Chapter 403
Signaling to the driver to turn on the ceiling light in the car, Yuri opened the sealed kraft paper envelope and opened the letter inside.
There was not much new content, occupying only one piece of letter paper, and the handwriting on the letter paper was very sloppy, and it was obvious that it was written in a hurry. Only at the end of the letter paper were the special seal of the Kremlin Guard and the special seal of Comrade Stalin's office stamped.
Yuri did not read the content of the letter directly. Instead, he held the letter in front of his eyes and carefully looked at the header and material of the letter.
Comrade Stalin liked to use special paper, pine paper from Taimyr in northern Siberia. This paper was specially made with dark silver stripes and a faint scent of pine resin.
Yuri checked the paper carefully and made sure there was no problem before he began to read the contents of the letter.
It is obvious that this letter was written by Poskrebyshev himself. In the letter, he mentioned that he had lost contact with Comrade Stalin and his entourage for six hours. What happened during this period made him have a bad premonition, so he decided to adopt the predetermined "ыщв001" plan.
Yuri knew about this plan. It was drafted on Comrade Stalin's birthday last year. It was an emergency plan specifically designed to deal with some unpredictable emergencies.
Not many people knew about this plan, including Yuri, Defense Minister Vasilevsky, Commander of the Moscow Military District Moskalenko, Moscow Municipal Party Committee Secretary Nikolay Feliubin, and Comrade Stalin's chief secretary Poskrebyshev. That was all. Even Beria was not aware of it.
According to the provisions of this plan, at a certain time, that is, when Comrade Stalin cannot make a decision directly, Comrade Poskrebyshev can announce the launch of the plan. Once the plan is launched, Vasilevsky will bypass the General Staff and the General Political Department and directly issue a mobilization order to Moskalenko to mobilize part of the garrison of the Moscow Military District to enter Moscow. At the same time, Feliubin will announce that Moscow is under martial law as the secretary of the Moscow Municipal Party Committee, and Yuri, as the secretary of the Central Secretariat and the chairman of the Central Supervisory Committee, must immediately launch an inspection of several major departments.
To be honest, this plan is nonsense. In Yuri's opinion, the reason why not many people knew about the existence of this plan was not because the confidentiality work was done so well, but because when he knew about it, Comrade Stalin only mentioned it after drinking, and Yuri did not even meet with other people who knew about it.
As for Yuri himself, it was impossible for him to agree with this plan. He knew that Comrade Stalin made such a statement because he had lost trust in his core leadership team. But the problem was that it was impossible for them alone to solve any problem at a "certain moment".
Why? Because the martial law order issued in this way does not have any credibility. If Comrade Stalin really took this plan seriously, he would have arranged for at least two or three members of the Politburo Standing Committee to join in, even if it was Andreyev, who had the lowest presence.
To put it more precisely, if Yuri really followed this plan, even if the best thing was done, he would not be alive, and the most likely thing would be that he would become a stepping stone for Comrade Stalin's successor to climb up. Yuri would not do such a stupid thing.
So, could Comrade Poskrebyshev not know about these situations? Obviously, the answer is no. At this time, this letter appeared in Yuri's hand, which can only be said to be that the situation is very urgent, and Poskrebyshev intends to give it a try.
The ceiling light in the carriage emitted a dim light, making Yuri's handsome face flicker.
The biggest problem for Yuri now is that he does not understand the situation. If things turn out to be a false alarm, and he does not take any action, Comrade Stalin will surely not let him have a good time. But if he takes action, what can he do?
Now, such a letter is like putting Yuri on the fire. He can neither move nor stay.
"What arrangements has Comrade Poskrebyshev made?" After a long while, Yuri put away the letter in his hand and asked the lieutenant outside through the car window, "Has Comrade Alexander Mikhailovich been notified?"
"I'm not sure," the lieutenant said. "He just gave me this mission."
Yuri nodded and said to the driver in front: "Please ask this comrade to go to my residence to rest. Also, immediately notify the guards and ask them to assemble immediately."
"Yes!" the driver responded, pushed the door open and got out of the car, running towards the guard room in the villa area.
Yuri has his own guard team, although he does not bring the guard team with him when he goes in and out.
