Chapter 653: President Allende

Santiago is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the name Santiago is very common in Spanish-speaking colonies, with many important cities in Spanish-speaking countries and Cuba's second largest city. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The Soviet plane to the congress first arrived in Havana, the capital of Cuba, and before the congress, the Soviet delegation first visited Cuba.

Brezhnev and Castro hugged each other affectionately and expressed their friendship, while Serov had more important things to do, and Ustinov couldn't get out of the domestic military-industrial program, so it was up to Serov to do it. He found Raul Castro, a key supporter of Castro's military and who had been leading Cuba's army, and Serov, if I'm not mistaken, Castro's younger brother also holds a world record, and he was the longest-serving man in the Ministry of Defense, not letting Castro's assassination record stand out at all.

The Soviet Union hoped that the Cuban armed forces would make certain adjustments, and that in the whole of Latin America, Cuba's military strength was only behind Brazil in terms of numbers, and if the factor of combat effectiveness was taken into account, the Brazilian army might not be an opponent yet, and only the United States could hold Cuba down.

As long as Cuba exists, the Soviet Union will be able to get a lot of benefits from it, and as long as this anti-American country in the belly of the United States exists, it is worth the continuous investment of the Soviet Union, "We mean to build a strong airborne force in Cuba, if in terms of numbers, I hope that the number will be 80,000, accounting for about one-third of the Cuban army." While Brezhnev and Castro were communicating revolutionary feelings, Serov was also discussing issues with Raul Castro.

The largest airborne forces in the world were in the Soviet Union, numbering more than 200,000 people, and this force was used to attack Europe. For the time being, the Soviet Union's Red Navy is still lacking, and it will take time to make up for it, but this does not mean that Cuba does not have the means to threaten the United States, that is, the Airborne Forces. If a powerful airborne force is raised in Cuba, even if nothing is done, the United States will be vigilant and always keep its eyes on Cuba.

"But we don't have the financial means to feed this army, and that may require huge help from the Soviet Union." Raul Castro did not shy away from Cuba's difficulties, a time when many countries could not afford large armies on their own.

"Our general secretary respects the military's opinion very much, and the Ministry of Defense is in favor of this matter." Serov did not directly say that there was no problem, but told Raul Castro from the side what the attitude of the Soviet Union was.

Large-scale paratrooper operations require the cooperation of ground troops, and it is easier to succeed in shallow depths, and large-scale paratroopers are in charge of the battles in which the German army has achieved its goal in Crete, but the paratroopers have suffered heavy losses. The large-scale use of paratroopers must be to occupy an advantageous situation, such as air supremacy, and then use it in order to speed up the course of the war. Due to their own limitations, paratroopers cannot carry heavy weapons and heavy armored vehicles, and logistics supply is also a problem, so if the two sides are evenly matched, this is equivalent to sending experience to the table. Most of the famous airborne battles in history were successful because they had absolute superiority, and the failures were basically due to their own strength.

Cuba certainly does not have air superiority over the United States, but it is not without favorable conditions, and the favorable condition is the distance between Cuba and the United States. After the successful landing on Freedom, the United States quickly abolished the policy of granting green cards to Cubans upon arrival in the United States.

Cuba can be said to be Cuban as long as it presents identification, and there is no guarantee that there will be no second smuggling operation. As far as Serov knows, the current situation in Florida seems to be very bad, after the landing of the Soviet legal bandit group, it brought a new force to the gangster culture in the United States, and these opponents who have been entangled with the Cheka for decades have begun to take root in the United States.

The law and order in Florida plummeted, and people in the United States began to flee the state, and the situation lasted for a few years, and the state was about to be destroyed, because there were no blacks in Eastern European countries, so the discrimination against blacks by these landers was also more serious, and several large-scale conflicts were indispensable for the participation of Eastern European groups. As for the fact that many people want to return home and do not want to stay in the United States anymore, sorry, all Eastern European countries, including the USSR, did not respond.

To get back to the point, among the people of Florida, there is not a KGB, who continued to serve the Soviet Union by hiding among the crowds of stowaways. Once Cuba builds up a powerful airborne force, these people can also deliver messages to Cuba.

"Cuba, as a member of the camp, is certainly willing to shoulder its collective responsibility." Raul Castro didn't make it too clear, and it was enough for both sides to point to the point.

