Struggle in Soviet Russia

"Maybe it can be regarded as good news," Victor took off the military cap on his head, held it in his hand, and walked straight to the sofa in the center of the office, with a smile on his mouth, "Feodosia has reported relevant investigation results. Come back, the intelligence agency has identified the suspect for this attack."

Comrade Stalin didn't speak, he held a pipe in his mouth, raised his right hand on his chest, and inserted his palm along the gap between the second and third buttons of his jacket - this is also a habitual gesture of Comrade Stalin, Every time he made this action, it showed that he was in a relatively relaxed mood.

"Sit down," said Comrade Stalin, who raised his chin toward the sofa opposite him, walking to the sofa almost at the same time as Victor.

Victor nodded and waited for the other person to be seated before bending over and sitting on the sofa.

"I heard that there has been a blizzard in Siberia since last night." Sitting on the sofa, Comrade Stalin did not directly ask Feodosia's situation, but took the pipe out of his mouth and said in a bleak tone, "The whole leaf The Nisei River basin is in the range of the blizzard, including Turukhansk."

After a pause, he continued: "I have asked the meteorological department for the forecast, and according to them, this blizzard may last for two to three days, and the impact on the local area will be relatively large. The Tunguska area should be the worst snow disaster. area."

Victor listened quietly, still a little confused at first, he couldn't understand why Comrade Stalin told him this. You must know that there are several blizzards almost every winter in Siberia, especially in the Yenisei River Basin and the Tunguska region.

However, Viktor soon realized the problem. His hometown was in the place that Comrade Stalin said, namely the Turukhansk Territory, which, of course, was where Comrade Stalin was once exiled.

"If it's in Turukhansk, the snow should be relatively late this year." Thinking of the problem, Viktor naturally picked up the topic, he smiled and said, "In my memory , the biggest snow that Kostino encountered should be in two or three years, a blizzard fell for five consecutive days."

Comrade Stalin shook his head and said, "No, the biggest blizzard should be in one or three years, for seven consecutive days."

Having said that, he also pointed to his lower abdomen and said, "The snow was so deep at that time, and the weather was surprisingly cold. It was the first time I experienced such a cold winter. I have severe pneumonia..."

"Lingling..."

As he was saying this, the phone on the desk not far away suddenly rang.

Frowning, Comrade Stalin stood up, walked beside the desk, reached out and picked up the receiver of the green phone on the desk.

Victor deliberately didn't look at the situation on the other side of the desk. He picked up his briefcase, put it on his lap, unzipped it, took out the specially brought documents, and placed it on the coffee table in front of him.

This document is the report on the investigation into the attack on Feodosia, and was specially presented to Comrade Stalin.

I don't know who made the call, and it took a long time. During this time, Comrade Stalin didn't speak much, but only occasionally made a hum. About four or five minutes later, Victor heard Comrade Stalin say "Send me the report." , the phone finally hangs up.

Victor raised his head and watched Comrade Stalin frown slightly as he walked back to the sofa. Obviously, the phone call just now was not good news.

"There's a riot in Athens," sure enough, when Comrade Stalin sat back on the sofa, he said, "The British asked the troops under the command of Marcos Vafiadis to lay down their weapons, but they refused, so... "

He leaned down, pulled the ashtray on the table over, knocked on it with his pipe, and then said: "The British arrested some people in Athens, which caused the situation to worsen further. The British troops and Marcos? Wafiadis' troops exchanged fire in the streets, and the clashes tended to escalate further."

Victor pursed his lips. Marcos Vafiadis refers to the commander-in-chief of the Greek People's Liberation Army. At the same time, he is also the main leader of the KKK. This person has led the anti-fascist war in Greece for many years, and his prestige is relatively high.

As far as Victor knew, the British had great ambitions to control Greece, and at the same time, they were very urgent. They sent George II, who was in exile in Greece, back to Athens a week ago, hoping to use him to control the situation in Greece.

However, George II had no prestige in Greece. He went into exile in 1923 because of a failed political struggle. He was not able to return to Greece until the dictator Giannis Metaxas came to power. Later, he fled to Egypt shortly after the outbreak of World War II. Before and after, the so-called king of Greece had not stayed in Greece for a few years, and naturally it was impossible to get the support of the Greek people.

