Soviet Union 1991

A group of workers have gathered at the Southern Machinery Manufacturing Plant, all of whom want Moscow to give representatives. The previous negotiations with the Ukrainian government ended in vain, which also aroused their greater anger. The workers believed that the Soviet government was perfunctory and did not want to respond to the workers' settlement and factory relocation issues.

When Comrade Vladimir walked out of the office and came to the hall, everyone looked at him with hostile eyes, revealing a sense of crisis of distrust. They heard the loud quarrels in the office and realized that this crisis was not so easy to solve, so they could only take a silent approach to confront the representatives from Moscow.

Vladimir's eyes swept over everyone, those malicious and confused eyes, staring at the middle-aged man from Leningrad. Deliberate incitement and the new and old hatreds in 1991 led to the two sides standing on opposite sides of the conflict. However, he was not afraid and walked towards those people step by step.

Thousands of people faced a chairman of the Council of Ministers and subconsciously took a few steps back. Although the other party was only one person, it brought them inexplicable fear. What they feared was not this person, but the power behind him, the people's brick power that once caused Ukraine to bleed and hundreds of tombstones were added overnight.

Vladimir clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention. When Vladimir became the focus of their attention, he spoke, "I am Comrade Vladimir, Chairman of the Moscow Council of Ministers. Perhaps you have seen me on TV, so there is no need to explain it."

His voice was not loud, but it was very contagious. Everyone calmed down and listened to his speech.

"I am not here to quarrel with you. I just want to inform you that the Party Secretary of the Southern Machinery Manufacturing Plant has agreed to my proposal. Everything will not change according to the previous plan. Thank you for your support and cooperation over the past few days. Thank you."

As soon as these words came out, the crowd exploded immediately. They had worked hard for many days and the result was this. No one could bear it.

At that time, someone stood up and took the lead in accusing the Chairman of the Council of Ministers who was standing in the middle.

"Why should we follow the previous plan? Have you in Moscow ever considered the feelings of Ukrainian workers like us? We won't do this!"

"Yes, we don't agree, we won't leave. No one can drive us to the cold Far East, we won't leave. You must make the conditions clear. We ran all the way to that place, but we didn't even get any compensation. Who can tolerate this?"

"If you don't stop the relocation, we will strike to the end, don't even think about it."

"Yes, don't even think about it!"

Angry accusations came one after another, as if to drown out the Chairman of the Council of Ministers standing in the middle. But Vladimir didn't care about other accusations, watching these clowns perform to their heart's content. In the end, his voice drowned out all the angry voices.

"Shut up, a bunch of hopeless idiots!"

The whole hall was silent in an instant.

No one expected Vladimir to suddenly start cursing. This was also the first time they saw the central leader get angry in front of them.

"Have you really understood the requirements issued by the Central Committee, or are you just following what the Party Secretary says? The Central Committee document says that Ukrainians should not be selected to support the Far East as much as possible. Did you know that? The Central Committee document says that workers going to the Far East will enjoy double salary benefits. Did you know that? The Central Committee document also says that the support period is only five years. When the time is up, you can choose to continue or return to the Southern Machinery Manufacturing Plant. Did you know that? You know nothing and can only follow a group of people to make a fuss, just like the idiots in the Tbilisi incident. You are hopeless." Vladimir scolded everyone and made them look at each other. They had no idea that there were these conditions that no one had ever mentioned. Some people wanted to refute, but they couldn't say anything. In the end, they could only listen to Vladimir quietly. "So you think we are deceiving you, but what about them? Are they telling you the truth? The party secretary has also deceived you. What he said was all lies he made up for himself, not the truth you think!"

"So now, are you going to follow the decision of the Central Committee, or continue to go down the wrong path? Kameroslav has now confessed his shameless crimes. If you follow him, this will be your fate!"

Comrade Vladimir's sonorous condemnation echoed in the empty hall, impacting everyone's heart.

At the same time, Lukyanov, who was far away in Moscow, also received the bad news. Shecherbitsky asked others to make this call to the conservatives in Moscow to tell them the unfortunate news in Ukraine.

"Can you repeat that?"

Lukyanov's hearing was not good, so he didn't hear clearly what the other party was saying. "You said... Vladimir might know about our actions in Ukraine and is now preparing to bite back?"

"Yes, Secretary Shecherbitsky asked me to tell you this news and notify Moscow to be prepared. The situation may become a little bad and difficult. Also, if something happens to him, the central government may not be able to avoid it. After all, the relationship between Ukraine and the conservatives..."

"I'll find a way."

"Nothing has happened to Lukyanov yet, and things can still turn around. Please seize the opportunity."

After saying this, he hung up the phone and let out a long sigh.

Damn Yanayev.

I'm afraid that the other party has already thought of a response strategy, and they just stepped into their ambush and took a bite out of them when they were not prepared.

Both Shecherbytsky and himself were defeated by carelessness. They thought that their countermeasures were impeccable and that no matter what step Yanayev took, it would be a trap.

But he didn't expect that people were waiting for him to rebel against the army.

Lukyanov began to panic. They lost Varennikov because of their carelessness and laziness, and lost Ukraine purely because of their suicide.

He tried to dial Pavlov's phone, trying to test the other person's tone through him.

However, he did not receive a response. Lukyanov did not know that Pavlov was sitting in the general secretary's office chatting and had no time to reply to him.

"So Yanayev knew about the situation in Ukraine early on?"

Pavlov had previously secretly warned that the conservatives might secretly intervene through the Ukraine incident. When he saw Vladimir being sent to Warsaw in a swagger, he thought that the other party did not follow his advice.

"I vaguely guessed what the other party was thinking, but I didn't take action." Yanayev chuckled, "After all, some things still require evidence. Without evidence, we can't take action. Vladimir set out a few days in advance just to collect Evidence. Of course, it is to collect political dirt on Shecherbytsky. They want to use it as an excuse, and this time we will turn against the other party. "

"The conservatives are definitely not willing to lose their important town in Ukraine. They will desperately counterattack madly, but the situation may become unmanageable."

Pavlov lamented that the reformists made this exquisite move, which not only dealt a major blow to the conservatives, but also enhanced Vladimir's political prestige, and at the same time ensured the continuation of the Ukrainian transfer plan, killing three birds with one stone.

"Well, I've thought about that scenario."

Yanayev suddenly asked, "Comrade Pavlov, do you think I should agree to the conservative showdown with us?"

"Huh? I don't know, but I think Yanayev should already have the answer in his mind, right?"

"Hahaha, yes, I already have the answer, but..."

The second half of the sentence was not spoken.

Pavlov did not expect Yanayev to ask such a question at this time. Looking at the person on the other side of the sofa looking at him with a half-smiling expression, he suddenly understood what the other person was thinking.

He was not seeking the answer to the question, but wanted to know the attitude of his close comrade.

Either stand on your own side or become a member of the conservative faction.

The situation suddenly became very quiet, and finally, under Yanayev's gaze, he was defeated. Those eager and fiery eyes were urging him to hand over the answer.

He reluctantly expressed his thoughts, "If you really have to choose one...it's a difficult choice, but..."

"I will always be loyal to the Soviets." (To be continued.)