Chapter 257: Supreme Honor
Stalin's doting on Lin Jun had reached the level of indulgence, and he once wondered if Lin Jun was completely selfish in the first place. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ But what about selfishness, Tukhachevsky's ability to make him feel worried is well known, and Tukhachevsky's suspicion of "moral traitor" has long been ruled out, and he no longer has the strength to directly threaten his position.
The most important thing is that his successor has no idea or action at all to replace him, and he is often dissatisfied with his carelessness in using himself as an aviation division commander, and even itches when he sees a fighter -- what else is there to worry about Stalin for such a successor except to complain that he is "not doing his job"?
If Lin Jun is not a small gang, it will make Stalin worry: Vorosinov has his own group of people, and Lin Jun is the "Troika" plus Alexander, and the other senior leaders have a good relationship and no contradictions, which is not comparable to Vrosinov's actions.
"Andrei was still a young man in terms of rights, and he had only the article of service to the Soviets in his head." This is Stalin's identification.
Lin Jun is young, only 27 years old, and the current power is enough for him, how many young people like him have his current status? He doesn't have the heart to power yet, not to mention that what he cares about most is not the current power, but the big war he will face.
Months of recuperation gave Lin Jun time to think about the Western Front: in what way to start a head-on conflict with Germany?!
Fascism must not be allowed to achieve a final victory in this contest between good and evil, and the Soviet Union will be the decisive and only force that will determine the course of the great wheel of war.
Hitler no longer thought that the Soviet army would not fight, no matter how arrogant and confident he was, and he would not have tried to get rid of the Soviet Union in a short period of time before solving the British problem, and then return to attack the British Isles -- and even the time to attack the Soviet Union would be the year of the monkey.
If Germany is bent on destroying Britain, will Germany make the mistake of Dunkirk again? If the Germans had seized the opportunity, perhaps Hitler would have broken through the British Royal Navy blockade and invaded the British mainland at any cost, and then the British would probably only be able to deal with the Germans.
The United States on the other side of the Atlantic is also unreliable, and although it has a good relationship with Britain, if Hitler really occupies Britain, Washington will probably have to sit idly by -- in this way, Germany will not have the threat of the Western Front, and will only need to deal with the partisans, and Germany has no strategic intention of dominating the Americas in these years, Hitler still has self-knowledge, and world domination is his "long-term strategy."
What if the USSR launched a general offensive on the Western Front first?
Half the world will probably shout, "********'s coming!" β
Anything can happen in this world, many politicians and countries are waiting for black and white to be reversed, and how to make the right choice is that the country's decision-makers must carefully consider it holistically, because behind them are the whole country, countless people and their own beliefs, and they must not act rashly. It's a fool's work to say that you will be beaten, and when you have such a responsibility on your shoulders, it is a joke to act hastily, and that kind of situation can only be seen in third-rate novels.
"The Germans are about to attack the north." Stalin picked up his coffee cup again.
"Is it news from Berlin?"
"Yes, the German General Staff has already begun to draw up another battle plan against Denmark and Norway."
"Then soon the Germans will act, Raeder must have a safe way for his fleet to attack, and Germany also needs a stable and safe source of iron ore. It's just that the Germans' operation can't be as smooth as Poland's, and it is estimated that the British navy will cause them some trouble. β
"Since last year, we have been reducing the amount of iron ore exported to Germany, and their war machine will soon be overfed."
The major moves of the German top leadership are under the control of the Kremlin, and this is of great significance to the Soviet Union in gaining the strategic initiative -- Lin Jundu has tried to reduce its exports of non-ferrous metals to Germany and has tried every means to weaken Germany's war potential.
"If you don't have enough nickel, you just can get tungsten, and I'll see how you make a good steel plate!"
At present, Germany's tungsten ore is re-exported by Spain, but there are more places where nickel is necessary in the military industry, and Lin Jun would rather have less foreign exchange and gold reserves than let Germany reserve enough nickel.
The greatest advantage of the Soviet Union over Germany was in the resources - human and natural resources, and the Soviet Union could afford a war of a superscale.
"The Bessarabia issue also needs to be solved immediately, do you have any good suggestions."
