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Chapter 1735 Polar Bear in Distress

In the past few days of August, Moscow, known as the "capital of the forest", is in the hottest season of the year. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After half a month of continuous exposure to high temperatures, the daily maximum temperature in Moscow has approached 35 degrees Celsius, and people have significantly reduced the time and frequency of going out in addition to commuting.

However, at this moment, the temperature in the Kremlin's Great Soviet Conference Hall seemed to drop to zero degrees Celsius, and the atmosphere was so tense that people couldn't breathe.

Stalin's face was gloomy, and the iconic pipe in his mouth was constantly rising with curling green smoke, and his sparkling eyes were full of anger and murder.

The large oval conference table in front of him was densely packed with people, including military dignitaries in military uniforms, as well as leaders of the Supreme Soviet, the Council of People's Commissars, and the central ministries and commissions in civilian clothes, but no matter what clothes they were wearing, all of them sat upright as usual, without saying a word, looking at their noses and noses and their hearts, like mud bodhisattvas.

Before Stalin showed his attitude, no one dared to stand up casually! Contrary to the will of the leader, it will be bad luck in the current Soviet Union.

In the end, General Zhukov, who was known for his outspokenness, stood up: "Comrade Stalin, now is not the time to hold accountable, we should make a decision as soon as possible, whether to immediately send troops to Persia, or simply withdraw all the troops of Transcaucasia, Azerbaijan and Chuikov to the Caucasus...... The situation is urgent, and if there is no further reaction, our great Soviet Red Army will collapse in the face of the enemy's rapid offensive! ”

"Hmm!"

Stalin, who was rarely not angry, nodded at Zhukov, slowly stood up, took his pipe, paced back and forth around the conference table, and after a long time said:

"Comrades, the situation is indeed very critical, we have deployed 200,000 troops of the Caucasus and Azerbaijan Military Regions in Persia, in addition to the more than 200,000 troops withdrawn from Central Asia under the command of Chuikov, but in the sudden attack of the South Chinese Army against me at 5 o'clock this morning, the troops deployed by Chuikov on the long border have been completely annihilated, and now Chuikov still has at most 150,000 or 60,000 troops in his hands, but they are distributed in the vast land of Persia and fight their own battles.

"The enemy's attack was launched very suddenly, almost at the same time, our airfields, headquarters, barracks, railways, stations, docks and other facilities in Persia were all attacked, and communication was cut off everywhere. During this period, Chuikov tried to communicate by radio, but unfortunately, as happened in Central Asia, our radio communication system was completely out of order...... Finally, Chuikov reported to us on the situation at the front through the phone call of the German Embassy! ”

"Shhhh

There was a gasp in the conference hall.

As long as it does not involve sensitive issues, the leaders of the Central Committee of the Sub-Soviet are still very questionable. Ivanovich. Kalinin asked: "Comrade Stalin, do you know what technology the other side uses to block our radio signals?" ”

Stalin shook his head with some regret:

"Until now, we still have no way of knowing how the other side did all this, although our intelligence department tried to get to the bottom of the truth, and sent excellent agents to infiltrate Nanhua in various capacities on many occasions, but without exception they all disappeared like a stone. The intelligence system of the other side is frighteningly efficient, and so far, we have not received a single telegram from the intelligence officers! I'm even beginning to suspect now that our central government has also been bribed and infiltrated by the other side, and there are a pair of eyes hidden behind the scenes, paying attention to our every move......"

Beria, Chairman of the Central Supervision Commission and NKVD, hurriedly stood up: "Dear Comrade Stalin, under your effective leadership, we have basically eliminated the enemy hidden within the people, and I think the probability of a fish that may slip through the net is very small, and the other side may have adopted some kind of high-tech technology that we do not know about, and everything that our army has experienced from the past to the present is a good confirmation of this!" ”

When everyone heard Stalin's statement that there might be enemy elements hidden inside the Central Committee, their faces changed.

