Trotsky was angry, and the question was so severe that even the Leninist Frunze showed a thoughtful look, which shows how much pressure Lao Tolko exerted. At this time, Trotsky really had the momentum of Lenin back then, and the domineering spirit of self-sacrifice was very oppressive.

Even Trotsky himself was satisfied, believing that he had taken control of the situation. Next, the Politburo will act decisively as he demands.

However, Trotsky was a little too early in his joy, and indeed Sverdlov began to waver a little, not knowing whether to sit and wait or immediately send troops to the rescue of Britain and France. But there is one exception, Li Xiaofeng could not have been persuaded by Trotsky at all, and now will be the last moment of his showdown with Trotsky.

"I firmly oppose the immediate dispatch of troops!" In the face of Trotsky's compelling gaze, Li Xiaofeng stood up and said very calmly: "Isn't the current situation exactly what we want to see? France is in danger, the British Expeditionary Force is in danger, imperialist vested interests have suffered their greatest defeat since the First World War, and we can even expect that they will face even greater defeats in the future! ”

Trotsky wanted to interject, but Li Xiaofeng did not give him this opportunity at all, and said to himself: "Is it not a good thing that the evil fascist imperialists have dealt a heavy blow to the old imperialist bandits and greatly shaken the old international order, which was full of exploitation and plunder? Isn't it good to watch the imperialist robbers eat dogs? ”

Trotsky finally found an opportunity to interject: "Comrade Andrei, you are too narrow-minded. How can you gloat at this time! ”

Li Xiaofeng once again snatched back the right to speak: "How can you not gloat at this time? Wasn't imperialism gloating to us from 1917 to 1920, when the fascist Nazis were on the rise. Aren't these hooligans gloating over the misfortune of the scoundrels? Oh. It was their turn to be unlucky. Could it be that the Soviet people could not even be happy? Comrade Trotsky, please note who you are, you are the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR and the General Secretary of the Communist Party, and you should look at the problem from the standpoint of the Soviet Union. And not wagging its tail and begging for mercy on imperialism! ”

Trotsky was so angry that he always thought that he was always running for the interests of the Soviet Union, that the fascists were the worst enemy of the Soviet Union, that the Soviet Union wanted to stand tall in the world. You have to try your best to defeat this devil. That's what he thinks about.

In Trotsky's view, it is true that Britain and France are to blame for their bad luck now, but after the elimination of Britain and France, Germany will soon turn its guns on the Soviet Union, and will the Soviet Union still laugh at that time?

"Of course I can laugh!" Li Xiaofeng replied without hesitation, "France has fallen, and there is Britain, will the Germans soon move eastward before destroying Britain?" I don't think so, as long as Hitler is not an idiot. It should be known that before defeating the British. It is extremely dangerous to rush into war with us. I think that we still have time, and it is in the interests of the USSR to wait for the Nazis to weaken Britain and France to the lowest level! ”

Trotsky was furious and retorted: "Hitler was a madman, and at the same time he was able to launch the French campaign while attacking Norway and Denmark, how can you guarantee that he will not go to war against the USSR at the same time as attacking Britain?" ”

Judging from the lessons of history, Hitler was indeed crazy enough, and immediately after the failure of the Sea Lion plan, he turned his gun to fight the Soviet Union, and it seems that Trotsky's judgment was correct. However, Li Xiaofeng believes that the reason why Barbarossa was started was because Hitler had already thought that the bombing of the air force and the strangulation of submarines were enough to trap Britain, and it was based on this judgment that he felt that he could start a war with the Soviet Union.

And it must also be noted that it took the Germans almost a year to switch from Britain to the USSR, and this year could have allowed the USSR to fully enter the wartime track, instead of going to war in such a hurry as it is now. As Li Xiaofeng said, defeating Germany is just a trivial matter, and what is more important is how to divide the sphere of influence after defeating Germany, and entering the Cold War as it did in history is too unfavorable to the Soviet Union, and it is necessary to do everything possible to weaken the-stirring stick Britain.

After more than 12 hours of heated debate, the Politburo discussed from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., and finally made a decision to maintain the status quo.

When the Politburo made this decision, Trotsky was directly seated, and it was clear that he had lost again in this encounter, and this time the defeat was fatal. Although in the end, the Politburo only made the decision to maintain the status quo, and not secretly helped Germany bleed the British as Li Xiaofeng hoped. It seems that the claims of both factions have been rejected, but in fact maintaining the status quo is tantamount to determining Sverdlov's line and course.

In the early hours of the same day, Trotsky wrote in his diary: "It was the worst day, and the Politburo made a rather dangerous decision. No, that's gambling! It's easy to say that if you win, if you lose, it will not only be the Soviet Union that will fall into a catastrophe, but the world will be rui......ned."

It can be seen that Trotsky at that time was extremely worried, why? Because in his opinion, after the October Revolution and the arduous civil war, the Soviet Union finally gained a firm foothold in the world, and even he felt very lucky to recall the previous ups and downs. To put it bluntly, he and Lenin took a big gamble on Russia's national fortunes during the October Revolution. Now, there can be a safer route, but Sverdlov and Li Xiaofeng have once again chosen a gamble with big returns and amazing risks, who can guarantee that they can win this time? Especially after the Nazis' extraordinary fighting prowess, Trotsky became more and more worried.

