Chapter 258: Resolution
"Oh! Is that so? Serov's words touched a string in Sherepin's heart, it doesn't matter whether he is a Bonapartist or not, both Sherepin and Serov know that the so-called Bonapartist is just an excuse for the general secretary to deal with the Red Army, and there is actually nothing to say about this matter. The general secretary gave instructions, and the KGB just did the same.
At first, Sherepin also thought so, as long as he followed the instructions of the general secretary, he did not expect that the Red Army system had such a big opinion on the KGB, especially the hostility of some high-ranking officers to the KGB was so obvious, and several old generals in Serov's mouth were just representatives of this group of people, as long as they found out, they must not be a minority.
Originally? Now that this situation has arisen, Shelepin, as chairman of the KGB, is very uncomfortable, and the KGB organs of the Red Army system must not be withdrawn, and even if he agrees with the general secretary, he will not agree. In front of Sherepin was a very simple multiple-choice question, and the answer was about to come out, that is, to establish the authority of the KGB through this incident, so that the KGB institutions could be unimpeded in the Red Army in the future.
Seeing that Serov was still waiting for an answer in front, Sherepin said, "I will go to the Kremlin in the evening to meet the General Secretary, and the KGB will need to monitor the spread of unhealthy ideas in the Red Army!" Nothing to say! ”
"Chairman! Then I'll wait for the good news! Serov immediately saluted, and Shelepin's statement was obviously to support Serov, these old generals who relied on the old and sold the old will become the sacrifice of the Third General Bureau for the first time......
In the Kremlin, Khrushchev did not have to share the supremacy of the Soviet Union with others, as he did when he first came to power, and after purging the Malenkov clique, it did not take long for him to find that Zhukov, whose authority had been greatly enhanced, had become a great threat to him. Once Khrushchev did not want to tear his face with Marshal Zhukov, he once gave Marshal Zhukov a chance, really! As long as Marshal Zhukov resigns from his post as defense minister and comes to the Council of Ministers as vice chairman, there is actually room for negotiation between the contradictions between the two sides. It will not reach the point where it is irretrievable today.
"Hey! How to deal with this? Khrushchev rarely showed a somewhat uncertain look, and at the moment he had been involved in all his energy by the affairs of Marshal Zhukov. After the dismissal of Marshal Zhukov as Minister of Defense, the current Marshal Zhukov is in a state of supervision, and it can be said that he has achieved a complete victory in this confrontation. As in the case of an absolute victory over the Malenkov group.
In fact, the matter is not over yet, the main thing is how to deal with Marshal Zhukov, whether to take further action or to turn a blind eye to Marshal Zhukov now? The follow-up actions put Khrushchev in a dilemma, so it appeared that from the dismissal of Marshal Zhukov to the present, the issue of Marshal Zhukov has not been discussed in the Central Committee.
"General Secretary!" While Khrushchev was still thinking about how to deal with the problem. Khrushchev's assistant next to him walked up to him and said, "Comrade Sherepin, Chairman of the National Security Council, has come here and has something to report!" ”
"Okay, let him wait for me!" Khrushchev stroked his bald head with his hand to lift his spirits, and strode back to his office, where he was very reluctant to be seen as tired in the presence of a young cadre like Sherepin.
"Comrade General Secretary, you are still full of energy!" When Sherepin saw Khrushchev come in, he complimented him, and then said with a smile, "This is our General Directorate of Military Administration." The report on the investigation of the Bonapartist elements among the generals of the Moscow Military District, which has now circled the inappropriate behavior and thoughts of some high-ranking generals, is a list of these people! As he spoke, Sherepin took out the bag of documents that Serov had sent to the KGB headquarters.
Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Moscow Military District, Colonel-General Shinyev, Deputy Minister of Operations, Lieutenant General Tekhamiev, Head of Logistics Department, Lieutenant General Tonya? As soon as Khrushchev opened the file bag, he was a little shocked by the list of names of high-ranking generals.
"Including the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Moscow Military District, Colonel-General Shinyev, Deputy Minister of Operations Lieutenant General Tekhamiev, and the head of the Logistics Department, Lieutenant General Tonya, there are a total of sixteen people above the rank of colonel!" Sherepin explained from the side, "Among them, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Colonel-General Shinyev, Deputy Minister of Operations, Lieutenant General Tekhamiev, Deputy Minister of Logistics, Lieutenant General Tonya, and three generals left the Moscow Military District and went to the headquarters of the Main Directorate of Military Administration after they went to the Moscow Military District for investigation, because they were dissatisfied with the rumors that they had been secretly investigated!" The General Directorate of Military Administration was asked not to investigate them. said that there were no Bonapartist elements in the Red Army, and that the Central Committee should not have set up so many institutions in the Red Army to control the Red Army......"
