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Vasily picked up the newspaper with a puzzled expression and looked at it. It was "Pravda" again, and the publication date was today.Look at the striking line of big characters on the front page of the content that jumped into his eyelids-"Where will our revolution go in the face of a national crisis".

"Beria asked for an interim meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee to discuss the composition of the Supreme Command, and Vorosilov and the others agreed." Stalin's tone seemed extremely frustrated: "According to the party's regulations, I have no right to object. Comrade Vasily, what do you think this meeting means to me?"

Coming out of Stalin's office, Vasily felt his head swell and ache, as if several liters of boiling water had been forcibly poured into it, all the brains were churning and surging inside, eager to find a gap and swarmed out.

Just now Stalin made it clear that Comrade Beria had indeed betrayed him, but he knew it too late.Today's Political Bureau of the Central Committee seems to have become Beria's world, and all the five major bureaus are directly or indirectly controlled by him. As long as he wants to drive Stalin out of power, the vote at the Politburo meeting will directly allow him to achieve his goal.

To be honest, Stalin was really not a good person. His violent temper, paternalistic style and cruel iron-fisted policy made enemies in the entire Soviet regime system. As long as others seized the opportunity to overthrow him, his fate would definitely be good. Where to go.The cunning and shrewd Comrade Beria obviously also saw this clearly, so he saw the right time to act.At this time, the international situation was tense, and several marshals on whom Stalin relied on his iron-fisted policy were transferred to various defense zones. Like the three marshals of the cavalry who had always supported him, none of them was currently in Moscow.As long as at this time, a meeting of the Politburo is held to deprive Stalin of all power inside and outside the party, and then declare to the outside world: "Comrade Stalin is unable to preside over the daily work of the Central Committee due to physical illness, so someone will take his place temporarily." Come on, even if there is any objection afterwards, it will not help.

By removing Stalin and controlling the secret police with one hand, Beria can further develop his "intelligence" in certain aspects, and it is easy to find "treason" by taking down those who oppose him and pose a threat to him. ", "Fascist spies" or, in Stalin's own term, "enemies of the people".Once a few hats are buckled, no one will have a good life.

My original efforts finally started to take effect.What should be the next step?Vasily himself had no idea.

Throwing his body into the sofa forcefully, Vasili felt a jerk up and down, and at the same time he suddenly realized a very important problem.

Now that the situation has developed to this point, if Beria single-handedly buried Stalin's ruling regime, he will definitely eliminate dissidents. A new round of purges may be about to start, so who will he attack in the first round?Malenkov?Molotov?Zhukov?Budyonny?Or maybe none of these people can escape.Beria in the military is absolutely impossible to let go. He has almost no influence in the army, and if he wants to build his own influence in the army, it is bound to carry out a large-scale personnel adjustment.Will he be the first target of Beria's surgery?This guy is a more insidious careerist than Stalin. This unprecedented power struggle is what he hopes, but he must not let Beria succeed so easily. This kind of power struggle must be intensified until the Soviet high-level Both lose-lose in internal friction.

No, I must think of a way to stop Beria's current almost crazy behavior. This old fox who has always taken the responsibility of catching spies and saboteurs is obviously playing the role of a genuine saboteur at this time .

But the question is how to stop him?Now that I have no power or power, and even my life is firmly held in the palm of my hand, the only one I can rely on is Kryuchkov?Kryuchkov?

Vasily woke up suddenly from his stupor, but it was Kryuchkov, didn't he just slip a note to himself?What will be on it?

Jumping up on the sand suddenly, Vasili reached out and took out the neatly folded note from his pocket, then stretched it impatiently, and looked at it carefully.

There were a lot of handwriting on the note, densely packed, and it seemed that Kryuchkov had a lot to tell Vasily.

The first sentence on the note reads: "I assassinated Serov Beria, suspecting that this was a harbinger of Stalin's attack on him, so the action to seize power was brought forward..."

