Big Time 1958

Because of some things in the past, the southern cluster of the Soviet Union has always existed in this historical time and space. The garrison is mainly responsible for Hungary and Romania. It can be said that the Soviet army in Romania is not strong. In fact, apart from the Western cluster, the Soviet Union has several other countries. There are not many garrisoned troops, and together they are not as powerful as Western groups. There are less than 80,000 troops stationed in Romania and Hungary, and even fewer in Romania.

The headquarters of the    Southern Group, in the Constanta region on the border with the Soviet Union, is commanded by Admiral Provalov. Admiral Provarov is generally in Hungary, and the headquarters of the southern cluster is in Hungary. Because Hungary was almost out of the control of the Soviet Union at the beginning, the command organs of the southern cluster are generally there, and the Romanian side is the backup command.

  Constanza is on the verge of the Black Sea, with ports and Soviet trade, so it is also the most economically developed region in Romania. The west is linked to the Danube Valley, which is a very good place. The Soviet army stationed in Romania has a strict scope of activities and promises not to interfere in Romania's internal affairs, but in fact, as long as the Soviet army has always existed, the possibility of interfering in internal affairs has always existed.

   "Comrade General Political Commissar, I don't know if you have come here from Moscow this time. Do you have any work to do?" Admiral Provarov welcomed Serov to the headquarters, and then asked the purpose of his visit this time.

"In view of my reputation, I came here to let Ceausescu pay attention to the existence of the Soviet Union when de Gaulle visited Romania." Serov stretched his waist and walked to the window, which is really a good place . In fact, because of the size of the country, the gap between the rich and the poor in these Eastern European countries is even lower than in the Soviet Union. Of course, it does not mean that socialist countries can bridge the gap between the rich and the poor. Yugoslavia cannot do this. The wealth of the most developed regions in the Soviet Union is about seven times that of the poor regions.

"After Ceausescu came to power, it was clear that relations with us had turned cold. The invitation to visit de Gaulle of France this time was obviously a demonstration against us, so we had to do something to inform Bucharest that starting tomorrow, the Soviet Union in Romania The troops will start a three-day military exercise, and the Romanian army is welcome to participate."

  If the Warsaw Pact countries are not the Soviet Union, then the largest army is Poland, and the second largest is the Romanian People's Army. Of course, except for the Soviet army, the general Warsaw Pact country equipment cannot be considered advanced. This cannot be blamed on the Soviet Union, who made these countries very backward in the past. The Romanian People's Army is no different from other Warsaw Pact countries except for its unique military uniforms, except that the number of people is a little larger. This is also in line with the demographics of the Warsaw Pact countries, with Romania being the second most populous country in the Warsaw Pact, after Poland.

   This army, like its counterparts in other allied countries, played no role in the great changes in Eastern Europe. The military forces that really fought to the last moment for Ceausescu were the counterparts of the KGB, the security forces of the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs that Sakhartowski helped establish, and the Romanian People's Army, which was almost several times his size. Fight until the death of the Ceausescu couple.

   During Ceausescu's reign, Romania did not allow Warsaw Pact troops to enter Romania for actual military exercises. Apparently fearing that what happened in Czechoslovakia would repeat itself, but that was after the withdrawal of the Soviet garrison. In the world where Serov lived, the Soviet army never retreated.

   On May 15, the special plane carrying French President Charles de Gaulle slowly landed at Bucharest People's Airport. The Ceausescu couple personally went to the airport to greet Charles de Gaulle. The two sides were very friendly along the way to the hotel arranged by Ceausescu for De Gaulle. On the same day, the Soviet Army in Romania announced that it would start a military exercise and invited the Romanian People's Army to participate.

Hundreds of T54 tanks drove away from the Soviet army's barracks. They were mighty with the breath of steel, and behind them were Soviet armored personnel carriers, self-propelled artillery and towed artillery, forming a mighty, ten-kilometer-long stretch of artillery. Spectacular. The dust splashed during the march covered the sky, and the armed helicopters were constantly hovering in the sky. As long as anyone looked at it, they would feel that they could not organize the advance of this kind of army. If it was an enemy, it would undoubtedly be crushed. .

