Struggle in Soviet Russia

The death of Apanashenko magnified the contradiction between Comrade Stalin and the military. However, considering the current war situation, Comrade Stalin could not make positive adjustments in his favor. Therefore, he needed a check and balance, and the national security people The Committee Department and the NKVD are the bargaining chips that can be used to check and balance the military.

Comrade Stalin was a little disappointed with the work of the NKVD. Therefore, he now attaches more importance to the NKVD. He does not like Serov, especially Serov, who is too close to Bulganin. In turn, he likes Victor and trusts this young man who has some connections with him. Therefore, he needs to ensure that Victor can control the NKVD.

Whether it was Serov’s transfer, or Victor’s appointment as the chairman of the National Security People’s Committee, whether it was to let him lead the formation of the Presidium of the Committee, or to give him the status of a member of the Central Committee, Comrade Stalin had only one purpose, and that was to ensure Victor. Absolute control over this vital department.

Therefore, wise people would not choose to reach out to the People's Committee of National Security at this time. After all, no one knows whether the hand can be safely retracted after it is extended.

However, as far as Victor himself is concerned, he is now unaware of the political disputes that happened behind the scenes. Although he is the first vice chairman of the People’s Committee of National Security, he is also a well-informed figure, but similar to this. He still lacks sources of information on matters at the top of the state power.

But in fact, if Victor is sensitive, he should still be able to get some enlightenment. If it weren’t for Comrade Stalin’s special impression of him, as Comrade Stalin’s great secretary, how could Comrade Boskrebeshev treat him? Look at each other differently? How can you disclose sensitive information to him from time to time?

There is no unprovoked hatred in this world, and naturally there is no unprovoked love. As the great secret of Comrade Stalin, Boskrebeshev has always been very clear about how he should stand. Therefore, if he is not affected by Comrade Stalin’s In other words, if he didn't get some hints from Comrade Stalin, he would never get too close to a young cadre like Victor.

Therefore, when getting along with Comrade Poskrebeshev, Victor’s judgment was wrong from the beginning. He thought that the other party needed some information from him, but in fact, what the other party needed was not his information. It was Comrade Stalin's kind of affection for him.

In the final analysis, one sentence: Comrade Stalin's intention is the key to Victor's destiny.

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The bathroom was steaming with water mist, and it was like a fairyland at a loss.

Victor immersed his entire body in the water, leaving only his head exposed on the water. He has been lying like this for more than ten minutes, and his skin is soaked in folds, but he still doesn't want to move lazily.

The bathroom door was open, and the sound of the radio came from the living room. The announcer on the radio was reporting the latest battle in the Leningrad region, including the Soviet counterattack in the isthmus of Karelia.

And in a place just half a meter away from the bathtub, there is a stool with a stack of documents on the stool. From the top, the cover of this document is in German, just below the German. , Annotated in Russian.

At the center of the cover of the document, "Order No. 51" is written in German, and below this line of letters is the other end in German plus a number: "Order No. 662656, Specification: Top Secret."

That's right, this is a war mobilization order issued by Hitler himself just four days ago by the German Supreme Command.

In this order, Hitley admitted for the first time the huge losses suffered by the German army on the Eastern Front. At the same time, he also admitted that there was a crisis of collapse on the German Eastern Front. In his original words, it was: "...The arduous and severely lost battles with the Bolsheviks in the past two and a half years have consumed our main military strength and our greatest energy. This is the current danger and the overall situation..."

In this order, Hitler not only acknowledged the huge failures and crises encountered by the Germans on the Eastern Front, but also mentioned another trouble that the Empire is currently facing, that is, the originally reliable Western Front has also emerged. Crisis.

The German intelligence department has obtained accurate information and determined that Britain, the United States and its allies will launch landing operations next spring to open up a new battlefield on the Western Front, thereby threatening Germany.

Considering that both the east and the west are in trouble and a crisis has emerged, Hitler requested in the order to strengthen the mobilization of the people, recruit more recruits, and at the same time, reorganize the logistics personnel of the existing troops and replace the original logistics support personnel. , Civilian personnel, adapted into so-called "auxiliary personnel", so that they can directly go into combat when needed.

At the same time, the order also required the SS on the eastern front to effectively use the prisoners of war and use the prisoners of war as the security maintenance force in the occupied area, so that more German troops can be drawn out and added to the front line.

