Struggle in Soviet Russia

It was already dusk, and the weather seemed to be falling into an ice cellar, and the breath out of his mouth seemed to condense into frost in an instant.

On the Luga River, in Ljubolliard, the rumble of cannons is still ringing. Looking from the hills and snow ridges on the edge of the jungle to the southwest, you can see the sky at the end of the jungle. The battle in the direction of Zetzky continued.

In a somewhat rudimentary wooden shed, Victor was wrapped in a military coat, shrank, and hid beside a wood stove converted from a gasoline drum. The low temperature was nearly 20 degrees below zero, even if he stayed by the fire. , There is also a simple shed as a cover, and I can't feel much warmth. I just feel that the biting cold seems to penetrate the skin and directly poured into the bones.

In the past half a month, the advance of the Volkhov Front Army between the Oredezh River, the Luga River and the Volkhov River was not so smooth, even though the German 18th Army was in Nov. Gorod city suffered heavy losses, but their resistance was always tenacious. The Soviet army had to pay a certain price for every kilometer advanced.

Especially when the Soviet army pushed the front line to the Luga River, because Comrade Meletskov made a wrong judgment and made an unnecessary redeployment during the pursuit of the troops, wasting time. This gave the Germans a chance to breathe, and eventually led to the formation of a brand new line of defense on the Luga River, which further strengthened their defense.

However, even so, the Germans could not turn the tide of the battle. The defense line built by the 18th Army on the opposite bank of the Luga River faced the threat of the main Soviet Volkhov front forces in the front and Leninger in the rear. The outflank of the 67th Army of the Le Front Army, its final collapse is only a matter of time.

This wooden shack on the top of a small hill on the edge of the woodland was built four days ago. The same shack, there are more than a dozen nearby. The first place was the field leader of the Soviet Volkhov Front Army. The location, it was not until yesterday afternoon that Comrade Meletkov took his staff to leave here and headed towards Olegzh.

In the direction of the Volkhov Front’s offensive, Lyuboliad is not an important place, at least not as important as Oledezh, which is the railway from Leningrad to Vitebsk and Lugatong. The junction of the highway to Kalinin, so although the city is small, its military value is very high. It is precisely for this reason that when the Soviet army captured the city four days ago, Moscow would fire a salute to celebrate.

This time, Victor did not act with the Volkhov Front Army headquarters. He was waiting for the 14th Army of the Air Force to transfer to Novgorod, and then he could take the plane back to Moscow.

Yesterday morning, I received a notice from Moscow that Comrade Stalin needs him to go back because the Finns have formally decided to make a final concession, accept the conditions put forward by the alliance, and completely withdraw from this **** war. For this reason, the Foreign Intelligence Service of the People’s Commissar of National Security needs to strengthen its intelligence organization activities in Finland. On the one hand, it is to supervise the Finns’ next actions to expel the Germans. On the other hand, it needs to take a look. Is it possible to find an opportunity to provoke a revolution in Finland, and to take this opportunity to support a Finnish government leaning toward the Soviet Union to come to power?

It just so happens that Victor is also planning to go back to Moscow, because he has just received a very important piece of information and needs to report to Comrade Stalin.

This latest intelligence was provided by the Foreign Intelligence Agency’s Berlin intelligence station. According to this intelligence, major changes have taken place in the German intelligence agency. Just last week, Hitler himself issued an order, originally by William Cana. The German Army’s Military Intelligence Agency led by Reese merged with the Central Security Agency under Himmler’s leadership to form a brand new intelligence agency, the so-called "Military Agency."

To be honest, in the past two years, the German intelligence agencies have no so-called efficiency at all. Their intelligence system has been put through a sieve by the intelligence agencies of the allies. The Soviets, the British, and even the Americans all have a lot of espionage. The personnel lurked into the German intelligence system.

In this regard, the reorganization of the German intelligence agency should not be considered an important matter, at least, it should not be given such importance by Victor.

But the real problem is that this reorganization of the German intelligence agency ultimately caused a heavy loss to the Foreign Intelligence Bureau of the National Security People’s Committee under Victor’s leadership. The reason why I say this is because William Kanaris, who originally led the German Army Military Intelligence Agency, is himself a latent personnel developed by the Foreign Intelligence Agency.

