USSR 1991

Varennikov calmed down and tried his best to control his emotions to avoid sudden outbursts and loss of control.He glanced at Yazov and Vladimir, and said unwillingly, "I will personally confirm this to General Secretary Yanayev. If you want to destroy the Soviet army, it is absolutely not allowed."

Comrade Vladimir made a gesture of invitation, "We have no intention of preventing you from leaving. If you insist on going to the Kremlin, Yanayev asked me to tell you that he is waiting for you in the Kremlin."

Yazov looked at the old man in front of him with complicated eyes, hesitant to speak.He remembered Yanayev's warning, but in the end he couldn't say the words in his heart.

Kindness is not an attribute of politicians.

Varennikov turned around and left before the matter was over, convincing Yanayev that it was the last hope. The Ministry of War and the General Secretary were torn apart, and the situation would not be too good.

Just as Varennikov was about to leave, Vladimir stopped him from behind and said something meaningful.

"Oh, by the way, let me say one last thing. The Armata tank you saw, the turret, is a remote-controlled unmanned turret."

"General Varennikov, you are out of step with the times."

The subtext is, you're about to be out.

Chapter 923 The Middle East Missile Crisis Passed by

Varennikov waited for two hours alone in the cold corridor.The people around him came and went, and all cast their curious eyes on him.

Being looked at like this always gives him a strange feeling of being locked in an iron fence and being observed by others, although he rarely meets with the general secretary in the Kremlin now, because the differences of opinion between the two parties are also constantly expanding ——From Marshal Odyarkov's military reform, the seeds of contradictions have been planted between the two sides.

Yanayev insisted on reforming the Soviet army into a modern information warfare force. After he gave up the idea of ​​​​unifying the world with the United States, it was impossible for the Soviet armed forces to develop in accordance with the model of flattening Europe.

Of course, the diehards headed by Varennikov do not agree with this view. They believe that the third world-class war between the United States and the Soviet Union may still break out. Yanayev just sneered at this.

When there is no crisis in the capital world to push them to the brink of collapse, it is impossible to produce a method for radical change in the world situation.Therefore, after failing to grasp the opportunities of the Great Depression era, the Soviet Union has lost the possibility of ruling the world.In the United States, there was a wave of immigrants to the Soviet Union, which fully demonstrated the superiority of the socialist system, but it only appeared when capitalism was pushed to the brink of collapse due to the economic crisis.

Varennikov is here because of the list that was on his desk this morning.People at the level of deputy chief of staff and down to the level of army division commanders have all been arrested and dealt with.Yanayev's approach often attracts applause from the officers who are about to be promoted, but the old marshal who came from World War II saw the devastating blow of this approach at a glance.

General Secretary Yanayev is making mistakes. If a war breaks out in the future, these young faces who have never experienced the baptism of war will never be able to deal with it calmly on the battlefield.Skilled commanders can turn the tables with experience, but they can't.

General Varennikov did not leave the luxurious office even after dinner. He reluctantly grabbed the general secretary's office assistant and asked, "What's going on, General Secretary Yanayev? Didn't you agree to meet me after the matter? Why hasn't he shown up yet, I won't take up much of his time, just some small problems, yes, small problems, just need to get the general secretary exact answer."

I swear in the name of Comrade Lenin, the chief of staff really doesn't want to see the trouble of finding this old marshal - old, wise, prestigious, and unambiguous in the army.

But now he seemed a little annoying. He was deeply helpless with Varennikov's persistent approach, so he had to dismiss the guards and send the marshal into a conference room not far away.

"I know you are eager to see the general secretary, but unfortunately, I can't do that. The general secretary is currently conducting a great experiment, so far I can't meet you."

The tone of the other party was also insincere.This made Varennikov very dissatisfied, the bureaucratic set would not work for him!He drank more vodka than the little brother in front of him had eaten.

"Why? The person the general secretary should meet with now is me. Vladimir declared war on the Ministry of War almost recklessly...or it is ridiculous that he has already received the assistance of the general secretary. The so-called Amata main battle plan from scratch It's full of intrigue to the end, and it sickens me more than rats in the sewers, than the smell of traitors lying."

