The Ministry of Defense is very lively at this time.
When Andrei found Ustinov, it happened to be in the conference room. At this time, a large group of Soviet military generals were already sitting together, the chief of the general staff, the chief officers of various military branches , all here.
what happened? Andre was very curious. When he set off, nothing seemed to happen.
"Andrei, you came just in time!" Seeing Andrei coming in, Ustinov said, "I have already sent someone to inform you, but I didn't expect you to come just in time."
"What happened?" Andrei asked.
"It's South Africa!" Ustinov said, "After our constant contact, and because the South Africans had no choice, they decided to cooperate with us and asked us to help them and put down the rebellion in their country!"
South Africa! At the beginning, when the riots in South Africa first started, Andre paid a lot of attention to the situation in South Africa. After all, there were enviable wealth there, and those wealth were obviously coveted by the Americans!
However, if the Soviet Union wants to intervene in South Africa, it needs to help one side. Since the United States is helping black South Africans, the Soviet Union can only help white South Africans! This also violates the principles of the Soviet Union in Angola and other countries. At the same time, white South Africans, after all, are still hostile to the Soviet Union and do not know the true intentions of the Soviet Union. So, after procrastinating for a long time, until now, the country is about to be subjugated. The white South Africans finally put down their last burden and decided to turn to the Soviet Union for help!
Of course, until now, it is also because the white South Africans have no confidence. Those minerals have all been robbed by the blacks. If you want to ask the Soviet Union to send troops to help, then of course you need to pay South Africa. South Africa needs to take the mining rights of those minerals. Part of it to the Soviet Union. And now, it's just a blank cheque!
Therefore, South Africa had to show more sincerity. For example, South Africa terminated any cooperation with Israel. At the same time, it sold the secrets of those cooperation to the Soviet Union as compensation for the Soviet Union and at the same time in exchange for trust.
Through these secrets, the Soviet Union knew the progress of Israel's ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons, and it was also a certificate of submission.
In this case, the Soviet Union also needs to consider sending troops! This is the first time the Soviet Union has dispatched troops to South Africa. Even if it is to send which troops are dispatched, there is still no conclusion! Therefore, there is a quarrel in the Ministry of Defense, Ustinov is also having a headache, and Andrei is back!
First of all, the first question is which army should be dispatched?
"Our army cannot be easily dispatched." Andre immediately participated in the discussion: "After all, up to now, all our armies are on standby at any time, and we must take precautions in all directions."
Although the global situation is favorable for the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union is also very nervous at this time!
After all, the financial resources of the Soviets are limited! The Soviet Union's huge and bloated troop formation restricted the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army. Therefore, last year, the Soviets cut 200,000 troops from the second-line army, and used the expenditure of these troops to update the modern equipment of other first-line troops.
At the same time, the Soviet Army also has many places to defend, first of all, Europe! Although the German war has just been won, the situation in Europe is not very peaceful! In order to prevent NATO from continuing chaos, the Soviet Union must ensure the main front-line troops!
At the same time, in the Middle East, in order to maintain the order in the Middle East, Iran, Iraq, eastern Saudi Arabia, and the Soviet Union all need a certain amount of troops stationed, and the Far East is still a factor of instability!
Given these factors, the existing army of the Soviet Union is just enough, unless war mobilization is carried out and the demobilized troops are called back. Now it is not a world war, it is a small South African war, and there is no need at all!
Therefore, Andre immediately made a decision that his own army could not be dispatched!
Just now, everyone was discussing, and the entanglement was also on which army to dispatch, but now, Andre said directly, there is no need to dispatch the army! A moment, the problem is gone, and a new problem has come again.
How can we support South Africa without mobilizing the Soviet army?
"Of course, mercenaries are dispatched." Andre said, "Now, the army in the Middle East is screaming, there is no battle!"
That army in the Middle East! Andrei's words immediately made Ustinov find his way, that's true! Now, the Middle East is still an implicit factor of instability!
At the beginning, in order to fight against the United States, the Soviet Union vigorously supported Iraq and defeated Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Although it suffered a nuclear bomb in the end, it was worth the price! The area under Iraqi control is several times larger than before! Now, Iraq is the hegemon of the Middle East!
This is actually not in the interests of the Soviet Union! Iraq's military force has exceeded the needs of maintaining the Middle East. Moreover, although the Iraqi leaders are still very young, as the descendants of Saddam, under the influence of power since childhood, Uday and Kurt Plug, I'm not sure it will come out and jump.
Their mighty army, rather than stay in the desert blowing sandstorms, might as well pull it out and practice on the plains of South Africa!
When Andre came, he solved a big problem!
"The Army, dispatching mercenaries from the Middle East is a good idea!" Ustinov agreed with Andrei's point of view, and then continued: "However, the Air Force and Navy, I am afraid they still need to come from us!"
Ustinov's meaning is actually quite obvious. If all mercenaries are sent, how can the Soviet Union show its strong national strength? The main army is sent from the Middle East, and the air force and navy must be sent from their own side to promote the powerful military strength of the Soviets!
"I don't think we even need to dispatch the Air Force." Andre said, "After all, there are no advanced fighter jets in the hands of the black people, but the fighter jets in the hands of the white South Africans are seriously aging, although they cannot be used to capture them. Air supremacy, but attacking the ground should not be a big problem, we only need to send technical forces to help them refurbish their phantom planes, and we only need to dispatch the navy, that's enough."
The Soviet air force and air defense air force were also very tense. They each had their own defensive areas, which were inconvenient to mobilize. Moreover, more importantly, in South Africa, no decent air battles would break out at all. Using a very good fighter jet in the past would also be difficult. no need!
If you want to show the powerful military power of the Soviets, it is enough to send the navy and the aircraft carrier formation over! After all, the aircraft carrier is the real symbol of national military strength!