Struggle in Soviet Russia

The Kremlin, the small white building where the office of Comrade Stalin is located.

Colonel Getzmanov got out of his car and almost ran all the way into the door of the building. Instead of going directly to the second floor, he went to the special center of the first floor, even though it was already more than two o'clock in the evening. However, Comrade Poskrebeshev should be there. Generally, before 5 or 6 in the morning, Comrade Stalin will not leave here without taking a rest.

Fortunately, when Gotzmanov knocked on the door of the director's office, Comrade Poskrebeshev's voice came from inside.

"Comrade Poskrebeshev, I need to see Comrade Stalin, yes, I have a very urgent matter to report to him," opened the door, and said without even a polite remark, Getzmanov said. Said at the beginning.

Bosk Lebyshev is sitting behind his desk reading a newspaper, oh, to be precise, it is a newspaper that has not been officially published but has been typeset. If nothing else, this should be in a few hours. The "Izvestia" to be published, the comrade of the special division behind the desk, needs to check whether the content in the newspaper is appropriate.

Hearing Getzmanov’s obviously anxious tone, Poskrebeshev put down the newspaper in his hand, got up from his chair, turned the table, and said, "Are you in a hurry? Victor Victor Comrade Rovich has just gone up, and he is reporting to Comrade Stalin."

What this said made Getzmanov's heart cold, and then a burst of anger rose.

Victor did not say hello to the chief of the Political Security Bureau before he apprehended the police. Not only that, he didn't give the Political Security Bureau any time to respond. He went directly to Comrade Stalin to make a report. What does this mean? Do you want to kill him, the director of the Political Security Bureau? Just because at the entrance of the Kremlin, the car was stopped by a guard?

"What's the matter, Comrade Getzmanov, your face is very ugly," Poskrebeshev had already walked up to Getzmanov, with a smile on his face, and asked in a soothing tone. .

"Ah, nothing," Getzmanov controlled his emotions and smiled to himself, "Since Comrade Victor is here, that's even better. What I want to report is related to Comrade Victor's report."

"Really?" Poskrebeshev's eyes flickered, but the expression on his face did not change. He just stretched out his hand to open the door and said, "Well, I'll take you there."

The two went upstairs in tandem and walked straight to the door of Comrade Stalin’s office. According to the rules, Poskrebeshev needed to go in first to pass the message. After getting the permission of Comrade Stalin, the Getzma could be arranged. Nov went in.

Waiting outside the office, Getzmanov was a little restless. He didn't know how Viktor reported to Comrade Stalin, or what he reported, but according to time calculations, the counterintelligence bureau had just taken the arrest. In such a short period of time, it is impossible to get anything from the arrested guards. At least, he will not get the final result. Getzmanov wondered, maybe he could do something on this.

No, no, this is not safe. If you are involved too much in this area, if you are interrogated in the future, those guards are really connected with the bombing, then you can't explain it clearly.

This thought was still circulating in Getzmanov's mind. The door of the office opened again, and Poskrebshev, who had just entered, walked out again. First he walked out of the door, and then turned around to tighten the door tightly. The ground closed, then turned his head to look at Getzmanov, smiled and said: "I'm very sorry, Comrade Colonel Getzmanov, Comrade Stalin has no time to see you now, he asked you to go back and wait."

Getzmanov didn't understand the meaning of this, he swallowed and said, "That's fine, I'll just wait here for a while, I think..."

"No, no, Colonel Gotzmanov, you didn't understand what I meant," Poskrebeshev interrupted him and said, "I mean, Comrade Stalin asked you to'go back' and wait. "

He specially added an accent to the word "go back", so that as long as you are not a fool, you can hear the meaning of the words.

Getzmanov froze for a moment, then his face turned white.

A trace of pity flashed in Poskrebeshev’s eyes. He sighed, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn’t say anything. After a long silence, he whispered, “Go back first, Getzma. Comrade Nove, Comrade Stalin is very angry now. It is not a good choice for you to see him at this time."

Getzmanov nodded blankly, then turned around mechanically, and walked away in despair.

