Big Time 1958

This is not the re-election since the last conference, but the re-election rate of the Soviet Central Committee members since Brezhnev came to power. Most of the Central Committee members who have not been re-elected are due to disagreements with Brezhnev. All because he died during his tenure. In such a powerful country as the Soviet Union, the natural metabolism must be completed by old age and death?

   He looked haggard like an overworked Serov. Looking at the second row behind, all were familiar faces. Although every conference emphasizes the need to maintain the mobility of the cadre class, but now, he only sees it being done through the death of cadres. Half of the people can't see this. They can only see that the Soviet Union is getting stronger and stronger and is pressing America is out of breath.

   Serov, who had something in his head, was suddenly interrupted by a burst of applause, and the audience burst into warm applause. Brezhnev should have paused in the middle of his speech, and Chernenko led the audience to the warm applause. Serov, who came to his senses, applauded and expressed his support for Brezhnev.

This time at the 25th National Congress of the CPSU in early 1976, it can be said that it was generally very enthusiastic. The speeches of cadres from various places also carried a confidence of victory. From the external environment, the capitalist camp's The world economic crisis has not yet completely passed. The Soviet Union sent troops to capture Constantinople and solved its own confidant in the Near East. Under these conditions, the Soviet Union did not invest more military spending, and the Warsaw Pact achieved unprecedented military advantages over NATO. .

The entire Eurasian continent was firmly controlled by the Soviet Union, and was cut into two sections by the Soviet Union from the middle. At both ends of the Eurasian continent, there was no route that the Soviet Union could not radiate, and all communication lines had to pass through. Soviet Union agreed. If this is a kind of hegemony, the land power in the hands of the Soviet Union has never appeared in human history. Facing the Eurasian countries in any direction, the Soviet Union could gain an absolute advantage. Even if they have US support behind them.

Although this is still a little short of the complete body in the Shelov plan, it is already more than half completed, and the rest only needs to be tinkered with. With this kind of land power in hand, as long as the Soviet Union is not stupid, at least it can be invincible. .

In the internal environment, due to the world economic crisis caused by the skyrocketing oil price, the Soviet Union's opponents were in a daze, and a large number of enterprises went bankrupt. In order to balance expenses, Western European countries relaxed the technological blockade and invested in the Soviet Union, which narrowed the gap between the two sides, not only The Soviet Union and Eastern European countries also generally benefited from this economic crisis.

Under such circumstances, at the 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union this time, it was not Brezhnev alone, but all the Soviet cadres and representatives at all levels who participated in this conference, as if the United States and NATO were close things in front of you. This sentiment infected foreign delegates who attended the conference, including Chile and Cuba in Latin America, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia in Southeast Asia, and representatives from nearly a hundred communist parties across five continents.

   Every time the Soviet Union held a conference, these foreign pro-Soviet parties came to show their solidarity. There were more than 4,500 people sitting in the auditorium. This kind of influence seemed to be stronger than the same period in history.

   Andropov, Secretary of the Central Committee, submitted a report on the prospect of the world communist movement, emphasizing the development of the progressive movement in the world in recent years. The conclusion, of course, is that the century has never been more favorable, and that the situation of the communist movement is very good.

After Andropov spoke, Serov picked up his hat and put it on his head, walked to the front of the podium, gave a military salute to the more than 4,500 Soviet and other delegations in the audience, and said hello in a low voice." Welcome proletarian comrades from all countries to the motherland of the proletariat, and let me explain the current security situation.”

After the warm applause, he pretended to put on glasses without degrees, and Serov nodded to the representatives from all directions. Comrade Dlopov has already mentioned the development of the world communist movement. Let me explain from the perspective of national security, the security situation of the entire socialist camp at the current stage. Twenty years ago, for the peace of the entire Eastern Europe and its own country, the Soviet Union had to be Forced the organization of the Warsaw Pact system to prevent a sudden attack by NATO. I believe that anyone with a little knowledge of history will know that the Soviet Union wanted peaceful coexistence with capitalist countries at the beginning, but things have evolved to this day. Here, some countries' attacks on the Soviet Union are completely unjustified."

