Chapter 45: Self-Examination

"Go back!" The strength of one person was insignificant, but the bursting of several thousand Soviet Red Army troops was enough to make the enemy timid before fighting.

"Serov, you have made the hostility between the United States and the USSR even stronger, you are a sinner for world peace!" Stevenson gritted his teeth and said, "Your behavior is very irresponsible, you are a selfish person......"

"You think too highly of yourself!" Serov's eyes were brighter than ever, "You are nothing but a dog of the capitalist government, dogs like you are everywhere, even if I kill you now, you will have tens of millions of people behind you to replace you, and all your master can do for you is to wave the flag in the newspaper, and that's it." Do you really think that the United States will go to war because of you? Even if you go to war, you can't win......"

"Essentially we are the same, we differ in that I know I am part of the people, and you think you are superior! In fact, you have never been to the top of capitalism, thinking that you are part of it, but you do not know that in the eyes of the real power, you can be abandoned at any time! Serov squinted his eyes and forehead slightly, and said calmly to the sun in the west, "Go back, don't make any more self-indulgent moves, if you want to understand me, talk to Mr. Smith more, goodbye......"

"The blockade zone was managed by the GDR, and all Soviet armed forces were not allowed to interfere! But as soon as it was discovered that people from West Berlin had been smuggled out without inspection, the Soviet armed forces had the right to report it to the GDR government! Markus Wolf ordered to all the DGRF soldiers present.

"The 65 Guards Tank Regiment is on standby, and if the Armed Forces of West Berlin do not retreat, the Red Army units will remain in place!" Serov turned and walked past the T54 tanks lined up and ordered without hesitation.

Serov did not hesitate to get into a sedan and disappeared into the scene of the confrontation in a short time. The reporters present were suddenly freed from their static state, constantly exchanging their thoughts from ear to ear, and from the perspective of their profession, what happened today was simply a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that would definitely dominate the headlines of newspapers around the world.

A few hours later, sensationalist headlines poured out of the pages of major newspapers around the world, and The Times, with the headline "Only one shot left until world war", analyzed the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in the city of Berlin, stating that "once the war begins, whoever wins it, the planet will be destroyed......

The Daily Telegraph said, "The hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union over the Berlin issue has increased with the passage of time, and no one knows whether they will hear the news of the war between the two sides when they wake up the next day!" The report called on the United States and the Soviet Union to negotiate in good faith as soon as possible.

The New York Times severely criticized the Soviet side for turning a blind eye to developments, and commented on Serov, who is currently based in Berlin, "This man is evaluated within the KGB as the most outstanding young cadre of the past decade, who is ruthless in his methods, known within the KGB for his cold-blooded style, and has the title of Caspian Tiger." The Soviet Union sent this man to sit in Berlin with no sincerity to solve the problem......"

Only the Süddeutsche Zeitung did not focus on the confrontation, focusing on what happened in the East Berlin city government, and Markus Wolff on the relationship between the GDR and the Federal Republic of Germany, and the above report was also very neutral, "In the speech of Lieutenant General Markus Wolff and the mood at that time, we were saddened to find that we, who were divided into two countries, had to become an important member of the two opposing camps. Attention is focused on the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, but we Germans ourselves must remember that we are one country! ”

None of this has anything to do with Serov, even if all the newspapers around the world predict the imminent outbreak of world war, as a personal experience, he also has an indifferent attitude, as if he is in the eye of the storm, Serov not only does not have a little psychological burden, but also feels quite good about himself.

"A group of unscrupulous media who don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement!" The reports of these newspapers Serov wipe his ass too hard, personal experience and reading reports in the newspapers are fundamentally different things, Serov believed a little from beginning to end, even if he shot Stevenson on the spot, he did not dare to do anything to him. People think that superpowers like the United States and the Soviet Union are willing to bend rather than bend and find a place at any cost if they suffer a little loss, but in fact this is not the case at all. Whether it is the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, even after the end of the Cold War, there are countless hidden losses, and during the Soviet Union's attack on Afghanistan, several fighter planes were shot down by Pakistan. In the 70s, American soldiers were hacked to death by North Korean soldiers on the 38th parallel, and the United States did not organize another United Nations army to kill North Korea.

The so-called hard-line style is all for the purpose of giving an explanation to the people of one's own country, and when it comes to the real situation and it is necessary to show toughness, then we must focus on the overall situation. In any case, the media has an excuse to appease the discontent of the people, who are the most easily deceived, and the analysis of politics to economics and morality has also consumed a lot of anger.

If from another angle, Serov and Stevenson's roles are reversed, in fact, Serov has no way to turn the situation around, and he does not dare to order the Sherman tank to knock down the barbed wire, what if he is killed on the spot? But the fact is that Serov, who is on the defensive side, can taunt his opponent to his heart's content, while Stevenson does not dare.

This is not to say that Serov did not pay the price, at least he had received a verbal warning from the presidium of the KGB, and was working hard to write and check it, preparing to give an account to the country for the confrontation.

"Director, this is what you want the GDR to spend on the Western cluster, as well as the development of the GDR in recent years and industrial indicators, as well as an analysis of the economy of the Federal Republic of Germany!" Isemimotney said, standing in front of her desk with a thick paperwork.

"Bring it in, what about the report of the Stasi organization? Including the compilation and information of each department! A hand stretched out from the more than half-meter-high data, and the hand weakly scratched the air twice, and with a sigh Serov got up from the half-meter-high data, barely let his head be seen by Isemotny, and helplessly reproached, "Don't be naughty at work!" Reaching out and dragging the needed papers, Serov sat down again and buried himself in the pile of papers.

In the KGB headquarters at 11 Lubyanka Square in Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, Sherepin looked at the inspection report written by Serov, "I made the mistake of individualism and ignored the prevailing situation of world peace today!" But the work in Berlin has been very effective......"

Serov's apparently perfunctory self-examination was only 300 words, and except for a few sentences saying that his methods were a little inconsiderate, they were all self-praise, which simply made Sherepin happy.