Chapter 216: The True Test
It was not until late at night that Serov returned to his home, which he moved to when he was promoted to first vice-chairman. Prior to this, he had just ordered the KGB's Main Directorate of Technical Management to make a crystal coffin, and had also informed Major General Nikolai Zakharov, the head of the Ninth General Directorate, to prepare for the operation after the conclusion of the 22nd Party Congress next year. The KGB made preliminary preparations, stabbed the door open with the key, heard the sound of gurgling water, and when he lowered his head and saw a pair of black leather boots, he knew that his wife had returned.
"I'm glad I didn't bring Isemimotny back today!" How could Serov, who heard the sound of water, not know that Madame was taking a bath? Putting a pair of leather shoes on the shoe rack, he walked straight to the outside of the bathroom and asked, "Valya?" You're back? ”
The shadow in the bathroom froze instantly, and Valya opened the door suspiciously and was relieved to see her husband, and complained, "Surprise me, didn't I say I'll be back in the next two days?" Have you eaten it? Wait until I'm done washing and cooking for you......"
"Eat, just got home today and rested, right?" Because he took on a rather disgusting job, Serov was obviously not in a high mood. After saying a few words, he turned on the light in the hall, and looked at it with relish in his hand with a revolutionary novel in his hand. Even if it is no matter what, we must believe in the existence of ideals, otherwise the cadres will not believe in communism, and will they still expect the people to support the country and confront the United States?
After reading the novel for a while, I felt that my brain was getting more and more chaotic, and when I looked up at the chandelier overhead, it was quite dazzling. It was the first to learn about Khrushchev's thoughts, and Serov threw the novel on the couch fiercely, and looked up at the chandelier with his eyes closed, hoping to use the bright light to stimulate himself not to be cranky.
Khrushchev's opposition to Stalin would not have succeeded at all, no matter how he led the USSR to win the Great Patriotic War, it was Stalin, not him, who established the socialist camp. Khrushchev's opposition to Stalin was too desperate and would not have worked at all. The effect was only to tear apart the spiritual sustenance of the Soviet Union, and since Stalin was not worthy of worship, then who would worship Khrushchev? Don't look at the current cadres who criticize Stalin more than anyone else, but in fact, few people are sincere at all, and it can be seen from history that in fact, Suslov, Brezhnev and Sherepin have no ill feelings towards Stalin. Now shouting joy is just because of a little. Khrushchev is the first secretary, so what about when he is not the first secretary?
Serov can conclude that Suslov is the most staunch Stalinist, and Khrushchev may not have thought that most of the cadres he promoted actually felt that Stalin was better, especially in the past two years, the internal problems of the Soviet Union began to increase, either food problems or meat supply problems, Serov only temporarily contained the situation that had deteriorated for a year or two.
"Yuri, what's wrong today!" There was a cold touch on his face, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the woman's very worried look. This look warmed Serov's heart, and the corners of his mouth pulled out a smile and replied weakly, "I took a job that I resisted in my heart, and I felt uncomfortable ......."
At this time, Serov saw that Valya was really wearing her dark blue military coat, and she should not be wearing anything inside, so Serov stood up and took his wife's hand upstairs.
Valya unbuttoned her coat and lay on the big bed, dragging her head with her hands. Just looked at her husband like this, the same as Serov estimated. After taking a shower, she didn't have anything in it, but walked out of the bathroom barefoot in her coat.
"Madame, you want to make people sin like this, if you don't say that I have a good eye?" Serov approached Valya's side with a flattering look on his face, kissed the goddess in his heart, and said, "Only with you can I feel at home......
Valya smiled slightly. got up directly and knelt on the bed, patted his stomach and said, "The production workshop is good, the nutrition is good!" A pair of jade hands were put down from his chest to his waist and said provocatively, "The most important thing is that the flexibility is good." I can do any pose......"
I don't know how long I was entangled, and after tossing the bedroom into a mess, the two who both claimed their victory hugged each other tightly, and the woman who pressed on Serov asked softly, "What should I tell me when I encounter something, it's uncomfortable to hold it in my heart?" Didn't you say that there is nothing in this world that you can't solve? ”
"Tell me about it at the beginning, did you take it seriously?" Serov smiled a little bitterly, held the woman's cheek and kissed it heavily, "I did think so before, but this time I and our country have encountered the biggest crisis?" If I can't get through it, I don't dare to think about the outcome of the Cold War, and every time I think that we may be the loser, I can't sleep with a headache! ”
Can the Soviet Union win the Cold War? To win, this premise must be based on the integrity of the entire socialist camp, even if China and the Soviet Union cannot be as close as one family, China must remain neutral in the struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States, because China is also a socialist country, and even if it is neutral, it will naturally not fall to the United States. He knew that the real test he had been tossing for seven or eight years was coming soon, and if he could not pass this test, there would be no hope of defeating the United States, and if he had lost China, the Soviet Union's greatest victory would be to draw the Cold War, but because the Soviet Union was the weaker side, the situation would become more and more unfavorable in the end.
