Qiao Yu led a huge Chinese delegation on the way to Yalta, and the plane first stopped at Stalingrad, less than a year after the world-shaking battle, and most of Stalingrad's city was still in ruins. But there were already a large number of Soviet people, the vast majority of whom were women and the elderly, who had already wiped out the younger generation in order to win the war.

The cruelty of the war can be imagined, and the most hurt is always these ordinary people, from the body of the Soviets Qiao Yu can even see the shadow of another nation, they are far behind the Soviet Union in all aspects, but they have to face more ferocious opponents, eight years of resistance against Japan, tens of millions of heroic souls, only to stop the national fortune that continues to fall into the abyss, the generosity and tragedy of which is even more indescribable.

Stalin, the master of the Soviet Union, was also waiting for Qiao Yu in the city that bears his name, and Stalin knew very well that the Soviet Union would survive the most difficult time, and China's help was crucial.

In terms of aid, China did not provide as much as the United States, but China provided the Soviet Union with a safe rear, and with its back to China, the Soviet Union could concentrate on confronting Germany. For the Soviet Union, this played an extremely huge role, but Germany had to face a situation of attacking from two sides, dividing its energy into the east and west, and even pulling a straw bag of Mussolini, and the defeat of the Germans was inevitable.

Out of respect for Qiao Yu, Stalin deliberately waited for Qiao Yu here, and the two would have a short meeting before heading to Yalta together.

According to the theory of geopolitics, it is believed that there must be enough buffer zones between major powers, so as to ensure the security between major powers. However, there is still no other place in the world like the United States, which is located in two oceans. Some of the big countries had to be huddled together.

For example, the old enemies of Germany and France have fought several large-scale wars in Europe in a row. And the same is true between China and the Soviet Union. Although Qiao Yu supported the Far Eastern Republic as the boundary between the two countries, there was still a section of the border between China and the Soviet Union on the northwest border, and there was also a section in the Far East, both of which were thousands of kilometers long. If it is not handled well, it will become the biggest hidden danger for the two countries.

"Mr. Generalissimo, we are meeting this time for the sake of peace for decades to come, if not centuries. China and the Soviet Union are each other's largest neighbors. I believe that the two countries must establish an adequate communication mechanism, understand each other and restrain each other on border issues, inform each other of any large-scale military movements, and resolutely avoid military conflicts! ”

Stalin's brows furrowed slightly: "Mr. President, if you follow the current division method, your country will take a big advantage. Our road to the Pacific Ocean is completely blocked! ”

"There is an old Chinese saying, called the lost mulberry elm, the east corner of the harvest! The gateway to the Mediterranean Sea has been opened to your country, with Turkey as a base. Wouldn't it be easier to embrace the ocean? ”

In fact, Russia occupies a vast land, but this land is more like a wild land abandoned by Europe and Asia. The essence of Asia occupies the part in China, and in the eyes of the Chinese, places such as Siberia are definitely bitter cold places. The essence of Europe is in Western Europe, and from the perspective of Western Europe, Eastern Europe and other regions have also been places inhabited by barbarians since ancient times.

Russia has also become an outcast on two continents, and Asians treat them as Europeans, and Europeans treat them as Asians, and they are actually in a very awkward position. Moreover, this abandoned land is too far away from the sea, and in an era of sea power, not being able to embrace the sea means moving away from world hegemony and wealth, which is the pain of successive Russian rulers.

Now the polar bear is reaching for Turkey, which is still far from the real ocean, and the Soviet Union has to break through the Strait of Gibraltar to enter the Atlantic, but it is close to the Middle East, and the geographical position is extremely important enough to make up for what the Soviet Union has lost in the Pacific.

"Roosevelt and Churchill are meeting in Malta, and I don't think they're going to back down easily!"

Stalin's meaning is very clear, that is, he hopes to pull Qiao Yu to help and jointly deal with the United States and Britain, in fact, the current international order is more similar to China's Three Kingdoms era, the United States and Britain are like the powerful Wei State, and China and the Soviet Union are like Wu and Shu, although there are many contradictions between Wu and Shu, but if you want to survive well, you must join forces appropriately to fight against the powerful Wei State.

Qiao Yu also intends to support the Soviet Union on some issues, but Qiao Yu is not prepared to get too close to the Soviet Union.

"The Soviet Union paid a great price in the war and must be adequately compensated, and I think Roosevelt was a smart man, and the meeting between us will be easy!"

Roosevelt was a smart man, and the one who wasn't smart was Churchill. In fact, judging from the Yalta Conference, Roosevelt was not prepared for an all-out confrontation with the Soviet Union, so Roosevelt made concessions to the Soviet Union on many issues.

