Struggle in Soviet Russia

It was an old-fashioned "Kalinin K-5" passenger plane responsible for sending Victor to Moscow. This passenger plane completed its first flight in 1929. It was the Soviet Union before the outbreak of the war, mainly in the 1920s and 1930s. , one of the most produced passenger aircraft, today, it is obviously a bit outdated.

When Viktor boarded the plane in Petrozavodsk, it was almost three o'clock in the morning, almost when the plane he was on took off and flew towards Moscow, thousands of kilometers away in northwest China, At Diwopu International Airport in Qidihua, a huge American B29 bomber took off from a somewhat crude runway and flew straight westward.

This plane belonging to the US military had just made a long journey from Chongqing. It stopped at Qidiwopu Airport for a short time. After refueling, it continued to take off without stopping and went straight to the Sino-Soviet border. Its target is the territory of Kazakhstan.

The Soviet Union may have successfully tested the first nuclear bomb it developed. This news is shocking not only for the United States, but also for the whole world. Therefore, George Kennan, who was far away in Moscow, ignored the risk of leaking secrets and used the ambassador directly. The museum's communications facility sent back this intelligence message to Washington, and advised Washington to conduct high-altitude reconnaissance on Kazakhstan to determine the authenticity of this information.

Washington accepted George Kennan's suggestion without hesitation, and urgently mobilized a B29 bomber from Chongqing, carrying relevant radiological scanning equipment, from northwest China to fly directly to Kazakhstan.

In Moscow, in recognition of Victor's outstanding contribution to the development of nuclear weapons in the Soviet Union, according to Order No. 1227 issued by the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, Victor was awarded a "Socialist Labor Hero" medal at the ceremony. , and, in addition, a bonus of five hundred rubles.

Just when Victor received such a valuable medal, Washington also received scan data information fed back from China...

Washington, White House West Wing Executive Building, Oval Office of the President.

Truman, frowning, sat behind the huge desk, bloodshot eyes looking through the lens at a document placed on the desk in front of him.

This document was sent back from China, and it was the radiation frequency scan data of the area over Kazakhstan. According to the reality of this data, in the stratosphere over northeastern Kazakhstan, the radiation frequency is as high as thousands of times per minute, and under normal circumstances, this data should be about 50 times per minute. There is no doubt that this way The test data shows that the Soviets did not speak, and they did a nuclear test somewhere in Kazakhstan, and it was successful.

Looking at the data again, Truman looked up and looked at the people gathered in his office at the moment - for the United States, this scan report is not good news to bring back, as George Kennan said, it is a disaster.

At this moment, the heads of the departments of the Ministry of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the State Department, etc. are all here, and they are all waiting for the "head of the family" sitting behind the president's desk to come up with measures.

Yes, the Soviets had their own atomic bomb, which was an immeasurable threat to the national security of the United States. Before that, Truman had just communicated with the heads of the financial sector, and in New York, the major banks of Wall Street were waiting for Washington to respond, regardless of the war factor, just after the news reached the United States, The shock to the stock market and financial markets is chilling enough. In the past few hours, although the news published by the Soviets in the newspapers has not been finally confirmed, people in the economic world have begun to lose hope for the economic prospects, it seems that in the eyes of the world, the nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union It's already inevitable.

The most important thing is that there is only one nuclear bomb in the hands of the United States today. In the short term, it is impossible to produce more nuclear bombs. Washington needs time. The Soviets have just tested one. According to experts’ speculation, the Soviets should still have two or three nuclear bombs that can be put into use immediately. In other words, when it comes to the stockpile of nuclear weapons, the United States has fallen behind.

Now, the entire United States, perhaps not just the United States, but the entire Western world, which has chosen to side with the United States, is waiting for a response from Washington.

A soft knock on the door shattered the silence in the room. Truman rested his elbows on the table, clenched his hands into fists, supported his chin, and said, "Come in."

The door opened, and an old woman who appeared to be in her fifties or sixties walked in. She nodded to everyone in the room, then walked straight to Truman's desk and put a note in front of him.

