Struggle in Soviet Russia

As Victor said, the alliance has no real allies. Although the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union have a common goal in the fight against the Axis Alliance, this goal was clear before the Battle of Kursk. Now, it is becoming increasingly blurred.

Sharing difficulties and difficulties, and sharing prosperity and wealth. Such problems exist not only between people, but also between countries. From the perspective of Marxist contradiction, this is the reason for the transformation of the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction. .

Within the alliance, before the decisive victory of the Battle of Stalingrad, various intra-party struggles were hidden. Although the estrangement between factions existed, they were not so obvious.

After the Battle of Stalingrad, this kind of contradiction suddenly emerged. The factors of unity and harmony were reduced a lot, but the factors of struggle and compromise increased.

Outside the alliance, looking at international relations, the cooperation between Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union obviously has the same problem.

In the Western media and public opinion, whether it is the victory of the Moscow battle or the victory of the Stalingrad battle, they have been praised by those Western public opinions. With the victory of the Kursk battle, especially after the Soviet army liberated the After the entire Eastern Ukraine in Kiev, Western public opinion began to change.

In Western media reports, there have been more Ukrainian nationalists' opinions, and public opinion has more discussions on the so-called "Ukrainian national suffering", and such content is obviously not what Moscow likes to see.

Therefore, in general, the contradiction between Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union has never disappeared. It is only hidden by the contradiction between the world and fascism. After fascism is defeated, the conflict between the United Kingdom and the US "To be contradictory" will immediately escalate to the main contradiction, which is inevitable.

The first two days of the Tehran meeting was a closed-door meeting between the Big Three. Naturally, Victor had no right to participate in such a meeting, but he still knew the general content of the meeting.

For now, what Comrade Stalin discussed with Roosevelt and Churchill is mainly about the opening up of the second battlefield.

The fact is not as propagated by later generations. Today Comrade Stalin no longer has such a strong desire to urge Britain and the United States to open up a second battlefield. What he cannot accept is that Britain and the United States will open up a second battlefield and place it on the Apennines. .

Judging from the relevant meeting minutes, the Americans did not care much about the war on the Apennines. Roosevelt's focus was still on the Pacific battlefield. He hoped that the war in Europe would end as soon as possible. After that, the Soviet Union should launch a war against Japan as soon as possible.

The Americans have won successive victories in the Pacific, but the extremely vicious Japanese also caused enough suffering for the American army. Therefore, the millions of Japanese army is still a piece of solid enough for the Americans. Stone, Washington needs the Soviet army to launch a war against Japan, thereby reducing the pressure on them.

But the British had their own plans. Churchill advocated using the Apennines as a base to open up the second battlefield in Europe. In this way, the northward advance of the British and American forces would hopefully prevent the Soviet army from expanding in the direction of Central and Southern Europe.

Regardless of the British ability, they have a great appetite. They hope to take Austria and Hungary first, and block the expansion of the Soviet Union from the west to the east of Poland. Compared with this goal, the British have a strong interest in the Pacific. War, not interested.

In the face of the greed of the British, Comrade Stalin really took the table. He even publicly stated to Churchill that if Britain and the United States choose to continue northward in Italy, then Moscow will not rule out the possibility of unilateral peace with Berlin, as long as the Germans Able to retreat to the west of Poland, the Soviet Union can even release existing German prisoners of war.

This nearly tit-for-tat entanglement lasted for two days. Eventually, under Roosevelt’s intervention, Churchill made a concession. In principle, he agreed that the British and American forces would not continue northward on the Apennines. In the middle of next year, they will open a second place on the French coast. battlefield.

In addition, in order to allow a large number of British troops to withdraw from Iran, Roosevelt proposed the concept of launching the Siam campaign, asking Churchill to transfer the troops assembled in southern Iran to the Indochina Peninsula as soon as possible, so as to launch new ones in the region. Plan for combat against Japan.

From this point of view, even though Roosevelt was not far from death, he was still very clear in his mind. He knew that under the current situation, military operations against the Axis powers could not do without the cooperation of the Soviet Union. Therefore, the British The anti-Soviet tendency that was exposed early was finally suppressed by him.

For Victor, in the past two days, he has not paid too much attention to the issue of negotiation. After all, it has little relevance to his work. That is the issue that Comrade Molotov should consider.

