Struggle in Soviet Russia

Comrade Stalin took the post-war liquidation work very seriously. Obviously, he never put it down. After Victor took over the work of the Internal Intelligence Agency, the Anti-Intelligence Agency, and the Ideological Defense Agency, he always did it. If the focus of work has not been shifted to this aspect, it is estimated that Comrade Stalin is also somewhat dissatisfied. It is also a reminder to bring it up here today.

Being able to figure out what Comrade Stalin was thinking, Victor immediately nodded and responded: "Yes, Comrade Stalin, for now, the suppression of banditry in West Ukraine is also over. In the future, the focus of the work of the Internal Intelligence Service , Will transfer to the issue of post-war liquidation."

Comrade Stalin nodded in satisfaction and looked at the last document in Victor's hand again.

"This is the work plan of the Crimean side for a period of time in the future," Victor said vaguely when he felt Comrade Stalin's gaze.

At present, the Yalta meeting is still top-secret information. At least Konev is not qualified to know the inside story. Therefore, this report of the Political Security Bureau is not suitable for publication in Konev's presence.

As soon as he heard him mention Kerim, Comrade Stalin understood what was going on. He nodded, turned off the topic and said: "Well, the situation in West Ukraine, you will report later, let’s listen to Iraq first. Wan's battle plan."

Speaking of this, he smiled again and said: "Ivan can have an ambitious offensive plan. You are here just right, and you can listen to it."

Hearing what he said, Victor turned his head hurriedly and handed Konev a friendly smile.

Although I don’t know what Konev’s plans are, what Victor can figure out is that in the current situation, as a general who holds the command of a large group of troops in the alliance, Konev’s ultimate aspirations must be To gain the power to attack Berlin, I believe this is also the highest wish of every front-line commander of the Soviet army.

The war against Germany has been fought for nearly four years. In the past four years, the commanders in the Soviet military system have sacrificed a lot, and many have survived. Of course, many of them have shown dazzling light and become To the general star who was accomplished by this war. But to be honest, no matter who it is, and no matter how brilliant his performance in the past few years, I am afraid that it is not as good as the last honor to conquer Berlin, because this honor is bound to be recorded in the annals of history. .

For many high-ranking generals, especially marshals like Konev, what is their lifelong pursuit and how powerful is it? To be honest, Zhukov may have the intention to pursue greater power, but Konev is not, because the former is a semi-politician soldier, but the latter is not.

Therefore, for a pure soldier, compared with the so-called power, it is obviously more attractive to leave a name for later generations. From this perspective, conquering the honor of Berlin is a tempting big cake, and it is hard to tell now. How many people are hoping to go up and take a bite.

Of course, if Konev is not commanding the Ukrainian 1st Army, but the 3rd or even the 4th Army, it is estimated that he will not have such great ambitions, but the problem is that he is commanding the Ukrainian 1st Army. . This front army not only has more than one million troops, but its front position is on the right flank of the Belarusian First Front. Both are very close to Berlin. This was something that Victor thought of when he walked into this building before.

Victor doesn’t have much say in who can get the honor of attacking Berlin. To be precise, he does not have any say, but if he can choose, he doesn’t mind supporting Konev. After all He lacked communication with Zhukov, and the other party was arrogant and didn't necessarily look at him.

Facing the smiling face that Victor handed over, Konev nodded slightly, and then he started to lift the western line situation map hanging on the wall, revealing the east line situation map below.

As the leader in charge of intelligence work, although Victor is not in charge of military tasks, he is usually very concerned about the frontline situation. He needs to learn about the battlefield conditions on the frontline almost every day. At this moment, the situation map hanging on the wall is different from his previous situation. The situation map I've seen is different. To be precise, this should be a processed battle plan.

The example on the map originated from the Oder River. The red arrow marked should be the attack direction planned by the Ukrainian First Front. As Viktor knew, during the summer offensive that ended before, the Ukrainian First Front crossed the entire Western Ukraine. It severely damaged the entire "Northern Ukraine Army Group" of the German army and pushed the front to the southeastern part of Poland in one fell swoop. Lublin is currently under the control of the Army Group.

