After sending Molotov out of his office, the more Stalin thought about it, the more he felt that the threat of the White Russians could not be taken lightly: when Comrade Lenin returned from Switzerland in April 1917, the Bolshevik Party was equally weak and not worth mentioning, but the Bolshevik Party seized power a few months later And now Olga's White Russian power was much stronger than the Bolshevik Party of April 1917.
Moreover, she also received strong support from the reactionary forces in Europe, led by Germany, and was really the most dangerous enemy of the Bolshevik Party.
Just when Stalin was thinking more and more frightened, the secretary came to inform him: Beria, deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers, member of the State Defense Committee and NKVD, asked for an audience.
Beria is now increasingly becoming Stalin's most trusted assistant, responsible not only for intelligence and counter-insurgency, but also for the construction of fortifications, the evacuation of factories, the production of weapons, and even the development of the most secret nuclear weapons in the Soviet Union.
Because of the increasing number of tasks he was responsible for, Beria reported to Stalin more and more often, and met with Stalin several times almost every day.
"Comrade General Secretary, the experts of the People's Commissariat of the Tank Industry recently completed tests of projects No. 233 and No. 234 with satisfactory results.
Both tanks are on par with the KV85 in weight, but superior in firepower and defense.
The cannon is enough to destroy the Tiger tank at a distance of 1000 meters" As soon as Beria saw Stalin, he rushed to report the good news.
Another breakthrough was made in the development of heavy tanks in the USSR, two new tanks based on the KV85 were made at once, the 233 project of which was JS1.
The 234 project is the famous JS2 heavy tank, this tank can be said to be tailor-made for the Tiger tank, with a 43 times caliber 122 gun, enough to destroy the Tiger tank at a distance of 1,000 meters.
Moreover, the armor of this tank is also very strong, the front armor of the hull is 100 homogeneous steel or 120 cast iron with an inclination angle of 60 degrees, and the side armor plates are also up to 8990 thick, and the defensive capability is still considerable.
Hearing the 122 caliber tank gun, Stalin showed a satisfied expression.
The tank industry of the USSR finally came up with a satisfactory product "Both tanks should be put into production as soon as possible, in particular, the 122 with the 234."
Stalin smoked his pipe and ordered, "You can give them my name, and they will be called Joseph Stalin 1 and Joseph Stalin 2." ” "Okay," Beria replied with a smile, "these two tanks will surely turn into a terrifying weapon for the Nazi enemy." ” Stalin nodded, "Then let the Ministry of Tank Industry arrange production as soon as possible, I hope they will be used in the Fourth Battle of Leningrad in the near future." ” Since the German counteroffensive into the territory of the Soviet Union, Leningrad has been the focus of repeated tug-of-war, and according to the calculations of the Soviets, there have been three battles before and after.
The first was the German siege of Leningrad, the second was the liberation of Leningrad in the winter of 1942, the third was the relief of the siege not long ago, and now the fourth Leningrad campaign is in the making.
The Supreme Command of the Red Army was ready to launch a major counteroffensive on the Leningrad Smolensk front before the main German forces pacified left-bank Ukraine, including the Crimea.
"But it's late May."
Beria knew some counteroffensive plans, and the time for the preparation was the beginning of June 43, and there was not much time left now, how could he arrange the production of Stalin's series of tanks "The Fourth Battle of Leningrad will be postponed for half a month," Stalin said, "and will not be launched until late June." ” "Half a month later" Beria didn't understand why, and he hadn't heard about it.
Stalin smoked his pipe, as if in the next big determination, "this is a must, we must first complete all kinds of preparations, and only then can we achieve victory in the Fourth Battle of Leningrad."
And in all the preparations, the most important thing is to purge the Leningrad of reactionary and irresolute elements" Purge in Leningrad Beria kind of understood.
The city of the families of the molecules". molecular "During the siege, we dug up a lot of anti-G and traitor groups in Leningrad," said Stalin, smoking a cigarette and with a solemn face, "but this time our clean-up in Leningrad was too small compared to after the murder of Comrade Kirov."
The elements were not unearthed, and it is likely that these people sent a letter of allegiance to the empress outside the city, and what knighthood was given, and we know nothing.
