But Andre chose to walk up to Patton and extend his hand, while politely saying in English: "Hello, General Patton, it's a pleasure to meet you here!" ”

And Patton really didn't stretch out his hand, but continued to hold his hands behind his back very rebelliously, and Andre remembered the way that a senior thought of to lift Patton's saber, so he immediately changed to Russian and asked: "By the way, General Patton is equipped with a kind of M1913 cavalry saber aided by American allies in our cavalry unit, which can change the standard slashing action into a thrust. 'Patton's saber', I just wanted to ask General Patton if this cavalry saber was designed by his own hand. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

And when the interpreter had just finished speaking, Marshall also came in and introduced Andrei's identity to Patton, and Patton, although still arrogant, still replied: "That's right, which saber was designed by me, and why is this saber so popular in the Russian army?" ”

And Andrei immediately praised the saber so much that after Barton heard it, the expression on his face became more and more friendly, he grinned faintly, took the initiative to stretch out his hand to Andrei, and said: "General Yakov." I always felt that war was a military business, and the police were still more suitable for the rear. (In the eyes of the West, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is a police department)

Andre shook Patton's big strong hand and replied quietly: "General, our state system is different from yours, and I want others to treat me as a soldier first, and a policeman second. You also once said: A soldier is also a citizen, and the highest duty and right of a citizen is to take up arms to defend the motherland. ”

Barton couldn't help but laugh when he heard Andre say his famous quote. Seeing that there was no longer tension between me and Patton, Marshall also smiled and said, "General Yakov, little George is also joking, your country's internal affairs forces are also armed forces." He then patted Barton on the back. He said to him, "George, stop standing here, go back to your seat, we have important things to discuss." ”

Since Marshall and Patton were the highest-ranking men in the room, Marshall had Patton sit on his right hand side and I sat on his left when it came time to arrange the seats. As for the interpreter who was assigned to me, he sat a little further away from me and Marshall.

Marshall said: "Gentlemen, I have come here today with General Yakov of the friendly army to discuss the opening of a second battlefield. After a pause, he said to one of the colonels opposite, "Colonel Pug, let you give our allies some information." (I still need to introduce some historical materials, but from this chapter onwards, I will reduce the amount of the following words about landing, which are all original words, maybe they have appeared in other books)

The middle-aged colonel, dressed in army uniform, stood up from his position, bowed slightly in our direction, and then walked to the large map by the wall and began to explain to us: "Gentlemen, at the Casablanca meeting between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill in January of this year, a decision was adopted to land in Sicily in the first half of the year, postponing the landing on the European continent until August 1943. At the same time, the Anglo-American Special Planning Staff was established to develop a landing plan in Europe, with British Army Lieutenant General Morgan as chief of staff. According to the provisions of the resolution, as soon as it is decided to carry out a landing on the European continent and open up a second theater of operations, the Special Staff will immediately begin to draw up operational plans. ”

Colonel Pug picked up a stick leaning against the wall and began to give an introduction... André found that there was no difference as in history, and finally he said: "The places we have identified for the landing are the Contantine Peninsula, Calais and Normandy. ”

Marshall waited for Colonel Pag to put down the baton and walk back to his position, then turned his head and said to Andrei with a smile: "General Yakov, although the matter of opening up the second battlefield is the responsibility of General Morgan of Britain. But we can also discuss some possible options to offer him. In order to be able to formulate a more suitable landing plan. Continue: You are a representative sent by the Russian side. Can you tell us what you think about the landing operation? ”

"Yes, General Yakov." Barton also chimed in kindly: "Giving us your thoughts may give us a better inspiration for those involved in the development of the plan." ”

Andrei knew that Marshall and Patton were so polite on the surface, but they looked down on the Soviets from the bottom of their hearts, otherwise there would have been no Patton and Katukov fighting at the celebration banquet for the capture of Berlin two years later.

Andrei stood up. Walked around the table with the interpreter and walked over to the map and stood still. Raise your hand and salute everyone present, and then say politely: "Dear General Marshall, General Patton, gentlemen: since General Marshall has asked me to share my opinion, I would like to share some of my views on the choice of Allied landing sites. If there is anything that is not right, I would like to ask General Marshall, General Patton, and other gentlemen to criticize and correct it. ”

First of all, Andrei said: "The first thing we came to choose was the Constantine Peninsula, which is not suitable for a landing point because the terrain is narrow, which is not convenient for the deployment of large forces. Calais and Normandy have their pros and cons, with Calais having the advantage of being the closest to the UK, only 33km, and being close to mainland Germany; The disadvantage is that the German army has the strongest defense force here, and the defenders are elite troops, the fortifications are complete and strong, and there is no large port nearby, and there is also a lack of inland communication lines, which is not conducive to the development of depth after the landing. Although Normandy is far away from Britain, it has the advantage that the German defense is weak, the terrain is open, and 30 divisions can be deployed at the same time, and the third is that it is only 80km away from Cherbourg, the largest port in northern France. ”

