The    price reduction has just begun, but it was immediately caught by the general political commissar who used the KGB to pretend to be a ghost. At the meeting of the Central Presidium, he specifically analyzed Reagan's intentions. After Reagan solved the domestic problems in the United States, he began to try to contain the Soviet Union in two ways, one is the technical blockade, and the other is the reduction of oil prices. Of course, the means are not only these two, but now Reagan only has these two to see the effect.

   Another action that is not very obvious is that some industries in the United States are accelerating their flow to China. The meaning of the flow to China is not difficult to understand. Japan's economic power has already made the United States feel threatened. It was only when the United States thought of finding a country to contain Japan that this move was not the first nor the last.

   If it weren't for the complicated conditions in India in later generations, the European and American media, which are bragging about India every day, would have already begun to try to transfer industries to support India and contain China. Although India is a little ignorant, it always looks a little more harmless than China, which has never given up socialism. The problem is that India is not a little ignorant, but too ignorant and wastes the international sentiment of imperialism.

   In terms of industrial scale, the Soviet Union is an industrial country that is at least no smaller than the United States. Many project areas are the world's first, and the tolerance is definitely much stronger than that of Iraq, Libya, and other oil-selling countries. The foreign exchange of the Soviet Union has only two functions, importing luxury goods and importing agricultural industries. The latter uses a much larger dollar scale.

   With the current welfare construction in Iraq, as long as this price cut lasts for more than two years, there will be major problems in Iraq. Of course nothing is certain, and maybe Iran will be ahead of Iraq. Based on the view of this pair of heretics in the Gulf Prince Kingdom, it is estimated that borrowing money should not be considered. At that time, when the Soviet Union is in full swing, the two countries may try to educate those princely kingdoms.

  Actually, Reagan's move had limited containment of the Soviet Union, because the Soviet Union's grain had long been provided by the Southeast Asian socialist countries, and he did not panic when he had grain in his hand, so that the Soviet Union would not be out of balance.

Foreign Minister Gromyko agrees with this. If he is not the foreign minister, he is likely to be the kind of cadre in the propaganda department who writes about the US economic delay every day. It is only later that the central government has decided that he must be the foreign minister. Let the Soviet Union lose a cadre who every day criticizes the US economic plunder.

  Ryzhkov and Ligachev did not express their opinions, but the General Political Commissar also had no shortage of cheerleaders. Aliyev, the first vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers, immediately said that the general political commissar has seen the sinister intentions of imperialism at a glance. This kind of trick will not cause even the slightest harm to the great motherland, it will be a shameful defeat, and so on.

   Another point is that arms are the second largest export commodity of the Soviet Union after energy exports. In the past, most of them were exported to Middle Eastern countries in exchange for oil. In the era of booming oil business, the Soviet Union’s sales of arms to Middle Eastern countries increased fivefold.

   However, many Middle Eastern countries are now tied to the Soviet Union. The purchase of Soviet weapons is more for political reasons. When the Soviet Union buys weapons, it will be half sold and half free. Reagan wants to reduce the price of oil to combat Soviet weapons sales. If oil price cuts have historically had a five-layered effect, they now have little effect on the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union can completely transfer this part of the pressure to other allies. The Soviet Union has many more allies than in history.

   As long as the Soviet Union does not have a problem and these allies have a problem, the Soviet Union is fully capable of helping them. All strategies are double-edged swords, someone gains and someone loses. Destroy all these energy exporting countries, and these countries will lose their purchasing power, which will also cause the products of European and American countries to be unable to sell. It just depends on who has the better foundation.

   At least the Soviet Union still has an advantage in fairness, and the tolerance should be higher, not to mention that the Soviet Union is much stronger than in history, and the gap with the United States is almost invisible. It's not impossible to kill America.

   Soon the meeting ended, and Ryzhkov and Ligachev went to the offices of Andropov and Chernenko, respectively. The general secretary and the second secretary did not attend this meeting, they were recharging their energy for the upcoming meeting. Especially Andropov, he will nominate several new members of the Central Presidium, for him, this plenary session is very important. It is also when he is about to complete a year in power and needs to report on his achievements.

"The nomination of Comrade Vorotnikov, Ryzhkov and Ligachev as members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is a joint decision of the comrades." Chernenko presided over the plenary session as the second secretary. , his voice was as gentle as always but with a touch of majesty, somewhat the same as Brezhnev, but different.

