The Ministry of Defense building is located on Arbat Street, which has a strong sense of history, and the day before Khrushchev's inspection, Serov used Alexey's internal police unit to inspect the entire Arbat Street in the name of inspection. First of all, make sure that there are any idle people in the area.

"Actually, if you want to deal with these foreigners on the street, it is better for your subordinates in the Seventh Division to be more suitable!" The 7th Division in Serov's mouth is the 7th Division of Alexey's original 2nd General Directorate, which is specially responsible for dealing with foreigners who travel in the Soviet Union, especially dealing with foreigners for a long time, so it may play a very big role in the bustling street of Arbat Street.

"The director of the Seventh Division was recommended by me, and I will arrange it as soon as I go back!" Lieutenant General Alex came out with Serov today to familiarize himself with the situation on Arbat Avenue a day in advance, where is suitable for plainclothes agents to lurk, where is suitable for internal police blockade, what commanding heights are nearby, what visual blind spots need to be observed, see with your own eyes, and assign tasks on the map, there are always two effects.

"You will accompany the general secretary to inspect tomorrow, how do you feel now?" Alexei held back a smile and asked, "When the Nine Generalissimos saw you, would they kill you directly?" I feel happy when I think about it, you even have times when you are threatened, it's really an eye-opener! ”

"Is it such an exaggeration?" Serov's face was as if he had seen a lump of stool, which was disgusting in itself, but this lump of poop had no consciousness at all, and he was dancing in front of him, without any consciousness of a lump of stool.

It's just that I don't know what the purpose of Khrushchev's inspection of the Ministry of Defense was, and it stands to reason that he was preparing to pacify the Ministry of Defense just after checking Marshal Zhukov's subordinates? It's not impossible.

The Ministry of Defense itself is located on the busiest street in Moscow, so this Khrushchev inspection did not stir up the masses, at least on the surface, and there were no heavyweight cadres accompanying them, it was more like a temporary routine inspection. Secretly, the movement of the entire Arbat Street was controlled by the KGB, and the KGB's plainclothes spies on the storefronts, according to the Chinese orthodox language. Everything is in the hands of the state and the army.

The streets around the Ministry of Defense have been cordoned off by the internal police, ensuring Khrushchev's safety to the greatest extent, and at 8 o'clock in the morning Khrushchev and his party set off from the Kremlin and arrived at the Ministry of Defense building in a short time. Defense Minister Rodiang. A large number of generals of the Soviet armed forces, including Marshal Malinovsky, Marshal Baglamyan, Deputy Minister, and Marshal Yeremenko, Director of the Ministry of Defense, greeted Khrushchev at the entrance of the building.

Khrushchev shook hands with the Soviet generals with a gentle smile, as if he had always had a good relationship with the Red Army. Serov meticulously followed behind Khrushchev, in front of the previous general secretary, Serov turned a blind eye to the unkind eyes of some generals of the Ministry of Defense, and he was all a fart! What's more, these people can only disgust Serov with their eyes. Even if Khrushchev was not here, with Marshal Bagramian in charge, these people would not dare to do anything to him.

Serov originally thought that Khrushchev's inspection was to ease relations with the generals of the Ministry of Defense, but as the inspection work continued, he felt that things were not so simple. After taking a look at several institutions in the Ministry of Defense building, Khrushchev was led to the operational conference room of the Ministry of Defense.

"The spirit of the Red Army is still so strong!" Khrushchev sat down and said with a smile, "Seeing that our army is so strong against war imperialism!" I have never been so confident, Marshal Malinovsky, that now our army is in a state of unprecedented strength. So I have a little plan! ”

"Comrade General Secretary, the Red Army has always been in line with the pace of the Central Committee!" Marshal Malinovsky said earnestly, "As long as the Central Committee thinks that it is the right choice, we soldiers will undoubtedly support the decision of the Central Committee......

Khrushchev glanced at Marshal Malinovsky deeply, as if he was considering whether Marshal Malinovsky's words meant something, and instead pointed at Serov and said, "Yuri is a young comrade, so it is inevitable that he will be a little impatient when carrying out the orders of the Central Committee, but young comrades, mistakes can be forgiven!" There were some mistakes in the treatment of the Bonapartist elements. But I hope you don't get offended. Both the Ministry of Defense and the National Security Council are in the service of our homeland......"

Serov, who was forcibly thrown into the pot by the general secretary, did not hesitate for a second, and very naturally picked up the black cauldron, and admitted his mistake to these absolute authorities of the Soviet Red Army, "Recently, there has been some friction between our General Military Administration and the military. The main reason is that I am too young to care about the feelings of the Red Army soldiers, and I am willing to review this......"

"It's all for the sake of the motherland, how can there be no friction at all in various departments!" Marshal Malinovsky stated, "There is no contradiction between the Red Army and the State Security Council, and we old men do not mean to blame Yuri!" ”

Serov, who successfully took the blame, continued to stand behind Khrushchev. Khrushchev was also quite satisfied with Serov's performance, looking at Defense Minister Marshal Malinovsky, Khrushchev made it clear what he meant, "The development of the motherland is getting better day by day!" We are making progress in all fields, last year we launched artificial satellites, and at the same time our rocket technology is becoming more and more mature, and the rocket technology applied to the military field will greatly ease the pressure on our national defense, so the nuclear industry and the aerospace industry are the key areas of our development at this stage......"

Khrushchev wants to be disarmed? No, it was to cut the military spending of the Red Army! Serov was shocked that since all departments gave way to the space industry and the nuclear industry, it was finally in the Red Army. The Soviet Union's military spending has always remained high, and now it seems that Khrushchev is preparing to invest the reduced military spending in the space and nuclear industries.

Marshal Malinovsky understood what Khrushchev meant, glanced at Marshal Bagramian and Marshal Yeremenko next to him, and said, "General Secretary, the nuclear industry and the aerospace industry can indeed help us maintain a balance with the United States in the military field, but the time for developing industry is not a matter of a few years to achieve results. (To be continued.) )