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At the same time that Reinhardt and Raeder were discussing the current state of the development of the German Navy, Stalin also happened to bring up an old account that Germany owed to the Soviet Navy.

Stalin, shaking his signature beard, who had passed the centralization of power at the "14th National Congress" of the Soviet Union, said with a fine pipe in his mouth: "Comrade Warevsky, I suddenly remembered the other day that the Germans still owe us 3 new battleships. That's when we delivered a lot of metal resources and enough iron ore to build six battleships. ”

As a newly appointed confidant of Stalin, Warevsky accompanied Stalin to the launching ceremony of the battleships "Moskva" and "Kharkov" two days earlier. He naturally knew that Stalin remembered the three battleships at this moment, most likely because he was awakened by the ritual of two days ago.

Even the Soviet Union, which lacked experience and relied on drawings provided by Germany to build aircraft carriers, had already launched the two battleships that were originally planned. Germany, which has more experience and technology in this area than the Soviet Union, should not have built the three battleships in the Soviet order by now.

However, Warevsky did not dare to speculate on Stalin's current mind and how he regarded the German "friends".

Valentsky pretended to be stupid and said: "If you need me to do something, the general secretary can just give the order, and I will definitely get things done." "He got to where he is today because of this spirit of obedience to Stalin and his willingness not to be clever on his own.

Seeing that Valevsky could not react flexibly, Stalin smiled and said to Valevsky kindly: "I have to talk about you, Comrade Warrewski. You can use your brain and think more to do things. There must have been a reason why the Germans did not deliver our battleships. That's what I want you to ask about. ”

Although Stalin seemed to criticize Warevsky for not using his brains, he was actually very happy to see it. In Stalin's opinion, if the people below were too smart, there would be another challenger to his place.

"Understood, General Secretary." Valentski replied, pretending to be in a state of realization: "I will leave for Germany as soon as possible to find out." ”

"Be mindful of your words when the time comes." Stalin reminded his dull but loyal subordinate: "Don't offend our German friends, we can't stop cooperating with them yet." ”

From Stalin's words, Warevsky actually understood many layers of meaning, but now he is just pretending not to be very clear, pretending to ask Stalin, the wise and far-sighted general secretary, for detailed guidance.

Warrewski's modesty and deference won the favor of Stalin, the de facto dictator. The general secretary of the Soviet Union, who had recently become more and more addicted to the cult of personality, ostentatiously explained to his cronies: "Dear Comrade Warevsky, look at a problem from a comprehensive perspective. Although the Germans were slow to deliver the battleships to us, they did not have any blame for other aspects. Perhaps, in the matter of battleships, they did delay the progress for some reason? ”

The play must be done enough, but it cannot be done. Stalin had already said this, and Valentsky naturally could not continue to pretend that he did not know. In that case, anyone would see that he was playing dumb, let alone escape the eyes of an old politician like Stalin.

"That's what the general secretary said." As Stalin's close confidant, Warevsky actually knew very well what several other things Stalin said, and he said what he was sure of in a tentative tone: "The other aspects that the general secretary said refer to the Germans' design and construction of the country's main road network for us, the construction of a new railway network that meets the advanced standards of Europe, and the support of tank technology. ”

"That's right." For this cronie who is not very bright-headed, but has a good memory, and has long been in charge of recording a large number of documents and information for himself, Stalin nodded with satisfaction and said: "Thanks to the solid roads built for us by the Germans, the efficiency of material transportation between many regions of the country has been greatly improved. The European rail network, which connects to Berlin, simplifies the distance between us and Germany, and also drives the transportation capacity of all major regions in the country. ”

Seeing Stalin's attitude toward Soviet-German cooperation, Warevsky gave full play to the advantage of memory and reported to General Secretary Stalin in a timely manner: "General Secretary, we have completed 95 percent of the road construction project you just mentioned, and so far we have completed 95 percent of the distance agreed with the German government. Progress on the railways lagged behind, but it was still 77 percent of the progress planned. ”

"Very well, the data confirms the key points I want to mention." Stalin patted Valevsky on the shoulder with great satisfaction as a sign of encouragement.

Under Warrewski's admiring gaze, Stalin took a puff of his pipe, spit out the smoke ring and said slowly: "So many years. With the help of German specialists, we were not able to complete all the planned quantities. If we had fallen out with the German government and led to the withdrawal of German experts, wouldn't our road construction plan have to be delayed even longer? If we want to get rich, we can't afford to wait until we build roads. ”

"Okay, we understand what the general secretary means." Wallevsky looked clumsy and assured: "I will never offend the German leaders." ”

"That's good." Stalin took another puff of the gas in his pipe, and said happily: "Don't worry too much, judging by the attitude of the German Führer towards me, the German government will not embarrass the Soviet representatives." ”

After listening to Stalin's reassuring words, Valentsky showed a nodding expression, but sighed inwardly.

To say that this German Führer is also capable of sycophancy. The initial names of the three battleships in the Soviet-German joint construction project, he directly suggested for the Soviet Navy. The two ships with less tonnage were named after the great man "Peter the Great" and "Tutor Lielin" on the Soviet side. The largest ship was naturally suggested to be called the "Stalinist Leader".

Well, the German Führer named Reinhardt did something for Stalin that he wanted to do but was embarrassed to do. So Stalin, who was not very powerful at the time, took advantage of this to accept the German suggestion and adopted the name.

And then, in the process of Stalin's centralization of power. Reinhardt continued to ask the German delegates to come and congratulate him. Every year when Stalin died, the German delegates would send a large number of celebratory gifts, including "the bilingual golden scepter engraved with the long live of Stalin's leader", "999 bilingual congratulatory letters congratulating the general secretary of the Soviet Union Stalin", and "100 exquisite pipes carved by famous German artists". ”........

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Warrewski would have been able to believe that there were still seniors in Germany who knew how to give gifts and were good at throwing what he liked. If the generals of the Soviet Union could learn the sycophants of the German Führer, they would not have been so disgusted by the General Secretary........ For mobile phone users, please browse M. Reading for a better reading experience.