"Entering Afghanistan is to achieve our strategy." Marshal Akhromeyev said: "We occupy Afghanistan, and then to the south, we can get access to western Pakistan and access to the Indian Ocean, so that we only need to build a naval base there, station troops there, deter the Indian Ocean, the United States and other Western countries, and now we rely on the oil of the Middle East as an energy source, we control the Indian Ocean, we control the Middle East, we control the Middle East, we control the United States, the four oceans of the world, the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic, are all within the scope of our activities, We are only in the Indian Ocean, and there is no show of our strength in the existence of zài. ”

This was the strategy of the Soviet Union, and it was also the strategy of the original Tsar the Great, and it was related to their influence in the world.

"What's the use of controlling the Middle East? We have the most powerful army in the world, but our economy is deteriorating. Gorbachev said: "Our national strategy can no longer focus on the army, but must be shifted to economic construction, do we want our people to go hungry and come to support our war?" ”

"Of course it is! It's about the strategy of our USSR, strategy, you know? Marshal Akhromeyev said to Gorbachev: "General Secretary, when we were besieged in Leningrad, so many people starved to death, and still guaranteed food for our fighters at the front!" Our peace is maintained by our armed forces, and without our armed forces, our country will face an absolute invasion from the West! ”

"I don't understand strategy, I only understand economics." Gorbachev also replied very simply: "Right now, the battlefield in Afghanistan is a big hole, and our country needs to constantly invest in it, but it is useless to invest no amount." It's a bottomless pit. This is the same as the Vietnam battlefield, how much did the Americans put into it at the beginning? Didn't it fail in the end? ”

If the country wants to develop its economy, there is still a big hole, and that is Afghanistan! In front of Gorbachev's eyes, such a fact is true. Afghanistan is like a wound on the body of the Soviet giant, constantly bleeding and bleeding, so that the Soviet giant, finally dried up.

Before the war in Afghanistan, the Soviet Union had gained a lot of foreign exchange by exporting oil, and this wealth could be used to reform the Soviet economy. At least reform the farms first, invest money, and let the farms recover, which can also fill the bellies of the Soviets, but they have filled the hole in Afghanistan!

And now, an independent government has emerged in northern Afghanistan, and the Pakistani Air Force is fully involved. The Soviet army has been losing battles and losing countless fighters. The USSR has long run out of money.

The most damned thing is the suppression of the Western world, those guys in the Middle East, desperately producing crude oil, and the price is getting lower and lower, which is already lower than the cost of crude oil extracted by the Soviet Union. The Soviet economy recovered, relying on crude oil exports, and now this advantage is gone.

Before Gorbachev's eyes, there was a mess. For him, the first thing to do is to solve the problems of Afghanistan!

"We are for the strategy of our own country! How can it be the same as the Americans! "Hearing that the General Secretary compared Afghanistan with Vietnam is simply saying that the Soviet Union will fail, how can Marshal Akhromeyev, who has always maintained a high faith in the Soviet army, agree with the General Secretary's statement.

"So are we now in control of the situation? Needless to say, we have access to the sea to the south, we can't even control the situation in Afghanistan, and a puppet government supported by the Americans has already appeared in the north! Gorbachev said.

The situation in Afghanistan has been eroded to the point that it cannot be contained, and although the Liberal government is supported by Pakistan, in the eyes of the Soviet Union, it is supported by the West and supported by the United States.

"That's because we don't invest enough!" Marshal Akhromeyev said: "If we invest more money, troops and weapons, we will definitely be able to achieve victory!" ”

"There is already a quagmire there, dragging down the economy of our USSR, and you are going to invest more there?" Gorbachev said: "I personally have reservations about whether we will finally be able to pacify Afghanistan. ”

"If we give up Afghanistan, we will be betraying!" Marshal Akhromeyev, who swam from the river of blood in World War II, was finally angry to the point where there was nothing to add: "Our previous disadvantages were all disadvantages to the most advanced fighters of the United States, and now, this disadvantage is gone, we have improved the MiG-29 and equipped with the Su-27, these two fighters can suppress the fighters equipped by the Pakistan Air Force head-on, and we are preparing for the next military deployment and preparing to pacify Afghanistan in one fell swoop!" Moreover, since the Pakistani government was directly involved in the war, we simply went south in one fell swoop, took western Pakistan and gained access to the sea! Our army began to formulate a battle plan a few months ago, and this time, we will definitely be able to pacify Afghanistan! ”

"I'm sorry, General Secretary, Akhromeyev was a little excited." Marshal Sokolov said that just now Marshal Akhromeyev directly scolded the general secretary as a traitor, and if this is spread, maybe those guys in the KGB will convict Akhromeyev of treason.

