It will take the next day to reach the destination, Andrei is going to Sverdlovsk for the first time in his life, and at night Andrei rested in his compartment, he looked at the huge land outside and sighed Ah The huge strategic depth of the Soviet Union has played a great role, this rear is absolutely safe, the Luftwaffe can't fly, it takes time for you to let the German tanks come in such a large space, and the motherland in your previous life is like this, you have to stop your steps after the little devil occupies so much, logistics, Strength is an issue that neither fascist can avoid. www.biquge.info In the early days of World War II, the Germans used this tactic to achieve amazing tactical results, conquering Poland in 27 days, Denmark in 1 day, Norway in 23 days, the Netherlands in 5 days, Belgium in 18 days, and Belgium in 39 days. The strongest army in Europe". Within a short period of time, Nazi Germany swept across the Western European continent and was invincible... An important point is that Europe is mostly a country with a small land area and very small strategic depth, and the armored forces of Nazi Germany, with the cooperation of the air force, can often cross a country in a few days. The opponent often has not reacted to the German raid, and the whole territory or most of the major cities have fallen or been destroyed, this geographical characteristic is very suitable for a new army of high mobility and rapid assault, such as the French, when all their attention is focused on the Maginot line, the German army detoured through Belgium to attack France, and after the breakthrough, the desperate rapid assault, even the prisoners of war and the booty did not have time to clean, just desperately marched to Paris, waiting for the French army on the Maginot Line to react, but the rear has already surrendered ... In addition, because when sweeping away Western Europe, the strategic depth of the attacked country is small, so that Nazi Germany does not have to worry about the logistical pressure caused by the rapid assault, often before the logistics crisis comes, the German tanks have run over the whole territory, and the attacked country can no longer withstand it, and it is by virtue of these characteristics that the German army can smoothly sweep through the countries of Western Europe in a short time. Therefore, blitzkrieg is especially useful against small countries, or countries with small strategic depth.

But for the Soviet Union, the shortcomings of the blitzkrieg were exposed, the Soviet Union has a vast land area, a long strategic depth, Germany in the early days of the Great Patriotic War, although in two weeks deep into the Soviet Union more than 600 kilometers, but only occupied a small part of the Soviet Union, placed in the previous Western European battlefield, this does not know how many countries can be swept through, the Soviet Union's broad land depth makes the German army proud of the blitzkrieg into a long march, and the deeper the penetration, the longer the supply line in the rear becomes longer, the longer the distance of the breakthroughThe strategy was no longer achieved, and Germany became stronger and stronger, which not only caused difficulties for the attack plan of the front line, but also made it impossible to deliver materials, and the planning time of major strategies was constantly postponed, which directly affected the time arrangement of the entire war.

Although the Soviet Union's losses in the early days of the war against Germany were very huge, it also had extremely large war potential by virtue of its large land area and rich population resources. The advantage of blitzkrieg is that it is fast and powerful, but the disadvantage is that the time limit is limited, and the opponent must be defeated in a limited time, and once this time period is exceeded, this blitzkrieg will be invalid! Now it seems that this is indeed the case, and now the USSR still has the safety zone of the Urals!

Andrei then remembered his destination, Sverdelovsk, which was located close to the Eurasian dividing line, and which was named Yekaterinburg after Tsarina Catherine until 1924 and in his previous life, was an important industrial, transport, trade, scientific, cultural and administrative center of the Soviet Union in the Urals. On July 16-17, 1918, during the Civil War, the last Tsar Nicholas II and his family were executed in the Ibatyev Palace here.

The execution of the last Tsar's family was a decision made by the local Bolshevik organization. In July 1918, in order to prevent Nicholas II from being taken away by the rebels, the local Bolshevik organization made a decision to execute the Tsar's family without Moscow's approval, as the White Army approached Yekaterinburg. In the early hours of July 17, local Cheka commander Jacob ? Yulovsky led a detachment of criminal squads and drove the Tsar's family and his servants into the basement, where they were sentenced to death and immediately executed. Taken aback, Nicholas II asked: "What?" What the? According to eyewitness recollections, before being executed, Nicholas II also said: "Do you know what you have done? ”

It is undeniable that such an execution without trial is completely murder, think about the execution of the kings of the English and French revolutions, you don't care if the court is really fair, at least tell everyone why you want to kill, this needs a reason, in fact, Nicholas II and Louis XVI are not necessarily capital crimes, they are sad because they are agents and symbols of the old system, they are guilty but I am afraid that they are not guilty to death, right? Sure, they're not good people, but do they really have to die?

However, now that everything has passed, Andrei can't say this thought, otherwise, his head should eat bullets, and then Andrei took out the file and began to look at the current information

At the time of the Great Patriotic War, Sverdlovsk was a large military-industrial center. More than 50 large factories, manufacturing plants, scientific and academic institutions throughout the Soviet Union were evacuated to Sverdlovsk. Cities also made a great contribution to the preservation of the cultural heritage of the Soviet Union. The rich collections of the Lavra Museum (Leningrad), the Central Opera House of the Soviet Army, the Opera House of the Moscow Academy of Arts were transferred to Sverdlovsk, and even the headquarters of the USSR State Academy of Sciences were relocated here. It can be said that Sverdlovsk was very important in the Soviet Union, as it was the center of the Ural region, and in 1937 the population had reached 400,000.

A city of 400,000 people may not mean anything special in the rest of the world, but it was very prominent in the Urals, which at that time was already the most populous city.

