Struggle in Soviet Russia

Heavy rain enveloped Lviv. In Western Ukraine, at the end of summer, there is rarely such a thunderstorm.

In the Duvanka alley behind Roztoche Street, a group of patrol soldiers with live ammunition and raincoats pass by the alley. They will stop from time to time to check one or two pedestrians passing by.

The war broke out!

Just two days ago, the despicable Germans tore up all agreements with Warsaw and launched an undeclared war against the Polish troops stationed on the German-Polish border. Now no one knows how the fighting is going there. According to the statement from Warsaw on the radio, the brave army is organizing a stubborn resistance. Under the command of Marshal Edward Rez Simigvi, a large number of troops are gathering in the west. At the same time, as an ally of Poland, Britain and France are also actively preparing to participate in the war. I believe that the unpopular Germans will not last long, and defeat is their only end.

Whether everything said on the radio is true or not is still unknown, but one fact has been placed in front of the citizens of Lviv, that is, since this morning, German planes have entered the sky over Lviv. Yes, they dropped a lot of flyers.

The police and the garrison were very nervous. They confiscated all the flyers and announced a curfew in the urban area. The atmosphere of the whole city suddenly became serious.

Soon after that group of soldiers passed through the alley, two more figures holding umbrellas turned into the alley. The two figures belong to a man and a woman. The man is tall, wearing a suit and a gray peaked cap on his head. The woman has a big golden wave, and her upper body is a khaki neutral windbreaker with a white shirt inside. The lower body is a black knee-length skirt.

The two behaved like a couple. They put their arms around each other and smiled, which would make people unconsciously relax their vigilance.

After walking twenty steps in the alley, the two finally stopped at the entrance of a residential building. This residential house is a three-story small building built along the alley. It should have a lot of history. It is estimated that some big people have lived in it. However, it is now completely withered, and the exterior wall is old and mottled, looking very inconspicuous.

The woman with the big wave stopped in front of the door. She looked around first, and after she was sure that there was no one, she raised her hand and knocked on the door rhythmically.

Soon, the door of the old room opened with a click, and a young man with a thin face came out. He looked at the two of them. There was an unconcealable joy on his face. He was about to say something, but he was already caught. The big wavy woman pushed her head into the room while holding her head.

Walking in from the door of the room, there is a wooden staircase leading upstairs within less than a step. This staircase gives people a feeling of being in disrepair. It will creak and creak when you step on it. It may collapse the same.

The three people followed the narrow stairs to the second floor. The young man who led the way pushed open a door. Suddenly, misty smoke overflowed from the door. The smell was so strong that it could kill people.

The big wave woman is obviously used to such things a long time ago. She walked directly into the door, but the man in the peaked cap behind her was a little uncomfortable. When she entered the door, she couldn't help coughing twice.

The room inside the door should be a warehouse, with a lot of scattered things piled up inside, so that the remaining space is very limited. At this time, in this room, there were four or five people gathered, all young people in their thirties. As soon as the man in the peaked cap entered the door, the eyes of these people were all focused on him.

"Comrades, I will introduce you," said the woman with the big wave. "This is Lieutenant Victor Viktorovich Tarashev."

When the woman said this, the man happened to take off the peaked cap on his head, revealing a face that looked very sunny with a smile, except that there were two deeper lines on this face, which made people feel comfortable. Only then did I realize that once the smile disappeared, when a serious expression appeared on this face, it would definitely be scary.

"Next, everyone introduce yourself," the woman continued, "start with me, Comrade Lieutenant, I am Sophia, Sophia Krivojvna Sokolova, intelligence work in the Lviv region, I am responsible for all the lurking personnel."

Although he had been in contact before, Victor smiled and stretched out his hand at this time, shook hands with the other party, and said, "Hello, Comrade Sophia, you have worked hard."

"I'm Kubukin, Kubukin Andreevich Isklov," a burly, looking fierce guy stood up, stretched out his hand to Victor, and said, "Before subordinate The General Directorate of the Nikolaev Militia was transferred here two years ago."

