For Molotov, Stalin has absolute trust, and among the important members of the Central Committee of the CPSU, only this man who has been fighting side by side with him and has stood by his side at every critical stage of the bloody struggle between the factions within the CPSU, has not hesitated to stand by his side, and has done many hidden things for himself that cannot be put on the table, including cutting off Molotov, who is a political opponent, Stalin adopted an attitude of absolute trust, and the political struggle for many years, the local destiny of the two people, has been closely linked and cannot be separated.

At this point, even the former chairman of the Soviet Union Suppression Committee, who was the most favored before, Beria, who now does not want to be found, and the current chief of the General Staff, Marshal Petroshilov, are not comparable to, and do not have this treatment, Stalin can openly discuss all kinds of things with Molotov, whether it is above board or despicable, and neither of them has any psychological obstacles.

Moreover, Stalin admired Molotov's talent and mind very much, and handed over diplomacy and even government affairs to Molotov to deal with, Stalin himself never asked, until he grasped the general direction, but Molotov did a very good job, and now, this close comrade-in-arms and hardcore confidant, known as the wise Molotov, is looking at himself vigorously, obviously, he has a better idea in his heart, but it is not appropriate to say it on such an occasion!

Stalin forcibly suppressed the urge to scold General Badachenko, but his tone was much colder, and he said: "Comrade Badachenko, you must always remember your responsibility to defend Moscow, and the troops in your hands are stored for this goal, and after three days, I will go to the positions of the Moscow Military District with some comrades of the Political Bureau, and I hope that you can reassure the comrades of the Political Bureau, even if the German army is under the city of Moscow." Your troops, also capable of holding off the Germans on the outskirts of Moscow! ”

"Yes, Comrade Stalin!" General Badachenko, feeling the anger of Comrade Stalin, hastened to reply, secretly regretting in his heart what he was doing in the limelight, and felt that such an answer was not enough to express his determination. "All the commanders and fighters of the Moscow Military District, keep in mind your order and never let the iron hooves of the German fascists step into Moscow even half a step, even if they pay with their lives. At all costs! He continued.

But how for Vasilevsky's troops. Open the way to the European theater? Is there any other solution? General Badachenko sat down in a daze, and at this time, Molotov quickly wrote down a line in his notebook, tore it off, and handed it to Stalin.

Stalin opened it and looked. Just a few simple words: "Comrade Stalin, please put aside the question of the Outer Mongolian Front for the time being. Concentrate on studying the problems of the Far Eastern Front, and after the meeting, I have important matters that I need to talk to you secretly! In addition, on the issue of the Far Eastern Front, my personal opinion is that it is more appropriate to rescue! ”

That is, Molotov has the qualifications and power to directly state his views and propose that the leader change the theme of the meeting, but Molotov is very clever, he is secretly handing over the note, and in doing so, he can not only avoid making the problem public, but also ensure the prestige of Comrade Stalin, and this person is the best at killing two birds with one stone.

After reading this note, Stalin's face showed an obvious relaxed look, although Molotov's words made him have no clue at all, and he didn't know what he wanted to talk to him secretly, but I don't know what the reason was, Molotov's note had such magic, and Stalin felt that Molotov had a good solution to the dilemma encountered by the Outer Mongolian Front.

However, Stalin still felt uncomfortable, the Chinese Tang Qiuli, the obstacles set up for the Outer Mongolian Front, had to be temporarily shelved, and the problem of the Far Eastern Front still needed to be brought to the table again, and his heart was sad.

Stalin was silent for a moment and said: "Comrades, in view of the fact that the problems encountered by the Outer Mongolian Front are very complex and require us to make a more prudent decision, therefore, for the time being, we will return to the question of the Far Eastern Front!" ”

The Soviet party, government, and military bigwigs who attended the meeting were stunned for a while, the question of the Outer Mongolian Front was unresolved, how could it be that it was back to the question of the Far Eastern Front, Comrade Stalin was acting today, it was very abnormal!

The question of the Far Eastern Front seems to be very simple, not complicated, it is a question of whether to save or not, but the simple choice involves the major matter of the future and destiny of the Soviet Union, and no one dares to express their opinion lightly.

After Stalin raised the question, everyone remained silent, in fact, silence is also an attitude, what Comrade Stalin is hesitating, we are hesitating, and the final decision is still in the hands of the leader.

