The cloud composed of air-proof balloons was getting closer and closer. Even with all the car windows closed, Yang Mingzhi gently pressed the corners of his eyes with his fingers. He used physical means to forcibly change the diopter of the cornea of his left eye, completely seeing clearly.
Clues of anti-aircraft balloons.
The city of Moscow has arrived, and a large number of buildings have appeared not far away. Due to the level of construction in this time and space, only countries like the United States have the ability to build skyscrapers like the Empire State Building. At present, the tallest buildings in Moscow are still the Kremlin and St. Petersburg.
Xili Cathedral will also present a magnificent view of high-rise buildings in the future, but that is a story for another day.
After passing through the last forest, the whole land suddenly opened up, and the motorcade was about to enter the city.
Suddenly, another checkpoint appeared across the road. Yang Mingzhi noticed that not only his own convoy, but also many vehicles were queuing up here.
"Strange, does Moscow also require a city entry permit? Yes, how can you not need a document? Entering a city under military control without a document or forging a document is suspected of being a spy."
Yang Mingzhi patted Captain Larin in the front seat: "We have truly entered Moscow after passing this checkpoint?"
"Of course. Comrade General, don't worry, just sit quietly in the car."
All vehicles must line up for inspection. When it was the turn of his fleet to be inspected, Yang Mingzhi clearly saw that the Ministry of Internal Affairs was responsible for co-authoring this inspection station.
"It's really great. I really don't have to worry about anything."
Yang Mingzhi hugged his wife tightly, "Dear, we have arrived in Moscow. Look at the buildings in front, those are city buildings."
"Ah, I've seen it. It's so beautiful that they can build such a tall building."
The tall building she called was just a four-story residential building. After all, Moscow is a big city, and the Soviet authorities built a large number of apartments to take care of the large number of people who came to work in the city.
Urban construction requires the absorption of a large number of rural labor forces, and the Soviet Union wanted to solve the worries of young people moving to cities. Therefore, when workers in state-owned enterprises began to work, they often brought their entire family into the city.
According to peacetime wage standards, the monthly salary of a state-owned enterprise worker is enough to support a family of four. However, the housing problem is not so easy to solve, so many families have to squeeze into apartments with limited area.
Stalin focused on prioritizing the development of industry and improving workers' wages in all aspects. His successor, Khrushchev, made great efforts to solve the housing problem of citizens.
In this era, there were no high-rise buildings in Moscow, and what Yang Tao saw was just a large tube tower. Such tube towers are everywhere in the city! Anyway, the Russians have been accustomed to spontaneously forming natural villages during their long history, and people have also
I am used to living in a group, so living in the Tongzilou apartment is lively and warm.
They are happy to live in such a building. For example, after some new residential buildings are built, it will be a matter of time to abandon the Tongzi Tower and live in high-end resettlement housing such as Khrushchev Tower.
In normal history, Moscow began major construction projects in 1947.
This year, Stalin ordered Beria to send
Comrades from the Ministry of Internal Affairs are planting trees extensively in the suburbs of Moscow to improve the natural environment.
Regarding urban construction in Moscow, the Council of Ministers approved Stalin's proposal "On the Construction of High-Rise Buildings in Moscow", and immediately eight buildings began to be constructed.
Why build buildings? The "building race" was also a relatively peaceful ideological struggle at the beginning of the Iron Curtain. It was called building a group of buildings to challenge the skyscrapers in New York and to reflect the Soviet Union's national power.
Yang Mingzhi doesn't like Tongzilou at all. Even when the term is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is the lingering scent of soap coming from the public bathroom and permeating every room in the entire corridor. It is indeed fun for everyone to live together, but as for the private space
Basically, it doesn't exist.
"As a general, my wife and I must live in a reliable place. When I meet Tetsuo, I have to talk to him about this."
Just as Yang Mingzhi was sighing as he looked at the Tongzi Tower, Captain Lalin had already completed the procedures for entering the city.
The captain himself had a customs clearance certificate signed by Beria and Stalin, and all the documents were qualified. After a brief chat with the person in charge of the checkpoint, the captain directly dialed the number of the Lubyanka Ministry of Internal Affairs headquarters, and even called Beria directly.
Leah's office.
Everything was within the action plan. Beria was very satisfied with the work of his subordinates. His only answer was: "Bring Lieutenant General Berekov immediately and we will start work immediately."
Captain Larin prides himself on being someone the NKVD is willing to dispatch. At the same time, he also knows Salinchkin, who has taken the initiative to be transferred to the guerrilla republic. The mission assigned by his superiors is about to be successfully completed, and a promotion in his official career awaits him.
He returned to the city with a happy face and motioned to the driver to keep going.
