365 Transactions (Part 1)
Of course, it is nothing surprising that this level of secret is just because war historians have cracked this secret through studying the memoirs of the parties involved. Everyone basically knows that the Soviet Union provided a lot of logistical support to the US Navy submarine force, and a considerable number of American submarines hunted in the Japanese Sea were suspended and rested in the Soviet ports after flying the Red Navy flag.
In fact, this secret was first revealed by the Japanese. In the second half of 1943, they discovered this "secret", but what made the Japanese depressed was that they could not do anything to the Soviet Union. Because at that time the Soviet Union had already counterattacked across Europe, and the Germans were extremely servants, and Japan was also deeply trapped in the battlefield of peace and could not extricate itself. He really had no courage to scratch the Soviet Union's butt, and could only shout through diplomatic channels, and hoped that the Soviets would not do it too blatantly and too excessively.
If it were just this secret, it would naturally not cause shock to the whole world. The reason is that there is an inconspicuous statement in this decrypted information: "In 1943, some of the main forces of the Red Navy directly joined the US Navy and participated in the great Battle of Midway."
The reason why this passage is inconspicuous is that it is sandwiched in a large piece of boring, dry data text, and you will ignore it if you don’t read it carefully. But once you find it, the profound meaning will be greatly improved.
First, the main force of the Red Navy, which can be called the main force of the navy, naturally, is warships above cruisers? It cannot be that the Red Navy sent several oil tankers or cargo ships to support the US Navy, right?
Secondly, since at least cruisers were dispatched, why are there no records in this regard, neither the Red Navy nor the US Navy?
Then, pay attention to the description, some of the main battleships of the Red Navy joined the US Navy to participate in the war. How did they join?
Finally, what the public wants to know most is, which main forces did the Red Navy send to participate in the war? So how did they perform?
This series of puzzles needs to be solved, and unlike ordinary military enthusiasts, civil politicians and interpreters from various countries were also puzzled by the timing of the Soviet Union's sudden announcement of this important news. Before that, Churchill became the British prime minister again, and this "old friend" of the Soviet people was brazenly pulled on the iron curtain. The opposition between the East and the West was getting higher and higher day by day. At the peak of the anti-Soviet and the U.S. waves of anti-Soviet and the U.S. were not allowed to suddenly decipher this incident?
Of course there is an argument. As the chairman of the People's Committee, Sverdlov, believes that the current international political situation is too confrontational and is likely to go wrong. In order to prevent the outbreak of World War III, he asked to decrypt some small secrets that could ease the relationship between the two sides before retirement, so as to win the favor of the "British and American people".
In Li Xiaofeng's words, "Comrade Yakov naively thought that he could sit by the stove with the Western forces of the United States and Britain and think about the past. He hoped to solve the problem by thinking about the past. However, he did not know that this opposition could not be eased at all. How could national interests be replaced by beautiful memories?"
It can be seen that a certain immortal did not agree with this, and from the actual results later, it was useless. The United Kingdom and the United States responded coldly to this, neither acknowledging nor denying it, and regarded the olive branch thrown by Sverdlov as air.
Back to the topic, continue to the deciphering topic. Unlike the indifference of the British and American NATO groups, the Warsaw Pact group is very interested in this gossip news. Everyone is eager to know which main ships the Soviet Union sent to participate in the thrilling Battle of Midway.
To make all this clear, we have to start with the Lease Act. Some comrades may be surprised. What is the matter with the Lease Act? Well, what I want to say is that this Lease Act is not the Lease Act of the United States, but the Lease Act of the Soviet Union.
After the establishment of the World Anti-Fascist Alliance, the most urgent problem was naturally to attack the Axis powers. The focus at that time was actually three directions, two key battles on the Eastern Front of the Soviet Union (to be discussed later), the torch operation jointly carried out by Britain and the United States, and the United States' subsequent intercepting Japan's secret telegram to detect Yamamoto Isoro-six's plan to capture Midway Island.
In terms of chronological order, the Soviet Union was at the forefront. Operation Torch was at the back, and the Battle of Midway was at the end. In order to support the Soviet Union's battle, the United States provided a large amount of supplies. Trotsky was happy and felt that he was owed favors. Especially after the Red Navy was playing with a flower gun in order to enhance the strength of the Far East Navy, Lao Toryu was "unworry". He felt that the Red Navy could do something to help the Americans.
So before the Torch Operation was launched, he suggested sending some of the main fleets of the Red Navy to North Africa to assist the British and American allies in combat. This suggestion was approved by the Political Bureau, but Lao Tor raised it too late. When he told his friends about the good news about the United States and British, the Torch Operation had reached the last day before the 6th. At this time, the Red Navy could not catch up. So he had to give up.
