128 The Mountain Rain is Coming (Part I)
Demetri. Aleksandrovich, no, it should be said Rudolph . Feng. Colonel Heigl SS sat leisurely at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin listening to the babbling of sopranos. It seemed that he was quite interested in the slightly plump heroine, or at least seemed to be intoxicated.
But only Dmitry. Aleksandrovich himself knew how nervous he was at the moment. As a high-ranking spy for the KGB infiltrating the Nazis, he had just learned an important piece of information that Germany would launch a surprise attack on western Poland in the early hours of September 1.
Truth be told, Aleksandrovich felt a little choked when he heard the news, and he knew very well what that meant by having lived through the First World War.
This will be the prelude to the outbreak of a new world war!
Aleksandrovich was well aware of how badly Russia had been hurt in the First World War, especially after all these years of lurking in the Nazis, and he was even more aware of the Nazi ambitions for the Soviet Union. He loved his homeland, and knew that the Soviet Union at this time was far from being fully prepared for war, and he was very worried that the Nazis would continue to attack East Poland after destroying Western Poland, and then the Soviet Union would be forced to join the war.
He pinched the small note in his palm, and wrote in invisible ink all he knew about the German invasion plan on this inconspicuous note, and the only thing he needed to do was to sit in the theater, wait for the connector to appear, and then find a way to give this important note to the connector.
It's just that what makes Aleksandrovich a little anxious is that the connector has never been found, which makes him wonder if he has been exposed.
Let's be honest. For more than ten years. He worries about this almost all the time. In 1920, he traveled to Switzerland via Italy via Turkey and then to Austria, where he lived for eight years and then "became" a native German, and then went to study at the University of Munich in Germany with the help of his superiors. During his studies, he joined the Nazi Party and became a key member of the SS.
Let's be honest. At first, Aleksandrovich did not know why he wanted to join the Nazis, and in his opinion this so-called party, which was full of nationalist stench and extremely discriminatory against Jews and Slavs, was a joke.
However, in 1933, when Hitler succeeded in one fell swoop, he had to admire Li Xiaofeng's forward-looking vision, and from that moment on, he really took his work seriously, and soon blended into the upper echelons of the SS and became Reinhardt. Heinrich's henchmen.
However, to Aleksandrovich's surprise, his superiors never gave him any specific tasks, no clear goals at all, and no requirement for him to steal Nazi secrets. The information he voluntarily reported was generally noncommittal, and even took the initiative to instruct him to lurk with peace of mind.
One time. Aleksandrovich didn't know exactly what he was going to do, which frustrated him. It wasn't until March 1939 that the situation changed, and the mysterious female contact finally gave him the task of observing the preparations for the German invasion of western Poland and actively reporting suspicious information.
In fact, this task was not difficult for Aleksandrovich at all, as Reinhardt . Heinrich's henchmen, this kind of information will hardly be kept secret from him. However, Aleksandrovich was very suspicious that Germany had such big ambitions, after all, the invasion of western Poland was to challenge the bottom line of Britain and France, which would mean a world war. But the reality is cruel, and it turns out that the Nazis, or mustaches, are indeed so crazy.
The worried Aleksandrovich did not notice that a middle-aged man had sat down next to him, who seemed to be an ordinary spectator, but this man obviously had no interest in the opera on stage, and kept fiddling with the pocket watch in his hand.
It's a beautiful pocket watch, with diamonds on a solid gold body, but interestingly, the hands on the watch don't move.
The man who was fiddling with the pocket watch seemed to have just discovered that the watch was gone, and he shook it angrily, and found that it had no effect, so he had no choice but to whisper to Aleksandrovich in broken German: "Excuse me, sir, can I disturb you for a moment?" โ
Aleksandrovich was a little upset, because he didn't want to be disturbed, and he still didn't wait for the connector, and replied sullenly: "What's the matter?" โ
The man, who continued to ask in broken German, "Can you ask me about the time?" My watch suddenly stopped walking. โ
Aleksandrovich subconsciously glanced at the pocket watch handed over by the other party, and suddenly a golden light flashed in his eyes, "Listen to the accent, you are Polish?" โ
The unhurried replied: "No, I am from East Prussia. โ
"First time in Berlin?" Aleksandrovich continued.
"No, the third time," the one explained, suddenly inexplicably, "five years ago for the first time!" โ
Aleksandrovich breathed a sigh of relief, although the person who came was a man, but the incisions could be matched, and he said quietly: "Nine twenty." โ
The latter also expressed his sincere gratitude, which seemed to be the most normal casual exchange, but no one noticed that the note in Aleksandrovich's hand had reached the other party's hand.
An hour later, Aleksandrovich and the connector left the theater, the former breathing a sigh of relief, while the latter's heart hung in the air.
As Li Xiaofeng's ace spy, Karpovich was suddenly called to Berlin, and he didn't know why he was asked to go to Berlin before he went, because his task a moment ago was to closely observe the negotiations against Germany held by Britain, France, and the Soviet Union in Warsaw, and he had to report the first-hand news of the negotiations to Li Xiaofeng as quickly as possible.