The old woman is Truman's wife, Beth Truman. She is not only the current first lady of the United States, but also the secretary of the president. She is usually responsible for editing documents and sending and receiving letters for Truman. She is his right-hand man.

Truman looked at the contents of the note. This was a notice from Congress. According to the requirements of the notice, Congress would hold an inquiry meeting four hours later, asking Truman, as president, to answer a series of questions.

Looking at this note, Truman couldn't help frowning. He knew what was going on at this questioning meeting. In fact, two hours ago, the "House of Representatives Un-American Activities Investigation Committee" had already contacted him. He was asked to attend the meeting organized by the investigative committee in the afternoon in person.

In the past less than a day, a large amount of intelligence information about the Soviets' research and development of nuclear weapons has been sent back to the United States. Among them, there are not many things that the Soviets deliberately concealed, most of which are news content excerpted from Soviet newspapers. Therefore, no one can judge the credibility of its content. But there are several pieces of information that can be determined: First, the Soviets did successfully develop nuclear weapons, and they also successfully tested them; The People's Commissariat's Foreign Intelligence Service has contributed a lot; and from the above two points, it can be inferred that there are spies from the Soviet Union lurking in the US nuclear weapons research and development projects, and probably not one or two.

In fact, in the past year or two, the so-called "House of Representatives Un-American Activities Investigation Committee" has been hyping up the issue of communism's infiltration into the United States. They believe that Moscow has sent a large number of spies, intelligence personnel and " Propaganda and agitation experts," aiming to undermine the social stability of the United States. Due to the surge in demonstrations and strikes in the United States last year, the investigative committee declared that various labor unions in the United States had been controlled by the Soviets.

Of course, not many people would believe this sensational statement, and the reason why the department frequently hyped up communism and the infiltration of the Soviet Union, its fundamental purpose is to obtain more funds, this is naturally understood by all people who know it. .

But this time, the investigative committee finally found a valuable entry point. Just imagine that the nuclear weapons research and development projects in the United States have been infiltrated by Soviet spies. Then in other organizations, are there no Soviet spies? does it exist? In order to protect the national security of the United States, the "House of Representatives Un-American Activities Investigation Committee" even suggested that a thorough investigation should be conducted on every European immigrant who entered the United States during the war to determine whether they had a Soviet background.

As president, although Truman has always advocated being tougher on the Soviet Union, he would never accept a suggestion like the House Un-American Activities Investigation Committee, because that's what a lunatic would do. things that are not good for the social stability of the United States.

"I see," Truman said after throwing the note on the table, glancing at his wife.

Beth Truman nodded, turned and walked towards the door.

"Okay, folks, we're going to persevere despite the difficult situation," Truman let out a sigh of relief when his wife left the room, and said to the aides gathered in his office, "Now, I want to hear from you. Opinion."

As mentioned before, before the end of World War II, the United States had different opinions on the issue of foreign strategy. Some voices believe that the United States should seize this favorable opportunity to formulate a positive foreign policy and seize world hegemony. In addition, there is another voice that the United States should return to its pre-war state, re-implement the Monroe Doctrine and the policy of non-intervention, continue to rely on the superior geographical location of the United States, and live its own small life behind closed doors.

With the end of World War II, especially the successful invention of nuclear weapons, the United States obviously sees the hope of dominating the world. Therefore, it advocates positive external opinions and has the absolute upper hand, but the other position is not transparent. It was with the support of the latter position that the United States quickly launched a massive disarmament operation as soon as the war ended.

But now, with the successful test explosion of the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons, the balance of power in the United States' domestic foreign policy has once again undergone subtle changes. Those who advocated active foreign policy began to demand an increase in military spending. They even proposed to triple the military spending and at the same time, re-expand the army to cope with the military expansion of the Soviets. On the opposing side, those advocating attention to domestic voices called for a treaty of friendship with the Soviet Union and the withdrawal of American troops from Europe—“Europe is the Europe of Europeans, let them solve their own problems by themselves.”