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The Kremlin's top brass was both excited and excited on this day, because they received a package from Chechnya, and after the KGB technical department confirmed that the contents were not package bombs, Yanayev instructed KGB technicians to open it. When the staff carefully removed the contents, Yanayev realized that there was only one videotape inside.

When the technical department confirmed that the tape did not contain any toxic substances, Yanayev instructed the technical department to send the tape to his office, but for safety reasons, the tape was carried by the president's bodyguards wearing plastic gloves and put into the VCR, and then turned on the TV to wait for the content to be played.

The picture suddenly jumps in the shape of a snowflake, and a few seconds later the TV shows a pale bearded man wearing a traditional white robe. Behind him lay Kalashnikov rifles and Dragunov sniper rifles, and banners on the walls were in obscure Arabic language.

"Hello the leader of the Kremlin. Am I Ahmed, the spokesperson of Sufis? Kadyrov, as you can see in the videotape, I came from Chechnya with peace, and our people are fed up with the war and the threats they threaten us from religious extremists. ”

"So I implore you to expel these cruel terrorists from Chechnya and wipe out all the people who divide Chechnya. The strength of our secular sects alone is not enough to expel them all, but the mighty Soviet army will certainly be able to send them to Hellfire. This is not a plea from a Chechen rebel leader, but a heartfelt cry from an ordinary Muslim, save us! ”

After watching this video. Yanayev was a little stunned. He only had this idea. Did these guys get the wrong script? Hey, you are obviously a separatist force, and you turned into a Hero of the Soviet Union defending territorial integrity?

Yanayev decided to convene Comrade Yazov to discuss countermeasures, because Comrade Valnikov went to Chechnya with the army, so the only person who could discuss countermeasures with him was the Minister of Defense.

When Yazov watched the video, he fell into deep thought, and he thought for a long time before he said to Yanayev, "This is what General Secretary Yanayev was going to tell us about the rebellion at that time?" Kadyrov, General Staff of the Chechen rebels? ”

"Yes. I would like to hear the opinion of Comrade Yazov. Yanayev asked, "For example, what is the plan of this guy named Kadyrov?" What exactly is his remark implying by this? ”

"Hinting at something to nothing." Yazov habitually touched his chin to analyze the problem, "First, this Chechen leader wants to negotiate peace with you, of course, anyone can see that he wants to become the spokesman for Chechen interests. Then the question arises, whether Kadyrov will be able to accept our bottom line, and whether his subordinates will be able to follow his wishes, is a question. ”

"The second question, Kadyrov begged us to quickly eliminate the Chechen rebels. And he himself has a fairly strong armed force in his hands, how can this be explained. Another Chechen warlord? A Chechen warlord who obeys the orders of the central government? Or is it that everything is temporary? ”

"The third question, and one of the key ones, is also a key one. The Sufi factions are clearly inferior to the Dudayev government, so they sent this video to show that they are weak and at the same time they are also asking for military aid in disguise. I hope that President Yanayev will think this through. To aid or not to help, will it feed a traitor. ”

Defense Minister Yazov's views are unparalleled from his general framework, the only difference is the wonderful addition of small details, Yanayev nodded and said, "The first question and the second question can be ignored for the time being, the important thing is the third question, should we support the Kadyrov government, or continue to sit on the hill and watch the tiger fight, until both factions are seriously damaged and then annihilated in one fell swoop?" ”

"I think Kadyrov should be supported." "Even if the two factions are badly damaged, the Chechens, who have lost faith in the central government, will continue to resist, and then we will still not be able to resolve the dispute, and the conflict will continue," Yazov said. It is better to install a reliable watchdog in Chechnya to satisfy the interests of the vast majority of Chechens. But now there is a problem, Kadyrov has not clearly stated that he wants to support the central government, so we can't send regular troops to help them, if the soldiers know that the government is helping their enemies, they will mutiny. ”

Hearing the word mutiny, even Yanayev had a trace of worry in his heart, there was no way, who told him to come to power by controlling the Guards and launching an armed coup.

Yanayev scratched his head, and suddenly he remembered that a team with deep hiding, which had not yet been used, and he hurriedly said to Yazov, "Yes, we can support him without using regular armed forces, but we still have a secret government armed force that has not acted, but it can support these people." ”

"The general secretary is talking about that private paramilitary operative? You can give this one a try. Yazov thought about it and felt that Yanayev's idea was quite reliable.

"We can parachute down from the air with a rapid reaction force, enter part of the Sufi sphere of influence, and then declare that the Soviets are in full control of the area, and we can use that as a banner to train Kadyrov's men and provide them with arms assistance. Some second-hand, obsolete BMP armored vehicles can be half-sold and half-given to them. We can openly collude with Kadyrov's army and not yet let them be blamed by the Chechen people. ”

Yanayev's approach is a replica of Operation Little Green Men during the Crimean crisis, when Kadyrov actually sent troops there for training under the pretext of attacking the positions of the Rapid Reaction Force. I don't know what Dudayev's expression will be when they hear the news.

"That's a great idea." For the first time, Yazov agreed with Yanayev's idea of playing cards out of common sense, "But these things are still too far away, and now we should slowly want to establish a dialogue with Kadyrov, and act when the time is right." ”

"Yes, the time will be ripe soon." Yanayev said with a smile.

Defense Minister Yazov shook his head, "Did the General Secretary think of something again?" Every time you laugh like that, I know there's going to be good news. ”

"It's not good news." Yanayev said happily, he just remembered the news of Kadyrov's assassination for a while, since he changed the timeline, will the assassination of Kadyrov also be advanced.

Yanayev was a little anxious to see how the Chechen script would continue to develop. (To be continued.) )