Struggle in Soviet Russia

Coming out of the conference room, Viktor saw Boskrebyshev waiting for him by the door, and on the other side of the corridor, at the door of the preparation room, Comrade Malenkov was standing there smoking with Comrade Stalin. cigarette.

"Comrade Stalin needs to talk to you," Bosklebyshev whispered as Viktor came out of the room, leaning over to him.

"Oh?" Victor wanted to ask what was going on, but seeing that Comrade Stalin was standing not far away, he naturally couldn't ask such a question any more. He could only stretch the hem of his military uniform and follow Boskrebe. Behind Shev, he walked towards the preparation room.

Comrade Stalin and Comrade Malenkov were waiting for him at the entrance of the preparation room. It was not until he walked past that the former turned around and entered the preparation room, while the latter made a gesture to him and said, "Come in and talk."

Following Comrade Malenkov, Viktor entered the preparation room, and behind him, Boskrebyshev gently closed the door for them.

"Victor, do you know anything about Konigsberg?" At the moment when the door was closed, Comrade Stalin turned around, glanced at Victor, and asked a question abruptly.

"Königsberg?" Victor frowned and said, "In East Prussia, it is the central city of the Germans in East Prussia. As far as I know, the troops under the command of Comrade Alexander Mikhailovich are attacking this city. ."

"Yes, the battle was brutal," said Comrade Stalin, nodding his head. "However, Alexander Mikhailovich had already promised that he would end the battle within three to five days."

Viktor nodded. The "Alexander Mikhailovich" in their mouths naturally meant Comrade Vasilevsky. The siege of Königsberg was carried out by the Belarusian 3rd Front Army under his command. of.

However, what Victor didn't understand was why Comrade Stalin brought this up to him. He was only a person in charge of intelligence work, not a military commander, and the war on the front line had nothing to do with him directly.

"I have already talked to the comrades of the People's Commissariat of Defense," Comrade Stalin continued, "for the past two days, the Commissariat wants you to go to Königsberg, to be precise, to East Prussia. For a while, the Commission needs you to take on a job, a job that is very important to the league."

Victor was quite surprised. He had just accepted the task of conducting intelligence reconnaissance in the Far East. It had only been a few days, and a new order had sent him to Koenigsberg, and listening to Comrade Stalin, he seemed to have to Stay there for a while.

Having said that, Comrade Stalin stopped. He put the pipe in his hand into his mouth and gave the right to speak to Comrade Malenkov.

"Comrade Viktor, I won't repeat the importance of Koenigsberg here," Comrade Malenkov took over the topic and said, "Previously, the People's Commissariat of Defense made a decision to include the Koenigsberg East Prussia, at least part of it, is permanently included in the territory of the Union."

Victor didn't interrupt, but listened patiently to the other party's continuation. He knew that what Comrade Malenkov said was related to the major policies of the alliance.

"Now, the People's Commissariat of Defense has decided to appoint you as Chairman of the Military Management Committee of the Konigsberg Region," Comrade Malenkov continued, "your main responsibility is to implement the policy of 'Sovietization' in the Konigsberg region and ensure that At the end of the war, this region can be smoothly integrated into the alliance on the basis of maintaining social stability."

Victor frowned. He has never been responsible for such a job and has no experience in related fields. Therefore, this is definitely a job challenge for him.

"You don't have enough time," continued Comrade Malenkov. "Considering the current state of the war, you only have one and a half to two months, and during this time Moscow will not interfere with you. work, but it will not give you too much support, everything depends on your own ability and hard work.”

After a pause, he finally said: "You can see this as a task or a test, of course, you can choose to refuse this work arrangement, but I don't recommend that you do it. "

Victor was silent for a while, and as I said before, this job was really a challenge for him. Although he has not yet taken office, he can slightly predict what kind of difficulties he will encounter after he goes, and what kind of decisions he will make.

As the political and cultural center of East Prussia, as well as the largest city and largest port, Konigsberg is a city of special significance. It occupies a certain position in the history of the Germans. At the same time, among the population of this city, absolutely Most are also German.