That is why Trotsky advocated stability and an alliance with Britain and France. Do you think he doesn't know that the urine of Britain and France, without the big trouble of Germany, the Soviet Union is the new enemy of Britain and France, and at that time the Soviet Union will face a new round of blockade and strangulation by Britain and France, and the challenge at that time is not small at all!

Li Xiaofeng's idea was to use the hand of Germany to weaken Britain and France first, so as to reduce the pressure on the Soviet Union when it faced a blockade in the future. He had also thought of this solution. But it was said earlier. He didn't feel safe. If Germany can even defeat Britain and France. Was it difficult to defeat the USSR, which was weaker than Britain and France? He believes that Li Xiaofeng's proposition is to walk a tightrope, that is, to dance on the tip of a knife. As the supreme leader of the Soviet Union, he can't gamble like this, and would rather choose to slowly grind kraft candy with Britain and France!

Were Trotsky's apprehensions justified? Naturally, there is, but Li Xiaofeng thinks that Trotsky's idea is to boil a frog in warm water, and it seems that he has chosen a path with little risk, but at the same time the pressure he will bear in the future will be very great. Because in the future, the Soviet Union will not only face the suppression of Britain and France, but also the terrifying United States. If it did not do its best to weaken the old Europe, led by Britain and France, in World War II, and let the Americans integrate these old Europes, the Soviet Union would have little chance of winning.

In other words, Li Xiaofeng believes that if you gamble in World War II, the Soviet Union may not be worse than in history, but if you don't gamble, it will definitely be worse than in history. This is the biggest difference between him and Trotsky.

The choice of the Soviet Union was soon observed by the whole world, and when the Red Army was mobilized on a large scale, whether it was Britain, France, or Germany, it was highly nervous, but the former was nervous because they saw hope. And the latter is nervous because of fear. It's just that what the whole world didn't expect was that after the Russians moved millions of troops. There was no movement, as if a sleeping person had unconsciously stretched.

In any case, Britain and France quickly turned from hope to despair, and Churchill had already drawn up a Triple Alliance pact, and was ready to fly to Moscow again to ask Trotsky to sign it, but who expected that the Russians would soon be silent; As for Hitler, his heart almost stopped beating in fright, and for a moment he thought he was really finished, and when he received the exact information that Russia was not moving further, the madman cried with joy.

"Destroy the British and French troops in Dunkirk as quickly as possible, so as not to have too many nights!" Frightened, Hitler did not hesitate to pronounce the death sentence of the British and French forces. He didn't procrastinate as he did in history, and the Russians scared him enough, which made the mustache choose the simplest and most straightforward way to solve the problem.

Mourning for the Anglo-French forces in Dunkirk, the Soviets stretched their backs and even lost a chance to escape, even if Churchill mobilized as in history and mobilized a ship to Dunkirk to carry out the rescue, and compared with the dangerous and successful retreat in history, this time the British were not so lucky.

Under the decisive attack of Germany, only 150,000 British, French and Belgian troops withdrew to the British mainland, and the remaining 200,000 or more were either wiped out or captured by the Germans. In the face of such a fiasco, Churchill had no interest or mood to make any enthusiastic speeches in the House of Commons, and the old smoker was faced with the thorny question of how to hold the British Isles.

The defeat of the coalition forces became the last straw that crushed France, and Petain stood up "bravely" and led France into a dark dead end. On June 20, the French government announced the abandonment of the capital, and Paris became an undefended city, and then, less than ten days later, Petain humiliated the defeat in the "armistice carriage".

When July 1940 came, France, once the world's leading big brother, was chained by the Germans. And Britain, France's former partner, in order to prevent Germany from obtaining French naval ships, Qiu Fatzi ruthlessly ordered to launch a crossbow operation first, and stabbed the French in the stomach. This also directly led to France's becoming a laughing stock even after the victory in World War II.

However, Li Xiaofeng quite admired Qiu Fatzi's ruthlessness, he was worthy of being an old rascal, and his hands were black enough. Churchill's decisiveness also made Trotsky unusually shocked, and the British once again lowered the lower limit, which made Lao Tho have to wonder if the previous route of alliance with Britain was really correct, and even the once close French fat man could do it, not to mention the former enemy of the Soviet Union, maybe once the situation is not good, the British will do even better!

In this context, when Qiu Fatzi arrived in Moscow again on July 5 for a visit to Wèn, even Lao Tuo was not so enthusiastic, and he was really frightened by this fat man. So what is the fat man doing this time?

Quite simply, Britain, which was weak and weak, could not defeat Germany alone, and Churchill was once again trying to form an alliance with the Soviet Union. However, at this time, Trotsky was not as interested as before, and did not give Qiu Fat Man much accuracy.

