Chapter 252 China

Of course Andre was extremely excited. As the commander in charge of the Hokkaido region, he had more room to perform.

Ustinov had high expectations for himself. When Brezhnev was alive, he thought too much and missed many good opportunities. The launch of the Hokkaido War was thanks to Andropov's KGB, which put repeated intelligence pressure on Brezhnev, especially the Americans' slander against the Soviet Union, which made Brezhnev furious. This made Brezhnev determined to launch this military operation in Hokkaido.

And now, before Andrei arrived, Andropov was discussing the country's strategic issues with Ustinov. Obviously, since the situation in the Far East has been opened up, it is better to take advantage of the situation to expand the results and remove the Americans from the Far East! This is too important for the Soviets!

Of course, there are crises.

"Andrei, we should try to maintain a low intensity in our fighting and avoid triggering a world war, which would be disadvantageous to us," said Andropov.

How would the Americans react if the island nation was fully occupied? Would it trigger a world war? As the General Secretary of the Soviet Union, Andropov had more issues to consider.

"Yes, General Secretary, I understand the country's strategy. Our occupation of the island country still depends mainly on the island people. If the control is good, we just need to stand behind and shout, and naturally someone will fight for us." Andre said.

How will the next war proceed? Andrei had already thought about it. During his time in Moscow, Andrei felt more and more that he had made a good move!

"Andrei, just do your best. The Party and the country believe in you." Andropov said. Of course, Andrei knew how Andrei instigated the Chi Army and launched the Red Revolution in the island country. Now, Andrei once again stated that he would not start a war easily and that it would depend on the island people to liberate themselves. Naturally, Andropov felt more relieved.

The Soviet Union is a giant that is awakening! Andropov is ambitious.

"However, we also need to make new preparations." Andre said: "We caught the Americans off guard in the Far East. Now the situation is becoming increasingly unfavorable to the Americans. The Americans will definitely not be willing to fail. They may have new strategic adjustments."

Although Andre is still very young and comes from the Air Defense Force, his recent performance shows that Andre has become an all-round talent who can deal with very detailed technical issues. For example, the armor-piercing projectile and reactive armor Andre mentioned made the entire armor department give Andre a thumbs up. Andre is actually an all-rounder. And now, Andre's command experience is constantly enriched, and at the same time, he has outstanding strategic insight.

All of this is the advantage of being a time traveler, Andrei couldn't help but think in his heart that if Andropov was not the head of the KGB, the KGB might really capture him and use him as a guinea pig for dissection.

Andrei once mentioned the issue of Iran. I don’t know what Andropov thought about it. In short, as a prophet, Andrei is sure that he is very competent. And now, Andrei is also keenly aware of another acute problem.

"What adjustments?" Ustinov asked Andrei.

"The Americans will intensify their new containment of us. If they fail in the direction of the island country, they will seek new ways. For example, the same red country to our south may come together with the United States. We must prepare in advance to prevent such a situation. If this country joins NATO, then our overall strategy will need to be significantly adjusted." Andre's voice was not loud, but it shocked both of them immediately.

The red country in the south is naturally China! The relationship between the Soviet Union and China is also extremely complicated.

Back then, the proletarian revolution took place in the Soviet Union. The proletariat all over the world recognized the Soviet Union as their leader. The Communist International had considerable power and could even send special envoys to guide revolutions in other countries. For example, Otto Braun, whose Chinese name was Li De, arrived in China and gave chaotic commands, making it impossible for the Red Army to break the fifth encirclement and suppression campaign, and finally forced the Long March.

Afterwards, after World War II and the civil war, China, under the leadership of great men, established the new China. Due to the same beliefs, China's relationship with the Soviet big brother was still very good and entered a short honeymoon period.

It was also because of the assistance of the Soviet Union that China was able to recover from the war and build itself into a country with a complete industrial system after just the end of the first five-year plan. This is rare in the world.

The Soviet Union taught its Chinese brothers everything about the industrial system, from the mining of metal ores to the final products. Even the mother machines for manufacturing were taught without reservation.

At the beginning, the blueprints for manufacturing the MiG-15 were pulled several times by train! If it weren't for the Soviet Union's assistance, how could China independently produce the world's advanced J-5 and J-6 series fighters at that time!

Without the Soviet Union, China would not have been able to build such a complete industrial system in 20 years with its own efforts. In later generations, the United States can bully Iraq and attack Syria, but it dares not attack Iran. Why? Because Iran is not afraid of sanctions, because Iran has a complete industrial system!

At that time, the Soviet experts were selfless and taught by example, allowing Chinese technicians to master all the technologies in a short period of time.

Unfortunately, after that, Stalin passed away and Khrushchev came to power. In order to meet the needs of the Cold War, he proposed to build a long-wave radio station in China and establish a joint fleet. This behavior was a serious interference in China's sovereignty and an attempt to turn China into another Soviet republic. China of course sternly rejected it, and relations between the two countries rapidly went downhill.

As the differences on the specific route grew, China put forward the slogan of "Down with Soviet social imperialism", and the Soviet Union also massively increased its troops on the Sino-Soviet border, which eventually led to the Battle of Zhenbao Island. From that time on, the Soviet Union deployed millions of troops on China's northern border, and the rolling Soviet armored torrent seemed to be able to rush over at any time. The Soviet Union even proposed to carry out a "surgical nuclear strike" on China to destroy China's nuclear capabilities, but unfortunately the United States did not agree.

At this time, China was an independent country and was disliked by both the Soviet Union and the United States.

It was not until the 1970s that, as the Soviet Union became more aggressive during the Cold War, the defensive United States began to woo China in order to gain better strategic momentum.

In 1972, Nixon visited China and the relationship between the two countries began to normalize. In 1979, China and the United States formally established diplomatic relations. At that time, in order to contain the Soviet Union, the United States worked hard to pull China into its camp and even launched a large arsenal plan. The advanced weapons and advanced technologies currently in service in the United States are almost "shared" with China, such as the E-3 early warning aircraft that the United States values ​​most, such as the advanced F-16 fighter jets and various ground equipment in the United States, etc. Once a war breaks out, the United States only needs to use transport planes to transport soldiers from the United States to directly participate in the battle.

If you look at the map, you can clearly see the advantage of the Americans doing this. The Soviet Union will be surrounded. If it breaks through from both Western Europe and China, the Soviet Union will have no room for buffer. Unfortunately, China did not agree to this plan to lose sovereignty. Even so, China has a good relationship with the United States and imported a large number of weapons from the United States, including the Black Hawk helicopter, which was a product of that time.

Andrei, who came from later generations, certainly knew this history. At that time, in order to fight against the Soviet Union, China did get very close to the United States, and all this was the result of the Soviet Union's coercion.

The Soviet Union and China share the same beliefs and should have come together for a common revolutionary goal. Unfortunately, the Soviet Union in history missed such an opportunity.

Historically, although Andropov wanted to improve relations with China, he ran out of time. During his short life, there was no change in relations with China.

Now, having come to power a few years earlier, Andropov also had plenty of energy. Before leaving Moscow for the Far East, Andrei took this opportunity to raise the issue of China.