Struggle in Soviet Russia

In the dead of winter, the dead volcano of Gilvas has been completely covered with white snow. In a dry jungle, the streams rushing out of the geothermal springs, transpiring white mist, and the dazzling white snow under the sun shine. A beautiful view of white mountains and black water.

"Bah..."

After a gunshot, a black-and-white wild wolf howled and fell beside a withered bush, struggled and twitched twice, and finally stopped moving.

After a while, there were sparse footsteps from far to near. A Soviet soldier in a military coat appeared beside the bushes. He grabbed the dead wolf's legs from the snow and dragged it directly along the way. Back on the road, I walked straight to a hill more than 200 meters away. There, a group of people gathered together, not knowing what they were talking about.

On the hill, Viktor handed the shotgun in his hand to Varenka, who was following him, and put on the leather gloves he had just taken off. Then he turned around and glanced at Comrade Andropov who was following him. , said: "It seems that my luck is not bad, at least I have some gains today."

In December, the temperature in Karelia has dropped to minus 40 degrees, just like the jungle area of ​​Gilvas, the thickness of the snow on the ground has exceeded 60 centimeters, not only traffic is blocked, but all social production The activities have almost come to a standstill. Even the logging industry, which does not depend on the weather, has stopped working during this time. Otherwise, people will really freeze to death.

Of course, compared to some other production activities, hunting is at the right time, but in the Karelia region, although the forests are rich in biological resources, except for a small number of local Karelian people, Most of the residents, including the Finns, do not actually have the custom of hunting, and their lives do not depend on this production category. For locals, hunting is more of a recreational activity, a means of relaxation rather than subsistence.

It is precisely because of the stagnation of various social production activities that Victor, the first secretary of the republic, has also relaxed. The most important point is that two days ago, Moscow just held a birthday celebration for Comrade Stalin - the Great Patriotic War. After the victory, Comrade Stalin's first birthday was celebrated all over the world, and the government departments on the Karelian side basically had a holiday, and he also had a rare few days off.

That's right, this time Comrade Stalin's birthday, Viktor did not return to Moscow to participate in the celebration. It was not that he was negligent, but that he made a decision after asking Comrade Stalin for instructions.

Comrade Stalin's birthday celebration this year is quite special. The Alliance created a lot of momentum in the celebration. Many foreign delegations went to Moscow to participate in the birthday celebration. Therefore, this birthday celebration is actually more symbolic. After all, even if Victor went back, he probably wouldn’t have time to meet Comrade Stalin or something.

More importantly, although the holidays in the past few days will be relatively leisurely, after this holiday is over, there is still a very important work in Karelia that needs to be dealt with immediately by Victor, and this work is initiated by the Ministry of Propaganda and Agitation. ideological rectification movement.

As a high-level cadre of the alliance, Viktor certainly knew the core content of this ideological rectification movement. Although as the head of the propaganda and agitation department, Comrade Zhdanov had various explanations for this movement, and Comrade Stalin was publicly In the talk of ideological work, it only emphasized the insufficiency and blind spot of ideological work, and did not discuss in detail the problems and directions of the insufficiency and blind spot, but people with a sensitive political sense can understand the core content.

To put it bluntly, the main purpose of this ideological rectification work is to promote the patriotic movement of the Soviets, resolutely remove the remnants of Western capitalist culture, and oppose the servile attitude towards Western culture that appeared in the field of Soviet culture.

The most direct cause of this ideological rectification movement, which was instructed by Comrade Stalin himself and led directly by the Propaganda and Agitation Department, was that Pravda published the full text of the speech given by former British Prime Minister Churchill last month. , that is, the one published by Churchill on June 22, 1941, which is called the most inspiring speech in World War II. At the same time, when Pravda published this speech in full, it also made a statement about it. It has been highly rated and given many compliments.

Comrade Stalin became angry after seeing the Pravda that day, believing that the editors of Pravda had forgotten the position they should uphold, and completely stood on the opposite side of the alliance, becoming the leader of the United Kingdom and the United States. , went to the bourgeois camp of the siege alliance, they forgot that the Soviets did not need the praise of Britain and the United States, let alone kowtow to Britain and the United States.

