After Hitler annexed Czechoslovakia, he did not immediately send his troops east to attack Poland. Instead, he waited for a while to smell the international trend.
Almost two weeks have passed, and various countries, especially Britain and France, only condemned it without any substantive action. In addition to continuing to strictly guard the Maginot Line, the French army did not cross the German-French border to occupy the undefended area of the Rhine River.
Britain and France also did not provide any military guarantee for Poland, similar to "Once Poland is attacked by Germany, Britain and France will immediately declare war on Germany."
However, even a fool can now see that Hitler's next target is Poland. Even the Poles themselves, who have a dull sense of smell, understand it. But the sad thing is that even if they understand it, they can't do anything. The current situation of the Poles is already similar to that of several other people.
Just like Spain a few years ago, it is doomed.
So Stalin asked Molotov to find the Polish ambassador to the Soviet Union and have a sincere talk.
Molotov was both rational and emotional. He analyzed the current situation in Central and Eastern Europe with the Polish ambassador. With his fingers crossed, he analyzed Poland's current situation in a heart-to-heart manner. Molotov said that it is now very difficult.
It is clear that Germany’s next target is Poland, and the next target is definitely the Soviet Union. Now the Soviet Union and Poland are like grasshoppers on the same rope. They should work together and trust each other. At the moment, the only one who can guarantee that Poland will not be annexed by fascism is the Soviet Union.
, if Poland wanted to ensure its independence, the only thing it could rely on was the Soviet Union.
Now Molotov made a suggestion. The Soviet Union could provide military guarantees for Poland. Once Germany attacked Poland, it would be regarded as an attack on the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union would immediately declare war on Germany and send armed forces to fight against the German invaders. But here
There is a "technical obstacle", that is, the Soviet Union is in the east of Poland. If it wants to meet the invading German army from the west, the Red Army must cross the Polish territory. Now if Poland can allow the Red Army to cross the Polish territory and go to the German-Polish border to help defend, then
Once the German army invades, the Red Army can immediately attack and save Poland from the clutches of fascism.
Stalin and Molotov did not dare to have high hopes. They all knew that Poland and Russia had been feuding for many years. Poland was partitioned three times in the 18th century, and Russia was involved in each time, and the land divided up by Russia was still there.
The largest, accounting for 62% of the Polish territory. Poland was subjugated for more than a hundred years and was not restored until after World War I. Therefore, Poland and Russia have a blood feud and can be said to be sworn in. The Poles hate the Russians to the core of their bones.
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Sure enough, the Polish ambassador quickly forwarded the original words of Polish Foreign Minister Beck:
"When the Germans come, we are in danger of losing our freedom; when the Russians come, we are in danger of losing our soul. Therefore, under no circumstances will the Soviet army be allowed to enter Poland."
This makes it very clear. Even if Poland were to perish, it would not tolerate Soviet troops setting foot on Polish soil. Poland would rather perish in the hands of the Germans than in the hands of the Russians.
Molotov stopped reciting the curse and reported to Stalin dejectedly. Stalin was also very frustrated. If the Soviet Union had followed its past behavior, it would have been necessary to invade Poland directly in order to occupy Poland before Germany and prepare for the coming war.
The Soviet-German War fought for a buffer zone. However, the war with the Ming Dynasty is still continuing in Central and West Asia. The most elite forces of the Soviet army have been transferred to Central and West Asia. Moreover, the Soviet Union cannot fight two wars at the same time.
War. The "cruel attacks on counter-revolutionaries" in Central Asia and the massacre of villages by planes and artillery have made the Soviet Union the target of public criticism around the world. Now if they invade Poland for no reason, everyone will be killed.
. Even if Germany invaded the Soviet Union, it would be justified.
Stalin then ordered Molotov to immediately start secret contacts with the Ming Dynasty and strive for an armistice and peace talks. If this failed, he could make large territorial concessions in the Far East. He must reach a peace agreement with the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible so that he could turn the gun against Germany as soon as possible.
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In mid-April, a Belarusian in Nanjing took the initiative to surrender to the People's Guard Headquarters and admitted that he was a Soviet intelligence officer. However, he brought a proposal from Moscow. Moscow hoped to have a secret meeting with Nanjing to discuss the war in Central Asia.
, strive to achieve peace.
