Li Xiaofeng naturally did not want to liberate Yugoslavia first, Bulgaria is more important in terms of geographical location, and Tito is not a good person to deal with in terms of the ability of leaders to toss. Liberate Yugoslavia first, and the inevitable Bulgaria will be put behind, and Bulgaria is closer to Turkey than Greece!

From ******** point of view, Bulgaria will be the best springboard for the Soviet Union's forces to penetrate deep into the Mediterranean and allude to the Middle East, and if Bulgaria is taken, it will be able to advance to Greece along the way, and after controlling Greece, the Soviet Union will realize Russia's long-cherished wish for hundreds of years -- to enter the Mediterranean.

Crete is an unsinkable aircraft carrier on the Suez Canal route to Western Europe, and if the Red Navy can get a military base on this island, does it need to be said?

On the contrary, what did Yugoslavia have? With only a mess of ********, what is the significance of the Adriatic in the Mediterranean gutter? Worthless.

Naturally, in Li Xiaofeng's eyes, Bulgaria and Greece are more important, as for Yugoslavia, even if there is no Tito, Yugoslavia is completely on the side of Britain and the United States, Li Xiaofeng thinks it is nothing. Yugoslavia did not share a border with the Soviet Union and was quite far from the central region of Western Europe. Russia was trying to contain Austria-Hungary in order to win over Serbia.

Now that Austria-Hungary is long gone, the Third Reich will soon be over, and the "reich" forces entrenched in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe, led by Germany and Austria, will be swept away. In the future, there will be no one in the region who will be able to compete directly with the Soviet Union. If there are no enemies, what more hounds?

Let's put it this way, the crushing of German power. Meaning that the hinterland of Southern and Eastern Europe will be the garden of the Soviet Union. This piece of soft lower abdomen is already safe. Naturally, there is no need for a Serb who acts as a-stirring stick.

On the contrary, the Serbs will also be a nuisance. This nation has been surging with a wave of nationalism since the late nineteenth century, always wanting to establish absolute control over southern Europe. He fought Turkey, fought against Austria-Hungary, and later fought with a neighbor in southern Europe (Bulgaria had learned the madness of the Serbs, but the Bulgarians were still very good and almost didn't take Belgrade down).

In any case, Serbia is definitely one of the unstable factors in southern Europe, and it is impossible to be obedient with Tito's temper, since this is the case. Why did the USSR throw gas into this unfortunate place?

Let Tito toss on his own, as long as the range of toss falls within the scope of Yugoslavia, let him go. In any case, Tito could not have completely thrown himself on the side of Britain and the United States, and this product was only defending the interests of the Serbs under slogans similar to those of De Gaulle.

To tell the truth, in Li Xiaofeng's view, Tito and de Gaulle are quite similar, both are hardcore nationalists, and both try to use various means to safeguard the core interests of their own nation. It's just that Yugoslavia's foundation is too poor, and there are too many historical problems, and it is not easy to integrate it well.

Of course, that's Tito's business. Who let him take over the banner of Serb nationalism, if he is content only to create a small Serbian republic. Maybe there will be no such in the dissolution of internal fighting (Yugoslavia is actually a broken mirror that the Serbs have stubbornly put together, the Croats do not recognize them as Serbs, and the Serbs in Bosnia, Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Macedonia do not constitute an absolute majority).

Anyway, Li Xiaofeng's idea is that the farther away from Yugoslavia the better, all the troubles are provoked by the Serbs themselves, then they will solve it themselves, anyway, the core interests of the Soviet Union are not in that area. If the Serbs themselves played the house, did not interfere in the families of the surrounding neighbors, did not affect the interests of the USSR as a whole. On the contrary, even at the risk of pushing Yugoslavia to the side of Britain and the United States, Li Xiaofeng would not let Tito get better.

