A torrential rainstorm in the summer brought a little coolness to the hot streets of Moscow. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 After being bombed by the Axis powers from time to time, most of the neighborhood was destroyed, and many buildings were reduced to rubble. However, apart from the severe damage to the industrial zone, the bombing of Moscow by the Axis coalition forces does not seem to have had much impact.

The streets of Moscow are quiet, the whole city is under martial law, and temporary fortifications and ramparts have been built with sandbags at the corners. Red Army soldiers carrying Mosinagan rifles patrolled the streets and arrested suspicious elements, especially those reactionaries who spread failed rhetoric.

From the outside, the entire Red Square has been completely occupied by air defense forces, the roofs around the Kremlin are full of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, and the 1st Air Defense Army, which is responsible for Moscow's air defense, has placed a whole anti-aircraft artillery division around the Kremlin, coupled with excellent camouflage, it is difficult to distinguish the most famous complex of Soviet Russia from the air. Due to the intensity of anti-aircraft fire, the pilots of the German Second Air Command, who carried out the bombing mission, intentionally or unintentionally avoided the skies over this dangerous area, so that since the beginning of the war, the area around the Kremlin was largely protected from bombing, and most of the buildings were intact.

Due to the implementation of the light control, the whole city will be plunged into darkness at night, and the main Kremlin building, which also has no light from the outside, gives people a very heavy and oppressive feeling in the darkness.

Although the power supply was insufficient, the interior of the Kremlin office building was brightly lit, and in fact for most days of the war, Zhuashvili spent more than fifteen or six hours a day, only entering the Kremlin's underground air-raid room during particularly dangerous periods.

In the last few years of the war, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief has been managing the day-to-day affairs every day. Many orders were practically unnecessary, but the Supreme Commander liked the feeling of being on top and giving orders, and if the deputies in the base camp forgot to report to the "comrades of the leader" every day, they would be severely reprimanded.

Molotov sat on the couch in his office, and Zhuashvili stood at his desk. With his back to him, his eyes kept on the large map on the wall. Malenkov, Chief of the General Staff Zhukov, Timoshenko, People's Commissar of Defense Voroshilov, Deputy Chief of the General Staff Vasilevsky, Volonov, Mekhlis, Malyshev, who was in charge of military production, and other members of the Supreme High Command gathered together.

"Comrade Zhuyashvili......" Zhukov spread out a military map in front of him, "can you report?" ”

"Please wait a minute." Zhuashvili waved his hand. Zhukov stopped his speech, then turned to Molotov, "It would be better to let the Chief of the General Staff know about the agreements we have reached with the side of the Allies." ”

"In order to share the enormous difficulties and risks we are currently facing, the United States and Britain have agreed to open a second battlefield as soon as possible in the summer and autumn. Now the Americans have already begun to act, and they managed to regain Iceland in May. Churchill promised to launch a counteroffensive in Norway as soon as possible and open up the Arctic theater. ”

"I beg your pardon, the problem is that Zhuyashviligrad is in great danger, Comrade Supreme Commander-in-Chief, we may not be able to support until the Americans begin to attack." Zhukov frowned, his eyes became a little dark, for Churchill's promise, Zhuashvili could bury the nearly 700,000 troops in the encirclement, but if those troops were lost, the whole situation would be unimaginable.

Zhuashvili looked at the large map on the wall. He didn't speak, his eyes were a little foggy.

Once the Russian Empire, the world's largest monster that stretched across Europe and Asia, seemed to be one step away from conquering all of Europe and the world, but now, everything is drifting away. Today's Soviet Russia, surrounded by strong enemies, the Siberian White Bandit Army and the Chinese have reached the banks of the Tobol River, the entire Turkestan has lost contact, and Astrakhan has lost. The Axis coalition forces had already crossed the lower Volga and pounced on the Urals.

In the south, the Axis coalition inflicted heavy losses on the Soviets in Belgorod, capturing the Kursk, Oskol and Lysky lines. Fierce battles were fought between the two sides around the Voronezh region. In Tsaritsyn, an important town renamed after itself, the Red Army, which had more than 700,000 troops in three armies, fought to the death and fell into a heavy siege, with almost no possibility of relieving them.

Now Soviet Russia is embattled and in an extremely dangerous situation.

It is curious that the Germans, having occupied Velikiye Luki and Novgorod on the north-western front, did not continue their offensive in the direction of Moscow. Instead, they chose to continue the siege of Petrograd. On the Western Front, Soviet troops also held off the German offensive on the Smolensk, Bryansk and Orel lines.

This sent a strong signal that the Axis bloc had no intention of capturing Moscow and eliminating the Red regime.

Thinking of this, Zhuashvili couldn't help but perk up, which quickly reminded him of the news that the Bulgarian ambassador to Russia, Starmelov, had revealed to Molotov a while ago that the Austro-Hungarian Emperor had expressed his willingness to reach a ceasefire agreement with the Soviet Russian side when he met with the Bulgarian Tsar Ferdinand I in Vienna.

Greece, Serbia, and Bulgaria were all bitter about the Austro-Hungarian annexation of Albania and Macedonia, but with the support of Austria-Hungary, the Bulgars seized Thrace and took advantage of the Ottoman civil strife to capture Constantinople in one fell swoop. Ferdinand I presented himself as the successor of the Byzantine Empire, but he also knew that without the support of Austria-Hungary, he would not be able to hold on to the fat in his mouth, so he completely defected to the side of the Axis powers.

Judging by the situation on the battlefield, the information provided by the Bolgars may be true, and the Viennese side had no intention of overthrowing his rule at all, and it seemed that they were only trying to drive the Soviet troops back to their original borders.

"Perhaps, we made a mistake!"

Zhuashvili suddenly walked to the bookcase, took out a copy of Ulyanov's anthology, looked at the table of contents and opened the page to read. "Should our foreign policy follow Vladimir? Comrade Ilyich's teachings on foreign policy! …… A military agreement with one of the countries of the imperialist coalition, provided that such an agreement does not contradict the principles of Soviet power, but strengthens its position and relieves the pressure of an imperialist country on him......" After reading this paragraph, Dzhugashvili stuffed the book back into the bookcase, "In order to withdraw from the war, Comrade Ulyanov strongly advocated the signing of the Brest Treaty with the Germans, which was correct, and this guaranteed our power. Now, we need to follow the same path, and of course, this is only a temporary compromise. He stood in front of Zhukov, tilted his head and spat a cigarette into the ceiling, and continued, "Comrades, how similar is our situation now to that of 1918? Comrade Ulyanov thought of the dilemma we are facing today and mentioned the answer to the problem at that time. ”

The words of the Supreme Commander made the marshals present completely stunned, thinking of some of the things revealed by Molotov before, Zhukov and others instantly understood the reason, Zhuashvili was ready to sue Germany for peace again!

"But, Comrade Supreme Commander, we have now lost all of Turestan and half of the Western Siberian Plain......" Zhukov said with some hesitation.

"There is no problem, those are the union republics of the Soviet Union, and the future path is only their choice, and we respect this choice of the people, Comrade Zhukov." Zhuashvili interrupted the beating's speech, "We have nothing to lose, the matter is immediately handed over to the Politburo for discussion and decision." ”

In fact, this is just a formality, and the will of the Supreme Commander will soon form a final decision. To be continued.