Struggle in Soviet Russia

Yakovlev is now a member of the Military Committee of the Far East Front. He belongs to the military and political commissar level. It is reasonable to say that it is higher than Viktor's level. But the problem is that Viktor's level is within the scope of national security. And the authority is higher than him.

The most important thing is that this time Victor came to the Far East to have the identity of a base camp representative. This identity is very important and he has certain command authority for military commissars such as Yakovlev who are under the General Political Department.

Yakovlev is not familiar with Victor, and he has not had any dealings before, but he has no good impression of the people of the NKVD. This is consistent with most soldiers, so I heard When Moscow arranged for such a "base camp representative" to come over, Yakovlev had emotions and opinions.

But even so, Victor’s plane arrived in Khabarovsk today, and he, the military commissar, had to come to greet him. The four members of the military commissar and the chief of staff of the Far East Front also came with him. Wan Vasilyevich Smorodinov.

Of course, it is impossible for Comrade Apanaschenko, the commander of the Far East Front, to come. Not to mention that Comrade Joseph’s rank is higher than that of Victor. Even if he is not high, it is impossible to welcome a NKVD with his temper. People.

Why did Yakovlev complain about Moscow sending Victor to the Far East? This is not only because Victor is a member of the NKVD, but also because the current situation in the Far East is so complicated that it is a headache.

Comrade Joseph Rodionovich Apanasenko, who is grumpy and likes to be arbitrary, never puts anyone in his eyes on the ground of the Far East. His temper is coming, and he dare to let the guard Guansmoluo. The confinement of Zinov dared to blast him, the military commissar, Yakovlev out of the meeting place of the party group meeting. This is something that the commander has done.

The confinement of the commander of the front army, the chief of staff of the front army, prevented the military commissioners in charge of party affairs from participating in party meetings. Yes, Comrade Apanashenko dared to do such a thing.

That's not to say, the conflict between him and Borkov, the first secretary of Khabarovsk Krai, has become irreconcilable, and the commander even directly threatened to shoot Borkov.

This is the current situation in the Far East. In general, the relationship between the military and the government is ossified, and there are many contradictions within the military. As the commander of the front army, Apanashenko has become the czar of the Far East in a thorough and thorough manner.

In this situation, Moscow did not think about how to adjust the contradiction or transfer Apanashenko away. Instead, he arranged for a member of the NKVD. God knows what the chaos of the Far East will be like in the future.

In the complaints in his heart, Yakovlev saw Smorodinov’s car parked not far away. The bald-headed and big-eyed comrade chief of staff was obviously not in good mood, with a gloomy donkey face. As they got out of the car, they walked over to stand side by side with Yakovlev, the two of them were relatively speechless.

In a place more than ten meters away from the two, there was a group of people from the People's Committee of the Interior of Khabarovsk. Among them, the leading Major Yakovlev knew him, who seemed to be Cherishev.

After waiting for about a few minutes, a plane faintly appeared in the northwestern sky. The plane flew very smoothly. When it landed on the runway, there were no accidents. This is probably disappointing for many people.

When he saw Victor and his party getting off the plane, Yakovlev failed to locate the person he was going to greet for the first time. He regarded the middle-aged man walking in fourth as Victor, because he saw Now, a person of this age should be suitable for Victor's position. This misjudgment made him almost make a joke. Fortunately, Victor took the initiative to introduce himself, which made it clear to Yakovlev, who had misunderstood, that sometimes age and position can really differ greatly.

After a simple greeting, Yakovlev, as the military commissar of the front army, took the lead and said: "The headquarters has arranged a place for you. In addition, in order to facilitate your future work, the headquarters has arranged a car and some entourage for you."

"Thank you," Victor said with a smile, "Thank you to the front command and General Joseph Rodionovich for supporting our work."

The words are very polite, and people can't fault it.

"Okay, everyone get in the car," Smorodinov said with a smile. "The headquarters will prepare some simple meals. Comrade commander will use the time of the simple meals to hold a short meeting. Representatives can use this. Opportunity, briefly understand the situation of the front army."

"I won't attend the meeting of the front army," Victor refused with a smile. "This time I accepted the appointment of the People’s Committee of National Defense to come to the Far East. My job is to deal with Japanese intelligence and counterintelligence. The committee did not interfere with me. The authority of the front army work. Moreover, intelligence work is unique. Considering the factors that need to be avoided in various aspects, I can only thank the headquarters for its kindness."

