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However, in this incident, most intellectuals in the country chose to remain silent. Yanayev did not think how knowledgeable these people were, and perhaps it was because of the ban on the press that they had nowhere to speak.

Of course, the western world also criticized Yanayev’s actions. The British also issued a statement saying that the Soviet Union’s repression had shocked the UK. They hoped that the Soviet government could stop this brutal and bloody massacre and expressed close attention to the situation. develop.Then the United States also issued a similar announcement, but it was much more tactful than the United Kingdom.In this regard, Yanayev issued a statement, saying that the British government was simply full and had nothing to do, and first cleaned up its suppression of the Irish National Independence Movement before discussing human rights with the Soviet Union.Of course, if the British government continues to talk nonsense like this, it may be defeated by an Irish Republican Army with a strong armed force one day.He also put a lot of emphasis on the strong and armed Irish Republican Army.

Yanayev's direct and sharp speech made Western European countries look at each other. They did not expect the latest leader of the Soviet Union to speak so directly.Only the United States hid aside, smiling at the embarrassment of the British government being threatened by a slap in the face.At this point, the leaders of Western Europe finally understood that the General Secretary of the Soviet Union at this time may really be an iron-blooded tyrant not to be underestimated.

Chapter 14 The Baltic Dilemma

After the thorny domestic problems were temporarily resolved, Yanayev, who was finally too busy, was finally free to deal with the separation crisis from the allied countries, especially the three Baltic countries.Since the death of Stalin, the originally harsh policy against separatism has loosened. From the era of Khrushchev to Gorbachev, the iron chains that tightly bound national separatism have loosened, and the cracks have become wider and wider. Finally, at the moment when Gorbachev proposed political pluralism, a complete gap was created, breaking down the last levee to defend the territorial integrity of the Soviets.

Although the territory of the Soviet Union is huge, none of it is superfluous.As an important springboard for threatening Western Europe and suppressing NATO, the three Baltic countries are also Russia’s strategic buffer zone on the frontier of the Baltic Sea. If they really want to go out independently, the Soviet armed forces will not agree. The Baltic Fleet will not agree. Similarly, high-level government officials will not agree. .

Although in the end most of the joining countries were fooled by the idiots in the West, they found themselves even poorer than before. Those countries that produced rich resources such as oil and cotton eventually became areas rich in Western European dishwashing workers and prostitutes.

But now, in all fairness, even Yanayev himself cannot guarantee that he will be able to suppress the rampant wave of separatism before the disintegration of the three Baltic countries has reached an irretrievable point.

In March of this year, Lithuania had already started planning to establish itself, and of course the top leaders of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union refused to admit it.Although Gorbachev's new alliance treaty gave these joining countries the hope of independence.But the coup of the State of Emergency Committee has cast a cloud of gloom on the minds of these independents.Estonian President Arnold Rutter, who is still visiting Finland, heard the news of the successful coup and even prepared to establish a government in exile.

Yanayev thought about using the army to advance into Czechoslovakia like he suppressed the Prague Spring, but faced with the Soviet Union's internal and external troubles, he still dismissed this idea.War is a continuation of political helplessness. Although he doesn't mind turning the three Baltic countries into ruins with a torrent of steel, he still has to spend a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to defend the hard-won fruits of victory, which is not worth it.

For example, it was easy to kill Saddam Hussein's troops in the beheading operation in the Iraq War, but how to deal with the endless guerrilla and suicide attacks after the war has always been a headache for the US finances.The Soviet Union suffered from the graveyard of the Afghan Empire, so in any case, Yanayev did not want to use war to solve the problem.Diplomatic pressure?Who can see that the current red polar bear is already very weak, and if he pretends to be tough, he just slaps his face swollen to make him fat.

For this reason, he needs to discuss this issue with Minister of Defense Yazov. After all, Yazov, as the former leader of the Central Army, does have more say in this issue than Yazov, who talks on paper.Yanayev threw out his own question, but the Minister of Defense's answer surprised him.

"War? Why do we start a war? The current economic situation in the Soviet Union is so bad. If we start a war again, I really can't imagine what kind of abyss our country will slide into. With all due respect, General Secretary Yanayev , In doing so, will the Soviet leader be described as the executioner who launched World War III, or the Hitler of the evil empire?" Yazov asked calmly.

"I always thought that you would approve of the use of war, Comrade Yazov." Since even the top military and political officials were unwilling to use war, Yanayev felt relieved.But he still has a big doubt in his mind, "Since we do not agree to use war, the separation of the three Baltic countries will become an established fact. The chain reaction of the joining countries after that may be... even more unacceptable."

