Red Moscow.

Chapter 2677

The landlord's grandfather's diary begins on February 1, 1946. In the content of this day, he wrote excitedly: "I received a letter of appointment from my superiors to serve as the 1st Battalion of the 20th Guards Infantry Corps. Commander of the third company, his military rank was also promoted from lieutenant to captain. This is just the beginning. If the fastest place to be promoted in war years is the frontline army, then in peacetime the fastest place to be promoted is the guard force directly under the army. If nothing happens, when you retire in five years. , I can obtain the rank of major.”

Sokov agreed with the statement in the diary. During the war years, commanders and fighters in the frontline troops had a high chance of achieving military exploits. As long as they survived, they could easily be promoted. In peacetime, when there are no more wars, the speed at which commanders of grassroots units are promoted is naturally unable to compare with that of the security forces responsible for protecting senior generals.

Before finishing reading February's diary, Anna came to the door and said to Sokov: "Misha, it's time to eat."

Sokov put down his notes, followed Anna to the kitchen, and started eating dinner.

"Misha, I'm sorry." Just halfway through eating, Anna suddenly said, "Am I too willful?"

Sokov raised his head and looked at Anna opposite, wondering what the other person meant by what he said. But she quickly figured out that she must be talking about borrowing the house, so she waved her hand and said, "Anna, do you know why I don't want to lend the house to your friend?"

"Lena has already told me the reason." Anna lowered her head and said sheepishly: "Misha, I'm sorry, it was my lack of consideration."

"That's just one of the reasons." The landlord came to take possession of the house today, so Sokov found another reason to convince Anna: "That house is not mine, and the landlord might come to take possession of the house someday. If she sees the house There are a group of people she doesn’t know living there, and they might call the police directly, which would cause unnecessary trouble.”

"No way. If the landlord wants to take over the house, he will definitely say hello in advance and won't just come."

"The landlord came to me today and told me that she planned to sell the house and asked me to vacate the house as soon as possible." Sokov continued: "What do you think will happen if your friend happens to move in today?" What will be the consequences? If they are kicked out by the landlord, they will definitely blame you. At that time, will you feel aggrieved? Although you were eager to help them find a house, you didn't find a good one in the end.

"What, your landlord said he wanted to sell the house?" Anna said in surprise: "Fortunately you bought your own house, otherwise you would have been looking for a house in the past two days."

After the two finished eating, they sat in the living room and continued chatting.

When Anna felt sleepy, Sokov said to her: "Go and rest."

"What about you?"

"I want to stay in the study and read for a while."

After settling Anna, Sokov came to the study again and continued reading his unfinished diary.

Starting from late February, the name of a woman named Maleeva began to appear frequently in the diary of the landlord's grandfather. The woman was a nurse in a military hospital. If nothing else happens, this person should become the landlord in the future. grandmother.

What happened next was just as Sokov expected. On March 8, the landlord's grandfather expressed his feelings to Maleeva, and the other party readily agreed.

The diary for the next half month was basically filled with love affairs between the two of them.

But at the end of March, the contents of the diary came to an abrupt end, as if they were interrupted for some special reason.

Sokov quickly flipped through the back of the diary and found that it was all blank. Only one-third of the diary was used.

Opening the next diary, the date starts on May 17, 1946.

In the diary, the mood of the landlord's grandfather seemed very low: "In late March, on the order of the army commander General Felix, I led the third company to **** the newly appointed commander General Sokov back to the headquarters. As a result, we were on the way was attacked. Although I led my men to launch a counterattack in time and eliminated those **** attackers, General Sokov was unfortunately seriously injured. After this incident, the investigation team of the Ministry of Internal Affairs took me and several platoons. They detained us for a long time and interrogated us many times to find out what happened at that time.

I was really unjustly accused. I only found out a few minutes before departure that Army Commander General Felix arranged for me to **** the new commander back to the headquarters. How could I possibly leak the secret to others? And after the attack, I divided my soldiers into three teams, two teams searched for the enemy in the woods, and the remaining team stayed to protect the commander.

