"Yes!!" The adjutant replied in a loud voice, and then slowly walked out of the office to pass the order.

At the same time, the Soviet Kazan.

"Comrade Stalin, do we have to do this now?!" Blyukhel looked at Stalin and said softly. In fact, from Blyukher's heart, he did not want the Soviet Union to continue the civil war.

But the current situation is that the two sides are not fighting to the death, and in this case, if you want to truce, you must intervene from outside. Despite his wariness of Britain and France, Blyukhel had to admit that they were now the most willing forces in the Soviet Union.

The three eastern provinces are not qualified enough, and Stalin will certainly not trust Germany's words. Only Britain, France, and the United States would let Stalin try to accept it.

"Comrade Blyukhel, I want you to know that now what we need is not war. Rather, it was the development of the Soviets. Stalin whispered to Blyukhel: "The damage caused by war is too great, we need peace." ”

It should be said that we can't fight anymore. Blyukhel replied with a wry smile in his heart that as a high-ranking member of Stalin's side, he knew better than anyone what was going on.

For now, not to mention the war, even daily maintenance was not an easy thing for Stalin's side. Previously, due to the continuous war and the deployment of a large number of young men to join the army, it led to a large-scale famine.

Stalin and Blyukhel were forced to sell the last of their gold to the three eastern provinces in exchange for food to help the populaces in their own domains. If not, maybe they'll have to start a fire in their own backyard.

At this time, once there is a problem in the rear, it will be extremely fatal.

Blyukhel and Stalin actually knew that Trotsky on the other side was also in trouble, and they learned from some of the soldiers and officers who had been captured or who had taken refuge on their own that Trotsky was not feeling well now.

He was procuring large quantities of grain from Germany to stabilize the internal famine problem. But what was better about him than Stalin was that he still had a lot of resources to trade with Europe.

"Comrade Blyukhel, what we need now is peace. It was the development of the Soviets. Under this premise, everything is negotiable. Stalin, as if he had aged several years, whispered to Blyukhel.

There was no choice, and Stalin knew that if the war continued, only the Soviet Union would be destroyed. Right now. The patience of the entire country has almost reached its limit.

The overthrow of the Soviets was not what Stalin wanted to see. In fact, after being expelled by Trotsky and others, Stalin himself was secretly reflecting.

This reflection was a real reflection, and it was then that he felt that Lenin's assessment of himself as "too rough" was appropriate. Before he became general secretary, he was also somewhat indignant about Lenin's will.

But now it seems that these words are so apt!

"Stalin was too rude. This drawback is among us. It is completely tolerable in the dealings of our ** people, but it is intolerable in the post of general secretary. Therefore, I suggest that the comrades find a way to remove Stalin from this post and appoint another person to the post of General Secretary. ”

This is Lenin's personal assessment of Stalin in his will.

Lenin even sought cooperation with Trotsky in an attempt to contain Stalin. And in this matter, Stalin also showed his rough side.

He called Lenin's wife, Nadezhda, directly. Krupskaya, scolded this innocent woman.

This, of course, also caused the wrath of Lenin. In order to force Stalin to give Nadezhda . Krupskaya apologized. Lenin even wrote to Stalin himself, threatening to break off his friendship.

In the end, Stalin was forced to apologize to Krupskaya. But from the bottom of his heart, Stalin did not think he was wrong.

But this time, the facts told Stalin mercilessly: his actions were indeed too simplistic and crude. This kind of simplicity and rudeness caused too much turmoil. It even provoked changes throughout the Soviet Union.

Sometimes Stalin was alone and thought. If you don't try to purge and doubt yourself, then there will not be such drastic changes in the USSR ?!

Admittedly, there are all sorts of pushers in between. But the biggest reason is that I want to take all the rights too much. The way it was handled was also too rough, which led to the rebellion of those people.

Stalin was a brilliant man, and he was also an extremely clever politician. At least in this era, there are not many politicians who can compare with him.

History has said countless things about Stalin, but everyone has to admit that he was an extremely great man. When he took over. The Soviet Union was still an agrarian society. The industrial base of everything is extremely shallow.

But when he left, the entire Soviet Union had become one of the world's two poles. It was he who allowed the Soviet Union to face the United States across the sea without falling behind in the slightest.

In addition to millions of unnatural deaths, purges, and exiles, he left the Soviet Union with an entire industrial chain, a vast military-industrial complex, and an immensely powerful nuclear arsenal.

These. Even later generations of Russia are benefiting.

This is an extremely complex person, and it is difficult to tell in a few words whether the leader of the Soviet Union has done right or wrong.

"The greatest luck for Russia is that in the years of difficult trials, there is Joseph? Stalin led her with such a genius and indomitable commander-in-chief. He was a brilliant man who corresponded entirely to this brutal period of history, during which he spent his entire life. ”

"He is a man who destroys his enemies with the hands of his own enemies, and can even make those of us who are called imperialists fight against them. Although Stalin was the greatest dictator in the world who no one could match, he inherited a ploughman-farmer Russia and left behind the nuclear-armed Soviet Union. No matter what we say about Stalin, everything, history and the people will not be forgotten. ”

This is Churchill's speech to the British House of Lords on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Stalin's birth. Perhaps, this is the best way to sum up Stalin's words.