"Kryuchkov! You bastard!" Vasily just read this sentence, and couldn't help but want to yell.Serov is the most valued member of Beria's subordinates. He is called Beria's shadow.Kryuchkov chose to assassinate him at this time, the purpose is obvious, there is only one, that is to make Beria jump over the wall in a hurry, and start the power seizure operation in advance.

In addition to the boundless anger, Vasily also felt a little relieved. In any case, judging from the current situation, Kryuchkov will not betray himself and turn to Beria again.What he has done fully shows that he knows what Beria is like, and he does not hope that one day he will follow the old path of Grinev. Of course, this young man may have more ambitions, and he does not want to be forever Crouched at Beria's feet.

Pressing his mind, Vasily continued to read the letter.

"Now that Beria has consolidated his position in the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, once the Politburo meeting is held, Stalin will inevitably be impeached, and the final surrender of power is inevitable. Our opportunity is precisely here. After nearly a month of arrangements , I have already contacted Comrade Tukhachevsky’s supporters, and all preparations are basically in place. Most importantly, I have secretly contacted Comrade Rokossovsky, Comrade Konev and Comrade Vasilevsky, although they did not explicitly express their support for us, they indicated that they would join the camp against Beria. So all you have to do now is to propose to Stalin that the Politburo Standing Committee meeting Instead, an enlarged meeting of the Politburo will be held to allow more people to participate in the decision on this high-level personnel change, and this is where all our opportunities lie.”

The simple letter of a few hundred words made Vasily's mind suddenly open, and at the same time he fully understood the whole set of plans conceived by Kryuchkov.Obviously, this young man who seemed a little timid and immature at first was definitely not as simple as his appearance.According to his plan, he first had to rehabilitate those people like Tukhachevsky. These people not only had high prestige in the Soviet army, but they were also the first batch of revolutionaries who closely followed their mentor Lenin.Most importantly, those generals who had been implicated but survived in the power struggles of the past and present must have resented Stalin, especially Beria, as the executioner.It is very easy to get the appreciation and sympathy of Tukhachevsky and other people to speak up for them.Therefore, when this step was completed, Kryuchkov also completed the first plan to win people's hearts.

Next, he needs to arrange an optimal timing for the move. It is undoubtedly the best way to create a gap between Stalin and Beria, and eventually lead to the two turning against each other.The appearance of Vasily was undoubtedly an initial motivation to divide Stalin and Beria. The "Pravda" incident later created a good opportunity for Beria to seize power. Serov's mysterious assassination made Beria Leah panicked, and Kryuchkov, who was in charge of the third game, could easily blame Stalin for Serov's death.Under such circumstances, Beria couldn't detect that his subordinates were playing tricks. He could only think that Serov's death was a precursor to Stalin's attack on him. Under such circumstances, he seemed to have no choice but to speed up the seizure of power. .

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He lays out plots in advance to push his political opponents into the center of the storm, and then hides himself in a safe place and watches from the sidelines, laughing at the bloody battles of everyone, life and death, and finally stands up as a peacemaker to clean up the mess, Gather all the benefits into your own pocket.This is the usual tactic of Kryuchkov, the head of the Soviet-era KGB.Vasily had to admit that he had underestimated this guy. This old fox was a born conspirator. Even though he was still young, his vicious methods had already been shown.

The preliminary arrangements have been successfully completed, and the next step is the Politburo meeting.If it was just a meeting of the Politburo Standing Committee, Stalin would have absolutely no chance of winning today. For this reason, Kryuchkov arranged a "good way" for him, changing the Politburo Standing Committee into an enlarged Politburo meeting or even a party representative. Yes, in this way, Stalin still has a glimmer of hope.After all, Beria can control the Standing Committee of the Politburo, but it is impossible to control the party representatives scattered all over the country.

