Chapter 263: Baikonur

"Disarmament is certain, but how much to cut is negotiable, if the railway troops of the Ministry of Defense are building railways, it will obviously not be on the disarmament list, and if the engineering troops are also carrying out the construction of large-scale projects, our first secretary will not stop this project, right? Of course, combat units will definitely be dismantled, and instead of waiting for the first secretary to issue a disarmament order, it is better for the Ministry of Defense to take the initiative to cooperate in selecting a group of troops in advance for identification! Serov got the support he wanted, and naturally he didn't care about selling a favor to the Ministry of Defense, "If it really doesn't work, the Ministry of Defense can expand the engineering troops and railway troops, our motherland is in the construction stage, it is not difficult to find some drawings from the Ministry of Construction Industry, it is not difficult to help the people build houses, and it can also make the people feel the ......family affection of the Red Army troops."

To put it simply, we must keep our departments busy and create a kind of influence that I dare not say that the country will not be able to leave me, but there must be a kind of country that needs my influence, and Khrushchev will not hesitate to cut the Red Army units that can only fight the war alone, but Khrushchev will definitely not dismiss the arms that are being built under construction.

Serov, who put on the military coat hanging on one side and put on his hat on the other, gave his own pertinent advice at the same time.

But he forgot one point, he didn't quite understand the obsession of these old marshals with preserving the army, and in the future, many Soviet people were really very grateful to the Red Army at this time, it was the Red Army's crazy construction in the past few years that effectively expanded the per capita housing area of the Soviet people, and the degree of madness made for a long time, the Soviet Red Army units that often appeared in the newspapers became engineering troops and railway troops, until the eighties, as long as the Soviet leadership showed a little intention of disarmament, this group of free communist fighters, on the frenzied search for deficiencies throughout the Soviet Union. Prove the value of the Red Army.

"Bulldoze all the places we have planned, pay attention to the construction of the drainage system, because it is the vegetable base that supplies the capital, in principle, it is recommended to build greenhouses with removable glass. Of course, some large trees should be kept around as a separation zone, and the cement should go to the building materials committee to ask for it. From the point of view of the novelty of the design, some heating equipment may also be required. As for coal or natural gas, it depends on which one is cheaper! Serov thought about it for a while and felt that in order to control costs, a group of criminal prisoners from Kazan Prison should be brought out to help with the construction.

All the Gulags in the USSR were bulldozed, yes, but the system of labor reform was not abolished. In the name of another thing, prisoners can be allowed to participate in production and construction, "Make a phone call to Major General Goryushenko and select a group of prisoners who have committed criminal offenses to be released from prison to work, and one day of labor can offset two days of imprisonment." Remember, you can't let out even one of the thieves, who don't like labor reform, and I won't give them a chance to shorten their sentences! ”

What are you kidding, as a law enforcement officer, how could Serov give that group of gulag scum a chance to escape, the armed gangs that have not been wiped out since the establishment of the Soviet Union, the meaning of their existence now is to live freely in a free country, and Serov is benevolent as a communist fighter. Such an opportunity can be created for these people, but they must not be left in the country. Just a month ago, an agent in the United States of the Americas Division of the First Main Directorate of the KGB sent back a worthless telegram that was worthless because no one would do such a boring thing. It is legal for Americans to own guns, and no one is interested in how many gun shops there are in a city, except for a small group of people from government agencies. Now there is. Serov will also be very interested in the number of gun shops in the city of Miami.

It is too risky for sports weapons to be used by thieves in the United States, so it is a means to feed the war with war. Anyway, for Serov, he doesn't feel how many Americans he killed, and it is better for the thieves to be killed by the American army, and he can use the hands of the Americans to calm a very headache for the KGB. No matter how you calculate it, it is a very profitable deal.

"First level the land and cut down all the forests! Wait until May to start construction of permafrost and build vegetable greenhouses before autumn, there is not enough time, Lieutenant General Serdyuko, pay more attention to the progress of the project! Serov turned to the first deputy head of the Second Main Directorate and said, "Winter is coming, maybe the people of the capital will not have to spend the winter in the storage of cabbage......"

"I understand, First Vice-Chairman, this is a good thing for the entire Soviets!" Serdyuko also attaches great importance to the construction of vegetable greenhouses, and the relief of pressure on the vegetable supply system and the satisfaction of people's needs in winter will certainly arouse curiosity, and when people know about the vegetable greenhouse base built by the KGB, it may also play a positive role in the positive impact of the KGB.

In recent years, the KGB has put great effort into this area, all in order to reverse the bad effects of the Great Purge, and now it seems that the results are also good, and the image of the KGB is changing. At least the KGB logo on Soviet school buses was a good measure, because fear comes from the unknown, and it is difficult to be afraid of something that people can see every day since childhood.

