Chapter 470 Holding the sky with one hand

To judge whether a person is awesome or not, don’t look at how he brags, but look at what he has actually done.

From Huang Haisheng's few short comments, we can tell that Yuri did indeed do some great things, but there is one thing: what is the Benevezh Agreement?

Gao Yi wanted to take out his cell phone to check, but he felt a little embarrassed in front of Huang Haisheng. But then he thought, why pretend to be a scholar in front of a professional like Huang Haisheng.

“What are the Benevezh agreements?”

Gao Yi is very sincere, although this makes him seem a little ignorant sometimes, but fortunately, most people still like honest children.

This question is a bit too basic, and Huang Haisheng really doesn’t know how to answer it simply.

After a brief thought, Huang Haisheng said: "Before the Benevezh Accords came out, the disintegration of the Soviet Union was already an inevitable trend, but it could not be said to be a foregone conclusion. After the Benevezh Accords were announced on December 1991, 12, the Soviet Union officially declared its disintegration on December 8. Therefore, the announcement of the Benevezh Accords was regarded as the nail in the coffin of the Soviet Union. No matter what was done afterwards, it could not change the outcome of the disintegration of the Soviet Union."

Huang Haisheng did not say what the Benevezh Agreement was, but he gave a brief account of the significance of the Benevezh Agreement.

According to Eastern parlance, the Benevezh Agreement put the nail in the coffin of the Soviet Union.

According to the West, the Benevezh Accords sounded the death knell for the Soviet Union.

Gao Yi nodded, and then he immediately asked: "So what did Yuri do? How did he delay the Benevezh Agreement for three days?"

"Because he carried out an assassination attempt which was semi-successful, but his helpers in Moscow failed."

"What do you mean by half-successful?"

Huang Haisheng scratched his head and said, "Do you know the whole process of the disintegration of the Soviet Union? Do you know the series of events that happened at that time?"

"do not know."

Huang Haisheng sighed helplessly, then nodded and said, "Okay, I'll explain it briefly. The person who pushed for the disintegration of the Soviet Union was Boris Nikolay, and Yuri's goal was to control Boris. He almost succeeded, but his comrades in Moscow gave up the action and leaked Yuri's plan to Boris Nikolay. At this time, Boris had already moved into the palace guarded by him. Because Yuri was deeply trusted by Stanislav Stanislav, the top military and political leader of Belarus at the time, Yuri was deeply involved in the independence process of Belarus."

After finishing speaking, Huang Haisheng spread his hands and said, "To use a popular term, Yuri joined the game himself and used his attitude of supporting independence to get close to several independent core members at the time. His plan was to kill all three giants and prevent the disintegration of the Soviet Union by himself."

"It sounds great, but it still failed."

Huang Haisheng smiled and said, "Fortunately he failed. If he had succeeded, it would be hard to say what the world situation would be like now."

"Well, from your tone I thought you wanted him to succeed as well."

"Forget it. The good thing about the Soviet Union is that it has collapsed. Well, we are getting off topic. Let's continue talking about Yuri. In fact, every one of us in the secret front respects Yuri. Why? Because he did everything a spy could do. He almost accomplished the feat of saving the world from collapse. The key point is that he did all this when he was less than 24 years old."

"Fuck, he's almost my age..."

Speaking of Yuri, Huang Haisheng was full of admiration and emotion, but his emotion was obviously different from Gao Yi's. He still said with a serious face: "What is a legend? Legend means that I have to admire everyone regardless of the enemy. The most amazing thing is that this person joined the KGB at the age of seventeen, became the deputy director of the branch at the age of twenty, and became the top leader of the important city of Minsk at the age of twenty-three. Twenty-three, I was still in school when I was twenty-three."

"I'm twenty-three..."

Gao Yi thought for a moment and said, "I did a lot of things when I was 23."

We can’t say that. There are too many people who have achieved great things at a young age. Huang Haisheng doesn’t want to compete with others in terms of age.

"Yuri did what others would do in fifty years in five years. Why was he able to hold a high position at such a young age? Because he is really capable. He was in the Second Directorate of the KGB, which is responsible for counterintelligence. After he entered, he arrested 1,028 spies in three years, six of whom were considered ace spies. He also found four extremely destructive moles inside the KGB."

"Wait a minute! More than a thousand?"

Huang Haisheng pouted and nodded.

"You must be kidding. One a day. Is that how you catch spies? Spies are not like fishing. You can catch dozens of them with one cast of the net."

"You are kidding me. If we seize a spy network, there must be at least dozens of people, and sometimes hundreds of people. There were countless spies in Moscow at that time. Besides, not all of these more than a thousand people were foreigners. Many of them were Soviets."

Gao Yi exhaled and said, "Is that so? That makes sense."

"The most amazing thing about Yuri is that he only laid out the plan, not arrested anyone. Then when the time came to close the net, he arrested his superiors, colleagues, and spies whose information he had, more than a thousand people, all within one day."