The driver went to the guard room in the villa area to make a phone call, and several soldiers who were originally responsible for the guard work in the villa area surrounded them and brought the lieutenant waiting outside the car into the villa area. For Yuri, he would not let this lieutenant leave no matter what.
Less than ten minutes later, a truck rushed through the rain and stopped not far behind Yuri's car. A second lieutenant jumped out of the truck in the rain and rushed to Yuri's car. He talked to the driver for a few words before coming to the side of the car and said loudly: "Comrade Marshal, your guards have been deployed."
Yuri rolled down the window, glanced at the lieutenant, nodded, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, comrades."
The second lieutenant didn't say anything, but straightened his body a little and saluted Yuri in the car.
Yuri was in plain clothes, so he didn't return the greeting. He nodded and said, "Tonight, you will take over the work of the villa area guards and be responsible for the defense of the villa area. Anyone who does not live here is not allowed to enter."
"Yes!" The second lieutenant did not ask why, but accepted the order directly.
"Go to my residence," Yuri nodded and gave his driver another order.
The car started moving quickly and drove straight into the villa area. Behind the car, a dozen soldiers jumped off the truck and quickly took over the security work of the villa area. They raised the original barrier and moved the steel barricade from the warehouse of the guard room to isolate the entrance of the villa area.
When Yuri got out of the car after returning to his villa, he saw a plump woman running out of the villa with an umbrella. She was the villa's service staff.
"Comrade Commander," the woman said as she opened the gate for Yuri, panting slightly, "before you came back, there were a lot of calls, at least twenty..."
"Don't be impatient, Susanna," Yuri walked into the yard and said calmly, "Take your time."
"Okay, comrade commander," the woman held the umbrella over Yuri's head and followed him into the villa, saying, "The red phone has called four times, all of which said they were looking for you and asked you to call them back as soon as you get back. There was also the Ministry of Defense, which called six times, also asking you to call them back as soon as you get back. In addition, Comrade Khrushchev also called four times..."
The woman kept on talking until the two men walked into the villa.
"Okay, I got it, Susanna." Yuri took off his coat that was soaked by the rain and handed it to the woman, smiling and saying, "It's okay now. Go and run me a bath first. I want to take a bath ."
" Okay , Comrade Chief," the fat woman nodded and walked away with a worried look on her face.
After sending the fat woman away, Yuri walked to the sofa in the living room and sat down. He lit a cigarette for himself and then picked up the phone on the table.
The call was to Khrushchev. Yuri thought that since the other party called, he should know what happened. But to his surprise, Khrushchev didn't know what happened. He only knew that according to the original plan, he was going to meet Comrade Stalin tonight to report some situations in Ukraine. But in the evening, he called the Briznya Villa, but was told that the line was not connected, which made him feel bad.
During this period of time, Khrushchev contacted Bulganin and Andreyev, but they didn't know what had happened. He couldn't contact people like Malenkov, Beria, and Molotov at all.
Yuri asked him if he had been to the Brizhny Villa, but Khrushchev was silent on the phone. This made Yuri realize that most people, including Khrushchev, probably had bad ideas, and they did not dare to rashly go to the Brizhny Villa for fear that something unexpected would happen.
Through this phone call, Yuri also realized that even Politburo Standing Committee members like Khrushchev were also human beings. When uncontrollable emergencies occurred, they would panic and be afraid of death.
Of course, what these people are afraid of now is probably not whether Comrade Stalin will encounter any accident, but that they will also be caught in the same trap.
In fact, as things have developed to this point, everyone can be sure of one thing, that is, Comrade Stalin must have had an accident, and this incident must have something to do with Beria, Malenkov, and Molotov. But the problem now is that these people have caused trouble, but the news has been strictly blocked, and they have not been told anything at all. What does this mean?
After comforting Comrade Khrushchev with a few words on the phone, Yuri promised to find out the truth of the matter as soon as possible and then call him as soon as possible. Only then did he end the call.
In fact, for Yuri now, he doesn't care about the life or death of Comrade Stalin. Like Khrushchev and others, what he is concerned about is what those troublemakers want to do.
