Soviet Union 1991

The first one to get upset was the German government. German Chancellor Helmut Kohl was almost a frightened bird. Not only did his original plan to make the Soviet Union surrender fail, but the army also developed an inexplicable fear of the Red Empire. Especially when they heard that the huge Imperial Armored Corps completely disintegrated a country's armed forces in less than four hours, it was enough to terrify the soldiers stationed on the eastern border of Poland and Germany.

And Moscow made a harsh statement that if the NATO group continued to act recklessly on the Soviet Union's inherent territory, they would not mind turning the Baltic Three Crisis into another version of the Cuban Missile Crisis. At this time, Helmut, who had been taught a lesson, realized that the Soviet Union was still a powerful superpower and would not become a second-rate country because of Gorbachev's weakness in power for more than a decade. As long as a strong leader took over, even if the internal group was in crisis, it could continue to suppress the West for another decade.

Without saying hello to NATO allies, the German government was the first to issue a statement, saying that Germany's actions on the border were just a large-scale exercise and were in full compliance with international regulations. Hope that the Soviet Union can exercise restraint. Germany expressed deep regret for the Baltic issue, and hoped that the relationship between Moscow and the three Baltic countries could develop towards friendly cooperation.

The official German speech felt superfluous, and this sentence was quite a bit of a cover-up. Foreign Ministry spokesman Boris Dmitrievich Pankin had already prepared a speech, claiming that the Baltic crisis was an internal affair of the Soviet Union, and no country had the right to interfere in the internal affairs of the Soviet Union with the help of this crisis. Whoever it was, they would be punished by communism. Especially those robbers who came in from the Skagerrak Strait but ran back in disgrace.

"These Siberian robbers are terrible monsters. Hurry up, put me on the phone, I need to contact the White House." Helmut Kohl said nervously, he didn't want Germany to become the front line of the confrontation between NATO and the Warsaw Pact.

Also gathered together to discuss countermeasures were British Defense Secretary Tom King and British Prime Minister John Major. In fact, they did not expect that the British Navy, which tried so hard to show its strength in European waters, would be mercilessly mocked and slapped in the face by the other side.

The British people booed the government for this, and the BBC ridiculed it, saying, "Our government navy originally wanted to drive those damn robbers out of the Baltic Sea like a proud victor, but they didn't expect that they would be driven out of the Gulf of Finland like a stray dog. God knows where these governments spend so much tax paid by taxpayers every year?"

"Great Britain has lost face in front of the whole world twice. If the first time was the unreasonable arrogance of the Soviet Union, the second time was when we stretched our faces to let the other side slap us hard!" Prime Minister John Major was a little furious. This incident was enough for those political opponents who were eyeing his position to catch the handle, and such a poor diplomatic performance also caused his public support rate to drop by several percentage points.

"But isn't this a good thing, my Lord Prime Minister?" Defense Secretary Tom King openly contradicted John Major.

"Good thing?" John Major was about to get angry, but he calmed down instantly when he saw the calm face of the Defense Secretary. As one of the foreign policy think tanks of this government, Tom King is indeed good at thinking about things. "Can you tell me how such a bad situation can become a good thing?"

"It's time to ask Parliament for money and revitalize the navy. The Prime Minister can use this incident to hold a press conference to publicize the importance of building a strong navy to the public. In this way, under the pressure of public opinion, Parliament will never be able to cut the military budget again. Increasing the budget means that we can build a few more destroyers." Tom King tapped the table with his fingers rhythmically, and he paused after every sentence, as if he was summarizing what he had said.

Tom King is a well-known hawk in the government. In his opinion, a Britain without a strong navy is as incomplete as an eagle with broken wings. Unfortunately, since World War II, the British army has retreated from its original maritime hegemony to the second line, and the financial constraints in recent years have also delayed the British fleet construction plan.

"Well, this is also a helpless move." John Major said helplessly, holding his forehead and talking to himself, "I just don't know what our NATO ally the French are feeling now. I sincerely hope that after this incident, it can continue to maintain close contact with NATO."

"Don't worry, Prime Minister." Tom King said confidently, "Although the French have always been lukewarm about the rise of the United States, they are definitely allies on the same front with us on the issue of Soviet Russia. No one wants to have an uneasy neighbor around them."

The French did not take it to heart like the British. In fact, they were still secretly laughing at the wilted expressions of Germany and Britain. As a French leader who has always wanted to restore Napoleon's glory and become the leader of European countries, he has been looking for a possible way out on the thorny road of restoration since the de Gaulle era. Unfortunately, France has nothing but slogans. The British and the United States, who have always disliked France, are closely united. Although France made peace with its arch-enemy Germany decades ago, the French, who have always claimed to be the orthodox of Europe, still have a deep prejudice against Germany in their hearts.

Perhaps France was just a symbol, and the Soviet Union was merciful to France's actions. It just did not directly say that the Paris Commune was the first great attempt of communism. It only said that it hoped that the French government could recognize the formality on foreign issues and not Making irrational actions and hoping to have deeper exchanges with France instead of just being limited to ideological confrontation.

According to the rules of diplomatic terminology, the first two sentences are not the focus. The focus is on the last sentence. Deeper communication is not limited to ideological confrontation. Clearly, the Americans smelled a danger signal here.

"Are you saying that the Soviet Union intends to win over the French? How is this possible? According to their foreign policy, they have to spread the glory of communism throughout Europe before they give up. Winning over France is a fantasy. Moreover, since the era of De Gaulle, opposition to communism has almost "Become one of their national policies." Bush was obviously not satisfied with the report submitted by the think tank.

"You can't say that, Mr. President. François Mitterrand's political tendency is to oppose Gaullism and nationalism. It is not impossible to get close to the Soviet Union. So we must contain it. This is a sign." Brown said anxiously. , and put his words more directly, "In fact, we should not let European countries retreat. We still need allies to force the Soviet Union again. If I am not wrong, the seemingly powerful Soviet Union has actually exhausted its cards. It can't be tougher now. It’s just the end of a strong bow.”

"That's enough, Blunt!" Bush, who had always been patient, suddenly attacked him. "You don't need to teach me about foreign policy! And just after you made the ridiculous suggestion of forcing the Soviet Union by force, I told you that the Intelligence Agency sent back What kind of information, they detected through satellites that the Soviet Union's land-based long-range ballistic missile silos were being activated, which means that if our allies had a head-on confrontation with the Soviet Union, the whole world would have to pay the price! "

Yanayev did order the activation of land-based missile silos, but all this was to stage a dangerous drama for Western countries so that Bush would retreat. When the US president learned of this information, he immediately chose Stop. He knew that the matter had become serious, that it had touched the bottom line of the Soviet Union, and that it might develop into the Third World War at any time.

"Get me through to Moscow and our European allies. I think we need to sit at the negotiating table together to resolve these issues." Bush sighed, his face pale and haggard, as if he had aged a lot overnight.