Age of Conquest Reborn

After all the officials who attended the meeting left, only Stalin and Molotov were left in the huge office, which seemed very empty. In front of Molotov, Stalin no longer concealed anything and was almost paralyzed.

Sitting back on the high-backed chair, he couldn't hide the fatigue that crawled onto his face. The strong man who had dominated the whole meeting and made decisive suggestions at the meeting was gone. Instead, he was replaced by a man who was as refined as after a long journey.

Exhausted old man.

Molotov saw this and felt a pain in his heart. He knew very well the pain of his close comrade-in-arms and leader. There were powerful enemies outside, the land was lost, the country was about to be destroyed, and he was helpless inside because he had no troops to mobilize.

He struggled to keep a huge empire running, and it almost exhausted all his energy. If one day Comrade Stalin was gone, would the huge red empire of the Soviet Union collapse?

Molotov was so frightened by this terrifying thought that he did not dare to think about it any further. The atmosphere in the empty office was solemn, and neither of them spoke, but Molotov knew that Comrade Stalin must

Will speak first.

"Comrade Molotov, if you have anything to say, just tell me!" Stalin asked after taking a sip of strong coffee.

The conversation between the two people never goes around in circles, but goes straight to the topic. Both of them are used to this method, "Comrade Stalin, as far as the problems our troops are facing in the east are concerned, I think the Japanese are second."

,The most critical thing is the Chinese Tang Qiuli and his troops are the main factors that can affect our troop withdrawal plan!" Molotov said.

"Which damn Chinese always make things worse for us when we are in the most difficult times and jump out to cause trouble!" Stalin cursed fiercely and looked to the east with hatred in his eyes. It was as if Tang Qiuli was right in front of him, "Mo Luo

Comrade Tov, you are right. If it were not for Tang Qiuli's independent division, which would continue to harass Vasilevskiy's troops in Outer Mongolia, the Outer Mongolia Front Army would be the first to rush back to the European battlefield!"

Stalin seemed to be sighing after saying this. He had always believed that this Chinese who did not follow common sense and was insidious and cunning was a more terrifying guy than the Japanese. He was always hiding in the dark, like a poisonous snake, peeping at everything

Once an opportunity comes, he will not hesitate to pounce on him and inject venom into his opponent's body. Unfortunately, he is his opponent and enemy!

Stalin was quite impatient about this, but he never regretted it, "And the blocking lines set up by this abominable Chinese in the Ural Mountains and Tangnu Mountains were enough to stop the Outer Mongolian Front Army for a long time. I even had a

I have a premonition that the troops of the Outer Mongolia Front may not be able to break through the blockade of the Independent Division and will stay in Siberia forever. Comrade Molotov, do you have any solution?" Stalin asked, his eyes suddenly brightening.

Molotov replied: "Yes, Comrade Stalin, I have a plan that can prompt the Outer Mongolia Front Army to rush to the European battlefield as soon as possible without being blocked by the Chinese!"

Stalin did not ask further questions. He just adjusted his sitting posture, straightened his body, and looked at his close comrades with all his attention. He knew that next, Molotov would use the most concise language to express his plan.

Molotov continued: "The only way to solve the dilemma faced by the Outer Mongolian Front is for us to negotiate with Tang Qiuli and reach an agreement with him, not only in Outer Mongolia, but also in his troops in the Far East.

Within the scope of negotiation!”

"Negotiations -?" Stalin said in surprise, his body trembled suddenly, and the hot coffee splashed on his hands without even noticing it. It can be seen how shocked he was, that is, when Molotov said these words,

With this face, he would not be angry. If it were someone else, even Chief of General Staff Petroshilov, after saying these words, he would definitely jump up and get angry, and splash the coffee in his hand with a look of displeasure on his face.

He said that he would be kicked out.

Negotiating with the greedy Chinese is a good idea, and it is almost the same as seeking skin from a tiger. In the first Outer Mongolia War, the Soviet Union was forced to negotiate in a disgraceful way. What was the price paid? Not to mention losing the entire Outer Mongolia.

Still cutting flesh, the Soviet Union did not take advantage in the following Outer Mongolia wars. Stalin never thought about negotiations or other issues at all. Any form of negotiation was open to the Chinese people who caused heavy losses to the Soviet Union.

All are closed forever.

Now, Molotov actually made this suggestion. Stalin's heart was too complicated to express. Moreover, now is not the time for negotiations. Tang Qiuli has the upper hand in every aspect, with more than one million troops. Chen Bing is in Chita.

As far as Irkutsk, the retreat channels of the two fronts were blocked, and in the Ural Mountains and Tannu Mountains, formations were set up to block the path of the Outer Mongolia Front.

It can be said that for the Soviet troops in the east, in addition to the threat from the Japanese, Tang Qiuli's troops are the biggest hidden danger. At this time, the price the Soviet Union will pay for negotiations may be unacceptable conditions at all.

