The landlord's grandfather's diary begins on February 1, 1946. In the content of this day, he wrote excitedly: "I received a letter of appointment from my superiors to serve as the First Battalion of the 20th Guards Infantry Corps.
The commander of the third company was promoted from lieutenant to captain. This is just the beginning. If the fastest promotion place in war years is the front-line troops, then in peacetime, the fastest promotion place is the guard force directly under the army.
If nothing else happens, I will be able to obtain the rank of major when I retire in five years."
Sokov agreed with the statement in the diary. In war years, commanders and fighters in front-line troops had a high chance of meritorious service. As long as they could survive, they could easily be promoted. In peacetime, there were no more wars.
The speed at which commanders are promoted is naturally unable to compare with the security forces responsible for protecting senior generals.
Before finishing reading February's diary, Anna came to the door and said to Sokov: "Misha, it's time to eat."
Sokov put down his notes, followed Anna to the kitchen, and started eating dinner.
"Misha, I'm sorry." Just halfway through eating, Anna suddenly said: "Am I too willful?"
Sokov raised his head and looked at Anna opposite, wondering what the other person meant by saying this. But he soon figured out that she must be talking about borrowing the house, so he waved his hand and said: "Anna, you know
Why wouldn’t I lend my house to your friend?”
"Lena has already told me the reason." Anna lowered her head and said sheepishly: "Misha, I'm sorry, it was my lack of consideration."
"That's just one of the reasons." The landlord came to take possession of the house today, and Sokov found another reason to convince Anna: "That house is not mine, and the landlord might come to take possession of the house someday. If she sees the house
There are a group of people she doesn't know living there, and they might call the police directly, which would cause unnecessary trouble."
"No way. If the landlord wants to take over the house, he will definitely say hello in advance and won't come just as soon as he says he's coming."
"The landlord came to me today and told me that she planned to sell the house and asked me to vacate the house as soon as possible." Sokov continued: "What do you think will happen if your friend happens to move in today?"
What will be the consequences? If they are kicked out by their landlord, they will definitely blame you. At that time, will you feel aggrieved? You were obviously eager to help them find a house, but in the end you didn't find a good one."
"What, your landlord said he wanted to sell the house?" Anna said in surprise: "Fortunately you bought your own house, otherwise you would have been looking for a house in the past two days."
After the two of them finished eating, they sat in the living room and continued chatting.
When Anna felt sleepy, Sokov said to her: "Go and rest."
"What about you?"
"I want to stay in the study and read for a while."
After settling Anna, Sokov came to the study again and continued to read his unfinished diary.
Starting from late February, the name of a woman named Maleeva began to appear frequently in the diary of the landlord's grandfather. The woman was a nurse in a military hospital. If nothing else happens, this person should become the landlord in the future.
grandmother.
What happened next was just as Sokov expected. On March 8, the landlord’s grandfather expressed his feelings to Maleeva, and she readily agreed.
The diary for the next half month was basically filled with love affairs between the two of them.
But at the end of March, the contents of the diary stopped abruptly, as if it was interrupted for some special reason.
Sokov quickly flipped through the back of the diary and found that it was completely blank. Only one-third of the diary was used.
Opening the next diary, the date begins on May 17, 1946.
In the diary, the mood of the landlord's grandfather seemed very low: "In late March, on the order of the army commander General Felix, I led the third company to escort the newly appointed commander General Sokov back to the headquarters. As a result, we were on the way
was attacked. Although I led my subordinates to launch a counterattack in time and eliminated those damn attackers, General Sokov was unfortunately seriously injured. After this incident, the investigation team of the Ministry of Internal Affairs arrested me and several platoon members.
They detained us for a long time and interrogated us many times to find out what happened at that time.
I was really unjustly accused. I only found out a few minutes before departure that Army Commander General Felix arranged for me to escort the new commander back to the headquarters. How could I leak the secret to others? And after the attack, I would
The soldiers were divided into three teams, two teams searched for the enemy in the woods, and the remaining team stayed to protect the commander.
However, the investigation team did not accept the testimony of several of us at all. This is because the new commander came to Vienna to command the troops to participate in the military exercise held at the end of April. Now that the exercise has not started, the commander was seriously injured first, causing his superiors to be unable to
No one was sent to replace him. Even Marshal Zhukov, who was far away in Moscow, came to Vienna in person to visit.
