Demetri. Aleksandrovich was sitting bored in a café on the streets of Berlin and passing the time reading a newspaper. Berlin in October 1944 was not much different from Berlin in October 1939, with cafés, bars, cinemas open as usual, and the common people seemed to live in a different world. The only thing that bothered me was the Allied air raids, and every time a bomb fell from the sky, the inhabitants of Berlin suddenly reacted, it turned out that it was wartime.

When Dmitry finished reading the fourth page of the paper, sat down opposite him a good-looking SS lieutenant colonel, who did not even look at Dmitry, but only asked the waitress for a cup of coffee, as if he had nothing to do with Dmitry, who was concentrating on the newspaper across the table.

"You're late!" Dmitry's eyes never left the newspaper, not even his lips moved, but he made a sound.

"Sorry for the delay." The SS lieutenant colonel took advantage of the coffee to spit out a few words softly.

"What, Himmler is active?" Dmitry asked in ventriloquism, still in ventriloquism.

"Yes, the end is coming, can you not be active?" The lieutenant colonel gave a sneering look, but he immediately disguised it.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Old Dmitry asked comfortably.

A wry smile appeared on the corner of the SS lieutenant colonel's mouth, he was really not used to this way of talking, "Himmler can no longer sit still, he contacted the Swedish channel, hoping to talk to Britain and the United States." ”

"Who's the contact?"

"Forte. Count Bernadotte. ”

"It's good, the family knows. Is there anything else? ”

"It was not only Himmler who tried to connect Britain and the United States, but also Ribbentrop and Heinrich. Both Müller and Bowman had similar ideas. ”

Dmitry leisurely put away the newspaper, as if it was only at this time that he noticed an SS officer sitting across from him, he bowed slightly, and then walked away from the SS lieutenant colonel.

Of course, only the lieutenant colonel heard the veteran agent's instructions clearly: "Be calm, be improvised, and take advantage of the internal contradictions of the enemy to sabotage their plots." ”

The SS lieutenant colonel hurried away from the scene after drinking his coffee, as if it were an ordinary morning, and the two strangers had finished nodding their heads and were not worth paying attention to at all. But who would have thought of Dmitry . Aleksandrovich was the head of the KGB station in Germany, and the SS lieutenant colonel who connected with him was the KGB spy king Abel who became famous.

As Himmler's confidant, Abel had access to the dynamics of the Nazi tops, and the first-hand information he obtained was too important for Moscow to know the dynamics of the Nazi tops, so that it could be prevented in advance. For example, the information he reported today has aroused Li Xiaofeng's great attention.

The Nazis' attempts to engage with Britain and the United States were not news at all, and although the Allies had reached an agreement that they could not negotiate peace behind their backs, everyone knew that this was a dead letter. Especially in order to snatch the interests of post-war Europe, how to finally use the Nazis is a problem that Britain and the United States have to consider.

On this issue, Lierwin was quite active, and she began to work on this issue in 1943, although the last negotiation was finally bankrupt due to Hitler's interference, but the female spy never gave up. When the foundations of Hitler's rule were shaken by the Anglo-American Allies and the Soviet Red Army, Lierwin was not until soon to have a second and third chance, and the more opportunities there were.

Sure enough, it was about what she expected, and after only a month or two, the Germans couldn't help it, and all the bigwigs rushed up at Hula, Himmler, Ribbentrop, bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods.

In this case, Lierwin is too willing to see it, and the more enthusiastic the Nazi top brass is, the more powerless Hitler's ruling power is, and there are more negotiation partners, and it is convenient to lower prices. Of course, Learwin is not complacent, because she knows very well that this is just the beginning, and like her, the KGB will focus on this issue and will do everything possible to sabotage it. So in order to ensure the smooth progress of the negotiations, she took great pains to make arrangements.

This time she did not follow the path of the German ambassador to Switzerland, because the ambassador was a man of Hitler and was quite loyal to the Führer, and when the crazy Führer blocked the way of negotiations, contact with him would be purely harmful.

This time, Learvin followed the path of Count Bernadotte of Sweden. The Count Bernadotte is the president of the Swedish Red Cross and the manager of the Swedish branch of the American Morgan consortium "International Business Machines Corporation". These two positions allow him to have easy access to delegates without attracting major attention, i.e., good cover.

