Struggle in Soviet Russia

London, Regent Street, connecting Oxford Circus and Piccadilly Circus.

The drizzle enveloped this completely British street. In the past, this was a good place for shopping in London, but with the crazy bombing of London by the Germans, most of the streets here were destroyed, which made the whole A street in the rain is like a large construction site flooded with water.

Although starting from mid-to-late June of last year, as the Germans launched an offensive eastward, the Soviet-German War broke out completely, and the German air strikes against Britain were weakened in both intensity and breadth, but the bombing against London basically It will appear once every few days, which makes every Londoner's heart hang all day long, and needs to **** up his ears all the time, listening to the air defense sirens that may sound at any time.

Not only London, but any major city in the UK today is definitely not a livable place, so more and more people will move to the countryside to live. After all, it is impossible for the Germans to touch a bomber to attack a village.

Wearing a smoky windbreaker and a peaked cap, Franz turned into Regent Street from the direction of Xavier Lau. At the moment he went around the corner of the street, he took advantage of the opportunity to look at the newspaper. Quickly through the glass on the newspaper board, he took a peek at the back.

The road was almost empty, only a woman in a turban, hurriedly chasing an innocent urchin, and on the other side of the street, there was an old man with a withered face and hunched over. Rubbish was picked up in the rubble.

Quickly closing the scene behind him, Franz took out a newspaper from the newspaper column, took out two pennies from the pocket of the windbreaker and threw them into the cash box, then turned around the corner of the street.

The moment he just turned the corner of the street, his footsteps stopped again. He turned sideways, leaned his back against the wall of the street corner, looked at the newspaper in his hand as if looking at the newspaper in his hand, and took it out of his pocket. Take out a pack of cigarettes, grab one with your teeth, and squeeze it between your lips, but don't light it, but just hold it in its mouth and read the newspaper attentively.

Franz's full name is Franz Bremer, a German-British man. He came to the UK when he was very young and grew up in Yorkshire. Now he works in London and works as a manager.

Judging from his appearance and identity, Franz is an ordinary Englishman and an unsmiling gentleman. He has a decent job, a good income, and a very happy family. His wife is a ballerina, and Two children. He loves his life and his country. Before the government called on citizens to donate money and materials for the fight against the German army, he donated one thousand pounds at a time. For this, he was also commended by the district councillors.

But what is not well known is that Franz’s father and mother were once members of the German Spartak League, and Franz joined the British Socialist Labour Party when he was studying at the University of London, and Is a firmly left member of the party. Later, with the merger of four communist organizations, including the Socialist Labor Party and the British Socialist Party, he joined the Communist Party of Great Britain.

Perhaps under the influence of his parents, Franz hates the bourgeoisie, even if he himself should be regarded as a member of the bourgeoisie, he advocates launching an "October Revolution"-style riot in the UK and establishing a working class-led Socialist regime. He has traveled to Moscow twice to participate in the activities of the Communist International Organization and regard the spirit of the Bolsheviks as his code of conduct.

His proposition is obviously inconsistent with the "peaceful excess" ideology adopted by the British Communist Party. Therefore, in 37 years, he chose to withdraw from the British Communist Party and became a leftist without party affiliation.

In the past few years, Franz once thought that he would never have any connection with communism or Moscow. This once made him lose his direction in life, but who would have thought that he would be in another place just a week ago. With the help of an old friend named Moritz, he re-established contact with Moscow.

In Franz's view, Moritz is a credible person, because the two met for the first time in Moscow. At a theoretical exchange organized by the Communist International, Moritz was as young as him, but already It was the representative of the German Communist Party, and this time Moritz approached him and only talked about one thing, that is, I hope he can continue to work for the Communist International and Moscow.

After almost no hesitation, Franz directly accepted the invitation of the other party. For him, communism is an ideal and a direction for striving. Fighting for this belief will make him feel spiritual. Substantial.

However, in the first meeting, Moritz did not have a deep conversation with him, just made such a request. Franz understood that this was because the other party needed to investigate him even though the current environment It is the Anglo-American-Soviet alliance, but in the United Kingdom, the attacks against Soviet spies and intelligence organizations have never been relaxed. Therefore, the other party's caution is very necessary.

