USSR 1991

"We can't count on Iran. The only hope is to cultivate opposition voices in Iraq. The price of directly sending troops to attack Iraq is too high."

"With all due respect, Mr. Anthony. In the Gulf War, which one do you think spent more money, the armed forces used by the United States in the Gulf War or the support of an agent for internal turmoil?" President Mario asked his view.

"Of course the cost of the U.S. armed forces is even higher." Advisor Anthony replied without hesitation. He just didn't understand why President Mario would suddenly raise this question.

"What about timeliness? Have you ever considered this issue? Our troops can defeat Saddam's army within three weeks, but fostering an agent is a long-term and not necessarily effective behavior." Mario criticized In order to avoid the one-sidedness of Anthony's consideration of the issue, of course, in order to care about the face of the national security adviser, Mario tried his best to speak tactfully.

"Of course, the CIA does not rule out taking action within Saddam's army." President Mario explained, "If we can settle the dispute with a single bullet, that would be the best outcome."

"If Iraq is willing to choose to silence its flag, then we will not immediately resort to military strikes."

The US invasion of Iraq is also what Yanayev hopes to see. When they set their strategic sights on the Middle East, the self-righteous Americans will pay for their mistakes.

This is Yanayev's "dual choice" plan. No matter which path Saddam chooses, the situation will develop in the direction the Soviet Union wants to see. Yanayev just wants to see this result.

"What if the Americans are unwilling to engage in a personal contest, but a proxy war?" Minister of Defense Yazov has also considered this issue. The United States has many allies in the Middle East, and the world of Saudi Arabia is almost the United States. A faithful watchdog.

"The world of Saudi Arabia must be under the leadership of the United States to show their combat effectiveness. If you let Saudi Arabia try to deal with Iraq, I am afraid that it has not officially fought with the Iraqi army. Those soldiers equipped with M1A1 main battle tanks are also They will flee due to various excuses, and these Islamic believers have no advantage except to be bundled with bombs and perish together. They are just armed civilians with RPG and AK47 fighting a low-intensity war.”

Yanayev is very clear about what kind of goods Saudi Arabia is, and Yemeni militants can fight repeatedly. Teeth of the watchdogs, Iran and Iraq.

"Unless the Americans can support Iran, in this case they still have the possibility of a comeback. But Iran is now the country with the most anti-American sentiment. After the confrontation in the Arabian Sea, Iran has clearly favored the Soviet Union. It can be said that the United States It's hard to pick a single good proxy for Iran and Iraq."

"So unless the United States personally sends troops to attack Iraq, Saddam Hussein is destined to become a heart disease in the interests of the United States in the Middle East. Moreover, the sweetness that the United States tasted in the Gulf War will also make him choose this simple and rude approach."

Yanayev's analysis was straightforward, and finally he said to Yazov, "So, if the United States really wants to take action against Iraq in the future, it will definitely send troops to fight in person, rather than adopting the method of supporting agents."

Chapter 254 Mogadishu

Since 1991, the East African country Somalia has been caught in a situation of political turmoil and warlord melee, the United Nations in order to ensure the security of the East African country.In December last year, the United Nations decided to organize a peacekeeping operation called Operation Restoring Hope.The warlords of various factions in Somalia expressed dissatisfaction with the intervention of the United Nations. Farah Aidid, the leader of the most powerful Somali United Assembly, regarded the United Nations as a stumbling block to his seizure of national power.

Victor, who has caused chaos and wars all over the world, is reading this document about Somalia to learn more about the changes in the situation here.As an excellent arms dealer, he has been involved in political turmoil in various African countries.According to Victor, without the arms sales from the Soviet Union and China, the African people can only fight with stones and machetes.

But now, Victor sitting in the BMP infantry tank can only bend over in pain. The tall and tall Yugoslavs are tortured by hell in the narrow infantry tank. The hot and narrow interior space is mixed with human sweat smell, he had to pinch his nose to slow down the desire to vomit.

This is Mogadishu outside the capital of Somalia. Although Aidid's militia has taken control of the regime here, the flames of war are still spreading around the capital. Escorted, dare to enter this hell burning city.

In the black land of Africa, the most common and special armed personnel, except those child soldiers under ten years old, are those strong and strong Slavs.Russian military companies that have made huge profits in these gray areas are spreading rapidly on the land of Africa like cancer cells, and they will appear in any country's civil war.

Of course, the professional quality of the Soviet army is not comparable to that of the African militiamen who only know how to pull the trigger. With the support of air and ground firepower, they can defeat militiamen whose numbers are several times larger than themselves.So much so that when those Africans saw the Slavic soldiers wearing sea soul shirts and speaking Russian, they would shout devils and hide away.

As a result, the business contracting of Russian military companies has become more and more extensive, and they have been involved in domestic armed conflicts in various countries. From Mozambique to Nigeria, from Ethiopia to Namibia, the power of the Soviet Union is like a crazily growing vine, and it has begun to control steadily. Live the local situation.Back then, the Soviet Union spent a lot of financial, material and manpower to achieve the effect of controlling Africa, but it was slowly being controlled by arms sales and drug trade.