"Moreover, Estonia's oil shale reserves are as high as 150 billion tons, with an annual output of 3500 million tons, accounting for 80% of the total oil shale output of the former Soviet Union. No matter how you look at it, it is a strategic location that cannot be abandoned." Nayev is the face of a capitalist with bright eyes, and the resources that can create wealth for the Soviet are all indispensable to him.

"Instead of working so hard to maintain a dilapidated country after the war, it is better to squeeze his surplus value while he has a sigh of relief, until finally the three Baltic countries have to turn back and ask us for help." Yazov smiled to Yana Yev made a vicious suggestion, "All the industrial bases that we aided in the establishment of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia were dismantled and either shipped back to the country or destroyed on the spot. Let these offal return to the era of farming civilization."

"This alone is not enough. The West will give them a lot of economic aid in order to deal with us, and they have to completely cut off their ideas from the root." Yanayev, who has always been easy to open his mind, quickly drew inferences and thought Other countermeasures have been proposed, "there are Latvians, Russians, Belarusians, Ukrainians, Polishes, and Lithuanians among the Latvian nationalities. In addition, there are Jewish, Estonian and other nationalities. Among the Lithuanian nationalities, Lithuanians, Poles, Russians, etc. , Belarusian, Ukrainian, Jewish, Latvian and other ethnic groups. Complicated ethnic relations have always been the fuse of civil wars, and the masses only lack a vent.”

Thinking of this, Yanayev smiled slightly, "The Soviets have enough weapons brought back from hell. We can half sell and half give to the people of the three Baltic countries. After all, the democratic world has the right to take up guns to defend itself. Then , under the light of the spring of democracy, they will find that a safe and stable social environment is much more important than the votes in their hands. Of course, for those who would rather die for votes than live for the food of dictatorship, they are happy That’s good. And once the franchise countries betray the Soviet Union, they will bear the risk of civil war and regime overthrow, and they will think about it slowly.”

"But do you really want to do this? Although it is a temporary compromise, once this precedent is set, I am afraid that all the joining countries will be eager to try. This method is not bad for these three countries. If it is against Ukraine, our The heavy industry base, hard work will be destroyed." Yazov did not expect that Yanayev's scheme would be more vicious than his.Not only will the vitality of the three Baltic countries be seriously injured, but it will even make them have no power to fight back in the next few decades.

"On the issue of other important franchise countries, we cannot compromise. We still have to send troops. The West knows very well that Ukraine is not Afghanistan, and they dare not make small moves behind the scenes. Therefore, our actions should be a little faster than the West, and provoke the three Baltic countries. Ethnic estrangement and conflicts left NATO with no time to react, and a civil war broke out quietly. As long as one of the countries has a war because of ethnic issues, the other turmoil will definitely survive." Since the three Baltic countries are unwilling to surrender , then Yanayev has to let other franchise countries see clearly the end of his independence.

Yanayev's approach is nothing but a replica of the prelude to the Crimean War.

"What if NATO intervenes in mediation? If it succeeds, we will not only lose three member countries, but even lose our strategic advantage." Yazov always thinks about the worst side when thinking about problems.Now the Baltic Sea will become the first game of the Soviet Union and Western countries in a battle of wits and intrigues.

"NATO only likes to give empty promises to Eastern European countries. We have enough covert means to subvert their regimes, and we also have enough means to support a dictator. Although the instability of the member countries will directly threaten the security of the Soviets, the total It will be much better than the embattled ending of all betrayals in the end. Thank you very much for your answer, Comrade Yazov, I have something to say and I will leave first.”

Yanayev got up and said goodbye to Yazov. He is now going back to the Kremlin to formulate a strike plan against the three Baltic countries.A viable set of carrots and sticks.

Yazov looked at the back of the General Secretary of the Soviet Union and said silently, "I hope we can make up for the mistakes of that idiot Gorbachev."

Chapter 15 Tampering with the Constitution

Not only the entire Western world, but even the top leaders of the three Baltic countries are anxiously waiting for the attitude of the Kremlin.Four days have passed since the August [-]th incident, and the top leaders of the Soviet government are still silent. It seems that one party is suspected of abolishing the signing of the new alliance treaty that was originally drawn up.

Estonian President Arnold Rütel, who responded the most, is still in hiding in Finland, paying attention to the movements of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and is preparing to establish a government-in-exile.The Acting President of Latvia, Anatoly Valerianovich Gorbunov, and the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Lithuania, Vytautas Landsbergis, met in secret to discuss how to deal with the threaten.Although the Soviet Union is in crisis on all sides, it is more than enough to deal with the three of them.

