"Did the Kremlin get the news?"

Lin Jun knew very well that Chamberlain's visit to Germany was like dropping a bombshell on the situation in Europe, and the Kremlin would certainly react strongly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"I have informed the Intelligence Department of the General Staff of the General Staff that I received information only an hour ago, and it is estimated that now Comrade Stalin has learned of it. I'm going to report to the Kremlin now, will I wait for you later? ”

"You go first, and I'll be there later."

Putting down the phone in his hand, a complex "political map" appeared in his mind: the Munich Conference started on time, but Lin Jun's current environment was not as simple as the Munich Conference described in the textbooks of his previous life, and the interests of a group of sub-countries were involved, not only including the protagonists of the meeting, Britain, France, Germany and the lamb to the slaughter, but also the Soviets would really face threats from the West, and even Poland and Hungary wanted to get a piece of the pie in the conference.

"Poland!"

After smiling contemptuously, he walked out of the borrowed dean's office, where his wife was distributing the fruits that Lin Jun had brought back to his colleagues in the lounge, and Landscoch was giving away several large boxes of goodies that he had brought back - he was trying to get impression points according to Vukinskaya's "instructions".

The wife's belly has begun to take shape, and it was planned to let her go back to Zhukov in a few days to recuperate, and Andlupf's wife over there is also pregnant, and the two big bellies are just right companions, but the wife seems to want to work for a while. Lin Jun's negotiation failed, and he could only let her.

"Kaya, I'm going to the Kremlin first, and I'll let Landskocz accompany you back to Zhukov. Don't wait for me to eat in the evening, there's a meeting. ”

"Well, come back early."

Vuginskaya knew that it must be important for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to call the hospital, and she had been accustomed to her husband's busyness all these years, and did not expect her Andrei to accompany his wife as often as an ordinary man.

kissed his wife, "Gusev, go to the Kremlin." ”

After the defeat of Austria-Hungary in World War I, it was divided into Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. This is how the Sudetenland became part of Czechoslovakia, and the 3.5 million German-speaking inhabitants of the Sudetenland fell from the majority ethnic group of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the minority of Czechoslovakia.

The Sudetenland question was the best entry point for Hitler to challenge the post-World War I European landscape, not to mention the abundant resources he needed, a large population loyal to the Nazi Party, and a well-developed military industry.

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As Lin Jun expected, all the bigwigs of the Central ******, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, and the National Defense Committee in Moscow had gathered in the Kremlin conference room, where a huge map of Europe hung on the wall.

After saluting the person he was in, Lin Jun walked to the position of Voroshinov's head and sat down, his own administrative rank was the lowest in the conference room, but everyone knew that Andrei's weight was much heavier than his status.

Alexander was presenting the latest news from London and Munich: Chamberlain had flown to Munich at noon and headed for the train station, but the exact destination was unknown, presumably to Berchtesgaden, accompanied by the British ambassador to Germany, Will Henderson.

"Hitler made it clear at the party congress of the German National Socialist Party on the 12th of this month that he demanded an end to the oppression of the 3.5 million Germans in Czechoslovakia and the return of their rights."

"Combined with the situation some time ago, we can clearly draw a conclusion: Germany will take actual military action against the Sudetenland, and Britain and France will inevitably make compromises on Germany's actions in order to aim Germany's strategic goals at us."

After listening to Alexander's presentation, Stalin, who had been silent, spoke: "Comrades, according to the agreement we concluded with Czechoslovakia in 35 years, if Czechoslovakia is invaded, we need an appropriate response. All of you are free to speak freely on the current situation. ”

Lin Jun knew that Stalin was referring to the Soviet-German Agreement on Mutual Assistance signed in Prague on May 16, 35, which stipulated that in the event of an invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union would also provide assistance on the condition that France would provide assistance. Even without French aid, the Soviet Union was ready to aid Czechoslovakia if Czechoslovakia resisted the invasion itself and appealed to the Soviet government for help.

"According to the information obtained by the Ministry of the Interior and the Intelligence Department of the General Staff, the French will advance and retreat with the British, and we will face a very complicated situation. In the event of a substantial military resistance by Czechoslovakia, although there was no obligation, under the treaty we were required to assist Czechoslovakia militarily on a case-by-case basis. ”

It was Voroshinov who spoke, and as the People's Commissar of Defense, as was customary, he could speak before Kalinin or other ****** commissars when it came to military operations. But now the big question is how to conduct military operations!

