Chapter 239: Advice to Andropov
This is just a deduction from the lines of thought carried out by these marshals, and a mature proposal put forward in advance can save the Soviet military-industrial system a lot of detours, which is more important than the production of one or two new weapons. As far as the Soviet Union is concerned, it is not necessary to learn from the aristocratic war of the United States, which used missiles to blow up bicycles, because the war of the Soviet Union was fought like this. Hard-hitting and absolute crushing is the most suitable war for the Soviet Union, and if you have to play precision guidance to reflect your own forced style, in addition to making the Soviet Union spend more money, the improvement of the ability to fight is not obvious.
Learning other people's methods of war is ultimately just a toddler in Handan, which can be seen from the later French war in Libya, the United States can use precision-guided bombs to blow up for a year and a half, and France will soon let its war inventory bottom out after cleaning up Libya, which shows that the Americans' war methods are not something that everyone can play.
The most suitable is one's own, and the Soviet Union's large-depth assault force is its own, and it does not need to be learned from anyone. In fact, any country can learn from the Soviet Union's way of building its army, as long as the country has 10,000 tanks and the whole army is mechanized. Ten armored divisions might not have scared their enemies much, but what if there were a hundred?
Malinovsky and his two main assistants, Commander-in-Chief Grechko, and Chief of the General Staff Zakharov discussed, and the more they discussed, the more surprised they became, for the possible construction of the offensive end of the tank army group, Serov's plan for building the army seemed to be very proficient, in other words, the suggestion of the commander of the Internal Guard Army, they marshals deduced for a long time and found that they had nothing to add. This is also natural, because this itself is the concept of the formation of the Soviet Red Army in the next 20 years, and the historical Western August 1 exercise can be regarded as a mature embodiment of the Soviet Union's army after the completion of its military construction.
"Yes, it seems that we misunderstood you, it seems that you have also learned a lot from Comrade Bagrami Miyan!" Marshal Malinovsky gave Serov a relatively good assessment. It is already quite content for a marshal to have such an evaluation of Serov. If Marshal Malinovsky praised him as a peerless genius of all kinds, it would be quite abnormal.
"Yes, my uncle taught me a lot of things, and I will never be able to use them for the rest of my life!" Serov had no intention of accepting this credit, but only hoped that the proposal of a mature combat system would allow the Soviet Union to reduce the detours in this process of exploration. As for how much cost savings can be made for the Soviet military-industrial system, he doesn't know, but he can find someone from the Planned Economy Committee to calculate.
At this meeting, which involved the Ministry of Defense, the KGB, and the military-industrial complex, under the chairmanship of Kozlov and Brezhnev, Serov's army development plan was adopted almost without hindrance, and there was no opposition, because the plan was more like a mature version of the way in which they were already groping for army building.
After the meeting, Serov collected a copy of the military meeting and put it in the hands of Lieutenant General Roman of the General Directorate of Military Administration, preparing for Lieutenant General Roman to receive it from the archives of the General Directorate of Military Administration, but this action still made the marshals quite uncomfortable. But only briefly. From Serov's rescue of Marshal Nederin from the explosion to today's proposal for the combat system of the Red Army, the hostility of the Ministry of Defense towards him himself is slowly decreasing.
Originally, this was supposed to be the case, the General Directorate of Disarmament Military Administration was only a supervisory body, and the order was issued by Khrushchev, the first secretary, and the hostility of the Ministry of Defense was inexplicable, and it was completely treating the newly established General Administration of Military Administration as a soft persimmon, but the experience of the past few years has shown. The General Directorate of Military Administration is not a soft persimmon, on the contrary, the Ministry of Defense is relatively weak. If it weren't for the fact that the old marshals of the Great Patriotic War would still be there. It's not necessarily what Serov has tossed into yet.
Before leaving the Ministry of Defense, Serov was modestly called over by Marshal Baglamiyan to lecture a few words, this scene was seen by other marshals, in their eyes Serov, who was tantamount to a villain, when he was lectured by Marshal Baglamyyan, there was no other action except for the action of nodding, and he was completely like a good baby.
