Struggle in Soviet Russia

When the result is given, this is a time limit. To a certain extent, this is equivalent to a military order.

Victor wanted to say that the longer the better, but of course he would not be so naive. If he really dared to say that, the antique-looking ashtray in front of Comrade Stalin would surely fly directly to his head.

"If there are various departments to cooperate, I think..." After hesitating, Victor said, "I think there are five days, it should be fine."

"What department do you need the cooperation?" Comrade Stalin did not say whether five days would work, but asked directly.

"The anti-espionage department, the Workers' and Peasants' Police Headquarters, the Fire Department, the Criminal Investigation Bureau, the Political Security Bureau, Moscow's municipal department," Victor said, "that's it for the time being."

Comrade Stalin tilted his head and looked at Serbakov, who hurriedly sat up straight and said: "The municipal party committee will issue a notice immediately to fully cooperate with Comrade Viktor Viktorovich."

The remaining four departments are all under the rule of Comrade Beria and belong to the same system as Victor. As for the Political Security Bureau, it is under the direct command of Comrade Stalin himself, and there is no need to urge any more here.

"Very good," Comrade Stalin nodded, then turned his gaze to Victor, and said, "Any cooperation you need can be obtained, so I need to know the result by Monday afternoon at the latest."

Victor froze for a moment. Today is Saturday. Tomorrow one day and the next afternoon will know the result, which means that the five days he needs have been half-folded. In fact, only two and a half days can be used.

In front of Comrade Stalin, there must be no room for bargaining. Victor can only respond: "Guaranteed to complete the task on schedule."

Comrade Stalin turned his head to look at Serbakov again, and said: "Let the people from the telephone exchange install phones in Comrade Viktor Viktorovich's residence and office, the red special line."

This remark contains more information. If Victor can successfully complete this errand, then from now on, he will have the authority to talk directly with Comrade Stalin. For any official of the alliance This is a very important authority. It is not just a dedicated line for calls, but a symbol of identity and status.

As for the current Victor, after having this special line, at least those guys who cooperated with his work would not dare to play some illegal methods.

Coming out of Comrade Stalin’s office, Victor and Beria were on the same road. While waiting for the bus to arrive in front of the building, Beria said, “Do you have any specific ideas for this investigation task?”

"I don't have any specific ideas for the time being," Victor said with blinking eyes and looking at the slowly approaching car. "However, as long as it is a man-made thing, it will inevitably leave clues. As long as the work is done carefully, I will find it."

Beria nodded and said, "Take my car back. I want to hear your specific thoughts."

Victor did not refuse, and when the car drove closer, he went up first to open the door for Beria, and went around to get on the other side of the car.

"Let's talk about it, how are you going to proceed," Beria asked in the car following the topic just now.

"I thought about it," Victor thought for a while, and said, "The security work of Lower Oguliki is the responsibility of the Political Security Bureau. Usually, except for the guards, there are some staff members who can enter and exit the reservoir area. It is prepared to arrange the investigation work first on the Political Security Bureau and those related staff."

His tone sank, and he continued: "Right now, we don’t know what detonation method the saboteurs use, but no matter what detonation method they use, they must first have the conditions to be able to enter the reservoir area, so , Identity is a problem that they must solve first. As long as they grasp their identity, believe that they can be grasped."

"In addition," Victor said again as his tone changed. "The technicians should continue the investigation on the spot. It is best to find out what detonating material the other party used and what method they used. In the depot, if you want to detonate, Those oil tanks are not difficult, but to detonate the two arms depots No. 11 and No. 17, it is not achievable by ordinary means. They need at least a certain amount of explosives to achieve this."

"More," Victor continued, "I'm going to ask the comrades of the Civil Police Department to cooperate and conduct an investigation on the residents near the reservoir area. Since those saboteurs are going to attack the reservoir area, they cannot be temporary. Before that, they must have done quite meticulous work. Meticulous work can increase the success rate, but it will also leave more mistakes. I don’t believe those saboteurs will be invisible people who can avoid everyone’s eyes."

Beria nodded frequently as he listened. He believed that those under his staff could also consider the issue in sufficient detail when investigating the case, but the question is, when there is enough pressure on his back, is there still such a thing? The performance is really not very good.

