Caught in the wide sand, Frick coughed twice and then said slowly, "The only time I met Molotov was back in 1931. He gave the impression that he was cautious and gentle. However, after reading the information about important decisions and events of the Soviet Union in the past ten years, it is not difficult to see that this man Stalin was closely linked to his iron wrist. Maybe … we can comment that he is the’ Soviet leader with the most * * personality except Stalin’ even in the Soviet Union. We have no reason to believe that such a person would be sincere.
After listening to Frick’s evaluation, Count Schulenburg nodded slightly to show his approval. On the one hand, Molotov made an impassioned appeal to the 1.4 billion soldiers and civilians in the remaining 13 republics to persevere in this "war of togetherness", on the other hand, he conveyed the message of peace will to Germany through neutral Sweden, and immediately showed a heated debate in the German Prafage Department. Some people recognized that the German comparative advantage was obvious, but the sharp blade was full of gaps, and the long supply line was easily harassed by Soviet guerrillas. Now it has reached a peace treaty to consolidate the victory. Some people don’t believe that Stalin really gave up his power and retreated behind the scenes, and Molotov "spoke". In this case, the peace agreement is unreliable. Once the strength is restored, the Soviet Union will fight back-the cabinet decided to postpone the bill to the National Assembly before reaching a conclusion, causing a wider debate and swing.
"At lunch, the Prime Minister gave me a suggestion, which I personally think is quite feasible." Frick habitually reached out to touch the cigarette case, but because of the more serious lung disease, the doctor forced him to quit smoking a month and a half ago, so Mr. President didn’t touch anything in his pocket and took a sip of his coffee cup angrily.
The three people present at the meeting-Schulenburg, the diplomatic adviser to the State Council, Gustav, the economic adviser to the State Council, and Rogan, the adviser to the State Council, all listened attentively.
Frick has a delicate carved porcelain coffee cup. "The war can’t be fought endlessly, but we should at least achieve the goal of dismembering the Soviet Union. In this way, we should let the Soviet army and the people know that their new leader is a false gentleman who is duplicitous and an untrustworthy guy, which will further demoralize them. At the same time, leaders representing the Soviet republics and autonomous republics and autonomous prefectures will be sent to agree to leave the Soviet Union as independent and allow political and military protection and material and economic support."
After listening to the three national-level senior consultants exchanged eyes, Schulenburg took the lead in expressing his approval, followed by Gustav, who finally wore a marshal system and wore lips. Hu Logan also expressed his approval of the big principle.
Frick looked very happy. He praised, "Paul is a very wise man, but he has proved his strength despite his lack of experience."
Unconsciously, the original history was unknown without Paul Prafa, and the Chancellor of the German wartime cabinet had been active and steady for four months, which made the situation of the country calm down and the military production rose steadily, which contributed to the German summer offensive. Now, two thirds of the Volga River basin and most of the northern cold regions have become German "war benefits". The Soviet Union has lost control and control of the sea one after another, and the main force of the 6 th Army has been hit hard in the Moscow War. The general trend of war is irreversible.
Frick’s praise of the three national consultants is not echoed. On the one hand, it is inappropriate to comment on Prime Minister Ge from their perspective. On the other hand, they all have ordinary arrogance in their respective personalities, and there are not many people who really make them sincere.
Frick went back to the topic by saying a digression: "In fact, if we regard the Soviet Union as a warrior in armor, then the participating republics and autonomous republics are the samurai’s helmets, breastplates, wristbands, leg armor and boots. Without these protective devices, the strength of the samurai will be greatly weakened, but Russia, the most important trunk part of the samurai, is still not to be ignored. It has good combat effectiveness when it is independent, and it can still pick up and temporarily lose protective devices under certain conditions. Therefore, we still have many concerns when dealing with the Russian issue."
Throughout history, it is not difficult to dismember a country after victory, but it is difficult to prevent it from reuniting, especially when the country is the main body of a single nation. The ups and downs of national movement and national strength will eventually make it find a suitable opportunity. In thinking, Logan remembered that India and Pakistan were the last British and Indian governors, mountbatten, a "political hero". In the era when the national independence movement was surging, this visionary governor came up with the famous "Mountbatten Plan", which not only kept the British economic interests in India to the maximum extent. In India and Pakistan, "congenital" disputes such as Kashmir issue have been formed, and the long-term conflict between India and Pakistan in the future has laid the groundwork and bound India, a country with a large population and land.
