Chapter 248: The Frightened West

At noon on December 1, Gusev delivered a plate of materials transferred by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and People's Commissariat to Lin Jun. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 ο½‰ο½Žο½†ο½

"Chief, this is a copy that Comrade Molotov specially transferred."

It seems that Molotov's side must have emphasized it, otherwise a steady person like Gusev would not have a "special" hint.

His eyes were bloodshot, Lin Jun's face was very bad, he hadn't closed his eyes for more than 50 hours. Debenko, Orlov and the attachΓ©s all wanted him to rest, but Lin Jun really had too much to do. Although the people below deliberately did not send some relatively minor battle situation reports to him last night, Lin Jun was still busy in the office all night, systematically summarizing the shortcomings and areas that need to be improved in the Red Army in the past two days.

After processing the necessary documents in the morning, he originally wanted to take a nap, but Molotov's materials had to be processed first - the materials that could make him pay special attention to Lin Jun could not delay.

After 15 minutes, Lin Jun put down the information in his hand, he just read it briefly, but he already knew why Molotov attached so much importance to these materials.

With an elbow clamp, he walked outside, "Gusev." ”

Debenko, who was in the command headquarters, saw Lin Jun and Gusev walk in, and everyone except him saluted Lin Jun.

Motioning for everyone to continue, Lin Jun walked over to the huge map table.

"Andrey, you need to rest!" Debenko could see that Lin Jun was an all-nighter last night and reminded him.

"It's okay, I'll go to sleep when I'm done with what I'm doing."

As he spoke, he handed over the materials he was holding to Debenko: "The People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs has transferred it, and those Western politicians are chirping crookedly again, and the Kremlin wants to ask us how much time we need so that we can gain the diplomatic initiative." ”

The Germans did not say a word and cooperated happily, but Britain and France, who were still sitting back and watching Poland perish and still cultivating themselves in the trenches, "took a busy time" and loudly condemned the Soviet Union's attack on Finland, and threatened to send volunteers to support Finland, without any sense of initiators. Even the United States on the other side of the Atlantic is clamoring for military assistance to Finland.

"It's hard to protect yourself and you have to send volunteers?! John the Bull and the Gallic Chicken are on the nerves! ”

Debenko skimmed through the material quickly, dismissive of the Anglo-French move.

"Britain and France really have the possibility of sending volunteers, and they are counting on Hitler's hot brain to make friction with us, their thinking is peculiar, and sometimes it is difficult for us to understand. Now Germany is confronting them on the Western Front, Germany will not march west until the beginning of spring, Hitler does not like winter. ”

Lin Jun made such a judgment based on the reality and memory. Judging from the news coming back from Paris and London, the British and French high-level leaders are already discussing the formation of a volunteer army, and the US parliament has convened an emergency meeting to discuss military aid.

"What the Kremlin means is that if we can end the war in a timely manner, all the clamor in the west will be in vain, and there will be no real threat until the next war breaks out."

Debenko quickly understood what the central government meant.

"You see how long it will take for the Finns to propose an armistice, Molotov is waiting for this."

"One week, one week at most." Debenko is confident, "If they don't propose a truce in a week, I will be able to occupy Helsinki in half a month." ”

"Alright, I'll call Molotov."

"You need to rest, your steel body will be exhausted!" Debenko's tone was a little hard.

"Hehe, I'll sleep after the call, I know it in my heart."

Returning to his office, he received a call from Molotov from the Ministry of People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs in Moscow: "Comrade Molotov, in seven days at most, if you have not received the agreement from the Finns by then, please tell Comrade Stalin that on Chinese New Year's Eve I will call him in the office of Cario in Helsinki to congratulate him on the New Year." ”

"Okay, Comrade Andrey, I will definitely tell you. Good bye. "Lin Jun wants to call the office of the President of Finland, and that will only be one reason.

"Goodbye, Comrade Molotov." Hung up the phone, went to the bathroom to wash up, and when he saw the palace bed specially prepared for him, his eyelids couldn't help but start fighting.

"It's too soft, it's still comfortable on the marching bed, let Leonov find someone to change it tomorrow." This was Lin Jun's last consciousness before he fell asleep.

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Lin Jun, who was sleeping soundly, did not know that the Kremlin's worries no longer existed at the moment of his call, but no one in the Soviets knew about it at present, because the rapid advance of the Red Army and the strong military offensive capability it showed made the entire Western top brass worry, and even caused panic!

