Struggle in Soviet Russia

Victor didn’t know the contradiction between Beria and Moskalenko. He only knew that Comrade Moskalenko was also from the NKVD. Before the war broke out, the border guard system was under his management. Down.

However, in the last two years, especially during the Battle of Moscow, Moskalenko left the NKVD, and he moved to take charge of the garrison work in the Moscow region, and there is no overlap between Victor and him.

"Comrade Moskalenko is currently having a headache for conscription," Vasilevsky said with a smile on the side. "The fighting in Lezhev region is too cruel, and there is a huge gap in the supply of soldiers. Comrade Zhukov returned to Moscow before. At that time, it seemed that there was still some unpleasantness with Comrade Moskalenko. The reason was the problem of the soldiers. Therefore, during this time, he could not take care of other tasks. It is estimated that most of his energy was devoted to the conscription."

Obviously, Vasilevsky was trying to relieve Moskalenko. Although it is impossible for Comrade Stalin to punish Moskalenko for this trivial matter today, if it is the hapless Moska in his mind. Comrade Lianke recorded it, and it will be sooner or later that he will be punished.

Sure enough, Comrade Stalin's face looked better again. He took the pipe from his mouth, pinched it between his fingers, wiped the beard on his lips with the other hand, and said: "Our little comrade Victor also has a lot of work. He is responsible for the work of the General Staff Intelligence Bureau, and also manages the Internal Intelligence Bureau, but why didn't I see any signs of incompetence from him?"

Oops, Victor is a little embarrassed about this, no, not only embarrassed, but rather fidgeting.

"Comrade Victor's work is very serious," Beria said with a smile, "I heard reports from people in the bureau more than once that his daily rest period was too short, especially during the Kotov incident. In time, the sleep time per night will not exceed five hours. Every time I want to inquire about the work progress, he will appear in my office for the first time and tell the progress of each work in detail. I think this is the working attitude of the person in charge."

The corners of Victor’s lips twitched. He suspected that Comrade Beria’s words were not complimenting himself, but showing that he was always paying attention to the progress of Kotov. But in fact, the entire Kotov plan This committee member has never asked about it even once.

Comrade Stalin did not doubt Beria's remarks. He nodded, glanced at Victor, and said: "Now, I think Comrade Moskalenko is no longer suitable for the management of guerrilla operations behind enemy lines, Comrade Victor Viktorovich. , Do you have any opinion?"

Is this going to arrange another job for me? Victor groaned, but his mind was turning rapidly. After a long time, he said: "Comrade Stalin, considering the current situation in Belarus and the enemy-occupied areas of Ukraine, as well as the development of our guerrilla work behind enemy lines, I think we are right. The emphasis on guerrilla work behind enemy lines should be increased a bit higher on the previous basis."

"Speak in more detail," said Comrade Stalin, taking a puff of cigarette, and his slightly fat body moved on the sofa.

"I think based on the current situation, it is necessary for the People’s Commissar of National Defense to set up a headquarters that specializes in commanding guerrilla operations behind enemy lines," Victor said. There are already nearly 130,000 guerrilla zones, including seven guerrilla zones with more than 10,000 troops. In Ukraine, the guerrilla forces behind enemy lines also exceed 110,000. There are guerrilla zones with more than 10,000 troops. Six."

Comrade Stalin nodded silently. This data is the same as the data he got from Moskalenko.

"In addition to the huge military strength, the work facing the guerrilla zone behind enemy lines has also become more and more complicated," Victor continued. Our guerrillas are not only responsible for intelligence work, but also for the construction of guerrilla areas. Compared with simple combat tasks, the construction of guerrilla areas is more complex and diverse."

"For example," Victor licked his lips and said, "In West Ukraine, following the brutal German rule, more and more Ukrainians, Poles, and Finns began to turn their positions against Germany. They also organized guerrillas, large and small. According to intelligence, there are more than two hundred active nationalist guerrillas in the entire Western Ukraine. Although these people are not inclined to us in their positions, they are opposed to them. The position of German fascists is very clear. For armed forces of this nature, I think the guerrilla areas should temporarily absorb them as allies. After all, fighting against German fascists is now the main contradiction we face..."

