"Is it just a fight? At most, it's accessibility? "Turkey says it is neutral, but for most of the war it was in favor of Germany, as you British know," Fortseva replied dissatisfiedly. Is it too much to impose some punishment on Turkey? ”

"It's excessive." Alan Wilson retorted without thinking, "Today's friend may be tomorrow's enemy, I believe that you have also discussed how imperialism will treat you in the Soviet Union, and I can tell you without hesitation that the worst-case plan made by the Soviet Union is very reasonable, and the reason why the two sides are safe and sound now is because Japan has not surrendered, but it is also imminent." ”

"With Turkey alone, they can be the opponent of the Soviets." Fortseva smiled coldly, her expression dismissive.

"With 800,000 troops, it shouldn't be a problem to withstand the Soviet Union for three months. It is not a problem to mobilize two million troops with the population of Turkey. "Alan Wilson was not intimidated by Fortseva's blackmail, and he had already made up his mind when he came that he would not let the Soviets achieve their goals easily.

Britain is also a member of the free world after all, and the question with the United States is nothing more than whether to treat each other as equals or be dogs.

But in the face of the Soviet Union, this problem does not exist, and the choice is a hundred times, and ninety-nine times it is hostile. Alan Wilson was exactly one percent, and he was willing to try to stir up a situation that was more favorable to the Soviet Union.

Because Britain retreated to the British Isles decades later, he already knew the consequences of losing everything. I wanted to try another way to see if I could maintain the dignity of the British Empire.

But this does not mean that the British Empire was sent to the Soviet Union, he had no faith, and it was completely different from the Cambridge Five.

"The USSR was supposed to build a military base in Turkey, the Dardanelles were too important for the USSR." Seeing Alan Wilson's change of attitude, Fortseva retreated.

"Impossible." Alan Wilson flatly refused, "If the Soviet Union insists on going its own way, it is you who will regret it in the end." Later you will understand that it is best to settle things down while Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union are still fighting for a common purpose. Once the war is over, there will be no warmth between the two sides. ”

"All Britain was able to do, together with the Soviet Union, deprive Turkey of the right to fortify the Black Sea straits. If the Americans had joined, the USSR would have received nothing in vain. ”

"I thought you were American?" Fortseva sneered, "One bite of America, how kind? ”

"I have a basic loyalty to the British Empire, and I mention the United States because that's the reality, not only in Turkey, but even in Iran. The United States is infiltrating the country, and the United States is the only country that has not been affected by the world war, what can I do? Alan Wilson said with a grim face, "The British Empire needs time to recover, doesn't the Soviet Union need it?" Germany was annihilated on the Eastern Front by more than five million, Germany first declared war without declaring war, most of the war was fought on the territory of the Soviet Union, your losses were greater than Germany's, I believe the Soviet Union does not deny this, right? ”

"I don't think it's too much to compare France and the Soviet Union, which were the main battlefields during World War I. France lost a tenth of its population, and what was a tenth of the USSR. ”

Alan Wilson had already saved face for Fortseva, and he knew in his heart that the Soviet Union alone had nearly 30 million casualties, which was almost a catastrophe for a country with a population of less than 200 million.

However, the Soviet Union closed the news tightly, and did not disclose the losses in World War II to prevent NATO from taking advantage of the situation, and it was not until the sixties that it admitted that 27 million people were killed in battle.

The Turkish issue and the Iranian question are the focus of both formal negotiations and behind-the-scenes operations, but it was the Austrian issue that first made the Soviet Union concede, after all, this was something that had already been determined by the Yalta Conference, and Britain and the United States would never make concessions on the Austrian issue.

"This Englishman is quite accurate in his estimate of our country." In the Sechelinhof Palace, in the room where Stalin lived, Stalin himself asked Molotov, "Comrade Molotov, what do you think of the new British government, you have been in contact with each other in the last few days. ”

"It's not easy to deal with, Attlee is more insistent than Churchill in some places. Especially the Austrian question. Molotov reflected on the experience of the past few days, and finally replied with a wry smile.

"It seems that it is time for Austria to give way, to the question of the undefended passage of the Dardanelles, the passage of travel in the Black Sea. We see that we can accept it. Stalin thought as he pondered, "As for Iran, which the British attach the most importance to, in all fairness, it is Iran that I attach the most importance to my heart." Comrade Fortseva said that the American factor is an important consideration, because although the United States does not have troops in Iran, like Britain and us, it has nearly 30,000 so-called civilian personnel, and these people will immediately become a garrison once they are supplied with weapons. ”

"From the beginning to the end of this meeting, we can conclude one thing, the British are certainly hostile to us, but they are also wary of the United States, and I remember that when the British representative and Fortseva first met, they said that the only ones who were not affected by the war were the Americans." Molotov said with a sigh, "Actually, what the British said makes sense, compared to Britain and us, who urgently need to recover, the current state of the United States is too good." ”

"Comrade Fortseva, see if we can get more concessions, we are willing to allow the troops of Britain, the United States and France to be stationed in Austria as scheduled." Stalin nodded, and commanded Fortseva, "Every little benefit you fight for today will be a great boost to the development of the Soviets." ”

"General Secretary, I will definitely do my best, but I can feel it. Britain's attitude is getting tougher. Fortseva solemnly assured, and her towering chest shook for a while.

Alan Wilson and Fortseva talked for a total of five days, during which the four-nation Austrian occupation declaration was first published by Britain, the United States, and France, which was regarded as an endorsement of the established plan of the Yalta Conference.

Then there was the issue of the Dardanelles in Turkey, and although the United States was already the de facto biggest beneficiary of World War II, many places were still occupied by the British. Turkey is just one of those places.

The handling of Turkey is a bit like that of Britain and France at the Paris Peace Conference. At the Paris Peace Conference, the British Prime Minister and the French President drew their pens at will, and there was one more country in the world. The whole world is under the pen of the two heads of state!

Coincidentally, the scene depicting the emergence of a new country in a random drawing between Britain and France was the original Ottoman Empire. Today it is the Republic of Turkey.

Britain and the Soviet Union agreed on the issue of no defense of the strait, and in the end both countries wanted the approval of the United States, and Truman also pushed the boat to express his approval.

"Before the nuclear bomb exploded, Truman was quite reasonable." Alan Wilson heard the news and was in his heart, and there was one last question, the Iranian issue, which he had to continue to work on.