"Thank you!" Serov bowed his head and cautiously expressed his approval, this was not sympathy for Marshal Zhukov's plight, but it was good for himself. www.biquge.info In this case, he doesn't mind having a light meal with the three marshals. Judging by the experience of the whole day, Serov can conclude that Marshal Zhukov is actually looking forward to a comeback.

A brilliant person, in fact, is not willing to be mediocre, the victory marshal has always had expectations for pay. It's just that he doesn't understand that his hope is actually in his enemies, and if he were a hard-hearted person like Brezhnev, Zhukov would definitely die in loneliness for the rest of his life.

"Head, Marshal Zhukov has returned, report the news to Comrade First Secretary." Serov, who left Marshal Zhukov's dacha, told his boss Selepin the news on the phone of the on-board alpha system.

Putting down the phone, Serov's face flashed with joy, in ten years, the Soviet Union finally had some different changes in the top leadership, and Shelepin had become a full member of the Central Presidium by this time. As for the cadres of the entire Komsomol system, in fact, Serov and Brezhnev have the same understanding, but the difference lies in the fact that they have different understandings of Sherepin as a person.

In his later years, Sherepin had been politically polished, and became no different from ordinary Soviet cadres, timid, entangled in the details, and became an ordinary old man who cared about his pension. But at this time, Shelepin, at the peak of his life, believed that his work could bring benefits to the Soviet Union. He knows Sherepin very well, and Sherepin can be said to be a strengthened version of Andropov, hoping to take the initiative to improve relations with China, even if it is a temporary concession, and to deal with the United States first. At the same time, he believed in the power of the state administration and adopted a favorable attitude towards Kosygin's economic policy.

Sherepin didn't like privilege very much, perhaps because he was relatively young in the Soviet leadership, so he didn't attach much importance to this issue, but unlike Suslov, Suslov could only guarantee that he was a communist, and Sherepin wanted to cover this yoke on everyone, including himself, and in this respect, the attitude towards privilege was similar to that of Khrushchev.

Serov did not want to see such a tragic end. At this time, Serov already felt that Brezhnev had too much support, but he still hoped that his boss could withstand Brezhnev and not let the Soviet Union appear too obvious class solidification, even if he could not win, he would have a chance to turn around.

"Even if it's risky, I'm going to help him." Serov, who put down the phone, said to himself that he could only choose Shelepin, even if Brezhnev had the advantage of being the first move, even if he had been noticed by Brezhnev, he would like to do so.

After returning to Moscow, he reported the news to Khrushchev, and the first secretary of the Soviet Union was obviously happy, almost eight years have passed since the dismissal of Marshal Zhukov, and even if Marshal Zhukov comes back at this time, he will not have too much influence on the military, and because of Marshal Zhukov's fame, it may still have a role in promoting the Ministry of Defense.

The Ministry of Defense has always complained about Khrushchev's restrictions on the increase in military spending, and Khrushchev is also thinking about this after the dismissal of Podgorny. The biggest effect of Podgorny's problem is to let Khrushchev know that there are indeed forces dissatisfied with him in the Soviet Union, and he wants to know the situation clearly, except for the KGB, no other department has this ability, otherwise Serov will not be in the position of General Political Commissar of State Security, which is the highest military rank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union during the period of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is equivalent to the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Military Arms, or the rank of General of the Soviet Union.

However, with Serov, the General Political Commissar of State Security became a position, and although it was separated from the military rank, it was still the most powerful leader in the Soviet security system. Serov can participate in the meetings of the Ministry of Defense by virtue of this capacity, unlike before, when he could only observe the meetings of the Ministry of Defense, and whether the marshal of the Ministry of Defense listened or not depended on luck, but as the General Political Commissar of National Security, he could formulate policies and, at the very least, put forward his own opinions.

"The most important purpose is to have sufficient self-protection ability, so that others dare not replace me." As long as you live in your place, there is hope for everything. Even if Brezhnev can't do it, as long as the situation does not deteriorate to a certain extent, Serov believes that the situation will always get better. This is the advantage of the times, just like an ordinary smartphone in later generations, which is greater than the combined computing power of all the computers in the world in this era. He never lacked confidence, but the process was rather apprehensive.

The meeting of the Ministry of Defense in March represented a change in the Soviet military, and Marshal Zhukov, who had been out of the military for eight years, reappeared in the place where he had worked. Unlike before, Marshal Zhukov at this time did not have such an obvious edge, but the identity of Marshal Victory was there, and everyone could ignore it.

