Struggle in Soviet Russia

The submarine "S-13" and its commander, Major Malenis High, caused a problem for the Union, overnight making it a target of both the Allies and the Fascists.

Look at these media in the UK and the US, they scramble to report the news of the shipwreck of the William Gustloff in the newspapers, and describe in detail some of the details, why the husband shot and killed his wife first And children, and then committed suicide, how many children struggled in the sea water close to minus 20 degrees until they were frozen and frozen to death.

Victor had accurate information from Berlin in his hands. On the passenger ship Wilhelm Gustloff, more than 9,000 people were killed, because it was late at night, and the nearby places There was a lack of passing ships, so only over a thousand people were eventually rescued.

A passenger ship carrying tens of thousands of people was attacked. Only more than 1,000 people were rescued, but nearly 10,000 people were killed. It is conceivable how chaotic the scene was at that time. The media were able to learn about the details at that time. It is conceivable that their ability to collect news has already surpassed that of intelligence personnel.

In addition, Viktor couldn’t think of anything that the Alliance should be blamed for in this attack. The William Gustloff was indeed a passenger ship, but on this ship, it was indeed carrying a large number of military facilities, even the Weapons and equipment, at the same time, among the passengers on this ship, there are also a large number of German soldiers.

Given these circumstances, even though the ship is a passenger ship, there is no reason why it should not be attacked, since it has actually participated in military operations.

What's more, it was night time. As the commander of the submarine "S-13", Major Malenis High only ordered the attack after seeing the anti-aircraft guns on the Wilhelm Gustloff, which is completely in line with the attack. The rules of engagement, after all, at the time he couldn't have known how many people were on board.

Take a ten thousand steps back and say that even if Major Malanis made a mistake and attacked the wrong target, it seems that the two allies, the United Kingdom and the United States, did not jump out of the position of accusing the alliance, because less than half a year ago, the Americans just did it. a similar thing. Their submarine Nosemi attacked the Japanese transport ship Mamaru, which was a real "civilian ship" compared to the William Gustloff, because of its mission, That is, 1,500 elementary school students were evacuated from the Ryukyu Islands and returned to Japan. The attack of the semicolon directly sent these 1,500 elementary school students to the bottom of the sea. At that time, no British and American newspapers jumped out and talked about inhumane issues.

To put it bluntly, this kind of targeted reports in British and American newspapers is actually a malicious smear of the Soviet Union. This is a propaganda method aimed at smearing the international image of the alliance, which is full of maliciousness.

Now, due to the lack of intelligence from the Foreign Intelligence Service, Victor is not good at judging whether there is the will of the British and American governments behind this propaganda, but according to Victor's guess, most of the British media propaganda has government participation.

In response to the William Gustrov incident, Victor decided to submit a report to the People's Commissariat of Defense later to discuss the true attitude of the United Kingdom and the United States towards the alliance on the issue of public opinion.

In the past, as the chairman of the National Security People's Commissariat, Victor rarely expressed his position and views on some political issues. For example, the post-war economic problems, and the post-war relations with the United Kingdom and the United States and other Western countries, etc., Victor never expressed his attitude.

On the issue of post-war economic construction, the Union had three different positions, and in this regard, although Victor had his own ideas, he never made it public.

Regarding the relationship between the Union and the United Kingdom and the United States after the war, the main views in the Union are that there will be a period of relaxation, especially on the relationship with the United States. Even Comrade Stalin believed that the Soviet Union and the United States were the same. In the meantime, there will be no confrontation.

On this issue, Victor also has his own views and opinions, but he also never publicly expressed it.

The reason for this is because Victor is cautious, and he believes that his position and power level do not require him to have a personal opinion and position on certain issues. His job is to put all kinds of intelligence Taken together, it is submitted to the decision makers above, who then decide their views and positions based on the content of the intelligence.

Don't think of this prudence as cowardice; instead, "not taking a stand" is supposed to be one of the basic rules that intelligence officers should follow.

Just imagine, in Victor's position, if he has a personal position on any issue, and always likes to stick to his own position, what would be the most likely situation?

