The drizzle of autumn fell over Moscow, and the already heavily guarded Red Square seemed even more deserted. A black luxury GIS-101 car crossed the road on the right side of the Red Square and drove into the Kremlin.
At the gate of the palace, Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army Shaponishkov got out of the car and was led into the hall by the security bureau officer who had been waiting there.
Arriving outside the door of Zhuyashvili's office on the easternmost side of the second floor, the adjutant of the Supreme People's Commissar immediately opened the door of the office for him after seeing him. This unusual move made Shaponishkov feel nervous. In the past,
No matter who comes outside Zhuyashvili's office, he must first report and get permission before entering.
Entering the office, I saw Voroshilov, the member of the National Defense Committee, and Litvinov, the People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs, also sitting on the sofa in the office. Zhuyashvili was standing with his signature big pipe in his hand.
By the window, he seemed to be looking at the scenery outside the window, not paying attention to his arrival at all.
Shaponishkov stood at the door and had no choice but to announce himself: "Comrade Zhuyashvili, General Staff, Shaponishkov has been ordered to report."
"Yeah." Zhuyashvili snorted slightly, indicating that he already knew, and Shaponishkov had to stand where he was.
Zhuyashvili was still standing outside the window, seemingly making some decision. After a while, he turned around, walked around the office several times, and then walked to the side of the desk.
"Comrade Shaponishkov, what are the General Staff's plans for the next move?" Zhuyashvili stood under the portraits of Marx and Engels, struck a match and lit the pipe in his hand, and then asked
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The war between Britain, France and Republican China allowed him to see the hope of Russia returning to Central Asia and Siberia to the Far East. For the Soviet Union, which had been surviving under the blockade of the imperialist powers, this was an opening of diplomatic space.
, a great opportunity to gain support from the West.
Establishing a military alliance with Britain and France is in line with the national interests of the Soviet Union, and is also an excellent opportunity for the Soviet Union to realize its ambition of returning to the Great Russia in the East. Therefore, when British Foreign Secretary Eden visited Russia, Zhuyashvili agreed without even thinking.
The British requested to send troops to Central Asia and the Far East.
However, the results of the subsequent war in the Far East suddenly awakened Zhuyashvili. The rapid collapse of the British and French forces in Southeast Asia made him realize that the enemy the entire Soviet Union would face had become a super military power in the world. Although in the newspaper
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Although he booed the Red Army's continuous victories in Central Asia, Zhuyashvili still had a clear understanding of the Red Army's combat effectiveness. Although the Russians were fierce, they were not a nation that was good at fighting. Even in the heyday of the Russian Empire, they seemed to have lost only a few battles.
More than winning battles.
Although the performance of the Russian army in bullying the weak nations in Central Asia and the Far East was normal, in fact the Russians had never defeated any powerful country, and they even lost to the newly rising Japanese.
The Republican Army was in an uninhabited territory on the battlefield in Southeast Asia, and its performance of sweeping away the British and French forces shocked the whole world. This undoubtedly poured cold water on Zhuyashvili's already inflated ambitions.
"According to the calculations of the General Staff, Siberia has carried out comprehensive mobilization and has assembled nearly 800,000 rebels, plus nearly 400,000 Chinese troops and 60,000 Kyrgyz servants. If we launch an attack on Siberia,
A war requires at least 1.5 million troops, and in the air, we are basically unable to seize the initiative." Shaponishkov said, although Zhuyashvili didn't like this, it was better than being purged after suffering a defeat.
Much more.
"Do you think Americans will be involved?"
"Judging from the current situation, although the United States has imposed sanctions on the Chinese, it will not be directly involved in the war. The Americans will not easily launch a war with China before they are sure of completely defeating their opponent." Litvinov
He said, "If the Chinese launch an attack on Australia, the United States will be able to send troops."
"We dispatched 5,000 aircraft in Central Asia, and now we have lost 3,800. The transportation lines in front are bombed by aircraft from China every day. The troops cannot be supplied and can no longer carry out large-scale attacks." Shaboni
Shikov said that the Republican Army has actually begun to launch a local counterattack. "The situation on the front line is very bad. According to reports obtained from the intelligence department, the Republican Army has equipped a huge new tank, and the Type 28 they previously equipped
Tanks have outgrown most of our tanks."
Zhuyashvili turned his attention to Voroshilov.
"We have trial-produced three 50-ton KV-1 heavy tanks, but due to industrial capabilities, there have been many problems with their mobility and reliability. Now we have introduced a style of engine from the UK and are working hard to solve it.
Power problem." Voroshilov stood up. He was responsible for the military production of the entire alliance. Naturally, he had to explain the Soviet army's backward equipment problem. "Comrade Zhuyashvili, you know that we inherited from the Russian Empire
It is a poor, backward, industrially poor and backward country."
He described what was once the world's fifth largest industrial country as a poor and aboriginal country. I wonder what the Chinese would think after hearing this.
Although Dzhugashvili didn't say anything, he was still a little dissatisfied. "We are in the east..." Dzhugashvili habitually waved the pipe in his hand, "The enemies we need to face are not only
Republican China and the remnants of the Russian Empire in Siberia have always dreamed of
In order to enslave the Soviet people again, they even did not hesitate to seek refuge with that evil, backward imperialist country in the East, bringing shame to the entire nation." Everyone in the office watched the leader of the Soviet people carefully walking in the office, and at the same time
He was smoking heavily and no one dared to say a word.
"Now suspending the Siberian offensive plan, we must produce and manufacture tanks that are more advanced and powerful than the enemy, and submerge those imperialist countries in the torrent of steel of the proletariat!" Dzhugashvili turned around,
He turned a button on the table, and soon a bald head appeared in the Supreme Leader's office, "Comrade Beria, I order you to arrest Air Force Commander Lokodilov immediately. He made the heroic
The Red Air Force suffered unnecessary heavy losses in Turkestan!"
His cold gaze swept across the room, making people shudder.
"Our half a million Red Army troops in Central Asia are in danger, Comrade Zhuyashvili." Shaponishkov warned carefully.
"Order the troops to retreat, let Comrade Timoshenko serve as the commander of the Turkestan Front, and tell him to get back as many new enemy tanks as possible from the Chinese." Zhuyashvili raised the pipe in his hand and puffed on it.
After taking two puffs, billowing smoke filled the air from his mouth.
, "Comrade Litvinov, I hope you can tell Aiden that we very much agree with Prime Minister Chamberlain's suggestion. The Soviet Union will take this issue seriously, but... we need more military and technical cooperation and support, otherwise we will