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Shamanov agreed to meet with Minashvili, but out of an abundance of caution, he declined the request to meet in front of an office building in Tbilisi. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Under the agreement of both sides, it is very rare that a certain street in Tbilisi has not been attacked in any way. But there was also a group of heavily armed soldiers under martial law, on the one hand, the mixed Free Georgian Army, and on the other hand, the same well-uniformed Soviet army, both wary of each other, for fear of a surprise attack by the other.

Shamanov sat in a BMP3 infantry tank, and the soldier next to him handed him a loaded pistol. But Shamanov waved his hand and resolutely rejected the other party's kindness.

"Just in case, who knows what the Georgian army will think?" The soldier advised, "After all, sir, you are the number two person in the 58th Army, and they are likely to blackmail you into negotiating with the Soviets." If something goes wrong, none of us can explain it to Chief Troshev. ”

"No, this will make the other party suspicious, so I'll just have normal contact with Minashvili." Shamanov shook his head, since he climbed to the position of deputy commander-in-chief, he must have won it through real meritorious deeds, so he naturally had a bottom in his heart.

The soldier helped Shamanov open the hatch, he hunched over and got out of the narrow space, held in the stuffy space for a long time, stretched his waist and stretched his lumbar spine. The neighborhood had already been guarded by the Soviets, and the roof was full of snipers, presumably Shamanov's head could now be aimed at no less than five snipers.

"What a dangerous negotiation." Shamanov put on his hat and walked slowly towards the center of the square, where Minashvili and a group of Georgian soldiers around him were waiting for him. He made a gesture for all the guards behind him to evacuate to a certain distance before making formal contact with Minashvili.

"Commander Minashvili, I am Shamanov, deputy commander-in-chief of the 58th Army."

To the enemy, Minashvili did not show much reaction, but only said hello coldly. He had deployed enough snipers in nearby buildings to kill Shamanov and kill them both.

"I heard you want to let us go?" Minashvili said deliberately, "I remember that when you negotiated with the Americans before, you said the same thing. But only an hour after the armistice, you launched a final offensive and took the Georgian army by surprise, and if it weren't for that war, we wouldn't have lost so badly. ”

Minashvili deliberately brought up this incident to tell Shamanov that the Soviet Union did not want to try to plot against them.

"Soldiers don't get tired of deceit." Shamanov originally wanted to light the cigarette in his hand, but he was worried that the other party would mistake it for a code, so he gave up this idea.

"I won't talk too much nonsense, I think our words have already reached your ears, if you are willing to pay 20 million dollars or the equivalent value of gold bars, we can take you a life. Of course, this matter has to be done in secret, and Moscow cannot be allowed to know, otherwise the heads of all three people in the high command will have to be moved. ”

"I wonder why you're taking such a big risk to do such a thing?" Minashvili asked him.

"Interests." Shamanov sneered, "Our wages are not enough to support a private war, so we need to quickly save a sum of money to get more benefits for us, you don't need to know too much about this." ”

Shamanov's words fulfilled Plekhanov's conjecture. At this time, Minashvili frowned, Gerbachev's financial chain was fully capable of paying this ransom. But if he were to come up with so much cash at once, Gorbachev would be penniless in an instant.

Seeing that the other party was still hesitating, Shamanov further encouraged the other party, "It's already quite cost-effective to use this money to buy a life." Only 20 million is needed to keep you and Gorbachev safe. If you promise, after three hours, the ransom will be paid in this place. ”

"What if we choose to say no?" Minashvili asked tentatively.

"If you refuse, then the Soviets will lose patience, and we will use rocket artillery, long-range artillery, bombers to level the entire presidential palace, along with the surrounding buildings, and listen to my advice, General Minashvili. Nobody wants to see that bad situation happen, and we have the strength to do that. It's a big deal that the Soviet army will tear up its face and let the whole Tbilisi be buried with you. ”

"It's not intimidation, we're stating the facts." Shamanov's answer was an understatement, but what was said made Minashvili shudder.

"Really thought the Soviets would care about civilian casualties? No kidding, the order from Moscow has come down, and they demand that we end the war as soon as possible, in a decent way. So that Moscow can declare to the outside world the way our new Soviet army is fighting. ”

"That is to say, after our meeting, the Soviet army will attack the Tbilisi presidential palace at all costs. If Moscow wants to win this war with dignity, then we will have to resort to a more brutal approach. If it really doesn't work, there are Kalibr cruise missiles that directly bomb the presidential palace. It's just that the finishing touches are a bit more cumbersome, and we may have to piece together the pieces of Gorbachev to see if he was killed. ”

Shamanov's domineering reply shocked Minashvili, and for a moment he didn't know how to reply to the other party.

However, everything Shamanov said was true, the Soviet army was indeed able to bomb the presidential palace with cruise missiles, but only if it was confirmed that Gerbachev was hiding in the presidential palace, and now the Georgian army has protected the presidential palace, and even Soviet reconnaissance planes cannot detect Gorbachev's traces. For Moscow, which wants to see people alive and dead corpses, Shamanov naturally has to find ways to lure Gorbachev out of hiding place.

As long as Gorbachev appeared outside, he would definitely not be able to hide from GLONASS, airborne AWACS and unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.

"So, now General Shamanov has anything else to convey to Gorbachev?" Minashvili asked the other party.

Shamanov said flatly, "Of course, because our time is limited, so if I don't see Gorbachev in three hours, there will be no peaceful ending that you want." ”

"We will turn the whole of Tbilisi into a burning hell!" (To be continued.) )