"New Year? I will definitely visit my uncle's house. Yes, I miss Big Brother too! Serov nodded incessantly and expressed extraordinary respect for Marshal Bagramimyan, if it weren't for the fact that this marshal gave him a good starting point, a series of things that would not have happened later when he met Sherepin and entered the KGB. Serov is grateful for this, except for gratitude. However, at present, the relationship between the General Directorate of Military Administration and the Red Army is relatively delicate, and he deliberately distanced himself from Bagramyan.
Today Serov had other things to do, and he also invited a friend to his house, and the other party was very willing, and this person was Andropov, head of the Central Liaison Department, and his wife.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Serov returned home, and Valya prepared dinner in the evening, for the general secretary of the Soviet Union in history, Serov did not dare to be a little neglectful, Andropov was not a close confidant of Brezhnev, at least not a member of the Dnepr gang, he could survive under Brezhnev's nose for more than ten years and firmly control the KGB to ensure his status, this alone is worth learning from Serov, and Semychasny, who was far stronger than him, was suppressed very badly.
In the same way, Andropov ran the KGB like an iron bucket, and under the supervision of three Brezhnev cronies as the first deputy chairman, he never let the power of the KGB go by, and the means of it were better than Semychasny, who could only compete with Brezhnev. Serov did not believe that Andropov had risen to power by conspiracy, and it could be said that he had relied entirely on the strength of the KGB.
Tonight Serov's villa was brightly lit, and Valya received the Andropovs very decently, showing good self-cultivation, in fact, Serov generally has no room to play on this kind of occasion, usually watching his wife perform, most of the occasions are very effective. It's easier to let the other person down of their guard by having a beautiful wife than by showing up on their own.
Carefully prepared goulash with potatoes and borscht were served, with king crab, red sausage and large leba, and Serov also prepared additional vodka and kvass for the two opposite sides to choose from. The abundance of food surprised Andropov, who was considered an honest cadre in all fairness. The privilege of the cadres in the USSR was manifested in the fact that they could reserve some products for you to buy, but they were definitely not free of money, and even Fortseva often went to the market to buy vegetables, not to mention other cadres.
"The dinner prepared by Comrade Serov is too rich, I don't know how long it will take to procure!" Andropova said very politely. Again, Andropov himself, although he did not speak, almost meant it this way.
"What is available on this earth, we can get it in the KGB, it's not that we boast, if we want, there will be king crabs for sale in Moscow next year. A variety of fresh sea fish will fill the market! Serov said to Andropov with some smugness, "Those small-stirring nations who think that we will not meet with them, when our fleet of distant-water fishing vessels is built, large trawlers can bankrupt their fishermen." ”
There is only one meaning that can be heard from Serov's mouth, and that is hegemonism. This tone made Andropov frown, and to be fair he did not like it, at least not to express the problem so directly.
After a full meal, the two men went upstairs, while Serov and Andropov continued to chat in the hall. Women are sensible and leave space to their men, who know that their men are talking about important things.
Andropov was very interested in a sketch hanging on the wall, when Andropov fought guerrilla warfare on the Soviet-Finnish border and fell with a kidney disease that was not cured for life, as a soldier he was naturally very interested in weapons, and asked in an uncertain tone, "This is?" Ground Effect Aircraft? ”
"That's right, it's a ground-effect aircraft!" Serov said with great satisfaction to the Caspian Sea monster he had drawn. Soviet research on ground-effect vehicles began in this era. Andropov may have heard rumors, or had some knowledge of it. Serov was not surprised by this. However, to say that he can see other important values, Serov does not believe that the Soviet Union is only in the research stage, and there is no actual ground-effect aircraft on the market.
As long as there is a major breakthrough in Soviet research, what is the problem of handing in this sketch for reference. In the study, in fact, there are sketches of the Su-27 and MiG-29, which are themselves Soviet things. He wasn't ready to make money with it.
As for why it is not handed in now, it is because of engine problems, and if the well-designed aircraft cannot fly, it will be a waste, and it may even affect the original deployment plan in history.
This episode did not attract Andropov for long. In this era, there are many imaginary pictures, and among the various propaganda posters of the Soviet Union, there are also many exaggerated propaganda pictures of spaceships, and Andropov just thinks that Serov is also such a person.
