Chapter 754: Rehearsal
As soon as the Rubyan card was reached, Kryuchkov stood up and stared coldly at the soldiers who poured into the conference room like a tidal wave.
"Get out! Who allowed you in? This is the KGB, it's the meeting room of the State Emergency Committee! What do you want to do? I don't care who you are, I order you, get out of here now!"
Behind Kryuchkov, the top leaders of the Soviet State Emergency Committee, sitting around the conference table, behaved in a completely different way from his tough speeches. The moment the soldiers rushed in, the blood on Yanayev's face suddenly disappeared. Prime Minister Pavlov's cup fell to the floor, and the coffee soaked a large piece of imported high-end plush carpet. Dubtsev appeared to be quite calm on the surface, but his legs under the table were shaking like the engine of a tank. As for Tidjakov, there is no longer anyone to find him in the chair......
"I'm Defense Minister Yazov, soldier - I order you, report your identity. ”
In the end, it was the old military leader, and at this critical juncture, Yazov at least retained enough courage and dignity to stand beside Kryuchkov.
When the soldier, who did not carry an obvious identification mark, saw Yazov and immediately gave a military salute.
"Report to Comrade Minister of Defense, the commander of the reconnaissance company of the 55th Regiment of the 390th Marine Division of the Guards Marine Bo Texin reports to you!"
"Pacific Fleet?"
When Yazov heard this answer, which was obviously beyond his expectations, he was subconsciously stunned: "Who is your commander and why is he here?"
"Yazov, the 55th Marine Division came with me. ”
A voice suddenly sounded at the door of the conference room, and the sound of secret footsteps pushed open the door of the conference room, and Schönin, a key figure who had long been forgotten by Moscow, suddenly appeared in front of everyone.
"Schönin?!"
The moment they saw Oleg Šimonovich Schernin, everyone in the State Emergency Committee breathed a sigh of relief. Before the August 19 incident, Schönin was one of the most fierce senior leaders of the opposition to the split alliance. As long as the people who rushed in now were not Yeltsin or Primakov, then the situation could still be saved.
"What are you doing here, it's all your own people, there's no need to use knives and guns like this......"
Yanayev smiled and walked over to Schönin: "I know your opinion Comrade Schönin, and there is also a place reserved for you in the State Emergency Committee. It's just that you didn't leave at the right time, and there was no way to do it - Goe's plan almost caught us off guard. However, leading troops to attack the Lubyanka, this joke is too much. ”
"Where is a state of emergency committee? Are you talking about what epitaph should be written on my tombstone?"
Schönin was dismissive of this: "With my age and body, I don't think it's time to think about this matter!"
As he spoke, he waved his hand to the commander of the reconnaissance company beside him, Potekin, and ordered him to retreat from the conference room with his men.
At this time, the entire KGB headquarters in Lubyanka had been completely controlled by the 390th Regiment, who would have thought that the dignified KGB headquarters Lubyanka would have such a day? But even the Alpha special forces had lost control, and only some support personnel who did not have much combat effectiveness were left behind in Lubyanka at this time. At this time, there is no real "code name Zeta" who can stand up.
In the face of a regular army that is heavily armed, heavily armed and not hesitant to use violence, the spies' force is clearly not worth mentioning.
Schannin's gaze swept coldly over the faces of the seven members of the Emergency Committee, and he shook his head in disappointment: "This is not a clumsy joke, I am just giving you a preview! Today, the commander of these soldiers is me, and you can still escape." But maybe it's only tomorrow, when Yeltsin's men or Primakov's men rush in, and then do you want to experience the despair you just experienced again?"
The seven members of the National Emergency Committee looked at each other in 14 eyes, and they all saw the bottomless fear and despair in each other's eyes.
The situation has developed so far, and it is quite clear. Schernin was right, Yeltsin or the people at the head of the map might throw them into the Sailors' Silent Prison the next moment.
Just now, in front of the cold eyes and cold steel guns of the soldiers who rushed in, several people in the seven-member committee deeply realized that they were not ready to face this situation calmly.
Just as it is difficult for a person who commits suicide to have the courage to do it again after a catastrophe, after this rehearsal of Shenin, the Committee of Seven also realized that he was not as calm as he imagined to face failure.
"Look at the stupidity you guys have done!" Schönin rebuked the group of high-ranking Soviet bureaucrats: "Grachev has already defected to Yeltsin, but Yazov is still counting on him to suppress the situation in the White House." As for Primakov's group, they don't want power, they don't want people, but they can nullify more than half of the efforts of KGB. Kalinin's curfew has no effect, because the army has no deterrent effect! Sobchak openly condemns your actions, but has he been punished in any way? No, you have only completely demonstrated your weakness to the world. ”
"The mayor of Moscow has openly sided with Yeltsin, and Lukin claims that they control 70 percent of the organs of power in Russia. The Marshal of the Air Force and the Navy is against Yazov, the Minister of Defense, Pugo, can you still control the armed forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs? What about Kryuchkov's Alpha?"
"Let's be honest, guys. You're terrible, even if you get a bunch of gorillas from Africa, you won't be more incompetent than you!"
Shening's stormy speech made the seven-member committee silent and embarrassed. If it weren't for the fact that things were as he said, or even worse, it would have been impossible to refute them with the style of the Seven.
"There is a reason for the current situation, we fell for the shameless Yeltsin. He has deceived the ordinary people to be his shield, and he has bribed the separatists in the army, blinding our judgment......"
Yanayev tried in vain to explain with reasons that he could not accept, but the gaze that Schernin looked at him was so mocking that he could not go on after only half of his words.
"Alright, I'll just ask you one thing now. Schönin even looked at these senior Soviet leaders with contempt, and the Seven was almost nowhere to hide from his gaze.
"I'm just asking you, do you really plan to spend the rest of your life in the Sailors' Silent Prison, and that the great Motherland of the Soviet Union is a burial object? Sounds like a good idea, doesn't it?"