Of course, in fact, we all know the real attitude of the Swedes in this world war, which is pro-German in nature, and this time the German threw an olive branch, and he must have hurried to send it to Britain and the United States to see if it is.

Learwin placed great hopes on the Earl, and instructed MI6 to cooperate fully with the Count. It's just that what Li Erwen didn't expect was that even if she was strictly guarded, the pearl was mixed with sand. As Himmler's confidant, Lieutenant Colonel Abel was designated as his representative to make contacts with Britain and the United States. Well, Learvine is really a bit tragic, just standing at the starting line, she lost.

After Abel arrived in Sweden, he followed the instructions of Himmler and Schulenburg, and did not live in the German embassy in Sweden, because Ribbentrop's men were in the embassy, and Himmler and Ribbentrop were not at odds with each other on this issue as two rivals competing to sell Hitler for survival.

As a matter of fact, the talks were also conducted separately, and it was not until the talks were relatively in-depth and the preliminary draft was obtained that the two gangs of "traitors" came into contact. Of course, in fact, both sides are aware of the existence of the other, and even if they don't know it at first, Learwin doesn't mind trying to make both sides aware of it in order to obtain greater benefits.

In this way, things become more interesting, and Learvin is very happy to see the expressions of the two groups of German negotiators anyway. But his joy did not last long, and on the way back to Germany with the draft of the negotiations to inform Himmler and Ribbentrop, something happened!

Speaking from later historical data, it is that the special plane carrying the negotiators crashed over the Baltic Sea and crashed into the depths of the ocean, and none of the people on board survived.

Of course, this is just official information and statements, and the real history is much more interesting than that. Decades later, when Abel died, the information came to light. It turned out that on that day he had an idea for Himmler, which was to kill Ribbentrop's men in the air, hijack the airliner, and then sue Ribbentrop in front of Hitler, saying that he was betraying Germany behind the Führer's back.

This suggestion was accepted by Himmler, so when the special plane had just arrived over Germany, Abel suddenly attacked, killed Ribbentrop's envoy and the pilot of the plane, and parachuted to escape with relevant information.

The plane crashed in Germany, and Himmler, who had been waiting at the "place of the incident" for a long time, immediately took his men and horses to find the crashed plane, and found evidence of Ribbentrop's betrayal on the plane.

One can imagine how angry Hitler was when he learned the news and saw the relevant evidence. He immediately ordered Himmler to arrest Ribbentrop, and after a surprise interrogation, when the relevant documents and information were put in front of this Nazi dog, he naturally had no way to deny it.

According to Abel's recollection: "Ribbentrop soon broke down, and he tearfully told Hitler that everything he did was for Germany. It's just that Hitler didn't accept his statement, but scolded him...... A few hours later, on Hitler's orders, Ribbentrop was sent a ****** and a final piece of advice: 'Either die with dignity and save the honor of the Reich and the Party, or be hanged like a dog!' ’”

What options did Ribbentrop have? That night, the Nazi died in a cage with a grim face, and the next day Goebbels announced to the whole of Germany: "The death of our beloved Foreign Minister Comrade Ribbentrop who died of a heart attack last night is a great loss to Germany, and we will always remember him and remember his outstanding contribution to Germany......"

Himmler was happy because his biggest rival had been easily eliminated, which made him value Abel even more, believing that Abel was his lucky star. He also instructed Abel to make another trip to Sweden as soon as possible to complete the rest of the work.

Yes, Himmler also imagined that he could reach an agreement with Britain and the United States to end the war with dignity, and even believed that it would be his duty and obligation to lead Germany out of the predicament after the war. It's just that what the Nazi leader didn't expect was that his wish would be fulfilled again, because Abel was not only pitted by Ribbentrop, but also by his boss.

While in Sweden, Abel secretly handed over to the KGB a photocopy of the original draft agreed between Himmler and Ribbentrop and Britain and the United States. While he was still in the air, the photocopies were sent to Moscow by the fastest means. Almost on the day of Ribbentrop's execution, the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the USSR solemnly sent a note to the British and American ambassadors to the Soviet Union, throwing the photocopy directly in their faces.

