By the afternoon, the crowd gathered in front of the White House in Moscow had reached at least 70,000 people.

I don't know where I heard that the army was going to use poison gas to disperse the crowd, and those who supported Yeltsin here were very angry!

It's so maddening that the government actually uses poison gas on citizens!

The atmosphere in the crowd was even more indignant, as if tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, of people had died because of the government's poisonous hands. Mass gas masks, which were shipped from nowhere, were distributed to the masses, so the impression of this persecution became even clearer.

Popov unconsciously poured bottles of Red Star Erguo into his mouth, not realizing that he was making history.

Tens of thousands of Soviet Red Army troops are already in Afghanistan and can't come back, what is the use of you guys talking about this at this time?

The Soviets did not stand up for the Afghan veterans, nor did they stand up for the East German Army Group that had returned home to live in tents, and they openly denied the existence of Red Army soldiers and prisoners of war on international occasions, and even outright denied that the Soviet Union had a war in the eighties......

However, the Soviets, because there was no rock, because there was no vodka, because of Solzhenitsyn's SB dream, would just run out into the streets and face the 30-millimeter high-level dual-purpose machine gun of the BMP.

Hehe, what kind of evil did Lao Tzu fall for back then? Did you smash your head when you collected the potatoes?

The gathering of the crowd amplifies the delusion of persecution, and the unconsciousness of the crowd has undoubtedly made the National Emergency Committee a complete villain in the minds of all.

Could it be that Yeltsin had some kind of magic that could make Muscovites believe in him and support him so unconditionally?

Actually, no, Yeltsin was just the last, seemingly least bad choice of the crowd when they had no choice.

It turns out that great countries are great in their own way, but the reasons why countries that are finished with CAO are basically the same.

Just like the rich men in the south at the end of the Ming Dynasty, who were reluctant to give up their good fortune and would rather give up wild boar skin as a coat than pay taxes to the Ming Dynasty. Tototou did not choose to destroy the Soviet bureaucracy from the outset, but all his initial attempts at political reform were futile in the face of a completely solidified bureaucracy.

It was precisely the realization of the fundamental problem that no reforms could be carried out without first breaking the entire system of the Soviet Union, which was stubborn and entrenched, that the head of the map had to choose such a path. Adhering to the Soviets' consistent fighting racial style, since it can't be solved internally, it is simply kicked hard from the outside, and maybe there is a possibility of starting anew.

Those guys who would rather drag the USSR to die than give up their power and interests, then they will be buried with the USSR.

Popov poured the spicy-smelling transparent liquid in his hand into his throat without restraint, but his mind was clear.

Kampov, and these people in the square in front of the White House, they don't care about the fate of the country.

They don't know what's wrong with the country, and they don't know how to fix it. It's just that there is a two-hour shopping experience that requires queuing every day, and perhaps tens of thousands of rubles per person in the bank have nowhere to spend, so they need a "carnival" to vent.

Popov finally got enough Red Star Erguotou, and he got out of the crowd satisfied, intending to find a place to have a good time. However, today's Moscow is destined to have no land to be calm.

Walking out of Kalinin Street, suddenly a dull bang sounded in the street. With a bang, a bottle of alcohol filled with gasoline smashed on a BMP infantry tank, and then was ignited by the flames at the mouth of the bottle - a rather unprofessional Molotov.

The crowd was like a beautiful Ukrainian girl in Gulagri, and they suddenly became excited.

An infantry squad stumbled out of the BMP, and the crowd erupted in mocking laughter and angry provocations.

One of the hapless guys had burning gasoline stuck to his body and had to quickly take off his ammunition and carry gear and throw them to the ground. Looking at the menacing crowd around them, the disarmed soldiers trembled in fear.

Immediately afterward, five T64 tanks turned around the corner, their muzzles raised high and pointed to the sky. The tank picked up the infantry squad that ran out, and the crowd seemed to calm down somewhat in front of the icy war machine.

A group of young girls and Soviet aunts squeezed out of the crowd, waving banners and striding towards the tanks.

"Soldiers, don't shoot at your mothers and sisters!"

This is a group of Soviet military dependents!

Popov watched this absurd scene, from beginning to end, the Soviet Red Army did not turn its guns at the masses for a moment.

However, behind the group of women and aunts, the crowd formed a human wall arm in arm, and marched towards the convoy of tank cars.