At a time when the Chilean capital, Santiago, began to gather socialist parties from all over the world, the American media expressed extraordinary concern about the World Congress of Communist and Workers' Parties, which had previously been held in Moscow. This was the first time it was held in the traditional sphere of influence of the United States in Latin America, and some conservative media in the United States reported that it was so hostile that it almost said that an earthquake in San Diego would wipe out all the parties participating in the meeting. As for Serov again, who let Brezhnev just have a meeting with Nixon.

Compared with the excitement of the media, the White House has treated it coldly. The U.S. government can't just fire at this time, although they hate Allende more than anyone else, but if something happens during the convention. It is estimated that hundreds of Communists of various parties will fight with the Americans, and people from countries all over the world will enter the United States to make trouble. From this point of view, the United States, more than anyone else, wanted peace during the convention, and Nixon publicly stated that this was Chile's own right.

On 25 September, the joint delegation of the Soviet Union and Cuba arrived in Santiago, the capital of Chile, and was warmly welcomed by Chilean President Allende, who shook hands with Brezhnev and hugged each other tightly.

The two traveled in a car to the presidential palace of Chile, which is located in the heart of Santiago and is the presidential palace of Chile. La Moneda means currency in Spanish, as it was once the Royal Mint.

La Moneda Palace was built here by the President of Chile and some government departments in the twenties, and became a national historic site in Chile in the fifties.

The north entrance of La Moneda Palace faces Syntagma Square. The square is a bronze statue of General Wojkins, the pioneer of the Chilean liberation movement. In the marble coffin of the altar of the Fatherland under the pedestal, the bones of the general are placed. Two heavily armed salute guards guard the general's heroic spirit day and night. General Vojkins was the founding father of Chile and devoted his life to the liberation of Chile.

Brezhnev, Andropov and Serov also admired the bronze statue of General Wojkins before entering the Ramoneda Palace, where Allende had prepared a dinner to welcome the Chilean and Cuban delegations.

"Judging from the newspapers, Allende is already in trouble, and strikes occur from time to time. In fact, this is unlikely, have you ever seen such frequent strikes in countries with a socialist system? In the evening, Serov stood in front of the hotel where he was staying and asked Andropov next to him, not that there were no strikes in the Soviet Union, but that a socialist country must first ensure that everyone has a job, and there will be no such frequent strikes when people are working. There was no unemployment in the Soviet Union......

"It's really strange that President Allende's approval rating is not low, why are we seeing a different picture? Many of the people who asked were satisfied with President Allende's policies, but how could they be seen by others as opponents? Andropov also said to himself strangely.

"Somebody is doing something, something like the situation in France at the beginning, the solidarity of the capitalists." Serov said to himself, "If some people are deliberately looking for trouble, it will be easy to explain." Speculation and deliberate instability in society. ”

"Then they are looking for the wrong opponent, and we and our allies will each support something enough to crush these local Chilean merchants and factory owners." Andropov smiled confidently, "But will President Allende accept our help?" ”

"You have to let him know that it's very difficult for a country to develop under blockade, especially in Latin America, where the power of the United States is too strong, don't you think it's strange that the price of copper has fallen? The pricing power is in their hands. However, the decline in the price of ore is good for us, although there are a little difficulties on the Chilean side, but preparations have already begun on the Congo side, and when we sign the European security agreement, we will start in the Congo. Serov and Andropov walked around the square for a while, and then the two returned to the hotel.

Chile is the country with the richest copper resources in the world, and the country that produces and exports the most copper in the world, and enjoys the reputation of "Copper Ore Kingdom". The Atacama Desert is the dry pole of the world. In addition, it is the only country in the world that produces saltpeter. But the pricing power for both things is in the hands of Britain and the United States. However, the Soviet Union was a completely different system, and it was easier to snatch it than China in later generations, because the allies of the Soviet Union also needed resources, and it would be much better to have Chile's help. It was still a piece of cake for the USSR and all the allies to pull up a Chile.

But for President Allende, the first gift of the Soviet Union's visit was nothing else, but Serov's Chilean security assessment report to Allende, including the risk of a coup d'état in Chile, and many suspicious generals, which was the first gift. (To be continued.) )