Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 72: The messenger
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"This is indeed 32-year-old Bordeaux, Vsevorod Nikolaevich." Molotov reached out and held the bottle on the table.
The waitress standing on the side was almost crying right now. She looked at the gloomy three-level National Security Council member, Beria’s loyal deputy, the first deputy minister of the NKVD and the State Administration of Political Security. Director, Major General Vsevorod Nikolaevich Merkulov.
"It's okay, you go out first." Molotov turned his face and spoke to the young girl gently.
"Thank you, Comrade Chief." The girl bowed carefully to thank, and walked out of the room with a tray.
"You shouldn't lose your temper casually, Vsevorod Nikolayevich." Molotov picked up the bottle and poured a glass of wine for Merkulov.
"I'm sorry, Comrade Minister, I'm just a little upset." Merkulov looked down at the wine glass.
"You must have patience to do this work, Vsevorod Nikolaevich. Before the Germans explicitly refused, everything is still hopeful." Molotov smiled and took it. He picked up a knife and cut a small piece of bacon from a whole pork leg and put it on his plate.
"Waiting this way is not the answer, Comrade Minister." Merkulov frowned. He was really worried about the delegation's current situation.
The attitude of the new German head of state towards the Soviet Union, and whether the secret agreements between Hitler and the Soviet Union were still counted after Germany won the European War, and whether Germany is willing to continue to implement the previous trade agreements What Germany wants to do next has become Stalin's most important question now.
So he sent a Soviet trade delegation personally led by Foreign Minister Molotov, claiming to the outside world that it was to conclude a new trade agreement with Germany, but actually to find out the details of Germany and answer the troubles that troubled him. doubt. At the same time, this delegation was also responsible for collecting intelligence in various fields of Germany and restoring the Soviet spy network deployed in Germany.
After entering the German-controlled zone, the Soviet representatives were attracted by the scenes they saw along the way. On the way from Poland to Berlin, you can see the construction scenes in full swing. It is obvious that Germany is in its occupied zone. Internally, we have invested a lot of manpower and material resources to launch a full range of infrastructure construction.
Major General Merkulov's intuition developed as an officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for a long time made him vaguely feel that the things behind these projects are definitely not as simple as he saw.
Merkulov can’t imagine what the Germans want to do. Normally, there is no need for him to use his brains at this time. You only need to collect the information and submit it to a professional analysis department. He found possible answers.
It’s not these issues that worries the major general of the Ministry of Internal Affairs now, but the fact that the German head of state has been reluctant to meet them formally, and knowing that the Soviet mission is about to arrive in Berlin, he doesn’t even say hello. Gu Zi went to Italy. It is said that he was attending the funeral of the Italian dictator. The Major General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs believed that the head of state was eager to pay homage to the loser's appearance before Mussolini entered the soil. Go to his last taunt.
If the head of state did not deliberately avoid the Soviet mission, it can at least prove that he did not take the friendship between Soviet and German in his heart at all. This young dictator’s lax attitude had to let The Soviet envoys felt humiliated, and now the delegation is full of resentment towards someone they have never met from top to bottom.
Another thing that worries the director of the State Administration of Political Security is that he saw the strength of the German armed forces. He thought that the Soviet Red Army was already an invincible force, but it was different from what he saw this time. Compared with the German army, perhaps only a few of the most elite units can fight against them. If the head of state is hostile to the Soviet Union, the Director of the General Security Bureau dare not continue to think about it.
The second important task of the delegation is to request Germany to fulfill the cooperation agreement signed with the Soviet Union, open up Germany’s latest weapons arsenal, and provide the Soviet Union with the latest weapons samples, including the patents and production of these equipment. technology.
This is a secret clause attached to the "Soviet-German Non-Aggression Treaty" signed by Hitler. Germany provides their latest weapon technology, and the Soviet Union uses strategic materials and resources in return. In history, Hitler, in order to paralyze the Soviet Union, did not hesitate to open up the Wehrmacht inventory to the Soviet trade mission in Germany, and even offered the Soviet Union the latest naval battleships, army-equipped main tanks and samples of new fighter jets.
The military cooperation between Germany and the Soviet Union began in the 1920s, when it was still in the Weimar Republic. In order to rebuild the German armed forces, the Seckett and his like spent countless efforts on it.
On the other hand, because of a series of wars and internal frictions after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the Soviet Union’s production technology at that time had fallen behind the entire era, and Germany had a lot of advanced technology, but because of the Versailles Treaty, it was prohibited to produce the study.
When the Soviet Union and Germany started contacting, this issue was almost a hit. The two sides signed the famous [Laglo Agreement]. Germany promised to provide technology and machinery to the Soviet Union to help the Soviet Union establish a complete military system. Of course At the same time, Germany was able to continue its military and industrial development on the territory of the Soviet Union, continue to train their armed forces, and secretly develop a series of advanced war weapons prohibited by the Versailles Treaty.
German military industry experts once accounted for more than 80% of the total number of external experts hired by Soviet military industry enterprises. Germany provided the Soviet Union with urgently needed large-scale military industrial production technology. It can be said that the entire generation of Soviet military products is branded by Germany. From the rough imitation at the beginning to the ability to independently develop products, the Soviet Union’s modern industrialization road cannot erase the merits of German experts.