Stalin's campaign of rebellion was so terrible that no one wanted to have to make another painful choice between life and death. Now when they heard Beria's answer, they were all grateful, and they looked at the man with a bald head, a pair of glasses, and a polite appearance.

But then Beria's words pushed everyone's hearts into the abyss. Beria's gaze swept over the faces of a group of party, government, and military bigwigs, and said gloomily:

"However, Comrade Stalin, in response to your call, we, the NKVD, are ready to create a special body to investigate and deal with this matter, and absolutely not to wronged a good person, nor to spare a bad person."

Everyone cursed in their hearts, what 'don't wronged a good person, don't let go of a bad person', once the momentum of purging the spies is created, I don't know how many people will suffer. Under the torture of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, even a tough man of steel could not bear it, and there was no other way than to confess his guilt and bite people.

Stalin, not caring about everyone's mood, nodded appreciatively to Beria, returned to the topic, and continued:

"The pre-war infiltration of the enemy was so good that almost all of Persia and India became a stage for free to come and go! By the time the battle began, the railways, bridges, mountain passes, and other key parts connecting the various units of our army in Persia had all been blasted by infiltrated saboteurs, cars and trains had been set on fire, telephone lines had been cut, and the commanders of many units had even been assassinated by snipers from a distance.

"The enemy's preparations for war have been refined to the extreme, and the direct consequence of this is that our army's command system is in chaos, and it is simply impossible to prevent an effective counterattack...... Okay, let's talk about it! ”

People's Commissar of Defense Voroshilov immediately stood up and said in a firm tone:

"Comrade Stalin, our great Soviet Red Army, confident of crushing all enemies who dare to challenge the Soviets, and the million-strong army assembled in Ukraine, the North Caucasus, the lower reaches of the Don and the Crimean provinces, ready to enter Persia at any time and attack and retreat the enemy's advance and attack until they are completely destroyed."

Zhukov frowned when he heard this, stood up and asked:

"Comrade People's Commissar of Defense, how did you move your troops south through the majestic Caucasus Mountains to the territory of Persia? The more than 500 warplanes we had deployed at the various military airfields in Persia were all destroyed before they could take to air, and according to German forecasts, our opponents numbered more than 3,000 fighters......

"In addition, the front-line departments have lost communication links, how can we mobilize our troops for operations? The enemy can specifically block our messages, but the Germans have no impediment to communication, and before this electronic technology is cracked, rash entry will only lead to greater disaster......

"Finally, according to the report of the North Caucasus Military District, the railways and highways leading to the Transcaucasian republics were blown up by enemy bombers, and it was not possible to transport large quantities of troops and war materiel to the south in a short time. May I ask how in this case can the so-called victory of the People's Commissar of Defense be ensured? ”

Marshal Voroshilov looked disdainful, he slowly sat down and said in an arrogant tone:

"Comrade Zhukov, our heroic and invincible Soviet Red Army, under the guidance of the great Comrade Stalin, can completely overcome all difficulties, not to mention that now only the railway and road are cut off, even if there is no road connection, we have the Soviet Red Army armed with Ulyanovism, and we can easily conquer the Greater Caucasus Mountains. I think that at the beginning, we faced the frenzied offensive of Belarus, which was armed with the help of imperialism, several times larger than ours, and the direct military intervention of China, the United States, Britain, France and other countries, and the situation was 10,000 times more sinister than now. ”

"Nothing?"

Zhukov laughed angrily and said-for-tat: "Well, Comrade Voroshilov, I suggest that you go and climb the Great Caucasus Mountain yourself, and see how much time it takes to walk from the north to the south of the mountain between the lofty mountains and mountains at an altitude of three or four thousand meters!"

"In addition, our Red Army had about 4,100 warplanes, of which 2,500 were deployed in the eastern part of the country to fight the rebellious Far Eastern Army at any time, and we had to deploy thousands of warplanes on the borders of Finland, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania in case of a possible German attack on us.

