Struggle in Soviet Russia

However, no matter how stringent laws and military regulations are, they are ultimately formulated by people and executed by people. As long as the human factor is involved in anything, it will inevitably change its taste, and even make things happen. Various situations.

The so-called "jurisprudence is nothing more than human feelings", that's what it means.

"So," Leyter said with a one-handed gesture that made no sense, and said with some difficulty, "Comrade Victor Viktorovich, I would like to ask you to consider Alexei's situation more and give him a I have a chance to rehabilitate. I think it has been a difficult period for him recently. He needs help instead of punishment. That will make him completely collapsed."

Leyter is a soldier himself, and a general. Of course, he cannot understand what punishment he will face for negligence. In the case of his nephew, even though the army did not suffer any losses due to his negligence, But dereliction of duty is dereliction of duty. Although it seems that the crime is not serious, if nothing unexpected happens, the military court's sentence should be 3 to 5 years imprisonment. At the same time, he will be removed from all positions.

Considering that it is a time of war and there are not enough soldiers on the front line, his imprisonment is estimated to be changed to the front line, along with the prisoners in the "crimination camp", and sent to the most brutal part of the war. In the wars of the next few years, he will most likely die in a well-known or unknown place, and be buried in a place where there is no monument. If he is lucky to survive, he will not be in the second half of his life. Will enjoy any honor.

It is precisely because of all this that Leyter rushed to meet Victor in a hurry, hoping that the young man would be able to open the door.

Don't think that this kind of thing is easy for Leyter to make up his mind. Who is Victor? Although there is not much contact between the two sides, his identity is always there. A senior member of the NKVD, a colonel in national security, if there is a choice, who wants to deal with this?

"Comrade General Max," Viktor was silent for a moment after hearing Leyter's words, "I also sympathize with Lieutenant Alexei's experience, but it must be stated that personal experience is not the same. It should be a factor that affects work, especially in front-line combat troops. I think you also understand that any mistake here may lead to disastrous consequences."

There was a disappointed expression on Leitel's face. Hearing what Victor said, he knew that his request was mostly about to be rejected.

However, to his surprise, Victor changed his words and said: "As for the mistakes made by Lieutenant Alexei this time, I can choose not to report to the General Political Department, but it is necessary. The premise is that he can no longer remain in the front line. My suggestion is to let him go to the rear and do some less important work, at least until his mood adjusts, it must be like this."

"Of course, of course," Leyter was overjoyed. As soon as he grasped Victor's hand and shook it, he said, "I will ask Comrade Commander to transfer him to Central Asia and let him take charge of some conscription. Work."

Victor pulled his hand back and smiled: "That's the best. For each of us, this arrangement is good."

In the face of Leidel, Viktor can certainly behave selflessly. Moreover, it can be said that most people in the NKVD are very difficult to talk about. If Viktor insists on punishing Alexei, don’t Saying Leyter, even Zhukov himself, is of no use. At the same time, this is also the main reason why members of the NKVD discipline strictly limit excessive exchanges between members of the committee and military and politicians. Once people get along too much, it is easy to indulge each other.

However, after all, Victor is different from most of the high-level officials of the NKVD. It can be said that he is more humane, at least not to the degree of ruthlessness, so he is dealing with Alexei. On the issue, he has his own way of thinking.

In Victor's view, Alexei, who was only in his early twenties, was still too young, and there was indeed a reason for his mistake this time. It would be no good for anyone to hammer him to death with a single hammer. At best, it would give him Victor a reputation for strict law enforcement, and by the way offend another general like Leidel.

In this case, it is better to give Leyter such a face, slightly reduce the punishment for Alexei, and strip him from the front-line combat troops. By the way, it can be regarded as a reformation for this young man. Chance.

Watching Leidel go happily, Victor looked back until his jeep crossed the pontoon again and disappeared across the river.

To be honest, he himself doesn't know whether his practice today is right or wrong. No matter what the reason is, his practice is still favoritism and violates the working principles of the People's Committee of the Interior and the General Political Department. But so what? The situation on the front line is already very cruel, and these young soldiers must always be more tolerant.

