Soviet Union 1991

(There is one more chapter to be updated in the evening)

Someone once said that the Director of the General Inspection Group of the Soviet Ministry of Defense was the new blood in the upper echelons of the Soviet army. Two circles of incompatible power departments coexisted with the waning power losers. One was centered on Defense Minister Yazov, which attracted the new students of the Soviet army. The young men of this era have become the most likely future pillars of the Red Empire Legion. They will all study here to a certain extent and then better serve in important positions in the army.

The other one is a small and lifeless group. Most of the old people in it have retreated to this nursing home far away from the real center of power due to defeat in the power struggle. They have lost their pursuit of the highest power in the army and most of them are immersed in the vastness of Russia. Among the military classics, he occasionally raised his head and looked away from the obscure monographs, observing as an outsider the rise of the ambitious juniors or their slow decline like them.

There is no doubt that Marshal Ogarkov is one of the latter. As a hawk who emphasizes that Soviet industry should serve the military, the banner of industrial defense not only threatens the inherent interest groups of the Soviet Union, but also wants to direct the gun to the party. Instilling this idea into the reform ideas of the Soviet Presidium was also a taboo. He was also dissatisfied with the slow progress of information reform in the Soviet army, which led to unpleasant frictions between Ogarkov and some other generals, which also deepened the risk of him being marginalized in the army.

So Ogarkov's final result was to be kicked out of the General Staff, transferred to the Western Theater Command as Commander-in-Chief, and later became the Director of the General Inspection Team of the Ministry of Defense. He stayed in this disguised nursing home and was miserable and resentful, and eventually the Soviet Union disintegrated. He died quietly three years later and was buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery.

Ogarkov lay on the table and wrote a document quickly. This was his latest paper on the importance of establishing an information-based electronic force. Regardless of whether those high-level officials were willing to raise their eyes and glance at this thin document. Paper, he hoped to arouse the will of a small group of people in the sluggish Soviet army to reform.

"The flowers of reform in the new era will inevitably give birth to new life on the dying corpse of the old society." Ogarkov carved this sentence on his desk with a utility knife to encourage himself to work hard for the future of the Soviet Union. .

Perhaps Ogarkov was too absorbed in his work and did not notice Yanayev standing behind him. Yanayev ordered the people around him not to speak, and he just watched Ogarkov writing furiously. After finishing a long and densely packed text, I feel a little regretful that such a good person actually violated the highest will and instructions of the Party Central Committee.

When Ogarkov raised his head from the immersed world of words, he was surprised to find that President Yanayev was staring at the paper he had written with interest. Ogarkov quickly stood up and said to Yanayev , "I'm sorry, Mr. President, I really didn't notice your appearance. I'm really rude."

Yanayev would not blame Ogarkov for his concentration. He picked up the manuscript spread out on the table, blew lightly on the paper, and waited for the ink to dry before saying, "I also want to thank Ogarkov." Comrade Husband, for your foresight, this manuscript has taught us all a profound and thought-provoking lesson. Information warfare is indeed changing the mode of war, and it is also affecting the world's technology."

"For example, just like the Gulf War that just ended, early warning, command, control, communications and intelligence are important means for modern warfare. In the Gulf War, the US military used electronic warfare to deprive the Iraqi army of this aspect. Communication capabilities and seizing electromagnetic control on the battlefield have become an indispensable method of combat to carry out key strikes. Before the war began, the US military used electronic combat aircraft to attack Iraqi electronic equipment. The US military carried out strong jamming to suppress the Iraqi army's communication and early warning radar systems, ensuring the suddenness of the air strikes. Throughout the war, the US military also implemented powerful electronic warfare against the Iraqi army's command, control, communication and intelligence systems. The Iraqi military's electronic equipment, air defense radars and communication networks were suppressed. As a result, the Iraqi army's command failed, communications were interrupted, and its air search and counterattack capabilities were lost, leaving it in a passive position."

"Similarly, the Soviet Union must also speed up the reform of electronic information technology. Otherwise, relying solely on backward communication methods and the interference of the US military, we are likely to be at a loss like a headless fly." After talking so much, Yanaye My husband specifically emphasized in front of Ogarkov that he valued the other party's ideas and hoped that Ogarkov would be willing to cooperate friendly with him.

Ogarkov applauded a few times symbolically, and replied in an almost indifferent tone, "Of course, the top brass of the Soviet army are idiots with no foresight. They have always believed that after the outbreak of nuclear war, all electronic equipment will Failed and stubborn ideas have hindered the progress and development of the military, so President Yanayev, do you want to be an innovator of reform or a guardian of the old order?”

Yanayev shook his head, put his hands on the table, looked at Ogarkov in front of him with the eyes of a supreme power, and said in a deep voice, "I do need you, Comrade Ogarkov, for your war talent. His sharp eyes can always pinpoint the problems of the army, but there is one question I hope you can figure out."

Yanayev's non-smiling expression made Ogarkov suddenly tighten his heart. Thinking of the previous rumors in the army, he suddenly became afraid of what he had just said.

Yanayev came close to Ogarkov's mouth and said softly, "The extent of the Soviet army's information reform and your position were given by the Supreme Presidium of the Soviet Union, so you put away your naivety and try to The "Gun Commands the Party" plan is what I, Yanayev, give you so you can ask for it. If I don't give it to you, you can't make any plans. Otherwise, even if you are such a respected senior official, I can still throw you into the ice and snow. Stay with polar bears.”

In the past, Yanayev would have left people like Ogarkov in this position to wait for death without even raising his eyelids, but now is the time when the Soviet Union is in urgent need of talents for various reforms. As long as Ogarkov keeps to himself, Yanayev can forget about the mistakes he made before.

"Your Excellency, the President taught you the right lesson." Ogarkov muttered in a low voice, "Then you may not have prepared an information reform plan when you came here this time. I didn't see much in your eyes. Sincerity.”

Yanayev was stunned. He did not expect that Ogarkov could immediately tell from his eyes that he was not here to discuss information reform, so he had to admit it honestly, "Of course not. As a person who can follow Among the political advisers and chiefs of staff of the White House and the Pentagon, you are the first person who has fought wits with senior think tanks and emerged unscathed. So, I really want to talk to you about something today. Come up with ideas.”

Ogarkov raised his pencil and signaled Yanayev to stop talking. He thought for a moment and said, "Let me guess, the current environment in the Soviet Union is indeed very bad. The president needs a certain stable external environment to develop the economy, and also In other words, you mean to blackmail the West in an unprecedented way to make them restrain themselves, and to win an external environment for the Soviet Union to survive for reform. But as for how long this will take, it depends on when those in the West will understand? Come on this is a scam.”

Yanayev was stunned. He didn't expect that the other party had even calculated his own thoughts. It's no wonder that the old foxes in the West were fooled by his real and fake strategies. If a strategic deception bureau could be established in the Soviet Union, Ogarkov would undoubtedly be the first bureau chief.

"Mercurochrome scam." Ogarkov said straightforwardly. "To arouse fear in the United States, who can compare with the deterrent effect of mercurochrome nuclear weapons? If this plan is well planned, the Americans may have a For more than two years, they have not dared to make excessive pressure on the Soviet Union. I believe that American politicians will choose the former if they want to use economic sanctions to drive a desperate Soviet Union crazy.”