Struggle in Soviet Russia

The struggle for power is to a large extent a manifestation of selfish desire, and in the eyes of most people, people who are fighting for power are to satisfy some of their own desires, or for more wealth, or It's for a better woman to sleep, or it's purely to dominate others.

Everything is so simple, looking evil and unsmelling.

But in fact, at a certain level, this statement and view is correct, but at some level, there are certain problems with this statement and view.

Take Victor as an example. The people he is currently in contact with, like Safonov and Goryakov, advocate limiting the privileges of the NKVD, even banning them completely, and fundamentally promoting the alliance. Implementation of the legal system.

Their starting point in this matter may indeed have elements of selfishness, for example, to overthrow Viesinski's position in the Union judicial circle, thereby establishing their sense of existence in the Union judicial system. In addition, the purpose of restricting the privileges of the NKVD is also to take back the power that originally belonged to the procuratorial system and the court system. In the final analysis, it is a word of power.

It can be considered in depth. What they have done, whether in the long-term view or in the immediate future, and whether it is from the perspective of the alliance as a whole, or from the specific interests of the citizens of a certain alliance, Safonov and others have done No matter what happened in Victor’s eyes is undoubtedly correct. From the perspective of Victor, no matter how much Vyshinski has made in the People’s Committee of Foreign Affairs, he deserves to be sentenced based on his false statement that “confession decides everything”. die.

As for what Safonov and the others are doing now, no matter what the fundamental starting point is, at least they are ending the chaos that has lasted for several years in the alliance judicial circle, and when this war is about to end, this This work is very necessary.

On the issue of Fabischenko, pulling Safonov and the others into their camp will not only help to bear the trouble for Victor, but also give Victor an excuse to give him the opportunity to choose the right side. Take away the privilege of the NKVD.

However, Victor still underestimated the subsequent impact of the Fabischenko incident. Perhaps it was because the arrest of a Fabischenko affected the sensitive nerves of many people and reminded them of that before the war. The unbearable scene that happened in the past few years, or in their eyes, the NKVD, like the NKVD at the time, is a department that is good at weaving crimes and framing and framing. Comrades are totally wronged.

All in all, with the arrest of Fabischenko on the northern front, despite the endorsements of the General Political Department, the Supreme Procuratorate and the Supreme Court, the whole matter is still inevitably a big trouble. Some people have reflected the situation to the National Defense People’s Committee. At the meeting, questions were raised about the behavior of the National Security People’s Committee.

In this matter, Comrade Stalin did not stand by Victor's side and made any explanations to the people's commissars of the People's Committee for National Defense. Instead, he met the requirements of the committee and held an inquiry meeting for this time.

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A train made up of seven carriages travels at a constant speed on the vast grassland.

In the summer season, the vast plain of the highlands along the Dnieper River is green. Looking out from the car window, all the places within reach are green. The blue sky and the verdant green blend together. People have a relaxed and happy feeling, as if everything in the world can be relieved.

In the train compartment, Victor, wearing only a shirt, sits at a small table by the window, and on the small table in front of him, there are two plates of fresh fruit, and another plate that has been chilled. steak.

With the hot weather and the lack of air-conditioning in the carriage, Victor really couldn't eat meat. He even wanted to soak in cold water all day and not get out for a moment.

The train has just passed Fastov before, and soon afterwards, he should be able to enter Kiev. Victor needs to go to Kiev to meet Safonov and the others, and then take the train to Moscow. It is estimated that when he finally arrives in Moscow , It must be a week later.

Although the cabin is hot like a stuffy pot, Victor still try to keep himself calm and read more newspapers and materials at hand, especially the intelligence information just passed over from Moscow. Well, as the saying goes, "the heart is calm and naturally cool." "Victor believes that the reason why he feels so hot right now is entirely because of his restlessness.

Look out the window of the car. Don’t look at Comrade Khrushchev’s doubts about this year’s autumn harvest. He always thinks that this year’s grain will be insufficient. You can look at the conditions in the fields. The endless wheat field is obviously similar to Comrade Khrushchev’s. Doubts go against them.

