Text Chapter 13 Suppression

Although it was a little later than expected, the armored forces still successfully entered Leningrad and Volgograd, one of which is the most important transportation hub in the west and the other is the granary in southern Russia. Yanaev would never let any city fall and become the base camp of democratic parasites.

Before the army entered, he had a long conversation with the commanders of the 16 major military districts of the Soviet Union over the phone. Every general or general held the microphone tremblingly and listened to the instructions issued by Yanaev. But there was one person who would never hear these instructions. General Shilichenko of the Ural Military District shot himself in his office three hours ago. It is said that a GRU soldier went in and told him something. After coming out, Shilichenko sat on the sofa and smoked a cigarette in a lost state. After smoking the last cigarette, he picked up a pistol and shot himself without any warning. Two hours later, Shilichenko's family also lost contact.

Everyone in the army knew that Shilichenko and Yeltsin had been flirting with each other. Less than two hours after Yeltsin fell, Shilichenko suffered. The revenge of the Soviet Communist Party's top leaders was more brutal than they had imagined.

So when the commanders-in-chief of other military regions received a call from Yanaev, their hands trembled with fear. Most of these generals, who had experienced the bloody Great Patriotic War, showed fear and respect in front of a general secretary who was a civilian for the first time. Yanaev asked them to send troops to the city to impose martial law, and no one was allowed to withdraw the troops without his order. Everyone was correct, and no one dared to disobey.

The higher the position and power, the more they cherish their lives. These old men who have been destroyed by alcohol and time can do anything to keep their positions. When Yanaev hung up the phone, he first realized the sadness of the Soviet Union.

Those who fought for the communist ideals in the past had long lost their way. Under the joy of power, they forgot the goal of struggle and began to doubt the ideals and beliefs they believed in. Eventually, they became the small group of villains who wanted to change the system to usurp national interests and enrich themselves. Those who were still fighting for their beliefs gradually became disappointed in the unsatisfactory reality, and finally chose to watch the collapse of the motherland they had fought for. Then he picked up the rusty and faded sickle and hammer badge in the dust, sad.

Fortunately, Yanaev still had the enthusiasm for reform and enough power to support him to do this. When he signed some appointment letters with his pen, Yanaev knew that a war without gunpowder was being set off all over the Soviet Union.

Although some spontaneously organized opposition groups did not break out in shocking demonstrations under Yeltsin's call, many people took to the streets, raised flags and shouted slogans for the Emergency Committee to step down. Gradually, the march turned into a riot, many shops were smashed, cars were burned, and even women were harassed and molested in broad daylight. These dirty villains who are under the banner of democracy and freedom have always liked to do something completely different in secret.

The people's initial expectations turned into disappointment. These people were not targeting the government, but plundering their property, just like an upright robber breaking into their own home under the banner of justice.

The martial law army followed the instructions of the central government at first and observed secretly without taking any action. However, they reported directly to the central high-level officials every half an hour. When Yanayev realized that the actions of these reactionary figures had made the citizens of Volgograd and Leningrad unbearable, he finally issued the long-prepared order to clear the scene.

On this day, these parasites who were immersed in the joy brought by false democracy finally experienced the horror of the steel torrent. Those violent machines running on caterpillar tracks will become an indelible nightmare for the rest of their lives.

The army that cleared the scene first threw tear gas into the crowd, and when those people realized what these were, they were choked and could not open their eyes. Some people tried to set the soldiers on fire with homemade Motolov cocktails, but their legs were broken by snipers who had been ambushed on the roof with compressed air.

Then the soldiers cleared the scene. The rough style of the Soviet army meant that they would not use artistic repressive weapons such as batons and shields. They did not have riot guns in their hands, which were directly loaded with rubber bullets that were painful but not lethal. Yanayev's order was not to show mercy to any thugs until you have used up all your bullets. Forgiving those people is God's business, and we are only responsible for sending them to see them. If they are caught on the street, they will be beaten in the street, and if they are caught in the toilet, their heads will be directly drowned in the toilet.

The rubber bullets hit their bodies and immediately tore their skin and flesh, and even if they didn't, there would be a purple-red bruise. These young people who grew up in a greenhouse had never experienced such pain, and they immediately fell to the ground and begged for mercy, but the soldiers did not let these people go. Whether they fell to the ground or begged for mercy, they continued to enjoy the torture of rubber bullets.

The demonstrators were frightened. For the first time, these opponents realized how terrible the iron fist of dictatorship was. They originally thought that launching street politics would make the Soviet Communist Party’s top leaders unable to bear to deal with the people and surrender. They did not expect that the newly appointed General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party was an iron-blooded leader. As long as the army and the state apparatus remained loyal to the leader, those who attempted to fish in troubled waters through social change would never have a chance.

The leaders who launched the march were scared, just like a clown who appeared on stage and quickly faded away. They abandoned their team and fled in disgrace, leaving the deceived young people to taste the punishment of communism. They immediately surrendered after losing their organization and fighting power.

In the clearing operations in two major cities, a total of six people died from stampedes, 20 people were seriously injured, 60 people were slightly injured, and hundreds of young people who engaged in street politics were arrested. Although many people cried bitterly in the news and said that they were deceived into marching, Yanayev only gave a brief and sharp evaluation of these people, "a farce composed of cowards and garbage."

Some of these people with serious cases will be sent to the KGB special mental hospital for warm and beautiful treatment until they tremble in their legs when they hear about democracy and freedom, and then they will regain their freedom. Oh, how ironic.

In response to this clearing, intellectuals who claim to be the conscience of the Slavic nation began to criticize Yanayev's actions. Solzhenitsyn, a writer who published "The Gulag Archipelago" and is known as the conscience of Russia, likened Yanayev to a cruel, inhumane iron-blooded tyrant, and described him as a madman like Stalin. Yanayev curled his lips in disdain and mocked him as a fool who could only write hypocritical words and did nothing.

However, in this incident, most domestic intellectuals chose to remain silent. Yanayev did not think these people were very sensible. Perhaps it was because of the ban on newspapers that they had nowhere to speak.

Of course, the Western world also criticized Yanayev's actions. The British also issued a statement saying that the Soviet Union's suppression shocked Britain, hoping that the Soviet government could stop this barbaric and bloody massacre, and expressed close attention to the development of the situation. Then the United States also issued a similar notice, but it was much more euphemistic than the United Kingdom. In response, Yanayev issued a statement, saying that the British government was simply full and had nothing to do, so it first whitewashed its suppression of the Irish national independence movement before discussing human rights with the Soviet Union. Of course, if the British government continues to talk nonsense like this, it is not certain that it will be defeated by the Irish Republican Army with a strong armed force one day. He also emphasized the phrase "strong armed Irish Republican Army" again.

Yanayev's direct and sharp speech made Western European countries look at each other in bewilderment. They did not expect the latest Soviet leader to speak so directly. Only the United States hid aside and laughed at the embarrassment of the British government being slapped in the face. At this point, those Western European leaders finally realized that the Soviet General Secretary at this time might really be an iron-blooded tyrant who should not be underestimated.