Chapter 240: Responses from the United States, the Soviet Union, and China
“Our ‘friends’ in North Africa fought very well. They actually frightened the French so much that they dared not to continue their operations.”

At the highest meeting of the Soviet Union at that time, the top leader of the Soviet Union held the briefing with trembling hands, put it close to his eyes and looked at it for a long time, then smiled on his old face and said.

President Ke took over as the chairman of the Su****** and Supreme Court on February 2 this year. Previously, this position was held by President An.

“Yes, we didn’t expect that this young officer Gaddafi was so courageous. We just asked him to maintain pressure on Chad and not stop the war, but we didn’t expect that he would dare to attack the French Mediterranean Fleet.” Soviet Foreign Minister ******* said.

He is the leader of foreign policy. He has worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1957 and served as Foreign Minister for many years. It was under his leadership that close diplomatic relations were established with Libya’s Gaddafi.

“But intelligence shows that our little brother has obtained a relatively advanced missile from the Quanjie formation. It has very good accuracy. If a saturation attack is carried out, it can sink warships at sea.” said Soviet Defense Minister Dmitry Ustinov.

He was the controller of the Soviet army, so he was more concerned about the weapons used in Libya. The briefing only mentioned that Libya used missile attacks. He obtained detailed information about the missiles used by Libya through the Military Intelligence Agency and learned that the missiles were obtained from an organization called the Total Liberation Front.

“The Total Liberation Front? Which organization is this?” asked Foreign Minister Gromyko.

Because the ZDF had previously dealt with the Soviet military under another name, and in recent years it has mainly focused on domestic construction and the development of third world countries, the Soviet Union knew very little about the ZDF, not to mention the Soviet Foreign Minister who was busy with the great power game every day.

“According to current intelligence, this is a small local force in northern Myanmar. Their political program is very similar to communism. They also advocate a global liberation movement and give equal rights to the people.” The Minister of Defense said in a briefing based on information about the All-China Liberation Front mentioned in the intelligence of the General Staff Intelligence Directorate (GRU).

“The force that can provide Libya with ballistic missiles that can hit warships at sea is no small force. We should pay more attention to it. In addition, doesn’t the northern part of this country border China? We need to find out whether China is behind it and whether this missile technology is provided by China.

In addition, Libya is our most important “friend” in North Africa. We cannot let China use this All-China Alliance to coax it over, otherwise our strategy in Africa will fail completely. “Foreign Minister Gromyko said slowly.

“Victor, your KGB has news about this complete solution array, right? Tell me what this complete solution array is.” Chernenko asked.

“Secretary, comrades, let me briefly introduce the intelligence of the Quanjie Array. However, because this organization has done a very good job of keeping secrets and has only developed in third world countries and backward areas before, the information we have obtained is very superficial. It will take some time to collect deeper information about this organization.” Viktor Chebrikov said.

He was the chairman of the Soviet KGB at that time and a close confidant of Andropov, the former secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. After Chernenko came to power, he actively approached Chernenko, strengthened monitoring of dissidents, and cooperated with Chernenko’s conservative policies.

Because the information he was going to tell was very simple, he set an ambush right from the start to prevent his competitors from seizing his mistakes and making fun of him.

Because in 1982, after Wang Jiankun provided the Quanjiezhen with a large number of counterintelligence equipment, intelligence personnel planted in the Quanjiezhen by several major countries in the world were successively found out.

When brain-computer chips began to be implanted on a large scale and the new humans entered the full-solution array, the spies subsequently placed on the periphery either slipped away when they saw the situation was not good, or were caught by the full-solution array, their memories were extracted, and then they were humanely destroyed.

Therefore, the intelligence collected by the KGB was of extremely poor credibility and very superficial.

The intelligence did not even make it clear who the main leaders of the Quanjie Front were at the time, what their experiences were, the Quanjie Front’s organizational structure, military capabilities, etc.

All we know is some traces left by the Quan Jiefang Front when it carried out propaganda and agitation in northern Myanmar and some other countries.