Of course, it is not accurate to say that Canaris is a hidden person. To put it more accurately, this person should be regarded as a surrendered person, and he is not only serving the Soviet Union, but also serving the British.

Most importantly, he was also the founder of the "Black Band", an underground military organization that aimed to assassinate Hitler. Therefore, the existence of this person is very important to the Allied powers.

The Germans' adjustment of the intelligence agency this time not only attracted the attention of Victor, but also attracted the attention of the British. In order to ensure the personal safety of Canaris, the British passed the People’s Committee of Foreign Affairs to national security for an unprecedented time. The People’s Committee submitted a letter with the general meaning that the Hope Alliance can cooperate with Great Britain on intelligence.

This letter was drafted by Stuart Menzies himself. In the letter, he mentioned that as allies fighting against Germany, the intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union should cooperate within a limited scope. In order to reach this agreement, Menzies Sis expressed his willingness to come to Moscow at some point in the near future to have a meeting with the head of the Soviet intelligence agency to discuss related matters in detail.

This is how things in this world are, no one can expect that only oneself is a wise man, and everyone else is a fool. Victor believes that his intelligence work is very good, but he also believes that whether the British or Americans have weaknesses in their intelligence work, they will not be much worse than the Alliance.

Since the Alliance’s Foreign Intelligence Agency can penetrate into the German intelligence agencies, whether it is the British MI6 or MI5, it should be able to do the same, not to mention that Carna Lisbon is a double agent. Not only serving the alliance, but also serving the British. This guy can tell the Soviets about the British contact with him, and he can naturally tell the British about the Soviets contacting him. Moreover, considering that this guy is more Western in his position, he told the British. I am afraid there will be more.

Of course, in Victor’s view, in the past two years of war, the British have never asked for cooperation in intelligence, but this time they suddenly raised it and showed such sincerity, then there must be something behind it. There are internal reasons, either because the British have encountered some trouble and need assistance from the intelligence department of the alliance, or they hope to get something valuable from the intelligence department of the alliance.

But no matter what the reason, it is impossible for Victor to come forward to meet with Menzies in person-Menzies is the head of the British MI6. This is not a secret, but an open news, but the alliance It's different. It's always a secret who the heads of the People's Committee of National Security and the Foreign Intelligence Agency are, and Victor's identity has not been disclosed to the public.

The door of the shed is made of wooden boards. There is a big gap. The gap was pasted with a piece of old newspaper, but today, because of the strong wind, the paper was blown. At this time The night is approaching, and the wind blowing in from the crevice seems to be getting colder and colder.

Victor put aside the document he was looking at, put his hands out, and roasted it on the side of the fire barrel stacked with logs. The door of the shed was pushed abruptly from the outside, and Varenka, whose face was purple with cold, ran in from outside rubbing his hands.

Victor subconsciously looked at the watch in his hand and asked, "How is the situation?"

"Not so good," Varenka closed the door, rubbed her hands together on the edge of the tin bucket, and said in a trembling voice while she was on fire. "Because of the weather, there is no way to move to the airport within two days. I'm afraid it will be activated four days later at the earliest."

Varenka had just returned from Novgorod, and he went to the airport to inquire about the general aviation situation.

"Did you see Grushakov?" Victor nodded slightly, and asked again.

For Victor at this time, he didn't really care about the situation at Novgorod Airport. After all, if the plane couldn't take the plane, he could still take the train back. The difference was nothing more than a detour.

In contrast, he is more concerned about Grushakov's situation-Boris Borisjevic Grushakov, Deputy Director of the Leningrad Bureau of the People's Committee of National Security, Special Division of the Political Security Bureau long.

This official affiliated with the Leningrad National Security People's Committee intended to provide Viktor with a piece of very important intelligence, which is said to be related to a series of "serious problems" in Leningrad during the siege.

If placed in the past, Victor would not be interested in people like Grushakov, but the situation is a little different now. He also began to collect some intelligence information about Leningrad. In the near future, these He might be able to use things.