The result of the Cold War in history is not that socialism is inferior to capitalism, nor is it that the planned economy is inferior to the market economy, the reason is very simple, strength! Since the end of World War II, the Soviet Union has killed nearly 30 million people, and the strength of the two sides is not on the same level, and the allies of the United States are all former imperialist powers, and some countries on the Soviet side, such as Bulgaria and Romania, many people think that the poverty of these countries is the reason for socialism, and Serov wants to know how good these Eastern European countries were before socialism? Can it be compared to the British Empire and the French Empire?
It is as ridiculous to pin the backwardness of Eastern European countries on the Soviet Union as it is to pin the collapse of the Soviet Union on Stalin, some people think that the Soviet Union is the problem of the Stalinist system, but since Stalin became the leader of the Soviet Union, he has done everything he can to develop the economy to defeat Germany and establish a socialist camp, and the only thing he may not have done is to destroy the United States. Later leaders ruined all their family resources, and then pointed at Stalin and said, "We lost because Stalin didn't destroy the United States?"
The reason why Serov's previous textbooks blame Stalin for the problem is because of perestroika. But it must not be said that the Stalinist system did not suit the USSR, and that the Stalinist system in the USSR could have been completely supplemented, not dismantled. A great man like Ge Tu, who is seen once in a thousand years, unfortunately fell on the Soviet Union, but he did not necessarily fall only in the Soviet Union. If the United States were to be in such an environment as the Soviet Union, facing a collective of imperialist powers, it might not have been able to kneel faster than the Soviet Union, and it would not have survived the 90s.
"Are you saying that the socialist camp is in danger of splitting?" Valya is very smart, she is not unaware of what has happened in the past year, and considering her husband's work, it is easy to think of her husband's worries.
"If we want to win, we must hold China, it is not terrible to be alone in the United States, what is terrible is those countries around the United States, and now the United States has not realized the strength of its allies, but as long as the strength of our country and the United States is close, sooner or later the United States will be forced to start borrowing these allies!" Serov shook his head helplessly, stuffed his head into Valya's chest and whispered, "If China is lost, Siberia needs at least a million troops to guard the border, after all, the border over there is too long." ”
"Didn't you plan a lot of actions? Can't think of a way? Valya gritted her silver teeth and suggested.
Serov gasped and looked up at his wife in surprise, but immediately explained, "The most direct and effective way to deal with a socialist country is to assemble troops and push hard." All other than this method of pressure does not work, because the political system that we have built in the Soviet Union is stable and not very suitable for very competent leaders, such as our General Secretary Stalin. It is easy to deal with the countries of Western Europe, and their system is easy for us to meddle, but in the face of a stable socialist country, there is simply no room for us to intervene, and we have no way to even Yugoslavia, let alone that the other side is a large country of 10 million square kilometers. ”
"Didn't my husband always claim to be omniscient and omnipotent?" Valya propped up her head, and with one hand reached into the man's chest, playfully tugging at Serov's chest hair. In fact, she just said casually that the Soviet Union can't even deal with Albania now, let alone other countries.
In the end, Serov told Valya about the relocation of Stalin's tomb on Khrushchev's orders. Hearing the news, Valya was also gloomy, and now he understood why Serov was in such a low mood today. When Serov and Valya grew up, Stalin was the widely respected father of all nationalities, but I didn't expect Khrushchev to be so excessive to Stalin in just a few years, and there were such unsuitable changes in a few years, even these people were like this, and the people of the Soviet Union can imagine how much impact they suffered.
"We will win, we will win, this is what you say, what you say will come true!" Valya turned over and pulled the lamp on, seducing in the dark, "Things still have to be done, as you said, as long as it doesn't get into a fight, everything can be remedied, my husband, never give up on the goal......"
Early the next morning, Valya took out a change of clothes for Serov to change, because the two worked differently for a long time, so Valya always helped the man change clothes every time she came back, and finally buttoned the big-brimmed hat to her husband, leaned on Serov and said in the mirror, "My husband, there is a kind of confidence that everything is under control...... "Everything is under control?" Serov didn't like this metaphor, and in the afterlife, didn't he say the words of a self-deceiving ghost island? (To be continued.) )