If you don't find them all out now, the Fourth Battle of Leningrad will be impossible Comrade Beria, do you understand what I mean" "General Secretary, I understand.
The elements are all found out, otherwise there is a high probability that they will be in rebellion during the Fourth Battle of Leningrad. ” "That's right," Stalin nodded approvingly, "the enemy lurking within us is the most dangerous enemy, and they must be destroyed before the White Russians and Germans outside Leningrad can be destroyed."
Comrade Beria, who do you think is suitable to go and destroy the reactionaries in the city of Leningrad" "Comrade Abakumov can be appointed to the post of leader of the Leningrad branch of the NKVD."
Beria immediately recommended his right-hand man Viktor Semenovich Abakumov.
"Okay, let Comrade Abakumov go to Leningrad."
Stalin said, "Tomorrow this time, you take Comrade Abakumov to the Kremlin, and I will let him meet Comrade Kuznetsov from Leningrad, who is the most capable comrade in Leningrad, and as long as Comrade Abakumov can cooperate with him, there will be no room for anti-G-elements in Leningrad." ” This Kuznetsov, of course, is not the People's Commissar of the Red Navy, he is the second secretary of the Leningrad City W, Zhdanov's right-hand man, and at the same time the actual head of the Leningrad City during the siege Because Zhdanov was sick at that time and could not work normally, so his deputy Kuznetsov took on most of the leadership work, and now he also serves as a member of the Military Council of the Leningrad Front, deputy political commissar, and has become a partner with Admiral Vlasov.
Just as Stalin wanted this Kuznetsov and Abakumov to cooperate in the purge, he was talking to the commander of the Leningrad Front, General Vlasov, in his office.
It was Vlasov who took the initiative to come to Kuznetsov to explain the problem, not because General Vlasov made a mistake, but because he received a letter of surrender written by the Russian Empress Olga herself.
Of course, the contents of the letter shocked Vlasov, and the evil empress did not put forward any "conditions for recruitment" in the letter, and did not even mention that Vlasov should surrender.
Rather, they were discussing with him the future of the Russian nation The Empress believed that the Soviet Union had been defeated, that it was inevitable that it would lose the war, and that if it wanted to survive, it would have to cede Ukraine and Belarus, which would be fatal to the Soviet economy Because the economy of the USSR was "self-sufficient", once it lost Ukraine's grain, coal and industry, the Soviet economy would not be able to maintain its existing self-sufficiency, and the development of Siberia's resources would require significant investment, which could well mean that the "difficult times" of the early 30s would be repeated And there is only one way to save the Russian nation from this doom, and that is to integrate into the European Community These reactionary remarks, which seem to be heartfelt, certainly did not impress General Vlasov, who is still a loyal fighter for GCISM.
According to the rules, he had to hand over the letter in person to the political commissar of his unit.
And Zhdanov was hospitalized in Moscow for the past two days, so he could only be handed over to Kuznetsov.
"But how did this letter get to my house," General Vlasov said, with a look of wonder on his face.
"Now there must be no postmen in the city of Leningrad and the village of Tsarskoye outside the city of Pushkin."
"Of course not," Kuznetsov shook his head, "it was sent inside the city of Leningrad." ” "Where is the city of Leningrad?"
asked General Vlasov.
"I don't know," Kuznetsov smiled bitterly, "the siege of most of the year changed the city forever" In fact, the people in the besieged city were completely desperate in the spring of 1943, and no one expected that there would be a time to break the siege.
At that time, most of the Leningraders were already mentally prepared to become Petrograders, and those who had been hungry for several months did not care whether it was Leningrad or Petrograd in the household register Moreover, the siege of Leningrad was not an airtight iron barrel, the encirclement was more than 200 kilometers long, and it was impossible to completely isolate the inside and outside of the city.
The besieging White and German armies deliberately created some ambiguities so that the Russian peasants outside Leningrad could engage in some "smuggling" with the city.
In order to obtain some food to ease the supply in the city, the Leningrad City W, headed by Kuznetsov, turned a blind eye to this kind of "smuggling", and in fact there was no way to strictly investigate it.
Moreover, neither the Leningrad city nor the Front Command at that time expected that the city would be released from the siege one day t1706231537: