Chapter 35: The Dust Settles
Putting down the microphone, Melkulov quickly picked it up directly again, and said, "I'm Melkulov, give me the Special Operations Division, no matter what means, to ensure the success of the operation, the Special Operations Division will set off immediately, and use everything possible to bring back the talents that the great Soviet needs." ”
Historically, Operation Osavagan was three months after the start of Operation Gyroneedle in the United States, and the Soviet Union, which was a hindsight, began to loot scientists in the German military industry in October at the end of the war. Compared to July, when the war ended, the United States, which had already begun this work, had already lost its first hand.
In terms of execution, the Soviet Union not only did not have a disadvantage over the United States, but even had an advantage. It was only at first that the Soviets, whose minds were filled with revenge against the Germans, did not think of this.
After a chance piece of news, the NKVD learned that the United States, Britain and France had a plan of action in this regard, and immediately came to its senses and quickly started Operation Osawagen, using its strong executive power to get hold of this group of scientists in the German military industry before the United States, Britain and France.
The first target was the German Army Rocket Research Center on the Baltic coast, where the famous V-2 rocket was developed. There are also the Soviet-occupied states of Saxony and Thuringia. Before the surrender of Germany, a large number of researchers and equipment were evacuated from Berlin to these two states.
And in Operation Osawagan, Werner. Feng. Braun and his V-2 rocket research team are among them.
Melkulov was in the process of mobilizing the Special Operations Service to rush to the front and at the same time giving an independent judiciary. Beria, who put down the phone, was also not idle, and directly contacted the Red Army commanders who had already stormed the city of Berlin, and asked the front-line commanders to pay close attention to the relevant talents and protect the scientific research institutions in Berlin.
Beria then left the apartment and went to the Kremlin to report to Stalin.
Because of an accidental, questionable source of information, the source of which cannot be evaluated, the war between the United States and the Soviet Union against German scientists was staged in advance, and this time it was the Soviet Union that took the lead.
A little later, Beria, who walked out of the Kremlin, was at ease, having received all the authorization for the operation.
The environment in the Soviet Union was still sinister, and Britain, France and Germany were European powers in terms of population and land. Britain and France had already started the journey of colonial empires three hundred years ago, and Germany was also a well-known military empire. But what about the Eastern European countries on the side of the Soviet Union, which used to be countries with little sense of existence, and are still ......
In order to close the gap with imperialism, Beria was keenly aware that this operation must be successful, and it must be a great success, because although the war has ended, the dark war has begun.
The invisible front has been mobilized, and in the devastated German soil, a vigorous competition for talent has begun.
And in London, the civil servants of the British Empire, who were out of the way, could only be busy with some small things that had nothing to do with the high-tech, collect some tobacco and alcohol, and prepare to go to the European continent to comfort the defeated Germans in another war, and by the way, he should find an assistant of Indian origin, after all, people may be more professional in the work of digging for gold in the dung.
In fact, he was about to do so, and sent a telegram asking Ali Khan to send a son to show him the market.
Because Ali Khan was once the richest man in the world, Alan Wilson was never ready to do business with the other party, and a hammer deal was not what he wanted, and long-term cooperation could be expected.
It was not an impudent decision to ask Ali Khan to get some food in Hyderabad. It was a good deal to trade some British Indian grain for a chance to be exposed around the world.
The inhabitants of Hyderabad should also be considerate of their monarch's reputation, for the sake of the monarch's popularity throughout the world, such a small sacrifice can be overcome, and it is not necessarily enough to eat much anyway.
The food and the tobacco and liquor prepared in London were left to Ali Khan's London butler. It was easier for him to come forward than to come out on his own, and although Ali Khan was far away in Hyderabad, he had more face than he did, and Ali Khan himself could even contact the British bank in London directly from Hyderabad to freeze his account.
As the liaison of the Indian Office to British India, Alan Wilson had this facility to get in touch with Hyderabad, and on the other hand, he was an assistant working in Hyderabad to help him communicate with Ali Khan.
Relationships need to be managed often, and no matter how good the relationship is, it will slowly fade if it is not touched, although Alan Wilson is not extremely smart, he still understands the basic truth.
In addition, he also had a part-time job of helping Mountbatten's family in London and liaising with Mountbatten's father and daughter in British India. The aftermath was that he was in and out of Mountbatten's home in London from time to time to serve as a messenger.
"The permanent undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working on a list of countries to go to Europe, and I may soon be in office." Before leaving Mountbatten's home on this day, Alan Wilson said of his appointment, "The matter of liaison with New Delhi will not be interrupted, and I believe that the liaison officer of the Indian Department of India can understand the longing of General Mountbatten." ”
"Europe is still dangerous!" Edwina Ashley nodded, "The war is over, work is still important, and I want to see my husband and daughter." ”
"Madame's wish should come true soon, but that place in British India, hey......" Alan Wilson stopped talking, he still couldn't forget to show the real India in front of the other party.
Waving goodbye to Mountbatten's family, Alan Wilson was busy with business for the time being, and now waiting to go to Europe to deal with the small things after the war.
The Battle of Berlin had reached its final moments, and thousands of Soviet planes once again dropped thousands of tons of bombs and petrol bombs over Berlin. On the ground, an average of nearly a thousand artillery pieces of various types have been deployed per mile for concentrated fire.
After the bombing and firing were over, Zhukov's 1st Belorussian Front sent numerous assault groups and assault detachments, which broke through to the city from all sides.
The infantry, under the cover of tanks and sappers equipped with flamethrowers and explosives, advanced in small sections, infiltrating from backyards, basements, and even underground railways and sewers, capturing every street, every building.
The fighting was particularly fierce near the Capitol, where the domed building, which had been bombed many times and had been reduced to an empty behemoth. Two battalions of Soviet troops stormed the Reichstag. The intruding Soviet troops immediately divided into small groups to wipe out the Germans on the first floor of the building. The two sides engaged in fierce close-quarters battles in the rooms, on the stairs, and in the corridors.
Almost all types of weapons were used, from daggers, bayonets, and grenades to heavy machine guns and flamethrowers. Automatic weapons swept like the wind, and the walls of the building turned into honeycombs.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the Reichstag was stormed, and when the news came, Hitler shot himself, and the successor Führer, Dönitz, confirmed the news.