Struggle in Soviet Russia

The battle of the defeated troops may be a little bit, but if the will to fight is mentioned, it is basically impossible to talk about. Therefore, even if there are not many defensive troops on the castle side, with the strong fortifications of the castle, those defeated troops It is impossible for the soldiers to come and attack, at most, they will only harass them. After determining that it is difficult to conquer, they will naturally retreat quickly.

Putting the wine glass in his hand back on the chair, Virto sighed lightly, put his hands on his knees, slowly stood up from the reclining chair, took out a pack of cigarettes, and moved towards the arrow stack not far away. go.

This bunker is very high, nearly 20 meters above the ground. Looking out from the stack of arrows, you can overlook the green woodland outside the castle and the large lawn that is close at hand.

The scenery around the castle is very beautiful. In East Prussia, which is full of ruins today, it can be regarded as a paradise. This is why Victor likes this place. He even decided to live in East Prussia temporarily. here.

At this time, standing next to the arrow stack, you can see not far from the edge of the jungle, there are more than a dozen figures running, and two Soviet armored vehicles are rolling over the lawn and driving over there. As for those who are heading towards Those who ran in the direction of the woodland were wearing German uniforms, which should be the rout of the German army.

Standing on the edge of the arrow stack, Victor glanced in the direction of the battle, and watched the Germans flee into the jungle under the pursuit of two armored vehicles. He didn't light a cigarette for himself until the gunfire died down. He raised his head and glanced lazily at the position where the sun hung overhead.

In today's East Prussia, Viktor's power is very large. To a certain extent, he is actually the governor of the Soviet army in East Prussia. The political and military powers are concentrated in one. Considering that East Prussia is still under military control , he even has the power of judicial judgment.

However, even so, Victor's performance is still very low-key. He never appears in front of the public, nor does he accept any media interviews. Except for issuing some necessary decrees, he never lets his name appear in people's eyes. Within sight, he is not only low-key, but low-key and outrageous.

Corresponding to his low-key behavior, he is absolutely high-profile in his work.

It has only taken more than three weeks and less than a month since he left Moscow and arrived in East Prussia. In this short period of time, Viktor has begun to comprehensively promote the "Sovietization" transformation movement in East Prussia. .

Driven by Victor, the Military Management Committee, centered on Königsberg, has already started comprehensive work. The Reconstruction Committee and the Post-war National Revival Committee under its jurisdiction are promoting the "Sovietization" transformation proposed by Victor in East Prussia. plan.

In a series of East Prussian cities, including Konigsberg, all buildings with German style have been bombed and demolished, and replaced by Soviet style buildings; all streets and squares have been renamed , the original German name has been changed to Russian name; all schools have cancelled German courses and replaced them with standard Russian courses and so on.

As for the large-scale migration of Germans, it has not officially started yet. The exodus of Germans is still a spontaneous behavior, and it is not directly related to the policy formulated by Victor.

It is hard to say whether these policies will be effective for the Sovietization of East Prussia, but what is certain is that both the People's Commissariat of Defense and Comrade Stalin are very satisfied with his work.

Before, Comrade Malenkov had a phone call with him. During the phone call, Comrade Malenkov told him that the People's Commissariat of Defense was making arrangements for the award of honors this year. If nothing else happened, Victor would receive a first-class medal. The Great Patriotic War Medal, and at the same time, he will also receive the title of "Socialist Labor Hero".

The Great Patriotic War Medal was awarded mainly in recognition of his positive role in winning the war for the Union in his work over the past few years, while the title of "Socialist Labor Hero" was awarded in recognition of his work in Intelligence work and outstanding contributions to coalition national security efforts.

In addition, just two days ago, Comrade Boskrebyshev also called him, and the other party told him that at the committee meeting of the People's Commissariat of National Defense, there was a problem with the Central Secretariat in charge of national security work. Regarding the issue of the lack of a secretary, he made comments to the Committee, and at the same time, he also made implicit criticisms of the work of the People's Commissariat for National Security.

Comrade Boskrebyshev did not say who this person was. Of course, in his capacity, it would be very good to be able to send a letter to Victor, and he would never reveal the more specific content.

