USSR 1991

Speaking of this, Dick Cheney couldn't take it anymore. He took off his glasses and rubbed his sour eyes, and said, "So we took this revenge so carefully, because we were worried that the KGB would know about us and the Chechens. Collusion information. So this operation also brought down the British MI[-]. We went to many places to provide information, and MI[-] was responsible for reaching a deal with the Chechens. Even if the Soviet Union really wants to settle accounts after the fall, the first We found our allies, not CIA agents."

"Our agents are already scattered in the Caucasus, and we don't want our entire army to be annihilated because of this attack. So even if the British allies who are eager for revenge run at the forefront as pawns, don't let our agents reveal their identities , the national interest of the United States is above all else."

After saying this, Dick Cheney breathed a sigh of relief, and he said to President Bush, "Now, it is up to the President to make a decision, whether we want to support Chechnya, or choose to let go of the opportunity for revenge."

"Of course it is to support the Chechens. I really want to see Yanayev's furious appearance."

When Bush uttered these words, he had no idea that he had opened a Pandora's box.

Chapter 149 The Red Tyrant

The remaining Chechen militants are still active in the mountains where Georgia and Chechnya meet. However, after the Grozny massacre, the arrogance of these separatists was severely hit by the Soviet army.And what is even more tragic is that there are now large-scale Soviet troops stationed on the undivided Georgian border to guard against this group of people.

Yanayev intends to completely eradicate the cancer in Chechnya. Because Georgia is still a member country, Yanayev adopted a policy of garrisoning troops to chase and intercept.The border was heavily guarded, and troops were sent to hunt the Chechen armed forces hiding deep in the mountains. The Soviet army said that they would play guerrilla warfare with us. After our reconnaissance troops found you, they could call fighter jets to strike, but you could only be beaten.

After suffering the losses of the guerrilla warfare in Afghanistan, the Soviet Union even used the Shilka River as a flat-firing machine gun to deal with militants hiding among the mountains.Thinking about the feeling of those large-caliber machine guns hitting the body makes people get goosebumps.

The Chechen armed forces that have been hiding in Tibet all day long have become smaller and smaller under heavy suppression. From the beginning of more than 1000 people, they were finally reduced to only four to five hundred rebels. They lost financial support and weapon support. The Chechen armed forces The road of struggle seems to be getting narrower and narrower, and internal contradictions are beginning to be revealed in front of reality.

Khattab took a crowbar and pried open a wooden box on the ground.Inside were several Kalashnikov rifles wrapped in oiled paper, and another wooden box contained yellow and orange bullets.These things are the munitions that the West has just supported, which has eased the situation that the Chechen armed forces have been running out of ammunition and food.

"Thanks to Allah, our battle is not over yet." Khattab carefully picked up the rifle, the smell of oil paper on it had not dissipated, he gently pulled the bolt of the Kalashnikov rifle, crisp The sound of steel crashing makes people feel bright.Looking at the ugly AKS74U in his hand that was about to wear out, Khattab decisively dropped the old gun and picked up a new weapon.

"How is it? Khattab, this is a weapon that was acquired after going through many blockades and sieges. With them, we are not afraid of the guerrilla tactics of the Soviet army during this period of time." Basayev walked on crutches. Limping, his left foot had been blasted to a bloody mass from the previous airstrike down the calf.Fortunately, Basayev's life was saved when his leg was amputated.

"Hehe, weapons are just decorations. The bullets fired from our hands are the same caliber as the bullets fired from the hands of the Soviet army. The difference lies in the person holding the weapon." Khattab put the rifle back into the box and told Subordinates should store them well.The mountainous roads on the border of Chechnya are rugged, and it is difficult for ordinary vehicles to drive in this place. Only the local donkey is an important means of transportation for transporting weapons and materials.

"What happened to Maskhadov? Still unwilling to cooperate with us as before?" Khattab picked up a weed, twisted off the root, and held it in his mouth to pass the time.In the days without cigarettes, he has been relying on this method to relieve his addiction.