“Victor, is it due to insufficient funds? These are similar to the information collected by the General Staff Intelligence Bureau, but you are professionals. You should clarify the issues I mentioned as soon as possible. If it is confirmed that this organization is supported by China, then find a way to eliminate it. If not, then find a way to win it over.” After listening to this, General Chernenko showed a stern expression on his old face.

“Don’t worry, since they have started to interfere in North African affairs, they have already exposed their tracks. We will definitely be able to find out everything.

In addition, we suspect that what happened in South Africa was also caused by this complete solution.

Judging from the ** and ** tactics used by those black militants, there are obviously shadows of Oriental people, and China should not have the ability or courage to go to South Africa to cause trouble at this time, so the Quanjie Front, which has a large number of Chinese, is likely to be a supporter of the South African incident. “said Victor Chebrikov.

“We don’t need speculation, but solid evidence. Although what happened in these two places is currently favorable to us, we cannot be sure whether this organization is an enemy or a friend,” said Defense Minister *****.

Because the General Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense was in competition with the First General Directorate (PGU) of the KGB, which was responsible for foreign intelligence, the relationship between the Minister of Defense and the Chairman of the KGB was not very good, and they would try to discredit him whenever they got the chance.

“Okay, each of you go and find out the situation of the Quanjiezhen organization, and then find time to organize a meeting to talk about it. Next, let’s discuss next year’s government budget.” Soviet Communist Party Secretary Chernenko stopped the tit-for-tat dialogue between the two and proposed to move on to the next topic.

The scene comes to Langley, Virginia, where the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the core agency responsible for foreign intelligence in the United States, is headquartered.

When the news came that Libya’s ballistic missiles had severely damaged a French Navy destroyer and injured several other warships, the Third Bureau, which was responsible for intelligence in North Africa, called its staff from their homes overnight.

That night, hundreds of employees from the Third Bureau rushed over from their homes and threw themselves into the work of intelligence collection and analysis, cursing and swearing.

Some of them are responsible for checking the photos of Libya and the Mediterranean region taken by the Keyhole reconnaissance satellite, some are responsible for contacting the front-line personnel in Africa and Europe to verify the intelligence during this period, and some are responsible for checking and analyzing the relevant intelligence related to North Africa and Libya sent back from other regions.

Of course, even when they are busy, they never forget to call nearby pizza and coffee shops to deliver pizza and coffee.

The coffee shop and pizza shop nearby that specialize in serving people from the CIA headquarters are open 24 hours a day. When a large number of order bells rang, the shop, which originally had only a few clerks on duty, instantly turned on all the lights and called all the employees who were resting in the dormitory to make coffee and pizza.

Director William J. Casey also rushed back from Washington in the early morning to join in the intelligence work in Libya.

“Come in, George, how’s the situation? Have you found the missile sites in Libya? And which country provided these missiles to that madman Gaddafi? Israel or the Soviet Union? It can’t be China, right?” William Casey, who had just dozed off for a few minutes after arriving at the director’s office in Langley because of the hard journey, immediately asked a series of questions to the head of the Third Bureau when he saw him.

“Uh~, head, the situation is not good. From the satellite photos and some electromagnetic signals collected from the front line, this missile should be launched by a mobile launcher, and does not require a fixed missile position. The source of the missile can be ruled out as provided by Israel and China.”

“Well, go on.” William took a sip of the coffee brought in by his secretary and motioned Director George to continue.

“Boss, this is all the information we have right now. We have to wait for the front-line personnel and analysts to continue analyzing it.” George said, touching his big nose.

“Is that all the information you have? Can’t you analyze where the missile came from? There’s no news from within Gaddafi’s government.”

“Boss, you know that we are already at loggerheads with Gaddafi. Gaddafi is extremely vicious and tyrannical, and the people around him are all Arabs. We have not yet infiltrated his entourage, not even the top brass of his government. We only have people in some peripheral areas, but the intelligence we have is very limited, so we were unable to detect and transmit the missiles in time, let alone know who provided them.”

George also had a headache. Gaddafi was extremely hostile to the United States and even disliked white people in Europe and the United States, so there was not a single white person to be seen in the government.

There were Soviets in the army, but they required that the instructors and technicians sent must be Slavs, and their scope of activities was limited. Therefore, the CIA’s intelligence gathering work in Libya was very difficult at this time, and they could only obtain some backward and simple intelligence from the periphery.