Yang Mingzhi noticed the change in this man's expression and asked curiously: "Comrade Captain, it seems we have got good news?"
"That's good news. Speaking of which, do you know where we are going?"
"Of course it's your headquarters. Is it possible that Comrade Stalin would like to see us a little slovenly right away?"
"It's our headquarters. It's a special group of buildings. I hope you won't be surprised."
"I wouldn't be surprised. Lubyanka is the name of your headquarters."
"Comrade Salinchkin told you," Captain Larin said without thinking, "I think you should know something about our organization."
Lubyanka, this term is by no means as simple as the headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Throughout the history of the Soviet Union, the word Lubyanka carries too many stories, too many gloomy stories...
Cheko once executed a large number of "anti-Soviet elements" in the basement of Lubyanka, but the majority of the Soviet people of this era have no idea at all!
The people did not know that the massacre in the Lubyanka basement occurred when Soviet Russia was first established. Many people were actually innocent or did not deserve to die, but they were all executed by firing squad.
Until Gorbachev took the initiative to release the documents on these matters, the dusty documents caused an uproar among the public. If the people were already very disappointed with the alliance, Gorba did this, and the people's disappointment was even more serious. Soviet Russia was so evil back then.
, is it still necessary to maintain the alliance?
If the disintegration of the alliance was due to fate, Gorba was a highly effective catalyst and accelerator in this regard.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs is the successor to the Cheka. Those who knew about what happened in the basement were tight-lipped. What's more, during the great purges, the Ministry of Internal Affairs was also cleaned, and some people who knew about it were physically cleaned.
It was as if the events of twenty years ago had disappeared forever with the death of Lenin.
The smart Yang Mingzhi did not dare to talk nonsense. There were some things that he knew and had to keep in his heart. No matter what kind of knowledge he had or what role he played in promoting the Soviet Union's Patriotic War, once he was considered to be a threat to Stalin's power,
Yang Mingzhi never doubted Stalin's iron fist.
For the sake of the safety of yourself and your family, Lubyanka should be treated as what Captain Larin calls "a mere office building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
Yang Mingzhi continued to respond without changing his expression: "Comrade Salinchkin claimed that he had been working in the Lubyanka building before."
"Indeed, what else do you know?"
"This..." There was a wave of confusion in his heart. Yang Mingzhi forced himself to calm down and responded: "He also told me that the NKVD is Beria, and they are good colleagues."
"What you said is not entirely correct. Originally, according to his resume, Comrade Salinchkin would hold an important position. However, that comrade had some conflicts with Comrade Beria, and in the end, as you know, Salinchkin went to the Guerrilla Republic.
."
"Is this true? I never expected that Comrade Salinchkin..."
Yang Mingzhi was very surprised for a moment. If what the captain said was true, then Salinchkin was not as simple as a commissioner.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs was purged by Stalin, and some senior people were cleared out. Salinchkin was over 50 years old and had held an important position in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for a long time. Yang Mingzhi could analyze it because Budyonny was a supporter of Stalin.
Jonny's subordinates, Salinchkin are equivalent to Stalin's supporters,
In terms of supporters, Beria has almost become Stalin's lapdog. In order to compete for absolute control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it is logically normal for Beria to deliberately exclude the disobedient Salinchkin.
Yang Mingzhi felt that leaving the center of power in the Soviet Union would be the best choice for Salinchkin. Now he is destined to become a hero in Belarus. After the war is won, it is not impossible for him to serve as the first secretary of the Belarusian Supreme Soviet.
possible.
As for Beria, if Khrushchev, who is currently involved in commanding the Battle of Stalingrad, is destined to take over the power, it also means that the Beria Group will lose power.
Maybe Salinchkin has realized this, or maybe he just wants to start over in a different place.
"Now my immediate boss is Comrade Beria. Of course, I am also qualified to enter the Kremlin and meet the great Comrade Stalin."
Yang Mingzhi could hear that the captain was deliberately showing off when he spoke. Yes, Stalin and Beria, the number one and number two figures in the Soviet Union, could see and report on their work. Yang Mingzhi couldn't help but squint his eyes. He looked at this guy again.
Captain Lin couldn't help but have mixed feelings.
This guy, you say, he pursues power. He can be directly dispatched by Stalin and Beria. He clearly has close relatives. It is natural that he will continue to be promoted to important positions in the future. However, he is still such a person. Not to mention eating expensive meals in the cafeteria.
Asking someone to write a high-value invoice, compared to one's own position and power, one is willing to take a hundred rubles.
"You are so greedy, but you definitely have your own talents. Cherish them, because wartime requires men of action." Yang Mingzhi slandered him. After all, a person's future is his own choice. If the captain is found guilty and arrested,
It has nothing to do with myself.
