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spnAugust 1936, Soviet Union, Moscow Kremlin.

"Comrade Stalin, Comrade Yagoda from the NKVD has come to see you."

In the Kremlin, Captain Vlasik of the Internal Guard, who was responsible for Stalin's personal protection, knocked on the door, walked into Stalin's office, stood at attention and reported.

Stalin stood in front of the world map, staring in the direction of Europe, and his eyes stayed on the German region. While smoking his big pipe, he said without looking back: "Let him in."

"Yes, Comrade Stalin."[

Soon, Yagoda, one of the leaders of the Soviet secret police, walked in. After standing at attention and saluting, he stood aside with his military cap in hand and waited for Stalin to finish thinking.

Even he dared not violate Comrade Stalin's absolute authority, otherwise he would be punished immediately.

After a long time, Stalin turned around angrily and said quickly to Yagoda: "This stupid little Hitler is trying to win over the hearts of the world with an Olympic Games. Damn the Germans, the damn German gangsters, escape from this prison."

The short Germanic pig. Any Olympic Games without the participation of the powerful Soviet Union will be doomed to failure."

Because when the Soviet Union was founded, the Olympic Committee did not invite the red regime to participate in the Olympic Games. Even in the following Olympic Games, there were no Soviets. The Germans, especially, never thought of inviting the Soviet Union to participate in the Olympic Games.

Since the founding of the Soviet Union, many athletes can only participate in domestic competitions and are rarely invited by other countries in the world. After being politically isolated, the entire Soviet Union has been completely abandoned by the world in terms of culture and sports.

A strong sense of crisis came from all sides of the world, which is why the Soviet Union at that time resolutely implemented the plan to support political forces in China, spread the red regime, and improve the Soviet Union's world living environment.

"Wise Comrade Stalin, Hitler is not a politician, he is a dirty actor. He tried to use his poor performance to gain the world's support for the Nazis. His conspiracy is destined to fail. The great Soviet Union will be the first

Standing opposite him." Yagoda stood at attention again and responded seriously to Stalin's complaints.

'Wise' Comrade Stalin nodded with satisfaction. He still saw Hitler's intentions very clearly, but what does it matter? No matter how much the Nazis expanded their armies and prepared for war, the Soviet Union still had millions of powerful Red Army troops, heavily deployed and always on guard.

against any possible attack on the great Soviet Union.

In his opinion, the ones who should be worried are the French and British. They are feuding with the Germans. The result of the First World War was a midfield contest between Germany and France. If war broke out again, the Germans would definitely turn to the French.

Retaliation instead of attacking the powerful Soviet Union with thousands of tanks and thousands of planes and millions of Red Army troops.

"Even if they launch an attack, we will fight back directly until Berlin." This is what Stalin said at an internal high-level military meeting of the Red Army.

"Yagoda, how are the preparations for the purge going?" Stalin relit his pipe and asked while smoking.

Yagoda: "Reporting to Comrade Stalin, based on the intelligence obtained from Germany, we have obtained tangible evidence. All core members of the Trotsky-Linoviev Terror Center will be arrested later today.

In accordance with your instructions, the party and the people will give them a final and severe trial after a thorough investigation by the Internal Affairs Committee."

"Very good, the flower of the Soviet Union's strength needs to be watered with the blood of anti-Japanese and traitorous elements." Stalin nodded with satisfaction, then remembered another thing, and said in a tone that made Yagoda shudder, "

Yagoda, have you carefully verified the list I asked Comrade Yezhov to give you?"

Yagoda was stunned for a moment, and then his heart trembled, knowing what Stalin was referring to.

Three days ago, Yagoda was suddenly summoned to the Kremlin. The furious Stalin personally threw a so-called secret information "that Comrade Yezhov obtained at the risk of his life" in his face, scaring him so much that he thought he would do it on the spot.

Replaced by this Yezhov.

In the past three days, in addition to investigating the list obtained by Germany, he was also investigating this so-called new list.

He discovered that the so-called secret information "obtained by Comrade Yezhov at the risk of his life" was actually obtained by Yezhov, one of the leaders of the secret police, from the Chinese Embassy in Moscow using extremely despicable means.

That document was originally accidentally obtained by a Chinese embassy attaché in Moscow from a French agent, and it was a list of French generals who had bribed the Soviet Red Army.

