(The second shift, the third shift will be left until tonight's big night)

"All of you here are the elite of the Republic. Some people can even be said to be the world's top intelligence analysts, and the world's political landscape, but why didn't they see through the conspiracy set up by the Soviets? And it's a conspiracy that isn't very clever? Just because of the false information that the Soviets deliberately provided? ”

Bush asked word by word, and every word was pronounced with extra stress. President Bush's question even made intelligence guru Dick Bush? Cheney felt a little embarrassed, not to mention Brent, the president's political adviser, and Skinner, the chief of staff of the White House, who had already been silent, who were a little ashamed and more angry with gnashing their teeth.

Because the Soviets' scam of using a small tactical nuclear weapon to pass off as a red mercury nuclear bomb has fooled almost everyone in the United States, including a group of intelligence analysts and senior CIA officials, and even the top decision-makers of the U.S. government, who have made a mistake in thinking that the Soviets now have supernuclear weapons capable of crushing the U.S. economy.

"And the so-called God's Scepter Project, which is nothing more than something that President Yanayev said casually. The rocket from Baikonu, which was observed in May last year, was nothing more than an experimental reconnaissance satellite and not some so-called Scepter of God. Our intelligence officers, on the other hand, believe that this is an experimental version of a God's scepter. As if they were the Soviets who participated in the development program, oh no, it should be said that they were more proficient than the Soviets. ”

Bush wantonly sarcastically ridiculed everyone who sat there, and at the end, he added a sentence faintly. "Maybe I should do a big purge of the CIA's rice buckets. Lay off all the agents who provided the false information. So that they will have enough knowledge. Know what to do and what not to do. For example, trying to deceive a president is something that no one should think about. ”

Everyone in the room was silent, and no one dared to answer when the president was angry.

Bush is angry enough now, if it weren't for the intelligence provided by NATO allies to prove that the Soviet Union did not have the so-called red mercury and the rod of God to prepare experiments, Bush would still be kept in the dark. This hatred of Bush can be regarded as remembering, and he tried every means to make sure that Yanayev was pit once.

"My president. You can't dismiss the entire intelligence base just because of a single mistake in intelligence judgment, and in fact our intelligence gathering work against the Soviet Union has been very successful in recent years. If there is a change of management at this critical time, there may be some ...... Unrest. Skinner was very vague when he meant that the president could not fire all the top CIA officials because of his emotional judgment.

"Of course I understand that, Chief of Staff Skinner." Bush's expression was a little gloomy, and he said slowly, "Our recent encounters with the Soviet Union have ended in failure, so we can't lose to them this time." Whether it's a tough refutation in terms of tactics or strategy. ”

"In terms of recent problems, it would be better to make a fuss about Chechnya." Intelligence guru Dick? Cheney pushed his glasses with his middle finger and flipped through the report on the table. "Recently, a person reached out to CIA agents active in the Caucasus and hoped that the CIA would provide them with another batch of arms assistance. Guess who that person is? ”

"Chechens? Fleeing Maskhadov? "The first thing that came to Bush's mind was this guy.

"Not Maskhadov, but Basayev, who was not killed in Dagestan." Dick? Cheney said excitedly, "He was lucky to escape the air raid, and according to the intelligence analysis brought back by the intelligence officers, Basayev tried to launch another attack in the Soviet Union in order to achieve the Soviet authorities' goal of releasing Dudayev." So we can make a fuss about that. ”

"Hmm, can we get in touch with him?" Bush asked cautiously.

"Absolutely." Dick? Cheney nodded, "And we can also do something more covert, using a third party, that is, our agent in Chechnya, to complete this arms deal." As for the source of the arms, we can first go around Africa, then go around Europe a few times and then deliver them to the Chechens, so that even if the KGB agents track them down, they will only be able to find our European and African agents. ”

This secret little action behind Dick? Cheney was very cautious in his work. Although he made an understatement to President Bush, in fact it was extremely cumbersome and complicated to operate, so the president only needs to ensure that there are no mistakes in strategy, and as for the details of such tactics, it should be left to the CIA agents.

"Does Basayev have a list of weapons?" Bush asked: From the list provided by Chechnya, we can also see what their actual military strength is now.

"Of course, from revolvers to Kalashnikov rifles, from RPGs to anti-infantry mines and fragmentation grenades, the situation of these Chechens who have survived the dead is very bleak." Dick? "But at present, although the situation in Chechnya has temporarily stabilized, terrorists active in the mountains will always be a hidden danger to the Soviet Union, and we will fund them while they still have a little climate, and they will definitely be uprooted by the Soviets in the future." ”

"You're saying they're going to be annihilated by the Soviet army?" Bush asked curiously.

"It's not the Soviet army, it's the ruthless agents of the KGB." Dick? Cheney puts a bunch of bloody photos in front of Bush, and Bush finds Dick? Cheney divided the photos of not being able to eat after reading them into two parts, one was okay and the other was extremely bloody.

"On the left is a Russian prisoner captured by the Chechens, who separated his head and bled him until the blood ran dry, then hung him up and dropped him on a tree for display." Dick? Cheney said to Bush in a colorful voice.

"On the right are Chechen terrorists caught by KGB agents, who are much more tragic than the Russian prisoners. They cut the poor worm's stomach and bleed slowly. Even their tongues, eyes, noses, and ears were slowly cut off, and their fingers were sawed off section by section, and then sent to the Chechen rebels, telling them that this was the end of betrayal of the Soviet Union. ”

"Even more brutal is the abduction of these Wahhabi families and the torture of poor women, children and children in front of them until they tell the truth. After the other side told the information, he immediately imposed the most terrible punishment, wrapped strips of cloth soaked in lard around the bodies of these Chechens, and then hung them in chains and burned them alive. And after they were burned, they poured pig manure into the burial grave and buried them again. With this cruel practice, the KGB told religious extremists in the Caucasus who tried to attack civilians that this is the end of your betrayal of the Motherland. ”

And in addition to humiliation, this practice of the KGB represents hellfire and uncleanness in the religious sense. This is also the reason why the Hawabi faction regarded the KGB of the Soviet Union as a demon. There is a saying circulating in Chechnya that it is better to shoot yourself in the head than to be thrown into the courtroom by KGB agents, and that is the real life is better than death. ”

Speaking of which, Dick? Cheney was also a little overwhelmed, he took off his glasses and rubbed his sour eyes, and said, "So we are so careful about this revenge, because we are afraid that the KGB people will know the information that we are colluding with the Chechens." So this operation also pulled the British MI6 into the water. We traveled from place to place to provide intelligence, and MI6 was responsible for making deals with the Chechens. Even if the Soviets really wanted to settle scores, the first ones to find were our allies, not CIA agents. ”

"Our agents are already in the Caucasus, and we don't want to be wiped out by this blow. So even if we let our vengeful British allies run to the front, don't let our agents reveal their identities, because America's national interests are above all else. ”

With that said, Dick? Cheney breathed a sigh of relief as he said to President Bush, "Now, it's up to Your Excellency the President to decide, whether we want to support Chechnya or choose to let go of the opportunity for revenge." ”

"Of course, to support the Chechens, I would love to see Yanayev's thunderous rage."

When Bush said this, he was completely unaware that he had opened a Pandora's box. (To be continued.) )