Struggle in Soviet Russia

Unless it is a country that has been in war for many years, otherwise, in any country, the gangsters that have become climatic can not escape the surveillance of the country, let alone be immune to the influence of any party's political forces.

However, Lviv is still something special after all. It has just been transferred from the hands of the Poles to the hands of the Soviets. It is not very stable in all aspects. There are many jobs, whether it is the government or the People’s Committee of the Interior. Too late to do it.

Take the control of the underground gang in Lviv as an example. The People's Committee of the Interior does not actually have much detailed information. Most of the relevant information was obtained from the Polish police station before.

In Victor's office, three people looked through the relevant records sent by the archives management department. According to these records, before the Soviet army entered Lviv, there were more than forty gangs and organized crime groups operating in the Lviv area. This, plus some cousins, becomes a gang.

Culkin is not good at analyzing intelligence. He is a big boss. After only turning over the files for a while, he lost patience. He threw a record sheet in his hand aside and mumbled: "Just look at these things. I don’t have a clue at all. I want to say, no matter who did it, bring all these guys back, and I’m not afraid that they won’t explain it honestly."

"In that case, you can only startle the snake," Sophia half-prone on the desk, resting her cheek with one hand, and looking at the record in front of her with the other. After listening to Culkin's words, she objected without hesitation. "You have to understand that our goal is not these bugs hiding in the sewers, but the big fish hiding behind them."

Victor nodded in approval and said: "Actually, there are not so many targets we need to investigate. In my opinion, the scale of the gangs that can be favored by those anti-Soviet elements will certainly not be too small. Moreover, considering the six documents. The thefts all occurred in the Lviv city, so the one who did it must belong to a certain gang in the Lviv city. As a result, our investigation has been narrowed a lot."

Sophia obviously thinks so too, and, as an experienced intelligence officer, she is more capable of screening information. Therefore, Victor has just finished speaking. She has selected a few from the pile of documents and placed them directly in front of Victor, saying: "I think the focus is on these three gangs, which are active in downtown Lviv. There is a certain amount of financial strength, and..."

Before she could finish her words, Culkin had already raised an objection. He said, "These two are Polish gangs."

"What's the matter with the Polish gang?" Sophia retorted, "Do you think that the Polish gang will not cooperate with Ukrainian nationalist organizations? These bugs have no so-called patriotism. As long as they give money, they can't do anything. Dry?"

On this point, Victor completely agreed with Sophia. Although in the case of the attack on the saltworks, the attacker's initial purpose is likely to be to resist the rule of the Polish government, but this cannot rule out the possibility that the Polish gang will provide support for them in the future. Gangs are always gangs. No one can restrain them with patriotism. Patriotism may be their accidental behavior, but it is their nature to chase money.

"According to Sophia's opinion, focus the investigation on these three gangs," Victor made a final decision. "Remember, the investigation should be conducted in secret and don't disturb anyone. The confidentiality work in the bureau must be done well. No news can be leaked out. After all, our target is not these gangs, but the dangerous Ukrainian nationalists."

"Yes, Comrade Lieutenant," Culkin jumped off the table, stood upright, and said loudly.

When the task of dealing with these bugs was handed over to Kulkin, Victor was also relieved. The People's Committee of the Interior could not do all the work by himself, which is simply unrealistic.

When Kulkin left the office, Sophia turned her gaze to Victor’s face, stared at him for a while, and said, “Victor, I think that in the intelligence stations in Lublin, Sedelce, Rzeszow, etc., there are Need to continue to strengthen..."

When she heard this, Victor felt a bit of a headache. He stretched out his left hand and shook his eyebrows with his right hand, and said, "I understand, I understand, it's still a problem with the radio, right?"

For the Soviet intelligence work in the 1930s and 1940s, one of the biggest problems was the scarcity of radio stations. The General Administration of Radio Industry under the People’s Committee of the Electrical Industry had serious shortcomings in the overcoming of electronic tube technology. There were many components. All have to rely on imports. Under the embargo and blockade in the West, it is difficult for the State Administration of Radio Industry to obtain a sufficient number of components, so the production naturally cannot keep up.

