Episode 58 Partition of the Soviet Union

On 1 May, just over twenty days after the occupation of Czechoslovakia, the German armed forces invaded Poland in a big way. Within three days, the Polish Air Force was beaten to a pile of scrap metal, and then only German planes flew over the Polish land. In less than a week, the organized resistance of the Polish army was crushed, and the remaining Polish army was divided into several isolated small pieces by the German mechanized forces, unable to communicate with each other and had to fight on their own. At this time, the Polish army could no longer be called an "army", and became a combination of several stragglers.

Before the invasion of the Czech Republic, after all, there was not much fighting. And this invasion of Poland, the Polish army resisted to the death. As a result, the ** teams once again feasted their eyes and appreciated the style of "blitzkrieg". In their memory, except for the Ming army's battle of crossing the river three years ago, no army has used this tactic so beautifully.

At the same time, the secret negotiations between the Ming side and the Soviet side were still going on in a similar way, and the Ming side opened its mouth widely, not only did not agree to cede the occupied zone in Central Asia, but instead demanded the entire Kamchatka Peninsula with the Soviet Union, and the Ming side demanded that there must be a border from the Trans-Khingan Mountains to the Kamchatka Peninsula, so a "coastal corridor" must be drawn between the two places. That is, the land 200 kilometers west from the coastline, the Soviet Union was to cede all of it to the Ming State.

In addition, the Ming side also proposed that the Soviet Union must recognize the "Republic of the Russian Federation", that is, Free Russia, and must also cede a part of its land to Free Russia as its territory. As for where to cede and how much, this is a matter between the Soviet Union and Free Russia, and the Ming Dynasty will not mix, you will talk about it yourself. But until the three countries sign a treaty, the Ming army will not turn its back on its allies (Free Russia) and unilaterally withdraw its troops from Central Asia.

Molotov was almost on his back. Not only did the Ming not return the occupied areas in Central Asia, but they also opened their mouths to demand the entire Kamchatka Peninsula, and they also wanted to carve out an additional "corridor" almost 2,000 kilometers long and 200 kilometers wide for the Ming Kingdom, and it was also a coastal area. In this way, regardless of the loss of land area, the Soviet Union would have no access to the sea in the Far East. All that's left is a small stretch of coastline within the Arctic Circle, frozen for most of the year and covered in clouds and mist that is of no navigational value. - These are not over, what kind of "free Russia" is still to be negotiated, and the land is still ceded by the reactionary regime of White Russia......

But anyway, Ming Fang finally came up with something, and he finally won't talk to you. As long as there is talk, there is hope. Molotov was ready to start bargaining, pushing the asking price down. And the Ming side also seems to be very sincere, not at all not allowed to bargain, although the asking price is very high, but with Molotov's price reduction, the two sides are also like ordinary friendly neighbors, you come and go, bargaining. In this way, Molotov's heart was a lot more steady.

After a week or so of bargaining, the two sides talked about it. The Ming side admitted that the main interests of the Ming Dynasty were still in the Far East, so they were willing to give up some of the Central Asian claims in exchange for the benefits of the Far East. Therefore, it was willing to cede eastern Kazakhstan, eastern Uzbekistan and eastern Turkmenistan to the USSR. But two small mountain countries - Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the Ming army will not be exchanged for the USSR. Because these two small countries just hold the western section of the Tianshan Mountains and the Pamir Plateau, they are the western gate of southern Xinjiang and are related to the border security of the Ming Kingdom. However, the Ming State will not incorporate these two small countries into the territory, but help them to build a country and become a buffer state of the Ming and Soviet States in this region.

Molotov consulted Stalin, who agreed in principle. Because these two small countries are indeed small in size and mountainous in size, they are of little value, and they can be discarded at the price.

In exchange for the Ming's concessions in Central Asia, the Soviet Union fully satisfied the Ming's territorial claims in the Far East, namely the cession of the entire Kamchatka Peninsula and the coastal corridor from the Trans-Khingan Mountains to the Kamchatka Peninsula to the Ming State, while recognizing the Republic of the Russian Federation.

