Struggle in Soviet Russia

For now, the alliance is actually in a passive position in the face of U.S. military power, not only because the Americans have nuclear weapons, but also because the Americans’ industrial manufacturing capabilities are too powerful. The alliance cannot be compared with it, and now the war is fighting industrial manufacturing capabilities, so the scale of manufacturing represents military capabilities to a certain extent.

Victor heard the conversation between Comrade Stalin and Malenkov, and basically understood the latter's thinking. Don't ask, there is such a report on the desk, why can't the nuclear power plant be placed in the surrounding area of ​​Moscow, and there is no need for anything else. What is the reason. Just imagine, according to the scenario described by Nagorny, if a military conflict broke out between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Central Air Defense Front, that is, the air defense force in the Moscow region, could not effectively intercept the strategic bombers of the U.S. military and let them send one If a nuclear bomb is dropped on the area around Moscow, or even where the nuclear power plant is located, what will the consequences be like?

There is no doubt that it will be an unimaginable disaster, and no one can afford such consequences. There is such a reason there, there is no need for Victor to say anything. The People's Committee of the People's Committee will naturally take back the decisions they made before, and will try to put this nuclear power plant as far away from Moscow as possible.

Victor didn't interrupt, he looked at the document in Comrade Stalin's hand, and glanced at Malenkov next to him calmly, then pursed his lips and lowered his eyelids again.

At this time, Viktor was a little dissatisfied, because in the previous conversation, Malenkov did not mention this report to him, not only did he not mention it, but he did not even reveal the slightest tone from beginning to end. Victor wondered what he meant, but he thought the other party wasn't being honest enough at least.

"So, do you agree with Nagorny's proposal?" Comrade Stalin touched his pocket, obviously looking for something.

Victor stood up naturally, walked quickly to the desk, picked up Comrade Stalin's pipe and tobacco pouch from the desk, and returned to the sofa. ,

Taking the pipe from his hand, Comrade Stalin continued: "Then you think, if a special Homeland Defense Air Force is established, how long will it take for them to come up with a method sufficient to deal with the strategic bombing of the Americans?"

"This..." Comrade Malenkov showed a hesitant expression. Obviously, he couldn't give any accurate answer to this question.

"So, the establishment of a special homeland defense air force has no direct effect on solving the problem. Can I understand that?" Comrade Stalin continued, "If this is the case, should we place greater expectations on it? On the option of developing our nuclear weapons as soon as possible? So, at this point, I am more supportive of Victor's theory that in the face of the deterrence of nuclear weapons, the only solution is to take out our own nuclear weapons."

After saying this, he fell into silence again, just lowered his head and filled the cigarette butts with shredded tobacco.

"However, from this report, we should pay attention to one issue, that is, the location of the nuclear power plant, and this threat must be taken into account." Comrade Stalin did not continue until the pipe was lit. "The People's Committee should introduce a new Can we consider a best of both worlds solution and try our best to ensure Moscow’s power supply on the basis of ensuring maximum safety?”

Viktor nodded, then turned his face to see Malenkov's reaction, only to find that the guy had taken out a notebook at some point and was writing quickly.

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Coming out of Comrade Stalin's office, Victor was walking alone in the dimly lit corridor, listening to the beeping footsteps, feeling an inexplicable irritability in his heart.

Comrade Malenkov did not leave Comrade Stalin's office with him. He had other work to report to Comrade Stalin. Of course, did Viktor know what he knew in his heart? attitude on this matter.

In fact, in Victor's view, it can be seen from Comrade Stalin's attitude just now that the request for Malenkov to conduct a review at the Central Committee Working Conference should not have come from Comrade Stalin's instruction, otherwise, when Malenkov took out that Comrade Stalin's attitude would not have been so calm when the report submitted by Nagorny, at least he would have expressed it.

Well, Viktor is too lazy to worry about Malenkov, mainly because his level is not enough, and even if he is intentional, he can't help much. The most important thing is that at this time Viktor still had some opinions on Malenkov, and this opinion also came from Nagorny's report.

