128 The Rain Is Coming (Part 1)
Dmitry Alexander Lovich, no, it should be said that Colonel Rudolph von Heiger was sitting leisurely in the Deutsche Theatre in Berlin listening to the soprano's chanting. It seemed that he was quite interested in the slightly plump heroine, at least he seemed to be intoxicated.
But only Dmitry Alexander Lovich himself knew how nervous he was at this moment. As a senior spy who invaded the Nazis, he had just learned about an extremely important piece of intelligence that Germany would launch a sudden attack on Western Poland in the early morning of September 1.
To be honest, when he learned this news, Alexander Lovic felt a little suffocating. After experiencing World War I, he knew very well what this meant.
This will be the prelude to the outbreak of a new world war!
Alexander Lovich knew very well how badly Russia was in World War I, especially after lurking among the Nazis over the years, he knew even more about the Nazi ambitions for the Soviet Union. He loved his motherland and knew that the Soviet Union was far from being fully prepared for war at this time. He was very worried that after the Nazis eliminated Western Poland, they would continue to march eastward to attack East Poland, and that the Soviet Union would be forced to join the war.
He pinched the small note in his palm, and wrote down all the German invasion plan he had learned about invisible ink on this inconspicuous note. The only thing he had to do was sit in the theater, wait for the appearance of the jointer, and then find a way to hand the important note to the jointer.
But what made Alexander Lovic a little anxious was that the Joiner was never seen, which made him wonder if he had been exposed.
To be honest, he has been worried about this problem almost every moment for more than ten years. In 1920, he went to Turkey through Italy to Switzerland, then through Switzerland to Austria. After living in Austria for eight years, he completely "turned" into a native German, and with the help of his superiors, he went to the University of Munich, Germany to study. During his studies, he successfully joined the Nazi Party and became a backbone member of the SS.
To be honest, at first Alexander Lovic didn't know why he joined the Nazis. In his opinion, this so-called party that was full of nationalism and extremely discriminated against Jews was simply a joke.
However, when Hitler succeeded in one fell swoop in 1933, he had to admire Li Xiaofeng's forward-looking vision. From that moment on, he became really serious about his work and soon became the top leaders of the SS and became Reinhardt Heinrich's confidant.
However, what surprised Alexander Lovic was that his superiors never specifically assigned him any tasks, had no clear goals, nor had he asked him to steal Nazi secrets. He generally did not comment on the information he took the initiative to report, and even took the initiative to instruct him to hide with peace of mind.
At one point, Alexander Lovich didn't know what he was going to do, which frustrated him. It was not until March 1939 that the situation changed, and the mysterious female contact finally gave him a task - to observe the war preparations for Germany's invasion of Western Poland and actively report all suspicious information.
In fact, this task is not difficult for Alexander Lovich at all. As Reinhart Heinrich's confidant, this kind of information would hardly be kept secret from him. However, Alexander Lovich suspected that Germany had such great ambitions. After all, invading Western Poland was to challenge the bottom line of Britain and France, which meant a world war. However, the reality was cruel. The facts proved that the Nazis or the beard were indeed so crazy.
The worried Alexander Lovic did not notice it. He didn't know when a middle-aged man had sat down beside him, and seemed to be an ordinary audience. However, this man obviously had no interest in the opera on stage, but instead kept fiddling with the pocket watch in his hand.
This is a very beautiful pocket watch. The pure gold watch is inlaid with diamonds, which looks elegant and luxurious, but what is interesting is that the pointer on the watch does not move at all.
The person who was fiddling with the pocket watch seemed to have just discovered that the watch was not leaving. He shook his anger and found that it had no effect. In desperation, he could only ask Alexander Lovic in a low voice in broken German: "Sorry, sir, can you disturb you for a moment?"
Alexander Lovich was a little unhappy because he didn't want to be disturbed, and he still didn't wait for the connector and replied in a dull manner: "What's the matter?"
The man continued to ask in broken German: "Can you ask about the time? My watch suddenly stopped leaving."
Alexander Lovich subconsciously glanced at the pocket watch handed over by the other party, and suddenly a golden light flashed in his eyes, "Is you a Polish?"
The man replied slowly, "No, I am an East Prussian."
"First time in Berlin?" Alexander Lovic continued to ask.
"No, the third time," said the man suddenly explained inexplicably: "It was the first time five years ago!"
Alexander Lovic breathed a sigh of relief. Although the person who came was a man, the incision could meet. He said quietly: "Nine-twenty."
The latter also sincerely expressed his gratitude, which seemed like the most normal accidental exchange, but no one noticed that the note in Alexander Lovic's hand had already reached the other party's hand.
An hour later, Alexander Lovic and the Joiner left the theater. The former breathed a sigh of relief, while the latter's heart hanged.
