My own war game

Chapter 396: The Fall of Moscow (Part )
Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan, a true veteran of the Soviet Union, was not high in the political rankings, but was one of the earliest Bolsheviks in terms of seniority.

In Khrushchev's impression, this perennial third-in-command always presented himself as a good man. Even when Beria had completely lost power, the evaluation he gave was just a vague comment such as "Beria made a serious mistake."

In a private meeting not long ago, he had implicitly expressed his support for becoming the number one figure.

Originally, Mikoyan had been included in Khrushchev's list of "his own people".

But at such a sensitive time, he actually wanted to leave Moscow, which made Khrushchev seriously suspicious.

Could Mikoyan be the mastermind behind this? This nice guy?
Political struggles cannot be judged based on subjective feelings. Khrushchev knew this a long time ago. In history, there are too many seemingly loyal and virtuous people who eventually killed all their opponents and sat on the throne. And such people are often more brutal when they start.

Think about it, a Bolshevik in 1915, a leader of the army during the Caucasus Revolution, and a leader who followed Lenin in the early days, if he spoke out when there was a power vacuum at the top of the Soviet Union...

Thinking of this, Khrushchev knew he could not hesitate.

bump!
He quickened his pace and pressed the other party's car door which was about to close.

"Comrade Mikoyan, please wait! I have something to tell you." Khrushchev forced a smile on his face, but his hand holding the car door was tightly clenched.

On July 7, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers Mikoyan was intercepted in front of the Kremlin and was semi-forcibly detained in Moscow by Khrushchev in a private capacity without any discussion or collective resolution.

This marked the beginning of the Soviet political scene being stirred up by an invisible hand.

Because in the impression of all the top leaders, Mikoyan would never compete for the first secretary position, so taking action against him would send a very bad signal - someone wants to escalate the struggle.

Because they didn't know the specific situation, everyone subconsciously chose to protect themselves, and Khrushchev, who caused all this, became a person that everyone avoided.
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July is supposed to be the best time of the year in Moscow. Young girls would wear fresh dresses and have a romantic date with their favorite boys in the park or on the lawn. However, in the increasingly tense atmosphere, people on the street are in a hurry and have no mood to have fun.

Urban commodity distribution center, basement.

Red Mercury's group was each doing their own thing. Several men were checking their weapons, Yulia was sorting out the intelligence at hand, and He Chi was holding a sketch pen and drawing something on the table.

Only Tanya was the most relaxed. She held the rabbit toy brought by He Chi and kept rubbing it, moving the rabbit's hands and feet from time to time, and even saying a few words to it.

"Tanya, that toy is easy to get dirty, you should put it down first." He Chi put away the pen in his hand and said stiffly.

"It likes me and says it wants to be friends with me." Tanya held up the toy rabbit and shook it towards He Chi.

"Let's play later. I have something to say to He." Yulia came over and spread out several marked supply ration coupons from her hand.

A special developing solution was dripped on it, and the secret writing appeared on it.

Everyone in the room focused their attention.

"Mikoyan is under house arrest, Malenkov has just replaced his guards, and Zhukov has been staying in the army recently." Yulia read out the contents of the note.

The female agent then looked at He Chi standing aside and asked in confusion, "What on earth did you hide in that house? Khrushchev was completely at a loss after he went in. He was the person most likely to become the first secretary, but now he has offended all the senior officials."

"I stuffed a nuclear bomb inside and scared him." He Chi spread his hands and smiled. "Forget it." Yulia rolled her eyes at the Oriental man. Due to her previous experience, she did not have a good impression of Khrushchev, so she just asked a question without further investigation.

"What are we going to do next? This is not a place we can stay forever. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is now imposing martial law on the entire city. They will find this place sooner or later."

"This is what I want. All the staff of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are now mobilized. There probably aren't many people left at the headquarters." He Chi responded from the side.

"Internal headquarters? He, you are not going to..." Yulia thought of a possibility and covered her mouth with one hand.

"Well, I plan to go to the headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Since I'm looking for something this time, I may need to stay a little longer."

He Chi held up Beria's diary. "This guy left something there."
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Early morning, Ministry of Internal Affairs, interrogation room.

The agents who had been on duty all night came out yawning.

Although no real saboteurs were found in the recent city-wide search, such a large-scale search will always yield something, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs unexpectedly captured many NATO intelligence agents who were hiding there.

Now that they have been caught, they can't just say, "You are not the target, let's talk about it next time." The interrogation must be carried out according to the rules. As a result, the agents of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have been working overtime every day during this period.

"Mr. Davari, do you have any wine? I need a drink to refresh myself. I can't hold on any longer." An agent in charge of the interrogation asked his colleague next to him.

"It's not a good idea to drink while working. You'll get into trouble if the minister sees you," a colleague nearby carefully advised.

"Don't worry, the minister is going to deal with a big shot this time and won't be back for a while." A drunkard said nonchalantly.

"It would be troublesome if other people saw it."

"Don't worry, we're short on staff lately. The next shift change will be in an hour, so the smell will be gone by then."

"Oh, then I'm relieved."

boom! ! !
A crisp sound was heard in the interrogation room, and the guy inside fell to the ground.

After simply cleaning up the scene and hiding the unconscious guy, He Chi unfolded a map of the Ministry of Internal Affairs headquarters.

Just as this guy said, now all the personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have been deployed, and the number of people on duty is only one-third of the usual number. Guided by the map, He Chi effortlessly arrived at an area in the basement.

This is the library of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is usually used by internal agents to look up information and read. He Chi took a look and saw many books that were officially banned by the Soviet Union at that time on the bookshelf.

A gap appeared on the top bookshelf, and He Chi stuffed Belia's diary that he had obtained earlier into it.

With a squeak, the two big books on the opposite side were pushed down. He Chi looked at the covers.

"Norse Mythology Anthology - Twilight of the Gods"

(End of this chapter)