The carnation revolution was soon successful, beyond everyone's expectations. Now the Soviet Union was caught off guard, but the reaction was also very fast. In less than a day, many situations in this country were sent to Ruby Yangka. Sherov only knew that there had been a carnation revolution in history, but he didn't understand the specific process at all.

"Vasco Gonsalves?" Selov said to himself. After thinking about it for a long time, he still didn't remember this person. There was too little information about the country of Portugal, but one thing was very obvious, that is, this was a huge opportunity.

"Chairman, the Kremlin phone call, let you go." Director of the General Affairs Office Servanov came in and reported.

"I'll go right away and prepare the vehicle." Putting on my hat, Selov rushed to the Kremlin. One thing is certain that the garrison in Portugal must have been pro-Soviet Patriot at this time, at least it was influenced by the common socialist ideas in this era, otherwise nothing would have happened.

In his previous life, Serov saw a post listing the allies of the Soviet Union in various periods. The post was translated from Russia, and it listed Portugal in the 1970s. It seemed that it had only been about two years since it had a close relationship with the Soviet Union. Why did it turn around later? Serov was not thinking about public opinion first, but the problems with the army. The pro-Soviet soldiers who had the advantage were no longer the advantage later. There must be a reason for this.

"I forgot that most of the Portuguese army was in the colonies. After these soldiers were in power, they would cause an impact on the original military. I have to think of a way." Serov, who had got rid of the misunderstanding of thought, walked into the Kremlin. As long as he knew the evolution of things, there would always be a chance to intervene.

"The situation is obvious now. Portuguese soldiers like the Soviet Union, and all the Portuguese Central Committee members have been released. This is a great opportunity for us!" Andropov's joy was unconcealed. He was the Minister of the Central Liaison Department. He was very happy that any country's socialist movement has made progress, not to mention such decisive progress as Portugal. To be optimistic, whether the Soviet Union can make this country separate from NATO.

"Comrade Andropov is too optimistic. Portugal is just a country surrounded by NATO. We have limited support for them. Thinking about the decades of Spanish civil war, we know what situation we are facing." Serov said in silence. "There is another unfavorable factor, that is, the military strength of Portugal is only about a quarter of the total military strength. The soldiers in their country are pro-Soviet factions. Once the colonial soldiers are countrymen, what will this country evolve into? Will there be right-wing soldiers conducting military coups? If the coup is made, do we have the ability to interfere?"

The Soviet Red Navy was very strong, while the US Navy was even stronger. If there was an intervention from 6 places, there was only one way, the Soviet troops stationed in Eastern Europe launched a full-scale attack and defeated NATO head-on. If this could be done, there would be no need for interference. The whole world belongs to the Soviet Union, and do you still care about a small country along the Atlantic coast?

"Will there be a reversal in those colonial troops return to China? This is the question we need to consider." Serov reminded others word by word, "there are several times more soldiers in the colonial countries than soldiers in their own country. If the soldiers in those colonial countries have a good impression of the Soviet Union, the results of this carnation revolution will not be lost."

A group of Portugal's organization "Armed Forces Movement" with middle and lower-level officers as the backbone, launched a coup to overthrow the Caetano dictatorship and established a new provisional government. It is worth noting that Portugal not only regained its legal status due to the coup, but also had extremely close ties with the second interim Prime Minister Gonsalves. After the Gonsalves government came to power, it immediately announced the start of "decolonization" in Portugal, abandoned all overseas colonies, and recognized the independent rights of all Portuguese colonies. This policy originated from the Portuguese Communist Party.

In the later internal struggle, the Portuguese Communist Party gradually became the main supporter of the Gonsalves government. In more than a year, right-wing soldiers launched two coups, both of which were defeated by left-wing soldiers supported by the Portuguese Communist Party. In July of the following year, Gonsalves organized the fifth provisional government with only one party of the Portuguese Communist Party. The Portuguese Communist Party reached its peak in politics. But nearly a month later, the Gonsalves government was overthrown by the right-wing soldiers. The unwilling Communist Party of Portuguese launched an armed coup again in November 1975, but was suppressed, and the Portuguese Communist Party was then completely cleaned out of the government.

Sherepin nodded and asked Brezhnev, "Comrade Ilyich, how do you think about it, how to avoid this."

"Since Yula has seen this, let's listen to his opinions." Brezhnev was very able to listen to other people's opinions when he had no idea, but he didn't listen to anyone's opinions after he had an idea. The current situation is the former.

