Far East, Komsomolsk, USSR. In General Chuikov's headquarters, several officials from the "Siberian Federation", which had not yet been formed, were explaining to him what was about to happen. And Chuikov, the general who had expressed to Moscow his dissatisfaction with the constant transfer of his troops, was leaning back in his chair at this moment, looking at these acquaintances in front of him with an unnatural expression.

Yes, in order to make this general with heavy troops more comfortable to accept that the Soviet Union has become a thing of the past, the Chelyabinsk bigwigs deliberately chose a few of his acquaintances to deliver the news, and judging by the current results, the effect should be said to be very good. At least Chuikov didn't jump up and send these people to prison, nor did he immediately drive them out of his headquarters.

"General Chuikov...... Excellency. "The sudden change of title makes it a little unnatural for people to address each other, after all, the era of calling each other gay is too strong, so almost everyone is now deliberately avoiding this sensitive word. The delegate at the head was a classmate of Chuikov, and his face still bears the scars of Stalin's assignment to Siberia.

He looked at Chuikov, who was better than himself, and his voice was a little lonely for a while: "The Soviet Union has become a thing of the past, we are already in contact with the Third Reich, and soon they will capture Moscow, and Stalin, whom you are loyal to, will soon be gone." ”

"So, now you're here to take me in? It seems that the 300,000 tons of American aid and 700,000 troops I have withheld in my hands are indeed very attractive, so that you have just begun to betray the motherland, and you have found my door. Chuikov looked at these disgusting guys with an expressionless face, and opened his mouth to say sarcastic. His refusal of Stalin's order to transfer troops was not because he wanted to betray Stalin, but because, like Zhukov, there was really no way to transfer his own troops.

Although there are times when Japan's top brass suddenly crashes at a critical juncture and makes some unbelievable idiotic decisions, this does not shake the fact that Japan's military power is still extremely strong. The combat capability of the hundreds of thousands of Japanese Kwantung Army commanded by Ishihara Waner is not weak at all, and it can even be said that it has exceeded Chuikov's estimates, and anyone who has fought with the Japanese army will not despise such an opponent, at least Chuikov will not do such a stupid thing.

However, the timing of Chuikov's rejection of Stalin was not good, and within a few days of ignoring Stalin's orders and even replying to the telegram satirizing the other side, the Chelyabinsk side raised the banner of opposition to Stalin. This brought two unrelated things together, directly tying Chuikov and Chelyabinsk to a warship.

"General, with all due respect...... Your troops are at war with the Japanese, and even if we want your home, it's not because your troops can be drawn to stabilize the flawed western defenses. Chuikov's classmates can be regarded as having found a breakthrough, and quickly shot back: "I prefer to believe in the promises of the Germans rather than the troops in your hands, because in fact, if you are given five times as many troops, the situation of the war on the Western Front will not change much." ”

This is a bit of a curse, after all, Chuikov's biggest capital is the hundreds of thousands of Far Eastern troops in his hands who can fight well, but now the other party actually says that he can't look down on these troops, isn't it just slapping Chuikov's face?

However, Chuikov did not speak, because he knew that what the other party said was indeed a cruel truth. Chuikov knew Zhukov's combat ability, and under Zhukov's command, the Soviet army had millions of troops in the air, but they were broken and eaten by the Germans one by one, and he Chuikov also thought that he didn't have to be much stronger than Zhukov.

Now the German army has at least 4 million troops of various kinds on its Eastern Front, plus more than 5 million servant troops, these units are equipped with tens of thousands of tanks and armored vehicles, and have more than 10,000 combat aircraft of various types.

Thinking of this, Chuikov also knew that he didn't have many bargaining chips for negotiation, and after he coughed, he had no choice but to speak: "So, the Chelyabinsk side wants me to telegraph the whole world in the Far East, announce that I will join your 'Siberian Federation', and sever all relations with the Soviet Union and the United States?"