"In the entire Caucasus, our only six hundred warplanes have already been sent over the territory of Persia more than five hundred, and the number of remaining warplanes is less than a hundred, and many of them are old biplanes, which are simply unable to protect our airspace over the Red Sea and the Caucasus, I wonder what Comrade Voroshilov thinks about this?"

Voroshilov did not expect Zhukov to fight with him, and angrily refuted:

"Don't we still have 3,500 fighters? All of them are transferred to Persia, and the enemy only has 3,000 fighters, and if we knock them all down from the sky, won't they have no fighters? Do you need to ask me such a simple question? ”

"I don't have a problem anymore!"

Zhukov smiled slightly and sat down indifferently.

Voroshilov was feeling strange at Zhukov's softness, and Stalin, who walked behind him, was already condescending, his eyes looked at him like blades, and his mouth spat out words that made him tremble:

"Kliment. Yefremovich, do you think that I have done a bad job in many places, and I want Lyuschenkov, Yegorov and others to preside over the work in the Kremlin? In addition, Hitler now took the entire European continent and is in great power, do you want to bring our Soviet Union under his rule?

"Finally, are the Nazis your comrades, so worthy of your reassurance? Could it be that you have some connection with them, eh? Please tell me, Kliment. Marshal Yefremovich! ”

"Right...... I'm sorry, S...... Comrade Stalin, I ..... That was not what I meant! I...... I'm you...... Most Loyal Followers ......"

Cold sweat the size of a bean oozed from Voroshilov's forehead, and he never thought that he would slap the horse's hooves. At this time, he could no longer care about resenting Zhukov, stood up in a panic, and desperately apologized:

"We ...... We should, of course, focus on the defense of the Far East and Germany, after all...... After all, Persia is only suffering from scabies, even if all of them are sent there...... Giving it to Chinese will not hurt our roots, but if it is...... The defense is empty, and if it is taken advantage of by the Far East and Germany, we will never recover! Right...... I'm sorry, Comrade Stalin, I ...... I made a serious mistake......"

In the middle of the words, this dignified People's Commissar of National Defense, under the threat of Stalin's three major crimes, actually got wet under his pants, and a fishy smell suddenly permeated the conference hall.

Stalin, seeing Voroshilov's unprepared behavior, frowned even more, and just as he wanted to make a loud plea, Molotov, chairman of the Council of People's Commissars and People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, hurried into the conference hall.

Stalin had long wanted to know what the result would be, and looked at Molotov with an inquiring gaze. Molotov shook his head with a wry smile, Stalin's heart sank, and he was no longer interested in dealing with Voroshilov, and turned to Marshal Shaposhnikov, Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army:

"Boris, your General Staff immediately made a plan of action to see how the troops in Persia could be safely withdrawn from Transcaucasia and Azerbaijan. Judging by the current situation, the other side is still very restrained, at least not bombing the cities of Transcaucasia and Azerbaijan located inland! Boris, remember our bottom line, if the enemy wants to invade our land, we will not hesitate to resist it to the end! ”

This was the first time that Stalin had changed his attitude toward South China, and all the party, government, and military officials attending the meeting were stunned for a moment, not understanding why Stalin suddenly showed weakness.

Stalin, somewhat tired, returned to his seat, waved his hand, and said: "Adjourn, comrades!" When we go back, we will do our job and crush the aspirations of the traitors and imperialism against our Soviets...... Vyacheslav. Mikhailovich with Georgi. Two comrades Konstantinovich stay! ”

After the crowd had dispersed, Stalin motioned for Zhukov, who was in the back, to sit down beside him, and then said to Molotov: "What did the Germans say?" ”

Molotov's expression was solemn: "It was Ribbentrop who personally spoke to me on the phone, and he said that the German government supported all Soviet Russian military operations in Persia, but that they could not let this cause them to quarrel with their important trading partner, the Republic of South China. The strategic materials such as tungsten, antimony, manganese, tin, tung oil, and pig bristles that Germany urgently needed had to be imported from South China, and if war was declared on South China, it would not be in Germany's interests, and they were very sorry for this. However, they promised that we could continue to use the German communications system and mobilize troops on the front line. ”

Stalin slammed it hard, and the huge pipe slammed down on the conference table, and then broke into two sections with a crisp sound.

