Struggle in Soviet Russia

Comrade Zhukov’s decision to assume the post of commander of the Belarusian First Front had a series of influences in the Soviet Red Army system. As a senior general who gained great prestige and honor in the war, there are naturally some people who support Comrade Zhukov. , But there are also people who oppose him and stand on the opposite side of him.

Rokosovsky finally lost the command of the 1st Front Army under the premise of commanding the great success of the Belarusian campaign and missed the reality of the Berlin campaign, which made many people dissatisfied with the actions of the General Staff and Comrade Zhukov. Of course, this kind of dissatisfaction may not come from fighting for Rokosovsky, but in any case, Comrade Zhukov will always lose something while striving to win the great honor of conquering Berlin.

Don't underestimate the dissatisfaction that appeared in the Red Army system at this time. Although it may seem insignificant, at some point in the future, this dissatisfaction may affect Zhukov's own future.

Before Rokosovsky was officially transferred to Romania and became commander of the Ukrainian 2nd Front, at the end of August and early September, the First Army of the Polish People’s Army launched a large-scale offensive on the other side of the Vistula River. Occupy a landing field to create conditions for the subsequent attack.

The offensive lasted for two days. In the end, the entire group army killed more than 4,000 people, but failed to establish an effective landing field on the other side of the river. As a result, the offensive action of the Belarusian First Front in Warsaw officially failed.

On September 3, the Poznan Intelligence Team of the Foreign Intelligence Service sent back military intelligence to Moscow, confirming that the Germans had assembled a large counterattack army on the north and south wings of Warsaw, which included the 4th and 4th under the Second Armored Army. The 19th two armored divisions, the Air Force Hermann Goering armored division, the Waffen SS 4th Panzer Corps and the Waffen SS Skeleton and Viking armored divisions, the total strength exceeds 300,000.

This is a large-scale armored assault cluster with a very strong assault capability. The German High Command deployed them on the north and south wings of Warsaw. The purpose of it can be judged almost without thinking.

In view of this, at the beginning of September, after careful research, the General Staff gave orders to the Belarusian First and Second Front Armies to switch to defensive operations on the spot. Subsequently, Moscow accepted the British and American forces. At the request of the country, the forward airfield of the Soviet army began to be opened to the British and American air forces, allowing the air forces of the two countries to use the Soviet airfield to provide airdrop assistance to the insurgents in Warsaw.

Since the beginning of September, as the leader of the Polish government-in-exile, Mikolechik and his staff have been stranded in Moscow. On the one hand, they asked the Soviet government to speed up the advancement in Warsaw, and on the other hand, they urged the alliance to recognize He is the only leader of the Polish government.

But Mikolechik’s request is undoubtedly impossible to fulfill. Even his allies, the interest of the United Kingdom and the United States in volunteering for the Warsaw insurgents is becoming weaker and weaker-the United Kingdom and the United States have airdropped support to Warsaw. There is no effect. On the one hand, it is difficult for the airdropped materials to fall into the control area of ​​the insurgents. On the other hand, the transport planes that implement the airdrop have suffered serious losses.

In a sense, the British and American airdrop support to Warsaw has evolved into a humanitarian show. The political significance has far exceeded the actual meaning. The materials dropped by the British and American aircraft have been more supported by the Germans. What the Warsaw Rebels can really get is estimated to be less than 200%.

Also at the beginning of September, as the Soviet army shifted into defense on the Vistula River and strengthened the artillery defensive firepower on the north and south wings, the German army immediately strengthened its suppression in Warsaw. Hitler ordered the SS, which was responsible for suppressing the uprising. The Third Skeleton Division razed Warsaw to the ground, and immediately, the German army used the Bogwad IV heavy armored blasting vehicle in the downtown of Warsaw, with the power of 450 kilograms of explosives, to create a lot of blood and blood in the downtown of Warsaw.

Still at the beginning of September, Rokosovsky submitted a combat plan to the Supreme Command before being transferred to Romania to command the Ukrainian 2nd Front.

After comprehensively considering the situation of the Ukrainian Second Front and the defensive posture of the German forces in Hungary, Romania and other places, he planned to launch a full-scale offensive against the German forces in Debrecen, Qiaopu and other regions in October to fight for annihilation or defeat. The German troops in the area created conditions for the subsequent encirclement and annihilation of the German East Carpathian cluster.

