Big Time 1958
v1 Chapter 786: Invite Armin
"Comrade Gromyko, the relevant preparations will be handed over to you." Brezhnev nodded, Serov completely gave up his entanglement on the Vietnam issue. How to use this matter to turn it into a favorable situation for the Soviet Union now, so instead of entangled in who this war is more reasonable, it is better to establish the Asian security system that the Soviet Union has always wanted to establish but has never organized.
If the previous time was not very ripe, then after several years of development, the situation of the whole world has changed again. The whole world can feel the increasingly obvious strategic advantage of the Soviet Union. Even if the United States has escaped the trauma of the Vietnam War, it is impossible to fully restore its strength in a short period of time.
Who said it was impossible? Serov, who slowly left the Kremlin with his briefcase, smiled casually. As long as the United States is willing to go out and concentrate on being a vampire, it will soon be able to show its enormous strength. If the Soviet Union did not see this abnormality The strength is false and real, and it will definitely be frightened.
"Whether it's shearing wool or sucking blood, I see how many times you can come. You can't slaughter all the lambs." Back in his car, Serov took off the pair of glasses directly, which affected his vision. It's only when the Kremlin is holding a pile of documents that he pretends to be old-fashioned. I usually look like I'm in better health than anyone else. Unfortunately, no one believes it. This is really a sad story.
At Andropov's house in the evening, both Serov and Ustinov arrived on time. In fact, there should be another person here, the Soviet Foreign Ministry Zhang Gromyko. It's just that I just received the task of Brezhnev. Comrade Foreign Minister should be quite busy recently, so there are only three of them today. Andropov was Secretary of the Central Committee and Minister of the Liaison Department of the Central Committee. When Brezhnev replaced Semichasny a few years ago, Andropov also served as Chairman of the Central Supervisory Committee.
Ustinov took over as Minister of Defense after Marshal Grechko died of illness and became the leader of the most powerful army on earth. Because Ustinov was a military engineer, the investment of military industrial enterprises continued to increase. one expansion. The absolute ground superiority of the Warsaw Pact against NATO was established by Ustinov.
After the MiG-29 and Su-27 were put into service, the Warsaw Pact Air Force, which was already larger in quantity than the NATO Air Force, leveled the quality comparison between the two sides again. But other models have more auxiliary fighters.
It's just that the MiG-29 fighter is destined to be a fighter prepared for the huge ground group of the Warsaw Pact. The mission is to quickly form combat power and cooperate with ground troops, so this fighter is tailor-made for the Warsaw Pact. Only the Soviet Union can use it to make the most of it. If other countries buy it, it is basically whoever buys it. Because it is impossible for ordinary countries to organize such a huge cluster like the Soviet Union and play the iron curtain in the air.
Finally, there is Serov, the General Political Commissar of National Security, Chairman of the National Security Council, National Defense Commissioner, member of the Central Presidium, and the owner of the most powerful intelligence service in the world.
The reason for the three people to come together is also very simple, for their own interests. The Chairman of the Supreme Soviet, Sherepin, has been dismissed, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Kosygin, has been deposed, the Dnipro gang has an absolute advantage, Kirilenko, Chernenko, Shcherbitsky, Kunayev, and Bo. Tikhonov, who Lezhnev used to control government departments, should soon be a member of the Central Presidium at the current speed.
The Dnipro gang is unprecedentedly powerful, causing Andropov, Ustinov, and Grishin to kick in their hearts. The great leader of the chairman. So Andropov and Ustinov fought for the sake of self-protection and won the only remaining leader of the Communist Youth League after Sherepin stepped down.
Thinking of all Sherepin's resignation, Andropov and Ustinov sighed, Sherepin did not leave in a very humiliating way, nor was he sacked by Brezhnev for a dying struggle. But because of the dismissal of Semichasny, the contradiction between Sherepin and Brezhnev has been made public.
Brezhnev began to crack down on Shelepin's authority. In the end, Shelepin quarreled with Brezhnev at a meeting and offered to dismiss himself. Shelepin left the top decision-making circle because he couldn't stand Brezhnev's suppression. Taking the initiative to leave, everyone sighed when they remembered this.
Serov did not expect that Serepin was still as fierce as in history. When he saw that he could not resist the pressure of Brezhnev, he immediately threw his hands and left. Of course, this was what Brezhnev was very willing to see, so he also served as the chairman of the Supreme Soviet. .