To get back to the point, Li Xiaofeng was more concerned about the Bulgarian problem, so in the ******, he strongly opposed the solution of the Yugoslav problem first: "It is not mature to solve the Yugoslav problem now, the strength of the Germans in this direction is still relatively strong, even with the support of Tito's guerrillas, the Red Army must invest more troops." And committing troops in this secondary direction now is not conducive to our full-scale counteroffensive in the next phase, with our focus on Belarus, Ukraine, not Yugoslavia in a corner of Europe. Give Tito's guerrillas a certain amount of military support, and let Tito and the Communist Party of Yugoslavia solve this problem, since they were able to hold out in the previous years, there will be no big problem in continuing to hold on! ”

After a pause, Li Xiaofeng continued: "But the problem of Bulgaria is imminent. Yes, there were no main German forces there, but the geographical location of Bulgaria was extremely important...... Bulgaria and Greece will be the stepping stones for the future revolution! ”

The idea of a stepping stone aroused the interest of the members of the ****** Committee, and everyone is a smart person, and naturally knows what kind of stepping stone this is, knocking on the Mediterranean, knocking on Southern Europe, and even knocking on the door of the Middle East and North Africa, the key is in the hands of Bulgaria and Greece!

"Will this cause a high backlash in the UK?" Trotsky asked.

Li Xiaofeng asked rhetorically: "Did the British take our feelings into account when they intervened in the Caucasus issue?" ”

Trotsky then asked: "How many troops would be needed to settle the German forces in Bulgaria and Greece?" Will it affect our next stage of counteroffensive? ”

Li Xiaofeng replied confidently: "Two army groups are enough, there are not many Nazis in Bulgaria and Greece, and with the start of our large-scale counteroffensive in Ukraine and Belarus in the next stage, the Germans simply have no time to look east!" ”

Trotsky continued: "Is it possible that Britain and the United States will change their plans and choose to open a second battlefield from the direction of southern Europe?" ”

Li Xiaofeng knew what Trotsky was worried about, and if Britain and the United States also chose to land in Greece, then there was a possibility that the Red Army and the British and Americans would be locked in a standoff on the Peloponnese, which would distract from the blow to Germany.

Li Xiaofeng replied: "I don't think so, unless Churchill is too stupid to tell which is more important, Western Europe and Southern Europe." If Britain and the United States put their main forces in the Greek direction, it may indeed open up the situation in southern Europe, but that means that we will go deeper in Western Europe. Maybe even go straight into France. Which side is more important, France, Germany and Greece, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria. I'm afraid the British can definitely figure it out. ”

Stopped for a moment. Li Xiaofeng continued: "What I am really worried about is that Britain and the United States will adopt a small-scale offensive strategy on the Greek issue, such as not seeking to land on Greek soil, but choosing to take Crete. As soon as they take Crete, our actions in Greece will be discounted! ”

After thinking for a moment, Trotsky asked: "Do you have any countermeasures for this?" ”

"We must be careful to disguise our purpose, and only when preparations are ripe can we attack the Nazis in Greece and then seize Crete as quickly as possible!"

Trotsky frowned, and he thought that Li Xiaofeng was speaking too generally. However, just when he wanted to ask a certain immortal to explain in detail, Li Xiaofeng continued: "I think the best time to liberate Greece is when Britain and the United States land in France, when they will have absolutely no time to look east, and we can make a time difference. So in the coming months, we must be careful to disguise our strategic intentions and make Britain and Americans mistakenly believe that we have no interest in Greece. ”

Trotsky nodded slowly and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

"On the one hand, we have stepped up assistance to Tito and intensified our propaganda offensive, so that Britain and the United States mistakenly believe that our focus is on Yugoslavia. This is not difficult, after all, in the last hundred years. We have closer relations with Serbia! ”

These words made Trotsky and others smile bitterly, because they were definitely not good words. However, ****** is acceptable. Tradition is definitely the best means of misleading, and as long as the Soviet officials emphasize this tradition, presumably Britain and the United States will be deceived.

