Big Time 1958

   Every time he thinks that Semichasny and Brezhnev are from the same town, but they are incompatible with each other, Serov wants to laugh a little. Just when he was about to talk to the former chairman about Brezhnev's views, the head of the general affairs office, Servanov, came in and handed him a telegram. Serov took a look and handed it to Semichas. Nei said, "The Argentine defenders of the Falklands have surrendered, and Argentina has lost this war!"

   "This army is also called the army? I remember that Argentina is not the top three in South America?" Semichasne pouted.

"You really don't think of Cuba as South America? When did the top three in South America happen?" Shelov sighed, the mud could not support the wall, no matter how much information the Soviet Union had, what weapons it gave, it was The country can't, he just can't! Whether Argentina can beat Chile now, it is estimated that President Allende already has the answer in mind.

When the British broke through the last natural defense line of Argentina, the Argentine defenders in the towns began to hesitate and become frustrated; on January 14, Major General Menendez, the commander of the Argentine garrison, surrendered to Major General Moore of the Royal Marines. . 9,800 Argentine soldiers became prisoners of war; in addition, 4,167 Argentine soldiers alone were repatriated to Argentina by the ocean liner Canberra. At the end of the war, Britain recaptured its own overseas territories.

  There is a lot of negative news about socialist countries, but no one says that socialist countries cannot fight. This is the same as the Chinese Keyboard Politician Alliance in later generations, summarizing the reasons for China's pills, system, environment, industrial organization, population quality, etc., but no one has ever doubted that the People's Liberation Army cannot fight wars. The Pill Party never even doubted the combat effectiveness of the army.

   After the Falklands War, the top three in South America have become Cuba, Chile and Brazil. The order is correct. Cuba is the South American country with the most powerful military force besides the United States. Chile is the most powerful navy in South America, and the Soviet Union has also undertaken orders for two cruisers from the Chilean Navy, which are the Glorious-class cruisers ready to start construction.

   Britain finally won this difficult victory in front of the world, but the price paid behind this victory was too heavy. The first aircraft carrier to be sunk after the war gave Soviet Granite anti-ship missiles a reputation far more than France's Flying Fish.

The only point of    is that the Soviet Union will not sell it. So far, the success rate of the next-generation heavy anti-ship missiles used to replace granite is still 50%. This is not a success rate for active military equipment.

  Andropov has emphasized several times at the Central Plenary Session that improving production relations in the Soviet Union is not only imminent, but also imperative, and the necessity of reform “can neither be avoided nor circumvented.” There should be a relatively complete and flexible management system. Chernenko also publicly stated that the issue of reform should be taken seriously and that "reasonable risks" should be taken if necessary.

   "Comrades, our country is only on the long road to developed socialism, and the task is still very long." At the plenary session, Andropov lowered his tone for developed socialism for the first time. Serov was not very satisfied with this, because he felt that this generalization of the early stages of socialism was more appropriate.

   First of all, the Soviet Union and the United States are now neck and neck, at least in this history, absolutely neck and neck. The Soviet Union's control over the Eurasian continent far exceeds that of any country in history. This kind of land power authority, as long as there are no traitors at the level of general secretary in the Soviet Union, according to the martial arts novels, it is inherently invincible.

   Serov thinks that the benefits of lowering the pace a little are huge. Thinking that the primary stage of socialism is on par with the United States, don’t ordinary people feel that the future of the country is very good? As for what the middle stage of socialism will look like, we can say it at a later time. When China proposed the primary stage of socialism, it was really the primary stage, and it was too far from the United States, so a large number of leading parties appeared in the early days.

   This is very normal, but Serov believes that when the gap between the Soviet Union and the United States is not large, this kind of thing will never happen. After all, the foundations of the two countries are absolutely different. But neither Andropov nor Chernenko agreed, and it didn’t matter. Neither of them would survive for long. When the Soviet Union was in charge of the general political commissar, it was enough to change developed socialism into an early stage of socialism.

After Andropov and Chernenko finished their speeches, Serov stood in front of the rostrum, coughed softly and said, "The current work of the security department is mainly focused on the production efficiency of various enterprises, alcoholism, The sabotage and the resulting social security issues, after the retirement of General Sherokov, General Fedorchuk will lead the Ministry of Internal Affairs to continue to maintain the security and stability of the country, and establish a transparent whole-of-society monitoring system, which includes everyone, whether it is Cadres and people are all part of it, modern society pays attention to evidence, and security departments rely on the law, this is what I want to say, the unshakable legal foundation is our best support."

