The purpose of this trip is naturally to inspect the Sino-Soviet and Sino-Mongolian borders, and this purpose has been achieved. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Serov chose two cities on the Sino-Soviet border as the places to visit, and of course they were not cities, because one city could only be regarded as a village at this time, and the population of the famous trading port in later generations was less than 10,000 at this time, and it was only a district of the prefectural government.

How to say that Serov is also a serious Soviet general, General Political Commissar of State Security, Chairman of the National Security Committee, Alternate Member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the USSR, and so on, so after the communication between the Primorsky Territory of the USSR and the Black Province of China. The Chinese side also welcomed it, and this made the trip possible.

The reason is to be above board, to promote exchanges between the two militaries, and to discuss the issue of fitness at the port. In fact, Serov wanted to see the current deployment of troops between China and the Soviet Union on the border. If he does not come to China, he can only be a blind man in the Soviet Union, and naturally he will not be able to find the root cause of the problem.

"Compared with the deployment of troops before 1959, how many troops do you feel?" On the last day of the exchange, when Serov was about to leave, he asked the head of the Primorsky Krai State Security Service, who was next to him. Before 1959, China and the Soviet Union were in the honeymoon period, and I believed that my subordinates knew everything about what was happening across the border, because at that time both sides were almost undefended, and public opinion was in a state of praise.

"There has been an increase in the number of troops, but they are not as good as our border guards." Serov was quite satisfied with this answer, and from the demeanors of the soldiers on both sides, he could also feel that the hostility was not great. Of course, he can see that he has lived in this land in his last life, and he is not familiar with people from other places, but people from the Northeast are very familiar with it......

This time, Serov said that he wanted to promote trade between the two sides, and of course he would express it in the form of a request for help, which was nothing more than the fact that the weather was freezing on the Soviet side, and many materials and supplies were insufficient, and he hoped that the Chinese comrades would help, and so on. Of course, this is not the case, the Far East was not the core region of the Soviet Union, but it was still much stronger than the Northeast in this era. This is just to allow the two sides to establish a certain economic tie, to let China know that the Soviet Union now has a demand for others, to create an equal environment.

"Comrade Zelianov can conduct follow-up negotiations, there should be no problem, knowing that it is good for us to increase trade between the two sides. You are a security officer and you should understand this. Serov lightly instructed that the problem was in the exchange rate, the exchange rate between the ruble and the yuan, because the relationship between China and the Soviet Union during the honeymoon period at that time was actually the Soviet Union took a lot of advantage.

The Soviet ruble After Khrushchev's reforms, the gold content of the Soviet ruble was set at 0.987412 grams, and the exchange rate against the dollar was determined at 0.9 rubles per dollar. Since then, the exchange rate has not changed significantly until the dissolution.

The Soviet ruble took a big advantage in the monetary value agreed between China and the Soviet Union at that time, but ordinary cadres did not know about this matter, and only the cadres of the economic departments of the two countries knew about it.

"The ideal state of our border with China is the state of the border between the United States and Canada. The Far East is not our main direction, and China's important economic region is in the South, where it is neither beneficial nor necessary to accumulate heavy troops. Got it? Tomorrow I will go to Vladivostok and then to Mongolia, and you can be guests here for a few days, and I believe that the Chinese comrades will not let you go! Serov thought for a moment and said, "After Comrade Zelianov came, let him finalize an agreement. In principle, we do not accept dissidents from the other side, and this agreement is beneficial to all of us. It's actually a lot of good for us. ”

It is certain that the Soviet Union's standard of living is much better than China's, and once this agreement is taken down, it can reduce the KGB's workload, and the commander of the Far East Red Banner Frontier Military District can consider inviting the Chinese Military District to be a guest and conduct exercises together.

"It's better for China to figure out the strength of our border guards themselves, so that they can draw their own judgments, but we must not do anything to show off our strength, and we must let them find the difference in strength for themselves." The next night, when Serov got into the car in Vladivostok, he instructed the local security cadres and border guard officers.

Serov, if he remembers correctly, at the time of the Sino-Soviet war, the Soviet Union officially established a cluster in Mongolia in Mongolia, and Outer Mongolia was the 39th Guards Army, with its headquarters in Ulaanbaatar. There are two motorized infantry divisions and two armored divisions. Of course, this military power was not worth mentioning for the Soviet Union. Almost the weakest of the Soviet foreign clusters, but still capable of posing a significant threat to China, the headquarters was located in Ulanhua, northeast of the city of Ulaanbaatar, and the commander was Major General Petrovsky.

