USSR 1991

"What's going on? Why did the fight start?" He glanced at the college student who was beaten to the ground, and Lieutenant Colonel Barankenov asked the soldier kindly.

"Are you the commander of this group of people?" The Tbilisi university student who still couldn't see the form snorted coldly and asked directly.Seeing Lieutenant Colonel Baranknov's affability, his attitude became arrogant, and he didn't look like a prisoner at all.

Lieutenant Colonel Barankenov shook his head helplessly. These pampered college students always like to flaunt their self-centeredness. Once they are encouraged by other people's so-called freedom and independence, they will be bloody, and they can't see the form of joining and betraying the motherland. ranks without knowing it.And these people with a weak concept of the legal system do not know the seriousness of the problems they are doing.

Lieutenant Colonel Baranknov nodded and said, "I am the commander of the operation, Lieutenant Colonel Baranknov."

"Well, I want to know how long you will detain me before you let me go?" The college student asked a question that made Lieutenant Colonel Baranknov dumbfounded.

Lieutenant Colonel Barankenov squatted down, keeping the same level as the college students sitting on the ground, and asked, "Son, what's your name?"

"My name is Yakov." The college student whose name was asked answered Baranknov's question.

"Yakov, why did you join this riot?" Lieutenant Colonel Barankenov asked another question.

"For Georgia's freedom and democracy." At this point, Yakov's tone seemed a little excited, and he clenched his fists and said, "Jefferson said that the flowers of freedom must be watered by the blood of patriots and tyrants. We are doing this for Georgia. struggle for freedom!"

Lieutenant Colonel Baranknov sneered, and said, "I've also heard a saying from Wilde that patriotism is an evil virtue. Is this what you call fighting for Georgia?"

Lieutenant Colonel Barankenov grabbed his collar and picked up the poor guy. He grabbed Yakov and walked to a row of corpses covered in white cloth, and asked gloomily, "Is this also the case?" What are you fighting for in Georgia? Know who they are?"

Yakov shook his head, how could he know who was lying under these shrouds with his indifferent nature.

"Okay, let me tell you." Lieutenant Colonel Baranknov pulled him in front of the corpse. He lifted the white cloth and pressed Yakov's head in front of the corpse so that he could see clearly with his eyes wide open.

A pale and bloodless dead face came into close contact with Yakov. The college student screamed in fright and wanted to move her away from him, but was forcibly moved by Lieutenant Colonel Baranknov. Hold your arms together, unable to move.

"The body in front of you is Lisa, and after you thugs stormed into her room at two o'clock last night, shot her parents, you raped the poor child right on the bed, and then used The pillow smothered her to death. This child is only 12 years old, you bastards, you can die no matter how many times."

Lieutenant Colonel Baranknov became more and more annoyed as he spoke. He lifted another shroud, and inside was a charred corpse, with only a row of sparse teeth and empty eye sockets staring helplessly at the sky. .

"This is Oleg, a communist who has served the citizens of Tbilisi loyally for decades, a true patriot, you broke into his house at one o'clock last night, knocked him and his wife down and set them on fire The house was directly burned to death, and a swastika sign was erected in front of his house, do you think you people deserve to die?"

"I didn't kill these people. The result we want is not like this." Yakov said regretfully while wiping away his tears.

Lieutenant Colonel Baranknov's strength is much stronger than this college student. He grabbed Yakov directly like a chicken, his arms were bruised due to too much force, "You selfish people , there is no rule of law, no morality, and everything in sight. Only the so-called disorderly freedom and anarchism. To be honest, I really want to shoot you young people who don't know the heights of the world, but I am a soldier. You have no right to decide your life or death, but you'd better remember one sentence, you people will be sanctioned by the Soviet people! Do you hear me clearly?"

Lieutenant Colonel Baranknov's words were more lethal than bullets, and Yakov in front of him was already sobbing softly and speechless.Ashamed?remorse?Lieutenant Colonel Baranknov was too lazy to understand what was going on in the man's mind.Everyone has to take responsibility for their actions and pay for what they did wrong.

As for whether these people were directly judged by bullets or distributed coal to the ice and snow of Siberia, it depends on the mood of the trial judge.

Chapter 87 Capture and defection

"President Yanayev, we have brought the situation under control in Tbilisi, and now the riots are gradually calming down." Defense Minister Yazov brought this good news to Yanayev as soon as he returned to the Kremlin.

"Oh, yes, I see." Yanayev's answer was somewhat understated. He didn't show his joy when he heard the good news. Instead, he looked worriedly at the report Victor brought back for him.This international arms dealer not only sells arms, but even works as an intelligence agency. Even the news that the riot planners Costava and Chantulia entered Turkey through the border was intercepted by Victor and presented directly to Yanayev's desk, which made him complain and dissatisfied with the intelligence collection of the KGB department.