If he does not want to be overthrown by Beria, then Stalin seems to have to take this road at present, but this road personally arranged by Kryuchkov is still a seemingly bright road that actually leads to hell dead end.As Kryuchkov said in his letter, he had already contacted Rokossovsky, Konev and Vasilevsky, and Vasily knew very well what role these three people could play.Rokossovsky was once the most direct victim of Stalin's campaign to eliminate dissidents.To put it bluntly, he is a survivor who crawled out from the pile of dead people.The old marshal was once sent to the execution ground, and his comrades who had fought side by side all fell down one by one, but what hit him on the neck was a blank bullet.He survived by luck.After several years in prison, he was released only a few months ago and returned to serve in the military.

For such a person, he can single-handedly send himself to the guillotine and have a good impression of Stalin and Beria?The situation of Vasilevsky and Rokossovsky is similar.Although he was not implicated, he was an admirer of Tukhachevsky.The two are very good comrades-in-arms, and the most important thing is that Vasilevsky knew the inside story of the Tukhachevsky case very well.When necessary, he can come out to testify and clear Comrade Lao Tu's charges.Konev is currently the commander of the No.19 Army Group, and his role seems to be even greater. The No.19 Army Group is currently stationed in Moscow. If Stalin decides to hold an enlarged meeting of the Politburo or a party congress, the party representatives scattered all over the country will have to dispatch military planes from the military region to meet them.In this way, Konev has a lot of room to manipulate. He can completely control the list of delegates to pick up those who stand on his side and others... After all, the international and domestic situation is very turbulent now. During this period, it is inevitable that some people cannot be received, disappear for no reason, or have some accidents on the plane.

First use the political struggle between Stalin and Beria to get rid of Beria's influence, and then use the issue of the purge to reverse the case and overthrow Stalin's rule.The two are intertwined and closely followed, leaving no time for anyone to breathe.This Kryuchkov is definitely a highly dangerous figure.

Vasily let out a sigh. At this moment, he finally understood his naivety. When it comes to competing for politics and intrigue, it seems difficult for him to be an opponent of a character like Kryuchkov.Fortunately, he and I are still comrades-in-arms in the same trench.

Shaking his head awkwardly, Vasily picked up the letter and continued to look down.This has come to the end of the letter. The two lines of small characters at the bottom corner of the letter paper made Vasily shocking and heartbroken.

"Be careful with Gilnilova. I have found out that she belongs to the Political Security Bureau under the Second Headquarters of the Security Council. She is Serov's confidant subordinate. Code name: 'Katyusha' Identity number: 60413..."

Gilnilova is an agent of the National Security Council?Haha, Vasily laughed wildly in his heart when he read the last paragraph in the letter.He couldn't figure out whether he was crazy or the world was crazy.

Gilnilova, a girl who looks so innocent and so ignorant of the world, is actually a secret agent?Moreover, he is also an agent of the famous Second Bureau under the KGB.Vasily knew very well what the Second Bureau of the Soviet National Security Council was in charge of. It was a purely counterintelligence department, and it was also the most mysterious department with the most complex members, the highest efficiency, and the most cruel and bloody methods in the country during the Soviet period.Gilnilova is actually a member of such an organization, and it seems that her status is not low. This... Is this Kryuchkov joking with himself?

Kryuchkov would not joke, at least not in such matters.This incident that made Vasily sound a little unbelievable and even a little funny is actually true at all.For the current Vasily, what makes him feel the most funny is that he has just handed over a letter related to the overall situation to Gilnilova, and at the same time, he has also handed over his destiny to this person who is loyal to her. In the hands of Beria's woman.

Why are Stalin and Beria so reassuring about themselves?Why, as a little captain, Gilnilova was able to get Stalin's attention when they first met, and why did she make a special trip to bring her back to Moscow?Why are these high-ranking big shots so eager to arrange for Gilnilova to marry him?Why is this woman able to freely enter and exit the Kremlin in extraordinary times?Why didn't I pay attention to these originally suspicious places?Careless, I was too careless, of course, Gilnilova is also responsible for this, this woman hides too deeply.

