The Rise of the Third Reich

On the morning of May 19, 1943, Vlasov's convoy slowly drove from the highway north of Leningrad into the second capital of the Soviet Union, a heroic city that had been besieged by German regiments for nearly a year.

On this day, the sky over the city of Leningrad was covered with dark clouds, the spring rain also fell in patters, and a warm sea breeze blew from the Baltic Sea.

But it was clearly spring breeze and spring rain, but there was no way to give people a feeling that everything was about to recover. Instead, Vlasov, the Soviet hero and Red Army general (who was promoted to general because of the rescue of Leningrad) who entered the city, rushed to a place where winter was approaching. chill.

The once prosperous urban area of ​​Leningrad has now become very depressed, but the city has basically no trace of being ravaged by war. Most of the buildings on both sides of the street are intact, but they seem to have no residents! Most of the windows facing the street are closed, the curtains are drawn, and the windowsills are empty. Occasionally, you can see some flower pots without flowers and plants placed there, letting the wind and rain blow.

There were some people on the street, thin, pale, and numb, standing there, looking at the mighty Red Army convoy entering the city with complicated and cold eyes. No one cheered. General Vlasov felt as if he had entered a German city liberated by the Red Army, rather than the glorious red city of Leningrad.

"How could this happen?" Vlasov asked in a low voice General Hozin who accompanied him into the city - he is the outgoing commander of the Leningrad Front, and General Vlasov will take over.

General Huojin smiled bitterly and whispered to Vlasov: "Comrade General, this city is different from before it was surrounded!"

"It's different?" Vlasov was stunned for a moment. He had been to Leningrad more than once and was very familiar with it, but now it felt strange.

"It's different!" Vlasov nodded, "But why?"

"Because of the siege."

"Besieged?" Vlasov didn't understand what was going on. "Isn't the siege lifted now?"

"The siege has been lifted, but most of the people in Leningrad are different from before."

"It's different?" Vlasov looked at the few skinny people standing on the street and said to himself: They have lost a lot of weight... But in addition to being thin, they still seem to give people a strange feeling.

"What's the problem?" Vlasov asked again.

"Ingredients!" Huo Jin sighed, "There's something wrong with their ingredients."

"Is there a problem with the ingredients?" Vlasov was stunned again and again, "How can there be a problem with the ingredients?"

It’s incredible. After Leningrad was besieged for more than half a year, the residents there changed from working class to bourgeois? How is this possible?

"It's overseas relations and the families of anti-GM elements!" Huo Jin said in a low voice.

In the Soviet Union during the Stalin era, overseas relations and the families of anti-GM elements were quite troublesome issues! Those with overseas connections are not trusted, and if the overseas connections are overseas anti-GM elements, it will be even more troublesome...

"Sea...overseas relations? Families of anti-GM elements?" Vlasov looked surprised, "Is it related to the siege?"

Huo Jin nodded.

These generals Vlasov were completely confused. Can a siege also encircle overseas relations? Can we still surround the families of anti-GM elements?

Admiral Huo Jin sighed and said: "Isn't it all because there is no food? When Leningrad was besieged, there were not many food reserves in the city, and there were more than 2 million people in the city, so it was not enough. It was a last resort. As a result, the Leningrad Oblast and the city had to make a decision to strictly investigate suspected anti-GM elements and expel unsteady elements, expelling hundreds of thousands of people..."

"Deported hundreds of thousands? They are all now..." Cold sweat broke out on Vlasov's forehead unknowingly as he greeted.

"They have all taken refuge with the reactionary queen and become White Russia!" Admiral Huo Jin said in a tone as if he was announcing a funeral. "The reactionary queen took in all the people and provided them with plenty of food."

"So they are all White Russians..." General Vlasov suddenly felt like he had seen a ghost, "Then the relatives of White Russians..."

Huo Jin pointed to the "thin people" outside the car window and said: "Those are... because most of the people being deported are useless people, and able-bodied people are not included in the deportation."

Well, Vlasov said to himself: More than 2 million Leningraders expelled hundreds of thousands and became White Russians, and more than one million became relatives of White Russians... These people are completely anti-GM family members. Overseas relations! No wonder this city gives people a weird feeling. This is no longer the glorious Leningrad, but Petrograd where families of anti-GM elements gather.

Now if it were not the Red Army that entered the city, but Her Majesty's White Army, these streets would probably be filled with cheering crowds, right?

