Struggle in Soviet Russia

Regardless of whether you are a person or an official, the most important thing is to have clear ears and eyes, know how to advance and retreat, and at certain critical moments, you need to know what to do in order to be pleasing and satisfy others. This has nothing to do with whether the character is weak, but is closely related to one's own future.

Drafting a report, Victor even said to Beria that he might not be able to complete it on time, and asked Comrade Beria to arrange for his secretary to help. Is this shirking responsibility? Are you lazy? Are you dying? Of course not. On the contrary, he was showing his favor to Comrade Beria.

In arranging the Kiev riot, Victor did not report to Beria in advance. Of course, he did not mention that the incident was related to Kotov. Therefore, in this matter in advance, Comrade Beria was indifferent. Unaware.

So did Victor do something wrong in this matter? Of course not. He is the director of the Internal Intelligence Bureau, in charge of all kinds of intelligence work of the Internal Intelligence Bureau. Although Beria is his immediate boss, he can't give Bei the details of the work at hand. Leah reports. What's more, even if he reports everything, Beria does not necessarily have the leisure to listen.

Well, it is not necessary for Comrade Beria to know all about the details of the work, but the problem now is that the results have been achieved in these tasks, and the results are very significant. It is foreseeable. Once it is determined that Kotov has been controlled, and How happy Comrade Stalin will be when he is successfully escorted back to Moscow.

As a subordinate of Comrade Beria, you must have a very well-informed awareness that what makes Comrade Stalin unhappy will never be related to Comrade Beria. Comrade Beria has absolutely no knowledge in advance, and all that makes Comrade Stalin. Happily, Comrade Beria is absolutely in the know, and he is absolutely involved in every inch of the whole plan.

What is this rule? Victor can tell you that this is the first working code of the current NKVD staff, even if he is closer to Serov and does not claim to be Beria, he has to do the same.

Therefore, this report must be drafted by people trusted by Comrade Beria. In the process of drafting, it is necessary to magnify the decisive role of Comrade Beria in formulating the action plan as much as possible. This report was drafted in accordance with the procedures, and it should look like this: Comrade Stalin gave guiding opinions, Comrade Beria led the formulation of the action plan, and was responsible for the implementation of the action by the Internal Intelligence Agency. Finally, with the efforts of comrades at all levels, The action was implemented smoothly and achieved perfect results.

What? Do you ask the merits of the frontline personnel? Of course, they do have merit. In the final evaluation of their merits, they may win the title of a Hero of the Soviet Union, or they may be promoted in military rank, but one thing that is certain is that Comrade Stalin and Comrade Beria , Will never care about the names of those front-line personnel, that is what Victor needs to care about. This event eventually left only one impression in the minds of Comrade Stalin and Comrade Beria: Comrade Viktor Viktorovich did a good job and was very good at being a man, nothing more.

When he came out of Beria’s office, it was almost three o’clock in the morning. Victor did not participate too much in the drafting of the report. He just described some details of the original plan to Tallahadz. Once again, he gave him a memo of the plan.

For Comrade Beria’s Secretary’s Office, it’s not too easy to get a colorful report with these materials. Moreover, he can definitely put the importance of Comrade Beria in this report. It is highlighted in a subtle way, and it makes people feel awkward and abrupt in reading it.

Although he left Comrade Beria’s office, Victor did not leave Building 2. For him, not only tonight, but tomorrow, and even the day after tomorrow, he will be waiting in Building 2. When will The intelligence feedback from the Propyat River guerrilla zone confirmed Kotov's whereabouts before he could go back to rest. He didn't want such an important news to be reported by others first.

Yes, it is a time of war, but brutal wars cannot prevent the intrigue and the struggle for power in the NKVD. It can be said responsibly that the largest and most influential world-class intelligence agency in human history is external It has developed and grown amidst the weight of the country’s pressure and internal power struggles.

From the Yiyantang in the period of Jacob and Yezhov to the rules of the jungle in the period of Beria, this dark and **** department has found a route that is most suitable for its development.

Viktor entered this department two years ago, and has basically grown up under Serov’s protection. When he was in Ukraine, if Serov had not transferred him to Moscow, it is estimated that he would have grown grass.

