Struggle in Soviet Russia

Comrade Boskrebyshev looked serious. He stretched out his hand and took Viktor's arm. As he led him upstairs, he whispered, "The situation in North Korea has changed, and the situation is very serious."

"How serious can the situation in North Korea be?" Victor laughed, "It's not going to be a fight with the Americans, is it?"

He was completely joking, and he didn't take it seriously. However, after he said these words, he found that Comrade Boskrebyshev looked at him a little strangely.

"It can't be true, right?" The smile on Victor's face disappeared in an instant. He opened his mouth and asked hesitantly for a while, "War with the Americans...?"

"It happened three hours ago," Comrade Boskrebyshev nodded and said, "First, Comrade Grigory Meclair sent back information and reported that a certain unit of the 24th Army under the Tenth Army of the US Army reported to me Jinchuan. The garrison's position was shelled, and then Comrade Chisgakov reported that because the Americans provoked the artillery bombardment, he ordered the garrison to launch shelling in the direction of Seoul in retaliation."

Victor was a little speechless. He knew that the 25th Army under the command of Chisgakov was stationed in the area north of the 38th parallel, and the 10th Army of the US Army was facing him. Of course, in terms of military strength, a tenth army of the US military has 100,000 people, and its strength must be much larger than that of an army of Chisgakov, but not all the tenth army of the US military has been transferred to the Korean peninsula. Only one main force of the 24th Army came, but even so, the U.S. military still had more troops than the Soviet Army.

However, the comparison of the Soviet and American forces in North Korea is not so simple. After all, most of the American forces are in Japan, and in the northeast of China, the Soviet army still has millions of troops displayed there. If the two sides simply compete for strength , doesn't really make much sense.

In the current North Korea, the Soviet Union and the United States are actually occupied by the thirty-eighth-degree line, but the Soviet Union has actually suffered a loss in this demarcation, because when the Americans proposed this demarcation, the Soviet troops The peak has actually crossed this boundary and is about to knock down the entire Korean Peninsula. After the Americans put forward a request to use the "38-degree" line as the boundary, the Soviet army actually retreated for a while, and the original The occupied territory was handed over to the Americans.

However, according to the proposal of Comrade Stalin at that time, the "38-degree" line between the United States and the Soviet Union divided not only Korea but also Japan. In other words, the Soviet Union at that time actually hoped to take the territory of South Korea and exchange for Japan of Hokkaido. But at that time, as the only nuclear-armed country, the Americans were obviously not so easy to talk about. MacArthur, as Japan's "Supreme Emperor", refused the Soviet Union's request without any face, and in the end, the alliance failed to get Hokkaido.

In fact, since then, the Soviet generals in the Far East have been on fire in their hearts. It can be said responsibly that this fire has been maintained until now, and this time General Chisgakov did not do anything to Moscow. In the case of an application, the practice of launching artillery counterattacks on their own initiative is a symptom of the outbreak of this anger.

Viktor lacked understanding of the situation on the Korean peninsula in the recent period. Therefore, when he went upstairs with Comrade Boskrebyshev, he could only listen to the other party, but could not express his own opinions. If he is still serving in the People's Commissariat of National Security, that's easy to say. If there is anything you want to know, just ask directly. He can even call Comrade Grigory Meclair directly. Hand information - Comrade Grigory Meclair is the Special Propaganda Minister of the Far East Special Military Region, and is actually the head of the intelligence station of the People's Commissariat of National Security in Pyongyang.

What Victor didn't know was that in his previous life, this Comrade Gregory Meclair was, to a certain extent, the one who decided the future destiny of North Korea. The interim government, the "North Five Road Administrative Bureau Committee", removed its first chairman, Cao Wanzhi, and chose a certain Mr. Jin as the country's leader.

Following Comrade Boskrebyshev to the door of Comrade Stalin's office, through the open door, Viktor saw that there were indeed many people present, in addition to several comrades from the Politburo in Moscow, there were also people from the Politburo. A series of representatives of the military, in addition, Comrade Ogolitsov, who succeeded Viktor as chairman of the People's Commissariat of State Security, was also present.

As usual, Comrade Boskrebyshev went first to give a briefing before inviting Viktor into the room.

In the room, everyone, including Comrade Stalin, was looking at the map of the Korean Peninsula hanging on the map wall, and it was Comrade Antonov, who had not been seen for a long time, who was explaining it.

