Chapter 397 West-79 Military Exercise
Compared with the United States, Andre was more worried about Iraq. This Saddam was really a fool! All the actions he had carefully designed were destroyed by this guy!
Originally, Andre was planning to use Iraq as cannon fodder, but now, the US invasion suddenly occurred. Andre had already reminded Saddam that since the US was going to come up, then let the US be the first cannon, and they would wait and see the situation first!
Who would have thought that Iraq would be so impatient that, seeing that the United States was about to attack Iran, it actually launched a ground war first, wanting to join forces with the United States to kill Iran? Is it so easy for Iran to perish? Those fanatical guys have long been prepared for martyrdom!
Moreover, there might be some shady dealings involved. For example, the United States promised Iraq some benefits and let Iraq take the lead in launching a ground war. After all, Iraq's deployment would be beneficial to the United States!
Humph, Shadamu is so disobedient, he will always suffer! Andre thought of how Iraq was disgracefully driven away from Iranian land in the future, and how it disgracefully burned the war on its own land. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, and finally had to cease fire under the mediation of the United Nations. The border line remained in its original place. Neither side gained any benefits, the economy collapsed, and people's livelihood was withered.
By then, Iraq will definitely beg the Soviet Union to send troops! Andrei firmly believes this.
After hearing Andre's analysis, the dark clouds hanging over everyone's head gradually dissipated. Originally, everyone was worried, fearing that the United States would seize Tehran and destroy the HMN regime. Although HMN and the Soviet Union were not on good terms, it would consume the Americans' fresh troops after all. After Andre's words, it seemed that the Americans' current success was only temporary.
"Then should we do something?" Ustinov said, "At this time, we must also show the great national strength of our Soviet Union."
The Soviet Union became a spectator and a bystander, which made Ustinov eager to do something!
"How about we hold a military exercise?" Andre said, "We will hold a large-scale military exercise in Eastern Europe involving all arms. The code name is West-79. What do you think?"
Military exercises! In later times, the pinnacle of the Soviet army was the West-81 military exercise held when Andropov had just taken office. After the exercise, the West unanimously believed that the Soviet Union had the ability to flatten the entire Europe within a week!
Now, with Andrei's travel through time, the construction of the Soviet army has begun to enter a new climax, especially the military reform and the construction of new military informatization, which are being steadily implemented. At this time, holding a military exercise is naturally of far-reaching significance!
Nuclear deterrence is a term that military strategists often talk about during the Cold War. This term means to use one's own nuclear power to scare the other side. The purpose is not to scare, but to make the other side give in on major issues. At the beginning, when World War II just ended, the Soviet Union had to bow its head and make concessions on many major issues because it did not have nuclear weapons at the time and was not strong enough! Now, in the late 1970s, nuclear deterrence has begun to fail. Because both the United States and the Soviet Union have established nuclear arsenals of comparable strength, and no one can guarantee that all of the other side's nuclear missile silos will be destroyed in the first strike, making the other side lose the ability to retaliate with nuclear weapons, let alone strike mobile platforms, such as ground-based mobile missiles and ballistic missile nuclear submarines. Therefore, when deciding to use nuclear weapons, one must also be prepared for a devastating blow to one's own country.
To put it more directly, even though the nuclear arsenal is getting bigger and bigger, a nuclear war is impossible to happen, especially between major powers. Even if the leaders are confused, their staff will not agree.
This conclusion has been affirmed by many people, and when nuclear deterrence loses its ability, the advantages of conventional forces are reflected. After all, the number of nuclear weapons is a highly secret, while the deterrence of conventional forces is visible and real. When the dense and neatly arranged Soviet tank troops began to attack, this momentum was unacceptable to Western Europe, and they would tremble in front of the powerful Soviet war machine!
Now, the United States has insisted on its own way, disregarding the resolution of the United Nations and the opposition of the Soviet Union, and resolutely launched the Iran war. Of course, the Soviet Union has to make a statement, and this statement is that the Soviet Union has the ability to flatten the entire Europe within a week!
In this way, the little brothers of the United States in Western Europe will not be able to participate in the US Iran war. Nonsense, their own countries will be destroyed by the Soviet mechanized forces at any time, so how can they participate in a war thousands of miles away? Moreover, the US troops stationed in Western Europe cannot be mobilized! The United States needs to protect the security of Western Europe! If this cannot be done, what is the purpose of the United States?
West-79, this name is also very domineering, clearly telling the West that this exercise is set up against the West! Andre, this guy, always comes up with good ideas!
"We need to deploy more than ten combined arms armies and guards tank armies, accompanied by front-line aviation, long-range aviation, and national air defense forces, to practice deep armored combined assault tactics. We will deploy our most advanced tank armies to carry out armored assaults on the imaginary enemy, and use the rocket battalions of the army to carry out precise tactical strikes to cover the follow-up motorized infantry to continue advancing. At the same time, we also need to have scenes of airborne troops landing behind enemy lines. In addition, our new Minsk heavy aircraft carrier cruiser will practice covering the landing of naval infantry heavy assaults with the Baltic Fleet. The total force of our exercise remains at around 500,000. What do you think?"
Andre spoke briefly and gave a rough outline of the method and scale of this exercise. On the ground, armored forces would advance quickly, in the air there would be airborne troops assaulting behind enemy lines, and at sea there would be naval landing exercises. This was quite comprehensive.
The Minsk aircraft carrier has just completed all modifications and is undergoing final coordination training with carrier-based aircraft. It has not yet been delivered to the Pacific Fleet, so it is just right for her to stay and participate in this military exercise!
Westerners, tremble under the rolling torrent of Soviet armor! Without even starting the exercise, once the exercise was announced, Andrei could imagine what the entire West would look like.