USSR 1991

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Similarly, the leaders of Tbilisi have not been able to catch their breath and have to face the bad situation again.

Gorbachev sat cross-legged in his office. An hour earlier, he had received news of a Soviet ceasefire. Realizing that the United States might have reached some political agreement with Moscow, he also ordered the Georgian rebels to stop their resistance.

It was a rare peaceful night, and Gorbachev didn't know how long he had been insomnia amidst the sound of gunfire.

He now hopes that the United States can mediate relations with the Soviet Union, and it is best to keep Georgia or Tbilisi, or he can use a day or two to escape from Georgia easily.

No matter how you look at it, Gorbachev is the ultimate winner.

But he forgot one thing, Yanayev's stand on the matter of safeguarding sovereign territorial integrity is so firm that no one can shake it.

At this time, there was a rapid knock on the door, and Gorbachev recovered from his contemplation, and said softly, please come in.

I saw Minashvili pushing open the door anxiously, and said to Gorbachev, "The Soviet offensive stopped for only an hour, and they resumed their artillery offensive. Our troops were hit without preparation. , suffered heavy losses. Moreover, according to reports from the troops in front, a Soviet motorized infantry brigade took advantage of the truce to quickly bypass the city of Gori, thinking of marching in the direction of Tbilisi. President Gorbachev, we were The Soviet Union and the United States have played tricks! They have not engaged in any peace negotiations at all, it is all a conspiracy!"

"What?" Gorbachev stood up abruptly from his seat. Obviously, he didn't believe Minashvili's words at all. After all, the United States promised to help Gorbachev buy time.

At this time, the sky in the distance began to brighten up, and countless rockets roared towards Tbilisi like a meteor shower, and the short-term calm was broken.Gorbachev looked at the flames and tightened his heart.

Minashvili explained, "I am afraid that all of this is a conspiracy designed by the Soviets. First, they pretended to negotiate with the United States, and then suddenly launched a war when the two sides thought they had entered a truce. The surprise attack broke through our defense line, this move was really caught off guard!"

Minashvili was a little helpless, and Troshev really explained the sentence that the soldier never tires of cheating very accurately.

"What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and organize the army to counterattack back." Gorbachev said anxiously, thinking of a motorized brigade approaching his direction, Gorbachev was a little scared.Unexpectedly, only two days later, his "presidential palace" became a frontline target.

"The army is now counterattacking, but the enemy is too well prepared. They have planned this surprise attack for a long time. We can only try our best to block the enemy's advance, but I suggest that General Secretary Gorbachev still Get ready as soon as possible and prepare to withdraw from Tbilisi." Minashvili speculated, "This time Tbilisi may fall, and we must get you out of this ghost before Tbilisi falls." place to send out."

Minashvili worried that once Gorbachev was arrested, the turmoil in the Caucasus would be completely over.

I'm afraid that even Advisor Berger didn't realize that he had already been played hard once, and when he came out of the meeting room full of joy, a bad news reached his ears.The Soviet Union did not end the war in a short period of time as he imagined, but after an hour of truce, it issued an offensive order to the army again.

Seeing the assistant's embarrassing expression, Berger glanced at Pavlov who was smiling beside him, and asked him seriously, "The war in Georgia has started again, I want to know what's going on, Pavlov? Prime Minister?"

"Yes, we have launched a new offensive and are preparing to attack the entire Tbilisi in one go. The Tbilisi army can no longer hold on. We can complete the offensive within two days and disintegrate the rebels. Power." Pavlov admitted this very honestly, but the smile on his face was slowly shrinking, and replaced it with an expression that a politician should have.

Plain, sensible, indifferent.

"But our previous negotiations..." Consultant Berger originally wanted to question Pavlov, but was strongly retorted by the other party, "Consultant Berger, you should think carefully about how we could give up Georgia."

Pavlov's implication is that we will break our promises and break our promises. If you are capable, you will hit me?

"The Caucasus region is as important to us as Washington is to the United States. Will you give up Washington? I think the answer is definitely no. So we will not give up Georgia, just like the United States will not give up Washington. Anyone want Get independent from the Caucasus, first step over my corpse, over the corpses of the Soviet million-dollar army!"

Pavlov looked at the pale US National Security Advisor, and said coldly, "Now do you have any other questions about the Soviet attack?"

