Struggle in Soviet Russia

For today's continuously defeated Germans, the worst problem is not only that the strategic space is getting narrower, nor is the source of troops more and more depleted, the more troublesome point is that the war resources are shrinking with the strategic space. And getting poorer.

As far as the strategic resource of oil is concerned, after the loss of the Proiesti oil field in Romania, there is only one Hungarian oil field that can still provide oil for the German army. Even so, the German army has already begun to face the situation of insufficient oil. If the Hungarian oil field is lost again, the situation that the German army will face, it is estimated that Hitler would not dare to imagine.

Thinking of the oil issue, and thinking of the intelligence on the secret oil contract between the United States and the United States sent by the New York intelligence station, Victor couldn't help but a thought flashed in his mind: if Berlin knew that Saudi Arabia was rich in oil before the German army officially invaded the Soviet Union With the news of oil resources, I wonder if he will give up his plan to attack the Soviet Union, and instead go all out to seize the Middle East, and he will do his best to kill the British first.

If that's the case, Viktor feels, maybe the world's history is about to change completely.

In short, even if the industrial zone in southern Germany is not considered, and the gate to Berlin is not considered, even if it is only to protect the oil fields in Hungary, the Germans cannot sit idly by and watch the situation that the Soviet army is firmly living on the front line of Budapest.

Therefore, before coming to Crimea from Budapest this time, Tolbsin talked about the German army's next battle plan. He believes that the German army is likely to focus on the Ukrainian 3rd Front as a key target in the next step, because Only by defeating this front would the Germans have the opportunity to reorganize the Danube line and thus retain their occupation of the Hungarian oil fields.

Considering that the 3rd Ukrainian Front has been fighting for several months before, the teachers and soldiers are tired and the logistics supplies are insufficient. Therefore, in order to meet this fierce battle that may come at any time, Tolbsin plans to order the front army to stop the offensive in the next stage and turn to Entering the defensive rectification situation, while waiting for the logistical supplies to catch up, building a defense line on the spot.

"Recently, the Berlin intelligence station has not passed on relevant information," Victor shook his head and said, "However, when I was in Budapest, there was another piece of information passed on from Berlin."

Having said that, Viktor turned to look for his briefcase. Before, the briefcase was held by Varenka, and he didn't pay attention to where it was put.

Looking around, Viktor quickly found his briefcase at the left corner of the desk, walked over quickly, carried the bag over, took out a document from it, and said: "According to the Berlin intelligence station, it was sent back. The latest news, the whereabouts of Stepan Bandera and Jaroslavl Stetsko were previously discovered by informants in Munich."

Having said that, he handed the document to Comrade Stalin, and after he took the document, he continued: "Then, the intelligence station conducted an investigation and verified a piece of information, including the Ukrainian Resistance Army, a number of anti-Soviet extremists. The right nationalist groups, now all in Munich, are preparing to form a so-called 'anti-Bolshevik state group' with the support of the Germans."

Comrade Stalin held the document in his hand, frowned and looked at it, guessing that the words on the document were too small for him to see clearly, so he moved the document to a distance, but he still couldn't read it clearly.

"Hehe, this shows that the liquidation operations we carried out within the alliance, as well as the bandit suppression work in the previous stage, still received practical results." Comrade Stalin simply did not even read the documents because he did not take the flower mirror with him. He put the document directly on the sofa armrest on the right, and said with a smile, "That's why these messy gangsters had to leave the alliance and escape to Munich."

Victor smiled, without an interface. The same words, coming from Comrade Stalin's mouth, can be regarded as a compliment to the national security department, but if Victor said it himself, it would be very inappropriate.

"So, what are your plans for this?" Comrade Stalin asked again after the conversation changed. "It would be good to kick these guys out of the alliance, but we can't just watch them go free, for what they owe in the past. The blood debt must be repaid with their blood, so the Foreign Intelligence Agency should take action."

Victor had a headache, as he had thought before, people like Stepan Bandera, they couldn't hide in Munich without the protection of the Germans, considering the current tension in Germany, if the intelligence personnel were allowed to hide in Munich. Launching an assassination operation at this time is likely to bring disaster to the entire intelligence system.