"The French will only betray the interests of Czechoslovakia in their own considerations, and if Czechoslovakia asks us for help, and if we send troops, we will have to borrow from Poland, and it is estimated that the Poles will never peacefully let the Red Army enter Western Ukraine, and the preconditions for this have not yet taken into account our relations with the Germans."

The content of Voroshinov's speech is clear to everyone, the words of the commissar of defense are tantamount to not saying anything, but the meeting is like this: "nonsense" must be said once, and then a way can be found to solve it.

People ask you for help, can the Soviets risk going to war with several countries at the same time to fulfill a treaty that needs and can not be fulfilled?!

The Soviet-German Mutual Assistance Agreement did not stipulate that the Soviet Union had to send troops while France was watching, everything depended on "the specific situation". But as an international power, the Soviet Union had to demonstrate the majesty of a great power at this time -- allies could not be violated at will.

Troublesome! It's not much more complicated than what Lin Jun knew from the textbooks in his previous life, and this is a difficult problem to solve! The Polish government now regarded the Soviets as a beast of prey, and once the Red Army set foot on the soil of Western Ukraine, it was bound to be an all-out war. This is without taking into account the fact that the Polish government had long been eyeing the Orsha region of Czechoslovakia (which was then part of Czechoslovakia), and that Hungary on the border was also trying to occupy the Karpasuo region all day long.

In the face of the threat of Western capital, it is necessary to take action to pay attention to the country, and it also needs to act in its own majesty, but the consequence of sending troops is that the current Soviets do not want to happen, and it is also a situation that Lin Jun does not want to appear - a bad World War broke out in advance, and the threat of war appeared in front of him as if in the blink of an eye.

The conference room was not as organized as a normal meeting, and although it was not yet a wet market, there was a flurry of opinions, but one thing was the same - this was not the time for a full-scale military conflict with Germany.

At present, relations between the Soviet Union and Germany are good, and if a major war with Germany starts in Czechoslovakia, it will fall into the trap of those old imperialist countries.

Lin Jun only really understood today why Chamberlain got off the plane and cheered to the welcoming crowd when he returned to London after the signing of the Munich Agreement: "From now on, the peace of an entire generation is guaranteed." ”

Regardless of whether the "eastward expansion" strategy was effective or not, what Britain and France are now throwing at Germany and the Soviet Union is a huge bomb that must be eliminated, and basically has not been ruled out, while Britain and France can stand from a distance and watch the excitement at the expense of Czechoslovakia.

At this time, Stalin's guard captain Snornik walked into the "lively" conference room and bowed his head and said something to Stalin.

In the entire conference room, only Kalinin and Lin Jun had not spoken, Grandpa Kalinin was listening carefully, and Lin Jun had been studying the coffee cup in his hand.

Stalin, who had listened to the report of the captain of the guard, turned his head and said a few words to Kalinin, the "noise" in the conference room was gone, and Kalinin got up and walked out of the conference room after listening to Stalin's words.

Something important must have arisen, and everyone was waiting for Stalin's words.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Stalin did not say what was really happening, but picked up his pipe and smoked: "Andrey, tell me what you think about the current situation. ”

was named, and now Lin Jun can no longer only study the coffee cup with exquisite workmanship: "Comrade Stalin, comrades, from my personal point of view, although the current situation is complicated, it is not without a solution. ”

When staring at the coffee cup, Lin Jun already had a full consideration, but many of his thoughts were based on speculation, and he didn't know if the people here could accept it. If the explanation is not clear, it is not good to really go wrong, the first battle in World War II was a war between the Soviet Union and Germany, but it is not a joke! Let the imperialist countries reap the benefits of the fishermen?!

"There are really only two main problems we are facing: relations with Germany; The reaction of Czechoslovakia. ”

"The Germans are not going to be stupid enough to go to war with us now, as long as we don't attack first, we can eliminate the German threat in a year or two, but that's hard to say after that, as everyone here knows. As for the second question, I personally think that we need not worry at all, the Czechoslovak government is a cowardly government, since the French and the British wear a suit of trousers, then it is the meat on the chopping block of the Germans, and their government does not dare to resist the actions of the Germans, but can only go against the grain. ”

It seems that many people have different opinions on Lin Jun's second idea, which can be seen from everyone's demeanor - no way, Lin Jun's opinion is not supported by strong theory and practical situation.

Lin Jun glanced at Alexander a few times as he spoke, Lin Jun wanted Alexander to know that he would need his theoretical support later.

