Chapter 267: Hero of the Soviet Union
It's normal, Serov didn't dare to imagine the welcome that Gagarin would receive, maybe Serov would not be able to let so many people welcome him in his life, and Korolev also followed Serov to give Gagarin a hug, Gagarin was an astronaut he personally picked out, in a sense carrying his dream.
"Remember not to broadcast this paragraph publicly, the identity of Comrade Korolev is a secret, just film the process of how the people welcomed Comrade Gagarin!" Serov has not forgotten his job, Korolev's identity and name are secret, and the general designer of the Soviet cosmonautics kept it secret even more than the number of nuclear warheads in the USSR.
Under the watchful eyes of Serov and a group of KGB security cadres, Korolev and Gagarin briefly exchanged a few questions, and then left the camera's sight, he also knew that his identity was a secret, and he did not want to trouble the KGB's work, which also ushered in Serov's gratitude.
The same people who were imprisoned during the Great Purge, Korolev who remained enthusiastic about science even in that environment, on the contrary, the current group of thieves in Kazan are completely scum who eat food and seem to be wasteful. If there is any regret left in the Gulag, it is that it did not kill all the scum who fought against the KGB for more than 30 years, and later formed Russian gangsters in history, which is the most regrettable place.
"Please follow me to Moscow, our first secretary and many party and state leaders are waiting to meet you, our hero, I hope you show the good psychological quality of the cosmonauts, maybe you can't imagine the degree of popularity you receive!" Serov tightened the collar of his military coat and said with some envy in his tone.
"Hello, General, we've met!" Gagarin, who was born with a smile, was chosen. This kind of smile that can easily infect others is also a huge reason, no one wants to make a serious and rigid person put on a bad face to face the whole world, and the Soviet Union will not do that.
"Yes, we've met before! In the astronaut training center, but I will never be repeatedly mentioned by the people of the whole world, later mention the human conquest of space. Your name can't be avoided, you will be printed in textbooks, and you will become the idol of our whole Union generation, of course, visiting abroad is also essential, to be honest, I envy you......" Serov pulled the somewhat reserved Gagarin over and followed him into the car. He must immediately take Gagarin to Moscow, where the country's leader, described in heaps, is already waiting. Considering that the current number one and number two in the Soviet Union are all grumpy, it is better not to let them wait too long.
At this time, people all over the world can listen to the radio. In a shop on the streets of Prague, a group of Czechoslovakians clenched their fists with excitement. In a factory in Poland, many workers listen to the radio and enjoy it. In the city of East Berlin, a city-wide radio informed people of this shocking news, and just a wall away in the city of West Berlin, a worker who was digging a well also heard the broadcast, and immediately laughed bitterly, "It seems that we have chosen the side that we are going to lose......
By his side. Not far away, a somewhat numb man who had been made by a loudspeaker said hysterically. "Isn't that great? We don't have to listen to the Internationale today, and it's not bad to hear the story of the astronauts......"
At the headquarters of the French Communist Party, General Secretary Torres opened a bottle of champagne and drank heartily, and also in Italy, Parimiro Toriotti made a high-profile declaration, "I think Italy can cooperate with the Soviet Union in the field of space." Of course, this is all equal cooperation, and no country will ignore the value of Italy! I believe that the Soviet Union will also realize that soon Italy will be able to soar in space...... "aroused the support of all parliamentarians of all parties.
On the other side of the ocean, in the United States, while countless people are happy for the progress of human science and technology, there are also countless people looking up at the starry sky. It seems that the above has been shrouded by the missiles of the Soviets. At the same time, they expressed their anger at the backwardness of the United States in this regard, and there is no doubt that the United States has lagged behind the Soviets in this race, and since the so-called space race four years ago, the Americans have heard that the Soviet Union has been going from one victory to another.
"Our space hero, you can rest here first and relieve the fatigue on your body!" Serov put Gagarin in a KGB-controlled hotel to rest, and it was obviously inappropriate for a hero who had just completed a major space mission to start propaganda right away, which, according to the Americans, was more disrespectful of human rights. If the other party is a capitalist country, it will not be respectful, but the native Serov can consider respecting it.
