Soviet Union 1991

"You said the Indian Navy wants to negotiate with us about leasing a Kiev-class aircraft carrier as their navy's backup aircraft carrier? Comrade Yazov, your Ministry of Defense can handle this kind of thing without having to report it to the central government, right?" Yazov Nayev flipped through a book casually. He raised his head from the heavy book and glanced at Yazov's somewhat unnatural face, and asked softly, "Do you have anything else to report to me? "

Yazov took off his hat and scratched his head, not knowing how to speak, "It's still about the issue of aircraft carriers, Comrade Yanayev, although we have announced that we will abandon two aircraft carriers, except for the Indian Navy, other The country is not very interested, so I think this negotiation with India will not be so easy, at least not as easy as we imagined.”

Yanayev closed the book. He finally knew the reason why Yazov came to discuss with him. Because he knew very well that what Yazov meant by not being easy was that the Soviet Ministry of Defense played a cruel trick on the Soviet Union last time on the Gorshkov. India paid the price of a new aircraft carrier to go to Gorshkov. Shikov. Marshal Ogarkov, the former Strategic Deception Bureau, has said before that the aircraft carrier India bought from the Soviet Union is good if it can sail and has no problems. If there is a big problem by then, the Soviet Union will not be responsible for the warranty.

"India has done enough homework this time and is well prepared. Do you think we can still deceive the other party?" Yanayev smiled. People never make mistakes in the same place twice. If they want to successfully deceive Asan, he must find a way to fool the other party in other places.

He suddenly remembered something, raised his head and asked, "And Comrade Yazov, who is the representative that the Indian Navy is going to send to negotiate with us this time?"

"It's Admiral Ramdas, the deputy chief of staff of the Indian Navy." Yazov didn't understand why Yanayev suddenly asked about this, but from the smile on the other side's lips, Yazov understood. General Secretary Nayef has already thought of a conspiracy to trick the opponent.

"I didn't expect that Ramdas has now become the deputy chief of staff of the Indian Navy. The timeline has really become more and more deviated from the original historical development track." Hearing this name, Yanayev couldn't help but sigh. One sentence.

"General Secretary Yanayev. Are you okay?" When Yanayev came to his senses, Yazov was looking at him in confusion. Yanayev coughed and waved to Yazov, indicating that he was fine.

Yanayev reminded the defense minister. "Perhaps one thing Comrade Yazov doesn't understand yet is that Admiral Ramdas is a rare Orthodox Christian in the Indian Navy and the first Orthodox senior general in the Indian Navy. I would like to arrange the next itinerary for Asia. Comrade Zoff should be aware of this, right?"

"Orthodox Church, Orthodox Church..." Yazov was stunned at first. I don’t know why Yanayev mentioned this matter, but he immediately understood the hidden meaning of the word, and said with some excitement, "You mean to wait until Ramdass visits the Kiev-class aircraft carrier, let our Orthodox Church The Patriarch as an escort?”

"Yes, there is nothing more glorious for an Orthodox Christian than being accompanied by Patriarch Alexei II. For this alone, General Ramdas must be grateful to the Soviet Union. Yanayev said with a sneer. Although the Soviet Union still spared no effort to attack religion, it would also be generous on certain issues. The Orthodox Church lost its moral authority under the rule of the Soviet government. But this does not represent the influence of the Orthodox Patriarch in the minds of believers around the world.

"In this way, we first increased the other party's favorable impression of the Soviet Union, and thus further increased the favorable impression of the Gorshkov. We have a basis for joint cooperation, and we are also worried that we will not find an opportunity for India to lease an aircraft carrier. Can't you suffer a loss?" Yanayev said with a smile.

"Isn't the reason why India is confident because it is unique in terms of customer issues? In this case, we also need to feel a little nervous for them so that we know where the two parties are in this lease negotiation."

"Tensity?" Minister Yazov was a little confused by Yanayev's series of dazzling methods. Of course, if you want to trick the Indian Navy once again, it will be a battle of wits and courage, plus the Oscar winner. Acting.

"Yes, after agreeing to the request of the deputy chief of staff of the Indian Navy, he immediately released the news that the Soviet Union was seeking cooperative buyers around the world. Then he turned a deaf ear in front of the Indian Navy, such as Argentina, Thailand, Egypt and even India. The old rival Pakistan is against the Soviet Union. The United States is very interested in the remaining Kiev-class aircraft carriers, and even sent a secret delegation to Leningrad to discuss matters about the aircraft carriers. Do you think the Indians will start to panic first if they have more competitors? A rising tide lifts all boats, this is a routine.”

"When the negotiations reach a deadlock, we can also release some false news to scare away the enemy. For example, we will give some second-hand modern-class destroyers to Pakistan. Especially after they are specially used to deal with aircraft carriers active in the Indian Ocean, will India panic? They will definitely do it. This is equivalent to the Soviet Union teaching Pakistan how to deal with India's aircraft carrier. This is our third aircraft carrier. So arrogant."

"If it really doesn't work, doesn't our KGB still have Swallow? Although the means are not so fair, but for the lease of the Kiev-class aircraft carrier, everything can be forgiven."

Yanayev crossed his hands and leaned on his chin, and said calmly to Comrade Yazov, "The current GLONASS system update plan is short of money. We can't allocate the original budget of the Navy Poseidon plan to the aerospace department, so we can only recover some budget from the Kiev-class aircraft carrier. The budget of the navy has been a little tight in recent years. The Ulyanovsk and Varyag that have been launched are simply money-making monsters. In addition, there are eight glorious-class cruisers and five Kirov-class cruisers in the Poseidon plan. Without a strong comprehensive national strength, it is impossible to truly build a steel giant wave."

"Comrade Yazov, I will trouble you to prepare for the next step. The layout this time must be cautious. The budget of the aerospace department GLONASS depends on this price negotiation, Comrade Yazov."

Yanayev patted Yazov's arm and said seriously. (To be continued.)