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Inside the Kremlin, there are still faint lights. Stalin held a cigarette butt in his mouth, holding information about Sikorsky's visit to Beijing and the departure of Polish troops from Britain and France, his face cloudy. To be honest, he never expected that China and Poland would get together, even if they were all countries he hated so much, he never expected them to come together. What did Yang Qiu promise? What exactly is Sikorski trying to do? Even if the Poles want to restore their country, they will never think that China has entered Europe, right?

A litany of unexplained questions even diluted the joy of Finland's surrender, and even Beria, Molotov, and Zhukov, who had just returned from the side, frowned in the same way. In their opinion, Yang Qiu has gone crazy to win over allies against the Soviets! The Polish government-in-exile and the exiled army really didn't care, and Britain and France only used tens of thousands of remnants of the defeated army as a meat shield to block bullets, and even tanks were not allocated, which shows that Britain and France did not attach importance to it. But not paying attention to it does not mean that it is not needed, and uniting all allies and then using them as substitutes for the dead is the "virtue" of the British Empire for hundreds of years. Churchill could tolerate the temporary loss east of the Suez Canal, and even grit his teeth and ignore India, but how could he tolerate China's meddling in the Mediterranean and Europe?

"Comrade Motolov, do you have any opinions?" Stalin turned his head and stared into Molotov's eyes. This is his habit, and he will stare into the eyes of the other party every time he talks, and many people who meet him for the first time are distracted or even scared because of this.

Even after all these years, Motolov was not accustomed to such aggressive eyes, but he did not dare to avoid it, so he had to put his eyes on the pipe at the corner of his mouth before he said his thoughts: "Comrade Stalin, there is no news yet as to why the Poles are doing this, but we have received reliable information that the British Mediterranean Fleet has blocked Port Said, and Cunningham should not want to let the main force of the Polish army in France pass." So I think. No matter what conspiracy there was between them, Yang Qiu had done something stupid! Now that Britain and France have issued an ultimatum to Beijing, and British forces in the Persian Gulf have been put on maximum alert, their relations are rapidly deteriorating. This is a good opportunity for our country to immediately intensify negotiations with the British and French governments, because they need us so much now. ”

"But it's going to bring China and Germany closer quickly." Zhukov rejected this plan: "Comrade Stalin, I don't think that after the cooperation of Britain and France, they will go all the way to the Persian Gulf and go deep into Central Asia to declare war on China, and they may not even be able to cross the Suez Canal!" To know. Yang Qiu has a fleet in the Indian Ocean and has deployed nearly a thousand fighters in the Persian Gulf countries. Moreover, the British have never been credible, and even if we eventually cooperate, we will still have to face the enemy on the eastern front, and we may also be involved in the war with Germany. I'm afraid that's what they're happy to see, to weaken China and Germany with our hands. They are good enough to sit in the back and reap the benefits of the fishermen. ”

"So, do you think negotiations with Britain and France should not continue?" Stalin pondered for a moment. Finland's swift victory, when Zhukov's position in his mind was restored a lot, so this time he was very patient to continue to ask the reason.

But Zhukov turned a big 180° turn: "No, on the contrary, as Commissioner Motorov said, no matter what Yang Qiu's mind is. At least he's made a very serious mistake now. This makes Britain and France need us even more, so we can get some support from them, and even contact the Americans to buy much-needed raw materials such as aluminum and chrome.

"But what if Sikorski was really in New York two weeks later and convinced the British, French and Americans?" Motolov, of course, knew that this was an opportunity to reap the benefits. But he was still worried about what Sikorski would say in two weeks' time.

Zhukov nodded and said: "That's what I'm worried about, Sikorsky is a cunning fox, this time he would rather offend Britain and France than insist on transferring troops to China, which shows that Yang Qiu has something in his hands that he can't refuse!" ”

"What could it be?" Motolov's voice. Six eyes shot at Beria almost simultaneously. The sword-like light reminded the latter, who was pondering, of something. I was about to blurt out but suddenly closed my mouth. I muttered in my heart, it shouldn't be that thing, right? You must know that the people who deal with them are all secretly selected by themselves, and even the place of execution is randomly selected three days in advance. Unless there really is a wizard in the world who knows the future, even if he knows the news of the execution, he will not be able to find the point of execution in such a short time.

But he didn't want to say conjecture, because he knew Stalin's temper too well. If that thing really went wrong, not to mention those soldiers who carried out secret missions, even the ones who arranged it themselves were all head-to-head! So he didn't dare to say it, at least not before thinking of countermeasures. Fortunately, his mind was quick, and he calmly shifted: "We don't know it either, but I suggest that we take action against Sikorsky, whether he can convince him or not, as long as he executes him, Yang Qiu will never find a collaborator again, and he will get into trouble for meddling in Europe." ”

Stalin thought it was a good idea, but he always felt that something was wrong, and was about to ask for clarification when the telephone on the desk suddenly rang.

At this time, who will call? Beria and the other three looked at each other in surprise as Stalin picked up the phone. As soon as he put it on his ear, the voice of the new chief of the General Staff, Budyonny, came from inside. Khujand and Stalinabad (meaning Stalin's city. That is, today's Dushanbe, which uses modern place names for ease of reading) was attacked at the same time!

"Comrade Stalin, please allow me to return to Chelyabinsk immediately." Zhukov did not mention the withdrawal of troops from Tashkent this time, because he knew in his heart that it was already too late. The Wehrmacht would certainly let the troops move south from Kyzylorda to cut off the railway, and instead of continuing to argue about the delay, it would be better to go back to the front line and discuss with Lukin at once, and use this opportunity to make some stance.