Kryuchkov's plan is very good, and the arrangement is very thoughtful and detailed. If he follows his arrangement, things will be promising.But now?It's over, it's over.Presumably Gilnilova has already stood in front of Beria at this moment. With the secret letter from her own hand alone, Kryuchkov will lose his life. After dealing with him, no, maybe after dealing with him At the same time, Beria will secretly send someone to deal with him.

Just as Vasily's thoughts turned here, there was a burst of footsteps outside the window, and then the door was pushed open, and a person walked in.Vasily was startled, and subconsciously turned his head to take a look, only to find Gilnilova in military uniform standing at the door.

"Did you decide to come back and arrest me so soon?" Vasily put the letter paper in his hand on the table in front of him, and said in a flat tone.

Slowly walking to Vasily, Gilnilova picked up the letter on the table and read it hastily, and then said: "So you already know, huh, I have already reported it to the above, Kryuch Cove is a very ambitious guy, a person like him is not suitable for this position, but it is a pity that no one heeded my advice, so that this situation has appeared."

"But that's good, at least I don't have to bother to explain my identity to you." Sitting down beside Vasily, Gilnilova added.

"If you are here to arrest me, I will go with you right away, if not, then please go right away, I don't want to say a word to you now." Vasili said expressionlessly.

"Oh, why? Just because of my identity?" Gilnilova chuckled and said, "If that's the case, you're wrong about me, because you've never asked me personally since we met. If you ask, I think I'll tell you."

"Hahaha, Sumi, don't you think what you said is funny?" Vasily said dismissively.

"Maybe, but so what?" Gilnilova shrugged and said indifferently.

"Yeah, so what?" Vasily sighed and said, "Time can never be turned back. Since fate has brought me to where I am today, then I have the consciousness of being a prisoner."

"No, no, why are you always so pessimistic?" Gilnilova suddenly stretched out a hand, stroked Vasily's cheek, and said softly: "Who will arrest you? Who will you be a prisoner of? Don't forget that you are Comrade Stalin's trusted decision-making adviser, and also Beria's valued person, and you may become the darling of the army in the future. Here, in the Soviet Union, in the Kremlin, I really can't think of any Who will send you to prison."

Vasily's heart was shocked. He pushed Gilnilova's hand sideways and said vigilantly, "What do you mean by that? Are you laughing at me?"

"Laughing at you? How could it be?" Gilnilova made an incredible expression and said innocently: "Don't forget that I will be your wife. The day of our marriage is coming soon. As a wife, I will How could you laugh at your husband?"

"Don't tell me these useless things, do you think I will believe you?!" Vasily said impatiently: "Tell me, where is my letter? Didn't you give it to Beria, okay? Do you want a reward from your ambitious master?"

Vasily's words obviously made Gilnilova feel unhappy, her face immediately darkened, but she soon recovered her smile.

She shrugged again, as if mocking herself, before saying, "You mean that letter? Well, here it is."

Gilnilova took a letter out of her pocket and put it on the table.

"To be honest, I really wanted to give it to Beria, but after thinking about it, I decided to give up. After all, you are my fiance, how can I betray you?" Gilnilo The baby said half-truth and half-falsely.

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"Hmph, then should I say that I am very honored?" Vasily picked up the letter that was enough to cause a catastrophe, weighed it in his hand, and said disapprovingly.

"That's not necessary." Gilnilova said flatly: "I actually have my own considerations."

"What conditions do you have? Let's say it together." Vasily sighed and shook his head.He knew that there was no free lunch in the world, and he also knew that Gilnilova would never help him for no reason, she had conditions, that was for sure.

"Why do you and I seem so distant?" Gilnilova said softly: "Don't forget that we are going to be married soon. As a wife, do I need to say anything about helping you?"

"Maybe one day in the future I will believe in your kindness, but now I still want to hear what conditions you have." Vasily said unemotionally, still in a blunt tone.

"If I have to say one condition, well, I'll just mention one." Gilnilova tilted her head as if thinking about something, and then said: "My condition is that no matter how the situation changes, our marriage It will all take place as scheduled.”

"Oh?!" Vasily was a little surprised.