Chapter 307: Gorbachev

The Indians' movements were very secretive, and when these fighters arrived, they were deployed on the Eastern Front for flight training, and Pakistan's intelligence agencies did not find out.

And this time, it was when the Saudis and the French ordered fighters, and the French revealed it.

Fortunately, there are only eight, which is not a big effect at all, so Mhammad is relieved to wait until the arrival of Saudi Arabia's Mirage 4000, and he will thoroughly study the performance of this fighter with Saudi Arabia!

There are still a few months left for Pakistan, because, Mhammad clearly remembers that the second climax of the war in Afghanistan was after Gorbachev came to power!

Although the arrival of Mahmad has turned the situation in South Asia upside down, history is still developing according to the original trajectory where Mahmad has not been in contact.

For example, the USSR.

The Soviet Union, the full name of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was formed on December 30, 1922 by the merger of the Soviet Socialist Republics of the Russian Federation, Belarus, Ukraine and the Transcaucasian Federation, which is the largest country in the world, spanning most of Eastern Europe and almost all of Central Asia and North Asia. Although it was composed of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics with equal rights on the principle of voluntary union, its power was highly centralized, and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union had absolute power to implement a completely socialist system and an economic policy of a planned economy throughout the country.

In the early years of the country, the planned economy played a huge role, allowing this backward agricultural country to quickly become an industrial country, and won World War II, however, with the passage of time. The drawbacks of this kind of planned economy are becoming more and more apparent.

When the younger generation begins to have their own minds, what kind of country do they see? It is possible to produce missiles, aircraft carriers, warplanes, however. Even bread has to be bought in the mall, they work all day long, but they still can't get enough wealth, and at the same time, the privileged class is rotting and degenerating.

These people did not experience World War II, they have no special feelings for their country, they only know, their own country. It is time to have democracy and freedom like the West!

More importantly, there was regime change in the Soviet Union.

When Brezhnev gained the upper hand in the Cold War with the United States, he also made the decision of a lifelong cadre system, with no retirement time, and could remain an official, even until his death.

The old Brezhnev, by the end of his reign, almost lost the ability to walk. However, the vast empire is still being informed. Even three days before his death, he trembled and paraded on Red Square.

His successor, Andropov, was 68 years old when he took office, and he was not old enough to preside over the overall situation of the country. Carry out reforms, alas, after half a year in power, began to get sick, and after that. Finally, he died.

The successor, Chernenko, is an old fellow in his seventies, and this grandfather has decided that he is only a temporary replacement when he takes office, and after coming to power, he has hardly worked normally.

The Soviet Union has become an old ruling country, and the whole country seems to be trembling and terminally ill, just like his ruling staff, in an old state.

The USSR must be reformed! If it is not reformed, then the USSR will only be more corrupt and degenerate!

The Soviet Union, which still looked strong on the outside, was only known to its top brass about how serious the situation really was.

Time has crossed into 85 years, March.

Moscow is still cold, the roads outside are full of snow, and in the Moscow hospital, a large crowd of people is waiting anxiously.

The rescue continues, and the red light in the operating room represents that the doctors are doing their best to save their national leaders.

However, when the doctors came out, they all shook their heads helplessly.

Their great general secretary, Chernenko, passed away in this way, from the work he loved, from the great Motherland.

Within three years, three general secretaries died in a row, and the position of general secretary was no longer so sought-after.

Gorbachev looked at the snowflakes outside, calm on the surface, but choppy inside.

USSR, it can't go on like this! The Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the country need new blood, a young and strong leader!

At the beginning of Andropov's era, Gorbachev was already the successor cultivated by Andropov, but unfortunately, when Andropov died, Gromyko, Ustinov, Tikhonov, Chernenko and others met in private, and the result of the discussion was to elect Chernenko as general secretary.

Do they want to do that? The transfer of power in the USSR has not had a fixed procedure until now! In contrast, Gorbachev even began to appreciate the American electoral system, which made the leaders of the United States very young, and the whole country was also a thriving scene.

Two days later, the political bureau meeting.