Then, some people began to stick steel bars and iron rods found out of nowhere into the tracks, and stuffed their clothes into the tank's observation port. Some people parked trolleybuses across the street behind the tanks, and stones and wine bottles rained down on the tanks.

There was no way to retreat from front to back, and the tanks that came to the rescue were in a situation where they could not advance or retreat. The tankmen had to get out of the tanks, like the infantrymen, and flee before the crowd completely surrounded them.

After all, this is the Soviet Union, it is Moscow. Stones and Molotov cocktails are already very restrained tools, and no one knows when, whether someone will pull out an anti-tank grenade or carry an RPG.

Seeing that the soldiers had abandoned the tanks, the crowd suddenly let out an earth-shattering shout of "Ula".

Several young men and girls climbed into the tank car, waving their clothes and looking elated.

"Ah, Soviet Red Army, your honor is worthless!" Popov, drunken and hazy, with tears or wine on his face, raised the bottle in his hand and poured it on the soil of Moscow.

When an army loses its honor, what does it lose?

From the time they slandered Zoya as a psychopath and a terrorist, from Matlosov falling on a machine gun by "coincidence", every Soviet, you will not be innocent, and you will have to pay the price for your stupidity today.

Popov finally found a no-man's corner in the busy streets of Moscow, where he huddled, sip after sip, just wanting to forget about it all.

How the USSR was, how Russia was, already has nothing to do with him.

It doesn't matter.

This country, there is no longer any reason for him to fight for it......

As a matter of fact, the coup d'état that took place on 19 August had already revealed its final result by the afternoon of 19 August.

Yazov cooperated with the map head to actively suppress the Soviet army, which led to a feeling of disappointment in the army for the entire Soviet upper echelon. But on the other hand, Yeltsin vigorously encircled the Soviet troops in Russia, and made all the official wishes.

By the afternoon of the 19th, Yeltsin had finally gained a decisive weight in the coup.

Grachev, the senior Soviet general on whom Yazov relied to control Moscow, finally began to waver in his position after the situation changed.

As the direct commander of the armored forces and the airborne forces entering Moscow, the commander of the airborne forces, Lieutenant General Grachev, was already keenly aware of the change in wind direction on the 19th. The weakness of the army was only a symptom, in fact the sluggishness and indecision of Yazov and the Emergency Committee was the reason for his determination.

More than 70,000 people have gathered around the White House, and Yeltsin's security has been basically guaranteed. During this period, Yazov had numerous opportunities to use the force at his disposal, but neither he nor any of the members of the Eight had the courage to make this decision.

At the same time, on another line of Yeltsin, a group of cronies who remained loyal to the head of the map also took action.

Centered on the first deputy chairman of the KGB, Yevgeny Primakov, and the former Minister of Internal Affairs, Vaji Mbakatin, a group of henchmen and think tanks at the head of the map formed another action group. Arkadyvolsky, Vadjim Medvedev, Vini Amin and others jointly wrote a statement revealing the true state of the map head.

As a result, the entire National Emergency Committee has completely fallen into the embarrassing situation of being exposed and intercepted.

On the evening of the 19th, thanks to the efforts of Primakov, the commander-in-chief of the Soviet Air Force, Colonel-General Yevgeny Shaposhnikov, made a crucial statement. He ordered the Air Force "not to use force against the people," which led to the complete abortive of Yazov's order to transfer several units of the Airborne Forces to Moscow with Air Force transport aircraft.

At this point, the entire National Emergency Committee has completely lost control of the army.

If Gotu and Yeltsin were the villains who pushed the Soviet Union into the pit of fire, then the Committee of Eight was by no means the heroes who wanted to save the Soviet Union. These bureaucrats who do big things and sacrifice their lives, and forget their righteousness for the sake of small profits, will make a last ditch fight only if they want to retain the power in their hands.

Yazov, the old military leader, is more like a pure military man, and the business of coup d'état is probably not as professional as some warlords in black Africa. From an after-hand perspective, the only people in the Emergency Committee who really wanted to save the Soviet Union were Interior Minister Pugo and Marshal of the Soviet Union Akhromeyev......

In the evening, as soon as Yazov put down his phone asking the army to take control of the situation, Grachev dialed Yeltsin's special line in the White House.

"Hello, Comrade Boris!" he said enthusiastically: "I have ordered the paratrooper battalion in front of the White House to be responsible to you, and they will carry out all your orders!"

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