Marshal Voroshilov took a bottle of vodka and walked up to Manturov and Shaposhnikov: "What about Grigory (Marshal Kulik)?" When will he come? ”

"Oh, by the way," Marshal Shaposhnikov said to Voroshilov, sitting up straight, "there is something urgent at Grigory's house, and he has to go back to deal with it, and he can't come tonight." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"That's a pity," Voroshilov sighed, and said, "tonight, I have prepared a few bottles of fine vodka for him, which it seems that there is no need for them now." ”

"Kerim, I don't think he came because of family matters, but because of business." Shaposhnikov, who has always had a weak personality, expressed his inner opinion: "How would you feel if you had a good job, but suddenly you were robbed by a young man who was more than twenty years younger? ”

Shaposhnikov hit the nail on the head, and with Kulik's temperament, the reason why he didn't come to the birthday party was because it was the young man who "snatched" his position as deputy People's Commissar of Defense on that day.

"Comrade Kulik can't be such a person, right?" In order to hide his true thoughts about Kulik, Manturov, who had just taken over Kulik's position, asked pretendly.

Voroshilov looked at Shaposhnikov, then at Manturov, and then laughed rudely, "Volodya, you have just entered the Ministry of Defense, and you still don't know things in the Red Army very thoroughly, there are some things you don't need to ask, you will naturally understand after a while." ”

Kulik's temperament, Manturov actually still has a certain understanding, this marshal is self-righteous and obstinate, maybe until now, he does not know the reason for his dismissal.

Kulik, who joined the Russian army in 1915, was one of the oldest generals in the Soviet Red Army, and he had participated in World War I, and later participated in the Russian Civil War, the Spanish Civil War and the Soviet-Finnish War. However, he has an experienced experience, but he has the old problem of outdated thinking.

He believed that tanks and armored vehicles could never replace horses and could not play the role of the main force, and he also tried many times to prevent the production of T-34 and KV tanks, and cut the materials and funds used for the production of T-34 tanks, which caused a great obstacle to the development of the Soviet armored forces.

In addition, he repeatedly prevented the production and service of anti-tank guns such as the Zis-3, which greatly weakened the anti-tank capabilities of the Soviet army. As a result, in history, the Soviet Red Army, which lacked anti-tank weapons, was suddenly crushed by the German armored clusters, and if it were not for the fact that the artillery factory secretly produced several batches of assault guns, I am afraid that the Soviet army would not have suffered a crushing defeat in the early days of the war.

Voroshilov patted Manturov on the shoulder and said: "Volodya, are you going to drink?" ”

Before Manturov could speak, Katia stood up and said to her father: "Daddy! Why do you ask when you know that Volodya can't drink? ”

"That's right, in the past, he really didn't like to drink, but now, he is a general, how can he have a few drinks?" Voroshilov turned his gaze to his old comrade-in-arms Shaposhnikov, "Boris, do you say?" ”

Shaposhnikov did not speak, but nodded helplessly.

"Vorodya, you better stop drinking," Katya insisted on not letting Manturov drink, "let's go out for a walk in the garden." ”

"Okay."

As one of the "Big Three of the Soviet Union", Voroshilov, a high-ranking and powerful man, would not be without a vast garden in his villa. This garden is full of flowers of various colors and all kinds of decorations.

Sitting on a bench in the center of the garden, smelling the scent of the flowers, Manturov felt extremely relaxed.

"How? Comfortable, right? ”

"Comfortable, of course." Manturov hugged the best hairy girl beside him with one hand, and touched the beautiful legs of the white flowers with the other hand, "As long as you are here, I will be comfortable." ”

"Nasty." Katia looked at the starry night sky, and suddenly remembered her unusual fate, "Volodya, if we hadn't traveled to this era, what kind of life would we live now?" ”

"What kind of life is it? It's really hard for me to imagine. His wife's question was asked by Manturov, and he didn't know what kind of answer he should give, so he changed the subject, "In any case, we still crossed over after all, and the life before the crossing is no longer important, what matters is our future." ”

"Yes, you're right, we should look to the future. What are your plans for the future? ”

In order to test whether his wife understood him, Manturov did not answer Katya's question, but asked rhetorically: "What do you think I will do?" ”

"If I'm not mistaken, you should be planning to liberate Germany, extend the Soviet sphere of influence to Western Europe, and by the way earn yourself the rank of marshal. After the war, you're going to be embroiled in a power struggle at the top for the top leadership of the Soviet Union, I guess right? ”

Katia's words almost completely hit Manturov's mind, but there was still one thing missing. "You're right, I do want to do this, but I have an even more important plan that you didn't just say."

Katia looked puzzled, her large, watery eyes blinking. "What are you going to do?"

"It's better for us to ...... Let's have a baby. ”

"Kid? The war is not over yet. ”

Manturov asked rhetorically: "Is there a contradiction between war and children?" Who says you can't have children during war? ”

"That's right, but so far, we're still going to focus on our business."

"Of course, the career is the priority." Manturov did not understand what contradiction there was between career and children, "but what does this have to do with children?" ”

Katia explained: "Of course, I am now the second secretary of the Moscow City Party Committee, and if I get pregnant, not only will I have to take maternity leave, but after the child is born, I will have to take time to take care of the child, sacrificing my time and energy." In this way, it will not be a good thing for the Moscow City Committee, or even for the party as a whole. ”

Manturov never imagined that Katia would actually start to love power like herself. "After all, you are still in love with power and are unwilling to step down from the position of second secretary of the Moscow Municipal Party Committee."

"Aren't you like that too? If someone now asks you to step down from the post of deputy chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, I don't think you willing. ”

Manturov smiled slightly and said: "Of course I won't want to, if I retire, then who can change history?" You are different, after becoming the second secretary of the Moscow City Party Committee, what did you do? ”

Manturov's words hit Katia's death hole at once, "What did I do after I became in this position?" No way! I must make some political achievements, I must change history, and I must not be underestimated! ”