As soon as Marshal Petroshilov, chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Army, finished speaking, Stalin was keenly aware that Beria, chairman of the All-Soviet Anti-Counter-Terrorism Committee, had a fierce light in his eyes, and his inner doubts suddenly appeared.

Stalin quietly continued to ask: "Comrade Petroshilov, you can make a military district commander attach such importance to the report, which must involve the key issues of this military operation, you can report it to the comrades in detail!" ”

Marshal Petroshilov said: "Yes, Comrade Stalin, the content of the report is this: the armored brigade of the Third Army, in the process of pursuing the cavalry of the independent division fleeing south, was ambushed by the superior forces of the independent division in the Habdol area south of Irkutsk, according to the report, the ambush troops of the independent division sent a large number of tanks and artillery, so the armored brigade suffered large casualties, and the brigade commander and political commissar Colonel Nikolagsky and below, more than 1,800 people were killed, More than 100 armored vehicles and trucks were destroyed! ”

In Stalin's heart, he was puzzled, there was no information to show that Tang Qiuli's Outer Mongolian border guard troops, which had prepared a large number of tanks and artillery, were a cavalry-based border defense force, and he turned his gaze to General Bessovsky, director of the General Staff Military Intelligence Bureau, who was attending the meeting of the Political Bureau.

In his tone, he asked with a little dissatisfaction: "Comrade Bessovsky, can you give a reasonable explanation from your General Directorate of Military Intelligence?" When did Tang Qiuli's Outer Mongolian border guards prepare so many tanks and artillery that one of our armored brigades was so badly damaged! ”

Admiral Besovsky was in a cold sweat, and the words of the leader and comrade implied reproach. He hurriedly said: "Comrade Stalin, our General Military Intelligence Directorate has always regarded the collection of relevant intelligence on the Outer Mongolian Frontier Guards of the Independent Division as one of the key points of its work, but we have never found any troops of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Guards of the Independent Division. Equipped with a large number of tanks and artillery, I personally believe that what this report says is not true! ”

Stalin's eyebrows moved, and his deep gaze narrowed in an instant. He believed Besssovsky's words, and the Main Directorate of Military Intelligence did not lie. As the top leader of the party, government and army of the Soviet Union. Of course, the source of relevant intelligence is not only the channel of the General Directorate of Military Intelligence, and it is extremely foolish and dangerous for any leader to place his hopes on a single department for the source of intelligence. Yan zhòng said that it is similar to digging a self-grave.

But why did the Third Army of the Transcaucasian Military District have such a report? What is the reason for this? Could it be that behind the report, there is an unknown inside story, or rather, the commander of the Third Army of the Transcaucasian Military District, Major General Sergeyev, in order to cover up the fault of his own command mistakes in local battles, deliberately exaggerated the strength of the Outer Mongolian Border Guards of the Independent Division?

If this is the case, the problem is not big, and if the commander Sergeyev who lied about the military situation is dismissed, it will naturally be dealt with by Beria's Cheka organ, and if there is another inside story, it is necessary to pay more attention.

Before Stalin could speak, Beria stood up excitedly and said: "Comrade Stalin, comrades, personally, I very much agree with Comrade Besovsky's inference, and our Cheka's intelligence system has also confirmed that the Outer Mongolian Border Guards of the Independent Division are not equipped with any tanks and artillery at all in the near future, so the report of the Third Army of the Transcaucasian Military District is a lie about the military situation and deliberately conceals the truth. ”

"Maybe comrades don't know it, Comrade Nikolagsky was one of the important members of the Transcaucasian Military District's Suppression Committee, and he had just been sent by the commander of the Military District, General Kulygin, to the armored brigade of the Third Army to serve as the brigade commander and political commissar, but in three months, he died in a so-called ambush that did not exist.

"It is not a normal thing in itself to send a political work cadre, an important member of the anti-counter-terrorism committee, to a front-line combat unit and serve as a commander, and I have ordered the anti-counter-terrorism committee of the Transcaucasian Military District to send a working group to the Third Army to find out the truth, and soon, news will come, one thing is certain, none of the other units of the Transcaucasian Military District have engaged the troops of the independent division, except for the losses of the armored brigade of the Third Army, and this is the biggest suspicion!"

After Beria's words, the people who participated in the meeting of the Political Bureau had different reactions, and General Bessovsky, director of the Main Directorate of Military Intelligence of the General Staff, was first stunned, and then looked at Beria with an excited expression with unbelievable eyes, and secretly exclaimed in his heart, "My God, is it possible that the sun rises from the west today, and Beria, who has always been on various occasions and does not miss any opportunity to suppress himself, actually stood up to speak for himself, incredible, I heard it right?" ”

General Besovsky, who attended the meeting as an observer, considered it from his own personal feelings, and the other members and alternate members of the Political Bureau of the CPSU secretly frowned slightly, especially the members of the Political Bureau of the military department, who were simply furious in their hearts.

