USSR 1991

The lights are flickering, and the faces of those who dare not speak out are also unpredictable in the flickering.Perhaps because they realized that their death was approaching, the expressions of some people gradually became indifferent.

While saying this, Vladimir nodded to the soldiers next to him.Indicates that it is time to start.

"These are secrets that cannot be told. As insiders, you will never have the opportunity to speak. Tomorrow, the content of the Moscow newspaper will only be that the police killed all the gang leaders after a fierce battle, leaving no one alive. .Your blood is the foundation on which he climbs."

"Cruel, isn't it? But that's what happens with politics."

After Vladimir said these words, he turned and went out. There was a dense sound of gunfire behind him. The dark room was illuminated by the fire when the bullets were fired, and then returned to calm.

He knew no one would stand up again.

everything is over.

Vladimir no longer turned around to look at the bloody scene in the room. He walked back to the command room, picked up the phone, dialed Yanayev's number, and reported to him the "battle results" tonight.

"All the leaders have been killed, including those designated by the general secretary."

After hearing Vladimir's report, Yanayev nodded in satisfaction.

"Thank you, Comrade Vladimir. There are still many things that you need to deal with in the future. I hope that I can adapt to this role as soon as possible. Go to rest first, and leave the rest to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to deal with the aftermath. The conservative side also It's settled, they won't stand in the way of any of your plans. No one will stop you."

Yanayev hung up the phone, and he was still sitting beside the Moscow River, quietly watching the scenery on the river bank.He spent the night here, waiting until the moment when Vladimir reported to him.

A certain stone hanging in Yanayev's mind suddenly fell to the ground. There is nothing that can stop the next regime change. Soon Vladimir will become the new leader and take control of the country.After next year's election, he will let go of everything, including the power he holds, and hand it over to the next leader.

Everything will be theirs.

The bloody night finally came to an end, and Yanayev sat by the river, quietly waiting for the dawn to emerge.He knew that many people would be executed with secrets tonight, all because of political considerations, they must be cleared.

The surface of the river began to emit orange light, and the morning sun was slowly rising. The Moskva River, which had been calm for a night, was full of vitality again.

Agents of the Leader's Security Bureau stayed with him all night.They didn't know why the general secretary chose to haunt the banks of the Moscow River before dawn, maybe they never understood the old man's thoughts.

His family has long been gone, his friends have left him, and he has been alone.

Accompanied only by faith and loyalty.

"Good morning, sir. You're up so early."

A bright red color appeared in his sight, Yanayev's tired face showed a smile, he looked at Natasha who appeared in front of him, and said with a smile, "Good morning, Natasha .Did your father bring you to Red Square today? Did those bad guys trouble him?"

Natasha raised her face, nodded and said, "Yeah, no, since I told my husband about it last time, no one has troubled us anymore. I told my father that I I met a very powerful adult living in the palace, he helped us solve all the troubles, but he just didn’t believe it!”

Natasha pouted, still angry at her father's questioning.Who would believe that an ordinary little girl knew someone from the top of the Politburo.

"Hehe, because this is a little secret between the two of us. No one else will believe it. Maybe when you grow up, you will understand what I'm saying now."

Yanayev reached out his hand to touch Natasha's head on purpose, and smiled mysteriously at her.Hope she keeps this little secret in her heart.

"It's time for me to go. That big man still has a lot of things waiting for me to deal with."

Yanayev stood up, ready to say goodbye to her.

"Work like dad?" Natasha asked, obviously not happy that Yanayev left so early.She doesn't have many friends, and the kind old grandfather is the only one who is willing to listen to her.

"Can't you take a day off and stay with Natasha?"

Yanayev was stunned for a moment, then sighed and said, "My job is much more complicated than your father's. You are still young, and you still don't understand many things. You will understand when you grow up. It will open up for future generations. Peace, this is not a rhetorical slogan... There are always people who have to practice what we say, for the people, for the proletariat, to eliminate exploitation and eliminate polarization. Otherwise they think that we Communists can only lie... If we set an example, I will To be the first, an era, and a country, after all, some idealists must stand up resolutely at certain moments, stand in a certain position, and stand there without retreating! As long as you stand there, you are It is their duty to do their part. They shed the last drop of blood for the motherland, and they sacrificed everything for the people."

Yanayev's resolute look made Natasha at a loss. She was too young to understand what this kind old man said.When she understands it, she will choose the same path as Yanayev.

"Well, anyway, I don't understand now. When I grow up, I will go to this palace to find you."

Natasha stretched out her little finger and waved it in front of her, "Then the hook is guaranteed."

"Okay, I promise."

The little girl didn't have any empathy at this time. It was not until she entered the Politburo many years later and stepped into the palace in Red Square that she realized why Yanayev still smiled resolutely.The old man did it, as he said, for the sake of this country, never retreating a step.