At a glance, Victor sensed that the expression on Comrade Stalin's face was not very good, so he stopped the topic decisively and said, "Of course, this is just one of the complexities of the work behind enemy lines. We still have all kinds of things. All kinds of problems need to be solved urgently, and these, only relying on Comrade Moskalenko, or his command system, cannot take care of everything. Therefore, I think the National Defense People’s Committee should set up a special guerrilla team as soon as possible. In addition, we should make a statistics of all the guerrilla areas behind enemy lines to determine the tasks and development direction of each guerrilla area for a period of time in the future. Once this theme is determined, we should give each guerrilla area more autonomy. right."

Then Victor talked about some of his thoughts on the command of the guerrillas. To be honest, many of the ideas came to him when he was commanding the guerrillas in the west. Some thoughts were rough, but some The idea is very mature.

The three people present did not interrupt him, they were all listening, especially Vasilevsky. As the chief of the general staff, he knew the importance of guerrilla work behind enemy lines. To be honest, he didn’t even support it. Comrade Stalin paid too much attention to Kotov's affairs, and he did not support the use of the power of the guerrilla zone in the Propyat River basin to this matter.

Why? The reason is very simple, because the Stalingrad direction is fighting, and the German army's logistics supplies in the Stalingrad direction are mostly transported from Modyri to Gomel, and then to Bryansk. Vasilevsky hoped that the numerous guerrilla areas and guerrillas in the Propyat River basin could launch a large-scale joint operation, so as to create trouble for the German army's logistical supplies to the maximum extent.

However, no matter who it is, now cannot ignore the importance of guerrilla work behind enemy lines. As Victor said, the total strength of guerrillas behind enemy lines in Belarus and Ukraine has exceeded 200,000. As far as the army is concerned, it is still a very powerful military force for the German army.

If the Soviet army can make good use of this force, then the German army will need to deploy at least dozens of divisions to effectively suppress the guerrillas active in the rear. In fact, just for the moment, the German army has lost effective control over most areas in Belarus and Ukraine. What they can really control is only some important strongholds, large cities and transportation routes. In the wider rural areas, as well as in the jungles and swamps with complex terrain, the Soviet guerrillas are actually in control. In Ukraine, there are some puppet troops responsible for public security, and even those active in the local area. The guerrillas reached an agreement on peaceful coexistence. Not only did the two sides not disturb each other, some even did business with each other.

The Germans moved too fast on the Soviet land. Of course, this was also because the Soviet Union’s land area was too large. Under these conditions, the Germans failed to adopt the most secure occupation policy. Implementing white terror, including policies such as plunder and massacre.

As a result, the resulting situation is that the German army does not have so many troops arranged in various places in the occupied area. If they want to implement effective management in various places, they must employ local people. Under the pressure of white terror, those who have been The selected locals are not aligned with them, which creates the most favorable conditions for the rapid growth of the guerrillas.

In fact, troubles like this are not only what the Germans need to face, any invaders have to face such a situation, for example, the Japanese who are getting deeper and deeper on the battlefield in China.

When Victor came out of Comrade Stalin’s office, the sky was already dark, which means that those who were waiting in the corridor to be received by Comrade Stalin waited for another night in vain. When Victor came out of the office, Poskrebeshev These people are being dismissed, because according to Comrade Stalin's habit, he will have a rest at six o'clock. After that, he will definitely not have time to see anyone else.

In front of the small white building, Victor stood on the last step and sent Kalinin, Beria, and Vasilevsky off one by one, and only then did the driver arranged by the committee department come over.

The black Volga car drove slowly over and stopped in front of Victor. Just as he was about to get into the car, a clear footstep accompanied by a woman's voice came from behind: "Comrade Victor Viktorovich, please wait a moment. ."

Victor pulled back the leg he had just stepped into the car, and turned his head to take a look. The person here was Valentina who had spoken a few words last night.

"Could you please give me a paragraph?" Valentina walked over with a smile and said, "I don't want to squeeze a car with those people anymore."