For the Soviet Union, this was an unprecedented hemorrhage. From the Tsarist Empire to the Soviet Union, the country of "Russia" has always been expanding, and there is no record of spitting out the land in its hands. Now, in order to get out of the dangerous situation of fighting on two fronts, in order to preserve the European part, Stalin can be said to have knocked out his front teeth and swallowed it in his stomach. Fortunately, after paying all this price, it was finally possible to transfer the elite main forces of the Red Army to Europe to defend against Hitler's attack. As long as Hitler could not get in, the Soviet regime would not collapse, and Stalin himself would have been able to retain his authority. Stalin himself was a capricious and untrustworthy man, but he was confident in the credibility of the Ming state. He knew that Ming was still a very trustworthy country. No matter how much extortion is at the negotiating table, it is another matter, but once the treaty is signed, the Ming State will definitely abide by it 100%, and will never tear it up like Germany.

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A general consensus was reached with the Ming side, and at this time it was already late May, and the German army was deploying troops in Poland to sharpen their swords. Stalin, who had always been calm, could not sit still at this time, and sent several telegrams a day asking questions, urging Molotov to hurry up and conclude a peace treaty with Ming. Molotov, a veteran diplomat, was also anxious, urging the Ming side representatives to sign the treaty every day, saying that those details would be put aside first, and the two sides would sign supplementary terms in detail later, and the Soviet side would not let the Ming side suffer. However, the Ming side was very calm, insisting on determining many details one by one and writing them into the text of the treaty, making Molotov anxious like an ant on a hot pot.

It's so easy, Ming Fang finally decided. Just when Molotov thought that he could finally sign the contract, the representative of the Ming side suddenly remembered and said: By the way, you still have to talk to the Free Russian side. When you're done, we'll sign it together.

This made Molotov so anxious that he almost fainted. He wanted to achieve an armistice in Central Asia as soon as possible, and then go back and slowly negotiate with the Belarusian side, but the Ming side insisted on disagreeing. So in desperation, Molotov hastily met with representatives of Free Russia under the arrangement of the Ming side.

The first condition of the representatives of Free Russia was that the Soviet Union would cede all the lands east of the Yenisei River as the territory of Free Russia.

Molotov's eyes went dark, and he almost fell down at that time.

The Soviet Union was divided into two main parts, Europe and Asia, which were divided by the Ural Mountains. There are three large rivers in the eastern part of the Urals, namely the Ob, the Yenisei and the Lena. All three rivers run north-south and empties into the Arctic Ocean. In the center of which the Yenisei River divides Russia in half. Now that Free Russia has proposed to cede the territory east of the Yenisei River, it means that nearly half of the territory of the Soviet Union will be gone.

This is simply much darker than Ming Guo. I talked with Ming Fang for more than half a month before co-authoring, and I talked about it in vain. Molotov felt like the world was spinning and top-heavy. He knew that he had been tricked by Mingguo. It turned out that the Ming Kingdom had no intention of negotiating with the Soviet Union at all, and it was just to stabilize the Soviet Union, give the Soviet Union hope for peace, and buy time for Hitler...... The representatives of the Ming Kingdom pretended to bargain for half a month, and looked like they were calculating on the issue of the Kamchatka Peninsula. When the negotiations were finally settled, he instructed "Free Russia" to open his mouth and take half of the Soviet Union at once......

Molotov's mind is no longer a matter of negotiations. He knew that what Ming wanted was to kill the Soviet Union and cut the meat himself. He is now worried about whether he will be able to return to the Soviet Union. He estimated. Since Mingguo has already had a showdown, he can completely deduct himself.

To his surprise, the Ming side did not embarrass him, but still arranged a plane to send Molotov back to the Soviet Union.

Molotov suddenly figured it out on the plane: Ming Guo now sent himself back to the Soviet Union, at most, let the Soviet Union "take care of it". In the eyes of Mingguo, the Soviet Union is already a corpse, and he is nothing as a Molotov!

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When the plane was about to land at the Moscow airport, Molotov saw a horrific sight - a dense air balloon rose over the city of Moscow. When he stepped off the plane, a Soviet officer immediately hurried over and told him with a deep look that 10 hours earlier, the Germans had broken through the Soviet-Polish border, and many airfields and cities had already been subjected to air raids, and Comrade Stalin asked Comrade Molotov to meet him as soon as he got off the plane.