This made Qiu Fatzi quite anxious: "Your Excellency, you haven't reached a consensus before. Germany as the worst enemy of civilized society. It must be eliminated. You've also promised. Willing to do his part for civilized society, and now, at this most critical juncture, why suddenly hesitate again? ”

Trotsky naturally could not say: "Your black belly has frightened Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu is afraid that you will be shot at him!" He could only excuse himself: "My attitude towards containing German ambitions is as firm as ever." However, there was no consensus on this issue at home, and the Soviet Union could only exercise restraint for the time being in democratic discussions. But I can assure you, Your Excellency the Prime Minister. The Soviet Union will always be on the side of justice and will never be in the same league as Germany! ”

Such a guarantee did not mean much to Trotsky, now Britain lacks everything, even if the Soviet Union cannot directly enter the war, it can come up with some real money, how can he, the prime minister, come out and return to the country empty-handed, right?

"This ......," Trotsky hesitated, and Qiu Fatzi hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, the British Isles are facing German aggression, and the allied forces are desperately short of heavy weapons. In particular, the losses of the Air Force were enormous and urgently needed to be replenished. And at sea. Once again, the devilish Germans began unlimited submarine warfare...... If the British Isles were lost and the whole of Europe would be occupied by the Nazis, would your country still be able to remain neutral? ”

Trotsky was moved, and after some consideration, he replied: "Your Excellency, I cannot give you any guarantees for the time being, but I will do my best to bring about assistance to your country, so please be calm for a moment......

To tell the truth, Trotsky had no confidence in convincing Sverdlov, for the two were bent on weakening England, and the more unfortunate the English were, the happier they were. Anyway, before going on this persuasion work, Trotsky was ready to let go of this old face, but what Trotsky did not expect was that Li Xiaofeng seemed to be better talking than he expected.

"Aid to the British? I am categorically opposed to the so-called aid, how can the property of the Soviet people be given away at will? When we were in the famine, the British helped us with a piece of bread? Britain wants to get arms and other supplies, yes, but it must be paid in one hand and delivered in the other, and no credit is owed! ”

Trotsky was a little speechless about someone who wanted money to die, who did not know that now Britain's finances were tight, where did the British have money at this time?

"No money? This is not true, we have already taken a big risk by agreeing to sell arms, and we must not be allowed to take political risks and carry economic burdens, right? The USSR was an underdeveloped country, and there was not so much money to squander! ”

Trotsky was out of choice and said angrily: "According to your wishes, this thing cannot be done, can it?" ”

Li Xiaofeng smiled: "I didn't say that, the British don't have cash, it's not a problem." The sun never sets on the empire, and there is no money to use land as collateral! We can sign a loan mortgage agreement, and of course, it would be better to cede the land directly! ”

Trotsky was shocked by someone's shamelessness, and for a long time someone wanted to cut the flesh of the British Empire in a grand manner. If Trotsky's temper had been followed, he would have spat it in one gulp, but now this was probably the only way to "help" Britain

Of course, Trotsky was also worried about whether the British would agree, after all, it would be a slap in the face. What Trotsky did not expect, however, was that he was not particularly resistant to this, at least not in a rage, and when he returned to London to consult with the House of Commons, he formally agreed to this request.

Li Xiaofeng knew that the British would agree, and at the most critical moment of the year, the Americans used almost the same means to "help" the British cousin, and it was not a big deal to replace it with the Soviet Union. However, Li Xiaofeng still underestimated the shamelessness of the British, because the collateral proposed by Qiu Fatzi was really unsightly, and the collateral was either some barren land, or an enclave half a world away that was meaningless to the Soviet Union.

In this regard, Li Xiaofeng was angry at the Politburo meeting: "The British really think that we are called Hanako? Can you just use three melons and two dates to get away? It's a scam at all! In order to protect the interests of the USSR, I think Iceland and the Faroe Islands are justified as collateral! ”

Why did Li Xiaofeng fall in love with Iceland and the Faroe Islands? Could it be that these two pieces of land are so rich? Obviously, no, neither of these two areas is very developed, and they basically live on tourism and fishing. However, the geographical location of Iceland and the Faroe Islands is quite important, as two key nodes in the Soviet Union's access to the Atlantic, controlling these two islands is equivalent to indirectly breaking the blockade.

As a dependency of Denmark and a dependent territory, after the German invasion of Denmark and Norway, the British quickly occupied these two key islands, which became an important part of the blockade of the German navy's access to the Atlantic, and in the historical Cold War, these two islands also became the nail to listen to and monitor the Red Navy's entry into the Atlantic.

Li Xiaofeng has always wanted to pull out these nails, meddling in Norway is only the first step, and taking Iceland and the Faroe Islands is the second step, if these two steps can be achieved, the Red Navy can finally break the blockade for the first time and enter the Atlantic Ocean without hindrance.

Of course, this is not easy to achieve, as Trotsky, for example, said: "Neither Iceland nor the Faroe Islands belong to Great Britain, but to Denmark." Britain cannot mortgage the two islands. What's more, how to solve the international impact if this is done? Isn't this great power chauvinism and neocolonialism in disguise? (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank you for holding the broken son, your baby is hanging, xuyiqing1985 and Comrade Juventus!