Big Time 1958

   After the events in Poland and Hungary, the shackles that were originally tied to the KGB are gradually breaking down. This is because Khrushchev wants to start his own reform plan after opposing Stalin. During this process, Khrushchev needed the protection of the KGB, a powerful agency, so that the counter-attack forces that might appear did not dare to act rashly.

   As Khrushchev's reforms became bigger and bigger, the shackles that the KGB had already put on were breaking down faster and faster. This process reached today with Khrushchev's abolition of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the re-merger with the KGB. But the trust of the first secretary is not in vain. Khrushchev is preparing the KGB to clear up the forces that obstruct the reform. At present, the basic strength of the KGB has been restored to the period of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Knowing that Marshal Zhukov was wronged, he could not express any sympathy.

A sign of the change is that when Khrushchev established the supervision system in the future, he handed over the chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers and the Party and State Supervisory Committee to Shelepin. Yes, the KGB did not take back the independent judicial power in the end, but Shelepin. The individual took charge of the Soviet judicial system through the Supervisory Committee. It can be said that Khrushchev helped Shelepin to bypass this problem.

   Before that, Serov still had to defeat Khrushchev's enemy one by one, no matter who the enemy was.

   "Uncle, I saw Big Brother's file at the General Administration of Military Administration!" This sentence made both Marshal Bagramyan and Major General Bagramyan stunned for a moment. The stunned expression and the huge eagle nose are quite funny.

"I think eldest brother is very suitable to serve in the Western Cluster. Well, that's it! The Western Cluster is an elite unit of our Red Army. It shoulders the most important mission and can better build our Red Army." Serov's tone was very understated. .

   This is just to inform the recommendation of the Third General Directorate of Marshal Baghramyan. In principle, the KGB's investigative report for the recommendation of mid-level officers works well. The Ministry of Defense may not understand it at the moment, but I believe that the leaders of the Ministry of Defense will gradually get used to it. Even if Brezhnev is replaced, this kind of doctrine will still not be changed.

   "Come on, our beef stew with potatoes!" With Aunt Tamara's voice, this communist signature dish was brought up, and it didn't take long for each meal to be served. There are also some canned pickled cucumbers as a garnish. Pickled cucumbers are everywhere in Moscow in this harsh winter and are a regular pickle. The food in the Soviet Union is generally not very good-looking, but it is quite conscientious in terms of quantity. If a glass bottle of pickled cucumbers is eaten by Serov. Can eat for a month.

I remember that Serov, in his previous life, once read a book criticizing the Soviet Union in the 1970s. The book criticized was written in this way. The powerful and powerful went to Western Europe for vacation, and the less powerful went to Eastern Europe or Turkey, India, etc. The common people only Going to the Black Sea beach and messing around in a resort in the forest. At that time, I thought that the Soviets were so shameless that they even divided vacations into three, six, and nine classes, but I didn't realize it until I grew up. Doesn't this say from the side that life in the Soviet Union is very good. Serov has never enjoyed the benefits of socialism, and he has never even taken a vacation, let alone a vacation once a year.

  The Soviets were not bad, at least enjoying the benefits of socialism, albeit only for twenty years. In fact, if these benefits are cut off and used as an arms race, it can last for 20 years.

  After eating and drinking. After drinking a little vodka, Serov and his cheap elder brother decided to go out for a walk. It's not cold outside anyway, it's less than minus 20 degrees.

"I can guarantee. The citizens of Moscow will be able to eat fresh vegetables next winter. I can't guarantee how delicious they are, but they are absolutely fresh. There is no need to store potatoes and pickles for winter, at least not so much." Serov in the hat said haha, and took a walk under the streetlights with Major General Bagramyan. Although Russian New Year has been deprived of its Orthodox meaning, it is still a huge holiday for the Soviets, respecting tradition.

"Well, I hope to see that day earlier, you KGB can always come up with some weird things!" Major General Bagramyan patted the younger brother on the shoulder and laughed, although it was a little strange compared to when we were together as a child , but he believed that this person was the younger brother who played behind him when he was a child, the little boy who held back his tears when the news of the battle of Kyiv came.

   "Something weird? Like this?" Serov took out a cigarette case from his pocket and handed it to Major General Bagramyan, explaining indifferently, "I gave it to you, remember to use it for self-defense in case of danger."

"By the way, the blue one is a cigar gun, and the red one is a detector. The detector can detect any living body within 100 meters, but the battery inside can only be used for half an hour. And the cigarette case It is a camera itself..." Opening the cigarette case, Serov explained the functions in detail to his elder brother.