In addition, the current radio stations produced by the Soviet Union are mainly 71-TK radio stations. This thing is not only complicated in craftsmanship, but also prone to failure. The most terrible thing is that once it fails, it is difficult to repair.

Because of the limited production of radio stations, in recent years, Moscow’s policies have mainly allocated limited radio stations for use by the aviation and navy. It is difficult for the army and even intelligence agencies to obtain a sufficient number of radio stations.

In fact, for the intelligence department and the security department, it is not only the radio station that is lacking. In the anti-intelligence work, the radio lateral device and the radio pointing station used to monitor the radio are also extremely scarce. These problems are all due to the People’s Committee of the Interior. The work of espionage and counterintelligence has brought obstacles.

Just like the trouble Sophia is facing now, she is now in charge of the espionage and counterintelligence work of the People's Committee of the Interior of Lviv, and at the same time directs the 27 intelligence stations lurking in Lublin, Sederce, Rzeszow and other places. Under such heavy working conditions, there are only eight radio stations in her hand, and none of the radio sideways and pointing stations. Such conditions are obviously not conducive to work.

"I have already reported to Kiev," Victor said, "I hope I can apply for 12 to 14 stations."

There was joy on Sophia’s face, but before the corners of her lips curled up, Victor had continued: "But you don’t have too much hope for this. According to my estimation, it will eventually be approved. 4 sets."

Sophia's smile condensed in the corner of her eyes, she stretched out her hand and rubbed her face, and asked: "If there are only 4 units, it still can't solve my problem."

"I think you are right, because if there are only four, I can't give you all of them," Victor said with a shrug.

"Okay," Sophia didn't continue to worry about the problem. She touched her pocket, took out a folded letterhead, and sent it to Victor, and said, "The radio problem can't be solved, so the personnel problem can always be solved? "

"What is this?" Victor asked curiously as he took the letterhead.

"Outside of work, we still have many people to take care of," Sophia said, spreading her hands. "During the liberation of Lviv, many hidden intelligence personnel were exposed, which means that they cannot continue to do this work in the future. So, we need to re-arrange jobs for them and arrange a suitable job. Moreover, considering the achievements of their long-term latent work, I think they should get an honor and leave their past positions honorably.. ...."

While she was speaking, Victor had already unfolded the letterhead and scanned it quickly.

This is a report of applying for meritorious service, and this report has been approved by the Kiev side.

In the list of meritorious awards mentioned in the report, there are a total of 33 individuals, including those who applied for meritorious deeds and some who applied for meritorious awards, but in any case, the list of 33 individuals is a bit long.

Turning over the first page of the report, and then looking at the content of the second page, sure enough, in the reply given by Kiev, only the application reports of 4 individuals were passed, and they were all given awards, not merits.

"Victor, don't let our intelligence officers chill," Sophia continued seeing Victor frowning. "After the identity is revealed, at least we must give them a decent escape."

Victor took the letter paper in her hand and looked up at this gorgeous subordinate who was standing opposite him. There is no doubt that this guy is more intelligent than Culkin, at least she knows how to make demands to the leader.

What is certain is that her request for the radio station is just a cover, because she knows that there must be no way to solve this problem for her in the bureau, so she puts this difficult problem first and asks Victor to respond to it after rejecting it. Feeling guilty, then, when she made a second request, Victor could not continue to refuse.

"Okay, Sophia," sighed, Victor put the letter paper in his hand on the table, pressed a finger on it, looked at Sophia on the opposite side, and said, "You will live with me, the radio station matter , I can only do my best to solve it for you, and this application..."

The tone was paused, he pursed his lips, and said, "You need to submit a detailed report to me about each of them's deeds. You know, based on this, no one will give you anything. For approval, I need a detailed deed report, even if this report is not so true."

Sophia tilted her head and looked at him seriously.

"You know what I mean," Victor shrugged and said, "Anyway, you go to prepare the report, I go to Kiev to apply, you give me the **** report, and I think of a way to get the Kiev side to approve. You don't care about me. Do, in short, whether it's going to make trouble or quarreling with Lieutenant Colonel Serov, I will give you a satisfactory answer."