"That's what they really said?" Khrushchev did not react much, but after hearing the phrase that so many institutions could not be set up in the Red Army, it was obvious that his demeanor was different. Because the last time he protested with him against the excessive number of people in the central apparatus in the Red Army. It was Marshal Zhukov, who had just been dismissed from the post of Minister of Defense.
Thinking of that unpleasant meeting, Khrushchev still has a sense of disgust lingering for a long time, and Marshal Zhukov always complained about the interference of the Party Central Committee in the Red Army system, which was always something that Khrushchev did not want to mention. Unexpectedly, these former subordinates of Marshal Zhukov also had this kind of thinking, and Khrushchev would never tolerate such a situation.
"Yes, the three generals rushed to the headquarters of the General Directorate of Military Administration. That's what Lieutenant General Serov said! Sherepin said with some heaviness, "Some elderly Red Army generals have a very inconsiderate style of acting!" I don't think everyone is working for the Soviet department, there is no need to make such a bad scene......"
"Alright, Alexander! I'll take care of that! There is nothing wrong with purging the Red Army of dangerous ideas, and the Central Committee never wants our motherland to become a military state......" When Khrushchev spoke again, there was no trace of hesitation in his expression, not only was he ready to support the KGB in continuing the investigation, but he had already made up some kind of determination in his heart, and Marshal Zhukov's opinion on how to deal with it had already taken shape in his heart.
"You go back first, I will give you tomorrow my advice on the handling of Admiral Shinyev and other officers!" Khrushchev said.
It was only after Sherepin's departure that Khrushchev began to carefully read the report in the bag, which was the information collected by the KGB in the Red Army, which could help Khrushchev monitor the movements of the Red Army at any time.
The National Security Council was established by Khrushchev and was the most important trump card in his hands. Now in the face of the backlash from the military, he felt the need to give the KGB some support at such a time.
"This time, it is necessary to let the newly established General Administration of Military Administration grow, otherwise it will be even more difficult for the Red Army to interfere in the future!" Holding his chin in his fists, Khrushchev went through the comparison of forces between the Ministry of Defense and the KGB and decided to side with the KGB.
Three days later, Serov, who was in the Main Directorate of Military Administration, received instructions from Lubyanka Square 11, the handling of the opinions of Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Moscow Military District, Colonel-General Shiniev, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Moscow Military District, Lieutenant General Tekhamiev, and Minister of Logistics, Lieutenant General Tonya, Serov laughed and slapped the folder on the table, "Let's go to the Moscow Military District ......"
Three days earlier, after Sherepin had left the Kremlin, Khrushchev had summoned the Minister of Defense, Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Army, Rodeon? Yakovlevich? A group of Marshals of the Ministry of Defense, including Marshal Malinovsky, emphatically criticized the problem of the Bonapartist spreading within the Red Army. After Stalin's death, Khrushchev became the leader of the Soviet Union, and he quickly promoted Malinovsky to become commander-in-chief of the Soviet Army and replaced Zhukov as the executive deputy minister of defense of the Soviet Union. He was also elected as a full-fledged member of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union, thereby confirming his position as the center of power in the Soviet Union. Khrushchev, who was increasingly worried about Zhukov's political ambitions, asked Malinovsky to replace the former as defense minister.
Marshal Malinovsky, Minister of Defense, and Khrushchev have a very good personal education, Marshal Malinovsky, who has just come to power, although he knows that the Bonapartist is just a cover, but he and Marshal Zhukov have one biggest difference, that is, Marshal Malinovsky has never opposed the establishment of administrative organs in the army by the Central Committee, and Marshal Malinovsky believes that the Red Army is naturally loyal to the country, so it does not matter whether there is an eye line of the Central Committee in the army, anyway, the Ministry of Defense has never thought of using the Red Army to oppose the Central Committee, A tacit attitude towards the KGB apparatus in the army.
At Khrushchev's strong request, Marshal Malinovsky agreed to let the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Moscow Military District, Colonel-General Shinyev, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Moscow Military District, Lieutenant General Tekhamiev, Deputy Minister of Operations, Lieutenant General Tonya, and a number of other Bonapartist in the Red Army leave the Red Army, in other words, retire.
"The decommissioning order does not need to be issued by the Ministry of Defense, and it is the same to let the General Administration of Military Administration issue it!" Khrushchev said in a commanding tone, "For the final resolution of Marshal Zhukov, we will meet next month to discuss it, and it will be ......"
Khrushchev's last move on the side of the KGB led to Serov's ecstasy after receiving Shelepin's notice today, and Serov, who was blocked by three veteran generals in the headquarters to make trouble, now has the right to silence the three people, not only to shut them up, but also to drive them out of the army, and Serov believes that this is only the beginning. (To be continued.) )
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