Just when Yanayev was almost losing patience, he finally waited for the signal of the negotiating statement from the Americans. The Bush administration held a news conference to call on all parties to exercise restraint, that force is not the only way to resolve disputes, and that it hoped that everyone would be able to sit down at the negotiating table for friendly consultations. Of course, Bush's statement gave Yanayev a sense that the United States had made a mistake in the speech.

Britain and Germany, which are also allies of NATO, felt very awkward when they heard this, and it was you, the United States, who proposed to charge into the battle, and it was you, the United States of America, who came out to play the role of mediator when there was a crisis in the end.

Selling and counting money for others is the only feeling that German Chancellor Helmut Kohl feels at this moment, and it is also the first time that there is a slight rift in trust in his trusted ally the United States. It seems that the other party's face is a little unfamiliar, and it is no longer the respected international friend who selflessly helped Berlin in times of crisis.

Of course, Yanayev was willing to accept this US mediation, and was willing to conduct friendly consultations and exchanges with Western European countries on the conflict that occurred in the Baltic Sea incident; the red polar bear who was holding a Kalashnikov rifle with a fierce look in his eyes one second became an elegant aristocrat wearing a gentleman's dress and sitting at the negotiating table and laughing with Western European countries.

Yanayev was not surprised at all, the Slavic peoples were not rude bandits, they were good at the aesthetics of war with weapon violence, and they were also good at the elegant art of music and painting, Yanayev was most impressed by the Soviet soldiers who played the piano in the ruins of the city during the Great Patriotic War. And this time, the elegant Russian aristocracy will go from Moscow to Munich with good faith for negotiations.

The two leaders who fled, Vytautas and Anatoly, are also said to be present at the meeting.

"Comrade Putin, do you know that from the moment such a thing as nuclear weapons was developed, communism has almost lost the opportunity to unify the whole world. No matter how powerful the Soviets later seemed to others, he was a country with fatal flaws. Putin, who was riding in the car with Yanayev, heard the president's feelings and did not know how to answer for a moment.

But Yanayev did not give Putin a chance to answer, and continued to say to himself, "Marx said before that the proletariat is to liberate the world through struggle and break the chains of bondage. But the invention of the atomic bomb made world war an impossible war. Because once a nuclear hot war breaks out, the earth will enter the most terrible winter, and no country will be able to stand up from the ruins. As a result, the proletariat will not be able to free itself from the shackles of the old times and be reborn, do you know what I say? ”

"The inability to uniformly distribute the benefits of the whole world, coupled with the abnormal development of the state-planned economy to the later stage, finally brought the CPSU to the brink of collapse. In order to realize the great ideal, we need to change our policy, and from now on, economic construction will be more important than ideological struggle. Of course, I will also tell you these words, Comrade Putin. Don't spread it, otherwise there will be a lot of turmoil. ”

Yanayev lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and looked into the distance with a little melancholy, "I'm old, and I probably don't have much time left to splend." And you, full of vigor and spirit, should not grow old with this twilight red empire, and when the Soviet Union has passed this most difficult period, a new, stable and huge empire will be delivered to you. When the time comes, I hope that you will be able to lead the people to victory. ”

How long was the hardest time? Yanayev didn't know, anyway, he knew that the Soviet Union could not return to the level at which it was strongest under Brezhnev. When discussing the results of economic reform with Ryzhkov, the other party also said that even if a stable reform program is followed, a new and stable economic situation will not be formed until at least 1999. This does not guarantee the risk of failure for the United States and Western European countries to interfere with it.

In 1999, it was 1999, and the provision of the lifelong responsibility system for the supreme leader should be changed. Do you want the Western world to criticize the Soviet leadership for a coup d'état?

This passage can be said to be the final word for Comrade Vladimir's future political career, and the sudden surprise made the young Putin stunned for a moment. After a moment of confusion, he cautiously asked the question he had always wanted to ask, "Why me?" ”

Why you? Faced with this question, Yanayev was also a little speechless for a while, yes, if it weren't for the damn crossing that gave me such a bad body, I guess I wouldn't have stepped back from the first position of the supreme leader in such a hurry. But Yanayev is now the top leader of the CPSU, and his words and deeds will represent the whole country. I can only pretend to be deep and say, "In the entire Moscow political arena, you are the only seedling I have found that is worth cultivating, and I have always believed that you are the best person to lead the Soviet Union to glory." In the past few years, you have stayed with me to see the outside world, although you have been exposed to enough things when you were a KGB agent, but when you get to the leadership class, you can see things from a different angle. ”

Some people have speculated about the relationship between Putin and Yanayev before, and some people even think that Putin is Yanayev's illegitimate son, but in fact, Yanayev takes a fancy to Putin's ability, but he only starts according to the inertial thinking of historical travelers. If he had been a few years earlier, he would have been able to prevent the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the US plan to use oil to attack the Soviet Union, which can be said to be the biggest indirect driver of the collapse of the Soviet Union. But all this became an established fact, and what Yanayev could do was to prevent something from happening in the future.

Putin was moved by Yanayev's words, and bowed deeply to Yanayev, "I will definitely not forget the cultivation of the general secretary for me." ”

"Hehe, I'm just acting as a guide. It's your ability that can't be concealed that attracts many admirers, and I hope you can learn something new from this Baltic crisis. For example, diplomatic means, political means, as you can see, if it were not for the Western European countries that finally chose the negotiating table, we would have lost a mess. This kind of political adventure will only be much more in the future, so I hope you will be mentally prepared first. ”

Putin nodded, and as soon as he wanted to speak, the car stopped. They finally arrived at their destination, the Congress Building in Munich. Britain and France chose appeasement here decades ago, and Western Europe also chose compromise here decades later.

"Now my assistant to the General Secretary's office, come with me to crush the last line of defense of the Soviet enemy." Yanayev smiled at Putin.

The door of the president's seat was opened, the flashing magnesium lights outside the window were dazzling, Yanayev stepped out of the car and waved to the reporters who were looking through the cordon, Putin followed closely behind him, and for the first time showed the resolute look of the superior, and behind Yanayev, he walked with firm steps to the door of the Munich conference hall.

Hello, enemies of the Soviets, the red polar bear is coming.