Red Moscow

Chapter 2575

Today's trial plan was for Goering. Due to the outstanding tricks of the German lawyers, the plan was disrupted and could only be changed to a trial of Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, Chief of Staff of the German Navy and Army.

The hastily launched prosecution naturally lacked persuasive evidence. Due to the sophistry of German lawyers, the prosecution of Keitel had to be temporarily suspended due to insufficient evidence.

 The trial, which was almost like a child's play, ended hastily.

 After the trial, Sokov took a car and followed the convoy back to the hotel.

On the way, Sokov looked out the window boredly.

He saw pedestrians on the street, patrolling American military police, or military vehicles passing by, and they all waved hello enthusiastically. But as the Soviet convoy appeared in their sight, the expressions on their faces became indifferent, and some even cast hostile glances.

Seeing this situation, Sokov couldn't help but think of a film "The Devil Is Back" (also known as "XTL Is Back") shot in Germany in 2015. The film tells the story of one day in 2014 when the mustache returned and he After waking up at the ruins of the bunker, he found that the streets of Berlin were no longer familiar, there were no close friends around him, and the Reich Chancellery had disappeared without a trace. What confused him even more was that Poland still existed and the current Prime Minister of Germany was actually a woman.

 Because in the eyes of others, he looked too much like a mustache, so he was spotted by a TV program producer and appeared on a talk show. Unexpectedly, the show became a hit the first time he appeared. Subsequently, clicks on the program clips surged on the Internet, and various interview invitations came in. In the storyline of the film, no one thinks that the mustache is a real mustache, they just regard him as an actor who is making fun of the mustache. After returning to modern society, Mustache unexpectedly became a star by accident.

At the end of the movie, the director made a bold innovation and shot a real-life street scene, letting the actor playing the mustache wear a German military uniform from World War II and swagger through the city in an open-top car to see what pedestrians would look like in real life. reaction. What is unexpected is that when pedestrians on the road saw this mustache played by an actor, most of them had expressions of surprise on their faces. In addition to many people waving at him, some even waved to him. He raised his hands. When the director saw this scene, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Vaseligov noticed that Sokov had been silent since he got in the car. He thought he was closing his eyes to rest, so he looked back. Unexpectedly, he saw Sokov staring out the window in a daze. He hesitated and asked tentatively: "Comrade General, what are you looking at?"

 “I’m looking at the buildings and people outside.”

"Comrade General," Vaserigov said, "Nuremberg used to be a beautiful city, but during the three years of strategic bombing, most cities in Germany were turned into ruins. I heard others say , let alone rebuilding a new city, it will take at least 20 years to clean up these ruins. "

Sokov glanced at Vaserigov and said to himself, under normal circumstances, your statement is not wrong. To re-establish a country, and with the need to pay huge war reparations, with Germany's strength, it may take thirty to forty years to clear the ruins in the city and restore it to pre-war levels. , I'm afraid it will take longer.

 However, the emergence of the Marshall Plan greatly shortened the Germans' progress in clearing the ruins and rebuilding the city.

The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Plan, was a plan by the United States after the end of World War II to provide economic assistance and reconstruction assistance to Western European countries that were devastated by the war. It had a profound impact on the development of European countries and the world political pattern. The program was officially launched in July 1947 and lasted for four fiscal years. During this period, Western European countries, through participating in the European Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), received a total of US$13.15 billion in various forms of assistance from the United States, including finance, technology, equipment, etc., of which 90% was gifts and 10% for loans.

However, before the Marshall Plan was put into effect, the United States had already invested a lot of money in the reconstruction of Europe. It is estimated that between 1945 and 1947, the United States invested US$9 billion in this area. Much of this aid came in indirect forms, including as a continuation of the Lend-Lease package, or through U.S. military efforts to rebuild local infrastructure and assist refugees.

