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The news of the sinking of the Leipzig and Baleta shocked the world, and the whole world was terrified of the madness of the USSR! Yes, it's just chilling, because before the whole world felt that with Britain and France behind it, the Soviet Union would definitely have to suffer a dumb loss this time. Who would have thought that the Russians would directly flip the table, and directly sinked the Leipzig and Baleta with a strong shot, and slapped Britain, France, Germany and Italy in a resounding slap.

Crazy Ivan!

Politicians all over the world have such a thought in their hearts, and then almost simultaneously turn their eyes to Britain, France, and Germany and Italy, and everyone wants to know how they will react.

Germany and Italy were directly confused about what kind of reaction they could have, because their rise was actually relying on unreasonableness and breaking the rules. It's just that their actions were indulged by Britain and France before, and no one dared to pursue them.

And now that a madman who is even more unreasonable than them has come out, and completely ignores the British and French who are behind their backs, how can they mix? Yes, both Germany and Italy seemed helpless in response to Russia's strong reaction, and did not know what to do.

There may be comrades who say: "No! The German Navy is not strong, but the Italian Navy is not weak, how can it be regarded as a grade with France, the Italian Navy can't do Britain, the United States and Japan, and it can't break hands with the Soviet Union? ”

On paper, the Italian navy was the hegemon of the Mediterranean, and at one point had five dreadnoughts after the end of World War I. Especially the Veneto-class battleships in World War II. The number jù on paper is still very strong!

Yes. On paper, the Italian Navy is good, but that's just on paper, in reality? In fact, in April 1937, the Italian Navy did not have a single battleship that could be used!

Why? Let's listen to me slowly, let's talk about Dante-class battleships first, which were decommissioned and dismantled in 1928, so naturally there is nothing to say. There are three Duke Cavour class ships. However, the third ship, Leonardo da Vinci, exploded in 1916 and disintegrated in 1921. The remaining Duke Cavour and Caesars were modernized from 1933, and the work was not yet complete. Let's talk about two more Andrea. Doria class, unfortunately, these two goods were being prepared for modernization in 1937, and they were temporarily in a state of preparation before docking, and the same could not be used. As for the mighty Veneto, it was still under intense construction.

So the Italian Navy at this time was rather embarrassed, and several battleships were either waiting for the transformation or the transformation project was not completed, or it was still under construction. In the face of the provocation of the Red Navy, he really could not show any confidence.

The Italians coaxed. The Germans were in a hurry, and there was nothing they could do, because the naval strength was not enough. How do you get this Nima? Even if the Germans were to get out, they would not be able to do anything to the Red Navy.

The mustache was ready to pretend to scare and scare the Russians, but the three western military districts of the Soviet Union were already fully prepared for war, and with the strength of the German Wehrmacht at this time, they really couldn't scare the other side.

And the mustache is not ready to start fighting at this time, nothing is ready, hit a hair! After thinking about it, the mustache has only one way to go.

Condemnation, strong condemnation, and then protest. Anyway, it was similar to the reaction of the Soviet Union before. The difference is that the Soviet Union did not have the help of Britain and France when it condemned, but when Germany and Italy began to condemn, the British and French helped to wave the flag and shout.

However, the Soviet Union directly ignored what it condemned, and even announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Germany and Italy without waiting for Germany and Italy to strengthen the intensity and level of condemnation, and announced that it would immediately begin to evacuate overseas Chinese from the two countries.

This frightened Germany and Italy again, and they were ready to exert pressure step by step, who would have thought that the Soviet Union would directly put it in one step, as if to say: "Do you want to fight, do you want to fight Lao Tzu!" ”

In the face of the Soviet Union's "scoundrel" approach, the mustache and Mussolini became more and more speechless, Nima, who of us are the scoundrels!

So why was the Soviet choice so bizarre? First of all, the tradition of the fighting nation is there, since the Tsarist era, Maozi's international creed is "the iron rod sweeps irresistibly, and if there is resistance, the iron rod is thickened", although this simple and crude approach has attracted a lot of hatred for Tsarist Russia, but sometimes it works; Secondly, the Politburo made a judgment on a series of intelligence - the German-Italian fascist bandits were not ready for war, and their rogue methods could not threaten the national security of the Soviet Union.

Based on this judgment, the Politburo believes that the best way to deal with scoundrels is to appear more scoundrels and domineering than they are. As for the possible reaction of Britain and France, the Politburo made a sharp interpretation - these two imperialist bandits wanted us to fight the fascist bandits, and at most they paid lip service to Germany and Italy.

Such a judgment is quite accurate, of course, this is inseparable from the credit of the KGB led by Li Xiaofeng. For this reason, the Politburo specifically verbally praised a certain immortal. However, in someone's own opinion, this kind of verbal praise is really boring, and there is no practical benefit at all.

Of course, it is better to be praised than to be criticized, such as the NKVD, which also has a certain intelligence function, and this period of time is worse than death. What is the reason? Kirov was assassinated!

Historically, Kirov was assassinated at the end of 1934, but in this time and space, I don't know if it was the butterfly effect or some other reason, this thing lived two more years. On December 24, 1936, the afternoon of Christmas Eve, the goods were taken by the historical nemesis Leonid . Nikolaev shot and killed in the Smolny Palace.

