From the morning of April 21 until the afternoon of April 23, the Kremlin was in a state of intense busyness: a major change in military command in the history of the Soviet Union was decided after several successive meetings: after the meeting, Lin Jun was the best beneficiary in terms of personal power, he became the deputy commander of the Soviet High Command, the actual power in wartime was second only to Stalin, and the priority of military command was above all Soviet marshals. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Kremlin's decision was unfazed at the top, and 28-year-old Air Marshal Andrei Nikolayevich Plunyakov became the "certain" successor of the USSR!

All high-ranking figures of the party, government, and military in the Soviet Union cooperated unprecedentedly in establishing the status of deputy commander-in-chief, and there was not a single trace of opposition or reservations from beginning to end. When discussing the division of labor in the Supreme High Command, Voroshinov even offered to put the young comrades on his own, along with several other marshals, as the most reliable support for Air Marshal Plunyakov.

Judging from all the circumstances, Alexander and Lin Jun came to the conclusion that although the comrades could not say that all of them were 100 percent "convinced," none of them were telling nonsense -- Lin Jun's rapid rise was already the trend of the times, and it was impossible to change the reality by relying on the strength of a few people alone.

Of course, the comrades who have been tested for a long time can see this, even those who are not convinced in their hearts have followed the trend.

In this way, Lin Jun rocketed to become the deputy commander of the Soviet Union, and when he thought back to the 7 years of "this world", Lin Jun could only tell himself that it was like a dream: from a third-class mechanic on the shore of Chukotka to the second man in the Soviets! Such a change in power and status is probably only one person in this world who can compare with himself, and that person happens to be in Lin Jun's hostile camp: Rudolf Walter Richard Hess, Deputy Head of the Third Reich!

And what happened in the next few days made Lin Jun feel that the world was really "crazy"!

On the western border, both sides were preparing for battle, and the battle on the Greek mainland ended on 26 April: on 23 April, the German 2nd Panzer Division and the 6th Mountain Division captured the famous Thermopaya Pass (where 300 Spartan warriors fought). On the same day, the 5th Mountain Division crossed the Isthmus of Corinth, outflanked the Anglo-Greek rear route, and on the 26th entered Athens, raising the swastika flag on the Acropolis.

The next target for the Germans was definitely Crete, and on the western borders of the Soviet Union, the clashes between the two sides had risen from aerial reconnaissance by reconnaissance aircraft to black guns and skirmishes. However, judging from the situation reported by the embassies of the two sides, no one wanted to ask and protest because of such "minor issues" -- everyone understood that there was no need to finish thinking about things except for all-out war.

Even the intention of protest was not to be carried out, but the actual reaction was the complete suspension of trade trains between the Soviet Union and Germany.

As soon as May began, the entire Soviet Union had entered a state of war, all industrial and agricultural production had been transformed into the service of the imminent outbreak of the Great War, and the order for the expansion of the army had been issued: whether it was a "lightning" offensive or a World War I-style parity, as long as the war began, the number of army losses in a short period of time would be a terrifying number, and this was understood by Lin Jun and everyone in the Supreme Command.

It is not surprising that hundreds of thousands of troops have been lost in one battle, but this time there will not be a "butter front" like the French campaign, both sides are behemoths with full strength, and the collision of two war machines of unprecedented scale must be unprecedented in tragedy and cruelty.

On May 12, just as everything was about preparations for war, a top-secret piece of news came from Berlin that shocked the entire Soviet High Command and made it impossible to understand for a while - Voroshinov even said to Lin Jun: "Is this possible? What are the Germans going to do?! ”

The information that made the "First Marshal" so inexplicable was not the news that the German army began to attack regardless of the season, but Rudolf Walter Richard Hess, who was "on the same status" as Lin Jun in the Third Reich, actually flew to England alone in a fighter plane the afternoon before yesterday CET!

"Hess is crazy!" Lin Jun said this in front of all the members of the Supreme Command, "Or maybe Hitler asked Hess to go to Britain for peace talks, but we may not know until the next century what this is all about." ”

Everyone was speculating about what was going on in the Third Reich, and Lin Jun's words brought everyone's thinking back from thinking about "incomprehensible and inexplicable" - it would be a problem that no amount of energy could solve.

