Chapter Seventy-One: Grachev in Time
After all, Seryosha hadn't been in contact with Lebed for more than half a year. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoWhen Lebed returned home from injury, he was very negative for a while. Seryoshato's connections allowed him to continue his studies at the military academy, and now that he was about to graduate, Lebed already had a good place to go, and he would be assigned to the position of deputy commander of the 106th Regiment of the 137th Airborne Division.
The 106th Airborne Division, stationed in the cities of Tula and Ryazan south of Moscow, was the Soviet Union's ace Guards Airborne Division. Since it was born in 1944, it participated in the liberation of Hungary, Austria and Czechoslovakia during the Great Patriotic War. And Lebed's 137th Regiment is stationed in Ryazan City, which is right under the nose of the Ministry of National Defense, and if he can be the deputy commander of this unit, he will naturally have to rise to prominence in the future.
Seryosha answered the phone and actually wanted to invite the Lebed family to go on vacation to the Crimea together. Although Seryosha called his brothers back this time, they did not plan to discuss anything about the gang during the vacation, and since Lebed was a trusted old leader, there was nothing wrong with inviting Lebed to this rare gathering.
As soon as Seryosha told Lebed about the holiday, Lebed was naturally very happy. Seryosha told Lebed that he had brought some gifts from England and asked his men to deliver them tomorrow. Although Lebed did not say anything, he was very moved in his heart. Seryosha is now an official at the deputy ministerial level, and it stands to reason that Lebed gave him a gift is about the same, but now it is reversed, which shows that Seryosha is still thinking about those friendships in Afghanistan.
At the end of the call, Lebed suddenly said to Seryosha: "Seryosha, do you remember Grachev? ”
"What are you mentioning him for?" Seryosha said with some displeasure.
"I also just learned that Grachev has just made a great contribution recently, and I am afraid that he will take over as the chief of staff of the division headquarters." Lebed replied.
"Chief of Staff, how can he be the Chief of Staff, just his two hits?" Seryosha asked curiously.
"Seryosha, this guy also traded his life for it. He led his entire regiment to attack an arsenal of the Mujahideen, but was surrounded by the enemy. Later, he used the troops of the Afghan People's Army as bait, and after breaking out, he counter-encircled the Mujahideen forces. Annihilate this group of enemies! This is a rare victory since the start of the war in Afghanistan! I'm afraid that a Hero of the Soviet Union will not be able to run, and Grachev will come to work in time! Lebed said in detail on the phone.
"I'm afraid that few of the Afghan People's Army troops survived! This kind of trick is only he can make it! Seryosha said disdainfully.
"Seryosha, Grachev wants me to say sorry to you! He said he was sorry for you! Lebed said to Seryosha on the phone.
Seryosha did not speak, when he was in Afghanistan. Seryosha once regarded Grachev as a good person, although he finally saw his true face, but Seryosha really didn't hate Grachev as much in his heart as he hated Chernenko. However, he did not expect that Grachev would also come and go. But Lebed's words alone made Seryosha give up his hostility towards Grachev, who took it for granted.
Seryosha did not refute Lebed's face, so he bypassed the topic. After the two chatted a few more words, Seryosha hung up the phone.
On the way back, Seryosha remembered what he had heard today. Chulbanov, who thought that he was invincible at the beginning, is now in a panic, and Grachev, who seems to be at the end of his rope, suddenly turned over. It's really good that flowers are red for 100 days, and people are good for 100 days.
Seryosha couldn't help but feel the impermanence of the world in his heart, and at the beginning of the year, Gorbachev was also facing the embarrassment of retirement. Although he was the youngest member of the Politburo Standing Committee, he could not help but face the practice of stepping down after losing the race for general secretary under the circumstances. However, even some deep-seated ideas and institutions are not immutable. Thinking of this, Seryosha became more confident in the competition for the Foreign Trade Bank, which was the first challenge he encountered after entering 1985.
Seryosha had one more person to meet before leaving Moscow, and that was the head of the Sixth Directorate of the KGB, Mortin. In the operation of the attack on the GSM group, Mortin's intelligence played a large role. In fact, Seryosha has always wanted to take the path of the KGB, but in the past, the KGB was too NB, and officials of Seryosha's level simply ignored it. But now, the KGB has unwittingly lost this sense of superiority.
Since it was the first time to come to the door, and the other party was the KGB, Seryosha still wanted to keep a low profile as much as possible. He did not bring expensive gifts to visit Mortin, but only brought a bottle of good wine.
"Minister Ulyanov, I didn't expect you to return from England so soon. I still want to visit you, who knew that you actually took the initiative to come to see me, what a rude! Mortin said with some restraint.
"Director Mortin, just call me Seryosha, let's be our own people, don't call each other by the names of those positions!" Seryosha said intimately.
Since Seryosha had come alone, Mortin's wife and children had a great affection for Seryosha, because he did not show the kind of ministerial official pretensions, but on the contrary, he was very cordial.
Seryosha's first meeting with Mortin's relatives was just to get to know each other, and he couldn't do such a thing as gift-giving. Nastya or some of his subordinates had to do the work for him, because Seryosha held a higher position than Mortin.
Since Seryosha had greeted him in advance, Mortin prepared a sumptuous dish. However, these things are not what Seryosha cares about, Seryosha actually wants to bind Mortin to his plan. So Seryosha found an opportunity to say to Mortin: "Brother Mortin, you KGB intelligence level is not to be said, our Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation will inevitably trouble you in the future!" ”
"Seryosha, that's all easy to say! Isn't it a matter of your words! Mortin replied happily.
Seryosha smiled and said to Mortin: "But I always ask you to help our Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, and I don't mean that I don't want to go!" Don't you know how much damage this GSM intelligence has helped our country recover! It is too much for these Europeans to want to imitate our Altai system for their own benefit, and if it were not for the efforts of the comrades in the KGB, I am afraid that our Altai system would have lost the market in Europe. Therefore, in order to express our gratitude, our Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation entrusted the Mediterranean Trading Company to import some foreign goods as a thank you gift, please do not shirk it! ”
Mortin hurriedly asked, "What is it?" How can the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation be allowed to break the bank? ”
"It's all electronic and electrical products made in Japan, and it's nothing!" Seryosha replied.