Struggle in Soviet Russia

In the misty drizzle, the peaceful Heilongjiang is like a section of black jade lying in the wilderness. Of course, in the Soviet Union, this river is called the Amur River. Its existence connects the so-called Far East of the Soviet Union with the so-called in China. The Puppet Manchukuo is divided and does not invade each other.

On the bank of the river, Victor took a telescope and looked across the river. In the telescope's field of vision, you can vaguely see the bunker built by the Japanese and the large number of steel triangular supports erected at the front of the bunker fortifications. These things are used to block mechanized troops. Offensive.

Just as Victor looked across the river, on the other side of the river, there was also a group of Japanese in military uniforms looking towards the river. It is estimated that they were aware of the existence of Victor, so they wanted to find out. What is it for?

Nowadays, bridges have not been built on this big river. The communication between the two sides needs to rely on ferry boats. Although in recent months, there have been frictions between the Soviet Union and Japan on the border, and sometimes even the guns fired at each other. The ferry has not stopped, and the non-governmental exchanges between the two sides have not been subject to too many restrictions.

Today Victor came to inspect the riverside in order to clarify the basic situation of the border area, and he came with him, in addition to Sophia, there is also the leader of the border defense forces of Khabarovsk Krai, a named Pasur Lieutenant Colonel of Section. Taking into account the tension at the border, Lieutenant Colonel Pasurko, who was worried about an accident, also specially arranged two armored vehicles to accompany him.

"Boom..."

Vaguely, a muffled noise came from a certain direction, sounding like thunder, but also like the sound of a cannon.

Victor frowned, put down the telescope in his hand, and turned his head to look at Pasurko behind him.

"It should be the people from the 309th Artillery Corps... counterattack," Pasurko said with an embarrassed expression, his eyes blinking.

Fight back? Counterattack a ghost, there is no movement on the other side of the river, how did you counterattack?

Victor turned and walked onto the embankment, and asked casually, "Where is it?"

He had just finished asking this, and before Pasurko could speak, he heard another cannon sound coming. This time Victor caught the direction, and the sound came from the southeast.

Getting directly into his jeep, Victor told the driver to drive in the direction where the gunfire came from.

The 309 Artillery Regiment belongs to the 25th Group Army of the combined arms of the Front Army. It is a direct artillery regiment under the command of the Group Army. Its artillery is equipped with heavy artillery, mainly to provide fire support for the group army’s offensive.

It stands to reason that the artillery regiment directly under the command of the group army should be based in Belgorosk. After all, there is the headquarters of the group army. But now, it has been deployed near the border near the village of Osquino. .

Although he could hear the sound of the artillery, it took Victor nearly 20 minutes to go all the way. On the way, he heard 9 times of artillery fire before and after. When he got there, he asked the commander of the artillery regiment. I learned that the target of the artillery bombardment was the Japanese fortifications on the other side of the river, and the reason for the bombardment was that the Japanese Jiangfang troops fired on the Soviet Jiangfang troops last night.

Well, since there is no real military friction, Victor doesn’t bother to pay attention to this kind of thing. The key is that even if he intervenes, there will be no effect. What is certain is that if the shelling does not get from the command of the group army Order, the commander of the 309th Artillery Regiment did not dare to issue such an order.

If the group army headquarters had not obtained the permission of Apanashenko, it would not dare to issue such an order.

Comrade Apanashchenko can't sit still anymore. No one can expect him to be lonely if he is grumpy and likes to be arbitrary. Moscow’s strategy is to maintain the status quo with the Japanese as much as possible before defeating the Germans to avoid a two-sided battle. But as the commander of the Far East Front, Comrade Apanashchenko clearly didn't think so. He didn't want to be a "Taiping Commander" and watched others make meritorious service on the Western Front.

The most important thing is that Comrade Apanashenko is strong enough. Under his governance, the strength of the Far East Front Army has expanded rapidly in the past two years. From Chita to Binhai, the current force of the entire Front Army is nearly 1.2 million. What’s even more exaggerated is that in the past year, while ensuring an overwhelming advantage over the Japanese in the Northeast, the Front Army also sent 13 divisions to the west. In addition, it sent nearly 3,000 artillery pieces and nearly 2,000 guns. Tanks.

Now, Comrade Apanashenko’s command is to have soldiers, artillery and artillery, and there is no shortage of tanks and planes. On the opposite side of the battle line, the Japanese army has just suffered a catastrophic defeat in the Pacific, and its naval superiority has been severely affected. Weakened, and the threat to the Soviet Pacific Fleet was greatly reduced. Therefore, Comrade Apanashchenko believes that the Far East Front Army has the ability to fight the Japanese alone, so he wants to go to war.