Just as he was about to follow up on the reaction and implementation of the agreement in Western Poland, he was suddenly called to Berlin without a clue, and it was really strange that he did not say why. But the strange thing was still to come, and after hurrying across the border between West Poland and Germany to Berlin, he was given the new task of connecting with someone.
Let's be honest. As the head of the KGB station in West Poland. Suddenly, Karpovich was asked to drop what he was doing and rush to Berlin, but it was only a simple joint job. He really didn't understand, and even thought that Li Xiaofeng was a demonic obstacle.
But after he returned to his hotel and figured out what was written on the note, Karpovich had no complaints, this information was too important! Not to mention that he is only a stationmaster of West Poland, it is reasonable to let the stationmaster of Central Europe come.
However, Karpovich didn't know that the reason why Li Xiaofeng asked him to come to the connection was not because of his identity, but because Morrigan, who was originally connected with Aleksandrovich, had a more important task and couldn't get away. And Aleksandrovich's identity is too important, and only Li Xiaofeng and Morrigan know his identity. Li Xiaofeng didn't want other KGB staff to know about Aleksandrovich's deposit too early, so as not to reveal his identity, so he had to let the more reliable Karpovich personally contact him.
That same night, Karpovich boarded a train to Denmark and sent the information back via Denmark and East Prussia. Why did Karpovich deliberately go around in a circle? The main thing was for safety, after all, the Germans were actively preparing for an invasion of Western Poland, and at this time it was not safe to cross the border directly, and Karpovich chose a detour just to be on the safe side.
When this vital piece of information is fed back to Moscow. It's already August 28th. When this top-secret information was placed in front of Li Xiaofeng, a certain immortal did not have any sense of surprise. This had long been expected by him, but Yakov was shocked.
"Did Hitler really dare to do that? Isn't he worried about the reaction of Britain and France? โ
"Humph!" Li Xiaofeng sneered, "The attitude of Britain and France has always been very clear, Hitler saw through them!" โ
Yakov frowned and asked, "Then is this information detained for two days first?" โ
Li Xiaofeng glanced up at him and asked, "Why do you want to deduct it?" โ
Yakov looked at Li Xiaofeng in amazement, and said in his heart: "Isn't it obvious? As soon as the Central Committee knew that Germany was going to invade Western Poland on September 1, didn't that show that Stalin was on the right track? โ
Li Xiaofeng smiled absentmindedly and said, "If you want to make people perish, you must first make them crazy." And now, Stalin is not crazy enough, we have to give him more strength! โ
Yakov was speechless directly, he really didn't understand what Li Xiaofeng wanted to do at all. It seems that someone is constantly giving Stalin heads, obviously has a lot of good cards, but he just holds them tightly in his hand and does not play them, what does this mean?
Li Xiaofeng didn't care what Yakov was thinking, and asked: "How is the situation on Comrade Lenin's side?" โ
For someone's leapfrog thinking, Yakov really can't keep up, Moscow is already a mess, and at this time he is still in the mood to care about Lenin?
So what was Lenin doing at this time?
Lenin remained in Sochi, and after learning of Trotsky's crash, he wanted to rush to Moscow, and a battle-hardened politician like the Mentor could naturally see that Trotsky's death was problematic. But two phone calls dispelled Lenin's thoughts.
The first one was Stalin, of course, who told Lenin that he had sent Ulitsky and Dzerzhinsky to investigate the Trotsky crash, and that none of them had been decided, but that he would definitely find out and give an explanation to the whole Soviet Union.
Stalin's words made Lenin question, because Trotsky was the most suspicious of Stalin, but was it really unexpected that someone should now give him a military order as a guarantee?
If this had been just an accident and Lenin had rushed to Moscow in a hurry, nothing would have happened, at least in Lenin's opinion, and it would not have been a good time to make any more trouble.
Of course, Lenin could not have fully believed Stalin's assurances, and he made another phone call to Sverdlov, who wanted to see what Little Si would say.
Lenin's statement made Lenin even more puzzled, logically speaking, at this time Xiao Si should be in a hurry, Trotsky is dead, Stalin's line must definitely prevail, and he must be anxious if it is reasonable.
This time, however, Xiao Si was not in a hurry at all, and he told Lenin: "The Politburo has exerted the greatest force to investigate the crash of Comrade Trotsky's plane, and I believe that it will soon come to a conclusion, and that the Politburo will definitely give an account to Comrade Trotsky and other comrades who were killed." โ
Anyway, Xiao Si didn't even mean to ask Lenin to go to Moscow to preside over the overall situation, and he seemed to have a plan in his chest. Now Lenin was completely confused. It's one thing for Stalin to be light-hearted. Sverdlov is confident in his chest. Trotsky's confidant Ulitsky and the always impartial Dzerzhinsky were spent, and it was as if Stalin and Sverdlov were in the same boat.
Yes, the first impression that Lenin had on Lenin by the statements of Stalin and Sverdlov was that the two men had once again "been in a wolf affair", if Trotsky's death had been done by these two men together...... At the thought of this, Lenin couldn't help but take a breath.
