USSR 1991

Chapter 163 The Beslan Incident (4)

After six hours of confrontation, the robbers finally released a hostage teacher. Holding a video tape and a note in her hand, the poor woman walked towards the guarded soldiers tremblingly.Under the cover of snipers, members of Alpha quickly escorted her to a safe area behind and sent a doctor to check the injury.

The hostages are fine except for some dehydration.She told Alpha and negotiators about the situation in the school. The terrorists gathered these people in the sports center and installed high explosives on the beams and columns of the building. A black widow in black robes controlled the detonator. .The rest of the terrorists were scattered in the corner watching every move of the hostages and the troops outside the window.

"Those terrorists asked me to tell you, don't want to attack easily, if they have one terrorist injured, they will kill ten hostages; if one terrorist dies, they will kill fifty hostages; When more than five people die, they blow up schools; when the government cuts off power and water, they kill ten hostages an hour."

Thinking about it, the teacher who was still a little scared pointed to a series of numbers on the note and said, "At the end of the note, there is a mobile phone number for contacting terrorists. They ask you to contact them through this number."

Then the woman, who calmed down a little, told the police about the situation in the gymnasium. At this time, it was midsummer, and more than 250 people crowded into the 300-square-meter gymnasium like canned food. The robbers only opened a crack in the upper window.The hall is steaming like a steam room.Under the sweltering heat, the hostages took off their coats one after another.

Several little girls whimpered because of the crowding.An elderly black widow was annoyed by the children's cries, so she put a pistol on the little girl's head and threatened her not to cry.There was an old man with gray hair who really couldn't see it.Persuade the robbers to be kind to the children, and the answer is a deadly bullet.Another 6-year-old girl called her mother in fright, and a robber raised his hand and shot the little girl again.The mobile phone rang at the scene, and the robbers discovered that a man had hidden his mobile phone, and then pulled him out of the crowd and killed him on the spot.

"So far, they have executed three hostages. After killing people, the robbers threatened us: 'If anyone dares to use the mobile phone, I will kill 20 to 40 people.' Under the threat of terrorists, several A male hostage who hid his mobile phone threw his mobile phone on the floor in the center of the gymnasium. It is said that they were taken to the second floor by the robbers, who beat them all with bruises."

After hearing the woman's answer, Putin's brows gradually tightened. The fact that there have been casualties proves that the situation is urgently escalating.He added, "The robbers didn't put forward any political conditions? They didn't put so much thought into killing people randomly."

Pointing to the video tape, the woman said timidly, "The robbers said their political demands are in that video tape."

Putin and the on-site commander played the video tape on a DVD. More than 30 robbers all stood in a row and introduced themselves one by one.The bandit who carried out the terrorist attack called himself Colonel Yevroyev. After he introduced all the bandits, Colonel Yevroyev, the leader of the bandit, roared like a crazy beast: "We are not going to leave alive, we are here to engage in terrorist acts , unless you release Dudayev who is being held in Vorkuta. Since we made this request, every six hours we have executed thirty hostages. If you want these people to live, do so as soon as possible Free Dudayev!"

Putin breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that these people still have political needs. As long as terrorists have needs, there is a solution. It is just a question of how to solve the contradiction.

"By the way, did the terrorists wear a gas mask?" Putin asked a very critical question. When he went to North Ossetia before, Yanayev once said to himself that if the enemy's protective measures are not perfect, he can Anesthesia gas was injected into the gymnasium through the ventilation ducts, rendering the robbers unconscious.

"Like, no." The hostage teacher tried hard to recall. In her impression, except for a small number of armed men wearing masks, the rest of them directly exposed their appearance in front of the hostages.

In the historical Bolshoi hostage incident, the 129 hostages who died due to anesthesia gas were due to improper handling by the army. After the rescue, the unconscious hostages were randomly placed on the ground without timely treatment, and the hostages were blocked by their tongues Trachea, suffocation and death.All in all, it was actually a tragedy that shouldn't have happened.

So using anesthetic gas to attack is a good choice.

"We can use this safe and effective weapon to attack, but there is no anesthetic gas like you mentioned in Beslan." The on-site commander said to Putin with some embarrassment.

"Even if it is transported by air from the nearest Tbilisi, it will take four to five hours." Putin pondered for a while, and he turned to the negotiator and said, "Can you try to hold these terrorists back?" ?Whatever it takes. Buy time for the narcotics to be flown in."

