The entire Baikonur Space Center is in a bustling scene, where the first successful flight into space out of gravity will begin. In charge of this is the garrison of the 6th Directorate of the KGB, which, unlike other units of the Directorate, has a lot of scientific knowledge and knows how to deal with emergencies in an emergency.

"The first task is to counter-espionage, the Baikonur Space Center may not be able to hide from the eyes of some countries, pay attention to this movement, very long-term encounter suspicious people first arrest and then say, wait until the launch is successful in the slow investigation, remember not to cause unjust cases!" Serov stood on top of an empty launch pad and looked up into the distance, taking in all the scenes around him, and it took some courage to climb up the steel stairs little by little, but he didn't lack it. Serov did not believe in this kind of steel, which rusts over time, but in his strong hands to protect himself.

"What if it's already determined to be a spy?" It was Kamyakin, the chairman of the KGB of Kazakhstan, who spoke, and he was reluctant to follow his restless boss to climb the heights and look into the distance, but after coming up, he found that the scenery from the heights was still quite good.

"No matter what nationality the other party is, there is only one way to deal with it! First ask about the valuable situation, and then ......" Serov, who spoke, turned his face to the side, and his smile looked very strange in the bright direct sunlight, although he was in the back position of Serov's side, Kamyagin still saw the young boss's movements clearly, stretched out his index finger and made an understatement on his neck, which means that all spies are equal and will die......

There is only one country in the world that openly admits the existence of spy networks, rescues captured spies, and does not hesitate to kidnap other scholars in exchange. That was the Soviet Union. No second country will openly admit and come to the rescue, which is why the KGB was so successful in the Cold War. At present, the KGB is negotiating with the United States to exchange the pilot of the downed U2 reconnaissance plane for the KGB Colonel Rudolph, who was arrested earlier? Abel.

"Standing here and looking at the ground, I feel like the people below are like ants, and I don't know what the scenery of the earth will be when I look at us from space!" Looking at the staff members below who belonged to different units wearing various military uniforms, Serov sighed very much, "If this manned space flight is successful." Astronauts are the heroes of the whole league! ”

There are tens of thousands of researchers and guards in Baikonur, and the level of sophistication in the Soviet Union is second to none, and all kinds of living equipment are available, including bathrooms, of course! It would be better if the shower head didn't rust.

Sometimes Serov hates the Soviet Union's mentality in dealing with this kind of facility, and this will not change because he is holding two hairy girls in the bathtub, and it is normal to take a bath and wash with a woman in his arms.

"Can't our factory find a way to prevent the shower heads from rusting?" With an unhappy expression, Serov, who closed his eyes, let the two hairy girls wipe his body for him. In terms of enjoying life, the Soviet Union was really too far behind the Americans, probably because the Soviet Union had to produce everything on its own. That's why everything is simplified in order to improve efficiency.

This is still related to the strategic disadvantage of the Soviet Union, and if the current state is that the Soviet Union is pressuring the United States to beat it, I believe that there will not be a situation in which the Soviet Union is holding back all its forces to develop its military strength and simplifying all civilian equipment.

Serov's resentment at this inequality deepened, and as long as the petrodollar of the United States could not be established, sooner or later the Soviet Union would be in the same position as the United States, and when the United States was defeated by the Vietnam War, they would understand what they had lost. It will not be easy to win back the initiative, as it has historically been.

"That is, two days before the launch, Comrades Brezhnev and Ustinov will come to Baikonur. Witnessing this historical moment in person, reflecting the importance that the party and the country attach to this space trip? "Originally, this is a very important thing, reflecting the importance that the central government attaches to this manned space flight. But from Serov's mouth, the same words always seem particularly strange to say the same thing.

"Yes, but Yuri, aren't you happy at all?" Marshal Nederin touched his snow-white hair. He really doesn't understand Serov as a person, and Baghramyan, a junior, sometimes has a particularly contradictory state. To put it simply, some of the ideas are particularly archaic and even more fanatical than the Cheka fighters in the early Soviet Union, but within the KGB, they are known for their lively thinking, so it seems very strange.

It is not surprising at all that Serov is a person who lives in the future. Naturally, he knew that many Soviets had never heard of things that they could only rely on their imaginations, but the entire socialist camp had collapsed in later generations, so he insisted on principles in some aspects to prevent the emergence of some bad trends of thought in history.

It's like the attitude towards Brezhnev the person, Brezhnev was a full-fledged politician, the USSR reached its peak in his hands, he did a lot of good things, but so what? A cadre for life can cancel out all his good deeds, and Serov is not a member of the Dnipro gang.