Fortunately, on the day when several of us were sent to the military court, the commander, who had been in a coma for more than a month, finally woke up. He explained the situation to the investigation team and cleared us of the suspicion of leaking secrets. It was precisely because of his
To plead for mercy, the original sentence of expulsion from the military and exile to Siberia for 20 years of hard labor was changed to early retirement."
The rest of the diary did not mention matters in the military, but mainly wrote about how Maleeva left Vienna with him, returned to the country, and started a new life.
Sokov closed his notebook and began to think seriously.
If the diary of the landlord's grandfather is true, then he was in a coma after being injured in 1946 and did not wake up until mid-May. During his coma, Zhukov, who was far away in Moscow, also made a special trip to Vienna to visit his injury.
As for whether the large-scale military exercise at the end of April was carried out as scheduled, there was no mention in the diary, but I was still in a coma at the time, so I definitely did not participate.
Sokov stood up and walked back and forth in the room, wondering to himself that the diary mentioned that he woke up more than a month later. Does this mean that he can only stay for more than a month after returning to modern society?
Months of time, and then it will go back to 1946 again? If this is really the case, I should read more information during this period. If I really go back to the past, it will be of great use.
When I returned to the rental house today, I brought back the laptop I had left there. Although there is no network installed in the house, I can use my mobile phone to open the shared network and search for the information I want online.
He remembered that he had seen an article on the Internet a few days ago, which was specifically about the food problem in the Soviet Union. Now that it was possible to go back to 1946, this article would be of great help to him.
After some searching, the article I was looking for appeared on the screen, titled "Analysis of the Causes of the Soviet Food Crisis in the Early Postwar Period (1945-1953)".
The opening chapter states simply and clearly: From 1945 to 1953, the Soviet Union fell into a serious food crisis. The root causes were multifaceted. First of all, the Soviet-German war not only led to a reduction in Soviet food production, but also caused long-term damage to the agricultural production base;
At the same time, the Soviet Union, which had just emerged from the haze of war, suffered multiple natural disasters, which adversely affected food production. Secondly, the Soviet Union's agricultural economic system was tough, short-sighted, and ignored material incentives, which seriously weakened farmers' enthusiasm for production and restricted production.
The increase in grain production. Thirdly, whether the grain rationing system or the free purchase and sale system is implemented, the inherent shortcomings of the distribution system have not been effectively corrected, resulting in the people never being able to obtain enough food freely and equally. Finally, the outbreak and escalation of the Cold War had an impact on the international food
The trade pattern had a profound impact. The Soviet Union, which had always been highly dependent on food imports, stopped food imports and continued to export food despite difficulties in domestic self-sufficiency, resulting in an irreversible trade deficit and exacerbating the severity of the domestic food crisis.
In the article, the author elaborates on the reasons for the emergence of the food crisis from four aspects. First, the objective factors and outbreak of the food crisis; second, the shortcomings of the Soviet agricultural economic system in the early post-war period; third, the negative effects of the food distribution system
Fourth, the foreign trade deficit in grain has exacerbated the domestic food crisis.
Special mention was made of the fact that in 1946, the most serious drought broke out in the Soviet Union since 1891. This drought affected important areas such as Moldavia, Ukraine, the Volga River, the Don River, Rostov Oblast and the Central Black Soil Region.
In grain-producing areas, many places have not seen rainfall for 6 to 70 consecutive days. The annual precipitation in Ukraine is 16 mm, the annual precipitation in Kursk Oblast is as low as 10 mm, and the annual precipitation in the lower Volga River region is less than 9 mm.
Serious natural disasters have become the direct cause of food famine.
Sokov read this article over and over again five or six times and found that the severe food crisis that broke out in the Soviet Union in the early post-war period was affected by objective factors such as war and natural disasters. Even if he returned to that era, what would he be able to do?
Things are also very limited.
He sighed softly, closed the article, and continued to search for potentially useful content.
The last time he inexplicably traveled to the period of the Great Patriotic War, he was able to achieve so many achievements entirely because he understood that period of history and avoided some mistakes that he shouldn't have made. But as time went by, all the history he knew had happened.
