Struggle in Soviet Russia

The promotion of the senior military ranks of the NKVD requires such a process. First, someone submits a recommendation, then goes through the political review of the Organization Bureau, and finally the committee members vote to reflect the principle of democratic centralism.

Now, the organization bureau’s review of Victor is obviously not approved, but in this review, Victor’s issues are not political issues, but private life issues. Therefore, how to vote depends on the members’ own ideas.

Comrade Beria gave everyone twenty minutes to think about it. Twenty minutes later, he raised his head and turned his eyes around on everyone’s faces. He said, “Now, the promotion of Comrade Victor Viktorovich begins. , Those who agree, please raise their hands."

Gogliese didn’t have a first time schedule. To be honest, he didn’t have a good impression of Victor. On the one hand, it was because of this guy’s performance in the West, which caused him a lot of trouble. On the other hand, it was because of this guy. The problem that the guy is so young but has come to today is really jealous.

However, Gogliese had to admit that this young man is indeed very capable, and his private life has been corrupted, and he is messing with his female subordinates. This is not a big problem. Therefore, he has to see how others decide. , And then decide your own position.

Somewhat unexpectedly, after Comrade Beria gave instructions to vote, the only people who raised their hands in agreement were Serov and...and an unexpected person, the chief executioner Blokhin, except for Pei. Leah herself, a total of nine committee members, and among these nine committee members, only two of them raised their hands.

Gogliese smiled secretly. If nothing else, Comrade Victor's promotion would be a waste. Since he has no hope of passing it, it is not bad for his vote, and there is no need to offend others.

With this thought, Gogliese raised his hand slickly, expressing his willingness to support Victor's promotion.

"Let's take a look," said Comrade Beria, sitting in his seat, without the slightest expression on his face. He counted the raised hands, and said, "Nine members of the committee agree with Comrade Viktor Viktorovich. Those who were promoted had a total of three votes, and those who opposed it had nine votes."

Speaking of this, he stopped, turned his head and looked at Serov, who was also expressionless, and smiled: "It seems that our little comrade Victor is unpopular."

Serov grinned and said nothing, just lowered his head to look at the file in front of him.

"Comrade Stalin is also very concerned about our vote. He called before and asked me to report to him as soon as the result comes out." Beria stood up and said in a relaxed tone, "Everyone, wait here for a while. , Let me first report the voting result to Comrade Stalin."

When he said this, Gogliese's heart jumped. As far as he knew, Comrade Stalin rarely interfered with the personnel issues of the NKVD. So, what did Comrade Beria mean?

With this kind of confusion in his heart, he looked at the people at the venue. As expected, the expressions on everyone's faces were very strange. Obviously, no one knew what was going on. Comrade Beria didn't reveal any words to anyone. , Including the guys he trusted the most in the past.

Beria went out for less than ten minutes. When he returned to the meeting room, his expression was very solemn. He walked to his seat and sat down and remained silent until about two minutes later. He just reached out and knocked on the table, and said: "Now, the promotion of Comrade Victor Viktorovich has begun. Those who agree, please raise their hands."

He said the same sentence only ten minutes ago, and now he said it again. Compared with the previous one, even one word has not changed.

This time, as his last note fell, everyone in the entire venue raised their hands for the first time.

"Let's take a look," Comrade Beria was still sitting in his place, with no expression on his face. He counted the raised hands as usual, and said, "The nine members of the committee agree with Victor. Comrade Viktorovich was promoted with a total of nine votes and none against it."

At this moment, Gogliese even had an illusion. He wondered if he fell asleep ten minutes ago, so that he dreamed of a completely opposite but almost identical voting scene.

Sure enough, Beria had a smile on his face, and he said, "It seems that our little comrade Victor is well-connected."

It seems that he really fell asleep just now, Gogliese raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, muttering to himself.

"On September 23, 1941, in a vote on Comrade Viktor Viktorovich Tarashev’s promotion to the level of political commissar of the National Security Brigade, nine members of the NKVD approved unanimously. The participating members included Vladimir Georgiyevich Tekanozov, representative of the People’s Committee of the Interior to the Foreign Affairs Committee, and Nikolai Maksimovich Ruhaze, the representative to Georgia..."