"If Czechoslovakia had not put up military resistance, it would not have asked us for help, and the 35-year treaty would not have bound us at all, even morally. And Germany is acting, and Hitler will know that this has harmed our interests, and we will also get certain benefits for political reasons, and that little man will take this into account, such as the attitude of the Germans in Karelia and the Baltic. ”

Politics is like that, a lot of times it's an exchange of interests, whether you like it or not. Lin Jun paused when he said this, "But, comrades, we must react to a certain extent, otherwise the imperialist countries will think that we are weak and can be bullied." ”

"How's the reaction?" Stalin asked.

"Presence is deterrence, and immediately ordered the Kyiv Special Military District to form a powerful assault corps to be deployed in the western border areas and raise the alert level of the whole army. As soon as Britain, France, and Germany made this move public, they issued a statement to the whole world in support of Czechoslovakia, and that we would provide military assistance as soon as the Czechoslovak government sent a formal request for help. ”

Lin Jun's words were like mobilization before the war, which made many people in the conference room clearly feel that the war was approaching - would Czechoslovakia turn to the Soviet Union for help?

"I knew that my theory was that Czechoslovakia did not ask for help from us, which was very risky, and that had to take into account the attitude of the Germans. I think Comrade Alexander can speculate on the possible attitude of the Czechoslovak government, and the comrades of the special front of the Ministry of Internal Affairs know better than we do about it. ”

Alexander over there hurriedly took the hot potato thrown by Lin Jun: "Comrades, the bourgeois government of Czechoslovakia clearly understands our position and will not want us to ask for help. In narrow class interests, they will not accept help from the socialist state. Although we had concluded treaties, their hostility to us was stronger than their hostility to Germany. ”

Alexander's words are understandable to everyone, and they also have a profound experience: the hostility of the bourgeoisie to communism is difficult for the people in the communist environment to understand, and for the capitalist countries, communism is something more terrible than a flood of beasts.

The top decision-makers, of course, knew what the bourgeois politicians were thinking, and the bourgeoisie would never want the communist army to enter their homeland, which was more terrible than the loss of the homeland - in their eyes the Bolsheviks were the devil, and Hitler was much more "friendly".

Ideological contradictions are more important than national dignity in the eyes of capitalist politicians!

The meeting went on and on, and Comrade Kalinin finally returned to the conference room and spoke a few words with Stalin.

"Comrades, just now Comrade Kalinin received the German ambassador, and the Germans informed us about their attitude towards Czechoslovakia and once again emphasized the good relations between the Soviet Union and Germany, and the Germans do not want to clash with us now."

Well, there's only one question that can arise: what kind of response should you take?

"Comrade Molotov, prepare an official statement, hand it over to the Czechoslovak ambassador at the right time, and be ready to see it at any time. Comrade Voroshinov immediately ordered the Kiev Special Military District to form an assault group of 30 divisions to deploy on the western border, and the assault troops were put on first-level alert; The Air Force was ordered to intensify reconnaissance patrols on the western borders of Ukraine. ”

Stalin was trying to put on a posture of sending troops at any time, but he would not really kill the past directly -- existence is deterrence.

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At the end of the meeting, it was already dinner time, except for the comrades who were going to deploy work now, everyone else was left by Stalin for dinner, and Lin Jun sat next to the old man as usual.

"I heard that you just came back today, what did you get out of going to Sevastopol this time?"

"The comrades of the artillery have come up with a plan for a surprise attack on the line of "Manarin", and if the war breaks out in the north next year, the line of defense of the Finns will not be an intractable problem. There is also a large number of fruits from Crimea that I brought back, but some of them broke on the way. ”

Lin Jun also reported his "vacation" euphemistically.

"Hehe, didn't leave me some?"

"Comrade Stalin, the grapes on the table are the ones I brought back."

Lin Jun's words made Stalin smile knowingly, and the people on the side felt that what they heard was a conversation between superiors and subordinates, and it was simply a kid chatting with the old man, and they were not surprised. Besides, Comrade Andrei did not come up entirely by nepotism, just like the meeting just now, you can see Comrade Andrei's ability.

"Andrey, you're becoming more and more like a politician, okay."

Stalin was delighted: many young officers were distinguished by military competence but lacked political foresight, and Andrei was becoming more and more sophisticated in this area, with rigorous, thorough and bold analysis.

But Lin Jun still has self-knowledge: many of his speeches at the meeting are based on the history he is familiar with, and without this part, in such a complicated situation, there is no guarantee that there will be no war - the big war is so close to him at this moment. (To be continued.) )