Big Time 1958

This may be the result of the military government's consideration of the issue from its own standpoint. From a neutral point of view, it cannot be said that the Sudanese military government is definitely wrong. The military has always been the most opposed force against the country's separatist forces. Although not all, it is generally the case. Sudan's 600,000 square kilometers of land belongs to the savanna climate. For a year, Soviet biologists have instilled the argument that Sudan itself is very good, and that it can become a not weak power with a little development. This argument made the Sudanese military There is no doubt that, yes, Sudan's basic conditions are the first in Africa, and it should have been a powerful country.

   The generals holding the Sudanese military strength in their hands think so. The progress in Sudan's agriculture over the past year also shows that the Soviet scientists are not wrong at all, and the achievements made the generals more confident. Simply put, inflated...

Since this year has achieved a bumper harvest, it means that Sudan is just like what the Soviets said. Since the basic conditions are so good, next year should not be too bad. From the perspective of the military, the first is to strengthen the army and then eliminate the south. The separatist forces in the south can only become the first territorial power in Africa by killing the black people in the south. Otherwise, this territorial first can only be said on paper.

   This development idea actually needs to look for similar countries in the history of the Cold War, which should be similar to the development model of the Vietnamese during the Cold War. It can be said that Vietnam was assisted by China and the Soviet Union, but Vietnam’s economic performance is not good, and it is even far from the North Korea of ​​the period. In terms of the types of Soviet aid projects, it has a strong relief nature. Among them, the largest amount was oil, up to 5 million tons; followed by grain, 4.5 million tons; and 100 million meters of cloth - a joke said that Le Duan asked Brezhnev for assistance. Bo said: there are no more items, please tighten your belt. Le Duan said: Please give the belt.

  Like Sudan, the South was destroyed first. Then pin all hope on Soviet aid. Counting on the Soviet Union to provide weapons and ammunition to support the Sudanese military's shopping, Serov has only one comment on this, "I want to be beautiful..."

   Even in terms of internationalism, the Soviet Union does not have this obligation. Sudan is not a socialist country. If Sudan is governed by a Communist Party, it can be considered. The Soviet Union's aid to Vietnam was a money-losing business. The reason why the Soviet Union was willing to do this was because the United States was mired in Vietnam and lost more than the Soviet Union, and the United States did not come to beat Sudan. Why did the Soviet Union give blood to Sudan?

  Aid a backward country with no industrial base is a bottomless pit, especially not a country that feels good about itself and thinks it is not bad. Sudan must have basic industrial capabilities, even if it is light industry, and it cannot become a large rural area. Otherwise, the cost of this aid would be too great.

So Shelov was silent for a while, taking into account the current domestic inventory of old weapons, and decided to keep the original plan unchanged and continue to carry forward the spirit of internationalism, "Well, General Aboud, I have understood what you mean. The Sudanese military's plan to upgrade weapons. Just leave it to us. At the same time, the support for light industry will remain unchanged. The liberation of South Sudan and the development of the country can be carried out at the same time. The population of your government in the north is twice that of the south, and you can continue to complete the industrial support of the Soviet Union while you are fighting. Project! In order to help Sudan have management talents, I think Sudan can choose a group of officers or people with good character and academic performance to study in the Soviet Union,"

   "General Serov. Thank you for your support from the Soviet Union to our country." Serov's generosity exceeded the expectations of the chairman of the Sudanese Revolutionary Committee. Originally, he thought that he could only choose between industrial aid and military aid, after all, he was facing a super-powerful Soviet Union. Moreover, it also needs the support of the Soviet Union to recover the South, so it is not willing to create the impression of a lion opening its mouth.

   Knowing this is the case, on the day of the negotiation, Serov should use the perception ability taught by Messing to perceive General Aboud's thoughts, so that there will be no crazy thoughts. The reason for insisting on continuing the originally planned assistance, rather than the assistance of the nature of assistance to Vietnam, is to consider the cost, not for the sake of Sudan.

In a country without any foundation at all, the aid of the Soviet Union will not change anything. It not only needs to assist various light industrial facilities, but also needs a railway as the hub of Sudan to connect with Egypt in the north. It is believed that as a channel for transporting Sudanese grain, the Nile River. Its status as Sudan's transportation is self-evident, but the transportation capacity is still slightly insufficient. Shelov knows this, General Aboud knows it, and Nasser also knows it.

   After chatting for a while, Serov left General Aboud's official residence, just like an internationalist fighter, making General Aboud wait for his good news, which made the leader of the Sudanese military government can't help but sigh, what a good man...