That greedy Chinese will definitely open his mouth and kill him with a knife. This is his usual practice. What's more, the knife now is in Tang Qiuli's hand.

Stalin wanted to angrily rebuke, "Nonsense - do you want to give the entire Red Soviet Union to that despicable Chinese?" However, it was Molotov who made this suggestion, and he never made any uncertain decisions.

It's Molotov's fault, "The reason——!" Stalin threw out two words dullly. This was the limit of what he could endure.

Comrade Stalin's reaction fell in Molotov's eyes. To be fair, when he was thinking about and even making this suggestion, the pain in his heart was even stronger than that of the leader. It was Comrade Stalin who made the decision.

The person you are dealing with is yourself. Who has the same personal experience as you, the helplessness, humiliation, hatred and depression when facing that Chinese person?

Molotov fully understood Comrade Stalin's mood. If there were other ways, he would never take this step. The word "reason" for Stalin contains too many meanings. "Comrade Stalin, the reason is very simple. The situation

Forced!" Molotov replied simply and clearly.

With these few words, Stalin's emotions, which were on the verge of going berserk, were like a bucket of cold water poured on him. The temperature dropped sharply. "Forced by the situation!" contained a lot of helplessness. The Soviet troops in the eastern region no longer had enough strength.

and plenty of time to deal with the two forces of the Japanese and Tang Qiuli at the same time.

The Japanese want to eat the Far Eastern Front Army, and there is no possibility of negotiation. After the Far Eastern Front Army escapes the danger, how Tang Qiuli's troops will act is still an unsolved mystery. What if the Waixing'anling Front Army and the Baikal Front Army turn around to rescue the Far Eastern Front Army?

At that time, Tang Qiuli's troops stabbed him in the back. I am afraid that the troops of the three fronts will be trapped in the Far East battlefield.

Even if Tang Qiuli did not take advantage of the enemy's danger, after rescuing the Far East Front, would the troops fighting the Japanese have the ability to break through the blockade of the Independent Division in a short period of time? Even if the Independent Division did not fight head-on, the troops would still have to fight with the Japanese.

After disrupting traffic and delaying Soviet troops in the east for two months, the Germans may have hung the Nazi flag on the Kremlin building in Moscow.

Also, the current situation of the Outer Mongolia Front Army is that Tang Qiuli's troops alone can keep the four Soviet front armies in the east for a month. They will first fight the Japanese army in a bloody battle, and then tangle with the independent division troops before rushing out.

How much strength and combat effectiveness are left for the troops returning to the European battlefield?

The phrase "forced by the situation!" expresses so much helplessness and sadness. Tasting these four words, Stalin's mouth is full of bitterness. It is so difficult to make a decision, even more than the decision to rescue the Far East Front. "Comrade Molotov, we

What conditions will be put forward to satisfy the greed of the Chinese?" For a moment, Stalin seemed to have become much older, and his falcon-like eyes lost their sharp light, and he asked feebly and with difficulty.

Seeing the leader in such pain, Molotov's expression showed pain. He knew what Tang Qiuli needed and what bargaining chips the Soviet Union had to offer in order to impress the damn Chinese and let him

troops to make way for the troops of the four fronts rushing back to Europe to put out the fire.

He swallowed hard, walked heavily to the large map of the Soviet Union on the wall, and said: "Comrade Stalin, we must pay enough chips, otherwise, the negotiations will not yield any results. South of the Outer Khingan Mountains, Amur

The Far East area north of the river, including Sakhalin Island, and the area around Lake Baikal currently occupied by the independent division troops, will be ceded to the Chinese Tang Qiuli!"

The above-mentioned areas mentioned by Molotov, except for the Lake Baikal area, were all at the end of the last century. The then Tsarist Russia took advantage of the incompetence of the Manchu and Qing government and used force to coerce the Manchu and Qing government into signing a series of agreements.

After the unequal treaty, the territory ceded from what was then China covered an area of ​​more than one million square kilometers, including the Vladivostok military port, the Soviet Union’s only outlet in the Pacific.

Molotov added the Lake Baikal area as a bargaining chip, which was also a trick. This area is now under the control of the independent division troops. Whether it is ceded or not is not up to the Soviet Union. In fact,

, are all in Tang Qiuli's hands.

Molotov's hand drew such a semi-arc circle on the map from east to west. Stalin's heart suddenly felt pain, just like the semi-arc circle was a handful.

The sharp knife was like cutting off a large piece of flesh on his body, and it was heart-wrenching, an unprecedented pain.

"Comrade Molotov, do you know what you are talking about? My God, that is more than one million square kilometers of land, and Vladivostok is the only outlet for our Soviet fleet in the Pacific region!" Stalin said no more.

Unable to bear it any longer, he jumped up and shouted.

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