Take the relationship between the post-war alliance and the United Kingdom and the United States. If Victor insists that the relationship between the post-war alliance and Britain and the United States will be antagonistic, then as a cadre in charge of national security work, he will be in charge of intelligence work. Man, he will inevitably look for things that can support his position from all kinds of intelligence, and use these things as arguments to prove his point of view to the core decision-making level in Moscow.

As for those intelligence that cannot prove this position, or even veto this position, there is a high probability that he will ignore it, or even deliberately conceal it. As a result, the entire intelligence work of the alliance will be subject to his personal views. Influence, which is completely out of reality, and causes immeasurable vicious harm to the formulation of various policies of the alliance.

In the final analysis, a basic principle that intelligence work needs to uphold is seeking truth from facts. Those in charge of intelligence work do not need to have a personal position. What they need to do is to summarize the actual intelligence information and report it to the real decision makers.

Victor has done this well in the past, but now his personal stance is becoming more apparent.

Picking up the document on the table, Victor pursed his lips and thought for a while. Then, he opened the first drawer on the right, flipped through the stack of documents inside, and picked out a green-skinned document. Documents, put him and the document on the table together, and use a silver metal folder to put the two folders together.

The green-skin document was previously submitted by the 1st Ukrainian Front to the People's Commissariat of Defense. The contents of the document relate to a concentration camp set up by the Germans in Auschwitz—yes, it was Auschwitz. . Last week, the 1st Ukrainian Front seized this sinful place from the Germans in the process of advancing to southern Poland. Considering the particularity of this place, the Military Committee of the Front Army issued an order to temporarily remove it. blocked.

In these days, few people in the world know the place of Auschwitz, but in the era before Viktor's rebirth, the name "Auschwitz Concentration Camp" was probably not known to many people.

The Military Committee of the 1st Ukrainian Front Army obviously also knew that this concentration camp was extraordinary. The key point was that what was found in it was too shocking. Therefore, the Military Committee of the Front Army did not dare to deal with it privately. It could only make a report to Moscow and wait. Moscow gave instructions.

In Victor's opinion, Moscow should choose this time to announce the news of the Auschwitz concentration camp, and even organize Western journalists to visit. This explosive news, on the one hand, can completely nail the Germans to the shame of genocide. Columns, on the other hand, can also divert the attention of the Western media from continuing to focus on the Wilhelm Gustloff shipwreck.

How can we dispel a hot spot created by a scandal? The answer is to replace it with another hot spot.

Putting the two documents sandwiched together, Victor put his arms and elbows on the table, cupped his face with both hands, rubbed his face vigorously with his palms, woke up, and immediately stood up from the chair. I got up, walked back and forth in the carriage in front of the desk twice, and moved around for a while.

Looking at the watch in his hand, it was already eleven o'clock in the morning. According to the time, he should be able to reach Ryazan in half an hour.

On this trip to Ryazan, Viktor was going to meet a person from Iran. His name was Kadi Mohammad. He was the representative of the Iranian Kurds and the actual leader of the Kurdish Republic supported by the alliance.

Kadi Mohammad, who was born in a large Kurdish family in Mahabad, is also an ambitious person. He is obviously not satisfied with only doing things in Iran, but intends to be at the junction of the four countries where the Kurds live, which is the so-called the Kurdistan region to establish a unified Kurdish nation-state.

To this end, he also set up a so-called "Kurdistan Salvation Committee" in Mahabad, and planned to lead the independence movement of the entire Kurdistan region through this committee.

Although there are tens of millions of Kurds living in the entire Kurdistan region at the junction of the four countries, it is obvious that it is not easy to unite them all. Di Mohammed lacks money and guns. He needs someone to support him in order to be able to stand up to Tehran.

Therefore, Kadi Mohamed has always pursued a policy of clinging to Moscow's lap, knowing very well that only with the support of the coalition will he have a chance to achieve his wishes.

Cardi had already been to Moscow once three years ago, and this was his second visit. This time Cardi's visit to Moscow has ended yesterday, and Victor's visit to see him this time is a secret meeting that must not be made public.