Chapter 1003 East Timor
The headquarters building of the Sukarno Alliance Front is almost equivalent to the Indonesian parliament. This forty-story building was built with Soviet aid, including all the Indonesian rulers since Sukarno's death, which were born here.
"This is the opinion that Moscow has feedback to us. In principle, the Soviet Union supported us on the issue of East Timor. The Soviets believed that neither Australia nor the United States would go to war with our Indonesia because of East Timor. In fact, this is also our judgment!"
At the top meeting, the senior leaders of the Sukarno League Front were discussing a letter from Moscow. The letter was about the attitude of the East Timor issue, which was a sensitive issue between Indonesia and Australia. Of course, there was far more sensitive issues than this, and the issue of New Guinea's ownership.
In the real history, Sukarno encountered a coup, and Indonesia turned pro-US. Suharto successively restored relations with Malaysia, Australia and the United States, and gave up New Guinea's claims. However, in this historical time and space, the coup was shattered by Selov, and then a great purge was launched in Indonesia, and all anti-Soviet forces were beaten up.
From that time on, Indonesia's political and social environment have been completely different. Today, there are still slogans on the streets of Indonesia, such as crushing Malaysia and overthrowing American imperialism. The Sukarno Alliance Front controls the overall situation in Indonesia. What follows is that Indonesia still believes that Malaysia is part of the division between Britain and Australia is the lackey of the United States, occupying half of New Guinea, with the goal of preventing Indonesia from becoming a major power.
The Indonesian environment made the Soviet Union's Southeast Asian strategy smooth sailing and firmly took the initiative in the entire Southeast Asia. In return, the Soviet Union spared no effort to arm Indonesia, especially the navy and air force armed forces.
Indonesia is not weaker in terms of fungi than Australia, and its population is far greater than that of Australia, which is vast and sparsely populated.
"If it were just a problem between us and Australia, there would be no East Timor issue now. To be honest, the Soviet Union should have supported us ten years ago, not until today. Unfortunately, there was a problem with the internal operation of the Soviet Union a few years ago, and it was not until today."
As an ally of the Soviet Union, Indonesians also knew that the Soviet Union had successively passed away a few years ago. It was not until recently that the best opportunity should be in the 1970s. However, at that time, there were many places in the world waiting for the Soviet Union to seize it. East Timor is too small and has too little benefit, which really made the Soviet Union unable to care about it.
"No matter what, we officially received support from the Soviet Union this time. It depends on whether we can solve this problem, enhance social confidence, and resolve our domestic crisis."
This sentence aroused the consensus of all the bigwigs present. In recent years, with the plummeting oil, some countries that have weak industrial foundations and rely more on exporting raw materials have been greatly affected. The plummeting raw material prices have affected many countries. The Soviet Union is not in the most difficult situation. In countries like Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Brazil, and Indonesia, the industry is not strong enough, and they rely on exporting raw materials to make profits.
I don't know how many times have happened in recent decades. It's not surprising that Indonesia thinks this way, and Indonesia itself believes that a small place in East Timor may arouse hostility from Australia, but it will not attract Americans.
"Carry troops to East Timor immediately, drive out the Australians, and let them retreat."
Late at night in Moscow, Selov received news of the Indonesian army's mobilization. After all, the Indonesian People's Liberation Army was the army he cleaned up, so naturally some people kept in contact with the Soviet Union. The meaning of calling the People's Liberation Army is very obvious. Indonesia still has many territory in the hands of foreigners, which is similar to that of China.
"If it were Carter, he would really assume that East Timor was annexed, but who would dare to predict Reagan?" Selov was also surprised by Indonesia's bold judgment. This was as naive as Saddam's idea that the United States was afraid of death and did not dare to start a war. However, in terms of Southeast Asia's geographical environment, it is not accurate to arouse the US's fear of the Vietnam War.
But if Reagan dares to launch a military operation again, you will know when the time comes. If he doesn't dare, Selov may have to think of other ways to transfer the Fifth Fleet away. If it really doesn't work, he will support Malaysia's counterattack. Bahrain's Fifth Fleet must leave. The Fifth Fleet is in Bahrain, and Iran cannot win even if he uses his strength to do so.
For Indonesia, a country with the entire country on the equator, there is no concept of winter. It is summer all year round. After Portugal gave up its colonies, Indonesia thought it could follow China and wait for the return of East Timor. But what followed was Australia's control over East Timor.