"These hateful Germanic people, I know they have bad intentions!"

Stalin gritted his teeth and scolded: "I have never believed in the promises of that neurotic and hysterical, who in his speeches repeatedly emphasized that the Germans were a superior race, and that the Slavs, the descendants of the dignified European gendarmes, turned out to be an inferior race, and therefore asserted that Germany had the right to conquer and rule the vast lands of Russia and Ukraine."

"As early as fifteen years ago, that madman wrote the book "Mein Kampf", believing that Germany must seize enough living space, expand its territory, and conquer the world, and he openly declared that 'we must look to the country in the East', and 'what cannot be obtained by peaceful means, we must seize it with our fists', and there is no more naked statement!

"As early as three years ago in November, Germany, Italy and Japan signed the "International Treaty of Industry" specifically against Soviet Russia! At the end of May this year, Germany and Italy formally signed an alliance agreement, and in order to test the attitude of Germany and Italy, we said that we would join this agreement, but the Germans ruthlessly refused. At the end of July, the foreign ministers of Germany, Italy and Japan gathered in Berlin to sign a larger agreement soon. Now, we just need their moral support to give us a signal to stabilize the western border so that we can safely move our troops south, or the Germans refused! ”

Speaking of this, Stalin had already calmed down and walked a few steps back and forth in the conference hall before he continued: "Judging from the current situation, the "Non-Aggression Pact" we signed with Germany is actually nothing more than a piece of paper, as long as the Germans decide that they are ready for war, they may transfer their troops to their eastern front at any time and launch an attack on our Baltic, Belarusian, and Ukrainian countries, only a fool will let his guard down!"

Vyacheslav. Mikhailovich, do you think we should appropriately improve relations with South China? During this time, I thought about it for a while, and at first Comrade Ulyanov really intended to return to China the territories of the Far East and Central Asia from China, but then he was afraid that the imperialist countries would turn these regions into forward positions for attacking Soviet Russia, so he finally gave up his original idea!

"The basis of cooperation between the Far Eastern Republic and South China is the tacit acquiescence to the areas occupied by South China. If we also take the initiative to recognize South China's rights and interests in Central Asia and the Far East, and even give them Kemirovo and the surrounding area around Lake Baikal, will we be able to change South China's hostile attitude towards us? ”

Molotov was taken aback, he did not expect Stalin, who had always been known for his tenacity, to say such a thing.

As early as 1921, the Central Committee of Russia and Brazier established a special committee chaired by Stalin, when Stalin proposed a draft resolution called "On the Mutual Relations between the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Independent Republics", which stipulated that Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Georgia and other autonomous republics would join the Russian Federation, which clearly violated the program of the Russian Communist Party, which recognized national self-determination and national equality by the Soviet Central Committee. To make matters worse, when the leaders of the Bolshevik Party in Georgia rose up against them, Stalin eliminated them with brutal organizational means, and Ulyanov, who was recovering from illness at this time, immediately wrote to the Central Directorate of the Central Bureau, severely criticizing the program of "autonomy" and Stalin's great-power chauvinistic mistakes.

After the death of Ulyanov, with the expulsion of Trotsky and others from the Central Committee, Stalin de facto took control of the Soviets, so Stalin once again resumed the style of great power chauvinism and Great Russian nationalism, the Soviet socialist federalism fell into an embarrassing situation of nominal and seriously deformed from more than a decade ago, the "sovereignty" and "right of free separation" of the union republics stipulated in the constitution were shelved, and the Soviet Central Committee put the Russian nation and the Russian Federation in an extremely special position, High above other peoples.

In November last year, the Soviet Union invaded Finland, and in March this year, the Soviet-Finnish Peace Treaty moved the Soviet Union border near Leningrad 150 kilometers to the north, and the Soviet Union acquired more than 40,000 square kilometers of territory into the Karelian Autonomous Republic of the Russian Federation.

