Struggle in Soviet Russia

Facts have proved that it is not an easy task to force the Turks to make concessions on the issue of the right of passage through the strait. From a practical point of view, Ankara will not make concessions until the British make a compromise. Therefore, the Turks are now relying on the British, and until the British withdraw from the confrontation, the Turks will continue to persevere.

Therefore, the current decision the alliance needs to make on the issue of the strait should be to first force the British to give up their support for the Turks, and further, it should be to break the traditional British influence in the Mediterranean region and reduce their power from The expulsion of the Mediterranean made its support for the Turks moot.

From this point of view, if the interests of the alliance in the Black Sea are to be guaranteed, the influence of the British in the Middle East must be removed. It can even be said that the existence of the interests of the British in the Middle East not only affects the geographical position of the alliance in the Black Sea. Political interests, at the same time, also affected the interests of the alliance in Greece and the entire Balkans.

Why did the British interfere in the situation in Greece? Why mess up in Albania? Why try to win over Yugoslavia led by Tito? In the final analysis, it is not how much London attaches importance to these areas, but the development of the situation in these areas, which directly affects the interests of the British in the Mediterranean region. To put it bluntly, these countries are all countries along the Mediterranean Sea. Radiation of influence exists throughout the Mediterranean region. Once the Alliance took these areas under control, the British strategic advantage in the Mediterranean was gone.

Similarly, if the Americans break the British monopoly on the Middle East and control the Palestinian area or a neighboring country, the British strategic advantage in the Mediterranean region will also cease to exist.

From this point of view, it is similar: the world is big enough for everyone to coexist, it is pure nonsense, and it turns out that the world does not hold two overlords.

"Bang!"

There was a sound unique to the track change, and almost at the same time, the body of the train also shook violently.

Victor's body shook with the tremor of the train, his eyes shifted from the documents in front of him, and he turned his head to look outside the car.

Outside the car, there is a vast expanse of jungle. At this time, it is February, the weather has just begun to warm, and the signs of spring have appeared. From the train, this vast jungle has been slightly Green, just not too obvious.

Of course, Victor wasn't concerned about the forest. What he was concerned with was an airplane that whizzed past the jungle just now. He didn't recognize the model of the airplane, but he knew that it should be specially designed for the card. Combat aircraft responsible for defense and reconnaissance around the Puskin Yar area - since the end of the war, the Americans have been conducting aerial reconnaissance on the Union territory, and their strategic bombers occupy the range and altitude. Advantages, coupled with the fact that the territorial area of ​​the alliance is too large, border defense forces will inevitably have omissions. Therefore, the defense of the homeland and border defense forces against the US air reconnaissance is also relatively fragile.

Therefore, in special areas like Kapuskin Yar, in order to deter aerial snooping from the U.S. military, aviation troops are generally stationed there.

Without continuing to look at the documents on the table, Victor stared out the window for a while, then stood up from his chair, drank the coffee from the coffee cup first, and then began to clean up the documents on the table. Coming in soon.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door at the entrance of the carriage. Before Victor could speak, the wooden carriage door had been pushed open from the outside, and Comrade Malenkov and Beria came in from outside.

"... Christensen can't make up his mind on many issues," Comrade Malenkov walked in front of the two, and when he walked in from the door, he turned his head and followed him Beria talked, "But I agree with Comrade Litvinov, whether politically or economically, Americans are not interested in the fate of the Baltic countries. Of course, they will not have much interest in the Baltic region. So, we can put more pressure on Christensen and his interim government on this issue, and I'm sure they will back down."

Victor put down the documents he had just packed and turned to look at the two of them. From what Comrade Malenkov said, Victor could hear what they were discussing.

Christensen refers to Knud Christensen, the current Prime Minister of Denmark, whose Liberal Party just defeated the Socialist Party's Wilhelm Boer three months ago, and became the new Danish leader after the war. leader.

But the Liberal Party led by Christensen does not have an absolute majority in the Danish parliament. Therefore, as Comrade Malenkov said, this person cannot make decisions on many issues. Opposition compromise.