Before leaving Moscow, Rokosovsky met with Victor, and the two had dinner together. During this time, Rokosovsky expressed his gratitude to Victor, although he lost command of the attack on Berlin by being transferred to Romania. However, as Victor said before, staying away from Poland can always make him less susceptible to unnecessary suspicion.

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After entering September, the temperature in Moscow dropped quickly. In the first half of the month, the average daily temperature fell below 16 degrees, and the lowest temperature was even less than ten degrees. The feeling that autumn is approaching quickly is really divided. Thick outside.

It is already dusk, the setting sun is falling, and the sky is full of red clouds.

Inside the Kremlin, on the road in front of the armory, Comrade Stalin in a white navy uniform, holding his iconic pipe in his mouth, walked slowly along the path with scattered dead leaves. Beside him, in the second half of the step, Victor, wearing a navy blue military uniform, holding a folder with a yellow cover in his hand, followed behind him step by step.

Two days ago, Comrade Stalin contracted a cold. Although he is almost better now, he still appears to be lacking in energy. Under the doctor's advice, he adjusted his work and rest. It was rare that he didn't stay up late last night. Therefore, he didn't sleep well during the day today.

When the twilight was approaching, when the National Security People’s Committee was about to get off work, he received a call from Comrade Boskrebeshev, saying that Comrade Stalin asked him to go to the Kremlin to report on what happened in Samarkand. The issue of riots.

The riots in Samarkand have been a matter of concern to both the People’s Committee of National Security and the People’s Committee of the Interior in the past two days. The cause of this riot was religious issues, and it was caused by contradictions between different sects of Islam.

Prior to this, the NKVD had moved a group of Chechens to Samarkand in order to suppress the rebellion in the Transcaucasian region. At that time, the NKVD was obviously ignoring the religious balance in Samarkand when considering migration issues. problem.

The Chechens who arrived in Samarkand on the eve are mainly Sunni Muslims. Among the Muslims in Samarkand, there are both Sunni and Shiites. The two sides have formed a certain degree of settlement in the long-term settlement life. Balance the situation. The arrival of the Chechens obviously broke this balance, and finally created a riot there that broke out due to religious issues.

Fortunately, the riot was subdued within a short period of time. Although it caused a certain amount of casualties, the scope of its impact was not very large.

But even so, the news finally reached Comrade Stalin's ears, which is why he asked Victor to understand the situation.

However, Comrade Stalin was obviously not particularly concerned about the situation in Samarkand. He called Victor over, more like looking for someone to accompany him on a walk, because the time he listened to Victor’s report was less than five. minute.

Although Comrade Stalin did not ask too much about Samarkand, Victor took this opportunity to learn about religious issues in Central Asia and the Caucasus.

In fact, for the Alliance, religious issues are the same as ethnic issues, and they have always been a more troublesome issue.

Before the outbreak of the war, the alliance’s attitude towards religion was relatively harsh. In terms of policy, the pressure to maintain it has always been relatively high. Especially in the special historical background of the mid-1930s, there were a large number of religious clergy. To be thrown into jail is to be exiled to a remote area. And this blow to religious forces can almost be said to be devastating. The ultimate result is that religion, as a social force, is almost completely dismantled within the alliance.

But after that, with the outbreak of the war, the coalition's attitude towards religious issues has again tended to ease, and the relevant policies adopted have also become much more moderate.

Religion has a great feature, that is, when faced with high-pressure policies, it will gradually turn into a low ebb. However, once the high-pressure policies are over and the policy atmosphere becomes looser, then it will quickly Resurgence, and in a very short period of time, a certain power group formed.

Yes, all of this is determined by the characteristics of religion and will not change at any time.

Now, as the war against German fascism comes to an end, the religious forces within the alliance have also received a respite in more than three years. To a certain extent, under the cover of various religious activities, a number of emerging The religious groups in China have also grown up.

Some of these religious power groups are exposed, and the activities they carry out are basically legal. However, in contrast, there are certain religious power groups that are underground, and their activities are very large. Most are illegal.

In the past three years or so, the Internal Intelligence Bureau has conducted long-term monitoring of religious activities in various parts of the alliance. At this point, it is still necessary to acknowledge that Eitingo's work is fruitful.

Among the information held by the Internal Intelligence Agency, there are many underground religious organizations operating in Central Asia. The situation is also the most complicated. It is just that considering some of the existing problems, the Internal Intelligence Agency has never taken any action against them.