Struggle in Soviet Russia

"What, didn't Comrade Vinogradov come over?" Victor asked with a concerned look when he heard that Comrade Stalin's cold was not yet healed, and the Vinogradov he said was the one by Comrade Stalin's side. One of the health care doctors, and also the top medical expert in the Soviet Union.

"I've been here before," Comrade Stalin said with a smile. "He suggested that I get an injection. Haha, it's just a small cold. It doesn't need to be that serious."

Saying so, he waved his hands indifferently. It seems that people are like this. The older they get, the more taboo they are and the more they avoid doctors. They always think that their health is fine. Those with a little ailment don’t want to see a doctor, let alone a formal will. It's too late to regret it.

However, although Comrade Stalin did not like to see a doctor, he was surrounded by a large group of doctors and experts. Since Vinogradov has already come, he must have given him a comprehensive examination. If the problem is serious, even if Comrade Stalin does not want to receive treatment, it is estimated that it will not work.

"You can't ignore a small cold," Victor said, shaking his head. "The temperature has dropped dramatically recently. Usually, at this time, various diseases will jump out to find people's trouble, so it's better to pay more attention."

Comrade Stalin obviously didn't like to dwell on this issue. He turned his head and looked at the other side of Yong Road, then sighed and said, "Yeah, this is like the situation in the Union. , once there is a small change, all kinds of careerists will inevitably jump out and cause us trouble."

Victor was stunned for a moment, thinking that what he said did not mean anything, Comrade Stalin was thinking a little too much?

Deliberately asked if something was wrong, but Victor opened his mouth, but swallowed the question that was brought to his mouth, he is no longer the chairman of the People's Commissariat of National Security, but Karelia - The first secretary of the Finnish Soviet republic, therefore, he is not qualified to inquire about certain emergencies within the whole Union, let alone from Comrade Stalin.

However, although he swallowed the question back, Comrade Stalin had no intention of guarding against him.

"Just received a report from Willis Lassis this morning," said Comrade Stalin, "that the fascists, who were hiding in the jungle, attacked the Workers' and Peasants' Police Headquarters in Helivani yesterday, killing six local people. The police also stole a batch of weapons from the police headquarters."

After a pause, he added: "This is already the twenty-fourth violent attack in Latvia this month, and it is an attack on the local police headquarters for workers and peasants. Those fascists hiding in the jungle are not only brutal , and arrogant, if they cannot be cleaned up as quickly as cockroaches, the prestige of the Soviets in the Baltic Sea region will be lost."

Victor knew that the "Willis Lacsis" that Comrade Stalin referred to was the leading comrades who are currently mainly in charge of the work of the Latvian People's Committee, and those "fascists in the jungle" were those who were active in Latvia. Member of the "Forest Brothers" organization. When Victor was still working in the People's Commissariat of National Security, he had obtained a lot of intelligence information about the "Forest Brothers" from the Internal Intelligence Bureau, so he still knew a lot about their situation.

In fact, the "Forest Brothers" is not a unified and orderly organization. The name is similar to the so-called "Sjepan Bandera elements". The nationalist guerrillas active in the three Baltic countries, of course, from a broader perspective, the so-called "Forest Brothers" are not limited to the three Baltic countries, including Bulgaria, Romania, Poland and other countries. class organization.

What Comrade Stalin said about Helivani was a town in the border area of ​​Latvia. According to the information obtained by the Internal Intelligence Bureau, the Latvian "Forest Brothers" organization was mainly active in Lubana, Aloja, In a series of border areas including Liwani, as Comrade Stalin said, these guerrilla organizations are very arrogant in their behavior, and some of their practices are even more radical than the nationalists in Western Ukraine. .

As Comrade Stalin said, these nationalist guerrillas frequently attacked the workers, peasants and policemen in various places, assassinated grassroots cadres, destroyed production facilities, etc., and so on.