In any case, Brezhnev and Ustinov were both leaders that Serov needed to respect, and now that the two were coming, he had to make a show and arrange for KGB agents to wait at the Almaty station. The railway system of the Soviet Union carried too much capacity, and in this era when air transportation was not very developed, it was normal for even the leaders of the country to come out and take the train, not that the two of them were afraid of heights like Serov.

"Oh, Yuri, our security guard, I should have guessed that there is no better job in the entire league than you for such an important occasion!" As soon as Brezhnev saw Serov, he leaked the appearance of a dignified elder, without the slightest pretension of a leader, and was no stranger to joking with Serov, who was twenty years younger than him.

"Comrade Brezhnev, Comrade Ustinov, welcome to Baikonur, in two days we may witness a landmark event in the history of mankind!" Serov held out his hand and shook hands with each other, and then led two important figures in the Soviet military-industrial complex into the guest house in the center of Baikonur, where above them, the world's most significant national flag was waving in the wind.

The Baikonur Space Center has a relatively comprehensive range of living facilities, but this has nothing to do with luxury. The rooms are simply furnished and decorated in a simple way. Most of the new projects built during the Khrushchev era were built in this way, emphasizing simplicity and practicality.

"Yuri, let's talk about the upcoming manned spaceflight! The first secretary is also very concerned about this matter! "Ustinov is a military cadre, and he doesn't need Serov science for the principle and work process of rocket launches, he asks about other things, such as how sure he is.

But Serov can't answer this question, the launch has not yet begun, is it possible for him to blow like the Air Marshal Goering of the Third Reich, "Berlin will not be bombed by the British, as long as another bomb falls, I will not be called Goering, you can call me anything?" "Isn't that? There is also a limit to bragging.

"It will be a great day, and the names of the astronauts will be remembered by the people of the whole Union! Probably more well-known than our first secretary! Serov didn't talk much, since Brezhnev and Ustinov wanted to chat, then talk casually, he was telling the truth Gagarin's name is easier to remember than the leaders of many countries.

"Let's talk about something light, Yuri, you know? The marshals of the Ministry of National Defense jointly expressed their willingness to take the initiative to disarm 600,000 troops, and they were willing to reorganize 400,000 combat troops into a construction corps and devote themselves to the construction of the motherland. Ustinov said with a smile.

But what he saw was Serov's very incredulous gaze, which surprised Ustinov, wasn't this young man using the power of the General Directorate of Military Administration to force the Ministry of Defense to make adjustments?

"No, it has nothing to do with me!" Serov, who was dumbfounded, did not expect the Ministry of Defense to make such a reaction, he only mentioned that the troops of the Red Army should be busy, but he did not expect that the Marshal of the Ministry of Defense, who was the Red Army was everything, would actually break the wrist of a strong man in order to maintain the scale of the Red Army.

From the point of view of the Red Army, this is not an incomprehensible thing, those old marshals have seen it, Serov is right, disarmament is only for the Red Army, and the internal guards and border guards of the KGB have not been affected in the slightest in disarmament. This result is much more useful than Serov saying a million words. With the example of the KGB in the past, the marshals of the Ministry of Defense, who wanted to avoid the weakening of the Red Army, naturally made this choice in weighing.

But this is not all bad for the KGB, at least the relationship between the General Directorate of Military Administration and the Ministry of Defense may not be so sharp, and it seems that sometimes a note is more useful than a command. Another point is that the Ministry of Defense may be less dissatisfied with Khrushchev, because after all, the Ministry of Defense took the initiative to apply for disarmament, and it would be impossible to say that disarmament would be used as the source of dissatisfaction at that time.

Khrushchev owes me another medal! This was Serov's first thought. The second thought is that more than one is owed.

"Let's take a look at the commander-in-chief of aerospace and the astronauts, the first secretary is very concerned about this matter!" Brezhnev said to Ustinov. On the one hand, this is a reflection of the central government's attention to this matter, and at the same time, it is also a manifestation of its own style of attaching importance to scientific research, both of which are inextricably linked to the military industrial system, and naturally will not let go of this opportunity.

On the evening of 10 April, on the launch rack of the Baikonur Space Center, the Vostok 1 rocket had been set up, and there was only a little more than a day left before the launch time. Today's starry sky is exceptionally beautiful, and I wonder how many people are busy at the Baikonur Space Center at this time.

Sergey who designed Vostok 1? Korolev vs. Klim? Aliyevich? Klimov, cosmonaut Gagarin, commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces Negerin, as well as Brezhnev and Ustinov, and even the irrelevant Serov, waited for the final test results until the report that found nothing wrong was handed in, and everyone was relieved. And there is still one day left for such difficult days. (To be continued.) )