After living in a parallel world for so long, he couldn't figure out whether the qiē in front of him was just some kind of illusion, or whether it was a reality that was as real as every day in the real world.

The lieutenant general comrade at the table was a little melancholy, but Valentina on the other side raised her head and showed a shallow smile at him:

"Is it deserted? So, how about some music? ”

As he spoke, he stood up, and with a long-standing tacit understanding between the two, the young detective knew that Victor would not refuse, so he walked briskly to the side of the dining room and pressed the button of the tape player; With a soothing prelude, the sound of the piano rises and reverberates through the small dining room.

On such a distant winter night when the flames of war were burning, in a snow-covered resort villa, holding a shallow half a glass of red wine, Long Yun, whose eyes fell on the contents of the glass, listened attentively, and he seemed to be able to hear the "rustle" sound of snowflakes falling on the roof and the canopy from the refreshing piano sound.

The sound of the piano sounded quite familiar, and he knew that it was Sophia Kochakina's playing.

Having dinner with a young woman in the sound of the piano, the cold atmosphere has disappeared unconsciously, a very ordinary dinner, Long Yun, who temporarily put aside his worries, but also used it very easily, he put away those work talks very appropriately, and turned to chat with Valentina, who was sitting opposite, the two raised a glass from time to time to take two sips, and while talking, a delicate pink appeared on the woman's face. Gray-black eyes. It also brought a bit of confusion and excitement.

Unknowingly, I had dinner. But they still sat at the dining table and didn't move, and the topic of the two returned to work.

"Victor, the vacation is coming to an end, and you've got some new assignments, aren't you?"

"yes, I'll be busy soon."

As soon as he thought of the next task, Long Yun felt a little heavy, and the arrangement of the Air Force Command was only one of them. On top of that, he has the burden of investigating the mystery, and no one can help him in this matter, and he can only find time to do his job as Viktor Rezenov. Thinking of this, Long Yun felt a trace of regret, he wondered, when he reported to the general secretary and the general head of the KGB today, if he left a trace of clues that could be traced, would it be helpful for the next action?

Thinking of these complicated affairs, Long Yun's love xù was a little slack, but he soon noticed that Valentina's love xù was also not high. It took a little peeping to know what she was worried about.

After a while. After raising his glass and drinking the remaining red wine, the young agent looked at the man opposite.

There was a hint of nervousness in the tone of inquiry:

"So, now that the battle in the Southern Theater has been fought, you are going to the Far East next...... Will you leave Stavropol and go somewhere else? ”

"Well, in fact, the jury is still inconclusive,"

Knowing the girl's thoughts, Long Yun's words picked up quickly, and he replied in a tone that was close to comfort, "I will probably go to Komsomolsk first, and go on a business trip to the aviation industry complex under the Sukhoi Bureau." After that, hehe, don't you also know, it should be to participate in the strike against the enemy in the east, the specific schedule, I don't know, I don't know yet. ”

"Yes, is that so?"

Hearing Viktor talk about the next action arrangement, which was not quite the same as her own guess, Valentina felt a little relieved, she originally thought that Viktor Rezenov, who had been promoted to lieutenant general of the aviation forces, would leave the front line of the battle, and it would be possible to separate from herself from now on.

"yes, of course. ――Are you worried that the change in my job position may affect the progress of safety and security work? Raising this question in another way, seeing the girl's eyes blinking and nodding slightly, Long Yun responded with a smile, "No, even if I go to the Far East next, I still have to take to the air to fight, of course, I don't know the specific arrangements yet." As for security, unless you think the Siberian winter is too cold, we can continue to fight side by side like this. ”

"Too cold......

Realizing that the man in front of her was telling a bad joke, Valentina had a knowing smile on her face, and she happily chatted with Victor for a few more words, and finally said "Who is so afraid of the cold", and ran to clean up her things.

During the casual conversation just now, knowing that Viktor would leave the next day, the diligent KGB agent took care of all the personal belongings in the villa and was ready to leave. Having learned about the action arrangements of this ace lieutenant general before, there were some inexplicable worries, but now that she had received the exact news, Valentina, who was in a happy mood, ran upstairs to take a bath after finishing this qiē; Hearing the faint sound of rushing water, Long Yun, who was still sitting in the living room flipping through the materials, also had a slight movement in his heart, he put the text back into the brown paper bag, and also went to take a bath to prepare for an early rest.

