Struggle in Soviet Russia

Cries like "Long live the Soviet Union" and "Long live Stalin" in the square continued until the referendum officially ended. The warm atmosphere made people no doubt that joining the Union was what the people wanted.

When the tweeters in the square sounded the siren, everyone on the terrace was invited by Khrushchev to go to the entrance of the city hall on the first floor.

The process of this referendum is absolutely different from the referendum of later generations. Citizens' votes are not gathered together to start the voting, but all localities organize their own voting, and then feed back the final result to Kiev.

Of course, this was put forward by the League of Nations, because according to this process, they don’t need to station supervisory representatives in every place. It is enough to focus on a few large cities. Finally, follow the rules of these large cities. The voting situation is used to estimate whether the voting results of the whole region are true.

This is a very reasonable method. No one can say that the majority of the cities that have representatives voted against it, but the places where there is no supervisory representative voted for it. This is too false.

The League of Nations also knows that they do not have much influence on this referendum, but if there is a chance to embarrass Moscow, they are still very happy.

On the first floor, on the high platform at the entrance of the city hall, the rostrum for voting has already been prepared. The soldiers in charge of guarding the ballot boxes opened the ballot boxes one by one, took out the bright silver iron boxes inside, and sent them directly to the rostrum for the voting. Place.

All the tickets were poured into a huge ticket pool, and two middle-aged men in suits walked to the edge of the ticket pool and began to sing tickets one by one. There are only two options on the vote, yes or no, to choose yes is to support West Ukraine's entry into the Soviet Union, and to oppose it is to support the independence of West Ukraine.

Of the two middle-aged people, one is a representative from Kiev and the other is a representative from the League of Nations. One is responsible for counting the votes, and the other is responsible for summarizing the votes. No one can cheat on both sides, it is fair and just.

Today, there were 24,379 people who went to the market square to vote, and the corresponding number of votes was so high. However, before the voting started, there were a lot fewer people in the square, but no one paid attention to it.

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"be opposed to!"

The results of the votes were shouted out. After each "yes", the crowds in the square would be loud shouts such as "it should be this way", "long live", "agree" and so on, and once a "yes" appeared "No", there will be huge boos from the crowd.

The smile on Khrushchev's face has not been reduced. His grinning boss waved to the crowd from time to time.

The whole process of voting is undoubtedly boring, and it lasts a long time, and the final result does not come out until almost one o'clock.

22145:2234, this is the ratio of votes to votes against. There is no doubt that this is the side that supports joining the alliance and defeated the side that supports independence by an absolute advantage.

On the streets of Lviv before the snow melted, the majestic "Internationale" sounded. This was the first time the Soviet national anthem sounded on the streets of this city since the Soviet army entered Lviv. This also heralded the ownership of the West Ukraine region. With the final conclusion, the border of the alliance finally extended to the line from the Bug River to the Eastern Carpathians, and Poland as a country once again withered away.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the voting results of the Eastern Carpathians, Lviv and West Belarus were all calculated. The representatives of the League of Nations gathered at the Lviv City Hall congratulated Khrushchev, the representative of the Soviet Union. At the same time, it was recognized that the referendum was fair and effective.

On behalf of the League of Nations, it was Duke William Jordan from New Zealand. In his final congratulatory speech, in addition to congratulating the Soviet Union, he also expressed the gradual departure of Germany and Japan’s expansion policy, which means There seems to be a subtle change in the attitude of the League of Nations. It is gradually attaching importance to Germany and Japan and provoking rounds of invasions in Europe and Asia.

What’s interesting is that two years ago, at the 18th General Assembly held at that time, the Duke William Jordan urged Japan to characterize the "July 7 Incident" in China as aggression, and he opposed the fiercest opposition at the time. , In addition to Japan, is the representative of Poland in the League of Nations. Now, two years have passed, and the original Poland has become history.

At twilight, snowflakes floated on the streets of Lviv again. The snow was not big, and the snowflakes were very finely broken, like grains of salt.

Century Square, which had been noisy for most of the day, had been cleared at this time, and it was empty. Only the police on duty were still holding their posts.