At that time, the Soviet Union attacked everywhere around the world and did not pay attention to Indonesia. Of course, this was intentional. The KGB chairman at that time, the big spy leader, deliberately suggested that Brezhnev ignore it, otherwise the country would be hard to learn from China. This time, the Soviet Union's approval made the Indonesian leader very happy.
Forests are very important to Indonesia. Wood exports occupy a large share of Indonesian countries. Just like the importance of wood exports in the Far East, in a sense, the Far East and Indonesia are competitive, both exporting wood to Japan. Therefore, Indonesia and Japan have a good relationship, but their relationship with the United States is also very poor. Until now, Indonesia and the United States still have no diplomatic relations. Indonesia did not return to the United Nations after China returned to its permanent membership.
The tropical rainforest is definitely not a good thing for marching. For this operation, Indonesia secretly mobilized the field troops of the Fourth Military Region to supplement East Timor with your side. In order to conduct hidden operations, this support force hurried to West Timor at night. The transportation method was to transport by sea, and the same day hurried at night.
Over the years, Indonesia and China and the Soviet Union have learned what discipline is when they are close. The Soviet Union has focused on strengthening the Indonesian naval and air force due to Indonesia's geographical conditions, which is also because of the historical stains of the Indonesian army. The Indonesian navy and air force have a revolutionary tradition.
The entire Timor Island is relatively isolated, under the control of Indonesia and Australia, and once the fire broke out, it is not known who can win. The favorable and unfavorable conditions are the same for Indonesia and Australia.
At the end of February, the entire Timor Island was still in a comfortable environment. West Timor controlled by Indonesia and East Timor controlled by Australia were invisible lines in the middle, but the movement of the residents on the basic island was not restricted.
The cordon between Australia and Indonesia is not like the borders of some countries, with machine gun bunkers everywhere, because Australia did not expect how effective the half-island in its hands was. Australia would not understand how a socialist Indonesia would feel in its heart, what it would feel like to think of a piece of territory that is its own but was occupied by other countries.
Socialist countries regard national honor as more important than life. This is a complete set of values brought by the Soviet Union. Australia is incomprehensible with human rights. The long-term peace is just because the Soviet Union did not express support for Indonesia. Once this support is in place, Indonesia is not afraid of a national drought. It is a country that buys resources, and no one is better than anyone else. Indonesians will not admit that the Australian race is strong.
Late that night, a small noise occurred in the Indonesian military camp in West Timor, but it disappeared immediately. All soldiers were ordered not to disclose the secrets, and several arrested officers were taken away and disappeared from the world since then.
Timor Island is very peaceful after the sun sets. These residents who have lived here for thousands of years still live a very backward life. Neither Indonesia nor Australia have brought much modernization atmosphere. After all, no one in the world has focused on it. Almost all countries think that this is a fight between Indonesia and Australia and is not worth paying attention to.
At nine o'clock in the evening, the soldiers in the Indonesian military camp were called out one after another, and the bullets were disarmed. Each soldier was fully armed and the bullets were loaded. He began to assemble in the military camp.
At ten o'clock, military trucks loaded with soldiers drove out of various military camps in Indonesia. Then they towed artillery and armored vehicles continuously drove out of the military camps and headed eastward. The soldiers in the military vehicles remained silent, and many people were sweating on their faces. I don't know if it was caused by the sultry atmosphere or because of the upcoming actions.
At 11 o'clock in the evening, a large number of military vehicles carried Indonesian soldiers across the cordons of the two countries and entered the East Timor area controlled by Australian troops. Immediately, soldiers in the Australian outpost around the cordon discovered this situation. When the politician was about to stop him, he saw a large number of Indonesian soldiers getting off the car, aiming the black muzzle in his hands at him.
Faced with this life-and-death situation, Australian soldiers with human rights values quickly made the wisest choice after a simple comparison and raised their hands to surrender. However, before this, the responsibility of the soldiers was to let the Australian soldiers at the blockade post inform the Australian garrison in the rear that the Indonesian army had crossed the blockade line recognized by the two countries and entered East Timor.
More than 5,000 soldiers split into several roads and entered East Timor. It was not until an hour and a half later that the fire officially began around a village where there was a platoon of Australian garrisons near the village. The sudden sound of gunfire made the soldiers and civilians in the village tremble. The fierce gunfire and continuous explosions showed the intensity of the war between the two sides.
Chapter completed!