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"Vladimir Fedorovich, do you know who is behind the liquidation of me?" Marshal of the Soviet Union Zhukov held a shotgun and walked on the muddy ground of the Moscow forest.

Manturov, who was following Zhukov, sighed and said, "Do you need to talk about this? Your present honor and status pose a threat to someone's power, and he cannot tolerate the appearance of a hero in the Soviet Union who is equal to his reputation, or even higher than him, and who is not allowed to enjoy military and political power, I hope you will understand what I mean. ”

At this time, Manturov was no longer the young political commissar who had made great achievements on the battlefield of Nomenhan and killed all sides. Now he seems to have lost the "self-motivation" he had back then, his personal style has become low-key, and his speech and demeanor have become more mature.

"You mean to say that the person who framed me was a high-ranking member of the military? And what about Beria? Is he also involved? Zhukov did not understand what Manturov meant.

In his opinion, the person who did not allow his reputation and status to be improved should be a high-ranking general in the army, but because of his own appearance and the rapid improvement of his status, the status of that general was suppressed by himself, so he used this kind of negative means to deal with himself.

And the people who have this possibility are either Marshal Budyonny, who swept through Russia and eliminated the White Army, or Marshal Voroshilov, who has no real merits but has a high status, or it may be the "political general" Bulganin or old generals such as Timoshenko and Shaposhnikov.

Zhukov's direction was reasonable and to some extent correct (Stalin was included in the ranks of the top military leaders), but he overestimated the scheming and political power of these military top bras.

In this reckoning, the people who played the greatest role in Zhukov's fate were none other than those three, one was Stalin, who initiated the liquidation, the other was Air Marshal Novikov, who wrote unfavorable material for Zhukov, and the other was Abakumov, who forced Novikov to write unfavorable material.

Of the three, Stalin's role was not known except for Manturov and those involved in the conspiracy, while the role of Abakumov and Novikov was well known.

In the army, there were not many people who could get Novikov to write material against Zhukov, or Abakumov to force Novikov to write it, or even none.

At that time, Abakumov was close to Stalin, and at the same time promoted by Beria. Basically, apart from the words of Beria and Stalin, he basically did not follow anyone's instructions. The person who could have forced Novikov to write unfavorable material was probably one of Stalin or Beria, or General Bulganin, who was in charge of investigating Novikov's case.

From this point of view, Bulganin is probably the only person who can instruct Abakumov to make Novikov write unfavorable material that conforms to Zhukov's conjecture, but Bulganin's doing this will not actually benefit him in itself.

If Bulganin had eliminated Zhukov, then he would have Voroshilov, Timoshenko, Rokossovsky, Vasilevsky, Konev, Marinovsky, Tolbukhin and other marshals with the same "reputation threat", and it seems that getting rid of one Zhukov alone will not achieve much effect.

What about Beria? For Manturov, who saw the direction of Soviet politics, this possibility can be said to be no, because Beria himself was also one of the targets of this adjustment, and he was a victim like Zhukov, but Zhukov did not see this, and he thought that Beria's election to the Politburo was a promotion, but in fact it was just a move by Stalin to override Beria's power.

However, Zhukov did not know this, so he took Beria as the one who was behind his back. As for the "person who is threatened by his own reputation" in the military leadership, he has not yet thought of who it is.

"I don't know if Beria was involved, but someone with influence and leadership in the military thinks you're a threat.

He was a great man who made a significant contribution to the revolution and the founding of our country, without whom our country would not have achieved what it is today, and would not have defeated the German fascists. But no matter how great a person is, he is not perfect, and his heart is not stable.

He values his own power and status above all else, fearing that others will steal his power or have a position higher than him. In his eyes, all people in high positions are ambitious and want to have supreme power, so he does not hesitate to act as soon as he finds anyone who may threaten his position of power. ”

"And who is that person you're talking about? There is not only one person who fits these characteristics in your mouth. Hearing this, Zhukov has not yet guessed who is plotting behind it.

"It doesn't matter who started it, what matters is what you can do and what you have to do."

Zhukov also probably understood Manturov's difficulties, and did not force the other party to tell the identity of that person, "Then what can I do now?" ”

"What you have to do now is to obey the organization's arrangement, do your job well, and you'd better not think too much about other things, just do your duty with peace of mind.

Actually, it's not a bad thing that the organization has assigned you to work in Odessa. There, at least, you can get away from the dangerous power field of Moscow, where you don't have to deal with the big names in high positions.

As the commander of the Odessa Military District, you will not be too stressed at work, and you will have more time to do what you like. ”

Zhukov, who has been in the power field of the CPSU for many years and has seen a lot of inside information, sighed and sighed: "You are right, Moscow is indeed a dangerous place. Here, we will encounter a lot of enemies, but no one knows who our enemies are or how they will attack us. ”

"So you'd better still have a right mentality, as a soldier, your duty is to defend our country, and when our country was facing great danger, you stood up and repelled the invaders.

Now, your identity is still a soldier, your mission and tasks are still the same, although you are no longer the commander-in-chief of the Soviet Red Army, you are still a soldier, and your task is to defend the territory of the motherland.

No matter what happens to you in the future, everything you have done will not change. Your contribution to the motherland will be known to the world, and you will always be a hero of the motherland!

When the motherland needs you, I hope you can do your best to fight for the motherland, and when politicians need you, I hope you will not become a tool for others to fight for power and profit, nor will you become a victim of political struggle. ”

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