Chapter 884: Calm down
The silent figure sank into the taupe leather sofa, smoke rising from his fingertips, filling the frozen atmosphere of the office. The medal on the chest of the Pen, Fun, and Pavilion www.biquge.info military uniform glowed white in the dim yellow light, and the net was a frowning brow, and a pair of eagle eyes with sharp eyes that could cut through people's hearts.
Yazov reported the situation on the Romanian front to Yanayev, who was smoking, and he felt that the general secretary's addiction to cigarettes had been increasing recently, and perhaps the situation in Romania had put him in a state of anxiety. The staff on duty in the office told them that they had seen the general secretary still working at 3 o'clock in the morning, leaning against a small desk lamp to illuminate the desk.
It seems that Yanayev is also worried about the increasingly dire international situation.
Yazov couldn't help but frown.
Consciousness was pulled back from the reverie, Yanayev coughed, and with a hint of tiredness but full of energy, he said to Yazov, "What an interesting opponent, the effect of Comrade Krenz's policy of 'leading the way to the east' is really unexpectedly simple and rude, and now everyone is talking about focusing on us, and they will not think about the previous of the German Democratic Baath Party." It is really not easy for this person to win a favorable external environment for himself to carry out political and economic reforms......
Yanayev snuffed out the cigarette butt in the ashtray on the table, which was already full of discarded filters. He didn't close his eyes properly all day, and with dark circles and bloodshots under his eyes, he continued to read the battle report submitted by Yazov one by one.
Overall, the situation in Romania had begun to tilt in favor of the Soviet Union, and the victory gave them hope.
Except for the person Krentz, who reassured Yanayev.
Fanning the flames on the Eastern European issue led to the conflict between the United States, the Soviet Union and Romania, but he stayed out of the situation just right, a move that even he and Mario did not expect. I am afraid that even the so-called NATO joint forces in northern Romania are also his handiwork, in addition to the sake of retribution for the Soviet Union, more to push the conflict and contradictions to a climax, knowing that the Romanian rebels have occupied the whole of Bucharest, Mario will definitely be desperate to incite the situation in the whole country, and turn a radical democratic change into a war between agents.
Rationally, it was easier for the pro-Soviet regime to maintain the stability of its power in Eastern Europe. Emotionally speaking, the eradication of corrupt bureaucrats and the realization of true democracy in the country are also the directions he has been working towards. Otherwise, the Soviet Union would not have turned a blind eye to the massacre at the Reichstag, or even connived at it.
The atmosphere in the office was as silent as ever, as if they had become accustomed to the murmuring of the general secretary.
Only Yanayev understood that he was uncomfortable, and now it was like putting him on an oven, and after the gap between Romania, the United Nations launched a series of blockade policies, including the freezing of some large-scale procurement plans between the Soviet Union and Western Europe, and the original oil, gas, and machinery transactions were also put to nothing. South Korea and Japan are also under pressure to temporarily suspend certain cooperation programs in the Far East, which has put a certain constraint on the Kremlin's top brass.
The Americans' side-knocking on the UN Security Council also made Yanayev feel that none of this was as simple as he imagined. They even want to incite the entire European country to oppose their own actions in Romania and will not recognize the legitimacy of the new regime.
The situation is becoming more and more chaotic, and as the plan is carried out, he also feels more and more resistance from the United States, but as long as the pressure is resisted, more than half of the countries in Eastern Europe will be included in the Soviet sphere of influence.
It was a great victory, and Yanayev would even become the leader who would lead the revival of the Soviets.
"Abandoning the operation now will only lead to total loss, Romanian armored forces have already occupied Bucharest, and the 2nd Army of Buzeu supports the regime dominated by Voinea, which is our trump card. Instead of holding the position of the southeastern Danube Delta, they began to defend themselves against threats from the north. Although the Soviet Union could not send armored troops in, the air raids on Want Want had already been "
Yazov was optimistic about the current situation, the breakthrough into Romania and the southern plains had been unexpected, and the political risks and huge rewards had torn apart the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe, and it would be difficult for him to retract as long as he continued to exert pressure.
Yanayev's ambition is greater than Yazov's, not just to demarcate the border as in the situation on the Korean Peninsula, but to annex it outright and overthrow the puppet regime controlled by the oligarchs in the name of justice.
So what he sees is a gradual southward trend of the iron hooves of NATO troops, and this trend will be a heavy disaster for him and Voynea.
"The vast majority of the Fourth Army in Cluj has been absorbed by the NATO joint forces, and they are regrouping for a counteroffensive. The situation will deteriorate dramatically, and if Vojnea thinks that the capture of Bucharest is a victory, then he really has only the ability to rule half the country. ”
This is the real beginning, and NATO's counterattack is more tragic than any war.
With his chin in his left hand and his brow furrowed, Yanayev wondered if NATO would leave a loophole. It is clear from President Mario's statement that he is desperate to carry the conflict through to the end.
Either a new unbreakable alliance rises out of the war, or the world is destroyed at the moment of pressing the nuclear button. Neither Mario nor Yanayev are ready to be the sinners of the world. On the contrary, it is not they who have benefited the most from this conflict, but the Krenz who is hiding in the shadows.
It is impossible to withdraw troops, Washington is now trying every means to regain the lost face, and it is impossible for the Soviet Union to give up Bucharest, and the situation can only remain in such a stalemate until one side decides the winner. Pressing forward step by step, Yanayev began to feel helpless.
Yanayev took a deep breath, and he said slowly, "Then pull the Germans into the water too." Since he wants to use the Romanian incident to divert attention, then we will give them no chance to do so. And it could also be a guarantee for the Soviet Union to tide over the difficulties. ”
Yazov frowned, the EU was more defensive of the Soviet Union than the United States, how could Krenz cooperate with them. He shook his head and denied Yanayev's whimsical idea, "It's too messy, we don't have the Germans in exchange for chips, so they can't make an unequal deal at all, and they may even fall into the ground." We thought that the German Democratic Revival Party would become our ally, but now it seems that this ally is no less ambitious than a superpower. ”
Germany's historical defeat was ultimately due to the inability of ambition to match strength, and even the Third Reich alone would only end in ruin. Krenz still had a long way to go if he wanted to achieve the revival of Germany on his own.
Yanayev's loss of control of the situation was also within the scope of his calculations, and it was better for the USSR to be an ambitious careerist than to become a puppet in the hands of the Americans. At least in some things that do not involve vital interests, there is still the possibility of cooperation between the two sides.
"The Americans have this bargaining chip in their hands, Mario must get rid of the Germans who betrayed his teammates if he wants to turn his head and deal with us wholeheartedly, but if the Soviet Union can guarantee that Germany will not be implicated by this, and keep the current situation. We won. ”
If the German Democratic Baath had not been so quick to reveal its ambitions, it would not have been suppressed by the two superpowers, and since it dared to make some small moves behind its back, it was not to blame Yanayev for trying to make Germany not have a good life.
He was even ready for a visit to Berlin, and Dobrynin would be the perfect candidate for him to knock on Krenz.
"Krenz has been proud for so long that he has even forgotten who is the one who supported him to power."
Yanayev's gloomy face was revealing a terrible sense of oppression.
"Now I will let him know what the fate of offending the Soviet Union is." (To be continued.) )