The most important thing is that the front army was still pursuing the German army, breaking through the German defense line of the Vistula, and seizing a huge landing field on the left bank of the river, creating extremely favorable for its subsequent offensive. condition.

The landing site was in the Sandomierz region. In the past few months when the Ukrainian First Front entered the defensive rest, the Germans frequently launched assaults on the landing site, trying to destroy the Soviet landing site on the left bank of the Vistula. But at this time, Ukraine’s 1st Front Army has many generals, and the combat capabilities of its various units are no longer comparable to the broken German army. Therefore, the German assault on this landing site has turned into a continuous blood loss arterial injury. While they were in vain, they also suffered heavy losses.

Victor guessed that in the upcoming winter offensive, Konev will never let go of the front army's advantage in Sandomierz's direction. He will inevitably put in several powerful assaults on this landing field. The mechanized corps completely tore through the wound of the German army, and then swiftly circled behind the German defense line.

This kind of offensive tactic is like a bullet shot into the human body. On the surface, it just hits an inconspicuous bullet hole. In fact, the inside has been messed up long ago.

Sure enough, in the subsequent explanation by Konev, his combat plan was indeed to make the most of the weakness of the German army in Sandomierz, break through the German Vistula line of defense in one fell swoop, and force Odder in the pursuit. Immediately afterwards, the main force of the Corps will bypass the heavily defended area in front of Berlin and launch an offensive to Lower Silesia, striving to enclose the German Lower Silesia cluster on the Ness River before the end of the winter offensive.

After listening to Konev’s explanation, Victor felt that he did not need to continue listening. After all, for the German army, once the Ness River defense line was lost, the southern gate of Berlin would be opened. It doesn't make any sense anymore.

However, Konev’s plan to impress Comrade Stalin was obviously not that simple. After explaining the plan for the Battle of Lower Silesia, he broke through the Ness River defense line and launched an attack on the southern gate of Berlin. He also provided Made another plan.

Konev believes that if the Belarusian First Front’s frontal offensive in Berlin progresses smoothly, then the Ukrainian First Front can turn to the Dresden-Prague direction to launch an assault, creating conditions for the liberation of Prague.

Conversely, if the Belarusian First Front makes no progress in the frontal offensive in Berlin, the Ukrainian First Front can either turn around and attack south of Berlin, or bypass Berlin and advance towards the Elbe and Murder rivers to block the Allied forces from advancing. The offensive launched by Berlin.

Judging from this plan, Comrade Konev is undoubtedly much smarter than Comrade Zhukov. He does not say that he covets the honor of conquering Berlin, but puts on a posture willing to play a supporting role. At the same time, he clearly stated Even if the Belarusian First Front under Zhukov's attack encountered difficulties in the process of attacking Berlin, he could lead his troops around Berlin, at least not letting this honor fall into the hands of the British and American allies.

What is Gao Fengliang Festival? This is Gao Fengliang Festival. However, Victor was very clear. Once Konev's Ukrainian First Army was pushed to the bottom of Berlin, then how to fight the battle might have to be said otherwise.

Even at that time, Konev was really able to withstand his impulse, sitting under the city of Berlin, and surrendering the honor of winning the city to Zhukov. When the time came, Zhukov would not be able to get the honor, but the honor. Shame.

Comrade Stalin might not be able to see what Victor could see. It can even be said that he could definitely see it. However, on this issue, Comrade Stalin obviously did not veto Konev's plan.

"Victor, what do you think?" Seeing Konev put down the pointer in his hand, Comrade Stalin lit his pipe, took a puff, and smiled at Victor who was sitting next to him, "Ivan's plan."

"Comrade Stalin, I have no talent for battles and strategies," Victor said with a smile. "However, from a personal point of view, I feel that Comrade Ivan Stepanovic's The idea can be seen as a powerful supplement to the existing combat plan of the General Staff."

"Oh?" Comrade Stalin showed a very emotional expression and motioned for Victor to continue.

"My opinion is that the honor of conquering Berlin cannot fall into the hands of the Allies in any way," Victor said. "The British obviously did not intend to abide by the spirit of the agreement of the Tehran Conference. For this, we must Be more cautious in this regard, and Comrade Ivan Stepanovich’s plan obviously took this into account, which is very important."