This guy Beria is really a person who has nothing to do, and has made many military districts and front armies into a miasma, and everyone is in danger, and he wants to extend his claws to the Transcaucasian Military District, obviously using the topic to play, and the upper line is on the line, alluding to the commander of the military district, General Kurygin, and the commander of the Third Army, Major General Sergeyev, who is killing people with a knife, and by the hand of the Chinese Tang Qiuli, to remove the heavy members of the Cheka.

It's just a bunch of nonsense, and he can come up with such an excuse and reason, in front of Comrade Stalin, complaining, that it is war, on the battlefield, any unexpected situation can happen, and it is normal for a dead person to die, and it is said that he is a colonel, even a general, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be killed, and the gun has no eyes, as long as he is on the battlefield, in theory, anyone can be killed.

Could it be that the death of other officers is normal, and the death of an officer from a Cheka background is a conspiracy, that is, killing people with a knife, and you Beria will not give up if you don't make a mess of the Transcaucasian Military District, but the Transcaucasian Military District, which is a front-line border military district and a military district with combat missions, how can it be turbulent?

After you Beria got rid of the command team of the military district, you took the opportunity to insert your cronies into it, and those cronies who are experts in arresting, killing, and fabricating crimes, and who are laymen in commanding operations, can command the Red Army to fight against the troops of independent divisions, God knows, the probability is about the same as that of a rooster laying eggs.

Once the battle is lost and the Chinese Tang Qiuli suffers losses again, Comrade Stalin does not know that it is those idiot cronies of you Beria, who are directing the operation, will blame the military for the defeat and carry the black pot for you Beria, and you Beria can stay out of the matter, it is simply too much deception, and the members of the Political Bureau of the military system are full of anger and murderous eyes, looking at the number one person in the military, Marshal Petroshilov, Chief of the General Staff.

As long as this number one boss of the military system, with a gesture of his eyes, the senior generals of the military will immediately attack him in groups, and it will not be over if Beria, the guy who has killed many of his old comrades-in-arms, will be disgraced, lose a layer of skin, and break his claws stretched out to the Transcaucasian Military District!

Marshal Petroshilov, Chief of the General Staff, remained silent, stroked his forehead with his hand, and said with a look of shame: "Comrade Beria, I beg your pardon, I just forgot to explain that the source of this battle report, Comrade Stalin, this battle report was forwarded to the General Staff by the commander of the military district, General Kulygin, after the armored brigade of the Third Army was reported to the military headquarters, that is, the report came from within the armored brigade, the command of the Transcaucasian Military District, and the military headquarters of the Third Army, and no changes were made!" ”

Marshal Petroshilov was sincere in his attitude, gentle in tone, with the demeanor of a dignified elder, without any aggressive rebuttals, and not like Beria, who looked like an enemy hidden within the Soviets except Comrade Stalin and himself.

But the effect is really wonderful, like a floodgate, the language and excitement of Comrade Beria are blocked in your heart at once, and you keep saying that the report is that the Transcaucasian Military District and the Third Army are lying about the military situation in order to cover up the fact that they have borrowed a knife to kill people and eliminate important members of the anti-counterterrorism committee, and what is the result, it is the troops that participated in the battle, the reports submitted, and the officers and soldiers who have personally experienced the battle, will not lie?

What's more, the scope of the incident has been narrowed down to the scope of a brigade-level combat unit, and your Beria's attempt to disrupt the Transcaucasian Military District has completely failed, and no matter how you Beria pushes the flames and jumps up and down, it will not affect the overall situation.

The generals of the military held back the smiles on their faces, shouted in their hearts, and cast their admiring eyes on the chief of the general staff who looked calm and loyal.

As soon as Marshal Petroshilov's words fell, Beria's face became embarrassed and iron-blue, and he shot his angry gaze viciously at Marshal Petroshilov, who was there with the old god, and secretly gritted his teeth in his heart, "I didn't expect that this guy, who is usually inconspicuous, has such a sinister side, and blames himself for not being able to hold his breath and losing face at the meeting of the Political Bureau, so that it is not a big deal." ”

Beria's biggest concern was to lose points in front of Comrade Stalin, and everything he had today was given by the Soviet leader, and once he lost the trust of the leader and was deprived of power, Beria knew that his fate would be miserable.

Beria is not a character who is willing to suffer, he can't be so passive, he must fight back!

(To be continued) (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please read it on m.biquge.info. )