USSR 1941

There was a moment of silence in the office.

Shulka speaks bluntly and practically.

Because he got a lesson from Beria: Never play tricks with them.

Shulka may be an expert on the battlefield, or it can also be said that he can predict many dangers based on his historical knowledge and thus become an expert on the battlefield.

However, in terms of tactics, Shulka is a rookie among rookies.

To survive this undercurrent and extremely dangerous political struggle, Shulka believes that there is only one way, and that is to be "straightforward".

Because Shulka's flamboyant guts can't be hidden from anyone, he simply doesn't have any "guts" and talks about what he has, whatever the facts are.

These words may have been harsh to Stalin.

Because this model is what Stalin meant, using political commissars to supervise those troops fighting on the battlefield so that they can fight bravely.

This model may be useful at the beginning of the war... In fact, it is useless at the beginning of the war, because the Soviet army has been defeated since the outbreak of the war, and those who should flee should surrender. Among them, some political commissars surrendered to the enemy and even became enemies. Among them, there were also political commissars and instructors who refused to surrender but were killed by soldiers and then surrendered.

If it really played a role, it should be during the defense of Moscow. The existence and supervision of the political commissar kept many troops fighting on the front line without retreating.

This is the saving grace.

The problem is that the defense of Moscow does not require much tactical literacy of the troops. All the troops only need to know one thing: persist in the cold weather, persist, persist, and then the Germans will collapse.

Such a victory cannot be replicated in other campaigns.

Especially with the deepening of the war, the quality of the Soviet army is getting higher and higher, and more and more people believe that the Soviet Union can win...

The latter is more important.

At the beginning of the war, almost no one believed that the Soviet army could win. Objectively speaking, the role of political commissars was very meaningful at this time, because they could stabilize people's hearts.

But after the victory in the defense of Moscow,

Then after another counter-offensive, the confidence and morale of the Soviet military and civilians to defeat the enemy skyrocketed. At this time, the role of the political commissar was less, and its disadvantages were that they did not understand military affairs, did not know how to fight, but grasped the command power and disordered command gradually emerged. come out.

After a while, Beria interjected: "Although what Comrade Shulka said was a bit absolute, but Comrade Stalin, I have heard this problem more than once. The chief of the army knows how to fight, but they want to Obeying the orders of the political commissar and having to deploy according to the wishes of the political commissar, however, when the battle fails, it is the chief officer who is responsible instead of the political commissar, which is a great blow to the morale of the army!"

Stalin didn't answer. After thinking about it for a while, he said, "That's all for today's talk!"

"Yes, Comrade Stalin!"

Saying that, Beria and Shulka withdrew from the office.

Shulka clearly felt that Beria turned around and nodded towards Shulka with satisfaction.

It can be said that Shulka did exactly what Beria hoped, and it could even be said to be more perfect than he imagined, because Beria, who knew Stalin well, knew that Shulka's words had already convinced Stalin.

Stalin had a suspicious personality. If someone like Shulka hadn't spoken out so boldly and straightforwardly about this issue, what other people even Beria said might have been regarded as "slandering" and "smearing".

Needless to say what the consequences are.

So on the contrary, what an officer from the front line like Shulka said is credible, and once Stalin believed it, then Stalin had no choice.

Because there were two roads before Stalin:

One: Ignore the shortcomings of the political commissar system and continue to use it.

There is no question about this, the Soviet Army could continue to fight and even win.

The problem is that, just as Stalin himself considered, the Soviet army fought the enemy with such a large number of casualties, and dozens or millions of them were surrounded and wiped out by the German army. At this time, the Soviet Union has come to let children and women carry guns Get to the point of battle.

How long can the Soviet Union last like this?

Nobody knew, and neither did Stalin!

Stalin couldn't guarantee that the Soviet army would be outnumbered because of this, that is, experienced veterans died on the front line, but the reserve troops in the rear hadn't had time to grow.

It is conceivable that if this happens, all the good situations and victories achieved by the Soviet Union will fall short.

Did Stalin dare to take the risk?

Obviously not, no one would be foolish enough to risk the country's destruction just to use political commissars to control the army.

The reason is simple, because the political commissar can be tightened after being temporarily relaxed, and if the country is destroyed, everything will be gone.

Therefore, Stalin actually had no choice but to choose the second path: to reform the political commissar system.

Before that, Stalin may send someone to conduct a survey on the front.

But Beria is not worried about this at all, because what Shulka said is true.

When Stalin investigated clearly, the matter was a certainty.

Along the way, Beria didn't praise Shulka, and even talked very little, just said a few innocuous words.

After arriving at the National Security Bureau, Beria shook hands with Shulka and said: "Thank you very much for your work during this time, Comrade Shulka! But I just received a telegram from the front line, and the Germans seem to be on the defensive line. So I think it's time for you to go back to the army!"

"Of course, Comrade Beria!" Shulka couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Shulka knew that he had gained Beria's trust, otherwise, he would not have sent himself back to the army, or put him back alive.

"The door of the National Security Bureau is open to you at any time!" Beria said: "If there is any need, I will let Comrade Akadyevich contact you!"

"Yes, Comrade Beria!"

It was only later that Shulka realized that Beria had a deep meaning in what he did. He was trying to avoid suspicion...to prevent Stalin from misunderstood that what Shulka said just now was ordered by him.

In fact, Beria really didn't say anything, he just reminded Shulka about the "combat effectiveness" of the troops.

Everything else is Shulka's own "random imagination".

And this is exactly where Beria is so powerful. If anything happens, that is, if Stalin pursues it, he can clean it up without leaving any traces.