Shelov is a little unsure of how he feels. It is definitely not good for a defense minister to be too tough. Ustinov's death also vacated his position at the right time. After all, he is not a map of Ge. Ustinov, who left at this time, has a completely different historical significance. However, there have been too many funerals attended by Serov in recent years...

   "Please don't be sad, people always have such a day, Comrade Ustinov left without pain." Serov shook hands with Ustinov's family members one by one. It also includes Ustinov's son, who is working on laser weapons.

   He didn't lie. Compared to Chernenko, who continued to stay here and was plagued by illnesses, Ustinov left without pain. Even Serov thought that Ustinov's fate had been changed.

   Whenever one speculates on fate, fate always comes to slap the face at the right time. However, Serov, who was constantly beaten in the face, still did not have a sense of reverence for fate. It is very normal for a person to make mistakes in judgment, and the general secretary is an atheist. Don't blame fate for the result of being beaten in the face.

  The evening news of the Soviet Union reported the news of the death of the Soviet marshal, party activist, Ustinov. The Presidium of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union announced a three-day national holiday, and Ustinov's body was kept for three days for viewing, and it was determined that it would be buried under the Kremlin Wall.

Because the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet, Chernenko, was still in the hospital, Serov ordered the First Vice-Chairman of the Supreme Soviet, Kuznetsov, and the Secretary of the Central Committee, Ligachev, to present the deceased Ustinov with the Order of Lenin in recognition of Ustino. Marshal Fu's achievements in military construction over the years to the Soviet Union. In addition to this posthumous award, Ustinov received a total of twelve Lenin Medals in his lifetime, setting a record.

  During this period, the Ustinov coffin was visited by a steady stream of people, mainly generals of the military respecting the Minister of Defense.

   Three days later, the members of the Central Presidium of the Soviet Union, except Chernenko, Serbitsky, and Kunayev, were not present. The whole group attended Ustinov's funeral, and a continuous army of soldiers maintained order throughout the process. When the coffin fell, it marked the end of an era for the Soviet Ministry of Defense.

   Then Serov convened a military conference as the chairman of the National Defense Committee, and at the same time issued a transfer order as the general secretary, and began to adjust the structure of the Soviet Red Army. Including appointments to some frontline commanders, there are three major appointments.

   "The First Deputy Minister Marshal Ogarkov was appointed as the commander of the Western Group in Germany, and he also served as the First Deputy Minister of Defense, and was responsible for the confrontation on the front together with the GDR People's Army."

   "General Bagramyan, Chief of the General Staff of the Western Cluster, appointed Commander of the Moscow Military District and Deputy Minister of Defense."

"First Deputy Minister of Defense and Chief of General Staff Marshal Ahromeyev has the most upright character and the most professional military style. I believe that Marshal Ahromeyev is a real Communist, so I decided to, Appoint Marshal Akhromeyev as Minister of Defense and enter the Central Presidium of the Soviet Union."

After issuing three important orders in a row, Serov said to these very important generals of the Soviet military, "We need to consider not only the issues of the Soviet armed forces, but also the unity of the Warsaw Pact and even all the People's Army. In the future coordinated operations, the China Pact is still the foundation, and unity will bring out the greatest combat effectiveness."

   Not all problems can be solved by the Soviet armed forces. This has been the consensus since the 1970s. The issue of the overall consistency and unity of the Warsaw Pact by the Soviet Ministry of Defense has always been taken seriously.

The official appointment was also quickly published by the Komsomolskaya Pravda, and in the Kremlin, Serov introduced the new member to other members of the Central Presidium, "Starting today, Marshal Akhromeyev will represent the military in the country's highest decision-making. "

   For the appearance of this new member, some members were still a little surprised. The new Minister of Defense also entered the Central Presidium of the Soviet Union. This is not surprising, but he did not expect him.

Regarding the appointment of Marshal Akhromeyev as Defense Minister, Serov made a decision based on two historical considerations. The first Marshal Ahromeyev believed that after the occupation of Afghanistan, the Soviet army should have taken advantage of the victory. , occupied the western part of Pakistan in one go, and gave the Soviet Union access to the Indian Ocean, so that the logistics base of the later Afghan guerrillas could be eradicated. At that time, when the Soviet Union was at its peak, the United States and international anti-Soviet forces were powerless to intervene.