"We need peace, as long as it continues under the leadership of the Soviets, then everything is negotiable. Negotiable. Stalin rubbed his eyebrows, this was his bottom line. It is also the bottom line he gave to Britain, France and the United States.

Stalin knew that Britain, France, and the United States might not have any good intentions. But the situation now is such that the USSR needs peace. Stalin himself did not have much of a choice.

If the war continues, it will only lead to the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Well, if there was a truce between the two sides, Stalin was willing to accept it. Learning to compromise is fundamental to every political person.

Bottomless compromises. Then this person is nothing more than a politician. For example, a certain principal. And the compromise with the bottom line, this is the politician. For example, the current Stalin.

Stalin's bottom line was that both sides had to be reunited as one state. He could give up certain rights and admit Trotsky and others into the new Soviet power.

Even, in terms of rights, Stalin was ready to make concessions. But the only requirement is that the two sides must merge and there must be no division. This was Stalin's minimum requirement.

"I think I can talk to them." Moscow. In the Kremlin, Mikhail Brown, who sat next to Trotsky and was known as the "Napoleon of the Red Army". Nikolaevich. Tukhachevsky.

"The situation now is. The war can no longer be fought. Tukhachevsky smiled wryly and said to Trotsky: "It is true that Stalin made an extremely big mistake. But is that why we continue the war?! ”

"The war has been going on until now, and we can see the situation in the entire Soviet Union. More than four million soldiers were sacrificed, causing widespread famine. All industry and agriculture have almost completely shut down...... Wait, is that what we want to see?! ”

The words of the young Marshal of the Soviet Union silenced everyone. In fact, how can they not have doubts in their hearts?! Time will dilute a lot of things.

True, everyone here has a bitter hatred for Stalin.

His family members were killed and tried, and if he hadn't escaped in time, he might have died

It's not much better. Stalin was driven out by the troops organized by himself and others. Falling from the clouds to the bottom.

The two sides can be said to have a deep hatred like the sea, but when they were out of breath for fighting, they found that the situation turned out to be a stalemate. Stalin had no way of crushing Trotsky's men.

Trotsky also found that Stalin and his supporters were not easily eliminated.

In fact, since that time, the two sides have secretly had the will to reconcile. It's just that this will has been hidden all along—the grudge between them is too deep, and both of them feel that this is unlikely.

"Start a conversation. I think it can be done. But Tukhachevsky said in a deep voice to everyone: "Even Comrade Lenin does not want to see the current Soviets?!" Could it be that the ideal for which we once gave our lives is the Soviets as they are now?! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but nod.

"I agree with Comrade Tukhachevsky, Stalin did make a mistake. But as long as he is willing to admit his mistakes and take responsibility for this, then he is still a good comrade. Lenin's widow Krupskaya spoke.

When Trotsky formed the new Soviets, Krupskaya joined them. The Lenin testament in her hand was the greatest damage to Stalin's legitimacy.

And her status as Lenin's widow. It also gave her a great say in the new Soviet regime.

"I think we should start a dialogue with Stalin." But Krupskaya said to the crowd: "Although the imperialists have bad intentions, the cessation of the war is what the Soviets now need." ”

This sentence can be regarded as setting the tone for this meeting.

And in Wuchang, China. The stalemate finally changed under the frantic attack of the Japanese army, regardless of casualties. The Wuchang retreat, led by He Yingqin and commanded by Chen Cheng, was finally staged in Wuchang City.

The 60th Army, which had broken through the encirclement of Wuchang City, was ready to take over the positions of the Central Army under the leadership of Lu Han. They were one of the few units still capable of fighting, and the Central Army in Wuchang City was almost completely lost.

The few remaining soldiers who were able to fight were almost all stationed in the forefront of the position to block the Japanese attack.

"Boom, boom, boom......" A burst of heavy artillery bombarded the position, and a piece of dust flew on the position. Gao Yinhuai, the commander of the 183rd Division, raised his head, shook the dirt on his body, and yelled at the men around him.

"Quick!! Fortify the fortifications, and in a moment the Japanese will come over! ”

"Yes!!" In response to him, the whole field roared. The 60th Army had already taken over the last position of the Central Army, and in front of it was the last elite of the Central Army resisting.

They tried to buy more time for Chen Cheng and others who retreated, and at the same time more time for the 60th Army to prepare.

The ordinary people in the air-raid shelter in Wuchang City were carrying the wounded to move backwards, although this was not in the plan of He Yingqin and the others at first.

But at Luján's insistence, the matter was carried out. Of course, He Yingqin and others would not retreat with these wounded.

When Lu Han and the remaining 20,000 people of the 60th Army rushed to Wuchang City, He Yingqin and others had already begun to evacuate under the escort of the guards.