Nowadays, with the improvement of his status and Serov’s long absence in Moscow, no one in the entire NKVD can provide him with asylum. Just like Mesik, even Serov is right in front of him. , He will not necessarily give the first deputy NKVD any face.

To paraphrase a very tacky sentence: growth comes at a price, and in an official career, growth also has to pay a price. This price is that with the improvement of status, the risk factor will increase step by step. As the saying goes: There is no cold at high places, there are only a few places high up, and countless people below are coveting it. Why can you sit there peacefully? In that kind of smiley false flattery, I don't know how many people are staring at your **** and are ready to poke a bit hard.

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The coast of the Black Sea, Kerch Peninsula, Taman.

German fighter planes are like ferocious falcons, hovering over the pier close to the harbour, and in the bay not far from the pier, the light cruiser "Red Workers International" has billowed smoke, but the ship The anti-aircraft artillery on the ship was still spraying fire snakes frantically.

Serov, soaked in body, jumped into the sea from a kayak that was about to sink, dragged by two guards, climbed the sea embankment with difficulty. He had just climbed a few steps towards the embankment and was caught by one of them. The guard fell to the ground.

A huge explosion sounded not far behind him, and the splashing water splashed on his back, making him feel obvious pain. When I got up again, I looked back and saw that the kayak had been blown to pieces, and the navy soldier in charge of driving the kayak was completely gone.

Struggling to push away the support of the guards, Serov quickened his pace and quickly boarded the breakwater on the coast. Then, without looking at the German fighter planes hovering above his head, he ran straight in the direction of the No. 3 turret.

From Serov to the position of the No. 3 coastal defense battery, there was a **** with a relatively large inclination. It was a bit difficult to climb. In some places with steep slopes, he had to use both hands and feet to stabilize his body.

After finally climbing to the top of Fort No. 3, Serov looked in the direction of the city, and everywhere he could see was full of thick smoke. The entire Taman city became a silhouette in the thick smoke. Clear.

This is a disaster, at least for Taman, a small town on the coast of the Black Sea. Of course, it is also a disaster for the 47th Army headquarters stationed here.

Visually, the maximum width from Taman city to the port is less than three kilometers, and in Anapa east of Taman, the German fifth infantry army has captured the city, which is equivalent to cutting off the Soviet troops in Taman area. The retreat channel. In other words, the two and a half divisions of the 47th Army of the Soviet Army in the Taman area, with more than 10,000 people, have been surrounded by the Germans in this narrow area that is often less than 7 kilometers and less than 3 kilometers wide. To the north is the 42nd Infantry Corps of the German Army, to the east is the 5th Infantry Corps of the German Army, and to the south is the endless Black Sea. Now, the only thing that can provide reinforcements to this force is the support from the Azov Sea Fleet.

This is Serov's first large-scale attack facing the Germans. In the past, he had always wanted to go on the front line and command a battle personally, but now he finally realized that this kind of thing is not as easy as he thought.

Take this part of the encircled Soviet army as an example. Now it is completely in a situation of fighting separately. Under the swift and violent offensive of the German army, all the troops have been dispersed. The group army command only knows that there are troops resisting, because The fighting there hasn't subsided, but they can't get in touch with these fighting units, and don't even know which unit is fighting in which position.

On the No. 3 coastal defense turret, Serov found the frontier guard command in charge of the battle of the turret. As a result, he saw the reality that the entire No. 3 turret had only 24 artillery remaining in the battle. The turret command was destroyed in the previous German bombing. , There is not a single surviving person. The remaining 24 soldiers have been fighting under the command of a corporal.

The battery headquarters was blown up, and the radio station that contacted the superiors was naturally finished. Serov was not reconciled. He still wanted to go to the city. In his opinion, there should be border guard troops fighting there because he could still hear Fierce gunfire from the urban area.

But his crazy idea was rejected by the guards who came with him. The guard’s mission was to ensure his safety and could not let him take risks. In the end, he was dragged by the guards and re-boarded a fleet minecraft. It was almost embarrassed to escape from Taman who was about to fall.

While Victor was anxiously awaiting news from the Propyat River guerrilla zone, the Southern Front and the North Caucasus Front suffered disastrous defeats on the coast of the Sea of ​​Azov. Subsequently, the German forces crossed the Kuban River and headed south along the Black Sea coast. Caucasus.