Ultimate Firepower
Chapter 490 - 469: With One Hand, the Heavens Tilt

Chapter 490: Chapter 469: With One Hand, the Heavens Tilt

To judge whether someone is awesome or not, don’t listen to what others hype up, look at what they’ve actually accomplished.

From just these few brief comments from Huang Haisheng, one can infer that this Yuri has indeed done some big things. The only question is, what is the Bielinyevsky Agreement?

Gao Yi wanted to pull out his phone to check, but he felt a bit embarrassed to do so in front of Huang Haisheng. However, he then thought, why bother pretending to be knowledgeable in front of an expert like Huang Haisheng.

"What is the Bielinyevsky Agreement?"

Gao Yi asked sincerely, even though this made him seem slightly ignorant at times, but fortunately, most people still liked honest kids.

The problem was that the question was a bit too basic, Huang Haisheng was really unsure how to answer it simply.

After a brief moment of contemplation, Huang Haisheng said, "Before the Bielinyevsky Agreement was made public, the dissolution of the Soviet Union was already an inevitable trend, but it wasn’t yet certain. The Agreement was announced on December 8, 1991, and the Soviet Union officially declared its dissolution on December 26. Therefore, the publication of the Bielinyevsky Agreement was like nailing the final nail into the coffin of the Soviet Union. After that, no matter what anyone did or tried to do, it couldn’t change the outcome of the dissolution."

Huang Haisheng didn’t specify what the Bielinyevsky Agreement was, he just generally explained its significance.

According to the Eastern way of putting it, the Bielinyevsky Agreement nailed the final nail into the coffin of the Soviet Union.

According to the Western way of saying it, the Bielinyevsky Agreement was like ringing the death knell for the Soviet Union.

Gao Yi nodded, then he immediately asked, "So what did this Yuri do? How did he delay the Bielinyevsky Agreement by three days?"

"Because he carried out an assassination attempt, which was partially successful, but his accomplices in Moscow failed."

"What do you mean by ’partially successful’?"

Huang Haisheng scratched his head and said, "Do you know the entire process of the Soviet Union’s dissolution? Are you aware of the series of events that took place at that time?"

"No."

Huang Haisheng sighed with a hint of helplessness, then he nodded and said, "Alright, I’ll keep it simple. The key figure driving the dissolution of the Soviet Union was Boris Nikola. Yuri’s goal was to control Boris, and he nearly succeeded. However, his comrade in Moscow abandoned the operation and leaked Yuri’s plan to Boris Nikola. By that time, Boris had already entered the safeguarded palace, and due to Yuri’s deep trust from Belarus’s top military and political leader Stanislav Stanis, Yuri was heavily involved in the independence process of Belarus."

After finishing, Huang Haisheng spread his hands and said, "To use a popular term, Yuri put himself in the thick of it, approaching the core individuals of independence under the guise of supporting it. His plan was to eliminate all three key leaders in one fell swoop, thus single-handedly preventing the dissolution of the Soviet Union."

"That sounds incredible, too bad he still failed."

Huang Haisheng laughed and said, "It’s good that he failed. If he had succeeded, who knows what the current world situation would be like."

"Err, from your tone, it sounded like you wished he had succeeded."

"Give me a break, the Soviet Union is better off because it has dissolved. Well, I digress, let’s continue about Yuri, in fact, every one of us in the secret service respects him. Why? Because he achieved all that a spy could achieve, nearly accomplishing an immensely difficult feat, and the key is that he did all this before he was even twenty-four years old."

"Damn, that’s about my age..."

When talking about Yuri, Huang Haisheng also showed a face full of admiration and emotion, and his points of reflection were clearly different from Gao Yi’s. He still spoke with a serious face, "What’s called a legend? A legend is someone you respect regardless of whether they’re friend or foe. The most impressive thing is that this person joined the KGB at seventeen, became the deputy director of a division at twenty, and by twenty-three, he was in charge of Minsk, a key regional stronghold. At twenty-three, I was still in school."

"When I was twenty-three..."

Gao Yi thought for a moment and said, "When I was twenty-three, I did quite a few things."

It’s not worth mentioning it, too many people have achieved great things at a young age, Huang Haisheng didn’t want to compete over age.

"Yuri did in five years what others do in fifty. He was able to hold such a high position at such a young age because he truly was outstanding. He worked at the KGB’s Second Directorate, which was responsible for counterintelligence. After joining, he captured one thousand and twenty-eight spies in three years, among them six were considered ace spies, and he also uncovered four moles within the KGB that were hugely destructive."

"Wait a minute! Over a thousand?"

Huang Haisheng pursed his lips and nodded.

"You’re kidding, one a day? Is that how you catch spies? It’s not like fishing where a net can catch dozens at once."

"Why the joke? Capturing a spy network can net dozens of people, and sometimes hundreds. At that time, Moscow was crawling with spies. And those one thousand plus people weren’t all foreigners, a lot of them were Soviets."

Gao Yi exhaled and said, "Oh, in that case, it’s understandable."

"What made Yuri so impressive was that he only set traps, didn’t arrest anyone, and then waited to round them all up at once, including his superiors, colleagues, and the spies he had information on. Over a thousand people, all caught in one day."