In the cold winter season of Moscow, the outdoor temperature has long been far below freezing, but the well-heated villa is still full of spring, in the bathroom unhurried shower, the feeling of hot water on the body makes the young man squint his eyes very pleasantly, and now a new journey is imminent, just take this opportunity to relax.

However, physical relaxation is easy to do, but mental relaxation is not so easy to do.

Just as he was taking a bath, humming a little song, Long Yun's mind did not pause, but was considering the many things that Viktor Rezenov's identity would face.

Regarding the next action arrangement, the information in the bag has been introduced in quite detail.

With regard to this world war, which broke out in early 1996 and lasted for nearly a year, although the Warsaw Pact bloc had already gained superiority in Western Europe and the Middle East, and had also won a series of victories at the level of battles, NATO, led by the United States, did not show any sign of a truce, and even more urged its allies in the east and west to take action, assuming a tough posture of carrying the war through to the end.

In the face of this situation, it is naturally an unrealistic illusion to speak of peace, and the strategic decision of the Red Empire is very clear, that is, to continue the war until the enemy can no longer bear the greater cost and surrender to the defeat.

Long Yun had already learned of this decision long before he set off for the "dead city", when General Secretary Malenkov asked him "which direction is more suitable", this question is naturally not something that he can answer as a front-line pilot, but if he imagines it, most of them will think that the next offensive direction of the Warsaw Pact bloc is Britain -- the reason is very simple, the entire Warsaw Pact bloc's politics, population, and economy are mainly distributed in Europe, and this is also the most important strategic direction in the Soviet military theory, in order to calm the situation in Europe, Naturally, the significance of completely eliminating the strategic threat of the NATO bloc and pulling out the springboard of Britain hanging alone outside the European continent is of extraordinary significance.

Based on the pattern of the real world, Long Yun's inference is so, but today, after contacting General Secretary Malenkov and General Sergeyev, he learned that the next strategic direction was chosen in the Far East, which made him a little incomprehensible.

However, if you think about it a little deeper, it's not an inexplicable choice.

The barking United Kingdom, and Japan, which has a low-key membership in NATO, will surely be the former who will be more likely to attract firepower at first glance.

However, as the so-called "soldiers do not get tired of cheating", this kind of obvious fact on the table is easy to be expected by the opponent, and Long Yun also knows that attacking Britain with strategic nuclear weapons is not as simple as a military exercise, and there are many variables, or it is a little difficult to decide.

Judging from the current news some time ago, the United Kingdom, which has made the move of "recovering the nuclear key", seems to be ready to independently control nuclear weapons; Regardless of whether this gesture is true or not, if a military offensive is really launched, we have to take into account the possibility of the opponent taking a brazen risk when cornered. Even if it is logically said that this kind of situation of launching nuclear weapons and killing oneself will never happen, the so-called war is full of accidents and impossibilities, and no one dares to say that the British will not dare to use nuclear weapons, which makes the cross-sea attack a strategic gamble with an uncertain future.

The United Kingdom in the west was not easy to deal with, and an offensive in the Far East did not seem to be the established strategic policy of the Red Empire.

After scrubbing, drenching hot water under the showerhead, Long Yun simply roughly imagined the war situation in the Far East; With his real-world knowledge background, he doesn't need to think too much, and he feels that this direction does not seem to be optimistic, and the reason is actually simple.

In a word, the population and economic density of Siberia is simply too low.

If we put aside this qiē and look at the strategic pattern of the whole world only from the perspective of the distribution of the country, it seems that the Soviet Union, with its vast territory, has two main strategic directions, and it is indeed facing the NATO bloc head-on in the east and west. Looking at the coat of arms of Tsarist Russia and post-collapse Russia, the "double-headed eagle" symbol also seems to signify the huge nation's equal attention to East and West.

However, the confrontation in the Cold War and the symbol of the "double-headed eagle" are completely different from the rough first impression, and are constrained by physical geography and social and humanistic conditions, but the historical Red Empire has always regarded Europe as the first priority of its strategic security system, and in contrast, the confrontation in the Far East is at best a secondary strategy of its vast territory.

To put it bluntly, as a continental power in the traditional sense, there is no very urgent strategic threat to the Far East, and the Red Empire, which focuses on the construction of land forces, will naturally not attach as much importance to the Far East as it attaches to Europe, but needs to confront NATO's dense population, developed economy, and more far-reaching political influence in Europe. (To be continued......)