Soviet Union 1991

Third update

What Yanayev told Putin was his last instruction. Once his condition reaches a point where he must undergo surgery, Yanayev is very likely to activate the emergency mechanism. And Putin will become his last guarantee after he falls into a coma. What the huge and complex political group needs is stability. With Yanayev still there, the enemies lurking in the dark will not dare to act rashly.

But even Yanayev did not expect that the pain would come so suddenly, but precisely because he knew his pain, Yanayev took protective measures from the beginning. It's not that easy to kill him. The only thing I need to worry about is the possible political unrest when I am sent to the operating room.

So when Yanayev said that name, even Putin had an expression of disbelief. A person who should have died six years ago, Yanayev now tells himself that the other person is not dead. This is simply very unacceptable.

"The previous Soviet leaders who abdicated, even if it was a coup, stepped down from the position of general secretary safely, and there was no assassination due to a coup. I also hope that such a thing will not happen, so I established a leader who can only I have been in charge of the system for eight years to block some people with ulterior motives. However, I made a mistake from the beginning, that is, during the Black Sea Villa operation, I planned an operation against the former leader of the Soviet Communist Party.”

Yanayev coughed. His condition was not too serious, but the previous high load of work had weakened his body, so he felt it was more serious than imagined.

"Although it was announced that Gorbachev could no longer perform his duties due to health problems, the personnel involved in the August 19th coup knew that Gorbachev died of murder, but I deceived almost all the politicians - Politburo member Gorbachev is not dead, he is just under house arrest.”

"Where is he?" Comrade Putin asked.

"In a secret castle in the Ural Mountains, it was a cage specially built for the house arrest of Gorbachev. Sorry, Comrade Putin, except for Plekhanov, even Kryuchkov I didn’t know this secret either. It was only two years ago that I had a hunch. Plekhanov, who was loyal and reliable before August 19, seemed to have changed, but this is just my feeling. The worst guess I made is that Plekhanov has been secretly incited to rebel, and Gorbachev has. My husband probably has one last secret method that he hasn’t used yet.”

"Are you talking about the September 18th coup? Gor-Bachov still has a secret force?" Putin was very surprised by Yanayev's words. The original great purge basically wiped out the Gorbachev in the army. After all the Japanese factions have been cleansed, why do Gorbachev’s forces still exist?

"Gor-Ba-Chev has long been no longer the focus of my concern. The focus of my concern is the secret force behind Gor-Ba-Chev. Thinking that there is such an opposition secretly waiting for an opportunity, I felt a little flustered.”

Yanayev remained rational as always, even though he knew what kind of fierce resistance might follow. He said to Putin, "So it's time to take advantage of this opportunity to pull out the last bomb hidden in Moscow." Nail. Once that force emerges, no matter what the cost, I will strangle them in the cradle. I don’t want it to turn into a divisive war.”

Yanayev is worried about a repeat of the bombardment of the White House. If Gorbachev desperately wants to turn the political center into a battlefield, this is Yanayev's biggest worry.

The instability in the central government will inevitably affect the autonomous prefectures, and Yanayev is worried that the separatist forces among them will take advantage of the weakness of the central government to launch rebellions. After all, the conversion of autonomous prefectures by franchised countries is a long process, which will also include some bloody factors.

"I understand, General Secretary Yanayev."

Putin is a smart man. The more he understands that at such a critical moment, the more he must stand on Yanayev's side. Everything he has comes from Yanayev. If Yanayev falls, Putin is likely to lose everything.

After hanging up the phone, he immediately took action and contacted Panchikov, the commander of the Dzerzhinsky Division, emphasizing that Moscow had now entered an extraordinary period. However, Putin did not want to cause a large-scale panic, and just told Panchikov that the Dzerzhinsky Division in Moscow was now at his disposal.

As the Dzerzhinsky division who played a key role in the August 19th coup, he naturally became a trump card in Yanayev's hand to deal with any possible political unrest. Now that Comrade Putin suddenly announced the news of taking over the Dzerzhinsky Division, the first thing that made Panchikov think about it was that the weather would change.

He had not responded to Putin's request when a call from Yanayev reached his office. Yanayev said to Panchikov in a very serious tone, "From now on, the Dzerzhinsky Division will be commanded by Comrade Putin to strengthen the security of the Moscow area. Comrade Panchikov, I don't want to see it. Anything unexpected happens to Moscow.”

Panchikov asked cautiously, "Is there a problem in Moscow?"

Everyone knows that once political turmoil occurs, whoever controls the Dzerzhinsky Division that maintains stability in Moscow will hold the key to victory or defeat. However, Yanayev decided to conceal the possible unrest from Panchikov. Just tell the other party that this is an extraordinary period and emergency martial law operations must be carried out.

Although Yanaev didn't say it, Panchikov still had a premonition that something serious might happen, so he had to give orders without stopping, and the Dzerzhinsky Division was on standby 24 hours a day. Once an emergency occurred, the Dzerzhinsky Division would suppress the unrest without hesitation. They were born to be responsible for the internal stability of the Soviet Union.

Otherwise, if something went wrong in Moscow, he, the commander, would be fully responsible.

After doing all this, Yanaev finally breathed a sigh of relief. Next, he just had to strengthen the vigilance in the Ural Mountains and prohibit any troops from approaching the prison facility where Gorbachev was imprisoned. Of course, all this had to be done behind Plekhanov's back. He just wanted to force the other party to have no way out, and then jump out to rebel.

He was not afraid of the other party's power within the army. The only thing he was afraid of was that they would not surface.

However, Yanaev was still a step slower. Plekhanov was one step ahead of him and had already taken a helicopter to the prison facility in the Ural Mountains. (To be continued.)

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