He did what a lot of people failed to do.Although in the eyes of some people, he is an unscrupulous devil and the savior of the Slavic nation.

However, Natasha believed that at that moment, he was just a pure idealist, the most ordinary old man after taking off the cloak of power.

All my life for this country.

Yanayev stood up and walked slowly towards the Kremlin with the support of his bodyguards.The seeds of idealism sprinkled on Natasha may one day become a thriving sapling, supporting the blue sky of Moscow.

"Goodbye, sir."

Facing the rising sun, Natasha waved to him and said.

Yanayev stopped in his tracks. He turned his head, looked at Natasha standing against the light, waved to her, and showed a kind smile.

"Goodbye, Natasha."

I would like to write this article to commemorate his birthday.

Chapter 9 The Atama Project

Nizhny Tagil, located in the Sverdlovsk region of the Soviet Union, is home to rows of orange-red buildings. The city hidden between forests and plains is the industrial center of the Ural industrial zone, with highly intensive metallurgy, engineering, chemical and metalworking industries.Nizhny Tagil State Arsenal is also the main production site of T72 and T90 tanks.

The Nizhny Tagil State Arsenal, which was originally peaceful, is extremely lively today, because everyone knows that the general secretary who has never stepped out of the Kremlin very unexpectedly visited the Verdlovsk region. There must be some political factors behind it.

If the well-informed first secretary of the Verdlovsk State Soviet should have received the wind direction of a small earthquake in Moscow, the original Moscow mayor Luzhkov was removed from office, and Anatoly, a powerful figure in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, also The strange thing is that just when everyone thought that the next unlucky person might be the secretary of the municipal party committee, the investigation was stopped immediately.

Except for some small fish and shrimps who were executed, Comrade Pugo, who was carrying out the cleaning task with his hands, returned to the position of Minister of the Interior in peace, as if he had caused such an incident, and there was no force on any side Dare to shoot at him rashly.

Some people think that Yanayev has broken with the conservatives, but more people think that the general secretary forced them to make compromises.Because the subsequent high-profile accompanying visits further corroborated their point of view.

The opposition hidden in the Kremlin can no longer afford to make trouble.

Accompanied by Comrade Vladimir, chairman of the Council of Ministers, Yanayev visited the Nizhny Tagil State-owned Arsenal. Although the T72 had a bad reputation in the Gulf War, fortunately it turned the tide in the Chechen War, so that its reputation did not drop. Fall again.The next sell-off by Comrade Victor also slightly reduced the loss of T72.

Yanayev stood in front of the T90 tank produced on the assembly line, silently watching the armored monster.The flames from the welding of the turret burst out everywhere, and the workers showed their dedication to their duties in front of General Secretary Yanayev. In fact, all of them were pretending to be busy in order to cooperate with the cameraman.

Yanayev stood in front of the unfinished chassis indifferently, staring at the steel monster on the assembly line, and his comrade Vladimir stood beside him without retreating.

T90, a tank that is very likely to become the main armored force of the Soviet Army in the future.Now it is caught in the middle of factional struggles in the army, making its journey to service extremely slow.

Since the abolition of armored forces in 1991, Soviet tanks have been impacting the prices of the international arms market.It is said that in the most exaggerated period in the Middle East, a tank with a wholesale price of 4 US dollars was purchased.This reckless approach also allowed the Soviet Union to quickly solve the nightmare of excessive armaments and surplus, and at the same time save money for the army.

If the useless tanks fall into my own hands, I have to spend money to maintain them. If I sell them all, I can get back the cost anyway. Even a fool can see which method is the best.

The weapons of the Soviet Union have always given people the characteristics of roughness, simplicity, and durability. The torrent of steel in the pre-Cold War era has always been a lingering nightmare for European countries. In the middle of the [-]th century, it was almost invincible at the same level. Which European country The country does not dare to compete head-to-head with the huge armored force.Compared with European and American tanks, Soviet-style tanks seem to be against the sky. Although the appearance is rough, simple, and the shape is not in line with the mainstream, they have powerful firepower; Tanks are more mobile.

As early as January 1996, as confirmed by a senior Ministry of Defense official in charge of the Soviet Armored Forces, it was decided to gradually turn the T-1 tank into a single-production tank used by the Russian Armed Forces.The key word in this decision is "gradually becoming", in other words, despite the selection of T-90 tanks, in Omsk it is likely to continue to produce T-90 tanks at a low rate. T-80 tanks are mainly for export, so as not to Omsk is experiencing excessive economic difficulties.

The service of the T90 is slowly advancing in the army, because the military did not unanimously approve of the selection of the T-90 tank by the fist troops.There are even voices inside that calling this move is a wrong choice. Many people think that compared to the T90, the T-80u is an outstanding tank.The T-90 was also considered overweight and underpowered, especially in comparison to the nimble T-80u tank.