. In the winter of 1941, Russia was particularly cold, and the large-scale exchanges between the Soviet Union and Russia had begun to gradually decrease since the beginning of winter, and Russia was not a suitable season for war.

The harsh cold winter gave the arrogant Hitler a resounding slap in the face, and more than 5 million troops who entered the Soviet Union did not prepare winter clothes in time, so that when the first heavy snow fell, the number of soldiers who were frozen to death or amputated due to frostbite overnight reached more than 2,600, and this number is still increasing. Food and fuel were not prepared, so that they were caught off guard. The German soldiers were forced to scavenge for all the clothing, food, and fuel they could, because the harsh reality had told them that in a thin tent, if there was no campfire around them at night, it was likely that all the soldiers in a tent would be frozen corpses when they woke up in the morning.

But the German soldiers who were struggling on the front lines in Soviet Russia did not know that the Yuan Zheng, whom they admired, was thundering in the office of the Chancellery, and that it was Lieutenant General Rafis of the German Logistics Department and a group of generals of the German Reich who suffered his wrath.

"You're all a bunch of complete bastards, and you actually froze to death nearly 3,000 frostbitten soldiers in a day, and what about the logistics you swore to promise before the war? Where is it? Hitler's face was very pale at this time, and there was still a trace of milk in a yellow shirt, which showed that Hitler, who usually paid attention to his image, was in a very bad mood at this time.

"Guderian's panzer group had to stop because it ran out of fuel, and Paulus's assault group also lost its offensive capability because it didn't have enough winter clothing, didn't the staff think of preparing enough winter clothing for the troops before this?" Hitler's saliva almost squirted in the faces of the generals.

In the face of Hitler's accusations, Lieutenant General Rafiz mentioned his psychological grievances, and he specially reminded Hitler to pay attention to the smooth flow of logistics and the reserve of sufficient winter clothes before the start of the war, but Hitler, who was arrogant and carried away at that time, did not accept the advice of the cautious logistics minister, but arrogantly said: "Three months is too long, winter clothes or anything is by no means necessary for the brave German soldiers, and when the Russian winter comes, our soldiers have already sat on the special train back to Germany singing triumphant songs." ”

But the reality played a big joke with Hitler, the German team followed in the footsteps of Napoleon, in the face of the Soviet army that was strictly defended, the German army outside Moscow did not have enough clothing and food for the winter, and the telegram from the German generals on the Soviet-German front requesting the transfer of supplies as soon as possible flew to Hitler's office like snowflakes. This was a great blow to the ambitious apostle of God, and he was so angry that he could not resist gathering the generals together and severely reprimanding them.

Marshal of the 6th Army on the side, Feng. Braucić couldn't stand it anymore, and couldn't help but say a fair word for Lieutenant General Rafis: "My yuan, I think the most important thing now is not to hold anyone responsible, but how to mobilize enough supplies to deliver to the soldiers at the front as soon as possible." "Feng. Brauchitsch is a typical military character, he is not interested in things other than the military, and he seems to be a little passable in his daily work, and he does not dare to refute Hitler's orders, but today he can't help but jump out of Hitler with such a big thunder against Lieutenant General Rafiz even though it is obviously his own fault.

"Oh? You mean I'm not right! A chill shot out of Hitler's little eyes, and his tone miraculously calmed down. But those who know him well know that whenever their boss gives him this look, it means that the boss is seriously dissatisfied with someone.

"It's not good, Yuan is on fire!" Feng. Marshal Brauchitsch's heart tightened, it would be too bad if he was taken down by his boss for this reason. Naturally, he also knew the reason why Hitler was in a bad mood, because just yesterday afternoon the Americans had declared war on the Japanese and had taken the Germans with them. This also made the Germans feel a little aggrieved, damn, it wasn't us who attacked your Pearl Harbor, what do you mean by taking us on board, do you declare war on us for the British.

The old marshal, who was initially uneasy, quickly stood up and said nervously: "My Yuan, I don't dare to question your words, but I think it's better to order him to atone for his sins than to blame General Memphis?" "Feng. Marshal Brauchitsch was frightened, but he still pretended to have the courage to ask Lieutenant General Memphis for a favor in disguise.

"Oh, Marshal Memphis, do you have anything to do?" Sure enough, Hitler heard this and immediately turned his attention to Memphis.