Chapter 643 He Will Not Be Sent to the Gallows

The battle for the city of Gori indicated that the war in Georgia had entered a fierce stage. The 76th Airborne Division used the cover of Su-34 bombers to parachute in Gori.Under the powerful offensive of the Soviet army, the remaining Georgian rebels in Gori already had a premonition that the end was coming.After the airborne division cleared the last firepower stronghold, the remaining forces chose to surrender.The city of Gori was finally liberated by Soviet troops.

At this time, Troshev was still watching every move on the battlefield. Korabelnikov walked into the joint operations command room, raised the telegram in his hand, and said excitedly, "The 76th Airborne Division has successfully won the battle. Gori. Now that the Soviet army has completed multiple encirclements of Tbilisi, Gorbachev can hardly escape."

After hearing the news, Troshev's frowning brows finally eased, and he breathed a sigh of relief. The most critical step has been completed, and the next step is to seal the iron wall surrounding Tbilisi so that Gorba Geoff is really hard to fly.

“现在苏军在第比利斯地域展开19师和42师两个摩步师，1个海军步兵旅，1个空降师和2个防空集群。对付第比利斯已经足够了。”特罗舍夫准备将自己心里酝酿的计划说出来。

"We can adopt the method of coordinating infantry and tanks by various ground forces, and attack concentrically along the streets in multiple directions. At the same time, the airborne troops use battalions and companies as units to control and occupy important targets in Tbilisi, including Tbilisi. The police station, the building of the Ministry of the Interior, banks, municipal agencies, schools, important intersections and bridges, etc., at the same time used the method of airborne landing to divide and encircle the rebels. All troops used information and communication equipment to jointly coordinate and guide armed helicopters to attack Aircraft, bombers and artillery carried out precise strikes on rebel targets. The ground troops formed assault groups in companies and platoons, and each assault group was spaced 300 meters apart, advancing steadily along the street."

Troshev is full of confidence. He will accomplish an unprecedented feat. This is the first time that the Soviet army has adopted a new combat method. He wants to let the whole world realize that the Soviet army made the whole world tremble in the past, now it is, and in the future Too.

"Then what will he do after the capture of Tbilisi?" Korabelnikov asked in a low voice.This is also an issue that the Joint Operations Command has been keeping secret.

The issue of Gorbachev's life and death was put on the table. The Moscow Central Committee had not expressed its position before, so Troshev and others were not sure how to deal with the rebel leader in the end.If he was killed in the bombing, then Troshev can naturally declare that it was an accident. If Gorbachev led the crowd to surrender, how would Troshev deal with him?

The first former Soviet Communist leader to be hanged?Thinking about it makes me shudder.

Troshev had avoided thinking about this deeply political issue before, but now he has to think about it carefully.Gorbachev's life or death is related to the political stability of the entire Soviet Union.

At this time, the phone of the joint combat command rang, Troshev answered the phone, and a familiar but slightly weak voice sounded from the other end of the microphone.

"Comrade Troshev, I'm taking the liberty to call you at this moment, I hope I didn't disturb your command operations." Yanayev leaned on the pillow and said slowly, "I saw the reply from the Joint Operations Department Telegram to the Kremlin, you have completed the siege of Tbilisi, congratulations. You are only one step away from success."

"General Secretary Yanayev..." Troshev said respectfully, "We are just doing what we blame."

Yanayev glanced at Comrade Vladimir next to him, and then said with a smile, "Okay, but I think you must be considering a difficult question now, about the former Soviet Communist Party leader Gorbachev It's a matter of life and death, isn't it?"

Troshev froze for a moment, he had no idea that Yanayev would bring up this issue at this time, so he had to admit honestly, "Yes, we don't care about the life and death of the rebel leader Gorbachev. I don't know how to decide."

The implication is that the central government still needs to issue instructions in person, so that Troshev can follow them.On such important political issues, Troshev has never dared to make his own claims.Otherwise, his official career would be considered to be over after he was accused.

"Listen up, Comrade Troshev." Yanayev coughed, trying to keep his voice steady, "Have you considered the situation where heavy casualties will be caused if a tough battle is launched in Tbilisi? ?As far as I know, the current Tbilisi presidential palace is surrounded by Georgian rebel forces."

"I know that, even if the Soviet army pays a certain price, the presidential palace must be taken down." Before the final decisive battle, Troshev had already made some sacrifices.

