That evening, Stalin held a welcoming ceremony at St. Peter's Palace for Zhang Dongbei and his wolf-tooth special operations brigade. During the banquet, everyone chatted happily, and a cheerful atmosphere made everyone forget that the outside world was now going on a cruel war.

But just when everyone was drinking and talking, suddenly a Soviet soldier rushed in, this Soviet soldier Zhang Dongbei still has some impressions, when Zhang Dongbei and others first arrived during the day, they were stopped by this soldier outside the city gate and not allowed to enter, at that time, how did Zhang Dongbei explain that this soldier just did not let go, in fact, this is also a reason why Stalin personally went out of the city to meet Zhang Dongbei in the end. This was a complete misunderstanding, and Stalin did not want to offend the Wolf's Tooth Special Operations Brigade that had come to the Soviet Union to support them because of such a small misunderstanding. It's just that Zhang Dongbei didn't expect that such a small guard could rush directly into the banquet and talk to Stalin in person. However, thinking about it, Zhang Dongbei was also relieved, many of China's [***] experiences were borrowed from the Soviet Union, and in the Eighth Route Army, this kind of face-to-face conversation between soldiers and commanders often occurred. What's more, looking at the soldier's appearance, it seems that there is some emergency happening.

After the soldier and Stalin exchanged words for a while, they withdrew, but Stalin was frowning at the moment, as if he was thinking about something. After a while, Stalin called another soldier to him, and after a few words of instruction to him, the soldier rushed out of the hall.

In this situation, something must be happening! Zhang Dongbei couldn't help but ask, "Your Excellency, is something happening?" Originally, it was a bit abrupt to ask such a question, after all, the host himself didn't say it, and Zhang Dongbei, as a guest, was inconvenient to ask, but now is an extraordinary period in wartime, and he can't take care of it so much.

Stalin smiled and said, "It's okay, it's just that some traces of German troops have been found outside the city, and I have asked the soldiers to strengthen their guard." I didn't expect these Germans to move so quickly, I only got information two days ago that they might attack Leningrad, but I didn't expect that they would make a move just after I arrived. Maybe there's a big battle going on tomorrow. If it weren't for my carelessness this time, how could Hitler's old dog's conspiracy succeed, and this time the sudden attack by the German army on the Soviet Union simply caught us a little off guard. Now that the Soviet Union is in crisis, I am fully responsible. Brigade Commander Zhang, the Wolf Tooth Special Operations Brigade said that he had no power to fight back when he fought on the Chinese battlefield, and now the Germans in the Soviet Union will have to rely on the Wolf Tooth Special Operations Brigade at that time. ”

Zhang Dongbei said with a smile: "Your Excellency the President has made a serious statement, the Soviet Union has a lot of land and resources, and the army is strong, how can these Germans be comparable, although the Germans occupy the top for a while, but it will not be long before the Germans will no longer have such arrogance, and I believe that the German army will be defeated very badly at that time." ”

Stalin glanced at Zhang Dongbei meaningfully, and said with a smile: "Brigade Commander Zhang, do you have already thought of a strategy against the enemy in your heart?" ”

Zhang Dongbei said with a smile: "Actually, the president already has an idea in his heart, but he didn't say it, and I can only be regarded as a class axe in front of the president when I say this." ”

Stalin smiled and said: "Brigade Commander Zhang, didn't I say that? It's not good to be too modest. I'd like to hear what Brigade Commander Zhang thinks, why do you think the Germans won't be arrogant for long? ”

Zhang Dongbei said with a smile: "Your Excellency, you must have all the knowledge of the plan of the German army to attack the Soviet Union this time, this plan is Hitler's specially formulated plan for the destruction of the Soviet Union, named Barbarossa, also known as the lightning plan. Hitler knew very well in his heart that if it was a head-on battle, he had no chance of winning in the face of the Soviet Union's powerful forces, and he could only rely on surprise if he wanted to defeat the Soviet Union, so the lightning plan was born, it is undeniable that because of the lightning plan, the German army achieved great success in the Soviet Union, and now the Soviet Union cannot cope with this sudden attack of the German army at all, and can only be beaten passively, and due to errors in judgment, now the powerful forces of the Soviet army are placed in the south, and the distant water cannot save the near fire, The Germans can be said to be reckless in the opposite direction. President, I hope you don't get angry when I say this. ”

Stalin smiled a little reluctantly, although what Zhang Dongbei said now is indeed the truth, but any leader is willing to correct his mistakes, but he is unwilling to admit the mistakes he has made, let alone being pointed out in front of others. But Stalin deserved to be the head of a country, and although Zhang Dongbei's words were merciless and poked at his sore spots everywhere, there was always a smile on his face.