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Chapter 9 Strong charm
At noon on June 16th, a civilian do17 transport plane landed on the runway of Stockholm airport in Sweden, and only a few dozen people took the gangway to meet them. Although most of them looked serious and gestures, they could see their extraordinary demeanor. The pure German speech even made people quietly associate the European war with a possible turning point due to the abnormal change of Soviet leaders.
After a very simple greeting, a group of people quickly left the airport in multiple cars ―― there are Swedish military police lanes in front and military trucks behind, so it is rare for Sweden to strictly abide by neutrality …
At high latitudes, however, there is no trace of intense heat in midsummer. Wearing a set of ordinary black gifts, Logan sat quietly beside Count Schulenburg and silently watched the deja vu scenery outside the window. As this was the first informal contact between the Soviet Union and Germany through the Swedish government, he was not wearing a military identity, but only an assistant to Count Schulenburg, the special representative of the German President.
"Please try not to talk during the marshal’s talks. If you have any comments, you can write me an iao note. The Russians recognize you and know that you are well-known and highly valued in the Soviet Union. I am afraid that the Soviets will secretly do you harm." The old count woke up in good faith and doubted that this ao official, who had served as the German ambassador to the Soviet Union for a long time and was upright and dedicated, was the ideal candidate for the special representative in the early stage of the negotiations with the Soviet Union. Logan was young and energetic, and the "national Xi’ an consultant" was not on the list of this trip.
Logan gave the count a relaxed look. "Don’t worry, I’m here to see a real international negotiation ― I’ve never had a chance before."
Count Schulenburg nodded and reposed.
The Swedish authorities arranged the meeting place not in the bustling downtown area of Stockholm, but in a holiday villa in Lin. By the time the German delegation arrived, the representatives sent by the Soviet Union had been waiting in the meeting room for a while-this can be seen from the cigarette butts in the ashtray.
Count Schulenburg glanced at the face at the conference table lightly. From his eyes, it seems that there are no people familiar with it. When the German staff and Swedish officials were separated from the person sitting opposite Schulenburg, he was not fluent in German. He said, "Your arrival showed us the sincerity of the German government … Nice to meet you. My name is the special representative of the Kamedov People’s Committee."
Out of courtesy, the Earl of Schulenburg nodded to each other and then reported himself as well.
Immediately afterwards, Kamedov’s dressing instrument was very neat, and the representative of the Soviet Union said sincerely, "Up to today, this cruel war has lasted for one year and four and a half months. I think both Germans and Soviets are tired of killing day after day. In the past 500 days, our two countries have lost more than 5 million lives, most of them are in their golden age, and the amount of materials is even more amazing. Now our two countries have changed their leaders, that is to say, the people who planned and started the war have left the position of decision makers. Isn’t it time to let this end?"
Count Schulenburg responded word for word in German, "It is not up to the mouth to decide whether the war is over. We have occupied Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Leningrad, Stalingrad and Moscow, and almost all of the richest land in the Soviet Union has already won the German flag. In this case, I am really curious about your country’s motives and reasons for ending the war."
If this sentence is said by Logan, it is natural to add a question at the end-"Is it defeat and surrender?"
Of course, if this bombshell is thrown at the beginning of the negotiations, I’m afraid it will lead to a direct deadlock. After all, this is the intentional early contact between the two countries, which has neither external ao effect nor represents their respective governments.
Obviously, the representative of the Soviet Union had an objective understanding of the country’s situation. He shrugged his shoulders and replied otherwise, "It is true that we have lost nearly one-seventh of our land, together with the people and wealth who have not been evacuated. This makes us feel very sad, so we can better see the nature of the war. The decisive factor of the war we started at the beginning was that the Churchill government of Britain provoked the Soviet people to be simple and kind. We should know it very well."