However, there is a slight difference from history that Kirov was killed in public at the group meeting that day. This case is so sensational that a dignified member of the Central Committee and secretary of the Leningrad Oblast Party Committee was assassinated in front of a large number of party members.

When Stalin received this news, he directly tore off the table. And at an emergency meeting convened by the Politburo for this, he was furious. At first, it was to accuse KGB and Li Xiaofeng of being irresponsible. An important leader of the party was killed by the enemy.

However, at that time, Li Xiaofeng was very calm, and directly took out a copy of the text and handed it to Stalin. So what is written in this article?

A hundred years later, when this text was declassified. We can see, according to the KGB report, that with the continued tension in the international situation and the continued infiltration of hostile hostile agents into the Soviet Union. The security of our party's senior leaders has become more and more serious, and several names have been highlighted, including Kirov. The column of the remarks also reads: "A small number of comrades, who have been invaded by capitalist ideology, have wavered in their will, have begun to indulge in leisure and work hard, and think more about enjoyment than work, and pay special attention to the movements of this part of the people, because they are very likely to act in a highly endangered state of the country." ”

The report was first assessed internally by the KGB and concluded that the risks were high and deserved great attention, and then forwarded to the NKVD. After all, this part of the work is directly under the direct responsibility of the NKVD. However, the NKVD did not think so, believing that the KGB was unfounded. directly returned this report, if it weren't for the fact that the boss of KGB was Li Xiaofeng, he would even have to be sarcastic.

So when did this report come about? October 1934. At that time, Li Xiaofeng felt that if Kirov, the second goods, was really killed inexplicably, then both the NKVD and the KGB had unshirkable responsibility, especially the people on Stalin's side were very good at buttoning their hats, although he had no intention of saving Kirov, but he was not ready to take the blame. So I personally supervised the handling of this report. As for whether the NKVD is serious or not, then he doesn't care.

In 1934 Kirov survived unscathed, and in 1935 Li Xiaofeng made the same report again, and even a week before Kirov's assassination in 1936, the report was again submitted to the NKVD. Anyway, the NKVD's instructions on the report and the words of return are quite a slap in the face.

All in all, the KGB and Li Xiaofeng have done their duty, because according to the job arrangement, the KGB's focus is on intelligence work and counter-espionage work. The security of the country's leaders is not too much to do with them, unless it is done by hostile elements. On the contrary, the NKVD is more responsible, after all, they are the body responsible for public security issues, and they have always been responsible for the safety and security of the country's leaders.

So who is the head of the NKVD at this time? An old acquaintance, the bloody dwarf Yezhov, as a deputy member of the NKVD, he has a heavy responsibility. There may be comrades who want to ask, isn't this just a vice chairman? Why is he carrying the thunder?

It can't be helped, because after the purge in 1935, Trotsky, at the behest of Lenin, handed over the NKVD to Minzhensky (this thing is obedient), but everyone knows that this playboy is a little unreliable and not in good health (historically died of a heart attack in 1934), in this time and space Minzhensky carried it for an extra year, and after the 1935 congress he was the NKVD for half a year before hanging up.

As soon as Minzhensky died, the problem arose, the reason why Trotsky used Minzhensky was that he did not have many people available, and Minzhensky had a good relationship with Lenin, and under Lenin's instructions, he expressed his willingness to cooperate with Lao Rensky in his work, and this was the reason why he came to power. His sudden death caught Trotsky by surprise, and he fought with Stalin for several rounds over the position of NKVD, arguing from 1935 to 1937, a period that was inconclusive.

In any case, Trotsky did not like Yezhov, who was nominated by Stalin, and Stalin, the nominee of Trotsky, naturally would not let go. As soon as he came and went, Yezhov, as a deputy committee member, presided over the daily work on his behalf. Note that it is only the NKVD who is acting for the day-to-day work, and not the NKVD (which makes a big difference).

In any case, the work of the NKVD for more than a year has been difficult, and under the constant struggle between Trotsky and Stalin, it has hardly played a great role.

And this time, the sudden assassination of Kirov certainly grieved Stalin, but at the same time Mikoyan and Zhdanov told him that this was an opportunity not only to put an end to the leaderless state of the NKVD. You can even give Li Xiaofeng a little color to see.

How? Step 1. Naturally, the KGB and the NKVD are accused of poor work. The reason for the NKVD's poor performance is naturally easy to find, that is, the group has no leader, and it is necessary to find a qualified person in charge immediately. According to Mikoyan and Zhdanov's estimates, this time as long as Stalin pretended to be indignant, even Trotsky in the Politburo would have to give him three points, which would make Yezhov straight. On the KGB side, Li Xiaofeng has no excuse for prevarication, so he will inevitably be wrapped up by K.

It should be said that Zhdanov and Mikoyan judged very accurately. Without that report, both Trotsky and Li Xiaofeng would have been unlucky, and the greatest beneficiary would have been Stalin. Uh, or rather, Zhdanov and Mikoyan.

