Struggle in Soviet Russia

"Woo..."

The harsh sirens echoed over the entire city, and the stern tone created a horrible feeling.

On the roof of the Lviv People’s Committee of the Interior, Victor was holding a pair of telescopes, looking from a distance at the fleet that had just passed over the city. It was a huge fleet of dozens of fighters, but their The target was obviously not the Lviv city. Over the city, they didn't even have any interest in stopping for a while, so they passed straight through and headed east.

It is exactly 11 o’clock in the morning. This morning, the fleet passing by over Lviv is already the sixth wave, but the whole city did not drop a bomb. It seems that this is not the target of the German attack. .

With sweat on his forehead, Culkin climbed up from the skylight on the roof. He walked quickly to Victor with a gloomy expression and said loudly, "Comrade Captain."

"How's the situation?" Victor put down the binoculars in his hand, turned his head and asked.

Culkin shook his head, and then said: "All communications were interrupted. The last call was from the 14th Border Guard. They were attacked by the Germans. They suffered heavy losses and needed reinforcements."

"When did it happen?" Victor asked.

"Four hours ago," Culkin said after hesitating.

Victor wanted to ask why the matter four hours ago had not been reported until now, but he quickly gave up on this question because it didn't make sense at all. What if he reported it? Ask for assistance from Kiev? However, their communication with Kiev was interrupted at five o'clock in the morning.

While waiting for the war to break out, Victor made various speculations about the situation he might face, but he did not expect that when the war came, the situation would collapse to such an extent.

At 4:30 this morning, the first German fleet flew over Lviv. Then, the contact number of the General Administration was blown up, and the checkpoints set up in the border area were attacked one after another. Victor contacted the Kiev People’s Committee of Internal Affairs for the second time and reported the emergency. However, the phone could still be connected, but at five o'clock, when he tried to contact Kiev again, the phone could no longer be connected. .

Today Lviv has become an island. Victor knows that the Germans are launching an offensive, but he doesn’t know how the battle is going, or where their attacking line is, let alone how the Soviets’ resistance is. He is completely blind. .

Dissatisfaction spread over the entire Lviv. The citizens already knew that the war had broken out. Some were panicked, some were hopeful, and others were planning to take advantage of the fire. The situation was becoming more and more difficult to control.

What made Victor feel a little relieved was that the various orders he issued last night were well implemented. The convoy rushing to grab the supplies had already set off at six o'clock in the direction of Kiev. In addition, he had previously dispatched four investigation teams to conduct investigations in the outer suburbs of the city ahead. The information returned was that no trace of the German army was found for the time being-Lviv is too close to the border area, and the German armored forces only It takes two or three hours to advance to the city.

In the silence, several scattered black spots appeared in the sky to the southeast.

Victor raised his binoculars and looked in the direction where the black spot was flicking.

In the telescope's field of vision, two fighter planes flew in the direction of the city, and behind them, there were five fighter planes in hot pursuit.

Victor quickly distinguished that the two fighter planes flying in the front belonged to the Soviet army, and the German fighter planes were chasing after them.

It didn't take long for the Soviet fighter plane that was a little behind to explode in the volley. Another Soviet fighter jet was quickly hit with black smoke. In the telescope, Victor saw the pilot jump out of the cabin, dragged by the parachute, and landed slowly.

Victor just wanted to give an order to Culkin, but he heard the other party preemptively say: "I will arrange for someone to rescue him immediately."

After speaking, he ran away quickly.

With the telescope in his hand, Victor left the roof. He sincerely hoped that the pilot would survive. Perhaps he could get some battlefield conditions from the opponent's mouth.

However, half an hour later, Victor did not get the pilot who had been rescued back, instead waiting for a cavalry hurriedly arrived.

This cavalry belongs to the 3rd Mechanized Regiment directly under the 4th Mechanized Army Headquarters. He came to Lviv under the order of Major General Andrei Andreevich Vlasov to come to Lviv to contact everything. The armed forces of the People's Republic of China went to the military headquarters to accept combat missions.

From the mouth of the cavalry, Victor learned a little bit about the battle on the front line. It is comforting that so far, the German army has not been able to break through the defensive barriers in the border area. The fortress garrison is still fighting fiercely with the Germans, and the 41st Infantry Division is also on the front line of Yavorov, seething with the Germans who infiltrated the fortified area.

