Soviet Union 1991

In inverse proportion to the exaggerated show of the German army, the Soviet army almost secretly carried out lightning operations. A large group of armored troops rushed into Estonia without warning, even making the East German frontline troops who were far away from Poland and Belarus panic. Deep in my memory, I still retain the most primitive fear of the Soviet troops who shouted "Ula" in unison and captured the Reichstag. Those West German troops began to hesitate at the border, while the former East German People's Army soldiers applauded the Soviet Union's tough attitude.

Yanayev also named this military operation "Thunderstorm Plan", which has the same name as the Soviet Army's World War II plan that was not implemented in history, except that the target of the attack was not Berlin, but Tallinn.

In Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, President Arnold and Yanayev, who have not given up their last resistance, are having a final stalemate and confrontation at the negotiation table. Although people kept announcing the fall of the troops stationed across Estonia, Arnold never moved his footsteps and left here.

"Congratulations, Yanayev, you won. What a wonderful attack plan. Civilian airliners loaded with soldiers raided the airport, and disguised cruise ships loaded with armored vehicles captured the pier. It was a replica of the Prague operation. The only difference is that you have to Khrushchev is much more courageous, but you are sitting on one side Are you satisfied with being at the negotiating table while watching your opponent lose his soul and abandon his armor? Congratulations on destroying another country that could have escaped the clutches of the evil empire." President of Estonia. Arnold is the only one who has not yet left the negotiating table. Vytautas and Anatoly had been sent out of Tallinn long before the Soviet offensive began. Arnold was originally one of the dignitaries who should have left, but he resolutely refused the request.

"The people who support me are still on this land. If I leave, how will the people view me? I would rather become a victim of tyranny to awaken more people, rather than be a coward who runs away." Arnold's resolute attitude of fighting to the end this time is much more courageous than the last time he planned to establish a government-in-exile. Perhaps he knew that even if a government-in-exile was established, it would be of no use because the Soviets had absolute control over this land.

So when the Soviet airborne troops who occupied Tallinn International Airport surrounded the conference room, Arnold asked those around him to put down their weapons and surrender, while Yanayev waved his hand to signal the airborne troops not to embarrass Estonian President Arnold. Yanayev had not left this conference room for almost 13 hours. He glanced at the Estonian national emblem with three blue lions surrounded by Nordic oak branches and leaves, and said slowly, "Actually, I have given you a chance before. Yes, it is you who believe too much in NATO that have led to the current situation. It is a foolish thing to entrust your destiny to others. Unfortunately, NATO seems to treat you as an abandoned child. The fleet that wandered into the Baltic Sea has withdrawn, and the German armored forces have been scared out of their wits. Now your only hope is also It’s NATO’s mediation, but don’t have too much hope.”

If he can force those old foxes in NATO to come to the negotiation table with him, then Yanayev can say that he has won half the battle in the Baltic crisis. The remaining half is NATO's attitude towards other Eastern European countries.

"What's the benefit of continuing to be a member of your evil empire? President of the dictatorship." Anyway, now that Arnold was in jail, he didn't mind breaking the jar and directly reprimanded, "Look at how you, the invaders, rule Estonia. At that time, our people suffered so many crimes. We were successively invaded by Prussia, Denmark, and Sweden. , Poland, Germany, etc. Since 1710, Estonia has been under the rule of Tsarist Russia for more than 200 years. It was only one day after the establishment of the Republic of Estonia that the German army occupied Tallinn on February 24, 1918. In September, your Soviet Russia declared sovereignty over Estonia.”

“Under your bad rule, Tallinn has no future. Those great purges, those great famines, those people who died because of Soviet tyranny will never wait for the justice and trial that should come. Kremlin thugs! One day you will be nailed to the shame rack of history and will never be able to stand up!”

Arnold almost roared out the last sentence, but these direct accusations seemed to Yanayev as unreasonable as a crying child complaining to an adult. If you are guilty of suffering, go to Stalin, go to Khrushchev, or even go to Lenin to vent your anger. Why do you question me? The only thing I can do is send you to meet them.

"I'm not interested at all in what Estonia's past fate was." Yanayev threw a document in front of Arnold, "But you should read this document at the negotiating table before talking to me about independence."

Arnold took the document with doubtful eyes and opened the cover. The contents inside made him more and more excited. Regardless of the danger he was in, he read the document in detail in front of Yanayev. After a long time, he raised his head and sighed, "A country has two different systems at the same time? Why didn't you throw out such a good plan as a bargaining chip before the negotiations began?"

"You didn't give me a chance at the beginning. In fact, this is the best choice for you, the member states. In addition to not being able to enjoy external sovereignty in diplomacy and not having the right to maintain your own army, you must have Moscow station troops. You cannot arbitrarily sign treaties involving sovereignty with sovereign states, except for other economic treaties. In terms of economy, you enjoy great autonomy, and you can even reform political parties, change your own political system, and democratically elect the chief executive of the member states, but you must be responsible to the Moscow Central Committee on the issue of territorial unification. The Moscow Central Committee has the right to abolish any chief executive with an independent tendency, and then the people will elect a new chief executive. Oh, there is another problem, that is, you must pay taxes on time, and you cannot contract out industries that control the lifeline of the national economy, such as electricity and heavy industrial manufacturing, to private individuals, especially foreign businessmen, and you cannot declare the Communist Party an illegal party in your own country."

This is Yanayev's big stick and sweet date policy, first using military strength to deter the ambitions of Eastern European countries, and then using economic benefits to make them compromise. In fact, the Moscow authorities have also made considerable sacrifices and compromises. If they continue to adopt a high-pressure policy, even if they use military means to temporarily restore the calm between the member states, it will only be a time to brew the next storm.

And the counterattack at that time will turn from a spark into a prairie fire.

Yanayev copied the political system of other countries to a large extent, but he was very strict on some political sovereignty issues, while the economic issues were relatively loose. Don't the people of the three Baltic countries want independence because of poverty? Okay, I will give you a chance to develop yourself, but in terms of sovereignty, you are still the indivisible inherent territory of the Soviet Union since ancient times.

If you summarize it, this document is a radical version of the "Czechoslovak Communist Party Action Program". As long as the sovereignty of the member states is in hand and they pay taxes on time, the so-called development of a multi-ownership economy will be turned a blind eye by the red polar bear. The document issued is also the result of repeated discussions between Yanayev and Rezhkov for many days.

"It seems that God has not abandoned Estonia!" President Arnold shed tears excitedly. What he has been fighting for for many years is that one day the country can develop on its own, right? Although the country has not yet won the sovereignty it deserves, compared with the previous control, the Soviet Union has been particularly kind.

But then Yanayev told Arnold the bad news, "Of course, I'm afraid you won't be able to participate in Estonia's democratic elections, Arnold. Since you incited Estonian citizens to oppose Soviet rule, it can basically be regarded as treason. You will spend the next few weeks in court, and the next few years will be bored in a prison in Siberia, which is covered in ice and snow for eight months a year."