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At least Anthony Lake guessed half right, the Soviet Union's arms sales were not aimed at exacerbating the conflict on the Korean Peninsula, but at maintaining stability on the Korean Peninsula. In fact, Mario's decision to sacrifice South Korea for the sake of Haitai had already doomed the Soviet Union's plan to be half realized.

However, the US Government still wants to show a certain posture on the South Korean issue, and the White House spokesman said that it will pay close attention to the dynamics between the DPRK and the ROK to ensure stability and harmony between the DPRK and the ROK. At the same time, a batch of military supplies will be provided to South Korea to prepare for the next situation that may change at any time.

Yanayev breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the statement of the United States that it would only provide armaments and not intervene directly. At least he got it right. It is true that the United States is a little anxious about the Taiwan issue, so much so that it cannot spare its hands to suppress the arrogant Jin faction. Previously, they also emphasized that the battered ships of the Soviet Union had no effect on the situation in the entire strait, and now it seems that Mario is underestimating this improvised aircraft carrier battle group.

Until the real war begins, military power is always a bargaining chip used to increase the threat. No matter how remarkable the Nimitz class of the United States is, it is possible that it will end up in annihilation after the start of the war.

Yanayev temporarily summoned Pavlov to the White House building in Moscow, and as a comrade-in-arms of 819 and a member of Yanayev's political think tank, he now needs Pavlov to accomplish something. It is also a key step for Yanayev to further benefit from the chaotic situation in the Asia-Pacific region.

Ships sold to South Korea also include rocket artillery.

"South Korean President Kim Yong-sam has just accepted a batch of armaments from the United States, how can he be willing to accept arms sales from the Soviet Union again, they are not fools. General Secretary Yanayev, now is not the best time, think about it and know that South Korea is unlikely to accept our proposal. "Pavlov thought Yanayev's plan to carry out arms sales was very incredible, and even thought that such a plan was a fantasy. Allowing South Korea, which is loyal to the United States, to accept arms sales from the Soviet Union, is tantamount to making the United States choose to withdraw from the competition. Moreover, since 1992, South Korea's economic growth rate has slowed considerably, with an economic growth rate of only 4.7% in 1991, the lowest level in 13 years, ranking last among the Asian tigers. In such an economic situation, it is naturally impossible for the South Korean president to accept a batch of Soviet-made weapons.

Previously, the Soviet government single-handedly planned the inter-Korean conflict, donated some T55 tanks in stock to North Korea for free, and then instigated the North Korean government forces behind the scenes to put pressure on South Korea on the border, until Kim Yong-sam worriedly ran to the United States for assistance and refused.

When the U.S. aircraft carrier battle group was not heading for the Korean Peninsula, Yanayev thought the most suitable time had come to sell arms to South Korea.

"But don't forget, North Korea is now a dog in the hands of China and the Soviet Union, and this dog is obviously much more ferocious than the one in the hands of the United States, for example, the United States can only be regarded as a Chihuahua, while we have a bull terrier. As long as we still have a bone in the bull terrier, it can bark at the Chihuahua for days. ”

Yanayev continued, "And now the Americans have temporarily abandoned the Korean Peninsula for the sake of the Haitai issue, which means that Kim Yong-sam has no way out." Either wait for us to loosen the chains and let the Korean People's Army drive straight in, or we will rise up and be ready for war. But before he accepts the mediation of the Americans, North Korea may move south at any time. ”

At this time, the attitude of China and the Soviet Union became crucial for South Korea. So if Kim Yong-sam wants to keep his position, does he have any other options than to cooperate with the Soviet Union? ”

Pavlov understood, "The only requirement for cooperation with the Soviet Union is to use this crisis to open up the South Korean arms market?" Previously, they had already purchased a Kiev-class aircraft carrier from the USSR, and I think that for this reason, South Korea would at least not refuse the Soviet request. ”

Yanayev corrected Pavlov's statement, "To be more precise, as South Korea, surrounded by great powers, there is no room for them to refuse." If South Korea chooses to refuse, we are very likely to let the Korean People's Army go south, and of course Kim Yong-sam can choose to take this risk and bet on whether the Korean People's Army will go south? However, I think the South Korean side should not be willing to take this risk, not to mention the location of the Asian tigers, and they themselves may be wiped off the map by the northern regime. Even in the event of a war on the Korean Peninsula, I think South Korea cannot afford to pay that price, and the economic myth that it has spent nearly four decades building will be wiped out by a war. I guess North Korea can laugh in a dream. ”

"I see, that's what the Soviet Union is visiting South Korea, isn't it?" Pavlov exhaled that, as prime minister, he had traveled abroad far more often than he had in the days of Gor-Ba-Cchev, and most of the time he was bargaining for economic covenants.

Compared with the previous Soviet leader, Yanayev's means and courage were not comparable to Goe's. And more often than not, he changed the crude and even hasty plans of the previous Soviet leaders, and instead made the Soviet Union more flexible on some delicate issues.

"Violence is indeed the most direct means of solving problems, but it is not the best means." Yanayev pushed his glasses with his index finger, "The Soviet Union, the United States, China, and Japan all know that there must be no more large-scale, full-scale conflict on the Korean Peninsula. So everyone is careful to maintain a balanced situation. But the U.S. approach is more toward the conservative bureaucracy, which believes that as long as there is no conflict on the Korean Peninsula, the U.S. no longer needs to intervene in the region. On the contrary, we do not think so, and only by using the international situation to provoke a conflict between the two countries can we pursue the interests we need in South Korea and North Korea. ”

"If a conflict does break out, how will it end?" Pavlov has also been thinking about this issue of playing with fire for a long time, at least he is not as optimistic as Yanayev on the North Korean issue, which has been a destabilizing factor in the Asia-Pacific region since World War II.

"Just tighten the rope, isn't there no pro-Soviet faction on the North Korean side, and absolute loyalty to the Kim family? No kidding, even the top level of the North Korean government has differences on certain positions. Although it is claimed to be a torrent of steel on the Korean Peninsula, how much wind and waves can a country whose military strength is stuck in the fifties and sixties be able to provoke? (To be continued.) )