Struggle in Soviet Russia

"We need to plan a grand military parade for the victory of this war." Standing among a group of generals, Comrade Stalin announced the decision of the Central Committee with a smile on his face. "Before, after a discussion, the Supreme Soviet made a decision, Prepare to make yesterday, the day the Germans announced a unilateral ceasefire, as 'Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War', and starting next year, at this point every year, we will hold a military parade, which will become the a tradition."

Holding the pipe in his mouth, he pointed in the direction of the entrance of the hall, then walked towards the door first, then took a puff of cigarette, and continued: "As for now, we can take a picture first, and then see our hero."

"Hero?" Victor was a little puzzled. He couldn't think of any kind of hero who needed to be met by Comrade Stalin himself on an occasion like today. This ceremony was really a bit grand.

Considering that there were many people present with a higher status and status than himself, Victor did not follow up immediately when he saw Comrade Stalin walking towards the door. A group of people inside gave up the position closest to Comrade Stalin.

Beside him, a kind of generals and marshals walked over one after another, and almost everyone would say hello to him, at least give him a nod or a smile, even Comrade Zhukov. To be honest, in the past few years During the war, the work of the Foreign Intelligence Agency under the auspices of Victor did indeed lay a solid foundation for the victory of the Soviet army on the front line.

Not to mention anything else, let’s just say that the battle of Stalingrad, which turned the overall situation of the war, had already been informed of accurate information by the intelligence team stationed in Switzerland by the Foreign Intelligence Service before the battle was officially launched. The army had sufficient time to allocate troops to Stalingrad, which laid sufficient conditions for the Soviet army to stick to the region.

Today, the Great Patriotic War has actually been won. At this time, no matter how arrogant and pretentious these generals and marshals are, I am afraid it cannot be said that the "stars" on Victor's shoulders are fair. come.

Konev was also among the crowd, and when he passed by Victor, he stopped and shook hands with him.

After Konev walked over, Viktor felt a hand on his shoulder and turned around in amazement. Only then did he realize that the tall Rokossovsky was standing beside him.

"Hey, Viktor," Rokossovsky said with a smile when he saw him turn his head, "how are you doing? I heard that you went to East Prussia, and the situation there is very complicated."

"It's not bad," Victor shrugged and walked side by side with him. "Although there are still some German troops in chaos, it's not a big problem."

After a pause, he continued with a smile: "Now that the war is over, presumably those German troops who were still stubbornly resisting before should also lay down their weapons, and the future work should be relatively better."

Turning his head to look at the comrade Marshal, he asked, "How is the situation in Vienna?"

Prior to this, the 3rd Ukrainian Front, commanded by Rokossovsky, launched an offensive campaign aimed at capturing Vienna, which officially ended about two weeks ago. There was agreement, so instead of continuing the offensive, his troops moved to the defense.

However, the Germans were obviously unwilling to give up the Austrian industrial zone. In the past two weeks, they have launched several small-scale counterattacks in succession, but they were all repelled by the 3rd Ukrainian Front.

"The situation has stabilized," Rokossovsky said with a hand in his pocket and a smile, "after all, the war is over, and the Germans who had been harassing Vienna before are now heading west. Fleeing, they all want to surrender to Britain and the United States, not to us, you know, they fear that we will brutally retaliate against them."

Speaking of which, his hand obviously touched something, so he changed the subject with a smile and said, "That's right, I came back this time with a present for you, I hope you like it."

Saying that, he took his hand out of his pocket and spread it out in front of Victor.

Victor looked down and was surprised to find that what lay in Rokossovsky's hands turned out to be a medal, a German double-sword silver oak-leaf knighthood, and it was a diamond double-sword silver oak-leaf knight. medal.

As far as Victor knew, in the German system, very few people won this kind of medal, not even 30. Those who are qualified to get it, without exception, have made outstanding military exploits. On top of this kind of medal, is the so-called "Diamond Double Swords Gold Oak Leaf Knight Medal", which only one person received during the entire war.

