Age of Rebirth

After all the officials who participated in the meeting left, only Stalin and Molotov were left in the huge office, which seemed very empty. In front of Molotov, Stalin no longer concealed anything, almost limp Sitting back on the high-backed chair, unconcealable exhaustion climbed up his face. The strong man who overwhelmed the audience and made decisive suggestions at the meeting disappeared, and was replaced by a person who looked like a spirit after a long journey. Exhausted old man.

Seeing it, Molotov felt a pain in his heart. He told the news that he knew too well the pain of his close comrade-in-arms and leader. There were strong enemies outside, the land was lost, and the country was about to be destroyed. Difficulties, maintaining a huge empire is difficult, and almost exhausted all his energy. If one day, Comrade Stalin is gone, will the huge red empire of the Soviet Union collapse?

Molotov was so terrified by his frightening thought that he didn't dare to think about it any further. In the empty office, the atmosphere was solemn, and neither of them spoke, but Molotov knew that Comrade Stalin would definitely Will speak first.

"Comrade Molotov, if you have anything to say, just say it!" Stalin asked after taking a sip of his strong coffee.

The conversations between the two people never go around in circles, they always go straight to the point, and both of them are used to this way, "Comrade Stalin, as far as the current difficulties encountered by our troops in the east, I think the Japanese are second The most important thing is that the Chinese Tang Qiuli and his troops are the main factors that can affect our troops' retreat plan!" Molotov said.

"Which damn Chinese always makes things worse and jumps out to make trouble when we are in the most difficult time!" Stalin cursed viciously, looking eastward with resentment in his eyes.It seemed that Tang Qiuli was right in front of his eyes, "Comrade Molotov, you are right. If Tang Qiuli's independent division did not exist, they would keep pestering Vasilevsky's troops in Outer Mongolia. The Outer Mongolian Army would They are the first troops to rush back to the European battlefield!"

Speaking of this, Stalin seemed to be overwhelmed with embarrassment. He always thought that this sinister and cunning Chinese who played against common sense was more terrifying than the Japanese.He always hides in the dark, like a poisonous snake, watching for every opportunity, and once the opportunity comes, he will not hesitate to pounce on it and inject the venom into the opponent's body.Unfortunately, he is his opponent and enemy!

Stalin was quite patient about this, but he never regretted it, "And this hateful Chinese, the blockade lines laid out in the Ural Mountains and Tannu Mountains are enough to stop the Outer Mongolian Front Army for a long time. Even, I have a kind of I have a hunch that the troops of the Outer Mongolian Front may not be able to break through the blockade of the independent division troops and will stay in Siberia forever, Comrade Molotov, do you have any solution?" Stalin asked with his eyes suddenly brightened.

Molotov replied: "Yes, Comrade Stalin, I have a plan that can prompt the Outer Mongolian Front Army to rush to the European battlefield as soon as possible without being blocked by the Chinese!" [

Stalin didn't ask any further questions, but adjusted his sitting posture, straightened his body, and focused on his close comrade-in-arms.He knew that next, Molotov would use the most concise language to say what he planned.

Molotov went on to say: "The only way to solve the dilemma faced by the Outer Mongolian Front is that we negotiate with Tang Qiuli and reach an agreement with him, not only in Outer Mongolia, but also in his troops in the Far East. Within the scope of negotiations!"

"Negotiation—?" Stalin said in surprise, his body trembled suddenly, and hot coffee splashed on his hands, but he didn't notice it at all. It can be seen how shocked he was, that is, when Molotov said these words, With this face, I would not be furious. If it were someone else, even Chief of Staff Petroshilov, after saying these words, I would definitely jump up and lose my temper. Said, and kicked him out.

Negotiating with that greedy Chinese, whimsy is good, and it is almost the same as seeking skin from a tiger. In the first Outer Mongolia War, the Soviet Union was forced to negotiate in a disgraceful way. What was the price paid? Losing the entire Outer Mongolia Said, still cut the meat, the Soviet Union did not take advantage of the next few wars in Outer Mongolia, Stalin never thought about negotiation and other issues, any form of negotiation with the Chinese who caused the Soviet Union to suffer heavy losses The doors are closed forever.

Now, Molotov actually put forward this suggestion. Stalin's heart is complicated. Moreover, it is not the time to negotiate. Tang Qiuli has the upper hand everywhere, with more than one million troops. On the Urkutsk line, the retreat passages of the two front armies were blocked, and in the Ural Mountains and the Tannu Mountains, they set up a formation to block the way of the Outer Mongolian Front Army.

