The purpose of American aid to the Soviet Union was to enable the Soviet Union to continue to resist the German attack, to deplete Germany's strength, and at the same time to buy time for the United States.

It seems that the Soviet Union was used by the United States, but now the Soviet Union can only do this, thinking that at the beginning, the Soviet Union still fantasized about the United States and Germany going to war, so that the United States would consume Germany's strength, and then the Soviet Union would profit, and now it seems that the Soviet Union's plan at that time was really naïve.

Even so, the Soviet Union had no choice, after all, the support of the United States was beneficial to the Soviet Union, especially now, the Soviet industry has suffered great damage and is in need of a blood transfusion from the United States, and the support of the United States is too useful for the Soviet Union.

As for the division of the scope of interests, it will at least have to wait until the war is over to be realized, and now it is the blood transfusion of the United States.

While Stalin and Hopkins were communicating with each other, the group returned to Moscow with trepidation.

Pavlov.

Thinking about all these years, Pavlov is not an absolute straw bale, he fought step by step on the battlefield, and in Spain, Pavlov also fought many heroic battles.

But now he has become a sinner of the Soviets.

Hundreds of thousands of troops, falling into the encirclement of the Germans, Pavlov lost the entire units of the Western Special Military District, he was already removed from his post, and on the orders of Stalin, he returned to Moscow.

Pavlov kept procrastinating, there was chaos everywhere, he gave way to many trains, until in the end he did not escape, stepped on an empty wagon, and returned to Moscow.

He came back with some of his men, and at this time, everyone's eyes were dead ashes.

Originally, Pavlov was a fat general, but in the past few days, he has lost weight, his face and cheekbones are exposed, and in the past few days, he has not eaten, just smoked one cigarette after another.

Pavlov knew that he was unlucky this time.

Now, having arrived in Moscow, Pavlov also knows that the time has come for him to be put on trial.

"Zhukov, it's a pleasure to meet you." Just after he returned to Moscow, he did not expect to see Zhukov again.

Zhukov completely became the captain of the firefight, the last time he returned to Moscow to discuss the problems of the Western Front, after returning to Kiev, two days later, he was called back again, Zhukov knew that this time he must have come back for the sake of Petersburg.

And now, Zhukov unexpectedly saw Pavlov.

"I want to tell you about the Western Special Military Region." As if a drowning man had grasped the straw that saved his life, Pavlov wanted to get close to Zhukov.

Zhukov shook his head: "Let's talk these words to Comrade Stalin." ”

In Zhukov's eyes, Pavlov, at most, commanded one division, let him command the entire Western Special Military District, that would be an absolute disaster, as early as a year ago, when Zhukov and Pavlov were exercising, the question of the arrangement of Pavlov's army was raised, and Pavlov did not care at all at that time.

Now, no one can save Pavlov, his life, it all depends on Stalin's attitude.

Voroshinov, killed, Pavlov, I'm afraid to die at Stalin's gun.

At this moment, Stalin's guard captain came out and said to Zhukov: "General Zhukov, Comrade Stalin is waiting for you. ”

Pavlov hurriedly got up and wanted to ask about his meeting with Stalin, but he saw the captain of the guard waving his hand as if he was chasing a fly: "Pavlov, Comrade Stalin doesn't want to see you, you can go directly to the military court to report." ”

Court martial? Pavlov sat on the ground with no blood on his face, and he knew that everything was done for him.

Military tribunals, held in the Supreme Court near the Kremlin, where in addition to judges, there was Molotov, who is now the deputy chairman of the USSR Defense Council and the number two under Stalin.

There were not many people in the courtroom, and there was not much noise, Molotov looked at his former colleagues and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

In fact, now the entire front is being defeated, this is determined by the overall environment, but Pavlov lost too quickly, and now, there is no news from the entire Western Special Military District, and the worst case scenario is that all the regiments here have been annihilated by Germany.

Such an ending is intolerable, thinking of this, Molotov opened the information he had just gotten in his hand.

"Major General Romanov, commander of the 172nd Infantry Division, led his troops to break through and was killed by strafing by enemy aircraft."

………

"General Kuznetsov, commander of the 3rd Army, chose to commit suicide and martyrdom after there was no hope of breaking through."

"General Kopets, commander of the Air Force of the Western Special Military District, committed suicide due to the loss of his headquarters."

………

One by one, Pavlov was familiar with them, and now, they were all sacrificed, Pavlov covered his head with his hand and did not speak, at this time, he was very painful.

"On behalf of the Supreme Court, I declare that the former commander of the Western Special Military District, D. G. Pavlov, and the chief of staff, V. Ye Klimovsky, since the beginning of the German surprise attack on the Soviet Union, behaved in a panic, had no command, and sat idly by while the command of the troops collapsed, resulting in a large number of weapons and warehouses falling into the hands of the enemy, leaving the combat posts of the Western Front without permission, giving the enemy an opportunity to break through the defense line of the Front, and causing huge losses to the troops of the entire Western Special Military District, guilty of treason, deprivation of military rank, and execution of the death penalty!"

"An-Ty-Grigoriev, the former chief of communications of the Western Special Military District, was supposed to establish continuous and unimpeded communications between the command of the front and the combat units, but he behaved in a panic and sinfully inaction, and did not use radio contact, with the result that in the first days of the war the military operations of the combat units were left in a state of no command. Guilty of treason, deprived of military rank, executed! ”

"The former commander of the 4th Army of the Western Special Military District, A. A. Korobkov, behaved in a panicked and sinful inaction, shamefully abandoned the troops who trusted him, causing the army group to collapse and suffer huge losses. Guilty of treason, deprived of military rank, executed! ”

"You have reneged on the oath of the soldiers, tarnished the noble title of the Red Army soldiers, forgotten your duty to the Motherland, and when the Motherland needed you most, you were panicked and cowardly, and you did your criminal inaction, disintegrated the command of the troops, and left your combat posts without permission, and you will be punished mercilessly by military law."

"Now, what else do you have to say?"

Pavlov finally raised his head, looked at the people above, and finally looked at Molotov: "I confess my guilt, I should indeed be shot, but I have a request, please don't shoot me, please send me to the battlefield, let me die on the battlefield as a soldier, this is my last request, please tell Comrade Stalin." ”

Pavlov knew that he would not be able to live, and now such a request was just to do his duty as a soldier, to become a daredevil, to die on the battlefield.

Molotov nodded: "I will convey your request to Comrade Stalin." ”