In addition, as outposts of the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union stationed large numbers of troops in West Germany and East Germany. As a defeated country, Germany also had a sizable army. The operations and investments of the United States and the Soviet Union in this region not only reduced Germany's military expenditures, but also promoted the development of Germany's military industry. Some famous military industrial enterprises developed rapidly during this period.

 In addition, some local wars also indirectly promoted Germany's economic development. For example, during the War to Resist US Aggression, Aid Korea and the Vietnam War, the United States imported a large amount of materials from West Germany. Although according to the treaty, the defeated countries could not eat strategic materials raw, but because this was the need of the United States at the time, West Germany completely ignored this clause. They exported a large amount of lathe equipment and other materials, and then used the funds obtained to import the industrial raw materials needed by the country, thus allowing the German economy to develop rapidly during this period.

Coupled with Germany's strong industrial foundation, a large number of highly qualified people, and advanced science and technology, Germany quickly rose again. By 1960, the 15th year after the war, West Germany's per capita GDP had reached US$1,300, and its economic aggregate had tripled, basically the same as the UK's GDP.

The motorcade returned to the hotel. After getting off the car, Sokov saw Sokolovsky with an angry face. He called several key people participating in the trial in front of him and was talking about something.

"Misha," Agelina grabbed Sokov's sleeve, tugged hard, and asked in a panic: "Comrade Deputy Commander seems to be cursing, will he call you over and scold you too?" G?"

Sokov smiled, "How is this possible? You know, Comrade Deputy Commander is angry about today's trial. I am just a bystander. Even if he is full of anger, he cannot get angry at me. Okay, let’s go back to the room first.”

After taking two steps, Sokov suddenly remembered something. He stopped and asked Vaselgov: "Major, I remember that the Bayers and his son went to the countryside outside the city two days ago. Have they come back?"

"I don't know very well, Comrade General." Vasergov said with some embarrassment: "I have to ask the soldiers left behind to find out."

Sokov nodded and said to him: "I'm going back to the room first. If there is any news about the Bayers and his son, remember to inform me immediately."

After Sokov and Agelina returned to the room, Agelina asked curiously: "Misha, the Bayers went to the countryside outside the city to find Captain Hosenfeld's wife and children, right? It's really impossible." To think that after so many days, you still haven’t given up.”

"Anyway, we have been staying in Nuremberg recently, and there is nothing to do." Sokov said: "It just so happened that the Bayers were unwilling to give up and said they wanted to try their luck in the countryside."

Agelina is not optimistic about the behavior of the Bayers and his son at all: "I think there is no hope in searching aimlessly like this. I'm afraid it won't be long before the Bayers and his sons will return to the hotel disappointed."

The phone on the table rang, and it was Vaserigov calling: "Comrade General, I have asked the soldiers who were left behind, and they all said they have not seen the Bayers come back. Do you think we need to send people to the countryside?" Go down and find them?”

"No need." Sokov thought about the inconvenience of communication in this era and had no idea where the Bayers and his son were. Even if he sent more people to search, it would be difficult to find their traces, so he decisively refused. Serigov's suggestion: "Just stay in the hotel with peace of mind. When it's time to come back, they will come back naturally."

Just as Sokov was about to start writing the book, the phone on the table suddenly rang.

He thought it was Vaserigov calling, so he grabbed the phone and asked impatiently: "Major, is there anything else?" But there was no sound except the sound of electricity in the receiver.

Based on his own experience, Sokov immediately realized that the call should not be from Vaselgov, but a long-distance call, so he asked tentatively: "Hey, I am Sokov, who are you?"

This time a voice finally came from the receiver: "Misha, it's me, Yasha!"

"Oh, it's you, Yasha." Sokov felt strange in his heart. Why did Yakov call him a long-distance call? Could it be that something happened in Moscow? "You called me. Did something happen in Moscow?"

 When Sokov asked this question, he didn't notice that his voice was trembling. He knew that Yakov was the type who never went to the Three Treasures Palace for anything. He would not make long-distance calls to himself unless there was something very important.