The second thing is the late Soviet Union, Marshal Akhromeyev's position against Gotu: "I openly state my position, I support the socialist way of life, if anyone attempts to divide the country or change by force or other unconstitutional actions Its social system, the President and the Soviets can decide to use force to ensure the unity of our motherland and maintain its constitutional social system." He linked the defense of the Red Army of the Soviet Workers and Peasants with the defense of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in Together. After the failure of the eight-member state of emergency committee, Marshal Ahromeyev committed suicide.

   These two points are enough. If there is any dissatisfaction, it is that Marshal Ahromeyev did not use his prestige to call on the Soviet Red Army to firmly support the State Emergency Committee.

   For a country like the Soviet Union, loyalty is more important than anything else. Major figures in Europe and the United States have much better living conditions than cadres in the Soviet Union, so loyal Communist Party members should play a greater role.

  The official appointment will have to wait until the next National Congress, but in fact, this does not delay anything, the official appointment is just a procedure at that time, but after all, this kind of jumping in the middle of the queue is not justified. In the future, we must put an end to it. After the general secretary has achieved all his goals, relevant regulations will be issued.

"My dear princess, can't you be like a real prosecutor? Black stockings look good, but it's January, and if you don't want arthritis in your old age, you'd better listen to Dad." The Serov family will go to Marshal Bagramyan's house to celebrate the Russian New Year. Of course, not all of them. The general secretary's son's family has already looked for his father-in-law in Ukraine. Who stipulated that the general secretary cannot take vacations? Can't New Year's Eve?

   "But it's so beautiful, isn't it mom!" Yulia asked for her mother's support with a smile on her face.

   "That's right!" Valiya responded happily and directly blocked the opinion of the general secretary. When did the man say this? It's really unreasonable, didn't you see that the son's family went to his father-in-law?

   Gaba, Gaba! From the back seat of the general secretary's seat, the crackling sound of finger bones clearly entered the ears of the two women.

   "Brother, long time no see! Uncle's body is still very tough." Shelov led his wife and daughter to greet him very well.

   As for his group of sons, it is estimated that the spy school is having a good time. What a good school, a group of female instructors and female students can provide physiological tutoring, and there are too many, all coming to Bagramyan's house will make it a bit crowded.

   "Yura is here, it's been a long time no see." General Bagramyan looked healthy, with a soldier's breath, and did not transform into that kind of potbellied image. However, he is also getting old. When he returned to Moscow this time, General Bagramyan estimated by himself that it should be the last stop of his military career.

   Shelov has always had no special feeling about the New Year. In Azerbaijan’s memory, he received some benefits, and later he and Valiya received benefits, and then the birth of one child after another. It's all family, nothing to celebrate. On several occasions of New Year's significance, it was at the house of Marshal Baghramyan.

"For a long time, I have always wanted to have a head-to-head contest with the U.S. military. It's not a proxy war, it's a real head-to-head contest!" He raised his head and drank a glass of vodka, Serov looked at his family not far away with a hint of alcohol, crooked The head said to General Bagramyan, who is already the commander of the Moscow Military District, "The opponent is the US military, and the US military's opponent is the Soviet armed forces."

   "Unfortunately, we all have thousands of medium-range missiles pointing at each other in Europe. This is not easy to achieve." General Bagramyan, as a soldier, has never thought about this kind of contest. Only the US military is the opponent of the Soviet army. All kinds of war processes are about to smoke the mind of the Soviet General Staff.

   As long as the Soviet army moved, thousands of nuclear missiles pointed at each other in Europe would be fired immediately. Of course, some people think that it may not fly directly to the Soviet Forte, but even if these medium-range missiles explode on the land of the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR, the war will turn into a nuclear war.

"So I'm going to let Reagan take advantage of some battlefields at the right time, and I promise to negotiate unfavorable conditions to destroy all medium-range missiles in Europe. Finally..." Serov tilted his head and looked at General Bagramyan. The implications are self-explanatory.

"After all the medium-range missiles are destroyed, only the less powerful tactical nuclear weapons are left, along with the United States and our strategic nuclear weapons. Are you going to attack Western Europe?" General Bagramyan took a breath and said, "Reagan just won with his mouth Us, and you're going to actually go to war. Are you going to let the Western horde carry tactical nuclear weapons against the Federal Republic of Germany?"

"Yes, the strategic missiles in the United States want to be used, but the medium-range missiles are not so easy. That is not something Reagan ordered. With our tank army, tactical nuclear weapons with a small yield can completely resist it." Shelov was silent. "Whether the other party dares to use nuclear weapons or not, the probability is 50%. Whether the use of tactical nuclear weapons or strategic nuclear weapons is also a matter worth considering. After the medium-range missiles are destroyed, the war will begin."