USSR 1991

But it's cool to think about this kind of thing. Of course, I can only think about it with a black belly in my heart, and I can't say it out of my mouth.

Shevardnadze, who was summoned by Yanayev to report what happened, was very innocent.When he faced Yanayev's dumbfounding, Shevardnadze shrugged helplessly and said, "I did follow the general secretary's instructions, but Matlock's aggressive appearance is really annoying, so I will Taught him a little lesson. Who knew Matlock had a physical ailment."

"Okay, okay, this matter is not your fault, Comrade Shevardnadze." Yanayev waved his hand, signaling him not to take it too seriously, "We have generally understood the requirements of the United States. Matlock is just a tentative prelude. The real highlight is yet to come. If I guess correctly, the next thing should be Secretary of State Igor Berg coming to negotiate with us. Americans will not blindly give in , They will definitely take other ways to get their submarine back. For them, the secret of an attack nuclear submarine is much more precious than human life."

Yanayev put down the tableware, wiped his lips with a tissue, and said slowly, "The loss of officers and soldiers of a submarine is just Black Friday. It is a nightmare if we discover the technical secrets of the Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine. The relationship between public opinion has to bear the pain and choose military personnel first. Tsk tsk tsk, it is simply a difficult choice."

"However, Bush's decision will become more difficult." Yanayev raised the corner of his mouth, and couldn't help but want to see what wonderful expression Bush will have next.

A few days later, the major news newspapers frantically reproduced the exclusive news released by the newspapers under the Columbia Television Company overnight.According to reports, an American nuclear submarine sank in an accident in the Soviet Arctic Circle. In the end, the Soviet military rescued all the officers and soldiers in the submarine.However, the United States has been suppressing public opinion, leaving it alone and trying to deceive the public.Wallace also deliberately put together photos of submarine officers and soldiers shivering at sea with photos of them drinking red wine, tasting sturgeon, and socializing with Soviet sailors at the Murmansk naval base, as strong evidence to criticize the government.In fact, even Wallace didn't notice that he incidentally helped the Soviet army make a positive publicity.

The publication of the news caused an uproar in public opinion, and people accused the Bush administration of disregarding the attitude of soldiers' life and death.Even the long-suppressed Democratic Party has found an excuse to attack, dealing a fatal blow to the Republican Party in the months leading up to the presidential election.With the support of political figures, the newspaper office became more unscrupulous in launching public opinion attacks on the Republican Party.

Demonstrators crowded outside the White House to protest against the cruelty and inaction of the Bush administration.The words on their signs vary, but they all mean the same thing, our soldiers are going home!

Some newspapers linked Yanayev’s return of prisoners of war from Afghanistan to the Bush administration’s failure to rescue them, and satirized that the human rights issues of the free America were not as good as those of the Soviet Union, which was portrayed as an evil empire every day.

For this reason, Bush almost fell to the ground in anger. Such an incident of leaking secrets happened in a matter that has always been strictly kept secret. Now it is too late to fix the situation. Countries on the other side of the Pacific have already taken crackdowns before him.

It seems that since the Arctic crisis, the United States has been at a disadvantage step by step, and the Soviet Union did not miss the opportunity to suppress the United States, and even more outrageously wanted to force Bush's leadership position before the presidential election.

Thinking of this, President Bush really panicked.

At the same time, Secretary of State Igor Berg embarked on a trip to Moscow. This was the first time he was negotiating with the Soviets as a representative of the United States to replace American Ambassador Matlock.From the first fight between Shevard Nazer and Matlock, it can be seen that the opponent is not an ordinary person, at least the diplomat's Tai Chi is very good.

After getting off the plane, the first thing Igorberg did was to go straight to the US embassy in Moscow. He first visited Ambassador Matlock who was recuperating from his illness.Although the opponent had suffered a heavy blow, he still hadn't reached the point of being devastated, and the good mental state of the opponent also allowed Igorberg to settle down a little.

Matlock chatted with Igor Berg without saying a word before the hospital bed. He smiled and said that he could finally escape from this hell. He has been suffering every day for the past few months. During this time alone The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union has exceeded the sum of last year.

"I've never been so emaciated, really, Igorberg." Matlock sighed, "I have nightmares every day, because the United States and the Soviet Union are in conflict, and then I am the front line again. The victim of this situation is exhausting."