However, the investigation team did not accept the testimonies of several of us at all. Because the new commander came to Vienna to command the troops to participate in military exercises held at the end of April. Now that the exercise has not started, the commander was seriously injured, causing the superiors to have to send someone to take over his duties. Even Marshal Zhukov, who was far away in Moscow, came to Vienna in person to visit.

Fortunately, on the day when several of us were sent to the military court, the commander, who had been in a coma for more than a month, finally woke up. He explained the situation to the investigation team and cleared us of any suspicion of leaking secrets. It was because of his plea that the original sentence of expulsion from the military and 20 years of forced labor in Siberia was changed to early retirement. "

The rest of the diary did not mention matters in the military. It mainly wrote about how Maleeva left Vienna with him, returned to the country, and started a new life.

Sokov closed his notebook and began to think seriously.

If the diary of the landlord's grandfather is true, then he was in a coma after being injured in 1946 and did not wake up until mid-May. While he was in a coma, Zhukov, who was far away in Moscow, also made a special trip to Vienna to check on his injuries. As for whether the large-scale military exercise at the end of April was carried out as scheduled, there was no mention in the diary, but I was still in a coma at the time, so I definitely did not participate.

Sokov stood up and walked back and forth in the room, thinking to himself that the diary mentioned that he woke up more than a month later. Does this mean that after returning to modern society, he can only stay for more than a month, and then he will return to 1946 again? If this is really the case, I should read more information during this period. If I really go back to the past, it will be of great use.

When I returned to the rental house today, I brought back the laptop I had left there. Although there is no network installed in the house, I can use my mobile phone to open the shared network and search for the information I want online.

He remembered that he had seen an article on the Internet a few days ago, which was specifically about the food problem in the Soviet Union. Now that it is possible to return to 1946, this article will be of great help to him.

After some searching, the article I was looking for appeared on the screen, titled "Analysis of the Causes of the Soviet Food Crisis in the Early Postwar Period (1945-1953.

The opening chapter states simply and clearly: From 1945 to 1953, the Soviet Union fell into a serious food crisis, and the root causes were multifaceted. First of all, the Soviet-German war not only led to a reduction in grain production in the Soviet Union, but also caused long-term damage to the agricultural production base; at the same time, the Soviet Union, which had just emerged from the haze of the war, suffered multiple natural disasters, which adversely affected grain production. Secondly, the Soviet Union’s agricultural economic system was tough, short-sighted and ignored material incentives, which seriously weakened farmers’ enthusiasm for production and restricted the increase in grain production. Thirdly, whether the grain rationing system or the free purchase and sale system is implemented, the inherent shortcomings of the distribution system have not been effectively corrected, resulting in the people never being able to obtain enough food freely and equally. Finally, the outbreak and escalation of the Cold War had a profound impact on the international grain trade pattern. The Soviet Union, which had always been highly dependent on grain imports, stopped grain imports and continued to export grains despite difficulties in domestic self-sufficiency, resulting in an irreversible trade deficit. exacerbating the severity of the domestic food crisis.

In the article, the author elaborates on the reasons for the food crisis in four aspects. First, the objective factors and outbreak of the food crisis; second, the shortcomings of the Soviet agricultural economic system in the early post-war period; third, the negative impact of the grain distribution system; fourth, the foreign trade deficit in grain exacerbated the domestic food crisis.

In particular, in 1946, the Soviet Union experienced its worst drought since 1891. This drought has affected important grain-producing areas such as Moldavia, Ukraine, the Volga River, the Don River, Rostov Oblast and the Central Black Soil Region. Many places have not seen rainfall for 6 to 70 consecutive days. Ukraine’s annual precipitation The annual precipitation is 16 mm, the annual precipitation in Kursk Oblast is as low as 10 mm, and the annual precipitation in the lower Volga River region is less than 9 mm. Serious natural disasters have become the direct cause of food famine.

Sokov read this article over and over again five or six times and found that the severe food crisis that broke out in the Soviet Union in the early post-war period was affected by objective factors such as war and natural disasters. Even if he returned to that era, what would he be able to do? Things are also very limited.

He sighed softly, closed the article, and continued searching for content that might be useful.