"Before I left the People's Commissariat for National Security, the Internal Intelligence Agency had obtained intelligence leads about Talriz Karastins," Victor frowned and said, "At that time, the Internal Intelligence Agency seemed to be There was a cooperation with the NKVD aimed at exterminating the fascist remnants in the Liwani area, does that mean that the operation was not successful?"

In the border areas of Latvia, dozens of "Forest Brothers" guerrillas are active. These guerrillas are not only independent of each other, but some of them are also hostile to each other. Sri Lanka, the leader of a larger guerrilla force in the Heliwani area. At first, the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs and the People's Commissariat of State Security launched a joint operation to exterminate this man and the guerrillas he led. However, Victor was transferred before the operation began, so the follow-up As a result, he didn't quite understand.

Tarriz Karastins should be regarded as a guerrilla leader with rich combat experience. His existence is also a relatively big threat to the local bandit suppression work. According to information, this person used to be there. Served in the SS and an experienced scout, he fled into the jungle as the Germans retreated and then pulled up a team.

In less than half a year after the end of the war, the guerrillas led by Tarriz Karastins grew from a dozen people at first to nearly 300 people, which should be regarded as one of the largest in Latvia. Nationalist guerrillas.

"Tarliz Karastins has been killed in the previous bandit suppression operation," Comrade Stalin obviously knew such a person, he pointed to the road ahead, motioned for Victor to accompany him, and at the same time Said, "But a new problem has arisen, a man named Vitalis Ikonix has taken over that guy's position, and ... according to the latest information from the Internal Intelligence Service, this man is named Vitalis Ikonix. The guys at Tallis Ikonix, also got support from the British, who got their arms and ammunition supplies from the British."

Victor was very surprised. He turned his head to look at Comrade Stalin and asked cautiously, "Is this news accurate?"

You must know that geographically speaking, the three Baltic countries are all located on the coast of the Baltic Sea. With the end of the war, the activities of the Soviet Red Navy in the Baltic Sea are very frequent. Under the current circumstances, the British want to supply weapons and ammunition. To the "Forest Brothers" partisans in Latvia, they had to break through the Soviet patrol line in the Baltic coast. To do this, not only did they need to take certain risks, but at the same time, it was easy to cause a conflict between Britain and the Soviet Union. diplomatic disputes.

"If nothing else, this news should be accurate." Comrade Stalin did not say anything to death. Perhaps, this was also because after Victor left the People's Commissariat of State Security, his old man was not optimistic about the ability of his successor. .

"If this is the case, then we must further increase the intensity of our bandit suppression operations in the three Baltic countries," Victor suggested, walking by Comrade Stalin's side, "should strive to eliminate a security threat before bigger problems arise. remove."

It must be admitted that in the three Baltic countries, the "Forest Brothers" guerrillas are very violent. At first glance, it will give people a feeling that their team is very strong and the future is very bright. But in terms of implementation, anyone can see that these guys who can only hide in the jungle and pretend to be monkeys can't become a big climate at all. Once the Soviet Union takes strong measures against them, they will not be far away from destruction. .

In this case, the British would also take the risk of directly fighting against the Soviet Union and choose to provide them with military assistance, which itself shows that London must be playing something. Therefore, to pierce the British conspiracy, the best The solution is to directly eliminate the "Forest Brothers" and solve the problem from the root.

"Lavlenti Pavlovich made a proposal," Comrade Stalin nodded silently, then continued walking, "he proposed a large-scale population migration in the three regions of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Action, all the people living on the edge of the jungle area in the three countries will be migrated to Central Asia, thus eradicating the living space of those jungle fascists."

Does Comrade Beria only engage in ethnic migration? Victor couldn't help but mutter to himself.

But then again, he also had to admit that Comrade Beria's method of drawing wages from the bottom of the pot was actually very effective.

To be honest, the "Forest Brothers" guerrillas of the three Baltic countries, like the nationalist guerrillas active in Western Ukraine, the most fundamental reason for their survival and development is that they can obtain local With the support of a certain amount of people, without this foundation of public opinion, no matter how well they drilled, they would not be able to survive.