Georgi's breathing was a lot heavier in an instant, and he didn't have much consciousness as the General Political Commissar of National Security, but the identity of the chairman of the KGB made a huge wave in his heart, and the Soviet security services have always had an extraordinary deterrent power. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Are you alright?" Serov, who stretched out his hand, frowned slightly, he was helpless about the reaction of others. However, he did not think that his status as chairman of the KGB could be intimidating, on the contrary, his current status as the chief political commissar of national security was actually heavier than that of the chairman of the KGB, and there were three people who served as the general political commissar of national security, Yagoda, Yezhov, and Beria.

"It's okay, Comrade Commissar, do you have anything to ask me?" Georgi put on a very cooperative look, as if he knew everything and said everything, like the natural reaction of a mouse to a house cat.

"Nothing, just ask about Marshal Zhukov's body." Serov did not need to ask about other things, Marshal Zhukov's body no one knew better than Dr. Georgki, and as for things other than his body, there was no need to ask about it, and no one knew better than him, the chairman of the KGB.

Where Marshal Zhukov went every day, who he met, what he said, and even what he ate. Serov knew better than Dr. Georgi that even the whispers of the marshal and his wife, the KGB had a special file to record.

Surveillance does not mean that the KGB can do whatever it wants, although a huge surveillance system has been formed, but the KGB is more still deployed, unless someone jumps too much, otherwise it will not be dealt with by the KGB.

Through the words of Dr. Georgi, Serov knew that Marshal Zhukov had a heart attack and had suffered a stroke. At present, the eagle has recovered, and thanks to a long military career, Marshal Zhukov's illness is not life-threatening at the moment. That's good, that's good news.

As for Marshal Zhukov's current situation, Serov also knew that it was somewhat unfair, but far from sympathetic. During Zhukov's tenure as Minister of Defense, the military really exceeded its competence in some directions. The meeting of the Presidium of the Central Committee said that Zhukov had betrayed the trust placed in him by the Communist Party. "He proved himself to be a politically unsober man with adventurist tendencies, both in his understanding of the main goals of Soviet foreign policy and in his leadership of the Ministry of Defense."

Therefore, it is not too much to say that he is a Bonapartist, and after Khrushchev, Brezhnev did not restore the honor of Marshal Zhukov, which shows that the attitude towards Zhukov is certainly not a problem of Khrushchev alone, but a common understanding within the Presidium of the Central Committee.

In fact, unlike Zhukov, only Khrushchev could restore his reputation. Serov has known several times in recent years, and after the Cuban Missile Crisis, Defense Minister Malinovsky demanded a significant increase in the military budget, and in this regard he gained sufficient support within the Presidium, thus jeopardizing Khrushchev's appropriations for agriculture and consumer goods industry. Khrushchev asked Zhukov to support him, but the marshal refused to participate. Apparently, in return for Zhukov's assistance, Khrushchev was even willing to restore his reputation.

Subsequently, the Soviet Foreign Ministry asked the US Embassy to invite Zhukov to attend a reception of the US Armed Forces, but Zhukov did not show up. He looked forward to the day when he would be able to regain his rightful place in Soviet history. The door to his restoration remains open. Khrushchev once to Robert? "Marshal Zhukov was not expelled from the party, he is still a member of our Communist Party, he is a great military expert, and we are confident that he will contribute his energy and knowledge to the cause of the people......"

As long as Khrushchev is out of power, Marshal Zhukov's reputation cannot be restored. This was different from Zhukov's estimate, and after asking a few questions, Serov waved his hand and entered the villa, where Marshal Bagramian and Marshal Vasilevsky and Marshal Zhukov were already talking. Marshal Zhukov's second wife, Galina, was accompanied by him, the weather was a little chilly, and after Serov came, Marshal Zhukov took a deep look at the young man in front of him and said coldly, "KGB general? Such a young general, only the new General Political Commissar of National Security, right? ”

"It was I, after your dismissal, that followed the work of purging the Bonapartist influence, which I presided over." Serov did not shy away from this at all, what he did was done, what he did was not done, and deception was not necessary.

Listening to Serov's words, Marshal Zhukov's young wife Galina was a little nervous, holding Marshal Zhukov's arm unconsciously tightened a little, this action did not hide from Serov, glanced at the woman and slowed down her tone and said, "Madam, don't be afraid, I have no personal grudges with the marshal, the order of the Central Committee, I carry it out, that's all." This time the first secretary sent me to visit Marshal Zhukov, and I will also carry out the ......"

Marshal Zhukov's reaction is absolutely normal, anyone who sees the culprit who sent his subordinates home to retire will definitely not be able to get close, but Serov is not nervous, even if Marshal Zhukov re-enters the Red Army to work, he is not worried about reprisals, his subordinates have long been sent home to retire, and now even if he returns to the Ministry of Defense to preside over the work, he will not respond as before.

