Big Time 1958

Chapter 47: Hero Father

As Issey Motney said some time ago, as a member of a social group, people are very afraid of falling into an isolated situation. If your friends suddenly ignore you, you will be very uncomfortable. From a psychological point of view Regain the attention of your friends by influencing behavior and acting weird. But human beings are very contradictory. As a member of a group, they are always looking for opportunities to protect their privacy. Everyone hides secrets that they do not want to tell others. No one wants to be known about all their privacy, so I am very disgusted with all kinds of monitoring behaviors.

So Serov is going to start from these two states of mind and create such a big environment, which is specially aimed at the people of West Berlin. The wall must be so high that ordinary people can’t climb, so high that a normal person can’t see the outside world. Let West Berlin be surrounded by tall walls, and experience the feeling of knowing that you are locked inside no matter where you go. If you can create the feeling of being in prison, that’s the best.

Isolation is not enough. We also need to let West Berlin feel the feeling of being monitored all the time. At this time, the effect of high-power searchlights and tweeters is reflected. The officers on duty on the watchtower use tweeters during the day to shout, and at night. Using high-power searchlights to illuminate West Berlin, in fact, has only one purpose, to let the people in West Berlin know that there are people outside. The feeling of being deprived, if the above two points can be achieved at the same time, this blockade can be considered a little bit meaningful.

“Don’t they always say that we are a police state? If we don’t do things more beautifully this time, I’m really sorry for their evaluation!” Serov and Markus Wolf jointly finalized the construction plan of the Berlin Wall , to build a 140-kilometer-long Berlin in two months.

“By the way, how many informants do you Stasi have in West Berlin?” Serov has always been a little curious about the operation of the Stasi, and he wouldn’t believe it if no one in the Federal Republic of Germany served the GDR.

“There are about 2,000 informants in West Berlin. As for the people in the entire Federal Republic of Germany, there are about 6,000 people who have contact with our Stasi!” Markus Wolf will not lie to Serov on this. , because it’s not necessary at all, it’s just a number.

Well! Serov is still quite surprised by this number, but it makes sense when you think about it carefully. The two are one nation, which has naturally eliminated a lot of resistance in the work of secret agents. It is not surprising to have such a result. But Stasi’s performance still shocked Serov, and was a little surprised by Stasi’s organizational ability.

On April 28, after careful preparations, 20,000 mobilized workers and more than 6,000 aid teams from various countries gathered around the barbed wire fence. According to the resolution of the GDR government, the Western The fascists in Berlin adopted blockades. The status of West Berlin refers to the border between countries and countries. It will be reviewed in accordance with the procedures of border management in the future. If people from West Berlin want to come out, they must be approved by the border defense agency. The most important part is at the back. , announced the construction of the anti-fascist defense wall, which is a border defense system that will exist as a system corresponding to West Berlin under the occupation of the three countries.

On the same day, the construction of the Berlin Wall began, and more than 26,000 workers began to build the wall around the area of West Berlin. In the brick factory that had already worked overtime, the piled up bricks and stones were continuously transported to the construction area. The workers waiting there have already mixed the cement and can start work only after they get the bricks.

“With the manpower used this time, if you don’t consider the quality and the time of the cement viscosity, it can be built in a week, but the lookout post may take a little longer!” Markus Wolf looked at the project with a telescope. The progress is quite proud, and he is obviously satisfied with the current efficiency.

“As long as the GDR can withstand the pressure, when the wall is built, you can temporarily ease your population loss, but you still need to figure out a way yourself. If your population is too far from the Federal Republic of Germany, no matter how competitive , the gap between the hard indicators will still be huge!” Shelov shrugged helplessly, “Blocking West Berlin seems to be very tough, but in fact, our side is not as attractive as the west side, otherwise, West Berlin may surround itself, and we would not agree to…”

This is a helpless reality. It is human nature to dislike the poor and love the rich, and Serov can’t say anything about this. But it is obvious that he dislikes the poor and loves the rich, but he uses freedom as an excuse. This is unbearable. The sooner such people leave, the better. If the Soviet side is really rich, I hope those who have left will not come back. After all, your motherland is not free.

“What should we do? Set up a heroic mother?” Marcus Wolf also knew that the Soviet Union had a policy of encouraging more children. Could it be that the GDR should learn from the Soviet Union’s experience.

“If possible, I personally recommend that Germany set up a recognition of heroic fathers, give pennants and honors to men, and give bonuses to women!” Shelov said with a move in his heart. To be honest, men, especially young men, are far better than men in this kind of work. Young women should be enthusiastic, which is caused by the different growth cycles of men and women. As far as the Soviet information that Serov has seen, the current population birth in the Soviet Union is still not optimistic. The heroic mother may have played a role, but it is also very limited.

“Is this useful?” Marcus Wolfe also shifted his attention from the project without realizing it, and was led by Serov into a detour. I have to say that Serov’s proposal is indeed a little novel, but it is also a little too novel. It always feels strange for the government to introduce such a policy.

“It is definitely more effective than the heroic mother. As for whether there is any problem with this policy, it still needs to be practiced! If the effect is significant in the GDR, maybe the Soviet Union will also learn it!” Serov said with great confidence.

To be honest, Serov admired himself a little at this time, and he was able to say this kind of thing so openly, as if it was for the better tomorrow of socialism. In the past few years in the Soviet Union, he really didn’t learn in vain.

“Then pick a special area with a relatively small population and try to promote it!” Marcus Wolf’s statement proved one thing, and he was finally brought into the ditch by Serov.

This is Serov’s first experiment with the GDR, but it will not be the last. If it really works, Serov will soon be popularized in the Soviet Union, especially in areas where Russians live. Convince the bigwigs in the Soviet Union with the achievements of the GDR and reverse the population problem in the Soviet Union.