In the long run, as long as there is a technological breakthrough, Serov will sooner or later have to establish a surveillance system that will spread all over the country. Every city needs the streets, the highways need it, the oil pipelines need it, and if you think about it, there's no place that doesn't need to be under the watchful eye of the cameras. The KGB in Azerbaijan has been fighting against oil guzzlers for many years, and the KGB in the Far East goes into the mountains every day to catch the guys who steal trees, and with the monitoring system, they don't have to work so hard.

The size of the KGB has objective conditions, such a large territory of the Soviet Union, so many places to take care of, it is absolutely impossible to do without a strong security system, and it is not only the Soviet Union that does this, a huge country with a large population, no one of its security systems is weak.

"It's not appropriate to have soldiers cut down trees, but now that the winter logging task has come to an end, a group of lumberjacks can be mobilized from forestry enterprises everywhere to do this kind of thing, and the felled trees can be transported to the GDR by rail to make furniture, and it can also bring a lot of income!" Itvasov suggested from the side, a suggestion that was unanimously agreed upon by everyone present.

Who was the group in the USSR that knew the most about capitalism? The answer is the cadres of the KGB system, who by their very nature travel abroad and have a deep understanding of how capitalism works in various countries. If the title of Soviet Xiu is to be evaluated in the Soviet Union, Serov and the Soviet State Security Committee he represents will definitely be the best.

In this sense, sooner or later, the cadres of the KGB system will become the most combat-ready group in the Soviet Union, and the head of this group will sooner or later become the controller of the Soviet Union, but Andropov's health is not good, which caused the KGB to not control the Russian Federation until after the disintegration.

In the end, Serov, in the name of all the members of the Presidium of the KGB, drew up a report entitled "On the Facilities for the Complete Solution of the Winter Vegetable Supply for the People of the Capital", which was handed over to the Presidium of the Central Committee through Sherepin, who worked in the Secretariat. First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev quickly saw the report, immediately agreed to it, and at the same time ordered the engineering department to immediately plan the base of the vegetable greenhouse, and also give priority to ensuring the preparation of various building materials.

"Shurik, how do you feel about Yuri's project?" When Khrushchev got the report, he did not forget to ask Sherepin's opinion on the project, and the person who knew Serov best was naturally his old boss, at least Khrushchev thought so.

"Judging from the report, all kinds of preparations have been completed, and communication has been made with the Ministry of Defense, from Yuri's consistent style of acting, the results must be visible, but I don't know if there are any sequelae, I hope he can take into account that this is in the country, and will not be so careless in the face of foreign affairs!" Sherepin knew his subordinates very well, but this understanding was limited to Serov's work in igniting fires abroad, and Serov at that time, no matter what the consequences were, would talk about it first anyway. That's why Sherepin was given this impression of recklessness.

"Then let's evaluate it with comrades from other departments first, as long as there are achievements and sequelae, it's nothing, and you can't let Yuri do everything!" Khrushchev gave an affirmative answer, and then asked, "What is Yuri doing now?" ”

"After discussing with the director of the Sixth General Administration about the emergency situation at the Baikonur Space Center, the manned space flight is scheduled for the twelfth of next month, and Yuri is anxious for the security cadres of the Sixth General Administration to make final preparations." Although Sherepin was in the Secretariat, his every move of the KGB did not escape his eyes.

"That's right, this will be the feat of our Soviets to get rid of the attraction of the ground in the first place! Americans will be amazed by this! Speaking of this issue, Khrushchev was also very excited, and the Soviet space technology continued to make breakthroughs in his hands. At present, the national power of the Soviet Union is also constantly increasing, and everything seems to be developing in a good direction.

On 20 March, the KGB-led vegetable greenhouse base began to be officially started, and the lumberjacks mobilized from the vicinity entered the selected site to begin clearing the dense woods. At the same time, Serov and Lieutenant General Valentin, head of the 6th General Administration, got on a train and went to the Baikonur Space Center in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

"Worthy of a soldier who came down from the battlefield!" Serov, who arrived at the Baikonur Space Center, met an acquaintance, Marshal Nederin, the commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces, who should have died in real history, but was saved by himself. The two sides shook hands and looked at the white-haired Marshal Nedelin, Serov introduced Lieutenant General Valentin, director of the Sixth General Administration next to him, and said, "From now on, the escort of the entire space center and the handling of emergencies will be managed by Lieutenant General Valentin, and the marshal has no opinion, right?" ”

"No, that's your KGB's job in itself!" Marshal Nedelin, who picked up a life, did not fail to learn a lesson, at least after being punished, he took the disciplinary issue much more seriously this time, and did not continue to fight with the KGB. (To be continued.) )