Moscow's landmark, the Kremlin.

Stalin stood on the balcony and watched as the red flag was solemnly raised by the soldiers. Then he walked back to his room with his hands behind his back. He has been in a very bad mood these days, so bad that many things to be happy about can't make him smile.

One was his former right-hand man, Yezhov, who relied on his most relied on subordinate, died, in a street shootout. He was shot in the back by his own cronies, and the scene was chaotic and full of suspicions. Eventually, however, the case was dismissed as an act of revenge by a victim of the Great Purge. After Kirov, Yezhov became another dead unknown leader of the Soviet Union.

Of course, there is an even more depressing thing, many people in the military feel that Stalin's letting Yezhov die an unclear death is a move to shirk responsibility, and they strongly demand that the purge be stopped and the dead rehabilitated. This wave of ideas left Stalin so anxious that he had to order another purge of the military command in order to consolidate his increasingly fragile rule.

On the other hand, from Khrushchev's statements, he knew how much the Soviet Union had lost in Poland. These interests are already too large to be described in numbers: hundreds of thousands of young people have been picked up by the Germans for nothing, and hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians and Belarusians. Germany not only received a large amount of human resources, but also much more land than it had originally demarcated.

Stalin had to admit that it was the young Führer of Germany who had won, winning large swathes of territory and hundreds of thousands of laborers from Poland and even the Soviet Union. But as the leader of the Soviet Union, he had to get his field back, and this was what he wanted to do most now, and he had to do.

However, it was unrealistic to declare war on Germany, since the problem he was now more anxious to solve was the dissatisfaction of the military with the Great Purge, and his army had proved that it was no match for the Wehrmacht. If you go to war, you will obviously bring humiliation on yourself and shake your prestige and foundation at home even more.

Not just the inability to go to war, but even to avoid the German army now going to war against the USSR. Because the Soviet Union had to spend at least two years to straighten out its internal problems before it had its own confidence to meet the provocations of the German army. If the two countries are at war now, then even if the Soviet Union can win, it will definitely be a crushing victory that it is unwilling to accept.

So he had to choose another way, to find a way that would make Germany pay the price, and he could not anger the Soviet Union. But after so many days, he still hasn't been able to find a way to get the best of both worlds. Looking out the window at the thick snow, it seemed that the cold sensation poured into the warm room, making him shiver from head to toe.

An assistant knocked on Stalin's open door and immediately reported: "Comrade Stalin, great leader, Comrade Khrushchev would like to be able to meet you." ”

Stalin nodded, signaling that people could come in, and after a while, Khrushchev hurried in.

As soon as he entered the door, he smiled and said to Stalin: "Great leader, Comrade Stalin, I have eyebrows on my side about the plan you said to take revenge on Germany. As he spoke, he pressed a copy of the treaty to Stalin's desk.

"Oh?" Stalin was stunned for a moment, then took the text and took a closer look, this article is not complicated, because the name of the article is written on the cover, and this name seems to be the content of this article. On the white cover, a line of large letters reads clearly.

"What do you mean?" Stalin asked, frowning. What loopholes could there be in this treaty? It is unlikely, and even if there were, it is still questionable whether these loopholes can be exploited given the current military strength of the Soviet Union and the aggressive attitude of Germany. Stalin couldn't think of the key point for a while, so he stopped pondering it himself, and asked Khrushchev directly.

Khrushchev did not dare to sell in front of Stalin, and quickly explained: "Comrade Stalin, there are no loopholes in this contract, but this article itself is the biggest loophole. ”

"Oh, the text itself?" Stalin glanced at the text again, waiting for Khrushchev to continue.

"What if we leak this document?" Khrushchev said directly: "If the British or the French get a copy of this treaty, what will happen to Germany?"

What will happen to Germany? What else can Germany do? The lies that Germany proclaimed about the Eastern Crusade against the Soviet Union became a joke, and no one would believe the explanations of the German Führer anymore. The so-called lack of supplies, bad weather, etc., can no longer be believed, and the whole world will know that the German crusade is just a hoax. The French will be furious, hundreds of thousands of French troops will cross the western borders of Germany, and the whole of Europe will be in a mess. Not to mention that Germany threatened the borders of the Soviet Union, and at that time, it was a question of whether Germany would be able to survive or not.