What Roosevelt sought was to achieve American leadership over the world and to integrate the Soviet Union into the post-war international system on the premise of fully respecting the interests of the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, however, his plan was not completed and he died early, and his successor, President Truman, was obviously much inferior to Roosevelt in terms of international strategy, and he recklessly provoked an all-out confrontation between the two great powers.

Don't look at the victory of the United States in the Cold War, but the price paid is also very staggering, and whether it is worth it or not needs to be weighed by history. However, it is certain that Churchill has been playing the role of a-stirring stick in this process, and he spared no effort to provoke relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Churchill's calculations were also shrewd, and as long as there was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, Britain's value as an important ally of the United States could be reflected.

The meeting of the Big Three has become a meeting of the Big Four, and with the addition of a weighty China, the room for maneuver of various countries has become much larger, and international relations have become more complicated.

It is precisely because of this consideration that Qiao Yu has been working hard to ease Sino-Soviet relations, China must not act as the vanguard of the Cold War, and this kind of good thing should be left to the Soviet Union and the United States.

In fact, Stalin was constantly thinking about the policy of the Soviet Union, as a country with a main body in Europe, the most direct enemy of the Soviet Union was still the United States, Britain and other Western countries, and although China and the Soviet Union had new and old hatreds, blindly confronting China would create a situation in which the enemy was on the back and was very irrational.

After careful consideration, Stalin agreed to Qiao Yu's proposal, and the two countries immediately reached a series of treaties, the main purpose of which was to prevent military conflicts, and the two sides held regular meetings of the military and political leaders to carry out bilateral trade on an equal and mutually beneficial basis. At the same time, the Far Eastern Republic was brought in, and the three countries signed an economic cooperation agreement.

After the two heads of state had agreed on the question of principle between China and the Soviet Union, they went to Yalta, where Roosevelt and Churchill were joined shortly after they arrived, and they had held some talks in Malta to coordinate the interests of the United States and Britain.

The Big Four are gathering again, and on the surface, all four of them are laughing and laughing, the Allies are on a rapid counteroffensive, China and the United States are besieging Tokyo, the Normandy landings have been successfully implemented, the Allies are advancing towards Paris, the momentum is unprecedented, and victory is within reach.

But the Big Four knew that the competition between them had just begun, and after a brief greeting, the talks began in earnest, in which the main topics were to discuss the fight against fascism, including the establishment of the United Nations, the management of the post-war world order, and the maintenance of world peace.

The Big Four all agreed to completely eliminate the German fascists and partition Germany, but there was a big problem on this issue, and that was France. Churchill insisted that France should participate in the partition and occupation of Germany, and the old thing was also very shrewd, and Britain was now alone, and there was no way to compete with the United States and the Soviet Union, so he wanted to pull France in, after all, de Gaulle's Free France was under the protection of Churchill, and Britain and France could completely huddle together for warmth.

Moreover, Churchill is also elevating France's international status, once it participates in the partition occupation, it proves that France is also a big country, and the next step is to establish the United Nations, and France also has hope to enter.

This is Churchill's wishful thinking, but as soon as he put it forward, Stalin strongly objected, because China participated in the Normandy landings, the partition occupied Germany, there must be a share of China, the four countries to occupy Germany is already very crowded, where can it be given to the French.

Roosevelt's attitude was more ambiguous, he wanted to restrain the Soviet Union and weaken Britain, if France's status as a great power was recognized, the United States would lay a nail in the European continent, which would be very beneficial to the entire strategic layout, but Roosevelt also had other ideas.

Roosevelt's vision of the post-war international structure was based on cooperation between major powers, and the United Nations was an important body for realizing this idea.

If France is to be brought in and become a big five power, although the United States has added an ally, it is also a stimulus to China and the Soviet Union, and it is not good that these two countries will join together to keep warm, and once China and the Soviet Union join hands, the United States will have no effect even if Britain and France are gathered.

At this time, Qiao Yu's meeting with Stalin in Stalingrad played a role, and Roosevelt's heart had to weigh it repeatedly, once the United States was too ugly and stimulated the hands of the Soviet Union, the United States would definitely lose more than it gained.

Therefore, Roosevelt also said: "France did not play a great role in the war, and it was not appropriate to participate in the partition occupation!" ”

"France is a traditional power on the European continent, and it also paid a great price in the early stage of the war, we cannot turn our backs on France, I think not only let France participate in partition and occupation, but also give France a higher international status and become a permanent member of the United Nations in the future."

Churchill made it clear that he wanted to support France as a permanent member. Qiao Yu, who had not spoken on the side, suddenly spoke: "Mr. Prime Minister, if you pay the price before the war, it can be used as a standard for becoming a great power, then can Poland also be a great power?" In this war, Abyssinia's contribution was greater than that of the French, and France was not qualified at all! (To be continued.) )