It can be said that the fate of more than a million soldiers of the Far Eastern Front was completely changed by a note from Molotov.

Originally, in Stalin's considerations, the troops of the Far Eastern Front would not be rescued, for the very simple and cruel reason that the troops in the East could not afford to delay, and once they fell into a long-term battle with the Japanese troops in the Far East, all the previous efforts were a waste of time.

Stalin also knew clearly that sooner or later the German army would come to the city of Moscow, and the Moscow Military District could guarantee that within a period of time, the German army would be blocked from attacking the city, but in the future, the city would be trapped for a long time and could not be defended, and only by breaking the encirclement of the German army from the outside could Moscow avoid falling.

Under such circumstances, if Ren dared to let several fronts in the Far East once again fall into a long-term entanglement with the Japanese army, of course, Stalin's heart was absolutely painful, and in the midst of repeated weighing and thinking, he could not sleep all night, if the Trans-Khinganling Front and the Baikal Front did not turn back to rescue the Far Eastern Front, then Zhukov's troops would be the end of the annihilation of the entire army, and more than a million elite troops would be eaten by the Japanese in one bite, how could Stalin not be heartbroken.

And that Zhukov, who was Stalin's most admired general, was in charge of an independent campaign direction, and Stalin was also the most assured, and at the same time as deciding to abandon the Far Eastern Front, Stalin gave a top-secret order to the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, General Kostadinov, "Before the Far Eastern Front is about to be annihilated, send the best transport pilots, the best fighter pilots, to take the commander Comrade Zhukov back to Moscow!" ”

This order was put in the head of the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, General Kostadinov, and even Molotov and Marshal Petroshilov, Chief of the General Staff, did not know about it, and Stalin not only wanted to rescue Zhukov from the battlefield, but he also prepared for General Zhukov to take a new post, and after integrating the troops of various military districts in the European direction, he was newly reorganized as the commander and political commissar of the Moscow Front.

The only task of the Moscow Front, which Stalin envisioned, was to defend Moscow and establish a defensive line in Moscow to block the German offensive on the front line of Moscow.

However, it was undoubtedly a very painful decision to abandon the Far Eastern Front, which had more than 1 million troops and had been tempered in several years of fighting against the Japanese Kwantung Army, and even if he was as ruthless as Stalin, he was hesitant and could not be ruthless, and this was also the reason why Zhukov did not receive a reply from Moscow for a long time after he sent an urgent telegram.

In the face of the fierce offensive of the German army, the Soviet army was defeated, Stalin also considered abandoning Moscow and moving the capital, which might reduce the huge pressure on the Soviet army, but moving the capital there was the most difficult problem to solve, and the cities in European part of the Soviet Union were within the range of the German army's attack, and it was not safe.

There is no place for the European part, the Asian part of the Soviet Union, how about the vast land, in the dead of night, Stalin locked himself in his room, took a magnifying glass, and carefully looked at the cities in the Asian part, not without a favorite East, for example, Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, and even Irkutsk, are good wartime capital footholds.

Not only away from the war in Europe, avoiding the offensive edge of the German army, but also able to calmly command the war against the German army, with the Ural Mountains and the Tangnu Mountains, these two natural barriers, the Germans could not fight, but Stalin finally gave up this idea, once the capital was moved, after Moscow fell to Hitler, the blow to the confidence of the Soviet military and civilians was absolutely heavy.

Of course, this was not the main reason, and the decisive reason for Stalin's refusal to move the capital was because of one person, Tang Qiuli, vice chairman of the Military Commission of the Republic of China and the largest armed group in the Republic of China.

Stalin even thought angrily, "What happened to me, how could I think that moving the capital to the Far East, under the eyes of any mean, cunning, ruthless, and insatiable Chinese, Stalin could imagine that once the wartime capital of the Soviet Union moved to the East, as soon as it woke up, the Chinese would come to the city, and he would soon become a prisoner of Tang Qiuli."

In Stalin's mind, Hitler and Tang Qiuli were equally hateful and terrible enemies, and even, Tang Qiuli was on Stalin's curse list, surpassing Hitler, although which madman-like German Führer was fighting against the Soviet Union, Hitler was clearly coming, and Tang Qiuli was doing his best to conspire, for example, the predicament and threat to the Outer Mongolian Front now.

(To be continued)(To be continued......