Blame the Soviet Union’s attack on Germany on a fallen government and an exiled American. Even ordinary Germans will not believe it. The responsibility for war will go directly to the negotiating table to take the initiative and stimulate the ao weight. See Count Schulenburg staring at each other silently and staring for two or three minutes. Although the Soviet representative’s eyes did not escape, they were a little less confident and a little bit confused and uneasy.
"Do you know which cemetery my upright and kind friend Agatha is buried in?"
Count Schulenburg surprised the other party by asking this question suddenly, and judging from his reaction, the name should be familiar.
After about half a minute of stalemate, Schulenburg sighed, "German government special representative, I need to know one thing, that is, how sincere is your government for peace?"
The Soviets breathed a sigh of relief and replied smoothly, "Our army and people, our people’s committee, have full sincerity to negotiate a truce in your country. I think this is also the common aspiration of the two peoples."
After half a minute, Count Schulenburg said word for word, "Our people and army are eager for a complete victory to wash away the shame of our sudden attack by the countries that signed the non-aggression treaty."
The representative of the Soviet Union blushed. For the first time, he complained to his companion iao in Russian. Obviously, these were also intended for Count Schulenburg.
The count didn’t say that he was sitting there as if he didn’t understand Russian, which made Logan curious.
Just then, the middle-aged man sitting on the right hand side of the Soviet representative Kamedov, dressed simply, whispered a few words to him, and then Kamedov held his head high like a gangster’s threatening declaration, saying, "If this war continues to go to the German team, even if it doesn’t reach the easternmost part of the Soviet Union in a hundred years, and we have deployed hundreds of thousands of troops to fight guerrilla warfare with the people in your occupied areas, and even sneaked into Germany to carry out blasting, you will never find peace in the rear."
"This is the war, and we are ready to deal with all situations." Count Schulenburg said this slowly, adding that "we have enough combat troops and many allies and national armies to cooperate."
This problem seems to be suitable for stimulating ao families. According to Logan, the key to guerrilla warfare lies not in the will and quality of the soldiers, but in whether they win the hearts of the people. Although people in the Baltic countries may not welcome the Germans, they will never support the Soviet army. In Ukraine and Belarus, the people, especially the peasants, have suffered enough from the Soviet rulers. You know, just one agricultural policy caused the pre-Great Famine in the early 1930s, and millions of people starved to death in Ukraine alone. Leaving the negotiating table, he turned his attention to the square table and made suggestions. Middle-aged people saw that this man was plain in appearance, with heavy eyebrows and fine eyebrows. From the facial contour, it seems that some Mongolian people are still in their forties.
I don’t have much impression on the study of the Soviet military commander Logan in the original era. zhukov, Cui Kefu and Timoshenko are not like this, but he has a vague feeling that this person is also a powerful role
"Judging from today’s situation, our Soviet Union does have the will to quell the war, but your country does not have the sincerity to stop the war. This is really regrettable." The Soviet representative named Kamedov sighed sadly as if he was ready to leave, but he did not get up and saw that the Germans were still motionless. He then asked, "How long can the German economic situation support this expensive war?" Don’t take advantage of the opportunity of the US-Japan War to regain Europe’s position as the world’s largest economy and industry? "
If the first sentence is understandable, then the second sentence reveals the eagerness of the Soviet representative. After all, the Urals Mountains will soon be the last natural defense line of the Soviet army, and the relocation of industrial facilities to the west will lose the German army’s strategic bombing, which will further lead to the complete collapse of Soviet industry
In the face of this lame opponent, Count Schulenburg smiled contemptuously for the first time. "Are we worried about the economic and industrial aspects of the production capacity of Central, Western and Southern Europe plus the rich resources of Africa and South America?"
The representative of the Soviet Union seemed to be a little disoriented. He turned to look at the middle-aged man next to him. The middle-aged man briefly thought about it and whispered a few words in his ear.
"Since Moscow’s heavy losses are not enough for your country to see clearly the prospect of war, we will fight harder and make you reconsider our peace proposal-in fact, our request is very simple, that is, to end the war on conditions acceptable to both sides." After that, the Soviet representative did not get up, but still looked up at the German representative and his party and finally returned to Count Schulenburg.