For ten years, Germany and the Soviet Union established a comradely friendship. This period can be called the honeymoon period between the Soviet Union and Germany. However, after Hitler's Nazi party came to power, the situation has undergone a fundamental change. The previous exchanges without barriers were gradually stopped, and the former comrades gradually became strange to each other as their respective political trends changed. At last, Nazi Germany was in urgent need of obtaining precious resources from the Soviet Union, so the two sides have not completely broken their faces.
In the blink of an eye, in 1939, the relationship between the two countries had undergone a miraculous change again. After the signing of a new "Soviet-German Non-Aggression Treaty", the two sides joined hands and turned over in one fell swoop. Poland has an arrogant attitude.
There is a historical tradition to say that the shoemats are used to die. This time the eradication of the country is the most thorough, and it is also the most painful time for the Poles. Germany and the Soviet Union joined hands and wiped out more than 80% of Poland. For the elite class of this nation, this huge damage may not be able to make up for generations.
The topic is far off. Now I return to the military cooperation between the Soviet Union and Germany. This time the Soviet Union’s appetite is so great that even Molotov frowned. The foreign minister came from Moscow. From the time I received the order, I never thought I could accomplish this mission.
This group of leaders of the National Defense Committee must have poured too much vodka, so that their brains were full of alcohol, so that they could understate and put forward such a bunch of completely unrealistic demands, Moloto The husband believes that as long as the Germans remain rational and sober, it is absolutely impossible to agree to their terms.
In the memorandum to be submitted to the German head of state, the Soviet Union asked Germany to provide some of the most valuable military and civilian technologies that they seized from the United Kingdom, especially the secrets and patents of the Royal Navy and Air Force, including the British The Soviets wanted a copy of the important scientific and technological invention made in two years.
At the same time, the Soviet Union also wanted to obtain equipment from the British naval shipyard, French military production machinery, steel plants in Belgium and the Netherlands, and a group of technical experts from various European countries. The Soviet Union also wanted Germany to provide them with samples of the newly developed No. 4 tank, plus all the production drawings, as well as the legendary new fighter jets and some of the Royal Navy ships captured from it.
I heard that this time Germany has overturned Italy and captured the entire Italian navy. When Comrade Stalin congratulated his German friends, he was also very interested in taking a slice of it.
Of course, the great Soviet Union is not a robber, and will exchange materials of the same value, no matter what conditions are offered, whether you want gold or oil, or those rare mineral deposits that are difficult to mine, or even a strong labor force, as long as Germany agrees Trade, then the German head of state will truly feel how generous the Soviets are to friends.
Molotov believes that at best, Germany will only agree to the conditions within the scope of the previous agreement, and those things beyond the scope, do not expect to receive a response at all.
But what Molotov didn't expect was that when he arrived in Germany, let alone get a reply, he couldn't even see the host. The Germans were very enthusiastic, serving delicious food and drinks every day, and invited delegation members to the diplomatic ball every three days, but they just didn't tell them when they could meet the German head of state.
This time, accompanied by the Molotov delegation to Berlin, there was also Vladimir Kirardievich Dekanozov who was appointed by Stalin as the Soviet ambassador to Germany.
This ambassador has always been regarded as Beria’s lackey and confidant in the circle. He once served as the People’s Commissar of the Interior in the Caucasus, and gained a reputation as a “Baku slaughterman” in the local area. Georgia served as the vice chairman of the People's Committee, and the only political achievement was to make the name of the "collaborator" ~ IndoMTL.com ~ more worthy.
Because of Beria’s fancy and support, this guy with no experience in foreign work worked for a period of time as the head of the Foreign Affairs Division of the People's Internal Affairs Commission, which is a department responsible for foreign intelligence collection. The Baku executioner also worked in this post for a year, and then he was promoted to the Soviet Deputy People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs, responsible for the formulation of Soviet foreign policy and providing "professional" guidance.
It’s such a guy who has never been abroad and has no diplomatic experience. He was transferred to Berlin, the most important one, to serve as the Soviet ambassador to Germany. Molotov’s appointment was simply a brainstorming appointment. There is no reason to go.
Today, Jekanozov had a sudden whim and was about to go to the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs to perform his duties as an ambassador and show his existence by the way.
And Molotov, together with a head of the secret agent who is worried about the country and the people, squatted in the embassy room to drink and relieve boredom.
"I'm back, Comrade Minister."
Suddenly there was a characteristic buzzing voice from the executioner of Baku. The Soviet Foreign Minister's hand trembled, and it was so hung that it ruined the remaining half of Bordeaux.
"Do you know what good news I brought back today? You can't guess it, I swear you will be surprised after you hear it." Jekanozov hurried to the table.
"Marshal Keitel, Chief of Staff of the German High Command, informed me that the German head of state has agreed to our request to visit the German military research and development institutions. Keitel also revealed that the German head of state will return to Berlin in a week and will call us first. "
The German convoy picked up a wine glass from the table and poured himself a large glass of vodka.
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