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Chapter 880 The Threat from Moscow (Fourth Update, Please Subscribe)

Moscow, Kremlin.

Meeting room in the Armory Building.

This seemingly ordinary conference room is the heart of the Soviet Union. Compared with the power contained in it, it is not very spacious. A T-shaped long table occupies most of the space, and the table is covered with green tabletop. Every Thursday morning, the people sitting here will hold a regular meeting in this conference room to issue orders to Soviet citizens.

The morning of June 6rd seemed unusual, for they had not received an agenda, but only a notice of the meeting, and those sitting around the table sensed that only something serious had called them to the top floor, that something important was brewing.

At the center of the T-shaped conference table, Khrushchev, the leader of the group, is not yet supreme. In fact, after the death of his father, Malenkov, and Beria, who also sat in the second seat, have left here. The latter was taken away by Zhukov and his soldiers, while the former left the throne and "jointly" ruled the country with Khrushchev, Motolov and others.

Although Khrushchev occupied the throne, he did not yet have absolute power. The seemingly calm Soviet political arena was actually surging with undercurrents.

Just like now, at this moment, in this conference room, the debate has begun again.

"Now, from the Warsaw Pact to our other allies, everyone is questioning the Soviet Union's position in the Siamese crisis. If we can't even protect our own comrades, then who will believe that we can protect him?"

While speaking, Motlov occasionally glanced at Khrushchev. After the "Siamese Crisis" occurred, he was extremely angry - not because of Nanyang, but because Siam broke the guarantee that the Soviet Union had given to Nanyang.

“Now our comrades in Hanguan and other places are questioning whether we have the courage to protect them!”

As soon as Motolov finished speaking, Malenkov immediately expressed his agreement.

"Yes, we must respond to the hegemonic behavior of Southeast Asia with strong measures. Otherwise, not only will our comrades question us, but even the United States and the Western world will laugh at us. At that time, the Western world will only think that we are weak and can be bullied."

When mentioning the word "weak", Malenkov deliberately emphasized his voice. Once upon a time, he was almost about to become the successor. The US intelligence agencies even hastily concluded that in the near future, "no one could threaten Malenkov's dominance."

But in fact, his position was challenged two years ago, and now he is just a member of the group and is being marginalized. However, he also knows when to launch an attack - now.

"Scold! It is indeed possible!"

Unlike the anger of others, Khrushchev was very calm.
"But if we come into conflict with Nanyang because Siam breaks the agreement, then the next time Hanguan unilaterally crosses the border, will we have to go to war with the United States?"

Khrushchev's question caused everyone to fall silent.

"We made a promise to Nanyang back then, promising to stop all parties from infiltrating into Malaya. This is a principle of reciprocity, just like we will not send armed personnel to Western Europe, because we know where their bottom line is. Nanyang's bottom line is very clear, Malaya and Nanyang mainland, but what about now? Our promise was broken by Bangkok, and now they want us to stop Nanyang! Are we going to drop atomic bombs on each other for Bangkok and Nanyang?"

Khrushchev's question caused everyone to fall silent.

They all knew that there was a secret agreement between Nanyang and the Soviet Union, which provided security guarantees for Malaya and guaranteed that no armed personnel would be sent to Malaya.

But now the agreement has been broken. Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that Nanyang has atomic bombs, and they also have intercontinental missiles. Intercontinental missiles that can cover the entire Soviet Union.

This is also the fundamental reason why their attitude has always been ambiguous - no one would go into direct conflict with a country that possesses an atomic bomb for a country that has nothing to do with them.

"We can't possibly drop an atomic bomb on Southeast Asia just for Bangkok..."

Kaganovich said just right.

"But now the whole world is watching us. Siam is our comrade. If we don't take action, then the whole world will see our weakness! So, we must take action!"

Among the five people, three have already expressed their attitudes. Faced with this situation, even Khrushchev was helpless. He glanced at Bulganin, whose attitude was also very clear - the world must not be allowed to think that the Soviet Union was weak and could be bullied!

At noon that day, the Soviet Union issued a brief message through TASS - the Soviet Union strongly condemned the hegemonic behavior in Southeast Asia. In order to maintain world peace, the Soviet Union will send warships to Siam for a friendly visit in the near future.

……

silence!

Almost two months later, the Soviets, who had remained calm in the matter, changed their stance. This reaction was beyond Li Yian's expectations. At the beginning, he did consider the Soviet threat, but he did not expect that their threat would come so late.

"…the Soviet Union will send warships to Siam for a friendly visit in the near future."

Listening to Li Guoren's report, Li Yian frowned and paced back and forth in the office.

"Sir, the Soviet Union is definitely planning to use warships to break through our blockade. If we allow them to break through the blockade, then our blockade will actually be broken. If we intercept them..."

Without waiting for Lukewu to finish, Li Yian spoke.

"It is equivalent to a direct conflict with the Soviets. Now the Soviets have forced us into a dilemma..."

Li Yian frowned and spoke as he paced.

"Unless we are determined to have a conflict with the Russians, we will just have to let them break the blockade,"

At this moment, Li Yian felt like cursing. Why did Corncob show its tough side now?

He was so calm before. But now he wants to show his tough side because he has eaten some corn cob.

"Didn't they want us to exercise restraint before?"

"Sir, now that the crisis has affected Russia, they need to demonstrate their strength to their allies."

This is one of the most typical features of the Cold War. Sometimes a major power is in trouble not because of its own interests, but because it needs to show its strength to its allies.

In other words, they are held hostage by their status. If they don't do something, they will be looked down upon by the whole world.

"A display of strength... If we let them successfully demonstrate their strength, then we will become a joke."

Li Yian said.

"Not only is it a joke, it also means that from now on no one will care about our warnings or our bottom line. Hmm..."

Nanyang also cannot make any concessions on this matter.

After thinking for a moment, Li Yian said.

"What's at stake for the Soviet Union in this matter is face, but what Nanyang needs to face is life and death. So now we... must make them understand. What is our absolute circle of interests, and what is the bottom line that they absolutely cannot touch!"

"Sir, now the problem is very clear. Nanyang will not go to war with the Soviet Union because of Siam. Similarly, the Soviet Union will not go to war with Nanyang because of Siam.

In other words, under this situation, both sides are in a very awkward position, that is, although neither of us is determined to go to war, it is impossible for either of us to make direct concessions. "

Li Guoren's words made everyone in the study fall into silence. Especially the generals from the military, they kept smoking cigarettes or cigars.

"It is impossible to make concessions. Similarly, it is unrealistic to go to war with the Soviet Union for Siam."

After thinking for a moment, Li Yian said.

"Since the Russians want to intervene, let's solve the Siamese problem before they get their hands involved."

After that, he walked to the map, looked at Siam on the map, and said.

"Let's implement the Infinite Justice Plan!"

(End of this chapter)