Struggle in Soviet Russia

Stende along the Gulf of Riga.

It was late at night when everything was silent, and the biting cold wind was blowing on the wasteland on both sides of the Abava River. I don’t know if it was because of the wind blowing over the treetops or the grass stems. Going up into the wilderness that seems to be deserted, it sounds very frightening.

Suddenly, a not very bright light was projected from the northeast of the river bank, and then, a faint roar came from far and near, the dull sound with creaking and creaking sounds, like the sound of a motor, but occasionally There was also a sound similar to the rubbing of iron sheets.

After about a few minutes, the light became stronger and stronger, and the roar of the motor became clearer and clearer. Soon, the railroad tracks laid along the Abava River were illuminated by the light, and then countless figures flashed in the light. come out.

These figures are soldiers wearing Soviet Red Army winter uniforms, and the lights projected are more than ten tanks advancing westward along the railway line. The turret of the first tank is marked with the serial number of 487. If you go to check If so, it can be found that the tank belongs to the Assault 2nd Army of the Leningrad 2nd Front Army.

The railway line erected along the river has been destroyed, and the destruction is very complete. The sleepers in the middle of the rails were broken off one by one. It looked like it was torn off by a hook on the front of a train. It was huge. The force not only broke the sleeper coefficient, but also deformed the rails on both sides.

Even tanks cannot travel on this completely destroyed railway line, so they can only move slowly along the ramp under the roadbed.

In the previous Battle of Riga, the Soviet army annihilated the Germans who were stubbornly resisting in the Baltic Sea coast. The German army was responsible for building a line of defense between the Gulf of Narva and East Prussia, trying to prevent the Soviets from launching an offensive on the German mainland.

Prior to this, the German army and its "Northern" Army Group besieged Leningrad. Their slogan was to conquer Leningrad within three months. Unfortunately, it took them nearly three years. This task was not completed, but in almost three months, the Soviet army that had launched a counterattack repelled hundreds of kilometers, and the entire army was almost wiped out.

Unlike the situation on other fronts, all fronts fighting on the Baltic coast, including the Leningrad Second Front, did not enter the rest before the arrival of winter. The general staff ordered them to continue to advance westward. After liberating the entire Baltic Sea coast, the attack continued on East Prussia.

Now, this assault force is advancing to the territory of East Prussia. So far, they are the fastest force advancing to the German mainland.

According to the intelligence obtained from previous investigations, on the front of Stende, there are no formed German troops. All formed German troops with a certain degree of combat capability have been defeated by the Soviet army in the previous battle of Tukums. The offensive troops of China were destroyed, and now the troops belonging to the Northern Army Group can only be described as vulnerable.

The vanguard of the assault on the 2nd Army bypassed the northern outskirts of Stende in the evening and marched westward along the railway line. According to the order of the division, they had to arrive at a distance of 60 kilometers from Stende before arriving early in the morning. In Ulvasm village, according to the information provided by the National Security People’s Committee, the Germans set up a prisoner-of-war camp in Ulvasm, holding nearly two thousand Soviet prisoners of war.

"beep……"

Just as this armored assault force was advancing westward under the cover of night, a harsh whistle sounded in the direction of the embankment of the Abava River, and the infantry accompanying the tank immediately responded and quickly moved to the railway embankment. Lurking in the waste grass on both sides.

The whistles in the direction of the river beach sounded twice, and someone fired a shot from time to time. On the edge of the railway embankment, a dozen soldiers rushed towards the direction of the river beach under the cover of night.

The lights on the tanks quickly went out. A Soviet commander in an officer’s uniform jumped off a tank and walked quickly to the front of the team. Almost at the same time, several Soviet soldiers Soldiers escorted a middle-aged man in a dog-skin jacket back from the direction of the river beach.

"What's the matter?" the Soviet commander whispered.

"Our comrade scout spotted this man on the river bank," a soldier said with a flashlight, "there is another horse."

"He is the only one?" The Soviet commander took the flashlight in the soldier's hand and asked with a frown while shining at the middle-aged man.

"He is the only one," said the soldier, "and, we found this in him."

The soldier said, handing a pistol to the commander.

The commander took the pistol, looked at it, and said to the middle-aged man: "Who are you?"

