Struggle in Soviet Russia

Although Victor has left the NKVD, the guards of Lubyanka 2 obviously did not regard him as an outsider. Therefore, when he appeared in the building, he went all the way smoothly, and no guard asked to check. His credentials.

The corridors of the building are very quiet, including outside Comrade Beria’s office. Apart from the guards, there are no redundant half-person figures. The People’s Committee of the Interior is actually very empty, and a large number of leading comrades have been dispatched. In addition, the First General Administration, which has a large number of staff, moved out from all directions, so the building became more and more empty.

Victor walked to the door of Comrade Beria's office and found that the office door was concealed. From the looming crack in the door, someone was speaking. It was obvious that Comrade Beria had a visitor.

He hesitated, and finally reached out and knocked on the door.

"Come in." Comrade Beria's voice came out from inside. His tone seemed to be a little tired, and it sounded a little lazy.

After finishing his military uniform, General Victor took off his cap and clamped it under his arm. Then he pushed the door open and stepped in.

Sure enough, Beria was not the only person in the room, besides him, there were two people, one of them was a middle-aged man with gray hair wearing a gray Lenin suit, and the other was wearing a black suit with a back and a thin body. There is a pair of glasses with a black frame on his face.

Coincidentally, these two people know Victor, and the one in the gray Lenin suit is a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences and the current director of the Institute of Physics of the Soviet Academy of Sciences Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov. This person is very good, especially in optical research, he is a world-class scientist. Of course, what is even better is that his younger brother is also an academician of the Academy of Sciences, but he is doing genetic research.

And the other person has more background, Mikhail Georgievich Berwusin, a member of the Central Committee and a deputy member of the People’s Committee, who was appointed as the People’s Committee of the Chemical Industry Committee last month. Translated, if placed in China, his position is equivalent to being a member of the Central Committee, Vice Premier of the State Council and Minister of the Ministry of Chemical Industry.

"Well, Colonel Victor is here," Beria said with a smile, standing up from behind the desk. "We can talk about the next job."

As he got up, Vavilov and Berwusin also stood up. This really made Victor feel flattered. He hurried forward two steps and gave the three a military salute. Then, with Biel Usin and Vavilov shook hands.

"Victor, is the work at the General Staff Intelligence Bureau going smoothly?" After the three met, Beria had walked around behind the desk and invited the three to the sofa on one side. Sit down and speak to Victor first.

"It's going well," Victor said. "Although the work of the General Staff Intelligence Bureau is somewhat different from the work of the Internal Intelligence Bureau of the Committee, there are still many similarities in general. The work experience of the Internal Intelligence Bureau benefits me It’s very useful and practical."

Beria nodded, motioned for him to sit down and speak, and then replied: "The plan for the reorganization of the Internal Intelligence Agency that you drafted has been passed during the discussions of the People’s Committee of National Defense, and it has also been approved by Comrade Stalin. It has already begun to be implemented in the Internal Intelligence Bureau, and it is estimated that results will be seen in a period of time. This has been done very well. When the results are shown in the future, I will personally ask Comrade Stalin for your credit."

General Victor put his cap on his lap and said respectfully: "During the drafting of the reorganization plan, you and Comrade Serov received a lot of pointers and suggestions. This is crucial to the final promulgation of the plan. Therefore, it is not. My work is the result of the collective efforts of the committee department."

The smile on Beria’s face grew stronger. He liked subordinates like Victor, who were capable, sensible, and very good at talking. Of course, the most important thing was that he was loyal enough, even those like this, even in the whole It is also rare in the NKVD.

This is really Beria's true thoughts. In the entire NKVD, even though he has many cronies, it can even be said that in every important post, his cronies are in charge of the work. But those of his confidants, either they have a low level of education, or they have problems with their work ability, or they just can’t speak. Even people who don’t have these shortcomings will have problems with their temperament, and they are so dark all day long. It looks uncomfortable, and it always gives people the illusion that they are doing small movements behind their backs.

Beria and Victor met face to face and talked eagerly there, while Bervuzin and Vavilov were left aside and listened dryly. Vavilov is a little better. After all, he is just a scholar, and he can't talk about any position of power. But Berwusin is different. He is also a minister-level official anyway, and he is so coldly treated... Still have to bear it.