Li Xiaofeng saw that everyone could accept it, so he continued: "This is not enough, we must also mislead Britain and the United States with practical actions, and it is best to use one focus issue to cover up another focus issue!" ”

After all, the relevant treaties on the Black Sea Strait locked the Soviet Union to death, and if there were Turks in one day, the Soviet Union would not want to enter and leave the strait happily. How to regain control of the strait is a key issue.

"Are you going to declare war on Turkey?" Trotsky's brow furrowed, and it was clear that he did not like the suggestion. Because the Turkish problem affects the whole body, and if one is not done well, Britain and the United States will be brought in, and then the problem will be complicated.

"No, Comrade Trotsky. I am not going to rush into war against Turkey. Although this country openly and covertly connived at the Axis powers and caused us trouble. But the Soviet Union must not act rashly on this issue, at least not openly by us. ”

Trotsky asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"Bulgaria!"

Historically, Bulgaria and Turkey were at odds, and in the Balkan Wars before World War I, the Balkan alliance led by Bulgaria and Serbia discredited the Ottoman Turks and lost almost all of their European territory.

Of course, in order to protect their own interests, the European hooligans of that year also pulled the back of the Balkan Alliance at the last moment, and the Balkan Alliance failed to control the vital Black Sea straits and failed to recover Constantinople.

And now the situation is different, if the USSR can bring Bulgaria and Greece into its own small circle and let them cause problems for the Turks, the recapture of the Black Sea straits is entirely in the national interests of the USSR.

However, Trotsky still had doubts, after all, the question of the Black Sea straits was too high, and he had to be very cautious: "What if Britain and the United States oppose it? And there is no good reason for Bulgaria! ”

Li Xiaofeng replied very calmly: "Yes, religious wars!" ”

As he spoke, Li Xiaofeng pointed to the Caucasus region and said: "The British instigated ****** extremists to commit vendettas in this region, and Catholics and Orthodox Christians suffered heavy losses. As a typical Orthodox country, they have a reason to seek justice for the faithful, and it is reasonable to wage a new holy war! ”

Trotsky and the others were stunned, they never thought that a certain immortal would be so shameless, and Dzerzhinsky immediately said: "Comrade Andrei, is your approach too unscrupulous, your thinking has become quite dangerous, what is the difference between this and those imperialists?" ”

Li Xiaofeng replied indifferently: "Maybe these methods are indeed despicable and shameless, but in dealing with the imperialists, we must not sell our reputation, as long as our purpose is correct." Whether the means are reasonable and legal can be put aside for the time being! In order to shatter the existing framework of imperialism. We have to be a surprise winner. Instead of drawing a prison on yourself! ”

If the ****** were full of people like Dzerzhinsky, not only would the proposal of a certain immortal not be approved, but even he himself would be kicked out of ******. But most of the current ****** are pragmatists, and the means are indeed a secondary issue as long as the justification of the ends is recognized.

Sverdlov asked, "And what is our ultimate goal?" ”

Li Xiaofeng said: "Completely expel the Turkish power from Europe and establish a new religious state in Constantinople. This religious state will be completely neutral and grant us free passage in the Black Sea straits! ”

"Is this possible? Sverdlov was skeptical.

"It's hard," Li Xiaofeng said frankly. "Because that's what we need to make Britain and the United States think that's our ultimate goal. In fact, it's a smoke bomb that distracts them! ”

Li Xiaofeng said with a smile: "This war will make them pay more attention to the problems of Turkey than to the problems of Greece." Once they make the decision to favor Turkey, it will be difficult for them to ensure the interests of Greece at the same time, especially when Greece is also a supporter of this holy war, and the antagonism between Greece and Anglo-American will intensify! ”

There was a buzz in the room, and after a long time Trotsky said: "Comrade Andrei, can you guarantee that this so-called jihad has nothing to do with the Soviet Union, I mean that no one can find any direct or indirect connection between the Soviet Union and this holy war?" ”

Li Xiaofeng replied solemnly: "I can guarantee it." ”

Trotsky took a breath and said, "Can you guarantee it?" Won't this affect the good relations of the current anti-fascist alliance? ”

Li Xiaofeng sneered: "Do we have this so-called good relationship? ”

Trotsky smiled bitterly: "Well, you have to guarantee the first point. If you can guarantee it, ****** will empower you to take full responsibility for it! ”

Li Xiaofeng replied confidently: "No ......"

