The meeting between Hitler and Molotov took place on June 20, the day the Geneva Peace Conference adjourned. In order to avoid the eyes and ears of all sides, the meeting was arranged in a yacht on Lake Geneva.

On the Soviet side were Molotov, Mrs. Koluntai, and Shaposhnikov, Chief of the General Staff of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. On the German side, Hitler, Hersmann, and Ribbentrop were in attendance.

It was not a formal diplomatic negotiation, but just a gathering between the two sides for a lunch and a conversation about the excellent situation in which the red flag of socialism was about to be planted all over the world.

"Now the red flag of socialism has been planted in most of Europe and half of Asia (and the East Asian continent is also socialist), and at least half of humanity has been liberated. If the two great socialist powers in the world, the Soviet Union and Germany, can unite, then the day when the red flag will be planted all over the world is just around the corner! ”

The one who was making a statement was the leader of National Socialism, Adolf. Hitler. In German with a high and passionate Bavarian accent, he said: "Comrade Molotov, it seems that the course of the history of the whole world has been determined, and the future belongs to socialism. Socialist Germany and the socialist Soviet Union will hold high the red flag and lead the people of the world to a bright era.

This is what I looked forward to when I met with Comrade Stalin in Riga last year, and it was also a moment that the pioneers of socialism dreamed of. Before the end of the time when all mankind was about to win its final liberation, had the socialist Soviet Union decided to join the most magnificent cause of the world at once? ”

Hersmann acted as an interpreter on the spot, translating Hitler's words into Russian while trying to keep himself from laughing.

Although Adolf has long been known. Hitler was a socialist statesman, but every time I heard him say this version of socialism in the Third International, there was always a sense of unreality.

However, Molotov and Mrs. Kollontai, as well as the Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army, Shaposhnikov, listened seriously, and nodded frequently from time to time, as if they were very much in favor of Adolf. What Hitler said.

In fact, Hitler's words were not unfamiliar to them, and since the Riga meeting last year, the Soviet newspaper Pravda and TASS have been propagating this set of theories. And every time Germany won a victory on the front, the newspapers of the Soviet Union, big and small, applauded -- because the liberation of mankind was the common cause of the two great socialist countries of the Soviet Union and Germany, and therefore the success of the socialist cause in Europe was also due to the contribution of the father Stalin.

Moreover, the liberation of mankind cannot be done by Germany alone, and the participation of the Soviet Union is still indispensable......

"Comrade Hitler."

Molotov called Hitler "comrade," a title that was officially recognized by the Soviet Union. In the latest edition of Stalin's Selected Works, the contents of several letters written by Stalin to Hitler are included, in which Stalin refers to Hitler as "dear Comrade Hitler". Hitler, on the other hand, called Stalin "respected Comrade Stalin."

Molotov continued: "Comrade Stalin believes that the German people have contributed enough to the cause of human liberation, and now it is the turn of the Soviet people to contribute. ”

Hersmann translated Molotov's Russian into German, and after Hitler heard it, he nodded and said: "Of course, the people of the world cannot only count on Germany, whose population is only two-thirds of the Soviet Union, and its living space is only one-twentieth of that of the Soviet Union, and its mineral resources cannot be compared with that of the Soviet Union." This makes it impossible for us to afford the mission of liberating 47 million British people, let alone the 130 million Americans across the Atlantic. I look forward to working with the Soviets to defeat the Anglo-American navies with the battleships and aircraft carriers we have built, and then to send our socialist coalition forces to British and American soil. ”

This is really going to plant the red flag all over the world! As Hersmann translates Hitler's words, he imagines the Nazi swastika and the sickle-hammer flag rising on the roof of the White House at the same time...... Oh, and maybe a Japanese plaster flag!

But this is just to think about it, the Soviet Union's asking price was too high for Germany to afford.

"Liberate Britain and the United States? Will your navy be able to defeat the British and American navies? ”

The Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army, Shaposhnikov, did not wait for Hesman to translate all Hitler's words into Russian and rushed to ask questions (he was a graduate of the Military Academy of the General Staff of Tsarist Russia, and of course knew several foreign languages, including German).