When Cuikov's classmate heard this, he shook his head, sighed and said lonely: "Your Excellency, General, in fact, it's just the opposite. If we can guarantee the absolute integrity of the rest of the Soviet Union, then I would rather die immediately. But in fact the conditions offered by the Germans were so harsh that I had to come here and talk to you, General, about these topics that I personally did not wish to discuss. ”

As he spoke, he took out his handkerchief, wiped it over his eyes, and continued: "The Germans do not want a powerful neighbour to threaten their eastern frontier at all times. So the conditions they offered were the right of way and the right to mine, and we were to return Outer Mongolia to China, and to hand over the Far East to Japan, and finally 'lose' it to China. ”

"Oh my God, you're a traitor! Bastards! If you have the slightest bit of shame, you should arm all the men now and fight these damned Germans to the end! I'd rather cede the Far East to Japan than bring my troops back to Moscow!" Chuikov screamed loudly as he banged the table when he heard the harsh conditions.

Chuikov, who had been a diplomat and had been to China, knew exactly what the Germans were up to, and when he heard that he had handed over his territory to China, he understood that Germany was deploying its forces all over the world. Winning over China to carve up the Soviet Union will immediately lead to the emergence of natural friendly allies at opposite ends of the Eurasian continent that do not border, the seeds planted by Sickert in China in the early years will take root and sprout, and the United States will be squeezed out by the Eurasian and African alliances like an impregnable wall -- with China in the east withstanding the pressure of the United States and Japan, and Germany itself guarding the Atlantic barrier in the west, the United States and the broken Soviet Union will never have room to turn over.

"Yes, we also thought about fighting to the death, but the diplomats worked hard to find a compromise. While wiping away his tears, the other party said in a fluke tone: "The Germans finally made concessions on the territorial issue, only asking us to withdraw our forces from Outer Mongolia, and did not mention the territorial claims of the Far East. ”

Hearing the news, the expression on Chuikov's face calmed down somewhat. Outer Mongolia is barren and not Soviet territory, and this level of concession is definitely within the tolerance of the majority. So Chuikov no longer slapped the table and shouted for a fight to the death, after all, although the Germans demanded a sky-high price, they did not stop sitting on the ground and paying back. He withdrew his palm from the slap on the table, watched the other man wait for the other to continue speaking.

"But the Germans have another request, which is to form another state in you and some of the neutral areas. You will be the leader of this junta, the leader of the 'Far Eastern Republics'. The man paused for a moment, then said suddenly.

"Let's split, it's impossible to ......" Chuikov, who was just about to scold, suddenly closed his mouth, he looked at the other party in a daze, and finally did not continue to speak. He heard the sentence that was most closely related to him in this passage, the sentence that rushed directly into his heart and could never be dispersed again.

Far Eastern Republics...... A country of his own...... No longer fear of retaliation from Stalin...... Sounds like a wonderful future. Chuikov was silent, his mind full of the word junta leader, his mind full of images that excited him. The USSR no longer exists, and in this case it is no longer a traitor to retain strength, but a doer who endures humiliation, Chuikov hesitated, he did not know what to choose in this situation.

There was no sound in the command for a while, only the slight sound of Chuikov inadvertently tapping his fingers on the armrest of his chair, and the Soviet Union would be divided into two parts, one part was Siberia and the other was the Far East - although there was no longer the possibility of fighting for hegemony, but it was not without benefits, especially for individuals, on the contrary, there were many, many benefits. If he nodded in agreement, then nominally he would no longer be a general in the Soviet Union, but the leader of a country.

I have to say that this big cake thrown by the Germans made everyone feel excited. Do not doubt that vacillation in this situation is, after all, the temptation of the territories to be feuded. If you look at the Soviet Union in 1991, it is not surprising that Chuikov made any choice in this situation.

"Will the Germans help? help me defeat the Japanese...... Maintain the territorial integrity of my country?" eventually, Chuikov suddenly asked.

On the other side of the table, his classmate paused for a moment, and then nodded happily: "Of course, this is the established national policy of the Führer, and it can naturally be written in the treaty." Isn't it true that the Axis powers will help each other and help each other in the defense of each other, and that will be the basis for the existence of this alliance?"

Chuikov nodded, then shook his head again, and finally waved his hand, and said to these envoys from the "Siberian Federation": "There are too many things involved during this period, too much...... I need to think about it, think about it. If I make a choice, then the whole war will be won and lost, and this is a bargaining chip, and maybe we will have a better way. ”

When his classmates heard this, they hurriedly persuaded us: "Every time we delay for a while, we will be even less valuable, Chuikov! Now that the victory or defeat is clear at a glance, if we don't stand in line at this time, then we can only be cannon fodder and die in this war at the last second!"