Basayev sighed, shrugged and said, "What else, he is still unwilling to cooperate with us. Moreover, his armed forces are scattered all over Chechnya, and only through his influence can those people be called together. stand up."

When Maskhadov brought some people to join Basayev, the two had a friendly and close relationship, but as time went by, their opinions diverged.Maskhadov insisted on launching a guerrilla war against the Soviet army in Chechnya, trying to use this method to drag the Soviet army down here. After all, this is how the Soviet army was treated in the imperial cemetery in Afghanistan.It's just that Basayev intends to take a more extreme approach, using bomb attacks and terrorist attacks on major cities in the Soviet Union, in an attempt to make the other party submit to himself.

For this reason, Maskhadov began to alienate Basayev, and even opposed him in some important actions, stumbling everywhere.The unbearable Basayev bloodbathed Maskhadov's guards after a coup, and imprisoned Maskhadov in an attempt to make the opponent surrender.

"It's a pity that Maskhadov has no children and relatives, otherwise we could still blackmail him through this. But it doesn't matter now. With these weapons, our plan can be put into action." Hatta When Bu tells some cruel and bloody plots, he always has an understatement.

An attempt by Chechnya to transport explosives mixed with sugar into Moscow last month was somehow intercepted by KGB agents.As the revenge of the most terrible department of the Soviet Union, the Chechens who were mixed with the batch of explosives and white sugar were all kidnapped by special agents, regardless of whether they had anything to do with the terrorists. On a tree, used to warn the Chechen rebels, this is the consequence of daring to attack Moscow.

To suppress the extremists in Chechnya, Yanayev told Kryuchkov the simplest way, you kill me, I kill your whole family.Until the last possible extremist believer is eliminated, there will be no more so-called terrorist attacks.

Facing the iron fist of communism, nothing is impossible.

"This time the attack was carried out on two sides. We planned to attack public places in major Soviet cities on the day of the victory of the Anti-Fascist War, and use bombs to attack Sufi Kadyrov and his sons, causing huge panic in the society. They have no choice but to sit down and negotiate with us because of the pressure." Khatab smiled grimly.

"In terms of cities, we need to pick a place that the Soviet Union least expects to attack." Khattab set his sights on North Ossetia. The current political situation in that place is not stable, and the Soviet Union cannot share part of its energy to manage it.So Khattab thinks it is very easy to make a big news in North Ossetia.

But assassinating Kadyrov and his son was more difficult than the previous one. Unless someone close to Kadyrov and his son was bribed, it would be difficult to know the exact driving route of the two.Of course, the best way to kill them is with a roadside bomb attack.

"Leave the route of Kadyrov and his son to me. Speaking of which, he really has my informants among his confidantes, so you just need to prepare explosives, Khattab." Basayev smiled mysteriously, "I promise , Kadyrov and his son will never survive, and everything will be arranged seamlessly."

Khattab nodded and said, "I hope the final result will be as you and I wish, Basayev."

After the discussion, Khatab went to visit Maskhadov in the prison where he was held. He said that the cell was actually just a temporary shed, but dozens of guards were set up around the shed to guard it closely.Maskhadov looked at Khatab with an indifferent face through the window, and said in a cold voice, "What's the matter? I've become a prisoner. Does it still make you feel uneasy?"

Khatab shook his head, "Don't worry, you won't feel at ease unless you can firmly control those people in your hands in my hands."

"Bah, dreaming." Maskhadov spat and looked at the other party with a very disdainful expression, "What's the matter? You can't accomplish a great cause without my soldiers? Let me tell you, Khatab, yourself I have no objection to going to die, but if you want my people to accompany you to die, I will definitely not agree!"

"What's the matter? It's just a few people who died. Are you nervous?" Khattab said with a smile, "In another month, there will be a wonderful hostage-taking incident in the Soviet Union. When the time comes, we will Prime Minister Dudayev and others will be released and return to Chechnya to fight together."