The situation in Greece was unlike any other country in Eastern Europe, as it lacked a legitimate government-in-exile acceptable to its own people, because after Greece was occupied by the Germans, its prime minister, Alexandre Ross Krizis died at the last minute, and the so-called government-in-exile in Egypt did not have an elected prime minister at all.

In the anti-fascist war in the past few years, the most powerful armed force in Greece and the most popular armed force is the Greek People's Liberation Army led by the KKK. It is precisely because of this that when the British entered Athens and demanded When the Greek People's Liberation Army laid down its weapons and turned to support the restoration of George II, it was opposed by tens of thousands of citizens of Athens.

Victor came to the Kremlin early in the morning, so it was impossible to receive the information obtained by the Foreign Intelligence Service. Therefore, he did not know the specific situation of the riot in Athens, and the call that Comrade Stalin just received should be from the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs. over here.

"The current situation in Greece is that the Yugoslavs have merged with the Greek National Liberation Front in northern Greece," Victor said after thinking for a while, "and our troops have also advanced to the border area between Bulgaria and Greece. In Greece, The military strength of the National Liberation Front and the Greek People's Liberation Army has exceeded 70,000 people. In comparison, the British army under the command of Ronald Scobie can only be regarded as a small force. Therefore, if we want to reverse Greece now situation, it is not too late.”

In Moscow, the People's Commissariat of Defense has already reached a conclusion on the Greek issue. Before that, a small delegation had been sent to Greece. The request they brought to the KKE was to cooperate as much as possible with the British army. , rather than preempting the organization of power in Athens.

Because of this, when the British entered Athens, the city had long been liberated by the KKK, but the KK did not form a provisional government, but handed over this power to George II, who was sent back to Greece by the British. World.

Within the KKK, it is not that no one objected to the decision made by Moscow. For example, Thanasis Hadikis, general secretary of the Greek National Liberation Front, publicly objected to this request. There are very complex contradictions, and there are still a large number of members of the National Liberation Front who do not belong to the KK at all. Therefore, to a certain extent, they themselves cannot reach a unified opinion, and those sporadic opposition voices are naturally Nothing works anymore.

In Victor's view, Moscow is also wrong in dealing with Greece, but because of his position, he also lacks a right to speak on this issue. Therefore, today's remarks should be his first on the Greek issue. He made his own suggestion vaguely.

In the face of Victor's obscure but already very clear proposal, Comrade Stalin did not express his position directly. He took out a packet of tobacco leaves from his pocket and refilled the pipe with shredded tobacco.

"Greece is the pearl of the Balkans," Victor continued after seeing the leader's refusal to express his position, but in the end he couldn't hold back, "It is on the verge of the Eastern Mediterranean, and its influence can easily radiate to the Middle East, and at the same time, it can suppress Living at the throat of the Suez Canal, which I think will be critical to our post-war influence in the Middle East."

After a pause, he then changed his angle and said: "In addition, Greece and Turkey have long had territorial disputes. For the alliance, this is also a means that can be used to restrict Turkey, and it is important to ensure that we are in the Black Sea and Marma. The interests of the La Sea, the Aegean Sea, and even the Mediterranean Sea are of paramount importance. The British have always tried to control Greece, and their attempts are clearly not in the interests of the alliance.”

Comrade Stalin still didn't speak. He packed his pipe and kicked the coffee table in front of him with his toes. Then he smiled and said, "Have one."

Victor looked down at the coffee table. In the corner on the left, there was a pack of cigarettes.

He nodded, leaned over and took the pack of cigarettes, took one out and put it in his mouth. Seeing that Comrade Stalin had already taken out a match, he hurriedly got up and took the match, struck one, and lit the pipe for him.

"The problem of Greece is important, but maintaining a friendly relationship with the British is equally important to the alliance," Comrade Stalin finally spoke, looking at Victor, who was lighting a cigarette, and said, "Also, hand over the problem of Greece to the We have negotiated with the British to solve it for the British, and we should abide by this agreement.”

Victor was very disapproving of this statement. He even thought that the percentage agreement signed by Comrade Stalin and Churchill was superfluous. The situation in every country in Eastern Europe could not be judged by the British. This should not be decided by negotiation. Rather, it should be determined by military force.