As a result of a secret meeting, in addition to mobilizing all the armed forces of the three countries to resist the Soviet Union, it turned to NATO for help. Of course, the Western world also made a promise that once the Soviet army invaded the three Baltic countries, NATO would immediately send troops into the three countries to maintain stability. .Of course, the leaders of the three countries are well aware of how watery this promise is.The reason why the leaders of the franchise countries dare to show their willingness to betray at this time is entirely because the Soviet Union has not demonstrated its armed power through a bloody war in the past few decades.

While discussing what the Soviet Union will do next, in the Kremlin, Yanayev is doing two important things. The first is to amend the constitution of the Soviet Union on the member countries. According to the provisions of the Soviet Constitution, Each union republic has its own constitution, but it must not conflict with the Soviet constitution.It has its own highest organ of state power and the highest organ of state management.The right to withdraw freely from the USSR.It has its own territory, which cannot be changed without its consent.Has its own nationality, citizens of the republics are also citizens of the USSR.The right to enter into relations with foreign countries, to conclude treaties with foreign countries and to exchange diplomatic and consular representatives, and to participate in international organizations.

It was the right to freely withdraw from the Soviet Union that made him feel particularly glaring.During Stalin's time, this legal provision was useless.During Khrushchev’s and Brezhnev’s period, there was a loosening. In the Gorbachev’s period, those nationalists who were eager to try were finally able to use this article as a banner to deal with the weak Soviet president. .

It's time for these ignorant bastards to learn their lesson.Yanayev picked up the pen, made a cross under this legal provision, and then the pen hesitated for a while under the legal provision that has relations with foreign countries and is free to conclude treaties.

He intends to turn the confederated countries into regional national autonomy, and turn the [-] confederated countries into the real territory of the Soviets.But this must be a long-term and bloody process, and the current turbulent internal situation in the Soviet Union is not suitable for such a complicated surgical transformation.So Yanayev finally moved his pen away from under the legal clause, looked a little more reluctantly, hey, let's just leave it at that.

"Everything has to be done step by step. If you rush, there may be some problems. If this group of people compromises, then I can make further progress." Yanayev put his pen down from the constitution, Then I plan to hold a secret meeting of the Politburo on the Soviet side to discuss this news that surprised allies in private.

Anyway, the Politburo meeting is just a show so far. Whether they agree or not, Yanayev will insist on going his own way.Everyone may behave differently in private meetings.Except for the first secretaries of the major alliance countries and Ivashko, the deputy general secretary of the CPSU Central Committee who is still undergoing thyroid surgery, everyone else participated in this secret meeting.

Of course, when Yanayev said that he would amend the constitution of the member countries to make the decision not to withdraw from the Soviet Union, there was an uproar.Some people think that Yanayev is crazy. He wants to slide the Soviet Union into the abyss of civil war.

However, there are still some people who faithfully implemented Yanayev's proposal. For example, Frolov, the editor-in-chief of "Communist", said that they would release the news as soon as possible when needed.Although his words attracted some people's eyes, Yanayev took everything into his eyes.As the new secretary of the secretariat, Chenin completely sided with Yanayev after the Foros villa incident. He also agreed with Yanayev's suggestion, but asked tactfully, "If things get serious How did it end?"

"And we haven't prepared for an all-out war with the allied countries." Surkov, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Army, said. He pointed out that there are indeed ideological differences in the army. Some people are more inclined to democratic ideas. Obey the order of the central government.And these mistakes are the mess left over from the Gorbachev era.

Yanayev smiled mysteriously, and had already figured out a plan to deal with this situation.It's just that he still needs to discuss the next direction with Yazov, Surkov and Varennikov.Some things cannot be brought to the stage to explain, but need to be discussed in private.

"Could it be that you just watched the republics of the Soviet Union fall apart and fell apart? Or do you mean that you can't wait to change your identity and stop fighting for our ideals?" Yanayev said in a low voice. But every word hit everyone's heart like a heavy hammer.

The bustling discussion gradually quieted down, and everyone looked at Yanayev.Some of them were pale. Everyone knew the meaning of changing their identities, but they didn't dare to say it out loud.

Yanayev continued, "It is true that we also think that many things are impossible. For example, in 1812, we thought it was impossible for Moscow to stop Napoleon's cavalry. In 1942, we hid in the trenches and thought it was impossible to stop Napoleon. The footsteps of the Nazis are impossible. What about now? These unrepentant invaders are in the direction our Katyusha is aiming at. And now, the three small Baltic countries have blocked everyone's determination?"

Everyone was silent. The supreme leader of the CPSU has decided to amend the constitution. It is useless for them to talk too much.It's just that everyone has no idea how to go next, and I only hope that Yanayev is not just doing it with enthusiasm.