"Some people say that now the Warsaw Pact countries have an absolute advantage in military power, but they are still not disarmament and are still in an arms race. This is a provocation to world peace, etc. I ask those who ask this question to think about it, the Soviet Union can There were no two wars in a row across the vast Pacific Ocean. Today, the United States has many domestic problems, which have a lot to do with these two wars." Serov continued, "The country that raised this kind of problem should not have noticed another kind of war. In terms of remarks, many Soviet allies on other continents have suggested to us that they should use military force to win Europe under such absolute superiority and completely kill NATO to win the Cold War. But we didn't do that. In fact, I Confrontation is necessary, but we can win without war, and we don’t need to occupy Western Europe, and it doesn’t do us any good.”

"So those capitalist countries, you don't need to worry about the invasion of the Soviet Union, we will watch you grow old in another house with binoculars, instead of killing you. It's not good for us. There is no way, Brezhnev thinks that capitalism is not invincible, he can only go a step further and degrade a kopeck of the capitalist country is not worth, so in comparison, Brezhnev is still Moderators, Serov himself remains a hardliner.

  Shelov had to jump higher to cover for Brezhnev, even if he didn't want to. He had to say something, he had to jump up and down to attract firepower. Only in this way can the wisdom of the general secretary be reflected. Just because Brezhnev said that socialism will defeat capitalism in the future, Serov will say that socialism will defeat capitalism in the foreseeable future.

"Although Comrade Serov's remarks are somewhat optimistic, it is not without reason. The future development of the motherland will require the joint efforts of different comrades to build our motherland." Brezhnev did not say that Serov's remarks were correct, nor did he say No, using his usual method to cover up the past.

   This important congress is just a day for everyone to show their faces. As the big brother of the socialist camp, this is not a purely domestic conference. The reason why the meeting took more than a week was to allow time for proposals from other countries, before the Soviet leadership took a group photo with the visiting leaders.

  Minister of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces - Raul Castro. First Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party - Zhivkov. First Secretary of the Polish United Workers Party - Galek. First Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers Party - Kadar, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union - Kosygin, Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee - Suslov, General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee - Brezhnev, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union - Shelepin is in the first row.

  The second row is the Chairman of the National Security Committee Serov, the Secretary of the Central Committee Andropov, and the Secretary of the Central Committee Ustinov. General Secretary of the Socialist Party of the GDR-Honecker, Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU-Demichev, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party-Zedembar, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party-Ceausescu, Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party The first secretary of the committee - Husak. President of the Polish Council of Ministers - Jarosiewicz.

  The third row is the leaders of socialist parties in Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Iraq, Sudan, Ethiopia, and the Marshal of the Soviet Ministry of Defense. This can be understood as a group photo in which socialism everyone wins. Except for the Chilean President Allende, the first secretary of the Chilean Socialist Party, who has just merged with the Chilean Communist Party, and Angola and Thailand, which are still at war, all countries have gathered . Even the presidents of Greece and Finland, who are not socialist countries, are in the group photo.

A few days of meetings passed quickly, and on the last day of the 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Brezhnev proposed his own adjustment to some important cadres. , served as the chairman of the Ukrainian Council of Ministers, and Serbitsky, the chairman of the Ukrainian Council of Ministers, served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine. The First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine, Sherest, took Polyansky's place as Kosygin's assistant.

It was like a rotation of the three positions, but then Brezhnev suggested that Comrade Shelepin was too busy as the chairman of the Supreme Soviet, so he proposed the vice chairman of the Council of Ministers, Semichasny, to be the chairman of the Central Supervisory Committee. As for the vacant position, Comrade Tykhonov took over.

  Brezhnev handed the position of the chairman of the Central Supervisory Committee, which Shelepin also held, to Semichasny, who was also a close friend of Shelepin, so that Shelepin would not object. At the same time, in this highly anticipated meeting, Shelepin will not object, which also increases the rights of Semichasny. But something seems wrong...

  Brezhnev's proposal was approved by the overwhelming majority of the Central Committee, and the 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was closed.

   "This time he attacked us and Kosygin at the same time, I always feel that things are not so simple." Serov said after leaving the auditorium.

   "Semichasny will not betray us!" Shelepin said confidently, Shelov nodded in agreement, this is impossible. (To be continued~^~)