Chapter 538 China to Export Ballistic Missiles

Urgent telegram from Moscow! On the way back to Moscow by plane, Andrei was still wondering what had happened to make General Secretary Andropov call back several of his men in such a hurry.

Are the Americans plotting something again? We have long known that with such a huge breakthrough in the Middle East, the Americans will definitely not sit idly by, but Carter has run out of tricks, what else can he do? And the Congress, which has lost its trust in him, will not give him too much power to act recklessly.

What on earth was that? With countless questions in mind, the few people who returned to Moscow hurried to the Kremlin, where Andropov, with a serious face, was already waiting for them.

"Everyone, our intelligence personnel have obtained a top-secret intelligence." Andropov looked at his assistants who had just returned with a worried look on his face: "The Saudi ambassador to the United States, Prince Bandar, is not in the United States now."

I thought it was a big deal, isn't it just an ambassador from Saudi Arabia? Saudi Arabia is a wealthy country, so it's normal for them to travel frequently! Andre was about to ask, but suddenly remembered another incident in history, and couldn't help but change his words: "Did they go to China?"

When Andrei asked this question, Andropov's eyes were filled with approval. Andrei's political insight was extremely sharp, and he could guess correctly in many situations.

"Yes, our intelligence personnel originally thought that Prince Bandar was traveling. As a result, our personnel followed them to Hong Kong and lost their trace. In the end, we found out that they had secretly gone to the mainland!"

At this time, Saudi Arabia and China had not established diplomatic relations at all, but Saudi Arabia and Taiwan had a good relationship! What did the Saudi ambassador who went to China want to do? Even Andropov was speculating. If it weren't for the application made by Prince Bandar to the United States, even Andropov would not dare to believe this fact.

"It seems that Saudi Arabia wants to purchase medium-range ballistic missiles from China," said Andre.

Andrei guessed it right again! Andropov admired Andrei very much. He was simply an all-round talent! If he went to the KGB, Andrei would still be able to do better!

"Saudi Arabia is aware of the situation they are facing now, and also aware of Iraq's aggressive momentum. In terms of conventional forces, although Saudi Arabia has purchased a large number of weapons from the United States, Saudi Arabia's wealth has made their soldiers lose their bloodiness on the battlefield. It is said that their weapons are all maintained by servants. Such an army has no combat effectiveness. Therefore, Saudi Arabia wants to have a killer weapon, and ballistic missiles are the most suitable weapon. Unfortunately, the Americans will not sell them to them. If the United States sells ballistic missiles to Saudi Arabia, it will threaten Israel's interests." Andre analyzed: "Now, looking around the world, there are only a few countries that can develop medium-range ballistic missiles, and there is only one country that has the ability to develop and export ballistic missiles."

China! China has not signed any agreements such as the Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile Non-Proliferation Treaty. For them, they can sell to whoever they want. China is short of money at this time, and the big dog is short of missiles. The two sides hit it off, and it is possible!

However, once Saudi Arabia purchases China's ballistic missiles, it will seriously damage the Soviet Union's interests in the Gulf! However, the Soviet Union must be cautious in its attitude towards China!

Directly ban Chinese exports? This would be considered by China as a serious interference in their internal affairs! China has always been a country that is soft-hearted and not hard-hearted. Back then, the Soviet Union had millions of troops stationed in Mongolia, eyeing the region covetously, and could push forward with a rolling torrent of armor at any time. At this time, China would rather turn the entire north into a war zone than compromise with the Soviet Union! The war was imminent.

Now, after Andropov came to power, he gradually eased the conflict with China. By winning over China, he made the US deployment in the Far East fail again. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that if the Soviet Union had not won over China, if China had agreed to some large arsenal plan formulated by the United States, the Soviet Union would never have peace in the Far East. The United States lost the island country, but gained China as a springboard for direct land attack, which was a huge strategic mistake of the Soviet Union!

Now, China and the United States have a falling out, and the United States has exported F-16s to Taiwan. China can only develop better relations with the Soviet Union. This is what the Soviet Union wants to see. At this time, to deal with current problems, we must be calm and strategic. This is why Andropov urgently recalled these people.

Andrei was able to analyze the cause and effect based solely on the Saudi ambassador to the United States's move to the mainland. This ability made Andropov very satisfied. At the same time, he also knew that Andrei would definitely be able to come up with a suitable solution.

"It seems that we need to put pressure on the Chinese government. If necessary, we can even stop our MiG-23 project and let the Chinese know that they are infringing on our interests by doing this," said Ustinov.

Ustinov has always been very tough, and now, Huaxia has betrayed the Soviets! This made the marshal extremely angry, and this kind of coercive measure was almost blurted out.

In addition to the MiG-23 project, the Soviet Union and China also have other cooperative projects, including projects with island countries, all of which can be suspended to force China to make concessions!

Hearing this, Andre shook his head: "Comrade Marshal, if we do this, it will only make our relationship with China more strained and give the Americans an opportunity. Once China returns to the arms of the United States, it will be extremely disadvantageous for us."

Andrei was more thoughtful! After hearing Andrei's words, Ustinov asked: "Andrei, then what do you think we should do?"

"China can export weapons, so can we." Andre said, "How about we export the S200 air defense missile systems that we exported to North Korea to India?"

India! It doesn’t matter what you export, what matters is India!

The relationship between countries is complicated, but the general principle is that interests come first! The warming of relations between the Soviet Union and China and even entering a honeymoon period is beneficial to the Soviet Union, but another relationship between countries is mutual checks and balances! After all, China is a great oriental country. After its true rise, its prospects are immeasurable. For such a country, the Soviet Union must also keep a backhand, that is, to use India to contain China!