  Andropov has been unable to attend this plenary meeting. In the past two months, his health has deteriorated sharply and he cannot come here to meet all the Central Committee members. The meeting can only be chaired by Chernenko.

   On a Tuesday, the eve of the Central Committee and the Plenary Session, Anrkadi Volsky, an assistant to Andropov, came to his ward at the Moscow Central Hospital to draft a speech for him. Andropov was no longer able to attend the meeting and had to send a person to the Presidium to read the speech in his name. The last few lines of the speech said that the Central Committee members should be role models of integrity and responsibility for the future of the country.

   At this point Andropov handed Volsky a folder along with the speech and said, "The speech looks good. Be sure to pay attention to what I wrote."

  Because the doctor came to take him out of the ward and into the car, he didn't have time to look at what Andropov had written. Then he got a chance to take a peek, and Andropov added a scrawl of ink at the bottom of the last page. The content of this paragraph is: "The members of the Central Committee know that due to some special reasons, I cannot attend the plenary session, nor can I attend the meetings of the Politburo and the Secretariat. Therefore, I think Comrade Chernenko should be assigned to preside over the presidium and the secretary. meeting at the place.

   Andropov's nomination was approved by all members of the Soviet Central Presidium and the Central Committee and Committee, and Vorotnikov, Ryzhkov and Ligachev officially became members of the Soviet Central Presidium.

"The invasion of the South Korean airliner didn't occur. Did the United States discover its own intentions? Or was there a slight deviation in history that caused the CIA to not make such a plan!" Serov thought about things that had nothing to do with the meeting, and the meeting was nothing to be concerned about. In the place, except for Ge Tutu sitting in an inconspicuous corner, the person who was supposed to be the general secretary, because the security file was manipulated by Serov, has changed from a young and promising Central Committee member to a veteran Central Committee member.

   Chernenko presided over the meeting in place of Andropov, of course, perhaps Andropov did not want to do so. But in fact, since Andropov started working at the Moscow Central Hospital, he has been unable to do anything to contain Chernenko. It was like the last moments of Brezhnev's life, unable to stop Andropov.

   Originally? In history, Andropov looked better at Ge map, but in order to unite the leaders of the powerful department and successfully become general secretary, so as to achieve the purpose of suppressing the Dniprop gang, Ge map was sacrificed by Andropov. As a result, none of the new-generation cadres that Andropov is optimistic about are official members of the Central Presidium. Of course, starting today, the situation has changed.

   But what if he came up? This is just a group of people of the same age as the general political commissar. It really takes a long time to see this move. Serov is not necessarily afraid of this group of people. In addition to his age, his qualifications are enough to suppress these new members.

"Based on the current observation, the general secretary may die of illness in a few months." After the meeting, Shcherbitsky and Serov met again in a secret location, and now Andropov does not need to go to the Red Square military parade. With this move, almost all the Soviet Central Presidium could see that he was not good enough. He has been in the hospital for two months and has not been able to come out.

"I'll see the results in three months!" After taking a deep puff of cigarettes, Serov said with a mouthful of nicotine, "I know what Ustinov thinks, he feels that Chernenko is not healthy. Well, the Ministry of Defense cannot be weakened. So it is more inclined for Chernenko to take over as general secretary.”

   "It's good to think about it, why no one chooses me." Shcherbitsky shook his head mockingly and said, "Ustinov must have taken precautions against you. Are you sure that he will admit a fait accompli?"

   Shelov touched his chin and rubbed it back and forth a few times, then shook his head and said, "It's a pity that I don't have a second son who can be used as an in-law, not to mention that his children are very old, and the marriage is also a disadvantage for me."

   "What do you want to do? Is there any way that you can take advantage of it?" Shelbitsky had not heard of such an unreliable idea. With his knowledge of the General Political Commissar, it was impossible for him to do nothing.

"There is a solution. In view of the physical condition of Comrade Andropov, Chernenko is going to let the medical team accompany the general secretary to the Black Sea for recuperation. Ukraine is your place." Serov looked at the local snake of the Dnipro gang. , whispered, "I still found out about Chernenko's proposal from his assistant. What do you think Chernenko meant?"

"Send Andropov away, and Ukraine is my leader. As long as Andropov passes away, I will be the first to know and give him enough time to prepare." Sherbitsky laughed, "he Well thought, Andropov left Moscow, he is the de facto general secretary, but it's not good for you."

   "Not necessarily, who do you notify first? In case your mind is confused, notify me first?" Serov said in a low voice, "If I fall, my son and daughter-in-law will definitely be affected. My family?"