Struggle in Soviet Russia - Chapter 616

Since the military forces of the Soviet Union and the United States have maintained a certain level of equilibrium, and neither side intends to use military means to achieve their goals, then naturally only diplomatic means can be used. Therefore, Moscow responded first, and the People’s Committee for Foreign Affairs urgently contacted The Union Embassy in Washington sent a stern note drafted by Comrade Molotov himself to the US Congress, the State Department and the White House. Then, less than twenty minutes ago, the US embassy in Moscow also sent a protest note to the Kremlin and the People’s Committee for Foreign Affairs.

At present, the Soviet Union and the United States hold different opinions on the cause and process of the Sanju-ri incident on the Korean peninsula, and each emphasizes the authenticity of their information and criticizes the other’s actions.

Victor considered that there may be two possibilities for the next process. One is that the two sides will fight hard to show their tough attitude to each other, and the other is to continue to use diplomatic means and mud, and finally the two sides reach an agreement to form a joint The investigation team went to investigate the matter. Of course, the investigation is false, and it is true that delaying time gives both sides a sufficient buffer. During the investigation, the Soviet Union and the United States will reach some compromises in private, and eventually the situation will calm down.

Taking advantage of Vatutin’s presence, Victor tentatively asked for the opinion of the General Staff. Today, Vatutin is still the Deputy Chief of Staff of the General Staff. In addition, he also participated in the meeting chaired by Comrade Stalin. He should be very aware of the attitude of the General Staff on this matter.

After the end of the Great Patriotic War, the alliance has done some work in institutional adjustment, such as canceling the People’s Commissariat of National Defense, ending the wartime state where the People’s Commissariat of National Defense was in control of the overall situation, and recently, the reorganization of the People’s Commissariat As well as the reorganization of military institutions, also began to be put on the agenda. As far as Victor knows, the Central Committee will abolish the People’s Committee and replace it with the “Ministers Council” in the next state affairs work.

In the reform of the military field, in addition to large-scale disarmament, the alliance will have a series of major moves in the construction of the military region and the reorganization of the Ministry of the Navy and the Ministry of the Army.

However, now these reforms, whether they are reorganized or reorganized, have not yet been implemented concretely. During the Great Patriotic War, the General Staff, which expanded and became the core of the military to a certain extent, is still a department of real power. Many decisions in the field still come from this department. Therefore, the attitude of the General Staff also has a certain weight on the “Three Juli” incident on the Korean peninsula.

It must be admitted that, due to his personality, Comrade Vatutin is not very popular in the army’s general system. He is arrogant and thinks he has outstanding military talents, and he looks down on others for this… Well, these shortcomings are all the evaluations of others. Victor is not clear about the actual situation, but one thing is certain is that very few people in the military system really like Vatutin.

Victor is not a member of the military system, so naturally he will not have any entanglement of interests with Vatutin. The most important thing is that he is the most trusted young man by Comrade Stalin. For a person like him, as long as he has a little political wisdom He would not deliberately offend him, and Vatutin was a person who did not lack political wisdom. Therefore, when Victor asked for the opinion of the General Staff, Vatutin did not hide too much, and directly listed Huaxi. The opinions of Vsky, Antonov and others were revealed.

For a country, the army is definitely the most powerful weapon for maintaining peace and resisting aggression, but for those countries with strong military strength, the army is the most active factor in launching aggression and provoking war. Unfortunately, despite the problems of economic development, today’s alliance is one of the best in the world in terms of military strength. If you only look at the army, even the Americans cannot compare with the Soviet Red Army. The millions of troops and tens of thousands of tanks in Europe are no joke. Just as de Gaulle was worried, once the war in Europe resumes, the Soviet army can indeed advance to the French coast within a few days. The threat faced by France is similar to that of the original German invasion. The difference is that this time the British and French forces may not even have the chance to retreat from Dunkirk.

Faced with such a situation, the attitude of the General Staff on the Korean Peninsula issue has always been clear. It can be said that since the successful test explosion of the coalition’s nuclear weapons, the hawks in the Red Army system have been expanding. China, North Korea, Japan and other countries have always had different opinions from the People’s Committee for Foreign Affairs. They always believed that the People’s Committee for Foreign Affairs was too weak in the stance of the United Kingdom and the United States.

