Chapter 949: Not Blinded
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"What the hell is going on with our Chernobyl nuclear power plant?" Gorbachev asked with a disgruntled expression: "There was such a serious accident, and now that seven hours have passed, why haven't I received an official report?" ”
Holding Western newspapers in his hands, Gorbachev was a little angry, as a way to learn about foreign events, the first thing Gorbachev did every day was to read Western newspapers, and today, all the reports in the newspapers focus on one thing: the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, where a serious nuclear accident occurred. Pen, Fun, Court www.biquge.info{{}}
However, up to now, the following report has not come up, but the West has taken the lead, although there is no picture, but on that huge page, the incident is described in detail, as if it was experienced in person.
This is simply a kind of irony, he is the supreme ruler of the Soviet Union, and he is not as good as a journalist in the West who knows the inside story first?
"I proposed that we not open up our journalism to Western journalists, who are slandering our nuclear reactors. {{}}" said the head of the KGB, who naturally regarded these newspapers as a slander against them. There is not a single photo above, it's not slander, what else can it be?
"Call Miklin at once." Mikrin was the head of the State Atomic Energy Utilization Commission, which means that the Soviet Union's civilian nuclear facilities, these nuclear power plants, belonged to him, Gorbachev said.
For Gorbachev, he preferred to believe those newspapers in the West, because, this incident, by all, was not made out of nothing. There must be something going on, and he also knows something about the methods of those people below, which is why he agreed to open up certain non-key areas to the West for interviews, and use Western reporters to bring him real first-hand information?
Miklin soon arrived, still with a report.
"We received a report from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. They reported an accident with an outside steam turbine while reactor No. 4 was being overhauled. This led to a fire, which is now completely under control. There was no impact, only two firefighters who rushed to the front line unfortunately died in the line of duty, and hopefully we can award them the title of heroes. {{}}”
Now dozens of firefighters have been killed and wounded, the main body of the reactor has exploded, and the nuclear leakage has already occurred on a large scale, and when it came to Gorbachev, it turned out to be an ordinary fire, with only two deaths.
"Really?" Gorbachev relaxed a little, and Western journalists do have this ability. A small accident at a nuclear power plant will be seen as a major accident in their eyes.
Exactly who is misreporting, he has believed himself, from his heart. He also did not want a major accident this time, but he was not at ease, saying: "Immediately send a team of our experts to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant to investigate, I need to know everything." ”
"Yes." Micklin said. In fact, he did not know about this matter, because he was in Moscow, not in Kiev. He only reported to the general secretary after receiving the report.
When Mikrin went out, Gorbachev received a report that Iraqi President Qusay in the Middle East had called him. {{}}
Gorbachev still attaches great importance to Qusay's call, and at such a time, if he can call, then he must have ulterior motives.
Although Iraq is still a small country, in the eyes of Gorbachev, Iraq is very important to the Soviet Union, because Iraq has money! With Iraqi money, the USSR could solve many problems.
"Take it." Gorbachev said.
The current hotline has gone one step further, and it is still simultaneous translation, but you don't need to go to a special phone to answer it, and you can receive the voice of the translator directly in your own office.
"General Secretary Gorbachev, very shocked, got the news of the accident of nuclear leakage at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in your country." Qusay said on the other side of the phone.
Although the newspapers have been hyped up, Qusay is not sure that he will be taken seriously by Gorbachev, and if the truth of the incident is covered up by those who deceive his superiors and subordinates, then his efforts will be in vain. {{}}
"Those were false reports from journalists, there was just a small fire there, and now the situation is completely under control." Gorbachev said.
Hearing this, Cusai knew that he had guessed correctly. Damn, isn't this a careless disregard for human life?
"Really?" Qusay asked: "I just saw the report from the West, it turned out to be a misinformation, I was going to give free support to your country with the three thousand sets of the best anti-radiation shè suits in Western Europe in stock, and the first batch has already been loaded on the plane, it turned out to be a misunderstanding." ”
When Gorbachev heard this, he was even a little moved, for Qusay, for Iraq, he has always regarded him as a tool, a kind of interest to drive, for Qusay's talent for commanding battles, there is still some jealousy, but now, I feel that this guy from the Middle East is still a good friend. Invisibly, it seems to feel that the distance between the two sides has been shortened.