“Then how do you want me to reply to the president and the military? Now that they can use this kind of missile to attack French warships, how are they going to take action against Libya someday? Do we have to wait for this kind of missile to fall on the head of our United Nations Navy?” Director William stood up, supported his hands on the edge of the table, looked down at George, and said fiercely.

“Director, give us some more time. The Keyhole satellite is changing its orbit and will definitely be able to keep an eye on Libya. Once they use this type of missile again, we will definitely be able to capture detailed missile information. In addition, we are in contact with the French side and plan to send military aircraft to launch joint operations with them. We will definitely be able to get more specific information.” George raised his head and said with a firm expression.

“Can you convince the military to cooperate with you? Okay, I just want the results, as soon as possible. Give me further information before 10 am, otherwise your position will be changed.” Director William stared at George for a long time before speaking calmly.

“One of my comrades is from the ** base in Africa. He promised to mobilize four planes to the skies over Libya. There will definitely be results in the morning. Please rest assured, Director.”

“Then go ahead and close the door. I’ll call our President first.” William said

So George stood up obediently and left the director’s office, closing the door gently, then took a deep breath and went to the third bureau he was in charge of to fight for his position.

Director William looked at his watch and called the White House office first to ask if the president was free. After receiving a positive reply, he called the president’s desk.

“William, have you figured out the situation?” President Reagan went straight to the point.

“President, don’t worry about this missile. It’s just a short-range ballistic missile with a range of less than 3 kilometers. It has no terminal guidance capability. The fact that it hit the French warship was purely due to luck and the arrogance of the French. They didn’t know how to maintain mobility in the war zone.” Director William said.

“Are you sure? The military is very worried about this because ballistic missiles are too powerful and their terminal speed is very fast. Our current defense system has no way to defend against them. Once other countries use ballistic missiles on a large scale to attack warships, our naval fleet will be unable to move forward.” President Reagan said.

“President, the terminal of Libya’s ballistic missiles is indeed unguided. Although the warhead is fast, as long as the fleet maintains its maneuverability, this type of missile will have no effect at all and can only kill some sea fish.” William said in an affirmative tone.

“In this case, we must continue to pay attention to Libya. In addition, we must find out the origin of the missiles and how they came up with the idea of ​​using ballistic missiles to attack warships. We must find out whether it was the Libyans or some other forces who pioneered this tactic. Although their missiles do not have terminal guidance capabilities now, it is not ruled out that they will not have them in the future.” President Reagan is worthy of being the one who proposed Star Wars. He still has some understanding of the future development of missile technology.

And after learning of Libya’s actions, the military also expanded the use of ballistic missiles.

Previously, due to inherent cognition, people believed that this type of parabolic missile could only be used to attack fixed targets on land, and never thought of using it to attack sea targets.

Now that Libya has given them some inspiration, they have begun to apply for research on ballistic missiles capable of terminal precision guidance.

In addition to the United States being inspired, China is no exception.

Although the country’s economic development had entered the fast lane at this time, there were too many historical debts and not enough funds to expand the navy’s surface ship fleet.

But long-term coastal defense requires powerful weapons to protect it.

Previously, there were only a few imitation short-range shore-based anti-ship missiles with short range, slow speed and small power, which posed little threat to warships above 5 tons.

Now that we know how to use ballistic missiles to attack warships, we are overjoyed.

On the one hand, they actively collected intelligence and contacted the Quanjiezhen in northern Myanmar to learn about the technical data of the D-300 missile (they had informed the country when they tested this missile before to avoid domestic misjudgment).

On the one hand, relevant research units are asked to conduct research on ballistic missiles to hit mobile targets at sea.

Although the preliminary research results of the Missile Research Institute show that it is difficult to achieve precise strikes on moving targets at sea, as long as the relevant problems are resolved, the desired results can eventually be achieved.

So in the following period of time, the United States, the Soviet Union and other countries conducted their own related research while paying attention to the progress of the conflicts in the northern and southern regions of Africa.

Wang Jiankun has already arrived at the European base and started to deploy the next action.

(End of this chapter)