Struggle in Soviet Russia

"Now, tell me, do you have the confidence to solve this problem?" Major Serov moved his hand on the report letter and asked again.

"Yes, I can solve this problem, Comrade Major Ivan Alexandrovich," Victor stood up and said loudly.

"Very well, then the next thing is the second thing," Serov nodded in satisfaction. He took a red enveloped portfolio from the right side of the table and threw it directly in front of Victor, and said, "Now, look first. Look at this document."

Victor hurriedly sat down, took the document with both hands, uncovered the seal, and took out a one-centimeter-thick document from the inside.

The cover page of the document of the "People's Committee of the Interior" has not only the words of the People's Committee of the Interior, but also a corresponding emblem. As for the name of the document, the name of the document is "Lviv Action Plan."

Victor opened the cover page and quickly browsed the contents of the file.

There is no doubt that Moscow has a detailed plan for attacking Poland, and this document involves several tasks that the People's Committee of the Interior must do before and after the Soviet occupation of Lviv.

Victor used nearly twenty minutes to scan the document from beginning to end. According to his summary, the entire document can be divided into three parts.

The first part is that before the Soviets attacked Lviv, the NKVD needed to infiltrate Lviv first, cooperate with the offensive forces to seize nine important bridges in the periphery of Lviv, and at the same time, prevent the Poles from withdrawing. , Destroying two hydroelectric power stations and more than ten important industrial facilities in Lviv.

The second part is to cooperate with the Soviet army's actions during the war, and strive to seize Lviv's radio station and municipal departments first.

The third sector, after the Soviet army occupied Lviv, quickly arrested a series of figures in Lviv and executed them secretly. In such a thick document, most of the names are listed. At a glance, there are as many as one to two thousand people. These people are either so-called Ukrainian nationalists, or die-hard Polish anti-Soviet figures, and some are traitors who fled the Soviet Union to Poland.

At the end of the document, there is an order issued by the People’s Committee for National Defense and signed by Comrade Stalin: Commanding Major Serov to recruit members from the border guards of West Ukraine, active forces, military academies and civilian police, and to form a State Security Administration under the People’s Committee of the Interior The directly commanded internal security forces, with a regiment-level scale, are responsible for all tasks after the occupation of the Lviv region.

"Yes, this is undoubtedly a very difficult task," Major Serov said until Victor closed the document again. "This is a test for anyone. I want to know now, do you have Confidence takes over this task."

Victor hesitated. This task was completely different from the suppression of bandits. Relatively speaking, the task of suppressing bandits was relatively single. The only thing to do was to pull out the guerrillas and kill them. The task of Operation Lviv is comprehensive. It pays attention to a grasp of the overall situation. To be more specific, if this task can be successfully completed, then it can basically become a stand-alone role in the State Security Administration. Character.

It can also be seen from the document that the overall operation of the entire West Ukraine is divided into three parts, namely "Operation Lviv", "Operation Korpathian" and "Operation Kovel-Novoronsk". ". These three actions should be in line with the three directions of the Soviet offensive. The ability to organize such an action is undoubtedly a very severe test, and of course, it is also a rare opportunity.

"What I need is not a hesitant person in charge of operations," Major Serov said with some dissatisfaction when Viktor was silent for a long time.

"I have confidence," Victor said, raising his head, facing each other's gaze, "Comrade Ivan Alexandrovich, I mean, I am confident that I can complete the task."

"Then you will get out of my office immediately," Major Serov said with staring eyes. "Make an action plan in the shortest possible time. You have to understand that your own confidence is useless. You have to do it. , Is to make me have confidence in you!"

"Yes!" Victor stood up hurriedly. He put on his hat first, then gave the other party a military salute, then picked up the document and walked quickly toward the door.

"Notify the next trash to come in," Serov's voice sounded behind him, "Damn, why should I waste time on these idiots..."

Victor failed to return to the soldiers’ club where he had lived before. He was asked to stay in the building of the People’s Committee of the Interior, on the one hand because Major Serov needed to get the plan out as soon as possible, and on the other because the documents in his hand could not be brought with him. Leave the committee building.