What should I do if I can't figure it out or figure it out? I don't think about it, there are more important things to do now than why Hess flew to England!

But there was still a curiosity to find out, and if it weren't for the protection of the intelligence agents in Berlin, Stalin wanted Alexander to give a secret order to the military attache in Britain to see if he could learn anything from the British.

The British estimated that they would not find out about Hess's arrival in England for a while, and it was better to treat it as if they didn't know anything for now!

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Lin Jun said that Hess was crazy, and yesterday, Hitler in the German "mountain palace" also said this "classic line", but Lin Jun could say it loudly, and Hitler was talking to himself.

On the morning of 11 May, Martin Bowman's younger brother, Albert Bauman, and the lieutenant of the Führer, Hess, and the captain of the SA Region (with the rank of general), Pinche, appeared at the lodge. Albert Bowman had Ringer wake up Hitler to tell him that there was an urgent letter from Hess to be handed over.

On the afternoon of May 10, 1941, Hess hurriedly said goodbye to his wife, Ilsa Hess, and drove to Augsburg Airport in Germany, accompanied by an adjutant, a herald, a security officer, and a chauffeur. Hess changed into the Luftwaffe captain's uniform, left the adjutant a letter to the adjutant that he would have to forward Hitler as soon as possible if he did not return after four hours of absence, and then flew the ready-to-go Me110 fighter to Scotland, England alone!

Hess is an avid, award-winning amateur in flying sports, and this time he put his "special ability" to flying over the wide, icy North Sea.

Pinche thought that Hitler knew that Hess was flying to England, but Hitler apparently did not know - Pinche was arrested the same day, escorted to Berlin, and handed over to the Gestapo there. The secret police demanded a confession from Pinche: Hess had shown signs of insanity the other day. (Pinkiri agreed.) After his release, Pinche, who had the rank of general, was demoted to the rank of soldier and assigned a penalty company. Hitler wanted to settle a witness in this way. ）

Hess's "exodus" was a huge blow to Hitler, and on that day General Keitel found the Führer walking around in his spacious study, with a finger on his forehead and muttering: "Hess must have gone mad." ”

Hitler was still shouting, "I must talk to Goering at once"! The next morning, Hitler had an intense meeting with Goering and all the leaders of the Nazi Party, who were trying to "come up" with a way of making this embarrassing affair known to the German public and the world.

Hitler and the participants at that time at one time hoped: maybe Hess would run out of gasoline and fall into the icy North Sea and drown!

Alexander felt a little funny about the intelligence from Berlin, but he understood better: at the moment when Lin Jun became the deputy commander of the Soviet Union, the opponent's deputy head of state made such a thing, which was not funny to Lin Jun and some people who were "too imaginative"!

After the emergency meeting on the 12th, Lin Jun had a separate conversation with Stalin.

"What a naïve act as a man who had achieved such a high position after a brutal struggle of intrigue within the Nazi Party and within the Third Reich! Perhaps Hess thought he would be received by Churchill and treated him as a serious negotiator. Perhaps he was naïve to think that he could maintain some kind of peace with the British. ”

Stalin removed the large pipe he was holding: "Rudolf-Hess's motives are clear, and he may have sincerely wished to make peace with the British. He should have been convinced that Germany would win the war and eventually destroy Britain unless there was immediate pacification. ”

"Comrade Stalin, or Hess, had other motives: the war had so far eclipsed his personal charm. Up to the current position, as Hitler's deputy, running the Nazi Party was already a very boring and no longer very important position. At present, the important work in Germany is to deal with war and foreign affairs, and it is these things that the Führer pays attention to, and almost everything else is ignored. These events put Goering, Ribbentrop, Himmler, Goebbels, and the generals in such an important position that Hess might have felt both disappointed and jealous. In order to restore his former position beside his beloved leader, and his position at home, such a bold and illustrious political achievement as a single-handedly arranged peace between Germany and England may be the best way! ”

"Hess is said to believe in astrology, a man who never got rid of his childish thoughts. A poor, ridiculous, incredible German! ”

Amid laughter, Stalin and Lin Jun ended their conversation. (To be continued.) )