Stalin knew very well that no matter how fierce the Japanese Kwantung Army and Tang Qiuli's troops were in the East, it was not a serious trouble, still less a factor that put the Soviet Union in danger of extinction, and the battlefield was too far away from the central areas of the Soviet Union to shake the Soviet Union's national foundation, and at most it could be regarded as a disease of scabies.

But the Germans are different, according to the current pace of advancement, I am afraid that it will not take a month to reach the city of Moscow, and at that time, only to give up the capital, for their own prestige, for the Soviet people's will and morale, will be a great blow, must not allow this situation to shake the foundation of the Bolshevik Party's rule, therefore, the Soviet Union must mobilize the strength of the whole country to fight to the death with the Germans!

Stalin looked at the members of the Political Bureau and said: "Comrades, our great Soviet Union is facing great danger, the German fascist offensive was fierce at the beginning, but as long as we have confidence, continuous fighting, and the final victory, it still belongs to our great Soviet people, the great Bolshevik Party!" ”

"In view of the current crisis situation, I would like to issue a general mobilization order to the people of the whole country in the name of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and we should tell the people that the great socialist Soviet Union has been brutally invaded by the German fascists, and the war has broken out, and all the Soviet people must plunge into this great patriotic war!"

"In order to unify the command of the forces of the whole country and resist the invasion of German fascism, I would also like to mention the establishment of the Supreme Command of the Soviet Union, of which I will be the supreme commander, and that the General Staff, including the General Command of the Air Force, the General Command of the Navy, and all departments, must be under the unified command of the Supreme Command, and all military and civilian enterprises should immediately be transferred to the wartime system, and all the country's lives should be carried out. It's all going to be wartime! ”

In a few words, Stalin set the tone for the Soviet Union to carry out a national general mobilization and enter the wartime track, and it should be admitted that Stalin had a natural domineering and leadership temperament, and his vision was also higher than that of other members of the CPSU Political Bureau, and Hitler's sudden and large-scale attack on the Soviet Union was carried out with the determination to destroy the Soviet Union. If the Soviet Union had not exhausted its national strength and had coped with local wars, it would not have been able to fight Hitler at all.

The members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPSU, who attended the meeting, greeted Stalin's mention with neat and stormy applause. Stalin raised his hands, and the applause subsided. "Comrades. We must be soberly aware that we are facing a fascist army armed to the teeth, and we will face countless difficulties for a long time to come, perhaps a year. Maybe two years, or ...... For a longer period of time, we will all spend the years of constant fighting. ”

"Therefore, I ask all party members and comrades. It is necessary to stand on the front line of the Great Patriotic War, and to punish those who are shaken in battle, panicked, afraid of the enemy, defect to the enemy, and fail to command effectively, and punish them by the most severe means; once it is verified, the Cheka departments at all levels throughout the country can be shot on the spot without trial, and the lesson of Comrade Beria is enough to arouse the vigilance of our whole party, and I also hope that the comrades of the Political Affairs Bureau will bravely shoulder their own responsibilities and lead the people to bravely fight against the fascists for the sake of our motherland! ”

Stalin's voice was a little hoarse, but his determination was unquestionable, and it was very clear that under the premise of resisting the German invasion, if anyone who fired a cross-fire cannon or had something else in mind to think about something that should not be pondered, do not blame me for the murder, whoever you are!

The meeting of the Political Affairs Bureau was over, and the members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union hurriedly left and entered their roles, and the original intrigue and factional strife became insignificant, and in their hearts, there was a deep sense of crisis, after all, the Soviet Union had perished, and the vested interest groups would also disappear with it.

The sky was dark, the tall palace walls of the Kremlin cast a gloomy shadow, and the light in the huge office was a little dim, but Stalin did not turn on the lights, he buried himself in the dark, smoking one pipe after another, and the bright and dark flashes of red light, from time to time reflected his worried and tired face.

Stalin was worried, deeply worried, the German offensive was fierce and rapid, and in more than four hours, it actually advanced more than 80 kilometers on the territory of the Soviet Union, and at this rate, in less than a month, the capital Moscow would be in flames, and the Soviet army in the western border area would never be able to resist the German attack, and he knew very well what kind of troops were the troops left in the western direction!

Petroshilov's move, of course, is good, and it is the only feasible way at present, but Stalin saw it at a deeper level, relying on improvised troops, it is impossible to resist the German army, Hitler even swept across the European continent, and the Anglo-French alliance was defeated, and the British and American forces could only hold on to a corner of the British Isles, and it was only a matter of time before they were defeated, which was enough to prove the combat effectiveness of the German army.