It must be admitted that the work of the various divisions of the Foreign Intelligence Agency is very effective, especially the Berlin Intelligence Station. This order issued by Hitler himself was transferred from Berlin to Moscow in just a few days. The so-called "top secret" "It's just a joke.

From this order, Victor can make three judgments:

First of all, the strength of the German army is already stretched. This is inevitable. Otherwise, Hitler would not give instructions to let logistics personnel, even civilian personnel, also participate in the battle. This is a heavy blow to the morale of the troops. .

Secondly, Hitler's situation in Germany is estimated to be not very good. The voice and strength against him must be growing rapidly. Otherwise, he would not openly admit the huge defeat of the German army on the Eastern Front. Although this order is only made public to a limited extent at the top of the Wehrmacht, the admission of failure will inevitably cause a major blow to Hitler's authority.

In addition, there must be something wrong with the anti-intelligence system of the British and American allies. Otherwise, the intelligence on the opening of the second battlefield will not be learned by the Germans so quickly. Moreover, the Germans are still very sure about the second battlefield. The development will be scheduled for next spring, and this is very close to the British and American plans.

After the battle of Kursk achieved a decisive victory, the Soviet army did not stop in the area, but quickly advanced in the direction of the Dnieper River. According to the latest intelligence, the Central Front under the command of Rokosovsky, The Bingfeng has been pushed to the area along the Dnieper River, and the river crossing operation can be launched at any time, and it will continue to advance in the direction of Kiev.

To be honest, after several consecutive battles, Rokosovsky’s military command ability is quickly manifesting. He has become a true leader among the front-level commanders of the Red Army and is increasingly valued by Comrade Stalin. .

However, in the current Red Army system, Zhukov, Vasilievsky and others still occupy a dominant position. Therefore, as a Polish, Rokosovsky can only belong to the kind of role that receives the air bag.

Previously, the General Staff and the General Political Department had the first to say that whoever reaches the Dnieper River first will get the honor of entering Kiev first. From the previous battle situation, this honor should obviously belong to Comrade Rokosovsky. Of it.

But it turns out that everything is not that simple.

Just as Comrade Rokosovsky commanded his troops to advance rapidly toward the Dnieper River, the order of the General Staff arrived. He was asked to direct the troops to turn and launch an offensive on the right flank of the German Central Army Group to protect The security of the Soviet left-wing forces.

Rokosovsky certainly has an opinion on such an order. He believes that his left wing has deployed sufficient troops and is prepared for the German central army group. The central front army under his command is capable of defending the left wing. At the same time, they broke through the German Dnieper line of defense with superior forces.

However, the General Staff is not a vegetarian. Taking advantage of the end of the rainy season, the General Staff submitted a new force deployment plan. The Central Front under Rokosovsky’s deployment was changed. He deployed two group armies on the southern front. The two armies most promising to break through the Dnieper Defense Line were assigned to the Voronezh Front Army that was dragged on his left wing and commanded by Vatutin.

Subsequently, the Central Front Army was reorganized into the Belarusian First Front. In other words, Rokosovsky’s offensive mission and direction should be in Belarus, not Ukraine.

At the same time, the Voronezh Front Army under the command of Vatutin was reorganized into the First Ukrainian Front Army. The direction of the attack was Ukraine. Moreover, considering the formation of four fronts in the direction of Ukraine, the strength is sufficient. Therefore, there is no need for Rokosovsky's troops to participate anymore. He should guarantee the security of the battle on the Belarusian defense line.

To be honest, those people in the General Staff were so ugly that Zhukov couldn’t see it anymore. He even went to Rokosovsky’s headquarters specifically, and he didn’t know that the two had talked about it. What? In the end, Rokosovsky accepted the plan and stared aggrievedly at the German troops in Belarus.

Therefore, there is a saying that is very reasonable. People can share adversity, but cannot share wealth. At the beginning of the war, there were great defeats everywhere. There was not so much mess in the army at that time.

When did this situation of power struggle appear? Undoubtedly, it gradually emerged after the victory of the Battle of Stalingrad.

Of course, this kind of mess has nothing to do with Victor. He is in the theater, and what he is most concerned about now is the meeting with Comrade Beria at night.