"Comrade Yazov, I'm thinking about a question. What do you think needs to be done to allow Patty Ashvili to be the first secretary of the Soviet Central Committee of Georgia again, so as to minimize the resistance from the Georgian national forces?" Yana Yev closed the report, raised his head and asked Yazov such a question.

"We just took advantage of this incident to arrest nationalists wantonly, shut down newspapers, radio and television, so that we can fundamentally eliminate the hotbed of nationalism." Minister of Defense Yazov said, he has always felt that the Soviet Union It is very incomprehensible for enemies to reason. As long as the torrent of steel continues to move forward, all enemies will be crushed under the tracks.Without exception.

Yanayev said, "I think this is not enough. We also need to fundamentally discredit the democratic forces and make them completely enemies of Georgia. Use this Tbilisi incident to hype how the people stand. On the side of the Soviets, there is also the despicable deeds of the Georgian rebels, so that the Georgian extremist forces without any propaganda will eventually die."

After Yanayev's vigorous rectification and Surkov's re-planning, the Soviet Propaganda Department is no longer the enemy's department in the Propaganda Department. After reversing the disadvantage of the public opinion position, they have truly become the Soviet Union's most lethal propaganda minions.After throwing away those empty slogans and the same glorious image, the Soviet Propaganda Department, which paid more attention to the details of the people at the bottom, successfully reversed the unbearable image in the hearts of the people.Of course, all of this is inseparable from Yanayev's guidance.

"Oh, by the way, Comrade Yazov, there is one more thing to tell you about calling you here." Yanayev, who suddenly remembered the business, put Victor's information in front of Yazov, " This is the information we have intercepted that the planners of the riot, Kostava and Chantulia, are going to flee from the Georgian border and go to Turkey. I think you can mobilize the nearest troops stationed in Georgia to intercept."

Yazov, who had held his breath against these rebels for a long time, finally got Yanayev's permission, which means that the Soviet army's tolerance of Georgian nationalist forces from 1989 to the present can finally be vented at this moment .It is the saddest thing about the Soviet Union to know that the demonstrations of the Georgian democratic forces indulged by Shevardnadze were even approved by Moscow.

Different from Gorbachev's wholehearted desire to bring down the Soviet Union, everything Yanayev has done is to strengthen Moscow's control and make these divided countries re-understand what they should stand on. location, what to say.

Yazov bowed deeply towards Yanayev, suppressed his excited tone and said, "I will not let you down, President Yanayev, I guarantee that the separatist forces will be punished most severely." punish."

The escape of Costava and Chantulia was not within Zviard's calculations. These two guys who held American foreign aid and sold American arms aid were ready to throw themselves into the arms of Western Europe.Just like the plots they made up in their hearts, to fool those foreigners, how these patriots fought the most tragic struggle with the evil and powerful Soviet gray cattle, and how they were ruthlessly knocked down, shaping themselves into great and heroic role.

Of course, as for how these great and heroic leaders left their teams and escaped alone with dollars in their pockets, it is not within the narrative of the tragic plot.When Costava and Chantulia fled, everything was light and simple. In addition to the funds provided by the United States and NATO, dollars from the stolen helicopters and Hummers were also put into their pockets.

If those rioting extremist forces knew that they originally owned Humvees and helicopters, they had all been exchanged for US dollar bills by the leaders of the movement and put them in their pockets. I don’t know what expressions they would have.

"Chantulia, we're almost at the border." Costava shook Chantulia's arm, trying to wake him up.Joining teams are waiting for them at the border, leading them away from this oppressed land.The car stopped at the border, waiting for the Turkish connector to appear.

This is a desolate and uninhabited hill, except for some trees, there is flat grass, and the field of vision is unobstructed.At the beginning, arms were secretly sent into the territory of Georgia through this channel, but no one thought that it would not be long before the two leaders of the people's movement would flee this land, apply for so-called political asylum, and hide in Europe Go enjoy yourself.

"I really didn't expect us to be reduced to such a point." Costava said with some regret. He finally looked back at the homeland where he was raised, and felt a little helpless when he thought of going into exile in another country.But fortunately, the property in his own name is enough for him to spend the rest of his life, so Costava's brows relaxed a little.

"Who would have expected such an ending. If Zviad hadn't used us as a scapegoat, we could have received more American aid, and the Georgian movement would have continued." Chantulia said a little brazenly Said, he raised his hand and glanced into the distance, muttering to himself, "It's strange, why haven't the Turks who joined the joint show up yet? Logically speaking, they should show up soon."

"Well, I also feel that something is wrong." Costava, who vaguely noticed some vibrations on the ground, climbed up a small dirt slope next to him, but saw the scene he didn't want to see the most.

"Oops, it's the Soviet army." Costava's eyes widened. He would never have thought that the Soviet army had been ambushing here for a long time in order to arrest them.