One of the most important factories in Sverdlovsk is the Ural Heavy Machinery Plant here, and the heavy machinery produced by this plant occupies a very high proportion in the Soviet Union. You have to have a manufacturer of equipment that produces weapons, otherwise maintenance and production efficiency are very important. And the Ural Heavy Machinery Plant is such a plant. Of course, it's not just for the military, it's also for electric motors for large cranes, engines for small and medium-sized ships, and diesel engines for trucks, but now the factory is completely at the front line.

Early the next morning, the train arrived at the platform of the Sverdlovsk freight station, and there was already a crowd of people waiting for the arrival of Andrei and his party.

During his stay in Sverdelovsk, Andrei visited and inspected a number of factories and held several discussions with comrades of the local city party committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, including work and life, as well as security issues. As before, Andrei didn't say much, the leaders here are all old qualifications, and it is not the turn of young people to point fingers, but his opinions in some places represent the meaning of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so the leaders dare not make a mistake to know that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is a terrifying existence.

On his third day in Sverdlovsk, Andrei visited the Ibat Palace, the place where seven members of the Tsar's family were shot.

Coming to the birch forest outside, Andrei suddenly remembered the famous mystery case of later generations, where is the body of the Tsar's family?

Yakov? Yurowski was the leader of the firing squad that carried out the execution. In order to keep the bodies from being found, he recalled, they first dumped the bodies of the Tsar's family in a mine and then moved them to a marsh by the side of the road for burial. According to Yurowsky's recollections, they deliberately buried the two bodies separately from the others, because, when the royalists tried to find the remains of the emperor, they would only look for the place where the 11 bodies were buried, and the nine bodies would not arouse their suspicion.

But how to separate? Yulovsky used a Russian word "tutzhe" to denote it. The word has the meaning of "right here", "nearby", and "right away". Many people understand that the second tomb is next to the first. But Sitov believes that the meaning of the word may refer to the burial of corpses in this area, but some distance from the first. They also believed that the first burial site was surrounded by swampland, and that in order to burn the bodies, the firing squad must have sought a piece of dry land.

According to the memoirs, archaeologists, along with detectives, went to the place where the remains of the Tsar's family were buried. The birch forest rustles in the wind and seems to indicate direction. After walking for a while, they found some remains of burned corpses in the jungle about 60 meters from the swamp where the Tsar's family was buried, and found two skulls.

Looking at all this, Andre is also sighing, the end of this old era is really going to bleed!

And that night Andrei had another dream, he actually came to the Palace of Ibateev, but the situation doesn't seem right, how does this not look like 43 years,

Next to it there were soldiers erecting cannons and machine guns next to the fence. The machine guns on the dome of the church are aimed in the direction of the palace. At this moment, the Palace of Ibateev was immersed in a terrible silence. The Tsar and his wife and the children had fallen asleep separately. Andrei walked in, and he suddenly realized that it seemed to be the day of the decapitation of the Tsar's family on July 16, and a Soviet functionary went to the room, and Nicholas II was called up, saying that he was going somewhere else. He went downstairs again and woke up the children. "What's wrong, Dad? Where are we going?" The Tsar's eldest daughter, Olga, asked him. "Trying to get us out of here for a few days, the Czechs may have surrounded the city, they're so close to here, I'm guessing they're worried that someone will come to our rescue." It was clear that he was anxious and excited. "From here," said the Soviet delegate waiting in the antechamber, "it will take a few minutes, the car has not yet arrived." Our people are all in the rooms on the ground floor, but you have to go to the basement to get chairs. "It was an empty hall, lit only by a few lanterns, and just after midnight the sky was still somewhat bright, and the lanterns seemed to be dyed a darker shade of blue. The eldest daughter, Olga, sat on the edge of her chair and supported her younger brother on her shoulders. Suddenly, the door was opened widely, and several Cheka agents, led by Soviet representatives, appeared in the basement with pistols.

At this time, Nicholas II tried to stand up and stammered: "Who are you?" What are you going to do?" At the same time, the deputies of the Soviets shouted: "Your friends are ...... You are all murderers......" Before the words could be finished, a volley of guns swept towards the Tsar's family. In an instant, heart-rending shouts and pistols mingled. Olga threw herself in front of her brother. The first bullet hit her in the shoulder, and she spun. The second bullet hit her in the chest, and she fell to the ground. The others fell next to her, twisting and moaning. The last bullet hit her in the throat, blood spurted out of her mouth, Olga did not move, and the Tsar's family fell in a pool of blood.

Then, after confirming that everything was correct, the Cheka agents began to dispose of the body!

In the hotel, Andre woke up violently, this is definitely different from the battle on the battlefield and the execution of German prisoners of war, this feels very strange!

Andrei remembers that in a certain book of great gods, the war of mercenaries, he once wrote about a veteran who said: "It is very painful to be a mercenary, especially a mercenary who sells his life for money, because you never know whether your next battle will be on the side of evil or on the side of justice, I have killed many people, there are scum who deserve to go to hell, and there are also innocent civilians, for money, I have to sell my soul."

When I fought for my country, my heart was full of a sense of responsibility, full of pride, I could sacrifice my life without regret, no matter whether this war was just or not, but at least I knew that even if I died in battle, I would sacrifice my life for the country, and all the guilt would be borne by politicians. ”

But in fact, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is pitiful because even if it is doing things for the country, in fact, it has to bear its own responsibility, and the only person who should be responsible for the death of the Tsar's family should not be the Ministry of Internal Affairs! But such a merciless killing will never bring glory to people, at least killing the Germans themselves will have someone to help you speak, this matter is completely a stain that can never be washed away!