Chapter 114: Rage

After eliminating those opponents who were enough to threaten him, Stalin felt refreshed and happy. Although the purge greatly reduced the combat effectiveness of the army, at least the army completely obeyed his orders!

The rest were all loyal to him. Stalin would not like a strong but disobedient army. He liked an army that was completely obedient to him! So the entire Soviet high-level became Stalin's one-man show. He gradually sent those who dared to question him into the concentration camps he personally ordered to build, working hard for the Soviet economy. Starving to death or freezing to death did not need any national pension. These poor people like zombies laid thousands of kilometers of railways between Germany and the Soviet Union.

"Although we have some frictions with Germany on the issue of Spain, this has not affected our investment exchanges." An economic official stood up to report the economic achievements of the previous quarter. "We have many factories under construction and deployment, and large-scale industrial production bases are being built in Kiev, Minsk and other regions."

Another official saw his colleague sitting down and immediately continued to report: "Many German companies are investing in the construction of our road and railway systems. I heard that the crown prince's favorite saying is 'If you want to be rich, build roads first', which has greatly improved our traffic conditions. It is faster and more convenient for us to transport materials and mobilize troops, and the transportation cost has also been greatly reduced."

Convenient transportation has turned previously isolated areas into new industrial cities. Because of the convenience of material transportation and the preference of the German advisory group, the Soviet Union's heavy industrial areas began to move closer to the border areas. Although Stalin intended to prevent this behavior, it had little effect.

If the Soviets knew why Yannik was so keen to help them build roads, they would probably tear up all the roads they had built.

"In addition, our investment in Germany is also expanding. Many German military enterprises have our shares. It can be said that many of our officials and businessmen made war money during the Spanish Civil War. The bullets and shells they produced defeated our army." A general said very dissatisfiedly.

"That's right! Our army suffered heavy losses in Spain, and the Communist International also suffered a great loss there! Although the weapons invested by the Germans are not much more advanced than ours, they have made up for the gap between the National Army and us in this regard!" Another general complained very dissatisfiedly.

"The Germans are taking the elite route. They don't have as many soldiers as we do, so they can be carefully trained. Naturally, their performance is better than our army. Facts have proved that the gap is not obvious. The Germans are not as powerful as we imagined." Stalin sneered and comforted.

An intelligence obtained by a Soviet spy from Vienna, Austria shows that so far, the German army has lost 771 people and injured 2,982 people in Spain; while the Soviet Union had 1,200 people killed and 3,719 injured in the Spanish Civil War. Compared with these two results, it seems not difficult to accept.

Of course, the Soviets were not fools. In fact, the lower generals and officers knew that the Soviet Union had suffered heavy losses this time: according to the recollections of reliable frontline soldiers, they were ordered to exaggerate the battle report. In fact, the German losses were pitifully small, but their casualties were real.

Just as they were optimistic about the situation in the Spanish Civil War, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and Yezhov, with a horrified face, hurried in, walked straight to Stalin, and whispered a few words in his ear.

"What?!" Stalin's smiling face suddenly became extremely ferocious, and he was furious. "What do you mean disappeared?!" At this time, he was like an angry lion, with his eyes wide open, his fists clenched, and a chilling hostility emanating from his body.

The rest of the people stared at this sudden change in amazement, looking at each other, not knowing what had happened.

After all, the gold transportation plan was top secret, and only a few people at the top knew about it.

Yezhov's pale face was covered with big beads of sweat, and he looked at the people present with some embarrassment.

Stalin took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and said coldly. "Today's meeting ends here."

Everyone stood up one after another, and there was a clattering sound. Soon, only Yezhov and Stalin were left in the meeting room. Everyone was not blind. Although they didn't know what happened, they could see that Stalin was on the verge of an explosion. Everyone was afraid that they would be in trouble if they were a step slower.

After everyone left, Stalin said sharply. "Tell me clearly, what happened?!"

Yezhov reported tremblingly. "We first dug up two carriages and the locomotive, and found the bodies of Comrade Khrushchev and everyone else inside." The cliff where the golden train fell was not only more than 100 meters deep, but also submerged by countless mudslides. In order to dig it out, nearly three divisions of troops were mobilized, and it took several months to dig it out. "Further down is the gold train, but the soldiers escorting it were all slaughtered, and the gold in the carriages has been looted."

"How dare you!" Stalin slammed the table and stood up, staring at Yezhov. "Who did it?!" Someone actually robbed gold on Soviet land? !

Yezhov wiped the sweat off his face and said in a trembling voice. "We initially suspected that it was Orlov..."

Starling frowned. "Orlov? What do you say?" Major General Orlov has won the Order of Lenin, and his loyalty is guaranteed, otherwise he would not be sent to perform this mission.

"We counted the corpses on the train, but Orlov was missing. There was an unfamiliar corpse in the communication carriage. Preliminary inspection showed that he was killed by the correspondent who resisted." It is better to find someone to take the blame than to be scolded for doing things poorly. And judging from the situation at the scene, Orlov is indeed very suspicious.

"A strange corpse?" That was undoubtedly the robber's accomplice. "Has the body been identified?"

"There is a Jewish village more than thirty kilometers away from the town of Alexei. The corpse should be a Jewish person in the village, and all the people in the village disappeared after the robbery." Because the corpse was wearing clothes With Jewish clothing, identity is easily determined.

"These damn Jews!" Stalin roared with rage and punched the table hard, his whole body shaking with anger! The whole world disliked the Jews, and the Soviet Union was certainly no exception. After overthrowing the Tsarist Russian regime, the Jewish people and the Jewish people gained most of the rule in the Soviet Union. Later, Stalin launched a great purge and wiped out almost all the high-level Jewish people. As for the grassroots Jewish people, things were not easy either, and the persecution was no less severe than that of Germany in the original time and space. At this time, these damn Jews actually stole 560 tons of gold? ! Damn it! !

Yezhov on the side did not dare to express his anger. He waited for a while for Stalin's anger to subside slightly before continuing to report. "And we suspect that external forces were involved in this robbery." He said and took out a few photos from the folder. "This is a submachine gun found at the scene. It used 43 mm caliber pistol bullets. Everyone on the train was hit and killed by this 43 mm caliber pistol bullet."

Starling asked after taking the photo and looking at it. "Which country is equipped with this kind of submachine gun?"

Yezhov shook his head. "As far as I know, there is none, just this 43mm caliber pistol bullet..." Anyone with a little military knowledge knows that the most famous 43mm caliber pistol bullets are the American Thompson submachine gun and Colt M1911 automatic pistol.

Starling interrupted. "Don't jump to conclusions. The matter of this submachine gun must be kept secret. Sooner or later, the fox will show its tail. The most important thing now is to find the whereabouts of Orlov and the gold. Also, I want every damn Jew to Know what will happen if you dare to challenge the authority of the Soviet Union!”