"In order to gain sufficient depth of defense, we had to neutralize the threat from the Finnish proximity. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info I think that if it is convenient, I hope that Comrade Molotov can introduce our policy towards Finland. ”

Molotov was still silent for the time being, and Lin Jun was still silent in his remarks attacking the senior leaders of the Comintern, which Stalin had not greeted him beforehand, and he could not see a name on his face. As far as he, the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, was concerned with Stalin's careful advice after the meeting, and many Comintern personnel were purged during the "purge". ”

While still thinking in his head, he didn't expect Lin Jun to kick the topic of the meeting to him, so he had to glance at Stalin, who nodded his head and signaled that Molotov could make the statement to Finland public in advance here.

"We will make five demands to the Finnish government: first, Finland must cede its islands in the Gulf of Finland; second, Finland moved back to a landmark on the Karelian Isthmus between the Baltic Sea and Lake Ladoga; Third, Finland must lease us the Hankoan Air Naval Base in the Gulf of Finland for 30 years; Fourthly, Finland must cede to us Finnish territory on the Rebaci Peninsula in the Lapland region; Fifthly, a mutual assistance treaty with us is signed to protect the security of the Gulf of Finland. In order to compensate for the losses caused to Finland by the above requirements, we will make some adjustments to some of the border lines. ”

Listening to Molotov's introduction, everyone can understand that it is possible for the Finns to make partial compromises, but it is impossible to fully agree to the conditions put forward by their own side, and the above five conditions must be obtained by the Soviet Union in order to ensure security in the north, all this can only mean war.

Molotov returned to his seat, and Lin Jun took over the topic: "According to Kuusinen's suggestion, as long as we launch a full-scale military operation against Finland, and the group of people he organized calls on the Finns, we can form a new Soviet government in all of Finland." According to his suggestion, our war with Finland would require the occupation of all of Finland or the collapse of the existing Finnish government, neither of which would be very realistic, and we would pay a huge price for it, and it would be completely worth the loss. ”

"What we need is security in strategic depth, primarily in the Gulf of Finland and the Karelian Isthmus, where the main focus of the Finns' defense at the moment is also located. With Lake Ladoga as the boundary, our military operations will face a completely different defensive posture, and it can be said that in the event of a war against Finland, we will fight two completely different wars at the same time. ”

The Karelian Isthmus is different from the terrain of northern Finland, Lin Jun walked to the map, "With Lake Ladoga as the boundary, the northern region is all cold forests, and our mechanized troops have no advantage at all, while in the Karelian Isthmus, the superiority in firepower will determine that we can achieve strategic objectives relatively easily." ”

"Winter temperatures in Finland can drop to -40 degrees Celsius at night! Comrades can understand the meaning of this temperature, and it and the snow with a thickness of more than a meter will cause great difficulties for the movement of our mechanized troops, and the ski units of the Finns will not be affected by this. But we had to act after the land froze, otherwise it would have been impossible for the infantry to pass through the forest-swampy areas. ”

Although the temperature in the summer is comfortable in the twenties, the ground will be a big mud pool, depending on who can adapt to the cold.

"In winter, from Leningrad to the north, there are only five hours of daylight at most a day, and the long nights with extremely low temperatures will be the first problem for our army to overcome. The Finns have warm underground and semi-underground fortifications in the defensive area, and what if they harass our troops under the cover of night? In order to survive every cold and life-threatening night, our soldiers can only rely on the fire to overcome the severe cold, and the fire is the best sign for a sneak attack on the army. We have learned that the detachment has a very large number of sniper troops, and that not to mention the artillery bombardment with the light of fire, the infantry detachments and snipers that cover the forest can trap our troops in the northern forest. Comrades, it is more than minus 40, and tanks and cars only need to be turned off for 15 minutes, and if they are not baked, any unit that survives the 19-hour night will become a pile of ice sculptures! ”

"I'm not alarmist, our deep and rapid assault simply won't work in a terrain like northern Finland, and harassment at night will destroy the morale of the troops. Of course, the Finns are not unbeatable monsters, and we have been preparing how to fight in the northern forest since the year before. The units of the Leningrad Military District have been preparing for winter operations for a year, and there are not only heavily armed units that storm the Mannarin Line, but also small detachments that are good at fighting forest guerrillas, and the commanders are all veterans of guerrilla warfare in the civil war. And last winter, the troops in Siberia also spent the whole winter preparing for it, and the Finns adapted to the cold, and the cold is also our ally, but they have an advantage in infrastructure that we do not have. ”

