Chapter 343： Turkestan Military District

Iran, the once prosperous Persian Empire, has a very important geographical location, huge population potential, and also has oil resources like black gold. If such a country can be controlled by the Soviet Union, it will be very beneficial to the Soviet Union's strategy.

It is a pity that the Soviet Union in later history did not initiate any action during the Iran-Iraq War. The main reason was that the Afghan war had hindered the energy of the Soviet Union.

Afghanistan was originally pro-Soviet. In order to maintain the original situation in Afghanistan, the Soviet Union did not hesitate to use force to intervene in the political situation in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, the outcome was tragic, and Afghanistan became the Vietnam of the Soviet Union.

If there is no resource for resources, and no wealth for wealth, Afghanistan has nothing but an important geographical location. For such a barren place, the energy of the entire Soviet Union was restrained, and even eventually led to the overthrow of the Soviet building. It can be said that the Soviet rulers really took a bad move.

At that time, Brezhnev was aggressive, and his generals, the tough Ustinov, the wily Andropov and others, all advocated a military invasion, but Kosygin did not sign it. The final outcome confirmed Kosygin's judgment, but unfortunately, it was useless.

Now, history has changed a lot. With the intervention of Andrei, the Soviet rulers have not focused all their attention on Afghanistan. They have realized that Iran is a more attractive place than Afghanistan. .

"Afghanistan has a barren land and strong folk customs. There has always been a tradition of opposing the invasion of foreign forces in history. If we send troops to help Afghanistan maintain order, it will only arouse the resentment of the Afghans and lead to the deterioration of the situation in Afghanistan." Andre "I have a new idea for the Afghan problem. If the plan is successful, we can solve the Afghan problem without wasting a bullet," he said.

Not wasting a bullet? Hearing Andrei's words, everyone present widened their eyes, listening to the plan given by Andrei, even Andropov, who was born in the KGB, couldn't stop nodding: "Yes, we can adopt this Program!"

Unconsciously, the situation in Iran, Afghanistan and other countries was determined at a meeting in the Kremlin, and the dazzling new star in the Soviet army, General Andrei, who established the entire situation in East Asia, also accepted in Moscow. With a new appointment, he went to the Turkestan Military District.

Because of Iran's good relations with the United States, and as Iran's oil wealth turned into tanks, planes, and artillery, the Soviets established the Turkestan Military District here in order to guard against incursions from the Western world from the Iranian plateau.

The Turkestan Military Region has a long history. As early as after the October Revolution, there were various command structures here. The military commissars of the Turkestan Territory initially exercised their powers. In 1919, the Turkestan Front Army was officially established here. heroic battle.

During the civil war years, all Turkestan officers and soldiers fought valiantly against foreign intervention forces and the White Guards. They gave enormous support to the Khiva and Bukharan peoples in establishing the Soviet regime and the leadership of the Bukhara and Khwarizm Soviet People's Republics. Many soldiers, commanders at all levels and political workers have been brave and tenacious in battle, and have carried forward the spirit of heroism, so they have been awarded various medals.

In 26 years, the Turkestan Front was reorganized into the Central Asian Military Region. After that, he participated in the task of clearing the Basmachi bandits, and during the Soviet-German war, the military region made great contributions to the victory over fascist Germany.

After the end of the Soviet-German war, the Central Asia Military Region was divided into two, forming the Turkestan Military Region and the Steppe Military Region. A few years later, the two military districts merged into the Turkestan Military District.

Until 1969, in order to contain China in the east, some of the troops and weapons of the Turkestan Military Region stationed in the Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Tajik Soviet Socialist Republics and the local military administrative organs were transferred to the Central Asia Military Region, which was re-established.

Now, the relationship with China is friendly again, and at the same time, in response to the changes in the situation in Iran and Afghanistan, the Central Asian Military Region has been re-integrated into the Turkestan Military Region, which is the general trend.

Coupled with a large number of troops drawn from Mongolia, the Turkestan military region will become a large military region in the Soviet military region. Jurisdictions include Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen and Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republics. The army has 40th Army, 36th Army, 105th Guards Airborne Division and 8 Motorized Infantry Divisions. As well as the 49th Army of the Air Force and the 12th Army of the Air Defense Force. The total number of troops exceeds 600,000.

The current commander of the Turkestan Military Region is Lieutenant General C.E. Belonorzko. He was transferred to the Turkestan Military Region in the 1970s. He has been here for eight years, and he is old. This time , can be regarded as a normal transfer, it is time to return to Moscow to enjoy his old age.

The new General Andrei will bring fresh blood to the Turkmenistan Military Region!

From prosperous Moscow to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, the rebuilt city is full of vigor and vitality. Andrei is also very emotional about this. From a climate point of view, Eastern Europe is the most livable, and this The sub-region is a bit desolate, but, I am about to be here, scolding Fang Qiu!

"General Andrei, very welcome to Uzbekistan." He came by a transport plane and landed on the air base again, but Andrei found some ungroupable faces in the welcoming crowd.

A bunch of fat guysThe high-ranking officials of the Uzbek Republic, they also come to welcome themselves?

"Hello, General Andrei, I am Rashidov, Secretary of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and this is Hudaiberdeev, Chairman of the Council of Ministers. It is a great honor for us to hear that you have come to Tashkent. You are the hero of our Soviet Union. The general we admire." Rashidov stretched his stomach, his face full of smiles.

Rashidov? Hudaiberdeev? This name seems to have been heard in a previous life? Andrei looked at these people suspiciously and stretched out his hand.

"General Andrei, welcome to Tashkent." Hudaiberdeyev's face was also full of smiles. There seemed to be a smell of alcohol in his mouth, and he took out a box from behind him. : "This is a little tribute from us, please accept it."

what? Andre opened the box and saw a huge diamond necklace inside! This thing, although Andre doesn't know the exact price, is definitely not cheap!

"This is for your wife. It's a pity that I didn't see my wife come to Tashkent with you. We have prepared a villa for you and your wife to use." (To be continued.) Please search for this site." ” or enter the URL: