Chapter 343
In late August in Moscow, the weather had begun to get a little hot, and the daybreaks came a little early, but in terms of temperature alone, there was still some difference compared to Tokyo, which gave Yuri the illusion of being somewhat refreshed.
It was early morning. In the bedroom of the villa, Yuri, who was sweating all over, put Angelica in his arms on the bed. Then he looked down at her with the attitude of a winner. At the same time, he probably straightened his lower body, which was still hot, suggesting that his wife should do something to comfort herself.
Angelica, who was somewhat limp, struggled hard, glanced at him with a lazy yet charming look, then leaned over and satisfied her husband's wish with practical actions. A few minutes later, she lay back on the bed while swallowing the excess in her mouth, not wanting to move at all.
After taking a shower in the bathroom and changing into a set of dry new underwear, Yuri came out again. Angelica, who had been lazy and didn't want to move not long ago, had already put on her pajamas and was directing the waiter to deliver breakfast to the living room on the second floor.
At the dining table, Yuri ate breakfast while listening to Angela talking about what had happened in Moscow in the past two months. Considering that Yuri had just returned last night, the Central Committee of the League took good care of Angela and arranged two days of vacation for her so that she could be with her husband at home. However, compared with the leaders of the Central Committee of the League, Comrade Stalin was not so easy to talk to. He only gave Yuri one night, and he had to rush to the Kremlin to make a report before eight o'clock today.
Yuri was removed from his post as deputy commander-in-chief of the General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in the Far East. This incident caused some waves in Moscow. There were rumors that this meant that Yuri had lost the trust of Comrade Stalin, and that the same fate as Comrade Zhukov would be waiting for him.
There is news that Comrade Stalin may arrange Yuri to the North Caucasus Military District and let him serve as the deputy commander there. Of course, this news is the most unreliable, and anyone who knows a little about politics knows that this is impossible.
Comrade Stalin finally eliminated some of Yuri's influence in the army. How could he take the initiative to arrange him in the army now? What's more, what is the North Caucasus Military District, and what is the deputy commander? Is this a joke? How did the current North Caucasus Military District come about? It was formed by the merger of the Don, Kuban and Stavropol Military Districts, and its main force was the original Don Military District. Many of the troops under this military district were once part of the Fourth Ukrainian Front. The current commander is Krekov, who has a very close relationship with Yuri.
Transferring Yuri to this military region and letting him command the troops he once commanded and accept the command of his former subordinates and friends, unless Comrade Stalin suffered from Alzheimer's, he would never make such an arrangement.
Another rumor said that Yuri might be transferred to the Far East to do some kind of administrative work. This rumor was very detailed and had a very mysterious source, which made people feel confused and powerful, but for those who really knew the truth, it was also a rumor.
Even though she worked in the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and was considered a core leader of it, it was impossible for Angelica to have any understanding of higher-level personnel issues. Therefore, it was impossible for her to say that she had no worries before Yuri came back.
In fact, she had already asked these questions last night when Yuri was still tormenting her, but Yuri did not give her a precise answer. Instead, he asked her if she could see the rapidly rising building on the Moscow River every day.
Yes, that building was the Palace of Soviets. Although he was in the Far East, Yuri never gave up his attention to this project. He would ask about the progress of the project almost every two days and asked if there were any insurmountable problems in the progress of the project.
Now, in just two months, the foundation of the Palace of Soviets has been completed, and the main building has been built to four floors. With sufficient supplies, four construction teams, more than 6,000 workers, are working day and night in three shifts. Yuri's requirement is that the entire first phase of the project must be completed before winter comes, which means that the main building of the Palace of Soviets will be built to more than 27 floors. Because when it reaches this height, it will be the tallest landmark building in Moscow.
According to the information Yuri obtained, Comrade Stalin had visited the construction site of the Palace of Soviets twice in the two months that he was away. At the same time, there was now a pair of binoculars on the window of his office. It was said that whenever he finished his work, he would look towards the construction site through the binoculars for a while, and whenever he saw that the project had made obvious progress, he would appear very happy.
