Red Moscow

Today's trial was planned for Goering, but due to the German lawyer's outstanding trick, the plan was disrupted and could only be changed to the trial of the German Navy and Army Chief of Staff, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel.

The hastily initiated prosecution naturally lacked convincing evidence. Under the sophistry of the German lawyer, the prosecution of Keitel had to be temporarily suspended due to insufficient evidence.

The trial, which was almost a child's play, ended hastily.

After the trial, Sokov followed the convoy back to the hotel.

On the way, Sokov looked out the window bored.

He saw pedestrians on the street, American military police on patrol, or military vehicles passing by, all waving and greeting enthusiastically. But when the Soviet convoy appeared in their field of vision, the expressions on their faces became indifferent, and some even cast hateful eyes.

Seeing this situation, Sokov couldn't help but think of a movie "The Devil is Back" (also known as "XTL is Back") shot in Germany in 2015. The movie tells the story of a day in 2014 when Mustache came back. After he woke up at the site of the bunker, he found that the streets of Berlin were no longer familiar, and there were no confidants around him. The Reich Chancellery had disappeared without a trace. What confused him even more was that Poland still existed, and the current German Chancellor was actually a woman.

Because in the eyes of others, he looked too much like Mustache, so he was spotted by a TV program producer and appeared on a talk show. Who knew that the show became a hit the first time he appeared. Subsequently, the number of hits on the program clips on the Internet soared, and various interview invitations came. In the storyline of the film, no one thought that this mustache was a real mustache. They just regarded him as an actor used to satirize mustache. Mustache, who returned to modern society, unexpectedly became a star by mistake.

At the end of the film, the director was bold and innovative, and filmed a real scene on the street, letting the actor who played the mustache wear the German military uniform during World War II and ride in an open car to see how real pedestrians would react. Unexpectedly, when pedestrians saw the mustache played by the actor, most of them had surprised expressions on their faces. In addition to many people waving to him in surprise, some even saluted him. When the director saw this scene, he was also stunned.

Vaserigov found that Sokov had been silent since he got on the car, and thought he was resting his eyes, so he looked back. Who knew that he saw Sokov staring out the window in a daze. He hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively: "Comrade General, what are you looking at?"

"I'm looking at the buildings and pedestrians outside."

"Comrade General," Vaseligov said, "Nuremberg was indeed a beautiful city before, but in the three-year strategic bombing, most German cities have become ruins. I heard from others that it would take at least 20 years to clean up these ruins, let alone rebuild a new city."

Sokof glanced at Vaseligov and said to himself, under normal circumstances, your statement is not wrong. To rebuild a country, and in the case of paying huge war reparations, with Germany's strength, it would probably take 30 to 40 years to clean up the ruins in the city. To restore to the pre-war level, it would probably take even longer.

However, the emergence of the Marshall Plan greatly shortened the progress of the Germans in cleaning up the ruins and rebuilding the city.

The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Plan, was a plan by the United States to provide economic assistance and reconstruction assistance to Western European countries destroyed by the war after the end of World War II. It had a profound impact on the development of European countries and the world political landscape. The plan was officially launched in July 1947 and lasted for four fiscal years. During this period, Western European countries received a total of US$13.15 billion in various forms of aid from the United States, including finance, technology, and equipment, through their participation in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), of which 90% were grants and 10% were loans.

However, before the Marshall Plan was implemented, the United States had already invested a lot of money in the reconstruction of Europe. It is estimated that the United States invested $9 billion in this area between 1945 and 1947. Most of this aid was provided in indirect forms, including as a continuation of the package agreement in the Lend-Lease Act, or by the US military to rebuild local infrastructure and help refugees.

In addition, as outposts of the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union stationed a large number of troops in West Germany and East Germany, and Germany, as a defeated country, also had a large army. The operation and investment of the United States and the Soviet Union in this region not only reduced Germany's military expenditure, but also promoted the development of Germany's military industry. Some famous military enterprises developed rapidly during this period.

In addition, some local wars also indirectly promoted Germany's economic development. For example, during the Korean War and the Vietnam War, the United States imported a large amount of materials from West Germany. Although according to the treaty, the defeated country cannot eat strategic materials raw, but because this was the need of the old United States at the time, West Germany completely ignored this clause. They exported a large amount of materials such as lathe equipment, and then used the funds obtained to import the industrial raw materials needed by the country, so that Germany's economy developed rapidly during this period.

Coupled with Germany's strong industrial foundation, a large number of highly qualified people, and advanced science and technology, Germany quickly rose again. By 1960, the 15th year after the war, West Germany's per capita GDP had reached US$1,300, and its economic aggregate had tripled, basically the same as the UK's GDP.

The motorcade returned to the hotel. After getting off the car, Sokov saw Sokolovsky with an angry face. He called several key people participating in the trial to come to him and was talking about something.

"Misha," Agelina grabbed Sokov's sleeve, tugged hard, and asked in a panic: "Comrade Deputy Commander seems to be cursing, will he call you over and scold you too?" G?"

Sokov smiled, "How is this possible? You know, Comrade Deputy Commander is angry about today's trial. I am just a bystander. Even if he is full of anger, he cannot get angry at me. Okay, let’s go back to the room first.”

After walking two steps, Sokov suddenly remembered something, stopped and asked Vaserigov: "Major, I remember that the Bayers and his son went to the countryside outside the city two days ago. Have they come back?"

"I'm not sure, Comrade General." Vaserigov said with some embarrassment: "I have to ask the soldiers left behind to find out."

Sokov nodded and said to him: "I will go back to the room first. If there is any news about the Bayers and his son, remember to inform me immediately."

