Struggle in Soviet Russia

No one can accurately foresee the future, not even Comrade Stalin, let alone Malenkov and Beria, but there is a special thing that young Viktor can do it, he can foresee the future . No, to be precise, he is not able to foresee the future, but the so-called future of this world is something he has known before, and he does not need to foresee the future, because he himself comes from the future.

Because of this, Victor will not have any doubts about the Alliance's investment in rocket technology research and development. He even thinks that the Alliance tightens its belt and invests a lot in this project. From a long-term perspective, it is all Acceptable, because this technology can bring not only military leadership, but also economic benefits to the alliance.

But in today's alliance, there are always a small number of people who hold the same view as Victor. In the past period of time, because of the massive investment in rocket technology research and development, many military generals have been dissatisfied, just like a general complained The way the rocket designer put four tons of alcohol into a rocket, if he gave his soldiers, his troops could take any city in the world, and the one with four tons of alcohol The rocket, but it can't even hit that city.

After all, for many people, today’s rocket technology is like the nuclear weapons before the successful nuclear test explosion. People can’t imagine how that large cigar-like iron pipe can span hundreds of thousands of kilometers. , fly somewhere to hit someone, for people, that's not military technology, it's a kind of magic.

Of course, for Victor, knowing the future is one thing, and whether he will intervene more within the scope of his knowledge is another. The most important point is that although Victor now has a certain position in the core power layer of the alliance, he still has too little right to speak. Even if he opens his mouth and puts forward suggestions, he may not To be taken seriously, in general, he still needs to follow the ideas of Comrade Stalin, even if there are some things Comrade Stalin's views are not necessarily correct.

Seeking truth from facts, Victor is still relatively rational. He never thought about how big a change he would make in the world simply by relying on his own strength. In fact, there is no difference between those who try to stand in front of the wheel of history, and both are seeking their own death.

Not to mention anything else, if Victor wanted to rely on his foresighted advantage and use various means to change the course of history, then he only needed to issue a simple order to kill the fascist brat who was still in Budapest and mud. , As a result, the future world will not have so many so-called "democratic foundations", at least it will be much more peaceful than Victor's previous life.

Without saying much about the investment in the rocket project, Victor turned his eyes back to the map. He stared at the location of the Faroe Islands for a while, and said: "To the position of Comrade Maxim Maximovich , There are not many places I can agree with, but at least on the issue of the Baltic Sea security strategy, I agree with his views, of course, this endorsement is only a part."

The so-called Maxim Maximovich refers to Comrade Litvinov.

"In my opinion, the alliance must make a clear statement to the Anglo-American side." Turning his head, Victor looked at Comrade Malenkov and continued, "The Baltic Sea is to the alliance what the Mediterranean Sea is to the United Kingdom, and the Gulf of Mexico is to the United States. One area, the alliance must guarantee absolute strategic superiority, on which Moscow will not make any concessions.”

"Comrade Maxim Maksimovich believes that we cannot give up our superiority in the Baltic Sea region, at least we must guarantee the right of the Union Red Navy to enter and leave the Baltic Sea freely," took a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and gave Malenkov and Bey Leah divided one team, Victor said, "His attitude was that we need to ensure the internationalization of the Kiel Canal as much as possible, and if this cannot be achieved, we must ensure that Denmark and Norway are included in our alliance defense system. And My opinion is that the Alliance should never make any concessions on the issue of the internationalization of the Kiel Canal. Either the British and the United States should bring the Kiel Canal into the scope of internationalization, or they must hand over the Jutland Peninsula. Managed by the Union."

After a pause, he pointed at the map with his hand and said, "In addition, on the issue of the two islands of Bornholm, we can also use international requirements to build a security system, and the Danes also Well, even the Norwegians, they can choose to build the defense system of the Baltic with us, or they can lease the two islands to the alliance, and we will ensure their security in the Baltic."