Hitler had been prepared, premeditated, and perhaps, a few years earlier, he had begun to lay out preparations for war against the Soviet Union, and what about himself? Stalin shook his head in pain and annoyance, sighed heavily, and felt a sharp pain in his heart, and now it seems that it was a fatal mistake to transfer the vast majority of troops to the East against the Chinese Tang Qiuli and the Japanese Kwantung Army.

This mistake was enough to bury the Soviet Union, if more than 4 million elite troops in the East were still stationed on the Western Front, would Hitler have taken the liberty of doing it? Even if Hitler took the risk, the current war situation would not be as bad as it is now, this qiē is a big disaster caused by that Beria, thinking of Beria, Stalin's anger in his heart burned irrepressibly, burning him inside.

"Jingle bell!" Stalin pressed the electric bell on his desk, and a young officer in full armor walked in briskly, without a single movement, and at first glance, he was strictly trained, this was a member of the Kremlin Guard, a personal guard belonging to Stalin, and also a secret arm, doing something that was inconvenient to hand over to the Cheka, or something that was not visible, was a young party member who was absolutely loyal to Stalin, full of dedication to the leader, loyal to Stalin and did not say anything, but also obeyed his words.

Stalin quickly wrote a few lines on a piece of letterhead, put it in an envelope, carefully sealed it, and only gave one order: "Don't let anyone know, immediately hand it over to Comrade Chernenko, Third Deputy Director of the Organization Department of the Central Committee and Director of the Cadre Review Bureau, and remember, it must be handed over to him personally!" ”

The officer, after taking the envelope, disappeared into the office in an instant as brisk as when he came, Beria became a prisoner, the All-Soviet Anti-Rebellion Committee, this extremely important institution, there will be a big mess without a leader, in the committee, there are Beria's forces, he has been operating in the Cheka for many years, his cronies and henchmen are all over various departments, the enemy is current, if it is not handled well, there will be a big mess, and if it is not good, his life and safety will be threatened.

This is also the main reason why he did not publicly announce Beria's death sentence at the meeting of the Political Bureau, but had to endure the strong murderous intention, calling that guy "comrade" and just censoring, in order to stabilize the Cheka and not cause chaos, of course, handing Beria over to the military is to announce his death, and I believe that Petroshilov will get what he needs.

As for Chernenko, the third deputy director of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the director of the Cadre Review Bureau, mentioned in the secret letter, he was the only candidate to serve as the chairman of the All-Soviet Anti-Counter Committee, and the Cadre Review Bureau was originally a special structure within the party, shouldering similar responsibilities as the Cheka, but it was very low-key, and it was a special agency that he set up to check and balance Beria at the beginning, but he did not expect it to come in handy today.

And Comrade Chernenko, the director of the bureau, is more ruthless than Beria, but he does not love killing, nor does he go around framing and fabricating charges to eliminate dissidents and suppress other factions, so there is no resentment and anger, and the most important thing is that Chernenko has no political ambitions, otherwise, with the heavy power of the Cadre Censorship Bureau, he would have already sought a high position, and he would have taken over the burden of the All-Soviet Anti-Counter-Terrorism Committee, and he would have done better than Beria!

Chernenko will also understand his real intention of sending him as chairman of the All-Soviet Anti-Terrorism Committee at a critical moment, starting tomorrow, the entire Cheka system will be a bloody storm, and countless heads will fall to the ground, but this is not something that Stalin is worried about, Chernenko is completely able to handle it, he has this and there and courage!

What Stalin was most worried about was the Eastern Battlefield, Zhukov was encircling and annihilating the Japanese Kwantung Army at a critical moment, immediately withdrawing his troops to eradicate the war in which the Japanese coveted the territory of the Soviet Far East, and victory was in sight, but because of the treachery of the Germans, a sudden attack, and the success fell short, Stalin hated it and was helpless, perhaps, there will be no such good opportunity in the future?

And that Chinese Tang Qiuli will also have a chance to breathe, and once again occupy the Outer Mongolia region, which is completely hopeless, and as for the annexation of Manchuria and the Inner Mongolia region of China, in Stalin's state of mind at the moment, it is more like a mirror.

Seeing that he is about to realize his long-cherished wish, stabilize the East, and then expand a large territory, and then, spend great efforts to consolidate the West, and watch the Germans and the Anglo-American coalition forces on the British Isles with a cold eye, fighting to the death, the Soviet Union has been bored for a few years, and it may not have the ability to compete with the Germans in Europe!

However, now everything has come to naught, and the war in the East is half-baked, so he is forced to withdraw, and when he thinks of this, Stalin's heart is blocked in a panic, and he is so blocked that he can't breathe, all because of that Beria, in Stalin's heart, hating Beria even more than hating Hitler!

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