Ever since the evil idea came up in his mind and he planned to make good use of the "McCarthyism" gimmick, Victor couldn't wait to start planning this matter in the last two days.

However, in this matter a little troublesome is that he cannot submit this plan in the form of a report in advance, because he has no way to explain clearly where the feasibility of this plan comes from, and why he can advance the plan. Was it believed that there would be a man named McCarthy who would jump out to sensationalize and cause such a tumultuous disturbance in the United States?

Yes, he didn't explain these problems clearly, so he could only lay out a series of nails quietly and bury them first. When a certain critical time comes, these nails will be able to jump out, or they will be pierced. In the heart of someone.

In addition to arranging this matter, Victor is also paying attention to another matter, that is, he hopes to find a suitable opportunity to send his theory of "basic party committee" to Comrade Stalin.

However, in Tehran, such an opportunity is not easy to find, not only because Roosevelt lived in the Soviet embassy, ​​Comrade Stalin spent most of the day with Roosevelt.

Even when the two giants were not together, Comrade Stalin would seize the opportunity to discuss some negotiations with Molotov. For this reason, Victor could not find "the opportunity to take advantage of."

However, on the fifth day of Comrade Stalin's arrival in Tehran, after the Soviet Union, the United States and Britain reached the first version of the draft "Declaration", Victor finally found a suitable opportunity.

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Just before dusk, the embassy was already a scene of brilliant lights.

In order to celebrate the three parties reached a basic consensus, the embassy held a celebration cocktail tonight. According to the plan, the cocktail will officially start at 6:30, including the negotiators of the United Kingdom and the United States, and the Iranian royal family. The number of representatives expected to attend the reception is more than half a hundred.

At this time, less than an hour before the official start of the reception, representatives of all parties have not yet come, and President Roosevelt is still resting-the president did not seem to sleep well last night. Today, the Soviet expert team and The medical team brought by the Americans gave him two physical examinations, which would allow him to rest in his room.

The lights of the main building of the embassy were projected on the surface of the pond in front of the building, sparkling the clear pool water, like a skirt covered with crystal tassels.

On the Yong Road by the pond, Victor, wearing a windbreaker and a military cap, is following Comrade Stalin half a step away, walking with the leader comrade-this is a privilege, if there is no invitation from Comrade Stalin , He is not qualified.

The accompanying Kremlin photographer recorded the image of the two walking by the pond with a camera. This is a kind of material, and maybe it will be used when, of course, Victor can only hope that someone is seeing this photo. At that time, don't associate him with Comrade Ye Ruofu-I think Comrade Ye Ruofu often accompanied Comrade Stalin on walks back then.

The reason why Comrade Stalin invited Victor to take a walk with him was not indiscriminately, but to learn some of the latest information from him.

Because Comrade Stalin did not make specific requests, Victor could only report some content according to his own ideas.

The weather in Moscow is very different from that in Tehran. After November, the temperature in Moscow suddenly dropped. Minsk even had its first light snow since the beginning of winter two days ago.

General Andrei Vasilyevich Khrulev, who is in charge of munitions work, is competent. Under his overall arrangement, the front-line troops have completed the winter refurbishment work. This is also the Soviet Union since the outbreak of the war. For the first time, before the arrival of winter, the replacement of winter clothes was fully completed.

Compared with the logistics work of the Soviet army, the situation of the German army is obviously not so good. According to intelligence, as of now, the replacement rate of the German Central Army Group is less than 40%. Perhaps before the real winter, None of their dressing work can be completed.

Because the logistics work was effectively guaranteed, Comrade Rokosovsky was full of confidence in the upcoming Belarusian campaign. However, none of the combat plans he submitted successively was approved by the General Staff. Even Comrade Zhukov was opposed to him. Of course, everyone knows his opinion very well. Let alone Rokosovsky, I am afraid that Comrade Zhukov will not approve any combat plan proposed by anyone. He just wants to direct the battle himself.

"As the war progresses, the defeat of the Germans has been exposed." Walking half a step behind Comrade Stalin, Victor stated his views according to his own thinking. "But at the same time, in our Red Army. Within the system, there are also more problems that are becoming increasingly obvious."