Chapter 1309 Americans Are Sincere

"Are we going to fully intervene?" Marshal Malinovsky was shocked. It seemed that this kind-faced First Secretary, who was considered by all parties to be a balancer, wanted to play a big role.

"Comrade Malinovsky, you misunderstood. The degree of intervention must increase as the power of the United States increases, and decrease as the power of the United States decreases. It must be controlled within a certain range!" Brezhnev said with what can be called He said with a calm smile, "Let the United States think that there is hope of victory, but it is so out of reach."

The soldiers' considerations were relatively simple. First of all, Marshal Malinovsky believed that North Vietnam could win with large-scale Soviet intervention. Even with the help of the Soviet Union, North Vietnam could not confront the US military on a frontal battlefield. From the Soviet Union's standpoint, they could only choose between defeat or a draw, until the Americans felt that the gains were not worth the losses and they gave up.

Therefore, this intervention method is nothing more than four stages, from "non-intervention" to "limited intervention", then to "active intervention", until the policy of "complete intervention". The Soviet Union will invest as much force as the United States invests in the war. Strength, balancing the power of the United States.

Since the Gulf of Tonkin incident, Brezhnev came to power and changed Khrushchev's policy of non-intervention. Soviet anti-aircraft missiles have been deployed around Hanoi. Alan Wilson was at the Pentagon and asked the U.S. Air Force to replicate the burning of Tokyo, but the Americans shunned it because the Americans had discovered the Soviet anti-aircraft missile Sam II and appeared in Hanoi.

"Comrade Malinovsky, the Ministry of Defense has come up with a plan to provide the air force required by North Vietnam." Brezhnev thought for a moment and said.

This is an offensive weapon and is no longer on the same level as anti-aircraft missiles. This marks the Soviet Union's once again shift from limited involvement to an area of ​​active involvement.

"Assist the North Vietnamese MiG fighters? Deliver them to Hanoi, I understand, Comrade Brezhnev." Malinovsky nodded immediately and said he would make arrangements when he returned to the Ministry of Defense.

"Wrong, we only provide weapons. The pilots are naturally driven by North Korean pilots, and these assistance aircraft are built in China close to the border." Brezhnev shook his head and corrected, "In this way, the U.S. Air Force It would be impossible to use air superiority to destroy the aircraft we were assisting."

The Soviet Union still cannot really send troops to the local area. All it can do is provide assistance. Whether it can make the Americans pay the price depends on the Vietnamese themselves.

Modern weapons require professional people to operate them. For this reason, the Soviet Union should naturally send a large number of military experts and technicians to Vietnam to help Vietnam formulate combat plans, install and repair weapons and equipment, and train Vietnamese soldiers. As for operating weapons personally to participate in the war? Avoid it if you can.

Even the experts and consultants sent should be sent in a personal capacity. The Soviet Union must not openly fight with the Americans. As for the future situation, we will talk about it later.

The aid should be softened. When Gromyko arrived at the Kremlin, Brezhnev put on a peaceful face again and asked about the progress of the Stockholm Conference, and then said, "Now it can be What is certain is that Britain will definitely not get involved in the Vietnam War. With the strength of the British Royal Navy, it cannot concentrate on dealing with Indonesia, an archipelagic country, while landing operations with the United States."

"Yes, Comrade Brezhnev. From the post-war period, we can see that Britain is trying its best to maintain its interests in its sphere of influence, but compared with 1945, Britain has still become weaker. Although in some areas We can still launch a counterattack, but we can only say that we are still in the struggling stage.”

The struggles Gromyko mentioned were nothing more than the civil war in the Congo and the show of force against Indonesia. As for the United Kingdom in many areas, it is in the stage of contraction. It may not be so fast, but it is indeed shrinking.

"There is also France. We can see that the interests of European countries are still different from those of the United States. When Britain and France still have to defend their own interests and national strength, they will not follow the United States unprincipled." Brezhnev took it out. The remarks of a female member of the Central Presidium.

These were Fortseva's words. After hearing this, Gromyko smiled bitterly and said, "I just met Ekaterina's child. I arranged for him to go to the Stockholm Conference to study."

"That's good. Maybe Yekaterina will be happier. Previously, his son had to apply to go to Vietnam. I feel that the atmosphere of the entire Central Presidium is not right." Brezhnev breathed a sigh of relief, looking scared. His expression said, "Alexeyev, right? It would be good to train in a neutral country like Sweden. We can cause some trouble for the United States in Southeast Asia, but the main direction is still in Europe. This cannot be changed."

Brezhnev knew very well that in terms of the importance of the Soviet Union, it was arranged from west to east: Europe, the Near East, the Middle East, Central Asia, and East Asia. This will not and cannot be changed.

