Struggle in Soviet Russia

Victor stayed in the auditorium for less than ten minutes. From the moment he entered the meeting to the last leaving, none of the hundreds of reporters on the meeting noticed him. Even if someone saw him, I’m afraid he didn’t know who he was. .

This is a characteristic of intelligence personnel. They can never be the focus of attention of all parties. They can always hide in the shadows outside the spotlight beams, watching those stations indifferently through those wise and vigilant eyes. In the spotlight lamppost, and those who pay attention to the lamppost.

Everyone doesn't need to pay attention to them, but don't let them pay attention.

Coming out of the October Auditorium, Victor took the ferry back to the west bank of the Volga River again, and then took a jeep, escorted by an infantry company, and drove southwest along the old road in the direction of Upper Kumsky.

This is obviously a difficult journey, but forty kilometers, he walked for less than three hours, mainly because of this cruel war, which destroyed the entire section of the road and covered the thick snow. Under the coverage, I don't know where a pit suddenly appeared, and the whole car was trapped in it.

In addition to the snow, there is another wonder on the 40-kilometer road, which is almost everywhere corpses and various vehicle wrecks.

It’s really everywhere. Those bombed tanks, trucks, and jeeps are covered in thick snow. Many of them can only be seen in outline, and the same is true of those corpses. They are like ice sculptures. All kinds of shapes are so bleakly abandoned in the wilderness.

At the end of the Battle of Stalingrad, the German Fourth Panzer Army launched a fierce attack on the Soviet encirclement from this direction, but the 51st Army, reinforced by two infantry divisions and one tank division, effectively blocked it. Their offensive, and in the water network zone between the Aksai and Meshkova rivers, severely damaged the attacking German 57th Panzer Corps.

In the encirclement circle, a besieged German army violated the command of the Sixth Army Command. When the Fourth Panzer Army attacked the encirclement circle, they also launched an offensive in the direction of the Meshkova River. Cooperate with friendly forces to break through the Soviet encirclement.

But the result was obvious. They failed. The only gain was that on the 27-kilometer long road, a huge direction sign composed of soldiers’ corpses was paved. This direction marked the beginning of the suburb of Stalingrad and ended at The village of Gremihask is within 7 km from the Myskova River.

According to statistics reported by the 51st Army, tens of thousands of German troops were annihilated in this operation aimed at breaking through. To some extent, they had a perfect experience of a border battle during the breakout. During the period, the Soviet breakout forces encountered cruel bombing and strafes by fighters above their heads, and there was dense artillery coverage around them. No matter which direction they assault, they seemed to be blocked by the enemy.

In the end, the demoralized remaining troops, with less than two thousand troops, chose to surrender to the Soviet troops on an open field outside the village of Gremihask.

When Victor's convoy passed through the village of Gremihask, the abandoned vehicles and tanks on the open ground outside the village had not been cleaned up. From a distance, it looked like an abandoned car yard. The trucks whose tires were removed, the tanks whose tracks were removed, and the tankers who fell dead on the body of the tank seemed to be using a silent way to tell the world the cruelty of war.

The convoy crossed the frozen Meshkova River and continued to drive southwest, only five or six kilometers ahead, and it was Upper Kumsky. However, the convoy did not enter the same razed city, but Pass around the city and go to the Aksai River, which is seven kilometers away.

Because of the previous fierce fighting, the ice on the Aksai River has been blasted. Although two days have passed and the river is frozen again, the frozen ice is not thick enough, so the convoy cannot cross the river on the ice, but To walk on the simple floating bridge laid on the river.

When the convoy was driving up the pontoon bridge, two groups of German prisoners were escorted by Soviet soldiers across the pontoon bridge. The two sides met in the middle of the pontoon bridge. Because the bridge deck was too narrow, the Soviet soldiers in charge of escorting the prisoners demanded that The two teams of German prisoners of war merged into one team to make way for the convoy.

Victor was sitting in the jeep and saw with his own eyes the Soviet soldiers responsible for escorting prisoners of war, deliberately pushing some wounded and inconvenient German prisoners off the pontoon.

The pontoon was on the ice, and when the convoy came up, it caused the bridge body to oscillate. The ice layer that was originally frozen with the bridge body had cracked a long time ago and could not bear the weight of a person. As a result, most of the prisoners of war who were pushed or kicked off the pontoon fell into the ice hole, and only a few lucky ones could climb up again under the drag of their comrades.

