Struggle in Soviet Russia

In his previous life, Victor knew the word "pig teammate", but in his life experience, he had never met a pig teammate who was good enough to pit him, but now, this situation may be about to change , he was pitted by a real pig teammate.

All along, Viktor has been ignorant of Comrade Beria's thinking, just as he has been ignorant of Comrade Malenkov's thinking.

The latter, that is, Comrade Malenkov, wholeheartedly wanted to take up a post at the Council of Ministers, to preside over pragmatic work related to national construction, and to disdain the work of the party, the work of cadres, and the position of secretary of the Central Secretariat. Shangxin, that kind of performance, as if he really doesn't care about personal honor and power, but only wants to contribute to the alliance.

As for the former, Comrade Beria, his desire to control the national security apparatus is really unbelievably strong. He knows that Comrade Stalin is very wary of his desire to control. No, not only Comrade Stalin, it should be said Almost the entire core leadership of the alliance is terrified of his influence in the national security department, and even wants to get rid of him soon, but he doesn't know how to restrain himself, even in the face of Comrade Stalin's suspicion. At the time, he didn't seem to be willing to take a half step back, and was still trying his best to move forward.

In Victor's view, for a person who is involved in the political arena, the most valuable spirit is to know what it means to choose between advance and retreat, or more precisely, to know when to advance, when to retreat, and when to take , when should we give up, if you can't even do this, then you will only hurt yourself sooner or later, it is inevitable.

If Victor's own views are used to draw a conclusion to Comrade Malenkov and Beria, then the former is naive, while the latter is arrogant. From an intellectual point of view, neither of them are mature politicians.

But even so, Victor never thought of betraying the two and finding another way out. After all, for someone like him, since he has come this far, changing camps is no longer in his choice sequence.

In his heart, he slandered Comrade Beria around him, but on the surface, Victor didn't say anything. He followed behind Beria and entered the apartment building in front of him.

A few minutes later, in a living room on the second floor of the apartment, Viktor, who had just sat down on the sofa, lit a cigarette for himself - he was much more casual in Comrade Malenkov than in Comrade Stalin. Now, the most important thing is that he is in a very depressed mood at the moment, so he must smoke a cigarette to soothe his mood.

Opposite him, Comrade Malenkov is looking at a document. This is an appointment and removal order that the Central Committee hastily took out in the evening. Because it involves the issue of the unity of opinion of the entire Politburo, the order is officially issued. Before, the signature of every comrade in the Politburo was also required.

Comrade Malenkov looked at the document, and his brows were deeply wrinkled, which made the crow's feet at the corner of his eyes more clearly visible. After all, he was in his forties, and he was overweight. There are actually not many faults.

An interesting point is that in Viktor's previous life, Comrade Malenkov was considered a relatively long-lived person. He lived until 1988, that is, when he was in his 80s and nearly 90 years old. If he was driven out of the core of power in Moscow, and actually became Comrade Stalin's successor, then with his current state of health, I'm afraid he won't be able to live that long.

After a long time, Comrade Malenkov finally finished reading the document in his hand. He raised his head and glanced at Comrade Beria opposite, but the first sentence was to Victor: "I heard that we are discussing Kurz. Before Netsov's proposal, did Comrade Stalin ask you for your opinion?"

"It was noon today," Victor said without concealing, he nodded, "just after lunch."

"How exactly did he talk about this?" Comrade Malenkov continued.

Victor thought for a while, and recounted the conversation between him and Comrade Stalin at noon. He believed what he said, including what Comrade Stalin asked, how he answered, and even what he was thinking about at the time. .

Indeed, when Comrade Stalin asked this question, Victor’s answer was indeed not in the interests of Comrade Beria, but Victor believed that neither Comrade Malenkov nor Comrade Beria himself would They blamed themselves on this issue. After all, they also knew very well that under the circumstances at the time, they had no choice at all.

Moreover, the key point is that even if he raised objections at the time, it would certainly not affect Comrade Stalin's decision-making. On the contrary, it would only make the situation worse.

