Struggle in Soviet Russia

In the war years, works of art such as famous paintings and antiques will greatly shrink in value. After all, in the chaotic years, people need more to fill their stomachs and ensure safety, rather than cultivate their sentiments and collect antiques. The so-called "prosperous antiques, troubled times gold" is what it means.

However, even if the value of art shrinks in times of war, it can never become worthless, and people who have the ability will always try to collect it. Therefore, over the past few years, Hilde has Brand Gullit did make a fortune for some high-ranking SS and Nazi party leaders.

In Victor's previous life, a descendant of Hildebrand Gullit, a man named Cornelius Gullit, still kept nearly 2,000 rooms around 2010. Precious works of art worth over a billion dollars. These works of art were confiscated from the Jews during the war, but were concealed by the Gullit family.

Victor doesn't care much about how many works of art Gullit has collected, let alone how much these works of art are worth. He just thinks that these things should not be collected by people like Gullit. This person is not qualified, and even more unworthy. Rather than leaving these precious works of art to the Nazi remnants, he might as well add them to himself.

"This Hildebrand Gullit, where is he now?" After looking at the contents of the small notebook, Victor asked Chabrazer while returning it.

"It's been delivered to Königsberg," said Captain Chabradze, "in Prisoner-of-War Camp No. 2 at the Military Control Commission."

Victor nodded and asked, "Did we get anything from him? At least one or two good news."

"Nothing," Captain Chablaze said, spreading his hands, "this guy is very tough, and we asked him some questions on the way here, including when we found him, but his answers are always the same. Yes, all art, everything of value, was destroyed in the Allied and our bombing, and nothing was left."

Victor smiled, then asked, "Do you believe what he said?"

"At least when we found him, there was nothing around him, and he was about to leave East Prussia," said Captain Chabradze. "He didn't even think about returning to Germany, but escaping to Sweden. go with."

Comrade Captain's point of view is obviously very clear, he believed what Hildebrand Gullit said, after all, if he still had any valuable works of art in his hands, it was impossible to leave East Prussia so empty-handed , at least he should stay with those valuable works of art.

"That can only show that he is a very patient man," said Victor disapprovingly. "This war will soon be over, and I believe Hildebrand Gullit will see that. Put yourself in the shoes. Think about it, if you have a batch of works of art of amazing value in your hands, and as long as you wait patiently for two years, these works of art will belong to you, will you have enough patience to wait and see for two years? Woolen cloth?"

Captain Chabraze tilted his head and thought for a while, then asked: "You mean, Hildebrand Gullit didn't tell us the truth?"

"At least you didn't do enough to get him to tell the truth," Victor said, getting up from the sofa. "Don't think of this guy as a normal refugee, he's not a refugee, he's an SS member, and a very Important SS member, so he is our enemy, and an enemy with important secrets."

Captain Chablaze followed him up from the sofa, and when Victor had finished speaking, he saluted and said, "Yes, Comrade Chairman."

"Come on, let's go see him now," Victor walked to the door, took his hat and coat from the hanger, and said to the captain without looking back.

Of course, Captain Chabraze couldn't refuse Comrade Chairman's request. He hurriedly put on his general's cap and followed Victor out of the office door.

Calling Varenka, Victor and Captain Chabradze came out of the building, waiting for Varenka to drive, Victor took another look in the northwest direction, and there was still a large sky in the direction of sight. It was dyed red, and there were bright lights beating from time to time, and it was obvious that the battle over there was still fierce.

In fact, on the issue of attacking East Prussia, there have always been great differences within the High Command. Including Comrade Stalin, plus the people of the General Staff, all believed that the Soviet Army should deploy the main force in the direction of attacking Berlin, and other directions can be temporarily put aside.

For example, on the issue of East Prussia, the opinion of the General Staff is to give up the offensive on the Baltic Sea coast. The 2nd and 3rd Belarusian Fronts both hit their superior forces and advance towards Berlin.

