USSR 1991

There was nothing more to say with Pavlov, it was all over.

A black car had already parked on the side of the road, waiting for his arrival.The person in the car was Director Gniralov, who was originally the deputy director of the KGB Security Bureau. He was lucky enough to sit in this position because Plekhanov was shot and killed because of his defection.This is also the deepest pawn hidden by the conservatives, and it will only play a role at the most critical moment.

"What did Prime Minister Pavlov say?"

Generalov asked expectantly.

However, he got only one disappointing answer. Lukyanov shook his head and sighed, "He rejected our invitation and thought that we would not win this final war. So I think that with Pavlo Comrade Husband has nothing to say." Generalov struggled to take out a lighter from his trouser pocket, and was about to light the cigarette in his mouth.Hearing this answer, he frowned dissatisfiedly, "Did Comrade Pavlov forget which side he should be on? If you reveal this intention to him, will it..."

The other party shook his head, denying the idea of ​​betrayal.

"Pavlov is not a fool. Although he sympathizes with the general secretary, don't forget that the prime minister is like us, a grasshopper tied to a thread. Everyone's fate was already decided at the time of the August [-]th Committee. If Yanayev wins, the Prime Minister, Deputy Minister of Defense, Chairman of the Military Council and a series of people will be dismissed and sent to Siberia to dig coal. This is still the best choice. We all know that Yanayev never treats political enemies He has never been merciful. Did Pavlov think that if he disclosed our intentions, the other party would spare him? Besides, the general secretary knew in his heart that the war with the conservatives would be protracted and would not be resolved in a short while. .”

Lukyanov glanced at Generalov, and said slowly, "Of course there is you, Comrade Generalov. If you come with me this time, won't you worry about being caught by the Kremlin's eyeliner?"

He slowly closed his eyes, "If your identity is exposed, it will be a very heavy loss to us."

"Who are you talking about?"

Gneyralov smiled indifferently, turned the key to start the car engine, "Comrade Vladimir is no longer one of the KGB troika, Kryuchkov is just an old man on his deathbed, barely maintaining the overall situation The Ministry of Internal Affairs is also in a mess now, since Anatoly died and Pugo retired, they are all busy, who will notice the movements of a leader, the Director of the Security Bureau?"

"Don't worry, now that Yanayev is far away in Ukraine, he will not notice our movements for the time being. We only need to pay attention to Vladimir and Surkov. To be honest, the talents trained by Yanayev are placed in the The energy department and the military industry department did not use people where they should be used at all. In the political situation in Moscow, there are not many people he can use."

"But he put people in a very critical position, we need to pay attention to this."

"As long as it is not an absolute position, there is nothing that cannot be moved."

He ridiculed Yanayev's mistakes. Under such circumstances, he still wanted to overwhelm the conservatives, which is simply a dream.

Gnieralov didn't even bring the driver, he just drove Lukyanov over by himself, and just started the car at this time, ready to take Lukyanov back.

"It's a pity, he should have become a monument to the Soviet like Comrade Stalin."

The head of the Organization Department corrected the other party's point of view, "There is no pity. Andropov and Beria were the same back then. Some people may say 'if something is in power, it will be' and other nonsense, but remember, it failed There is never a chance to say anything, such is the cruelty of politics."

Never make a mistake, that's the most important thing.

Looking at the dark night scene outside the window, Lukyanov said in a voice that Gneralov could not hear.

"It's a pity, General Secretary Yanayev, you had the opportunity to become one of the greatest leaders in Soviet history."

Chapter 937 The Fourth Space Launch Center in Russia

Although Lukyanov made harsh words, it will not be easy to overthrow the person who occupies the highest position of power unless they launch another coup.

So here comes the problem. Now the commander-in-chief of the Ministry of War is Marshal Akhromeyev who supports Yanayev’s reform. When Varennikov left office, he didn’t even have a commander-in-chief of an army group, so he was directly kicked out of the Ministry of Defense. and the General Staff.Defense Minister Yazov is also Yanayev's confidant. They hold Master Dzerzhinsky in their hands and are also the most powerful trump card in the hands of the General Secretary. As long as these people are there, a coup d'état is almost impossible.

