Chapter 203: The Eve of War (1)

The show was much more profitable than the North American one, with the United States signing a contract with Talester for UH1 helicopters and Israel buying a large number of AKM rifles to equip their Wehrmacht. Pakistan, on the other hand, purchased a small number of Mantis main battle tanks, and purchased a large number of armed pickup trucks and RPG rocket launchers under Albert's sincere guidance. In just one day, Talester Heavy Weapons made a profit of almost ten million dollars.

The military strength of Israel and Pakistan will be greatly enhanced, and this arms deal will completely disrupt the situation in the Middle East and Central Asia. Albert could even smell the storm on the eve of the war, and according to the historical war script, the next wars were the Korean War, the Second Indo-Pakistani War, and the Second Middle East War.

All of them were planning to expand their armaments, and Albert had only given them the keys to war. Just wait for that barrel of explosives that smells of gunpowder to explode and plunge the world back into a runaway conflict.

On January 2, 1949, the Kremlin held a secret meeting with the participation of Stalin, Beria, Khrushchev and Malenkov on the assessment of the situation on the Korean Peninsula and Kim Jong-il's request for a reunification of the Korean Peninsula.

The Korean People's Army (KPA) began to prepare for the build-up of a large army in February 1948, and the Soviet Union spared no effort to support the socialist ally, providing the KPA with a large number of modern weapons and equipment, including the T-34 tank. Among them was a 120 armored brigade of 34 Soviet-made T-105 tanks, a separate armored regiment of 30 Soviet-made T-34 tanks. With 600 artillery pieces, 40 fighters, 70 bombers, 10 reconnaissance aircraft. It can be said that North Korea already has the strength to crush South Korea, and it is for this reason that Kim Jong Il is ambitious to establish a unified Korean Peninsula.

The reason Stalin summoned his protΓ©gΓ©s was to hear their opinions and what they thought about the war for the unification of Korea. Everyone knows it's just an excuse. In fact, Stalin wanted to know who was better and more suitable for his successor.

Malenkov and Beria were both Stalin's successors, and of course they were bitter enemies. The fat-headed and big-eared Malenkov spoke first with a big belly, "Actually, I think acquiescing to North Korea's sending troops is the best choice, we have supported Kim Il Sung with so much equipment, and it's time for him to die for us." If we can seize the Korean Peninsula, it will be equivalent to smoothly inserting our forces into the Pacific. ”

"Tell me in detail, Comrade Malenkov." Stalin became interested in Malenkov's words.

"Yes, Secretary Stalin." Seeing that Stalin was interested in what he had to say, Malenkov immediately opened the conversation. "That's right, after occupying the Korean Peninsula, we can smoothly establish a warship port in the Inchon area, you must know that having an ice-free port that can intervene in the Pacific Ocean is one of our goals, and we can also use North Korea to restrain the Chinese-Kuomintang-Communist-Party, and now that group of guys is in full swing, we can't let an uncontrolled red regime upset the balance in East Asia."

Of course, Malenkov meant that the Soviet Union did not want an uncontrolled, independent regime to emerge in the Union of Socialist States.

Malenkov's speech was basically in line with Stalin's wishes, and Khrushchev, who was silent on the sidelines, saw that the communist general secretary nodded frequently to Malenkov. I was also a little amazed at Malenkov's understanding of Stalin's thoughts.

"If North Korea takes the Korean Peninsula, it means that Japan will also be in our pocket. After taking Japan, it means that our fleet will control the western waters of the Pacific Ocean. That's my end, General Secretary Stalin. ”

"I am against the point of view of Comrade Malenkov. In fact, you are destroying the flames of revolution that we have worked so hard to build. Beria, who was inversely proportional to Malenkov, immediately criticized and refuted Malenkov's viewpoint, "Japan is an important wedge for the US capitalist countries to intervene in East Asia, and you think it will give us what we want." Once North Korea attacks South Korea, the United States will certainly send troops to North Korea. This is because South Korea is an important barrier for the United States to protect Japan. The Korean War will be a proxy war between us and the Americans. ”

Beria's tirade was in fact something that Stalin feared, as Beria argued, that the Soviet Union could support North Korea's annexation of South Korea. But they are not ready to fight the United States to the death.

Seeing that Stalin's face was embarrassed, Beria triumphantly gave Malenkov the last crit, "In the case of the Puerto Rican Independence Party, the Americans recognized that the Soviet Union did this. In other words, once the United States is given an excuse to go to war, they will definitely spare no effort to embarrass the Soviet Union on the Korean battlefield. ”

"What Malenkov and Comrade Beria said is very reasonable." Stalin was slightly disappointed with these two successors, in fact the problems they were talking about Stalin had long been taken into account, and Malenkov could only take into account the optimistic side, and Beria thought of the pessimistic side.

"Well, can I say a word?" Khrushchev, who was silent, raised his hand and said slowly, "Have you forgotten a China, you must know that it is the country that really borders the territory of North Korea." ”

When Khrushchev mentioned China, Malenkov and Beria looked disdainful, and only Stalin bowed his head slightly without anyone noticing.

"Oh? Comrade Khrushchev, you have a unique idea, tell us about it. Stalin said.

"That's right, China has been fighting Japan for eight years, which means that their military quality is not bad. Moreover, the northeast region connected to North Korea is still the heavy industrial base of the Chinese, and they will not give up such an important strategic area, if they are really a group of rice buckets, unwilling to send troops to directly surrender such an important area to the Americans, then we will send troops to China and bring China's northeast region under our command. ”

Khrushchev's words stunned everyone, this is the first time that this method of directly attacking the socialist allies has been seen, and it looks ugly. But the shameless Khrushchev continued, "And when China asks for military support, we will provide them with obsolete equipment in World War II, and it is naturally best to win the United States, and if we lose, we can also take the opportunity to annex their territory, and send troops to North Korea, and finally revert the situation to the state of division of the 38th parallel, the United States does not get the benefits, but we can get a large piece of territory, how?" (To be continued......)