Chapter 137 137 Evidence
"Give me a few days, Comrade Stalin, the great leader of the Soviet Union. Yezhov bowed his head and said, "I'll go and prepare." ”
"This time we must have tangible evidence! I can't hold back the veterans of Comrade Lenin's time! So we can't do it as casually as we do with Kirov! We must prove Tukhachevsky's guilt with very solid evidence! See?" Stalin narrowed his eyes and stared at Yezhov, the corners of his mouth twitching upward, and he looked tyrannical.
Tukhachevsky is also a marshal, he has a deep background in the army, not to mention his extensive connections, and his own lineage is not small. Khrushchev added oil and vinegar to the side and secretly stabbed Yezhov. If Yezhov had retreated and chosen to give up at this time, then Stalin would no longer have compared Yezhov with Khrushchev.
"That's true, Comrade Stalin. Tukhachevsky has made great contributions to the motherland, and to arrest him in such a hurry is to cut off his own arm!" Yezhov said with a pretending of persuasion.
"It's a pity! Because Tukhachevsky had worked with Kirov in Leningrad for a long time, it has been determined that Tukhachevsky is a loyal follower of Kirov! He is still making trouble for us about Kirov! So we must kill him!" Stalin replied with a frown.
"Yes, Comrade Stalin! I will arrange it!" said Yezhov, stubbornly: "Please give me a few days." ”
"Very good! Comrade Yezhov. I'm waiting for your good news!" Stalin nodded approvingly: "There are not many comrades like you who are willing to do things for the motherland, and you have to redouble your efforts." ”
"Long live Comrade Stalin, the great leader of the Soviet Union!" Yezhov saluted, then turned and walked out of Stalin's office. Khrushchev was left there, and Stalin did not know what issues were being discussed.
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Poland, the seat of the Comintern branch in Warsaw, on the platform of the railway station. An old man took a tightly wrapped film: "It's hard work. I heard that we sacrificed a lot of comrades for this information?"
"Yes, our underground intelligence system in Germany has been almost completely exposed because of this handover...... Even if we had taken emergency measures, Berlin's intelligence network had collapsed. The man who sent the information said very solemnly.
"Now it's chaos over there, and they don't dare to contact each other anymore because they don't know who has been arrested. Another Comintern official said with a frown.
"Is it worth losing dozens of comrades who have been lurking for many years with such a piece of information?" the old man asked with obvious heartache.
"I've heard that anyone who knows the contents of this information thinks it's worth it! Along with this information, there are also technical drawings of the German army's 1,000-ton submarine, which are more precious than those drawings. The person who sent the information said solemnly: "For this, even No. 3 is dead!"
"No. 3, God......" The old man shook his head regretfully: "I will personally send this information to Moscow, since I have lost so many people, then this information is really extremely important." ”
"Promise me, use your life to protect this information! It is related to the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Soviet Red Army!" The man who sent the information was very concerned about this information: "Maybe there will be Germans blocking this way, don't think that it will be safe when you get to Poland!"
"Don't worry!" said the Comintern official who saw him off, comfortingly: "We have arranged for many comrades to cover along the way, and their party is protected by five of the best people in our station, so there should be no problems." ”
"In that case, then please!" the man who delivered the information nodded: "I hope there won't be any accidents." ”
"Okay. I swear with my life that I will send this information back to Moscow. The old man smiled and said, "I wish you a safe journey back as well." ”
"Thank you. The man didn't say much, turned around and left.
"Sir. Do you think the information they got is fake? After all, the content of this information is a bit too bizarre. The Comintern official looked at the man who had gone away and asked the old man beside him in a low voice.
The old man smiled: "It doesn't matter whether this information is true or not, what matters is how the authorities in Moscow use it! As long as we stand firmly on the winning side, we can continue to fight for the world." Got it?"
"What do you mean?" said the officer, looking inquisitive.
"No matter who wins, in the end it will be the victory of the cause, and there is no problem with that! The struggle for power is not terrible, and competition under the system is necessary. After the old man had finished speaking, he took the information and several tall men and walked onto the train.
