"That's because we weren't strong enough." Marshal Akhromeyev said: "Our third-generation fighters, which have just entered service, still have many flaws and are not very perfect. We've been taking our weaknesses against the strengths of our enemies. If we change our ways, I believe, the war will soon be over. ”

"Then you say, what are our strengths?" Gorbachev said.

"Missiles!" Marshal Akhromeyev said: "Our greatest advantage is missiles!" We have tens of thousands of missiles, and the number of missiles in Pakistan is zero! As long as we have a ballistic missile attack that covers all the military bases in Pakistan, Pakistan's military strength will immediately cease to exist, without Pakistan's support, Afghanistan will not be able to resist at all, their current equipment is imported through Pakistan, no matter how many Afghan rebels we kill, they will come out more, as long as we destroy Pakistan's military strength, we can calmly move from the western part of Pakistan, Open a road to the Indian Ocean! Moreover, we also have complete superiority in nuclear weapons! ”

Missile! The advantage of the USSR, of course, was ballistic missiles! The successive leaders of the Soviet Union attached great importance to ballistic missiles, especially in the Khrushchev era, which was simply a theory of missile victory, and comprehensively developed ballistic missiles!

Last time, it was just a tentative attack that completely destroyed the Peshawar base in Pakistan, and they have not recovered until now. As long as it is covered with a large number of ballistic missiles at the same time, Pakistan's military power can be completely solved, and it is best to see if Pakistan dares to continue to provide support to the Afghans if it is mixed with a few mushroom bombs!

"You utter fool, are you going to drag our entire Soviet Union into a state of no return?" Gorbachev laughed angrily: "Ballistic missiles, will it solve the problem?" Until now. None of us wanted Pakistan to declare war, and our field of air warfare was completely confined to the skies over Afghanistan, why is that? It's just that I'm worried about the expansion of the war! What a foolish thing to provoke Pakistan again without resolving Afghanistan! We can destroy their military bases. But what about the consequences? Have you thought about the consequences? Pakistan can also use ballistic missiles to attack our military bases! If we take the lead in using nuclear weapons, then missiles will definitely fly at us on Pakistani soil! ”

"Don't say that Pakistan doesn't have it, as long as the United States has it, Pakistan can have it!" Gorbachev took a breath and continued: "Pakistan is just a small country, and their people, like Afghanistan. Unruly, if we use nuclear weapons, the United States will supply nuclear weapons to Pakistan and launch them at us in their name! Can we afford such casualties? ”

"If the United States dares to provide it, then we still have tens of thousands of nuclear warheads fired at the United States!" Marshal Akhromeyev was not afraid of the Americans, and all Soviet servicemen considered the Americans to be their worst enemies. How could they be afraid!

"Then let's wait to completely destroy Miè." Gorbachev said: "Would you like to see countless mushroom clouds blooming on the earth? Our war in Afghanistan. What exactly do you get? Is it to get so many mushroom clouds? ”

(Earlier, I wrote about those war scenes, in which the Soviet Union suffered heavy losses in conventional forces, and a reader asked at the time, in this case, wouldn't the Soviet Union use its own ballistic missiles?) Annoyed the hairy bear. I will give mushrooms at any time. In fact, in light of the international environment at the time, such a situation was very difficult to happen, and nuclear weapons were more appropriate to call them nuclear intimidation. It is a threat, and the user will be very cautious, after all, it was the Cold War period, and if you are not careful, it is the world's version 1.0 of nuclear radiation. Moreover, there was also the leader of the USSR at that time, Mikhail Gorbachev, this man was full of ideals and wanted to reform the USSR, and he was struggling, and the army was also the biggest obstacle, the nuclear button was in his hands, how could he support the army to fight a nuclear war! He was very interested in destroying the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons, so that he could reduce his spending and spend it on reforms. ）

"Even if it is not a nuclear war, a conventional war, we in the Soviet Union will not be able to bear it, if we launch a large-scale ballistic missile attack on Pakistan itself, then all the Western world, will be completely against us, now, we can also buy grain from Western Europe, and even on credit, but once an attack on Pakistan itself is launched, more severe sanctions in Batumi are coming, and we have money in time, and we will not be able to buy a grain of grain. What if the army takes Afghanistan? Will it be able to provide us with food? Gorbachev continued.