  Major General Bagramyan looked stunned, and after a long time he smiled bitterly, "You agents of the intelligence agency really put all your energy into this, it looks good..."

   "The Secret Service? That's only part of our responsibility!" Sheloff smiled and didn't say much. What specific aspects of the KGB's responsibilities could be involved? He couldn't say it now. But if you want to talk about the departments that are more like secret agencies, in fact, GRU is far more specialized than them, and colleagues are enemies. The decision-making level of GRU is represented by a KGB lieutenant general, who is responsible for contacting GRU. .

The two walked back while chatting. For Major General Bagramyan himself, he likes to serve in the Western Cluster very much. There is always a feeling of being stared at in Moscow. From this point, Major General Bagramyan and Sheloff feels the same. Unlike the generals of the Soviet Red Army, cadres of the Soviet party and government, especially senior cadres, rarely let their children enter government work. First, because the government is very insecure, Stalin's shadow is not too far away. It's not good to have your own children involved in the movement. Second, it is no worse for children to become writers, editors and other light jobs than to be cadres.

   In this case, the target of a cheap big brother like myself is particularly conspicuous, and I am always a little uncomfortable staying in the Taman division.

After a while, the two returned to the villa. The meals had been packed. The eldest brother's sons, Ivan, 10, and Karina, 7, were placing building blocks on the carpet, while their son was crawling on Karina's clothes. come and crawl. While chatting with Marshal Bagramyan and his wife, Valya glanced at her son from time to time.

   "Why is this woman more patriarchal than me?" Sometimes Serov is a little strange, why is Valya more feudal than herself, is it because she is an only child? Growing up, you are used to seeing the only child and don't adapt to the characteristics of the Soviet Union? It may also have something to do with the ratio of males to females in the Soviet Union. Once there is more, it will be worthless, but the difference between China and the Soviet Union is that there are more women in the Soviet Union, and more men in China.

New Years is a rare day for a family to get together. From a practical point of view, Valya's comments about certain parts of Shelov and the undoubted **** are correct at all. If she didn't happen to sneak into the KGB work, she would be able to work in an ordinary position. Compared with the general Soviet people, what is the difference between the Soviet Union and the average Soviet people? The Soviet Union started from elementary school in paper crafting, woodworking, and practical homework, and there will be more and more courses such as those who go to college. In this regard, Serov used his Yuri-like memory and found that In his previous life, he seemed to have only attended a few such classes, and it seemed that he was still taking classes indoors. What about quality education?

In view of this, the current situation in the garage is like this. Major General Bagramyan is holding a wrench up and down on the assigned motorcycle, and at the same time, he asks Serov in a puzzled tone, how can he help him with the tractor when he was a child, but now he lost it. Basic hands-on ability?

   "You can't even repair motorcycles after you arrive at the KGB?" Major General Bagramyan said regretfully, "Even my son knows some basic principles now, but you don't know anything. Give me the wrench!"

"It's been a long time. I'm staring at the documents every day now, and I have no chance! You want to ask me some military secrets, but of course I won't tell you!" Shelov quickly found the wrench with the No. 9 mark. Handed it to Major General Bagramyan.

The steel stamp of the wrench is not the model of the wrench, but the price of the tool. The price has remained unchanged for decades in the Soviet Union. Later, in order to save trouble, the manufacturer directly printed the stamp on the product, such as this wrench, which means nine kopecks. , if you calculate it in rubles, it is nine cents, and the tools of the tool box add up to less than one ruble.

   This is a very **** rule. How can you do this with different work efficiency and output every year? Why not increase the price? Of course, it is a wrench after all, and the wrench has no shelf life. The Soviet Union is a little intolerable when it comes to food that has a shelf life.

   "I'm very surprised, does anyone want to ride a motorcycle in the severe winter?" Serov asked idiotically.

"Every spring, little Ivan's school organizes cross-country races. I'm usually busy, and I just have time to get the motorcycle ready first!" Major General Bagramyan wiped his face and left a mark on his face. A touch of oil stains, very demeanor of the proletarian toiling masses.

Oh! Serov pretended to be like this. It was too embarrassing. He had to ask Valya to popularize Soviet education for himself. When Valya took out a whole set of teaching materials that night, Serov instantly dismissed the thoughts in his heart. , I don't have the same knowledge as you old-timers when it comes to math courses.

   "I think you should go to a university to re-read it, it's only been six years!" Valiya suggested very thoughtfully.

   "No, six years is enough time for me to subvert a country!" Sheloff simply refused, and turned to look at my sister Mao, "Are you mocking me?" (To be continued~^~)