In the personnel file of the NKVD, Victor’s promotion is recorded in this way. Of course, the small episodes in the voting meeting will not be reflected in the record.

Of course, for Victor, the passing of the vote means not only the promotion of rank and the expansion of power, but also means that he will no longer have any so-called personal privacy. From then on, he will be protected by Lev. All aspects of monitoring of the special unit under the leadership of Yemelyanovich Vladimirsky.

The person in the special place will install eavesdropping devices in his residence; he will place intelligence personnel by his side; he will monitor his telephone lines; he will supervise every trip he makes; he will lose the right to leave the alliance unless relevant approval is obtained ; Everyone who interacts with him will be subject to the most rigorous investigation and so on.

Once you gain power, you need to pay a corresponding price. The NKVD is using practical actions to tell everyone this rule, even if that person is his own.

This rule was proposed by Vladimirski, and he took the lead in implementing it. This Polish-born guy won Beria's trust for this, and it also caused him to kill himself.

The work efficiency of the Organization Bureau of the People's Committee of the Interior is still very high. After Victor's promotion was approved by committee members, the relevant documents were drafted later that day, and two days later, a formal order was decided to be issued. However, just before the relevant order was officially issued, the fighting in the west suddenly broke out. After the relative calm remained for a month and a half, with the end of the Ukrainian war, the German offensive fists waved again, and this time they smashed it. Xiang’s goal...is Moscow.

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Bere, the forward command post of the command of the Western Front.

In the barracks specially prepared for the communication command center, the ticking of the communication sound became a piece, which was mixed with the hoarse call of the operator, but the loud call did not mean that the communication would be smooth.

The dusty Victor rushed in from the outside, ignoring the document handed to him by the correspondent, and said in a somewhat hoarse voice: "Execute rule 14, the rule code'Makayev', execute it immediately!"

The so-called "Rule No. 14" is a communication rule formulated by Victor and submitted to the Executive Bureau of the NKVD for approval. This rule clearly states which rules should be implemented when the communication command center encounters a threat of siege. This includes sending rule codes first to various intelligence stations and communication points, destroying important documents, communication codebooks, disassembling hidden radio stations, unlimited radio stations, and so on.

In this, the so-called rule code is to tell the various intelligence stations and communication points that the communication command center is facing threats from the enemy. Before the corresponding rule code is sent again, all contact frequency bands will remain silent. At the same time, all intelligence stations All communication points need to be moved quickly to avoid a mutiny in the communication command center, which would cause a devastating blow to the entire intelligence system.

The relevant rule codes are usually in the hands of Victor alone, and no one except him knows, even Comrade Beria.

Just yesterday, the Front Army Headquarters just set up a forward command post in Bere. The purpose is to be able to command the battles in the West Dvina and Meza River Corridor nearby. If according to the established combat plan, the Soviet offensive will be It will be launched in the early hours of tomorrow morning. Unfortunately, in the early hours of this morning, the German offensive forces had launched a swift offensive against the Soviet defense line in the two regions of Roslavli and Dukhovshina.

In the area on the south bank of the Meza River, the German 9th Army broke through the fragile Soviet defense line in less than four hours, and quickly advanced in the direction of Olenino and Lezhev, while in Roslavli In the direction, the German Army's fourth episode and the 4th Army also quickly crossed the Desna River and once again launched an offensive in the direction of Yelnya and Kirov.

According to the previous judgment of the General Staff, the German army should wait until the 2nd Tank Army and the 9th Army are redeployed before it is possible to launch a new offensive. However, this prediction is obviously wrong. Back on the western front, they launched an offensive on the southern wing of the Bryansk Front.

This offensive was fought very suddenly. According to the intelligence from the Bryansk Front Army, the offensive of the German Tandem Episode II caught them off guard. Many troops still in deployment even had to go into battle while they were on the move.

On the front of the Western Front, the main force of the 30th Army was still mobilizing to the Meza River Corridor. This made the joint between them and the 19th Army a gap. The German troops that broke into the gap were directly along the Wuppi River. Killed Belei.