Struggle in Soviet Russia

At night, the wind blew up inexplicably. The wind was a bit big, level five or six. The strong wind came in through the gaps in the windows, with a horrifying scream.

In the study with the lamp on, Victor sat behind the desk with a cup of coffee, frowning.

On the book case in front of him, there were the minutes of the meetings of the General Staff. What Victor looked through were the records of a series of meetings held by the General Staff during the course of formulating the combat plan before the Kharkov offensive campaign.

In the defeat of the entire Kharkov offensive campaign, two of the Soviet army’s six armies responsible for the implementation of the campaign were completely annihilated, and the rate of the two armies being fully armed after the war was less than 30%. For such a major loss, just letting a spy take responsibility is absolutely impossible, and someone at a higher level must stand up.

Of course, this kind of thing is not Victor's work, but the work of the Central Supervisory Committee and the General Political Department. The reason why Victor looked through the minutes of the meeting was mainly curious.

At least from the meeting minutes of the General Staff Headquarters, the responsibility for the failure of this failed battle did not lie with the General Staff Headquarters, because it included Shaboshnikov, Vasilievsky, and Zhukov when the battle plan was formulated before the war. , Vatukin and others do not approve of this combat plan, and the collective opinion of the chiefs of staff is that an "active defensive posture" should be adopted in the direction of Kharkov.

The so-called active defensive posture means that the main strategy is still defense, but in the process of defense, suitable opportunities can be used to launch a limited counterattack against the offensive German forces. Therefore, it is still based on defense.

At first, Comrade Stalin recognized this position of the General Staff, but after the Soviet army suddenly seized the Ishum Outburst, Comrade Stalin suddenly changed his mind. He asked the front army headquarters to adopt a more active offensive attitude. Now, it is to switch from defense to offense.

Therefore, in the final analysis, Comrade Stalin should bear some responsibility for this failure. Even if it is not the most responsibility, it should be at least part of the responsibility. But such a thing can only be thought in my heart, and it is absolutely impossible to say it. of.

However, through this disastrous defeat, Comrade Stalin apparently also realized his own problems. Although he still removed the post of commander of the Southwest Front Army of Timoshenko, he did not hold Chief of Staff Bagramyan accountable.

Not only that, just this morning, at the Committee Meeting of the People’s Committee of National Defense, hosted by Comrade Stalin himself, another resolution was passed, giving the power of appointing front army commanders to the General Staff Headquarters, and the war broke out. In the following period of time, the power to appoint front army commanders has always been in the hands of Comrade Stalin himself.

The issuance of this order undoubtedly proves that Comrade Stalin's trust in the General Staff has been further strengthened. For the Soviet army, this is a good omen.

Professional matters are entrusted to professional people. This is a basic principle that must be understood as a superior. In Victor's view, Comrade Stalin may be a qualified leader, but he is by no means a smart military strategist. Therefore, when facing this war, especially when facing a specific battle or battle, his smartest way is to shut up and give up power.

Nadya made the coffee. Not only did she put milk, but also put a lot of sugar. Seriously, Victor was a little uncomfortable with it. He didn't like things that were too sweet, but even so, he still put a whole cup of coffee. I drank it all. In his opinion, when a woman is willing to give you tea or cooking, it is enough to praise it honestly. That is the most conscientious way.

Only when I thought of Nadya, the door of the study was knocked gently from the outside, and at the same time, Nadya's voice came in from the outside: "Can I go in?"

Victor smiled, put the minutes of the meeting on the table in front of him together and stuffed them directly into the drawer in front of him. Then, he sent a copy of it from the Internal Intelligence Bureau this afternoon for the pursuit of Kotov. Take the killing plan and put it in front of you, and then said, "Come in."

The door opened and Nadya walked in with a plate of fruit. She stopped at the door, smiled charmingly at Victor, and said, "I washed some grapes. Would you like to taste it?"

Victor chuckled, and turned 30 degrees from his seated upright body, then reached out and patted his lap.

Nadya walked over with the fruit tray, spread her legs, and sat face to face on Victor's lap. She placed the tray in her hand on the table, looked at the table with a probe, and asked curiously: "What are you doing? "

"Look at the file," Victor smiled, holding her plump buttocks in both hands, "There is an action being planned in the bureau, I..."

