Chapter 71 Grachev's Turn of Time

All in all, Seryozha hadn't contacted Lebed for more than half a year. After Lebed was injured and returned to China, he was very negative for a while. Seryoshato’s relationship brought him to the military academy to continue his studies, and now he is about to graduate. Lebed already has a good place to go. He will be assigned to the 137th Regiment of the 106th Airborne Division as the deputy head of the regiment.

The 106th Airborne Division is stationed in the cities of Tula and Ryazan in the south of Moscow. It is the ace guard airborne division of the Soviet Union. Since this force was born in 1944, it participated in the liberation of Hungary, Austria, and Czechoslovakia during the Great Patriotic War. And Lebed's 137th Regiment was stationed in Ryazan City, right under the eyes of the Ministry of National Defense. Being able to serve as the deputy head of this unit will naturally make it to the top.

When Seryozha answered the phone, he actually wanted to invite the Lebed family to go to Crimea for vacation. Although Seryozha called all his brothers back this time, they did not plan to discuss anything related to the gang during the vacation. In addition, Lebed was an old leader who was trusted by everyone, so it was a rare opportunity this time. There was nothing wrong with inviting Lebed to his party.

When Seryozha told Lebed about the vacation, Lebed was naturally very happy. Seryozha told Lebed that he had brought some presents from England and asked his men to deliver them tomorrow. Although Lebed didn't say anything, he was very moved in his heart. Seryozha is now an official at the deputy ministerial level. It stands to reason that Lebed gave him a gift, but now it is reversed. It can be seen that Seryozha is still thinking about the friendship he had in Afghanistan.

At the end of the call, Lebed suddenly said to Seryozha: "Seryozha, do you remember Grachev?"

"What are you mentioning him for?" Seryozha said with some displeasure.

"I also just found out that Grachev has just made great contributions recently, and I am afraid that he will take over as the chief of staff of the division." Lebed replied.

"Chief of staff, how could he be the chief of staff, just because of his skills?" Seryozha asked curiously.

"Seryozha, this guy also bought his life. He led the whole regiment to attack an arsenal of mujahideen, but was surrounded by the enemy. Later, he used the troops of the Afghan People's Army as bait, and after breaking through, he turned back Surrounded the mujahideen forces. Completely wiped out this group of enemies! This is a rare victory after the start of the Afghan war! I am afraid that a Soviet hero will not be able to escape, and Grachev will have a good time!" Lebed detailed on the phone said.

"I'm afraid few of the troops of the Afghan People's Army survived! Only he can do this kind of trick!" Seryozha said disdainfully.

"Seryozha, Grachev wants me to say sorry to you! He said he was sorry for you!" Lebed said to Seryozha on the phone.

Seryozha did not speak, when he was in Afghanistan. Seryozha once regarded Grachev as a good person. Although he finally saw his true face clearly, Seryozha really didn't hold grudges against Grachev in his heart like he hated Chernenko. But he didn't expect Grachev to have a fortune. However, Lebed's words alone made Seryozha give up his hostility to Grachev, and Grachev took it for granted.

Seryozha didn't want to refute Lebed's face, so he avoided the subject. After the two chatted for a few more words, Seryozha hung up the phone.

On the way back, Seryozha remembered what he had heard that day. Churbanov, who thought he was invincible at the time, is now in panic all day long, but Grachev, who seems to be at the end of his life, suddenly turned over. It's really a flower without a hundred days,

No one is good for a hundred days.

Seryozha couldn't help feeling the impermanence of the world. At the beginning of the year, Gorbachev also faced the embarrassment of retiring. Although he was the youngest member of the Politburo Standing Committee, under the circumstances at the time, he could not avoid the practice of competing for the general secretary to step down after failure. But even some deeply rooted concepts and systems are not immutable. Thinking of this, Seryozha became more confident in the competition for the Foreign Trade Bank. This was the first challenge he encountered after entering 1985.

Seryozha had one more person to meet before leaving Moscow, and that was Director Morgin of the KGB Sixth Bureau. In the attack on the gsm team, Morgin's intelligence played a big role. In fact, Seryozha has always hoped to get on the way of the KGB, but the KGB was too nb in the past, and officials at the level of Seryozha simply ignored them. But now, the KGB has unconsciously lost this sense of superiority.

Since it was his first visit and the other party was the KGB, Seryozha still wanted to keep a low profile as much as possible. He did not bring expensive gifts to visit Morgin, but only brought a bottle of good wine to visit.

"Minister Ulyanov, I didn't expect you to come back from England so soon. I still want to visit you. Who would have thought that you would take the initiative to come to see me? It's really rude!" Morgin said a little cautiously.

"Director Morgin, just call me Seryozha, and we should not call each other by the names of those positions!" Seryozha said affectionately.

Since Seryozha came alone, Morgin's wife and children liked Seryozha greatly, because he did not show the airs of a ministerial official, on the contrary he seemed very kind.

Seryozha's first meeting with Morgin's relatives was simply to get to know each other, and he could not do such things as gift-giving. It can only be done by Nastya or other subordinates, because Seryozha's position is higher than that of Morgin.

Since Seryozha had called in advance, Morgin had prepared a sumptuous meal. But these things are not what Seryozha cares about. Seryozha actually wants to bind Morgin to his plan. So Seryozha took a chance and said to Morgin: "Brother Morgin, the level of your KGB's intelligence is nothing to say, and our Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation will inevitably trouble you in the future!"

"Seryozha, it's easy to say! Isn't it just a matter of your words!" Morgin responded happily.

Seryozha smiled, and said to Morgin: "But you are always asked to help our Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. Don't express your apologies! You don't know, this time the information about gsm will help us How much loss the country has recovered! These Europeans actually want to imitate our Altai system for their own benefit, it is too much, if not for the efforts of the KGB comrades, I am afraid that our Altai system will be lost in Europe Therefore, in order to express our gratitude, our Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation commissioned Mediterranean Trading Company to import some foreign goods as a thank you gift, please do not refuse!"

Mo Erjing hurriedly asked: "What is it? How can the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation spend money?"

"It's all electronic and electrical products made in Japan, that's nothing!" Sergey replied.