Originally, Serov made up his mind to give the Japanese a powerful one, but the other side came up with conditions that made him excited, the Soviet automobile industry was indeed inferior to the other party, this is a fact, if Serov is angry for a while, he simply ignores it, this is not the standard of a good security cadre, and he should admit it if he can't do it. The Soviet Union was more powerful in the tractor industry related to tanks, but this thing could not make the people drive the wind.

In terms of the general trend, the stronger the national strength of the Soviet Union, the more and more technological blockades it will be subjected to in the future, so it is necessary to take advantage of the fact that the Soviet Union is not so strong, and to make the best technological reserves, and if its own national capacity is not enough for the time being, it is also possible to borrow Japanese technology.

Serov did not know whether there were automobiles in the industry and technology blocked by the USSR in later generations, but now there are certainly none. The Volga car, which the Soviet people were most familiar with, was actually the American company Ford that provided great technical assistance. This time is a few years ago, with the technical assistance of Ford, the Gorky Automobile Plant produced the Volga brand of automobiles named after the mother river of the former Soviet Union, which was hailed as the "pride of the Soviet automobile industry" and "the high-class automobile of socialism", and was exported to seventy-five countries, including China. The Volga sedan is durable and powerful, and is loved by fans from all over the world, the Belgians call it a tank on wheels, and the British call it a horse that can carry weight.

Since Ford could provide technology to support the Soviet Union, Japan should have no problem. It is impossible to import the technology that the Soviet Union needs, and Japan is an enemy country, and expanding imports is equivalent to expanding its dependence on the other side, which is the most taboo issue for the Soviet Union, and it is absolutely strictly guarded against. Even if Toyota and Mitsubishi provided technical support, cars would still be produced in the Soviet Union.

If there is no such thing as today, the Soviet Union will also focus on the introduction of foreign technology and equipment, but the target is not Japan, and a few years later it will cooperate with the Italian company Fiat and the French company Renault to build a new Volga automobile plant for the production of cars, and the product brand is Lada. At the same time, through the introduction of technology, the Kama River Automobile Plant with an annual output of 150,000 heavy-duty trucks and 250,000 diesel engines was established. The later stage of this stage is a mature period with stable yield, and new varieties of cars are increasing. In the seventies, the former Soviet Union's automobile production exceeded 2 million, and then reached 2.3 million, ranking fifth in the world, and the proportion of car production increased from one-tenth in the forties to more than half. The Soviet automobile industry reached the peak of its history.

But if it weren't for the statistics he received this morning, Serov really wouldn't have thought about it. In the morning, Servanov sent a letter with statistics on the cost of car repairs in branches of the KGB throughout the country for this year, forty million rubles. Serov was messy when he saw this bill, how could he spend so much money?

There are also a total of 1.1 million tires received from the supply department. Are these cars running 24 hours a day? Even then, you wouldn't use so many tires, would you? After a simple calculation, Serov concluded that there was a cat in it, and as for what it was, it must be the inherent fault of state-owned enterprises, and it was waste......

"You must ask the General Administration of Technology to get the dashcam out as soon as possible, it's terrible!" After sending off the two Japanese, Serov asked the Ministry of Finance to continue to allocate funds for monitoring equipment, 40 million rubles, which is only the cost of car repairs, counting other expenses, the KGB's expenditure is unimaginable, this is a year, the situation will last for ten or eight years, this money is enough for the General Administration of Technology to build even the production line of the dash cam and then press it directly on the car.

"Head, Secretary Brezhnev will hold a meeting tomorrow, do you need to prepare?" Servanov walked in and asked what kind of preparation should be carried out.

"There is no need to prepare, Secretary Brezhnev is holding a production meeting, I just went over to listen to it, and there is no need for special preparations!" Serov told Servanov to keep an eye on the movements of the Japanese, and take care of the rest himself.

From the time he returned to the Secretariat, Brezhnev sometimes convened meetings in accordance with Khrushchev's wishes, and Brezhnev, who had the right to organize, presided over this meeting together with Kosygin, and attended mainly the major production departments under the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union. These include the Ministry of Coal, non-ferrous and ferrous metals, and of course the Ministry of Agriculture.

Serov is really just an observer, and in the afternoon he will also attend the judicial meeting chaired by Shelepin, "The comrades of the Ministry of Coal need to pay attention to the fact that the progress completed this year is not yet the planned progress, and delaying production will have an adverse impact on the economy of our country, the first secretary is very concerned about the supply of coal, let's not let the first secretary down!" ”

"Secretary Brezhnev, First Deputy Chairman Kosygin, coal mining has encountered certain difficulties, mainly due to the fact that the reserves of transportation and old coal mines are not enough to continue to support it. And it will take time for the coal mines in Siberia to come into production. The Minister of Coal said his difficulties with a sad face.