Two Mi-24 gunships were flying towards him. The huge airflow from the rotating rotors bent the grass at his feet, blowing Kostava so hard that he couldn't open his eyes, and quickly took a few steps back.Seeing that the driver of the car was about to turn around and leave, a BMP2 armored vehicle rushed out of the bushes, like a huge bear, blocking the back road of the car with its body.The machine guns on the armored vehicle aimed at the two people in front of them.

The exaggerated arrest of the armored forces was not a big deal, but a warning to another group of people on the border who planned to do it. In the face of the powerful Soviet armored forces, anyone is an insignificant existence.

The soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who had already ambushed in the grass, swarmed up, and Kalashnikov pointed his gun at these two despicable villains.

"Don't shoot, we surrender." Chantulia and Costava dropped their luggage and knelt on the ground with their heads in their hands.The soldiers pressed them directly to the ground, tied their hands behind their backs, and pushed them onto the armored vehicle.

What awaits these two men will be the trial of Soviet law.

The arrest of Kostava and Chantulia also marked the complete end of the Tbilisi riots.

Chapter 88 Public Opinion Offensive

The Tbilisi incident greatly stirred the nerves of the US government, especially Robert Gates, the director of the CIA, seemed extremely excited.The Soviet army's suppression of the people's demonstration will undoubtedly become the most sensational news this year.What the Western world has to do is to completely disintegrate and collapse the people's fragile trust in the Soviet government through massive propaganda and reports.

Even if Yanayev has a lofty political vision and strategic means, a government that has lost the trust of the people will collapse in the midst of condemnation.For this reason, Robert Gates specially went to the White House to find President Bush, and begged the President to pass a special budget to press the last straw for the notorious evil empire of the Soviet Union.

President Bush showed great interest in Robert's plan. After the Khrushchev era, the bureaucratic style of the propaganda department of the Soviet government caused their position of public opinion to lose step by step.However, under the careful planning of the CIA, the United States portrayed the leader of the free world on a global scale, and denounced the Soviet Union as an evil empire that threatened world peace.

"Propaganda in the United States alone is not very effective, because the image of the Soviet Union has been deeply ingrained in the hearts of the people. We need to use anti-communist secret radio stations, newspapers and magazines to inform the people of the major Soviet Union countries about the Soviet army. The crimes committed in Tbilisi. In this way, the already unpopular Soviet government will completely slide into the abyss."

"We still need to distort the facts as much as possible, even if we use rumors and malicious smears. We will portray the Soviet Union as a stumbling block hindering the progress of the world, and use US dollars to fund their domestic intellectuals to help build momentum, creating a An atmosphere of unpopularity within and without the Soviet government."

The report presented by Robert can be said to be heart-wrenching. Of course, President Bush welcomes this form very much.Soon, the propaganda campaign of peaceful evolution was launched in the United States. Through the support of puppet radio stations, a public opinion war was waged against the Soviet Union.Deliberately exaggerating the death toll in the Tbilisi incident, while distorting the real cause of the Tbilisi incident, and falsely pretending that the rioters were freedom fighters against dictatorship and oppression.Intellectuals in the Soviet Union also gathered support and sympathy for the Georgian people on a large scale for the first time after martial law.

The entire western world is hyping the brutal suppression of the Soviet Union and Yanayev’s bloody rule. Some reports even put Yanayev and Hitler together, satirizing him as one of the culprits that hindered world peace in the twentieth century .

When all the reports in the United States criticized the Soviet Union, only Radio Columbia chose to remain silent.Wallace, who had in-depth contact with Yanayev, did not believe the mainstream propaganda in the United States.Because he knows exactly what kind of character this leader is.Being unreasonable is a common problem of politicians, but Yanayev is far from being as unbearable as the mainstream Western propaganda.

Just when everyone thought that the Soviet Union would suffer another blow from Waterloo in the field of public opinion, the Soviet Propaganda Department launched a counterattack under the careful planning of Moscow.

Unlike reporting on the Chernobyl incident, the Soviet Propaganda Department did not block the riots in Tbilisi this time.Rumors stopped at the truth. The newspapers controlled by the Ministry of Propaganda straightforwardly reported the causes and consequences of the Tbilisi incident, and carried out overwhelming reports in the newspapers in the form of headlines.

Under the leadership of Surkov, the Soviet Propaganda Department got rid of the previous rule of corrupt bureaucrats and burst out with great vitality, as if returning to the period of the great October Revolution and the heroic Patriotic War. The tip of the pen becomes a bullet, ruthlessly shooting into the enemy's chest.

In the specially rendered black-and-white photos, there are brave soldiers holding a little girl out of the sea of ​​fire, civilian corpses covered by white cloth with one palm exposed, and bleeding crowd covering their foreheads. Cameraman's lens.Of course, there are also ferocious thugs who aimed their guns at civilians, as well as group photos of the opposition holding swastika signs and making Nazi gestures.