The director of the office is as unwavering as all experienced bureaucrats. He has seen all kinds of senior figures who come to trouble the general secretary. Familiar with the road.

So I continued to express mechanically: "I don't know the general secretary's plan. For the sake of the supreme leader, we should leave the issue until General Varennikov still meets with the general secretary in person. Let's discuss it with you." It's useless to say more."

If you are not someone you are familiar with, facing such a cold puppet-like character, you will probably find it difficult to resist.But Varennikov is well aware that the style of these juniors who are catching up from behind is completely unreasonable. As a representative of Yanayev's control of the army, Yazov can be said to perfectly present what is called a loyal public servant of the Soviet Union.The old marshal can remain humble in front of Yanayev, but in front of the Minister of Defense, that is a real high profile.

"Wait, when will I have to wait!" The marshal immediately accused the other party of pretending to evade, and raised his voice, trying to let the old man hiding in the office hear what he said: "Why don't I know what the Politburo has? Secrets need to be kept from the Military Council? Let me tell you, your style of work is more and more like the KGB in the shadows, rather than a normal political organization. What is all this for, and what is the secret behind it?"

The phone on the desk of the assistant to the general secretary rang suddenly, and he dropped Marshal Varennikov with a sigh of relief and picked up the receiver.Immediately his face became serious again, he nodded, and replied a few words in a low voice.

"General Secretary Yanayev wants to see you."

The assistant to the general secretary gave a very brief answer, "He asked me to tell you that the answers you want to know about the Amata plan and the previous actions against the Ministry of War are behind this door."

The assistant to the general secretary knocked on the silent door, and the silence behind the door was broken, and a low voice, please come in.

Varennikov opened the door and entered the dimly lit room.He stared at the figure sitting in the middle with flickering eyes.The expression was hidden in the darkness, leaving only a rough outline of him.

"General Secretary Yanayev, I just want to know why the Supervisory Committee took action against the Ministry of War? Do you really believe that what Vladimir has done is a great change?"

A stern voice sounded in the darkness, a small area of ​​dim yellow appeared on the table, and the turned-on desk lamp reflected Yanayev's erratic face.

"Marshal, please pay attention to your words. In what capacity are you questioning me, the field marshal or the member of the military committee, or the identity of the reformer?"

"I can't watch them ruin our construction results. Such a child's play will only make everything worse than last time. Amata or T90 are toys that have not been practiced in war. At least in the Chechen war and the Middle East conflict, we The performance of the tank is very good, this is not the reason for you to change it casually!" "You!"

Yanayev's complexion changed suddenly, and complex emotions drove his muscles to make a series of complex expressions. The combination of shock and anger is not enough to describe.Originally, the Chechen war was won under the correct tactics and correct command operations. T72 and T80 fought in that war only in a satisfactory manner, and there were not many bright spots to speak of.If it were the Russian Federation to fight that war, I am afraid it would have been pushed back into the ditch long ago.

Yanayev was alarmed by the marshal's accusation.

Seeing his expression, Varennikov immediately knew that the information he had obtained was correct.He is very happy that he can finally take the initiative to speak: "I need to know the truth, Comrade General Secretary, the Ministry of the Army is not incapable of competing with the Politburo. I can be persuaded, but I need a more sufficient reason, not to be persuaded by Mao. The head boy is riding on his neck and pointing fingers! The tank is simply an excuse for you to use it!"

"Are you sure you want to know the truth? Even if the truth will make you feel incredible and hopeless, and when you know the truth, you will pay the corresponding price."

Yes……

Varennikov answered decisively.

"...Well, since you must know, the Politburo will punish you accordingly. Don't blame me for not letting you go because of the feelings of the past. I have already given you a chance."

"In 1991, there was a short-lived deal on the part of the Ministry of Defense to sell a batch of main battle tanks to Syria at a low price."

"Is there any necessary connection between this and the supervisory committee's attack on the staff?"

Yanayev motioned for the other party to listen to him.