"Very good! very good!" Stalin slapped the table with pleasure, finding this solution was the happiest thing he had ever done in recent days, and the smile seemed to return to his face—the handful of his pretty mustache rose to the sides again.

"Comrade Stalin, the only thing that needs to be solved now is how to get rid of the relationship and hand over this document to the British or the French. Khrushchev smiled and said: "This time, enough is enough for the Germans." ”

"Why do we want to get rid of it?" Stalin proudly threw Wen Jiàn on his desk, stood up and said: "Think about it, even if the Germans know that we have leaked secrets, and France has already begun to prepare for war, what can he Germany do?"

"Then will Germany go to war with us directly? Then this treaty will be useless, and they can still say that this treaty is fake......" Khrushchev asked with a frown, "Isn't that self-defeating?"

"Are the British and the French fools?" Stalin was in a good mood today, waving his hand and explaining with a smile: "They have already guessed half of it, but they are not yet sure that Germany has a secret treaty with us." If we leak out, even if Germany does something, it will be too late. ”

Soon, a Soviet diplomat visited the United States, where he suddenly announced that he was seeking asylum. He cried and shouted about how he had been persecuted in the Soviet Union, and swore that he himself was actually the son of a capitalist who opposed communism. Anyway, he got his wish and made headlines on the front page of the United States.

While the United States was struggling with what to do with him, he told his detainees that he had a lot of confidential Soviet texts that he would only hand over to the US authorities if he was allowed to live in the United States.

Of course, the United States finally agreed, and the Soviet diplomat then offered the document he had stolen, that is, the one that was kept secret, in order to obtain American citizenship. The U.S. intelligence services that received these documents immediately sensed the seriousness of the incident and quickly handed them over to President Roosevelt.

Since Germany did not continue the game as planned, it is impossible for the United States to continue to support Germany. An uncontrolled world power is something that the U.S. government doesn't want to see. President Roosevelt immediately contacted allies Britain and France, and soon both countries knew of the secret document.

This was supposed to be sent out on January 1, 1938, and after this series of processing, it was handed over to Britain and France on January 5, 1938.

Of course, this document soon became another corroboration of Germany's attempt to attack the Low Countries to the west, which, together with the capture of Germany in Belgium a few days earlier, further illustrated that the German invasion plan against France was entirely true.

So this document was sent to the French Front General Command and handed over to General Gan Molin, the commander-in-chief of the Anglo-French forces.

The idea of the Germans attempting to attack France has been going on for a long time...... It seems that they planned very carefully. Gan Molin looked at the report that was deliberately sent, and casually threw it aside: "The intelligence department is really idle. What are you sending this report to me for?"

He sneered, pointed to the battle map, and said to several generals under him: "When we didn't get this text, we were preparing for war. And now, we still have to prepare for war...... Does that make a difference?"

At the same time, General Rundstedt, in Germany's Western Front High Command, was also reading reports about leaks. After reading it, he also casually threw Wen Jiàn aside.

Looking at the puzzled eyes of his subordinates, Rundstedt smiled and pointed to the map of France in front of him: "When we didn't get this text, we were preparing for war." And now, we still have to prepare for war...... Does that make a difference?"

Everyone in the command group laughed. Five days of rain and snow did not muddy the roads, nor did it stop the Germans from completing their final preparations for war.

The artillery had been pushed to their designated combat positions, the guns and ammunition had been fully rationed, and the entire Western Front had even improved their food for two days; the tanks had been carefully maintained, the gears had been protected by oil, and the equipment had not been frozen even in such weather; every secret fighter depot had been heated by fire on time, and the pilots had been fully equipped.

It is really strange to say that the heavy snow for several days actually stopped after two hours, and the sky was cloudless, and it looked like the weather was good. It seems that God has finally made up his mind and wants to see a good fight show.

The pointer of history points to an inconspicuous number at this moment: January 6, 1938 -

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