On the night of December 13, 1912, Riga Castle.

The celebration reception was over, and the beautiful words of Hitler and Stalin, two good socialist brothers, were finished. It is time to discuss behind closed doors the division of the market for "liberation services" -- there are many people in this world who need to be liberated, and it will take the joint efforts of the two socialist countries, Germany and the Soviet Union, to liberate them all.

"Comrade Hitler," said the Fatherly Leader, smoking his pipe, smiling and speaking in Georgian Russian, "our Red Army is now fighting against the Polish colonizers in Ukraine and Belarus, also for the liberation of the oppressed Ukrainian and Belarusian peoples." You National Socialist Germany must be supporting us, right? ”

Adolph. Hitler listened to the translation of Count Schulenburg, and then looked at Field Marshal Hersmann. Whether the Soviet Union can now settle Brest and right-bank Ukraine depends on the military's decision - after all, once Poland and Ukraine are finished, the buffer between the Soviet Union and Germany will not exist.

"For the liberation of right-bank Ukraine and Belarus by the USSR, Germany, of course, supported it." "But we have signed an armistice with Poland, and we cannot support you by force." ”

Stalin shook his head, "No, no, there is no need for force, as long as you give up your support for the reactionary government in Poland!" ”

In Stalin's view, his Red Army had not yet taken Brest because the Germans were supporting Poland.

Hersman shrugged, "Comrade Stalin, I tell you the truth, we have not supported White Poland in any way, except for the release of prisoners and the return of equipment provided for in the Polish-German Armistice Agreement. In fact, we would love to see you take Brest, so that we could occupy the rest of Poland in a protective manner in accordance with the Polish-German Armistice. ”

This is basically true, at least Germany did not supply German-made weapons to Poland, and the Poles and Ukrainians are holding out with their own weapons. Therefore, Stalin's Red Army did not capture any German weapons and equipment from the Poles.

"We are allies in the fight against colonialism!" Stalin exhaled a puff of smoke, "Can't you show a little more sincerity?" ”

"Comrade Stalin," Hersman shook his head slightly, "in fact we are not allies, at least not yet!" He paused, and then added, "But we can still provide some convenience to the Soviet Union." ”

He looked at Hitler and saw that the leader nodded, before continuing: "We can allow the ground forces of the Red Army to temporarily cross the Bug River and encircle the Brest fortress. However, after completing the task of annihilating the enemy in Brest, they must retreat to the east of the Bug River. ”

It must have been easier to encircle, since the 12 fortresses on the periphery of the Brest core fortress were all built east of the Bug River. Behind the fortress, the defense along the Bug River was also relatively lax, with only trenches along the river. After all, it is difficult to fight before the Bug River freezes, but in winter, after the Bug River freezes, the infantry can attack from the river, and it is very difficult to hold it.

"But the Brest Core Fortress itself is also very strong!" Voroshilov immediately took over the topic. "If you can provide a few 'Big Berthas', we can settle it, and you can use them to pay off the oil debt...... We can pay a very high price! ”

Hersmann personally translated Voroshilov's words into German and told Hitler, who said: "Yes, but ......" His face suddenly sank, "The Soviets must guarantee to dispose of the Poles who held the Brest fortress!" ”

What does it mean to dispose of...... It should be the "Katyn Forest".

But this time it's not 20,000, it's at least 200,000......

"There's no problem with that!" With a wave of Stalin's hand, at least 200,000 Polish lives were about to be confessed. In fact, Hitler did not make a request, and Stalin would not spare them, at least not the backbone of them.

Even if the question of the liberation of the Polish people was happily resolved, today's talks were still going on, and the two sides soon had differences again.

"Comrade Stalin, the peoples of Finland and Turkey do not need to be liberated, these two countries are not colonies of imperialism."

"But Finland is part of Russia!" Stalin said, "So the Soviet Union has an inescapable responsibility to the working people of Finland and an obligation to rescue them from the dire situation." ”

Finland was part of the old Russian Empire, not the Baltic and Lithuanian? Hersmann looked at Hitler as usual. The German leader pondered and said, "What about Turkey? It's not part of Russia there, is it? ”

Stalin spread his hands and said with a smile: "There is the only way for the Soviet Union to liberate the people of the Middle East!" You can rest assured that the Soviet Union will not turn Turkey into a republic. ”

Feel relieved? Rest assured that you will be stuck in the "oil road" of all Europe?