If Zhukov returns to the mountain, it will also be good for Serov, and things cannot be simply looked at, because now a group of old leaders close to Brezhnev of the Ministry of Defense are presiding over the work, and Sherepin and his people are tired and unable to win over those people. If it weren't for Serov's parents, who died in the Battle of Kiev, and who himself was taken care of by Marshal Baghramyan, even Marshal Baghramyan thought that Brezhnev was not bad as a leader.

Marshal Zhukov came out of the mountain, and he could balance the old leaders of Brezhnev in the Ministry of Defense, as for why he had the confidence to take care of it, it depends on Marshal Zhukov's life in recent years. Since being dismissed and ordered to retire, many of his former familiar comrades-in-arms have alienated Zhukov, but not Marshal Bagramimyan. The friendship between the two is still continuing, so there is this relationship, knowing that Marshal Zhukov, who is in a cold world, should not tear his face with Marshal Bagramian against himself, and in this case, Marshal Zhukov may be a good thing to return to the Ministry of Defense.

If it weren't for Bagramyan here, I believe Marshal Zhukov would have kicked himself out. But no, the explanation can still be talked about, there is oneself, although the atmosphere is a little cold, but there are still a lot of common languages among several old comrades-in-arms. Marshal Zhukov was also very pleased that his two old friends had come.

"In fact, the first secretary gave me the task of inviting the marshal to rejoin the work of the military, and this time I invited two uncles to help, which is also the reason." Serov directly stated his purpose, the other party is a soldier, then speak in the way of a soldier, there is no point in trying to beat around the bush, and Zhukov is not Brezhnev.

"Can the first secretary still remember me? Shouldn't I be happy? There was a hint of mockery in Marshal Zhukov's voice, and he was clearly not very satisfied with the fact that he had helped Khrushchev in the first place, but had ended up in this way;

"Marshal, do you think that the first secretary's decision on your treatment is up to him?" Serov smiled inexplicably, "You have maintained the authority of the Central Committee in dealing with the Malenkov clique, but you have also weakened the authority of the Central Committee when you worked in the Ministry of Defense, do you think that the Presidium of the Central Committee is dealing with it without any reason?" ”

To say that Zhukov was a Bonapartist is not without reason. In addition, there is another reason that Zhukov's mobilization of the air force to support Khrushchev is actually the same nature as Semychasny using the KGB to fight against Khrushchev, no matter what the final result is, he will be suppressed and dismissed after the matter is over. Either Khrushchev or Brezhnev, departments like the Ministry of Defense and the KGB should not be involved in it, prevention is prevention, and it is absolutely impossible to join it.

This is also the reason why Serov did not dare to wait for the forces involved in the coup to grow some time ago, even if the best result happens, Serov will arrest all the people involved in the coup, and he will be hostile to the rest of the people.

"Marshal Zhukov, I believe you also understand that the excessive expansion of the military is not good for the country, your Ministry of Defense always has a backlog of funds for other departments, and the first secretary cannot always take care of the military, the military is only a part of the country. When it is necessary for you to sacrifice, you should sacrifice. Serov did not feel that Khrushchev was wrong from beginning to end, there was a gap between the economies of the Soviet Union and the United States, and he could only fight to the death. The Soviet Union's military spending this year is nominally more than 20 billion rubles, a figure that even the West does not believe, let alone the chairman of the KGB. The Soviet Union's military spending was not as high as the United States estimated, but it was by no means twice as much as the KGB's spending.

"Are you educating me? Without developing the army, I think about the bitter lessons of the Great Patriotic War, what do you, a young man, know? Marshal Zhukov said disdainfully.

"The country needs to be balanced, and the idea of being a military marshal is not wrong. But it's true that other departments need funding, but it's you who are being sacrificed. I'll be blunt, next month's meeting of the Ministry of Defense, I hope you will be able to attend. "Marshal Zhukov doesn't understand the truth, so he doesn't need to be taught by him, the head of the secret service.

"Why should I participate?" Zhukov asked unmoved, Marshal Bagramian and Marshal Vasilevsky were also waiting for the reason given by Serov, and the two marshals had already eliminated a lot of gunpowder here.

"Next month's Defense Department meeting is a strategic deduction for the war between the United States and Vietnam." Serov's words were of course deceiving Marshal Zhukov, there was a meeting, and it would also talk about the problems of the United States and Vietnam, but it was not as important as Marshal Zhukov thought, but if Marshal Zhukov attended, then the significance of that meeting would be extraordinary, and it would become very important.

"I attended the meeting entirely out of love for the army, and not for any other reason." In the end, Marshal Zhukov was relieved, and Serov breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that there was no reason of his own, the main thing was that he invited Marshal Zhukov's Marshal Lian Marshal friend as a lobbyist. Plus Zhukov's love for the military. As for the relationship between Khrushchev and Zhukov, he is trying to bridge it in the future, Marshal Zhukov is no longer a threat, but his prestige is still there. (To be continued.) )