Seeing Victor walking in from the door, only a few familiar people nodded to greet him, and most of them were still listening to Comrade Antonov's explanation.

Victor consciously walked to the window, stood with his back against the curtain, and pricked up his ears to listen to Comrade Antonov's speech.

At this time, what Comrade Antonov is talking about is the cause and process of the Soviet-American artillery battle in the Jinchuan area of ​​the Korean Peninsula at dusk today. It was obvious that Comrade Antonov’s speech had just begun, so Victor had heard the opening in front of him.

According to Comrade Antonov, this artillery battle took place at five o'clock this afternoon. Of course, this time is the time on the Korean peninsula. Considering the time of the district, it is actually three times on the Moscow side. hours ago.

At that time, the first shelling was launched by the US military. The two shells fired by the artillery positions in the northeast of Seoul landed in the northeast of the Jinchuan Soviet training camp. They did not fall into the Soviet camp, but hit the camp. A residential house and a cowshed in the periphery caused the death of a North Korean woman and an old scalper.

After the shelling took place, the situation was quickly reported to the 25th Army Headquarters. Subsequently, Comrade Chisgakov, who was the group commander, contacted the 24th Army Headquarters of the US Tenth Army on the south side of the demarcation line by telephone. They contacted and protested to the other party. The other party responded that they would investigate this and would notify the Soviet Army after the investigation was completed.

But just 15 minutes after the end of the communication, another artillery shell landed on the training camp. This time, the attack came to the inner perimeter of the training camp and blew up a Soviet military jeep. Fortunately, There were no casualties.

This time, Comrade Chisgakov did not try to get in touch with the US military, but directly ordered the artillery of the front army to carry out a counterattack, firing five artillery shells in the direction of the US military station in Pyongyang at one time. After that, the US military counterattacked. The shelling officially started.

In the end, this sudden "artillery negotiation" lasted for nearly fifteen minutes, and there were certain casualties on both sides.

Victor was listening. Although it was not mentioned in Comrade Antonov's report, he could guess that military friction between the US and the Soviet Union on the Korean Peninsula must have occurred from time to time in the past period of time. Undoubtedly, as for why Moscow does not know, it is probably because the Far East has concealed this matter.

Why guess so? It's very simple, you can see from Comrade Chisgakov's reaction. When he was shelled for the first time in the Soviet training camp, he did not try to report to Moscow, nor did he ask Moscow for instructions. After the shelling, his first reaction was not to report to Moscow, but to directly order the artillery to launch a counterattack.

As a commander at the army level, it is very unreasonable for him to make such a reaction. It can be guessed that the reason why he did not choose to report to Moscow as soon as possible is because he did not take this matter to heart at first. He did not think that the mutual shelling of the two sides could cause much trouble, and the reason why he subsequently reported to Moscow was probably because the trouble was too great, and it was impossible to hide it.

Thinking from another perspective, since Comrade Chisgakov will make such a reaction, then the commander of the US military must have a similar reaction. This belongs to the frequent small-scale military frictions between the front-line combat troops of the two sides, and the result is fighting. I was in a hurry, and this made things bigger.

After Comrade Antonov's report was finished, the one who continued to report was Comrade Ogolitsov, who made the intelligence report on behalf of the People's Commissariat of State Security.

According to Comrade Ogolitsov's report, in the past period of time, to be precise, since the U.S. military officially occupied Seoul in late August and early September, some North Koreans with a pro-American stance, under the instigation of U.S. intelligence agencies, began to attack the U.S. Within the five provinces of North Korea, a campaign against the "trust management" of the Soviet army was provoked, and among them, even Cao Wanzhi, chairman of the "North Five Road Administration Committee" supported by the Soviet army, was included. In addition, the U.S. intelligence agencies also seem to have bribed the chaebols in the Jeolla and Hunan regions of North Korea. These North Korean chaebol forces are stepping up their operations and are preparing to plan a riot within North Korea to oppose the Soviet Union’s first chaebol. Administration of North Korea.

Taking into account the aggressive offensive of the Americans on the Korean peninsula, the recommendation of the People's Commissariat of National Security is to adopt a more aggressive political stance on the Korean peninsula and give resolute and decisive measures to the "unfriendly" actions of the Americans and the local chaebols. Decisive counterattack.

When Comrade Ogolitsov's report was over, the one who took his place was Comrade Molotov, who was in charge of the work of the People's Committee for Foreign Affairs.