The last time I inexplicably traveled to the period of the Great Patriotic War, I was able to achieve so many achievements entirely because I understood that period of history and avoided some mistakes that I shouldn't have made. But as time goes by, all the history he knows has happened, and he has no idea what will happen next. Now that I'm back, I need to seize the time to make up for my lessons and learn more about the unknown history, so that I can avoid making some stupid mistakes when I go back to the past.

According to the diary records of the landlord's grandfather, he was still in Vienna when he woke up. In other words, even if he no longer serves as the commander of the 4th Guards Army, he will still stay in this country for a while, so it will be beneficial to him to learn more about the history of Austria.

According to data, in the later stages of the war, it was not only the Soviet army that occupied Austrian territory, but also the US army, the British army, the French army, and even part of the Yugoslav army. But unlike other Central and Eastern European countries, Austria did not become a satellite state of the Soviet Union. Even after the signing of the Austrian State Treaty in 1955, Austria became a permanently neutral country like Switzerland.

Regarding the Austrian issue, the Soviet Union's principles were: prohibit the Anschluss of Germany and Austria, prevent Germany from resurrecting, and seek maximum war compensation. By the mid-1950s, the Soviet Union had basically achieved these goals. Politically, Austria passed non-Nazi laws and war liability laws, and more than 100,000 Nazis were dismissed and investigated. Economically, most of the former German assets in Austria were confiscated by the Soviet Union.

Now that the goals of weakening Germany and demanding compensation have been achieved, the Soviet Union took the initiative to withdraw its troops stationed in Austria. In September 1955, the last Soviet troops withdrew from Austria. On October 26 of that year, the Western Allies also withdrew from Austria. In this way, Austria became a country with the purpose of peace and did not join any military bloc in the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States.

While he was browsing the Internet for himself, Sokov heard another shout from inside the room: "Misha, Misha!"

Hearing this voice, he couldn't help but tremble all over. This was Asiya's voice. Could it be that she was calling him in the mirror again?

He turned his head carefully and looked at the full-length mirror placed aside. Sure enough, he saw the familiar face of Asiya. She shouted anxiously: "Misha, Misha, wake up quickly! Wake up quickly." Wake up!" The person standing next to her was Yakov.

But when Sokov walked to the full-length mirror, the scene inside disappeared without a trace, as if it had never appeared before.

Sokov squatted in the full-length mirror and began to mutter to himself: "What is going on? I have seen my relatives and friends in the past three times in a row. Are they using a special way to urge me to return to that time and space?"

He reached out and touched the full-length mirror in front of him, but what he felt was cold glass, and no so-called passage appeared. He laughed, feeling that he had thought too much. He stood up and sat back in front of the computer, continuing to search for useful information.

However, although his eyes were fixed on the screen, he seemed absent-minded. He was thinking, if he really goes back to the past more than a month later, how will it appear? Did he explore the underground fortifications like last time and somehow travel through time, or did a time and space portal suddenly appear in the dressing mirror, and then a huge suction force brought him back to the past?

The phone rang. Sokov picked up the phone and took a look. The name displayed on it was Kononets. Last time, he followed him to explore the underground fortifications, but ended up traveling through time inexplicably.

After he answered the phone, he asked politely: "Kononets, what can I do?"

"Misha, where did you go?" Kononets said angrily on the phone: "Khabarov and I came to see you for a drink, but after knocking on the door for a long time, no one opened the door for us. "

"Kononets, I'm so sorry." Sokov said: "The landlord is going to take back the house, and I have already moved out." Considering that he had just moved here and Anna was still living in his place, it was not convenient to entertain guests, so He said politely, "I'm temporarily staying at a friend's house these two days, so it's not convenient for me to entertain you. Let's get together another day."

"Okay, let's meet up another day." When Kononets was about to hang up the phone, he suddenly remembered something and quickly added: "By the way, Misha, there is one more thing I almost forgot to tell you. . We rented a villa in the suburbs and are going to have a party with a group of friends. You can come over and play with us."

Sokov was about to refuse when he suddenly remembered what Anna told him about the party at the villa. He felt that it was better to listen to what he heard and see to believe. Only by experiencing it himself could he find out whether what Anna said was accurate, so he readily agreed: "Okay, give me a call when the time comes and I'll drive there."