"Really?" Gorbachev ignored Sokolov and continued to stare at Akhromeyev: "So, how long do you plan to complete this war?" ”

"If the funds are sufficient, we can solve all the problems within half a year!" Marshal Akhromeyev said: "We have learned the lessons of the past, we will not make mistakes again, and moreover, our equipment has an advantage. ”

"Okay, then I'll give you enough budget, and the time will be extended to one year, and if the Afghan problem can't be solved within a year, then I'll get back." Gorbachev said: "That hellish place will bring down our whole country." ”

Watching the two leave, Gorbachev breathed a sigh of relief, although the atmosphere at the time of the conversation was not friendly, his goal was finally achieved.

Give the military a time limit to solve the Afghan problem, and it can't be delayed any longer!

If it is really possible to obtain access to the Indian Ocean to deter those Middle Eastern countries from reducing crude oil production and raising prices, Gorbachev is also happy to see.

The point is the incompetence of the army! The powerful Soviet army was unable to control a single Afghanistan! What a disgrace to the country! Put pressure on them to solve the Afghan problem once and for all within a year!

Gorbachev has not experienced the war, he has no military experience, which makes those military generals look down on it, this is his first negotiation with the military generals, if a year later, they still have not solved the Afghan problem, how can they raise their heads in front of themselves in the future!

One year, at most one year, the focus of the state should be shifted to economic construction!

Gorbachev knew that he would face tremendous resistance on all fronts, that those veterans were moths that corroded the entire Soviet state edifice, that his own reforms would inevitably touch their interests, and that he would strategically weaken their influence!

Marshal Akhromeyev, puffed up, came out of the office of the General Secretary.

"Akhromeyev, are you sure that within half a year, the battle will be resolved?" Sokolov asked him.

"As long as our Air Force, capable of defeating the Pakistani Air Force, our ground forces, advancing into the mountains, in the mountains of the north, conducting a scorched earth policy!" Akhromeyev said: "Only those who obey us will survive, otherwise, there will be only death!" We drove them out of the mountains, out of the mountains, and they simply could not wage guerrilla warfare. ”

"This will lead to international problems, and those Western countries will blame us even more." Sokolov said.

"The West has been accusing us all the time!" Marshal Akhromeyev said: "The general secretary should have listened to my opinion and directly took western Pakistan!" Now, our troubles are all from Pakistan! We are the most powerful country, what are we afraid of! ”

Marshal Akhromeyev was an absolute military thinker, and in his eyes there was no problem that could not be solved militarily.

"I will personally go to the Turkmenistan Military District and give full command of the operation there!" Marshal Akhromeyev continued: "A year? Maybe in three months, the Afghans will succumb. ”

The first fire of Gorbachev, the ruler of the new empire, burned in Afghanistan, and under the pressure of getting out of the war if he could not win, all the defense forces of the entire Soviet Union began to gather in Afghanistan.

In the front-line airfields of the Turkmenistan Military District, warplanes are constantly flying. The first step in the war is, of course, to cripple the Pakistani Air Force!

Large-scale troop movements, without hiding the Americans' reconnaissance satellites, while the Soviets continued to deploy troops, Islamabad also went on high alert.

"Our reconnaissance satellites have discovered that a large number of such fighters have appeared in Soviet air bases." Arnold came to see Mhammad with a stack of photos.

Looking down from the sky, what you see is a top-down view, and you can see the structure of the perfect wing-body fusion, with twin hairs and double hanging tails, which is more slender than the MiG-29.

"The Soviets' Su-27 began to be equipped in large quantities, and the speed was faster than we imagined." The old Arslan said that they already know that this kind of fighter is the most advanced Su-27 of the Soviets, and it will take less than a year from the finalization to the present, look at this number, at least more than 50 aircraft!

The Soviet Union has a strong military industry, and once it starts at full speed, the production capacity is simply unparalleled and super perverted.

Just these Su-27 fighters are pressing them heavily, after all, Pakistan has to deal with more than the threat of the Soviet Union in the north. (To be continued......)