Trotsky interrupted him: "Don't be in a hurry to answer yet, I haven't finished yet. Because ****** will delete all official records of this matter, all official documents and minutes of meetings will be deleted and permanently destroyed. All who participated in this meeting will swear to keep their mouths shut forever...... If there is any mistake in your actions, the Soviet government will completely deny responsibility, and all responsibility will be borne by you alone, that is, if something happens, you will be responsible for taking action behind your ******back and the Soviet government. Based on these risks, are you still willing to take on this responsibility? ”

Li Xiaofeng replied without hesitation: "I am very happy to accept this task, and I promise that everything has nothing to do with the Soviet Union, and all the responsibilities are borne by me personally!" ”

Trotsky nodded solemnly and said, "Very well, then I can only wish you success in my private capacity!" ”

After getting the permission of the ******, or letting ****** turn a blind eye, Li Xiaofeng can finally show his strength. Of course, it is impossible for ****** to completely ignore it, and the necessary green light will still be opened, such as the allocation of the necessary expenses for the operation to a certain immortal under the pretext of special funds for the KGB, such as the revision of the Red Army's operational plan in southern Europe, and did not immediately move towards Yugoslavia, but regarded Bulgaria as a more important operational target.

At the same time, Li Xiaofeng also gathered his friends in Bulgaria and Greece to discuss the future: "You must cooperate with the Red Army in the liberation of Bulgaria and Greece, and the Soviet government will ensure the legitimate rights and interests of the Church in Bulgaria and Greece, and if necessary, support you in recovering Constantinople." The result was the establishment of a religious state with Orthodox Christianity as the main body, which would have its capital at Constantinople and rule over the territory, including the Black Sea straits. Of course, you must guarantee the privilege of the Soviet Union for free passage through the straits in the future. ”

This was good news for the patriarchs, and if they could establish an independent religious state around Constantinople, their influence would be greatly increased. Of course, not everyone is without doubts:

"Mr. Andrei, I do not doubt your sincerity. But I have a doubt, according to reliable sources, your country is preparing to implement a new law on religion, which will stipulate that Soviet citizens under the age of eighteen will not be allowed to enter churches and not have Bibles, is this news true? ”

Li Xiaofeng smiled and said, "Of course it's true!" ”

With a bang, the gods were boiling, in their opinion, this was simply a provocation, if it wasn't for a certain immortal who had already proved his "divine power", this gang of goods would be turned upside down.

"Quiet, listen to me!" Li Xiaofeng calmed down the gods with one sentence, "This law will be implemented first in the Caucasus, and especially in Azerbaijan." Do you see what I mean? This is the strategy of the Soviet government against ****** extremists! ”

The gods thought for a moment and asked, "Are you saying that this law will only be applied in areas where infidels gather?" ”

"For the time being, it will only be implemented in areas where extremists are active!" Li Xiaofeng replied very clearly, "As for how long this is for the time being, I can't guarantee it now." I can only guarantee that there will be no possibility of full implementation for the time being! ”

Although the gods are still not very reassuring, this is still a statement after all, and they don't have much opinion on what they call infidels. So the focus of the talks immediately returned to that illusory religious state and the future jihad...... (To be continued.) )

PS: Bow and thank Prince Chu, farmerking, ghoul kiss ink, Emperor L Lanhua and Comrade Juventus!