Chapter 996: Dispatching Troops to South Africa
The Ministry of National Defense is very lively at this time.
When Andrei found Ustinov, he was in the conference room. At this moment, a large group of important Soviet military generals were already sitting together, including the Chief of the General Staff and the heads of various military services.
What happened? Andre was very curious. When he set out, nothing seemed to happen.
"Andrei, you're just in time!" Ustinov said when he saw Andrei coming in, "I've sent someone to inform you, but I didn't expect you to come at the right time."
"What happened?" Andre asked.
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"It's South Africa!" Ustinov said, "After our constant contacts, and because the white people in South Africa have no other choice, they decided to cooperate with us and asked us to help them quell the rebellion in their country!"
South Africa! When the riots in South Africa just started, Andre paid close attention to the situation in South Africa. After all, there was a lot of wealth there, and that wealth was obviously what the Americans coveted!
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However, if the Soviet Union wanted to intervene in South Africa, it would need to help one side. Since the United States was helping black South Africans, the Soviet Union could only help white South Africans! This also violated the Soviet Union's principles in Angola and other countries. At the same time, white South Africans were still hostile to the Soviet Union after all, and did not know the Soviet Union's true intentions. Therefore, after a long time, until now, when the country was about to perish, the white South Africans finally put down their last burden and decided to seek help from the Soviet Union!
Of course, up to now, it is also because the white people in South Africa have no confidence, and all the minerals have been robbed by the blacks. If they want to ask the Soviet Union to send troops to help, then of course South Africa needs to pay something. South Africa needs to give part of the mining rights of those minerals to the Soviet Union. But now, this is simply a blank check!
Therefore, South Africa had to show more sincerity. For example, it terminated any cooperation with Israel and at the same time, transferred the secrets of the cooperation to the Soviet Union as compensation to the Soviet Union and in exchange for trust.
Through these secrets, the Soviet Union learned about the progress of Israel's ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons, which could be considered a token of its allegiance.
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In this case, the Soviet Union also needs to consider sending troops! This is the first time that the Soviet Union has sent troops to South Africa, and even which troops to send has not yet been determined! Therefore, there was a quarrel in the Ministry of Defense, and Ustinov was also having a headache, and Andrei came back!
First of all, the first question is which force should be dispatched?
"We can't send out our army easily." Andre immediately joined the discussion: "After all, up to now, all our army has been on standby at all times. We must take precautions in all directions."
Although the global situation is favorable to the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union is also very nervous at this time!
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After all, the Soviet Union's financial resources are limited! The Soviet Union's huge and bloated military establishment restricted the Soviet army's combat effectiveness. Therefore, last year, the Soviet Union cut 200,000 troops from the second line and used the expenses of these troops to update the modern equipment of other front-line troops.
At the same time, the Soviet Army also has many places to defend, the first of which is Europe! Although the war with Germany has just been won, the situation in Europe is not peaceful! In order to prevent NATO from continuing to cause chaos, the Soviet Union must ensure the main front-line troops!
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At the same time, in the Middle East, in order to maintain order in the Middle East, the Soviet Union needs to station a certain number of troops in Iran, Iraq, and eastern Saudi Arabia, and the Far East is still an unstable factor!
Taking all these factors into consideration, the existing Soviet army is just sufficient, unless war mobilization is carried out and the demobilized troops are called back. This is not a world war, but just a small South African war, so there is no need for it at all!
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Therefore, Andre immediately made a decision that his own army could not be dispatched!
Just now, everyone was discussing and struggling about which army to send out, but now Andre directly said that there was no need to send out the army! Suddenly, the problem was solved, and a new problem came up.
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How to support South Africa without sending out Soviet troops?
"Of course we're sending out mercenaries," Andre said. "Right now, the army in the Middle East is crying out for help because there's no war to fight!"
The army in the Middle East! Andrei's words immediately gave Ustinov an idea. It was indeed true! Now, the Middle East is still a hidden destabilizing factor!
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At the beginning, in order to fight against the United States, the Soviet Union vigorously supported Iraq and defeated Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Although it was hit by a nuclear bomb in the end, it was worth it as a price! The area controlled by Iraq is several times larger than before! Now, Iraq is the hegemon of the Middle East!
This is actually not in the interests of the Soviet Union! Iraq's military force has exceeded the needs of maintaining the Middle East. Moreover, although the Iraqi leaders are still very young, as descendants of Saddam, they have been influenced by power since childhood. Uday and Qusay may make some moves.
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Instead of leaving their powerful army in the desert and being blown by sandstorms, it would be better to pull it out and train on the plains of South Africa!
As soon as Andre arrived, he solved a big problem!
"It's a good idea to send mercenaries from the Middle East to the Army!" Ustinov agreed with Andrei's point of view, and then continued: "However, I'm afraid we still need to send the Air Force and Navy from here!"
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Ustinov's meaning is actually quite obvious. If all the mercenaries are sent, how can the Soviet Union show its strong national strength? The main army will come from the Middle East, and the air force and navy must be sent from here to promote the Soviet Union's strong military strength!
"I don't think we even need to send out the air force," Andre said. "After all, those blacks don't have any advanced fighter planes. It's just that the fighter planes in the hands of the white South Africans are seriously outdated. Although they can't use them to seize air superiority, they shouldn't have any big problems with ground attacks. We just need to send technical forces to help them refurbish their Mirage planes. We just need to send out the navy, that's enough."
The Soviet Air Force and Air Defense Force were also in a very tense situation. They each had their own defense areas and were not convenient to mobilize. What's more, there was no chance of any decent air battle breaking out in South Africa, so there was no need to send too good fighter jets there!
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If they wanted to show the Soviet Union's strong military power, they only needed to send the navy and the aircraft carrier fleet! After all, aircraft carriers are the true symbol of a country's military strength!