"But?" Stalin put down the information in his hand, glanced at Beria, who was waiting, and asked, "Comrade Beria, what is the level of secrecy of the target?" ”

"In the Ministry of Internal Affairs, apart from myself, only the commissar of the first rank, General Merkulov, knows about it." Beria quickly replied, "The level of secrecy is still quite high, and the underground workers next to the target are all in direct contact with the first-level political commissar, and there is absolutely no possibility of exposure." ”

"Don't say anything very absolutely." For some reason, Stalin had reservations about the fact that there was no possibility of exposure, which made Beria suddenly nervous.

For example, it is quite a terrible thing for a person who is a senior security cadre to not be trusted by the highest level. Could it be that Stalin was already tired of the commissar of the first rank, General Merkulov? Or is there a distrust of the entire Ministry of Internal Affairs?

While Beria was full of thoughts, Stalin said with a lighthearted voice, "In this way we can be sure of a very important thing, to change the way of struggle, in this devastating war, the only country that will remain out of this devastating war is the United States, England and France have been hit to varying degrees, and these countries in Europe are now in desperate need of colonial blood transfusions, and the biggest problem facing them is reconstruction, which is the same as in our Soviets." ”

"Comrade Stalin's opinion on this matter is consistent with the feedback of the information." Beria unconditionally agreed, "We have received news that the military forces of France and the Netherlands have returned to Asia and are trying to restore colonial rule in Southeast Asia. The United States does not oppose it on the surface. ”

"Then the attitude of our Soviet Union is to oppose it on the surface!" Stalin said succinctly.

"So Comrade Stalin, what level of support and assistance is more appropriate?" When Beria heard this, he immediately asked, "The decision on this kind of thing is still in the hands of Stalin himself."

"Give all moral support, except help and aid." Stalin smiled and said, "There is no cost to solidarity, but there is a cost to the struggle against the Americans." We want to go one step further and ask the Americans to divide and occupy Japan, and of course the Americans will not agree to it, but we want to mention that Hokkaido will forever be separated from Japan, and the Japanese will never see Hokkaido again, just as they cannot see their ears. ”

Of course, Stalin knew that the Americans who now had nuclear bombs in their hands had no one in their eyes, but the good news was that Britain, France, and the European colonial powers did not seem to want to get involved in this troubled waters.

Europe and the United States are not of the same mind, is this beneficial? Of course, at least for a short time, Europe will not follow the United States in starting a third world war.

The topic of the Third World War was not a taboo topic at all in the countries of 1945, and many people believed that a world war would break out sooner or later, and there were many such voices within the Soviet Union.

In fact, even Stalin himself was not completely at ease with the current situation in Europe, believing that the possibility of a world war would break out, especially after the United States had a nuclear bomb in its hands, this threat was more intuitive.

That's why Zhukov invited Eisenhower to visit Moscow in his personal name and make a friendly attitude to ease relations between the two sides.

Eisenhower was invited to the Soviet Union, and accompanied by Zhukov, he watched the opening ceremony with the Soviet commander-in-chief on Red Square in Moscow.

In their spare time, the two talked for a long time, from the Battle of Leningrad to the Battle of Moscow, and from the African battlefield to the Normandy landings, and they understood and respected each other better. To their great delight, during Eisenhower's visit, Japan surrendered. This is a success for a battle-hardened veteran.

"At an appropriate time, Comrade Zhukov can be allowed to pay a return visit to the United States, and Eisenhower didn't invite him." Stalin calmly said, "The dispute with the United States on the Japanese question and Comrade Zhukov's return visit do not conflict. It is necessary to ease up and struggle at the same time, and it is also necessary to pay attention to ways and means. ”

At present, on the premise of preserving the interests of Eastern Europe, Stalin felt that he could take a conciliatory attitude towards the countries of Western Europe. Because it is not only the countries of Western Europe that need to be rebuilt, but also the Soviet Union.

Even like the Soviet invasion feared by Western Europe, the Soviet Union feared the outbreak of World War III and the joint invasion of Britain and France, and since the German attack on the Soviet Union, the Soviet top brass has become distrustful of these imperialisms.

Now these imperialist countries are equally untrustworthy, but they can be divided and disintegrated. Delay the union of these imperialist countries.

On the other hand, in Eastern Europe, Stalin believed that an offensive and defensive strategy could be adopted, using the Korean Peninsula as a bargaining chip, striving for Japan's interests as much as possible, and getting the United States to recognize the Soviet occupation of Hokkaido as a minimum goal.

In fact, by this time, the Americans had not had much presence in Korea, because Korea had been under the colonial rule of the Japanese before, so naturally there could be no American power, and the Americans would not be able to project a large amount of military power onto the Korean Peninsula for a while, but the Soviets were different, they already had a large number of troops in Siberia, and they could swing their forces south at any time.