Yanayev corrected Troshev, "No, no, no, I mean, we don't need to do this. To sidestep Turkey, you pretend that you can get the rebels to buy a pair for a certain amount of money. Let the remnants of the rebels and Gorbachev escape through the gap between the various troops and flee to Turkey. Then let the army ambush halfway to eliminate Gorbachev. Once you come, you can claim Gorbachev Geoff died in the war. Secondly, we also need to let Turkey and the United States realize that the electronic information technology of the Soviet army is not the same as the original Soviet army. Do you think that when Gorbachev fled, the CIA would not be at the border Does the region do a good job of responding?"

Regarding Yanayev's request, Troshev hesitated, "But if we do this, will it be too risky? Although we can dispatch Tu214R and A50 to carry out electronic warfare interference and use electronic information capture in the Transcaucasus mountains. Target."

"Of course, this can only be done when the tough battle is not going well. If we can successfully capture Tbilisi and reduce casualties, we are naturally willing to accept such a result." Yanayev told Troshev, this is nothing more than It's a last-ditch policy.

Yanayev took a deep breath, and his eyes became gloomy. This time Gorbachev must be executed under the pretext of "righteousness" and use the flames of war to make him disappear forever.

This is what happened to all traitors who tried to betray the Soviets.

"Think about it, Comrade Troshev, there is only one ending for Gorbachev anyway."

"He will not be sent to the gallows, but will only die in the flames of war."

Chapter 644 Reliving the Nightmare of 1991

The final tough battle finally began. When the flames illuminated the pre-dawn sky, the deafening explosion almost woke up all the sleeping residents in an instant.They looked at the burning fire in the distance through the curtains in panic.I saw that the dark sky became more dazzling than the morning glow. This was the prelude to the Soviet rocket attack on the outer fortifications of Tbilisi. Entering Tbilisi, started a tragic fight.

As soon as the battle started, the 23mm self-propelled artillery placed on the streets or roofs of Tbilisi began to roar, and they poured a series of fire dragons into the sky to stop the attack of Soviet fighter jets.At this time, the Su-25 attack aircraft formation carrying 9K118 Tornado anti-tank missiles began to clear Tbilisi's ground anti-aircraft firepower in a planned way.The anti-aircraft firepower network originally organized in the sky was instantly cleaned.After the Georgian rebels saw the flames shining, all the 23mm anti-aircraft guns became scrap iron.At this time, the Su-25 attack plane passed over their heads, and by the way, it used its own 30mm cannon to start clearing the firepower strongholds on the street.

Wherever the Su-25 attack plane passed by, a long line of dust was raised on the ground. The 30mm large-caliber machine gun hitting the ground is not a joke. Any firepower base hiding behind the bunker can be pulled out by the Su-25 in an instant.

Under the cover of the Su-25 attack aircraft, the Ka-8 and Ka-29 transport helicopters began to carry out cable-landing over the weak firepower of Tbilisi, not only the airborne troops, but also the GRU special forces, naval infantry and other special forces. Combat units will immediately occupy and control news media agencies, telephone and telegraph buildings, television stations, schools, hospitals, police stations, Ministry of Internal Affairs buildings, party and government organs, oil depots, granaries, waterworks and power plants.Cut off the means of communication and information channels of the rebels, and cut off the power supply and water supply of the rebels.

Various important infrastructure buildings launched an unequal battle. The Georgian rebels lost air power support. At the same time, their Mi-24 Hind helicopter was shot down by the anti-aircraft missiles of the Soviet ground forces immediately after taking off. Deployment The two air defense clusters on the ground are no joke, and any gunship trying to get into the air needs to weigh its weight.

Minashvili anxiously stared at the report sent back from the front. The Soviet offensive was far more serious than he expected.It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a large army. He can only constantly mobilize reserve troops to the front line to resist the attack of the Soviet armored forces.

The strong explosion even spread to the combat command room of the Georgian rebels, and Minashvili could clearly feel the tremors from the ground.The constant reports of the loss of the front line engraved a gloomy expression on the faces of everyone present.

"It was tricked by the Soviets. Now they are about to complete the encirclement, and our troops are no longer able to resist the Soviet invasion. If we do not withdraw from Tbilisi, Gorbachev will not be able to leave."

Minashvili scratched his head anxiously. The precipitousness of the war made him realize that it was time to arrange for a force to escort Gorbachev out of the Caucasus.

Just when he was about to give an order, suddenly there was a sharp noise from the communicator, and all the communicators could not be used for a while.Just when Minashvili realized something bad was going on, all the lights went out in an instant.