The captain was just a guide and coordinator at best. After meeting Stalin and following the new arrangement, would he be able to meet with Captain Lalin in the future? Yang Mingzhi felt that it was unlikely.
"We will go straight to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Comrade Beria will be the first to summon you. General, please be mentally prepared."
"I understand, I hope Comrade Beria won't feel uncomfortable with my sloppy appearance." Yang Mingzhi laughed, but he was not happy in his heart.
Yang Mingzhi did not like Beria. In his view, this person was just a man playing power. And because he was responsible for many of the deeds of Yezhov, who was actually a terrifying dwarf, Khrushchev called him a butcher. So shooting a butcher was not
Is it reasonable?
Some people say that Stalin was cruel, while Beria was a complete butcher. To determine the merits and demerits of a person, especially an important figure in a country, you must first determine what he has done for the country.
If we say that during the war, Stalin maintained the hearts and minds of the Soviet Union, and Beria maintained the discipline of the army.
When Stalin took over the country, the Soviet Union only had wooden plows. When he died, the Soviet Union already had mushroom bombs. When Churchill evaluated Stalin, he naturally ignored Beria's actions. As early as 1999, Beria presided over the excavation of the Soviet Union's first
After a uranium mine, Germany was defeated and the Soviet Union robbed rocket technology materials and talents, which was also presided over by Beria.
Although Beria took over orders from the Supreme Soviet, the NKVD under his leadership accomplished these tasks with high efficiency and execution capabilities.
As the People's Commissar of Internal Affairs, he must remain vigilant and must quickly complete the tasks assigned by Stalin.
A thin man was sitting in a luxuriously decorated office in the Lubyanka Ministry of Internal Affairs office building. He was nearly bald when he was only 4 years old. He had a pair of small glasses on the bridge of his nose and his sharp eyes were staring at the closed door.
wooden door.
Beria sat here quietly. Half an hour ago he got a call from the checkpoint on the outskirts of the city - the leader's guest, Lieutenant General Belekov and others, had already entered the city.
...
The motorcade passed through the wide streets of Moscow. Because Lubyanka Square is 900 meters northeast of the Red Square, the motorcade actually headed straight for the Kremlin.
The wide streets shocked Natasha who came to the capital from the past. The sight printed on the stamps was never seen before, but today it comes into view with a dazzling landscape.
Yang Tao couldn't care less about the cold wind. She pulled up the lathe again and stuck her head out to enjoy the city scenery.
"My dear, this is Moscow. Don't you feel surprised?"
"Yes! It's so beautiful!" Yang Tao turned half of her body excitedly. She was very happy to enjoy this wonderful scene with her husband, but she saw her husband's face that had been through many battles.
"It is indeed very beautiful. If there was no war, this place would be even more beautiful." Pulling her pigtails, Yang Mingzhi said again: "In the future, we may live in such a big city, and maybe we can even settle in this city.
"Don't be too surprised. Close the windows first to avoid frostbite."
"I don't!"
Star Tao is like a willful child, and she is indeed a child. When faced with strange sights, her curiosity occupies her entire mind, hoping to engrave what she sees and hears in her mind.
Yang Mingzhi is different. When it comes to urban architecture, Moscow in this time and space is just like that. The convoy must be traveling on the core road. Although it is wide here, most of the surrounding buildings are inconspicuous.
Moscow is an ancient cultural city. Since the destruction of Kievan Rus, millions of Slavs immigrated from Kiev to Moscow and Novgorod. The huge immigrant population contributed to the rise of the Principality of Muscovy, and the core of the Slavs moved to Moscow. As the core, she
Also ill-fated.
In the Patriotic War of 181, Moscow was basically burned down, and the city was almost rebuilt on the ruins. In the 20th century, with the rapid advancement of military technology, the city walls were not only unable to protect the city, but also became a burden for urban construction.
After the establishment of Soviet Russia, the outer city walls of Moscow completely disappeared, and only the inner city still had a towering and thick city wall system. However, the city wall at this time had a stronger symbolic meaning than its defensive role - it symbolized Russia's long history.
Yang Mingzhi noticed that there were no high-rise buildings in the city. On both sides of the widest roads, there were basically four- to five-story residential buildings.
They are indeed residential buildings, and many citizens wearing coats are coming in and out.
Yang Mingzhi is aware of the famous buildings in Moscow. Except for other areas, it is very similar to most Soviet cities. Lenin personally set a type of housing standard, which resulted in a large number of low-rise residents with the same shape in Moscow.
Buildings and even some state-owned store buildings have a similar appearance. Only the signboards marked with artistic fonts at the door indicate their functions.
My wife was just watching the excitement. As a military general, she had her own reasons to pay special attention to the city defense of Moscow. (To be continued)