"Give it to me?" Looking at the medal in Rokossovsky's hand, Victor asked in surprise.

He really doesn't have any collection habit, but it also depends on what he collects. This rare German medal is obviously of special significance. The most important thing is that he saw the number "6" on the medal. If If nothing else, this should be the one obtained by the dead "Desert Fox" Rommel.

Rokossovsky tilted his head and smiled: "Of course, like I said, this is a gift for you, um, as a thank you."

As they spoke, the two had already walked out of the hall, and in front of them, everyone was walking towards the stairs.

"Thank you?" Victor took the medal over and asked in surprise while holding it in his hand and looking at it carefully.

"I have received a new appointment," Rokossovsky said in a low voice. "When the war is over, I will go to Bulgaria to serve as chairman of the Bulgarian Control Council and be responsible for a series of related tasks there."

As the commander of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, Rokossovsky had previously commanded a series of campaigns, some of which were carried out in cooperation with the Yugoslavs in Bulgaria. Therefore, he was very familiar with the situation in Bulgaria. Leftists also have ample access.

In this way, after the end of the war, Moscow wants to ensure a smooth transition of the situation in Bulgaria and to form a Bulgarian left-wing government that leans towards Moscow, so it is obviously very suitable for Rokossovsky to serve as the chairman of the Bulgarian Control Committee. of.

As for the Bulgarian Control Commission, it is actually the same as the East Prussian Military Control Commission. The reason why it did not use the word "military" is mainly to take care of the sentiments of the Bulgarian left-wing parties. After all, Moscow's policy towards Bulgaria has nothing to do with East Prussia's Prussian policy was different.

From this point of view, after the war, Rokossovsky should stay in Bulgaria, and after the situation in Bulgaria stabilizes, he, the chairman of the Bulgarian Control Committee, is likely to become the commander of the Soviet Army in Bulgaria.

If you only look at the importance of the country, the importance of Bulgaria to the alliance is obviously not as high as that of Poland, but the problem is, as a Pole, if Rokossovsky goes to Poland, his position and identity will appear. Very embarrassing, and in Bulgaria there is no such concern.

In addition, in Victor's view, the post-war alliance is unlikely to set up multiple garrison groups in Romania and the Balkans. The biggest possibility is to set up an Eastern European cluster to coordinate military operations in the Balkans and Eastern Europe. Kossovsky can become the commander of the group, then his future is obviously much brighter.

As a party, Rokossovsky can obviously understand this, so he will thank Victor and specially gave him such a precious gift.

"Congratulations," there are a lot of people around now. When this person has many eyes, it is obviously not suitable to talk about this topic too much. Therefore, Victor simply expressed his congratulations, and then directly changed the topic and asked, " The number of this medal, if I remember correctly, should belong to Erwin Rommel?"

"That's right," Rokossovsky nodded and smiled, "Looking at this serial number, it should belong to him."

"How did you get it?" Victor asked curiously.

"From a soldier," said Rokossovsky, "for two hundred rubles, plus two packs of cigarettes."

After saying this, he laughed first. Obviously, he himself thought this was very incredible.

But having said that, during the war, anything is possible, not to mention that Rommel's end is not good, and it is normal for some of his relics to be lost.

Victor is not interested in getting to the bottom of the story behind the medal, he likes the medal itself, not the story behind the medal.

He followed the crowd and went downstairs. When Victor and the others finally walked out of the main gate of the Grand Kremlin, Comrade Stalin had already stopped on the platform in front of the palace gate. Obviously, the place he chose to take pictures was the steps in front of the palace gate. Above, this is a group photo with these military bosses present.

Standing at the back of the crowd, Victor was still thinking about where his position should be, when he saw a major officer come up from the bottom of the steps. In his arms, he was holding a dog whose front paws were wrapped in gauze. .

The dog should be a shepherd, and it is very big, but the major's stature is a little thin, so he looks very laborious when he is holding the dog.