After a pause, Matlock said with lingering fear, "I never want to face Yanayev again. He is a smiling devil and butcher in my heart. I can only see those shocking eyes in nightmares." Pass."

Igorberg's apple-peeling hand paused, he raised his head and asked, "Is it really so scary?"

"Yes." Matlock nodded. "Especially when dealing with American diplomats, he always seems to have calculations and conspiracies in his smile. So you must be careful not to be calculated by him. But after Stalin, there is not one of the most difficult Soviet government."

Igorberg put the peeled apple in Matlock's hand, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, all the conspiracy and tricks of the Soviets will be defeated in the face of the powerful national power of the United States."

"Well, I hope so," said Matlock worriedly.

After watching Matlock in the hospital bed, Igorberg went to the Kremlin to meet with Shevardnadze. This meeting was secret, so only the United States and the Soviet Union knew of each other's arrival.Igorberg kept his car simple, only accompanied by a few escorts to the Kremlin to meet Shevardnadze.

When he was brought to Shevardnadze's office, Igorberg was a little surprised to find that besides Shevardnadze sitting in the office, there was another man with his back facing him looking out the window. The scenery, as if everything that happened in the house had nothing to do with him.

Igorberg shook hands generously with Shevardnadze in front of him, and said in a friendly manner, "Hi, Minister Shevardnadze, I am US Secretary of State Igorberg."

"Hello, Secretary of State Igorberg, I am very glad that you came to Moscow from a long distance," Shevardnadze said.

Even if he told Shevardnadze, Igorberg's attention would be focused on the man who had been looking out the window from time to time. Finally, he couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked in a low voice, "Where is the man next to him?" Who is that?"

Shevardnadze blinked but said nothing.It was the figure from behind who heard the other party asking him, and turned to face Igor Berg, but when the other party's gaze met his own, Igel Berg was stunned for a moment.

From time to time, a gleam of light flashed in the deep watery eyes, revealing a very mysterious atmosphere all over his body, just like Matlock said, this is the scariest and most elusive Soviet leader he has ever seen.He does not have Khrushchev's stubbornness, Brezhnev's arrogance and Gorbachev's stupidity, and the aura of wisdom and cunning successfully erased those vulgar temperaments.

The most enigmatic leader of the Soviet Union and the most feared adversary of the U.S. government.

"Hello, Secretary Igorberg, I am the President of the Soviet Union, Yanayev."

Yanayev held out a hand to Igorberg and said with a friendly smile.

Chapter 1 Thirty Final Solution

"Let's get straight to the point, President Yanayev." Secretary of State Igorberg knew that the two people sitting across from him were almost scheming Kremlin monsters, and they could see through any calculations and methods at a glance, rather than making no progress It is better to sit down and negotiate conditions openly, at least according to the attitude of the Russians, the latter will make the negotiation faster.

Yanayev moved a chair and sat down. He always looked at each other with a smile on his face, "You said, Secretary of State Igorberg, as long as the conditions proposed are reasonable, we can continue to talk. We are not Unreasonable people, aren't they?"

Huh, it seems that we can continue to talk.Igorberg breathed a sigh of relief, he said, "We feel deeply guilty and disturbed about what happened to our ships in the Arctic Ocean of your country, and hope that this unpleasant incident will not affect the friendship between the two countries." Partnership..."

"Wait a minute." Yanayev interrupted Igorberg with a wave of his hand. He frowned and said dissatisfiedly, "I just need to hear the conditions you put forward, and I'm not interested in other nonsense."

"For the losses caused by your country's submarines, we will pay for the rescue expenses and the arrangement of the soldiers' board and lodging expenses, and we will not lose a penny. However, we also have the condition to return the soldiers as soon as possible, and our rescue ships can enter What are the conditions for salvaging the USS Baton Rouge nuclear submarine in the Arctic Ocean?"

Igorberg thought he had put forward a condition that was reasonable and could make the other party's heart beat, but Yanayev just smiled and shook his head and said, "Do you really think I'm a three-year-old child? Can the terms of the deal be raised?"

"Eh?" Igorberg was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Yanayev to be dissatisfied with these conditions, and asked, "If President Yanayev feels dissatisfied, he can put forward his own opinions. Let’s discuss it, everything is negotiable.”

"Chechnya." Yanayev mentioned a place that has nothing to do with this incident.

Igorberg was a little puzzled, "Chechnya? What do you mean? Aren't we discussing events in the Arctic Ocean?"

