USSR 1991

There is one more thing that he needs to handle properly. Pavlov is still trapped in the White House. Although Yanayev has repeatedly emphasized that the Prime Minister must be kept, no one can guarantee that after the bombardment of the White House, Pavlov Will not be injured in the turmoil.

Yanayev took the mobile satellite phone in the cabin and contacted Yazov who was directing the operation at the scene, "Please tell me that you haven't launched a general offensive yet?"

"No, but we have come up with a feasible plan."

Yazov patted the steel tracks and said word by word, "When bombarding, we will try our best to avoid the floors occupied by conservatives. The artillery of the tanks is to create a sense of crisis for them, not to eliminate these people. Don't worry, General Secretary Yanayev, we have come up with a safe plan for the attack. In the end Lukyanov will definitely succumb, and they are still betting, using Pavlov as a shield."

As soon as the words fell, gunshots suddenly came from the direction of the White House. The armed guards and airborne troops had already started firing in the direction of the square, strafing fire, trying to push back the slowly approaching armored troops.

Fortunately, they are not equipped with rocket launchers, otherwise the situation will become difficult.

Yanayev heard the gunshots and clenched his fists, which meant that the situation was getting more complicated, and Pavlov was the only factor he didn't take into account.

He doesn't want any troubles with his old friend.

"General Secretary Yanayev, the final offensive has begun. I'm afraid I won't have time to report to you in detail later..."

Yazov's tone was anxious. He had to do his job well as a commander - smash all the glass of the superstructure.

"Be sure to settle this matter properly, please, Comrade Yazov. I am rushing to Moscow now, and I hope I can hear good news from you when the plane lands."

Chapter 972

The gun barrel of the T72 is aimed at the White House building. According to Comrade Yazov's arrangement, they will launch a final deterrent attack.The plan drawn up by the General Staff was to conduct a bombardment.Start shooting from the top floor and shoot down but not to the floor where Comrade Pavlov is.

Bombarding the White House is just a cover-up, and Alpha's army will secretly break in to carry out a bold rescue operation.

The gun barrel was slowly raised, and the polished and smooth mouth of the gun aimed at the high-rise glass of the building. In order to deal with the conservatives who fought against the trapped beasts, Yazov even brought in the "Soviet river of fire in the sky" - Tunguska Self-propelled artillery, reliable to the power of tank fire, Yazov finally chose the safer 23mm artillery fire, so that at least the whole building would not collapse tragically.

The black gun barrel was aimed at the high-rise glass, and under Yazov's order, it began to spray tongues of flames crazily. Where the Tunguska gun muzzle passed, the glass windows were instantly shattered, and the continuous explosion caused the building to collapse. There was a burnt mark on the surface of the shell after shelling. The impact force of the 23mm artillery blasted the window continuously, and the shattered tempered glass kept falling, and a rain of glass shattered under the sunlight.Spectacular and eye-catching, especially the hot shells constantly falling to the ground, making a pleasant roar.

Lukyanov in the building didn't feel so good. Everyone squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands and their eyes closed.The entire White House was trembling non-stop, as if they were facing an unprecedented earthquake, and their positions would collapse in the next moment.Explosions, roars, and constantly shaking floors. Lukyanov clung to the table tightly, fearing that he would be thrown out of the window. Everyone stayed away from the window. The 23mm shells are not a joke, only one round is needed It can break through the fragile wall and directly tear the people inside to pieces.

Tunguska finally died down after a round of shooting.After the devastation of the storm, there was no intact glass on the upper floor of the building, but there were holes left after the shooting, and there were crumbling broken walls.

The artillery fire stopped abruptly, and Lukyanov sat on the ground almost paralyzed. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, panting heavily with lingering fear.The artillery fire just now almost made him think that he was going to die here, and he almost missed swallowing a few quick-acting heart-relief pills.

After the artillery fire stopped, everyone stood up one after another. They looked out the window nervously, as if they never thought that they were saved, or such a dramatic ending.

"We are safe for the time being... Hurry up, everyone move down, don't sit here waiting to die."

Rutskoy strode forward, grabbed Lukyanov's tie, and said angrily, "You'd better explain to me, Comrade Lukyanov, why things ended up like this."

Lukyanov pushed the opponent, took two steps back, and said in a cold voice, "This is a coup, Rutskoy. You should know what the end of the coup will be. The price will be death. If you lose, you have to accept it." Punishment. What's more, we haven't lost yet, why are you so anxious?"

"My people didn't accompany you to die!"

Pointing to the demoralized soldiers behind him, Rutskoy said angrily, "It doesn't matter if you die, but don't think about letting my people die with you. I'm sorry, Comrade Lukyanov, we won't fight this battle , now we quit, I want to go out and surrender!"

"you dare!"

Lukyanov scolded angrily from behind, "You think you can walk out of the White House, and everyone outside is waiting for us to die. After you die, you can keep your mouth shut forever, and no one can tell the truth anymore. .”

Rutskoy drew a pistol from his waist and aimed it directly at Lukyanov's head.

The scene became tense in an instant, and everyone around looked at the furious general in fear, not knowing what dangerous move he was about to make.