All the people did not speak, they knew that Gorbachev's words were actually correct, and the army was seriously dragging down the country's economy, but none of them wanted to say it. The foundation of the strength of the Soviet Union is also its own army!

"I mention that the war in Afghanistan should be ended immediately, and the affairs of the Afghans should be left to the Afghans themselves." Gorbachev said: "We have lost 60,000 or 70,000 people, and the state will not invest another ruble in Afghanistan." ”

In later generations, the war in Afghanistan lasted until 89 years, and now, Gorbachev can't hold out for half a day, the casualties are so large that he can't accept it, he can't see any hope, and he can also hit the military and let them know that they are the leaders of the Soviet Union, and they have to listen to their own words!

After all, in history, the Soviet Union invested a total of about 100,000 troops and lost only 15,000 people, but now, the Soviet Union has invested more than 150,000 troops and lost 60,000 or 70,000 people.

If it is a major grain-producing area, it can provide grain to the Soviet Union, it is worth it, and now, it is completely a chicken rib there.

Hearing Gorbachev's words, Marshal Sokolov immediately stood up: "No, our military does not agree to do this!" Otherwise, so many of our soldiers will be sacrificed in vain! ”

The two looked at each other, their eyes full of anger.

………

Turkmenistan, air base.

It's a special place, the faces of the pilots will soon become new, the ground crew will still be the same ground crew, the hangar will still be the same hangar, the pilot and the plane, but it will change frequently.

It's not because of the transfer, but because after coming here, once you take off to fight, you probably won't be able to come back.

No matter how heroic the pilots were, they did not want to be transferred here, and the earlier rush to write a letter of willingness and come over in a hurry was long gone, and it was a terrible place for the Soviet Air Force.

But, whether they want to or not, they should come or come, when the new pilots walked off the transport plane with their luggage, they did not have planes for the time being, the aircraft factories in the rear were intensively producing, and the original planes here had long been reduced to pieces.

Two months ago, a batch of Su-27 fighters were flown to the base here, watching the pilots of those aircraft factories put down their planes and left in style, and the pilots who stayed behind were itching with hatred.

A tall Soviet pilot, squatting in the grass at the base, biting the grass roots with his teeth, looked at the fighter planes on the tarmac, silently stunned.

"Hey, Zuyev, what are you thinking?" Next to him, another pilot came, the two lived in a dormitory, the one who greeted him was Andrey, and the one who was squatting on the lawn was Alexander Zuev.

"I didn't think about anything, this Su-27 is really beautiful." Zuyev said.

"Of course, the first time I saw this kind of aircraft, I wished I could fly this kind of fighter." Andrei said: "Now, the wish has finally come true, but alas, it is here. ”

Andrei was very annoyed, although this kind of fighter is advanced, it is still not as good as the Pakistani plane, and next time if there is a large-scale air battle again, I am afraid it will be difficult to survive.

"By the way, Zuyev, how did you get here? Isn't your father-in-law the chief of staff of the aviation division? Andrei asked.

How did you get here? I was sent by my father-in-law! Thinking of this, Zuyev was uncomfortable for a while.

Zuev, an "excellent" Soviet Air Force pilot, began flying Mi-24 helicopters when he first joined the Air Force, and later, he began to fly various jets.

At the age of 25, Zuyev married the daughter of the chief of staff of the aviation division to which he belonged. originally thought that this would make his military career more prosperous, but he didn't expect that this wife would control him too strictly, and he couldn't even go out for a drink. And, at the slightest inappropriateness, curse at him, a complete witch!

Zuyev finally had enough and decided to change his life and thought of further study at the school of test pilots. As a result, for various reasons, he was not able to do so. After going back, he was reprimanded by his wife again, so he finally had enough, went out to find a beautiful woman, lived together for a few days, and when his wife found him, he came here.

"As an excellent Soviet Air Force, we must come here to withstand the test of blood and fire, and we must learn to operate Su-27 fighters as much as possible to fight against the Pakistani Air Force!" Zuyev said.

", that's just going to die, I'm just flying a plane to defect to Pakistan, and I don't want to fight the Pakistan Air Force!" Andrei said.

Andrey's words made Zuyev frightened: "Andrey, aren't you afraid that I will expose you to the KGB?" ”

"I'm just talking." Andrei said: "Zuyev, you're not really going to expose me, are you? However, if you go, I don't blame you, it's better to be in a KGB prison than here. (To be continued......)