151 USSR

Another corner of the world, Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union.

Stalin was in a very good mood recently, so good that he felt a little ecstatic. He eliminated those former comrades who were enough to threaten him. Although the anti-revolutionary movement throughout the Soviet Union tended to intensify, Comrade Stalin's leadership of the Soviet people became more and more unshakable in general.

Isn't this exactly what he wanted? As a result, the upper echelons of the entire Soviet Union became Stalin's voice, and he gradually sent those voices who dared to question him into the concentration camps he personally ordered to build.

Thinking of the concentration camps made Stalin extremely proud: 300,000 imprisoned laborers who didn’t need a penny worked hard for his Soviet economy to take off, starving to death or freezing to death didn’t require any state pensions, these poor people like walking dead were in Germany A full 20,000 kilometers of railway was laid between China and the Soviet Union. But this political achievement was attributed to Stalin, the chief culprit who sent them to concentration camps.

"Although we have cut off part of our cooperation with Germany on the Spanish issue, there are still many investments and exchanges between the two countries." A person in charge of the economy stood up and reported the Soviet Union's economic achievements in the past year: " We have many factories being built and deployed, and large-scale industrial production bases are being built in areas such as Kyiv and Minsk."

Another official saw the colleague who was speaking sit down, and immediately went on to report: "Acado's company and many German companies are investing in the construction of our road and railway system, which has greatly improved our traffic conditions. , it will be faster and more convenient for us to transport supplies and mobilize the army.”

Indeed, the improvement of the road and railway system brought about earth-shaking changes in the Soviet Union. Because of the fast and simple transportation, the cost of the Soviet Union's export of grain, timber, ore and other materials was greatly reduced, which made the Soviet Union's exports more competitive. For a time, a large amount of cheap Soviet food became the life-saving straw during the European economic crisis.

Moreover, the convenient transportation has turned the formerly closed areas into new industrial cities. Because of the convenient transportation of materials and the preference of the German advisory group, the heavy industrial areas of the Soviet Union began to move closer to the border areas. Although Stalin intended to prevent this behavior, but But with little success.

"In addition, our investment in Germany is also expanding day by day. Many German military enterprises have our shares. It can be said that many of our officials and businessmen made war fortunes during the Spanish Civil War. The bullets they produced are still The shells crushed our army." A general said very dissatisfied.

"That's right! Our army suffered heavy losses in Spain, and the Comintern also suffered a great loss there! Although the weapons invested by the Germans were not much more advanced than ours, they made up for the gap between the National Army and us in this respect!" Another The general also complained very dissatisfied.

"The Germans follow the route of elite soldiers. Their soldiers are not as many as ours, so they can be carefully trained. Naturally, they perform better than our army. Facts have proved that the gap is not obvious. The Germans are not as powerful as we imagined." Stalin He sneered and comforted him.

According to intelligence obtained by Soviet spies from Vienna, Austria, the German army killed 1,471 people and injured 5,982 in Spain; while the Soviet Union had a total of 3,100 people killed and 719 wounded in the Spanish Civil War. Compared with these two results, it seems not unacceptable. For a time, the idea that Germany was not capable of doing so was flooding the top ranks of the Soviet Union.

Of course, the Soviets are not fools. In fact, the lowly generals and officers all know that the Soviet Union suffered a heavy loss this time: according to the reliable memories of frontline soldiers, they were ordered to exaggerate the report of the record. In fact, the German army suffered a small loss pitiful, but the number of their deaths is real.

"We have doubled the amount of food we produced in the same period five years ago, but the living standards of grassroots workers and the vast number of proletarian comrades have not been fundamentally improved. Half of our troops cannot afford full wages, and most of them The army does not have enough supplies and ammunition.” The official in charge of material statistics reported later.

Another official then added: "We have counted this year, and nearly one-tenth of our population does not have enough rations to survive the winter. Should we reduce the share of exported grain and allow these poor people to have food for the winter? "

"Agricultural matters are not a problem. Our food exports feed half of Europe! Only by relying on these exports can we continue our industrialization and modernization! The Soviet Union is about to become a country admired by the whole world! As long as we Try harder yourself!" Khrushchev narrowed his eyes and said, "Long live the leader of the Soviet Union, Comrade Stalin!"