"What the military committee didn't know was that the conditions attached to the half-sell and half-giveaway deal that Comrade Victor personally handled at that time included converting part of Syria's seaport in the direction of the Mediterranean Sea into a military port for berthing Glory-class cruisers , and agreed to station the Soviet Air Force in Aleppo. The price of this deal is that the Assad family will get a considerable part of the Sam models currently in service with the Soviet Rocket Army, and there may even be a poplar that can threaten Asian countries. .”

Varennikov's eyes widened, "This...how is this possible..."

"Only a very small number of people know the whole transaction. Even the arms dealer responsible for the delivery doesn't know what's in the iron box. The only people who know are me, Marshal Odyalkov and the Syrian side. President Hafiz, the lion of Damascus, Comrade Victor used his international social skills to act as a liaison between the two sides, which is why we frequently clashed with Turkey for a period of time, just to confuse the situation at that time , so that the batch of arms was transported to Syria smoothly. Under the pressure of NATO at that time, Marshal Odyarkov strongly advocated that we should open the gap in the disadvantaged situation from Syria. If long-range missiles were deployed in Syria, NATO countries would not dare Launch an attack at will, so that the Soviet Union will retain its last power in the Middle East."

"What? There is such a secret?"

Varennikov was already speechless, and this kind of thing was obviously tried hard to hide.At the same time, he also realized that the intervention of the supervisory committee was far from being as simple as he imagined.

Then things changed. We almost lost a tactical nuclear warhead. Yes, there was an accident during the delivery. After leaving Ukraine, the important 'parts' that belonged to Baiyang were lost.At that time, we could not pursue it with great fanfare, so we could only trace the whereabouts of the nuclear warhead secretly, and finally recovered it in North Africa. At that time, we immediately used the diplomatic means of the Moroccan embassy to cooperate with the GRU special forces to transport the nuclear bomb back to Ukraine. In the territory, when nuclear weapons experts inspected the warhead, they found that the detonator had been lost. This incident made the Politburo feel embarrassed; in July 1994, intelligence revealed that the disappearance of Indian nuclear experts in 1993 was related to Libya .According to the speculation of KGB intelligence analysts, this nuclear warhead is likely to be sent to Libya.

There is only one name left in the old marshal's mouth: "Gaddafi..."

Varennikov vaguely thought of what Yanayev was going to say. His wisdom did not decline with age, but became wiser.

It’s really good to explain why Yanayev tried his best to incite the West to kill Gaddafi. He offended all the permanent members of the United Nations is just one of the reasons. The most hateful thing is that he actually wanted to buy nuclear weapons stolen from the Soviet Union.

"Yes, there is only that possibility, a 90.00% possibility, but the subsequent investigation, that is, in the middle of May last year, the KGB gave me an even more startling report. Unfortunately, Wat General Lennikov, your rank is not high enough, so I can't let you 'appreciate' that report. The KGB believes that their secret room is infallible, and there is absolutely no possibility of secrets leaking information. Hidden 'insiders'. Some desperate guys trying to profit from this classified operation, how much is a nuclear warhead worth? 5 million? 5 billion? Or 10 billion? No matter how high the price is, there will always be There are lawbreakers trying to take risks... According to the information traced, that lawbreaker is from the Ministry of War, and he is a prominent military guy. The people on the list you saw all have huge wealth of unknown origin. Although I don't know who really participated in this 'treasonous' action, so they will be killed without mercy."

After Yanayev finished speaking, he blinked and solemnly asked the Marshal to keep it secret: "This is the truth, Marshal, it's not Comrade Vladimir targeting the Ministry of War, but a tactic we specially used to track down these traitors. Including the Amata plan is just a side policy."

"..."

Varennikov, who has experienced the storm, smiled helplessly this time.He thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't tell whether what Yanayev said was a fact or a lie, but he knew that someone from the Ministry of War made such a big mess, and it was the General Secretary's mercy that Varennikov didn't go to jail up.

He saluted Yanayev very neatly: "I will resign as commander-in-chief of the army..."