"Five days ago, the first batch of American troops landed in South Vietnam, marking the beginning of a large-scale U.S. entry into Southeast Asia to conduct operations, and the outcome of this war is difficult to say." Marshal Malinovsky briefed the participants on the events of the Vietnam War.

Even with the strength of the United States, if a large-scale war is to be fought, it is necessary to take several steps: liaison with allies, establishment of forward positions, domestic budget allocation, and troop deployment. In particular, Vietnam is thousands of miles away from the US mainland, and it is necessary to prepare for war in advance, so it was only half a year after the incident in the Gulf of Tonkin that the main force of the US Army began to land in Vietnam.

If you want to force a country to submit, the air force and navy are enough to handle everything, but if you want to defeat a country without dispute, it is impossible without the contribution of the army, and in the end it is the army that will solve the problem. The Army is the cornerstone of the nation, and without the Army, the country is nothing. There are only a few countries with a geo-source environment like the United States, and the Soviet Union's military building model is the common model for most countries.

When Marshal Zhukov attended the first meeting, he was basically out of the position of an observer. The current Minister of Defense is Marshal Malinovsky, and even with the prestige of Marshal Zhukov, this cannot be changed.

"The United States finally used the army to solve the problem, in fact, it has already explained the tone of this war, with the public opinion and war preparations on the South Vietnamese side, I think the final result will be a replica of the Korean War, I have a piece of information to give to comrades, everyone pay attention." Serov took out the relevant intelligence documents.

The South Korean government, which was invited by the US government, also began to send combat units such as the Blue Dragon, the White Tiger (South Korea's 9th Infantry Division), and the Tiger (South Korea's Capital Division) to pay for South Korea's defense spending, and the United States provided South Korea with about $1 billion. South Korea is the largest troop contributor outside the United States.

In addition, the Pacific allies of the United States, including Japan and the Philippines, as well as the authorities, were more or less indirectly involved in the war. It is more widely known that the US Defense Forces once sent F-5 fighters from Taiwan, China, under the rule of the Kuomintang, to Vietnam and stationed F-4 squadrons in Taichung City, Taiwan, to fill the gap. In addition, Taiwan's military advisers, electronic warfare and secret agents are also active in the Republic of Vietnam.

The Federal Republic of Germany, another U.S. ally in Europe, found an opportunity to circumvent the constitutional ban this time because of its strict constitutional restrictions on sending troops abroad to participate in the conflict. The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany avoided an open discussion of the issue at home and, at the request of the United States Government, secretly sent 2,500 German servicemen, including 120 pilots, to Vietnam, without concealment from the common people, who flew United States Air Force planes to take a direct part in military operations against Vietnam.

"It cannot be said that the Americans have not learned the lessons of the Korean War, but the forces that the Americans rely on in Asia are really not very reliable, and in the end they still have to rely on themselves to solve the problem." Serov introduced the participants in the war, and then said, "I mean, contact the North Korean side to send a part of the anti-aircraft artillery unit into North Vietnam to fight." At the same time, to share the pressure on China, and at the same time to make the Chinese comrades understand that although we will not be able to intervene in the war within the year, the entire socialist camp will support this matter, but the GDR side still does not recommend sending military forces into the war, except for intelligence forces. ”

"I will only talk about military matters briefly, but now I will talk about the specific situation and strategic situation of the enemy and the enemy." With the approval of many marshals of the Ministry of Defense, Serov picked up the whip and walked to the side of a map of Vietnam and said, "In terms of the overall situation, the United States has been very passive since the beginning of the Vietnam War, because the purpose of the United States is very vague from the initial definition. The decision was made strategically based on a defensive counterattack against North Vietnam, which may have been due to the Korean War, but I have to say that it was wrong, because based on the defense of the North Vietnamese infiltration forces, would have made the military operation very passive from the beginning. On the contrary, North Vietnam has taken the initiative and has been in the offensive stage, and the United States even has air force restrictions, and does not dare to bomb near the Sino-Vietnamese border, which is equivalent to fighting with one hand tied. So I think the United States is doomed to lose this war,"

Any war can be analyzed from the clues, from the very beginning of the United States has already imposed restrictions on its own military operations, based on the preservation of South Vietnam rather than the elimination of North Vietnam, it can be said that this can still be won, that is really not a long sight. Serov, in his capacity as the General Political Commissar of State Security, cooperated with the KGB's intelligence system to tell this matter, which hardly aroused the suspicion of the Soviet Ministry of Defense, and the intelligence-backed analysis made all the Marshals of the Ministry of Defense agree with it. (To be continued.) )