Prior to this, Apanashenko had submitted a combat plan to Moscow, but it was rejected by the People’s Commissar of National Defense. Therefore, he would submit a report from time to time, claiming that there were military frictions in the border area and that the Japanese were provoking things. of.

Now it seems that the provocation does not seem to be the Japanese army on the other side of the river, but the Soviet army on the other side of the river. Judging from the fact that the Japanese army on the other side of the river did not fight back from beginning to end, the little devils obviously knew that the situation was not good for them, so they exercised considerable restraint.

Of course, as a person who has traveled through China from a previous life, Victor has even more unfavorable feelings for the Japanese. If the Soviets are grudges with the Japanese for the sake of history, then he also has a national sentiment in his heart. So, Victor appreciates Apanashenko’s connivance of subordinate forces to initiate border provocations.

Oschino village, the artillery position of the 309th Artillery Regiment.

Victor’s jeep was parked on a mound far away from the position, and he himself, accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel Pasurko and Artillery Corps commander Major Chanov, watched the live fire from the artillery position.

The 309th Artillery Regiment is a full-strength heavy artillery regiment, equipped with 24 B-4 203mm howitzers, which are deployed behind this mound.

The so-called B-4 is the well-known "Stalin's Hammer" in the Soviet army. Because the body of this artillery is too heavy, the "Communist International" heavy crawler tractor chassis is used as the gun mount.

Victor had just witnessed a scene of a heavy artillery fire. The ground around the artillery was trembling when the shot went out. Fortunately, it was rainy. Otherwise, the dust that was lifted up would have spread.

At first, when he knew Victor’s identity, Major Chanov was still a little uneasy. Who knew that the official from Moscow was even more excited than him. Originally, according to the command of the group army command, the artillery regiment’s firing volume today is just Ten rounds, and finally, at Victor’s request, Major Chanov had to order two more shots.

For Victor, it is a pity that in the artillery position, the effect of the shells falling on the Japanese fortifications is not visible.

When he fought on the Soviet and German front lines, Victor always wanted to be a deserter and stay away from the frontline battlefield. However, if he had the opportunity to command the battle against Japan, he would definitely not refuse. In his opinion, the Soviet army is now dealing with it. The Germans may still be a little strenuous, but if they deal with the Japanese, even if it is the so-called elite Kwantung Army, it is probably not a big problem.

"Comrade Colonel, Comrade Colonel..." Just after Victor observed the last shelling and was listening to Major Chanov's introduction of the artillery elevation angle, a guard who came with him rushed over from the direction of the mound and sent a telegram. The transcript was sent to him, "Telegram from Moscow."

Victor took the telegram and looked at it roughly. A smile appeared on his original serious face. He passed the telegram to Sophia and said meaningfully: "Let's take a look, the good news is here."

Sophia took the telegram and read it carefully.

The content of the telegram is not very much, but the amount of information is very large. It confirms the speculation she said to Victor before coming to the Far East.

The telegram was sent by the General Staff Intelligence Bureau. The content of the telegram was: The NKVD held a meeting this morning and issued Order No. 257 to adjust the work of the NKVD.

According to the provisions of this order, the NKVD will adjust its organizational structure from today. Independently went out in the organizational sequence and reorganized the National Security People’s Committee.

From now on, the NKVD will only be responsible for the leadership and organization of the Civil Police, Criminal Investigation, Communications, Border Forces, prison camps, and labor camps. As for intelligence, counterintelligence, national security, and special agent training, it will Will be placed under the responsibility of the National Security People’s Committee.

At the same time, in order to strengthen the intelligence acquisition capabilities of the National Security People’s Committee, the Intelligence Bureau of the General Staff, which originally belonged to the General Staff Headquarters, will also be placed in its management sequence. At the same time, the Intelligence Bureau of the Academy of Sciences, which originally belonged to the National Academy of Sciences, will also be allocated. past.

With regard to the personnel relations of the People’s Committee of National Security, the decision made by the People’s Committee of National Defense and the Central Organization Bureau was to appoint Comrade Serov as the People’s Commissar of the Committee, and he is the number one leader. And the first deputy people’s committee is Victor. Among the members of the committee, the candidate is now confirmed. In addition to Serov and Victor, the third person is Fitin. The remaining four committee members are vacant.

At present, since Serov and Victor are not in Moscow, Comrade Fitin will be responsible for the preliminary organization of the National Security People’s Committee.

It can be seen from this appointment that neither Comrade Stalin nor other members of the People’s Committee for National Defense wanted Beria to reach out to the newly established People’s Committee for National Security. Therefore, his None of the cronies were able to enter the appointment and dismissal list.