In April this year, Stalin openly sent troops to occupy the three Baltic countries on the grounds that the Lithuanian government had violated the Soviet-Lithuanian Pact of Mutual Assistance and had formed an anti-Soviet military alliance with Estonia and Latvia. In early June, when the three countries were forced to join the Soviet Union, Stalin resorted to rare measures of collective punishment against local ethnic discontents, either by exile or deportation abroad, with hundreds of thousands of victims, and the number of Soviet republics increased.

In June of this year, when Hitler's Germany was gaining victory in Western Europe, Stalin sent troops to occupy Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, which were under the jurisdiction of Romania, on the grounds that the international situation required the fastest solution of the territorial problems left over from history, and later incorporated Bessarabia into the Autonomous Republic of Moldavia, which had been established in 1924, thus establishing the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.

It can be said that Stalin's greed for land was extraordinary, how could he voluntarily give up control of the Far East and Central Asia?

But when you think about it, Molotov knows how much pressure Stalin is under now.

On the Western Front, the republics of the Far East, which are gradually recovering, have more than two million well-armed and well-trained troops, most of which are victims of successive purges and rural collectivization movements, and are full of bitter hatred for the Soviets, although after successive incitements, the population of the entire country has shrunk to twenty-five million people, but it has the mineral deposits and industrial centers of the Urals, plus the farms of Siberia and the agricultural support of Central Asia and the *** region controlled by South China, and there are sufficient food and ammunition supplies, It is not known when it will be completely wiped out.

In this way, on the Eastern Front alone, the Soviet army must deploy three million troops to prevent it from penetrating into Ukraine or even launching an offensive on the Russian plain.

Look at the Western Front again. When the Soviet Union signed the "Non-Aggression Pact" with Hitler's Germany, it originally had a plan to drive away the wolf and chase the tiger, expecting Germany to fight to the death with France and Britain like in the last European war, and only after everyone was exhausted did it come out to pick peaches.

For Stalin, the Non-Aggression Pact was a dead letter, and he could conquer all of Poland at any time if needed, sending troops to Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Romania to expand the Soviet territory again.

However, Hitler's gamble was won, and no one expected that France, the world's largest army power, would be so weak that it would lose all its armies in less than two months, and because of the rich captures on the battlefield, Germany was now planning to expand its division by 100 divisions, and the pressure on the Soviet Union's Western Front suddenly increased.

According to the one-to-one defensive ratio, Hitler would have to put at least five million troops on the Western Front to be at ease.

Due to the blockage of the Greater Caucasus Mountains and the strategic buffer of Persia, Turkey and Iraq, the southern front has never been the main point of the Soviet defense, and the deployment of less than 500,000 troops is missing. This time to send troops to northern Persia, Stalin also made a lot of determination, believing that Britain's sporadic troops were no longer enough to threaten the Soviet army, but in order to avoid international disputes, he still played the name of "*** army".

However, the British were attached to the Persian Gulf and did not go, and the *** people put their tentacles in again, and before Stalin could figure out how to face such a complicated situation, an even more terrible opponent suddenly made a move!

Molotov knew that the Germans had transmitted relatively accurate battlefield intelligence to the Soviet Union, and the sea of tanks, planes and soldiers of the Chinese had brought a huge psychological shadow to Stalin.

There are some things that can't be thought about, South China has deployed 3,000 fighters in Turkmenistan and Afghanistan alone, so, plus Central Asia, *** and South China itself, how many fighters will it be?

Stalin knew what was going on in Central Asia, and last year he managed to acquire the huge coal and iron center of the Kemirovo region of Western Siberia with little difficulty, which deepened Stalin's worries!

Having heard that Britain, France, and even Germany had purchased weapons and equipment from South China, and that the amount was still very large, Stalin had already regarded South China as an equal, extraordinarily terrible adversary, and today's defeat favorably proved how correct his previous fears were!