Andropov and Ustinov and Serov came together, not to fight the Dnipro gang. The three of them didn't do this from the beginning. The purpose of the three of them was to keep their respective positions. . Not to be replaced by someone else by Brezhnev, there is no greater ambition, at least not now.
Now there is no Communist Youth League or Kosygin group, there are only two groups of people in the Central Presidium, the Dnipro gang and the powerful factions in various departments that are not the Dnipro gang. A few powerful people are Serov of the KGB, the three departments directly under the Central Presidium, Ustinov of the Minister of Defense, Gromyko of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Andropov. As well as Grishin, Romanov and others who have no obvious position.
If it is just self-protection, this is completely fine. Three years ago, the year of Khrushchev's death, Brezhnev became seriously ill again, and his body was obviously more fragile after being discharged from the hospital. Even the United States is concerned about this. When he came out, Brezhnev's image in "Time" in 1976 was different from the handsome, sturdy, and American challenger he was before, and he became an old man.
After became seriously ill, the doctor forbade him to smoke. In order to relieve his craving, he let the guards around him smoke so that he could smell it. What's more, when meeting leaders of other countries, he asked the translator to light a cigarette, take a deep breath, and spray it on his face. Not only that, he couldn't sleep because of his illness, and he was addicted to sleeping pills, so he had to pester the doctor to get a few more tablets.
And just like Andropov got kidney disease due to severe weather during the Great Patriotic War, Brezhnev, who also participated in the Great Patriotic War, was injured during the Great Patriotic War, causing a strong brain injury. Shock, since then, he has been inarticulate, perhaps to cover up this problem, he often reads manuscripts, in recent years Brezhnev misread manuscripts began to appear, because of the aging of the body, Brezhnev Zhinev's old injury began to return.
Why Serov would know these things, very simple, now Brezhnev is not in contact with a daughter and a wife, but a female nurse who provides care at any time. The name of the female nurse is Nina, who is also a KGB person.
Now the most powerful is not Brezhnev himself, but the Dnipro gang he cultivated earlier, but the reason why the Dnipro gang and their real power factions are at peace is because Kunayev, Sherbitz Both Ki are local cadres, one is far away in Kazakhstan and the other is in Ukraine. It may be precisely in order to maintain the balance that Brezhnev began to quickly promote Tikhonov, the first vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers, and asked Kirilenko, Chernenko, and Tikhonov to deal with Andropov. , Ustinov and Serov.
"Compared to the matter between China and Vietnam, there are many things that we should pay attention to, which are more important than the tearing between China and Vietnam." Shelov is also the host of the Soviet Union's global attack and the flag of the Soviet hardliners. If it weren't for him pulling the banner of the hardliners, maybe it wasn't Shelepin who was suppressed last year, but himself.
Serov is not as great as Shelepin. Even if he is suppressed, he will not be able to leave on his own. Lai has to rely on the Central Presidium. If Shelepin had won the support of Andropov and Ustinov at that time, he might have been successful. Lezhnev will not succeed, but Sherepin's character has not changed, and he chose to leave by himself.
"That woman in the UK, what kind of skills she has, I think she can speak harshly to us. Besides, will she definitely win? Whether she can become the Prime Minister of the UK is unknown!" Ustinov smiled coldly.
"That woman is not easy. Maybe she can win this time, but what if she comes up? To be honest, I prefer this kind of foreign leader with obvious hostility. But actually I'm not talking about Britain." Sheloff Ha ha laugh, if history is still habitual, Mrs Thatcher will naturally win the election. He also hopes that Mrs Thatcher will come to power and be cleaned up together with Reagan.
"Who are you referring to?" Andropov also asked with great interest. It seems that nothing is more important than the British election in half a year, right? Ustinov also looked at Serov with a questioning expression.
"I'm talking about the Pahlavi boy. I have received information from the Middle East Division of the First General Administration. The scale of this Cui protest is hundreds of thousands. Although Pahlavi has suppressed it, it may be difficult to say next time. One is that the situation in Afghanistan is not very good, these two are neighboring countries, and I am more worried." Shelov lowered his head and said, "Especially Afghanistan, that country is too important to us, it must not be messed up, I have to think about it. Method."
"You have a very good relationship with Taraki, can you invite him to visit Moscow? Let's ask the real situation." Ustinov said to Andropov, "I believe that the first secretary of Taraki is sure will agree."
"No, I want to invite the No. 2 character Amin." Sheloff said suddenly, "Not Taraki..." (To be continued~^~)