On the shore of the Black Sea, Crimea, this is the place where Andropov chose to recuperate, Yalta is a famous recuperation city in the Soviet Union, and the beaches are full of Soviet people who come to the beach on vacation, but Yalta is more famous for the meeting where the three giants of the Allied Powers met here during World War II, and the heads of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Britain, Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill held a meeting here, and signed the famous "Yalta Agreement" on the post-war world arrangement, known as the "Yalta Conference" in history. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Yalta Conference determined the political landscape after World War II, and soon the world turned to the Cold War. For Andropov, this is a place of great significance, and he is here like the politicians who changed the world, but the difference is that he is far from being in the good health of Stalin at that time.

It was the largest health resort in the Soviet Union, and unlike Serov, who ran to Siberia when he had nothing to do, most Soviet leaders still preferred the Crimean Peninsula, which was also the largest shipbuilding center in the Soviet Union. Not only is it beautiful, but you can also often see Soviet warships.

Andropov, dressed in thin clothes, sat on a chair with a hunched chair, and at his request, the people around him let him rest outside for a while, looking at the scenery of the recuperation area, his expression seemed to forget the loss of time. Even the uncontrollable trembling of his body was not noticed, but it was the surrounding guards who found out, put Andropov on a stretcher and sent him back to the dacha.

Even here, he was the General Secretary of the USSR, many people would come to visit him, and today here is a member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the USSR, Minister of Defense Marshal Ustinov. And he could only lie in a hospital bed, greeting the Minister of Defense with a drip bottle, and he was still working, even if he could do nothing but sign and agree to the plans of his aides.

On the occasion of the Russian New Year, Kryuchkov came here, the two were friends, and only these few friends spent the New Year with him, and Andropov was very happy with Kryuchkov's arrival. A somewhat difficult smile appeared on his face, and this smile was so reluctant that Kryuchkov couldn't help but feel sad.

"Kryuchkov, I wish you a happy new year." Andropov raised his glass with great difficulty, "Thank you also to the doctor for allowing me to drink a glass of wine, thank you for being here." ”

Kryuchkov's face was heavy, and he toasted Andropov on the hospital bed, on the day of the Russian New Year, as a friend of Andropov who had known him for a long time, he couldn't help but worry about Andropov's health.

"Comrade Kryuchkov, Chairman Serov has recalled you to the KGB, I have already seen the relevant telegram, congratulations!" After everyone had left, Andropov separately recalled Kryuchkov and asked, "Is Moscow calm now?" Ryzhkov, Ligachev, how are they doing? ”

"There is no problem, but Chairman Serov has rarely left the rubyyanka since you left Moscow, except for one trip to the Kremlin a few days ago, which surprised everyone else." Kryuchkov spoke about it.

"Serov seems to feel that his situation is dangerous, and he is afraid that Beria's fate will befall him." Andropov said with some difficulty, "I wish I could have more time so that the young cadres can really be ready." But it doesn't seem easy, Chernenko also wants to lead the country, but he has a resistance. ”

"Do you mean Chairman Serov?" Kryuchkov was a little surprised, because so far no security cadre has become the head of the Soviet Union, and Kryuchkov still can't imagine this happening.

"Maybe, I'm just guessing." Andropov shook his head and said, "People didn't notice this before, that's because many people are older than Serov, and because Serov was a member of the Central Presidium for a long time, people always ignore that he has an age advantage over everyone else, and besides, he never interfered in matters other than security work, so it didn't arouse people's vigilance, and now these conditions have been lifted." Because of my physical condition, both Serov and Chernenko found out that there was a rivalry between the two, and he did not leave the Lubyanka to prevent Beria's sudden arrest from happening to him. ”

"If Chairman Serov feels that his life is threatened, will he take the risk?" Kryuchkov said with some surprise, "General Secretary, now only you can prevent the confrontation between Serov and Chernenko." ”

"Do you think Serov will lose? You don't know your chairman very well. Andropov looked at his old friend and said, "Serov may be a little hesitant in the face of Chernenko's old leader Brezhnev, but when facing Chernenko, he will not hesitate at all, on the contrary, if Chernenko goes too far, he may be kicked out." ”

After saying these words, Andropov rested for a long time, and finally said weakly, "Comrade Kryuchkov, thank you for coming to see me today and spending what may be the last New Year with me. I wish you good health and success in your work and life, which is the foundation of all your careers. ”

"Thank you, General Secretary!" Kryuchkov was able to be sure at this time that Andropov himself thought that he could not pass this hurdle and was ready to meet death, the two had known each other since the fifties, and when he saw this scene, Kryuchkov felt a little uncomfortable, but it was not shown in appearance.

