According to Sherepin's recommendation, the first secretary of the Lenin Communist Youth League of the Soviet Union, Semychasny, took over as chairman of the Soviet State Security Committee, and unlike Sherepin, Semychasny also accepted the military rank that the KGB should have. Semychasny accepted the appointment in the Grand Kremlin and rose from first secretary of the Komsomol to chairman of the KGB after Shelepin, with the rank of general.

In this way, the State Security Committee of the USSR, one of the only three departments responsible for the Presidium of the Central Committee, and one of the only two powerful departments, welcomed the 37-year-old Semychasny as chairman after sending off Sherepin, who had taken office at the age of 40 more than two years earlier. The new chairman of the KGB is younger than Shelepin, which makes some people feel very sideways. At the same time, it was also unexpected by some people, because others would have thought that Serov would be Seropin's successor.

The sleepy-eyed Serov returned to Lubyanka Square 11, and immediately felt that the atmosphere here was a little strange, and secretly said that it was rare and strange, and was ready to greet the chairman of the KGB, Semychasny.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, Semychasny took a special car to the KGB headquarters at No. 11 Lubyanka Square, and Semychasny, who got off the bus, appeared in front of everyone in a military uniform, first he walked to the bronze statue of Dzerzhinsky facing the KGB headquarters building and saluted, and then strode to the KGB officers who greeted him at the door.

"Welcome, Volodya!" Serov shouted the nickname of the person who came, and opened his arms to give Semychasny a huge hug.

"You too, Yura, we're working in the same department again, I hope you make it easy for me!" Semychasny also said with the same enthusiasm, and the reference in his words was naturally that Serov should not always kill and bury as before.

The acquaintance of the two people without scruples made all the senior KGB cadres present understand one thing. The relationship between the new chairman of the KGB and Serov was no different from that of when Sherepin was there, and the others quickly learned about the relationship between the two, as early as eight years ago when they were in Azerbaijan, Semychasny was the second secretary in charge of security, and Serov was the first secretary of the Azerbaijani Komsomol.

"Lieutenant General Sakhatowsky, head of the Main Directorate of Foreign Intelligence. Comrade Sakhatowsky is an old security cadre, who has been working in our department for more than ten years, and the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs was established by him! After everyone returned to the conference room, Serov did not sit idle, but briefed Semychasny on the situation of the major directorates of the KGB.

"Lieutenant General Serdyuko, First Deputy Director of the General Directorate of Domestic Espionage, said that the situation of domestic stability is inseparable from the work of Comrade Serdyuko, who, like Comrade Sakhatowsky, is also an experienced anti-terrorist worker, from any point of view. are an important asset to the National Security Council......"

"Lieutenant General Roman, First Deputy Director of the General Directorate of Military Administration, Comrade Roman is my old boss, his personal ethics and rich work experience have always been an example for me to learn, and our Lieutenant General Roman has a strong scholarly demeanor......"

"Lieutenant General Kikonov, head of the Main Traffic Management Bureau, the entire Soviet transport network is in Comrade Kikonov's mind, and we can't do without Comrade Kikonov's guidance if we want to travel!" Serov laughed.

"The head of the Main Directorate of the Secret Police, Major General Kadpov, Comrade Kadypov has just become the head of the Main Directorate, but has already proven his abilities with the results of his work. All of our security cadres see this achievement in their eyes......"

"Lieutenant General Valentin, director of the General Administration of Science, Technology and Defense for National Defense, is almost the comrade who has the most contact with military science and technology among our comrades. Lieutenant General Valengin himself is a great asset, and there are also the General Directorate of Surveillance and Investigation Administration, the General Directorate of Communications and Surveillance......"

Serov introduced the heads of the 25 Main Directorate organs under the KGB one by one, and finally introduced Lieutenant General Alexai, People's Commissar of the Main Directorate of Border Guards and the NKVD, and did his best to help the directors of the KGB who were familiar with these KGB chiefs in Semychasny.

Through Serov's introduction, Semychasny had a certain understanding of the heads of the major general directorates of the KGB present here, and then introduced himself. "Vladimir? Yefimovich? Semychasny, you can also call me Volodya like Comrade Serov, of course, don't call me that in public, feel casual in private, Serov and I have known each other for a long time. So you don't have to worry that the new chairman will make you confused, I personally believe in Comrade Serov's ability in safety work, and at the same time, like the previous chairman, Comrade Sherepin, I will make our department better and better! By the way, I was born in Dnepropetrovsk! ”

The last sentence stiffened the smile on Serov's face for a moment, but Shemychasny, who was greeting his new colleagues, did not notice it, and Serov, who restrained his smile, seemed to block Semychasny's speech.