"There are difficulties in the work that need to be overcome, the difficulties are temporary, our country has high coal reserves, and the difficulties cannot be an excuse for the Ministry of Coal not to complete the plan." Although Brezhnev was accusatory, his tone was far from harsh.

The coal reserves of the Soviet Union, according to the world records of the sixties, should account for 40 percent of the world's reserves, which is a very large figure, but the main coal mines that can be mined are concentrated in Ukraine. Ninety percent of the Soviet Union's coal mines were in Siberia, and there were only a handful of open-pit coal mines in the Soviet Union, almost all of which reached the Arctic Circle.

"In fact, in terms of cost and climate, the comrades of the Ministry of Coal have done a good enough, in this case, in fact, I think the main reason is that there are too few open-pit coal mines in our country, and I have a different opinion on this matter." Serov thought for a moment and opened his mouth to assist the Minister of Coal.

"Yura, you still don't know much about production, but if you have any suggestions, I'd like to hear them!" Brezhnev's voice did not show any emotion, and in such public occasions he always acted as if he was following the opinions of others.

"Since the correctness of the information has yet to be confirmed, after the end of the meeting, I am willing to report to Secretary Brezhnev and First Deputy Chairman Kosygin in private!" Serov happened to remember a place that was a Mongolian coal mine, and the reason why he can still remember it is because China suffered losses in this coal mine.

Don't look at the Soviet Union's treatment of Mongolia in general, but in fact, even after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Mongolia has always had a pro-Russian tradition. This is the case not only at the government level, but also among the private sector. Let Mongolia choose between China and Russia, Mongolia will certainly not choose China.

"Well, after the meeting, Comrade Kosygin and I will talk to you!" Brezhnev nodded and continued the meeting, and another top priority was the issue of agriculture, this year's climate in the Soviet Union was biased towards arid, and grain production was somewhat less than expected.

"In Mongolia's border area close to China, our comrades from the Second General Directorate once said that there is a place that seems to contain coal resources, but this report is a bit vague, and now I have decided to send someone to investigate." Serov told his news.

The KGB in Mongolia is not under the command of the General Directorate of Foreign Intelligence, but of the General Directorate of Internal Espionage. This is Serov's work adjustment after he was promoted to chairman of the KGB, anyway, the Soviet Union has always considered Mongolia to be the sixteenth republic, so there is no need for the First General Administration to devote special energy to doing it, Mongolia is not defensive against the Soviet Union, and the General Directorate of Internal Espionage is doing its work just right.

"Are you sure?" Brezhnev's own personality was not very optimistic about such uncertain things, but considering that the chairman of the KGB generally does not lie, he asked again.

"If you take into account the coal reserves in China's Inner Mongolia region, you are still very sure!" The coal mine in Serov's mouth is the Taben Tolgoi Coal Mine, the world's largest unmined coal mine, located in Mongolia, the coal storage area of the mining area is 400 square kilometers, the thickness of the coal seam is more than 100 meters, a total of 16 layers, the coal mine is a high-quality coking coal, the coking rate of raw coal is more than 60 percent, is the world's scarce coal.

The mention of China made Brezhnev's attention rise sharply, and after a few words, he asked Serov to confirm whether the news was true, "If it is not difficult to mine, this will be a good source of energy, and our work will be smoother!" ”

Of course, it will go well, and the climate in the region close to the Chinese border is definitely much better than in Siberia. The construction of a railway connecting Ulaanbaatar to Irkutsk would give access to the Soviet coal supply network.

Serov, who had attended the judicial conference in the evening, returned to Lubyanka and sent a telegram to the KGB agency in Mongolia, "immediately going to the South Gobi Province of Mongolia to carry out a suitable coal mine, and submitting a report as soon as the location is determined." ”

If it weren't for the fact that Mongolia later used this coal mine to jam China's neck, Serov would certainly not have remembered this place. Now the conditions for getting stuck in the neck do not exist, and Mongolia does not have the conditions to argue with the USSR? Why? Is it just that a third of the wives of the Mongolian Central Committee members are Russians? Among those Russian wives, there are also KGB spies lurking in them, and as long as there is any change, they will be replaced by the Soviet Union.

"Chairman Serov, I have already communicated with our president, in fact, Mitsubishi has always been very interested in the intention of automobile cooperation, and now with this opportunity, we are willing to provide technology and cooperation with Soviet automobile manufacturers like Ford of the United States, this is a letter of intent!" As soon as Nakatomi Daolong arrived in the Rubyanka, he took out a letter of intent for Serov to watch.

"We only solve our problems, and the matter of automobiles is handled by comrades from the relevant departments." Serov did not open the letter of intent but said, "You can talk to the local party committee of the Khabarovsk Territory about the rest!" I hope it is a long-term cooperative supply! (To be continued.) )