"That's right, Comrade Stalin," Viktor said directly without thinking too much, "according to the information returned by the intelligence officers, including Stepan Bandera and Yaroslavl Stetsko, these People obviously do not intend to stay in Munich for a long time, after all, the Germans are about to lose. If nothing else, these people are likely to choose to flee Germany in the near future."

"Oh?" Comrade Stalin listened carefully and nodded from time to time as a statement.

"My idea is to focus on marking these people," Victor said. "If we're going to get rid of them, it's best to wait until they leave Germany, and only then will we have a chance to bring them alive. Come back and let them receive justice."

After pondering for a while, he continued: "Also, Comrade Stalin, I suggest that we should also raise the issue of the transfer of war criminals at the three-nation summit later. During the war, the fascist bandits who brought great harm to the alliance are doing their best to retreat westward. They know very well that if they fall into our hands, their crimes will be judged in the most just and ruthless way. Only by going to Western Europe and fleeing to the United Kingdom and the United States can escape the punishment. Therefore, I think the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs should raise this issue at the meeting, and the Allied side should make a guarantee that after the war, the Those who were identified as war criminals by the Alliance were handed over to us. Among them, naturally, people like Stepan Bandera and Yaroslavl Stetsko should be included."

After listening to Victor's last words, Comrade Stalin nodded and said with approval: "The suggestion you made is very meaningful, and I agree with your opinion."

After a pause, he continued: "Well, you can organize a report as soon as possible and send it to Comrade Vyacheslav."

"Yes, Comrade Stalin," Victor nodded in response, but he was slightly relieved. At least Comrade Stalin's attention was diverted, and he did not continue to ask him to give orders to the Berlin Intelligence Station to risk assassinating those extreme right-wing elements.

"Okay, then tell me about the specific situation of the Budapest battle," Comrade Stalin knocked his pipe on the armrest of the sofa, changed the subject, and said, "I heard that on the last night of the battle, the Germans broke through the siege. very ferocious..."

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When the sky was getting dark and dusk was approaching, the originally sunny weather suddenly changed. With the blowing of a southwest wind of about three or four degrees, the originally blue sky was suddenly covered by thick overcast clouds. By 5 pm At one o'clock, the light rain finally started to fall.

It was the first spring rain Viktor saw this year, but it was clearly spring in Moscow at this time.

Holding an umbrella, accompanied by two guards, Viktor walked on the lawn in front of Yusupov Palace. Every ten steps forward, he would look back in the direction of the palace. He was looking at the palace. Approximate distance from upstairs windows to the location.

Before, Comrade Stalin stayed in his office for almost half a day. If someone came to visit later, Comrade Boskrebyshev went to invite him, it is estimated that this leading comrade hadn't thought about leaving.

For Victor, of course, he will not complain that Comrade Stalin wasted too much time on him. Comrade leader can go to his office in person, and he is happy to stay there for a while. It is completely his honor. Just imagine that it was someone else. If so, it is estimated that Comrade Stalin would be lazy to sit there for a while.

In Viktor's opinion, the conversation with Comrade Stalin was very rewarding. During the conversation, he proposed to Comrade Stalin a rule that had nothing to do with the work of the People's Commissariat for National Security, but was related to diplomacy. The People's Commissariat has related recommendations.

That's right, it is a suggestion to put forward a request for the transfer of war criminals in the summit meeting of the three countries. Obviously, this proposal of Victor was approved by Comrade Stalin. Looking back, this was the first time that Victor had explicitly put forward a policy proposal unrelated to national security work, and it was also directly recognized by Comrade Stalin.

This seemingly simple thing was regarded as a major gain by Victor, and it was not without reason. At least, it was a test by him, and it was a successful test.

Viktor's self-confidence is clearly growing as he spends more time working with Comrade Stalin, and now he not only has his own ideas, opinions, and even the work related to the People's Commissariat He has also begun to have his own views and positions on a lot of work not related to national security, and he is more and more inclined to put forward these positions and views.

Of course, at this time, Victor may not have realized that this transformation of his is exactly the transformation from a pure national security officer to a politician or a statesman.