"Click...... The faces of the men of the Dian army on the ...... position were pale, and beads of sweat the size of beans kept falling. But no one stopped to breathe.

They know. The Japanese could attack at any time. Behind them were the wounded soldiers of the Central Army who were guarding the city and the people of Wuchang City.

The only thing that could be done to keep them was to withstand the Japanese attack. Buy time for their evacuation.

From the instructors of the Wehrmacht, these men of the Dian army learned civil fortifications. This is the biggest difference between them and the Central Army, and it is also their greatest advantage.

But even more important than the civil fortifications was the combat knowledge they had learned from the Wehrmacht instructors. This knowledge. Let them save their lives in the battle with the Japanese army in the previous section.

No one dares to slack off. They only built the fortifications in silence. And waited for the attack of the Japanese army.

"Boom!!" A shell exploded in a small building next to the position, sending flying bricks and rubble to smash the position. After the explosion, several wounded men were carried down.

But the remaining men of the Dian army still sweated like rain and continued to dig deep into their fortifications.

"There is news from the front that the last three lines of defense of the Central Army have broken two. I don't think this last one will last long......" In the temporary headquarters, Zhao Jinzhi, chief of staff of the 60th Army, looked at his commander and said in a deep voice: "Military seat, this battle is not easy to fight......

"It's all on this, what else is there to fight or not?!" Lu Han laughed and said heroically to his chief of staff: "Even if we all die here." Don't lose the face of our Dian army, this is serious! ”

"The ammo is refilled! The knives are sharpened, tell the brethren! In this battle, I Luhan will not retreat a single step, either we will let the people withdraw, or our 60th Army will fill this place! Our 60th Army will not be missing me, Lu Han and Lu Yongheng! ”

"Chirp...... Rumble! Rumble!! On the "bombard......ment" position, the Japanese heavy artillery had already begun shelling. The 60th Army finally collided head-on with the Japanese army!

This is undoubtedly since the beginning of the 60th Army. The most difficult battle encountered. At the beginning of the war, the Japanese army bombarded the positions indiscriminately.

The buzzing planes continued to drop bombs from the sky, and even some Japanese planes were firing wildly at the position. The heavy artillery group was frantically shelling the positions, and the Japanese had been preparing artillery fire for half an hour before the first attack.

If it weren't for the construction of the fortifications, the 60th Army would have lost more than half of its officers and men in the first wave of artillery fire!

"Boom, lala......" Gao Yihong, the commander of the 539th Brigade of the 182nd Division, shook off the dirt on his head and scolded his mother, his ears were still buzzing.

"Okza, are you alright?!" Yu Jianxun, the head of the 1st O 77th Regiment, didn't know where he came from. He said loudly to his brigade commander.

"Let's see if the brothers are okay, Lao Tzu is not dead yet!" The commander of the 539th Brigade, Gao Ju, laughed and patted his subordinates. Yu Jianxun saw that the brigade commander was fine, so he turned around and left.

There was a wail from the position. Quite a few of the 539th Brigade were wounded in this shelling. Some of the dead and seriously wounded soldiers were carried off the position, and the remaining lightly wounded were bandaged and picked up their guns to wait for orders.

The sound of the "Kerala ......" tracks crushing the ground was heard, which was the sound of Japanese tanks moving forward. Several scouts raised their heads, observed for a moment, and then reported the situation to Gao Yuan, the commander of the 539th Brigade on the position.

"Blow it up!" After knowing the situation, Gao Ju, the commander of the 539th Brigade, reacted like this first.

"Old rules! Draw lots, no one should grab it! Gao Ju smiled and pulled out a piece of paper, torn into several small notes, and wrote something on it. Then he crumpled into a ball of paper and pushed it indiscriminately on the shell box that lay on his makeshift table.

"Who's on this time?!" Gao Ji stared at Yu Jianxun, the head of the 1st O77th Regiment, and Cocoon Wenying, the head of the 1st O78th Regiment, and said hesitantly.

"It's my turn." Cocoon Wenying, the commander of the 1st O 78th Regiment, grabbed these paper regiments, turned around and walked out of this temporary headquarters. He found several of his company commanders and placed the paper ball directly on it.

"In a word, the devil's Iron King Eight has come up. We're going to blow him up. Cocoon Wenying said in a deep voice to these brothers of hers: "Last time, it was the work of the 1O77 Regiment, and it was called a beautiful one!" My only request is not to lose the face of our one-o-seven-eight regiment...... Nima! Don't rob it, everyone is lucky! ”

Before Cocoon Wenying finished speaking, several company commanders tried to grab the paper ball placed on the shell box. was so angry that Wenying scolded her mother.

"Commander, don't worry! Give it to me, I will never lose the face of our group! Zhang Weihao, the commander of the third company, said to Cocoon Wenying, but then someone answered behind him.

"Lao Zhang, we have more than three companies in the first o's seven or eight regiments?! We've always been sharp knives, and we're not going to be you again! (To be continued)