The opinion of the General Staff is very clear, that is, once Berlin is conquered and the Germans are forced to surrender, the remaining German troops in East Prussia and the Baltic Sea coast will not attack themselves, so that the Soviet army can be reduced. Not a small loss.

However, Comrade Zhukov disagreed with this opinion. He believed that if such a battle plan was adopted, the Soviet troops advancing towards Berlin would be threatened by the heavy German troops on the right flank, and the back road could be cut off at any time.

Therefore, Comrade Zhukov insisted that during the advance of the 1st Belarusian Front to Berlin, the 2nd, 3rd and Baltic Fronts of Belarus should also actively advance westward to capture East Prussia and defeat the German army group in that direction. annihilate.

Victor, a non-professional, is naturally incapable of making any judgments about the increasingly obvious differences between Comrade Zhukov and the General Staff, but one thing that must be acknowledged is that, whether it is the former or the latter, the battle plans they have formulated are probably all the same. Not purely out of public interest.

The General Staff hopes to ignore attacks in other directions and take Berlin directly, just to get a share of the huge honor of conquering Berlin.

As for Comrade Zhukov's opinion... Of course, the German army group in other directions may indeed be a threat, but Comrade Zhukov thinks more, and I am afraid that he still does not want anyone to compete with him.

Human thought has always been complex, and when practical interests are involved, this complexity increases by several stages.

Of course, Victor didn't care who conquered Berlin, and no matter who it was, it would never be his turn.

In a dark shadow, Varenka drove the car over, and Victor invited Captain Chabradze to get in the car, and then told Varenka where he was going.

After the Soviet army captured Konigsberg, the Military Management Committee was established at the first time. Initially, this committee was formed by the Military Committee of the 2nd Belorussian Front. After Victor arrived at Konigsberg, he quickly took over the leadership of the committee.

For now, the Königsberg Military Management Committee has a lot of power. It can be said that all matters in East Prussia, whether it is civil or military affairs, or industry, agriculture, shipping, etc., all matters are handled by it. Committee is responsible. It is also responsible for matters such as judicial trials, and the laws of the Union have not yet been implemented in this place.

As for the 2nd prisoner of war camp mentioned by Captain Chablaze, it was one of the five camps temporarily established by the Soviet army after the capture of Konigsberg. It was located in the eastern suburbs of the city, on the shore of the Frisch Lagoon. On the side, Victor and the others went all the way. Because it was too dark, it took a little longer, but even so, it didn't take forty minutes.

Among the five camps temporarily set up in Konigsberg, this No. 2 prisoner of war camp is also the largest prisoner of war camp, and at the same time, it is also the one with the most lax Soviet guards. Yes, there is no regular German army, only ordinary civilians and some captured "people's stormtroopers" members.

The most important thing is that the civilians staying in this prisoner of war camp were not captured by the Soviet soldiers, but brought to the door by themselves. Because of the lack of food, these people have been hungry during the long siege in the past. They were dying. They continued to hide in the ruins of the city and could only starve to death. They came to this prisoner of war camp to serve as prisoners of war. Although the fate of the future is unknown, at least they can live now. The Soviet army who is responsible for guarding the camp Although they won't be fed, they won't watch them starve to death either.

Although there are no stars tonight, the weather is actually very good. The southerly wind that has been blowing has brought a long-lost warmth to the whole city.

Unlike the situation in the city of Konigsberg, campfire No. 2 is dotted with bonfires, and there are even lights in some places.

The jeep that Victor was riding in bumped along the bomb-drenched road beside the lagoon to the outskirts of the prisoner of war camp, until everyone in the car could see the barbed wire reflected in the firelight, and they were guarded on duty. They stopped.

Without Victor coming forward, Varenka handed his documents to the guard who came up to check, and the car was quickly released.

A few minutes later, the jeep stopped beside a wooden house built with logs, and then slowly stopped.

Victor got out of the car and was looking around when he heard the sound of rapid footsteps running from far to near.

"Report, Comrade Chief." Soon, a lieutenant with several people rushed to the front and saluted, "Lieutenant of the NKVD, Stasevich will report to you."