Hersmann gritted his teeth and smiled, and looked at Hitler again. The German leader remained silent, "Who are you going to liberate first?" Finnish working people or Turkish working people? ”

Count Schulenburg was quick to translate his question into Russian.

"Finland!" Stalin smiled and said, "Of course it is Finland, solve it, and the north of the USSR will be safe, so that we can rest assured that we will go south to liberate the oppressed peoples of the Middle East and India." ”

……

It was when Stalin and Hitler, the two socialist leaders with comradely and fraternal friendship, were discussing the cause of human liberation in Riga. The prime minister of the world's largest colonial empire is meeting with friends from the United States.

The person who came was US Secretary of State Hull, who brought good news to Chamberlain, but also not so good news.

The good news is that the U.S. Congress passed the amendments to the Neutrality Act, and now the U.S. can finally act as an arsenal of democracy, exporting weapons and equipment to the democratic colonial empire to fight the socialist countries that oppose colonial oppression.

The advanced F2A Buffalo fighter and P40 Tomahawk fighter will soon be shipped to the UK and France!

As for the bad news, US President Roosevelt declared when questioned by Congress: Amending the "Neutrality Act" does not mean that the United States supports Britain and France, still less does it mean that the United States supports colonialism, in fact, the United States has always opposed colonialism, because colonialism is not in the interests of the United States......

Yes, although the United States had a small number of colonies, the United States itself was opposed to colonialism and had little interest in maintaining its colonial rule in the Philippines in 1939.

Moreover, colonialism had hindered the access of American companies to colonial and semi-colonial markets, so the United States had long taken an anti-colonialist stance. However, the United States did not intend to use fierce means of war against colonialism, unless the European colonial empires wanted to turn an independent American country into a colony.

Although everyone is aware of the moderate anti-colonial stance of the United States, when the Soviet Union and Germany issued the "Liberator Declaration," they once again reaffirmed their anti-colonial stance, which is probably not good news for Britain and France, the two colonial empires.

"President Roosevelt believed that the declarations issued by the Soviet Union and Germany did not reflect their true positions." "Germany's recent demand for the return of its colonies, and the Soviet Union's current invasion of Poland and Ukraine, suggest that they are taking a deceptive position." ”

In fact, the fact that Germany had lost colonies because of the Treaty of Versailles did not mean that they were not anti-colonial, because they could also be liberated after reclaiming the colonies. As early as the Italian invasion of Abynesia, Germany had taken an anti-colonial stance. At that time, they considered the colonial rule of European countries over poor overseas countries meaningless and a complete waste.

However, the Soviet Union's attack on right-bank Ukraine is a bit of a fox's tail!

"Therefore, the president believes that the Soviet Union can fight for it." Hull said, "Our Commerce Secretary, Harry. Hopkins had already met with Stalin in Moscow, and Stalin did not refuse our kindness. Now the key is just how much kindness the British Empire can show? Prime Minister, I think you know very well that if you want to really blockade Germany, you can't do without the USSR joining it! ”

The way to defeat Germany is, of course, a blockade! If the Soviet Union wanted to take the initiative to attack Germany, the British Empire would definitely not be able to afford this price. And for the French to ram the impregnable Siegfried Line, that would only lead to a quick defeat for France.

"In fact, we would love to restore the Soviet Union to the territory of the heyday of the Russian Empire," Chamberlain said thoughtfully, "even to include the whole of Austrian Galicia." ”

It's an old foolish fox! Hull cursed inwardly. Chamberlain wanted the Soviet Union to cut the flesh of Germany by itself, which could be regarded as Britain's reward for bribing the Soviet Union?

"Mr. Prime Minister," Hull said, "the British Empire needs to show some sincerity and travel its past promises to Russia." ”

Chamberlain was stunned, a promise to Russia? Balkan? Still is...... Turkey?

Secretary Hull then persuaded: "Mr. Chancellor, the Soviet Union and Germany are by no means close and without contradictions. From the point of view of local politics, the Soviet Union and Germany were simply mortal enemies. Now the Soviet Union is cooperating with Germany and alienating Britain and France because you betrayed the interests of Russia, an ally, after the end of the last world war. If you don't show sincerity now, then any negotiations with the Soviet Union will not be effective, and the Soviet Union will continue to provide Germany with oil, so that Germany will have the capital to fight a protracted war with Britain and France. ”

Chamberlain nodded with a deep groan, and said: "Okay, I will send an envoy to Moscow, there will be an envoy, but our sea transportation is really very difficult, too difficult the Germans are about to strangle us to death, if you can't help more." (To be continued.) )