"Yes." The negotiator pondered for a while, and said, "But I can't guarantee that the robbers won't shoot and kill people indiscriminately during this period. We can only control the number of casualties to a lower level through negotiations."

"Then I'll leave it to you, I'm going to arrange the airlift of anesthetic gas." Putin got out of the tent at the command post, and he used a satellite phone to call General Rogionov of the Caucasus Military Region, because now only He has the right to mobilize transport planes near the Caucasus Military Region in a short period of time.

After the call was connected, Putin didn't have too many pleasantries, and said straight to the point, "General Rogionov, I'm Comrade Putin. It's like this. I need your help. It must have happened in Beslan. It is also heard that we now need a batch of anesthetic gas for terrorists."

After understanding the situation, General Rogionov replied seriously, "Okay, Comrade Putin. I will arrange for a plane to Tbilisi to carry the anesthetic as soon as possible. Well, yes, I can guarantee the time Control it within four hours."

After putting down the phone, Rogionov picked up another internal phone, and the operator on the other end of the phone said in a hurry, "Immediately arrange for a transport plane to depart from the airport to Tbilisi, yes, we need to pick up a bag there." The batch of emergency medicines was transported to Beslan Airport in North Ossetia within four hours, not to mention the four hours is urgent, is your official rank more important or the lives of civilians? I tell you dare to be late for one minute everyone Take off your military uniform and get out!"

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In order to buy time for Putin, and at the same time to find out the situation of the personnel in the gymnasium, the negotiation experts planned to go deep into the gymnasium alone to negotiate with the terrorists.Putin strongly opposed it at first, but in the end negotiators convinced him.Just because of Yanayevich's words, "Comrade Putin, I became a communist not for taking, but always ready to sacrifice. Negotiating with terrorists is my job, I don't do anything , more innocent people will die in it, and more families will lose their children."

In the end, the on-site commander agreed to Yanayevich's plan to enter the gymnasium to negotiate with the terrorists. He also specially asked the opponent to wear a body armor to prevent the frenzied bandits from attacking or being accidentally injured by his own people during the attack.But Yanayevich couldn't care less. Finally, before entering the gym, he called his daughter at home.

Yanayevich didn't dare to tell his wife about this. He just said to his six-year-old daughter, "Daughter is good, Dad is going to do a very important job now. Maybe from now on I won’t be able to see you anymore, so my daughter don’t cry.”

"Then dad, can you not go? I want you to stay with me." The little girl on the phone asked timidly. Even Putin, who was standing next to her, turned her head, unable to bear to see this scene that was almost equivalent to parting from life and death.

"No, if Dad doesn't go, there will be more children as old as daughters who won't be able to reunite with their parents, so Dad must do this." Yanayevich said softly Said.

"Be careful, dad, I love you." The little girl replied solemnly.

After hanging up the phone, Yanayevich wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, put on the calm expression of a negotiator again, and said to Putin, "Okay, I think I can go in and negotiate with them now."

"You have to make up your mind. Once you go in, there is no time to regret it." Putin still reminded the other party again.

Yanayevich shook his head, "Comrade Putin, I have never regretted it."

So Yanayevich walked to the devil's lair alone, with a firm expression on his face, and a white flag tightly held in his raised hands. In this way, he told the maddened terrorists inside that he was negotiating with sincerity.

When he reached the door, several masked gangsters rushed out, covered Yanayevich's head with a black hood, pushed him and grabbed him into the gymnasium.Yanayevich only felt that he was being dragged all the way, and then he was pressed hard on the chair by a pair of thick and powerful arms. When the hood was removed from his face, Yanayevich could really see the inside Case.

The small gymnasium was packed with dense crowds. Because the weather was too hot, everyone took off their clothes and sat on the floor naked.The extremists walked back and forth around them, staring at every move of the hostages with stern and fierce eyes.

The culprits first searched Yanayevich and checked that he did not hide any weapons or communicators before he was relieved.In fact, in response to the search of these people, a compact communicator was embedded in Yanayevich's ear.

Yanayevich's head was pressed against a pistol, and standing in front of him was Colonel Yevloyev, the leader of the Chechen bandit, a man who was extremely frantic.Yanayevich accidentally caught sight of the three corpses in the corner from the corner of his eyes, and couldn't help taking a deep breath. If he was not careful in what he said next, the final result might be the same as those corpses.