Dnepropetrovsk? Semychasny was actually born there, it seems that an answer that has been bothering Serov has come to fruition today, Serov has always believed that the close relationship between Sherepin and Semychasny should not have obvious loopholes in history to be broken by each other, and today it seems that the answer has been revealed, and the later Brezhnev must have used this relationship to move Semychasny. But because Semychasny was only born in Dnepropetrovsk, but had nothing to do with the Dnipro gangsters, on the contrary, he had a good relationship with Sherepin, so he was finally abandoned by Brezhnev and eliminated along with Sherepin.

"Yuri, what's wrong with you?" Semychasny's demeanor is the same as in Azerbaijan, in fact he has not changed, at least between Sherepin and Brezhnev, he did not choose Brezhnev because of his birth.

"It's nothing, maybe I'm a little tired just got off the train!" Serov's face was as usual to hide the past, and it looked like it was real, and Serov, who had been messing around with Yelena for several days, did not seem to be in a very good mental state.

It's funny to say that Serov and Semychasny have known each other for eight years, but they never knew that he was born in Dnepropetrovsk, and if he had known the birthplace of Semychasny, he would have understood why Semychasny and Sherepin had been incongruous in dealing with Brezhnev for a while.

"I miscalculated, I have been unguarded against an important member of my side!" Serov, who returned home and rested in bed, carefully recalled the historical record that after three years of peace between the Komsomol and the Dnipro gang, Brezhnev dismissed Shelepin, Semychasny and Egorechev from their posts in one year, and defeated the powerful Komsomol within a year, which in itself was abnormal.

No wonder Sherepin will lose, his biggest assistant turned out to be a fellow villager with the enemy, and it is very likely that Semychasny did not betray Selepin, but because of the relationship between fellow villagers and was paralyzed by Brezhnev, it caused the passivity of the entire Serepin group.

Serov, who was lying on the ceiling, sat up suddenly, and the problem was with Semychasny, who must have been paralyzed by Brezhnev using his status as a fellow countryman. Strange to say, because of Semychasny's birthplace, Serov was thinking about how to get his friend who had just become chairman for a day. Shemichasny would not have thought of this.

At this time, the phone rang, Serov picked up the phone and heard Shelepin's voice, Sherepin asked a few friends to come to his house for a party in the evening, Serov said yes and hung up.

There was one more person than at the last meeting, and that was Tikunov, who had already achieved a lot of success in the Ministry of Petroleum Industry, and because of the discovery of the Tyumen oil fields, Tikunov quickly gained a foothold from the Ministry of Petroleum Industry. After Sherepin's voice increases, Tikunov may become the head of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry in two or three years, and Sherepin will also congratulate his friends.

Everyone ate and chatted, and Sherepin asked Semychasny: "Volodya, I just went to the KGB today, how do you feel, if there is anything you don't understand, you can tell Yuri, he has been working in the security department for eight years, and he knows security work very well!" ”

"Shurik, no problem! Many of your cadres in the KGB themselves are airborne cadres of our Komsomol, many of whom I know, so there is no need for changes! "Besides, with Serov helping me, the entire National Security Council will still be firmly in our hands, and there will be no problems......

"The KGB is in our hands, we have a huge advantage, the movement of the whole country is under our noses, and many things are very convenient!" Egorechev shook his head with a smile and said, "This advantage can't be exchanged for anything!" ”

"Our biggest advantage is that we are younger than those old men, the first secretary trusts us, as long as we are given time to make up for the shortcomings in our resumes, it can be said that we have no shortcomings!" Serov said this as he looked at a few of his friends around him.

Originally, the confidence in Brezhnev fell to the bottom in an instant with the discovery of Semychasny's birthplace, and I hope that by then Semychasny has already gone to work in other departments, otherwise Serov, the second-in-command, really has no confidence to fill the hole that the number one is a capitulation faction.

"Yes, our highest-level Shurik, especially in the face of this problem, should find an opportunity to fill in the missing places of the resume, otherwise there are still some deficiencies in wanting greater development!" Yegorechev, the first secretary of Moscow in charge of party affairs, knew this aspect more than everyone in the room, even more than Sherepin. (To be continued.) )