Huang Haisheng still spoke with a tone of awe, and then he made a wry face, "At that time, we also lost six people, a heavy loss. But the UK suffered the most, losing twenty-three in one fell swoop, years of effort destroyed in a single day. As for the locals working for the British, nearly two hundred of them were caught all at once."

"Isn’t that an enemy? How come you’re talking about him as one of us."

"I didn’t say he’s one of us, but he’s not exactly an enemy either."

Huang Haisheng seemed hesitant, but in the end, he lowered his voice and said, "Why do they call him a living fossil? Because he kept fighting for the Soviet Union, even though everyone knew it wasn’t coming back. But one thing, now, who is still carrying the red flag?"

"We are."

"Exactly, so after Yuri was pardoned, he immediately helped us out big time, more than once, without asking for compensation or anything in return, just because of one thing, his belief in international communism."

Gao Yi’s eyes widened, and he said in shock, "Such a person, you’re having him work with me?"

"What about it?"

"Yuri would kill me for the things I’ve done!"

Huang Haisheng laughed and whispered, "Have you misunderstood something?"

"Misunderstood what?"

"Yuri is loyal to the Soviet Union, but he’s no moral crusader. Don’t you know how dark the KGB was back in the Soviet era?"

Huang Haisheng pressed Gao Yi’s shoulder earnestly, "You have to understand this: Yuri’s heart is red, his hands are black, but if you treat him like a good guy, you won’t even know how you died."

Contradictory?

At first listen, it is quite contradictory, but upon closer consideration, it’s not.

Think about the things the KGB did back in the day, each and every one, they were synonymous with ruthlessness.

Gao Yi slowly nodded his head.

"Yuri is unemotional; he lacks any personal feelings, understand? A robot, a robot programmed with instructions, who will eliminate anything in his way."

"So what exactly has he helped us with?"

Huang Haisheng was very pleased with Gao Yi’s use of "us," as this single word was sufficient to prove Gao Yi’s stance.

It’s just a pity, it cannot be said.

"It’s a secret, I can’t tell you. If there’s a chance—I mean if—you might ask him yourself."

Gao Yi thought that made sense, and he considered finding a way to meet this Yuri.

"Even if you meet him, he won’t talk. This man knows far too well the importance of keeping secrets; he won’t utter a word even if you grind him to dust."

"How come you know so much about him?"

"Because he told us himself, he informed us. That’s all I can tell you. In any case, he’s not our friend now, but not an enemy either. It’s that sort of relationship."

Gao Yi pondered for a moment and said, "But he’s currently working for the KGB."

"Yes, because he’s so skilled, the Russians find him very useful, crucially useful, but most importantly... he’s Vladimir’s little junior brother. Otherwise, why would he be pardoned?"

"What I mean is, is it possible for me to sway him?"

"Don’t know, it’s tough, definitely tough, probably slim chances."

Gao Yi laughed in exasperation and stared at Huang Haisheng, "Slim chances, and you still suggest I attempt to sway him?"

"Just give it a try, how would you know if you don’t try? Go ahead and try, maybe it will work. We think you have some hope, look, firstly you’re not short on money, but most importantly, the things you’re doing are quite to Yuri’s liking."

"Someone like Yuri would be interested in money?"

"He’s not interested, but KGB people are!"

The logic is sound, very sound. Using money as a lesser might not convince Yuri, but if it convinces those watching over Yuri, that’s enough.

Gao Yi nodded, "That’s true."

"Most importantly, the reason why we think you have a chance is because you already have people from the U.S., U.K. and France around you, right? Just tell the KGB, suggest they send a strong character who can coordinate and stay in touch with you easily, tell Yuri to act as a mole with you, not to spy on you, but to follow you... you get it."

Makes sense, a lot of sense.

Initially, Gao Yi didn’t think there was any chance of recruiting someone like Yuri, not even a one percent chance, but after Huang Haisheng put it that way, Gao Yi suddenly felt there might be a ten or twenty percent possibility.

Gao Yi fell into deep thought, and Huang Haisheng struck while the iron was hot, "Also, you need to understand one thing, who is the Soviet Union’s greatest enemy?"

"The United States, of course, do I even need to ask? I’m not stupid!"

Gao Yi looked confidently at Huang Haisheng, but an embarrassed expression appeared on Huang Haisheng’s face, he probably didn’t expect Gao Yi to answer a simple question wrongly.

"Not the United States? Then who could it be?"

Huang Haisheng whispered, "It’s Russia, Russia is the greatest enemy of the Soviet Union, or rather, traitors are more hateful than enemies. Anyway, what Yuri hates the most must definitely be Russia, no doubt."

Is that so?

Gao Yi was momentarily baffled, after a moment’s thought, he said, "Should I give it a try?"

"Give it a try, you must try; anyway, there’s no loss even if it doesn’t work out, right? Just say you got the information from the CIA when you talk to the KGB about this, don’t worry, they won’t hesitate to release him."

After a pause, Huang Haisheng said earnestly, "Because this matter doesn’t harm anyone, it’s a win-win cooperation."