Huang Haisheng still spoke with a sigh, and then he curled his lips and said: "At that time, six of us were also arrested, and the loss was heavy, but the biggest loss was suffered by the British. Twenty-three people were arrested at once, and years of business were ruined in one day. As for the locals who served the British, nearly 200 people were arrested at once."

"Isn't this an enemy? Why do you say he is one of us?"

"I didn't say they were my own people, but they weren't my enemies either."

Huang Haisheng seemed a little hesitant, but in the end, he whispered: "Why is he called a living fossil? Because he insisted on fighting for the Soviet Union, even though everyone knew that the Soviet Union would never come back. But there is one thing: who can continue to carry the red flag now?"

"We."

"Right, so after Yuri was pardoned, he immediately helped us a lot, more than once, without asking for any reward, without asking for any return, just because of one thing, international communism."

Gao Yi's eyes widened, and he asked in astonishment: "You let such a person follow me?"

"What's wrong with you?" "Yuri, you're going to kill me for what I've done!"

Huang Haisheng smiled and whispered, "Did you misunderstand something?"

"What's the misunderstanding?"

"Yuri's heart is with the Soviet Union, but he's not a moral warrior. Don't you know how evil the KGB was in the Soviet era?"

Huang Haisheng held Gao Yi's shoulders and said seriously, "You have to understand that Yuri's heart is red and his hands are black, but if you treat him as a good person, you will never know how you will die."

Contradiction?
It sounds contradictory at first, but if you think about it carefully, it is not contradictory.

Think about what the Soviet KGB did back then, one by one, they were all synonymous with cruelty and ruthlessness.

Gao Yi nodded slowly.

"Yuri has no feelings. He has no personal feelings, you understand? Robots, programmed robots, kill anyone who stands in their way."

"So what did he do to help us?"

Huang Haisheng was very satisfied with what Gao Yi said about "we". Just one word "we" was enough to prove Gao Yi's position.

It’s a pity that I can’t say it.

"This is a secret. I can't tell you. If you have a chance, I mean if, you can ask him in person."

Gao Yi thought it made sense and he had to find a way to meet this Yuri.

"But he won't tell you even if you meet him. This person knows too well the importance of keeping secrets. If he thinks it's not right to say anything, he won't say a word even if you smash him into dust."

"How do you know so much about him?"

"Because he said all this himself. He told us. Okay, that's all I can tell you. Anyway, this person is not our friend now, but he is not our enemy either. That's the relationship."

Gao Yi thought for a moment and said, "But he works for the KGB now."

"Yes, because this man is so powerful, the Russians think he is useful, very useful, but the most important thing is... he is Vladimir's junior fellow apprentice, otherwise why would he be pardoned."

"I mean, how can I steal someone like this?"

"I don't know. It's very difficult. It's definitely very difficult. I think it's going to be very tough."

Gao Yi laughed angrily. He glared at Huang Haisheng and said, "It's probably going to be tough, so why are you asking me to poach his girlfriend?"

"Just give it a try. How do you know if it works if you don't try? Just give it a try. What if it works? We think you still have hope. You see, first of all, you have money, but most importantly, what you do suits Yuri's taste."

"Would someone like Yuri be interested in money?"

"He's not interested, but the KGB people are!"

This makes sense, a lot of sense. Using money as a stepping stone may not impress Yuri, but it may impress the people who are looking at Yuri.

Gao Yi nodded and said, "That's true."

"The main reason why we think you have hope is because you already have people from the United States, Britain and France around you. You told the KGB to send a powerful person so that it would be convenient for communication and coordination. You told Yuri to follow you as a mole. You didn't tell Yuri to spy on you, but to follow you...right."

That makes sense. It makes a lot of sense.

Originally, he thought it was impossible, and there was not even a one percent chance of recruiting someone like Yuri. But after hearing what Huang Haisheng said, Gao Yi suddenly felt that there was still a one or two percent chance.

Gao Yi fell into deep thought, and Huang Haisheng struck while the iron was hot and said, "Also, you have to understand one thing, who is the biggest enemy of the Soviet Union?"

"America, do you even need to ask? I'm not stupid!"

Gao Yi looked at Huang Haisheng with confidence, but a hint of embarrassment appeared on Huang Haisheng's face. Perhaps he did not expect that Gao Yi could get such a simple question wrong.

"If not the United States? Then who else could it be?"

Huang Haisheng whispered, "It's Russia. Russia is the Soviet Union's biggest enemy. In other words, traitors are more hateful than enemies. In short, Yuri must hate Russia the most."

Can you do this?

Gao Yi was a little confused for a moment. He thought for a moment and said, "Then I should try?"

"Give it a try. You must give it a try. Even if it fails, there's no loss, right? When you talk to the KGB about this, just tell them that you got the information from the CIA. Don't worry, don't be afraid that the KGB won't release you."

After a pause, Huang Haisheng said seriously: "Because this matter will not harm anyone, it is a win-win cooperation."

(End of this chapter)

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