The lesser of two evils is now not two, but three, and Stalin had to make a choice among so many opponents.

Molotov cautiously said: "Maybe we can send diplomats and make contact with the other side!" At around 10:30 a.m. this morning, the Pahlavi dynasty of Persia, which had fled to Baghdad, held a press conference, saying that the South China Army had been invited to enter Persia and calling on the Persian people not to resist the South China Army and to actively cooperate with the South China Army's military operations.

"From this point of view, the two sides should have reached an agreement in advance and distributed the benefits! It seems to me that the goal of South China is nothing more than the oil field area in the southwest of Persia, and in order to connect this oil field with its territory, it is certain that the Persian Gulf coast and western India have become the forbidden territory of South China!

"We can explain our point of view to the South China government, we recognize the special rights and interests of South China in Persia, Afghanistan, India, Central Asia, Siberia, the Far East, but demand that South China must guarantee that it will not be hostile to us, and that the two sides can sign a peace treaty! According to my observations over the years, An Yi, the head of state of South China, was a very trustworthy man, and his military strength had long surpassed that of the Central Army of the Chinese government in Nanjing, but he never had the idea of replacing Chairman Chiang because the supreme leader, Mr. Chiang, was his principal in Whampoa.

It is said that when the Central Red Army of China was forced to move, when it passed through the borders of Guizhou, Sichuan and Yunnan, there were many teachers and brothers in the Red Army who had been in Whampoa, and they received a lot of care. The year before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Yan'an secretly traded with it, selling local oil and coal resources in exchange for weapons and equipment.

"Before Cui Kefu withdrew, Yan'an sent people to cross the Yellow River west to open up an anti-Japanese base area. Many of his brothers in Huangpu within the Red Army, came out to buy machinery and equipment for him, he did not refuse, now Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and other places have been connected with Yan'an as a whole, this base of a large number of new factory machinery and equipment, all from its tacit deal, which makes the northern region of China has gradually become a red ocean! ”

After saying that, Molotov realized that he could not control his mouth a little, and looked at Stalin with a weak heart.

Stalin was still pacing back and forth, thinking and saying: "This is also an important reason why I am inclined to make peace with South China!" After all, compared to Hitler, who regarded promises as a fart, Nanhua always gave people more confidence! And the cannibalism is short-mouthed, and the revival of South China is obtained entirely by cutting meat from the Soviets, and this will be where we can rely in the negotiations! As long as the other party is willing to talk, we can use these lands as conditions and ask the other party to agree to our request! ”

"But—"

Molotov hesitated: "After all, Central Asia, Siberia and the Far East were previously the territory of our Soviets, and if we determine it in the form of official documents, will it be considered a betrayal of Soviet rights and interests?" Will we be written into the history books in the future, leaving behind infamy through the ages? ”

When Stalin heard this, his face changed, and the dictator could not help but hesitate when the matter came.

"Comrade Stalin, Comrade Molotov, let me say a few words!"

Zhukov stood up with a serious face: "The relationship between countries is originally life and death, and the weak eat the strong. Let's not mention that the great Comrade Ulyanov made special instructions on this, but let's just say that these territories are now either in South China or under the control of the Japanese army. We are simply taking what we have lost in exchange for a much-needed and useful guarantee, and that is the most important thing for us!

"According to my observations, by this time next year, Germany will be able to arm at least 10 million troops, including the Wehrmacht and the servant armies armed by Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Poland, France, etc., plus the volunteers sent by 'neutral' Spain, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Portugal, the pressure on the defense of our western border is unimaginable!

"What worries me the most now is that the Germans will attack the Balkans, force Turkey into the war, and then use Turkey to plot against Persia! If Persia is under our control, it goes without saying that we can fight-for-tat, but the problem is that now *** people are also involved!

