Kremlin!

"Kremlin" means "inner city" in Russian, and "fortress" in Mongolian. It is located on the Borovitsky Hill in the most central part of Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, bordered by the Moskva River to the south and the Alexander Vovsky Garden to the northwest. It was almost always the palace of the Russian emperor before the Soviet Union, and is the oldest complex in Moscow, one of the largest in the world, with a mix of Byzantine, Russian, Baroque and Greco-Roman architectural forms. There are tall and strong walls and bell towers, gold-domed churches, ancient pavilions, and numerous palaces, all of which together form a group of incomparably beautiful and majestic artistic buildings. It can be called a treasure house of historical treasures, cultural and artistic monuments, so it enjoys the reputation of "the eighth wonder of the world".

The palace has a triangular design and is a national symbol of the Soviet Union.

Therefore, after the official outbreak of the Soviet-German war, it became one of the main targets of bombing by German pilots. Because this is the seat of the Soviet government, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and the office of the supreme leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin. If this place can be razed to the ground, then it will inevitably deal a huge blow to the entire Soviet Union and demoralize it. And if it can bomb the Soviet government or the Central Committee of the CPSU, inflict heavy losses on it, or even kill Stalin himself, it will be more conducive to the German army's attack, and it may even allow the German army to take such a huge country as the Soviet Union without much effort.

But the problem is that a month after the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, the Kremlin seems to have suddenly mysteriously disappeared from Moscow. When German bomber pilots came to Moscow with bombs, they often failed to find their targets and could not complete their bombing missions. Even the ace pilots of the German army could not find the location of the Kremlin. The Kremlin could not be found, but the main targets in the palace, such as the Kremlin Building No. 1, where Stalin's office was located. The Grand Kremlin, where the Soviet government and the Central Committee of the CPSU are located, as well as Lenin's tomb, are even less to be found.

Why did this happen?

It's very simple.

First, the current aircraft cannot be accurately positioned, and the bombing can only rely on the visual inspection of the pilot; Second, within 30 days after the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, at the behest of Stalin, the head of the State Security Committee of the USSR, the number one executioner at the time of the "Great Purge", Ravlenty. Pavlovich. Beria changed his "magic" in the Kremlin and carried out a large-scale and elaborate camouflage of the entire palace complex.

These camouflages defended the Kremlin. Also secured Stalin.

After camouflage, the number of Luftwaffe air strikes on the Kremlin was significantly reduced. I used to want to come every day, but now I may only come back once every month or two. It can be said that Beria's disguise of the Kremlin not only preserved the Kremlin, a unique structure in the world, but also bankrupted Germany's plot to eliminate the top leadership of the Soviet Union.

This also allowed Stalin to continue to work in peace of mind in his No. 1 building.

But. Peace of mind to peace of mind, Stalin's mood has not been better since the German invasion. And now. He was looking at a stack of photos that Beria had brought with him. The face is almost overcast, and the water can be wrung out.

"Are these all new photos?" Despite his efforts to suppress the anger in his heart, the air coming out of Stalin's nose was still so cold that it seemed to blow his famous beard to the roots.

"The front line just sent it back." Beria was a little nervous. As Stalin's most trusted subordinate, he could even be regarded as the second person in the Soviet Union at this time. Except for Stalin himself, everyone in the entire Soviet Union was afraid of him to the core. Because he started by killing people and arresting people. Afterworld. In Khrushchev's secret report there was a famous joke about his horror: Stalin lost his pipe, he caught 10 thieves the next day, all of whom confessed, and Stalin found the pipe under his couch. …… He was such a terrible man who treated human life like a mustard. But the problem is. Everyone else was afraid of him, but he was afraid of Stalin. This is not only because his power comes from Stalin, but also because he knows that the person in front of him is not a person who can trust people at all, to be exact, this person will not really trust anyone at all. This man's paranoia has reached the point of incurability, and his left hand will not even trust his right hand.

"That is, the 'great' Soviet Red Army was still unable to break through the outer lines of the Germans and rescue Stalingrad?" Stalin's words were full of anger and sarcasm. He really should. Stalingrad, the city named after him!

"The Germans' 'ice and snow line' took everyone by surprise. The front-line troops don't know how to deal with it at all...... "Beria took a deep breath and said a few kind words for someone.