  The word “good man” is absolutely worthy of Serov. A railway can allow the Soviet Union to send Sudan’s grain abroad. The granary in the north can only solve this year’s problem. If you want to eat Sudan’s grain every year, you must have such a railway. Let Sudanese students go to Moscow to study. When they go, they are a group of ignorant and enthusiastic young people. When they come back, they may become proletarian revolutionaries. It may be difficult to attract Americans in the Soviet environment, but it is not too easy to attract the people of such a country that relies on communication and communication.

   Serov, who returned to the Soviet embassy, ​​told other people about this news, causing a burst of laughter. Of course, there are many kinds of laughter, and what these members of the Soviet delegation are currently making is ridicule...

   The Soviet Union has always faced backward countries' aid-based industries. In fact, it is also very easy to understand. Even a country with a large rural area can only help the Soviet Union to a limited extent. Most of the countries with complete infrastructure and a good economy are mixed with the Americans. Most of the countries left to the Soviet Union are countries like Sudan, which are crooked and cracked. Such countries are also different. The first is countries such as China and India that can definitely help the Soviet Union once they develop, but such countries are generally The situation is not well controlled. From the internal assessment of the Soviet Union, the development of China and India can help the Soviet Union the most, but it is impossible to have both.

  The second type is the Arab countries like Egypt, including countries like Syria, Iraq, and Jordan, but these countries have nothing but oil, and their domestic desert agriculture is worse than the Soviet Union. The third type is Sudan, an innumerable country that not only has none of the above-mentioned advantages, but also has many religious contradictions and **** in the country. In a sense there is a better option, the Soviet Union doesn't have to work so hard to deal with such a country.

"Industrial aid is still necessary, otherwise such Sudan will have limited help to the Soviet Union, and railways are also needed. All comrades understand the importance of Sudan to our Soviet Union. In terms of potential, this country is the first in Africa, and we have obtained from this country. Every achievement is a huge help to the motherland. Negotiations will continue at noon tomorrow, and try to sign the treaty within one day!" Serov used executive orders to boost the morale of the comrades in these negotiations.

After speaking, Serov found a telegram from the embassy in Sudan and issued an inexplicable order, "Place an order for a Chinese military industrial enterprise, and let the Chinese military industrial enterprise help to manufacture 50,000 Type 56 automatic rifles, plus 10 million. Fire bullets." Then he gave an order to Major General Leonid at the Aswan military base to get tens of thousands of rifles and transport them to Sudan urgently.

Later, Moscow called back and asked why Serov had placed an order from a Chinese military enterprise, to which Serov replied, "China's Type 56 automatic rifle is three times less expensive than ours, and a ship goes from the Far East to China for shipment. It's still cheaper than ours to Alexandria, and the Chinese rifles don't use a lot of rare metals like our Soviet Union, so there is a slight difference in performance, which is of course not a big problem, but weapons made purely of steel are in Sudan. It is very easy to rust in the climate of China, which is great, and we can fully order weapons from China to be shipped to Sudan at that time.”

  The Soviet Union has always been willing to give up any resources in the manufacture of weapons, and the masterpiece is the all-titanium alloy submarine. You must know that even the United States does not dare to waste titanium alloys. It is only used in the field of fighter jets and aerospace, and the Soviet Union did just that. If you can't catch up technically for the time being, start with materials.

   In the evening, Moscow called back, "Well done, we communicated with Comrade Dongfang just after today's 81-nation Communist Party Congress, and got a warm response. But we didn't tell us the purpose of these weapons."

For Serov, today’s small tactics are just an episode, but later the Soviet Union always, out of cost considerations, found that this shortcut always imported light weapons from China and then sold them, which aroused China’s suspicion, and finally found out that a few Years later, Andropov received an accusatory letter of protest, arguing that the Soviet Union's behavior had corrupted the reputation of Made in China. In view of the fact that the KGB did something inappropriate in this regard, Serov directly put Andropov on the ground. The protest letter handed over was in the drawer, and I didn't read it at all.

After the communication with General Aboud, the subsequent negotiations were not hindered at all. The two sides signed a treaty of friendship and cooperation between the two countries very happily. Then General Aboud sent a general to lead Shelov to guard the northern grain depot. Serov also ordered the Aswan military base to prepare for reception.

Khrushchev, who was in the Kremlin later, received the contents of the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation, and laughed in front of Kozlov and Sherepin, "This is the KGB's most successful operation this year, and the price paid is very different. The purpose of our people to ensure an adequate supply of food is not worth mentioning at all!" (To be continued~^~)