After the victory of Operation Torch, the US Navy fought a tragic war with the Japanese joint fleet in the Coral Sea, and both sides suffered heavy losses. It was at this time that the Americans discovered Yamamoto Iroku's plan, and the Battle of Midway was about to hit. At that time, everyone knew that the situation of the Americans was not good and they were at a disadvantage in the number of aircraft carriers.
At this time, Roosevelt thought of the Red Navy and Trotsky's good intentions before. So he personally wrote to Trotsky, hoping that the Red Navy could rush to help urgently. Of course, Trotsky had no objection to this, the problem was that the Political Bureau had different opinions.
"It is not appropriate to declare war on Japan for the time being." Li Xiaofeng said bluntly that the Western Front was already very nervous. Once a large-scale conflict with Japan broke out in the East, it would completely disrupt our original plan. I must remind Comrade Trotsky again to decide to resolve Germany first. When destroying Japan, you must never catch your beard and eyebrows!"
Trotsky said he could not agree: "The Japanese power has expanded greatly now. If they are allowed to defeat the US Navy again, they will sweep the Pacific Ocean. Will this be beneficial to us?"
"Then what you mean is that the Soviet Union deserves to sacrifice its own interests to contribute. You are blatantly disregarding the interests of the Soviet people and ignoring it!" Li Xiaofeng accused Japan of being unceremoniously for the difficulty of its attempts toward Midway. First, their plan has been leaked, and secondly, its naval strength has not been overwhelming. Even if it can win, it will definitely cost a heavy price. And in terms of war potential, Japan is far inferior to the United States, and the United States' losses can be supplemented soon. Can they do it?"
Trotsky was also a little annoyed: "This is your attitude towards your allies? Comrade Andre, are you not ashamed?"
"My choice is always the latter between shame and national interests, and nothing can surpass national interests!" Li Xiaofeng sneered. In the past few years, for national interests, the United States could exclude us from the Lease Act. At that time, they had the so-called shame?"
Seeing that the two of them were about to fight, others quickly persuaded them to fight: "Comrades, don't have a meaningless quarrel at this time. This cannot solve any problem, so we should sit down and discuss calmly."
Li Xiaofeng said without any concession: "There is nothing to discuss. Before defeating Germany, we cannot declare war on Japan and cannot fall into the dilemma of fighting on both sides. This is the bottom line!"
Trotsky was also angry and slapped the table and scolded: "Then don't accept other people's assistance!"
But who knew that this could not scare Li Xiaofeng at all. A certain immortal sneered: "That's easy to do. After fighting this battle, we will return the aid. Then he told the Americans that we will withdraw from the alliance. In my opinion, there is no need to join the mud alliance, so I will do it like this!"
Trotsky naturally couldn't agree, because it meant that all the efforts he had made before had disappeared, so he could only give in for a moment: "We cannot do treacherous things, but helping our allies is also our obligation!"
The problem is complicated now. Trotsky and Li Xiaofeng cannot reach an agreement at all. Anyway, Li Xiaofeng is stuck, that is, he cannot declare war on Japan, otherwise there will be no negotiation. Trotsky also has a headache, not declaring war on Japan. How to send troops?
"Old Tok really is the time that never forgives others! His level was not that low back then!" Li Xiaofeng suddenly sighed to Yakov, which made the latter a little puzzled: "You stuck someone's neck tightly, and now you have to say that their old-fashioned level has dropped. Why do you think you are getting a bargain and behave like a good person!"
Li Xiaofeng glanced at Yakov: "Do you think I'm taking advantage of the situation, right? This is really not the case. I feel it. When the October Revolution and Brest negotiated, he could always find the right way at a critical moment to promote the development of history. Now, his mind is rigid, and he only knows how to be stubborn. There is no political art at all!"
Yakov twitched his lips, and he became speechless about someone's shamelessness. Is there anything like you like? It was obvious that you only gave the other party one choice, that is, you disagree with declaring war, which made things stalemate. OK, but you blame Trotsky for his limited level.
"Of course he has limited level," Li Xiaofeng laughed proudly, "If such a simple problem cannot be solved, why should he be the core leader? Even if he does not have the ability to solve problems creatively, plagiarism will always be possible?"
"Plainting?" Yakov was stunned and asked in confusion: "Who is plagiarizing?"
Li Xiaofeng took out his ears and said lightly: "Roosevelt. How did he get stuck in the neck by Congress? How did he solve the problem? Did Trotsky lose his most basic learning ability?"
Yakov's eyes lit up. He knew what someone meant. It was naturally impossible to declare war on Japan directly, but he could bypass this restriction and use flexible means to help the Americans. For example, several main battleships and all crew members of the Red Navy were rented to the United States for use.
This idea is very clever! Yakov admires a certain immortal, but he is very puzzled. Since someone already has a solution to the problem, why not raise it directly?
"Let me raise it?" Li Xiaofeng sneered: "Why? Just because of Lao Tuan's face? How did he use the Chief of Staff to block me a few months ago? At that time, he saw my face?"