The mentor counted with his fingers, and at this time, the only one in the Politburo who could listen to him was only Frunze, and those two families occupied four votes, in this absolute disadvantage. Even if he has considerable prestige, it will not help, if he goes to Moscow without making any preparations, it will be sent to the head!
Lenin was a very cautious politician, and after some calculations, he decided that it was not a good choice to go to Moscow without any preparation. So he stayed in Sochi for the time being, and only ordered Frunze to look at the situation with great vigilance and report to him as soon as any bad signs appeared.
Lenin chose the safest approach, and once he found out that Sverdlov and Stalin were working together, he would be able to set things right outside Moscow, and if he went to Moscow, he would throw himself into the net.
For several days. Lenin was in front of his red telephone almost all the time, talking to Frunze every few hours. Confirm the situation in Moscow. This tension continued until the night of Hitler's ultimatum, when Lenin's apprehension reached its peak after learning that Ulitsky and Dzerzhinsky had also lost contact with the Central Committee.
He knew very well that the loss of contact between Dzerzhinsky and Ulitsky was definitely not an accident, and it was most likely Stalin's fault, but in the final vote, Lenin did not have a better choice, and after some difficult thinking, he temporarily chose the line of supporting Stalin.
However, this was not the case that Lenin agreed with Stalin, for at that time he told Frunze: "At this moment, the most important thing is time. Stabilize Stalin first, and then reconnect with Comrade Ulitsky and Comrade Felix as quickly as possible, and make sure that they return to Moscow as soon as possible! โ
Lenin did not think that his delaying tactics were too bad, and that in the face of the aggressive Germans, stabilizing Stalin would also be equivalent to stabilizing them, and at least the Soviet Union would not have to worry about a war with Germany immediately.
Taking advantage of this precious time to let Ulitsky and Dzerzhinsky return to Moscow, plus Frunze has three votes, plus his own unprecedented influence, even if Stalin and Sverdlov really have a wolf bรจi, there is nothing to fear.
Of course, the premise of this is to quickly restore contact with Dzerzhinsky and Ulitsky, and if this cannot be realized, it will be empty talk.
So what were Dzerzhinsky and Ulitsky doing at this time? Why did they lose contact with Moscow?
This also starts with Malenkov's tricks, when Dzerzhinsky and Ulitsky had just opened a breakthrough, he instructed his henchmen to poison several staff members of the NKVD of Ukraine who were being isolated for review, and then instructed the families of the staff members and his own henchmen to mess around.
Dzerzhinsky and Ulitsky were caught off guard by this trick, and when they rushed back after hearing the news, they were blocked at the premises of the Investigative Committee by excited family members and villains with ulterior motives, and they could not move.
"Hello? What, can't be dispatched? Why? These sloppy family members have seriously affected the work of the Commission of Inquiry...... Feed? Feed? โ
Ulitsky angrily threw away the phone, because Merkulov, who was talking to him, had already hung up the phone in advance.
"This bastard refuses to send the internal guard troops to clear the field, and what he says that the internal affairs troops will not use bayonets against the people of the USSR, what a bastard! Are those outside the Soviet people? It's the people of the Soviet Union! It seems that only Malenkov can be called......"
Dzerzhinsky, who was standing at the window observing the situation outside, turned his head and said coldly: "Calling Malenkov has no effect!" โ
Ulitsky asked, "You mean they're in a gang?" โ
"Isn't that obvious?" Dzerzhinsky sneered, "We just found some eyebrows, and this happened." You think this is an accident, I'm afraid that Merkulov and Malenkov have long been in collusion, and this is the game deliberately set for us! Just trying to trap us here! โ
"What's the use of trapping us?" Ulitsky asked suspiciously.
"It's so useful!" Dzerzhinsky's face changed, "We are trapped, the investigation will naturally not be able to be carried out, and they will have more time to destroy the evidence." โ
"How is this possible?!" Ulitsky was shocked.
"How is it possible?" Dzerzhinsky sneered, "The situation is already obvious, this is the political conspiracy!" There are people who do not want the truth of Comrade Trotsky's case to be revealed! Even ......"
Ulitsky nervously asked, "Or even what?" โ
"Even this conspiracy could be even more terrifying!" Dzerzhinsky said worriedly, "Before we left Moscow, the negotiations between Germany and Japan were also at the end of the day, and in our absence, it was entirely possible for some comrades to force a resolution!" โ
Ulitsky said in disbelief: "How is this possible, they don't have such guts, right? And we haven't lost touch with the outside world, have we? โ
"Didn't lose contact?" Dzerzhinsky sneered and picked up the earpiece and ordered: "Pick me up the Moscow Politburo, I'm Dzerzhinsky!" What the? Communication failures? Then send me a telegram...... Feed? Feed?! โ
By the time Dzerzhinsky put down the earpiece, one of Ulitsky's faces had already changed color, and it was clear that he was aware of the severity of the problem...... (To be continued......)
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