The middle-aged man did not speak, but put one hand behind his waist.

The soldiers next to him were very alert and immediately went up and held him down. Then, one of the soldiers found a small notebook from behind his waist and sent it to the commander.

The small notebook has a red cover with a dagger and shield logo squeezed out with a steel seal. This is the logo of the People's Committee of National Security, and the commander recognized it at a glance.

"Are you a member of the People's Committee of National Security?" The commander looked through his documents and asked, "Boris Antilevsky?"

"Yes, comrade captain," the middle-aged man said for the first time, and he said, "now, I have very important information, but before that, I need to confirm your identity and contact your comrades in the military committee. ."

The commander was a captain. He checked his credentials again and watched the middle-aged man carefully for a long time. After making sure that he could not see the suspicious point, he turned his head and shouted, "Communication... Maevsky, Where is Mayevsky?"

Soon, a young man carrying a communication device ran over.

"Contact the division," the captain gave an order to the reporter, "check with the heads of the military committee to verify the identity of this person."

With that said, he gave the documents in his hand to the correspondent again.

Today’s National Security People’s Committee does not have a grassroots organization in the military. Therefore, when contacting the military, it generally operates through the military committee.

The contact with the division was quickly established. Within 20 minutes, both sides confirmed each other’s identities. However, it was not until the establishment of direct contact with the military committee of the group army, this man named Boris Antilevsky. The member of the People’s Committee of the National Security Committee of the People’s Republic of China reported his mission to the Military Committee of the Group Army.

Boris Antilevsky, a second lieutenant of the National Security Committee of the People’s Committee of National Security, previously served at the Königsberg Intelligence Station. A week ago, he led four agents of the Königsberg Intelligence Station to kidnap a German named Gustave Hertz and secretly transported it to Mazierbe.

According to Lieutenant Boris’s explanation, this German named Hertz is a very important scientist. His technology seems to be called gas diffusion. It is listed in the list of German scientific researchers listed by the Foreign Intelligence Service of the People’s Commissar of National Security. In China, this person's ranking is very high, in other words, even if you pay a certain price, you must do everything possible to send to the league.

However, the Königsberg’s SS obviously also valued this person very much, so shortly after they kidnapped this person, the entire Königsberg was sealed off, and then the SS men began to hunt them down.

Two days ago, Lieutenant Boris and the four agents under his command were surrounded by the SS in Roja. They sacrificed two people and finally escaped. However, the road to the east was blocked by the SS. In desperation, they had to turn back and retreated to Mazirbe.

Later, Lieutenant Boris arranged for the remaining two agents to hide with Hertz, and he tried to find a way to continue to retreat eastward, but unexpectedly ran into the advancing Soviet troops.

The captain quickly received the latest order from the division, which required the captain to lead his team to change the direction of the offensive, take Mazirbe as the priority to capture the target, and strive to cooperate with the comrades of the National Security People’s Committee to complete the relevant tasks.

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In Comrade Malinkov’s study, Victor raised his hand and rubbed his sideburns. Then he reached out and touched his pocket, took out a pack of cigarettes, and said, "I understand, Georgi."

The National Security People's Committee does not involve specific economic work, but having said that, in the relevant science and technology departments, especially scientific research institutes, the committee still has a certain sense of existence.

The most important thing is that in the past two years, the People’s Committee of National Security has participated in several key scientific research projects developed by the alliance, such as nuclear weapons research and development projects, rocket technology research and development projects, and new electronic technologies. Project research and development and so on. Although these projects involve the participation of other technical departments, such as the Soviet Academy of Sciences, etc., the National Security People’s Committee also plays a very important role in them.

Of course, it stands to reason that the role played by the National Security People’s Committee in these projects is basically to provide scientific and technological intelligence and the like. The real voice and decision-making power are not much, but the problem is that Victor’s role in Comrade Stalin’s It has a certain weight in the mind, and there are many problems. The latter is likely to consult Victor's opinion. At this time, Victor's position is likely to make the balance unbalanced.

Another point is that as the war progresses, the National Security People’s Committee will also occupy a very important position in the work of plundering German resources, and this work is closely related to the work of the Post-War Reconstruction Committee. Malinkov also needs Victor to maintain his attitude.