Just when everyone was silent, Timoshenko spoke: "Alexey, you didn't come here today to complain, do you have anything else to say to us?" ”

"Hey, hey!" Alexei smiled: "Comrade Marshal is really calm, in fact, I came today to give you a guarantee." ”

"What a guarantee, Alexey, don't hide it, if you have anything, say it quickly!" It was Major General Tchaikoskiv who spoke.

"Comrade Major General Tchaikov! And comrades generals and marshals! Alexei also became serious: "I was entrusted by General Su Tong, commander of the 37th Group Army, Chairman of the Political Axe of Chahar Province in Huaxia, to bring you a message. Speaking of this, the expressions of everyone present became serious, this message is related to their net worth and surname.

"Admiral Su Tong said that as long as you and the soldiers here lay down their arms, he guarantees you with the honor of a soldier, your lives and property can be protected, and you can also get treatment that matches your rank." Hearing this, Alexei found that the expressions of most of the people present were relaxed, Alexei smiled slightly in his heart, it seems that General Su is right, life is only once for everyone, and everyone will cherish him.

Alexei turned his head again and smiled at Timoshenko and said, "Comrade Marshal Timoshenko, General Su Tong also asked me to tell you, please don't try to commit suicide to get the last honor of a soldier. Because it doesn't help, and if you really want to work for people and the country, you can choose to do it another way. ”

"What? Comrade Marshal, you want to commit suicide? How can this be! As soon as Alexei finished speaking, there was a "boom" in the conference room. Only a few generals did not change their expressions, and they had long guessed the meaning behind Stalin's temporary promotion of Timoshenko to marshal, after all, many people had seen his true face after years of purges. This is a complete talent reader who can kill anyone for the sake of his own face and benefit.

Temusingo smiled bitterly and said, "Can't I even die?" Your General Su Tong is too domineering! ”

Alexei said solemnly: "Marshal Timoshenko, there is an ancient saying among the Chinese people, there are those who die as heavy as Mount Tai, and those who are as light as a feather. Sooner or later, a person has to return to the arms of God, but before that, he has to leave something for the world, what about you? What did you leave to the Russian people? Is it just a story of suicide after defeat? Don't you want to leave something in the history of Russia? Is it as famous as Peter the Great? At this moment, Alexei spat honey-like words out of his mouth like a cunning fox.

Everyone was shocked by Alexei's words, like Peter the Great? It's something they don't usually dare to think about. Who was Peter the Great? That's the greatest emperor in Russian history, there isn't one. It can be said that without Peter the Great, Russia would not have the vast territory of Rus today, and it can be said that without Peter the Great, there would be no Russia today.

"This" Timoshenko swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty before smiling bitterly: "I don't dare to think about beauty with Peter the Great, I still have to discuss this matter with my comrades." After all, the stakes are high, and I can't make decisions alone. ”

"Absolutely." Alexei smiled slyly and said: "But there is one thing I still have to add, General Su Tong said, if you choose to surrender, you can have two choices, one is to go to Chahar and build the railway with Admiral Molokov and Admiral Andrupf, and the other is to join our Russian protector [***] and contribute to the great Russian revival with me." Of course, the path is still up to you, and we will not interfere. Okay, then I'll go out first, you guys discuss it slowly, but please hurry, we don't have much time. With that, Alexei turned around and walked away quickly.

After Alexei left, everyone looked at me, and I saw that you fell silent.

General Marksarev, the political commissar of the Kiev Front, who has been silent since the meeting, spoke: "Since everything has already reached this point, I won't say anything more, and everyone will choose for themselves." After all, there is only one life, and everyone has the right to choose. After speaking, Admiral Mark Salyov looked around and looked at the expressions of the people, he knew that everyone had already made a choice in their hearts, but now that no one took the lead in them, they were embarrassed to express their position.

Silence, silence!

"Since no one dares to say it, then I'll say it." At this time, a general stood up, and everyone looked at it, and it turned out to be Major General Tchaikov.

I saw him raise his head and say angrily: "Now that we have fallen into this field, you can imagine what will happen to us even if we can get lucky enough to break through and return to Moscow?" Will he be taken away by the Cheka for censorship or will he be imprisoned in a hard labor camp for the rest of his life? If any of you want to say something like that, I don't have anything to say, you can laugh at me for being a coward, but I don't care, I won't go to that place anyway. So I will choose to surrender to the Chinese army, and at worst, I can go to build the railway like Admiral Molokov and Admiral Andrupf, and I can also play football in Zhou, I'm done. After speaking, Major General Tchaikoskiv sat back.