"It's a matter of time!" "The total liberation of the European continent will soon mean that we will be able to devote more resources to building our navy and air force," Hersman said. And we had a huge shipbuilding program before the war, and we were able to do it because of the lack of resources and slow progress. I think the Soviet Union should also speed up its naval build-up now, building more 'Soviet' class battleships and 'Kronstadt' class battlecruisers. ”

Four of the Soviet-class battleships have now been started and are expected to be fully commissioned by 1942. The Kronstadt battlecruiser was also part of the Soviet Union's Grand Naval Program, designed with a standard displacement of 32,700 tons, equipped with three triple 305mm turrets (or three twin 380mm turrets), and two ships were started in 1939, also scheduled to be completed in 1942 - it is clear that Stalin had planned to do it in 1943. But now the changes in the revolutionary situation are coming a little fast, and it seems that it is necessary to hurry up the construction of battleships and battlecruisers.

"The liberation of Britain and the United States is probably many years later, and before that there must be a competition to build warships." "And in order to win this race to build warships, we had better liberate more countries and peoples in order to strengthen our economic and resource power." The Soviet Red Army was ready to play the main role in this process! ”

He spoke directly in German, so Hitler could understand it, and the German leader and Hirschmann looked at each other - the Soviets were about to open their mouths!

"Comrade Shaposhnikov," Hersman also addressed the Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Red Army as a comrade, "where do you intend to liberate the people?" ”

"Finland, Sweden, Norway, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia...... And all of India! ”

"It can't be!" Adolph. In an unwavering tone, Hitler said, "Germany is responsible for Finland, Sweden, Norway, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Saudi Arabia." ”

Hitler left India to Comrade Stalin, which, in his opinion, was already a big concession - given the influence of the USSR on the East Asian continent, if India was added, then almost a billion people would live under the red flag of scientific socialism!

"There is only one India?" Molotov said dissatisfiedly, "It's so unfair to the USSR!" The USSR could abandon its claims to Sweden, Norway. But the rest of the place had to be liberated by the USSR! ”

"You're obviously talking about something impossible!" Hitler said that he was now beginning to gesture as he did in his speeches, but not by as much. "Your Red Army is doing poorly in Belarus, Ukraine and Finland, and is far from being comparable to our Wehrmacht! I don't think they can afford such a heavy task...... If nothing else, you can't beat Turkey alone!

Even Turkey can't be defeated, and it still wants to liberate Iran, Iraq, Syria and Saudi Arabia? I see that you, Soviet comrades, thought too much about the cause of the liberation of mankind, and this is not possible. ”

He paused for a moment, his face sank, and he suddenly raised his voice and said: "And the several European countries that you are attacking and will attack are obviously socialist with socialist elements. Finland is a country with a state socialist system, Romania and Bulgaria are countries that can be transformed into state socialism, how can you attack them? If only for the sake of the Karelian Isthmus and Bessarabia, then I can mediate between them and let these two countries meet your demands. But you want to rule those two countries completely......" Hitler clenched his fists and waved them vigorously. "I will not allow it! That's a no-no! ”

Hitler was furious!

It's serious!

The three Soviets were a little furious - that was Hitler, the leader of the German Empire who had just beaten a power like France! Now millions of German troops, armed to the teeth, are doing nothing, and Hitler is furious, and they all run to the Soviet Union to find trouble......

Hitler was silent for a moment, then stood up and prepared to withdraw. His eyes looked annoyed, and his lips and corners of his mouth curled downward.

"My leader," said Ribbentrop, who also stood up, "it is my understanding that you will persuade Finland and Romania to make concessions to the Soviet Union, and at the same time allow the Soviet Union to attack Turkey." ”

Hitler hesitated for a moment, then looked at Hersmann again, then shrugged his shoulders impatiently and said: "I do not want to spoil the friendship with the Soviet Union, which was hard-won and was the key factor in the strength and victory of our two socialist countries." But both Germany and Europe needed oil, so Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait could not be handed over to the USSR. Still a little agitated, he did not say goodbye to the Soviets, but strode out of the cabin, got into a motorboat with the help of an SS officer, and drove in the direction of the docks. (To be continued.) )