"With the consent of Comrade Andropov and Comrade Chernenko, the Central Presidium has adopted the following resolutions on the adjustment of major enterprises!" Serov read aloud, "emphasizing the need to implement democratic management, cadres to participate in labor, and workers to participate in labor. Participate in management, reform unreasonable rules and regulations, combine workers, leading cadres and technicians. Under the supervision of a comprehensive monitoring system and the central government's regulation of various enterprises, the advantages of socialism are brought into play. Of course, the full implementation of It is still too early, we will select some companies that are not running smoothly at this stage for implementation, and initially 2,400 companies will be selected for implementation, and if there is obvious effect, it will be promoted to the whole country.”

   There were some new faces in this meeting. These new faces of local state party secretaries usually went out from two departments, the Central Liaison Department and the Central Supervisory Committee, and a small number of KGB second secretaries were righted. There are many state party secretaries Shelov are familiar with, because they all used to be Semichasny and his subordinates.

   "I mean, to completely reverse the problem of social security, the Ministry of Internal Affairs must be replaced." At the KGB headquarters in Lubyanka, General Fedorchuk, the new Minister of Internal Affairs, is reporting to Serov. The latter was serious and serious, not annoyed that he was forced to put his secretary's pants on when the other person came in.

Although the General Political Commissar was forced to stop directing his work, he also knew that General Fedorchuk had business affairs. But he wanted to ask, is this the reason why you fired more than 3,000 people after taking office for a month? Well, even if...

"It seems that this year's target for new staff recruited by major colleges will be improved a lot." Shelov nodded slightly. As far as she knew, after General Fedorchuk became the Minister of Internal Affairs in history, 100,000 people were fired in three years. On average, more than a hundred people were fired from the Ministry of Internal Affairs a day, eliminating one-tenth of the total number of members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Lao Maozi's style is so simple and rude.

   It can be seen that since the establishment of the Soviet Union, the behavior of security cadres has been so direct, but Serov wanted to say, "I like it!"

   The reasons for expulsion include taking power for personal gain, buying cars and villas, etc. It was precisely in the 1980s of the Soviet Union that economic crimes by state cadres were rampant, and what they did under the guise of "everything for the interests of the people" went against the interests of the people. A great deal of wrongdoing stems from party institutions. Fedorchuk tried to reverse this situation and save the Ministry of Internal Affairs and thus the Soviet Union.

  Look, how else is the KGB the most conscientious department of the Soviet Union? Serov nodded and asked, "Is there any difficulty? Or do I need any help?"

   "I want to transfer Yuri Mikhailovich Churbanov!" General Fedorchuk directly explained his intentions, targeting Brezhnev's son-in-law.

   Serov must praise this behavior. So far, General Fedorchuk has done two things as Minister of Internal Affairs. The first thing is to introduce a large number of KGB cadres and absorb the Ministry of Internal Affairs into the KGB. The second thing is to clean up Shelokov's henchmen, including Brezhnev's son-in-law.

   These two things are what Serov wants to do, or why did Andropov trust the KGB cadres so much? These are all their own people, even if General Fedorchuk was introduced to the KGB by Zinev.

"Then let him get out of the way. If the security cadres can only lead belts and shine shoes, he might as well go to the writers' association!" Serov was also very direct. If Brezhnev was not his father-in-law, how could Churbanov be? It is possible to achieve the position of the first deputy minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, why should he? Just because he can hang Brezhneva?

   "Thank you for your support, Chairman, I must rectify the Ministry of Internal Affairs and completely reverse the problem of sabotage and waste." General Fedorchuk said very happily. For him, the support of the chairman of the KGB is very important.

   "Go, I will definitely support you?" Serov smiled, waiting for General Fedorchuk to leave. He couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed. The group of cadres is nothing more than a few groups, with fellow villagers as a group, it is Brezhnev's Dnipro gang, and departments as a group, it is Shelepin's Communist Youth League.

  The KGB was a very special department within the Soviet Union, responsible for intelligence, security, military and economic oversight. It is easier to form a value with this department as the core. It is Zinev and Zweigon who have not formed such a value. It is Chebrikov and Fedorchuk who have formed this value.

   Soon Fedorchuk dismissed Churbano's work and handed it over to Vasily Yakovlevich Lerzepekov, who was transferred from the KGB.

"I don't believe that Comrade Fedorchuk is selfish. His children have died. For Comrade Fedorchuk, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is his home, so I believe him!" At the meeting of the Central Presidium, Serov said: Fedorchuk's behavior was maintained.