mixed in the war

Kremlin!

"Kremlin" means "inner city" in Russian, and "fortress" in Mongolian.It is located on the Borovitsky Hill in the center of Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, with the Moscow River in the south and the Aleksandrovsky Garden in the northwest.Before the Soviet Union, it was almost always the palace of Russian emperors. It is the oldest building complex in Moscow and one of the largest building complexes in the world. Its architectural form combines different styles such as Byzantine, Russian, Baroque and Greco-Roman. .There are tall and solid walls and bell towers, churches with golden domes, ancient pavilions, and numerous palaces, which together form a group of extremely beautiful and majestic artistic buildings.It can be called a treasure house of historical treasures, cultural and artistic monuments, so it enjoys the reputation of "the eighth wonder of the world".

The palace has a triangular design as a whole and is a national symbol of the Soviet Union.

Therefore, after the official outbreak of the Soviet-German War, it became one of the main targets of bombing by German pilots.Because this is the seat of the Soviet government and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and it is also the office of Stalin, the supreme leader of the Soviet Union.If it can be razed to the ground, it will inevitably deal a huge blow to the entire Soviet Union and frustrate its fighting spirit.And if it is possible to bomb the Soviet government or the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, causing heavy losses to them, or even killing Stalin himself, it will be more conducive to the German army's offensive, and it may even allow the German army to take down such a huge Soviet Union effortlessly. country.

But the problem is that one month after the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, the Kremlin seems to have mysteriously disappeared from Moscow suddenly.When German bomber pilots came to Moscow with bombs, they often couldn't find the target and couldn't complete the bombing mission.Even the ace pilots of the German army could not find the location of the Kremlin.The Kremlin could not find the main target in the palace, such as the Kremlin Building 1 where Stalin's office is located.The Great Kremlin, where the Soviet government and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union are located, and the Lenin Mausoleum, are even less to be found.

Why does this happen?

very simple.

First, the current aircraft cannot be accurately positioned, and the bombing can only rely on the pilot's visual inspection; second, within 30 days after the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, according to Stalin's instruction, the head of the Soviet National Security Council, during the "big purge" Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria, the number one executioner of the Kremlin, performed a "magic" in the Kremlin, and carried out a large-scale and elaborate camouflage on the entire palace complex.

These disguises defend the Kremlin.It also protected the safety of Stalin.

After camouflage, the number of air strikes by the Luftwaffe on the Kremlin was significantly reduced.Originally, I wished I could come every day, but now I only come once every one or two months.It can be said that Beria's disguise of the Kremlin not only preserved the Kremlin, a unique building in the world, but also bankrupted Germany's conspiracy to eliminate the top leadership of the Soviet Union.

This also allowed Stalin to continue to work with peace of mind in his No. 1 building.

but.Rest assured, Stalin's mood has not been better since the German invasion.And now.He was looking at a new stack of photos that Beria had brought.His face was so cloudy that water could be wrung out.

"Are these all newly taken photos?" Although he tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, the airflow from Stalin's nose was still extremely harsh, as if to uproot his famous beard.

"It was just sent back from the front line." Beria was a little nervous.As Stalin's most trusted subordinate, he could even be regarded as the number two figure in the Soviet Union at this time.Except for Stalin himself, everyone in the entire Soviet Union was afraid of him to the bone.Because he made his fortune by killing and arresting people.Hereafter.A famous joke about Khrushchev's horror is recounted in his secret reports: Stalin lost his pipe, he caught 10 thieves the next day, all of them confessed, and Stalin himself Found the pipe under the sofa. ...He is such a terrible person who regards human life as nothing.But the problem is.Everyone was afraid of him, yet he was afraid of Stalin.This is not only because his power comes from Stalin, but also because he knows that the person in front of him is not a person who can trust people at all. To be precise, this person will not really trust anyone at all.The man was so suspicious that his left hand wouldn't even trust his right hand.

"In other words, the 'great' Soviet Red Army is still unable to break through the Germans' outer defenses and rescue Stalingrad?" Stalin's words were full of anger and sarcasm.He really should.Stalingrad, that's the city named after him!

