General Patton's idea was very simple, now the United States has a huge advantage, and there is no need to talk about anything with the Soviets at all. When we have this advantage, we should go all out and unite with Britain and France to continue to eliminate the Soviet Union to the east, so that the world will fall into the hands of the United States and its allies, or more precisely, into the hands of the United States.

In this way, the United States has fulfilled its long-awaited manifest destiny and fulfilled its prediction of the century.

Now, however, there are signs that the United States seems to be satisfied with the progress made so far and wants to live in peace with the Soviet Union. This is something that General Patton cannot understand, now that the armies of all countries are there, the United States has a great advantage, and if the Soviet Union is not solved now, it will be even more troublesome in the future.

There was such an opportunity, General Patton did not have to think about it at all, and directly ordered his troops to get out of the way and let these Yugoslav Tito opponents enter Bavaria.

From the night of June 24 to the day of June 25, the radio waves that flew back and forth over Europe showed that Europe was not as calm as it seemed.

As General Patton took in this force of more than 200,000 men, there were several basic reactions.

In the city of Greater Berlin, Cabinet Secretary Edward Bridges walks back and forth in the garden in front of his residence, where Alexander Cadogan, the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has just entered the garden to mention the latest developments in the border crossing of the border.

"Oh, hehe!" A hint of schadenfreude flashed on Edward Bridges's indifferent face, but he immediately turned serious, and said from the perspective of a third party, "The American cowboy is so brave, that is to say, this is the problem of the Americans at present, and it has nothing to do with our British Empire, we only tried to dissuade the refugees with good intentions at best, but in the end it did not succeed, I dare not say how much credit there is, but there must be no fault." ”

"Of course, there is no fault, everyone knows that there are only two battalions in Austria, on the contrary, there are 100,000 soldiers of the Soviet Red Army, and only the Soviets can stop this, and we do not have the ability to do so, so the problem of refugees crossing the border is that the Soviets are negligent in taking precautions, and the Americans finally accept it, and it has nothing to do with us Britain from beginning to end." Alexander Cadogan sternly dissociated, "That's what happened. ”

"Don't rush to put a hat on the Soviets, since this is a problem between the Soviets and the Americans, let's see how to solve it between them, and if necessary, we can play the role of a bridge in the middle." Edward Bridges stood still for a moment and asked, "What are you going to say about the domestic debriefing telegram?" ”

"This is an isolated incident that happened by chance, and on the eve of the summit, it is an excellent opportunity for our diplomats to test their abilities." Alexander Cadogan showed the professionalism of the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Edward Bridges nodded with satisfaction and said, "Just reply like this, from the perspective of the parties, we have the most stable capital, whether it is the Americans or the Soviets who come to protest or seek support first, the first thing we have to do is to wait patiently." ”

By the time General Patton finally ordered the take-in, the central question of whose question it was discussed among the countries that had learned of the situation.

There is no doubt that Yugoslavia, as the country directly responsible, must be the most direct victim, more than 200,000 opposition soldiers fled abroad, and also found a place to be taken in, Tito has enough reason to denounce.

However, the voice of Yugoslavia can be ignored, at least Edward Bridges does not think that the Yugoslav reaction is important, in fact, London has already begun to take in some of the forces of the Yugoslav Fatherland Army, but not on such a large scale.

Now that people are looking for Americans, that's better! It also saves the British Empire the trouble that will arise later.

In the eyes of Edward Bridges, this is a problem for the Americans, and it has nothing to do with the British Empire, and as for how the Americans will deal with it, we will see later.

Whose problem is this? Now this issue is also a point of contention in the Kremlin, and after Belia reported on the matter, he angrily said, "There is no doubt that this is an imperialist conspiracy." ”

"Is that so? Comrade Molotov? Stalin listened to Beria's words and smiled, his eyes fell on Molotov and said, "What is certain at the moment is that Comrade Tito must be in a bad mood now. ”

"I think so too, Comrade Stalin." Molotov said with a smile on his face, "The current Yugoslavia must urgently need the support of the Soviet Union to denounce imperialism. Actually, from our point of view, this is a good thing. ”

Stalin nodded with satisfaction, very satisfied with this answer, and made his own decision, "This is undoubtedly imperialist interference in Yugoslavia's internal affairs, and morally the Soviet Union will definitely stand on the side of Yugoslavia and denounce this hostility, but for the sake of the overall situation that the world war has not yet ended, I will negotiate with Churchill and Truman at the Potsdam Conference." ”

The implication was very clear: Stalin would not destroy the Potsdam Conference that had already been decided because of the problem of refugees crossing the border this time, but would administer justice for Yugoslavia at the Potsdam Conference.

Molotov knew in his heart that for the unruly Tito, Stalin was actually happy to see the embarrassment of the other party, and even applauded this sudden incident, but he would not say it on the surface.

If a large number of opposition members in the Soviet Union had fled to the territory of the Americans, then Stalin would certainly have taken advantage of the Potsdam Conference to put pressure on the United States to bring the opposition over.

But this was a Yugoslav affair, and Stalin's condemnation at the Potsdam Conference was only moral, and to be honest he wished that these oppositions would not come back, and as long as these oppositions existed, Tito would not dare to be too disrespectful to the Soviet Union.

Molotov, who left the Kremlin, prepared two statements, welcoming the upcoming Potsdam Conference, and the statement sent to Belgrade stood on Tito's point of view, believing that this was a subversion of the new Yugoslavia, what kind of imperialist hostility, what class feelings, anyway, I don't need money to write casually.

A little later, Alexander Cadogan took the Soviets' statement and came to Edward Bridges again to ask for advice.

"Like I said, now this is a problem for the Americans, and the Soviets have retained the right to condemn." Edward Bridges was completely relieved that sometimes he really should let the bullets fly for a while.