Based on this, Yuri could judge that Comrade Stalin was still very satisfied with his work, and as long as his satisfaction continued, his position and position would not be threatened in any way.
Besides, the position of deputy commander-in-chief in the Far East... It's not that Yuri despised it. He believed that Comrade Stalin didn't care about it at all. The reason why he kept himself in that position for two months was probably simply to compete with the Western Allies. To be precise, it was to compare Yuri's military achievements with Mr. MacArthur of the United States.
If it weren't for this reason, Comrade Stalin would have transferred himself back long ago. In his eyes, dealing with the problem of the Japanese could not be more important than building the Palace of Soviets. What's more, Yuri was in charge of more than just the construction project of the Palace of Soviets.
The most important thing is that although Yuri was far away in Tokyo, he was still able to get in touch with some things happening in the power core of Moscow. At the same time that he was relieved of his post as deputy commander-in-chief in the Far East, he also received another message from Comrade Bulganin of the General Political Department: the People's Commissariat of Defense had drafted a "Report on the Assessment of Military Ranks for the Soviet Red Army, the Soviet Army, the Soviet Air Force, and the Red Navy" a week ago. This report was drafted in accordance with Comrade Stalin's instructions and has been submitted to the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Although Bulganin did not say it in detail, he did reveal the principles of military rank evaluation in this report, which is: to adjust the existing military rank of the person being evaluated based on his rank, moral character, merit and qualifications. Comrade Stalin's personal instructions are: among all the evaluation principles, merit is the most important, including performance during the Soviet-German War and specific performance in corresponding work after the war. He even specifically emphasized that age should not be regarded as an obstacle to limiting evaluation.
Bulganin mentioned that in this evaluation, it has been determined that Comrade Vasily Sokolovsky will be promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union, but as for others, it has not yet been determined.
Well, becoming a Soviet marshal was once Yuri's dream. For him, the identity of marshal was not power, but an honor, which was destined to be recorded in history. Even if the Soviet Union could still avoid the fate of disintegration in the future, he would be remembered by history for this honor.
As a reborn person, Yuri never thought about mastering the supreme power of the Soviet Union, nor did he think about living a life of luxury. What he desired most was to leave his own mark in this time and space.
Everyone is doomed to die. Even if you are a billionaire or a dictator, one day you will be buried in the earth and become a ghost, drifting away from this world.
Yuri got a chance to be reborn, but he didn't dare to hope that he would get . Perhaps because of his experience of rebirth, he would think about the issue of the soul from time to time. He really wanted to know if there was still a soul after death. Or was it that once a person died, it was like a soap bubble, and everything disappeared with a snap.
This question is actually very scary if you think about it carefully. The horror lies not in death itself, but in the annihilation after death, or in other words, in the ignorance of death itself. It is driven by this fear that some people hope to leave their mark in this world, so that people in later generations can know of their existence and know that there was such a person in this world - Yuri is one of such people.
Combined with the gossip revealed by Bulganin, Yuri knew that there was a great possibility that he would take the next step, but then again, it was precisely because his expectations were too high that he felt more uneasy. After all, Bulganin did not tell him anything for sure.
To be cautious, Yuri did not tell anyone about his expectations, not even his wife. He was worried that he would end up being disappointed, so it was better to keep a low profile until the final result came out.
After having a hearty breakfast with his wife, Eureka left on time and drove to the Kremlin. When the car passed the Moscow River Bridge, he looked far away in the direction of the Palace of Soviets. As expected, a huge building under construction stood there. The white construction site isolation board could no longer block the large building inside. Its majesty could be fully displayed with just a base.
Although it was not yet eight o'clock, the construction site was already busy. From a distance, one could even see armored vehicles parked on the riverside path outside the construction site's isolation board. The area where the construction site was located had now been designated as a military jurisdiction, and in order to prevent sabotage activities by "bad elements", the Moscow Military District had assumed the responsibility for guarding the area.