"This is not possible!" Vlasov took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his forehead, "They are all anti-GM family members... How can we defend this city? What if someone riots? We have to get them out of Leninga. Let’s go away.”

Of course, anti-GM family members are not qualified to obtain Leningrad household registration. This is a rule known to all people in the Soviet Union!

"Comrade Zhdanov and Leningrad Region W and City W all know..." Huo Jin smiled bitterly, "But there are too many people, and quite a few of them have weapons. They are from Leningrad City. militia."

"how many?"

"300000……"

"300,000 armed anti-GM elements' families!?" General Vlasov suddenly felt like he had been slapped.

He finally became a general and front army commander, but as a result, less than half of the troops below were anti-GM family members! Moreover, the city we defend is full of anti-GM family members. How can we be this commander?

"Does Comrade Stalin know about this?" Vlasov asked immediately.

Admiral Huojin nodded and said: "Comrade Zhdanov has gone to Moscow and should report the matter."

Vlasov nodded, but his brows became tighter and tighter. These are 300,000 armed anti-GM family members! Moreover, Leningrad is still on the front line. If it is not handled well...

…

"Comrade Molotov, I am Duke Felix Yusupov. It is an honor to meet you in Switzerland."

Geneva, Crane Hotel. Molotov, who was about to leave Switzerland and return to Moscow in despair, suddenly met an uninvited guest in the restaurant of the hotel where he was staying - the commander of the Guards Yusupov, a close aide of the Russian Empress Olga.

"You...what do you want to do?" Molotov looked around nervously - he was looking at his security personnel. Those people should not let this middle-aged man who claimed to be Duke Yusupov get close to him. of. But after looking around, he found in despair that there were two young men dressed as gentlemen beside several of his guards... They were obviously under control. It seems that this Duke Yusupov is not fake.

"Can I sit down?" Prince Yusupov did not wait for Molotov to answer. He pulled up a chair and sat down. Then he placed an envelope on the dining table and pushed it to Molotov. .

"This is……"

"Her Majesty the Queen's personal letter." Yusupov said with a smile, "Your Majesty will be restored soon, but she and us have been away from Russia for too long, and we don't know how to govern Russia now. So Your Majesty needs to have "

What? Is this Duke Molotov?

Molotov rolled his eyes, what's going on? Is that reactionary queen really going to be big or is she kidding herself? And is this person who claims to be Prince Yusupov true or false?

And...how many of these damn surrender letters did Olga write?

As a loyal communist fighter, Molotov certainly would not be bribed by a sneak attack by some Duke, and immediately sternly rejected the so-called Duke Yusupov (actually this person was not the real Yusupov, but the letter It is indeed Olga's own handwriting). However, Molotov did not let "Yusupov" take away the surrender letter. This was valuable evidence that could be used to prove Molotov's innocence, so Molotov decided to take the letter Take it back to Moscow and hand it over to Comrade Stalin.

After "Duke Yusupov" left, Molotov immediately left the White Crane Hotel and took a car to the Soviet Embassy in Zurich, preparing to use the embassy's radio to report the matter to Stalin.

But as soon as he arrived at the embassy in Zurich, before he could send a telegram to Moscow, he received even more surprising news from Mrs. Kollontai.

The U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, John F. Kennedy, went to Berlin, the capital of Germany!

"What? Kennedy went to Berlin? Is this true?" Molotov became nervous immediately after hearing the news.

Today's world war is about fighting and talking at the same time. Not only are the Soviet Union and Germany talking, but the United States and the United States are also negotiating privately and secretly. Switzerland, a neutral country in Europe, is the best place for secret negotiations. The Soviet embassy and intelligence network in Switzerland were of course responsible for monitoring the secret negotiations between the United States and Germany.

"Do you know where the negotiations between the Americans and the Germans have progressed?" Molotov asked.

"It's not very clear, but since Kennedy is willing to go to Berlin, he must have received orders from the American Communist Party." Mrs. Kollontai said, "This shows that the Germans have offered conditions that can really make Americans tempted. "

The only condition for the Americans to be tempted is to betray Japan, while at the same time the United States betrays the Soviet Union...

Molotov's face turned livid, "Immediately report this situation to the Supreme Command! In addition, I also need to report a situation to the Supreme Command. The Russian Empress is now trying to win over our comrades!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Mrs. Kollontai seemed to have remembered something and immediately said: "By the way, there is another news. The German Emperor invited the Russian Empress to visit Berlin... in her capacity as the Empress!"