According to Comrade Boskrebyshev, the person who put forward the opinion believes that the power of the People's Commissariat of State Security is too great, and that its work procedures, work content and work norms are not subject to supervision and supervision by any department. In addition, in the Secretariat of the Central Committee, there is no secretary in charge of national security work, making the People's Commissariat for National Security a special and powerful institution completely independent of the Bolshevik Party Central Committee, which is not only ineffective for the national security of the alliance. A facilitator, but a threat.

To be honest, this suggestion or criticism, no matter who made it, at least this statement is not wrong. Since Comrade Beria was transferred from the post of the main person in charge of national security work, the entire People's Commissariat for National Security The ministry lost its superior supervisory authority.

For nearly a year, Victor, the chairman of the People's Commissariat for National Security, has become the de facto dictator of the department. Although the presidium still exists, it can play a very small role. Otherwise, Victor would not be able to continue. Control the overall situation of the Foreign Intelligence Service.

It is true that Victor needs to report to Comrade Stalin on a lot of work. On the surface, it seems that he is directly responsible to Comrade Stalin, but from another perspective, he frequently reports directly to Comrade Stalin, which is equivalent to Between Comrade Stalin and the work of national security, he alone exists. The danger of this reality is that Comrade Stalin only accepts his reports, but does not supervise his work. The consequence of this is that what Comrade Stalin knows and can know is entirely up to him to decide. As for what he did behind Comrade Stalin's back, Comrade Stalin did not know.

Therefore, among the secretaries of the Central Committee, the one who focuses on national security work is also a very important link. Its long-term absence is not conducive to the national security work of the alliance.

However, today Comrade Stalin has absolute confidence in Victor. Therefore, this issue raised at the meeting of the People's Commissariat of National Defense did not get his attention. He did not even make any clear statement, but praised it. Significant progress in intelligence work by the People's Commissariat of State Security.

Of course, Victor also knows that although he is very satisfied with the current situation, it is unlikely that this situation will be maintained for a long time. In the past few years, the war can be used as an excuse, and with the end of the war, Many unreasonable and non-compliant phenomena in the past will inevitably be corrected. Therefore, among the secretaries of the Central Secretariat, the role that has been missing for too long will always be filled by someone.

This time, the voice of criticism at the meeting of the National Defense People's Commissariat was probably not aimed at the National Security People's Commissariat, but at the position of secretary of the Central Secretariat. After all, that position has been vacant for too long. Well, it's time to finally come to a conclusion.

Victor doesn't care about the attribution of that position. After all, no matter who goes up, it is impossible for him to get his turn. His qualifications are still too young to reach that position.

For now, Victor mainly focuses on three issues, including two internal issues and one external issue.

Among the two internal issues, the top one is naturally his own work, which is the Soviet transformation of East Prussia, and the other content is the changes in Moscow's political arena, mainly the recent Frequent criticism of Comrade Malenkov.

Viktor can be sure that a lot of criticism against Comrade Malenkov this time should be related to Comrade Zhdanov and the Leningrad faction he led. This is probably the sharpening of the contradiction between Malenkov and Zhdanov. Performance.

However, Comrade Malenkov is not a vegetarian either. Although he is facing a lot of troubles now, he is not helpless in the face of the opponent's attack, but the time for counterattack should not come yet.

As a member of Malenkov's camp, Viktor certainly needs to pay attention to the trend of this situation. After all, he also has to be prepared for whether the fire will burn directly to him.

As for the external focus, it is the changes in the political situation in the United States.

Just when Victor came to work in East Prussia, bad news came from the United States. President Roosevelt, one of the three giants of World War II, died of a cerebral hemorrhage. The three giants were missing a corner, which means that changes are likely to occur.

According to the American system, Roosevelt died suddenly as the incumbent president, and he was succeeded by Truman, the vice president. The first thing he did at the beginning of his term was some of the policies of President Roosevelt during his term of office. , made veiled criticism and, at the same time, formally announced the reforms he advocated.

So far, the outside world has no way of knowing what and how Truman's so-called "New Deal" will be changed, but it cannot be denied that if Roosevelt was dovish when it comes to dealing with the Soviet Union, then Truman was absolute. Hawks.