Therefore, because of this incident, the "Pravda" changed its head. Later, Comrade Stalin published an article in the "Culture and Life" newspaper, the organ of the Propaganda and Agitation Department, criticizing the newspapers, magazines and other media of the Union. It is believed that after the war, the newspapers and magazines in the Union are turning sour, and the content they publish is catering to the tastes and positions of foreigners, and is flattering the bourgeoisie. In the article, Comrade Stalin clearly pointed out that Soviet magazines are not private enterprises, they do not need and have no right to cater to those who are unwilling to recognize the Soviet system.

Affected by this, Comrade Zhdanov, who had just returned to the Propaganda and Agitation Department to preside over the work, quickly carried out rectification work within the entire alliance, and replaced a large number of magazines and newspapers, including Kare. Editor-in-chief of several newspapers and magazines in the Lia-Finnish Soviet Republic.

In addition, at the same time when the propaganda was surging, there was another matter in the alliance that was rapidly fermenting and heating up, and this matter was the criticism and criticism of Comrade Zhukov.

Because the person is not in Moscow, Victor basically doesn't know much about the story behind this incident. He only knows that Cogne was suddenly published in the "Red Star" newspaper early last month. An article by Comrade Fu, in which he mentioned that in the "Mars" operation carried out in the Rzhev region at the end of 1942, Zhukov, as the commander-in-chief, was stubborn, did not listen to the suggestions put forward by the staff, and insisted on At the same time as the "Uranus" operation was launched, a full-scale attack on the German army's Model was launched, which eventually resulted in huge losses to the Western Front and the Kalinin Front.

To be honest, the original Rzhev campaign alliance did not hype it up. Among the ordinary people in the alliance, basically no one knew about such a "Mars" operation. Therefore, no one knew what happened. But what Comrade Konev mentioned in the newspaper was obviously not made up, because he himself was the commander of the Western Front at that time, while the commander of the Kalinin Front was Purkanev.

Regardless of whether what Comrade Konev said is true or false, one thing is certain, once this article was published in the military official newspaper, it immediately triggered a series of chain reactions, and many famous military generals Participated in successively, and launched a series of debates on this issue. Some people are on Comrade Zhukov's side. They accuse Comrade Konev of making up and spitting blood. At the same time, some people are on Comrade Konev's side. command, the alliance will suffer so much loss in the Great Patriotic War.

The reason why such a situation occurs is actually not surprising at all. After all, Comrade Zhukov's personality is there. He is a person who loves to offend people. In addition, he is very happy in the Great Patriotic War and always likes to highlight his own. He exists, but he doesn't want to leave a little chance for others, so there are definitely not a few people who can't see him. Just like Comrade Konev, he had a very good relationship with Zhukov at the beginning, but when they attacked Berlin, the two sides forged a grudge. This time Comrade Konev published the article in "Red Star", Maybe it's a public revenge.

Throughout November, this kind of quarrel based on the military level has never stopped. Those who oppose Zhukov and those who support him are evenly matched.

However, on the first day of December, the situation changed abruptly. Just the day before, the deployment of Britain and the United States in Germany was changed. Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery were called back home on the same day. Then, on the second day, a Moscow order recalled Zhukov to Moscow, and he was subsequently removed from the positions of commander-in-chief of the Soviet forces in Germany, deputy commander-in-chief of the Soviet Red Army and the People's Commissar of the First Defence, He was also removed in one piece, and the only post left to him by the Central Committee was a nominal deputy People's Commissar of National Defense.

This set of appointment and dismissal orders is a very clear signal. Those who were still arguing for Comrade Zhukov in the past were all mute almost overnight, and the subsequent wave of criticism was like breaking a breakwater. Like the waves of the ocean, everything was submerged effortlessly.

In this matter, Victor was completely a bystander. To be honest, he was not very familiar with Zhukov. In the past few years of war, the two sides had dealt with each other, but not many times, and Victor also felt , As a well-known general in the military, Comrade Zhukov obviously didn't think much of him, and he was not interested in holding the other's stinky feet.