Struggle in Soviet Russia

Again, for a person interested in official career, leaving a good impression in the eyes of the leader is absolutely king.

Among the many reports in front of Comrade Khrushchev, there is absolutely no shortage of heroic deeds that are very representative and worthy of a special book. For example, in the defensive battle in the border fortification area, the German army fought to the end. There are many tragic deeds of a person. However, in the eyes of Comrade Khrushchev, a report like this can only be regarded as a "deed." He couldn't imagine the faces of the victims in his mind, and he was naturally unable to make a deep impression. Therefore, in the handling of these deeds, he would at most aggregate them and submit them to the National Defense Commission, and then the National Defense Commission would generally give a ratification of honor or something.

But Victor was different. Comrade Khrushchev had an impression of this young captain, and the impression was not bad. Although he was mentioned in a brief sentence in the report, it still aroused the interest of Comrade Khrushchev.

He will link the content of the report with Victor's performance in Lviv at the time, so as to become interested in the story behind this sentence in the report.

Putting the report aside, Comrade Khrushchev picked up the phone at hand, shook the handle, and asked the operator to connect to the phone of the Review Office of the Military Committee of the Front Army, and issued an order to investigate the fighting situation in the direction of Rudki.

It didn’t take long before he got the preliminary results of the investigation: in the battle in the direction of Rudki, the national security captain Victor Viktorovich Tarashev commanded a 75% full-strength internal guard. The regiment, in the battle from No. 22 to No. 25, effectively blocked the German assault on the front line of Sambor in the direction of Lviv. During the four-day battle, the internal guards destroyed 17 German tanks, and the number of Germans was unknown. On the night of the 25th, the internal guard regiment merged with the retreating part of the 97th Infantry Division, broke through the German blockade of Rudki, and successfully withdrew to the rear.

Comrade Khrushchev is very clear that this feedback information cannot be just investigated, but should have been obtained during the review of certain soldiers and commanders, and its credibility should be relatively high.

Raising his hand to take off the round-framed eyes he was wearing on his face, Comrade Khrushchev held his eyes in one hand and fisted in the other, hammering lightly on the thick pile of reports on the table in front of him, two A faint smile appeared at the corners of the plump lips.

Viktor did not know that he had entered a certain plan of Comrade Khrushchev, and with the order issued by the Kiev People's Committee of the Interior, he could not wait to leave the front line and rushed to Kiev.

The journey from Zolochev to Kiev is not so smooth. On the contrary, it can be described as crises.

From time to time, the German plane would go overhead. Sometimes, he had time to hide, and sometimes it was too late. When it was too late to hide, he had to face the German plane's dive and strafe. Fortunately, after passing Romaniv, especially after passing Zhytomyr, the German plane never appeared again. Although he and Varenka were frightened on the road, who None were injured.

As the capital of the Ukrainian republic, Kiev is clearly ready for the battle. Seventy-four air-defense balloons have been raised above the city. Brick walls have also been erected on the periphery of some important facilities to announce the implementation of the city’s martial law. Reverberating over the entire city, the atmosphere is very tense.

As soon as he arrived in Kiev, the first thing Victor did was to report to the NKVD, and the response he got was that Lieutenant Colonel Kobrov went to Vinny to inspect the rehabilitation of the fortification area. I can come back tomorrow. Several other leaders, who are currently busy with the merger of the NKVD and the National Security Council, may not have time to see him today.

Yes, the State Security Administration, which was separated from the NKVD just a few months ago, will now be merged back again. The reason is: Without the cooperation of the national security agency, the NKVD cannot perform better during the war. Job responsibilities.

Well, Victor feels very nonsense about this kind of changing things day and night, but he must tell the truth. After the division of the NKVD and the State Security Administration, he does feel that many things are not so convenient to do, at least in the intelligence information. There are many troubles in obtaining.

The person who brought himself to Kiev now has no time to meet with him, so Victor can only find a place to live and wait for the notice of the meeting.

He came out of the building of the NKVD, looked up at the scorching sun hanging in the middle of his head, and felt a little worried about where he should live.

As the war broke out, all state-run hotels in Kiev were closed. Oh, it should not be said that they were closed. They were all requisitioned by the army. Naturally, the soldiers' clubs were no longer open to the outside world. When I was making a report just now, I should ask if there is a place to live, it can be arranged, but...