Xiang Xiaoqiang knew it immediately. This was what he and many people in the Ming Dynasty's decision-making circles thought. At this time, the Soviet Union had no choice. The wisest thing was to end the war with the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, even if it cost a little blood.
, quickly prepare to face Germany. Because no matter what, Central Asia and Siberia are just the butt of this giant beast. The skin and flesh here are rough and thick, so it doesn’t matter even if the losses are more, while the European part is the head of the giant beast.
The political center, economic center, industrial center, and cultural center are all crowded into this small area, and any loss will be fatal.
The People's Guard immediately notified the cabinet, and Xiang Xiaoqiang also told Zhu Yourong about the incident. Now, the top leaders of the two countries, the Ming and the Soviet Union, who have always been hostile, are finally talking to each other again.
Xiang Xiaoqiang asked someone to tell the Soviet intelligence officer who took the lead that negotiations were possible, but Moscow would send someone to Nanjing to negotiate.
Now the Ming Dynasty has adopted an established strategy: fight and negotiate at the same time, delaying until Germany attacks, and then officially attacking from both sides. Because although the negotiation situation is very favorable to the Ming Dynasty now, even if the Soviet Union is willing to bleed a lot, how much can it offer? From the negotiation table
, it is definitely not as big as destroying the Soviet Union together with Germany and getting a bigger share in the end.
The Soviet side seemed to cherish this opportunity for negotiation. A few days later, a Soviet transport plane landed in Kazakhstan at an airport controlled by the Ming army. A short man with glasses and a top hat got off the plane.
The middle-aged man hurriedly boarded another Ming army transport plane and took off again. More than a day later, the plane landed at the Nanjing airport.
The person Stalin sent was none other than his confidant, Soviet People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs Molotov. Sending Molotov for this negotiation was of the highest standard.
Molotov did not want to waste time. He took a car from the airport and entered his hotel at dusk. However, he did not want to rest and immediately asked to start talks. It was obvious that the Soviet Union was very anxious and rushed to get there before Germany invaded Poland.
, put an end to the war here.
But the Soviet Union was anxious, but the Ming Dynasty was not. Because the two countries have severed diplomatic relations now, and this matter was carried out secretly, the people who came to receive him were not people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but people from the East Factory and the People's Guard.
Molotov was placed in a small villa in the suburbs - a "safe house". A fairly sumptuous dinner was arranged for him that night, but no one came to negotiate with him. At this time, Molotov
He was so anxious that even if he had delicacies in front of him, it would still be like chewing wax.
It was delayed until the morning of the next day, when finally someone from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs came and started confidential talks.
Molotov was obviously very generous. He first put forward a condition: the Ming Dynasty would retain all the areas it currently controls in the Far East. The Soviet Union would recognize these areas as belonging to the Ming Dynasty and would never make demands on them again. At the same time, the Ming Dynasty would retain the occupied Soviet Union.
The territory of Central Asia - that is, all Kyrgyzstan, all Tajikistan, eastern Kazakhstan, eastern Uzbekistan, and eastern Turkmenistan, will be returned to the Soviet Union. In return, the Soviet Union will cede the southern Kamchatka Peninsula (including the Kuril Islands) in the Far East.
Give it to the Ming Dynasty, so that the Ming Dynasty can gain access to the sea in the deep areas of the Pacific Ocean.
Molotov emphasized that the Kamchatka Peninsula is not only vast in area and rich in resources, but also has an extremely important strategic location. It is directly adjacent to the Bering Sea and less than 2,000 kilometers from Alaska in the United States. For the Ming Dynasty, a country in the Far East, Kamchatka
The peninsula is definitely much more affordable than Central Asia.
He Ziguang, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ming Dynasty, listened to the call from the other side in his office. He immediately laughed when he heard Molotov's conditions. It was exactly what he thought. What you get from the negotiation table must not be taken from the battlefield.
Now the Ming army actually wants to vomit out the land it has occupied? Although it is exchanged for the Kamchatka Peninsula (it is only the southern half), the Kamchatka Peninsula is now in the hands of the Ming army. If the Ming army wants to take it
If so, it's just a matter of raising one's hand. Can the main force of the Soviet army thousands of miles away be able to stop it?
After Germany launched its war against the Soviet Union, it became very realistic for the two countries to attack from a pincer attack and destroy the Soviet Union in a short period of time. Wouldn't it be more cost-effective to kill this giant beast and cut off whatever pieces you want from the corpse?