Memphis smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Dear Yuan, now the railway to the eastern front has been covered with snow and is often attacked by Soviet and Russian partisans, so the efficiency of the railway has been much slower than in previous months. As for the roads, because we are now short of trucks, and because the roads are slippery, the trucks are very slow, so they cannot meet the needs of the front, and besides, we have to transport not only food, clothing and fuel to the front, but also ammunition, and our logistics line has long been out of the burden. ”

"You can't do this or that, do you want the soldiers on the front line to wear autumn clothes and fight hungry?" Hitler finally couldn't help but stand up and slam the table with his right hand! "You always say that it is difficult here and difficult there, but if you look at the Chinese people, don't they also suffer from the cold? But why are people's troops okay? They are now drinking vodka in Yekaterinburg and Siberia comfortably over the fire, and they don't forget to watch our jokes. ”

Knowing that now everyone finally understands the real reason for today's boss's fire, it turns out that he is despised by the Chinese people. Just a few months ago, Hitler was satisfied that he did not need the Chinese to meddle in the affairs of Soviet Russia in Europe, so that they could stop advancing, and even said that the Germans could occupy the whole of Moscow before the Chinese army occupied Yekaterinburg, but now Moscow is still in the hands of the Russians, but he was woken up by the harsh winter of Russia, which made their boss, who had always been good-looking, embarrassed.

But it's okay not to mention the Chinese, when it comes to the Chinese, General Memphis is also a belly of resentment, "Dear Yuan, as far as I know, the Huaxia people have already sent enough clothing and food to Siberia before the onset of winter, and there is basically no war in the area under their control, therefore" Memphis's words did not continue, but the meaning was already obvious, the Chinese people did not fight now, the consumption of weapons and ammunition was naturally gone, and there was basically no war on the logistics line of the people, Naturally, there will be no guerrillas to make trouble, and the efficiency will naturally be the same as ours.

Himmler, who was on the side of the "Huh", suddenly shouted: "By the way, my Yuan, I thought of something that could be delivered to the front line in a short period of time!" ”

"What? Did you think of doing it? Everyone looked at the most notorious executioner of the Third Reich with a pair of short-sighted glasses, and usually only studied how to kill people. Even Himmler began to study logistics and transportation?

"Ahem" Himmler, who was a little embarrassed under the gaze of everyone, coughed lightly and said: "That's the case, it was Yuan's words just now that gave me enlightenment, and I suddenly thought of a possibility, can we ask the Huaxia people to ask the Huaxia people to help us deliver supplies?" I have heard that the Huaxia people have a very large air transport force, and in the last month, they have been able to transport 5,000 tons of supplies to the front line in one day by transport planes and airships, which is enough to meet the needs of our front-line troops. ”

After listening to Himmler's words, everyone looked at each other, and one by one was speechless. Himmler's words are not unreasonable, and the feasibility of the opposite is quite high. But the problem is that the current Chinese government and the German government are not at each other's throats, don't you know that some time ago our air force and their fighters confronted each other? In order to retaliate against Germany, the Chinese government also gave three destroyers and fifty warplanes to Britain, and now you still want people to help you transport supplies, you really think that you are a god and can call people around at will.

Hitler glared at Himmler fiercely, secretly blaming him for his bad ideas. Brauchitsch sneered, and the old marshal gritted his teeth and stood up from his seat and said, "My Yuan, I think this plan is still quite feasible, I know what you and the generals are worried about, but I don't see it that way. Winston Churchill was right when he said, "There are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, there are only eternal interests." "I don't think it's impossible for them to help us deliver supplies as long as we give the Huaxia government enough benefits."

Feng. Brauchitsch's words made Hitler groan, as a profitist, he naturally understood this truth, Himmler's words undoubtedly opened up another line of thought for Hitler, but what made Hitler feel embarrassed was that he did not know what price Germany had to pay to let Huaxia put aside his resentment and help the German soldiers who were in trouble at the front.

As if seeing the hesitation in Hitler's heart, Himmler simply gritted his teeth and added another fire: "Great Yuan, you also said that the Chinese people are a people who only value interests like the Jews, as long as we pay enough to make them tempted, I think the Chinese people will definitely be tempted." But if we don't make a decision soon, our soldiers on the Eastern Front will die a lot of unnatural deaths every day. ”

Himmler's words moved Hitler, and he turned his head to look around, and all he saw were faces expressing acquiescence, and even Air Marshal Goering, who had always hated the Chinese, lowered his head and remained silent. After a long time, Hitler finally spoke: "Well, Ribbentrop, you call their ambassador to China, Wang Ting'en, for me, and say that I will have dinner with him at six o'clock tonight!" ”

"Yes, my meta!" Hitler's words came out, and Ribbentrop on the side immediately respectfully agreed.

