"You and Comrade Molotov should first go and make contact with the Germans. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info If the Germans are unhappy with the current discount on our raw materials, then we can also make certain concessions. Stalin smoked his pipe and groaned for a while, then spoke. Today, the continued exploitation of Germans in business has become anachronistic, and it is necessary for the Soviet Union to return trade to normal in order to maintain the attitude of Germany, the only power currently on a friendly relationship with the Soviet Union.

Although Stalin could almost conclude that Germany would not really turn against the Soviet Union at this stage, it would have been easy if Germany was resentful and wanted to secretly stumble over the Soviet Union. Among other things, if Germany was open to arms sales to Romania, it would greatly boost the Budapest government's will to resist and thwart the Soviet Union's ambition to expand its influence in the Balkans.

It stands to reason that Romania, a third-rate country, would never dare to go head-to-head with the Soviet Union, but the current benchmark of Finland is too conspicuous and inspiring. A tiny country with a population of just over 3 million and a serious lack of heavy weapons was able to withstand the onslaught of the Soviet Union's main army of 400,000! Compared to Finland, Romania's military is not much stronger: its mobilizable force is five times that of Finland, and its heavy weapons are an order of magnitude higher.

Thinking of the Romanian army, Stalin could not help but think of the information that Beria had presented to him more than ten days earlier. According to information from the spy service, Germany was selling large quantities of captured arms from the Polish campaign to Romania, including not only conventional firearms and ammunition, but also a large number of tanks and French heavy artillery. If Romania really received a large amount of the legacy of the Polish Army's defeat, its overall military strength would inevitably be improved by nearly a notch. And if Germany opens its arsenal to them again, Romania may really dare to slap the tentacles of the Soviet Union's southward advance and declare an "armed defense of Bessarabia"!

In addition, the long-term confrontation between the German and French armies on the Western Front also made Stalin feel like a bone in his throat, and it was always difficult to sleep peacefully. Because of the tranquility of the Western Front, it meant that up to 150 German divisions had no direct enemy. The Soviet Union's current pre-tainted position in the Great War in Europe could be shattered at any moment.

What if Germany reconciled with Britain and France and turned to the Soviet Union? This scenario is not impossible today: after all, Germany and France have been declaring no war with each other for almost four months, and neither side wants to attack the fortified defensive line, which creates a permanent prerequisite for an armistice and reconciliation between them. Moreover, the failure of the Soviet Union to attack Finland would also make Germany lose its fear of the Soviet Union, and increase the probability that the Soviet Union would be attacked by Germany.

Perhaps, he was really wrong about Tukhachevsky and others? Feeling that the sharp sword of the Red Army had become dull and decaying, this thought suddenly crossed Stalin's mind. However, in just a moment, Stalin completely tore this thought apart and did not think about it any more meaninglessly. Political struggle is inherently bloodier and more brutal than battlefield fighting, and there is no room for mercy: how could Stalin become the real No. 1 comrade without purging the meritorious generals who might threaten the authority of the General Secretary, along with their comrades-in-arms and subordinates?

What the Red Army needed to do now was to select manufacturable materials from among the young and strong officers to fill the void in the command center caused by the suppression of a large number of old-fashioned generals. In a few years' time, when these young officers have gained a firm foothold in the post of senior commander, Stalin will be proven to be always right; As the founder of the new Red Army, he could also remove the last trace of Trotsky's presence in the Red Army and truly hold this army of millions in the palm of his hand.

"Comrade Zhukov, who defeated the Japanese in September this year at Nomenkan in the Far East, is a talented person who can be used for revolution. We should give this young general more opportunities for further study and train him to become a trustworthy fighter for the Party and the Soviets. Stalin explained to Voroshilov again. While the latter respectfully said yes, the pupils of Beria next to him, hidden behind the lenses, also shrank slightly. At present, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is secretly investigating Zhukov, suspecting that this person may have a grudge against the party because his old boss was executed. At this moment, Stalin actually expressed his value for Zhukov, so the Ministry of Internal Affairs could only let him live.

Gorgeous streamers wrap around the Christmas tree, which is particularly pleasing to the eye in the light of pure white chandeliers.

In the warmly decorated hall, Fang Yan was telling the story of Santa Claus to his eldest daughter Alice, who was obsessed with him. Although Fang Yan is not good at this kind of work of coaxing children, with a loving heart for his daughter, he still makes little Alice listen to it with relish, and her cute big eyes are full of brilliance. When she learns that Santa Claus will sneak into the house from the chimney in the middle of the night and put small presents under the bed or in the stockings of the good child, little Alice lets go of her father's arm and runs back to the bedroom to hang up her socks in anticipation.

