Big Time 1958

Chapter 22: The General Will Also Retire

If the needed support arrives, Serov would have torn his face and confronted the commander of the military region face to face. There is no need to be the king of mouths here. This is not in line with the principle he has always advertised as being able to do things as much as possible without making a fuss. They waved and asked Issemotny and the two to put away the pistols that were carrying General Galitsky’s secretary. Without support, Serov still had to come to the Transcaucasian Military Region. Even if he could only be a strong mouth king, at least he had to show his attitude. This is definitely not the end of the matter.

“Are you here to show the authority of the General Administration of Military Administration?” General Galitsky put the briefcase he was holding on the table heavily and made a loud noise. This action shows that the old Red Army, who has been baptized by the Soviet Civil War and the Great Patriotic War, does not buy into Serov’s door-to-door demonstration.

If an ordinary person is faced with the anger of a general, he may temporarily avoid his edge, but that is an ordinary person. Serov is not in the definition of that ordinary person. As for the commander of the Transcaucasian military region’s obvious bad attitude towards the KGB, he can also understand. A few years ago, the current general was once planted in the hands of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and his last escape belonged to the very few lucky people in the Red Army system who survived the hands of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

To this day, General Galitsky is still indignant at the torture and extortion of confessions by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. But one yardage is one yardage, no matter what General Galitsky’s thoughts are, Serov, who is responsible, will still appear here.

“The General Administration of Military Administration already has authority, and I don’t need to come over to show it!” Shelov said calmly, “We don’t show up at ordinary times, it doesn’t mean we don’t exist. Keeping the Red Army and the Central Committee in step at any time is the establishment of the General Administration of Military Administration. Whether you like it or not! Also, I am reminding Comrade Galitsky that what a Red Army soldier should do is to cooperate with our work instead of confrontation, and you are not willing to do what happened 21 years ago. Is it happening again?”

“Are you threatening me?” General Galitsky raised his head suddenly, with a ferocious expression like an angry polar bear.

“Yes!” Serov’s expression did not change at all, and he muttered to himself, “According to the statement on the retirement age of Red Army cadres passed by Comrade Khrushchev, the first secretary, the retirement age for the rank of general is sixty-five. Years old. Comrade Kuzma Nikitovich Galitsky, born in 1897, you still have three years of service age, I hope you can do your best to stand on the last shift before retiring , implement the spirit of the Central Committee, build a good Soviet armed force, and make it stronger and stronger…”

Shelov said these words not only in written reports, or advice to the old Red Army. There is only one key point in this long speech. The 62-year-old General Galitsky is not far from retirement. Now Serov may still have nothing to do with this active Red Army general, but Galitsky retired two or three years later, and when Serov saw this man again after the tea was gone, he was just an ordinary old man.

The atmosphere in the room froze instantly, and only Serov and Galitsky were left shaking their gazes. Galitsky’s eyes were indignant, Serov’s eyes did not change, and it was no different from when he was sketching on the vase.

“What do you want to do with the deserters?” Shelov didn’t continue to be aggressive, and turned to the next question.

“After being caught, according to the military court’s judgment, I will not interfere!” General Galitsky also wisely chatted with Serov about the handling of this matter, which made the atmosphere more and more tense than if neither of them would give in. Be good.

“Give people to our secret court, and you don’t have to work hard for the comrades in the military court!” Shelov walked to the window and pushed it, letting the sunlight from outside come in, squinting his eyes to feel the warm sunlight, “This is a typical case, There must be a typical way of handling cases, otherwise the relationship between the Red Army and our department may be very bad in the future…”

There must be someone taking a step back in this matter. Shelov naturally hopes that the Red Army will take a step back. As for the General Administration of Military Administration, take a step back, hehe! He never thought about this possibility. With the passage of time, those veteran generals in World War II will slowly withdraw from the stage of history, the difference is a decent retirement or a disgraceful step down.

“Can you survive after going to the secret court? Maybe they have their own reasons!” General Galitsky was a little dazed when he spoke. He had also been to the secret court twenty-one years ago.

“I will definitely shoot these two deserters! Watching the enemy’s underground publications privately, being dissatisfied with the society, and attacking state security personnel! I suspect that the two of them were bewitched by imperialism!” There are more charges, but this is not to wrong the two deserters, they are all in accordance with the law.

At this moment, the phone ringing on the table broke the rigid conversation. General Galitsky answered the phone, “It doesn’t matter here, it’s just a guest, no, absolutely not…” Then he glanced at Serov and handed over the phone, “I’m looking for you?”

Looking for me? Who knew I was here? Serov answered the phone suspiciously, and heard Shelepin’s unique voice in his ears, “Yuri, don’t make trouble, come back quickly! What are you doing in the Caucasus when you are not sitting in Moscow as the director of the general bureau?”

“I’m here to deal with the matter!” Shelov looked quite embarrassed. She hoped that Shelepin on the phone would be merciful. He was still trying to coerce Galitsky.

“I will allow you to spend a week in the Caucasus from now on, and I must see you in Moscow in seven days! I have an important task for you, and only you can do it…” Shelepin commanded, obviously suppressing his emotions.

“One week? Well, two deserters involved in the case should be caught in one week. I heard that the internal affairs force has narrowed down the suspicious area. I believe the result will be in a few days!” Shelov sighed and said, his boss is really very good. Knowing him, he was discovered as soon as he came to the Caucasus. But what is the mission?

“Okay, don’t delay!” Shelepin repeated the date of his return with a worried tone. For the ace director and time bomb in his hand, he really doesn’t have much to do.

Putting down the phone, Serov said to General Galitsky, “I have a request. In the name of combat exercises, the Red Army will be dispatched to conduct a search of 300 square kilometers of suspicious mountainous areas. If Comrade Galitsky does not agree. , the same thing can be done by dispatching the internal affairs troops! I must shoot them…”

“Of course, it’s a good thing to catch someone early!” General Galitsky had no reason to refuse, not to mention that he could send this dangerous Caspian tiger away earlier. He heard the phone call just now, but he didn’t expect the call from the chairman of the KGB to still not be able to recall Serov immediately.

The dialogue between Shelepin and Serov was different from the dialogue between the general subordinates and subordinates. This situation made General Galitsky see it. It seemed that this young head of the Third General Directorate had an unusual position within the KGB.