"The German's 'Ice and Snow Line' caught everyone by surprise. The frontline troops simply didn't know how to deal with it..." Beria took a deep breath and said a few good words for others.

"Why don't you use cannons? With enough cannons gathered, I don't believe that their ice shells can't be blasted! It's just ice, ice! Not steel!" Stalin roared.

"The German ice and snow fortifications are very strong. According to feedback from the front line, their thinnest part is two meters! And at the current temperature, they are almost no worse than reinforced concrete fortifications of the same thickness!" Beria licked his lips , explained carefully: "The most difficult thing is that we managed to destroy the German fortifications. They only need to take advantage of the gap in the battle to pour some water on it, and it will be completed again in a few minutes." The ice, in less than an hour, can basically return to its original state..."

"...Is there no other way?" Even with Stalin's arrogance, he was speechless after hearing these explanations.Ice fortifications!When he first heard it, he thought that the Germans were up to some conspiracy, but it didn't take long for him to know that he was in big trouble.The Germans used ice blocks to build their line of defense, not to mention the strength, and the speed of construction was extremely fast, because they could use local materials.Next to Stalingrad is the Volga River, but this Russian mother river has acted as an "accomplice" of the invaders this time.The Germans took out ice cubes tens of centimeters or even more than one meter thick from the Volga River, and quickly built two layers of defense on the periphery of Stalingrad, which not only blocked Stalingrad, but also effectively In order to block the reinforcements he sent out.

"There is a way, but we don't know if it will work until we try it officially. And...it may require a lot of investment." Beria looked at Stalin and said cautiously.

"What way?" Stalin asked hastily.

"This method may require the use of Comrade Molotov." Beria was not in a hurry to show credit to Stalin, but pulled out another person to help share the responsibility.

"Molotov?" Stalin was really anxious, "Then call him right away. Right away!"

……

"Comrade Stalin, do you have anything to do with me?"

Also working in the Kremlin, Molotov rushed to Building No. 1 almost all the way when he heard Stalin's call.But after seeing Beria standing beside Stalin's desk clearly, he couldn't help but jump up in his heart... Could something have happened?Otherwise, why would Beria be here waiting for him?Although Stalin had banned Beria from interfering in national security work since last year, Beria, the murderous devil, still has a deterrent power that chills everyone.This includes Stalin's "confidants" like them.

"Beria told me just now that there is a way to break the 'ice and snow line' built by the Germans around Stalingrad!" Stalin said in a deep voice, "Although this method will make us a little embarrassed, I hope you are doing well. accomplish this task.”

"Me?" Molotov almost staggered and fell to the ground.As a member of the top leadership of the Soviet Union, he certainly knew what the Germans' "Ice and Snow Line" was all about.To be honest, if the hostile factors on both sides are excluded, his move against the Germans is simply admiration.A group of dull Germans thought of a way that the Soviets who had lived in the ice and snow since they were young, and it made them fall into a huge passivity. How can you not admire it.But like many Soviet leaders, he really has no choice... The weather in the Soviet Union is extremely cold in winter, and the ice is extremely hard. This is one of them; the construction of the ice and snow defense line is extremely convenient. It's frighteningly easy, as long as water is poured, God can restore everything to its original state... He even heard that some German troops were idle and had nothing to do, so they simply poured the fortifications into a block with a height of five or six meters , a wall of ice and snow as thick as three or four meters, and some even turned their camp into an ice city!The hundreds of thousands of Red Army officers and soldiers who fought full-time on the front line had nothing to do about it, so what tricks could he, a civil servant engaged in administrative work, do?

"Comrade Stalin, I... I would love to give my all for the Soviets, but I don't see what I can do. With all due respect, after hearing about the events at the front, I also tried to think of everything , but it’s useless.” This matter must not be accepted first, otherwise it will be bad luck.You know, this pipe-smoking guy in front of me has never been a nostalgic person.Molotov spoke cautiously to Stalin, trying to shrug off the task that might hit his head.

"I don't need you to dedicate everything, I just need you to go to the Chinese... Do everything possible to get their napalm formula!" Stalin said through gritted teeth.

"Chinese again?" Haven't you suffered enough at the hands of those people?Seeing Stalin's appearance, Molotov's eyes widened in astonishment. (to be continued..)