Struggle in Soviet Russia

At night, a gust of wind blowing from the direction of the Arctic Circle brought Moscow another cooling down at the beginning of autumn and winter. At the same time, it also brought a light rain like a cow's hair.

According to the analysis provided by the Meteorological Department, most of this winter is still a cold winter, and it is likely to come early. For this reason, not only the front-line refurbishment work must be accelerated, but the city's heating is also necessary to advance.

In the office of the National Security People’s Committee, Victor, who had just made up his mind, washed his face and returned to his desk. He took a sip of the tea that Sophia had prepared for him. Then he took the red telephone. Hang up a call to the Kremlin.

He needs to report to Comrade Stalin about Korolev and Grushko. He made this call this morning. However, the call was answered by Comrade Poskrebeshev. The other party told him that Comrade Stalin had just fallen asleep at work last night until the early hours of the morning. If it is not an important matter, he can wait until the evening.

So Victor waited for the whole day, but did not sleep well last night, and took advantage of the leisure time in the afternoon to make up for a rest.

Working under the hands of Comrade Stalin has such a drawback. His elderly people always like to stay up late and like to work at night. Therefore, the people below have to take care of his habit. The end result is that everyone slowly becomes a habit. owl.

This time, Comrade Poskrebeshev was still answering the call. He told Victor on the phone that Comrade Stalin was meeting with Comrade Zhdanov who had returned to Moscow this morning, and asked him to go there in half an hour.

Victor knew that the situation in Leningrad is no longer as difficult as it was half a year ago. Because the supply of materials has been restored to a certain extent, the situation of starving people is gone, but only relying on the current Leningrad With Le’s forces, it is still very difficult to break through the German blockade of the entire city.

In the past few months, only Viktor knew that Zhdanov had already submitted two reports to the People’s Committee of National Defense. The city, which had been under siege for a year and a half, got rid of the situation of being surrounded by German forces.

However, the Supreme Command rejected his two reports and still required him to stick to his existing forces. At least until the problem of the southern front was resolved, he would not receive any military support.

For this reason, Comrade Zhdanov was very angry. Of course he did not dare to blame Comrade Stalin, but aimed the blame at the General Staff. Comrade Mehlis, who likes to make small reports, has recently been frequently calling Vasilevs. The troubles of Ki and Antonov are probably behind Comrade Zhdanov's instigation.

Well, humans are originally a kind of aggressive animals, especially after the blessing of the power arena, this nature will exponentially increase, it is not surprising.

According to Viktor’s guess, Comrade Zhdanov’s return to Moscow this time is probably for reinforcements, but in Viktor’s view, he still cannot get the support of Comrade Stalin this time.

To be honest, the relationship between Zhdanov and Comrade Stalin is extraordinary. If he were to change individuals, he would have been killed by Comrade Stalin just by relying on his propaganda in Leningrad.

According to the information provided by the internal intelligence department, the various departments of Leningrad’s party, government, and army are now completely united. The propaganda caliber of its propaganda department is always: under the leadership of Comrade Zhdanov, For example, Comrade Danov wanted the citizens to be able to eat their stomachs, what to do, and so on.

This kind of propaganda method that does not reflect the leadership of the central government cannot but arouse the resentment of Comrade Stalin, and in Victor's view, this is a sign of misfortune.

Of course, everything that happened on Leningrad’s side had nothing to do with Victor. The only connection between him and that side was that the relevant information summarized by the Internal Intelligence Bureau was sent directly to Comrade Stalin. What arrangements his old man makes and what he thinks are all his own business.

Sitting behind the desk, I reviewed a plan drafted in the morning and worked through the problems that Comrade Stalin might raise later. Half an hour passed quickly.

Coming out of the office, Victor took Sofia all the way downstairs. At the entrance of the building, Korolev and Grushko were already waiting there. The two experts knew who they were going to see now, so they showed Are very nervous.

The group divided into two cars and went straight to the Kremlin.

Today Victor has the authority to enter and exit the Kremlin at any time. The most important thing is that the current Political Security Bureau has been placed under the leadership of the People's Committee of National Security, and Comrade Serov personally manages the work of this department.

