Chapter 120 Kirilenko's Opposition

If it were in the past, the Soviets would at most just think about it, but now, the Soviet Union’s national strength is constantly increasing, and the Soviet Union is finally able to gain an advantageous position in the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union!

The country has had good grain harvests every year, and industrial output has continued to increase. At the same time, thanks to the continuous increase in world oil prices, the Soviet Union's foreign exchange reserves have also risen to a new high. It can be said that the country has the ability to support a new war, especially a small border conflict, which is just a matter of occupying a piece of territory.

In later generations, it was under this psychological effect that the Soviet Union launched the Afghan War, which turned into a complete quagmire and dragged down the Soviet Union.

Now that the Soviet Union's national strength is growing, why not settle some old accounts?

Another reason why Ustinov set his sights on the island country was the gap in electronic technology between the Soviet Union and the West!

If Andrei had not crashed the Ep-3, we would not have the current understanding. Through analysis, the Soviet industrial sector has realized that Western electronic technology is indeed far ahead of their own. Although they have been researching the electronic technology on the EP-3 for nearly a year, they are still unable to imitate it. The gap is too big!

Although there were still engineers in the country who advocated the advantages of vacuum tubes, complaints about the bulky size of vacuum tubes made more far-sighted engineers realize that integrated circuits were the ultimate direction, and these technologies were prohibited from being exported to the Soviet Union by the West.

There was no other way. While the Soviet Union was constantly increasing its research efforts, it was also thinking of other ways. This method was proposed by Andrei. In order to obtain the advanced Western electronic technology as quickly as possible, they had to start from the island countries. If they occupied the island countries, they could take over all of the island countries' electronic technology!

Occupying Hokkaido is only the first step. As long as Hokkaido is occupied, the island country's Tokyo industrial belt will be completely exposed to our attacks, and we can continue to move south and set foot on the island country's mainland at any time!

The Americans regarded the island country as a bridgehead against the Soviet Union, but they never thought that the Soviet Union would really launch a ground offensive. Therefore, the main forces of the US troops stationed on the island country were the Air Force and Navy, with almost no ground forces. As long as the Soviet Union successfully landed, it would be too easy to advance on the island country.

What are they afraid of? The Soviet Union has never been afraid of war, so what if there is a nuclear war? If the Americans dare to touch their nuclear arsenal, then we will dare to do the same!

Thinking of this, Ustinov thought of Andrei again. Ustinov praised this soldier highly, saying that his personality was so similar to his own, and he also had a courageous spirit to move forward.

Especially this time, it actually flew over the deck of an American aircraft carrier and over the heads of American naval soldiers! When Ustinov saw this photo, he was instantly excited. It was so awesome!

At Ustinov's instruction, Pravda published the photo the next day. Of course, the content had been modified to show the friendship between the United States and the Soviet Union. During the US naval military exercises, the Soviet Air Force conducted exercises with the Americans and flew over US aircraft carriers.

Ustinov could almost imagine what expressions the guys in the White House would have when the American intelligence agents in Moscow, those pig-headed guys in the embassy, ​​took the day's newspapers and sent them to Washington. The thought made him drunk.

And Andre was very considerate and sent this photo directly to the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier.

Thinking of this, Ustinov smiled again. It was the honor of the Soviet Union to make the Americans lose face! Andrei seemed to be the nemesis of the Americans! Such a good seedling must be cultivated well. This war is also an opportunity. If he performs well, the Far Eastern Air Defense Force Command will at least give him a position.

"No, we can't start a war so easily." Just when Ustinov brought his proposal to the current ****** meeting for discussion and was confident that it would be passed, he heard such a voice.

Ustinov looked over and saw that the person who was speaking was Kirilenko, the second-in-command of the Kremlin and the most trusted think tank of General Secretary Brezhnev!

"The United States has stationed heavy troops on the island country. If we declare war on the island country directly, we will inevitably have a head-on conflict with the United States. We are not yet prepared for the Third World War. We must be cautious and cannot drag the entire Soviet Union into the quagmire of war because of our warmongering! Especially since it is not worth doing so as our focus is on Europe," said Kirilenko.

Hearing this, Ustinov was very unhappy. He knew that Kirilenko seemed to be speaking in a righteous manner, but in fact it was all for his own benefit. In other words, he wanted to destroy his prestige and force him to join him!

After the conflict between Kirilenko and Andropov last time, Ustinov did not help anyone. This was the right choice for a veteran official, but unfortunately Kirilenko was too narrow-minded and could not tolerate others. To Kirilenko, those who did not help him were his enemies. Later, everyone knew that Andropov's grandson was on the warship that Kirilenko wanted to blow up last time!

The two have become mortal enemies, and there is no room for vacillation. A choice must be made as to whose side to stand!

Ustinov didn't care about Kirilenko's invitation at all, so now Kirilenko started to trip up Ustinov. If Ustinov accepted Kirilenko's invitation after the meeting, Kirilenko would definitely change his tone and support Ustinov at the next meeting.

Unfortunately, Kirilenko didn't know that Ustinov had a tough character and extremely hated such practices. Kirilenko could only push Ustinov to the opposite side, which would only make Kirilenko die faster.

Everyone knows that General Secretary Brezhnev has been a little less energetic recently. On certain issues, he pays more attention to the opinions of his subordinates, especially Kirilenko, who often adopts his opinions.

Sure enough, after hearing Kirilenko's words, General Secretary Brezhnev said: "We are absolutely not afraid of war, but if we want to take the initiative to start a war, we have to see how much benefit we can get. Our focus now is still Europe, which is the root of capitalism. Even if we gain hegemony in the Pacific, we cannot cross the Pacific to conquer the United States."