"I visited Sudan at the beginning of this conference, I don't know what happened during the conference?" Serov, who had returned from Sudan, was going to ask Andropov about the situation of the Congress of the Communist Party and the Workers' Party of the 81st Nation. As head of the Central Liaison Department, Andropov knew no less than the members of the Presidium of the Central Committee, because it was his duty to liaise with the revolutionary forces of the world Communist Party. It can be said that Andropov is equivalent to the foreign minister who deals with socialist countries and political parties, and his specific work is somewhat similar to that of the original Comintern.
"How so? The debate between us and the comrades in the East is a characteristic of this congress, and I have to say that our comrades in the East have given us a great problem, and it is not easy to come up with a unanimous opinion in the end. Andropov shook his head and sighed, "About one-sixth of the parties are inclined to the opinion of the comrades in the East, and we are at a loss in this debate." ”
"How many of those one-sixth political parties are quite suspicious, and at the time of the last World Congress of Communist Parties, there were several political parties that had not yet been formed, and it is difficult to say whether they are real idealists or whether our American counterparts have supported us and disgusted us!" The corners of Serov's mouth hooked up a cold smile and said, "But don't think that only they have the ability to infiltrate, I don't eat for nothing, if they can get a red party, can't I support the red capitalists?" ”
This year, the KGB finally has a certain amount of funds for its activities, and Serov's plan for this year is to play elitism, select a few countries to support a few big capitalists, and use the KGB's information to help these people rise. Two of them were chosen in the United States, and as an internationalist, it is not incomprehensible that the KGB could be used to help immigrants realize the American dream.
In terms of China's current strength, China's current international influence is obviously inflated, and this is also the opportunity that Khrushchev gave China, otherwise there would be no occasion for such debates, and it would naturally be possible to eliminate the influence of China's always contradictory rhetoric. The Soviet Union will not tolerate China's constant opposition within the camp, and must find a way to cool down the increasingly heated debate between the two countries. However, this matter cannot be done by the Soviet Union, and it is necessary to take into account the current situation in China, which has nothing at present, but is at the moment when national self-confidence is at its peak, and if the Soviet Union takes measures to suppress China, it will easily have the opposite effect.
"Actually, it is not difficult to hold our Warsaw Pact country, Comrade Andropov, you only need to do one thing." Serov took a closer approach and said, "The delegation has always been huge, and the members are mainly middle- and lower-level cadres, and the number must be large, and we will inspect it in the name of visiting the construction of the Eastern comrades, and as long as we look at the real situation in China now, we don't need to say anything, and we will not take any remarks attacking the Eastern comrades, and the middle- and lower-level cadres of those fraternal countries will naturally come to their own judgments, after all, our national strength and the prosperity of the people are far above theirs......
"There have to be a lot of people? Yuri, do you have a destination for your expedition? Andropov thought about it for a moment and thought it should be fine.
"All the cities where all the construction projects we aid to the eastern comrades are located are not included in the inspection, and the inspection is set in the inland provinces, where the population is not large, if it is a rural area, then it is better!" Serov thought for a moment and said, "As long as the comrades of other countries see the real situation, it will be more useful than how many debates we initiate on both sides." ”
This may cause temporary discontent, but in a few days, the Chinese New Year will be over, and when the Cuban Missile Crisis and the border war are opened in a little more than a year, it is believed that the separatist crisis between China and the Soviet Union will become manageable, if not disappearing. It doesn't matter if the Soviet Air Force can't reach the United States, and it will be easy for transport planes taking off from Central Asia to reach South Asia, and when the time comes, take a camera and let the ethnic minorities in Central Asia put on PLA uniforms, find a place with mountains, pose for a photo of the confrontation between China and the Soviet Union, and send it to the newspaper to block the mouths of the Indians.
As an intelligence organization, how could the KGB not even be able to produce false information, and if it really didn't work, it found someone to lie on the ground and feel some blood, resulting in reports that the Soviet Union had even killed soldiers for India. If one person is not enough, then a group, anyway, by that time there will be several satellites over Cuba, whatever Serov fakes. (To be continued.) )
PS: I'll just have a chapter today, because my family just called at nine o'clock. I can explain the problem of the power outage, it is that the circuit in our community is faulty, to be exact, our unit, and the other buildings are fine. I came to see it tonight and dealt with it first.,It's going to be overhauled tomorrow.,So it's not certain how much to update tomorrow.,But it should be repaired after tomorrow.。