Yakov immediately understood the meaning of a certain immortal. As a political enemy, someone would definitely not be in vain. If the old man wants to achieve satisfactory results in this matter, he would definitely have to give the immortal some benefits. Otherwise, someone would rather be in trouble than to be in trouble.
"But I'm sorry, he doesn't know you have a way?" Yakov reminded.
Li Xiaofeng sneered again: "Of course I will remind him that I have a solution!"
Yes, at this time Lao Tuo had already received a hint from a certain immortal, but Lao Tuo was very frustrated because he knew that if he wanted someone to give in, he had to pay the price.
"This is blackmail!" Radick was angry, "Does Andrei Petrovic still have a view of the overall situation?"
Trotsky smiled bitterly: "The last time I had proved that I had a great view of the situation, but now it's our turn to prove that Comrade Andre is indeed a vengeance!"
However, Ulitzki was not concerned about this, but said unconvincedly: "I don't believe he can have any good solutions!"
It is obvious that Trotsky and Radic do not agree with Ulitsky's assertion. According to their experience, when Comrade Andre said that there is a way, there must be a way. In this regard, someone's reputation is quite good. Anyway, there is no one in the party who can keep his word more than him!
So Ulitsky was soon depressed. He could see that neither Trotsky nor Radic agreed with his assertion. It was obvious that they had extraordinary confidence in the abominable Comrade Andre, which made him sigh.
"Let's find out," said Trotsky.
Lao Tuo means that as long as Li Xiaofeng’s request is not too much, then agree. So is the request of a certain immortal too much? It’s not too much, because what he wants is very simple: in extraordinary times, it is necessary to promote a group of young people with potential.
"He hailed and Xie Lieping as the tra1 waiter committee member?" Trotsky was puzzled when he looked at the tra1. because he didn't know who Xie Lieping was, "Is there this person?"
Ulitsky checked for a long time before he figured out the situation: "Xie Lieping, whose full name is Alexander Nikolaevich, Xie Lieping. He was born in 1918 and joined the party in 1940. He is now the secretary of Comrade Felix."
"Comrade Felix?" Trotsky was shocked. He couldn't think of how the people around the Iron Face Man would be in contact with someone. Could it be that the Iron Face Man had gone to someone?
Fortunately, Trotsky quickly dispelled this crazy idea because it was impossible. He had to ask again: "What is the relationship between Comrade Xie Lieping and Comrade Andre? No, I mean there is any connection between them?"
Ulitzki shook his head in a daze, because based on what he knew, Xie Lieping had no relationship with someone, and even had few opportunities to speak before. What connection could this be made?
Trotsky suddenly had a toothache: "Then why Comrade Andre nominated him to join the tra1 committee as a waiter and sub-committee? Could it be that Comrade Andre was nervous? "
Ulitsky and Radick were also amused and crying, because this matter was really nothing. Unless someone was crazy, there was no explanation at all. But Trotsky did not think that Li Xiaofeng was a madman. In his opinion, everything that did was meaningful. Since the nomination for Xie Li Ping, then this Xie Li Ping must be a character.
Trotsky immediately gave an order: "Go to investigate immediately, I want to know all the deeds of Comrade Xie Lieping, from work ability to work attitude, private life, and must also be clearly explored!"
As the leader of the Party, at least the nominal boss, it is too easy to investigate a small party member with Trotsky's energy. So I quickly thanked Lie Ping's information, including his usual words and deeds, and even his hand and paper.
I have to say that after reading Xie Lieping's report, Trotsky suffered a toothache. What did he see? He saw another Derzhinsky. This man's style from speaking to doing things is so similar to Derzhinsky. He was simply cloned with Derzhinsky as a template.
Does Trotsky like Derrensky? Obviously, that's not what he likes. He doesn't appreciate the old-fashioned man's style, and thinks that his style of dealing with things is too rigid and too ignorant to adapt. He really doesn't like his subordinates all of them. But Lao Tuo has to admit that some iron-faced man must be needed within the party, so his requirements for a certain immortal are even more entangled.
He understood what someone meant, and I'm afraid someone reached an agreement with Derrensky and must support Xie Lieping, otherwise the Iron-faced man would retire completely. Now, someone used a trick and threw the pot to him.
"A 24-year-old young man can enter the tra1 committee committee in a noble manner." Trotsky muttered, "This is simply a joke!"
In fact, what made Trotsky most dissatisfied was not Xie Lieping's age. When a certain immortal entered the tra1 committee committee, he became a member of the Political Bureau in his only thirties. When he accepted young people, Lao Tuo was not that old-fashioned. Moreover, as the Trotskyists fell into disagreement, he also paid more attention to the issues of the younger generation and did not oppose the promotion of young cadres.
What made Trotsky most troubled was that a certain immortal just made a request and suggested that Xie Leping enter the tra1 committee. He must also do it. This made Lao Tro extremely depressed and resentful (to be continued.)
Chapter completed!