Big Time 1958

   In fact, since the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Red Navy has kept pace with the British Royal Navy. If it was not the U.S. Navy that faced the US Navy, the Soviet Union would get more in the end when it met the navy of any country. Today, seven years later, even the combined European navy is no longer an opponent of the Soviet Red Navy. There is only one enemy left in the Soviet Red Navy. In order to cooperate with the Soviet Union's offensive strategy, the shipbuilding speed of the Soviet Union's major shipyards will only get faster and faster.

"When we can get Nimitz, Guantanamo can be used. Now? The task of the Central Presidium is to establish the second largest airborne troops in Cuba besides our own." Serov looked at Marshal Gorshkov. The office full of ship models, the second largest navy in the world, which already had 70 to 80% of the strength of the United States in the 1980s, finally fell into the hands of the genius general secretary.

   Marshal Gorshkov nodded cautiously after hearing the words, Nimitz's first ship had already started last year. From all kinds of information, this is an unprecedented warship in history. For the US Navy's opponent, the Soviet Red Navy, this is not good news. It is precisely because the Soviet Union's aircraft carrier reserves are not enough that they can only think of ways from other directions. The reason why the Kirov-class strategic cruiser finally became a missile cruiser with a displacement of nearly 30,000 tons has a lot to do with the emergence of Nimitz.

   Even if it is possible to take advantage of the gap between the Red Navy and its opponents, it is still unrealistic to catch up with the US Navy within ten years. Of course, if you consider nuclear war, then it's another matter. All Soviet anti-ship missiles can hang nuclear warheads. The most powerful era of the Soviet Red Navy should actually be in the 1990s. In fact, it was the year before the disintegration. The era in which the Navy and the U.S. Navy were closest in strength.

"Don't say I didn't warn you, it seems that Tswigon is asking people to investigate Azerbaijan. I also heard that there seems to be some problems with the cadres there, but Tswigon may be doing this against your Communist Youth League." The voice on the phone was a bit playful, full of ridicule, "Do our outstanding security cadres still feel good about themselves? Your nest will be copied, and Azerbaijan has left you and Semichas. If something goes wrong, he will It won't involve you."

   "What does it have to do with me, I don't know anyone except Aliyev. But thank you, my friend." Shelov put down the phone, Tsvigon investigates the cadres in Azerbaijan? With Brezhnev's cautious look, there must be a problem with the cadres over there. After thinking about it, Serov called again and told the news to Azerbaijan's First Secretary Kochemasov.

"Since Zweigon is under investigation, it means that there must be a problem in the local area. I was watched by three vice-chairmen and a minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and couldn't help you. Besides, if there is really a problem, I can't help you. Shurik So, Comrade Kochemasov, no matter if you don’t know anything about this matter, you must deal with it quickly so that others can’t attack us with this matter. The situation in Moscow is complicated, don’t let it The first secretary made an excuse to replace you." Shelov said in a very solemn tone, Azerbaijan is the place where he started, just as Alexey said, it is his home. We must not let Brezhnev do it.

   But if there is really a problem, he can't help it. Isn't there a saying that flies don't bite seamless eggs? If you are broken, don't blame the other party for hacking. Once Brezhnev manipulates this issue, Shelepin's character will definitely not stop it, and you have no ability to stop it. He himself has a military position, but no political position, and he cannot interfere in party affairs and the government. Sheloff also doesn't want to vote yes every day, but that's his role.

It is really interesting to think about it. The first secretary, who claims to be the most respectful of cadres, investigates corruption even when his organization is not clean. It can be seen that Brezhnev respects obedient cadres. As for the cadres of the Communist Youth League, they only listen to Xie Lepin. If so, it is no longer within the scope of respect.

  Kochemasov put down the phone, thought for a long time and finally picked up the phone and said, "Let Comrade Aliyev come to see me..."

Kochemasov, who received news of Lubyanka, felt that the problem was serious, and he had to pay attention to this matter. As Serov said, the entire Soviet Union was in a more complicated atmosphere. The first secretary was relatively weak, and the second secretary was weak. The secretary is relatively strong. On the one hand, everyone is singing about unity. On the other hand, because of the different people who support it, the cadres below will also have friction.

   This situation has not been felt very much in Serov in Moscow, because the relationship between Brezhnev and Sherepin is still relatively harmonious, and Brezhnev also respects Sherepin as the second secretary. Serov felt that there should be no conflict in two or three years, but not necessarily at the next plenary meeting of the Central Committee. In the past few years, Brezhnev will spend a lot of time making achievements, and at the same time win over the members of the Central Committee.