At that time, the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the USSR did not say anything else, let alone a threatening word, anyway, the meaning was very clear: "You can see what you do!" If you don't give a satisfactory explanation, it's not over! ”

As for the ambassadors of the United States and the Soviet Union, at this time they were white-haired sweaters with a lot of brains, and it was actually nothing to negotiate peace with Germany behind the back of their allies, as long as they were not caught, there would be no problem, and they would just be killed anyway and not admit it. But now the intelligence department is doing too much, and people have even come up with the draft you agreed, what does this mean? It shows that people are well aware of your actions, and God knows what the Soviets are hiding, and if this matter is not handled carefully, it will cause an obvious big uproar, and if there are any more people who want to add fuel to the fire, Churchill and Roosevelt may not be able to explain it. Maybe Roosevelt was better, but Churchill could only step down, especially when the British people thought of the speech when he came to power in 1940, I am afraid that it would directly bury the political career of Churchill.

Anyway, the ambassadors of the two countries attached great importance to it and immediately reported it to China in the form of an urgent telegram, and when Roosevelt and Churchill learned of this, it is conceivable how bad their faces could be.

"I want you to tell me, why did this highly classified intelligence leak out, and even the draft was taken by the Soviet Union, what are you eating?"

Even if Churchill supported Learwin, he couldn't help but be angry at this time, this matter made him too passive and too much for him to sit on wax. Once the news leaks to the outside world, the fun is really great.

So Churchill gave a very stern instruction: "Strictly investigate the leakage channels, and make sure to find out to me whether it is our problem or the problem of the Germans!" ”

Churchill was furious, MI5 and MI6 naturally began to self-examine, and anyone who might have access to that draft was subjected to intense scrutiny, don't you say, the British really investigated and dealt with some problems, captured two German spies and one Swedish spy, but they didn't even find a single Soviet spy hair.

"It is likely that the information was leaked by the Germans, and the Soviets had infiltrated them quite strongly," Learwin said. ”

The possibility is really great, but it does not help to solve the problem of the task at all, even if it is a problem on the German side? Now the problem is that the matter has been exposed, there is no point in making amends here, and how to explain it to the USSR is the biggest problem.

"We don't need to explain, just deny it!" This was Lierwin's suggestion, and in her opinion Britain and the United States united could be completely hooligans and ignore the Soviet Union. Even he thinks that the reaction of the Soviet Union this time is so calm, which just shows that the Soviet Union does not want to make things bigger!

Is that really the case? I'm afraid Learvin's speculation is problematic. Because Li Xiaofeng is not such a good talker, he didn't catch the evidence, and now he has obtained both stolen goods, if he didn't get the blood of British and American chicken feathers and ducks, then he would have really become an immortal for nothing.

In fact, Churchill didn't dare to bet, because he knew that once this matter was really stabbed to the media by the Soviet Union, what kind of "carnival" would be next, even if they could deny it outright, but the opposition parties that had become more and more unpleasant to him would not be polite, and now it was not the state of 1940 when the wind was sluggish and cold, with or without him Churchill Britain can ensure that the difficulties are over, as the so-called rabbit dies and the dog cooks the bird and hides the bow, and the Nazi river can naturally demolish the Churchill bridge.

Politics is so realistic, and the common people are even more forgetful, they will not remember how Churchill turned the tide in 1940, they will only remember Churchill in 1944 trying to make peace with the Nazis behind the back of his allies, and they will only remember that Churchill was a liar. will only shout for him to get off the stage.

What's more, Churchill knew that he had lost several points before, and the aftermath of the Harvest incident was not dissipated, and at this time, there was such a mess, no matter how you look at it, there is no way to explain it!

So Churchill could only choose to be conservative: "Go and probe the Soviets and see what they wanted?" ”

Churchill decided to give in, and could only temporarily pay a price to satisfy the Soviet Union in exchange for not detonating the bomb.

So what was the attitude of the Soviet side at this time? Truth be told, the shock of the turmoil to the top of the Soviet Union was no less than that of Churchill and Roosevelt. Former Politics. It is still generally believed that even if the relations within the allies are very tense at present, Britain and the United States will not completely "commit treason to the enemy" and believe that the future relations between the three countries will be to maintain unity in the struggle, and the alliance should not completely break down.

However, after the secret contact between Britain and the United States and the Nazis was exposed, the political government. The governance situation generally took a breath of cool air, and emotional imperialism is really "daring to act", this is really preparing to cheat!

This makes the government. The ruling situation developed a strong sense of distrust between Britain and the United States, believing that it would be difficult to say what would happen in the future, and that it was even entirely possible that Britain and the United States would make a private peace with Germany, so that the German army would turn around and deal with the Soviet Union wholeheartedly, while Britain and the United States would reap the benefits.