Following the see-off crowd, Victor walked out of the gate of the city hall, subconsciously tightened the front of his coat, and at the same time, twisted his body-on this day, his shirt was dry and wet. It's uncomfortable to stick to the body tightly at this time.

Fortunately, everything has gone smoothly so far, and this difficult day has finally passed without any major omissions. He can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

He had already thought about it, and instead of going back to the unit's apartment tonight, he would spend the night with An Lina, which was regarded as a treat for himself.

"Where is Comrade Lieutenant Victor, why didn't I see him?" Khrushchev's complaining voice sounded in front of the crowd.

"Comrade Secretary, I'm here," Victor said aloud in a hurry, tossing his joyful thoughts.

"Come to me," Khrushchev said with a loud laugh, "come to me, don't hide behind, boy."

It can be seen that this big man in charge of the entire Ukraine is in a very good mood at this time.

Victor hurriedly stepped forward, walked through the passage that was let out by the crowd, and stood in front of Khrushchev.

"Very good," Khrushchev first looked him up and down as he stood in front of him, then stretched out his hand and smiled, "Everything is fine, we have reason to agree with your work. Appreciation, Comrade Lieutenant Victor..."

Speaking of this, he paused, raised his left hand, pointed at Victor with his index finger, and smiled: "Especially the episode arranged in the middle is perfect. It makes the original lifeless referendum have more possibilities. Reliability, I'm really curious, how did you come up with such an idea?"

Victor was a little confused, how could he arrange any episodes? However, he quickly realized that what the other party said should be the small commotion, but how could it be arranged by him? It was purely an accident, and it was an accident that made him sweat.

Of course, at this time, he will certainly not tell the truth stupidly. It will not only appear to be incompetent, but will also embarrass Comrade Khrushchev, which is the result of a double loss. Therefore, since the other party said that it was a specially arranged small Interlude, then it is a deliberately arranged episode.

"I just put myself in the position and considered the most realistic situation," Victor said after organizing the language a little. There are so many different voices. Therefore, if there is a sound of applause everywhere, it is a bit unrealistic, it will make everything look like a performance. For this, I specially arranged some people who shout reactionary slogans , Let them express different opinions in front of the public. Of course, everything is controllable. I and all colleagues of the Lviv People’s Committee of the Interior have done countless exercises for all this today, enough to guarantee the entire referendum. The process is under our strict control."

Only the last few words of this statement are true. However, even if some of the people present understand the truth, it is impossible for them to jump out at this time. It is purely uncomfortable for oneself.

Khrushchev was very satisfied with this answer. He shook Victor's hand, but turned his eyes to the person next to him. While gesturing with his left hand, he said loudly in his mouth: "That's it, it should be like this. For each of us In other words, this is the most basic work attitude you should have. Don't give up any omissions, don't ignore any details, even if you are dealing with corners and corners, you must take the most serious attitude... "

Speaking of this, his eyes returned to Victor, and he replied: "Comrade Victor, you gave me a surprise. In return, I will personally report to you and ask for credit."

Victor didn't speak, but took the opportunity to withdraw the hand held by the guy in front of him and gave him a standard military salute.

Khrushchev and his party did not choose to stay in Lviv for dinner. They need to rush to Busk, and fly to the temporary airport there and fly to Moscow overnight. Tomorrow is Comrade Stalin’s 60th birthday. These big men You will never miss this celebration.

As the head of the Lviv People’s Committee of the Interior, Victor was “fortunate” to get the opportunity to **** them to Busk, so he had to endure hunger and endure his discomfort. He traveled back and forth for six hours by car. Damn Busk.

It was late at night, and on the intercity highway returning from Busk to Lviv, Victor curled up on the back seat of the jeep, looking through the car window, looking at the darkness, with no light in the wilderness.

This time, the referendum ended smoothly without any omissions. Then, in the next stage of work, only the infiltration of Romania will be the only task. Considering that this matter will be dominated by the Eastern Carpathians, the actual The work of the Lviv People’s Committee of the Interior will be laid off, and at least for a period of time, he will not be as busy as in the past.

Now that work can be spared, Victor intends to devote more time to learn the knowledge and skills of military command, not only to save his life, but also to better develop himself in the future.

At this time Victor didn't realize that some of his thoughts were changing subtly.