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These people didn't know what they were doing at all. Alekseev suddenly remembered a shadow in his memory. He liked elders wearing blue hats. When he gave himself a Damascus steel knife, he said, "The people It's blind. In a country like ours, they are protected too well. There are always quite people who think that as long as there is a problem, it should be solved, but in fact, usually the problem will never be solved. If it must be solved, solve it It's easier for people with problems."

The figure in the gray army coat gradually became clear, and what he said seemed like yesterday, "In theory, of course we love everyone, but when it comes time to make a choice, even if it is very difficult, we should understand who is the real one." the majority of."

"Sir, can you donate a little to the free people of Lithuania?" The fashionable girl knocked on the glass of the car, interrupting Alexeyev's thoughts.

When the car windshield was removed, several boys and girls clearly saw the general star on Alekseev's body, "I'm sorry, sir, we will leave immediately."

"It doesn't matter, you are really energetic children." Alekseev retracted his thinking gaze, then smiled and took out five rubles and handed it to the other party. After the other party left, the smile slowly disappeared, and whispered , "You're only worth five rubles."

At the critical moment, the map leader's foresight made the conservatives very anxious, and it took a lot of effort to persuade some conservative map leaders to agree to the goal of the action. Although the map leader's foresight delayed the precious time for action, but fortunately he was finally persuaded I hope it's not too late.

not late?The current Soviet Union is a transparent government for the free world. Unlike being transparent or having a government, the current Soviet government is completely a transparent government in the sense of the word.

Allen Wilson has been discussing the situation in Lithuania with the United States for the past few days, and the actions of Moscow are now clear to Britain and the United States.

The Lithuanian separatist Sayyutis armed forces have also been organized. According to the local independence leader Vytautas Landsbergis, they have 5000 armed people.

Of course, Alan Wilson greatly appreciated that Lithuania really has the value of a united front. The opposite is just the Baltic Navy District with [-] divisions. Five thousand separatists will surely lead Lithuania to independence.

After a brief communication with Washington, both the United Kingdom and the United States agreed that once Moscow came to force, the five thousand cannon fodder would be vulnerable, but they could make headlines in the free world, and the free world would surely drown the Soviet Union in a war of words forever , so that it will never turn over.

"We give Lithuanians all support except help, let them do it." After reaching a consensus, Alan Wilson hung up the phone.

The Alpha troops had already arrived in Lithuania, and they were in the base of the Baltic Navy District. However, the situation in Moscow affected the start of the operation. In the end, the Lithuanian contingent formed temporarily by Alpha received an order for the operation.

In this way, a contingent of armed helicopters entered the urban area of ​​Vilnius. Their purpose was to disintegrate the Lithuanian separatist forces and at the same time control the leader of Sayutis, Vytautas Landsbergis.

In order to control the overall situation in Vilnius, one of the targets of the task force was the Lithuanian Radio and Television Building. The task force captain Yin Wannovic led his team members to the radio and television station.

But right away he knew that things were not simple. The Sayukis armed forces had heard the news, and these separatists held weapons to block their actions.

Almost immediately, the exchange of fire had already occurred, and the task force, which had been on alert, immediately exchanged fire with these militants who did not know where they came from, and continued to advance towards the radio and television station.

These stragglers were quickly beaten away. At the same time, the announcer of the Lithuanian Radio and Television Station learned of the arrival of the contingent and immediately broadcast to the whole of Lithuania, introducing the current situation and playing the sad card. Until it is restrained by a task force member in front of the entire audience.

This scene fell into the hearts of all Lithuanians watching TV, and it spread quickly all over the world.

The casualties during the exchange of fire immediately attracted the attention of the Lithuanians and even the countless enemies in the free world behind them. US President Bush immediately expressed his consideration of imposing sanctions on the Soviet Union. As for the specific sanctions, he did not say anything.

"That's a decent statement." When President Bush delivered his speech, Alan Wilson happened to be at No. [-] Downing Street, and he immediately expressed his appreciation for the President of the United States. He deserved to be the leader of the free world.

However, he himself clearly remembers that the United States has never imposed even one sanction on the situation in Lithuania, and the sanction only existed in Bush's own speech.

"Allen, is this how you view the situation in the Soviet Union?" Mrs. Thatcher asked the eccentric man, not knowing what attitude to adopt.