This time, on the issue of the “Sanjuli Incident”, the attitude of the General Staff is still tough. In his proposal to the Politburo, Comrade Antonov proposed that the Fifth Army be relocated to Gaoseong, Gangwon Province. To the Jinhua line, at the same time, increase the frequency and scope of activities of the Pacific Fleet in the Tsushima Strait and the East Korea Gulf. If feasible, even consider transferring some of the ships of the Baltic Fleet to the Far East.

Of course, there are still many opinions of the General Staff, but in general, there is only one purpose, that is, to increase the deterrence of the US military stationed in the DPRK militarily, forcing them to do something about the alliance in the subsequent negotiations. make some concessions.

Diplomatic activities supported by military means are, in the final analysis, blackmail, seeking to achieve their own political goals by threatening the other side. Under normal circumstances, this method is very effective, and it can even be said to be unsatisfactory. However, in some cases, it is very likely to cause war. After all, when the goal cannot be achieved by means of threats, it seems that there is only war. This means can be chosen.

Considering the current state of the Union’s post-war reconstruction, Viktor believes that Comrade Stalin is unlikely to accept the General Staff’s proposal. After all, the Union may be militarily capable of starting a war with the Americans, but economically it is not. Without this condition, it is not in Moscow’s interest to persecute Americans too much.

The three chatted for a while on the platform in front of the building. Just as Comrade Vatutin was leaving, a Volga sedan with an internal Kremlin license plate came slowly and stopped under the stairs of the platform.

The door opened, and a second lieutenant in a guard uniform got out of the car, holding a document in his hand, and hurried up the stairs.

“Report, Comrade Viktor Viktorovich, the comrades of the Central International Department have brought you documents,” the second lieutenant ran to Viktor and first saluted General Vlasik before saluting Viktor and said loudly.

People from the Central International Department do not have the right to enter and leave the Kremlin at will. They have to send documents to Victor. They can only send them to the entrance of a tower of the Kremlin, and then they will be handed over by the guards who guard the entrance of the tower. Moreover, in the process , the documents sent have to be inspected by the guards, so the documents that Victor received have been unsealed.

However, documents like this are generally not documents with high confidentiality requirements, and it is impossible for such top-secret documents to be sent to Victor in this process.

After thanking the second lieutenant and sending him away, Victor poured out the documents in the document bag.

What was poured out of the bag was a photocopy of the newspaper, The Times, a newspaper with great influence in the UK.

However, as far as Victor knows, this newspaper has been quite low-key in the past few years. Other newspapers are eager to publish breaking news every day in order to promote the growth of newspaper sales. The Times, on the contrary, has in the past few years. I wish I could hide in the corners and nooks so that no one can see them.

The reason for this is because the newspaper had a problem with its position before the outbreak of World War II. They sided with Chamberlain and whitewashed the various acts of aggression by the Germans on the European continent, and even praised their virtues. As a result, when the British and French After being defeated by the Germans, the newspaper’s headquarters was burned down by angry readers, and after Churchill came to power, it was liquidated, almost killing him.

However, after the war, especially in the last six months, this newspaper has returned to the sun again, and it has begun to become more and more happy. From this point of view, it can only be said that the people of the British Empire are really forgetful.

Unfolding the photocopied version of the newspaper, Victor only glanced at it and knew why it was taken seriously by the International Department, because the entire front page of the newspaper was given to the Alliance. To be precise, it was used for the entire page. Come to criticize the “bestiality” of the alliance.

On the front page, there are two large photos, because the newspapers are photocopied and the ink color is relatively heavy, so the characters in the photos also look… extremely hideous. The reason why they are called hideous is because The people in the photo were all hanged, their necks were wrapped in ropes, their chins were close to their chests, and their entire chins were deformed by the ropes.

The people in the photo are all Germans. They are German officers designated as war criminals by the coalition, most of them from the SS. The photos in the report reflect the situation when the Ukrainian side executed German prisoners of war the day before yesterday. The execution decision was made by the Ukrainian military court. A total of 44 German military academy-level officers were executed at one time. Bodies hang all over the gallows in Kyiv Square.

The reporter from The Times apparently went to the scene and took these two horrifying photos at close range.