Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 3134 Hesitating
The war in the Far East was raging, and Stalin, the center of decision-making in Soviet Russia - the Gremlin Palace, was pacing anxiously, holding his never-leaving pipe.Taking advantage of the new anti-China upsurge around the world to regain the Far East is an established strategy and is imperative.However, becoming an anti-China leader and attracting most of China's firepower is certainly not within Stalin's consideration.In the past, when China was just a weak power, Stalin didn't mind that, and he would even do it more outstandingly in order to seek the greatest benefit.But now, not to mention that China has already risen through the Second World War and has become one of the best military powers today, Soviet Russia will inevitably be the first to bear the brunt.He is very clear that because of institutional problems, whether it was the previous anti-Japanese alliance or the current anti-China alliance, it is impossible for Soviet Russia to gain true friendship from the West.In other words, after solving the common enemy of China, they will still turn against each other and even fight around the world.In this way, if Soviet Russia's military and national strength are too depleted due to the anti-China issue, then even if Soviet Russia can become a vested interest in defeating China, whether it can keep these interests in the future is also a questionable question.

In order to make the Americans feel worthy of the assistance they provided, Soviet Russia had to send troops to the Far East, but this by no means means that Soviet Russia will immediately go to war with China, and the first fight will be at the level of a national war.

The occurrence of the "Bleeding Incident on Lake Baikal", at first, did not make Stalin have too many associations or emotions.During the Great Cleansing, he didn't care about the bloody incidents of millions, not to mention the lives and deaths of less than a thousand civilians.However, what he never imagined was that the Soviet side had already put on an ambiguous gesture, but the Chinese side actually kept entangled in this matter, and even took it as an excuse to actively provoke!How can they?How dare they?Do the Chinese really think that polar bears are dead?

Even after learning that the Chinese Far East Army had launched an offensive on its own initiative, Stalin didn't take it too seriously.The agents of the Political Security Bureau have been collecting information about China. After analyzing the information, he concluded that, at least at the moment, the Chinese would not dare to provoke border arbitrarily.The reason why the Chinese do this should be for political purposes, and it is the ruling needs of Ouyang Yun's coalition government-"at most, it is just a show."Stalin's judgment was not groundless.China maintains considerable military strength in South America, Southeast Asia, and Japan. From his understanding, given China's weak national conditions, it is not easy to maintain this situation.Under such circumstances, the Chinese naturally hope that one thing more is worse than one thing less. The so-called "active attack" can only be a show, so as to give an explanation to the domestic people.After all, the coalition government is a transitional government, and Ouyang Yun is also the wartime leader, which needs the support of the people.

At the military meeting of the High Command and the political meeting of the Politburo, Stalin had expounded such views layer by layer, and because he had done so many things and said so many words before, when the relevant battle report was sent to him , especially when there are sensitive sentences such as "the entire army of the [-]st Division was destroyed", it is like being slapped with two "crackling" slaps in the face in public, and Stalin, who is not very self-cultivated, Immediately became furious.

"The Chinese are crazy? Have they considered the consequences of doing so? Do the Chinese want to have a decisive battle with us?" Stalin roared at yesterday's Politburo meeting.Then, he immediately issued an order to transfer Zhukov to the Far East and form a front-line unified combat command to defend the territorial integrity of Soviet Russia and the honor of the Soviet Red Army.

Zhukov took a plane to the Far East. After a night of serious thinking, Stalin still believed that it was not the best time to start an all-out war with China. He was considering whether to call Zhukov and ask him to adopt a safer tactic. Come on, when he saw the words "the Chinese are aggressively attacking", his mind was "buzzing". The first thought he had was: Is the Chinese government really going to fight the Soviet Union to the end for the sake of hundreds of civilians?
Stalin had such an idea, of course, not because he was afraid of the Chinese army, but because he was worried that the snipe and the clam would compete for the fisherman's benefit.In the final analysis, Soviet Russia and Britain and the United States have never been on the same boat, so even if there are common interests that need to be maintained, we must remain vigilant when we should be vigilant.

While Stalin was pacing irritably, Beria, the director of the Political Security Bureau, stood quietly aside, bowing his head as if listening to the admonishment.The nature of the Lake Baikal bloodshed has changed as the Chinese Far East Army brazenly launched an attack on the Soviet-Russian Northern Front.If before that, this was considered a successful foreign affairs operation by the Political Security Bureau, now it was an accident.Beria's political sense is quite keen, and when he learned of the outcome of the [-]st Division from the report of the Far East Branch, he realized that he might be in trouble.Beria was very smart and knew that voluntarily admitting his mistakes was different from being held accountable afterwards. Therefore, after calculating the time when Stalin received the relevant battle reports, he took the initiative to come to Stalin to admit his mistakes.As he expected, Stalin unceremoniously gave him a bunch of adjectives like "stupid! bastard", but that's all.

Beria knew Stalin's position on the anti-China alliance, the war against China, and the Far East issue.Knowing that Stalin hadn't made a final decision in his heart, and because he didn't know the final outcome of this war, he wisely chose to remain silent.

"Beria, based on what you know about Ouyang Yun, will he really take advantage of the bloodshed to use his troops against me?" Stalin suddenly stopped, staring at Beria and asked.

"Comrade ***, Ouyang Yun is a standard soldier who cares about his reputation very much. If such a person is in charge of the government, his government style will be influenced by him to some extent. Of course, looking at Ouyang Yun's past, he does not Not one to lose sight of the big picture. So I don't think we'll be able to tell what the Chinese are trying to do until they show all their cards!"

Beria didn't say this, but Stalin didn't seem to really want to get anything from him.Hearing this, he walked up and down again, then stood still and said: "Now is not the best time to start a war with China, but if the Chinese really don't know how to advance or retreat, I don't care about teaching them a painful lesson! Well, then Let’s take one step at a time, and anyway, we will take back the Far East sooner or later.”

(End of this chapter)