Struggle in Soviet Russia

"Dang Dang Dang Dang..."

The constant-speed train makes a rhythmic bang, and the entire carriage sways gently with this bang. People who are not used to sitting in such a carriage for a long time are prone to motion sickness.

In front of the car window, Victor leaned back on the soft seat, looking through the damp car window, looking at the retreating wilderness outside.

The wilderness has turned into an endless snowfield, everything in the world is pure white, only a few dead trees flashing through the window occasionally can make people see a gray and black that is different from pure white.

The carriage swayed slightly as the train moved, and Victor's body swayed slightly with the sway, which made his whole person seem very comfortable.

At this moment, the carriage trembled suddenly and violently, and then, the speed that was not very fast, seemed to slow down again, almost at the same time, on the snowy field outside the carriage, less than ten meters away from the train. , A tank parked in the snow appeared.

It was a T34. The hatch of the tank was open. The captain in the tank suit leaned half of his body out of the hatch. He was marching toward the moving train. Behind him, a red flag was being blown by the freezing north wind. Blowing.

On the snowy ground below the tanks, soldiers lined up in four lines were also marching toward the train. The team stretched out in the wind and snow, and there was a tank mixed in every ten meters or so.

Victor stood up subconsciously and saluted the queue outside the window. At the same time, a clear shout came from outside the window. Even the noise of the train could not hide the cheering sound.

"Ula...Ula..."

Even though he knew that the long team was not cheering for himself, Victor still had a feeling of enthusiasm at this moment.

A large number of soldiers and tanks were still looking forward from the window. About five or six minutes later, the background of this team changed. The vast snowy field disappeared and replaced by a big river with various ships moored.

That's right, this is the Volga River. The vast ruins on the other side of the river, buried by the wind and snow, are Stalingrad that was completely destroyed by bombs in the past few months. Hitler said that he would erase the city from the map, but in the end he only destroyed more than 90% of the city's buildings, and the city still exists.

In Victor’s memory, the glorious name of Stalingrad will continue to exist until it is renamed Volgograd a few decades later. In this respect, Boris Nikolayevich Hitler wants to Much more successful than his predecessors, whether it is to crush the Bolsheviks or to wipe out the Soviet population.

The Volga River is not a "frozen river". It is common sense that its surface has been frozen for a long time. The reason why it is not frozen now and so many boats appear on the river is because the ice on the river has been blown up again. , As for those ships, they are specially used to welcome this train. Therefore, when the train appeared along the banks of the river, a lot of siren sounded on the river.

These siren sounds are the same as the "Ula" sounds of the soldiers, and they are not used to welcome Victor. Although his position is not low, he is still not qualified to be welcomed by so many soldiers. He just occupied the light of the great leader Comrade Stalin.

This train departed from Moscow, after a journey of nearly one day and one night, to Stalingrad, a total of six trains, Comrade Stalin was in the last carriage.

After more than half a year of fierce fighting, the Soviet Red Army, which paid a heavy price, finally achieved a brilliant victory in Stalingrad.

This victory shocked the world, because it achieved even more results than the Moscow battle. The Soviet victory here was not just about annihilating how many German troops and destroying tanks and aircraft, but because it reversed the whole thing in one fell swoop. The war situation on the southern front, it can even be said that through this battle, the backbone of the Soviet Red Army generals on the entire eastern front battlefield was interrupted.

As the main person in charge of the Alliance’s intelligence department, Victor is very clear about the significance of this victory.

Looking at the situation in the Caucasus, as the Battle of Stalingrad turned into a counteroffensive in November, especially in December, after the German Fourth Panzer Army gave up its attempt to break through the Soviet encirclement, it was still moving towards Kuban. The German Army Group A, which was advancing vigorously in the direction, quickly gave up all their positions and withdrew in a hurry.

In the Transcaucasus region, a large number of nationalist guerrillas under various guise gave up resistance. In just one month, nearly 40,000 guerrilla members walked out of the mountains and surrendered to the internal guards and border guards. The disastrous defeat of the German army in Stalingrad and the retreat in the Caucasus region caused these national separatists to lose hope. In order to escape the fate of being liquidated, they betrayed their comrades-in-arms and even their leaders, and put down their weapons.

