Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Chapter 722: Stalin’s Son (5)

Beria, who had failed to save the money, eagerly sent out almost all the people he could and turned the nearby area upside down, but could not even find the Svanidze family; the family seemed to have gone to heaven and earth. Usually there is no trace, no one alive or dead, no corpse!

Beria was like an ant on a hot pot, spinning around anxiously, mumbling incessantly. "What should we do, what should we do..." Timoshenko's wife and daughter are still missing. If even this matter fails, will Comrade Stalin still trust him? Once he loses Comrade Stalin's trust, it will be his end. After all, as Comrade Stalin's confidant, I know many ulterior secrets. Once Comrade Stalin feels that he is of no use, he may want to silence him.

Is it possible that he also has to follow Timoshenko's path?

He was startled by this flash of thought and hurriedly shook his head, putting this terrible thought behind him. Putting aside his loyalty to the Soviet Union, even if he wanted to defect, it would be impossible. After all, Timoshenko was on the front line at that time, and it was very convenient to run to the German army. At this moment, the German front line was still hundreds of kilometers away.

At this time, the subordinate who had been silent next to him suddenly spoke. "Comrade Beria, I have an idea."

"Speak quickly!" Beria almost jumped up as if grasping a life-saving straw.

The subordinate carefully looked around to make sure there were no other people around, and then whispered a few words in Beria's ear.

"What?!" After hearing this, Beria's expression changed and he yelled sternly. "You are asking me to deceive Comrade Stalin. Do you know what the consequences will be?!"

The subordinate hurriedly explained. "Comrade Beria, think about it. If the Svanidze family can escape, they must have already known that the disaster is coming. Will they dare to show their faces again in the future? If they are smart enough, they will just live in anonymity for this life. This is not the same as being beaten by us. What difference does it make if they are executed? Of course, Comrade Stalin will not know. If you, Comrade Beria, are still not at ease, you can continue to secretly track their whereabouts. Sooner or later, you will find them, and then you can just kill them, right?"

"..." After hearing what his subordinate said, Beria nodded thoughtfully, feeling that it made sense.

After much hesitation, Beria finally made up his mind and ordered to continue secretly tracking down the whereabouts of the Swanitzer family. He then went to see Stalin with the wedding ring and watch found in Swanitzer's house. "Comrade Stalin, the mission you ordered has been completed." This was the first time he lied in front of Stalin. He felt that his back was soaked with sweat and his calves could not stop trembling.

Starling asked casually. "Did the operation go well?"

Beria felt his legs weaken and almost fell to his knees. He gritted his teeth and said. "It didn't go well. The Swanitzer family hid, and it took us a lot of effort to find them out." He placed the wedding ring and watch on Stalin's desk.

Looking at the abbreviations of Alyosha and Maria engraved on the wedding ring, Starlin nodded with satisfaction and threw them into the trash can. "Well done. Give me another order. In view of Yakov's bad treasonous behavior, I declare to sever the father-son relationship with this traitor. From this moment on, Yakov is the enemy of our Soviet Union. No matter who it is, as long as he catches If you find this traitor and execute him on the spot, you can upgrade him to three levels in a row!"

Beria couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. Poor Yakov was clearly being used by the Germans, and if Stalin issued such a cruel order, wouldn't it push Yakov completely to the German side?

But he couldn't control so much, and he wasn't his own son, so he didn't care whether he lived or died.

"Yes, I'll do it right now!"

On the other side, the German army was dropping a large number of leaflets on major cities in Belarus and Ukraine, as well as Smolensk.

The Soviet soldiers who picked up the leaflet did not recognize the two men shaking hands in the leaflet at first. It was not until they saw the introduction on the back of the leaflet that they realized that one of them was the German Crown Prince and the other was actually their great leader Comrade Stalin. The eldest son, Yakov Dzhugashvili.

"Even your supreme leader's son has surrendered, why do you need to make unnecessary sacrifices?"

“According to ‘Order 270’, why didn’t Stalin shoot himself?”

Looking at the soul-piercing questions printed on the leaflets, the Soviet soldiers fell into confusion.

But not long after, the entire Soviet army reported the news that Comrade Stalin had severed the father-son relationship with his eldest son.

The German broadcasts ridiculed Stalin for severing the father-son relationship with Yakov because he was afraid of death, and also raised a very sharp question: why did the families of other prisoners of war not be informed that it was OK to sever ties with these prisoners of war when they were shot before? In the same way, if the family members of prisoners of war declare to sever ties with prisoners of war in the future, will they also be immune from implication?

Or is this just Stalin's prerogative?

Faced with the aggressive German propaganda offensive, the Soviet propaganda department was retreating steadily and was unable to fight back.

And the news also spread to the United States.

In an underground base outside Washington.

President Wilkie, who was discussing the war situation with senior military officials, was stunned when he heard the news. "Stalin's son was arrested? Stalin won't compromise with Germany for this, right?"

If this is the case, then the United States will be at a huge loss. Not to mention the supplies, the army alone has transported 6 to 7 million people. If the Soviet Union and Germany suddenly ceased war, wouldn't those own soldiers in the Soviet Union be in danger? Will he become a German prisoner of war in vain? !

"Probably not. Stalin is not the kind of person who abandons the overall situation for the sake of family ties. He has already announced that he has severed ties with his son and labeled him a traitor. But this also raised another issue. It is the 'Order No. 270' issued by the Soviet Union. , Stalin also emphasized that 'there are no prisoners in the Soviet Union, only deserters. They are all traitors to the motherland and enemies of the people. Their family members will be regarded as family members of deserters who betrayed the motherland and will be arrested.'"

Most of the people present looked disgusted. What a stupid order. This order might inspire Soviet soldiers to fight to the death, but on the other hand, it would also make prisoners quickly defect. These prisoners turned into puppet troops of the Germans. When they turned around, they would be more ruthless because they knew that they had no way out and that their relatives had been killed by Stalin, so they naturally wanted revenge.

"Before, Stalin shot and exiled many families of prisoners of war in accordance with Order 270. Now it's his turn. He might be able to set an example by doing other things, but in this matter, Stalin could at most sever the relationship between father and son. So. German propaganda seized on this issue to lash out against Stalin."

"It's really your own fault."

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