When the last dizziness in the western sky was about to disappear and the sky was completely dimmed, the communicators finally completed the inspection of 37 radio stations in the area. Victor gave up his plan to spend the night here and ordered the convoy to leave overnight. To Nivi, he plans to end the inspection work as soon as possible and return to Moscow.

Perhaps out of intuition, Victor always felt that this time Comrade Zhukov’s plan for the annihilation of the German Lezhev salient was not very reliable, and his campaign plan was a bit too aggressive.

In fact, it is not just Comrade Zhukov. After the victory in the defense of Moscow, the middle and high-level commanders in the entire Soviet Red Army system seem to be blindly optimistic about the direction of the war. They generally believe that the German Central Committee has lost more than half of its combat power. The group army has become weak in this attack. Their persistence in the Lezhev region is just the end of the force. As long as a little more strength, their defense line can be completely destroyed.

To defeat the German Central Army Group in one fell swoop, the temptation for the Soviet commander was too great. Once the Soviet Army realized this strategic intention, it would not only mean that Moscow would no longer be threatened by war, but at the same time, it would be able to solve it. The German siege in the direction of Leningrad. The Kalinin Front Army commanded by Konev could turn around and move northward and launch an assault on the rear flank of the German Army Group in the North. Maybe it could keep this German army under Leningrad forever.

But Victor, who was reborn, was far less optimistic. He felt that the battle of the Lezhev Bulge, whether the Western Front or the Kalinin Front, was likely to collapse, and once the Soviet offensive was defeated, even If the Germans fight a counter-assault, the Yauza River will fall into the hands of the Germans again. In other words, this area is not safe, and he needs to leave this damned place as soon as possible.

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Moscow, Lubyanka 2, a black Volga car slowly parked at the entrance of the main entrance of the building, the door opened, and Serov, looking a little tired, got out of the car. He first raised his head and glanced at the top of the building, and saw the light in the window of Comrade Beria's office. Then he took a step forward and walked towards the main entrance of the building.

Almost an hour ago, Serov’s special plane had just arrived over Moscow. He came back from the Caucasus. The purpose of returning was to report the situation there.

The current situation in the Caucasus is very bad, not only in the Chechen-Ingushetia region, but also in Georgia and Azerbaijan. Potential insurgents are planning riots. What’s worse, since the occupation of Iran by Britain and the Soviet Union last year Since then, the pro-German chiefs in northern Iran have not stopped their rebellious activities. Two days before, a group of anti-Soviet armed forces attacked the 402 Infantry Division, causing great losses to this unit.

Moreover, these Iranian anti-Soviet forces are infiltrating the territory of Azerbaijan, and they are directing the flames of war into the territory of the Soviet Union.

In the past period of time, Serov took the time to go to the northern region of Iran and did some investigations on the situation there. He found some problems from it. This time he came back and planned to report to the Kremlin.

Since the occupation of northern Iran, in order to alleviate the shortage of supplies caused by the civil war, the Soviet occupying forces cooperated with the Iranian People’s Party to implement a strict rationing system in the Soviet-occupied area. Large amounts of cotton, sugar, and wheat are produced in northern Iran. The other materials were shipped to the Soviet Union, and the part of the materials left to the Iranians was distributed in the form of tickets by the Iranian People’s Party.

However, Serov discovered during the inspection that whether the Iranian People’s Party or the coalition’s garrison had serious corruption problems, a large number of supply tickets that should have been distributed to the people were sold on the black market by some officials. To make huge profits.

What must be clear is that the Iranians were full of resentment towards the partition and deprivation of Britain and the Soviet Union. Now, due to the prevalence of corruption, many people have almost no living supplies. How high is the resentment accumulated by the Iranian people. It can be imagined.

Therefore, Serov is preparing to report to the Supreme Command, demanding that the anti-corruption efforts in the Soviet-controlled area in northern Iran be strengthened. This work is not suitable for the Central Supervisory Committee. of.

In addition to these, Serov is also going to meet with Victor and ask some questions about the General Staff Intelligence Agency-yes, like Beria, Serov has also coveted the General Staff Intelligence Agency for a long time, and he couldn't reach in in the past. , But now it clearly has this condition.