Chapter Forty-Seven: The Heroic Father

As Isimotny said some time ago, as a member of a social group, people are very afraid of being isolated, and if your friend suddenly ignores you, you will be very uncomfortable, psychologically affecting your behavior, and re-attracting your friend's attention in terms of doing strange things. But human beings are very conflicted, as a member of the group and always looking for opportunities to protect their privacy, everyone has secrets in their hearts that they don't want to tell others, and no one wants to be known all the privacy, so they are very disgusted by all kinds of surveillance.

So Serov is ready to start from these two states of psychology and create such a large environment, specifically for the people of West Berlin. The wall must be so high that ordinary people cannot climb, so high that a normal person cannot see the outside world. Let West Berlin be surrounded by tall walls, and experience the feeling of being locked up wherever you go. If you can create the feeling of being in prison, that's the best.

At this time, the effect of high-power searchlights and tweeters is reflected, the officers on duty on the watchtower shout with loudspeakers during the day, and irradiate West Berlin with high-power searchlights at night, in fact, there is only one purpose, to let the people in West Berlin know that there are people in the outside world, not only exist, but also to observe their every move at all times, so that the people of West Berlin have a feeling of being deprived of privacy. If the above two things can be done at the same time, this blockade operation can be considered to be a little meaningful.

"Don't they always say we're a police state? If we don't do things beautifully this time, we're really sorry for their evaluation! Serov and Markus Wolf worked together to finalize the construction of the Berlin Wall, which would be 140 kilometers long in two months.

"By the way, how many informants do you Stasi have in West Berlin?" Serov had always been somewhat curious about the workings of the Stasi, and to say that there was no one in the Federal Republic of Germany in the service of the GDR, he did not believe it.

"There are about 2,000 informants in West Berlin, and as for the whole territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, there are about 6,000 people who are connected with our Stasi!" Markus Wolf will not lie to Serov about this, because there is no need at all, just a number.

Not! Serov was still surprised by this number, but if you think about it, there is a reason for it, the two are a people, and they have naturally eliminated a lot of resistance to the work of agents, and it is not surprising to have such a result. But Serov was still a little shocked by Stasi's achievement, and he was a little amazed by Stasi's organizational ability.

On 28 April, after careful preparations, 20,000 mobilized workers, plus more than 6,000 people from various countries, gathered on the perimeter of the barbed wire fence, and in accordance with the resolution of the GDR government, a blockade was taken against the fascists in West Berlin, whose status was to be reviewed in accordance with the procedures of border management. The Anti-Fascist Wall is a border system that will exist as a counterpart to West Berlin under the occupation of the Three Kingdoms.

On the same day, the construction of the Berlin Wall began, and more than 26,000 workers began to build the wall around the perimeter of West Berlin.

"With the manpower used this time, if you don't consider the quality and cement viscosity, it can be built in a week, but the lookout post may take a little longer!" Markus Wolf watched the progress of the project with a telescope and a look of pride on his face, apparently satisfied with the current efficiency.

"As long as the GDR can withstand the pressure and wait for the wall to be built, it will temporarily ease your population loss, but you still need to figure out how to do it yourself, if your population is too far from the Federal Republic of Germany, no matter how much you compete, the gap in hard indicators will still be very large!" Serov shrugged helplessly, "The blockade of West Berlin seems to be very tough, but in fact, our side is indeed not as attractive as the west side, otherwise West Berlin may fence itself up, and we will not agree......"

This is a helpless reality, it is human nature to hate the poor and love the rich, and it is not easy for Serov to say anything about this. But it is clear that he dislikes the poor and loves the rich, but he uses freedom as an excuse, which is unbearable. This kind of person should go as soon as possible, and if the Soviet Union is really rich, I hope that those who left will not come back, after all, your motherland is not free.

"What then? Set up a Heroic Mother? Markus Wolf also knew that the Soviet Union had a policy to encourage more children, so could it be that the GDR should learn from the Soviet experience in this regard.

"If possible, I personally recommend that Germany set up a commendation for heroic fathers, give pennants and honors to men, and bonuses to women!" Serov said with a stir in his heart, to be honest, men, especially young men, are far more enthusiastic about sowing this kind of work than young women, which is caused by the different growth cycles of men and women. According to Serov's information on the Soviet Union, the birth rate of the current population in the Soviet Union is still not optimistic, and the heroic mother may have played a role, but it is also very limited.

"Does this work?" Markus Wolff unconsciously diverted his attention from the project, and was led by Serov to a detour. I have to say that Serov's proposal is indeed a bit novel, but it is also a little too novel, so that the government always feels a little strange to introduce such a policy.

"It's definitely more effective than the heroic mother, and as for whether there is a problem with this policy, it still needs to be practiced! If it had worked well in the GDR, perhaps the Soviet Union would have learned from it! Serov said with great confidence.

To be honest, Serov admired himself a little at this time, and he was able to say this kind of thing so openly, as if it was for the sake of a better tomorrow for socialism, and there was really no vain learning in the Soviet Union in the past few years.

"Then pick a special area with a relatively small population and try it!" Markus Wolff's statement proves one thing, he was finally taken into the ditch by Serov.

This was Serov's first experiment with the GDR, but it would never be the last. If it really works, Serov will immediately promote it in the USSR, especially in the areas inhabited by Russians. With the results of the GDR, he persuaded the bigwigs in the Soviet Union to reverse the demographic problem in the Soviet Union.