As soon as the conversation changed, Zhang Dongbei continued: "However, judging from the current situation, the president has already had a remedy in his heart, and according to the analysis of the overall situation of the current Soviet-German war, the president should be waiting for an opportunity to wipe out the German army in one fell swoop. ”

Stalin said: "Wait for an opportunity? Brigade Commander Zhang, then tell me what kind of opportunity I'm waiting for. Although Stalin still had a smile on his face, there was no smile in his tone, I don't know if it was because Zhang Dongbei's words had annoyed him before, or because Zhang Dongbei guessed his combat intentions at this moment and began to really attach importance to Zhang Dongbei.

Zhang Dongbei said with a smile: "Your Excellency the President is waiting for winter. As soon as winter came, the German army would be defeated. ”

Stalin laughed and said, "Brigade Commander Zhang, how do you say this?" ”

Zhang Dongbei knew that Stalin was pretending to be confused, and Suo himself pretended not to know, and said with a smile: "In order to achieve the greatest victory in the Soviet-German battlefield this time, the German army implemented a blitzkrieg, but Hitler ignored one point, that is, the climate of the Far East, when the German army attacked the Soviet Union, it was still summer, all the German troops were wearing summer clothes, and the temperature in the Soviet Union would plummet to minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius in winter. And the German soldiers, not to mention, how can they withstand the severe cold of minus twenty or thirty degrees in summer clothes, when the time comes, the German army will suffer countless casualties without the help of the Soviet army. The Soviets could have beaten the Germans to the ground almost without much effort. ”

Stalin smiled and said: "According to your statement, I, the Soviet Union, have long been invincible, so why should I ask for help from [***]?" ”

Zhang Dongbei said with a smile: "The reason why the Soviet Union will ask for help from our China [***] is actually very simple, the Soviet Union never thought that it would rely on the Chinese [***] team to drive the Germans out of the Soviet Union, and now all the Soviet Union wants is a victory to inspire or the Soviets want a group of dead ghosts to block the Germans' bullets for themselves, but in my opinion, the president should want to get a victory to inspire, because a failure can easily make the country turbulent, It is also easy for soldiers to lose their confidence in fighting. Because of the need to wait for the opportunity, and now the German army is fierce in guns, the Soviet army almost always implements a policy of non-resistance in the face of the German army, and the Soviet army will abandon the city in less than ten days and a half months after a city is defended. In fact, it is not, it is just to preserve strength. Just to wait for the last big counteroffensive opportunity. But this is a secret that cannot be said, even by his own henchmen, because once it is said, the Soviet Union is very likely to fall into a situation from which it will never recover. In fact, this is an easy question to think of, but Hitler was so rigid that he completely ignored the climatic factor, which was an important reason for the eventual defeat of the German army. ”

Zhang Dongbei glanced at Stalin as he spoke, and saw that Stalin's face twitched obviously, but he still had a smile on his face.

"Haha, Brigadier Zhang, to be honest. With such a big country as the Soviet Union, no general can have the insight of Brigadier Zhang, and I am really amazed to hear Brigadier Zhang's analysis of the war situation today. It is no wonder that the millions of troops of Yue Ben will almost be wiped out by Brigade Commander Zhang alone, and the invasion of China may become the most wrong decision in the history of Yue himself. As soon as the conversation turned, Stalin said to one of the generals sitting next to him: "Zhukov, you now know why I have ordered my soldiers to be defeated again and again for the past few months." I just wanted to paralyze Hitler, didn't he want to wipe my USSR off the world map? Then I'll give him that little hope now, and let him be happy for a few days. ”

This general, whom Stalin called Zhukov, was Georgi? Konstantinovich? Zhukov, a famous Soviet military strategist, strategist, Marshal of the Soviet Union. On January 18, 1943, Zhukov was awarded the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union, and was the second commander of the Soviet Army to receive this honor after Stalin in the Soviet-German War.

Zhukov nodded and said: "My subordinates know, and I feel deeply guilty for not being able to understand the president's painstaking efforts before." ”

Stalin laughed and said: "China has stood in the world for thousands of years, and it is worthy of being one of the four ancient civilizations. Brigadier Zhang is actually China's No. 1 tiger general. ”

Zhang Dongbei said with a smile: "I have a lot of land and resources in China, and there are endless talented people, and I don't dare to be the president with the materials of the Northeast." ”

Why did Stalin say this, did he really praise it or did he want to sow discord? Zhang Dongbei raised his glass and couldn't help but re-examine Stalin in his heart. If Zhang Dongbei had not traveled back from modern times, if Zhang Dongbei had not known about the Great Purge in the future, perhaps Zhang Dongbei would have thought that Stalin's words were a compliment to himself, but now this can only be a mystery.