At noon, Hitler, who was in the Chancellery in Berlin, listened to Ribbentrop's report, and after combining the intelligence of the army's intelligence system, Hitler came to a conclusion that shocked him: the military power of Soviet Russia was far greater than he had expected!

"Switzerland wants to provide military assistance to Finland and wants us to make it easier." Ribbentrop said.

"We must not allow Swiss aid to pass through our territory, and you have to deal with the Swiss." Hitler grimaced, his hands pressed against the huge oak desk.

"Yes, my FΓΌhrer." Ribbentrop knew that would be the result.

Hitler was shocked by the military might of Soviet Russia, and he was annoyed by the cunning of the Soviet Union, by the incompetence of the intelligence services, and by the complete failure to understand the true strength of the Soviet Union.

Now intelligence shows that the Soviets did not blindly attack Finland on all fronts, and did an impeccable tactical job. The most surprising thing is that according to the intelligence from Finland, the Russians broke through 40 kilometers in a few hours on the heavily fortified "Mannalin Line"! Hitler still knew the Finns' line better, and thought that he would not have been better off by the German army.

Now that the whole of Germany and the occupied territories are preparing for an attack on the Western Front, this will in no way anger the Kremlin, the Stalin, who will do everything and will do everything! -- This was a decision made by Hitler. The tone was set in the first half of the year, and now that Soviet Russia was showing its hidden talons, Hitler knew he needed to rethink his strategy in the East, and of course all on the premise of defeating Britain and France.

There was a strong, not very friendly neighbor behind him, which made Hitler very uncomfortable, "Britain and France must be resolved as soon as possible, and enough forces must be gathered to be qualified to discuss the strategy of the East!" ”

Hitler knew what he had to do.

In Paris and London, the leaders of Britain and France were even more shocked. The French, in particular, knew very well what the "Mannererine Line" meant, because the designers were French, imitations of their own lines.

"The Soviet army was so strong that the offensive was as smooth and fast as a hot knife cutting through butter, although the Finnish Army could not match its own army. If the Germans storm the "Maginot Line", will they be able to stop it? How long can it be blocked? ”

The current situation of the "Mannarin Line" led the French to the conclusion that the mobile forces of the "Maginot Line" must be strengthened, it will not work to hold the fortress to the death, and only a combination of sufficient mobile forces and the fortress can achieve victory!

Lin Jun and the Soviets were unable to storm the "Mannerin Line", and the French apparently did not take this into account, but were ready to send some reserves to the "Maginot Line".

Lin Jun in Leningrad did not know what the French thought, and if he knew, he would definitely say: "Stupid! ”

What will be the outcome of not strengthening the forces to the Ardennes Forest area at the junction of the three countries, but transferring more to the "Maginot Line"? Besides, Hitler was not stupid, but smart.

What frightened Britain and France the most was not the fear of whether the "Maginot Line" would be able to hold back the German army that could attack, but the Soviet Union itself. Ideologically, they saw Soviet Russia as a beast of horror than fascist Germany, and that the current non-aggression pact between the Soviet Union and Germany, coupled with the fact that Poland and the Soviet Union were now fighting with Finland, which was relatively friendly to the two countries, - what would happen if the Soviet Union and Germany joined forces?! The USSR would gladly smash Paris and London to the ground!

This frightening possibility is something that British and French politicians must now consider, and it seems to them that it is very likely to happen.

At the end of the 30s of the 20th century, it could be said that everything was possible, at least on the surface (history is true, Britain and France feared for a long time that the Soviet Union would form an alliance with Germany). )。

"The dispatch of volunteers to Finland will be suspended for the time being, and we will wait and see how things develop." The two governments made this decision wisely.

Sending more than 100,000 troops to Finland, regardless of whether the Finnish government could afford to get the day the volunteers arrived, if there was a real fight, it would be to force the Soviet Union to point the finger at him, and Hitler would be happy to see this scene.

Britain and France put aside the matter of sending volunteers for the time being, and dealt with the immediate problems relatively wisely, but the United States on the other side of the ocean did not have the worries of Britain and France.

"The bridgehead for the assault on Soviet power cannot fall!"

The Americans are still very efficient, the issue of appropriations is on the agenda, and the arms manufacturers are constantly engaged in activities - the Finns do not pay, but they settle the green dollars, and the US government will pay for them.

A few arms companies were even more straightforward, and even the goods were prepared in a very short time, lobbied around with a list of recommendations, and could be loaded and shipped as soon as Congress approved it.

No matter who fights, the arms dealer is always the beneficiary.

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