"It costs money, a lot of money. Portugal has just been released. We must contact the comrades of Portugal immediately and talk to them about the colonies and buy time." Selov stood up and said that the main purpose was to gain time, especially delaying the withdrawal of troops in Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau, so that we can be more prepared. I know that the local strategic offensive has been in place, but if Portugal cooperates, we will not have to make big moves and must use military operations to solve the problem. With the cooperation of Portuguese soldiers, we can accept these countries more easily, and at least be more prepared when competing."

"Continue!" Brezhnev nodded with his face unchanged. He thought that Portugal would not give up his colonies, so he must use military means to seize these countries. However, the environment has changed now. The Portuguese armed forces movement has obviously had a very good relationship with Portugal. Of course, the previous plan must be overturned, and now we need to reconsider the problem.

"The meaning of letting overseas Portuguese soldiers delay the withdrawal of troops is to be afraid that these soldiers with uncertain thoughts will return to China and impact the situation that is beneficial to us. Therefore, when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited Portugal, our Central Liaison Department must send comrades to the local colonies. At the same time, I will also send agents who understand Portuguese to control the movement of these people before withdrawing the troops and buy time for the current Portuguese armed forces movement. At that time, they will let these right-wing soldiers retire from the army and resolve the military threat to Portuguese comrades. As long as the army does not turn over, this country will be our ally." Serov remained silent for a moment and continued, "For ordinary soldiers, we must join hands with local independent armed forces to adopt a negotiation attitude, and must make a peaceful handover, use the time before the withdrawal to influence ordinary soldiers, and make them interested in socialist thoughts. This depends on the notice from the Central Liaison Department."

"We need a lot of funds to win over ordinary soldiers from these countries and make them feel good about the Soviet Union. Some watches, or daily necessities and food can easily touch the hearts of ordinary people. Of course, this group of soldiers has more than 100,000, which requires a considerable amount of funds." Andropov followed Serov's thinking, "If it influences the soldiers from these countries, it can ensure that Portugal's most powerful group is close to the Soviet Union."

"That's what I think!" Selov nodded and expressed his gratitude to Andropov. There is no precedent for spending money to buy favors. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was the Federal Republic of Germany that paid the Soviet Union to withdraw its troops. He was planning to use this process first on the enemy's camp.

What was the background of the Soviet Union's withdrawal from Democratic Germany? A large number of state-owned assets and enterprises in East Germany, including those products that sell well all over the world and have the world's top technology, were sold at a low price by the "State-owned Assets Trusteeship Bureau" in West Germany. Capitalists colluded with them acquired them through secret transactions and low prices. The East Berlin City Bank, which owns a 11 billion mark loan, was sold for 50 million marks. The Democratic German Cooperative Bank borrowed 10 billion yuan, but sold it to West German Bank for 100 million yuan.

Refrigerators made in Democratic Germany are exported all over the world, and their products are everywhere in West Germany, and their creation of Freon-free refrigeration technology has become an international standard. However, Siemens and Bosch put pressure on the West Germany trusteeship bureau to stop production, close the door and leave, and hand over the technology. For this reason, they claimed to the public that Freon-free environmentally friendly refrigerant in East Germany is flammable and dangerous. However, when they began to use East German technology to make money for themselves, they never mentioned anything flammable and harmful.

The Federal Republic of Germany used 20 to 30 billion marks to obtain the world's top ten industrial countries, a democratic Germany worth 200 billion US dollars, and at the same time, it made the Soviet Union's most powerful Western cluster, 500,000 people get out of it. This deal is simply too cost-effective.

"Comrade Gromiko, you go to Lisbon and bring the Portuguese who are in exile here. To discuss with Portugal, we can ease the separation of the colony without leaving any future troubles, instead of creating a vacuum in the colony, which will lead to the risk of civil war." Brezhnev thought for a moment and said to Gromiko.

On May 1, Soviet Foreign Minister Gromiko's special plane landed in Lisbon, Portugal. Gromiko waved to the Portuguese, behind him was a group of Portuguese Communists who were in exile in the Soviet Union because of Salazar's arrest. These people have been away from their motherland for decades. They were white and clanged with their trembling hands.

"Welcome, Comrade Baptista, thank you for your hard work," said the old Portuguese Communist who hugged the other party in a low voice. They had not met for decades.

"Teixeira, you have been in Salazar's prison for decades, and you are the hero of this country." Baptista, who was from the Soviet Union, shook his head and said with tears in his eyes, "How long is life? You spend half of your time in jail."

The old comrades' reminiscence made everyone who heard it cry. Some reporters took out their cameras to record this moment. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!