Yakovlev and Smorodinov looked at each other, and they heard what Victor meant: He came to the Far East this time and didn’t want to have too much involvement with the front army, considering what he said "avoidance Factors”, indicating that at least part of the work he needs to do is for the front army. Therefore, Victor's words not only did not make the two of them feel relaxed, but they made their minds heavier.

"Well, everyone, thank you again for your welcome and the support of the front army headquarters," Victor did not care about their expressions, and then said, "However, time is tight and the task is heavy. I will not go to the headquarters with you, please Convey a transfer to Comrade Commander on my behalf."

After speaking, he shook hands with everyone one by one, and then turned and walked towards the group of people in the NKVD.

The NKVD in Khabarovsk is located on Muraviyov-Amursky Street. A few decades later, until the collapse of the Soviet Union, this building was still the seat of the Khabarovsk Ministry of Internal Affairs. In the meantime, the building went through a refurbishment, probably in the late seventies.

After declining the invitation of the Front Army Headquarters, Victor came directly to the NKVD. After that, without eating lunch, he directly convened a meeting attended by the heads of the various departments of the Khabarovsk NKVD, requesting The person in charge of each department will introduce the work of each department in turn.

Victor himself did not attend this working conference. It was four people he had brought from Moscow to attend for him, and he himself took Sofia to listen to the report made by Major Cherishev himself, and understood it from a broad perspective. Let’s take a look at the basic situation of the Far East.

The meeting lasted from noon to the evening. After dinner, Victor listened to a report from the four subordinates. The first day of work after arriving in the Far East was basically over.

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In the middle of the night, just opposite the building of the People's Committee of the Interior in Khabarovsk, in a small two-story building arranged by Major Cherishev himself, Victor, who had temporarily settled down, was looking at a document in the study.

The document is the personnel briefing of the 88th Infantry Brigade. From this briefing, Victor can see many familiar names from previous lives, such as Cui Yongjian, Jin Ce, Jin Guangxia, etc., and these people are all lieutenants, even school-level officers. Not up to the level.

Similar to the opinions provided by the front army, the NKVD also believes that the problem lies with the 88th Infantry Brigade, that is to say, the person who leaked the secret is lurking in this unit. In addition, including the deputy brigade commander of the 88th Infantry Brigade. Major Linsky holds the same view.

If Victor was a purely Russian ethnicity, he would probably have the same opinion. After all... if he is not my race, his heart must be different, but as a rebirth, he does not have this kind of emotion. On the contrary, he thinks it is lurking. The possibility of spies hiding in the 88th Infantry Brigade is very small.

Leaving the personnel briefing aside, Victor propped his elbows on the desk and rubbed the temples on both sides of his head with the thumbs of both hands to ease the tired feeling. Then he looked up. Major Cherishev sitting on a sofa across from his desk.

As the head of the People’s Committee of the Khabarovsk Territory, Major Cherishev is already an old man in the committee. He has served in the committee for nearly 20 years since he is over fifty this year. Because he was low-key, but never engaged in clique formation, he was fortunate to have escaped the various disturbances in the previous committee department and survived steadily to the present.

Before Victor came to the Far East, Major Cherishev had already sent three transfer reports to Moscow. He asked to be transferred to a less important job due to his old age and lack of energy, and to give up his current position.

Through previous conversations, Victor could see that the comrade major was not as old and weak as he himself said. He had a good grasp of the situation, and he was able to give full answers to the series of questions that Victor asked.

It was also from Major Cherishev that Victor learned the general situation of Khabarovsk Krai.

In fact, before coming to the Far East, Victor learned about the situation here from the side. He knew that General Apanashchenko had the power to dominate. As the commander of the Far East Front, this general will include the Khabarovsk Territory. The several states in the country are all under their own rule, and there is no way he does not intervene in all the affairs of the party, government, and army. For this reason, there are deep contradictions between him and a group of people including Bolkov, the first secretary of Khabarovsk Krai.

However, because of Comrade Stalin’s trust in him, no one can do anything to him. Because of this, there is a saying among the cadres in the Far East that Apanashenko’s arrogance is entirely due to his relationship with him. Comrade Stalin is a fellow countryman.