Rutskoy took a deep breath and tried to calm down his emotions. He slowly replied, "No matter what the truth is, I don't want to know. Isn't there enough people who died in Moscow these years? The Khrushchev Group , the Yeltsin group, and countless people who opposed Yanayev’s politics, they were either sent to prison or spent the rest of their lives in the Kazan madhouse. I don’t want to die in Siberia, do you want to be frozen to death in a coal mine? in?"

Rutskoy's voice was colder than a winter blizzard.

"Let's stop here, Comrade Lukyanov, goodbye, by the way, we won't meet again."

Rutskoy wanted to go out, but before he took two steps, the sudden explosion knocked him to the ground. He got up in disgrace, and looked out the window in horror.

After the greeting of 23mm artillery fire, the next step is the indiscriminate bombing of 125mm. Of course, this is far more exciting than Tunguska's attack. Yazov gradually added straws as heavy as a kilogram to Lukyanov until crush him, crush him.

Next came the performance time of the Taman Division's armored units. More than [-] tanks did not fire in salvo. Otherwise, the entire White House building might be directly moved to a level after one round.

The interval between the firing of each tank's shells was three seconds, and just when the opponent thought it was over, there was an explosion and vibration, which kept them in an atmosphere of fear.

Psychological tactics are more effective than any kind of direct attack.

Everyone was anxiously waiting for the Taman Division to launch the final bombing, but Pavlov smiled, "Comrade Lukyanov, don't blame me for not pointing out a way out. Now General Secretary Yanayev is giving Your last chance, you still have time to surrender, if it is later, you will end up buried here."

A trace of hesitation flashed across Lukyanov's face. Pavlov's words shook his heart that was determined to fight to the end. In addition, Lutskoy's withdrawal on the spot made him feel very embarrassed.

In the end is to surrender, or to resist in the end?

Lukyanov had no answer.

Just when he was most in a dilemma and unable to make a decision, the phone rang suddenly.Fortunately, the shelling just now did not interrupt the communication, so he was able to answer the "life-saving straw" call.

The voice on the other side was very strange, and Lukyanov had never heard this voice before.But the first sentence he spoke, he fixed himself in place, unable to move.

"Hello, Comrade Lukyanov, I am a member of the American embassy. If you want to be rescued, please follow my method... Otherwise, there is only a dead end."

Chapter 973 Second Escape Plan

"Why should I believe that you are from the US embassy? If this is a trap, wouldn't I be finished?" Even in the most dangerous environment, Lukyanov still did not lose his ability to think.The crisis only made him a little flustered, but he was still in a state of absolute calm.

The voice on the other end of the phone was particularly gloomy. He sneered and said, "Look out the window, do you have any other options now? Wait until they lose patience and they will know what real cruelty is. Although I don't know why they If you don't directly level the White House, maybe you still have evidence of their fear in your hands?"

"This is the price offered by the CIA. You exchange evidence for our right to asylum. From the moment you step into the US embassy in Moscow, you are on US soil. The Soviet Union dare not do anything to you. You You can rest assured. Comrade Lukyanov, you should know that the United States has such strength to provide you with asylum, and then our CIA will specially design a bureau to let you escape. There will be no doubts from anyone."

Lukyanov also sneered and said, "Oh? Really? So what if you fled to the American embassy? If Yanayev ordered the attack, can your little army resist it? I can tell you that he will command Taman The division directly rushed into the embassy, ​​killed your people, and then dragged me out of the safe house, and may even execute me in front of the ambassador. Don’t doubt, the general secretary can do such a thing.”

The voice on the other side paused for a moment, and then said slowly, "Then we will have a fair and just reason to gather allies and start a war."

Although Lukyanov did not believe what he said, but with no choice but to try his luck.The final outcome of sitting here is either to lose or die, and to escape to the embassy, ​​I still have a chance.

However, he was not optimistic about the final result, and the Americans did not realize that his so-called secret was nothing but Prime Minister Pavlov.But Lukyanov wanted to increase the stakes, and deliberately said, "I can give you the secret. This secret is related to the secret communication methods of all Soviet missile silos and even road-type missile launch vehicles. It is enough for you to change the entire battle situation." But I have one more condition, only when I set foot on the territory of the United States, can I truly hand over the secret to you, and you will get nothing if I am not in a safe situation."

"I agree to your request."

The other party agreed very readily, "Then how are you going to come here? I think in order to deal with the coup, you should have prepared a small amount of armed forces, right? But with such a small number of people, Comrade Lukyanov seems to be unable to break out of the encirclement at all?"

"Of course I can go out, and I still go out swaggeringly."

Seeing a glimmer of light, Lukyanov clenched his fists. He grabbed Pavlov beside him and said fiercely, "Now the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union is also in my hands. If Taman Division and Dzerzhinsky Division do not give If I go out, I will execute Pavlov in the White House in front of Moscow TV."

Only Lukyanov dared to do such a shocking act of taking the Soviet Prime Minister as a hostage.The other party seemed to believe what he said, and said directly, "Okay, if you can get to the gate of the American embassy, ​​we can provide you with asylum. If you can't, I'm sorry, just pretend that this conversation never happened."

Then abruptly hung up the phone.

Lukyanov fell to the ground, dumbfounded.Unexpectedly, the one who reached out to him in the end was the biggest enemy of the Soviet Union.

If being a traitor can survive, he is willing to try it.