Except for the occasional explosion, at least the current armored vehicle is safe.In Somalia, no warlord who is not open-eyed will provoke the military organization personnel with the bear claw logo. It is rumored that several militiamen succeeded in a surprise attack and killed a Russian military operator.The next day their entire village was turned into a sea of ​​flames, and the dead were thrown in the paddy fields, and no one dared to collect the corpses.

The national awakening and independence movements of African countries drove away the Western colonists who ruled their countries, but they did not expect to attract more brutal Soviets because of the civil war.They are not like those gentlemen who are gentle on the surface but insidious in their hearts. Instead, they tell those African blacks in a rough way that this is what happens when they fight against us.

Armored vehicles drove into the urban area, and the once prosperous city of Somalia turned into dilapidated ruins. It is hard to imagine that Somalia was once the most luxurious resort in Africa when it was still a British colony.

There are armed pickups around the armored vehicle to protect the big men inside. After entering these uneven roads, it can be regarded as completely entering the sphere of influence of the warlord Aidid. At least now Victor does not have to worry about being bombed to death.

He breathed a sigh of relief quietly, and twisted the tie on his cuffs, trying to make himself feel more comfortable.Sitting opposite him was Colonel Kozye, with a Kalashnikov rifle on his lap, his finger resting on the safety of the gun, and his other hand just above the bow guard, making a vigilant gesture. Actions.

"I heard that Colonel Kozye solved the opposition problem for the Mozambique government army a year ago. So now he is the head of operations in East Africa?" Victor put the briefcase aside and started Talk to him.Anyway, there was still some time left for the long journey, and Victor didn't like being guarded by a silent person like a prisoner.

"Yes, Comrade Victor." Colonel Kozye pushed his sunglasses and used the word comrade very bluntly.He pointed to Victor's briefcase and said, "I heard that the contracts you loaded in it are enough to arm a small African country? No wonder they turn you into a ghost wandering on the land of Africa. Every transaction of yours, Killed more people than we did."

Victor smiled and shook his head, he said to Colonel Kozye, "I am just a businessman who sells weapons, as for what those who buy my goods want, I have no right to ask, this is the privacy of customers. Besides, the car seller will tell you that the car is dangerous? The cigarette seller will tell you that smoking will kill you? Their products kill more people every year than mine, at least my products have safety bolts.”

"Nine out of ten victims of war today are killed by assault rifles and small arms, just like your commodity. Our country's nukes sit in their launch tubes, and the Kalashnikovs you sell They are weapons of mass destruction." Colonel Kozye clapped the rifle in his hand deliberately, and gave Victor a thumbs up, "But I have to say, they are really simple and reliable, I never thought about going to war It's such an easy thing."

"That's because those black people are trash." Victor leaned back against the seat of the armored vehicle and said disdainfully, "They just treat them as fire sticks. Who is the largest arms dealer in the world? It's the President of the United States , and the leaders of the permanent members, who sell more guns in a day than I sell in a year. And the leaders of these major countries have a deeply rooted view on weapons.”

Originally, Victor wanted to say that he was the general secretary of the Soviet Union, but he thought that he was engaged in a job that was cautious in words and deeds.What's more, Victor himself didn't know whether there were KGB agents monitoring him behind him.

"What's your point of view?" Colonel Kozye stepped forward and asked him curiously.

"Using guns to exchange for a government is far more reliable than using votes. What's more, if the people in this land do not have the support of arms dealers, they cannot fight a decent war at all. I am for those ambitious politicians, And the warlords who wanted to control the people offered everything they wanted."

Victor revealed the secret of why those governments like to sell weapons to the third world. Although the United Nations has always emphasized that it opposes arms trade to war zones, those who do not abide by the regulations are those world powers.

Victor took out a bullet from his bosom, which was a 7.62mm rifle bullet he carried with him. He picked up the bullet and shook it in front of Colonel Kozye, and said calmly, "We can use one Bullets make things go the way the country wants, and we can use military means to overthrow enemies we don't want to support. You're here fighting for the same reason I'm here."

"We are cultivating and developing the Soviet power here in order to control the situation in Africa. This is a way to kill two birds with one stone." Colonel Kozye replied.

"I also want to control the situation in Africa and make huge profits here. Colonel Kozye, we all represent the darkest interests of the country. In other words, we are all people living in hell."

The armored vehicle stopped at the entrance of the Olympic Hotel, and Aidid, the biggest warlord in Somalia, was waiting for Victor upstairs. The door of the armored vehicle was opened, and the hot sunlight from East Africa flooded into the originally dim space of the BMP infantry fighting vehicle.