"You are such a stupid idea. Do you really think that killing a few civilians will bring the Soviet government to its knees?" Maskhadov felt a chill when he thought of the "atrocities" committed by the Soviet army in Grozny.It was a massacre against Chechnya and Wahhabis. Those who laid down their weapons were doused in gasoline and burned alive. Some soldiers shot the captives who surrendered directly, because the political commissar had ordered them not to leave anyone.

Later, the Soviet Union reported that the [-] rebels entrenched in Grozny were completely annihilated. That was the real annihilation, from body to mind, from bullets to tracks, and wiped out the Chechens' will to resist.

Maskhadov would wake up from the nightmare of the massacre every time. He would always dream of the indifferent and emotionless face of the Soviet leader, faithfully issuing massacre orders against the Chechen rebels .And there was only one sentence in the written order, crushing their will to resist.

Just when Khattab was about to get up and leave, Maskhadov's faint warning sound came from behind him. Although the sound was not loud, it pierced deeply into his heart like a thin needle.

"You're playing with fire, and you'll regret it, Khattab. Angering that tyrant in the Kremlin will kill us all." Maskhadov trembled. I thought that the brutality and iron blood of Stalin, the man of steel, were just things that were painted by later generations, but when Maskhadov really saw Yanayev's methods, he realized that the leader of the Soviet Union was really a character. A brutal ruler.

The most frightening thing is that such a ruler has many followers. They fanatically worship this man who is regarded as a symbol of the country, just like they worshiped Stalin back then.

Maskhadov looked at the direction where Khatab was going away, and muttered to himself, "Khatab, you are just a murderous gangster, and who in Moscow is the real red tyrant."

1 Fifty Chapters: Suspicious Clouds of the Bosnia-Herzegovina War

In Victor's hand, he held a list of weapons that Yanayev handed over to him. The list was divided into two parts, which listed densely packed types of weapons.If you look carefully, you will find that the things inside have already been eliminated by the first-line troops, and even some old goods in stock.For example, Sam 7 air defense missiles, Buk air defense missiles, AKM rifles replaced by Russian military disarmament, and even a MiG 23 fighter jet and some anti-aircraft artillery.

"Huh? General Secretary Yanayev, are you going to carry out a new round of major armament replacement?" Victor asked curiously, but he took a closer look. There are some subtle differences between the two lists. One list mainly focuses on eliminated light weapons, which are weapons that are more suitable for guerrilla warfare according to his keen eyesight, while the other list mainly focuses on eliminated heavy weapons, and most of them are composed of anti-aircraft weapons.Victor guessed that these two lists should be prepared to be provided to different customers.

Sure enough, Yanayev asked Victor a question, "Have you ever understood the current situation in Yugoslavia? I want to hear your opinion on Yugoslavia."

Victor was taken aback for a moment. What did Yanayev mean by saying that he wanted him to go to Yugoslavia to sell arms?Although a series of wars of independence took place last year, the Yugoslav countries are now in a period of calm.

"I know. The ten-day war between the governments of Slovenia and Yugoslavia in June last year has already begun to disintegrate them. The three main ethnic groups in Yugoslavia, Muslims, Serbia and Croatia, have serious differences on the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina: the Muslims advocate seceding from the former Yugoslavia. Independence, the establishment of a unified centralized state; Croatia also advocates independence, but hopes to establish a loose confederal state; the Serbs firmly oppose the Muslim and Croat practices. Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic even said that if Bosnia and Herzegovina dared to split , they will use iron and blood to maintain the integrity of the territory."

"But Milosevic can indeed do this. Serbia's fanatical nationalism over the past few decades has cultivated a large group of such crazy racists. What's more, when Yugoslavia withdrew from Bosnia and Herzegovina, a large number of Serbs were left behind. Officers and soldiers, as well as some heavy artillery, our Soviet tanks, and some fighter jets. In the absence of outside interference, the Bosnian Serbs are far more likely to win than the Croats and Muslims."

Victor almost blurted out the situation in Yugoslavia. For him, any country in the world where a local war breaks out is the focus of Victor's attention.