"That's right! Export supplies cannot be cut! This year is a very important year! The fifth Moscow-class battleship was launched this year. The t-26 tanks equipped by our army are not performing well on the battlefield. We need to design and produce new tank equipment units. Cutting exports at this time is not worth the candle!" Stalin waved his hand and rejected the official's proposal.

Not only that, this year the Soviet Union bought more than 100 submarines from Germany at a high price. The Soviet Union hopes to use these submarines to defend its long coastline, and when necessary, enter European waters to give the United Kingdom and other hostile forces A fatal blow to the Navy.

The Germans did not agree to this huge ship purchase plan at the beginning, but when the Soviet Union proposed to supply Germany with 5 million barrels of oil in 5 years to repay part of the purchase, the Germans compromised: they were willing to provide 30 large ocean-going ships. Submarines, and 110 smaller offshore submarines to the Soviet Union. This purchase plan suddenly brought the underwater power of the Soviet Navy to the number one position in the world, and the total tonnage of submarines has reached an astonishing 270,000 tons.

Yes, you read that right. The Soviet Union built a full 170 miniature submarines according to the drawings. These gadgets with a displacement of about 500 tons allowed the Soviet Union to train its own submarine officers and soldiers. Counting the submarines purchased from Germany, the Soviet Union’s The number of submarines actually reached 310—this number is more than seven times that of German submarines.

However, a data that has been ignored, or that no one knows yet, can explain everything. The 310 Soviet submarines have a total of 270,000 tons. At this moment, including a 2,000-ton submarine that has just been launched, there are only 70 German submarines in total. , but already has a gross tonnage of 110,000 tons-an average displacement of each submarine exceeds 1,500 tons. These submarines beyond the times are all equipped with air tubes and radio systems, and some are even equipped with the world's most advanced sonar. .

Although these submarines are temporarily unable to hunt down the opponent's submarines underwater, and although the underwater communication of these submarines is still imperfect and unreliable, the so-called smooth communication can only be carried out at the depth of the snorkel, but these submarines are under the control of Rear Admiral Dönitz. Under the command of the wolves, they have completed the initial tactical coordination of the wolf pack. The only thing they lack is a little blood in actual combat.

Let's get back to business, and turn our attention back to the room where the Soviet Union is holding a meeting. The things to be decided here are related to the future direction of the entire Soviet Union for several years.

At this moment, a general said to Stalin helplessly and cautiously: "The most terrible thing is the loss of officers, Comrade Stalin, we lost almost all of our senior commanders and one-third of our mid-level commanders, Tuha The case of General Chevsky has shaken the morale of the army, although we tried our best to control and finally stabilized the situation, but I personally think that such an army cannot be relied on to repel the invaders."

"Yes, I know! So I decided to promote some political commissars and appoint them to lead the Soviet Red Army without a chief officer! In this way, there will be no problem with the loyalty of the army! As for combat skills, as long as their training is strengthened That's all right." Stalin replied nonchalantly. Although the position of political commissar existed within the Red Army before, appearing as a leader this time did exceed the previous authority.

This kind of promotion will of course win over these promoted people. It seems that these promoted middle-level military cadres will definitely be more loyal to Stalin personally, and this method also provides the troops with more opportunities for promotion, just like Akado’s Stalin would have the support and support of grassroots officers and soldiers as he did within the Wehrmacht.

However, isn't this using laymen to lead experts to do things? There is definitely no problem with loyalty in this way, but the combat effectiveness of the troops cannot be guaranteed! I thought so, but none of the generals present dared to say these words in front of Stalin. The first person who opposed sending a political commissar to the army was Tukhachevsky. was shot...

"Agreed! This is a good idea!" A general raised his hand first, and Stalin smiled at him with satisfaction, which made the general even more flattered: "Comrade Stalin's method can effectively strengthen the defense against the army. To prevent those traitors against the Bolsheviks from destroying our military construction! I agree with his decision!"

"I also agree with this decision!" Khrushchev raised his right hand: "I think that we, as members of the Soviet Union, should unconditionally support any decision made by Comrade Stalin!"

"I agree too!" "I agree!" "Support Comrade Stalin's decision!" "I agree!" Soon, all the representatives at the meeting raised their hands, and the proposal was easily passed.

Stalin nodded. He liked the feeling of being in charge of the world very much. He was intoxicated by the applause and felt that he was indeed worthy of the title of great Soviet leader.