"It's hard for me, Prime Minister." Alan Wilson is not lying, he is really embarrassed, "There are really not many leaders like map heads. And the Russian president, since this time in Moscow The solidarity with the situation in Lithuania, at least one thing can be concluded, his political ability is above the leader of the map. Do we support the weaker leader of the map without politicians, or support the Russian president who has shown a certain sense of decisiveness? this is a problem."

In his eyes, map heads and Khitans are completely different. Although he really wants to find the talents of map heads, it is indeed difficult to find them so far.

As for the Khitan, there is no need to doubt his ability above the map head. The problem is that he is purely ambitious, he is bad, and the map head is really stupid.

"Let's support the Russian president, only verbally and this incident." Alan Wilson added two prerequisites, "Communicate with Washington immediately on this."

What is certain now is that Alpha's operation this time was a failure, and the leader of Sayutis, Vytautas Landsbergis, has disappeared and has not been brought under control.The raid on the broadcasting building became a global live broadcast, which led to unprecedented pressure on the head of the map. The Russian president criticized him in the Supreme Soviet, and he also pulled the head of the United States President Bush's threat of sanctions.

The first thousand and 740 chapters and five signs of internal strife

Borrowing the Russian president to check and balance the Soviet president can't be blamed for the free world's lack of martial ethics. Isn't the current situation in the Soviet Union chosen by the map leader himself?

It is the map leader himself, who has cultivated his competitors bit by bit. As for London, they are discussing which of the two will be in power, which is more beneficial to the free world.

The premise of this discussion is, of course, that the Khitan people's support for Lithuania's independence this time has made the eyes of the free world shine.

Although the political ability under the map head is enough to make the free world feel gratified, but there is no minimum, only the lower Khitans have appeared, and the status of the map head, a political star, is no longer stable.

"The impact of the poll tax is huge, and the support rate of the Conservative Party has been underestimated for a long time." After the meeting, Middleton discussed with Alan Wilson not the situation in Lithuania, but the domestic political situation. The focus of the party's attack was the poll tax policy.

"This is really difficult." Of course, Alan Wilson is not surprised at all. Regardless of whether the rich or the poor pay the same amount of tax, it can be regarded as an extremely excessive policy in neoliberalism.

Of course, the richest woman is happy, and in a sense, everyone is equal, but the chaos brought about by now cannot be suppressed for a long time, which shows that this time Mrs. Thatcher kicked the iron plate.

Middleton looked at his immediate boss, did he want to remind the prime minister, while Alan Wilson shook his head, "Even if we knew it was a mistake in private, our prime minister is a woman, and you can't expect her to admit her mistake, at least There is no way the policy can be undone until she steps down."

There are still millions of Britons who refuse to pay the poll tax. As for these people’s claims, it seems absurd. The organizers of the refusal to pay the poll tax say that if the people of Eastern European countries can overthrow their governments, then of course British citizens can too.

Mrs. Thatcher certainly never imagined that the victory of the free world that she was so proud of would in turn become a condition for encouraging opponents in her own country.

But the fact is that, isn’t there a saying that things are universally connected, he saw the victory of the free world, and those who opposed the poll tax also saw the victory of their own perspective.

Britain is now facing the largest civil disobedience movement in its history.Attempts to collect the tax were thwarted by this massive resistance movement.

The Thatcher government, which was once indestructible, now has even lower approval ratings than before the privatization reform. After all, only some people were offended by the privatization reform, and many people were beneficiaries. The sale of state-owned enterprises also helped the privatization reform raise a lot funds.

However, the number of beneficiaries is too small compared to the number of victims. There are millions of people who completely refuse to pay the poll tax.

But this number is not all of the opponents. A larger group of people is paying the poll tax, but they still oppose it and support the protesters who refuse to pay the tax to continue to riot.

Regardless of the position of the media, in each poll, more than 80.00% of the participants stated that they were against the poll tax, but they did not participate in the protest.

In the eyes of the vast majority, it is a blatant class tax.It is ruthlessly taken from the poor and generously given to the rich.

It puts billionaires on the same level as low-wage earners.The final payout will be about the same as an unemployed family in Lambeth.

In order to avoid the poll tax, some people have to rethink the meaning of family, and many people think that the reduction of the poll tax can be solved by being single.

Allen Wilson is quite familiar with this point. As long as I lie down and reduce all consumption, no tax will hurt me. Obviously, the expenses of maintaining a family are greater than that of a single person.

On another level, as mortgage lending soared, hundreds of thousands of people were forced to default on their loans.Home repossessions are on the rise.Homeownership has become a nightmare for millions of people.