But even if these lucky guys get ashore again, it is estimated that there is not much possibility for them to live to Stalingrad, which is nearly 50 kilometers away, under a low temperature of minus ten degrees under the condition of being soaked.

To be honest, seeing those who tried to put their heads on the water, watched them stare in desperate eyes, and stretched out their hands as best as they could, trying to climb the pontoon again, Victor felt a little uncomfortable. But he also knew that he was not qualified to sympathize with these people, because they were all prisoners of war, Germans who had traveled from Germany to the Soviet territory to fight for thousands of miles.

The sympathy for the invaders will always belong to those bystanders who are far away from the war, because they have not been harmed by the war, and no relatives have died by the invaders' butchers. Therefore, they can sympathize with the invaders without burden. He also said openly some nonsense like "aggression is the ruler's fault and has nothing to do with ordinary people."

For those who are in the war, their ideological awareness is not so high, and their concepts are not so high. They only know that the invaders have inflicted pain on them, and they cannot see the so-called "rulers". , Can only see the hideous faces of those soldiers.

If anyone’s property is stolen, he will not complain about the country’s poor economic situation, or the lack of moral construction work, so that someone needs to make a living by theft; if anyone has a car accident, he will not complain. The rules are imperfect; if anyone's relatives are murdered, he will not blame the legal system.

Therefore, all the principles are the same. The hatred between countries will eventually be fed back to the hatred between the people of the country, something like "I like the people in your country very much, but I don't like your country's government." This kind of statement is bullshit. Behind this kind of statement, there is only one emotion hidden, that is: Why has your government not collapsed? Why is your country still not in turmoil?

The queue of prisoners of war was very long. After crossing the pontoon, the convoy traveled two kilometers before seeing the end of the queue of prisoners of war. After that, the convoy traveled for nearly five kilometers and arrived at dusk. The final destination was the village of Krasheninokov, less than three kilometers away from Park Helbin.

This is currently the temporary base of the 11th Special Radio Communication Battalion.

So far, only two special radio communication battalions under the Ministry of National Security People’s Committee have been formed. They are the 11th and 17th communication battalions. The 21st, 29th, and 29th battalions are being formed later. 33 and other three battalions.

That’s right, all the special radio communications battalion numbers are not compiled in numerical order, but randomly selected. The reason for this is to cause information confusion for the enemy’s intelligence and reconnaissance department and make them confused. How many units are there in this kind of troops?

Although these communication battalions are battalion establishments, in fact they should be regarded as strengthened battalions. One battalion is equipped with three special communication companies, and there are also two guard companies dedicated to security work. The battalion-level commander is a major from the National Security People’s Committee. There are no political commissars and staff officers. There are only two deputy battalion commanders who are responsible for technical work.

The battalion-level command force is responsible for the combat command forces in any theater of operations, but is only responsible for the special communications command center set up in Lipetz, where the person in charge is Lieutenant Colonel Iparitov, who had just been recommended by Victor.

Therefore, from the point of view of the command structure, its level division is like this: the National Security People’s Committee, the Internal Intelligence Administration, the special communications command center, and the special communications battalion are exactly the same as the command level.

Today, the troops stationed in the village of Krasheninnokov are not only the 11th Special Radio Communication Battalion, but also the temporary headquarters of the 7th Corps of Tanks under the 2nd Guards Army.

Victor came here personally not to inspect the work of the 11th Special Radio Communications Battalion, nor to visit the commander of the 7th Tank Army. He came here this time to receive important trophies.

These so-called spoils include the 26 "riddle" cipher machines, 43 radio stations, and 46 telegraph operators and translators seized from the German 6th Army. Key.

Earlier, as the chief of the general staff, Vasilevsky accepted Victor’s suggestion. He used the joint telegram of the Supreme Command and the General Staff to request the three fronts participating in the Battle of Stalingrad to encircle and suppress the German troops. , Pay attention to the seizure of these materials.

Afterwards, the Stalingrad Bureau under the command of Major Yavoronin also participated in the screening of prisoners of war. All telegraphers and translators who tried to hide their identities were screened out and escorted here as special prisoners of war. .

For Victor and the Internal Intelligence Agency under his leadership, these people and materials are extremely valuable assets.