Chapter 1050 Whose Responsibility?

Lumumba's round trip took a total of twelve days, which allowed the Soviet Union to prepare everything it should.

As the second most powerful country in the world today, aiding the construction of a country is not a big burden. In order to save time and prevent changes, the Soviet Union gathered the only six Tu-114 airliners in the country, which were the civilian version of the Tu-95 strategic bomber.

The Tu-114 passenger plane once took Khrushchev on his visit to the United States, flying 10,000 kilometers away without stopping.

It is extremely suitable to complete this mission. These passenger planes are already full of passengers, and the distributed supplies are waiting in Kiev.

Moscow is the capital of the Soviet Union, which is not conducive to keeping secrets. Kiev is equally important and easier to conceal.

On July 24, the day Lumumba returned to Congo, he announced in Kinshasa that "if the United Nations is unwilling to play a positive role in safeguarding Congo's sovereignty and independence, then he will ask Moscow for help. Completely remove the motherland from colonization." Rescued from doctrine."

At the same time, six Tu-114 passenger planes at Kiev Airport took off, flying straight towards Kinshasa with the personnel and materials that the Soviet Union was assisting the Congo this time.

The Tu114 passenger aircraft is the largest and longest-range passenger aircraft in the world today, although it is not a jet aircraft.

The Tu-114 passenger plane, fully loaded with people and supplies, carried out this home theft at a speed of 800 kilometers per hour.

Khrushchev's African strategy has been fruitless for many years. Whether it can achieve zero breakthrough remains to be seen.

Ten hours after Lumumba announced his request for Soviet assistance, while Britain, the United States and France were still assessing the impact, these behemoths had already appeared in the sky over Kinshasa. When the embassies of various countries in Kinshasa learned the news, Passenger plane Figure 114 has landed. More than 400 Soviet people and the supplies they carried came out of the passenger plane with the sickle and hammer flag on the tail fin. Soviet power appeared in the center of Africa.

The whole process was so fast that it felt like a dream, just like the blitzkrieg in the world war was coming again.

Before anyone could recover, the Soviets had already appeared in the Congolese capital, claiming that they were providing assistance to Congo at the invitation of Congolese Prime Minister Lumumba. The assistance included economic and military assistance to protect the sovereignty and integrity of Congo. for purpose.

When this news came, public opinion around the world was in an uproar. They accused the Soviet Union one after another, saying that this was a move by the Soviet Union to expand. At the United Nations meeting, the two major groups accused each other.

On the surface, the two major groups are clamoring at each other, but secretly, Britain, the United States and France are pushing each other's responsibilities.

Britain and France believed that it was the result of the United States forcing Belgium to allow Congo to become independent, while the United States believed that Britain and France were obstructing it regardless of the overall situation, which led to this result.

The unnoticed Eastern Europe was not as peaceful as it seemed. Khrushchev had a conversation with Tito of Yugoslavia. Said that Yugoslavia could contribute to this matter.

Northern Rhodesia is now home to 600,000 Slavs. These Slavs are all hardcore anti-Tito elements and have always been a threat to Yugoslavia's sovereignty and security.

Congo and Northern Rhodesia are adjacent. Moscow used this rhetoric to persuade Tito that it should intervene on the Congo issue together with the Soviet Union, so that it could proactively contain the threat of anti-Tito elements living in Northern Rhodesia.

Ustasha and Chetnik escaped at the end of World War II and eventually fled to Africa. They have been in contact with domestic anti-Tito elements for many years, and have continued to infiltrate Yugoslavia and encourage people to flee Yugoslavia. In the eyes of the Yugoslav Communist Party and Tito himself, it has always been a serious problem.

Without any hesitation, Tito agreed to Moscow's request. However, after all, Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union were not comparable. It would take some time to prepare, and then there would be an opportunity to work with the Soviet Union to provide assistance to the Congo.

In any case, a large-scale deep assault by the Soviet Union caught the United States by surprise, which thought everything was under control.

The United States immediately protested against the Soviet Union's move, believing it to be a threat to world peace and a provocation to the free world.

But this kind of criticism and protest cannot change the fact that Soviet forces have already appeared in Congo. Feeling that the situation was serious, the United States immediately put an end to the meaningless quarrel between Britain and France. When the Soviet Union really took action, Britain and France could also become internal conflicts among the people.

Of course the United States wants to destroy the colonial system and make it disappear, but the result must be that it will be absorbed by the United States, not the Soviet Union. Fundamentally, the Soviet Union is much more powerful than the two yesterday's heroes, Britain and France.

Dulles immediately began to contact British Foreign Secretary Macmillan and French Georges Pidour. Under Secretary of State Smith, who had just left Congo not long ago, returned.

At this time, Yugoslavia announced its aid to Congo and supported Congo's efforts to completely eliminate the remnants of colonialism.