In an office across the door, Victor has just finished the full introduction of the case. Yes, just like Gertzmanov guessed, he has not yet received the confession from the security guards, but it is not important anymore. NS. The Political Security Bureau is a very special department. No department can easily investigate the staff in this department, even the Central Supervisory Committee. But the same special point is that once some or a certain guard of the Security Bureau is suspected of having a problem, then they or him do not need to have much solid evidence when they are under investigation. Why? Just because the people in this department cannot allow any possible problems.

Comrade Stalin is a very suspicious leader. How can a leader like this tolerate the presence of "bad elements" in his guard forces, or people who are suspected of "bad elements"? Even these guards are not responsible for the Kremlin's security work.

Moreover, when Viktor reported, he did not exactly say that these guards had problems. He only provided Poporov’s confession and explained that these guards had personal relations with Poporov, and several of them were even close to him. . With such a summary put there, the Political Security Bureau will at least make a mistake of lack of vigilance and lax management, and for such a department, this mistake is fatal enough.

Since the guards of the Lower Oguliki military warehouse lack vigilance and do not manage the reservoir area strictly, what about the guards of the Kremlin? Is there a similar problem? Is there a lurking element like Poporov who is now making ties and getting close to the Kremlin guards?

This is a problem, and it is a very serious problem!

Victor stood in front of a sofa in the office, while Comrade Stalin always sat behind his desk. The ceiling lamp and wall lamp in the room were not turned on, only the lamp on the table was on. Comrade Stalin’s face was hidden away from the lamp light. A copper button in his white sailor suit was in the lamp light. Under the illumination, it glowed with scorching golden light.

Because he couldn't see Comrade Stalin's face, Victor couldn't figure out the attitude of the leader comrade from the moment he made the report. It stands to reason that he should be angry, but he could not detect any signs of anger. This perception doesn't make Victor feel curious or surprised, it just makes him feel creepy.

"bell......"

A phone on Comrade Stalin's desk suddenly called out without warning. The sudden sound made Victor shiver in fright.

Immediately, as soon as he leaned over and took the receiver, Victor saw Comrade Stalin's face flashing in the lamplight. The face was calm and showed no signs of anger.

I don't know who is calling, Comrade Stalin just listened quietly, until he put down the phone, he didn't say even a word.

"Comrade Victor Viktorovich," finally, Comrade Stalin spoke. He got up from the shadow behind the desk, walked around the table, and sat down in front of a sofa next to Victor. Some conflicts happened to the guards at the palace gate?"

"Yes, Comrade Stalin," Victor said, feeling that he was sweating on his back. "However, it is not a personal conflict, but I think it is very irresponsible to bring conflicts at work into personal feelings. Therefore, I am a little dissatisfied with Colonel Gotzmanov."

"So, do you think that Colonel Gotzmanov is competent for his job?" Comrade Stalin then asked.

"Whether Comrade Getzmanov's job is competent or not cannot be judged by this bombing incident," Victor said without hesitation. "This incident is an emergency. As the leader of the Political Security Bureau, Getz Comrade Manoff needs to bear certain responsibilities, but not the main one."

After a pause, he added: "However, the Political Security Bureau does need to do some rectification work, perhaps not just the Political Security Bureau. I think that since the victory of the Moscow Campaign, many of our comrades have been ideologically and politically There is a feeling of slack, including me personally."

"Is that so?" Comrade Stalin smiled. He looked at Victor and said, "But I think the performance of the General Staff Intelligence Bureau and the Internal Intelligence Bureau during this period is still very good. I even think that if there is no Raf With the existence of Lian Ji and his stinky fish and shrimps, the work of these two departments should be even better."

Victor's scalp was about to explode, and he didn't understand why Comrade Stalin would say these things in front of him.

"Well, well, that’s all for Oguliki," Comrade Stalin continued, "Later, the committee may make some adjustments to your work, but before that, I need you to go first. A trip to the Far East. Comrade Victor Viktorovich, I admire your cleverness in handling the case. Therefore, on this trip to the Far East, I also hope that you will not let me down."