"We'll see you later, Colonel Kozye." Victor put on his sunglasses, picked up his own briefcase, and got out of the BMP infantry vehicle.He didn't show the slightest timidity in front of a group of black men with live ammunition, but the other party showed obvious fear when they saw the group of Russians around him.

"Young man, if you are afraid of death, you can't live on the battlefield. My products are for those who are not afraid of death." Victor smiled contemptuously. He walked past the African militiamen and walked towards Aidid. office.

Chapter 255 The Uninvited Guest

The corridors were full of black militiamen with Kalashnikov's yellow-orange ammunition chains hanging on their bodies. They looked like angry chimpanzees, leaning their guns slightly on their waists, waiting for Victor 's arrivalThere was a special smell of cigarettes and poppies in the dark corridor, and Victor had to hold his nose and walk past them quickly.Simply ignore the ferocious eyes of those rude militiamen.

In Africa, it is common to provide cocaine or heroin to child soldiers or other militias to enhance their combat effectiveness or control them.The officers of those armies declared to them that after taking these witchcraft powders, they would become invulnerable. The enemy's bullets could not penetrate your body, but you could easily defeat the opponent's will to fight.

Of course, this kind of inferior lie also caused heavy casualties during the African war. They rushed towards the enemy like the Long Live Charge of the Japanese army. The difference is that the Japanese army had no way to retreat, while the African militia However, when the situation was very good, he recklessly launched a charge, braving the enemy's artillery fire.Every war is a Pyrrhic victory, and countless corpses have laid the foundation for the rule of despicable politicians.

At the end of the corridor is a small room. Aidid, the warlord who controls Mogadishu, does not appear in the room. Sitting in this dark and dilapidated room is a senior assistant beside him. The spokesman, Monhami Hassan Alwa, signaled for Victor to sit down directly.

After Victor sat down, he put the briefcase at his feet. He raised his head and looked at the black man in a white shirt in front of him. He didn't know why there was a special sense of joy in black and white.

Aiwa said to Victor, "I heard that Mr. Victor will provide us with a batch of arms recently? Is it a special gift? President Aidid is very interested in this batch of weapons provided by our friends, so I Hopefully this time it's a happy deal."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at the briefcase next to Victor, which was the secret transaction database that had been circulated among the major warlords.

"Of course you will be interested. The weapons we provide this time are shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles." Victor snapped his fingers, and the Russian armed personnel behind him lifted up a military-green wooden box and put it After the wooden box was opened, a dark green missile launcher and warhead appeared in front of Aiwa.

The other party involuntarily took off his sunglasses, and was a little surprised to see this kind of "sci-fi" weapon for them. After all, in Africa, the most they could see were rocket launchers such as RPG.

"Sam 16, which is the needle surface-to-air missile, is a portable short-range low-altitude air defense missile system, mainly used to deal with low-altitude aircraft and hovering helicopters. It was equipped with the Soviet army in 1981. This Sam You must have heard about the record of anti-aircraft missiles. It first participated in actual combat in the Gulf War in 1991. The U.S. military has 8 A-10 attack aircraft with strong survivability and 4 AV-8B vertical take-off and landing fighters. Shot down. Even American fighter jets can be shot down, so other helicopters are not a problem.”

Victor patted the launcher of the anti-aircraft missile, and said confidently, "This weapon is simple and reliable, and can be used with only one side of on-site operation. It can be said that there is nothing more suitable for the ground in Somalia than the Sam 16 anti-aircraft missile." The anti-aircraft weapon of the armed forces."

"Very good weapon, I like it very much." Aiwa caressed this cold big killer and shook his head regretfully, "But this is useless to our army, it might as well be more practical than mortars, air defense Weapons? Our enemies only have pickup trucks and armored vehicles, RPGs are enough.”

Of course, Aiwa would not know that in two months they would not be facing the Pakistani peacekeeping force, but the real American army, the Rangers and the Delta Special Forces.

"My superiors received a piece of information that the Americans will send troops to Somalia to deal with your President Aidid." Victor sighed deliberately, and said, "At the beginning, you ambush the United Nations troops and killed them. They. Now it has aroused public outrage in the United States. They regard your actions of the Somalia United Assembly as a challenge to the status of the United Nations. This time, CIA agents, the US military and the US special forces will intervene. You can ask Aidid. Are you ready?"

Victor also continued to say something lightly, "The last person who was lucky enough to be taken care of by the United States has almost no strength to control his own country. President Aidid is not the real ruler of Somalia. Do you think Aidid Dede will be luckier than the president of a country with 'the fourth Army in the world'."

Victor's serious threat made Aiwa have to re-examine his own considerations. He didn't know where the gap between Somalia and the Americans was, but he knew that the fourth army in the world was vulnerable to the United States, not to mention A group of illiterate militiamen.

The reason why Aiwa was able to become Aidid’s diplomatic spokesperson is largely because he has received higher education from the West. In Somalia, a place with a low level of education, Aiwa is a very rare professional talent. , so he naturally became Aidid's important arm.