"Don't tell me this," Nadya raised her hand to his lips, interrupting him, and said, "I don't care about those things about you."

Victor smiled and didn't continue to speak. He tightened the hand holding Nadya's buttocks, then leaned forward, leaning in her ear and whispering something.

Nadya's face was blushing, and she raised her hand a little bit angrily and thumped his shoulder, then stretched her forehead forward and banged Victor's forehead lightly.

Victor laughed loudly. Seriously, Nadya gave him a different feeling from other women. This little girl seemed to have a very unique charm, which could always catch a man's soul.

In addition, she also knows how to dress herself, knowing how to use limited conditions to show her beauty without omission.

Just like now, she is wearing a Victor’s blue shirt, but only wearing a pair of too narrow briefs on her lower body, with two white and flowery thighs exposed, not only seductively, but also arouses the desire for discovery. Well, just lift the hem of her shirt to see what's inside.

The two were entangled together for a while before Nadya stood up on Victor's chest. She took the coffee cup on the table and said, "I'll put hot water for you and take a shower later."

Victor nodded, and took advantage of her turning around, grabbing another hand on the bulge between her legs, which drew Nadya's annoying eyes.

Seeing Nadya's figure disappear outside the door, Victor returned his attention to the desktop.

He squeezed a grape and threw it into his mouth, while savoring the slightly sour sweetness, he flipped through the documents on the table.

Since he gave orders to the chief officers of the Internal Intelligence Service three days ago, in the last two days, he has received three plans for the assassination of Kotov, but Victor feels very dissatisfied with these three plans.

According to the information sent from Kiev, Kotov, who betrayed the alliance, did not deliberately hide his whereabouts. He is now a major in the Ukrainian auxiliary police organization. Although he is not low-level, he does not have any actual power. After all, at this time, the so-called Governor of the Ukrainian Governorate of the German Army is Koch, and this person's contempt for Ukrainians is well known to the world.

However, Kotov obviously also knew that he had become a hunting target of the NKVD. Therefore, although he did not hide his whereabouts, he was very cautious every time he traveled. Where he lives, there are also a large number of auxiliary police officers on duty. Therefore, if you want to kill this guy, you must wait patiently for the opportunity. If you don't want to wait patiently for the opportunity, then you have to find a way.

Among the several plans submitted successively, there was a plan to kill Kotov and a plan to poison him. What Victor disagrees with these two plans is that the plan only determines how to take action, but No consideration is given to how the person performing the task should retreat safely.

Of course, for the people who made the plan, this action may be a death squad action. They did not consider the person performing the task and still have the opportunity to leave Kiev alive. Therefore, it is completely unnecessary to formulate a retreat plan.

But Victor did not think so. He hoped that the intelligence department could form a tradition, that is, for any risky task, the evacuation of personnel must be considered when formulating the implementation plan, because this is not just a job. The question of attitude is still a question of empathy.

After reading the plan on the table from beginning to end, Victor stretched his brows, turned to the title page of the plan, and glanced at the plan’s creator-Alexander Alexandrovich Litvinenko.

There is this person in his impression. This person is a major national security commander. He was previously in Turkmenistan’s NKVD. Before Merkulov had sufficient information on the Internal Intelligence Service of the NPC, this talent was determined by his own role. The head of Turkmenistan's NKVD, Bolshev, recommended it.

The major is only twenty-seven years old this year, very young, so Victor thought he had climbed up through nepotism, but from this plan, this guy is still a little capable.

In this plan, Litvinenko described in detail Kotov's behavior in Kiev over the past period of time. At the same time, he also described the background information of his dedicated driver. In response to these situations, he made a plan to install landmines on Kotov’s daily travel routes. At the same time, he arranged for a group of snipers to ambush nearby. If the landmines did not kill Kotov, they could still be sniped. Hand conducts the second assassination.

Most importantly, Litvinenko also attached a bird's-eye view of the assassination location to the plan. Through this map, the snipers who performed the assassination mission planned a retreat route.

Of course, this plan is only a rough implementation plan. The actual assassination process needs to be finalized by the team performing the task. However, even from this implementation plan, it can be seen whether the plan maker is genuine or not. I took my heart.

The work of the NKVD is nothing special. If you want to do things well, you only need to be careful enough. This has always been Victor's point of view.