Thinking of those guys' expressionless faces, Victor dismissed the idea. If it didn't work, he would be in the car for one night. What a big deal.

Thinking about this in his heart, Victor walked down the stairs in front of the building and headed towards the parking lot. In the parking lot, Varenka also started the car and drove towards the side.

"Comrade Victor Victorovich," just as Victor walked down the last step, a voice came from behind him, "Comrade Victor Victorovich, please wait a minute."

Victor stopped and turned his head to look behind him. He saw a young captain in his early thirties who was rushing towards where he was.

"I am Vladimir Vladimievich Klitschko of the Inspectorate," the captain said as he walked to Victor's side, smiled and stretched out his hand.

"Hello, Comrade Vladimir Vladimiyevich," Victor shook hands with the opponent, but he was a little confused. He didn't know what the opponent wanted to do. He joined the People's Committee of the Interior for so long. Have not dealt with people from the Inspectorate.

"That's it. Regarding the situation in the past few days, we have some questions that need to be verified with you." The smile on Captain Klitschko's face remained the same, but what he said contained some not-so-good information. "This may need to delay some things for you, please forgive me."

Victor felt a little pressure in his heart, but he was not very nervous. He thought that in the past few days, he had done nothing worthy of being watched by the Inspectorate.

"I understand, and I am willing to cooperate with your work," Victor said with a calm smile.

"Please come with me," Captain Klitschko said without saying much, he made a please gesture.

The office of the Supervision Bureau is not in the thematic building of the People’s Committee of the Interior, but in a somewhat old two-story building behind the building. As a special unit responsible for the internal personnel of the Supervision Committee, People rarely deal with the insiders of the committee, and of course, they are not popular either.

Victor was invited to a room on the east side of the first floor of the Inspectorate. This room was still on the dark side, and the only window was sealed. Therefore, the room was not only stuffy, but also very humid.

When Victor walked into the room, there were already two people in the room, a man and a woman. The man was a corporal. They were sitting behind the only table in the room. The woman was supposed to be the recorder. She was near the door. A typewriter was placed in front of him.

As soon as he saw the atmosphere in the room, Victor felt a little annoyed. No matter how polite Captain Klitschko said before, he was going to conduct a formal review of himself. Why? Just because I managed to escape from behind enemy lines?

Although he was holding his breath in his heart, Victor did not show that it was irrational to engage in confrontation with the people of the Inspectorate, and it was always the case at all times.

Victor was invited to sit down at the table opposite the corporal, and Captain Klitschko sat down in the seat next to the corporal. The comrade, the captain who was smiling and hiding the knife, first asked Victor about how he was commanding defensive operations in Rudki. In the meantime, he also paid special attention to the loss of the internal guards.

During the four-day battle, the internal guards suffered a great loss. When Victor, with the cooperation of the remnants of the 97th Infantry Division, completely withdrew from Rudki, the original 70% of the troops were left with nothing more than To 400 people, including dozens of wounded. Of course, if you count the militias who participated in the battle, the losses will be even greater.

But the crux of the problem is, in the border battles of the past few days, which of the participating troops suffered little losses?

"Comrade Captain Victor," the questioning lasted for nearly twenty minutes, and Captain Klitschko suddenly brought the topic to before the war broke out. "We know that before the war broke out, you had made preparations for the war in Lviv. According to your order, the Lviv People’s Committee of Internal Affairs transferred a batch of food and gold to the rear. In addition, some top-secret documents and files were also destroyed in time. I heard that you also arranged some damage in Lviv. Is the mission like this?"

"Yes," Victor replied.

"So, on what basis do you judge that the war will break out?" Captain Klitschko leaned forward, staring into Victor's eyes, and asked.

Is the problem here?

Victor secretly said in his heart, but he said in a calm tone: "This is the conclusion I have drawn based on the analysis of many intelligences, and before I give these orders, Lviv..."

"Well, even if you make an accurate judgment based on intelligence," Captain Klitschko interrupted him before he was finished, and asked, "Then, Comrade Victor, have you considered When you gave these transfer, destruction, and destruction orders, you had already spread a sense of defeat invisibly?"

Victor was taken aback for a moment, and then an angry mood rose from the bottom of his heart.