This fully shows that in the future, the class struggle, especially the struggle of the proletariat against imperialism, will be the mainstream. When imperialism has passed the crisis, it will naturally pick up the **** weapon again, and they will rearm the Nazis and other fascist reactionary forces to encircle and suppress us, we must be vigilant and always be ready to fight back fiercely. ”

According to Sverdlov, the focus of the Soviet Union's work was to shift from winning the Great Patriotic War to preparing for winning the anti-imperialist war. It is even judged that in the next three to five years, a third world war will inevitably break out.

Anyway, at this time, Sverdlov was very successful, thinking that his ideas would inevitably be political. The Soviet Union would then enter the anti-imperialist mode of preparations for World War III under his leadership.

Of course, Li Xiaofeng will definitely not agree with this judgment, the United States will soon have nuclear weapons, and the two nuclear-armed countries will fight the third world war? It's clearly the rhythm of wasteland and radiation, and it's not so crazy to be at least a little sane. What's more, this event is indeed big when it is big, but it can indeed be small when it is small.

Li Xiaofeng's opinion is: "It is extremely irrational to talk about starting a third world war. I don't think the main contradiction in the future should be one-sidedly identified as the contradiction between the proletariat and imperialism, and the contradiction between the material needs of the proletariat will also be very prominent. I would like to ask for a political request. All the comrades in charge of the situation should note that we will undoubtedly be the victors in this war, but the consumption of the Soviet people in this war is also in all directions, and the material standard of living of our people has been reduced to a very dangerous level, and it is gradually approaching the state of 1917. In 1917 the people revolted because they didn't have enough bread, and now it's okay! ”

Taking a breather, Li Xiaofeng continued: "Not only China, but also all European countries that have been devastated by the war are facing the problem of reconstruction, and the restoration of the peaceful life of the past is the common urgent desire of the whole of Europe. I think that under such general popular pressure, it will be difficult for imperialism to make the decision to wage an all-out war against us...... Although the nature of this incident is quite bad, I think the impact is limited, and it should not be over-interpreted, and it is our top priority to put appropriate pressure on Britain and the United States to force them to abandon those unrealistic ideas! ”

Sverdlov was about to speak, but Trotsky took the lead, and the elder said: "I agree with Comrade Andrei's analysis, and I think it is too arbitrary to talk about the Third World War now. Our contradictions with imperialism do not happen overnight, we have been living in opposition for more than 20 years, and imperialism has not been able to eliminate us in the 20s, when it was in full strength superiority, let alone now. Our strength has far surpassed that of those years, when imperialism did not dare to fully intervene in us, let alone today. ”

Trotsky judged very categorically: "I believe that this incident is still a test of imperialism, and in the future this test will not decrease, but will become more and more, we will continue to have a long confrontation at the same time, and the time is not ripe for the total elimination of imperialism." Comrades, think about it, how much energy and cost did we have to defeat a Germany that is not very strong in imperialism, let alone the Anglo-Americans, which are among the best in imperialism. We cannot start a war on impulse, this is the most irresponsible thing for the Soviet people! ”

Sverdlov was a little annoyed, for Trotsky was genuinely quite unkind, and the words were almost directed at his nose. Xiao Si is a little puzzled, I don't have any major contradictions with you Trotsky at this time, right? Why are you targeting me like this? You feel like you're going to step down, and you're ready to pat someone's ass for the sake of happiness in your old age!

Sverdlov was really wrong, was Trotsky the kind of person who would rather bend than bend? His persistence and belief will not be worse than Lenin's, let him slap Li Xiaofeng's ass, it is better to kill him with a knife.

Trotsky really disagreed with Sverdlov's judgment, and after watching the previous rounds of confrontations between Xiao Si and a certain immortal, he also really found that Xiao Si was not someone's opponent, if he stood on Xiao Si's side, once Xiao Si was squeezed out of power, someone would definitely have to settle accounts after the autumn, and his Trotskyism was originally green and yellow, and he really couldn't stand the toss.

Therefore, Trotsky decided to put aside Xiao Si and not seek to unite with Xiao Si against someone, but instead adopted the principle of insisting on speaking with facts, upholding the truth, upholding principles, and upholding party spirit...... (To be continued.) )