He had no idea what would happen next. Now that he is back, he must seize the time to catch up on lessons and learn more about the unknown history, so that he can avoid making some stupid mistakes after returning to the past.
According to the diary record of the landlord's grandfather, he was still in Vienna when he woke up. In other words, even if he no longer serves as the commander of the 4th Guards Army, he will still stay in this country for a while, so I want to learn more about the history of Austria.
It is also beneficial and harmless to yourself.
According to data, in the later stages of the war, it was not just the Soviet army that occupied Austrian territory, but also the US military, the British army, the French army, and even part of the Yugoslav army. But unlike other Central and Eastern European countries, Austria did not become a satellite state of the Soviet Union.
Even after the signing of the Austrian State Treaty in 1955, Austria became a permanently neutral country like Switzerland.
Regarding the Austrian issue, the Soviet Union's principles were to prohibit the Anschluss of Germany and Austria, prevent Germany from resurrecting, and seek maximum war compensation. In the mid-1950s, these Soviet goals had basically been achieved. Politically, Austria passed non-Nazi laws and held war responsibilities accountable.
In France, more than 100,000 Nazis were dismissed from their posts and investigated. Economically, most of the former German assets in Austria were confiscated by the Soviet Union.
Now that the goals of weakening Germany and demanding compensation have been achieved, the Soviet Union took the initiative to withdraw its troops stationed in Austria. In September 1955, the last batch of Soviet troops withdrew from Austria. On October 26 of that year, the Western Allies also withdrew.
Austria. In this way, Austria became a country with the purpose of peace and did not join any military bloc in the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States.
While browsing the Internet for himself, Sokov heard another shout from inside the room: "Misha, Misha!"
Hearing this voice, he couldn't help but tremble all over. This was Asiya's voice. Could it be that she was calling him in the mirror again?
He turned his head carefully and looked at the full-length mirror placed aside. Sure enough, he saw the familiar face of Asiya. She shouted anxiously: "Misha, Misha, wake up quickly! Wake up quickly."
Wake up!" The person standing next to her was Yakov.
But when Sokov walked to the full-length mirror, the scene inside disappeared without a trace, as if it had never appeared before.
Sokov squatted in the full-length mirror and began to mutter to himself: "What is going on? I have seen my relatives and friends in the past three times in a row. Are they using a special way to urge me to return to that time and space?"
He reached out and touched the full-length mirror in front of him, but what he felt was cold glass, and no so-called passage appeared. He laughed and felt that he had thought too much. He got up and sat back in front of the computer and continued to search for useful information.
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However, although his eyes were fixed on the screen, he seemed absent-minded. He was thinking, if he really goes back to the past more than a month later, how will it appear? Like last time, he went to explore the underground fortifications. It was inexplicable.
Did he just travel through time, or did a time and space portal suddenly appear in the dressing mirror, and then a huge suction force brought him back to the past?
The phone rang. Sokov picked up the phone and took a look. The name displayed on it was Kononets. Last time, he followed him to explore the underground fortifications, but ended up traveling through time inexplicably.
After he answered the phone, he asked politely: "Kononets, what can I do?"
"Misha, where did you go?" Kononets said angrily on the phone: "Khabarov and I came to see you for a drink, but after knocking on the door for a long time, no one opened the door for us.
"
"Kononets, I'm so sorry." Sokov said: "The landlord is going to take back the house, and I have already moved out." Considering that he had just moved here and Anna was still living in his place, it was not convenient for him to entertain guests.
He said tactfully, "I'm temporarily staying at a friend's house these two days, so it's not convenient for me to entertain you. Let's get together another day."
"Okay, let's meet up another day." When Kononets was about to hang up the phone, he suddenly remembered something and quickly added: "By the way, Misha, there is one more thing I almost forgot to tell you.
.We rented a villa in the suburbs and are going to have a party with a group of friends. You can come over and play with us."
Just when Sokov was about to refuse, he suddenly remembered what Anna told him about the villa party. He felt that it was better to listen to what he heard and see to believe. Only by experiencing it himself could he find out whether what Anna said was accurate, so he readily agreed:
"Okay, give me a call when the time comes and I'll drive there."