After speaking, Andrei paused first, and Marshall They had already gone from the initial disdain to listening carefully, and at the same time, everyone took out a pen and began to record, and when Andrei stopped, Marshall immediately said: "General Yakov, please continue!" ”

And Andre picked up the coffee and drank it first, and then according to his memory, he began to tell the historical version of the "Normandy landing" in detail, and even asked Marshall to move the wargames!

A few people holding wargames was a deduction, and this time it was in the afternoon! After it is over

Marshall walked up to Andrei, took the initiative to stretch out his hands to Andrei, and said with emotion: "General Yakov, while expressing my sincere gratitude to you, I also feel deeply grateful, fortunately you are our ally, not our enemy, otherwise you will definitely become a nightmare for our soldiers." In the future, our landing force, the moment it sets foot on the beach, will face a one-sided slaughter. On behalf of the officers and men who have survived because of this, I would like to express my gratitude to you! With that, he let go of my hand, took a step back, and raised his hand to give Andrei a solemn military salute.

André had just finished saluting when Barton walked up. "General Yakov," I had the impression that Patton, who had always been unruly, seemed to speak in a somewhat trembling voice, but he quickly calmed down, "I used to think that police officers and spies were not allowed to enter the army, let alone be qualified to be officers. Because I always thought that they were not real men in comparison, but judging by your performance, I found myself wrong, and hopelessly wrong. I believe that in time he will become a great commander like Kutuzov. ”

After listening to Patton's words, Marshall next to him opened his mouth wide and looked at his subordinate as if he were a stranger. I didn't expect Patton to take the initiative to apologize, and then Andrei said: "It's so late, I should go back to the Soviet embassy." So, Marshall hurriedly said: "Okay, I'll arrange the car immediately." At the same time, he turned to the staff officers next to him and said: "The information of this war game must be kept strictly confidential, and no one can leak a word, and then remember to inform Sir Morgan!" ”

And after Andrei left, he suddenly found that someone was following him on the road, needless to say, it should be the FBI, after all, Andrei is not only a soldier, but also a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but Andrei didn't expect that in addition to the FBI, there were also people from the Strategic Intelligence Agency, the predecessor of the CIA, and these agents also routinely came to stare at Andrei.

And Andre thought that this time he was also fighting for breath, and the result was that the plan for the Normandy landing was put in front of Marshall in advance, and the Sir Morgan that Marshall said at the end should be the British General Morgan, the maker of the landing plan in history, but no matter what, the plan for the Normandy landing may not be able to get next year, after all, Britain and the United States can hope that the Soviet Union and Germany will break the bloodshed.

Andrei did not know that in the future, at an international conference, he scolded the American representative directly for this issue: You and I both know how much our Soviet people paid to defend their homeland in exchange for the final victory! You idiot! Then Andrei gritted his teeth and said, "Let me tell you: in the defense of Leningrad, we paid a heavy price of more than 900,000 people, more than 900,000!" -- in the end, he won a precious victory. Moscow defensive battle, 510,000! Battle of Kyiv, 650,000! Battle of Stalingrad, 1.13 million! 1.13 million! Battle of Berlin, 300,000! Do you want me to say more? Isn't it enjoyable? You American superbrute in a suit! What are you Yankees doing when we are busy at war with Nazi Germany?! If you had opened up the battlefield on the Western Front even one day earlier, the results would have been 10,000 times better!

I can tolerate you insulting me, but I will never tolerate you insulting my country and people! Then Andrei shouted directly, "Your suspicion and even denial of our efforts against fascism is simply the greatest blasphemy against our Soviet people!" ”

Because of this scolding, the Soviet Union directly debated with the West at that time, who had the greatest credit for defeating the fascists, and the huge sacrifice of the Soviet Union made even the most stubborn forces in the United States dare not erase it, and this scolding Andrei also established a tall image for himself to resolutely safeguard the dignity of the country!

However, Andrei did not know that he would completely tear his face with the United States in the future, and at this time he was still enjoying the scenery of the United States with great interest, and when he returned to the embassy, Andrei found that Molotov and Khrulev had not returned, and only Ambassador Litvinov stayed in the embassy. Seeing that Andrei had returned, Litvinov hurriedly and politely beckoned me to sit in the hall and drink tea, waiting for the return of the other two responsible persons.