The group army has two motorized infantry divisions and three tank divisions under its jurisdiction, and is a tank group army with quite strong assault power. The troops were mainly deployed in Ulaanbaatar and north of it, and around the city of Choibalsan in Eastern Province, and some were stationed in the important town of Saiyinsander, 240 kilometers from the Chinese border.

The Mongolian Air Force has two fighter-bomber aviation divisions, three helicopter regiments, and one transport aircraft regiment, with a total of more than 300 aircraft. These air units are deployed in regimental units on four large airfields, namely Ulaanbaatar, Bayan, Joyle and Choibalshan. There are also three field airfields for the transfer of existing aircraft.

The armament of the entire Soviet army and air force stationed in Mongolia mainly includes 1,800 tanks, 2,500 combat vehicles and armored vehicles, 1,400 artillery pieces, 192 fixed-wing aircraft, 123 helicopters, and 22 short-range ground-to-surface missile launchers with nuclear warheads. Of course, the Mongolian cluster in the USSR had not yet been created in this era.

Although the Mongol cluster was not established, it did not mean that the Soviet Union did not have military power in Mongolia, and this power belonged to the KGB. The KGB forces in Mongolia were assigned to the jurisdiction of the KGB's General Directorate of Internal Espionage.

Serov met Zedenbar, general secretary of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, in the Mongolian capital, and the first time he saw Zedenbar, Serov felt that this person actually did not look like a Mongolian at all. In fact, he is very much like Chinese, at least in terms of appearance.

Zedenbar welcomed Serov's arrival, saying that, in the current propaganda terms, it should be the fraternal friendship between the peoples of Mongolia and the Soviet Union, the internationalist spirit of the Soviet Union's all-round and selfless assistance to our country, the pure and noble friendship of the Mongolian and Soviet Unions, and so on.

There was no barrier to communication between the two, Zedenbar knew Russian, and was recommended by Stalin during his study in the Soviet Union, and after returning to China, he was respected by Choibalsan and rose to prominence. Only one year after joining the party, he was elected to the Central Committee, served as the deputy minister of finance of the government, and then became a minister and governor of the National Bank.

The relationship between Mongolia and the Soviet Union is evident in the fact that even Gotu called it the sixteenth republic of the Soviet Union. Basically, whatever policy the Soviet Union pursues, Mongolia will implement whatever policy it pursues, and if the Soviet Union rehabilitates the purgeed people, Mongolia will immediately do so, and the Soviet Union will oppose Stalin and Mongolia will oppose Choibalshan.

"Chairman Serov came to Ulaanbaatar, I don't know what happened?" As soon as we met, Zedenbar said in a friendly way, "It is an honor for the Mongolian people for Soviet friends to come to Mongolia as guests, and we are very happy. ”

"It's nothing, General Secretary Zedenbar, I'm just going to the Far East to check the border issue, and then when I come back, I'll go to your country to have a look." Serov also maintained basic respect for the general secretary of Mongolia, after all, he is nominally the leader of a country, and Mongolia is also a nominally independent country. He does not despise the head of a country, and people are also trying to survive.

"If Mongolia is needed for help, the Soviet comrades must not be surprised, we will definitely do our best." Zedenbar immediately assured that Mongolia would stand with the Soviet Union at all times.

"This is a matter for the USSR and China, and Mongolia does not need to be involved. You just need to take care of your own affairs, the level of the people increases, and the development of indicators is the best reward for the USSR. Of course, if you have difficulties, you can tell us directly, and we will definitely help you," Serov politely declined Zedenbar's kindness, what did Mongolia use to help the Soviet Union, just with a population of more than one million in Mongolia at this time?

Serov stayed in Mongolia for the next few days, and at the same time inspected the KGB's strength in Mongolia, as a security department that wants to be able to fight, the KGB's military strength is not something that people can pinch at will, although it cannot be compared with the Western cluster, but both the internal guard army and the border guard army are fully equipped, and the military force of the army, sea and air is divided.

Zedenbar has been accompanying Serov for the past few days, and the two chatted as if they had known each other for many years, and inspected some important sites in Mongolia, "By the way, Comrade Meshatsev came here once a while ago, does Chairman Serov know him?" Zedenbar actually knew about the relationship between Serov and Shelepin, and now he was just looking for an opportunity to ask his doubts.

"O Meshatsev, we are friends." Serov's heart moved, and he said very naturally, he felt that the other party had something to say.

"You are friends, well, Chairman Serov, I want to say, I hope your friends don't all look like children, I have met Kirilenko, he is completely different from you." Zedenbar thought for a moment and said solemnly.

"Thank you!" Serov was stunned for a moment, and then nodded heavily, the inexperience of the Komsomol cadres was so inexperienced that even the Mongols could see it, and Brezhnev would definitely be able to see it. (To be continued.) )