Today is the time to meet Moritz for the second time. The place is in a cafe on Regent Street. Although he has never received training on the necessary qualities of agents, Franz did it according to his own understanding. arrange.

After smoking a cigarette at the corner of the street, and after confirming that no one was following him, Franz set off again and walked towards the agreed cafe.

The cafe is on the corner of the street, very inconspicuous. The owner is an old woman in her fifties. When Franz walked into the cafe, there was only one customer in the entire front hall, who looked twenty A girl who is out and dressed up. She sat quietly on the edge of a deck by the window, holding a green book in both hands, and was reading with relish.

Outside the window, the dark light peculiar to cloudy days was projected in through the glass window, hitting the girl's right half body, setting off her white face a little pale, giving people an unhealthy feeling.

To make it easier to talk with his old friends for a while, Franz found a secluded corner to sit down, ordered a cup of bitter coffee without sugar, and then sat there quietly, waiting for Moritz's arrival.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Moritz's shadow still did not appear, and the agreed time had passed.

Franz began to become a little restless. He didn't know what went wrong, did his inspection fail, or did something happen to Moritz? He is not sure what kind of situation, but what is certain is that no matter what kind of situation it is, it is not very good.

It took another ten minutes. At this time, half an hour had passed since the agreed time, but Franz still did not wait for the appearance of his old friend. Nowadays, he is very nervous, and he always suspects that there are places not far from him. Someone is staring at himself. But in this cafe, there are only two people besides him at this moment, one is the old lady who is the boss, and the other is the girl sitting by the window.

Out of vigilance, he secretly observed the girl by the window, and only then did he discover that the book in the girl's hand turned out to be an Antonio Gramsci's "Notes from Prison." Gramsci was the founder of the Italian Communist Party and a firm Marxist. Unfortunately, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage five years ago. "Notes from Prison" is a book he wrote during his lifetime.

Franz had read this book once, and read it more than once. At this time, seeing the book in the girl’s hands, he couldn’t help thinking of some of the content in the book. He was originally a little impetuous. Gradually calm down.

Out of curiosity, he couldn't help but shift his gaze from the book to the girl's face. Although he could only see a side face, Franz still had a feeling of amazing, that one was slightly sickly. The face is full of tranquility and peace. It may not be very gorgeous, but... Franz can't describe it, he can only say a little feeling, that is, the beauty of the face makes him a little unable to look away , Even made him have a feeling of going up and talking.

After all, Franz did not wait for Moritz to appear, but he did not feel too much regret, because in this very humble cafe, he found a beauty that dazzled him. He is going to come to the cafe again at this time tomorrow, on the one hand to see if he can wait for his old friend Moritz, on the other hand... he asked the owner of the cafe, that girl almost every morning At this time, she would go to her cafe to sit, and every time she would sit by the window.

At this time Franz didn’t know that he would never see the old friend Moritz again, but the Moscow Intelligence Station’s inspection of him had passed, and he was only responsible for connecting with him. It was no longer Moritz, but the girl who made him feel love at first sight.

In accordance with the external intelligence work principles formulated by Victor, the external intelligence network of the General Staff Intelligence Bureau has begun to enter a period of expansion. Compared with the previous period, the current spy network expansion method has become more concealed and deceitful. The resident intelligence station and the hidden intelligence network have been separated. Just like Franz, the first person to contact him was the staff from the London intelligence station. Only after confirming his intention to join the espionage network, the intelligence The street personnel standing there quickly withdrew, and the follow-up work was handed over to the staff of the espionage network.

The agents of the espionage network will change their identity, use another opportunity to approach the development goal, and then absorb him into the espionage network.

This approach is certainly a lot more cumbersome, but it can avoid the emergence of danger to the greatest extent. Whether it is an intelligence station or a spy network, if any one of them has a problem, the other party can quickly cut off the contact with the other party, thus ensuring at least The safety of one party.