The Rise of the Third Reich

The Political Bureau meeting unanimously adopted the resolution proposed by Comrade Stalin, General Secretary of the Bolshevik Party, to "implement the Great Thunderstorm Plan and liberate all of Europe." It is said that no one has voted against this political situation for many years...

After the meeting, most of the Political Bureau members and Central Committee members who were present left the Kremlin, but Molotov and Beria were left behind by Stalin, who was in a heavy mood.

Stalin brought his two right-hand men into his office, then stood in front of a map of Europe hanging on the wall and said: "We are going to fight a very difficult war. The Germans are very powerful. For To defeat them, you have to use some deceptive methods.”

Molotov had been prepared for a long time. He said: "Comrade General Secretary, we can pretend to liberate India. Now most of Afghanistan has been liberated. With the efforts of the working people of Afghanistan and our experts, from Hera The emergency railway to Kandahar is also nearing completion, and the time is ripe to further liberate the working people of India."

"Okay, liberating India is a good smoke bomb." Stalin said, "This issue can be discussed with Germany. India should belong to the Soviet Union's sphere of influence."

Although relations between the Soviet Union and Germany became increasingly cold, both sides were preparing military operations against each other. However, the traditional friendship between socialist comrades and brothers has not been completely suspended. High-level exchanges between the Soviet Union and Germany have continued, and there are also some military cooperation projects, such as Germany's "aid in building" Soviet-class battleships and Kronstadt A large project like the battlecruiser was not officially completed until the end of May 1942.

The differences between the Soviet Union and Germany seemed to be only differences in line and conflicts in how to divide the sphere of influence. The line issue was a life-threatening issue within the Bolshevik Party of the Soviet Union, but it was a far bigger issue between the Soviet Union and Germany. As for the issue of dividing the sphere of influence, it seems that it is not irreconcilable - as long as the Soviet Union does not move westward and does not expand in the Middle East, Germany has nothing to do with the Soviet Union.

"Then I'll leave immediately," Molotov said.

"Okay," Stalin nodded, "you can also discuss the Japanese issue with Hitler and Hessmann. Japan has stationed millions of troops in Manchuria and Korea, posing a serious threat to the Soviet Far East and the Soviet Union's Eastern allies. This issue must be It needs to be solved, so while liberating India, the Soviet Union is ready to focus on uniting with the United States to solve Japan, a huge threat to human civilization!”

This sounds a bit similar, because the Soviet Union and the United States have not had a good relationship over the years. And before Japan swept across the Pacific, the Soviet Union had signs of destroying Japan together with the United States.

Now that the U.S. Pacific Fleet was defeated by the Japanese and still can't get up, the Soviet Union naturally has to help to be worthy of the benefits it has taken from the United States over the years. And to defeat the powerful Japanese army, it would be enough to invest hundreds of divisions, tens of thousands of T-34 and KV-1 tanks, and more than ten thousand MiG, IL, and Lavochkin aircraft, right?

Moreover, the Russian tradition is not to fight on two fronts. Since there is going to be a war with powerful Japan in the Far East, peace on the Western Front must be maintained.

“In addition,” Stalin added, “we can also make suggestions for mediating the war between Germany and the United States... Future world peace should be based on the balance of power between the United States, the Soviet Union and Germany. Germany’s sphere of influence is Europe and Africa except the Soviet territory. and the Middle East, islands in the Indian Ocean and southern India can also be given to Germany. The United States’ sphere of influence is the Americas and the Pacific, while our Soviet Union rules most of Eurasia.”

"Comrade General Secretary, you are so wise," Molotov said. "The Germans will definitely be fooled."

He said this, but in his heart he thought: How great would it be if Su-Deh Peace really existed? Everyone can live a more peaceful life...

"Comrade Lavrenty Pavlovich." Stalin then said to Beria, "Now there are many Polish and German comrades who have been sent to labor camps because of misunderstandings."

"Comrade General Secretary, this is a mistake of the internal affairs department." Beria immediately admitted the mistake.

"It must be corrected," Stalin said, "the reputation must be restored and both Polish and German comrades come to work."

The Polish Bolshevik Party and the German Bolshevik Party were the hardest hit areas by the Great Purge. Almost all comrades from the two parties in the Soviet Union were arrested and sent to labor reform! Even the German Bolshevik Party and the Polish Bolshevik Party themselves were banned by the Third International.

But now that Germany and Poland are about to be liberated, the hard days of the German comrades and Polish comrades who were imprisoned in labor camps for reform are coming to an end.