But just listening to reports from the West, did he come to his back? How did Gorbachev feel that this thing seemed to be true?
"Thank you very much, although we don't need it right now. Gorbachev said: "Iraq is a good friend of our Soviet people, and we attach great importance to our friendship with your country. ”
If it was just for this matter, the phone calls between the two sides would have ended here, but then he heard Qusay's words: "If the Soviet friends don't need it, then I hope we can be allowed to urgently ship these protective suits to Kyiv, where foreigners are now frantically buying this kind of protective clothing, it is said that this kind of protective clothing has been sold out on the market now, and we can make a lot of money from Western countries by shipping it, and please be able to agree." ”
After listening to what the other party said, Gorbachev was already a little worthless because of the emotion just now, this guy, there is oil under the land, he is already a rich man, and he still wants to come to the Soviet Union to make money, and he still comes to intercede with himself, he can't disagree, right?
Suddenly, he woke up in his mind, Cusay's words were definitely not what he meant, and he revealed a very important message to himself: if the city of Kyiv is not subjected to nuclear radiation, then what are the Westerners in the city of Kyiv in a hurry to buy this kind of protective clothing?
The city of Kyiv is still more than 100 kilometers away from the nuclear power plant, and if even it is affected there, then the accident at the nuclear power plant is definitely not a fire accident that has been brought under control and is insignificant!
Whether Kusay intentionally or not, in short, in Gorbachev's mind, a terrible possibility has emerged, if an accident happens there, then the hundreds of thousands of residents living around the nuclear power plant will probably be in danger!
Putting down the phone, Gorbachev's heart turned, and he said: "Pick me up Comrade Gromyko, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet." ”
Now, the most important thing is to send an absolute heavyweight to Kyiv to confirm on the spot, what is happening there, this person, to have enough weight, but also to have no selfishness, now, Gromyko is a very suitable person, highly respected, in this situation, it is time to ask him to go out once.
This time, because of Qusay's intervention, it was different again. In the Soviet Union, the KGB had a lot of power, for example, they could even listen to the general secretary's phone calls, but even if the conversation between Kusai and Gorbachev was monitored by the KGB, there was no problem, because Kusay's words did not reveal that Iraq was ambushed by spies in the Soviet Union, and the spies discovered these problems, he was just kind, and by the way, he had some thoughts of making a fortune.
However, because of this, in the documents declassified by later generations, Qusay made an outstanding contribution to this matter, and the local residents were even more grateful for his help, so that later, many people voluntarily moved into Iraq and changed their nationality to Iraq.
After Gromyko arrived in the city of Kyiv, the team of experts from the Atomic Energy Utilization Commission also arrived, and they were already surprised by the radiation shè measurements around Kyiv, the cesium-137 and strontium-90 levels were already seriously exceeded, and the further they went in the direction of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the north, the higher the radiation shè dose.
There is no doubt that there must have been a massive leak at the nuclear power plant this time!
Gromyko, who presided over the scene, immediately ordered the army to urgently dispatch to evacuate citizens within 30 kilometers of the nuclear power plant, and at the same time, urgently organize a large number of manpower and material resources to rescue the nuclear power plant.
In later generations, it was not until 48 hours after the accident that some villages close to the nuclear power plant began to evacuate, and for areas within 30 kilometers, the evacuation began seven days later.
At the same time, nuclear experts, risking their lives, entered the nuclear power plant, saw the situation at the site, knew that the most serious accident had occurred this time, and immediately developed a plan to carry out remedial work.
It was a battle in which a few sacrificed to protect the many, and they embodied the virtues of a Soviet people.
At this time, the fire caused by the erupted graphite has been extinguished, but the wreckage of those who put shèxing is everywhere, and they need to use shovels to shovel these wreckage down and then dispose of it, especially on the top floor of reactor No. 3, which is in the immediate vicinity of reactor No. 4, which exploded.
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