"Now, General Secretary Chernenko has died, and in three years, we have lost three general secretaries, and we, the Soviet Union, need a person who is in the prime of life and has the ability to reform to be the leader, and we can no longer elect an old man." Ligachev, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, said: "Comrade Gorbachev is deeply appreciated by General Secretary Andropov, and Gorbachev has made a great contribution to General Secretary Andropov's reforms. Now he is still young and can take on the task of leading the Soviet Union. ”

Hearing his words, the secretary of the Moscow Municipal Party Committee, Grischen, couldn't help frowning, he had always coveted the position of general secretary, but he was already seventy years old, and although he was in good health, he was already old after all.

"Yes, I also mention that Comrade Gorbachev should be the general secretary." Another person spoke.

Gromyko, the patriarch of the Six Dynasties! Hearing him also make a statement, Grischen knew that he was afraid that he would not have a chance.

Gromyko, who is now Minister of Foreign Affairs, has lived through the Stalin, Malenkov, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov and, most recently, Chernenko! He has been in the political bureau for many years, and his words carry a lot of weight, and he had the full support of Gromyko when Andropov and Chernenko came to power.

Last time, it was Gromy Koti who made Chernenko the general secretary, and now, his support is very weighty.

Sure enough, after Gromyko finished speaking, the Minister of Defense, Marshal Sergei Sokolov, also expressed his opinion in favor of Gorbachev.

The dust settled, no one objected anymore, and just like that, Gorbachev finally became the general secretary of the USSR and would lead the huge country.

Although he sat in the position of general secretary, Gorbachev felt that he was walking on thin ice, and how to reform the country was the biggest problem he faced.

Now, the Soviet Union is beyond its means and is completely dependent on debt, while at the same time, the Soviet Union is still engaged in large-scale fighting in Afghanistan.

It can be said that the current situation in the Soviet Union, to a large extent, is caused by the war in Afghanistan.

So, just a few days after taking over the post of General Secretary, Gorbachev called Marshal Sergei Leonidevich Sokolov.

Last year, Marshal Ustinov died and was replaced by First Deputy Minister of Defense Sokolov, who was also a strong-blooded figure in the Soviet military.

Born in 1911 and now in his seventies, he lived through the Great Patriotic War, and rose through the ranks until 1967, when he was awarded the rank of general and first deputy minister of defense of the USSR. This is a man of great practical experience and superb military knowledge, and Marshal Ustinov was his right-hand man when he was Minister of Defense.

Moreover, the most important thing on Sokolov's resume is the war in Afghanistan. On December 27, 1979, as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, he entered Afghanistan with the 108th Division of the 40th Group Army, and since then he has served as the head of the operational command group of the Soviet Ministry of Defense in Afghanistan.

He supported Gorbachev's coming to power, and only Gorbachev was able to save the USSR at this time, and now, the first thing the general secretary did after taking office, put a lot of pressure on him.

He was accompanied by Marshal Sergei Fedorovich Akhromeyev, who was the first formulator of the Afghan plan.

Compared to the Minister of Defense, Marshal Akhromeyev has a much richer resume.

Born in Tambov in 1923, he fought in Leningrad, Stalingrad and Southern Ukraine as a Marine Corps and junior officer during the Great Patriotic War.

That war made him a staunch supporter of the Soviets, and in later generations, when the Soviet Union collapsed, he chose to commit suicide and martyrdom, which is a respectable soldier.

In 1979, he was in charge of the overall plan to invade Afghanistan, which was perfectly executed, eliminating the Hafizollah Amin regime and installing a pro-Soviet regime. Akhromeyevti Soviet troops should take advantage of the victory and occupy western Pakistan in one fell swoop, so that the Soviet Union can gain access to the Indian Ocean.

If his plan had been carried out at that time, the polar bear's long-held dream would have come true, and at that time, Pakistan was simply not capable of fighting. The Soviet Union's national strength is at its peak, and if it is occupied, it will be occupied, will the United States dare to start a war?

It's a pity that Brezhnev did not agree.

In 83, Akhromeyev was promoted from the rank of general to marshal.

And now, the words of General Secretary Gorbachev in front of him are simply blasphemy against the Soviet army.

"Our war in Afghanistan, which has been going on for six years, what do we get now, apart from dragging down our economy?" (To be continued......)