Chapter 140: The Bear Child

Crowds of police and the K.G.B. gathered on Red Square, tourists were ordered to turn in their cameras, and planes were pulled away by a military painted car. But the official response was too slow, and the news soon spread through the streets of Moscow, and even the roadside kvass and ice cream vendors knew about it.

Seryosha soon heard about it from his colleagues, and he was so surprised that he couldn't figure out why someone was flying a civilian plane from Helsinki to Moscow, and how he did it.

The matter soon became a stir, and the official attitude began to change and stop. Because of Yakovlev's policy of openness, the media environment in the Soviet Union has become much more relaxed, so some media reporters began to ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the KGB, and the Ministry of Defense to verify this matter. With the continued media attention, workers' protests across the Soviet Union began to fade down, and the incident on Red Square became the latest media focus.

However, the Ministry of Defense has refused to answer any questions about the incident, and has always claimed that everything is under investigation. This made many journalists who had just tasted the uncrowned king very dissatisfied, and some reporters went directly to Yakovlev and even contacted Gorbachev's office. This time, however, the tried-and-true openness of the sword no longer worked, and the Kremlin refused to disclose any information, citing national security concerns.

It was not only the reporters who were not satisfied, Gorbachev had never been so angry, the plane that had landed was only a few hundred meters away from his office, and if it had been an armed action by an enemy with bad intentions, Gorbachev would have to lie down next to Secretary Chernenko.

As the KGB investigated Matthias Rust further, the Soviet government had more information. Speaking of which, this Matthias Rust is not a highly skilled pilot, nor has he served in the Air Force. He is only a member of a local aero club in Hamburg, Germany, and is only 17 years old this year. When you add it up, you only have 40 hours of flying experience. And his plane is a single-engine, monoplane light aircraft for junior students, with a total of only 160 horsepower and a speed of 220 kilometers per hour. It's like a toy.

However, such a stunned young man actually crossed the western air defense network of the Soviet Union, which had 1,300 aircraft, more than 10,000 anti-aircraft missiles, and 7,000 radar and sensor devices. You must know that before this incident, both the Soviet Ministry of Defense and the NATO Command agreed that the Soviet Union's western air defense network was the most difficult air defense network for mankind to break through so far, and it was a forbidden flight zone for all fighters.

But all the impossibilities became a joke in front of Matthias Rust, who told everyone with practical actions that the air defense network built by the Soviet Union at great expense was just an ornament.

There are no impermeable walls, and the foreign correspondents who have been stationed in Moscow have quickly brought the matter to the fore. The big news spread from Moscow to New York, London, and even Matthias Rust's hometown of Hamburg. When Matthias Rust's parents heard that their son had landed on Red Square in the Soviet Union and was arrested, the old couple cried with joy but soon fell into grief. Matthias Rust's parents were happy because they had recently been informed by the Finnish side that Matthias Rust's plane might have crashed in the waters off Norway. And now they are surprised to learn that their son actually flew a civilian propeller plane, crossed the Soviet air defense network and landed on Moscow's Red Square. But can his son come back alive after being captured by the Soviet Union?

The media, which got the news, filled the road in front of Rust's house in an instant. Almost everyone in Europe and the United States wondered how Matthias Rust did this, and what the Soviets would do to him.

It is not only his parents and the media who are concerned about Matthias Rust, but also the Federal Government of Germany. They soon sent a diplomatic letter of inquiry to the Soviet Foreign Ministry, headed by Shevardnadze, asking about the whereabouts of Madias Rust.

"Matthias Rust violated the laws of the USSR, and he is going to be tried in Moscow." This is the answer given by the official USSR, simple and straightforward. Such an answer would obviously not satisfy the Federal Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and would not be able to be explained to the public and the media.

In just a few days, Madias Rust seems to have become the idol of all the youth of the West. Many people admired the courage of Madias Rust, which made Madias Rust's social influence more and more significant. So this inconspicuous bear child has almost become the new focus of the oriental game.

The Federal German government began to seek to use the personal connections of politicians to make unofficial contacts with the Soviet Union in order to avoid further deterioration of the situation. The current Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Helmut Kohl, made every effort to contact high-ranking officials of the Soviet Union in the hope of saving the life of Matthias Rust and resolving the incident smoothly.

As a result, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who had been fighting with the Soviet Union in recent years, became Prime Minister Cole's first choice. Cole soon spoke with Margaret Thatcher on the phone, and the two first talked for a long time about the recent dispute between Volkswagen and Porsche, and neither side made any concessions. Finally, Kohl mentions Matthias Rust, and he hopes that Margaret Thatcher will use her relationship with Gorbachev to defuse the crisis.

"Alright! Mr. Kohl, I don't really have any personal relationship with Mr. Gorbachev, and I can't get in touch with him privately without going through normal channels, and I regret that I can't always be your middleman in this matter! However, if you have heard of the Soviet Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Ulyanov, I can help you contact him, he is a big celebrity around Gorbachev, a very capable young man. Prime Minister Thatcher replied on the phone.

"Really? If we could know Gorbachev's attitude on this matter, it would be of great help to our rescue operation! Cole said excitedly.

"Prime Minister Cole, with whom my husband Dennis is on good terms, and most importantly, his former female secretary who was a close confidant is now in London as head of the USST Bank, and I think she will be able to contact her superiors ......"