USSR 1991

Obviously, people with higher education have more profound views on certain issues, which is why he has a sense of crisis about Victor's words.

"The United States is likely to send armed helicopters, attack aircraft or gunboats. It can be said that these weapons are specially prepared and designed for the Americans. Once the US army attacks Mogadishu, you should know what to do?" Wei Wei Kedo made an explosive gesture, indicating that he can use these needle missiles to shoot down all American aircraft. In fact, needle missiles can indeed shoot down attack aircraft, as long as they are not equipped with an infrared jamming system.

The simple operation of the Sam 16 anti-aircraft missile also makes it very easy for these blacks to get started, instead of a group of illiterate militants holding Stinger missiles and looking at the helicopters and fighter jets whizzing by at a loss in Afghanistan.

"The asking price this time is the same as before, one bag of diamonds, five Sam missile launchers, and ten rounds of warheads." Victor walked to the edge of the curtain, lifted the curtain, and said to the big truck below, "The remaining The launchers below are all on the car, the same as the one you saw, all the same brand new weapons."

"The price is really a bit expensive. But there is no problem with the transaction, but before the transaction is completed, I hope you can meet our new friends." Aiwa turned his head and shouted towards the door, and also came in from the door A fat black man was found, and beside him was a guy in a camouflage uniform.

Victor noticed the emblem on his shoulder at first glance, it was the symbol of mercenaries from the South African military company.Unlike the Soviet forces that had just infiltrated Africa, South Africa had already been operating in Africa since the 60s. If it weren't for the sanctions imposed by nuclear weapons, it would be impossible for Soviet military companies to compete with them.Now, the Soviet Union, which has robbed South Africa of its original interests, has naturally become the target they want to suppress.

"It seems that you are planning to collude with the Boers?" Seeing the mercenaries in South Africa, Victor felt uneasy. He had a premonition that this meeting would be a conspiracy. What is the real purpose of Watts, but Victor obviously felt that this transaction did not end so easily.

"Now we are not only a partner of your Russian military company. The South African resource cooperation company obviously also hopes to conduct transactions with me, and the price they offer is much lower than yours. The question before us is, Who should I choose to cooperate with?" Aiwa looked around at Victor and the Boers in front of him, and prepared to give these two people a chance to explain and speak.

Chapter 256 Competition

On the one hand, there are the Soviets who are tough and domineering, trying to control the situation in Africa;Although Aidid is a warlord, he needs to know the balance of pros and cons between the two superpowers, and he needs to choose a reliable force to submit to.Just like the external spokesperson Aiwa told him, you decide who you want to talk to whichever side is stronger.

So this is an opportunity to show. Although South Africa under the rule of the Boers is in decline, the multinational groups they control still have a certain influence in Africa. Just as the leaders of small African countries agree, the EO company in South Africa has With a military force that can subvert a country.

Of course, Barlow, the founder of the Strategic Resources Company, was also very angry at the sudden disruption of the Soviets. The government of Sierra Leone originally planned to sign an agreement with the South African EO Company to help quell the rebellion of the Revolutionary United Front, but because the Soviet military company intervened lost this order.Also when Barlow lobbied Charles Taylor, the leader of the Liberian Patriotic Front, he lost the order that originally belonged to EO because of the disruption of the Soviets.

The main purpose of South African Strategic Resources Corporation is to help African countries quell wars, and in return for rich local rare metal resources.But the Soviet Union also saw this, and unlike the EO company that was only responsible for doing business, the Soviet Union also hoped to be able to operate its own sphere of influence in Africa.

So when Barlow saw the death businessman Victor appearing in front of him, he felt a burst of displeasure.When he turned his head to look at Otto beside him, the other party smiled very strangely.

"Mr. Otto is the biggest supporter of President Aidid. He has funded arms and even militia troops." Aiwa introduced to Victor the chaebol behind Aidid's armed forces. Without Otto's support, Eddie would Germany will definitely not become the largest local warlord in Somalia.

"As Mr. Victor sees it, we are creating tomorrow, a tomorrow that is not controlled by white Americans." Otto sat facing Victor, smiling politely, but with indifference and sarcasm in his eyes.

"Of course, we also have to consider whether we need to cooperate with South Africans. After all, I don't want someone to support President Aidid on the one hand and secretly support our opponent on the other. South Africans are at least not like what some people did in Mozambique. On the one hand, they supported the government forces, but on the other hand they colluded with the opposition.”

Otto unceremoniously revealed the dirty things of the Soviet military company in Mozambique, but Victor still had a calm expression because this matter had nothing to do with him.

"That's because EO company can't do this step for the time being. As far as I know, in the whole of Africa, besides me, EO company sells the most arms. On the one hand, it negotiates with the government army to help put down the rebellion. On the other hand, isn’t selling firearms to rebels one of the things you are best at?”