The most important thing Serov does every day is not to work safely, but to read Andropov's health report. And who Andropov sees every day, Ryzhkov has just left Moscow for the Crimea.

Compared to snow-capped Moscow, the warm Crimea is indeed a good place to recuperate, and after reading the general secretary's health report, Serov rolled his eyelids and said, "Comrade Kryuchkov, you will be in charge of foreign intelligence." At the same time, we should take into account the follow-up work of the anti-privilege movement, and communicate more with the comrades of the Central Supervision Commission, and maybe you will have regular contact in the future. ”

The Central Supervisory Commission was the last department of the Sherepin group to resist, and it contained a small number of cadres of the Sherepin group, of course, no high-ranking cadres.

"Thank you, Chair, I will definitely do my best to get the job done." Kryuchkov also did not know what Serov meant.

"It's not a must to do your best, sniff out and root out traitors." Serov replied coldly that Kryuchkov was transferred back solely because of the August 19 coup. There were eight participants in the August 19 coup, but there was only one real organizer and head, and the first to plan and organize was the then KGB chairman Kryuchkov, and the others were just participants, cooperating with Kryuchkov's plan.

If the group of the August 19 coup d'état was one person, then Kryuchkov was the skeleton, and it was he who supported the last counterattack that preserved the power of the Soviet Union, and no coup d'état could have been launched in the USSR without the KGB's nod.

"The chairman, the general secretary said, he hopes that everyone can continue to work in good health." Kryuchkov hesitated, but tactfully told Serov that Andropov might die soon.

"I know that some people should live in good health, such as the general secretary." Serov continued to read the report below, replied without raising his head, and then pointed to the door and said, "Your office is the original one of Fedorchuk, go and have a look." ”

After the New Year, Andropov's health deteriorated dramatically due to the accumulation of toxins in his blood, and his days were running out, and for this reason he often lost consciousness, and almost every day he was in a worse condition than the previous one.

On the morning of February 9, it was the last day of Andropov's life. This day the nurse found Boris? Krukov, one of Andropov's guards, said that Andropov did not want to eat, and she begged him to persuade Andropov to eat.

Krukoff came to Andropov and advised him that he must eat, and finally he agreed and ate. Then Krukov left for a while. About an hour and a half later, there was a sudden commotion in the ward, and the doctors ran into the room, as did the assistant to the security director. Krukoff called in his assistant, who came to Andropov's hospital room and stared at the monitor, and noticed that Andropov's pulse was slowing.

"Rescue now!" Krukov left the room while directing the paramedics. At the same time, the headquarters of the Lubyanka KGB received a telegram from the Crimea, which described the current situation in cipher.

"Regardless of the final outcome, block the news immediately." Serov immediately gave the order into the phone.

"I thought I wouldn't see the day you do it before I died?" Admiral Alexei's somewhat old voice came from the phone, and then he simply cut off the phone.

"What an attitude!" Serov took out his mobile phone, which he had not used once, from the drawer, and dialed the commander of the Dzerzhinsky special operations division, as well as the commander of the Kremlin garrison.

Ten minutes later, the phone on the table rang suddenly, so that the general political commissar who was a thief almost threw the mobile phone in his hand.

"Andropov is in danger!" Shcherbitsky's voice was also not calm, his mentality at this time was the same as Serov's, his action was tantamount to betraying his own group, and he was also a thief.

The words that scared me to death were swallowed back with difficulty, and Serov took a few deep breaths before replying, "Got it, what are you going to do?" ”

"I'm ready to officially visit General Secretary Andropov!" Shcherbitsky decided to take matters into his own hands and confuse others. While the two were talking, Andropov's vital signs had already disappeared from the monitor......