Chapter 522 Iran
Last time the Soviets used their super cannon, Yannik asked the Finns to negotiate peace with the Soviets. Finland then sent representatives to Moscow, expressing its willingness to cede a small village near the border.
Of course Stalin would not do that. In this war, the Soviet army suffered more than one million casualties, and in exchange for a small village of a few square kilometers? No one could accept it.
Just when Stalin was planning to completely flatten Finland with the "Soviet Hammer" cannon, the cannon actually exploded!
Stalin was extremely angry. The "national treasure" that took countless manpower, material resources and financial resources and took several years to build was destroyed just like that? ! What he could not tolerate the most was that the cannon was not destroyed by the enemy, but exploded by itself!
He was so angry that he immediately ordered all the people in the cannon factory, from the person in charge to the ordinary workers, to be packed up and sent to Siberia.
Then it was embarrassing.
Continue to fight?
Although Finland's Mannerheim Line was breached, the Soviet army still had difficulty moving forward, and every few meters of advance had to pay a heavy price in casualties.
But if we just stop the war and negotiate peace, it would be really unacceptable.
Just when Stalin was hesitating, the Swedish side issued a statement saying that the Swedish government had recently purchased 50 latest tanks and would soon support Finland.
This was simply a naked threat.
Stalin hysterically overturned everything in the office, yelled for a long time, and finally reluctantly agreed to sign an armistice agreement. After the Soviet diplomatic department's efforts, Finland agreed to cede about 20 square kilometers of area. In the original time and space, Finland lost more than 40,000 square kilometers of territory in the Soviet-Finnish War, and now it only ceded 20 square kilometers, which was like a joke. Of course, this war made the Soviet Union a laughing stock in the world.
After being depressed for many days, Stalin asked Molotov to go to Germany to urge the two Soviet aircraft carriers. Because Molotov didn't dare to tell Stalin directly that Germany had seized the two Soviet aircraft carriers after he went back last time, and just used the excuse that they needed to be sea-tested for technical adjustments, so he was sent here again.
After listening to Molotov's purpose, Yannick nodded and took out a top-secret document from the drawer. "Give this document to Stalin." This document is an agreement signed between Britain and the Soviet Union, which is an agreement to allow the Soviet Union to attack the rear of Germany in exchange for India. "Tell Stalin that this is the price of betrayal. Want to stab me in the back? Be careful that I stab him in the heart. If he doesn't accept it, I'm here to accompany him at any time."
Molotov smiled awkwardly. "If you really say that, Comrade Stalin might be furious."
Yannick sneered. "Tell him to hold his anger."
At this time, Anne came in and reported. "Your Highness, King Reza Khan and his son have arrived."
"Please ask them to go to the No. 1 reception room." Yannick stood up after giving the order. "That's it, Mr. Molotov. Please wait here for a while. I have asked Reinhard to pick up Svetlana. You two can have a good chat."
Molotov's eyes turned red when he mentioned his daughter, and he nodded to express his gratitude. "Thank you, Your Highness."
Yannick nodded and went to the No. 1 reception room.
After the outbreak of World War II in the original time and space, the Iranian King Reza Shah announced Iran's neutrality, but did not restrict Germany's activities in Iran. He refused to adjust his foreign policy. Even after the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, he still did not accept the opinions of some far-sighted ministers that Iran should declare to stand on the side of the Axis powers.
The Soviet government repeatedly asked Iran to ban the activities of German spies, but Reza Shah did not take the necessary measures. In accordance with Article 6 of the Soviet-Iranian Treaty of February 26, 1921, the Soviet government sent troops to enter Iran on August 25, 1941; the British army entered Iran from the south in accordance with the Anglo-Soviet agreement. On August 27, the cabinet of Ali Mansur fell.
A few days later, in accordance with the proposal of the Soviet Union and Britain, the new government led by Aliforuji passed a resolution to expel the embassy and spies of Germany and its vassal states from Iran. Reza Shah resisted the implementation of this resolution and refused to completely break off relations with Germany. He abdicated on September 16 and handed over the throne to his eldest son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
It can be said that the Iranian royal family is a staunch ally of Germany.
When he came to the No. 1 reception room, Yannick met an old man in his 60s and a young man in his 20s.
The two were not wearing traditional Iranian clothes, but well-cut suits.
Reza Shah started the secularization process in Iran at the beginning of his reign, because he believed that Iran must get out of autocratic ignorance and out of the control of Islam to be strong. So after he came to power, he took the initiative to learn from the West, set an example himself, started wearing suits, drinking foreign wine, and learning English. And implemented constitutional monarchy in the country, fully promoted democratic representation, and secularization.
He constantly broke the Islamic tradition, prohibited women from wearing masks, prohibited polygamy, and improved the status of women, so that they enjoyed the same education and work rights. In Iran's education, religious education was abolished and Western technology and culture were fully learned. At the same time, relying on the West, Iran continued to attract foreign investment, exploit oil, improve the country's income level, and focus on developing basic industries to strengthen the country.
It can be said that the reason why King Pahlavi came to power and was able to quickly make Iran rich was because of the good foundation laid by his father. With these foundations, after his son Pahlavi came to power, he continued to deepen secularization and promote reforms. Moreover, Pahlavi went a step further and directly nationalized the oil resources, and fully implemented the White Revolution, wanting to completely eliminate the influence and control of Islam, making Iran a modern developed country...
After more than 50 years of efforts by two generations of father and son, Iran has leapt from a fragmented, poor and weak country bullied by the powers to the first power in the Middle East and the ninth richest country in the world. The people have high incomes, the economy is developing rapidly, and women's liberation has achieved great results. In the 1970s, Iran not only achieved equality of women's rights, but also women could do all the work of men and enjoy everything equally.
So the whole of Iran became the most modern and richest country in the Middle East. At that time, even people from Saudi Arabia and other countries had to go to Iran to work and study. This is the result. It can be said that according to this result, Reza Khan and his son can definitely be called a prosperous era, called the Pahlavi prosperous era. Because if another 20 years pass, Iran will be a completely developed country, rich as hell.
It's just that while developing at a high speed, there are also many problems at the national level, such as the widening gap between the rich and the poor, and serious corruption.
But these problems are problems that almost every country will encounter in the process of development, and no country can escape. So gradually changing and adjusting the distribution structure during development, and improving the rule of law at the same time, this problem can be solved. The prosperity of the entire country and the improvement of people's income and life are the most fundamental.
But Iran's frustrated class, the entire clergy class, just magnified these defects. Constantly advocating the gap between the rich and the poor, constantly advocating the corruption of King Pahlavi, constantly exaggerating the king's violence and waste, and being obsessed with money, etc., made the middle and lower classes of Iran begin to feel dissatisfied.
And with the constant instigation and exaggeration of the clergy, a large number of people began to take to the streets to march. They wanted to overthrow this government with a large gap between the rich and the poor and establish a perfect government. So the people rose up and launched a ** revolution and overthrew the king. However, after the revolution succeeded, they did not see the establishment of a perfect regime, but instead saw the complete decline of the country.