Alan Wilson, who was in Lusaka, was a little surprised, but he immediately reacted and found Grace, "Tito should be doing this for you. This is very worrying."

What he meant was obvious, Ustasha and Chetnik? In the final analysis, Tito's men were defeated.

If there is another confrontation, a showdown between Balkan macho men in Africa, can people like Grace do it?

From the perspective of convergent evolution, if you stay in a stable environment for too long, your combat effectiveness will also decrease. As the saying goes, playing chess with a stinky chess player gets stinky the more you play. How can people like Grace deal with Africans, but Tito’s people? Alan Wilson is pessimistic anyway.

"Even if we are not Tito's opponents, we cannot be defeated by the Africans who were trained by some instructors sent by Tito." Grace wanted to say that Tito was a loser, but when she thought about how we were like a lost dog more than ten years ago, we were still in Germany before boarding the ship. The scene of a group streaking along the coast is rare, and he speaks more modestly.

"It seems that you are not confident either. Fortunately, Tito cannot send the People's Army here." Alan Wilson saw Grace's fierceness and began to comfort him, "This is good news for you."

Yugoslavia became a member of the Warsaw Pact, which greatly increased the power of the Warsaw Pact. After all, it is a country with a population of 18 million, which is considered very large in Eastern Europe. In Eastern Europe, excluding the Soviet Union, it ranks third, with 2,000 people. Poland, with a population of 8 million, and the Democratic Republic of Germany with a population of 22 million.

As for the remnants of World War II in Northern Rhodesia, they only number 600,000 people after so many years. If they really want to face off against Yugoslavia, even if Tito doesn't crush these enemies of the people to death, they will be considered strong enough.

But no matter what, he believed that it would not be a problem for Grace to fight an African armed force. Although the Angola War was a counterexample, it was mainly because South Africa could not defeat Cuba, which was excusable.

Yugoslavia has little strategic power, and the Soviet Union's strategic projection capability is far less than it was during the Brezhnev period.

"You used landmines to surround Northern Rhodesia. You were really prescient." Alan Wilson did not mean to ridicule. He really believed that although the method was a bit stupid, these remnants of World War II were not confused. Now this Wouldn’t it be useful?

Just as Grace was about to say something, the phone rang. Alan Wilson picked up the receiver and heard the voice of the High Commissioner of Northern Rhodesia, "Permanent Secretary, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Smith has just landed at Lusaka Airport and wants to Meet you."

"Why is he so annoying again?" Alan Wilson frowned, "William, what's the matter with him?"

"I don't know anything else about the Congo." William replied immediately, "But he looks very serious."

In just half a month, the situation in the Congo has deteriorated to such a degree that the United States was caught off guard. This visit was definitely not about catching up on the past, and the two of them had no old friendship, and they were more interested in trying to undermine each other.

I believe London is also very busy, all due to the butterfly effect of the deteriorating situation in Congo.

Smith took a deep breath, opened the door of the building, walked upstairs to the apartment where Alan Wilson lived, and then reluctantly knocked on the door, preparing to meet this close ally who was not very happy with him.

"Come in, distinguished guest." Alan Wilson opened the door and invited his American colleague to come in and sit down. Since it was a private meeting, he knew how to treat guests and prepared a bottle of red wine to ease the awkward atmosphere.

The fate is so wonderful. Since the Iranian oil crisis, the two seemed to meet often, and they did not have much fun. Hopefully this time is an exception.

"The hesitation of the United Kingdom and France has caused the current embarrassing situation in Congo." Smith said with a stern expression. "Once Congo falls into the hands of the Soviet Union, it will not be beneficial to everyone."

"Why don't you say that the United States' pressure on Belgium caused Congo's independence? If we let go of the suppression, the matter might have been solved long ago." Alan Wilson chuckled, and the old god said, "I don't see how powerful the United States is when it comes to its enemies. Use it on your own allies."

As long as Smith dares to say one more word on this issue, Alan Wilson is ready to help Smith and recall the entire process of the Korean War. This is not a wonderful memory.

"Once the Congo is lost, don't Britain and France have any responsibility at all?" Smith said one word at a time. He did not think that the United States had any responsibility. The responsibility must belong to Britain and France. If they cooperated with the United States, we would not be in today's situation.

"The loss of the Congo is the responsibility of the United Kingdom?" Alan Wilson lit a cigar and blew out white smoke and asked, "Then whose responsibility is the loss of Cuba?"

"The matter in Cuba is another matter. What we are talking about now is the matter in the Congo. Now that the Soviets are here, what should we do?" Smith avoided the question of responsibility for Cuba. The matter in Cuba was of course the fault of his immediate boss Dulles. But he didn't dare to say it.

"What else can we do if we support the Congolese Civil War?" Alan Wilson curled his lips and said, "What else can we do? Just don't do it like the Korean War, where there are no results."