Pavlov predicted that the conservatives would not attack directly, at most they would make some small moves behind the scenes, which made Yanayev feel restricted for a long time.Only when there is no way out will we launch a Jedi counterattack.

They have no guts. No matter how serious Lukyanov said verbally, in fact, no one is not afraid of the shadow that hangs over the entire Kremlin. If the general secretary is compared to a red sun, then behind him is a shadow that follows every step of the way. Monitor the undercurrent of restlessness in Moscow politics.

Pavlov breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the two sides don't go to the point of dying, everything is still possible to save.Moreover, Yanayev has also returned from Ukraine, and it is basically impossible for Lukyanov to play tricks behind his back.

Everything has returned to calm, but the seemingly calm Moscow political situation is already undercurrents, although a wave of powerful political struggles may erupt.

But Yanayev seemed to turn a blind eye to this wave, and didn't even care about the crowd who were staring at him.As usual, he summoned Pavlov to discuss affairs in the Kremlin.Yanayev, who didn't care much about domestic affairs, has gradually become more concerned about domestic affairs recently.Most of the affairs of the heart are concentrated in the Far East, and it seems that Yanayev's work is focused there.

"Comrade Pavlov, please sit down."

Yanayev smiled and beckoned him to sit down, and the prime minister sitting opposite sat down slowly while carefully observing the general secretary's reaction.

He handed a document to Pavlov with a pleasant face, then turned around and opened the drawer to find a stack of data from the cabinet, and placed it on the coffee table in front of the Prime Minister.

"what is this?"

Pavlov picked up the text curiously, and saw that almost all the launch bases of space vehicles in the Soviet Union were recorded on it.

The main space launch bases of the Soviet Union include Baikonur Space Center, Kapustin Yar Missile Base, Plesetsk Space Center, and Dombarovsky Air Force Base.The latter three are located in the Russian Federation, and only the Baikonur Cosmodrome is located in the Kazakh Autonomous Region.He didn't quite understand why the general secretary would suddenly come up with this, but Pavlov could have a hunch that things were definitely not simple.

Yanayev sat down, and he laid out his plan without haste.

"I am preparing a new plan, which may build a new space launch site in the Russian Federation. At that time, after the plan has been revised and affirmed by experts, it will be implemented after it is approved by the State Planning Commission. plan."

"The new space launch center?"

Pavlov felt very strange. He looked at the report and said slowly, "But General Secretary Yanayev didn't say that any large-scale and exaggerated space and aerospace launch plans are not allowed during your tenure. Is it? And we already have Baikonur and Plesetsk space centers, so there is no need to spend money and money on large-scale expansion.”

Earlier, some internal voices from the Soviet Space Agency proposed to resume the N1 rocket launch project and use this exaggerated project to demonstrate the superiority of the socialist system. As a result, General Secretary Yanayev scolded him severely.

"No, my principle has not changed. The newly built space launch center is not a cosmetic project in the eyes of some people. It has more practical political and economic interests."

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia relies on Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome to launch spacecraft.The Russian government pays Kazakhstan $1 million in annual rent.At that time, Russia believed that Kazakhstan would be stained by the West sooner or later, and it completely thought of the West.If this happens, at least half of Russia's spacecraft such as satellites and spacecraft cannot be launched.

Nearly half of the space launches were unusable, and this result was undoubtedly unacceptable to Yanayev.The Baikonur launch site undertook the important task of launching Soviet space probes and aircraft.