Middle-aged people sitting aside also spent a lot of time looking at the German delegates just across the table, but he didn’t seem to pay enough attention to the young Logan.
"I don’t know if you have got the news from your government," said Count Schulenburg, looking at his watch very slowly. "The former Turkish government officially declared war on the Soviet Union about an iao, which means that our offensive on the Caucasus front will be more fierce and it will take a few weeks to capture the whole Caucasus."
The representative of that Soviet Union sitting across the table were all dumbfounded. aft all, the historical hatred made the cautious Turks put their hands and feet-they lost their part in the European battlefield and hoped that the Soviet Union would degenerate into a pure "Asian country" and continue to struggle in the Asian land.
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Chapter 99 A critically ill notice ()
Chapter 99 A critically ill notice ()
The bright sunshine naturally and peacefully falls on the forest and soil path through the cracks in the branches and leaves, and a group of people in formal attire strolls with a solemn look, but it is like the temperature here is neither too hot nor too cold.
"The count has been in Moscow for many years and hasn’t seen this man?" After talking about business, Logan curiously asked Count Schulenburg about the middle-aged representative of the Soviet Union.
Sixty-three percent of the earl walked with his back slightly bent, and his tone was very peaceful. "No matter whether a foreigner is a diplomat or an ordinary scholar, even if he stays in the Soviet Union for a long time, his contact with people and things is very limited. We often say that it is a mysterious country."
Logan said softly, "Hey, mysterious country"
"It’s not that I don’t have acquaintances and friends in Moscow for so many years … they have gone to remote places to recognize or just disappeared suddenly, and there are few connections." The count looked up and was filled with emotion by the sun shining on his face and chest.
Logan doesn’t know much about that sinking history, but he has heard something about it. From the earl’s expression and tone, he can feel the sadness of losing his friend.
"It’s just that our mission on this trip is very simple, far simpler than ordinary negotiations. The marshal doesn’t have to care too much about these people. They may be laymen and may never appear again. It’s just a passer-by in this world." Count Schulenburg didn’t recognize contempt or disdain.
Logan shrugged. "Maybe. Now the situation of the Soviet-German war is not reversible."
"Well, it’s a quiet and beautiful lake." The count turned and looked at the roadside. Through the not-so-dense forest, he could see a lake with sparkling sunshine and dazzling gold.
"It’s so beautiful here," Logan casually praised.
"If you want to stay away from the war, you can find the beauty of nature and harmony," the count said meaningfully.
Walking in a quiet forest for an hour and a half, the recess passed quickly. Before returning to the venue, a German intelligence officer handed a note to Count Schulenburg ―― the Soviet delegation reported the talks to the Chinese government through the line and asked for decision-making. Although it was in Sweden and the Soviet delegation brought its own encryption desk, the German intelligence agency still managed to intercept the other party’s communication and decipher it, so that its representatives could master the other party’s cards at the negotiating table.
The note was quickly transferred to Logan-the hands of the temporary staff who came to "attend the study". Obviously, during the talks that lasted less than 40 minutes, Count Schulenburg’s last words were like a heavy armor-piercing bullet hitting the soft spot of the Soviet Union accurately. After the government contacted the Soviet Union representatives, it was confirmed that Turkey had officially declared war on the Soviet Union, and it was also known that our country had slipped into the abyss of disaster. After the United States chose Germany for its own benefit, it seemed that the world might one day be on the same front, but this theory may not be realized.
What surprised Logan somewhat was that when he returned to the venue again, the Soviet delegates did not hang their disappointment on their faces, but sat down calmly.
"After being contacted by our government, we are willing to further discuss the armistice between the Soviet Union and Germany in your exhibition." Kamedov chose to skip the matter of Turkey’s declaration of war as if it were his own.
Before coming, Count Schulenburg had been authorized by President Frick and Prime Minister Pfeiffer to judge and make a preliminary decision on the choices involved in this meeting. Therefore, the Count gave a positive answer to the Soviets after a simple exchange in Logan. "The German government agreed to hold in-depth talks with the Soviet government. At the same time, we suggested that the meeting be held in Os6 or Gohagen in two weeks, and we will ensure the personal safety of the Soviet representatives."