"In addition to the two conditions you put forward, add one more. You must order your NATO allies to stop aiding the Chechens. Otherwise, don't say that your rescue ships have entered our waters, and you don't even want those hundreds of sailors. Go back. You don't have to lie to me, Secretary Igorberg, the Soviet Union has one of the best intelligence networks in the world. I see everything you do."

Although the war in Chechnya has stopped, it does not mean that the role of the United States as a world crap stick has stopped attacking itself. Every day, various weapons flow into Chechnya through secret channels and are used by the remaining guerrillas to deal with it. Soviet army.

"There is also a unilateral dispatch of the rescue. We will never let the American rescue ship set foot on an inch of our land. This is also my condition, a condition that cannot be negotiated."

Igorberg pushed his glasses and said with some embarrassment, "I will report what you said to the president. After all, I have no right to decide on such matters."

"The Kremlin has a direct hotline to Washington, Secretary of State Igorberg, you can call and ask now." Yanayev thought of Bush's desperation at this time, and felt amused.The only thing that the US president should consider now is how to satisfactorily resolve the crisis of trust in the government brought about by this incident, so as to keep his position in the next general election.

After Secretary Igorberg called the White House's Office of the President through the hotline, he told Bush the conditions proposed by the Soviets, lowered his voice, and asked in a low voice what should we do?

"What should we do?" Bush, who was disgraced by the news, said angrily, "Of course we did it. Now the Soviets have got hold of us. Thank God, one exposure is enough. If they make another It is not impossible for me to be impeached by Congress. Secretary Igorberg, you have to see clearly that now we are the one at a disadvantage. As long as the other party does not go too far, let him do everything."

"Is this really okay?" Even Igor Berg felt that the Soviet Union's request was a little too much.

"It's up to you to take charge of this matter and grasp the size. As you know, the fate of these hundreds of officers and soldiers is now being watched closely all over the country. If they suffer any losses, you and I will wait to resign and step down!" Bush said. Said angrily, then hung up the phone with a slap, and sat alone at the desk and sulked. Indeed, if the exposure incident had not happened, the US government could still bargain with the Soviets, but now because of public opinion, the initiative is completely is in the hands of the opponent.

Igorberg walked back to the negotiating table again, and he said to Yanayev, "I can agree to all the conditions you put forward, but there is one condition that you must also satisfy me, let me bring our soldiers back as soon as possible. Home."

Yanayev, who deliberately pretended to be distressed, but actually secretly pleased in his heart, sighed and said, "Secretary Igorberg, it's not that we don't want to return your soldiers, but that we are taking patients out of isolation. Room. It’s not a good choice for me or you.”

"If there is anything we Americans will handle, there is no need for the President to bother you so much." Igorberg repeated, "We have already agreed to all your demands, and it is time to return our soldiers, Your Excellency."

"Of course, as long as I receive the information that I will cut off the arms aid and completely cut off diplomatic relations with Chechnya in a few days. By the way, the money for expenses will be transferred to our designated account." Yanayev is like a cunning The fox said with a smile, "We will let people go immediately."

At this point in the negotiation, Igorberg was no longer in a good mood to continue, he nodded expressionlessly, "Very well, I hope President Yanayev can keep his promise, after all, the Americans only want to talk to dealing with reputable countries."

"Hehe, of course." Yanayev smiled meaningfully. He reached out to shake Igorberg's hand and said, "I hope this cooperation will be happy."

Igorberg smiled and shook hands with Yanayev without saying a word, but what he thought was a big FUCK.He has never seen such a cunning and shameless Soviet leader, a philistine, who cares about everything. The United States, which has always claimed to be calculating the world, is being calculated for the first time today.

"This is the first time that our national strength can afford to lose." Igorberg thought with a sneer in his heart, "But your Soviet Union has reached the brink of economic difficulties. I wonder if President Yanayev will still be able to afford to lose in the future." Woolen cloth?"

Chapter 131 The Last Straw

After the verbal war on the negotiating table, due to domestic pressure and the Soviet Union's grip, the United States has humiliated for the first time that it has agreed to most of the Soviet Union's conditions, first paying all the rescue costs, and then stopping the outflow of weapons to the Chechen theater and military personnel support.The Chechnya incident is just a downhill situation. Anyway, the armed forces have lost all resistance, so there is no need for the West to continue to stir up trouble in this area. The loss outweighs the gain.