Perhaps from this point alone, it can be seen that Comrade Beria is actually a very proud man, and he doesn’t know how to get along with others. In his eyes, Victor is not as good as Belurzin, but because of this young man. People are more important to him, so he can leave Berwusin aside and talk to Victor on his own.

In addition to character reasons, the fact that the two sides are different from each other’s camps is also a very key factor. There is already a contradiction between Gunovich.

Although Victor was talking with Beria, he also noticed this in his heart. Although he didn’t know the details, he could feel the incompatibility between Beria and Bervuzin. Yes, it’s just not. , There is no contradiction.

After asking about Victor’s work in the General Staff Intelligence Bureau, Beria seemed to think of Berwusin and Vavilov beside him. He took a pack of cigarettes from the coffee table in front of the sofa, took one out and handed it to Victor. , Said: "Victor, the main reason for calling you today is..."

As he said this, he threw the cigarette in his hand directly on the coffee table, and at the same time got up and walked towards the desk.

Victor had reached out to his pocket for a lighter. Seeing that Beria had only given himself a cigarette, but he hadn't paid attention to Berwusin and Vavilov sitting next to him, he was suddenly embarrassed.

He didn’t know whether Vavilov smoked or not, but he knew that Berwusin was also a big smoker, but this...this...is it possible for him to have a cigarette in his mouth. Where is it?

"Yesterday the experts from the Union Academy of Sciences jointly submitted a report to the People’s Committee for National Defense." Beria didn’t notice anything. He took a copy from his desk, turned and walked back again, bending towards Sitting on the sofa, he handed the document directly to Victor and said, “In this report, Academician Vavilov and Academician Kurchatov all stated that the study of atomic nuclear weapons will have a positive impact on the future war situation. It plays a decisive role, so it is strongly recommended that the People’s Committee of National Defense carefully consider the issue of restarting nuclear research..."

Victor listened to him and took the file. Instead of looking at the file, he focused his eyes on Beria and made an expression of listening intently to his words.

"Although the current alliance is facing various difficulties, especially the shortage of various resources," Beria continued, "but the opinions of experts are very important after all, so, in Comrade Voroshilov's mention, The People’s Committee of the National Defense decided to restart nuclear research and reorganized the Nuclear Standing Committee on the original basis. Comrade Mikhail Georgievich served as the People’s Commissar of the Standing Committee, and Academician Jofe Academician He Vavilov is the deputy people’s commissar of the committee."

Speaking of this, he paused, turned his head to look at Berwusin who was sitting next to him, and smiled at the other party, before continuing: "In order to cooperate with the work of the Standing Committee, the General Staff Information Bureau and the People’s Committee of the Interior The Foreign Intelligence Bureau and the Intelligence Bureau of the Academy of Sciences will all participate in this committee..."

Beria talked about it for a long time. In fact, the core meaning is that several major foreign intelligence agencies need to cooperate with the work of the Nuclear Nuclear Standing Committee. Speed ​​up the research work of the Standing Committee.

Victor knew about the Nuclear Standing Committee, which was actually established in 38 years. It was with the support of this committee that Kurchatov produced the Soviet Union’s first proton accelerator. However, only one year after he built the proton accelerator, he was accused of wasting national resources, and he was almost thrown into jail for it. Since then, although the nuclear standing committee has not been banned, it is of no use at all. NS.

However, although Beria said that the joint report of experts has been passed by the National Defense Commission, in fact, from what he said, it can still be seen that the Kremlin still does not pay much attention to this project. He only mentioned the support in the newspaper, but did not talk about the support in terms of resources and manpower.

Victor wanted to tell the story about Fox very much, saying that he already attached great importance to this job and had a very good plan, but in the end he resisted it because he treated Vavilov and Biel from Beria. It can be seen from Wu Xin's attitude that this big spy chief obviously doesn't pay much attention to this work.

That's good, since the Kremlin doesn't pay attention to this issue, he can do his job first, and wait until further information is obtained, but he will be able to highlight his abilities even more.