Stalin was "examining" Lin Jun, which was difficult for him: "Let Molotov summon the Romanian ambassador once, and the Odessa Military District will directly send troops to Bessarabia to solve the problem, and then it and the Autonomous Republic of Moldova." β
"It's as simple as that?"
"Yes, Comrade Stalin, it's as simple as that. Now in Eurasia, no one wants to be unhappy with us on the border. β
Confident, full of self-confidence, because Lin Jun has a strong country behind him, and for these "small problems", he can do whatever he wants.
Stalin ended the conversation with laughter, called the sons of Vukinskaya and Lin Jun, and the three of them played with the children in the garden, and directly asked the two children to call him grandpa.
If someone can see this scene from a distance at this time, they are like ordinary people on vacation with the whole family, but others can't see it, and "this family" is also very special.
Sochi is not far from Stalin's hometown of Georgia, and Stalin had to eat only Georgian food for dinner, and the chefs who usually accompany him at the dacha are also Georgian.
Stalin knew that Lin Jun was generally interested in Georgian cuisine, so he arranged for Lin Jun to wait in Sochi when Lin Jun was still in Leningrad. What Lin Jun didn't expect the most was that Stalin also found him a Russian chef who could cook Chinese food, and he was transferred from the Far East all the way.
The Far Eastern chef comrade stew kung fu is first-class, but he has never heard of those Jiangnan dishes and the Sichuan dishes that Lin Jun liked in his previous life, in Lin Jun's words: a first-class northern chef.
Lin Jun doesn't need to have high requirements for eating, what to eat, and listen to the advice of a few medical experts, many things can't be eaten, and a bunch of his own attachΓ©s are cheaper.
"Comrade Stalin, at the beginning of next month I want to return to Moscow to resume work." Halfway through the meal, Lin Jun made his request to Stalin.
"You will return to Moscow on the 20th of next month, but not to resume work, accept the title and participate in the May Day parade." Stalin did not allow Lin Jun to disagree: "There is no room for negotiation, you will go to Zhukov's dacha after May Day to continue resting, and wait until the doctor thinks that you are suitable to resume work." β
Stalin was thinking about Lin Jun: although he had received good treatment and his body was recovering well, he would feel tired when he walked a few more steps now, and he could not rush back to work.
"Comrade Stalin, in a few days Andrei will be able to swim and exercise, and by the second half of the year he should be able to regain a certain ability to work."
Lin Jun glanced at his wife appreciatively, and finally had someone to help him speak - every time he proposed to his wife and several doctors that he wanted to resume work during this time, he was immediately rejected!
"Kaya, can Andre swim? Is it dangerous if water gets into the lungs? "Stalin was very concerned.
"Comrade Stalin, the best way to restore the function of the lungs is to swim, and now Andrei's wounded lung is recovering very well, even if a very small amount of water enters the lungs, it is not a big problem, and we will make complete preparations, and there will be no accidents."
Stalin listened to the doctors, and Vukinskaya's assurances worked more than anything else - he also hoped that love would return to work soon.
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On April 28, Lin Jun took a special train back to Moscow, which had been lost for a long time. The next day in the Kremlin, a ceremony was held to confer new ranks on some senior officers, and Lin Jun changed into a new military uniform like other officers before attending the ceremony.
"Marshal!" Lin Jun put on the "marshal" uniform that he could not have thought of wearing in his previous life, even this life would have been unimaginable a few years ago - the 27-year-old Soviet "Air Marshal"!
To be honest, this "marshal" uniform is not as glamorous as its original one-of-a-kind 1937 style senior officer uniform, but the "marshal" can offset everything.
Stalin wanted to give Lin Jun more than one uniform: to Lin Jun's surprise, Comrade Kalinin announced that in recognition of Lin Jun's great contribution to the Soviet Union in the past two years, he would be awarded the "Red Banner Pistol"!
It was a special Tokarev gold-studded pistol with the "Order of the Red Banner" logo, not the old-fashioned Mauser, which was also considered "up to date".
One person was awarded two "weapons of revolutionary honor", plus two "Heroes of the Soviet Union" and one "Hero of Socialist Labor", and Lin Jun's honors have been unmatched.
On May Day, Lin Jun stood beside Stalin and reviewed the troops under the command of Debenko: this was also to tell everyone that Lin Jun's plan and plan for the war against Finland was a success. (To be continued.) )