Just because Europe is most important does not mean that other directions are not important. In fact, the Stockholm Conference was to win over India, and military aid to Vietnam was to expand to East Asia. Success in other directions will give the Soviet Union more advantages in Europe, which Brezhnev agreed With such high standards, it was the reason why Kosygin dominated the Stockholm Conference.

While the two were discussing, Malinovsky was also formulating a plan to aid Vietnam. The Soviet Union did not have a good relationship with a certain major country, but they had a common position on aiding Vietnam. The Soviet Union and Vietnam were not next to each other, and shipping If so, we will face the overwhelming maritime power of the hostile camp. What if we are stopped midway? That would be very embarrassing, and it would be inevitable to use the railway network of a certain big country to complete military aid.

It seems that the cost of aiding Vietnam is huge, but compared with the military expenditure of the United States, what is this cost? For every dollar the Soviet Union spent, the Americans had to pay twenty dollars to deal with it.

Over in London, Alan Wilson yawned while listening to the boring and boring progress of the Stockholm Conference. Maybe his wife Pamela Mountbatten talking about arms sales with the United States would be more interesting than listening to diplomatic rhetoric every day, and he didn't have to do it in person. Pay attention, Markins has already conveyed everything when he came to the Cabinet Secretary's Office.

"My colleagues in the Department of Defense said that this may be the most sincere time on the part of the United States. In the past, when talking about technology transfer or arms sales, Americans were like Grandet." Makins said in an exaggerated tone, saying that many national defense My colleagues in the department feel like they don’t recognize the United States anymore.

"Oh, that's right." Alan Wilson said to himself. Isn't it because the Americans want to make the British Royal Navy go astray as the arsenal ship? Why are they so enthusiastic this time?

He just held a meeting in the aviation industry on the supersonic passenger aircraft project yesterday, and planned to demonstrate it first. As for how long the demonstration will take, he will continue to demonstrate the US supersonic passenger aircraft plan until the finished product is produced.

Of course, if the French are willing, they can provide some technical help and let the French build the Concorde themselves. Britain and France should join forces to keep warm. This is what they should do.

In fact, apart from the United Kingdom, the first person who wanted to eat the cake was the French. The current pattern of the international aviation market is very simple, and the British Comet airliner was the first to eat the cake. The United States relied on its national strength and waited until Boeing came up with its own passenger planes, but France had nothing.

Now it's just different from the past. The British Comet airliner was completely wiped out, and France stayed in the group to keep warm. Instead, France regards the supersonic passenger aircraft project as an opportunity to break the world aviation pattern. We want to tear apart the iron curtain between Comet and Boeing under the current two-power structure.

You can’t blame Alan Wilson for sitting back and watching all this happen. He is British and knows that supersonic passenger planes are a trap, but he has no obligation to drag France out. France has annexed Algeria. To get such a huge advantage, spend some money. What happened to the supersonic passenger plane?

After returning home, Alan Wilson was about to ask his wife how far she had gone. Pamela Mountbatten knew that her husband was concerned about this matter and answered directly, "The Americans want an order for 500 aircraft. The first 300 will be manufactured in the UK. The last two hundred will be produced in the United States and require our technical license. In exchange, the United States will provide the Enterprise's fire control radar, electronic equipment, and a series of anti-aircraft missile support, and will send some technical experts to enter the guided missile battleship. construction process."

Alan Wilson raised his eyebrows. Isn't he still afraid of being fooled by the UK to see if the UK is really planning to build a guided missile battleship? The Americans really don't suffer in this, but fortunately the UK is really planning to build a guided missile battleship to install active American electronic equipment.

"I heard that Whitehall held a special meeting of economists on economic development. How is it?" Pamela Mountbatten finished introducing the situation here and asked another question.

"What useful suggestions can those liars come up with?" Alan Wilson muttered with a long face. "It's just to give them a platform to speak out and show the government's sincerity in paying attention to economic development. If the economy is developing so well, , Does the Prime Minister always work hard in the field of diplomacy?"

Anyway, according to Alan Wilson, economic development can only go in these directions, or it can be treated as if the tertiary industry does not exist like the Soviet Union. Or it will become a debt society like the United States. Or it is the third route. Every road is difficult. The Soviet Union was destined to not live so well if it only focused on industry and agriculture. But for example, 18% of the GDP of the United States is the medical industry? It's too much.

The United States has also created a one-trillion-dollar real estate market that is almost the same size as a certain big country with one-tenth of the steel production and one-twenty-fifth of the cement output of a certain big country. This is simply incomparable to the military expenditure of 800 billion U.S. dollars. It would be outrageous even if the finished weapon is put into service.