Of course, Victor is not an experienced agricultural official, and he has never done agricultural work. Therefore, he is not very clear about what Comrade Khrushchev said. The most important thing is that he doesn't pay much attention to it at all-okay , Now he has a lot of headaches himself, how can he still have time to care about other people's affairs.

The news from the Berlin Intelligence Station two days ago showed that in Germany, the assassination of Hitler carried out under the auspices of Stauffenberg, was ultimately unsuccessful. Thousands of middle and high-ranking German generals who participated in this matter or were related to this matter. , The arrested were arrested, the suicide was suicide, the slain was killed, almost all were swept away.

To be honest, in this matter, the Foreign Intelligence Bureau of the National Security People’s Committee did not intervene too much. Behind the whole matter, there were more British shadows. It is precisely because of this that the Foreign Intelligence Bureau’s intelligence in Berlin The station is not damaged much.

But having said that, many of the German middle-level and high-level generals who were related to the time of the assassination were "stepping on two boats." Intelligence, therefore, when these people were arrested, the Berlin Intelligence Station not only lost many reliable sources of intelligence, but also had to remove many intelligence points to prevent betrayal.

Therefore, from a general perspective, this incident still brought certain losses to the Foreign Intelligence Service.

Leaving aside the troubles of the Foreign Intelligence Agency, the situation in Moscow is enough to worry Victor.

The Fabischenko incident not only caused a bad influence within the First Front Army along the Baltic Sea, but also in Moscow, to be precise, among military generals headed by the General Staff. The rebound.

Not to mention the opinions of the generals in office, even Marshal Shaboshnikov, who was seriously ill, stood up and made a statement. He personally flew back to Moscow from the Sochi sanatorium and went to see Comrade Stalin. No one knows what happened, but Comrade Stalin's subsequent silence undoubtedly gave many people the courage, so the noisy voice became louder and louder.

It must be admitted that Victor is no longer as pure as he was at the beginning. He has also started to engage in public and private activities on certain things, just like the report on his desk now. The content of is provided by his subordinates, the latest summary of various information about Moscow, and things like this are much more detailed than the news that can be seen in the newspapers.

Just two days ago, the People’s Committee of National Defense convened a meeting of the People’s Committee. The main content of this meeting should be discussions and decisions on a series of issues after the liberation of Minsk. Today, the Belarusian campaign is being carried out. Very smoothly, Comrade Rokosovsky seemed to vent all his depression in this battle.

On the third day of the campaign, the attacking Soviet army placed five stubbornly resisting German divisions into the encirclement to the west of Vitebsk. Then, on the fifth day after the campaign was launched, the entire German army was encircled. Annihilate.

This battle was fought very beautifully. The German army was surrounded by the assaulting Soviet army before it even had time to retreat. After that, it was completely annihilated without fierce resistance, so that the British and American military observers who accompanied the army shouted incredible. It is believed that it was not the German army that was annihilated, but the army of the servant country.

Of course, in addition to discussing the issue of Belarus, this meeting will also discuss the issue of the Allied forces opening up a second battlefield in France, but this is not the focus.

But what no one thought was that at this meeting, Comrade Zhdanov suddenly raised the issue of Febischenko and believed that the National Security People’s Committee handled this matter. It has caused trouble to the front-line combat troops, especially the commanders, who have been greatly affected by this incident.

For this reason, Comrade Zhidanov believes that the National Security People’s Committee should give a reasonable explanation on this matter in order to appease the emotions of the military commanders.

Comrade Zhdanov’s proposal has won the support of many people. You must know that the People’s Committee of National Defense itself is a wartime institution. Although it includes the People’s Committee and other institutions, the proportion of military personnel is still Relatively large. Therefore, it is not surprising that Comrade Zhdanov's proposal can be supported by more people.

Of course, this is also most directly related to Comrade Stalin's failure to make a clear statement.

Viktor certainly knew why Comrade Zhdanov asked such a question. The most obvious point is that this incident was used as an opportunity to push Kuznetsov to the position of the secretary in charge of national security in the Central Secretariat. The timing couldn't be better, and it was Victor, and he wouldn't let this opportunity pass.

People in the judiciary think that the authority of the NKVD needs to be restricted, and there are also people who think that the power of the NKVD needs to be restricted. The only difference between the two is that the means and methods of restriction are different.