Instead of giving up, the Germans launched an attack as the train was about to leave Poland, killing two Polish Comintern agents who were protecting intelligence, and three Gestapo SS soldiers themselves on a foreign mission. Unfortunately, this time the Germans still failed, and they were not able to stop this information from going east. Because Germany is not yet capable of launching a spy attack in the Soviet Union, as soon as intelligence enters the territory of the Soviet Union, it can be said to be absolutely safe.
Intelligence traveled all the way north to Moscow. Then it was sent to the desk of the head of the top intelligence agency of the USSR. Soon, at about one o'clock in the morning that night, the intelligence film was developed, copied into several copies, and sent to the desks of the High Command and Stalin.
Of course, because the Soviet Union was in the midst of a rebellion, this information was also given to Yezhov as evidence and materials, which made Yezhov, who was waiting for an opportunity, breathe a sigh of relief. He did not go home at all these days, but tortured several officers in his office building, hoping to obtain "incriminating evidence" about Tukhachevsky. When Wen Jiàn arrived, he had not yet slept, which allowed him to see this important information a few hours before Stalin.
If Lenin was still alive and heard this shout, he would probably have slapped Yezhov twice in the face -- the commander of the army group and the marshal of the Red Army was convicted, and some people shouted "Wonderful...... That's an irony in itself, right?
Yezhov rushed to Stalin's office in ecstasy and brought to Stalin this document and the evidence that he had managed to torture from the mouths of some officers these days. At this time, only 3 hours had passed since Wen Jiàn was washed out, and Stalin had not yet gotten up, but Yezhov couldn't take much of it, he asked for everything, and finally met Stalin at about 5 o'clock in the morning.
"Comrade Stalin! This time we have solid evidence that Tukhachevsky deserves it!" Yezhov said proudly.
After reading those texts, Stalin did not speak with a solemn expression. These texts contain a lot of content: there are those who secretly colluded with the Germans to prepare for the overthrow of Stalin, those who cooperated with the Germans to train the army, and how to bring in German and Italian funds for development after the overthrow of Stalin.
Each of the above documents has the autograph of the German general and Tukhachevsky, and it is stamped with the steel seals of the German departments and Tukhachevsky's private seal, and even on two important documents, the German head of state Accardo has signed his name.
What makes people feel even more chilling is that there is not only Tukhachevsky's essay on it, but also many Soviet celebrities: there are famous tank designers, aircraft designers, political commissars and commanders of several front armies or group armies, Soviet politicians and celebrities.
"Comrade Stalin, you won't change your mind when the time comes?" Yezhov asked in a low voice: "These people are all sinners who have betrayed the motherland!
Stalin raised his head, glanced at Yezhov, and then sneered: "Do you think I'm an idiot, or are you an idiot yourself?"
"If I believe what is written in this intelligence, I will send the entire Soviet industry to the grave, I will have to turn against the old and new forces, and I will kill as many people as I can fill a dozen concentration camps!" Stalin slapped the intelligence document on the table: "What I want is to control the Soviet Union steadily! Not to destroy the Soviet Union!"
"Yes! Yes!" Yezhov looked very frightened when he lowered his head and wiped his sweat: "So, is the information fake? Comrade Stalin?"
"Of course the information is true!" Stalin narrowed his eyes and said fiercely: "At least a few people in this information are true, and the authenticity of the other texts needs to be considered." It is possible that the enemy deliberately mixed in some false information, but there must be some information that is true. ”
Yezhov was not a fool either, and as soon as he heard it, he knew what Stalin meant and immediately said: "I understand! Tukhachevsky's secret information about Germany is accurate, and everyone related to him should be tried! The truth or falsity of the other information needs to be considered, and it must be carefully examined......
"Go ahead and do it this way!" said Stalin, yawning a little lazily.
A few hours later, in Tukhachevsky's office, several Soviet officers pulled out their own documents and an order signed by Stalin himself: "By order of Comrade Stalin! We announce that you have been arrested! Comrade Marshal Tukhachevsky!"
Tukhachevsky was stunned for a moment, and then tried to grab the phone, but was pointed at two pistols, and the lieutenant colonel officer, who had been ordered to salute here, waved his hand proudly: "Send our marshal where he should go!"
Soon, Tukhachevsky, the marshal of the Red Army, was put in a car and sent to a prison on the outskirts of the city where he was secretly held. A generation of Soviet military gods became prisoners in such a daze.