Bankers, industrialists and directors gave themselves massive pay rises, and the number of British millionaires increased by [-] per cent in ten years.

For these wealthy people, with the implementation of the poll tax, the tax they pay is much lower than before. There are many opponents of the policy of the Conservative Party government. It only occupied a relative majority before. According to the survey, the Conservative Party will definitely lose in the next general election.

What can Alan Wilson do? He is just a mere civil servant. It's not like he hasn't stopped it. Didn't he object in an interview before, but the objection was invalid.

Putting aside the refusal to pay the poll tax, Alan Wilson will not take the initiative to bring up this topic that makes the Prime Minister unhappy. There are many happy things to talk about, such as Lithuania.

Who will win this confrontation between Tutou and the Khitans?This is not a good conversation topic, and Mrs. Thatcher also enthusiastically joined the discussion, "Who do you think wins?"

"Comparing these two people alone, this is obvious." Alan Wilson replied with a smile. "Things over the past few years have shown that the ability of the map head is really not good."

The Khitan people must have the ability. You must know that Russia was a parliamentary country when it first became independent. At the end of the Soviet Union, the Khitan people also became the president of Russia through elections and fought against the map. The Khitan hit the White House with a backhand, telling his opponents that he was not an idiot like a map leader.

During the shelling of the White House, the parliamentary faction who opposed the Khitans was also a comrade in arms with the Khitans in street politics at the end of the Soviet Union. In theory, they were not afraid of death. At least when the Soviet Union was still there, they all showed a look The appearance of the people pleading for orders suddenly raised their hands and surrendered in the Russian era.

So, people who are not afraid of death do not exist. This Lithuanian incident is really a step towards an armed conflict. He does not believe that Lithuanians really dare to destroy everything and want to be independent.

Mrs. Thatcher is also in a dilemma now. Of course, the leader of the map is more trustworthy in terms of ability. The Khitans seem to be much more difficult to deal with than the leader of the map.However, the temptation to support Lithuania's independence as the president of Russia is too great. Once Lithuania can become independent, theoretically all republics of the Soviet Union can become independent.

In the past, people generally believed that Russia would be the biggest cornerstone to put an end to this possibility. Now judging from the Khitan people's statement, it is not impossible for the Soviet Union to disappear from now on.

Has it finally come to this point?It seems that countries in the free world should find out now. In fact, it is theoretically possible for the Soviet Union to disappear, but I have never been able to believe it.

Alan Wilson believes that Mrs. Thatcher’s embarrassment is also the embarrassment of US President Bush, because the disappearance of the Soviet Union is undoubtedly a pie-in-the-sky dream. Intellectually, everyone knows that this is a dream, so there is really this When the opportunity arises, instead of rushing to it, you will not dare to believe it.

It's like saying that God is everywhere, but when God does appear, people probably think it's a hoax.

The Soviet Union must be planning an unknown conspiracy, which is more likely than the Soviet Union disappearing from now on. This can explain that before the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Britain and the United States kept saying that they wanted to maintain the sovereignty and integrity of the Soviet Union. Everyone really didn’t think it was so stupid event occurs.

Not long after, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lawson, asked to meet Mrs. Thatcher. Alan Wilson managed to keep the Prime Minister from being unhappy, but the poll tax involved fiscal revenue. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was of course the most worried, and had to discuss the poll tax with the Prime Minister. actual situation of implementation.

The truth is that the resistance to the poll tax, a revolt from Scotland, and later on in England and Wales, has caused panic throughout the Conservative Party.

In some constituencies, more than 50.00% of the people refused to pay the poll tax. Although this confrontation was softer than the original coal strike, it was even bigger.

"Is it possible to alleviate dissatisfaction through certain subsidies?" Mrs. Thatcher has been troubled by the poll tax reform for a long time, and these assholes don't understand her painstaking efforts at all.

Everyone pays the same tax. Isn't this what the Labor Party has always advocated for everyone to be equal? ​​Why is it not obeying it now?

It is impossible to revoke the poll tax. Mrs. Thatcher has never backed down since she came to power. If she revokes it without saying a word, doesn't it mean that she is wrong?

Lawson was a little disappointed. He already felt that Mrs. Thatcher was unwilling to revoke the poll tax. In the face of the interests of the entire Conservative Party and her own personal image, Mrs. Thatcher chose herself.