It can be said that besides the threat of the Japanese, Tang Qiuli's troops in the east of the Soviet Union are the biggest hidden danger. What kind of price the Soviet Union will pay at this time of negotiation may be a fundamentally unacceptable condition. The greedy Chinese will definitely open his mouth and kill him with a knife. This is his usual practice. What's more, the current knife is in Tang Qiuli's hands.

Stalin really wanted to reprimand him furiously, "Nonsense—do you want to give the entire red Soviet Union to that despicable Chinese?" However, it was Molotov who made this suggestion, and he never made sure of it. Molotov, "The reason—!" Stalin threw out two words in a dull voice, which was already the limit of what he could endure.

Comrade Stalin's reaction fell into Molotov's eyes. In all fairness, when he was thinking about and even making this suggestion, his inner pain was even stronger than that of the leader. It was Comrade Stalin who made the decision. That Chinese person is dealing with himself, who has his own personal feelings, the frustration and humiliation, hatred and depression when facing that Chinese person.

Molotov fully understood Comrade Stalin's mood. If there were other ways, he would never make such a decision. However, Stalin's "reason" contained too many meanings. "Comrade Stalin, the reason is very simple. Forced!" Molotov also replied concisely.

Just these few words made Stalin's emotions on the verge of going berserk, like pouring a bucket of cold water, and the temperature dropped sharply. And enough time to deal with the two forces of the Japanese and Tang Qiuli at the same time.

The Japanese want to eat the Far Eastern Front Army, and there is no possibility of negotiation. After the Far Eastern Front Army is out of danger, how Tang Qiuli's troops will act is still an unsolved mystery. At that time, Tang Qiuli's troops stabbed in the back. I am afraid that the troops of the three front armies will all be trapped in the Far East battlefield.

Even if Tang Qiuli didn't take advantage of the danger, after rescuing the Far Eastern Front Army, would the troops who had fought a bloody battle with the Japanese still be able to break through the blockade of the independent division troops in a short time?Even if the independent division did not fight head-on, harassing and destroying traffic along the way, delaying and holding back the Soviet troops in the east for two months, the Germans would have hung the Nazi flag on the Kremlin building in Moscow.

Also, the current situation of the Outer Mongolian Front Army is that Tang Qiuli alone can keep the four Soviet Front Army in the East for a month. How many troops and combat effectiveness are left for the troops returning to the European battlefield?

The sentence "forced by the situation!" expressed how much regret and sadness, tasted these four words, Stalin's mouth was full of bitterness, and it was so difficult to make a decision, even surpassing the decision to rescue the Far Eastern Front Army, "Comrade Molotov, we What conditions are you going to come up with to satisfy that Chinese greedy desire?" In an instant, Stalin seemed to have aged a lot, his falcon-like eyes had lost their sharp light, and he asked with strength and difficulty.

Seeing the leader in such pain, Molotov's expression showed pain. He knew what Tang Qiuli needed and what bargaining chips the Soviet Union had to offer in order to touch the heart of this damned Chinese and make him The troops made way for the four front army troops rushing back to Europe to fight the fire. [

He swallowed hard, walked heavily to the large map of the Soviet Union on the wall, and said, "Comrade Stalin, we must pay enough bargaining chips, otherwise, the negotiations will not have any results. To the north of the river, the Far East including Sakhalin Island, and the area around Lake Baikal currently occupied by the independent division troops are ceded to the Chinese Tang Qiuli!"

The above-mentioned areas mentioned by Molotov, except for the Lake Baikal area, were all at the end of the last century. At that time, the Tsarist Russia took advantage of the power of the Manchu Qing government and coerced the Manchu Qing government to sign a series of agreements. After the unequal treaty, the territory ceded from China at that time covered an area of ​​more than 100 million square kilometers, including the Soviet Union's only seaport in the Pacific region, Vladivostok.

Molotov added the Lake Baikal region as a bargaining chip, but it was a trick. This region is now under the control of the independent division. , are all in Tang Qiuli's hands.

Molotov's hand drew such a semi-arc circle from east to west on the map, and Stalin's heart suddenly ached, just like that semi-arc circle, a hand The sharp knife, like cutting off a large piece of flesh from my body, hurt my heart, an unprecedented pain.

"Comrade Molotov, do you know what you are talking about? My God, that is more than 100 million square kilometers of land, and there is also Vladivostok, the only outlet for our Soviet fleet in the Pacific!" Stalin couldn't bear it any longer. Couldn't stop, jumped up and shouted.

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