Struggle in Soviet Russia

The sky was just getting bright, and looking at the eastern sky from the windows on the second floor, you could vaguely see a hint of fish belly rising above the city's skyline, but it would take some time before the sky was completely brightened.

Behind the desk in the study, Victor put down the phone. He just called Comrade Schamirov from the Weather Bureau and confirmed for the third time that today's weather will be fine, which is a little relieved.

Seeing him standing up from behind his desk, Nino hurried over with a brand-new military uniform and asked him if he wanted to change into this one. At the same time, he told him that Varenka had come over and the car stopped downstairs and waited. Hold him.

After taking a sip of water, the general uniform took it from Nino. Victor put it on his body and said: "Call me Comrade Pavel Artemievich and ask him what he is going to leave."

"Okay," Nino took the phone. She knew that Viktor was talking about General Ardemiev, the commander of the Moscow Military District. In the last two days, Victor has been in contact with this guy. Just two hours ago, two People still make a phone call.

The phone was dialed, but after just ten seconds, Nino hung up. She turned to look at Victor, who was wearing the buttons of her uniform, and said, "He has already set off. He has left ten minutes ago."

"Okay," Victor nodded, and walked towards the door of the study with a stride, and said to himself, "I hope there will be no omissions in today's actions, otherwise, I am afraid that Comrade Stalin will have to scold him. One meal."

"Your medal!" Behind him, Nino reminded him in a panic.

"Oh," Victor stopped, raised his hand and patted his forehead, then turned and walked back, picking up a box from his desk.

All the way downstairs quickly, and put on a new set of new high-barreled military boots at the door, Victor took a photo of the whole crown mirror in the hallway, and he walked out quickly after feeling that there was no problem.

For the whole of Moscow, today is a very important and very special day. Just this morning, nearly 60,000 German prisoners captured by the Belarusian Front Army will cross the streets of Moscow to the new prisoner-of-war camp. Of course, this is just what Moscow claims to the outside world. To put it bluntly, this action is to bring German prisoners of war over to parade in the streets, but taking into account international public opinion, this has to be changed.

This prisoner of war parade was initiated under Victor's proposal... Yes, it was really initiated under Victor's proposal. Because of his genius proposal, Comrade Stalin made an exception to ask Victor to drink in his office. The wine.

The cause of the incident was the Belarusian campaign that ended last week. In this large-scale battle that lasted nearly two months, the Soviet army won a complete victory.

In this battle, the Soviets first annihilated the six German divisions in Bobruysk, and then wiped out the 4th and 9th German Army Groups in the Minsk area, nearly 100,000 people.

As soon as the huge victory was announced, it shocked the entire world. Since the end of June, Western media have questioned the Soviet military’s results in various reports. They generally believed that the Soviet Army should have won victory in Belarus. The possibility of retreating the German army is greater, and it is unlikely that such a large-scale annihilation war will occur.

The Foreign Intelligence Agency under Victor's responsibility also had the task of collecting Western public opinion. Therefore, when he submitted similar news reports to Comrade Stalin, he took advantage of the trend and put forward a suggestion: Since the Western media, journalists, and politicians believe that the Soviet army has not achieved such a big deal. The results of the battle, then the alliance simply let them take a look. Transport the German prisoners of war captured by the Belarusian Front to Moscow, let them walk the streets of Moscow in a phalanx situation, and let those who question the results of the battle take a look at the tens of thousands of German prisoners of war. You can't always fake it.

Victor, who didn't know much about Soviet history in his previous life, still knew something. At least, he knew about the "Cuidi Chunxiao" operation. Therefore, taking advantage of this opportunity, he made this plan of action ahead of time.

Sure enough, this genius idea that can not only humiliate the Germans, but also boost the morale of the Soviet Union, and at the same time, can also silence the Westerners, has directly won the praise of Comrade Stalin. At that time, Comrade Stalin directly called Victor to his office, where he poured a glass of vodka for his "little Victor" in front of Zhdanov, Molotov, and Voroshilov. At the same time, his name was also included in the list of the organizing committee of this operation.