Nanjing Presidential Palace

Su Tong's office is very hot, the pale yellow walls are beautifully decorated, and the bookshelf against Su Tong's desk is full of dense books, which makes people think of the profound knowledge of the office owner at a glance. But only those who are really familiar with Su Tong understand what the book is all about

"Jianming, Wang Tingen sent a telegram from Germany, saying that the German government wants to use our air power to airlift clothing, food, medicine and other supplies for their troops on the front line, and he asked us what we should do?" Today, Jiang Baili, Li Zongren, and Bai Chongxi gathered in Su Tong's office for a small meeting.

"What do you think?" Su Tong just took a sip of tea and looked at Jiang Baili.

"I don't think I can agree to this." Jiang Baili immediately said: "In the past, our relations with the Germans were close, which was the need of national interests, but now that we have gradually distanced ourselves from them and turned closer to the United States and Britain, we should not swing like grass on the wall, we must know that no one will like a half-hearted person, and if we don't do it well, we are afraid that we will end up unflattering to both sides in the future." ”

"Degong, what do you mean?" After listening to Jiang Baili's words, Su Tong looked at Li Zongren again.

Li Zongren smiled bitterly: "To be honest, I really don't know what to do about this?" It is really not too difficult for us to transport supplies from Yekaterinburg to Moscow and Umyanovgrad and a few other places, but as Tan Ninggong said, it is not worth it to make enemies with Britain and the United States and other countries for a little petty profit, and to be honest, I am also very conflicted. ”

Su Tong smiled slyly: "My opinion is the opposite of yours, I think I can agree to the request of the German government." As long as the Germans can agree to one of our conditions, which is to help the Germans become the captain of the transport brigade once? ”

"Oh, you mean"

"As long as the Germans recognize the independence of the Caucasus region, we can agree to the Germans' terms."

"The Caucasus?"

"Yes, the Caucasus, and don't forget that the Kuba oil field in Azerbaijan is the most famous oil-producing region." Su Tong said firmly: "Now with the increasing amount of oil consumption in our country, our oil is becoming more and more tight, although we have occupied Siberia, but the natural environment of Siberia is too bad, the oil fields there are more difficult to exploit, if we can control the Kuba oil field in our hands then our country's oil gap will be greatly alleviated, which is an important factor related to whether our country can win this war." ”

"But the Germans have long coveted the Kuba oil field, can they agree?" Bai Chongxi said suspiciously, "The Germans have already deployed six divisions of troops in the Caucasus, which shows that they still attach great importance to the Kuba oil field. ”

"As long as Hitler didn't want his troops to freeze to death by the cold Russian winds, he would have agreed." Su Tong seemed very confident, after all, there was more than one Kuba oil field in Soviet Russia, and there was no need for the Germans to hang themselves from this tree. Su Tong also believed that Hitler would figure out the severity.

Su Tong continued: "However, before that, we still have to inform the Americans and the British, that is, due to the sudden arrival of the cold winter, several of our non-governmental organizations could not bear the German soldiers to freeze to death and frostbite in large numbers, and organized themselves to deliver a batch of cotton clothes and food to the German government, and asked them to rest assured that we will not send military supplies to the German government." ”

"This can work!" Jiang Baili and the others were dumbfounded for a while, Su Tong's excuse was really bad, he sent supplies to the Germans, and he couldn't bear to see the German soldiers frozen to death and frostbite, so he specially transported humanitarian supplies, saying that he seemed to be an angel and seemed to be loving.

Seeing the suspicious eyes of the three people on the side, Su Tong smiled: "No one knows if it will succeed now, why don't we send them a telegram first?" ”

Soon, Churchill received a diplomatic letter from the Chinese ambassador to Britain, and after reading this letter, Churchill almost gave him pleasure. Your Chinese government is really hypocritical enough, this thing shows that you must have knocked on the Germans a loud bamboo pole, which will transport military supplies to the Germans, but you just said that you are Jesus as if he was a mortal paste of how compassionate and compassionate he is, what the hell is to be that, but also to set up a typical archway. However, the Chinese government's last assurances in the telegram that they were only delivering humanitarian supplies such as food and clothing, and never including weapons and ammunition, also made Churchill feel a little reassured.

"These Chinese people are now coming from left and right!" Churchill sighed and casually placed the telegram on the coffee table, feeling his head start hurting again.

Unlike Churchill, when Roosevelt received this telegram with exactly the same content as the one sent to Churchill except for the different titles, Roosevelt, who was busy dealing with the Japanese, took the time to summon the Chinese ambassador to the United States, carefully asked whether the contents of the telegram were true, and Roosevelt's originally tense face eased only after receiving personal assurances from the Chinese ambassador to the United States.

"These Chinese people, you dare to take advantage of the Germans, I really don't know whether you are smart or stupid, or you are greedy." At this time, Roosevelt was also confused by Su Tong's bold move