"Hello, Comrade Kubukin," Victor shook hands with the other party. He knew that this person was in charge of the integration of the various guerrillas in the Lviv area, and at the same time, he was also a very capable person.

"Antip Arsipovich Glukhov, responsible for ideological propaganda work," a gentle-looking guy with glasses stood up and stretched out his hand.

"Hello, Comrade Antip," Victor's expression on his face remained unchanged, still smiling and shaking hands.

"Boris Vladylenovich Borisov is responsible for logistics coordination." This is a very important person, and from the perspective of affiliation, this person is only cooperating with Victor's work. The attribution is within the border guard system. Although the border guard also belongs to the People’s Committee of the Interior, it does not belong to the State Security Administration. This cannot be mistaken.

The introduction came to an end, but the young man who led the way in never spoke. It is estimated that this guy is just a clerk, and he is not qualified to introduce himself on this occasion.

These people present are the team behind Victor's plan, which is what he calls the team. For him, the situation is more complicated. These people are very unfamiliar. They have not had any dealings in the past, and do not know their respective personalities. The good thing is that the domestic cleaning, especially the people in the house. The internal cleansing of the committee did not reach Lviv. Therefore, these people are experienced underground workers who can be independent.

In the future, once the Soviet army occupied Lviv, then Victor could use these guys as a skeleton to quickly form the Lviv National Security Agency, which is his advantage.

After a brief introduction of himself, Victor began to read out the orders of the higher-level organization-saying it was an order, but in fact it should be regarded as a reassurance.

It’s impossible for Lviv to be ignorant of the situation in the Soviet Union. At least the leader who was in charge of the work of the people present has now become a prisoner. Maybe they will be sent to the execution ground and shot at some point. Wouldn't it be liquidated, who can say good?

Now, Victor has brought a new order from his superiors. In this new order, in addition to new tasks, there are also arrangements for their future-after the occupation of Lviv, the formation of the Lviv National Security Agency. what does this mean? Undoubtedly, this means that their latent life is about to come to an end, and it won't take long for them to become officials of the People's Committee of the Interior, and they can openly disclose their identities.

The most important thing is that with this order, it means that the cleaning of the People's Committee of the Interior will not fall on them. They are safe.

For this reason, when Victor finished reading the orders from his superiors, the few people present seemed very excited. They couldn't wait to hope that the Soviet army could cross the border as soon as possible and occupy Lviv.

After reading the order, Victor began to arrange tasks in detail, mainly the tasks of Operation Lviv.

With the help of several subordinates, the entire plan of action is really much simpler. In Victor's view, the manpower problem that is difficult to solve is not a problem in Kubukin's eyes. He can in the shortest time, The guerrillas active in the entire Lviv region will be used.

As for the issue of weaponry and logistical supplies, it is nothing in Boris's eyes. He can apply to the border guards to bring the corresponding materials over through smuggling channels in the near future.

The intelligence work is handled by Sophia. The key propaganda and agitation work in the plan, that is, the work of inciting Ukrainian riots in the urban area of ​​Lviv, is arranged by Antip. Therefore, in the end, Victor himself is responsible. Work, on the contrary, there is nothing left.

Of course, this so-called nothing is not really nothing, but he needs to grasp the overall situation and take responsibility for the implementation of the entire action plan. If the plan is implemented smoothly, he will naturally take the greatest credit after the event is completed, but on the contrary, he needs to bear the greatest responsibility.

This is the role of leadership.

For Victor, Lviv is not a very safe place, because the People’s Committee of the Interior of the Soviet Union was far less powerful than later generations in terms of anti-espionage capabilities. In comparison, the intelligence agency of the Polish General Staff The espionage ability is much stronger. In the past few years, the intelligence agency of the Polish General Staff not only invested a lot of manpower and material resources in trying to dismantle the Soviet Union, but also had the energy to send people to the map of the Far East to provide support for Japan's invasion of China.

Under the arrangement of the People’s Committee of the Internal Affairs, Victor’s third day of lurking in Lviv, the wanted order with his photo was already plastered on the streets of Lviv. Walking out of the committee.

It can be seen that the People's Committee of the Interior is really a devastated department.