Chapter 642

When Zhukov walked into the venue, Stalin's speech had ended, and the meeting entered the group discussion stage under the chairmanship of Malenkov, Stalin was still sitting on the rostrum, and when he saw Zhukov coming in but did not see the Soviet soldiers, Stalin beckoned to Zhukov: "Come here,"

Zhukov had to walk over: "Comrade Stalin,"

Stalin did not answer, but motioned for Zhukov to sit down, and as soon as Zhukov sat down, Stalin could not wait to ask: "Do you have made a new discovery?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Stalin, I think Timoshenko and I should go to the front, the situation on the border is not optimistic, although, ······"

"What's going on?" Stalin was worried again: "Is the offensive of fascist Germany ahead of schedule?" ”

"It hasn't been fought yet, but the situation is already very serious, after the first positional defense line in the entire border area, a large number of German agents appeared, they killed people and set fires, touched the sentinels, intercepted and killed individual soldiers, no matter who you are, whether you are a soldier, a new recruit, or a common person, kill when you see it, hinge the telephone line, cut off the connection between the superiors and subordinates, and now it is basically a mess, and the purpose of the German agents is to create panic and create favorable conditions for a large-scale attack on the Soviet Union."

Stalin: "How can this happen?" There are so many German agents who crossed the border, at least they can intercept one or two cases, why haven't they been found together? What are the border guards doing, the outposts, the patrols are sleeping, why can't they stop one or two? Are they all dead? ”

Zhukov said: "Comrade Stalin, please do not be angry, I think that the creation of chaos was premeditated. These German agents definitely did not cross the border tonight, but recently crossed the border in phases and batches, and concentrated on this evening's actions in order to cooperate with the invasion of the Soviet Union. Of course, this is just a speculation on my part, Comrade Stalin, is this a signal for a big attack on our country by fascists? ”

Stalin nodded, pondered for a while, raised his head and said: "What you said has some truth, after the meeting is dismissed, I will let Molotov go to the German embassy in the Soviet Union, make solemn representations to them, and ask them to quickly recall the agents, otherwise we will return a tooth for a tooth, and we will also send agents into their territory to create chaos." ”

Zhukov didn't say much, he just thought that Stalin at this moment still had illusions about Hitler, and there was still medicine to cure, Zhukov sighed, Hitler crossed the border and was terminally ill, don't have any illusions, besides, people are making trouble in your house, and they still have illusions about invaders, this is not the quality that a country leader should have, what are you afraid of?

Stalin thought for a moment and then instructed Su Junsheng: "What you just said about the chaos on the border, I suggest that you should not preach it publicly, and that it must be kept secret for the time being, and that you should not talk about it to the participants, so as not to cause panic, and it is most advantageous to maintain stability at present."

Zhukov felt that this opinion was still reasonable, and what Hitler hoped for, that is, that if you were unstable, he would have a chance to take advantage of it, and could not let their wishful thinking come to its place, Zhukov replied:

"I agree with your decision, if the current situation is unfavorable, I really can't say, Comrade Stalin, what I want to tell you is that General Su has already summoned all the members of the interception team to return to the team, General Su has rushed over, they are gathered in Minsk, and the purpose is also clear, that is, to compete with the German agents, to try to kill them all, and this gang of bastards must not be allowed to do anything wrong,"

"It is much better to have Soviet soldiers come forward, but it is a drop in the bucket and cannot solve the fundamental problem, if you think about it, Hitler sent people to make chaos along the 4,000-kilometer-long border, and a team of interceptors and killers really can't beat it, it seems that Hitler is also trying his best, hoping to break our fighting spirit. It's a success in one fell swoop, and it's really well-intentioned. ”

Zhukov seemed to feel the same way: "What we can do now is that we can only order the troops to be ready for battle, we only think about defense, and we are not prepared for attack." If there is, we will take the lead in launching an attack, and it will be a good move to break his deployment. ”

"Attack them, that's impossible, then find an excuse for Hitler to invade the USSR, it's just to send troops, can't, can't leave this truth to Hitler," Stalin asserted that he rejected Zhukov's proposal, and it was an unrealizable proposal, I don't know what Stalin was afraid of, just like there was something in Hitler's hands,

"Comrade Stalin, I am just saying what ifs, and I have no intention of doing so," Zhukov affirmed.

"Okay, let's not discuss this issue, Marshal Zhukov, wait and see what else they have to suggest, if not, I want to set up two departments, one in charge of production, the other in charge of war, and in charge of production, let Malenkov, Kaganzhovich, Mikoyan take care of them, take care of the war, you see, those people can be recruited to participate?"

"I recommend Marshal Timoshenko to participate, as can Vasilevsky,"

"Don't you recommend yourself?"

"I like to go to the front line, and participating in this does not mean that I am talking about Moscow, and I have to go to various theaters of operations on behalf of the high command at any time, deploy troops, and turn the tide of the war, so, in my opinion, you must participate in this department,"

"Thank you Comrade Stalin for trusting me, I promise to live up to my mission,"

"Then it's decided, wait a minute, do you want to speak?"

"Attack them, that's impossible, then find an excuse for Hitler to invade the USSR, it's just to send troops, can't, can't leave this truth to Hitler," Stalin asserted that he rejected Zhukov's proposal, and it was an unrealizable proposal, I don't know what Stalin was afraid of, just like there was something in Hitler's hands,

"Comrade Stalin, I am just saying what ifs, and I have no intention of doing so," Zhukov affirmed.

"Okay, let's not discuss this issue, Marshal Zhukov, wait and see what else they have to suggest, if not, I want to set up two departments, one in charge of production, the other in charge of war, and in charge of production, let Malenkov, Kaganzhovich, Mikoyan take care of them, take care of the war, you see, those people can be recruited to participate?"

"I recommend Marshal Timoshenko to participate, as can Vasilevsky,"

"Don't you recommend yourself?"

"I like to go to the front line, and participating in this does not mean that I am talking about Moscow, and I have to go to various theaters of operations on behalf of the high command at any time, deploy troops, and turn the tide of the war, so, in my opinion, you must participate in this department,"

"Thank you Comrade Stalin for trusting me, I promise to live up to my mission,"

"Then it's decided, wait a minute, do you want to speak?"