As for the issue of the Baltic Sea, Denmark is also involved, so Victor thought that, if nothing else, Comrade Malenkov and Comrade Beria were talking about the issue of the Kiel Canal.

The Kiel Canal belongs to the Germans. It is located in northern Germany and runs through the entire Jutland peninsula, connecting the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. It is a very important and key canal in the Nordic region. Just two months ago, Comrade Litvinov made a special report at the Central Working Conference of the Union, expounding in detail the importance of the Kiel Canal and the Baltic Sea Strait to the Union. He described it in one sentence: The Baltic Strait and the Kiel Canal are to the Union what the Panama Canal is to the United States.

Therefore, according to Comrade Litvinov's suggestion, the alliance must ensure absolute control over the Baltic Strait, and at the same time, internationalize the Kiel Canal, which belongs to Germany. If these two cannot be achieved, then the Alliance must seek another condition to ensure the security of the Baltic Sea: the establishment of permanent military installations on Logan Island and Bear Island, the construction of the Baltic Strait as a "Gibraltar" affiliated to the Alliance, In addition, it is necessary to force Norway and Denmark to open the islands of Spitsbergen and Burnholm to the alliance, or require Norway and Denmark to sign a mutual defense agreement with the alliance with these two islands as the core, in order to Guarantee the safety of the alliance's waterway from the Baltic Sea to the North Sea.

As the first deputy minister of the International Department of the Central Committee, Victor knew that the People's Committee for Foreign Affairs had been mediating with the United Kingdom and the United States for some time in the past, hoping to internationalize the Kiel Canal, but the negotiations on the relevant aspects did not seem to be very smooth. Therefore, As suggested by Comrade Litvinov, the Union is also preparing Plan B, which is to negotiate with Denmark.

In the negotiations with Denmark, the People's Committee for Foreign Affairs has made some progress. Although Christensen's attitude is not strong, because the price offered by the alliance is more tempting, the Danes have already made concessions. sign.

It is somewhat different from the history that Victor knew in his previous life. Today, a series of countries on the European continent are more resistant to the United Kingdom and the United States than to the alliance. Just like Denmark, Copenhagen does not have a favorable impression of Washington and London at all. The fundamental reason is that the United Kingdom and the United States obviously did not consider Copenhagen's opinion on the issue of Denmark's territorial integrity.

In the war that just ended, Denmark was always occupied by the Germans, and when Britain and the United States joined the war, the three territories that Denmark originally controlled: Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands were successively taken away by Britain and the United States. During the war, the British first allowed the independence of Iceland, and then began to build a high-frequency radar station on the Faroe Islands, trying to make it a British military base. As for Greenland, it was used by the United States. People are in control.

With the end of the war, the Danes were clearly told that Iceland could not be taken back, while the Faroe Islands were controlled by the British, but Greenland could be returned to them. In this way, the contradiction between the Danes and the British is highlighted, and the alliance's commitment to the Danes is to support them in taking the Faroe Islands back - and the crucial point is that the alliance's commitment here is not only It's just a diplomatic rhetoric, but actual military support. If the Danes can make concessions to the Alliance on Burnholm Island, the Alliance will, if necessary, deploy the Red Navy to provide support for Denmark to retake the Faroe Islands.

That's right, such a promise is equivalent to bringing the alliance into a situation of face-to-face conflict with the British. This seemingly reckless decision actually highlights the current mentality of the alliance's core leadership, a kind of The external tough mentality caused by self-confidence, further speaking, with the successful test explosion of nuclear weapons, coupled with the achievements of rocket research and development, the alliance that is one step ahead in military has already appeared a tendency of great power chauvinism.

Listen to what Comrade Malenkov said before, because the Americans are not interested in the Baltic Sea region, so they can put more pressure on the current government of Denmark. What does this mean? Undoubtedly, this shows that, in the mind of Comrade Malenkov, as long as all diplomatic matters do not involve the Americans, the alliance can be reckless. The important thing is that this mentality is not just in the case of Comrade Malenkov, it is a problem with almost everyone in the core power hierarchy in Moscow.

Victor seems to be no exception.