attention of Brezhnev, including Brezhnev, and several people watched the minutes of the meeting. Gromyko was surprised and asked, "The unanimous agreement of the Greek Defense Forces shows that our military might makes the Greeks dare not confront them, so they can only choose to join NATO." ”

"yes, yes." Serov replied absentmindedly, of course, there was the factor that the Greek army could not resist the Soviet army, and the Greek Wehrmacht was currently on the east bank of Constantinople, and the southern cluster on the west bank cut off the return route of the Greeks, and was in a factor that could annihilate the other side at any time, but the most important factor was that the KGB spent fifteen million dollars to buy these Greek generals.

In short, bribes! If it is the kind of country in Western Europe, this kind of bribery cannot succeed at all, and the KGB cannot afford to bribe, because the countries of Western Europe are not problems that dozens of generals can solve, and they can succeed thanks to the fact that the Greek military government lasted for a long time, and it itself destroyed the balance and caused this imbalance, which allowed the KGB to play a role.

Instead of bribing opponents with money and searching the entire Soviet Union, the KGB is not targeting anyone, but just wants to say that everyone here is rubbish.

On 20 October, the Soviet Union and Greece issued a joint communiqué expressing the long-standing friendly relations between the Soviet Union and Greece, as well as the desire to further develop bilateral relations. Gromyko announced large-scale economic assistance to Greece to help Greece get out of the predicament of the economic crisis as soon as possible.

Even more explosive news was announced in the afternoon, when the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Marshal Ustinov, and the Chief of the General Staff of the Greek Defense Forces, Colonel-General Konstantin Gien, jointly announced that the Greek and Soviet armies, in order to jointly defend stability in the eastern Mediterranean and to safeguard the common interests of the two countries, had decided to sign the Covenant for practical purposes, which stipulated that in the event of an attack by any country or group of states against one or more of the contracting States in Europe, Each State Party shall, in accordance with Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, exercise its right to individual or collective self-defence and shall provide immediate assistance to one or more States which are victims of such attack, individually or by agreement with the other States Parties, by all means it deems necessary, including the use of armed force.

Greece agreed to all the provisions of the Warsaw Pact, and President Karamanlis officially declared that Greece, in consideration of its own interests, would become a member of the Warsaw Pact with effect from 20 October, and that it would no longer have a hostile relationship with the members of the Warsaw Pact and would cooperate in the joint maintenance of stability in the Eastern Mediterranean. Brezhnev praised Greece's wisdom and assured that Greece would henceforth stay away from threats.

When the news reached the world, the GDR, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, and Albania quickly issued declarations enthusiastically announcing that Greece would be a member of the Warsaw Pact. (To be continued.) )