After the Soviet Union was born, in order to protect its regime, it had to carry out militarized management. After industrial development, this proportion was tilted towards the military. After that, a world war broke out, and the state machinery all supported the operation of the army.

After the war, if the Soviet Union had shifted its economic focus to improving people's living standards, it would not have become a country that could produce aircraft and missiles but could not produce enough bread. Moreover, due to the management of farms, farmers' enthusiasm was very low, resulting in the unreachable increase in grain output.

Now, the Soviet Union has become a country with abnormal development. The proportion of heavy industry is too large, and military overwhelms everything. The huge military-industrial enterprises have become a shackle for the Soviet Union's transformation.

For Gorbachev, to develop, he must overcome this difficulty, reduce the military industry, and reduce military expenditures, and these will affect the interests of the military.

Gorbachev and Sokolov's rebellion is almost inevitable. Now, Gorbachev has promoted Marshal Ogalkov, and he will gradually help Gorbachev stabilize his army and implement Gorbachev's reforms. Sokolov also wants to use his identity to suppress it. Unfortunately, he suddenly discovered that this was a conspiracy.

Gorbachev wants to rush him to step down! If he disagrees at this time, Gorbachev will remove him from his post as Minister of Defense!

Thinking of this, Sokolov was extremely angry and stood up from his chair: "Our huge Soviet Union is probably going to decline from now on. A powerful army is the foundation for the country's strength!"

After saying that, Sokolov pushed open the door and left in anger.

"A strong economy is the foundation for the country's strength. If the people are still hungry, they can support us in the Battle of the Patriotic War, but they will never support us in the battle for hegemony with the Americans." Gorbachev looked at Sokolov's back and said, "We want to reform and develop. We need the army to make sacrifices at this time, and history will prove my rightness."

Gorbachev said: "Next, we will discuss the next strategy. We need to normalize relations with China and carry out the next round of consultations with the United States. Our nuclear arsenal is too large and consumes too much of our funds."

If a country wants to achieve economic development, it requires strategic transfer. Back then, the aggressive Soviet Union and the army was approaching, which brought great pressure to the north of China. Now, Gorbachev knows that this is simply unnecessary. Maintaining friendly relations with China is more important than a hostile China. The Soviet Union needs more friends, not enemies.

Reducing nuclear weapons is an important means for Gorbachev.

After saying that, Gorbachev also walked out slowly.

After more than a year, Gorbachev has gained more power. Although there is still resistance below, it cannot stop Gorbachev's reform direction. Although there are many difficulties, he is still moving forward!

Reykjavik, capital of Iceland.

This is an island country in Nordic with unique geographical landscapes. Because it is close to the Arctic Circle, you can often see natural landscapes such as aurora, and there are also unique mountains, rivers and rivers.

However, people who come to Iceland now are not here to enjoy the scenery. In the spacious conference room, the leaders of the two major groups of the United States and the Soviet Union held each other affectionately, with a smile in their eyes, but they were thinking about how to convince each other in negotiations.

"General Secretary Gorbachev, this is our second meeting. You are the most courageous general secretary of the Soviet Union." Reagan said to Gorbachev in front of him. President Reagan, who was born as an actor, was tall and good at disguising himself.

"I hope we can gain something this time," Gorbachev said: "We come with sincerity and hope to make greater progress."

Last year, the two sides held a negotiation at the Geneva meeting, but no progress was made. This time, the two met again just to issue disarmament.

“Yes, we are all peace-loving countries,” President Reagan said. “We hope to gain more in arms control, regional conflicts, human rights and bilateral relations.”

The two of them let go of their hands and sat down. Although they were only separated by a table with a half meter long, they had their own thoughts.

"We, the United States and the Soviet Union, have too many nuclear weapons, and these nuclear weapons cannot allow us to obtain security. The dark clouds of nuclear war are always shrouded on the earth, so I really hope that we can reach a consensus on reducing nuclear weapons, especially on our medium-range missiles." Gorbachev said.

"Yes, nuclear weapons cannot bring real security, and we also hope to put these demons back into Pandora's box." President Reagan said: "What are the specific plans of the Soviet Union?"