In Ukraine and Belarus behind enemy lines, a large number of nationalist guerrillas, which were originally opposed to the Germans and the Soviets, began to actively contact the Soviet Red Army guerrillas. Intelligence work behind enemy lines became easier.

According to the feedback from intelligence agencies stationed in Romania, Finland, Sweden and other places, anti-fascist organizations in these countries have become active. Romania is preparing a coup d’etat, while Finland is considering withdrawing from the war.

In the area north of Leningrad, the Finns are relaxing the blockade on the northern traffic arteries of the city, turning a blind eye to the Soviet army's delivery of supplies to Leningrad.

Now, the happiest person is Comrade Molotov who controls the People's Committee of Foreign Affairs. After all, he is also responsible for the task of requesting aid from Britain and the United States. Since last month, as the foreign intelligence agency of the National Security People’s Committee began to spread news that Moscow is preparing to negotiate a truce with Berlin, the United Kingdom and the United States have made three consecutive concessions on the issue of assistance.

Now, the British and Americans no longer talk about transportation difficulties and large losses. As long as the Soviets' demands are not so excessive, they have basically fulfilled their needs.

The decelerated train finally stopped slowly. As the sound of the piston exhaust sounded, Sophia, who was sitting at the door of the carriage, stood up and took Victor's military coat and military cap.

Coming to Stalingrad this time, Victor can only be regarded as an entourage, representing the People’s Committee of National Security. Among Comrade Stalin’s entourage, there are also Voroshilov, Malinkov, and Kaganovich. Et al.

According to Comrade Stalin’s idea, this trip to Stalingrad will last for four days. In addition to inspecting the city of Stalingrad, there will also be a sympathy event for the grassroots commanders who made meritorious service in the Battle of Stalingrad. Members awarded honors.

Comrade Stalin will participate in all activities in the past few days. Therefore, his security work is very important, and the person responsible for carrying out this work is Victor.

Both the general cap and the army coat were put on, Victor tidied up his appearance and got off the train directly, accompanied by Sofia.

On the platform of the train station, from east to west, there is a soldier with live ammunition standing there every one meter. In fact, these soldiers have no bullets in their guns. The ones that are really equipped with bullets are the blue patrols on the platform. hat.

After getting off the car, Victor walked straight to the last carriage. According to the previously arranged procedure, Comrade Stalin and his officials would not get off the car before he reached the last carriage.

When Victor walked to the last train car, the platform under the car was already covered with generals who were shining stars. Among these people, Comrade Zhukov stood at the forefront. When he saw Victor walking over, The most shining general in the Red Army system at present, smiled and nodded at him.

Victor also just smiled and nodded at the other party, and then walked past the crowd. He directly grabbed the handrail by the door of the car, stepped on the iron ladder with one foot, and hung in the air, looking around.

He was watching whether the guards had arrived at their posts, and whether there were blind spots and loopholes that the guards had not taken care of.

After confirming that there was no problem, Victor got down from the iron ladder and reached out and patted the car door.

The car door opened quickly, and two blue hats with the rank of major came out of the car. They first paid a military salute to Victor, and then turned and stood on either side of the car door.

Then, nearly half a minute later, Comrade Stalin, wearing a military coat and a military cap, walked out of the car door.

The moment his figure appeared at the door of the train carriage, deafening cheers erupted from the entire platform. This kind of cheers was not uniform, or even a little messy, and it was precisely because of this that it showed that this was not a pre-rehearsal, but was spontaneous by the soldiers.

If you look closely, you can even find many cheering soldiers with tears on their faces.

No matter what the later generations gave to Stalin, no matter how slandered his years in power, at least for this year and month, his prestige in the entire alliance is unmatched. For the Soviets of this era, He is not just a person, but a symbol.

Comrade Stalin was obviously in a good mood. He stood on the iron ladder outside the carriage, waving at the soldiers on both sides of the platform, with a slight smile on his always serious face.

As he waved his hand, even more deafening cheers erupted on the platform.

Only then did the generals headed by Comrade Zhukov greet him quickly and salute Comrade Stalin who was standing at the door of the carriage.

Victor stood on the periphery of the crowd, patrolling around the periphery of the crowd—he was not an experienced guard, so it was impossible to detect any danger. He was paying attention to the condition of the guards.