As the ace spy under Li Xiaofeng, Karpovich was suddenly called to Berlin. Before he went there, he didn't know why he wanted to go to Berlin, because his mission was to closely observe the negotiations against Germany held by Britain, France and the Soviet Union in Warsaw. 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 Western Poland's reaction and implementation of the agreement, he was suddenly called to Berlin by no means. Not to mention why, this was really strange. However, it was strange that he was still behind. After hurriedly crossing the border between Western Poland and Germany to Berlin, the new task he received was to contact someone.
To be honest, as the webmaster of the kgb station in Western Poland, he suddenly asked Karpovich to put down the work at hand and rushed to Berlin, but it was just a simple joint work. He really didn't understand, and even thought that Li Xiaofeng was a devil.
However, after he returned to the hotel where he stayed and figured out what was written on the note, Kalpovich had no complaints. This information was too important! Not to mention that he was a mere West Polish station manager, it was reasonable to let the Central European station manager come.
However, Kalpovich didn't know that Li Xiaofeng asked him to join the team because of his identity, but that Morigen, who had originally joined the team with Alexander Lovic, had a more important task to get rid of. Alexander Lovic's identity was too important, and only Li Xiaofeng and Morigen knew his identity. Li Xiaofeng didn't want other kgb staff to know about Alexander Lovic too early to avoid exposing his identity, so he could only let the more reliable Kalpovich come to join the team in person.
That night, Kalpovich boarded the train to Denmark, took Denmark, and sent the information back to East Prussia. Why did Kalpovich deliberately go around in a circle? It was mainly for safety. After all, the Germans were actively preparing to invade Western Poland, and it was not safe to cross the border directly at this time. To be safe, Kalpovich chose to detour.
When this crucial information was fed back to Moscow, it was already August 28. When this top-secret information was placed in front of Li Xiaofeng, a certain immortal had no intention of surprise. This was already under his expectation, but Yakov was shocked.
"Hitler really dares to do this? He is not worried about the reaction between Britain and France?"
"Hmph!" Li Xiaofeng sneered, "The attitudes of Britain and France have always been clear, and Hitler saw through them!"
Yakov frowned and asked, "Then will this information be deducted for two days first?"
Li Xiaofeng looked up at him and asked, "Why should I detain it?"
Yakov looked at Li Xiaofeng in shock and said to himself: "Isn't this very obvious? Once the Central Committee knows that Germany will invade Western Poland on September 1, isn't that telling Stalin's route is correct?"
Li Xiaofeng smiled indifferently and said, "If you want to destroy someone, you must first make him crazy. But now, Stalin is not crazy enough, we have to work harder for him!"
Yakov was speechless. He really couldn't understand what Li Xiaofeng wanted to do. It seemed that someone was constantly giving birth to Stalin. He had clearly mastered quite a lot of good cards, but he just held it tightly in his hand and didn't play it. What does this mean?
Li Xiaofeng didn't care what Yakov was thinking and asked again: "How is the situation with Comrade Lenin?"
Yakov really couldn't keep up with someone's jumping thinking, and Moscow was already in a mess. At this time, he was still in the mood to care about Lenin?
So what was Lenin doing at this time?
Lenin was still in Sochi. After learning about the Trotsky crash, he once wanted to go to Moscow. A battle-hardened politician like Master Tutor could naturally see that Trotsky's death was problematic. However, the two calls made Lenin dispel this idea.
The first one was naturally Stalin. This person told Lenin that Ulitsky and Derrensky had been sent to investigate the Trotsky crash. Everything was not decided yet, but one of them would be found out and an explanation would be given to the whole Soviet Union.
Stalin's words made Lenin question, because Stalin was most suspected of crashing Trotsky, but now someone actually gave him a military order. Is this really an accident?
If this was just an accident, Lenin ran to Moscow in a hurry, then something could happen if nothing happened. At least in Lenin's opinion, it was not suitable for any more storms at this time.
Of course, Lenin could not have completely believed Stalin's promise. He called Sverdlov again, and he wanted to see what Xiao Si would say.
Little S's statement made Lenin even more confused. Logically speaking, Little S should be anxious at this time. If Trotsky died, Stalin's route must definitely prevail. He must be anxious whether it is reasonable or not.
But this time, Xiao Si was not in a hurry at all. He told Lenin: "The Politburo used the greatest force to detect the crash in Comrade Trotsky. I believe that the conclusion will be drawn soon, and the Politburo will also give an explanation to Comrade Trotsky and other comrades who died."
Anyway, Xiao Si didn't even mean to ask Lenin to go to Moscow to take charge of the overall situation, and it seemed to be confident. Lenin was completely confused. Stalin was not taken seriously. Sverdlov was confident and full of confidence. Trotsky's confidant Ulitsky and Derrensky, who had always been fair, were all spent. This seemed to be Stalin and Sverdlov's gang.