Why? Because Zhdanov and Mikoyan did not have a higher position in the Stalin clique than Kirov, and the positions were limited, one less competitor meant one more chance!

If this time if the bad thing can be turned into a good thing, the benefits of Zhdanov and Mikoyan in the end will naturally be great.

However, the ploy of these two did not work from the beginning, and who made the KGB pay attention to this matter again and again from 1934 onwards, constantly reminding the NKVD. No matter how much you swing this board, it can't hit Li Xiaofeng's ass. On the contrary, Yezhov was quite dangerous, because the last report to return the KGB had instructions for this goods.

All right. Stalin's first thing to think about now was probably not how to straighten Yezhov, but how to get the goods out. Because Trotsky immediately seized the opportunity to put him in the army: "Play the piano indiscriminately!" How is the work of the NKVD done, in the face of the KGB's reminders again and again of inaction, watching the tragedy happen, it is simply a bunch of rice buckets! ”

Look, the board has already hit the NKVD in the ass, is it still far from Yezhov? Ordzhonikidze hurriedly interjected: "At this time, there is no point in blaming the NKVD, the most important task at the moment is to find out the truth of the case!" I'm the NKVD to immediately set up a task force to get the matter done! ”

Ordzhonikidze was ready to divert attention, but Trotsky was not fooled: "Let the NKVD investigate?" Jokes, in the face of stern warnings, they can't attract any attention, and they are still counting on them to solve the case! This case should be handed over to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and to Comrade Felix, and I suggest that you personally organize a special task force to arrest the matter! As for the NKVD, the most important thing for them now is to examine themselves and hold accountable those who have failed in their duties! ”

Stalin's face turned white, and it was clear that Trotsky was ready to kill Yezhov, but Yezhov was his man, and how could he watch Trotsky succeed.

Immediately, he said: "No, it was the KGB who first came up with the relevant situation, and Comrade Andrei is better at this work, and the KGB should take over the investigation of the case." ”

While saying that Stalin also gave Sverdlov and Li Xiaofeng a look, that meant pulling the brothers. However, in the face of steel's call for help, Xiao Si and Li Xiaofeng directly pretended not to see it, why? Your Stalin, who was not kind at all just now, was ready to put a shit basin on the head of the KGB from the beginning. Oh, things are not going well now, and you want to ask for help? It's not that good, you can wipe off the you pulled yourself.

Xiao Si and Li Xiaofeng were silent, which made it difficult for Stalin to stand alone, and of course, this also correctly reflected the pattern of the highest level of the CPSU at this time. On the whole, it is a Trotskyist alliance, but the two factions are not in harmony, and there are-stirring sticks Kamenev and Zinoviev within the Trotskyists, while the Iron and Steel Alliance is also a constant open and secret fight.

For example, in the final vote, there was a very interesting situation, the steel pulled Kalinin to a draw with Trotsky and Ulitsky, and the rest of the Great Elders all abstained.

In this way, things became interesting, and in the end there was a very strange task force, including Yezhov of the NKVD, Ulitsky of the Trotsky, Dzerzhinsky of the habitual neutrality, and Li Xiaofeng of the KGB. Nominally a joint investigative team, but in reality they are working separately.

For example, Yezhov's NKVD investigation team concluded that the assassination of hostile agents was directed at Germany and Italy; Ulitsky came to the conclusion that a series of mistakes made by Kirov during the period when he presided over the work of the Leningrad Party Committee intensified the contradictions among the people. Anyway, that means that Kirov's work is not wrong, and the main reason is that. Dzerzhinsky's investigation resulted in a tragic case caused by the ideological slippage of party members. As for Li Xiaofeng's side, he naturally followed the tone of the previous report.

Let's not mention who is more "correct" in the end, but let's take a look at the conclusions themselves, which is also quite interesting. For example, Yezhov's conclusion insisted that Nikolaev was a traitor to the renegade and a German spy. Why did he say this, only in this way can the NKVD be cleared of a little responsibility, if Nikolaev is a spy, then the KGB is responsible, even if the KGB has reminded it several times, but foreign spies should be in their charge.

It can also be seen from this that Stalin is a person who must be revenged, which is definitely revenge on Xiao Si and Li Xiaofeng for not helping him speak before.

Looking at Ulitsky's conclusion, this is also Sima Zhao's heart, which is well known to passers-by, and he is simply putting on Kirov's head, which is deliberately disgusting Stalin. If this conclusion is confirmed, then Kirov is to blame, and the NKVD will be held accountable for its dereliction of duty, which is a good thing for the Trotskyists.

Dzerzhinsky, on the contrary, did not sell illicit goods. It is clear, however, that neither Stalin nor Trotsky would like this just conclusion.

Anyway, in the end, Kirov's assassination was thunderous and rainy, and neither faction could gain the upper hand, and until Kirov was buried, no final conclusion was reached, and his death was unknown. It was cheaper for the murderer Nikolaev, because without a conclusion, he could not be convicted, and he could only be kept in prison and constantly interrogated, but it was Kirov's chief of guard Borisov who died in a car accident inexplicably (he was the only one who died, and the other people in the car did not lose a single hair)...... (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)

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