A Soviet T-26 tank ran over the fence at a slow pace, followed by a cautious squad of Soviet infantry. On one side of the road, there were two Polish refugees, who were hit by bullets and had just lost their lives.

These advancing Soviet units were attacked everywhere by Polish partisans, and it seemed that Poland had vented its resentment at the defeat of Germany. Of course, the further they went, the more they realized that the atmosphere was not right. On the map, they are already close to the actual control line in Germany.

If there really is such an aura, the Soviet front-line troops did feel a strange atmosphere, and the closer they got to the area actually controlled by the German army, the more they could feel that powerful and oppressive aura. It's like an ancient dragon of the wilderness, entrenched there, waiting for the stupid people who come to provoke.

"Comrade commissar, the battle flag of the German army was found in the town ahead. One of the scouts retreated to the temporary station, saluted his superiors and said: "On the pier on the other side of the river, I saw a machine-gun emplacement, and several German soldiers on patrol. ”

"Let the battalion commander send signal troops out, contact the division headquarters, and say that we have reached the temporary border area. The commissar thought for a moment and then ordered: "Set up defenses around here and wait for orders from above." ”

"Yes!" said the Scout.

In the opposite town, the German troops also spotted the Soviet troops on the other side of the river at this moment, and the 75 mm anti-tank guns hidden on the flanks of the town were also ready for battle, compared to the German troops deployed on the newly born Soviet-German border, there were only about 600,000 German soldiers on the entire long border line.

The tank forces were even more pitiful, and according to the arrangement of the Wehrmacht General Command, Germany retained only two combat forces on the entire Eastern Front, one was General Guderian's 1st Panzer Army, and the other was the 2nd Panzer Army in the northerly direction as a strategic reserve.

As a strategic defensive force, these two forces are deployed in the second-line area, ready to pounce on the defensive sector in question at any time. Although the Germans were very contemptuous of the Soviet Union's ability to attack Poland, after all, on the long border, the Soviet troops maintained an absolute superiority of 950,000 men.

Lowering his binoculars, a German officer glanced at his lieutenant at a concealed observation post, the commander of the nearby infantry regiment in charge of defense: "Give me two Frederick rocket launchers, and with one salvo I can reach the opposite position." ”

The adjutant put his eyes on the scissor periscope on the side, looked at it carefully, and counted as he looked: "My God, the tank is parked on the side of the road, and the fire is cooking in the room, won't it be choked to death by the smoke?

"One salvo of 4 75-mm howitzers of the regimental artillery is enough for these idiots to drink a pot. The regiment commander smiled, then walked to the map and marked some important points on it: "After so many days of fighting with the Poles, they still haven't learned how to fight." ”

Indeed, compared to the German army, the Soviet troops stationed on the opposite side have clearly not learned the lessons of the nearly two months of war. They seemed to rejoice in the end of the war with Poland, singing and dancing in the villages across the riverbank, sharing the mess of food they had found somewhere.

Not to mention the use of Frederick rocket launchers, such a high-tech new weapon, as long as a company of troops is organized to charge, the German army has the confidence to defeat the Soviet troops in front of them, but no one knows that while the German army looks down on the Soviets, the Soviets are also assessing the combat strength of the German army.

Khrushchev, Yezhov and Voroshilov were proudly inspecting the Polish occupation zone. Such a large territory became the pocket of the Soviet army, and the prestige of the three men within the Soviet Union reached unprecedented heights. Although the three of them knew what was going on with this victory.

"Comrade Khrushchev, the hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war provided to Germany this time are really not easy to make up. I counted all the people who were going to be sent to the Siberian concentration camps, and I couldn't get enough of what they wanted. As soon as Yezhov waved his hand at the phalanx of troops that received the three of them, he turned his head and complained to Khrushchev beside him.