"So, comrades, in the northern forest regions we will fight a guerrilla war with the Finns that is completely different from our main strategic thinking, and only guerrilla warfare can be used against the Finns, who are as cunning as arctic foxes. Such a guerrilla war doomed us to a limited offensive on the northern border with Finland, and it was impossible to advance on a large scale. If our large-scale mechanized troops penetrate deep into the forest area, the guerrillas will be able to deal a heavy blow to our mechanized troops who can only advance along the forest roads. ”

"If we put our main forces on the northern front, we will not only fail to achieve the desired goal, but also suffer unnecessary losses, so we will put the main direction of attack on the Manalin Line on the Karelian Isthmus, seize the opportunity of the suitable movement of mechanized troops in the lake area of the isthmus in winter, and storm the well-defended Manalin Line. The armies that were prepared to be the main force had intensified their training to storm fortified areas and fortifications, and they were well equipped, and this would be a battle in which we were well prepared and the Finns were passively defended. Once in Vyborg, the Finns would agree to our strategic demands, as the distance from Vyborg to Helsinki would be relatively suitable for an attack by mechanized troops. ”

"There is also forest terrain on the Karelian Isthmus, how to deal with it if the Finns use the tactics you say?" It was Comrade People's Commissar of National Defense who questioned him.

"All group armies up to battalion-level units have a certain number of specialized ski units and sniper units, and their equipment is the same as that of ordinary troops, which can adapt to extreme temperatures of minus 40 degrees, but are more suitable for field operations, and all soldiers and officers are from Siberia and have experience in field lurking. While the mechanized troops were marching and attacking or stationed, these detachments of fighters from the Siberian plains would act as cover and defense. These detachments were the first line of defense against possible night and forest raids by the Finns. ”

"From the side of the Air Force, we have enough coagulation ****** and new bombs for the Finns. In the snow and woodlands, the power of ordinary shells and bombs will be greatly reduced, and our new bombs will be terrifyingly lethal to the Finns' partisan detachments and units, and in some ways very inhumane. ”

Lin Jun was talking about the trick he came up with at the end of last year, but he didn't have time to test it on the Haraha River, which was a cluster bomb that exploded in a large area!

"As soon as a call is received from a liaison officer of ground aviation, bombers acting as cover will appear as soon as possible and completely destroy the Finnish infantry in the target area according to the guidance."

Stalin named the People's Commissar of the Red Navy Orlov and asked him to report on the Navy's preparations for war.

"Comrade Stalin, comrades. The Red Navy was ready for a landing in the Baltic Sea, and two original units of old battleships and destroyers were to serve as landing cover forces. Orlov seemed to have something to say, but he didn't know if it was appropriate to mention it at the meeting, he didn't have the courage and backstage like Lin Jun, so he gestured to Stalin.

"Today's meeting is a joint operational meeting, Comrade Orlov, you will give a briefing on the new preparations of the Red Navy."

"Yes, Comrade Stalin. Comrades, our battleship USS Soviet Union has been officially put into service, and this time it will make its official appearance with the aircraft carrier formation to cooperate with the ground operations in the waters northwest of Murmansk. ”

Orlov really startled Lin Jun halfway through his words, and thought that the old man was happy to get the Soviet Union to the Baltic Sea to bombard Helsinki, which was as difficult as Germany breaking through the Royal Navy's North Sea defense circle. The battle between Britain and Germany at sea has become white-hot, and God knows if there will be torpedoes from the bottom of the sea swimming over the Soviet Union, and you must know that there will be many submarine captains on both sides who will risk their lives to fire torpedoes at the Soviet Union. If something happens to the Soviet Union, and it's not clear who did it, anything can happen.

The meeting lasted until nightfall, and finally Stalin agreed with Lin Jun's strategic vision for Finland - not to occupy the whole of Finland as a strategic goal, but to break through the Mannalin Line, occupy Vyborg and threaten Helsinki, and use the northern front as a diversion to force the Finns to agree to his five-point demands.

When he left Stalin's office, Lin Jun felt so tired that he hadn't said anything for a long time, and in order to convince the Central Committee, he said everything he wanted. It's just that according to Lin Jun's plan, Comrade Voroshinov's position will be extremely stable, and if it were not for the disastrous victory of the Red Army in the Soviet-Finnish war, Comrade Marshal would not have been able to step down. Comrade Marshal did not step down and compared with the crushing victory, Lin Jun preferred Voroshinov to remain his People's Commissar of Defense. (To be continued.) )