"We must ensure the purity of the cadre class. This is also what Chairman Shelepin meant. Of course, I may exaggerate a little about the seriousness of the problem, but in fact, the problems that should be investigated still need to be investigated. I believe the same is true for the first secretary. We must solve domestic problems systematically, and this is our account to all the citizens and 11 million party members." Serov convened all the members of the KGB Presidium and started a counter-offensive at the meeting.

Tsvigon only checked one place in Azerbaijan, and Serov wanted to check the entire Soviet Union, not only in the name of Brezhnev, but also in the name of Brezhnev. Husband and wife are all deputy leaders of the investigation team, and they are preparing to conduct a thorough investigation of the cadre in the Soviet Union.

   The next day's Komsomolskaya Pravda published the instructions given by Serov, expressing his concern for the integrity of the cadre class. The relevant investigation team has been established. Except Serov himself, all of them belonged to Brezhnev.

"What is Serov doing? Are you dissatisfied with me asking Tsvigon to investigate Azerbaijan?" Kirilenko said in a very incomprehensible way after hearing the words, "Is he going to operate on the entire cadre class? After Khrushchev, the cadre class He just calmed down, how dare he do this?"

"He did it all the time, but who told you to investigate Azerbaijan without my permission?" Brezhnev said in a stern tone to his comrades, "You also know that the cadres need to be calm. , We can wait two years for the weakening of Shelepin, now we need to unite and understand? Besides, I still need to adjust the Central Committee members slowly, and now there is a conflict in this situation, can you guarantee to win?"

"Let Zweigon and the others take back some questions. It is not only to show our determination to investigate problems, but also to make the cadres too fearful. Aren't the members of the investigation team all ours? Yura won't investigate by himself. Yes, what can be found out is not what Zweigon and the others said?" Brezhnev thought for a while and made an order, but he still had to support Serov's investigation, which was necessary, he was the first The secretary cannot always say that it cannot be done.

Afterwards, Brezhnev went to Lubyanka, praised the rigorous attitude of the KGB, and reassured the security cadres to investigate, so that the Soviet Union could maintain a good environment, and then in a separate conversation with Serov, he said in a gentle tone, "Yura, I have to say that when Shurik and I first came to power, it was very necessary to find out some problems. But I hope the solution can be a little softer and not cause too much impact. If the cadres If there is a problem, let’s not let the cadres across the country know about it, we can’t still use the methods of the 1930s to solve the problem.”

"Of course not. Since the first secretary said so, we will not deal with it publicly. We will remove and replace some incompetent cadres. If the cadres who have made mistakes are transferred from their posts, if the issue of financial interests is involved, It will be handed over to the court for trial." Shelov replied in a complicit attitude.

  Through this investigation, Serov took the investigation power back from Zweigon's hands and turned the secret investigation into a public investigation. Through the KGB of the republics, began to systematically check some problems. Investigation teams to various places have set off from Moscow and went to various places to understand the situation.

Such an anti-corruption storm started from Lubyanka, and Serov killed the oil town of Baku with the first strike. This is his hometown. He did not want problems. Within a few days, the first secretaries of the three municipal committees And five first district party secretaries were dismissed, and then Aliyev began to interrogate these people. As a major oil town in the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan is very financially rich, so the problem is more serious, even more serious than other places.

"Do you think I'm too ruthless? Then do you know that Tsvigon has already started a secret investigation, and I can still maintain a good reputation by doing the investigation myself. If Tsvigon goes to investigate, maybe the first secretary of Azerbaijan will be replaced now. Now." Faced with the accusation of Semichasne, Serov said calmly, "Fortunately, I found it early, otherwise people would not know about our nest, and I didn't expect those guys to gather together. , it can do something.”

   Yegolychev nodded and said, "The local cadres are indeed a bit outrageous. They are much stronger than us in terms of freedom."

"I just think that the first secretary of the municipal party committee is really worthless, 200,000 rubles? I really don't know what to say." Shelov shook his head slightly, not knowing what to say, a city leader, this amount of corruption Also really cheap. It may be that the cadres in the Soviet Union have not seen the market. If they are allowed to go out a few times, the market may rise when they come back. Not to mention that it is better for cadres to stay in the country, it is really amazing to see more of them in the market.

The most explosive thing at present is not the investigation, but Raul Castro's personal letter. He said something that does not seem to be very important. All the prisoners of the Soviet bloc countries in Cuba have all been Acquired Cuban citizenship. (To be continued~^~)