"I didn't expect that." Zasohov dropped his pen, tilted his head and mocked at Shenin, "I didn't expect that our army would point its guns at the people it once protected. The incident of the invasion of the three Baltic countries If it gets out, what will the Soviet people think of us? A bunch of war lunatics?"

Shenin pushed his glasses, looked at Zasohov and said with a serious expression, "Perhaps there are too many people like you in the upper echelons of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union who are so timid as you, so that the all-pervasive West can take advantage of it. "

"Comrade Schenin, I didn't say that I don't agree with the recovery of the war." Zasohov raised his hand in an innocent gesture, "But at least we must consider our current situation when fighting a war. There is turmoil everywhere, and major cities are breaking out. There have been riots of varying degrees. Although they have been suppressed temporarily, there is no guarantee that they will rebound someday. Therefore, maintaining stability is the most important thing. It is better to hold them temporarily and wait until the time is right. "

Perhaps thinking that Zasohov was talking too loudly, Shenin directly moved the notebook to the side to draw a clear line with Zasohov, and no longer wanted to say another word to this paper nerd, "Your The enemy never gives you a chance to mature. Zasohov, maybe you are really immature in terms of foreign affairs."

Zasokhov, who has always been peaceful, said, "Whatever you want, Comrade Shenin. But I think General Secretary Yanayev's move will completely ignite all the alliance countries, and completely burn the efforts of the Soviets and our fathers. "

"You are wrong, Zasohov. The flames of a revolution will burn out the shackles of the old society, and the Soviet will be reborn from the ashes." Shenin smiled slightly, and Zasohov did not notice Shenin's eyes The contempt contained in it.

Chapter No.16 Resetting the Political Commissar

After the secret meeting ended, everyone dispersed with their own thoughts.Yanayev asked them to keep it secret for the time being, and then spread the news through the mouthpieces of the Communist Party until they go to a banquet alone to meet with the heads of the three Baltic countries. I don’t know what will happen to the leaders of the countries who will meet Yanayev expression and mood.

On the second day after the meeting ended, the leaders of the three Baltic countries finally got a response after waiting. The Soviet Union expressed that Yanayev was willing to conduct friendly consultations on the independence of the joining countries and jointly discuss the future direction of the joining countries.Moreover, he also suggested that the venue of the talks be set up in Tallinn, Estonia. This kind of behavior fully shows that he came with peace and friendship. As for whether that means peace or nuclear peace, only Yanayev himself knows .

However, the Western world was relieved when he did this. Maozi did not intend to go to war without declaring it. This shows that the top leaders can no longer solve the problem through war.It also shows that the Soviet Union was oppressed under the previous Gorbachev policy.NATO hinted that the presidents of the three Baltic countries, the Soviet Union, are no longer capable of fighting wars. They will increase their verbal support for the three Baltic countries, and said that if a war really starts, they will take the lead and take the lead in the charge.

The combination of conventional warfare and nuclear war NATO may not be the opponent of the Soviet Union, but in terms of conspiracy, the straightforward polar bear may not be the opponent of the group of old and cunning Western European politicians.

Everyone knows that this is an unrealistic promise, and no one knows how likely it is to be exchanged.But the Estonian president who rushed back from Finland still believed it.Under the instigation of NATO, with a sense of superiority, he yelled arrogant remarks such as "I would rather be independent than war" and "Russians get out of Estonia". Demonstrations have achieved the purpose of gaining more political benefits.For this reason, the supreme leader in Moscow with his hands behind his back just smiled sullenly.

The situation is developing in the direction he expected, and what he has to do now is to wait and see before the war brews and ferments.

The appearance of the red polar bear being humiliated and calm made NATO start to panic. They began to convene think tanks to guess what the Soviet Union was secretly preparing. They no longer have the ability to fight a war of attrition, not to mention that the franchised country is not Afghanistan. Even if they defeat the government army, they will have to spend a lot of money to rebuild and prevent nationalist attacks, which is not worth the candle.

And the reason why the red polar bears can hold their breath is because they have already admitted their cowardice.

Before departure, Yanayev specially called Surkov, secretary of the Party Committee of the whole army, Varennikov, commander-in-chief of the army, Yazov, minister of defense, and general Arkhipov, minister of logistics, to hold a special meeting.For this reason, Yanayev also specially chose the conference room at the place where the Army held an emergency meeting on the Battle of Stalingrad, and the political significance contained in it is particularly obvious.

Everyone knows that the Soviet Union is now at a critical moment comparable to the Battle of Stalingrad, and the motherland may collapse at any time due to internal problems.