"For this case investigation work, I will not intervene, let alone interfere with you," after waiting for a long time, seeing that Victor did not intend to continue, Beria said with a serious expression, "If there is anything that needs to be cooperated. You can suggest a place, but before that, I must remind you that your time is not so full."

"I see, Comrade Lavrenji," Victor nodded and said.

Returning to the NKVD, Victor did not delay even a minute. He directly occupied the small conference room on the second floor of the building, convened a meeting with the heads of the four general bureaus, and arranged specific work.

For Victor, the only way to find relevant clues in the shortest time is to use a lot of manpower. People in the General Police Department need to do a good job of tracing. The scope of tracing is not only the surrounding area of ​​the Lower Oguliki warehouse, but even the entire Frunzhi District. The content of the tracing is to find out the recent temporary residents in Frunzhi District. .

In the world of Victor’s previous life, this was a necessary method for the public security department to detect major cases. The estimation of the identity of the suspect will first be tentatively designated as the migrant population. This is not identity discrimination, but because the migrant population often has no family concerns. , And dare to make big cases.

Some people might say that the local single population also has no family concerns, and there is no difference in the probability of committing crimes from the outside population. This is true, so the second target of Mopai is the local single population.

Compared with the work of the Civil Police Headquarters, the work that the Fire Department needs to deal with is much simpler. What they need to do is to extinguish the fire in the reservoir area in the shortest possible time and ensure that the clues in the fire site are not as long as possible. Lost.

The people in the Political Security Bureau do not need to do anything. What they need to do is to cooperate with the investigation. Yes, Victor's main suspected target is the people in the Political Security Bureau who are responsible for the security work of the reservoir area. In Victor's view, the special service personnel of the Political Security Bureau are strictly trained, and the saboteurs can smoothly enter and exit the reservoir area, and they can also carry out such cracking operations. If there is no cooperation or acquiescence of the special service personnel, the possibility is very small. .

However, the Political Security Bureau is a very special department after all. Its particularity is that even Beria can't put his hands in. Therefore, Victor will not talk nonsense until he has enough evidence.

Victor intends to entrust the anti-intelligence department to the censorship of the Political Security Bureau. It is undoubtedly the best choice to use experienced anti-intelligence personnel to deal with espionage personnel who are sufficiently hidden. As for the Criminal Investigation Bureau, they only need It is enough to be responsible for investigating the suspicious elements that come out.

As for Victor himself, his main focus is on the Political Security Bureau, and then he will participate in a series of reviews of the Political Security Bureau.

In fact, for the detection of this case, there is really no need to mobilize so many manpower and so many departments, and the reason why Victor is so laborious is not to use a chicken feather as an arrow and play a trick. prestige. His real idea is to use the momentum to put psychological pressure on the saboteurs. Under this kind of psychological pressure, some of the saboteurs who are on the periphery may choose to defect. Of course, that is the best result. If it does not help, it may also force those saboteurs to flee.

The key point now is that Victor must mobilize the lurking saboteurs, whether they are stunned by the grass or stun the tiger. In short, let them emerge from the lurking state.

Victor made detailed arrangements and considered many aspects, but his trouble was that the time limit given by Comrade Stalin was too short. It took two and a half days. If he wanted to find clues in such a short time, he really It takes a certain amount of luck.

The bombing of the Lower Oguliki arsenal soon showed its impact. In the "Izvestia" published the next day, the losses caused by the explosion and the "reasons" were published.

According to the newspaper, the explosion in the Lower Oguliki arsenal was caused by the negligence of the staff. Therefore, someone must be responsible for the thirteen guards and six citizens who died in the explosion.

In the end, the decision of the People’s Committee for National Defense was to give serious warnings to Comrades Serbakov and Khrulev, and to remove Comrade Foltseva from the position of Secretary of the Moscow Frunze District Party Committee. ; Smagulov, director of the Lower Oguliki military warehouse, was expelled from the party, and a military court would judge his dereliction of duty.

Victor breathed a sigh of relief that there was no his name in the newspaper, but it was only temporary. If he couldn't get the result after two and a half days, he would be waiting for a crime if he was not sure what kind of crime. .