Text Chapter 23: Soviet Punishment World (Part 2)

(It’s the third update today. Listening to the Soviet march is really impressive. The lyrics in the article have been slightly changed for rhyming. There are several Chinese versions of the march’s lyrics and I chose the one that sounds the most domineering.)

The situation was still at a stalemate. Yanayev used the strongest attitude to warn the three leaders who were trying to separate their families. You can never take away a piece of land belonging to the Soviet Union from my hands. The Baltic Sea, with the support of NATO countries behind it, is also struggling to support itself. Yanayev had the illusion of returning to the historical timeline of 1959. Khrushchev also fell into a terrible stalemate with Kennedy, but that time Khrushchev used his concession to avoid the possibility of mankind entering the end of the world.

Regardless of the fact that times have changed, just like Cuba, which the United States resents, the political instability in the Baltic Sea is like a sharp nail driven directly into the heart of Moscow. Once Yanayev chose to compromise, the ensuing domino-like chain reaction would cause the Soviet Union to lose most of its republics.

Yanayev is not competing with the three clowns in front of him, but with the huge free world behind them.

Throw out the Baltic Fleet card, and even some relatively concealed unconventional weapons are brought to the table as trump cards in the gambling game. There are not many trump cards in Yanayev's hand. The tough attitude that seems to be forced at every step is actually a helpless move. No country with confidence would squander its trump card so casually. If NATO insists on a little longer, it really only has the last life-saving trump card left, the R-36M Satan intercontinental ballistic missile.

But Yanayev knew very well that doing so was no less than sending mankind into a new generation of Stone Age civilization.

And now Yanayev wants to play the penultimate trump card. Just like stacking straw on a camel, Yanayev keeps exerting military pressure on NATO, stacking one on top of the other until it can crush it. The last straw for their psychological defense.

Three Tu-160 bombers specially escorted by Su-27 fighter jets took off from the Soviet Union's home airport and flew towards the Baltic Sea. Known as the "Jolly Roger" by the West, the Tu-160 bomber spread its huge wings and flew across the blue sky like an elegant and noble swan. It flew over the three Baltic countries like a floating white island.

These three Tu-160 bombers are loaded with nuclear warheads, and they have become a nuclear weapons arsenal moving in mid-air. As long as Yanayev gives the order, the pilot will press the red button, and the gods of death will fall in clusters on the territory of the Baltic Sea. In an instant, the three countries will become replicas of Chernobyl. .

After receiving the radar warning, the three Baltic countries urgently dispatched MiG-27 fighter jets to intercept, but no pilot dared to attack him openly. First, the Su-27 fighter jets that followed closely around Tu 160 were staring at the MiG-27 with eager eyes. Every move, if anyone dares to do something deviant, the MiG-27 pilot has to consider whether he is the opponent of the Su-27 "air scalpel". Second, the Tu-160 bomber is loaded with nuclear warheads. Even if it flies over the three Baltic countries, no one dares to attack it. Once those nuclear bombs explode, Estonia will not be able to escape the fate of becoming Chernobyl.

The MiG-27 pilot was ordered to monitor the movements of the Tu-160 bomber at all times and to intercept it only when it passed over the capital. The Estonian Air Force is also very helpless. It feels like a robber breaking into your house to move things, but you can only watch him do whatever he wants because you are not strong enough.

Therefore, the moment Estonian President Arnold received the news, his expression did not look good either. He even wanted to rush outside the conference room to see if the bomber was aiming the bomb at him.

"Yanaev, what are you doing? Threatening us with nuclear weapons?" Arnold gritted his teeth. In front of the powerful Soviet armed forces, the entire Estonia was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

"Threat? President Arnold, you think too highly of yourself." Yanayev shook his head. He was holding a pen in his hand and wanted to stand it on the table. "Countries like the three Baltic countries have no need to dispatch the Soviet Union." The final killer. In other words, you can hear it. To put it bluntly, how many divisions in Moscow can the three Baltics put together? Don’t think too highly of yourself. The Soviet Union has never been afraid of small players like you. It’s just those guys who are adding fuel to the fire behind you. What I really want to hit."

"And now those guys may not be able to hold it any longer. All I need to do is lick another handful of firewood." Yanayev gently pushed the pen standing on the table, and the pen tip pointed at Estonian President Arnold. Like a sharp sword, pointed directly at the heart. This pen represents the last card he will dispatch, the Soviet armored division. As a country's army, the Estonian Armed Forces, including logistics personnel, are not enough to fill the gap between two Soviet armored divisions.

At this point, Yanayev has played all the cards in his hand except for his life-saving trump card, the Satan intercontinental missile. Next, we will see whether NATO countries will restrain themselves because of his tough attitude.

T72 tanks are like a long steel dragon, crowding the road leading to the border. This ready-to-go tank and armored division uniformly aimed its artillery fire in the direction of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The tracks of the tank are rotating, and the indestructible torrent of steel will crush all obstacles in front of them.

The soldiers walked in neat steps and looked into the distance resolutely. With the AK74 rifles in their hands ready to go, they rushed to the distant battlefield singing the "Soviet March" that spread quickly from the ranks. The political commissar stood among them and sang this majestic military song, composed by Yanayev himself, to the front line.

The Hind helicopter passed over the soldiers' heads, and the sound waves caused by the rotation of the propellers carried this impassioned song far away. For the first time, those who dared to offend the Soviet Union had the most primitive fear deep in their hearts.

"We the Soviets will punish the world!"

The roar of tanks rolling over the road startled the birds perching on the trees on the roadside. The golden wheat fields fell in the direction of the war gears. In the Orthodox church in the Estonian border town, the stained glass windows turned into full colors under the care of stray bullets. Ground fragments. The people looked at these sudden invaders in panic, just like the fearful eyes of the citizens of Budapest in 1956.

“From the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean!”

Stationed at the outpost on the Estonian border, soldiers holding cigarettes even forgot to light their cigarettes and watched helplessly as a seemingly endless torrent of armor passed by them. Then he was pushed to the ground and the gun was handed over. Until the last moment, he did not believe that the so-called torrent of steel was really an endless ocean of war.

"October's songs resound throughout the land!"

The Estonian armored forces had no power to fight back in the face of the torrent of steel. The so-called "Maginot" strategic defense line, which was said to be able to resist Soviet tank attacks, was easily torn apart. A steady stream of Soviet tanks drove straight in without even suffering much loss.

"The Soviet Red Bear is about to arrive!"

The Estonian Army finally despaired. Their previous pride was shattered at this moment. Only now did they realize that the proud armored forces were no match for the Soviet tank divisions. They soon became defeated and surrendered, just like the Hungarian Ten. Like the Prague Spring, the Soviet troops were completely in control of the situation. From the beginning to the end of the attack, it took less than four hours. The commander-in-chief of the Estonian Army promised Arnold that they could hold off the Soviet troops for a week until the NATO coalition forces arrived in the Soviet Union.

"Ula!"