"There are already signs of internal strife within such a Conservative Party." Alan Wilson flipped through the recent statement records of Conservative Party MPs, while Rose was silent on the sidelines. , nor is it like the cabinet secretary who has the same status as his father, who has no one to control his mouth.

Only when faced with a problem, Ross will answer, such as now, "It is true that many members of the Conservative Party have expressed their dissatisfaction, and there may be only one leader who resigns."

"I don't want the Conservatives to address this issue, the responsibility for the poll tax cannot be placed on Mrs Thatcher herself."

Alan Wilson sounded like he was taking the grievances of another member of the mom-and-pop shop, but it wasn't, emphasizing that "the big hated issue of the poll tax should be blamed for the entire Conservative Party, not Thatcher. one person."

It doesn’t make sense for Mrs. Thatcher to be pushed out as a thunderbolt. The Conservative Party wants to cut it. The new prime minister will come up to understand the public opinion and then abolish the poll tax. Continue to prepare for the next general election, right?Think beautifully.

The first thousand 740 chapters to replace him?

"Mrs. Thatcher has been re-elected three times. The Conservative Party has been in power for more than ten years. Long-term governance is certainly conducive to the implementation of national policies, but we can't learn from the Axis powers, can we?"

The Axis countries, Germany, Italy, and Japan all have a long-term ruling party tradition. It is not used in Italy and Japan. The ruling party has almost never changed. The ruling party in the Federal Republic of Germany is also very stable, but it cannot be compared with other Axis partners. Just compare.

If Cole hadn't been taken away by the energy crisis this time, the president would still have eight years in power.

Ross listened to his father's words quietly, and said, "Sir, what you mean is to balance the power of the two parties, and not allow one family to dominate."

"Yes, that's what it means." Alan Wilson nodded, which means that the club must be balanced and not dominated by one family. "If Mrs. Thatcher takes the scapegoat alone, the Conservative Party may take advantage of it, so let the Conservative Party It is better for the entire party to be responsible.”

"Is there any way?" Ross asked inexplicably, "Isn't that an exchange of interests with some congressmen?"

"This is also where I hesitate. I don't want to exchange with them." Alan Wilson hesitated to speak. If possible, he wanted to deal a fatal blow to the Atlantic faction, so that these congressmen who didn't know whether it was the British or the American position were devastated. , It is too cheap to exchange the results of an election, "In this way, we have a basic understanding of the constituencies of the Conservative Party, and we are thinking about what to do."

Rose nodded, and just as she was about to leave, she suddenly remembered something, "Sir, mother has been nagging you these days, you should go and see her."

"Of course." Alan Wilson answered very simply, without even a little bit of reluctance. It's just that this hard-working life has persisted all his life, and it's okay to continue to persevere.

Alan Wilson still had to talk to Lawson. After all, the Chancellor of the Exchequer had the same status as his in-laws. Alan Wilson was not polite, so he asked the Chancellor if he didn't want to do it anymore.

"I heard that the Conservative Party is going to put pressure on resignation?" Alan Wilson said in an objective and neutral tone, "Don't get me wrong, this has nothing to do with Whitehall, I am personally curious."

"Secretary-General, are you going to protect the Prime Minister?" Lawson was of course a little surprised, but immediately thought of another possibility. As we all know, there is a political rumor circulating in the government that there is some kind of relationship between Whitehall and No. [-] Downing Street. The husband-and-wife shop, the secretary-general of the cabinet has discovered a trend that is unfavorable to the prime minister. Do you want to stop it this time?

Alan Wilson did not admit or deny, and changed the topic, "When the coal strike was suppressed, who should be responsible for the casualties? You are not afraid that after you become the opposition party, someone will ask you to be responsible? The lives of British citizens cannot be taken for nothing. Gone."

"Is this a threat?" Lawson was stunned for a moment, and then replied easily, "You must know that traditionally, such isolated tragedies are held to the responsibility of congressmen?"

"Traditionally? In the earlier tradition, the House of Lords should have the final say." Alan Wilson said eccentrically, "Lawson, you are actually one of us. How can the interests of the party override personal interests? There is nothing wrong with the choice of the prime minister, but it is absolutely wrong to change it overnight for the sake of a short-term approval rating."

Alan Wilson said that you, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, can benefit from standing on the side of the Conservative Party. On the contrary, the benefits brought by your daughter in the future will be far greater than being a minister.

People always have to be responsible for themselves. For example, the current map leader is responsible for himself. The interests of the party are nothing. After the US President Bush threatened to sanction, this forward-looking and irresponsible person The Soviet leader, once again, wanted to back down.