Sure enough, after listening to his statement, Comrade Malenkov just nodded slightly and said, "Lavrendi."

He first greeted Comrade Beria's name, then handed over the document in his hand, and said, "My opinion is consistent with Victor. At this time, the situation of the People's Commissariat of National Security may be irreversible. If you If you insist that you want to continue to do something, I think it is very unwise to continue to entangle Comrade Stalin's decision-making. I think you should still have a good talk with Comrade Abakumov, despite the possibility of working Not much, but that's the only way to save the situation, don't you think?"

Comrade Malenkov obviously sees this issue more clearly than Comrade Beria. Perhaps this is the delusion of the authorities. The matter of the People's Commissariat of State Security directly concerns the vital interests of Comrade Beria, so he naturally does not want to give up , but as Comrade Malenkov said, since Comrade Stalin has made a decision on this issue, he can only choose to agree. Otherwise, his losses may be even greater, and he may even be driven out of Moscow.

"Georgi," Viktor couldn't help but said, "In my opinion, what Comrade Lavrendi needs to do now is not to try to save anything, but to win Comrade Abakumov again. Don't do this kind of thing. If possible, Comrade Lavrendi had better find an excuse to leave Moscow temporarily. It just so happened that recently, there has been a rare flood situation in the Amur River Basin, and Comrade Lavrendi can go to the Far East. Look, come back after the adjustment of the People's Commissariat of National Security is over."

Victor could hear that the suggestion given by Comrade Malenkov was actually an attempt to appease Beria. Damn it, Kuznetsov has already recommended Abakumov to take over the work of the People's Commissariat of State Security, and Comrade Stalin also agreed with this recommendation, then, even if you don't consider the past, don't consider Abba Kumov has never reused this point in the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs. Just considering the reality, is it possible for Abakumov to return to Beria's camp?

There is no possibility at all. After all, Abakumov is not a fool. Could he still not know how he got this recommendation? Why did Kuznetsov recommend him? Why was this recommendation approved by Comrade Stalin? Now, as a person who betrayed Beria, and because of this, he was reused by Kuznetsov and Comrade Stalin, but when he turned his head, he rejoined Beria's camp again, think about it carefully, to What kind of situation will he face? Not to mention Comrade Kuznetsov's attitude, he would not be inferior to Comrade Stalin alone.

Therefore, the current reality is that it doesn't matter whether Abakumov is willing to return to Comrade Beria's side, the important thing is whether he has the courage.

In addition, as a relatively key figure, Abakumov can be regarded as the focus of many people's attention now. If Beria chooses to meet him now, and the news spreads to Comrade Stalin, what will happen? kind of result? To be honest, this is really hard to guess, but what is certain is that Comrade Stalin is not a very good-tempered person. Those who try to disobey him again and again will definitely have no good end.

Moreover, when Comrade Stalin asked for his opinion today, Comrade Beria had already expressed his opposition. Judging from Beria's previous attitude, it must have been unpleasant between him and Comrade Stalin at that time. Now, his objection was dismissed by Comrade Stalin, and he turned his head, but he went to contact Abakumov. Just imagine, what would Comrade Stalin think when he knew about such a thing?

Based on these, Viktor did not recommend that Beria continue to do things. As Comrade Malenkov said, the situation of the People's Commissariat of State Security is irreversible. What needs to be done now is to reduce as much as possible. Loss, instead of continuing to spend energy on this matter, let alone doing more and more mistakes, the more you do, the more resentment you will attract from Comrade Stalin.

Comrade Beria's most sensible thing to do now is to jump straight from the issue of the People's Commissariat for National Security, stop paying attention to it, and even stop thinking about the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs, and instead go down to earth. He can do his own work well, recover some impression points from Comrade Stalin, and at the same time, it can also reduce some people's fear of him. Only in this way will he not be hit too hard.

Do you know what is the most fatal weakness of Comrade Beria? Viktor could see clearly that his most fatal weakness was that in the entire Politburo, no one but Comrade Malenkov had a favorable impression of him. Therefore, Comrade Stalin did not need any effort to deal with him.