And then there's another question, the Kremlin may need some time to figure out how to pack the first human space package, which is a very good publicity opportunity, "I will inform your wife and children to come to Moscow, rest assured, all the expenses are credited to the KGB, you may be very busy in the future!" Serov turned back as he walked to the door.
No one will remember who the second astronaut is, except for their own people, the gap between the first and the second is so obvious, it is so unfair. Gagarin would now be a particularly important propaganda material in the hands of the Soviet Union. Overwhelming praise and honors will follow, and probably Serov will never have more medals in his life than Gagarin received during this time.
In the Kremlin, a large number of members of the Presidium of the Central Committee, including Khrushchev, Kozlov, Suslov, Brezhnev, Mikoyan, Fortseva, and Serepin, all arrived, and Brezhnev had just flown back from Baikonur, but he and Ustinov flew directly back to Moscow.
"Who is the boss in the world now? We will forever let the Americans eat dust behind the ass! Khrushchev excitedly shouted to the other members of the Presidium of the Central Committee, and of course the people were in a state of excitement in this case. It was probably one of the few moments when Khrushchev shouted and did not upset others.
"Report of the First Deputy Chairman of the National Security Council Serov!" Serov, who had gone through several inspections, stood at the door of the conference room of the Central Presidium and reported loudly, and at the same time signaled to all the members of the Central Presidium present. If you don't look closely, Serov hasn't thought about this kind of question in detail, as if he has basically already gotten to know the members of the Central Presidium. It may be that the work of the KGB is related, and Serov did not think much about this issue.
"Yuri, where is Gagarin?" Although Brezhnev has just returned, he is still in a good state of mind, and now the first thing is to figure out Gagarin's current state. After all, no one has ever been to space, and it's normal for something to happen where no one knows anything.
"I've arranged a place for Gagarin to rest, and I'll have someone take him to check it out later!" Serov replied, "After twenty-four hours, we can basically confirm that there is no problem, and at the moment we can see the reaction of the Americans, and we can't wait to think about it......
Serov's happiest person to say these words was Khrushchev, who nodded fiercely in agreement, "Our American friends should now understand the fact that in the same state of peace, we are developing much faster than they are, much faster." Whether they want it or not, we're going to win it......"
There is no doubt that this is another victory in the current space battlefield, and this victory of the Soviet Union is enough to last until the United States lands on the moon, and even the United States cannot say that it won the Soviet Union, after all, the Soviet Union has continued to make progress in other space fields. For example, the work on the space station.
This is at least a good thing, and seeing that the Presidium of the Central Committee is so happy because of Gagarin's ascension shows that they really think that the Soviet Union will win in the confrontation with the United States. Although Stalin and Khrushchev were at odds, both believed that the Soviet Union could defeat the United States, while Brezhnev believed that the Soviet Union could be on an equal footing with the United States.
Soon twenty-four hours passed, and the KGB kept sending reports that Gagarin was in order, and by this time all the members of the Central Presidium knew that the first astronaut of mankind was safe and sound, and he could carry out the next round of work, propaganda! After Gagarin completed an unprecedented space flight, Moscow welcomed the triumphant cosmonautical hero with an extremely solemn ceremony. After this historic flight, the USSR will award Gagarin the title "Order of Lenin" and "Hero of the Soviet Union". Two days later, Leonid Brezhnev, then chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, received Gagarin and presented him with the medal "Hero of the Soviet Union" in the Kremlin.
"Yuri, what are you doing?" Brezhnev noticed that he had been keeping his eyes on Gagarin, so he asked.
"I wonder how far I am from the title of Hero of the Soviet Union?" Serov glanced at Brezhnev and said with great emotion, "If I can get Constantinople back, is it enough for such a medal?" "I didn't expect to see the award of the Golden Star Medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union for the first time, and it turned out to be as a kind of spectator.
"Haha, enough for the rank of marshal plus Hero of the Soviet Union!" Brezhnev said very heartily, obviously thinking that Serov was joking, but in fact he really didn't!
As a country that flaunts its people, May Day is undoubtedly the most important day in the Soviet Union after a few holidays, and May Day is sometimes the scene of a grand military parade and parade on Moscow's Red Square. At this year's parade, Khrushchev was ready to let the Gagarins and his wife join him, and the grand spectacle was now expected by Serov. (To be continued.) )