The Plesetsk launch site is similar to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, USA.This was the Soviet Union's polar-orbiting launch site and the main ICBM test site.Built in 1957, Plesetskki is mainly used to launch high-inclination reconnaissance, electronic intelligence, missile early warning, communication, weather and radar calibration satellites, and is an important area for space intelligence detection.After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Plesetsk will become a type of launch site equipped with modern aerospace aircraft, locomotive equipment, radio technical equipment, lighting equipment, and meteorological equipment through reconstruction. It can take off and land with a maximum landing weight of 220 tons. The Il-76 and Tu-154 heavy-duty transport aircraft can launch all types of launch vehicles, and then replace Baikonur to become Russia's most important comprehensive space launch site, guaranteeing national defense, national economy, scientific research and commercial launch tasks .But Yanayev does not want to see this situation happen.

卡普斯京亚尔导弹发射场主要进行大量中程和短程导弹发射任务。卡普斯京亚尔在1950年到1953年间也是第一支R-1和R-2战术导弹部队的指挥部，在这之后又成为12座R-14战术导弹发射台的基地。

The Dombarovsky missile base launch site is mainly used to launch the "Dnepr" rocket and the "Satan" intercontinental missile that the West fears.Mainly responsible for the tactical nuclear bomb strike mission of the Soviet Union.

The only thing that can be compared with Baikonur in the Russian state is the Plesetsk launch site, but what is troublesome is that even this only comparable launch site has some test sites located in Kazakhstan.If one day I wake up Kazakhstan has become a foreign country, even Plesetsk will lose a part of it.

Yanayev has good reason to prepare for a rainy day.

After carefully reading the four reports on the space launch center, Pavlov still didn't quite understand why the general secretary suddenly considered changing the launch site.But he noticed the small details in the data. The launch site in Kazakhstan took over the vast majority of spacecraft launch missions in the Russian Federation. Thinking of the recent actions against the Ukrainian industrial base, Pavlov suddenly realized what he took Looking at the document, he said to the general secretary, "So where will this new space launch center be built?"

Yanayev said, "The General Staff of the Soviet Army selected the Svobodny intercontinental ballistic missile launch site in the Far East in the Amur region. The 27th Strategic Rocket Division has been stationed here for decades. The center will accept most of the tasks launched by Russia from the mainland and reduce its reliance on Kazakhstan's Baikonur Space Center for launches. After that, he will share half of the launch tasks of the Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture's space launch center, mainly for national economy, scientific research and Missions such as commercial launch detection."

Pavlov asked in shock, "When did it happen, why didn't I know anything about it?"

As the prime minister of a country, he should know about such a major project.But Yanayev did not mention any information to him.This blockbuster surprised him even more than Lukyanov's threat yesterday.

Yanayev looked at him with a strange expression and explained, "Just before, because this mission was carried out in secret, no one except the General Staff and the Space Agency knew about it."

In fact, Yanayev has already made a decision, and the space agency and the Civil Aviation Administration are just making a show to make Yanayev's plan look more feasible.

The materials contained in the file bag were scattered all over the place, and Pavlov understood what Yanayev wanted to do.

Following the general secretary's last words, the prime minister's expression twitched slightly, and his eyes were filled with surprise.

"The fourth space launch center in the Russian state will be located in the Far East."

Chapter 938 I will always stand on the side of the people

On February 1993, 2, the General Staff of the Russian Army issued an order to select the site for the new space launch base.At that time, personnel from the Russian General Staff, the Strategic Rocket Force, the Air Force, the Navy, the Far East Military Region, the Central Design Institute, the Russian Space Agency, and the "Salute" Design Bureau participated in the site selection work.In the end, the Russian General Staff chose the Svobodny intercontinental ballistic missile launch site in the Amur region in the Far East because the 1th Strategic Rocket Division has been stationed here for decades.

Vostochny Space Center is one of the largest and most ambitious space programs of modern Russia.It is located in the northwest of Svobodny and Shimanovsk in the Amur region of Russia's Far East; it is close to the Zeya and Leia river basins; according to the launch azimuth, it is about 600 to 800 kilometers away from the Pacific Ocean.Dongfanggang Space Center has a planned total area of ​​551.5 square kilometers and a diameter of about 30 kilometers.Very suitable as a new site.