The 4th Mechanized Army received the order to move to the border area two days ago. Last night, they marched to the front line of Vishnevits. As a result, at 4:30 this morning, the forward airfield of Vishnevits was hit. When the Germans bombed on a large scale, the military headquarters immediately issued an order requesting the troops to march to the west. It took a few hours to advance to the city of Lviv. Next, they will continue to advance in the direction of Yavorov and cooperate with the 41st Infantry Division to retreat the Germans in this line.

For some reason, the name Vlasov sounded familiar to Victor's ears, but for a moment he couldn't remember where he had heard it.

However, at this time, he did not think too much, and finally found the "organization", he naturally had to rely on the first time-the People's Committee of the Interior and the army are completely two different systems. Suddenly in this kind of war At the special moment of the attack, the army learned more than he was the head of the People's Committee of the Interior in Lviv. Moreover, in Victor's view, following a large group of troops is much safer than guarding an isolated city by himself.

In the village of Nizemeloye, the temporary station of the 4th Mechanized Army, Victor’s jeep was in the noisy camp and found Vlasov who was gathering in front of the map with a group of staff.

The major comrade is short in stature, with a thin face and a face like a skeleton. He stares straight at the map in front of him, indifferent to everything that is happening around him.

Under the leadership of a major staff officer, Victor walked to the periphery of the crowd and waited quietly for a while, until the major passed by and had a quiet conversation with Vlasov before the latter looked away from the map and turned his head towards him. Took a look at the location.

"Are you the head of the People's Committee of the Interior in Lviv?" Vlasov asked, staring at Victor twice.

"Yes, I am..." Victor said.

"You don't need to tell me who you are," Vlasov interrupted his self-introduction directly, and said, "Now, tell me how many troops you have, how many soldiers you can fight, how many weapons, and how many you can use. Truck for transportation."

"The Lviv People's Committee of the Interior has a dissatisfied internal guard regiment," Victor said. "If you count the militias, there is probably one and a half regiments."

Having said that, he also introduced the situation of weaponry and the number of transport vehicles that can be mobilized at present.

It seems that he did not expect Victor to understand the situation of the troops so clearly. Vlasov was slightly surprised, but he quickly nodded and said: "Very good, then, from now on, please hand over the command of these troops. , I will arrange for someone to take over the command. The situation at the border is very unfavorable, and we need to make use of every soldier that can be mobilized."

"I'm very sorry, Comrade Andrei Andreevich," Victor hesitated, and finally said in a positive tone, "According to Order No. 55 of the NKVD of 1938, and the People’s Committee of the National Defense in 1938. Order No. 122, the command of the internal security forces can only be subordinate to the headquarters of the internal security forces. In any case, if there is no order issued by the headquarters of the internal security forces and the General Political Department of the Red Army, I have no right to command the troops. The power is handed over to you, and you have no right to take over the command of the internal guards."

Vlasov froze for a moment, and then said angrily: "This is a special period, war. Didn't you realize that the war has come?"

"Comrade Andrei Andreevich, I know that the current situation is special, so I am willing to accept your order," Victor said calmly, "but my troops cannot be handed over to you. This is the principle. Sexual issues, please understand."

Vlasov stared at him, looked carefully for a while, and suddenly asked, "What's your name, Comrade Captain."

"Captain of the NKVD, Viktor Viktorovich Tarashev reports to you," said Viktor, standing up straight and making a military salute.

"Oh, you are Tarashev?" Vlasov froze again, and then he asked, "You gave the order to set up checkpoints on the Perelozova Bridge?"

"Yes," Victor nodded.

"Why," Vlasov asked curiously, "I mean, why are you setting up such a checkpoint there?"

"Because there is a key hub for establishing ties between the border fortification area and Yavorov," Victor said, "it must be prevented from being sabotaged."

Vlasov nodded, stretched out his hand and said: "Very good, Comrade Victor Victorovich, your order has bought time for the 41st Infantry Division, but now we need you to go to Rudki and stop the Germans. Infiltrate the back of our defense line from the right."