"My name is Yevloyev. If there is any sentence in what you say that makes me dissatisfied, hehe, don't blame me for turning you into a corpse in the corner." Yevloyev pulled the muzzle Set, a bullet has been loaded in the gun.

"What kind of answer is satisfactory to you, Colonel Yevloyev? I came here to tell you that Dudayev will be released from Vorkuta prison in four hours. Your political goals It has been achieved, please don't hurt these innocent children." Yanayevich said neither humble nor overbearing.

"And your place is perfectly arranged. The beams and columns are filled with explosives. As long as the special forces attack, it must be the result of both. And you also mixed most of the armed personnel and hostages together. Even if the troops want to If you want to attack, you have to worry about hostages, all in all, you are an excellent commander."

Of course, Yanayevich's praise was not meant for Yevloyev, but to communicate with the command camp through the communicator, and feed back the information to them, so that the headquarters can prepare for the next attack of the troops.

"But I don't like your noise. People who are silent often live." Yevloyev threatened Yanayevich. He removed the pistol from Yanayevich's forehead and pointed it at the nearby A seven or eight-year-old child, "If you say something that is not important, I will kill a child. Until you say the important thing."

"Calm down, calm down, I can tell you whatever you want, provided you don't hurt those innocent children." Yanayevich raised his hands, signaling the other party to calm down first.

"First, how can we believe that you, Dudayev, will be transferred to a safe place after you are released?" This is one of Yevloyev's biggest concerns. After ensuring Dudayev's safety and leaving the Soviet Union , his mission was successfully completed.

"We will fly him back to Chechnya in person, and then have a hostage handover with your armed men," Yanayevich told Yevloyev.

"Second, you are limited to prepare an evacuated armored vehicle and a helicopter for us three hours after Dudayev's release. If these things are not ready within two hours, I will Just kill a child, and keep killing until you agree."

"No problem, we will try our best to arrange everything for you in a short time. As long as you can ensure the safety of these children, everything can be discussed." The important psychological suggestion is to make the other party realize from the heart the importance of these hostages to the government, thereby reducing the chance of the hostages being harmed.

"I have promised you so many requests, can you also promise me a small request?" Yanayevich asked cautiously, "There are more than 300 children here, can you release some of the younger ones first?" hostage?"

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"can."

Yevloyev didn't even think about it, and he readily agreed to the conditions proposed by Yanayevich, because he knew that it was inconvenient to carry hostages who were too young, so he simply discarded them, "But we must see The hostages can only be released after the armored vehicles, otherwise there will be no other discussion. When you drive the armored vehicles to the gate of the stadium, we will release the younger hostages."

Yanayevich said bluntly, "Give me a phone, let me communicate with the government commanders outside, and ask them to arrange the evacuation vehicles as quickly as possible."

Sure enough, the robbers moved a phone as quickly as possible. Yanayevich said to Putin on the other end of the phone, "Get an armored vehicle ready for me. We want to ensure that these armed men go to Beslan smoothly." Downtown, and, you gotta forget about the gas, you know? The kids are what matters."

The last sentence is a hint from Yanayevich to Putin, suggesting that he must not send an armored vehicle full of gasoline to the militants, and all work will come to naught.

Of course, Putin understood Yanayevich's intentions very well, so he first pretended to delay time with Yanayevich, and then ordered the soldiers to empty out two-thirds of the fuel in an armored vehicle, leaving the remaining third Not enough fuel for them to rush out of the city of Beslan.

Then the armored vehicle drove to the entrance of the gymnasium according to the extremists' instructions. Just as the rear of the BMP armored personnel carrier blocked the entrance of the gymnasium, it was enough to provide sufficient cover for the militants to abscond.

When everything was ready, Yevloyev was very satisfied with Yanayevich's work efficiency. He cut the rope binding Yanayevich with a knife and ordered the soldiers to take him to the second floor of the gymnasium. In a more discreet and serious living room, there were at least ten innocent young people beaten to the ground by terrorists.His whole body was covered with sticky blood, and he groaned in pain on the ground.

Even Yanayevich was unwilling to see the bloody scene. Yevloyev knew very well the importance of these extreme armed forces who like to use violent means in exchange for political benefits.

"Originally, I planned to kill all ten of these people, but since you keep your promise so much, I will make a favor. These people will not die, but if the government wants to redeem these people, it must be ready to pay The ransom, $50 per person, isn’t too much, right?” Yevloyev, who had tasted the sweetness, continued to plan to blackmail the Soviet government, and this time he offered a sky-high ransom of $50 per person.