Through his intelligence network, Yezhov learned that the military attache once told the truth at a cocktail party and mentioned such an incident. After sending someone to contact the military attache, he learned that the military attache's original intention was to

This list was sent back to China and given to Chinese intelligence agencies as a reference. Yezhov immediately bought this list from the Chinese military attaché for 500,000 gold rubles. It was important to the Chinese, but it was important for Yezhov's personal promotion.

But a very important list.[

There is one marshal, four generals, and hundreds of other generals.

Judging from Yagoda's intelligence experience, the authenticity of this list is very questionable. From a personal perspective, he would never believe that so many Red Army generals betrayed the Soviet Union.

But after some investigation, he was extremely surprised to find that half of the generals on the list had actually had contact with unknown foreigners for a period of time, and some had actually accepted so-called sponsorship from international friends.

Although some people did not receive the "red" sponsorship fees from the Soviet Union, they had direct relatives in their families who received varying amounts of famous money.

At this time, he was keenly aware of why Yezhov, one of his damn competitors, spent a lot of money to buy this list.

Being familiar with Stalin, he knew that this list would provide the greatest help to Stalin's ideas of personal suspicion and individual rights.

Perhaps Stalin himself did not believe that there were so many Soviet Red Army generals colluding with the French, but what does it matter? As Yagoda knew, Stalin also did not believe the list given by the Germans, but he still ordered

Investigate strictly, punish severely, and sentence harshly and quickly.

Although the intelligence obtained from Germany went through repeated so-called investigations, evidence collection, and committee discussions, no one dared to oppose Stalin's decision. In the end, after these formalities were completed, Stalin obtained a result that satisfied him.

Whatever Stalin needs, he should provide it. As for whether this list obtained from the Chinese is unfair or not, it should be left to the wise Comrade Stalin to judge.

"Wise Comrade Stalin, after detailed and careful investigation by the NKVD, it has been found that at least 55 people have direct problems, 35 relatives have indirect problems, and the problems of others are not particularly clear. These traitors may be like

Just like the German list, it is too hidden." Yagoda said without stopping. Several of the generals on the Chinese list had even had drinks with him a few days ago, chatting and laughing.

, but what does that matter? Everything is for the great Soviet Union, and its power and status.

"Comrade Yagoda, you did a good job." Stalin nodded with satisfaction, then waved his hand and said in his usual tone, "I will conduct a final, very detailed and in-depth review of this list. The great Soviet Union

I will never wrongly accuse any true comrade, and I will never let go of any anti-rebellionist or traitor. I will spend one night selecting the criminals among them.

Tomorrow, you come to me and take the reviewed list. As the "Chairman" of the NKVD, you have a very heavy responsibility. You should know that this time, the enemies of the great Soviet Union are very insidious. They are hidden deep and are present all over the world.

If they try to regard us as enemies, then we should not keep the enemies within ourselves. We must mobilize the power of the entire Soviet Union to pull them out together. Go ahead and do these three things well, my Yagoda

Comrade."

"He was the wise Comrade Stalin, and he did everything for the Soviet Union."

Yagoda didn't feel any reluctance, but instead had a flash of excitement. Three major things, one was to deal with the list that Stalin had personally confirmed from the Germans, and the other was to pick up the second list tomorrow.

The third one was to take out 5,000 "opponents of the great Soviet cause" from prison according to the order of the great Comrade Stalin and execute them to death.

As soon as Yagoda left, Stalin put down his pipe and showed his habitual smile. It was a smile that controlled the overall situation. Then he picked up a pen and randomly drew a small circle on the list.

After circling four or five names, I put down my pen.

He seems to have seen the future of the great Soviet Union. This red purge will penetrate deep into the army. These people will make their own 'efforts' for the strength of the Soviet Union in an alternative way. And through this movement, he will

Become a powerful figure in the great Soviet Union.

Hanking, Nanyuan

"Chairman, this is the report just sent back from the Soviet Union."

Luo Feng, the Minister of Special Intelligence of the Republic, led by Mao Yunxian, knocked on the door and walked into Zhang Shusheng's office.

"The Soviet special intelligence personnel acted very quickly."

Zhang Shusheng stopped the pen in his hand. It took him two full hours to deal with the technical issues about the gyroscope used in rockets. Luo Feng had just finished writing when he came in.

From time to time, a staff member of the top science and technology committee knocked on the door and walked into the office. After standing at attention and saluting, he took the scientific and technological information from Zhang Shusheng and walked out. This S-level scientific and technological information will be secretly sent to the southwest in the form of the science and technology committee.

Rocket Research Center. They have been waiting for this information for a long time. The key information has not been completely solved and can only be handed over to the Supreme Science and Technology Committee. Zhang Shusheng was in a good mood and took care of it personally.

