Just after the news of Seryosha's appearance in Leningrad spread, Yazov and others were in a difficult situation! Although the State of Emergency Management Committee has declared martial law in the capital Moscow. But the citizens of Moscow, who had learned of the coup d'état from the media outside Moscow, which had not yet been controlled, took to the streets.

Seryosha's reputation is too good, just as Yazov and Kryuchkov could not believe that Seryosha colluded with foreign countries and embezzled and took bribes. How can the ordinary people of Moscow and the whole Soviet Union believe that this is true? Moreover, Seryosha has transferred all his operations to Leningrad since the establishment of the Leningrad Special Economic Zone. In Moscow's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the USSR Foreign Trade Bank, the USSR Construction Bank of Housing and Utilities, the Mediterranean Trading Company, and other enterprises founded by Seryosha or taken over for a long time, there is no ironclad evidence to prove Seryosha's crimes. And although the testimony of Chebyshev and Rabannikov can convict Seryosha, they themselves are KGB people, and they are not convincing for most ordinary people.

What was supposed to be a well-thought-out coup d'état was complicated by Seryosha's escape. Now Seryosha in Leningrad claims that he will take over the power of the Soviet president. It is a strong threat to the Emergency Committee. In this case. Yazov had to take more radical measures.

"Comrade Grachev, tell the Airborne Forces to be ready at any time, immediately raid the Leningrad airport in half an hour, take control of the situation on the Leningrad side, remember to let them capture Ulyanov alive as much as possible, and if the conditions do not allow, kill him!" Yazov picked up the red telephone on his desk and directly connected the phone to the commander-in-chief of the Soviet Airborne Forces Command, Grachev.

Just before Yazov was about to put down the phone, he suddenly remembered something, so he said to Grachev again: "Ulyanov is from the Airborne Forces, you don't have anything to do with him, right?" ”

"Report to the commander-in-chief, although Ulyanov and I have a superior-subordinate relationship in Afghanistan, our relationship is not good, and this matter is well known in the Airborne Forces! One of my military command mistakes almost killed him in the Pagman Valley! He has been blaming me ever since he escaped from there, and I have never had contact with him for so many years! Grachev explained on the phone.

"That's good, Comrade Grachev, Ulyanov is a traitor to the Motherland, you must complete the tasks assigned to you by your superiors, well, go as soon as possible, I am waiting in Moscow for the news of your victory!" Yazov was relieved by Grachev. The affairs of Grachev and Ulyanov, Yazov also knows more or less. After all, the Airborne Forces have a company of Pagman heroes, and Seryosha's title of Hero of the Soviet Union was also earned in exchange for his life.

"Yes, mission guaranteed!" Grachev replied loudly.

But when he put down the phone, Grachev fell into deep thought. Should you follow Yazov's orders and go to Leningrad to control the situation? Now Yazov and others have taken control of Moscow, and Gorbachev has also fallen into the hands of the Emergency Committee. And as the most elite unit of the entire Soviet Union, if Grachev obeyed Yazov's orders and urgently raided the Leningrad airport like the Prague Spring of that year, so as to take control of the city of Leningrad, then Seryosha would definitely not be able to parry. But is it really the right choice?

Grachev did not tell Yazov the truth at one point. His relationship with Seryosha was not very good, but his relationship with Lebed was very good. Lebed, on the other hand, was born and died in the Pagman Valley with Seryosha. If you want to raid Leningrad, you must not tell Lebed. Otherwise, I'm afraid that as soon as my side takes off, Seryosha will get the news and run abroad. What to do?

What will happen if you take refuge in Seryosha? Everyone can see that Gorbachev has begun to train him as a successor. And Yakovlev's democratic program, another faction within the CPSU, has recently begun to abandon its ideas and move closer to Seryosha's faction. The serious divisions caused by the CPSU since the 28th National Congress are slowly healing. And Seryosha has been engaged in large-scale construction in the Russian Republic for several years, and because of these projects, the unemployment rate in the Russian Republic is much better than that of Ukraine, Belarus, and the three Baltic countries. The Russians thanked Seryosha, and the leaders of the other republics put the tie to Seryosha. If this had not happened, it is quite possible that Grachev would have been forced to retire after Seryosha came to power......

Just as Grachev was deep in thought, a cacophony outside the window interrupted his train of thought. Grachev walked to the window. He saw something incredible.

"Shame on the putsters!"

"We don't want a military dictatorship!"

"Yanayev fuck off!"

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Having already declared the beginning of martial law in Moscow, Grachev actually saw a large crowd of people gathering on the streets of the city not far away! What's going on?

Grachev immediately asked his subordinates about the situation, and after the subordinates went out to find out, they replied to Grachev: "Report to the commander-in-chief, not long ago Minister Ulyanov called for a general political strike in Leningrad throughout the country, and many people learned about it on the radio, the workers of the Likhachev Automobile Plant have refused to work, and the residents of the workers' new city are marching, in addition to the ...... of Moscow State University."

Grachev was shocked to hear the news, he did not expect the news to spread so quickly, and the reaction of the people this time was so fierce. Now Grachev hesitated even more, and he looked at the black telephone on his desk, which led to the Ryazan Airborne Division. Grachev knew that Lebed was now in Ryazan preparing for the planned joint operations exercise of the US-Soviet Airborne Forces, and that the most elite units of the Soviet Airborne Forces were now training in Ryazan.

Grachev, who had been hesitant to carry out Yazov's order, was now in Moscow, on the streets outside the headquarters of the Airborne Forces, and the crowd of people participating in the march could not be seen at a glance. Think about it, this happened when the armored troops had already entered the city! But is it possible that Seryosha has been an official in Moscow for many years, and that the workers' new city alone has fulfilled the dream of many families to own their own houses in the capital, so that these people can stand up against Seryosha?

Thinking about these problems, Grachev has already made a decision, and he feels that this time Yazov will lose!

Grachev picked up the black telephone on the table, and after a while, Lebed's voice came from there!

"Commander-in-Chief, what instructions do you have?" Lebed already knew what was happening, and now he just waited for the order from above to inform Seryosha as soon as he did,

"Lebed, can you contact Seryosha? Tell him that Yazov ordered us to arrest him! ”