Chapter 476: The Road to the Iron Curtain ()

The port of Petropavlovsk is the largest city on the Kamchatka Peninsula and the main population gathering area of the island, but due to the cold climate of Kamchatka, the total population has never exceeded 120,000, which is still the total number after including at least 150,000 troops and police, so under the attack of the entire force of the combined fleet plus a Kwantung Army division, a rapid fall is inevitable, Vasilevsky knew that it was over as soon as he heard the scale of the air raid, and the entire port was full of Japanese planes, Poor Soviet Red Star was either wrecked at the airfield or fell in a hurry to take off.

Beria was also surprised, and he was also very surprised that he had just said that Japan would not attack these barren lands, and that there had been such a big change in the blink of an eye.

"Why?"

"The reason received by the diplomatic system is that we have sent a large number of personnel to the United States to participate in the war between Japan and the United States and do not want to give a reasonable explanation......

In fact, this reason was repeatedly mentioned after the defeat in Hawaii, and then again after the riots of the American Communist Party, of course, Stalin would not admit it, and insisted that it was the spontaneous behavior of some people, but Japan's starting point was not to pursue this responsibility - Hori Yiji was just looking for a reason to fight, and there was no other suitable excuse to find it, so there was only this reason.

In order to validate this reason, Foreign Minister Gu Zhengzhi also deliberately made an unrealistic demand - 100 million US dollars in compensation.

Not to mention that East Russia can't take out this money, and even if it can, it won't be easily given to Japan - otherwise, it will really confirm the guilt of East Russia interfering in the war between Japan and the United States.

So Japan is now attacking on this charge, and the name is very good, and it is not a full-scale declaration of war against East Russia, but only called: Bolshevik preventive war, to build the Kamchatka Peninsula into the first breakwater to stifle the spread of the Bolsheviks.

"Is there any movement elsewhere?"

"Nope! The Kwantung Army entered a wartime state, and the General Staff also issued instructions to the Far Eastern Front, and Comrade Zhukov intended for him to go to Vladivostok to take up the town. ”

"Japan's conspiracy cannot be allowed to succeed so easily! We must launch a counterattack, a fierce counterattack, and fire in the direction of Manchuria! Stalin paused, "By the way, I will greet Comrade Mikoyan and ask him to contact the Chinese comrades and ask them to send 300,000 troops to attack Manchuria and cooperate with our flanks." ”

Beria shook his head: 300,000 troops can probably be gathered, but the equipment of these 300,000 troops is miserable, although it is also exploring mechanization and armoring, but the total number of troops in hand, including aircraft, artillery, and tanks, can only be equipped with a maximum of 50,000 troops - no matter how much it is, these are the only people who can use these equipment, and this is still taught by Soviet instructors. However, in terms of command, because Chen Geng took the observation group to India to participate in the war once and learned a lot of knowledge, he withdrew from the original 3rd Brigade, and separately set up a separate teaching brigade of the 18th Group Army, giving priority to selecting the top players of each unit and training and equipping them in accordance with the requirements of modern warfare.

According to Yan'an's plan, the backbone of the brigade should return to the other three brigades after receiving training in advance, and then spread out like a seed sprouting until the whole army has mastered modern thinking -- there are now more than 1.5 million regular troops, local militias, and Red Guards who own the territory of the nine northern provinces.

However, Vasilevsky's answer was very strange: "I suggest that we should not do anything for the time being, and the failure of the last offensive is still vividly remembered, and I suggest that we wait for Comrade Zhukov to find out the situation and report back to the situation, and ask the Party Central Committee to make a decision again."

Vasilevsky did not deny Stalin's ideas on the surface, but in essence tried to refute Stalin's words, which made the latter angry, but there was nothing to say - the troops had never received the task of attacking Manchuria at all, at least there had to be a preparatory process, right?

As he spoke, Khrushchev walked in and said in a slightly exaggerated tone: "Comrade Stalin, I have important news to report to you."

Stalin was shocked, because the members of the Politburo were assigned tasks: Voroshilov was in charge of the military industry, Mikoyan was in charge of the right liaison, Beria was in charge of internal and external intelligence gathering, Khrushchev was in charge of the united front against Western Russia, and Molotov was in charge of foreign diplomacy.

"Attack? Forehead...... There is no ......," Khrushchev was stunned for a moment, and then explained, "But Vlasov did convey a message to us through an intermediary to be wary of Japan, which is likely to take action in the near future." ”

"It's not the near future, it's today, Vasilevsky has called, and Japan has attacked."

"Vladivostok?" Now it was Khrushchev's turn to be taken aback.

"No, Kamchatka."

"Are the Japanese brains broken? What are you going to do there? ”

"Who knows what they're thinking?" Stalin said angrily, "I said that I would arrange a counterattack from Manchuria, but Comrade Vasilevsky dissuaded me, and said that the first lesson of the Great Patriotic War: politics cannot prevail over military!" Comrade Khrushchev, what do you think? ”

What can I think? I'm desperate! I thought so in my heart, but Khrushchev's work was not leaky: "Comrade Vasilevsky is right to be worried, but that is because he does not have a comprehensive grasp of the situation, and my latest situation here can dispel some of his concerns."

Stalin then remembered that Beria had come to report the news to him, and hurriedly asked: "What is the matter?"

"Although he has different ideas and positions from us, at least he is also a Russian and will not watch Russian land being seized by the Japanese, so if there is an act of Japanese attacking us and occupying land, he will support our resistance," Vlasov said.

"He's going to send troops?"

"It's impossible to send troops! Germany will not support it either, but something else can be done...... The contact told me that the army in the Ural Pass would take advantage of this opportunity to change their defenses, showing that they had no intention of taking advantage of the fire, and that he would sell us a batch of arms, which of course we would have to pay. ”

"Munitions?" Stalin was stunned, "He is willing to sell us arms?" The Germans don't make a fuss? ”

"On the contrary, these were acquiesced by Hitler, and the Germans gave Vlasov a batch of second-hand American, British fire...... You know, Vlasov basically did not equip Anglo-American goods, and the only one that was equipped with SS America Army Group also returned home, so the purpose is clear, this is what Hitler sold to us with the hand of Vlasov! ”

Beria thought to himself: Imperialism is really cunning, and some time ago he shouted and shouted at the Bolsheviks and called for the establishment of a global "anti-Bolshevik" alliance.

"It's a good thing, although Vlasov hasn't given up a day trying to evolve us peacefully, but at least it's done well." Stalin nodded with satisfaction, "If the White Army doesn't join in the fun, we can send 200,000 troops down from here in the Ural Mountains, so that we can attack Manchuria with confidence...... Comrade Beria. ”

"In!" The latter reflexively stands upright.

"Do you check it through other channels to see if it's true?"

(End of chapter)