In fact, the Soviet Union did deploy military forces in Korea before the United States.

If there were no nuclear bombs, the Soviet Union, which had already entered the Korean Peninsula, could have kicked the United States out.

But with a nuclear bomb, it is different, and the attitude of the United States is compared with that before the explosion of the nuclear bomb, which is simply one in the sky and one underground, explaining what it means to turn the face faster than turning the page.

Stalin was even glad that at the Potsdam Conference, he accepted the black-box operation initiated by the British. If an agreement has been delayed, the United States, now holding a nuclear bomb, will certainly find an opportunity to inflict endless humiliation on the Soviet Union.

On the issue of Japan and the Korean Peninsula, Stalin had already predicted that he would definitely be pressured by the United States, and this time was certainly not the warmth of the previous world war, but full of gunpowder.

There is still a difference between Japan and the Korean Peninsula, and the Soviet Union can let the peninsula south of the 38th parallel be surrendered by the United States in accordance with the previous agreement, because the Korean Peninsula is a part of the mainland anyway, and even if the Americans are allowed to enter, the Soviet Union, which has an overwhelming superiority in ground forces, should not be afraid.

Hokkaido, on the other hand, was an army from the future compared to the weak Soviet Red Navy. If the United States can be made to recognize the de facto occupation of the Soviet Union, in exchange for the Soviet Union's superiority over the US forces on the Korean Peninsula, it does not look too bad at all.

Theoretically, Stalin was not prepared to give up anywhere, but until the Soviet Union successfully developed a nuclear bomb, to a certain extent, he must now swallow his anger, and even be prepared to abide by the withdrawal of troops in Iran, instead of intimidating Pahlavi by military aggression and force, and maintaining the tacit understanding between the imperial Russian period and the division of the north and the south of Britain.

At present, the Soviet Union should adopt a conciliatory attitude toward Britain and France, and even if it is to make trouble, it cannot do it in Europe, but will use the cards in its hand to confront the United States in the Far East, where Britain and France have no vital interests, using Japan and the Korean Peninsula as a chessboard.

As for the agreement on the secret operation at the Potsdam Conference, all of them were recognized, and a clear timetable for the withdrawal of troops was given, and contacts were maintained with Britain, the United States, especially the United Kingdom, to ensure the transparency of the withdrawal.

"The United States does not have a nuclear bomb, and the Soviet Union does not have it, and our nuclear bomb project must be taken out as soon as possible, so as to change the current weakness in our hearts and let the Americans lower their voices when talking to us." Stalin looked at Beria with a very serious gaze and said.

Beria was the head of the Soviet nuclear program, and as early as the time of the defense of Moscow, Beria had accumulated a thick stack of atomic energy information in his hands. Agents from Britain and the United States have all sent back news that in the next two years, it is very likely that Britain's nuclear bomb will be developed.

According to Soviet intelligence, Britain was the first to develop a nuclear bomb, but no one expected that Britain's nuclear bomb program was terminated and incorporated into the Manhattan Project.

Beria, as the NKVD of the Soviet Union, had detailed information on the Anglo-American nuclear bomb research in his hands, but Stalin was not interested in nuclear bomb research during the war, so Beria had no way to conduct it.

A loud bang from across the ocean woke Stalin, and the two nuclear bombs that later exploded in Japan really made Stalin realize how serious the consequences of a mistake in judgment could be.

If it weren't for the fact that the British, for their own interests, always blackmailed the USSR with American nuclear weapons, the USSR would have lost much more as soon as the United States began to carry out real blackmail.

"The project has been progressing steadily, and we will definitely calm down the United States as soon as possible." Beria gave solemn assurances.

"Tell Comrade Molotov that a delegation will be sent to visit the countries of Western Europe at a certain time, and France and Great Britain are important destinations." Stalin nodded, and as soon as he turned his tune, he began to express his goodwill towards Britain and France, "Let the Red Banner Song and Dance Troupe accompany you and carry out the visit in the form of artistic exchanges, which is more simple." ”

The city of British-occupied Bonn, a model of reconstruction in the eyes of the British Empire's media, as an important member of the Council of Trade, worked tirelessly to liaise with the European liaison officer, and struggled to extricate himself from the life of a sandwich, which was the life of the occupation forces.

A loyal imperial civil servant, now corrupted and co-opted by the dragoons, Alan Wilson would not have persevered until now if he hadn't always maintained his original intention.

Alan Wilson is a principled person, and he is very particular about the spirit of contract, and he will not be like other foreigners in Germany, just take a few cigarettes and deceive the girl's body, he still wants the two sisters to live a worry-free life before leaving with confidence.