Yanayev nodded. On the 3rd of this month, the Bosnian Parliament will officially declare the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina despite the opposition of Serb members.Then in the next month, on April 4th and 6th, the European Community and the United States successively recognized the independent sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Then the civil war in Yugoslavia broke out, which was the largest local war in Europe after the war.

In terms of feelings, Yanayev did not have a good impression of this socialist country that always hindered the Soviet Union from inserting its sphere of influence into the Mediterranean Sea. Ethnic conflicts concealed by prosperity have surfaced again.

"Yes, Yugoslavia is a precarious boat now, and they are not far from death." Yanayev put down the pen in his hand, and said to Victor, "Separation is a major trend, even Serbian President Milosevic And Karadzic in the Republika Srpska is just a pawn against the trend."

Under the influence of Greater Serbia, Yugoslavia had practically lost control over the Muslim and Croat nations.The situation in Yugoslavia is different from that of the Soviet Union. Although the Soviet Union was almost disintegrated, the big country with the right to control nuclear weapons is also one of the roles that makes the West fearful.However, Yugoslavia, without any political capital for bargaining, had no choice but to admit defeat when faced with NATO and UN sanctions.

"So these arms sales are all aimed at Croatia and Serbia?" Victor asked. He could vaguely guess what the general secretary wanted to do, but he didn't dare to say it too blatantly.

"The first list, yes, the list of small arms, mortars and some anti-personnel mines, is provided to the Croatian army, of course we will not let them get these things for free, although it is half-baked cabbage The price, but they still need to spend US dollars to buy it. If they are not willing? Then tell the resistance leaders in Croatia that we will selflessly donate these weapons to the Serbian army. Pay attention to the two words, it is a donation.”

"The second list, of course, is provided to the Serbian army. The war is about to start, and their army needs to have enough weapons to defeat the enemy. And the outbreak of the war will definitely attract the attention of NATO and the United Nations, and may also be attacked The United Nations air strikes, so provide them with enough anti-aircraft weapons, okay, although they are some aging and outdated models, but something is better than nothing, isn't it?"

In history, since May 1992, the UN Security Council has successively passed a series of resolutions including imposing comprehensive sanctions on the Bosnian Serbs and Yugoslavia, sending peacekeeping troops to Bosnia and Herzegovina, establishing a no-fly zone in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and setting up a safe zone for the Muslims. .NATO imposed a total blockade on Bosnia and Herzegovina and provided air protection to the safe zone.The United Nations and the European Community have also conducted mediation on several occasions, but to no avail.

"What's more, there are many countries that will be affected by the turmoil in Serbia. The surrounding Hungary and Romania are all countries that have just joined the bourgeoisie, and the refugees displaced by the war will also be their biggest headache. So the longer the war in Serbia drags on , the more turbulent the situation, the better for us."

"It doesn't matter if the Bosnian Serbs lose the war in the end, you can tell Milosevic and Karadzic for me, if you are willing to follow in the footsteps of the Soviets, then even if the Serbs fail to maintain the entire country in the end, we It is also possible to turn the Yugoslav issue on Bosnia and Herzegovina into something similar to the Korean ceasefire agreement at the UN meeting."

"North Korea ceasefire agreement?" Victor didn't understand what Yanayev meant.

"Before the formal signing of the ceasefire agreement that year, whoever occupied enough land would have more initiative on the negotiating table. Since you Serbs cannot guarantee the integrity of the entire country, then retreat Secondly, occupy the vast majority of the territory, expel the Muslims and Croats on the territory, and drive them out of the Bosnian Serb land. Although they can't realize their dream of nationalism in Greater Serbia, they are not miserable anyway fate."

The method given by Yanayev is to compromise and compromise. Since it is impossible to swallow a whole piece of cake, then maximizing the benefits is the best choice.After the war, Serbia, which was severely injured after the war, also had more than enough energy to deal with Western sanctions. Besides turning to the Soviet Union, did they have any other options?

"Is this trying to sing against the West? Can the Western world really allow us to do this?" Victor asked. Anyone can see the meaning of the Soviet Union's agreement. Unless reality forces it, Western Europe will not Promised to carve up the sphere of influence in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the Soviet Union.