Yes, the first impression that Stalin and Sverdlov's statement gave Lenin was that these two men were once again "colluded". If Trotsky's death was done by these two men... When they thought of this, Lenin couldn't help but take a breath.
The mentor counted on his fingers and found that at this time, the only one who could listen to him in the Politburo was Fu Longzhi, and the two families occupied four votes. Under such an absolute disadvantage, even if he had considerable prestige, it would be useless. If he went to Moscow without any preparation, it would be a gift!
Lenin was a very cautious politician. After some calculations, he felt that going to Moscow without any preparation was not a good choice. So he stayed in Sochi for the time being, just ordered Fu Longzhi to examine the situation with high vigilance. Once any bad signs appear, he must report to him immediately.
Lenin chose the safest approach. Once he found out that Sverdlov and Stalin were working together to make trouble, he would easily make things happen outside Moscow. When he went to Moscow, he would fall into the trap.
For several days, Lenin stayed in front of his red phone almost at all times, and had to talk to Fulongzhi every few hours to confirm the situation in Moscow. This tension continued until the night when Hitler issued an ultimatum. After learning that Ulitsky and Derrensky had also lost contact with the central government, Lenin's concerns reached its peak.
He knew very well that it was definitely not an accident that Derzhinsky and Ulitsky lost contact, and it was very likely that Stalin was the one who caused it. However, when the final vote was finally voted, Lenin had no better choice. After some difficult thinking, he temporarily chose the route to support Stalin.
However, this was not what Lenin agreed with Stalin's proposal, because he explained to Fu Longzhi at that time: "At this moment, the most important thing is time. First stabilize Stalin, and then resume contact with Comrade Ulitsky and Comrade Felix as quickly as possible. We must let them return to Moscow as soon as possible!"
Lenin believed that his delaying plan was not too bad. Facing the aggressive Germans, stabilizing Stalin was equivalent to stabilizing them. At least the Soviet Union did not have to worry about a war breaking out with Germany immediately.
Taking advantage of this precious time, Ulitsky and Derzhi returned to Moscow, with three votes in addition to Fulongzhi, and his unprecedented influence, even if Stalin and Sverdlov really colluded, it is not scary.
Of course, the premise of all this is to quickly restore the connection with Dzerzhinsky and Ulitsky. If this cannot be achieved, everything will be empty talk.
So what were Derzhinsky and Ulitsky doing at this time? Why did they lose contact with Moscow?
This starts with Malenkov's secret trick. When Derzhinsky and Ulitsky had just opened the breakthrough, he instructed his confidant to kill several staff members of the Ukrainian People's Committee who were quarantined and investigated, and then instructed the staff's families and his confidants to make trouble.
This damage caught Derrensky and Ulitsky off guard. They rushed back after hearing the news and were blocked by the emotional family and ulterior motives at the station of the investigation committee, and they were unable to move.
"Hey? What, can't be dispatched? Why? These families who are making trouble have seriously affected the work of the investigation committee...Hey? Hey?"
Ulitsky threw away the phone angrily because Merkulov, who was talking to him, had hung up the phone in advance.
"This bastard refused to dispatch the internal security forces to clear the field, and said that the internal security forces would not use bayonets to fight against the Soviet people. It's really a bastard! Are the people outside the Soviet people? They are the unruly people of the Soviet Union! It seems that they can only call Malenkov..."
Derrensky, who was standing at the window observing the situation outside, turned his head and said coldly: "Call Malenkov is of no use!"
Ulitzki asked, "You mean they are in the same group?"
"Isn't this obvious?" Derrensky sneered, "We just found a little bit of our heads and this happened. Do you think this is an accident, I'm afraid Merkulov and Malenkov have colluded long ago, and this is the intentional setting for us! I just want to trap us here!"
"What's the use of trapping us?" Ulitsky asked in confusion.
"It's very useful!" Derrensky's face changed. "It traps us, and the investigation will naturally not be carried out, and they have more time to destroy the evidence."
"How is this possible?" Ulitsky was shocked.
"How is it impossible?" Derrensky sneered, "The situation is already very obvious. This is a political conspiracy! Someone doesn't want the truth of Comrade Trotsky's case to be revealed! Even..."
Ulitsky asked nervously: "What even?"
"Even this conspiracy may be even more terrifying!" Derrensky said worriedly, "Before we left Moscow, the negotiations between Germany and Japan were also held at the end. We were not here, and some comrades were completely likely to force their resolutions!"
Ulitzki said disbelief: "How is this possible? They don't have such courage? And we have not lost contact with the outside world?"
"Didn't lose contact?" Derrensky sneered and picked up the receiver and ordered: "Check me the Politburo of Moscow. I am Derrensky! What? Communication failure? Then send me a telegram...hey?hey?!"
When Derrensky put down his earpiece, Ulitsky's face had changed color. Obviously, he also realized the seriousness of the problem... (To be continued...)
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Chapter completed!