Chapter 880 The threat from Moscow (fourth update, please subscribe)
Moscow, the Kremlin.
Conference room in the weapons depot building.
This seemingly ordinary conference room is the heart of the Soviet Union. Compared with the power contained in it, it is not very spacious. A long T-shaped table takes up most of the room. There is a green countertop on the table. Every Thursday morning, the people sitting here would hold a regular meeting in this conference room and issue orders to the citizens of the Soviet Union.
The morning of June 23rd seemed unusual because they did not receive the agenda, but only the notice of the meeting. Moreover, those sitting around the table all realized that only something urgent would call them all to the top floor. Something important was brewing.
In the center of the T-shaped conference table, as the leader of the group, Khrushchev does not yet have supremacy. In fact, after the death of Iron Father due to illness, Malenkov once sat in this position, and Beria also sat in the second seat. Now they have all left here. The latter was taken away by soldiers led by Zhukov. As for The former left the throne and "jointly" ran the country with Khrushchev, Motolov and others.
Although Khrushchev occupies the throne, he does not yet have absolute power. The seemingly calm Soviet political arena is actually undercurrent.
Just like now, at this time, in this conference room, the debate started again,
"Now from the Warsaw Pact to our other allies, all of them are Questioning, questioning the position of Soviet Russia in the "Siam Crisis", if we can't even protect our own comrades, then who will believe that we can protect him? "
Motolov is here? While speaking, he would occasionally turn his attention to Khrushchev. After the "Siam Crisis" occurred, he was extremely angry - not because of Nanyang, but because Siam broke the guarantee that the Soviet Union had given to Nanyang.
"Now our comrades in Hanguan and other places are questioning whether we have the courage to protect them!"
When Motolov finished his words, Malenkov immediately agreed.
“Yes, we must use strong measures to respond to Nanyang’s hegemonic behavior. Otherwise, not only our comrades will question us, but the United States and the Western world will also laugh at us because of this. At that time, the Western world will only think that we are weak and can be bullied."
When referring to "weakness", Malenkov deliberately emphasized his voice. Once upon a time, he was almost on the verge of becoming the successor to U.S. intelligence. The department even hastily concluded that "no one will be able to threaten Malenkov's dominance" in the near future.
But in fact, his status was challenged two years ago, and now he is just a member of this group and is being marginalized. However, he also knows when to attack—now.
"Ridicule, it is indeed possible!"
Different from the anger of others, Khrushchev acted very calmly,
"However, if we break because of Siam If the behavior of the agreement leads to conflict with Nanyang, then next time Han Guan crosses the border unilaterally, are we going to go to war with the United States? "
Khrushchev's rhetorical question, let Everyone was silent for a while.
“Back then, we made a guarantee to Nanyang, guaranteeing to stop all parties from infiltrating there on the issue of Malaya. This is a principle of reciprocity, just like we will not send troops to Western Europe. The same is true for armed personnel, because we know where their bottom line is. The bottom line of Nanyang is very clear, Malaya and Nanyang itself, but now our commitment has been broken by Bangkok, and now they ask us to stop Nanyang. ! Should we drop atomic bombs on each other for Bangkok and Nanyang? ”
Khrushchev's rhetorical question made everyone silent for a while.
They all knew that there was a secret agreement between Nanyang and the Soviet Union. There was a security guarantee for Malaya and they guaranteed not to send armed personnel to Malaya.
But now the agreement has been broken. Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that Nanyang has atomic bombs, and they also have intercontinental missiles. Intercontinental missiles that could cover the entire Soviet Union.
This is also the fundamental reason why their attitude has always been ambiguous - no one will have a direct conflict with another country that possesses atomic bombs for the sake of a country that cannot be hit with eight poles.
“It is impossible for us to drop atomic bombs to Southeast Asia for Bangkok...”
Kaganovich said appropriately.
“But now the whole world is watching us. Siam is our comrade. If we cannot take action, then the whole world will see our weakness! Therefore, we must have Action!"
Three of the five people have already expressed their attitude. Faced with this situation, even Khrushchev was helpless. He glanced at Bulganin and saw the other person's attitude. It is also very clear - the world cannot be allowed to think that the Soviet Union is weak and can be bullied!
At noon that day, the Soviet Union issued a briefing through the TASS news agency - the Soviet Union strongly condemned the hegemonic behavior in Southeast Asia. In order to maintain world peace, the Soviet Union will send warships to Siam in the near future for a goodwill visit.
……
silence!
Almost two months later, the Soviets, who had remained calm in this matter, changed their stance. This reaction was somewhat beyond Li Yian's expectation. At the beginning, he did consider the threat from the Soviet Union, but he did not expect that their threat would come so late.
"...The Soviet Union will send warships to Siam for a friendly visit in the near future."
Listening to Li Guoren's report, Li Yi'an frowned. Then he just paced back and forth in the office.
"Your Excellency, the Soviet Union is definitely planning to use warships to break through our blockade. If we allow them to break through the blockade, then our blockade will actually be broken. If we intercept it..."
Before Lukwu finished speaking, Li Yian said.
"It is tantamount to a direct conflict with the Soviets. Now the Soviet Union has forced us into a dilemma..."
Li Yian frowned and said while pacing.
"Unless we make up our minds to conflict with the Russians, we will have to let them break the blockade,"
At this moment, Li Yian only had the urge to scold his mother. Why is Corn Cob showing a tough side now?
I was always very calm before. I ate some corn on the cob now, so I wanted to show my tough side at this time.
“Didn’t they hope that we would exercise restraint before?”
“Your Excellency, now that the crisis has affected Russia, they need to show their strength to their allies.”
This is one of the most typical features of the Cold War. Sometimes major powers end up not because of their own interests, but because they need to show their strength to their allies.
In other words, they are kidnapped by their status. If you don't do it, you will be looked down upon by the whole world.
"Show power... If we let them successfully show their power, then we will become a joke."
Li Yian said.
“It’s not only a joke, it also means that from now on, no one will care about our warnings or our bottom line. Well...”
Nanyang can’t do this either. Make any concessions on the matter.
After thinking for a moment, Li Yian said.
"What concerns the Soviet Union in this matter is face, but what Nanyang needs to face is life and death. So now we... must let them understand. What is our absolute circle of interests, and what is absolutely unacceptable to them The bottom line has been touched!"
"Your Excellency, this problem is obvious. Nanyang cannot go to war with the Soviet Union because of Siam. Similarly, the Soviet Union will not go to war with Nanyang because of Siam. br>In other words, in this case, both sides are in a very embarrassing situation, that is, although we are not determined to go to war, it is impossible for us to make direct concessions. ”
Li Guoren. His words caused everyone in the study to fall into silence. Especially the generals from the military, they are constantly smoking cigarettes or cigars.
"It is impossible to make concessions. Likewise, it is unrealistic to go to war with the Soviet Union for Siam."
After thinking for a moment, Li Yi'an said.
"Since the Russians want to intervene, let's solve the Siam problem first before they intervene."
After that, he walked to the map and looked at it Siam on the map, speaking of.
“Implement the “Infinite Justice Plan”!”
(End of this chapter)