Of course, compared to the soldiers' club, the dormitory arranged by the committee for him is much better in terms of conditions. At least there is a 24-hour hot water supply here. In addition, the food is also quite good, not only meat, but also fruits, rich in nutrition and balanced. .

Furthermore, in order to assist him in making an action plan, the committee provided him with all the information and intelligence he needed, including some detailed maps and data.

Today's Lviv has a population of nearly 400,000 in the urban area alone, of which more than 60% are Catholic Poles, followed by Jews, accounting for 24% of the total population, and then Ukrainians. . The reason for this is that since the First World War, the Polish government has continuously moved Poles to Lviv, and at the same time, moved local Ukrainians to other places.

What’s interesting is that in the Soviet-controlled Western Ukraine, those Ukrainian nationalists opposed Moscow’s rule, politically leaning towards Poland, while in the Polish-controlled Western Ukraine, there were also Ukrainian national separatists, and they were politically inclined. In Moscow. According to the intelligence provided by the military intelligence department, there are currently more than 20 anti-Polish guerrillas active near Lviv, most of which have close ties with the Soviet side. This is a force that Victor can use.

However, relying on these forces alone is not enough to defend the targets that are required to be protected in the documents before the Soviets attacked Klivo. Victor needs more support or more measures in place.

The almost luxurious room is brightly lit. On the large desk and on the carpet in front of the desk, there are all kinds of maps discarded, and on the large desk, piles of copies are piled up. Documents piled up enough to bury a person.

On the side of the double bed opposite the desk, Victor with tousled hair sat on the floor, frowning, writing quickly on the letterhead with a pen.

After finally writing half a page, he seemed to have thought of something, got up and walked to the edge of the desk, digging out a copy from the pile of documents, looking at it, and walking back to the bed. After a while, he tore off the half-page that he had just written with a scream, put it into a paper ball, discarded it aside, and took the pen to write again.

He has been trapped in this room of the committee for two days. In order to come up with this action plan, he has racked his brains, but so far, he has only come up with a few feasible strategies and the details. Partial, but the overall plan, he didn't have much clue.

Yes, in front of Major Serov, he said that he was confident that he could accomplish the task, but the Major was obviously not a person who could be relieved just by listening to his words. He also wanted to see a detailed plan of action. Only this plan was feasible. Because of sex, it is possible for the major to delegate this task to him.

But this time, he was obviously going to disappoint Comrade Major, because he couldn't work out this plan.

Of course, the inability to formulate a plan does not mean that Victor has no ideas, but that there are some key parts that he doesn't know how to solve.

For example, in terms of manpower, there are too many important buildings in the city of Lviv that need to be protected. Before the Soviet army entered the city, he needed enough manpower to defend these buildings, but he could not find these manpower.

In addition, even if he has enough manpower, he still needs sufficient weapons and equipment, and there is no way to solve this problem for the time being.

The knock on the door interrupted Victor’s thoughts. Before he could speak, the door had been pushed open from the outside, and a young woman’s voice said: "Comrade Lieutenant Viktor Viktorovich, Major Serov Let you go to see him, take the action plan you made, right now."

After speaking, the door slammed shut again.

Victor let out a long sigh. He supported the bed with one hand, feeling a little laborious to stand up from the ground, clear up the letter paper scattered around, then put on his coat and walked out in a hurry.

It was late at night, and when he left the room, Victor looked at his watch specifically, at 2:08 in the morning.

"Don't this guy take a rest at night?" As he walked through the corridor, Victor still remembered a few words in his heart.

It was still the same office two days ago. When Victor was led into the office, the Serov Master was sitting behind his desk and washing his feet...Yes, he was washing his feet, two hairy His big feet are soaked in a wooden barrel.

Seeing Victor walk in the door, he took a cigarette from the table and lit it, and said, "It's been two days, Lieutenant Victor Victorovich. I have given you two days. Now, I want to see you prepare Action plan."

Victor only felt a little tingling on his scalp. He walked over without saying a word, and handed over the draft that listed the precautions he had handwritten.