Victor opened the briefcase, took out a document and threw it in front of Otto and Barlow, "Half a year ago, you wanted to open an oil pipeline in Namibia, because you couldn't negotiate with the government army. Deliberately inciting the local armed forces to rebel. In the end, the government had to agree to your request."

"Afterwards, you signed another contract project with the government army to wipe out the local armed opposition forces. At least three to four villages were slaughtered by you. With the opening of an oil channel, you can sell arms to the opposition. , and can coerce the government army to sign a contract to wipe out the rebels. Only you can do this kind of thing."

Victor exposed all of Barlow's old background, and by the way, let the people around Aidid see clearly what kind of guy he is.

Barlow's face couldn't hold back any longer, he stepped forward and stared at Victor with a calm expression, leaned in front of him and whispered, "If you dare to talk nonsense, I can guarantee that you will not be able to leave Mogadishu alive .”

"Threatening me?" Victor's smile froze on his face. He put his elbows on the table and looked at the other party with a disdainful expression. He pointed at Barlow and said in a calm tone, "Let me tell you what will happen next. First of all, you will receive a call from a very high-ranking South African government official. He will first talk to you on the phone, saying that EO Company has made great contributions to South African tax revenue. significant contribution. Then he will coerce you out of the competition with the Soviets, will you believe what I say?"

Barlow shook his head, looking at Victor as if he was telling a joke.

"Of course you don't believe it, and you even find it ridiculous. But when the other party says this, you will feel angry and dissatisfied, and maybe you will argue. But in the end you still have to compromise. The reason is the same as The same government departments you trust."

"Your white Boer government in South Africa was forced to abandon the apartheid law in 1990, but South African President De Cler knew that the so-called sanctions were only caused by South Africa wanting to develop nuclear weapons, not your despicable black rights in South Africa. Therefore, in order to maintain the final interests of the Boers, they must obtain the support of external countries, especially the support of the permanent members of the United Nations. Therefore, the Soviet military organization that expanded its power in Africa naturally became the target of their wooing. The South African government needs us support to alleviate the dual oppression of the country's internal and external environment."

"As for the war in Somalia, it was originally an agreement we signed privately with the South African government. The South African government can jointly exploit Somalia's mineral resources with us. Now, you still think that receiving a call from the Deputy Minister of Defense of South Africa is a serious matter." Is it a very unbelievable thing?"

Looking at Barlow's pale face, Victor was extremely calm. Of course, the whole room was silent, because no one thought that there was actually South Africa's intervention behind this transaction.Suddenly the quiet atmosphere was broken, and Barlow's satellite phone recalled a series of rapid beeps.His hands trembled when he picked up the phone.

On the other end of the phone, Maffatsu, who claimed to be the Deputy Minister of Defense, asked EO to give up the deal competition with the Soviet Union, and declared that this was a deal between South Africa and the Soviet Union. Although EO had connections in the government department, But it's best not to get involved in this state-to-state deal.

"The other party is not a simple multinational group. Their boss may be a senior member of the Soviet Politburo. South Africa is now joining the Soviet Union, so it will not provide assistance to you. Stop it. This is for God's sake Help you once, otherwise you might not even know how you lost in the end."

After putting down the phone, Barlow said to Aiwa and Otto, "We withdraw from this transaction."

After saying this, he left the room without looking back, leaving Victor, Otto and Aiwa behind.The atmosphere froze, as uncomfortable as the end of winter.

"So, President Aidid has chosen his trading partner?" Victor put the bag of diamonds on the table into the suitcase.He didn't pay attention to Otto's pale face at all, but he still said a word, warning this arms dealer who wanted to have the idea of ​​the Soviet Union.

"Don't think that South Africans can support you. You don't know who the boss behind me is? Or are you really naive to think that I have been selling arms in the Middle East, Africa, and South Africa for so many years without being caught by Interpol? Is it just my luck? My behind-the-scenes boss is the one who controls the world's arms trade and war conflicts, and Somalia is just a small area."

"Gentlemen, the weapons and the truck downstairs belong to you. It was a pleasure working with you." Victor put on his sunglasses again, and left with a black briefcase just like the legendary death merchant. Olympic Hotel.

After coming out of the gate, Victor made an affirmative gesture to Colonel Kozye, telling him that they had won the deal.

"I didn't expect that the other party would actually win South Africa's EO company into the game. It seems that Aidid's interior is not a certainty." Victor carefully put away the diamonds. These blood diamonds will be circulated to the United Kingdom and France. "White laundering" was carried out in the local diamond market, and then the transaction amount obtained was transferred to Victor's anonymous account, and then the funds finally flowed into Moscow.

Every blood diamond transaction can bring him millions of income. Coupled with the rich local mineral resources mining and drug trafficking, Victor and the Soviet military company have become invisible multinationals in this land. group.