"What kind of person is ***, everyone must know very well! At the end of last year, we had hoped to replenish the strength of our army by negotiating a return of the Red Army from the ships of neutral countries to Vladivostok and the revolt in the Far East and Siberia! However, the Japanese refused this request, saying that they were well received in Manchuria and did not want to return home! But in reality? All of them were treated as hard labor, doing the heaviest work, and many of them were now exhausted to death, and the commander of this army, General Hanianyan, committed suicide in shame!

"It can be said that now this Persia, for us, it is a pity to abandon the tasteless food! However, if Persia and its neighboring territories were in the hands of South China, it would be different, and if they had signed a peace treaty with us, and had the duty of protecting the Persian royal family and government, with the tough attitude of the South Chinese, they would certainly not allow the Germans to cross the border, and our southern Azerbaijan and Caucasus border areas would always be in a state of security! Judging from the current international situation, this is our best choice! ”

Stalin calmly thought for a moment and asked: "Are there any other reasons?" ”

Zhukov nodded: "The Chinese monopolize the Persian Gulf, and now it is nothing to coincide with a world war, if the war ends in the future, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction on the side of the victorious country!"

"If Britain, with the support of the United States, succeeds in turning the tables, then will the British, as the traditional rulers of India, Persia and Afghanistan, be willing to suffer their interests? There will inevitably be a fierce dispute, and there may even be a war! Britain and the United States have always been one, and if South China goes to war with Britain, it will inevitably not be able to eat well! On the other hand, if Germany, Italy and Japan ruled the world, would they let such a behemoth be by their side? The territory of Nanhua is currently completely surrounded by ***, and it can attack Nanhua anytime and anywhere, with the support of Germany, the outcome of the war is not difficult to imagine!

"If our Soviets still exist at that time, these are opportunities that can be used to recover Central Asia and the Far East! Not necessarily, Persia and Afghanistan can also be taken as interest! Of course, all this is based on the premise that the Soviets still exist, and if we fail under the German attack, even if the Anglo-American reversal in the end, what good will it do us?

"Therefore, we must do whatever it takes to have good relations with South China, preferably a bilateral trade agreement, we very much need South China's advanced weapons and equipment to strengthen our army, we also need food, cotton clothing and medical drugs including sulfonamides and penicillin, all of which can only be provided by South China!

"At this critical juncture when the Soviets are facing the critical moment of life and death, I implore the great Comrade Stalin to put the overall situation first, temporarily put aside all grievances and grievances, and strive to achieve peace with South China!"

Stalin was deeply moved, sat back in his seat and thought calmly for a long time, the look on his face was sometimes hideous, sometimes kind, sometimes frowning, sometimes smiling, and finally said to Molotov: "Vyacheslav. Mikhailovich, what do you think? ”

Molotov nodded: "It's worth a try!" As Comrade Zhukov said, we can think of anything else only if we guarantee the leadership of Comrade Stalin, preserve our Soviet power, otherwise, everything will not make sense to us!

"The Germans have now divided their forces, partly preparing to conquer Britain, partly south to North Africa and the Balkans, and then to the Middle East and North Africa! We must hurry up the armed forces, otherwise what awaits us will be a terrible defeat! ”

Stalin finally decided: "Okay, Vyacheslav . Mikhailovich, I'll leave this matter to you! Whatever method you use, you must contact the leaders of South China, and I will give you full responsibility! ”

Speaking of this, Stalin said to Zhukov again: "Georgy. Konstantinovich, the General Staff needs people like you to dominate the war in Persia, I don't want different voices in the army, I am ready to appoint you to the post of Deputy People's Commissar of Defense and Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army, officially promoted to the rank of marshal, do you have any ideas? ”

Zhukov hesitated for a moment and said calmly: "My most respected Comrade Stalin, I have never had any experience in the staff department before, and I am afraid that I will not be able to do ...... well"

Stalin waved his hand: "You have already shown yourself perfectly in the first battle of Kirov!" The Soviets, as powerful as they look now, are full of holes, and a military genius must be there to fill them one by one! And you, the best candidate! ”

"Okay!"

Zhukov solemnly saluted: "I obey the arrangement of the organization, I hope you will not be disappointed!" ”

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