"Why don't you use cannons? Concentrate a sufficient number of cannons, and I don't believe that they can't blast their ice shells! That's just ice, it's ice! Not steel! Stalin roared.

"The Germans had very strong ice and snow fortifications, and according to feedback from the front, they were two meters in the thinnest place! And at the current temperature, they are almost no worse than reinforced concrete fortifications of the same thickness! Beria licked his lips and carefully explained: "And the most difficult thing is that we finally destroyed the German fortifications, they only need to take advantage of the gap in the battle to pour some more water on it, and it will freeze again in a few minutes, and in less than an hour, it will basically be restored to normal ......."

“…… Is there no other way? Even with Stalin's arrogance, he was speechless after hearing these explanations. Ice and snow fortifications! When he first heard it, he thought that the Germans were engaged in some kind of conspiracy, but it didn't take long to know that Lu Dao was in serious trouble. The Germans used ice to build defensive lines, not to mention strong, and they built them very quickly, because they could be made from local materials. Next to Stalingrad is the Volga River, but this mother river of Russia acted as an "accomplice" of the invaders in this case. The Germans took out the ice from the Volga River, which was tens of centimeters or even more than a meter thick, and quickly built two layers of defense on the periphery of Stalingrad, both internal and external, not only blocking Stalingrad, but also effectively blocking the reinforcements he had sent.

"There's a solution, but we don't know if it will work until we try it officially. And...... The investment required can be significant. Beria looked at Stalin and said cautiously.

"What's the solution?" Stalin hurriedly asked.

"This method may require the use of Comrade Molotov." Beria did not rush to show credit to Stalin, but pulled out another person to help share the responsibility.

"Molotov?" Stalin was really anxious, "Then call him right away." Right away! ”

……

"Comrade Stalin, do you have something to do with me?"

Also working in the Kremlin, Molotov heard Stalin's call and rushed almost all the way to Building No. 1. However, after seeing Beria standing at Stalin's desk clearly, he couldn't help but jump up in his heart...... Something must have happened, right? Otherwise, how could it be Beria waiting for him here? Although Stalin has forbidden Beria from interfering in national security work since last year, Beria, the great demon king who has killed countless people, still has a deterrent power that makes everyone feel cold. This included them, Stalin's "cronies".

"Beria just told me that there is a way to break the 'ice and snow defense' that the Germans have built on the outskirts of Stalingrad!" Stalin said in a deep voice, "Although this method will make it difficult for us, I hope that you will do this task well." ”

"Me?" Molotov almost fell to the ground. As a member of the top leadership of the Soviet Union, he certainly knew what the Germans' "ice and snow line" was all about. Seriously, if the hostile factors of both sides are excluded, this move by him to the Germans is simply a five-body throw of admiration. How can we not admire the fact that these Soviets, who have lived in the ice and snow since childhood, could not think of it, but also made a group of dull Germans think of it, and thus made them fall into a huge passivity. But like many Soviet leaders, he really couldn't do anything about it...... The weather in the Soviet Union in winter was super cold, and the ice was extremely hard, which was one of them; The ice and snow defense line was extremely easy to build, not only with local materials, but also with an outrageously easy repair, and God could naturally restore everything to its original state by pouring water on it...... He even heard that some German troops were idle and had nothing to do, so they simply poured the fortifications into a wall of ice and snow five or six meters high and three or four meters thick, and some even poured their own camp into an ice city! The hundreds of thousands of Red Army officers and men who were fighting full-time on the front line had nothing to do about it, so what tricks could he have as a civilian official engaged in administrative work?

"Comrade Stalin, I ...... I was willing to give everything I had for the Soviets, but I didn't know what I could do. IMHO, after hearing about the front, I also tried to think of everything, but to no avail. "You can't take this matter first, and if you don't catch it well, you will be unlucky. You must know that the pipe-loving guy in front of him has never been a person who misses old loves. Molotov cautiously addressed Stalin, trying to shirk the task that might have been smashed on the head.

"I don't need you to give it all, I just need you to find Chinese...... Do whatever it takes to get your hands on their napalm recipes! Stalin said through gritted teeth.

"Chinese again?" Haven't you had enough of what you have suffered at the hands of those people? Looking at Stalin's appearance, Molotov's eyes widened in astonishment. (To be continued......)