Chapter 1046 A Big Gift

Although the Soviet Union had money, it had to be spent where it should be spent. The Soviet Union needed money in many areas, such as a large naval fleet and a growing space force. Therefore, the Soviet Union really had no money for India to waste.

At the same time, the relationship between the Soviet Union and Pakistan is improving! The Soviet Union and China jointly developed the Super Seven fighter, which attracted Pakistani investment and has become a star fighter that many countries in the Middle East are looking forward to! Now, this fighter has completed the test flight, and Pakistan's fighter is being produced at a low speed! In addition to Chengfei, Pakistan's own aviation base is also assembling this fighter!

Of course India is jealous!

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This is one reason, and the other reason is, of course, the United States! The United States has fewer and fewer allies around the world, so the United States can only continue to win over what it can win over, and India is one of them!

The secret negotiations between the United States and India have already begun! Now, the two sides have made substantial progress. For example, India saw that Pakistan had its own fighter jets, and India also wanted to develop its own! The LCA fighter project started from then on. This fighter jet is almost entirely made of American equipment, including avionics and engines. It uses F404, and the full set of aerodynamic layout is also blown in the wind tunnel of Boeing.

The United States also handed over several of its F-16 fighter jets to India for evaluation, which of course killed two birds with one stone. If India wanted to introduce them, that would be the best, as the United States could directly sell them for a large sum of money. If India did not introduce them, it would also allow India to understand the performance of this fighter jet and gain an advantage in the confrontation with Pakistan.

This time, the F-16 fighter jets that attacked Andre were the ones used for evaluation!

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Another purpose of the United States, of course, is to provoke deeper conflicts between the Soviet Union and Pakistan! After all, it is generally believed that the F-16s in South Asia must have come from Pakistan! At the beginning, when they just encountered each other, Christophe and Andre thought so.

It’s India!

Andre has been so busy with global affairs that he actually forgot about the "big country" of India!

what to do?

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"Now, Rajiv Gandhi is in power in India. Indira Gandhi was assassinated last month." **** continued, "That is to say, if the United States notified India, and India finally agreed to attack you, it was Indira Gandhi who made the decision. At that time, the left-wing forces in India continued to rise, demanding to distance themselves from our Soviet Union. However, it is also possible that Indira Gandhi did not know about this. Before the American fighter planes took off, they did not inform the Indian government that they were going to intercept. After this incident, the Americans were expelled by the Indian government, so this reason may also be true. Of course, there are deeper reasons. For example, they may have heard that there will be a high-level turmoil in our Soviet Union. They killed you, not only without any harm, but also with more benefits, such as maintaining close contact with the newly appointed Soviet General Secretary and obtaining Soviet funding. If so, they made a wrong move."

The timing was just right. It was Indira Gandhi who assassinated Andre. But now, Indira Gandhi has also been assassinated, and Rajiv Gandhi came to power with the help of his mother's glory.

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Now, how should the Soviet Union deal with its relationship with India? Should it aggressively accuse India? A mature politician would not do this, as this would only force India to the side of the United States!

For a country with a huge population base, this approach is inappropriate. After all, the leader at the time, Indira Gandhi, is no longer in office, and his successor, Rajiv Gandhi, is actually a mediocre guy.

How to pull India over and cheat the Indians? Andre's mind suddenly remembered some things in the future. Just take it and copy it. The Indians will definitely be fooled! On the one hand, it will disintegrate the relationship between Indians and Americans, and on the other hand, it can make a fortune from the Indians!

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"Send an invitation to Rajiv Gandhi to visit Moscow." Andre said, "If Rajiv dares to come, it means that he was not aware of the last incident. We have a great gift for India."

Andre can use the last incident to attack India and impose sanctions, but the United States will definitely like to see such a situation! Once you push it, the United States will take over!

Even Pakistan, an ally of the United States, has to be won over, not to mention India, which is originally its ally! Doing something wrong is forgivable. Just don't make mistakes in the future. Moreover, Andre has already thought of a better punishment measure in his mind!

An invitation from Moscow! After receiving this invitation, Rajiv did not have too many concerns. After all, if he was detained or deliberately made things difficult by the other party during a formal state visit, it would be a stain in the history of Soviet diplomacy!

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So, at the end of 1984, just one month after Rajiv came to power, he began his first foreign visit. The destination of this visit was Moscow!

In addition to some government officials, there was also a military general, General Kumaramangalam, who was traveling with Andrei. The reason for bringing him along was, of course, because General Kumaramangalam had visited Moscow a few years ago and was received by Andrei at that time, so they were considered acquaintances.

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In the Kremlin, Andrei cordially met the visiting personnel.

"I'm sorry, our general secretary has been recuperating in Crimea for health reasons." Andrei said, "On behalf of the Soviet government, I can only warmly welcome all of you who have visited."

Rajiv greeted Andrei and asked him to convey his regards to Andropov. This was all courtesy. After all, everyone knew that since the last Moscow coup, the person in power in the Soviet Union was Marshal Andrei in front of him, and he was also Andropov's designated successor.

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After the polite words, we gradually got to the point.

"We, the Soviet Union, have always attached great importance to friendly relations with India. Our two sides cooperate together for mutual benefit," Andrei said. "For example, in terms of shipbuilding, we helped you design the Delhi-class destroyer, which is an example of our friendship."

Andre's words, of course, contain another layer of meaning. Cooperation, mutual benefit, wanting the Soviet Union to directly support India, no way! The Soviet Union is not a sucker!

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The Delhi-class destroyer is truly a model. It was designed by Soviet engineers, the Indians were responsible for setting the specifications, and it was finally built in an Indian shipyard. Many of its supporting weapons could be selected from the Soviet arsenal or jointly developed by the Soviet Union and India. This is a new model!

In the past, Indians could only buy ready-made ones, but now, they finally feel like the masters! If Indians had not repeatedly changed the design indicators, they would have installed a large number of equipment on a warship with a displacement of less than 7,000 tons, and it would have entered the construction stage long ago! Even now, Indian shipyards have begun cutting steel plates and started construction! Indians regard this as a symbol of independence, which is quite high-profile!

And now, Andre brought it up, of course, with a profound intention: "However, your navy still lacks large modern warships, especially aircraft carriers. Your Vikrant aircraft carrier is too old and needs a new one to replace it. We have a plan here. I wonder what you think of our Kiev aircraft carrier?"