Long-range ballistic missiles can also have an early warning time, but medium-range ballistic missiles are less than half an hour from launch to falling, making it difficult to warning and evacuate. At this time, both sides are deploying hundreds of medium-range ballistic missiles in the European region, which is the easiest way for both sides to get fire. Therefore, reducing medium-range ballistic missiles is the first aspect. As for reducing all nuclear arsenals of both sides, it will still be a long process.

"One of us will destroy medium-range and short-range ballistic missiles deployed in Europe together, and we will not produce or test these ballistic missiles in the future," Gorbachev said. "This is the biggest concession we have made."

The Soviet Union did make concessions. Among the medium and short-range ballistic missiles, the number of Soviet missiles exceeded that of the United States. Moreover, the SS-20 missiles have three warheads. In terms of the number of warheads, the Soviet Union is almost three times that of the United States.

Originally, the negotiations between the two sides began in 1981, but the negotiations at that time were almost a political performance between the two sides, and there was no substantial progress.

Now, Gorbachev really intends to cut these missiles, destroying these missiles and closing the production workshop can save a considerable amount of military expenditure.

However, Gorbachev's statement did not satisfy President Reagan.

"No, what we need is a global dual zero point solution. None of our intermediate and medium-short missiles will be left, and all will be destroyed, and both will be reduced to zero." President Reagan said.

"Our Europeans will be destroyed, and the remaining missiles will be left in Asia." Gorbachev said: "These missiles are not aimed at Western Europe, but China. We need to keep a hundred SS-20 missiles."

Reagan looked at Gorbachev, saying that he was coaxing the Soviets to pull out their teeth. Of course, those missiles cannot be kept, not just missiles, but even production workshops must not be kept!

"No, we insist on global double zero points," said President Reagan. "Mr. Gorbachev, you are a smart person and should be able to know that it is only two days' journey for those missiles to be transported from the Far East to Western Europe."

Reagan said it very clearly. You said you were keeping it against China. Who knows where you deployed and when will you come to Western Europe? Don’t treat it as a fool!

Hearing President Reagan's words, Gorbachev knew that if he disagreed, the negotiation would fail again.

Anyway, Gorbachev really wanted to destroy all those things. Now the Soviet Union's national strength could no longer bear too much military equipment. Cutting these down can leave a burden on the Soviet Union. He just wanted to pull the United States onto this chariot together.

"Okay, then we agree, but we have made too many concessions, so we have a request," Gorbachev said.

Reagan looked at Gorbachev. The other party was not a qualified politician. He had seen through the other party's psychology and urgently needed to cut these weapons. Therefore, even if the other party did not agree to the request, he would still have to return to the negotiating table.

Although I thought this in my heart, Reagan still had a smile on his face: "Please say, as long as we can do it, we will definitely be satisfied."

“We need a low-interest loan of $50 billion to inject new vitality into our country’s reforms,” Gorbachev said. “Western European countries are restricted and the loan amount to us is too small to meet our needs.”

50 billion US dollars! Gorbachev is really a lion, Reagan thought to himself, but this also shows that the Soviet Union is really poor. It is said that the Soviet Union cannot even supply bread. In recent years, the Soviet Union has begun to think about borrowing debts from Western Europe, but the amount is too small and the interest rate is quite high.

Gorbachev needs new funds to continue his reforms.

"We can provide it, but the interest rate will not be low," Reagan said. "I can't make decisions about these. If the bankers in our country knew that I would lend the funds to the Soviet Union with low interest, they would definitely not let me go. Our United States is democratic, unlike your country, if I agree, they will definitely unite to impeach me."

Reagan said pitifully.

"Okay, then we can agree to this condition." Gorbachev said. It is better to have it than not.

Humph, let's talk about it when you can't pay it back! Reagan also made up his mind to lend it to the Soviet Union with high interest rates, and the 50 billion were not borrowed together, but to lend it in batches. Soon, the Soviet Union would fall into a vicious cycle of borrowing money to repay interest rates, which would be a blow to the Soviet Union's economy.
Chapter completed!