"And Colonel Kozye, you didn't have a good relationship with the South African side. Knowing that the political purpose of this transaction is greater than the economic purpose, the representative of EO company actually appeared on the negotiating table." Victor was a little dissatisfied with Ke Ziye Company's means, if it were him, it would be a question of whether the Strategic Resources Company would still exist.

"Forget it, the matter is over, and I don't want to pursue it anymore. What I'm most curious about now is how useful these anti-aircraft missiles used to target Americans are."

Victor's current mood is half worried and half excited. Once his weapon against the Americans has achieved results, the CIA will undoubtedly regard him as an important target second only to Aidid. In some cases the decision to sacrifice a child is made.

"Let's take these things one step at a time. After all, we are all puppets in the hands of the top leaders of the CPSU." Victor said to himself.

Chapter 257 Targeted Ministry of Internal Affairs

Mogadishu's plan is not part of Yanayev's expectations. More precisely, it is just a seed he casually sprinkled. I'll leave it to God to guess.After all, the Americans suffered heavy losses in Mogadishu back then, which also led to the fact that in subsequent battles, whether it was the Kosovo War or Operation Desert Fox against Iraq, they did not adopt the form of direct intrusion of ground troops. To a certain extent, air strikes are adopted, using ground intelligence and absolute air supremacy to attack the opponent's troops.

At the beginning, General Jonathan hoped that Washington would dispatch tanks and gunboats to support Somalia's operations, but the United States rejected General Jonathan's request considering the cost and the coordination between the United Nations, which also led to the loss of two black planes in Somalia. Eagle helicopter.

Anyway, the Soviet Union's business has already been done, and the next step is to see how the other party ends.And Yanayev is more concerned about another matter, the decision to cut the army of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.The law stipulates that the internal security forces are mainly responsible for maintaining social order, safeguarding social security and the national system; defending important national targets; defending judicial organs, performing arrest tasks; and defending the national territory when the country suffers from foreign aggression.This also means that they have a significant armed force.

Because of the special organization of the internal security force, according to different tasks, there are combat divisions serving as emergency reserve teams, mainly responding to emergencies and participating in peacekeeping operations in hotspot areas; guarding brigades responsible for defending important national targets, including defending nuclear power plants and other key points The guard brigade responsible for arresting and guarding prisoners; the special motorized force responsible for ground support tasks; the air force responsible for air support tasks; the maritime force responsible for maritime duty and combat tasks; in addition, there are some technical and logistical support forces.

It can be seen from this that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is already another important army born out of the Soviet armed forces. Whoever controls the power of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is equivalent to owning the capital of a coup.

Although he supported Putin to become the deputy minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and made further plans to further control all armed forces in the future, Yanayev was still worried about whether his rights would be challenged.Since Beria's time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has meant that further preparations can be made for the seizure of power. At that time, Beria, as the vice chairman of the Council of Ministers and Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, had enough power to challenge the first secretary of the Khrushchev Central Secretariat s position.

Yanayev knew that Pugo could not accomplish such a feat alone, but what if it was under the manipulation of a small interest group behind the Politburo?Yanayev can't imagine whether he, who came to power in the August [-]th coup, will be driven out for the same reason.

So he found Putin and asked about the recent situation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"There are still signs of opposition activities on the borders of the franchise countries, especially in Chechnya and Georgia, where the armed forces seem to never be extinct." After taking up the post of Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, the heavy responsibility on Putin's shoulders suddenly became heavy many.Coupled with Yanayev's intentional cultivation, Putin can be regarded as the busiest person in the entire department.

At least many people in the central leadership regard Putin and Surkov as the two-headed horse of the Soviet Union in the future.

Putin's busyness will always make another person seem a bit redundant, and Pugo can be regarded as a comrade-in-arms with Yanayev who was born and died.After Putin takes over completely, he will take Pugo away from his privileges in the form of rising and falling.

Of course, Yanayev did not want to end up in Khrushchev's end and be forced to retire by his favorite student in the form of a coup.

"What I want to talk about is another matter. Do you think the functions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have reached the level of extreme authority?" Yanayev said very cryptically, but he was telling Putin that I have something to do with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Bad luck.

Of course, Putin also instantly understood what Yanayev said, "The power of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has no other state agency except the army. And the most different thing between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the army is that the leaders of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Participate in politics, and have armed forces that can subvert the country."

"It doesn't matter if that power belongs to the supreme leader, but once it hooks up with other people, or has the power to overthrow the regime, it is extremely dangerous." Putin revealed his heart bit by bit. Thoughts, he didn't know what Yanayev was thinking about.

Yanayev, he just doesn't want to see a repeat of the October incident that bombarded the Russian parliament building.Under the instigation of conspirators with ulterior motives, the sword and shield of the motherland have become sharp weapons in the hands of the enemy.