"Okay, organize a counteroffensive as soon as possible when you go back. The weather in Central Asia is still very cold, and the roads are very poor, so they will certainly not be able to send more troops to support Pavlodar and Karaganda before they encircle Tashkent, so you have to seize the opportunity. Stalin still did not give up the idea of attacking, which made Zhukov very helpless, so he had to nod and agree first.

After Zhukov left, Stalin asked Beria to deal with the Sino-Polish affairs immediately, and asked him to immediately contact his comrades in the United States to assassinate Sikorsky as a precautionary measure.

Beria had long since lost his desire to stay here, and he now wanted to rush back to his office and re-examine the execution of Polish prisoners of war to see if anything was missing. Motorov was not idle, and secretly sent telegrams to Attlee and US Secretary of State Huddle that night. As he predicted. Europe and the United States were really annoyed by Yang Qiu's intervention in Poland, and Churchill had always hoped to form an Anglo-Soviet alliance, so he immediately let Attlee secretly visit Moscow, and even Roosevelt, who was on the other side of the Atlantic, asked Hopkins to go to Moscow to listen to Stalin's thoughts in his campaign schedule.

After everyone left, Stalin was the only one left in the room, but he was used to this kind of coldness, and after picking up the Sino-Polish intelligence again and reading it a few times. After hesitating for a long time, he put it on the pile next to it.

He did not expect that this release would make him and the Soviet Union completely lose the world.

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Instead of going home, Beria hurried to the Cheka building, located in Lubyanka Square, which the Soviets called eerie and terrible. On the front of the building, Dzerzhensky's statue stares at everyone who enters and exits the gate. When he returned to the office, the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became. Immediately call Merkulov and Cheka Chief Executioner Vasily Blokhin and other henchmen who have been personally raised.

This Blokhin was Beria's number one butcher, and in the execution of Polish prisoners of war alone, he personally shot and killed more than 7,000 people! He's a real pervert! He likes to wear a leather apron used by butchers, and his arms are covered with shoulder-length rubber gloves, so he is called "apron butcher" in the Cheka! When shooting Polish prisoners of war, he shot one every three minutes, and could "work" for more than ten hours in a row every night! After killing someone, he had to entertain his subordinates to drink vodka. Then Meimei slept for a day, and then went to "work" at night. For his outstanding contributions, Stalin also awarded him the Order of the Red Banner! The most exaggerated thing is that Yagoda and Yezhov also died at his hands. He had already killed 2,000 Polish prisoners of war before he was executed! In the end, he was also successfully transferred to the Cheka headquarters, becoming Beria's henchman to shock his subordinates and the outside world.

This "10,000-strong comrade" who became more and more energetic the later he received the call, quickly came to the Cheka headquarters, and as soon as he entered the door, his face was full of murder. Sent shudders down the spine of a few people in the room! "Comrade People's Commissar, is there anything you need me to serve?" Brokhin smiled. A chill oozed from between his teeth.

All present were henchmen who participated in the Great Purge and the execution of Polish prisoners of war, and even Blokhin couldn't get out of this matter because of the execution of too many prisoners of war, so after listening to Beria's suspicions, everyone stood upside down!

If the guess is correct, none of them will survive! With Stalin's temper, he will definitely find someone else to replace Beria, even if he will not do it immediately because of the war, he will definitely purge it all little by little!! The grumpy Blokhin thought that his life was almost gone, and his red eyes immediately jumped up: "Comrade People's Commissar, let me deal with it." Kill all the corpses and those who know about these things, and that's it. ”

Beria shook his head: "It's not that simple, if it's really this thing, do you think they will do it without solid evidence in their hands?" And what if they have the Red Cross come and check? The soldiers are okay to say, so to speak, freezing to death and starvation, but what about a couple of princes, thousands of officers, hundreds of scientists and priests (there were priests in the Katyn deaths)? None of them are ordinary people, many of them are famous in Europe and the world! These words finally reminded everyone, and even Brokhin swallowed hard. These are all big shots, it's impossible to die, right? And the corpses are no longer in shape, and in a hurry, I can't find so many people with similar appearances to Li Dai Taozhuang.

"Don't panic just yet." Beria is worthy of being a long-time veteran, and after thinking about it, he immediately drew up a list of dozens of people and handed it to Blokhin: "You go personally, these officers and their subordinates must disappear completely!" Even if the risk of exposure is in advance, Blokhin can't help but be ecstatic when he sees the "work", dozens of officers and henchmen, at least more than a thousand! So immediately take the list and put it away.

But Beria was still not at ease, and took out the authorization for the execution of Polish prisoners of war, which he and Stalin had signed, and handed it to Melkulov: "Immediately change my signature to the names of Kalinin and Zhdanov, and destroy all other pieces of execution of prisoners of war." By the way, remember to make a copy and give it to me. And if it's really you, I'll let a few of you disappear for a while to avoid the limelight and gag some people's mouths! ”

"From now on, each of you will have to report to me once a day. Also, I will send someone to secretly transfer all your family members to Ufa, and you will immediately find a way not to alarm the troops and others, and secretly prepare a few JU52 transport planes. If there really is something, we need them! After Beria finished speaking, he added heavily: "Now you should all understand that our lives have been helped together, and leaking it will not do you any good!" ”

Beria's cold gaze made everyone's hearts tremble