In later generations, after the United States vigorously exploited shale oil, it began to compete with its former friend Saudi Arabia, and Saudi Arabia's status in the United States also declined greatly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info And now, under various circumstances, the United States has to choose to abandon Saudi Arabia and abandon the Middle East.

Shale oil, the prospect seems to be quite good, rich in reserves, enough for the United States to be called an energy power, but unfortunately, this kind of thing is solid, and it is definitely more difficult to extract than liquid oil, and the cost of extraction is even more than that of oil extraction under the permafrost of the Soviet Union!

Now, the global oil price is soaring, has been up and down 130 US dollars a barrel, the Americans are mining now, that is quite profitable, but such high oil prices, because the Middle East is in war, a lot of crude oil can not be transported as a result, when the Middle East is stable, Saudi Arabia and other countries export oil by a large margin, the world crude oil prices will also drop sharply!

When the time comes, what level will it fall? In the 80s, oil prices fell sharply to $10 a barrel! The oil in the Middle East costs only a few dollars! And now, shale oil in the United States, the cost is at least between forty, to fifty dollars!

The Americans are helpless, and it may be a wise decision for them to abandon the Middle East, because their domestic economy is on the verge of bankruptcy, their military struggle is also at a disadvantage, and the shadow of the Vietnam War continues to loom over them, forcing them to make such a choice.

If they are already able to produce enough oil at home, why bother with more bloodshed and sacrifice in the Middle East? The blood of the Americans cannot be shed in vain!

Unfortunately, they will soon see what it will be like when they abandon the Middle East completely! Military wars, only secondary, economic wars, will dominate the whole 82 years!

"Andrey, what are you thinking?" Andropov asked.

"I'm thinking about how we can use oil as a weapon to further fight US imperialism and at the same time dismantle Europe, which is not monolithic in the first place." "Now that the Middle East is under our control, we will play an increasing role on the world stage," Andrei said. ”

Oil as a weapon against imperialism! Andrei's line of thought coincides with Andropov, if in the past, maybe his own side did not have much ability, but now, after integrating the oil resources of the entire Middle East, the Soviet Union is already sharpening its knives!

Dismantle Europe! After the Middle East problem has been overcome, the next opponent for the Soviet Union will be Europe! Europe is also one of the birthplaces of human history and civilization, and here, after countless wars and disasters, the existing pattern has been formed, there are various contradictions between various countries, and there are problems within the countries, and the Soviet Union can continue to divide and conquer from within them!

"Andrey, what do you think we should do in Europe?" Andropov asked.

There are many countries in Europe, and many of them have joined NATO, how can the USSR divide them from within? This is what Andropov has been thinking about.

How to start? Andrea's mind remembered the events that took place in 82 years in history, as if there had been a nationwide general strike in Italy, right? This is a great opportunity!

"Perhaps, we can start with Italy." Andrei said: "This is just one of my suggestions, and as you know, what I am best at is military command, and I don't have a high level of political insight. ”

Andrei is telling the truth, his military genius, which has now been recognized, even Ustinov privately declares that if Ustinov retires, then it would be most appropriate for Andrei to sit in the position of Minister of Defense.

In the past few years, it is precisely under the impetus of Andrei that the strategic position of the Soviet Union has undergone such earth-shaking changes!

"Yes, Andrei's insight in military affairs is the highest, whether it is command or military technology." Ustinov said: "Andrey, you came back just in time, and now, many of our equipment, it should be a conclusion." ”

All kinds of equipment in the Soviet Union can only be put into production through competition, and when he heard Ustinov's words, Andrei was stunned for a moment and asked: "What equipment?" ”

"It's our fifth-generation fighter." "Now, both the Mikoyan and Sukhoi companies are beginning to prepare fifth-generation fighters, and we are hesitating on the two options and do not know which one to choose," Ustinov said. ”

The fifth-generation fighter of the Soviet Union, that is, the fourth-generation aircraft of later generations, the problem of inconsistent standards, hearing Ustinov's words, Andrei remembered that at the beginning of the year, he had been to the Mikoyan Design Bureau and the Sukhoi Design Bureau, among them, the progress of the Mikoyan Design Bureau is very fast, after all, they have completed the development of the MiG-29, and when they continue to improve the performance of the MiG-29, the pre-research of the next generation of fighters has begun.

Andrey saw the model of the MiG-1.42 project and knew how fast the Mikoyan Design Bureau was progressing, and at the same time, Andrey was not satisfied with Beryakov, the chief designer of the Mikoyan Design Bureau, because the opinion inherent in this person's head is difficult to change, that stealth is irrelevant.

As for the Sukhoi Design Bureau, the Su-27 has just been finalized and put into service, but the success of the Su-27 must make the Sukhoi Design Bureau feel extremely proud, and they are also carrying out pre-research on the next generation of fighters, and at the same time, because Andrei has a good relationship with Simonov, when he left, he also pinched a few models, and those models, now I am afraid that they will be extremely surprised, because one of the models is the F-117!

When the F-117 went into battle in Saudi Arabia, it was no secret that the Soviet special forces took pictures of such aircraft, and at the same time obtained the wreckage of such aircraft, from which the secret of the stealth coating of the F-117 was obtained.

The stealth aircraft of the United States have been put into practical use, while the stealth aircraft of the Soviet Union has not yet seen a shadow at this time! Therefore, the Soviet Union attached great importance to this, and the project of stealth fighters was also greatly advanced.

It's just that, in the face of the aircraft designed by the three companies, the military does not know what to choose. In addition to Sukhoi and Mikoyan, the Yakelev Design Bureau also designed a scheme.

Now, now that Andrei is back, it's time to ask for Andrei's opinion!

And hearing Ustinov's words, Andrei's eyes lit up: "Yes, I also very much want to see our fifth-generation aircraft program." (To be continued.) )