Chapter 244 Farewell

Great Russia, a permanent union; independent republics, freely united. The Soviet Union, established by the will of all nations, is united and powerful, forever!

"Ura, Ura!" With loud slogans, troops marched past Lenin's Mausoleum to receive the inspection of the country's leaders.

Brezhnev stood on the reviewing stand. Although he had put on his warmest coat, he still felt as if the cold wind could blow through his clothes. He tried to act very natural. In the distance, there were Western reporters who kept pressing the shutter to freeze these moments that would go down in history.

Leaning on a pillar, Brezhnev was still waving to the reviewing troops below from time to time, saying things like "Comrades, you have worked hard." He tried hard to keep his facial expression, but there was still no feeling on his face.

His face was swollen and his muscles were stiff. Later, Brezhnev could not even speak clearly.

This country has entered a state of rigidity and corruption! The lifelong tenure of cadres has bred countless corruption problems, and the new generation of young people has lost their faith! The country must be reformed in order to be able to rejuvenate! And all of this requires new leaders to take office!

Standing behind many leaders, in a corner of the reviewing stand above Lenin's mausoleum, Andrei was watching all this quietly. It was similar to what happened in history, but the time was advanced. This was the best. The sooner the reform was carried out, the easier it would be for the Soviet Union to get out of its decline and become a country that made Americans tremble again! When the time came, it would be too late. The disease was incurable and could not be saved by human power. Even if someone was replaced, it might slow down the disintegration of the Soviet Union, but it could not avoid the fate of disintegration.

Now, less than 78 years later, finally, the history of the Soviet Union is about to change completely! At this time, Andrei has mixed feelings towards Brezhnev. This should be Brezhnev's last review of the troops. This time, it was not a review at all, but his farewell to Red Square, to Moscow, and to the Soviet Union he had ruled for more than a decade. The severe cold this time was enough to kill Brezhnev.

Brezhnev did have some merits. For example, under his rule, the Soviet Union was on the offensive for the first time in the US-Soviet hegemony competition, and the Soviet Union's national strength reached its peak. But at the same time, under his rule, the Soviet Union began to decay. The whole society had a privileged class, corruption was rampant, and the new generation began to be full of disgust with the Soviet Union and began to believe in the so-called democratic system of the West, which eventually led to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Later generations believed that the only person who could save the Soviet Union was Andropov! However, when Andropov was in power, he was already an old man with illness, and his reforms did not continue. If Andropov could have been in power for a few more years, Gorbachev would never have been able to mess things up!

The Brezhnev era is about to pass, and the Soviet Union under Andropov's rule will be full of vitality!

Andre is looking forward to it.

On this day, time seemed to pass very slowly. The more than one-hour military parade seemed as long as a century in Brezhnev's eyes. Finally, the parade was over and Brezhnev disappeared from the sight of all reporters. He was helped down.

"Today's military parade was truly spectacular," Ekaterina said to Andrei after returning to Gali.

Catherine did not go to the scene, but she saw the heroic army on TV and felt proud of the Soviet Union.

"Yes." Andre said, "Our army is invincible."

As he spoke, he drew aside the curtains. Outside the door, there was a seemingly ordinary car parked. The person in the car got out and was smoking under a telephone pole. When the man looked up at this side intentionally or unintentionally, Andrei, who had the vision of a pilot, saw clearly in an instant that the guy was the KGB agent who protected himself and Ekaterina on the train.

It seems that Andropov is definitely preparing for action, so he sent people here to protect his family's safety 24 hours a day. Andrei can almost imagine that in addition to these agents in the open, there must be agents protecting in secret. There must be more than a dozen agents protecting this house.

There was nothing to worry about anymore, and it was time to fulfill my duties.

"Ekaterina, you and Bella stay at home these days and don't go anywhere." Andre said, "I will be very busy these days and won't have time to come back."

"Okay, Andrei, go ahead and don't worry." Ekaterina understood very well. Andrei was now a major general and had a lot of things to do. She couldn't hold Andrei back.

Looking at Ekaterina's seductive eyes, Andrei hugged Ekaterina again. Ekaterina in his arms was so soft. She was the love of his life.

Will there be any danger this time? Andre certainly knew how terrible it would be to get involved in the political struggle at the top level. If you are not careful, you will be doomed.

However, Andrei had no choice. When he married Catherine, he was automatically classified as a member of Andropov's faction. Both publicly and privately, Andrei had to support Andropov to ascend to that position.

Andrei's qualifications are not enough, and he is still far from being able to join the army. He can only be supported in other ways, that is, to take control of the 4th Tank Division and be ready to respond at any time!

When the lovely Leonid was about to die at any time, Andrei did not hesitate. After hugging and kissing Ekaterina deeply goodbye, Andrei got in the car and drove straight to the 4th Tank Division's base at night.

Will Andropov fail? After all, there are too many people who want to get to that position! Sitting in the car, Andrei was still thinking about this question. Historically, Andropov succeeded in getting to that position, but that was a few years later. Now, there are still many variables. Chernenko and other old guys are watching, and even Gromyko has ideas.

Historically, the KGB Chairman who wanted to be General Secretary was Beria. Unfortunately, Beria did not fight back and was instead deposed by Khrushchev and others.

Now, things are obviously different. Andropov not only controls the secret police force, but also has his own strong support. He controls the most combat-effective troops near Moscow!

Chernenko? Such an old fellow is not to be feared at all. But Sherbitsky, I wonder if this fellow will jump out to cause trouble. After all, Brezhnev likes him more and more recently.

No matter what, as long as someone else is elected as the general secretary, what I need to do is to bring the 4th Tank Division to Red Square before this news is released and ask them to elect a new national leader who is in line with the interests of the people!

Andre had made up his mind and there was no room for compromise.