Yakov on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, and then said: "Misha, it's like this. Moscow Film Studio plans to adapt your film "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" into a movie. I would like to ask if you have any what idea."

Sokov was naturally eager to have his book adapted into a movie. He immediately replied without thinking: "If I have any ideas, if they want to adapt it, just adapt it."

“Don’t you have any conditions?”

"No." After Sokov said this, he hesitated for a moment and then added: "Can I express my opinion on the choice of the main character?"

"Yes, of course." Yakov said: "After I complete the selection of actors, I will also ask for your opinion. Only after you agree will we officially start filming." After a pause, he continued to ask, "In terms of male and female protagonists, do you have any suitable candidates?"

"The male protagonist must be Vaskov." Sokov asked curiously: "I wonder which female soldier the studio plans to make as the protagonist, Lida, Zhenya, Sonia or Risa?" As for the other sacrifice Sokovti did not even mention the female soldier Galka, because he knew very well that a timid female soldier like Galka could not become a heroine.

"We plan to use the female soldier Lida as the heroine of this movie." Yakov said: "I have read your book carefully, and Lida appears in quite a few pages in the book, especially her relationship with her husband Osha Ning’s story is very attractive.”

“Well, that’s right.” Sokov nodded and said, “I also agree to let Lida become the heroine in the movie. I wonder if you have a suitable actor to play this role?”

“Not yet.” Yakov said: “Comrade Eisenstein asked me to ask you if you have a suitable candidate in your mind.”

"Yasha, you've confused me." Sokov said with some embarrassment: "First of all, I didn't expect that my novel would be adapted into a movie in such a short period of time. Secondly, I am very interested in I’m not familiar with actresses from this country, so I really don’t know who will play the role of Lida.”

 “What should we do?” Yakov asked.

"Yasha, please tell Comrade Eisenstein that he will be solely responsible for the casting." Although Sokov wanted to personally select the actors in the movie, he was far away in Nuremberg and was beyond his reach, so he could only put this matter aside. Leave it to Eisenstein to take charge: "I trust his choice."

"Okay, Misha, since you said so, I will convey your thoughts to Comrade Eisenstein." After Yakov said this, he paused for a moment, and then asked: "By the way, what are you talking about?" When will you be able to return to Moscow? You know, Asiya will be born in more than three months. You don’t want to be with Asiya when the child is born, right?”

"I also want to go back." Sokov said with some helplessness: "But without the order from my superiors, I can't leave at all. But I will find a way and try my best to return to Moscow before Asya gives birth to the child."

“Well, Misha, I will tell Asiya what you said.”

After Sokov put down the phone, Agelina next to him asked curiously: "Misha, does Yasha have anything to do with you?"

"He told me that Moscow Film Studio planned to adapt my novel "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" into a movie." Sokov explained with a smile: "Yasha called me specifically to tell me about this. thing."

"Great, this is really great." Agelina said excitedly: "I didn't expect that not long after your book was published, the Moscow Film Studio planned to adapt it into a movie, which shows that your book It’s so well written.”

“Yeah, yeah,” Sokov said with a smile: “I didn’t expect that the novel would be adapted into a movie so soon.”

“I seem to have heard that the heroine in this movie is Lida.” Agelina asked curiously: “I want to know, which actress are you going to let play this role?”

Sokov was not familiar with actresses of this period in the Soviet Union and was wondering who should play the role of Lida. The first person to play Lida, Irina Borisovna Shevchuk, might be Not yet born.

Hearing Agelina's question, Sokov looked at her and asked: "Agelina, do you have any suitable candidates to recommend?"

 Agelina frowned and thought for a while, then said: "I think there is an actress who is more suitable to play Lida."

Sokov asked with some urgency: "Who is it?"

 Agelina smiled faintly, and then spit out a name: "Serova!"