Going down from the second floor, Viktor did not leave directly, but went to Comrade Bosklebyshev's office first. But unfortunately, just when he knocked on the door of Boskelebyshev's office, the sound of an electric bell rang inside the door. It was the bell of Boskelebyshev who was summoned by Comrade Stalin.

Sure enough, the originally closed office door was pulled open from the inside, and Comrade Boskrebyshev walked out quickly with his head lowered, almost hitting Victor with his head.

"Oh, Viktor, why are you here?" Comrade Poskrebyshev asked in amazement, stopping hastily.

"I'm done talking about my work," Victor said with a shrug. "I'm about to leave, and I'd like to ask you to arrange a car for me."

"Comrade Malenkov is still there?" Comrade Boskrebyshev asked, raising the index finger of his right hand and pointing to the ceiling.

"Yes, he still has some work to report," Victor said.

"You should also report to Comrade Stalin more often, at least more often," Comrade Boskrebyshev raised his hand and put his hand on his shoulder, clenching it hard, as if he meant something else. Recently, Comrade Stalin had to go through the Internal Intelligence Bureau of the Commissariat to understand the situation in Karelia, and the information was not comprehensive enough."

After he finished speaking, he patted Victor on the shoulder again, and then quickly walked to the door of the office diagonally opposite, pushed the door in, and asked someone to arrange a car for Victor.

In a black Volga sedan, Viktor came out of the Kremlin. He did not intend to go to his own residence, but asked the driver to take him to No. 13 Granovsky Street, which is Valentina's residence. As far as Victor knows, Qiu Lina has gone to Minsk now, and no one can say whether she will come back in the future, so now Valentina is living alone. Of course, with this woman's character, Victor doesn't have to worry that she will be too lonely. She has many friends, although they are all friends.

Sitting in the car, Victor leaned back on the seat and closed his eyes. At this time, his heart was not as calm as the expression on his face, and Comrade Boskrebyshev's words obviously woke him up.

Looking back, since he went to Karelia to serve, Viktor has indeed forgotten to report to Comrade Stalin in the past period of time. When he was in the People's Commissariat of State Security, he had to go every three or five minutes. report once.

Of course, there is no reason for his negligence. After all, the work he is currently responsible for is not of the same nature as the work he is doing. When he was in the People's Commissariat of National Security, he had no power to make decisions on his own when faced with important information, and he had to report to Comrade Stalin in a timely manner. But now, as a local official, he needs to be more responsible for his work and make more decisions. Therefore, in Victor's own opinion, it is no longer suitable for him to report to Comrade Stalin frequently. In that case, It may be seen as a lack of courage to make decisions.

But judging from what Comrade Boskrebyshev said just now, he was obviously mistaken. He confused the difference between "reporting" and "requesting instructions". Doing a report is to report to the leader about the work in the recent period, and doing a request for an instruction is to ask the leader how to deal with something and how to make a decision. Therefore, the two are completely different and must not be confused.

What Comrade Boskrebyshev clearly meant was not to ask him to ask Comrade Stalin for advice on everything, and to let Comrade Stalin make up his mind for him, but to let him report to Comrade Stalin more often. For example, if something happened recently, he How is it solved, blah, blah, blah.

If he reported to Comrade Stalin as much as possible, he could not only maintain his visibility in front of the leader, but at the same time, it would also allow the leaders to have a sufficient understanding of his current situation. What happens if he ignores the reporting link? As Comrade Boskrebyshev said, Comrade Stalin needs to ask others if he wants to know the situation in Karelia.

So, well, not to mention the difference in nature between personal reporting and hearsay, just consider the accuracy of the information, who can guarantee that the information that Comrade Stalin obtained from other sources is the most beneficial to Victor? What if someone deliberately slandered him in the process?

Of course, such slander may have no effect once or twice, but if it persists for many years, I am afraid that one day Comrade Stalin will dislike Victor one day.

Therefore, Comrade Boskrebyshev's wake-up call is very necessary and timely. He is equivalent to reiterating the importance of a "report" to Victor.