Therefore, Victor's car will not be blocked here, even if there is a Sophia in his car.

Regarding the question of Sophia, whether Serov or Fijing, they have talked to Victor either overtly or secretly. What they meant was to suggest that Victor be replaced by a different person or a man. Why? The reason is very simple. Looking at the entire Moscow power level, even if it is counted one by one from the cadre list, except for those who are themselves female cadres, no secretaries are women.

However, Victor himself does not care about this. Since entering the National Security People’s Committee, no, to be precise, as a rebirth, he can see clearly than most people: the destruction of any superior is There is a deep-seated reason, to put it plainly, it is the failure of the power struggle.

Victor can't guarantee that he will be killed by others in the future, but one thing he can be sure of is that when he was killed, those who killed him were definitely not because he slept with a few more women. Even if he lived a life like an ascetic monk, with no meat and rags all day long, those who could kill him could find other excuses.

Therefore, in this time and space, in this world, if you want not to be killed by others, the best way is never to be strict with yourself, but to never give others the opportunity to kill yourself.

The car passed through the brightly lit Kremlin and soon stopped under Comrade Stalin's office building.

As always, when Victor got out of the car, Comrade Poskrebeshev was already waiting at the entrance of the building.

Getting out of his car, Victor hurried up the stairs, shook hands with the great secret of Comrade Stalin, and said with a smile: "Did Comrade Andre Alexandrovich come out?"

"Not yet," Poskrebeshev glanced at the two people behind him, and whispered, "I heard them arguing just now."

Having said that, he pointed to the two Korolev who followed, and turned the subject away: "Are these two Comrades Korolev and Grushko?"

"Yes, two rocket experts," Victor nodded.

The characteristic of Boskrebeshev is that no matter who he faces, he can assume a kind posture, unless that person has been determined to be an enemy of Comrade Stalin, and this kind posture is also very impressive. It's hard to get a glimpse of his true thoughts. Of course, no one knows how he would evaluate himself in front of Comrade Stalin.

Therefore, the more he is, the less anyone dares to offend, because no one knows where he will dig a hole for himself.

He enthusiastically shook hands with the two experts and introduced himself. Boskrebeshev turned around and led them into the building while saying to Victor: "Comrade Stalin is not feeling very emotional now. Okay, I suggest you come back at a later time."

Victor smiled and said, "No, I have good news anyway."

Victor would never accept a suggestion like Poskrebshev's, and he would not even think about it.

If he really turned around and left now, he might be offended by the great secret, and what's more, he would be dissatisfied with Zhdanov and Comrade Stalin.

"Then come to my office and sit for a while, and wait..." Poskrebshev said with a smile.

He was halfway through these words, and he suddenly stopped. Right in front of them, on the stairs leading from the first floor hall to the second floor, Comrade Zhdanov, wearing a Lenin costume, was walking down with frowning brows.

Victor hurriedly stepped aside, straightened up at the same time, and saluted him.

Boskrebeshev hurried forward and said with a smile: "Will you go now, Comrade Andrey?"

Zhdanov kept his feet under his feet, looking at Victor, but said to Boskrebeshev: "Yes, I have to go back to Leningrad overnight."

Speaking of this, his stride fork has reached Victor's front.

"This is Comrade Victor Viktorovich?" He stopped beside Victor and said with a smile as he stretched out his hand.

"Good evening, Comrade Andrei Alexandrovich," Viktor hurriedly shook hands with the other side and greeted him.

Zhdanov took another look at him, then withdrew his hand and said, "Come on, Comrade Stalin is waiting for you."

After speaking, he has already stepped out of the building.

Watching him get into a jeep outside the building, Victor turned around and walked towards Poskrebeshev not far in front.

"The time is just right," Poskrebeshev said, looking at his watch. "Let's go, I'll take you up."

His watch-watching action, coupled with the sentence "The time is just right", revealed a lot of information.

For Victor, who is engaged in intelligence work, he can analyze one thing, that is, Comrade Stalin is obviously tired of dealing with Zhdanov. He even set a time for the meeting between the two. Otherwise, Bosk Lebeshev's mouth would not pop out such a sentence for no reason.