Chapter 60: Fire

Like the current residents of West Berlin, who are disturbed by loudspeakers during the day and swept by high-powered searchlights at night, coupled with some remarks spread by the original Stasi agents in the city, it is easy to make these closed West Berlin residents very anxious, this kind of closed and watched environment has always been uncomfortable, and can only slowly get used to it with the passage of time.

Of course, this is not a result of Serov's analysis, and it must be attributed to a group of Soviet experts such as Yagot, who have studied the psychological changes of prisoners in Kazan prisons. For the Berlin Wall that suddenly appeared in the city of Greater Berlin, the residents of West Berlin will not be able to adapt to it in a short time, and if they want to do something, they must do something now, otherwise the residents of West Berlin will get used to the existence of the Berlin Wall after a long time.

The news that the GDR was ready to cut off the Spree and Havel rivers had the effect of igniting a powder keg. Combined with the activities of Agent Stasi, it finally began yesterday when a rally of people in West Berlin demanded an explanation from the GDR for the latest information. Once the crowd gathers the opportunity becomes very uncontrollable, it is not good news for the inexperienced West Berlin in this regard, once the agitated crowd gathers in size, and a small thing, a statement or a sentence can make the whole thing out of control.

Now this result is already in front of the GDR across the wall, huh? At least in front of Serov's eyes. Smoke billowed from the entire downtown area of West Berlin, and West Berlin residents who looked like civilians were facing off against the military and police of the three countries. Judging from the scene, the occupation forces of the three countries have not yet used strong means, which is not good news. However, it should only be temporary, maybe the occupation forces of the three countries are communicating.

The inhabitants of West Berlin who had poured across the Berlin Wall from the streets were already in a dense area, and the crowd was expanding by the second, and behind them smoke billowed from the downtown area of West Berlin, and bursts of gunfire could be heard.

"It would be nice to be able to hear what those people say, there's always a lack of an immersive feeling!" After observing for a while, Serov, who put down the military binoculars, said abruptly.

"Huh?" Markus Wolf tilted his head to look at Serov and nodded at one of the Stasi agents in the room, and then the room was filled with a huge amount of noise, and the level of chaos was simply unrecognizable.

"Stop, understood, that's enough!" Serov shook his head and waved his hand, and on the spot he understood an idiom, what is called the evening drum and morning bell, is the Stasi equipment too good, or is the situation at the Berlin Wall really so chaotic.

If we were to divide the line between a wall, East and West Berlin would now present two completely different scenes. As a member of the socialist camp, the GDR attaches great importance to this Children's Day, and because the Berlin Wall has just been built, the GDR needs to calm the anxious atmosphere of the people and prepare a lot of gifts such as balloons and candy.

And because there are many workers from many countries in the renovation project of East Berlin, the families and children of these workers are also invited to Berlin in advance, creating a scene of harmony between fraternal countries, but no matter how much East Berlin creates a happy scene, it cannot hide the thick smoke billowing over the city of Greater Berlin, and people know from the wind that these thick smoke is drifting from West Berlin.

In the city of West Berlin, the people who gathered had forgotten the purpose of the first purpose, starting with the first act of vandalism, and similar actions spread like a contagion to all the gathered people. Even the occupation forces of the three countries did not have time to think about how this rally, which was supposed to put pressure on the GDR in West Berlin, turned into a riot in an instant.

"There is a mentality in human beings that the law does not hold the public accountable, and this feeling arises when there are enough people. The plan that our most authoritative psychologists and researchers of social problems in the Soviet Union came up with is okay! It is necessary to grasp this feeling and make the gathered people forget the consequences for a while......" Serov, standing by the window, patted Markus Wolf on the shoulder and smiled, in fact, Serov's smile seemed quite strange, and it did not match the gaze at this time, it was a kind of look at the enemy.

"Uh, huh? Tank? Markus Wolf questioned for a moment, put down the binoculars and picked them up again, as if he couldn't believe his eyes, a group of people who were constantly throwing stones at the American and British military police were facing away from West Berlin, and they were also familiar with the East and West Markus Wolf, the Sherman tank in the camp of the occupation forces of the three countries. It is now rare on the European continent, and only the occupation forces in West Berlin, which have been positioned as cannon fodder, use such old antiques.

The sight here is very good, and Serov immediately spotted the dispatch of tanks, and could see the dispatch of American and British soldiers, but a closer look did not find the French soldiers in West Berlin, but one thing, there will be no less dead in West Berlin today.

"There are three options in front of you right now!" Serov said very seriously, "First, open the border crossing to allow the residents of West Berlin to enter East Berlin, but this is very risky, no one knows if there are enemy intelligence agents in it to sabotage, and it will also make our operation to eliminate dissidents useless!" Second, they did nothing and ignored it, allowing the US and British military and police to take strong action to restore order. ”

"And the third? You just said two ......" Markus Wolf tilted his head to look at his Soviet counterpart, Serov's first two suggestions were the same as not saying, the first was too risky, the second was no advice, so far the East Berlin side is very much in line with Serov's description.

"Third, let the internal affairs troops staring at the watchtower open fire to prevent the British and American police from capturing the West Berlin residents who have accumulated on the Berlin Wall!" Serov said while thinking, "The people gathered under the Berlin Wall create an image of protectors, but it is really useless, and when the people disperse, the American and British military and police can catch people in places that cannot be observed by the internal affairs forces......"

At this time, the people gathered under the Berlin Wall also knew that the American and British military and police were coming in a steady stream behind them, but in fact, for these people, they did not know what was happening.

"It's too late, it's too late!" Serov reminded not lightly.

Markus Wolf slowly put down his binoculars, picked up the phone on the table and ordered, "The Berlin Wall garrison, prevent the American and British military and police from pursuing the residents of West Berlin, and give a warning to the American and British military and police who are close to the Berlin Wall, so that they can deter and open fire on the sky!" ”

The residents of West Berlin, who were still in a state of confusion under the Berlin Wall, finally got their first response today, when the soldiers of the Internal Affairs Forces standing on the watchtower shouted in German over a loudspeaker, "Warn the military police of the three countries not to approach the Berlin Wall." Otherwise the GDR had the right to open fire......"