Yes, don’t underestimate such a parade. Its organizing committee is of very high level. Comrade Zhdanov needs to be responsible for propaganda, Molotov is responsible for diplomatic affairs, and Voroshilov is responsible for coordination. The military’s actions, and Victor is responsible for security and the work of escorting prisoners of war-Serov went to the Far East and has not returned yet, Beria was transferred from the national security agency, and Merkulov, who took over Serov’s temporary work, has not yet arrived. Comrade Stalin had the qualifications to wander freely in front of Comrade Stalin. Therefore, the entire NKVD can be said to be a group of dragons without a leader, and it is reasonable to be overwhelmed by the NKVD.

For Victor, he also wouldn’t underestimate this opportunity. You must know that Comrade Stalin’s placement of him on the organizing committee of this operation this time can be regarded as a gesture in itself—he is very optimistic. Victor's young man, and the importance of this statement to Victor is of course self-evident.

He got in the car in front of the villa courtyard. After Varenka started the car, Victor opened the box that he brought out, took out the neatly arranged medals one by one, and put them on. The location of the specification.

To be honest, Victor’s medals are not too small, but he has to be compared with others. In the national security system, especially in the high-level, his medals are definitely not small, but if it is with the generals in the army, or even the security system Compared with the front-line personnel in China, his medal is also pitiful.

However, the medal has nothing to do with party status or power. Every time Comrade Stalin goes to the review platform of Lenin's tomb, there is a gold star medal dangling on his chest. Has he complained? ?

The medal represents honor, and soldiers pursue honor. Of course, there are some people who pursue honor all their lives, but people like Victor are pursuing something else.

The car headed north in the dim morning light. About half an hour later, when the first ray of golden sunlight tore through the sky and swayed over the city, Victor also appeared on the outskirts of the Dinamo Racecourse on time. In the past four days, tens of thousands of German prisoners of war have been concentrated in this small racetrack. In addition to tens of thousands of German soldiers, they also included thousands of low- and middle-level German officers and Nineteen German generals.

Of course, the German prisoners of war sent to Moscow by the Belarusian front are not just those on the racetrack. There are also some in the suburbs. The racetrack has a relatively small number of people.

To be honest, the concentration of so many German prisoners of war in Moscow is like a big bomb buried in the heart of the alliance. Once these prisoners of war have mutiny and riots, the impact will be astonishing, let alone other things. At least Viktor is an officer. As for General Ardemiev, who is directly responsible for the work of the prisoner-of-war camp, it is estimated that he will be shot.

Precisely because of this, Ardemyev has not been home in recent days, and the two prisoners of war are concentrated where he stays.

In order to prevent German prisoners of war from rioting and fleeing as much as possible, the prisoner of war management personnel of the NKVD thought of a way, that is, not to feed these prisoners every day, so that they are always hungry and have no energy to think. Other things.

Perhaps this strategy worked, or the Germans were sufficiently obedient that no accidents happened until this time.

In order to ensure the management of the racetrack prisoner-of-war camp, the prisoner-of-war management personnel of the People’s Committee of the Interior made a simple modification to this place. The stands around the racecourse were temporarily heightened, and more than a dozen were installed. Firepower point. The German prisoners of war on the lawn of the racecourse were divided into fifty squares. There were two-meter-wide passages between the squares and the squares. These passages were also separated by barbed wire.

When Victor rushed to the racecourse, the prisoners of war were having breakfast. In order to give these prisoners enough energy to complete today's parade, the prisoner of war management department specially prepared a richer breakfast. Not only did the amount of brown bread increase, People also got an extra soup made of macaroni.

Compared with ordinary soldiers, the captured generals received more preferential treatment. They were placed in the stands on the far right side of the racecourse. There were not only simple beds, but also tables dedicated to eating. And a stool, so you don’t need to curl up on the ground like a captured soldier.

In addition, the breakfast of these generals is much better, with eggs and milk, and even some red sausage and fruit.

The only thing that made these generals dissatisfied was that they couldn't take a bath or change clothes. When they were captured, they were still wearing thicker spring clothes, while many ordinary soldiers wore winter clothes. Now, it’s midsummer, they are wrapped around their bodies and they can’t take a bath for a long time. …It can be imagined.

According to the arrangement of the action plan, the team of prisoners of war will depart from here at 7:30. Their direction of travel is the Red Square, and they will walk past the Red Square to the Kursk Railway Station, where the train has been arranged. , Will send them directly to the east of the Ural Mountains.