"My dear, you must be tired of having so many things to do every day, but you still take a lot of time to spend with your children, right?" A few steps away, Sylvia's emerald green bright star pupils flowed with distress, and she whispered. Fang Yan smiled and shook his head, "This is what I should do." Speaking of which, my father is actually very incompetent, not only does he have little time to take care of his family every day, but he may even be given a task by the fleet command without warning and disappear from your vision and the children. If I don't come back that night, the children will be left to you to explain and take care of you. ”

Sylvia nodded gently, and her soft and bony body gently pressed into Fang Yan's arms. As for the last point her husband had just made, Sylvia understood the reason. At present, it is a time of war, and Fang Yan, as an important officer of the fleet, may go on an expedition at any time, but out of the need for secrecy, Fang Yan, who received the order to go out, obviously cannot leak anything, and naturally cannot inform his family of his schedule in advance.

Although the possibility of leaking relevant information in Sylvia's capacity is nil, this principled law must also be followed. Otherwise, once it is investigated, Fang Yan will at least be severely warned. And if the intelligence is really stolen by the enemy, even if it is found out that it is not caused by Fang Yan's line, Fang Yan will be directly transferred from the fleet post and become an inconspicuous little screw in the second-line fields such as logistics production, organization and scheduling.

It is true that Sylvia doesn't want Fang Yan to be at any personal risk in this war, and she still has faint expectations for Fang Yan to be transferred from the front line, but she understands that drinking coffee and basking in the sun in a factory or design bureau is not a career choice that her lover wants. And the reason why Fang Yan had frequent dealings with those two departments, and even that he himself was a well-known warship designer in the industry, was entirely to make the fleet he served in the future more powerful.

If it weren't for that, Fang Yan wouldn't have had to compete for the Milvik Military Academy's enrollment quota of only about 20 or so a year, and his family background would have been enough for him to live a life of prosperity for the rest of his life in the future. And the reason why Sylvia decided that Fang Yan, a foreign boy, was her life partner, in addition to the mature temperament that was different from that of boys of the same age, the more important thing was Fang Yan's enterprising quality as a naval cadet, right?

Fang Yan slightly apologized and wrapped around his wife's slender waist, and his heart was inexplicably moved. Half a month ago, he was appointed by Raeder as a member of the Northern Special Research Group, and participated in the development of the battle plan for the invasion of Norway and the second attack on the ocean by the main fleet. In order to attack Norway before Britain and France, Fang Yan and his naval colleagues were so busy in this link that they did not even return to their home in Berlin a few times. And this operation, codenamed "Weser River Exercise", was classified as top secret by Hitler, and Fang Yan could not even say to his family that he was "making a plan".

For the situation that her husband often does not see anyone, but he is silent about going to the top, Sylvia is still willing to accept it, and takes care of the child meticulously. Thinking of this, Fang Yan felt that he owed his wife a lot, and he couldn't help but tighten the ******** in his arms, so that Sylvia could clearly feel his beating and grateful heart.

"Stupid Jonas, I don't really blame you at all. Because although you have put a lot of effort into the army, you love me and my children deeply in your heart, right? If not, you wouldn't spend almost all of your free time at home. Hearing Fang Yan's guilty whispers later, Sylvia pursed her bright and moist red lips, her delicate face full of uncaring pleasure.

She paused, then smiled again, "Compared to my sister-in-law Edda, I feel like I'm in heaven." My brother only cares about his government work, and he doesn't care about the lives of his wife and children at all. For this reason, Eda has already filed for separation in the middle of this year, and her brother has not even been retained. Now their youngest child has just turned 1 year old, and if this situation continues, in another 1 year, maybe the little one will not even know who his father is. ”

The speaker has no intention. Sylvia's casual complaint was unfair, but it suddenly sounded like a torrential rain and thunder in Fang Yan's ears. He suddenly remembered another tall and gorgeous bright shadow, and remembered the light and shadow photo with a beautiful boy in the frame. In an instant, thoughts, regrets, apologies, and worries...... Countless emotions poured into Fang Yan's heart like a tide, making him breathless and uncontrollable. I do my best to take care of Sylvia and her three children, but have Lina and her child Eric ever felt even a moment of the joy of a complete family? Especially little Eric, who is about to turn 6 years old, he is afraid that he still does not know his biological father. (To be continued.) )