After Sokov and Agelina returned to the room, Agelina asked curiously: "Misha, the Bayers went to the countryside outside the city to find Captain Hosenfeld's wife and children, right? It's really impossible." To think that after so many days, you still haven’t given up.”

"Anyway, we have been staying in Nuremberg recently, and there is nothing to do." Sokov said: "It just so happened that the Bayers were unwilling to give in and said they wanted to try their luck in the countryside."

Agelina is not optimistic about the behavior of the Bayers and his son at all: "I think there is no hope in searching aimlessly like this. I'm afraid it won't be long before the Bayers and his sons will return to the hotel disappointed."

The phone on the table rang, and it was Vaserigov calling: "Comrade General, I have asked the soldiers who were left behind, and they all said they have not seen the Bayers come back. Do you think we need to send people to the countryside?" Go down and find them?"

"No need." Sokov thought about the inconvenience of communication in this era and had no idea where the Bayers and his son were. No matter how many people he sent to search, it would be difficult to find their traces, so he decisively refused. Serigov's suggestion: "Just stay in the hotel with peace of mind. When it's time to come back, they will come back naturally."

Just when Sokov was about to start writing the book, the phone on the table suddenly rang.

He thought it was Vasergov calling, so he grabbed the phone and asked impatiently: "Major, is there anything else?"

But there was no sound in the receiver except the sound of electricity.

Relying on his own experience, Sokov immediately realized that the call should not be from Vaserigov, but a long-distance call, so he tentatively asked: "Hello, I am Sokov, who are you?"

This time a voice finally came from the receiver: "Misha, it's me, Yasha!"

"Oh, it's you, Yasha." Sokov felt very strange in his heart. Why did Yakov call him a long-distance call? Could it be that something happened in Moscow? "You called me. Did something happen in Moscow?"

Sokov didn't notice that his voice was trembling when he asked this question. He knew that Yakov was the type who never went to the Three Treasures Palace for anything. He would not make long-distance calls to himself unless there was something very important.

Yakov on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, and then said: "Misha, it's like this. Moscow Film Studio plans to adapt your film "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" into a movie. I would like to ask if you have any what idea."

Sokov was naturally eager to have his own book adapted into a movie. He immediately replied without thinking: "If I have any ideas, if they want to adapt it, just adapt it."

"Don't you have any conditions?"

"No." After Sokov said this, he hesitated for a moment and then added: "Can I express my opinion on the choice of the main character?"

"Yes, of course." Yakov said: "After I complete the selection of actors, I will also ask for your opinion. Only after you agree will we officially start filming." After a pause, he continued to ask, "In terms of male and female protagonists, do you have any suitable candidates?"

"The male protagonist must be Vaskov." Sokov asked curiously: "I wonder which female soldier the studio plans to make as the protagonist, Lida, Zhenya, Sonia or Risa?" As for the other sacrifice Sokovti did not even mention the female soldier Galka, because he knew very well that a timid female soldier like Galka could not become a heroine.

"We plan to use the female soldier Lida as the heroine of this movie." Yakov said: "I have read your book carefully, and Lida appears in quite a few pages in the book, especially her relationship with her husband Osha Ning’s story is very attractive.”

"Well, that's right." Sokov nodded and said, "I also agree to let Lida become the heroine in the movie. I wonder if you have a suitable actor to play this role?"

"Not yet." Yakov said: "Comrade Eisenstein asked me to ask you if you have a suitable candidate in mind?"

"Yasha, you've confused me." Sokov said with some embarrassment: "First of all, I didn't expect that my novel would be adapted into a movie in such a short period of time. Secondly, I am very interested in I’m not familiar with actresses from this country, so I really don’t know who will play the role of Lida.”

"What should we do?" Yakov asked.

"Yasha, please tell Comrade Eisenstein that he will be solely responsible for the casting." Although Sokov wanted to personally select the actors in the movie, he was far away in Nuremberg and was beyond his reach, so he could only put this matter aside. Leave it to Eisenstein to take charge: "I trust his choice."

"Okay, Misha, since you said so, I will convey your thoughts to Comrade Eisenstein." After Yakov said this, he paused for a moment and then asked: "By the way, what are you doing? When will you be able to return to Moscow? You know, Asiya will be born in more than three months. You don’t want to be with Asiya when the child is born, right?”

"I also want to go back." Sokov said with some helplessness: "But without the order from my superiors, I can't leave at all. But I will find a way and try my best to return to Moscow before Asiya gives birth to the child."

"Okay, Misha, I will tell Asya what you said."

After Sokov put down the phone, Agelina next to him asked curiously: "Misha, does Yasha have anything to do with you?"

"He told me that Moscow Film Studio planned to adapt my novel "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" into a movie." Sokov explained with a smile: "Yasha called me specifically to tell me about this. thing."

"Great, this is really great." Agelina said excitedly: "I didn't expect that not long after your book was published, Moscow Film Studio planned to adapt it into a movie, which shows that your book It’s so well written.”

"Yes, yes," Sokov said with a smile: "I didn't expect that the novel would be adapted into a movie so soon."

"I seem to have heard that the heroine in this movie is Lida." Agelina asked curiously: "I want to know, which actress do you plan to let play this role?"

Sokov was not familiar with actresses of this period in the Soviet Union and was wondering who should play the role of Lida. The first person to play Lida, Irina Borisovna Shevchuk, might be Not yet born.

Hearing Agelina's question, Sokov looked at her and asked: "Agelina, do you have any suitable candidates to recommend?"

Agelina frowned and thought for a while, then said: "I think there is an actress who is more suitable to play Lida."

Sokov asked eagerly: "Who is it?"

Agelina smiled faintly, and then spit out a name: "Serova!"