There is no doubt that Viktor's ideas are more radical and tougher than Comrade Litvinov's suggestion. In terms of position, he fits very well with the views of Molotov and others, but the problem is. .....

Comrade Malenkov frowned. He is not in charge of foreign affairs, but as a member of the Politburo and secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee, he is not without the right to ask questions about foreign affairs, although from a personal standpoint, Comrade Malenkov also He does not believe that the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States and the Soviet Union can continue to be the same as during the war, but he also does not support a direct confrontation between the alliance and Britain and the United States, especially when the attitude of Britain and the United States is not clear.

The most important thing is that the war has just ended, and the specific political situation of European countries has not yet been finalized. The current attitude of the alliance is to strive for the support of European governments as much as possible, so as to expand the influence of the alliance to the whole of Europe. The mainland, and among them, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, countries that do not have direct troops stationed by the alliance, are undoubtedly the focus of winning.

The alliance clearly supports the demands of the Danes on the issue of the ownership of Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Isn't its fundamental starting point to pull Copenhagen into its own camp?

But as a rebirth, Viktor is very clear that the Danes will not stand in the same trench with the Alliance anyway, and Moscow's win over Copenhagen is meaningless.

Comrade Beria obviously didn't agree with Victor's opinion. He was about to say something when the carriage of the train suddenly shook violently. Then, the sound of the wheels rubbing violently against the rails came from outside the carriage, which was a sign that the train was slowing down.

Almost subconsciously, Victor glanced out the window and saw that the train was approaching a humble platform.

It is indeed a simple platform. The platforms on both sides of the train tracks are not built with earth and stone, but with logs. Some mud is smeared in the gap between the logs. , it is estimated that it can barely play a strengthening effect. Perhaps to prevent the rain, a shed was also erected to cover the rain on this simple platform, but the shed was also supported by logs, and the top was covered with a military rain-proof cloth.

At this moment, on this rudimentary platform, the soldiers in charge of the security work were already lined up. Judging from their clothing, they clearly belonged to the border guard system.

Victor glanced at Comrade Beria, who was standing beside him. The former commissar of the NKVD had an unparalleled control over the entire NKVD, even with Kuznetzo now. Comrade Husband's vertical leadership of the NKVD has always failed to break the old situation in the NKVD.

As far as Viktor knows, the head of the Stalingrad Oblast NKVD should still be Granov, Colonel Mikhailovich Granov, these border guard soldiers who are in charge of guarding work on the platform. , he was obviously assigned by him - such security work should not have been the responsibility of the border guards.

In retrospect, Comrade Kuznetsov has made a lot of moves in the People's Commissariat of State Security recently, but it seems that he also failed to open up the situation very well. This is obviously not good for him. After all, Stalin The reason why comrades arranged him to the current position is that he hopes that he can bring some changes to the People's Commissariat of National Security and the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs. After taking office for a few months, if such changes have not appeared, it shows that he is capable. The problem... Comrade Stalin is not a very patient person. Once Kuznetsov gives him the impression of being incompetent, the future of this young cadre is probably not very optimistic.

Such thoughts swirled around in Viktor's mind, and soon they were thrown into the clouds again. He didn't care about Kuznetsov's career, after all, he didn't like that young man either.

"Okay, get out of the car." Without continuing to comment on Viktor's previous remarks, Comrade Malenkov took the initiative to fold the map on the table again, put it in the file bag, and then clip it directly to his armpit. down, said.

This time to Kapuskin Yar, Victor represented Comrade Stalin. He was the director of the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat and came to observe the rocket launch test. Therefore, although Malenkov and Beria were not on the train. In addition to the others, there are also some leading comrades from the People's Committee and experts from the Soviet Academy of Sciences, but when getting off the bus, Victor still has to follow Comrade Beria, which is the rule.

After simply packing up the documents on the table and putting the more important ones into the briefcase, Victor got out of the car behind the two comrades Malenkov and Beria.