"How many Polish prisoners of war are there in Starobelsk, Kozelsk and Ostashkov?" Stalin began to care about Polish prisoners of war again. These Polish prisoners of war were all captured during the 1939 war. The officers and non-commissioned officers among them were all eliminated, but many soldiers were still reformed in labor camps in Belarus.

"There are nearly 50,000 people," Beria immediately understood Stalin's intention. "Each of them has undergone a transformation that touches their souls. They have deeply realized their past sins, changed their minds, and turned into new people."

"Very good!" Stalin smiled and nodded. "The work of the General Administration of Labor Camps is satisfactory. We should continue our efforts and make more contributions to the cause of human liberation."

Stalin said "the cause of human liberation" instead of "the cause of Soviet construction", which shows that there will soon be many foreign human dregs that need to be reformed - provided that the invincible Soviet Red Army can catch them, which is a difficult and Dangerous mission!

"Order the General Administration of Labor Camps to hand over all Polish prisoners to the jurisdiction of the Third International." Stalin pointed out a broad road to a happy life for the Poles who were starving to build the Soviet Union - they were able to survive, and soon Soon we will all be members of the glorious Polish Red Army!

Moreover, Stalin did not want them to charge into the battle and serve as cannon fodder (for fear that they would surrender to the enemy). He only wanted them to carry the red flag and goose-step after the liberation of Warsaw, so that the working people of Poland could see their own team.

Stalin then ordered: "In addition, the internal affairs department must cooperate with the Third International to help the Bolshevik parties in European countries under the Nazis' iron heel to establish internal affairs and labor reform departments... This is a very difficult task. There are so many reactionaries across Europe. , *** elements need to be eliminated and transformed, and work in this area must be arranged in advance. "

Beria thought for a while and asked: "Comrade General Secretary, do the British reactionaries and *** elements need to be transformed and eliminated?"

"This..." Stalin thought about it seriously - this is a difficult question to answer. The British reactionaries and communists must be bad. They hate the Soviet Union extremely, and they also invented the abominable "Churchill suicide bomb vest". There are still suicide bomb attacks in Kabul and Kandahar every now and then!

"No need," Stalin thought for a moment and decided not to consider the issue of reforming Churchill for the time being. After all, Churchill was backed by American imperialism, and the issue of labor reform also depended on the background. "The United Kingdom and Ireland will not be liberated this time... Just plant the red flag in France, and let the working people of the United Kingdom suffer in dire straits for a while longer."

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The day after Stalin made the decision not to liberate Britain and Ireland for the time being, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who did not love labor and did not want to be transformed, learned of the Soviet Union's requirements. Of course it is not a demand to liberate the working people of Europe. This matter is now a secret, and even the working people of Europe are not allowed to know about it, let alone him, the leader of the reactionaries?

The Soviet Union's request was that the British army launch a truly powerful counterattack on the island of Ireland, attracting large-scale reinforcements from the German Army, and creating favorable conditions for the Soviet Red Army to open a second battlefield on the Eastern Front.

"Well, we still need to fight hard in Ireland!" Fatty Qiu took a few puffs of his cigar with a smile and said to the cabinet members and generals in the underground conference room, "I think we have to fight this battle well. It will be a turning point in the world war."

I don't know since when, "turning point" has become Fatty Qiu's mantra. He talks about it every month and every day, but unfortunately he can't turn it around. But this time there seems to be hope, because Stalin, the great leader of the Soviet Union, finally made up his mind to fight the Germans, and the Americans also declared war on Germany not long ago.

Now it is no longer the United Kingdom that is working hard to challenge Germany alone, but the three major powers of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union are united to oppose the Nazi tyranny.

"Although we will ultimately be victors," Churchill said with a smile, "no one can defeat the combination of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union, not even Nazi Germany. But before our allies can completely crush Nazi Germany, we in Britain must show We cannot sit back and enjoy the success, otherwise we will lose the power to divide the world after the war.”

The fat man turned his head and looked seriously at the Imperial Chief of Staff, Viscount Brooke, "So I ask the army and the Royal Air Force to do their best to launch a counterattack in Ireland. Viscount, can we do it?"

"No problem," Viscount Brooke replied, "Now there are 1 armored division, 5 motorized infantry divisions, 8 infantry divisions and 6 county divisions on the island of Ireland, and 2 armored divisions are preparing to go to the island. "

"That's 22 divisions!" Churchill asked. "How many troops do the Germans have?"

"There are only 6 divisions at most, of which there are only 2 armored divisions, 1 is an armored division composed of light tanks, and maybe 1 division is Italian troops." Viscount Brooke told Churchill, "Waiting for the Guards Armored Division and the 79th Once the armored division enters the island of Ireland, we will have enough troops to launch a counterattack and at least take back Dublin!"