The map leader did not give up on Lithuania before. At the Supreme Soviet meeting, he once again emphasized that the Soviet Union sent troops to Lithuania to restore the local constitutional law.

In the face of subsequent interviews with journalists, in order to restore the international image of the Soviet Union, Tutou said that he only found out after the fact that the army had injured Lithuanian civilians. means to solve the problem.

The head of the map expressed his willingness to send a special envoy, and even went to Lithuania in person, hoping that the two sides could cooperate again. After the two sides reached a consensus, the Soviet army withdrew all airborne troops to show its sincerity.

Even though Yazov, Yanayev and others advocated the use of tough measures, the leader of the map still chose to back down and make concessions. As a matter of sincerity, he ordered the commander of the Baltic Navy, Lieutenant General Fyodor Mikhailovich Kuzmin, to control the Garrison to prevent the situation from expanding.

This was naturally an indisputable victory for the Khitan faction. He once again defeated the map leader, and his reputation has also risen accordingly.

As for the forward-looking and backward look of the map leader this time, the morale of the party has fallen, and the alliance republic, which had previously expressed its willingness to follow, once again fell into disappointment.

Yazov and Yanayev had a brief conversation after the head of the map gave in and announced the order for the garrison to return to the barracks. There is no doubt that because of the foresight and backwardness of the map head, it almost failed again.

For the first time, the two felt that it would be a huge mistake if the map leader continued to lead the Soviet Union. After a short dialogue, the two reached a consensus that they could not continue like this.

In fact, both of them were single-handedly promoted by the head of the map. Yanayev was the leader of the trade union before.

Although Yazov has been through the war, his qualifications are also very low. The map head surpassed many senior generals, and chose the relatively young and relatively inexperienced Deputy Minister of Defense, Director of the General Administration of Cadre Training, and Army General Yazov as the new Minister of Defense. .

The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR appointed General Dmitry Yazov as Minister of Defense of the USSR.

Yazov was 63 years old at the time. At the end of the Great Patriotic War, he was only a battalion-level cadre. He was promoted to general in [-], and his party position was only an alternate member of the Soviet Communist Party.

For Yanayev and Yazov, the map head has been kind to them both, and the two have indeed always supported the map head, and they have been disappointed again and again until now.

Even they couldn't bear this leader anymore, and thought of replacing him.

Alan Wilson didn't know that both the Soviet Union and Britain were experiencing internal rebellion at this time, and he was still coordinating with the Conservative Party MPs. Coincidentally, Alexeyev was also in front of Fultseva, hoping that his mother would help him analyze the current situation. "When is it more appropriate to provoke conflicts."

"He lost the game between the map head and the Russian president." Furtseva first confirmed the identity of the map head's loser this time, and then said, "Wait until the garrison returns to the barracks before doing it. This is the map head's failure." The opportunity to attack Yeltsin's reputation is only after the identity of the author has been confirmed. It is not too early, and the failure at the top of the map needs to be allowed to ferment for a period of time, so be patient for the time being."

"I don't know what he thinks." Alekseev said he was naturally dealing with internal conflicts in Britain similar to the situation in the Soviet Union, a certain supreme authority.

"I think he has the same opinion." Fultseva didn't know that he just guessed right at this time. Alan Wilson is indeed protecting the internal unity of the Conservative government. Now both countries are facing similar problems, but the measures taken The method is different. He is maintaining unity, while Russia is on the eve of a showdown.

Fultseva reminded Alexeyev, "This time the party will generally be disappointed. Maybe there are many people who want to replace him. The political situation will become more chaotic. Some of your sneaky little moves , as long as it is done in a secret enough way, no one should care."

This is to let Alexeyev do it with confidence and boldness. The cultural tsar has always opposed her son's involvement in politics, but the opposition has been ineffective. Now she can only do her duty as a staff officer and remind Alexeyev not to do this again. Irreparable mistakes were made in the process.

Later, Alan Wilson continued his Soviet call and made a suggestion, "Is there a credible minority army that can be used?"

Alan Wilson remembered the traditional offshore balance. In fact, sometimes it is more effective to use such troops to deal with rebel forces.

If there are any regrets in modern times, Alan Wilson certainly respects Zuo Zongtang and Zuo Dashuai, but if he has the right to say, he still hopes that General Duo Longa's strategy will replace Zuo Zongtang's strategy. Died young.