Serov, in his capacity as the General Political Commissar of National Security and National Defense Commissioner, delivered a speech to the Soviet soldiers participating in the exercise, "Today's world is far from being said to be at peace. In far-flung Southeast Asia, the local residents are conservatively bombarded by imperialism. Indiscriminate bombing, the agent of imperialism in the Middle East, Israel cruelly treats the local Arabs, as the African continent of human origin, all kinds of dictators are rampant in the land, those at the bottom of society are eagerly looking forward to it A day of change. Who can save them? Only you, glorious and fearless Soviet soldiers. We were born in the great and glorious October Revolution, and our noble mission made our experience shine through the brutal Patriotic War Baptized, the great Red Army can always defeat the enemy, just as the great Soviet lasts forever, Ullah..."

"Ula, Ula, Ula!" Tens of thousands of Soviet soldiers below shouted in unison, dispersing in the performance of the military band. The assembly in the distance has been completed. The neat and invisible Soviet military equipment is slowly starting. Officially begin.

"Come out a few hundred people at random and bring a few tanks. Is that called an exercise? It's called acting. If you don't show the armed forces of our Soviet Union, some people think that we have achieved nothing for so many years." Salute to all the soldiers and watch After they left, Serov, who came down from the rostrum, took off his gloves and said flatly to Admiral Provarov, commander of the southern group, "Unfortunately, if it is in China, we can simulate a nuclear raid and put two atomic bombs to simulate it. nuclear war."

  The Soviet Union's opponents are not afraid of the Soviet Red Navy at all, at least in this era, and as long as the Red Navy develops a nuclear submarine force, the biggest threat of that thing is hiding. It's really not a good exercise program. What the Soviet opponents feared was the Soviet ground power, and even ordinary people could see the ground power at a glance and immediately remember the shocking scenes.

Serov and General Provalov, commander of the southern group, immediately boarded the gunship and followed the slow but indestructible steel torrent on the ground in the sky. The momentum is reflected in all aspects. It turned out on the tank track. In the dirt, in the roar of the engines, in the expressions of the Soviet soldiers in the armored personnel carriers, and even on the blades of the towed artillery muzzles against the cold light.

The acting project of the southern cluster is still the big deep assault that the Soviet Union is good at. However, in order to take care of Ceausescu's emotions, the direction of this big deep assault is towards the Soviet border. The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic is stationed in the Soviet Union. As a defensive side, confront the Soviet group of troops in southern Romania.

  Blitzkrieg is a tactic that pines its hopes on an offensive, while a large and deep assault requires more preparation and more armored forces to form continuous strikes. So the blitzkrieg was Germany's method of warfare when it was at an overall disadvantage, while the big and deep assault was the Soviet Union's superior strategy, just like the tide of the sea.

   This military exercise of the southern cluster immediately attracted various interpretations. Many newspapers believed that the Soviet Union used this military exercise to warn Ceausescu, who invited Charles de Gaulle to visit.

But de Gaulle's response was even faster than Romania's. After de Gaulle came to power, France was obviously more tossed than before he came to power. De Gaulle used everything to create a sense of presence for France. Many hot events The United States and the Soviet Union have not made a statement, but suddenly It was found that France had already commented first. From the point of view of making a big news, de Gaulle was far better than his contemporary prime minister.

"This kind of action by the Soviet military is unnecessary. The friendly relationship between France and Romania is determined by the friendly feelings of the two peoples and national interests. This should not be interfered by a powerful country. In this exercise, I can only see the timidity of the Soviet military, and no amount of steel can hide the fragile hearts of some people." In Bucharest, the capital of Romania, de Gaulle expressed his appreciation to the Romanian receptionist. Exercise views.

"Romania will only choose friends based on its own interests, and of course it respects the Soviet Union, but Romania still has to consider issues from its own standpoint." Ceausescu finally left room to evaluate the exercise. I believe that if it is not There are still Soviet troops stationed in Romania, and he will definitely not let the Soviet Union go so easily.

"I hope you will be able to accept the reality at that time, as well as the indifference now." Shelov has just received the telegram forwarded by Lubyanka. There are two important things in it. The first is to talk about the internal situation in France, some political parties in France Officially went to the front desk, and there were several professional politicians in the parade: socialist Mitterrand, Mendes? France, French Communist leader Waldeck? Rocher and so on. The KGB has contacted the French Communist Party, Central Committee Member Georges Marshall, through the Fifth Division in France.

  The other thing is Sakhartowski's ciphered telegram, which after deciphering shows that he has arranged for a man in Bucharest, and has obtained de Gaulle's itinerary for the following week, ready to make de Gaulle fall ill in due course. (To be continued~^~)