Chapter 51: I'm Really Traveling
The Colosseum of Rome, which has been bloody for thousands of years, the Plaza de EspaΓ±a, which is famous for Roman holidays, the Temple of the Gods, the spiritual place of the Roman Empire, and the Arch of Constantine that celebrates the triumph of Constantine the Great, only when you arrive in Rome do you know what is the heart of European civilization, which is the essence of European civilization. It is precisely because Italy and Greece have a different cultural status from ordinary countries that Churchill will not hesitate to sell Eastern Europe, including Poland, to the Soviet Union for the sake of these two countries. In exchange for the two countries remaining in the Western world.
"Am I born without aesthetics?" Compared to some of the excited tourists around him, Serov's expression had not changed in an hour, almost like it was made of marble. The point is that there is no feeling of excitement in my heart, seeing these monuments and beautiful sculptures is like inspecting the safety of factories in Azerbaijan. The few people who followed Serov talked less and less, and they were very uncomfortable by Serov.
In the end, even Serov himself was embarrassed, and when he was at the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Serov took only one person and let the others hang out on their own, facing the statue of the god of the sea, looking at the people around him with sincere faces and praying that their dreams would come true.
Ordinary people won't understand? Fate is not in their hands! Britain and the United States can sell you once, and if necessary, there will be a second time, and there are no teammates in the world who can't be sold, it just depends on what price you can sell. Serov stood in front of the Trevi Fountain with a solemn expression and pondered, raised his hand and threw out three one-ruble coins, raised his head and looked at the bustling crowd around him, and said casually, "It stands to reason that Americans are far away on the American continent, and there should not be more tourists than Europeans who come to visit." It's not the same as what we're seeing, isn't it? β
Throwing in three coins is said to leave the person he hates from him, Serov hates the United States and does not know if three coins are enough to bribe the Poseidon.
"Not bad, Comrade Serov! This doesn't make sense! Serov was followed by a peer about his own age, named Ernst, who had been brought out on purpose, and he didn't want to be with someone much older than himself every day.
"Ernst, this makes perfect sense! With a little guidance from the U.S. government, this result is expected! Serov exclaimed, "The same is to support the allies, in fact, the Americans have much more clever means than us!" Our approach is still a little too direct! β
"It seems that Comrade Serov is not just talking about Italy!" Ernst said meaningfully, "Yugoslavia?? β
Serov was stunned for a moment, and then nodded silently, because the Triestid question, the Greek question, the Balkan-Bulgarian alliance problem, Tito's economic planning problem, and the Soviet Union's manipulation of Yugoslavia all led to a serious split between Tito and Stalin.
Under the threat of invasion by the Soviet bloc and under the brunt of economic problems, Tito turned to the United States for help. After a bitter and troublesome debate, Washington offered Tito more than $100 million in various forms of aid. Tito expressed gratitude, but remained neutral in the confrontation between the two blocs.
This kind of stupid and rude behavior of the Soviet Union has been carried out from the beginning to the end. Not surprisingly, it got a lose-lose ending again. After the loss of Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union had no place in the Mediterranean, and the only way to break through was the Middle East direction.
As a socialist country, it is not unforgivable to remain neutral in a situation where the two powers are evenly matched. But the Soviet Union was obviously in an unfavorable situation, and Yugoslavia was still vigorously adding to the blockage, and when the Soviet Union collapsed and Yugoslavia was bombed indiscriminately by NATO, I wonder if they thought that if the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact were still there, would the Americans dare to do so?
"Were the people who made foreign policy in the Soviet Union bought by the United States?" Serov especially did not understand the Soviet Foreign Ministry, the botched performance of the Cold War. In contrast to the form of the Soviet Union's triumphant advance in all directions, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has behaved more than just dragging its feet, it is completely like a traitor whose enemies have penetrated into our party!
"Thomas, the target seems to be touring all the time, and we've been following him on trips in Italy?" A stout man with bronzed skin quipped with a toothpick in his mouth. The two of them kept an eye on him from the building not far from Serov, proving that the three-ruble bribe given to the sea god just now was basically a failure.
"This Russian may have just come out of the country, and for the first time he has seen a building other than a thatched hut, he is dazzled!" Thomas also replied humorously, "Maybe he just came out of Siberia after digging potatoes, and finally came from hell to heaven, so naturally he is at a loss!" β
"However, Italian women are really good, you don't know that yesterday Ward called in Sicily, where the beach and the girls are not under Hawaii! Hey......" the stout man smirked as he broke his toothpick a little harder, "when should we also enjoy life and have a good rest under the sun and beach!" β
"It's unlikely anytime soon!" Thomas pointed the telescope at Serov around the Trevi Fountain and replied, "I wonder why we were told to stare at a Russian and report it once a day?" What to do at home? β
"It's not something we can know, even if we ask, it's in vain!" The toothpick man shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently, "Anyway, whatever!" β
"Maybe the idiots in China think that they can let an ambassador who is only twenty-seven years old and has a bright future betray the motherland!" Thomas laughed as he spoke, and it wasn't impossible, as long as both sides were idiots.
"The target has not been anomalous?" The man who just came in was wearing a floral shirt and dressed as a tourist, and asked directly as soon as he entered.
"James, no!" Thomas said helplessly, "Is China really taking care of us this time, letting us accompany a Soviet, traveling everywhere in Italy?" It's the third day, and I'd love to go around with nothing to do, but I don't want to! Why don't you ask the headquarters to find two female agents, young men in their twenties, who are afraid that they won't be able to get something? β
"Shut up, do you know what he was up to?" James said solemnly, "This man worked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs when he was in the Soviet Union, and like us, he faced agents every day. Anyone who can think of anything close to it has seen it. Only you haven't thought about it, there is nothing he hasn't seen, he has killed thousands of guerrillas and infiltrators in one go! It's a shame that your head is full of medium-rare steaks, and you can still think of beauty tricks? β
Serov must have been surprised if he knew that someone thought so highly of him. Because in addition to the collective shooting of a prisoner, this James's counterintelligence veteran, what is experienced, Serov is not qualified, it is really false. He really came out for a trip these days, but with a little other purpose.