"Ahem" Marshal Timoshenko coughed a few times and spoke: "Since everyone doesn't speak, then let's vote collectively, and the minority obeys the majority!" ”

"Comrades who are determined to break through, please raise your hand"

Everyone, look at me, I'll see if you don't move, what are you kidding, surrounded by 300,000 legions, and the remaining tens of thousands of remnants of your own army don't even have a few bullets, what to break through. With bayonets and fists? No kidding.

"Well, those who agree to surrender to the Huaxia army on the opposite side please raise your hand!" Timoshengo coughed and said.

Now some people began to raise their hands, it was still Major General Tchaikov, anyway, everyone knew his position, and he was not afraid that people would say that he was a capitulationist.

As long as someone takes the lead, Major General Tchaikovsky raised his hand, and someone immediately followed, and after a while, there were more and more hands in the conference room. In the end, everyone's hands were raised, including Comrade Starv, who had just scolded Major General Tchaikovsky, there was no way, now the minority obeyed the majority, this comrade was still very organized.

"Well, since everyone has raised their hands, let's invite Lieutenant General Alexei in." Temoshenge's heart was bitter at this time, he came here with more than 300,000 troops to make a contribution, but he didn't expect to bring them into the enemy's prisoner of war camp.

"Sir, sir, old Maozi has surrendered! Timoshenko, the old man, surrendered! When Wang Dayong rushed into Chief Su's office, he saw two figures hugging each other, and Wang Dayong, who was embarrassed, quickly withdrew from the office.

"I'll rub, Wang Dayong, this idiot! Lao Tzu finally found an opportunity to make love with his daughter-in-law, but you interrupted it, see how Lao Tzu will clean you up in the future. Looking at the little nurse who blushed and desperately broke free from herself and walked briskly, Chief Su cursed secretly in his heart.

A four-wheel-drive jeep struggled over a bumpy road, with occasional craters, large and small, followed by several jeeps and a convoy of trucks full of soldiers.

Su Tong sat in the back seat of the jeep, and next to him sat his daughter-in-law and translator, Yulia. A few smoke rings slowly spat out of his mouth, and his mind was already thinking about how to deal with the menacing Zhukov group. An army of 700,000 is enough for himself to drink a pot, Zhukov, who suffered a big loss last time, will not be beaten by himself this time like last time, he will definitely fight steadily step by step, use the advantage of his strong forces to crush his own living space, force himself back to the country, or at least force himself into the trading city. Zhukov was already known for his steady use of soldiers, and this time he would never make the same mistake as last time and risk breaking through, what should he do?

After thinking about it for a long time, Chief Su, who hadn't figured out a single thought, got more and more headaches the more he thought about it, opened the window and popped the cigarette butt out of the car window.

"Honey, we're here." At this time, Yulia beside her gently reminded her husband.

Su Tong raised his head violently, only to find that he had arrived outside the Soviet army headquarters, and Timoshenko had already led the generals to wait for him in front of the headquarters.

After tidying up the military appearance and rubbing his hands on his face, Chief Su put on a smiling face and got out of the car.

Timoshenko waited at the gate of the headquarters with his people, and when he saw a convoy coming, the jeep at the head stopped in front, and a general who was too young to speak and the three shining stars on his shoulders came down, and he knew that the main lord was coming.

As soon as Su Tong got out of the car, he saw a large group of Soviet generals in front of him, embracing a Soviet general in his forties, walking towards him.

At this time, Yulia and the generals behind Su Tong also got out of the car and followed behind him, and only after feeling that everyone got out of the car did Su Tong step forward. Secretly slandered in my heart, damn, relying on the large number of people to scare Lao Tzu? There are more people than me, and Lao Tzu is not afraid.

Timoshenge also led the crowd to greet him, and took the lead in saluting before saying, "Welcome, General Su Tong." ”

Chief Su returned the salute and looked back at Yulia, this little girl came back to her senses and became a translator by Su Tong's side. After hearing this, Su Tong smiled and said, "Marshal Timoshenge, everyone must know the intention of our coming. General Alexey, did you make it clear to Marshal Timoshenko what I mean? ”