According to the order of the People's Commissariat of Defense, if the city is to be "Sovietized", one of the first tasks to be done must be to drive out the Germans living in the area, at least the Germans to a sufficiently low level.

To be honest, Viktor hated doing this kind of ethnic relocation work, even though he had done similar work in the past.

In addition, according to Comrade Malenkov, the "Sovietization" transformation of the Konigsberg area is obviously completely handed over to him. Moscow will not provide him with more support, but if he does not do well, It is obviously impossible to have no impact on his future.

Yes, this is a test of his ability to work in non-intelligence fields.

So, can Victor be able to refuse this mission? Obviously, he could not choose to reject this option, although Comrade Malenkov prepared it for him.

Putting everything aside, just looking at the task itself, as the head of the military management committee of the Konigsberg area, what Victor will actually do is to be fully responsible for the overall work of a certain area.

Since there is a military management committee, it means that Konigsberg will implement military control for a period of time in the future. As a result, as the chairman of the military management committee, Victor's power in Konigsberg is stronger than that of a city committee. The secretary has more power. Because he is not only responsible for the political and administrative work in the region, but also for the military, public security and other work in the region.

The most important thing is that, as the main person in charge of the region, Victor not only has to ensure the post-war recovery of the region and the work of public security and stability, but also is responsible for a task of "Sovietization" of the region, the complexity of its work. , and far exceeded the situation that a municipal party secretary had to face.

Needless to say, if Viktor can successfully complete the task and make a satisfactory result during the Königsberg administration, then it can show a problem - with his talent, as a The first secretary of the municipal party committee is more than enough.

Considering that Victor was already a member of the Central Committee before, and at the same time, he was also the chairman of the People's Commissariat of National Security, then if he left the national security agency and went to preside over the work locally, the starting point should at least be the secretary of the state party committee and state of a certain state. The secretary of the municipal party committee of the capital city, it can even be said that he should go to a certain republic to be the first secretary of the republic.

That's right, according to Victor's guess, Comrade Stalin suddenly assigned him such a task, and he should have had such an idea.

To be honest, Viktor didn't want to leave the People's Commissariat for National Security, because for him, the work in this department belonged to his comfort zone, he did it well, and leaving this department to work elsewhere is tantamount to taking the initiative. When you leave your comfort zone, there will inevitably be some uncomfortable places.

But having said that, Victor also understands that for the sake of his own future, he always needs to leave this department. After all, his position in the national security system has already reached the ceiling. It is impossible for him to directly learn from the national security people In the position of the chairman of the committee, those who jumped to the position of secretary of the Central Secretariat would not be able to enter the Politburo by virtue of this position.

Now that Victor is only in his early thirties, is it possible that he can still serve as the chairman of the People's Commissariat for National Security for the rest of his life? That's just a dream, Comrade Stalin can keep him going, and Comrade Stalin's successor can keep him going?

In addition, Victor is also very clear that Comrade Stalin arranged for him to go to Konigsberg to preside over his work at this time, which is already the greatest care for him, because he still serves as the chairman of the People's Commissariat of State Security, which is equivalent to letting him On the basis of retaining their original positions, they can also get an opportunity to exercise or demonstrate their abilities.

An opportunity like this is too rare for anyone.

"Then," after being silent for about half a minute, Victor raised his head, looked at Comrade Malenkov in front of him, and then at Comrade Stalin beside him, and then said, "When should I leave?"

"The sooner the better," said Comrade Malenkov with a smile, "at a later meeting, on behalf of the People's Commissariat of Defense, I will read out an order to Comrade Alexander Mikhailovich asking him to conclude the Königsberg After the battle, I will hand over the jurisdiction of the area to you, and you can leave at any time today and tomorrow."

"Okay, I understand," Victor nodded, and then, facing Comrade Stalin, gave a military salute, and said, "I promise to complete the task, Comrade Stalin."