Voroshilov also nodded and agreed: "There is really no way to do it, the Polish troops retreated too quickly, and we didn't catch any decent prisoners." Because of the battle losses and other reasons, the troops generally had a hatred with the Polish soldiers, and the secret killing of prisoners was repeatedly prohibited. We had a pitiful handful of prisoners along the way. ”

"It's not an option. Khrushchev glanced at Yezhov next to him and said: "Comrade Yezhov, you also agreed to this matter at that time, and now that there is such a big loophole, there is really nothing I can do on my side." ”

"I do have a solution, but it seems to be a bit difficult to implement. Yezhov narrowed his eyes and said: "But this method is not a good way, once the problem comes out, no one can escape from it at that time." ”

"What way?" Voroshilov raised his eyebrows, he always felt that these two people from Stalin's side had a cold aura of their own people, which made him very uncomfortable: "If it is inconvenient to let me know, I can leave." ”

He said that he stood up and was about to go out, but how could the two people present let him leave and stay out of the matter?

Yezhov grabbed his sleeve and laughed: "This matter is really indispensable to the help of Marshal Voroshilov! ”

Khrushchev sighed, it seems that this matter really needs the cooperation of the army, and it is inevitable that Yezhov will not be so eager to leave Voroshilov here, but since he came to the front, he has been very disappointed in the ability of the entire military, and he thinks that he should be cautious about everything that has anything to do with the military.

"Again. Seeing that Khrushchev was silent, Yezhov was not ambiguous, and said directly: "This time is the same as the plan last time, the three of us will come out together to do this thing, no one should make a fuss about this matter, and when the problem is solved, even if we have completed the task, we can leave for Moscow immediately." ”

"Tell me, since you won't let me go, then count me as one. Voroshilov sat down and said with some depression.

"Tell me, Comrade Yezhov, and see what you have in mind this time. Khrushchev glanced at Yezhov, who was quite proud, and said: "If this thing can really be done, it will be me." ”

"The matter is very simple, isn't the problem we have now just that we can't hand over so many prisoners?" said Yezhov with a smile: "There is a very easy solution to this. That is - war with the Germans!"

"Are you crazy?" Khrushchev's eyes widened and he said angrily: "You dare to talk about this kind of thing at will? How can we explain it to Comrade Stalin when the time comes?"

"A full-scale conflict, of course, cannot be explained to Comrade Stalin. Yezhov was clearly unimpressed by Khrushchev's anger: "But a small conflict in a local area does not need to be reported to Comrade Stalin, who is busy with everything, right?"

"But in the current state of our army, if we start a war with the Germans, it is obviously not possible to win. Voroshilov frowned and thought for a moment before he spoke: "In case we lose......"

Speaking of this, he suddenly paused, and then stared at Yezhov on the side with wide eyes: "You mean ?......"

"Look, I'll just say that Comrade Marshal Voroshilov is a smart man!" Yezhov nodded and said: "If we win by luck, then naturally the prisoners given to the Germans will not have to be given, and the results of the battle can be reported to Moscow, and you and I will all flourish; if we lose, then the incompetent front commanders and soldiers should logically be transported to Siberia to serve their sentences, and these people can naturally be sent to the Germans." ”

Khrushchev tapped his fingers on the table, he did not approve of the idea, after all, he just wanted to take some merit and become Stalin's right-hand man, and in the future become the leader of the world's largest country. This kind of drama of designing his own people is not something he is happy to see.

However, I have to say that in the current situation, this idea can indeed be said to be the best way, which can not only gamble on the outcome of the bet, but also perfectly solve the current crisis -- just to take a lot of one's own people to attack, and some of them are unbearable.

"After all, this matter is not a glorious thing, is there no other way?" Khrushchev thought for a moment and finally opened his mouth, and he asked tentatively, showing a little consideration for the overall situation.

Yezhov smiled and leaned back in his chair: "Of course, if Comrade Khrushchev has a better way, it will be better if I don't say anything, after all, this kind of thing is better not to try unless it is absolutely necessary." ”

Secretly scolding the old fox, Khrushchev laughed a few times, then thought for a while and said: "From the troops in Belarus and the Ukrainian region? At least we can't use the elite ethnic Russian troops." ”

Voroshilov has always belonged to the kind of obedient attitude, and he also knows that Yezhov and Khrushchev do not need his advice, all he has to do is to provide the necessary military construction when the two of them do not understand well.

And at this time, it happened to be time for him to open his mouth and decide: "Two comrades, if we can, we can mobilize the Ukrainian troops in the south and the Belarusian troops to choose an area to attack and test the reaction of the Germans." ”