Luo Feng first handed over a simple report, and then said: "Judging from the current situation, Stalin's personal will has changed greatly. The special departments of the Soviet Union are currently taking emergency operations. They will carry out three large-scale operations."

Purge. According to the analysis of our Special Intelligence Department, there is reason to believe that Stalin will launch a red purge throughout the Soviet Union.[

From the list we gave, Stalin finally crossed out several names, including Vasilevsky, and all others were included in the purge. It is expected that the people on this list at the latest will be later

Later, it is possible that the so-called 'core members of the Trotsky-Linoviev Terror Center' would be purged in a second batch, in early 1937."

"Well, you did a good job. We need to step up our work in this area. Whenever we have the opportunity, we should add more firewood to the Soviet Union's great purge. The Soviet Union has a strong family background, but the fire is not big enough and the burning is not thorough enough." Zhang Shusheng sighed with emotion.

He said that this Stalin was indeed very crazy. He was not stupid, but a very cunning politician, but because of his madness he did some things that brought disaster to the Soviet Union.

Historically, in August 1936 and January 1937, the Soviet Union purged 30 senior Soviet party and government officials twice. From former senior party leaders to Red Army generals, most of them were executed. The entire two-year period

During the great purges, 15 of the total number of cadres in the army were executed and purged, including 3 marshals, Tukhachevsky, Yegorov and Brücher; 17 of the 20 corps-level cadres

, all 11 deputy people's commissars of defense; commanders of all military regions, nearly half of military region military commissars and political department directors; all corps commanders, almost all division commanders and brigade commanders, most political commissars of corps, divisions and brigades, nearly half of regiments

Chief, political commissar of the regiment for nearly 13 years.

The crazy Soviet Union, the crazy Stalin, even the Soviet Red Army, which suffered such heavy losses, was able to hold off Germany in World War II. It has to be said that the Soviet Union has deep financial resources and a vast territory that can make the enemy despair.

What Zhang Shusheng had to do was to add more firewood to the fire.

His idea is not extreme. He can just kill more Soviet staff officers and more mid-level generals. After all, in the future battlefield, the commanding class of the Soviet Red Army will be weaker than in the original history. The attack on Germany and the Sino-Soviet War will both

is beneficial.

Fighting with a regiment commanded by veteran Soviet Red Army officers is definitely not as comfortable as fighting with a new officer who has just graduated from a military academy for two years or an officer who has just been promoted from the position of company commander or battalion commander.

As for the list provided to Stalin, Zhang Shusheng had never paid much attention to it. Even if it failed this time, the Special Intelligence Department would organize the next one. Since Stalin wanted to purge, then the Special Intelligence Department would have the opportunity to add fuel to the fire.

After all, history is cruel to humanity. Some things that may seem ridiculous to later generations, and that even a pig would not do, were actually ordered to be done by some so-called great men for various reasons in the original history.

They are not stupid, because they can get huge benefits from these so-called "unprecedented events" that ordinary people are difficult to realize, especially political benefits.

There are no most ridiculous political events, only the most affectionate politicians.

"Chairman..."

Luo Feng paused slightly and said.

"Speak directly if you have anything to say, there are no outsiders here." Zhang Shusheng waved his hand and said, if both Hitler and Stalin need confidants in security work, he also needs them, and there is no doubt that Luo Feng is the one.

"I think... I want to be transferred to the Commercial Investigation Bureau."

Zhang Shusheng raised his head, looked at the serious-looking Luo Feng, and shook his head, "Now is not the time. Let's wait until next year."

He didn't understand what Luo Feng was talking about about the transfer. He held a high position and was in charge of one of the two highest intelligence departments in the Republic. After a long time, he would have a sense of crisis, or a sense of self-crisis.

After the founding of the Republic, the commercial investigation section of the original Shusheng Company developed too fast. Under Zhao Ziyun's many years of management, the intelligence work has been able to form an independent investigation capability parallel to that of the Special Intelligence Department.

Luo Feng's intention was to exchange positions with Zhao Ziyun, and he never worried about the chairman of the committee.

However, what Luo Feng didn't know was that since he dared to use it, Zhang Shusheng had an absolute trump card and an absolute and more secret supervisory power. If there was no trump card and Zhang Shusheng was just an ordinary visitor from time and space, then things would definitely be different.

The moment Luo Feng walked out of the door, Zhang Shusheng suddenly stopped him.
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