If there is one more humiliating thing that has ever happened to a head of state, it is that he has turmoil in his own country while he is engaged in peace negotiations with other heads of state. In particular, when he heard that Estonian television broadcast large-scale attacks by unidentified armed elements on various military bases in Estonia in various places, Arnold, who had been in a bad mood during the meeting, finally couldn't help but attack Yanayev.

"Yanayev, this is what you call peace negotiations? You haven't been sitting at the conference table for five minutes before the whole of Estonia is in turmoil? That's what you say about coming from Russia with love and peace? ”

In order to deal with the threat of the Soviets, the Estonian president only focused his troops on the border between Estonia and Russia, because he did not expect that the Russians in the country would suddenly acquire a large number of weapons, and instantly changed from a gentle little sheep to a monster armed to the teeth, of course, Victor, who was in charge of arms smuggling, contributed a lot.

Estonian intelligence had received information that a shipment of weapons and supplies to support the opposition would be brought into Estonia through the Soviet border in the near future, but this information did not reach the president's desk and was intercepted by a head of intelligence who was also a secret KGB spy. That night, the person who knew the source of the information died of serious injuries sustained in a car accident.

A few days later, the weapons appeared in the opposition stronghold, and a Russian fluent in Estonian was making plans for the riots.

Perhaps because of his impatience, Estonian President Arnold Rüttel spoke incoherently. Vytautas, the head of the Supreme Council of Lithuania, secretly tugged at his sleeve and motioned for Arnold to sit down first. Anatoly, who was quite mild just now, also tore off the mask of hypocrisy at this moment and said in a cold voice, "President Yanayev, this is different from the script we said we had good, right? Do you really want to provoke a war between the member countries. ”

"No, no, no, Acting President Anatoly, it's just your own thoughts. In fact, as things stand, everything is going according to my script. Yanayev shook his middle finger and put on a NO pose, and he said to Putin beside him, "Comrade Putin, please give me the newspaper you prepared this morning, thank you." ”

Putin took out a newspaper from his suitcase, put it in front of Yanayev, and spread it out neatly before retreating, Yanayev pointed to the headline of the Russian newspaper, "You see, the Supreme Constitution of the Soviet Union has been amended. No member state may withdraw from the Soviet Republic without a vote of more than 100 percent of the citizens of the USSR. ”

According to the time calculation, the news was only two minutes after it was published, and Yanayev simply asked the newspaper to make a special edition in advance to humiliate the leaders of the three Baltic states.

In other words, if only one Soviet citizen voted against it, the plans for the independence of the three Baltic states would come to naught. Yanayev just likes to use black humor to satirize his opponents, don't you advocate freedom and votes? Okay, I'll give you the right to choose, and if you can't pass it, it can only show that the governments represented here are all garbage that the people don't support.

Wrath! At this time, Arnold was so annoyed that his originally pale face turned purple. He clenched his fists and wanted to smash his fist in the face of the indifferent leader of the CPSU. Originally, they wanted to use this meeting to humiliate the supreme leader, but they didn't expect that the initiators actually designed a larger conspiracy than them.

The Soviet Red Spider, who had laid a web of heaven and earth, looked at the three smug flying insects jumping up and down with disdain, and waited for them to throw themselves into the web. These people didn't realize until the end that they weren't just clowns jumping off the beam at all.

Take their president hostage and declare war on the evil empire! Arnold always felt that a voice in his heart was constantly bewitching him, unleashing the apparatus of state violence against Soviet tyranny.

"Everyone, listen to me." Seeing the uncertain faces of the three leaders, Yanayev said, "Don't you think that the questions you are thinking about now should be how to get a 100 percent referendum, how to quell the rebellion in the country, and how to deal with the next Soviet army that is eyeing the Soviet army?" ”

"If you hold me hostage in this parliament now, you have achieved your goal of threatening the Soviet Union, so let's think about it." Yanayev stood up, and the agents of the three Baltic countries to protect the president also stepped forward, watching Yanayev's movements vigilantly.

"Didn't you think that the reason why I dared to announce this news in Parliament, even to your face, did not you suspect that the real Soviet president was still sitting at the presidential desk in the Kremlin and staring at your ridiculous every move? What if such a painstaking meeting came as a stand-in for the president, and you arrested me? The end result is only that the Soviet Union has an excuse to send troops, and you will be destroyed. ”

"Bastard!" Arnold slammed his fist on the table, this was the first time he had made a gaffe in parliament, Anatoly and Vytautas looked at Arnold a little embarrassed, and the three people who wanted to see Soviet jokes were instead seen by the Soviets. Even if Yanayev asked Arnold to put a gun to his forehead now, he would not dare to shoot now, regardless of whether the Soviet president in front of him was true or not, as long as something happened to him in Estonia, the three Baltic countries would be in ruins.

"That's all I have to say, it's up to you to choose whether to sign or not." So far, Yanayev is in control, and it is impossible to be independent. Vytautas chose to forbear for the time being, and as long as the idea of independence took root among the people, he was not worried that he would not have a chance in the future.

Of course, Yanayev would never give him a chance, he pointed to the document he took out and said, "After signing this treaty, the command of the armies of your three countries will be handed over to Moscow. Of course, we will also send troops to the three Baltic countries to maintain stability. Oh, you can choose not to agree, and the end is nothing more than a situation of internal and external troubles. When the time comes, it is difficult to say whether the public will support the independence of your government. ”

Vytautas's hand, which was about to put pen to paper, stopped instantly, he raised his head to look at Yanayev, and almost gritted his teeth and finally squeezed two words out of his mouth, "Despicable." ”

"It's not mean, my friends, and you've only got half a day to think about it." Yanayev glanced at his watch, "From now on, there are five hours before the treaty is signed, and in five hours, the Soviet armored forces will march into the three countries to maintain stability." Of course, I don't mind if you send troops to resist or anything like that, but don't forget that there are still loose armed unrest in your country, oh yes, the Baltic Fleet will block the entire sea at that time, so you are really alone. ”

"I propose a temporary break from the council." Vytautas gave Arnold and Anatoly a look and said, "The three of us need to discuss it privately before we can answer you, President Yanayev." ”

Yanayev made a gesture of please, "Whatever, I'm not going anywhere, I'm just waiting for your reply in this conference room." And please as soon as possible, the torrent of steel in the USSR has always been very time-sensitive. ”

As soon as the three of them exited the conference room, Arnold, who was still pretending to be reserved, jumped up and down in an instant, and he waved his fists and shouted, "Crazy, who does he think he is!" How dare you make such an excessive request. ”

"It's not helpful to say more." The most calm Vytautas sighed, he took off his glasses and said slowly, "Now hurry up and call the West led by the United States for help, I hope that NATO can come up with a plan to save the Soviets within five hours." Now the situation is beyond the control of the three of us. ”

"What if I can't get it?" Anatoly weakly asked, "What will happen to us?" ”

Vytautas glanced at him, his voice cold without the slightest emotion, "What's the end?" At most, we will spend the rest of our lives in Siberian prisons, and the three Baltic states may not have the possibility of independence for another forty years. ”