The war in the Far East is raging. The decision-making center of Soviet Russia is the Gremlin. Stalin is holding his pipe that he never leaves, and is pacing anxiously. It is a given that he will take advantage of the new anti-China upsurge in the world to regain the Far East. The strategy is imperative. However, becoming the leader of anti-China and attracting most of China's firepower is definitely not within the scope of Stalin's consideration. In the past, when China was just a weak and powerful country, Stalin would not mind this. , he will even go further to seek the greatest interests. But now, not to mention that China has already risen through the Second World War and has become one of the top military powers in the world. It is inevitable that Soviet Russia will bear the brunt and suffer a bloody blow. Liu, he knew very well that due to institutional problems, whether it was the previous anti-fascist alliance or the current anti-China alliance, it was impossible for Soviet Russia to gain true friendship from the West. In other words, after solving the common enemy of China, After that, they will still turn against each other and even fight around the world. In this way, if the Soviet Union's military and national power are too depleted due to anti-China issues, then even if the Soviet Union can become a vested interest in defeating China, it will not be able to do so in the future. Whether these interests can be preserved is also a question worthy of discussion.
In order to make the Americans feel worthy of the assistance they provided, Soviet Russia had to deploy troops in the Far East, but this did not mean that Soviet Russia would immediately go to war with China, and the war would be at the level of a national war.
The occurrence of the "Bloody Incident at Lake Baiga" did not make Stalin think too much about it at first. During the Great Purge, he did not pay attention to the millions of bloody incidents, let alone less than one. The lives and deaths of thousands of civilians. However, what he never imagined was that the Soviet Union had already made an ambiguous gesture, but the Chinese side was actually entangled in this matter, and even used it as an excuse to take the initiative to provoke. How could they Yes, how dare they? Do the Chinese really think that polar bears have declined?
Even after learning that the Chinese Far East Army had launched an offensive, Stalin did not take it too seriously. Agents from the Political Security Bureau had been collecting intelligence about China. By analyzing this intelligence data, he concluded that, at least at the moment, The Chinese do not dare to initiate provocations without permission. The reason why the Chinese do this should be for political purposes and the governance needs of Ouyang Yun's coalition government. "At best, it is just a show." Stalin made this judgment, It is not unfounded. China maintains considerable military strength in South America, Southeast Asia, and Japan. Based on his understanding and China's weak national conditions, it is already very difficult to maintain this situation. In this case, , the Chinese people naturally hope that doing more is better than doing less. The so-called "active attack" can only be a show-off, so as to give an explanation to the domestic people. After all, the coalition government is a transitional government, and Ouyang Yun is also the wartime leader. It needs public support.
Stalin had expounded this point of view at all levels at the military meetings of the General Headquarters and the political meetings of the Politburo. And precisely because he had done so many things and said so many words before, when the relevant battle reports were sent to him , especially when there are sensitive sentences such as "the whole army of the 141st Division was destroyed", it is like being slapped twice in front of and back in public. Stalin, who was not very well-educated, He immediately became furious.
"The Chinese are crazy. Have they ever considered the consequences of doing this? Do the Chinese want to fight a decisive battle with us?" Stalin roared at yesterday's Politburo meeting. Then, he immediately issued an order to dispatch Zhukov. The Far East also established a frontline unified combat command to defend the territorial integrity of Soviet Russia and the honor of the Soviet Red Army.
Zhukov took a plane to the Far East. After a night of careful thinking, Stalin still believed that it was not the best time to start a full-scale war with China. He was considering whether to call Zhukov and ask him to adopt safer tactics. Another battle report came from the Far East front. Come, when he saw the words "Chinese people are launching a massive attack", his mind was buzzing. The first thought that came to his mind was: Is the Chinese government really prepared to fight to the end with Soviet Russia for the sake of hundreds of civilians?
Stalin had such an idea, of course, not because he was afraid of the Chinese army, but because he was worried about the snipe and the clam competing for the fisherman's profit. In the final analysis, the Soviet Union, Britain and the United States have never been in the same boat, so even if they have common interests that need to be safeguarded, they should maintain When you are alert, you should still be vigilant.
While Stalin was pacing irritably, Beria, the director of the Political Security Bureau, stood quietly aside, lowering his head as if listening to the admonishment. The bloody incident on Lake Baikal, as the Chinese Far East Army brazenly attacked the Soviet Northern Front Army The nature of the attack has changed. If it was considered a successful foreign affairs operation of the Political Security Bureau before, now it has become an accident. Beria's political sense is quite sensitive. When he started from After learning about the outcome of the 141st Division in the report of the Far East Branch, he realized that he might be in trouble. Beria was very smart and knew that there was a difference between proactively admitting his mistakes and being held accountable afterwards. Therefore, after calculating correctly, Stalin After receiving the relevant battle report, he took the initiative to admit his mistake to Stalin. As he expected, Stalin unceremoniously gave him a bunch of adjectives like "stupid, bastard", but that was all. That's all.
Beria knew clearly Stalin's stance on the anti-China alliance, the war against China, and the Far East issue. He knew that Stalin had not made up his mind yet, and because he did not know the final outcome of the war, he made a smart choice. Silence.
"Beria, based on your understanding of Ouyang Yun, will he really use the bloodshed to use force against me?" Stalin suddenly stopped and stared at Beria and asked.
"Comrade General Secretary, Ouyang Yun is a standard soldier and cares very much about his reputation. With such a person in charge of the government, his government style will be affected to some extent by him. Of course, looking at Ouyang Yun's past, he is not A person who doesn't care about the overall situation, so I think we won't be able to tell what the Chinese want to do until they show all their cards."
Beria didn't say this, but Stalin didn't seem to really want to get anything from him. After hearing this, he walked up and down again, then stood up and said: "Now is not the best time to start a war with China. However, if the Chinese really don’t know how to advance or retreat, I don’t care about giving them a painful lesson. Well, let’s take it one step at a time. Anyway, we will take back the Far East sooner or later.”