Chapter 617 The Great British Deceiver

Not opening a second battlefield in 1942 was like a bolt from the blue to Comrade Stalin, who was originally full of hope. In the Triple Alliance communiqué in May this year, the United Kingdom and the United States agreed that the Soviet Union would open a second battlefield in Europe this year. Stalin even specifically instructed Pravda to conduct a front-page report on this to boost morale and inspire people.

What the loving father Comrade Stalin never expected was that it was more realistic to expect that the British guy who sold his teammates to reach the MAX limit of proficiency skills could be relied upon. It would be more realistic to expect Hitler to suddenly decide not to fight and to withdraw his troops and return home.

On the other hand, although Stalin was very depressed about the defeat of the war on the front line, most of this depression came from regret for his reckless decision and annoyance at the failure of the top Red Army commanders and fighters on the front line to live up to expectations.

Stalin believed with confidence that as long as Britain and the United States formed a coalition to break through Germany's Atlantic defense line, land and march into Western Europe, Hitler would definitely mobilize the elite German troops on the Soviet battlefield to return to the Western Front, and once again fall into the embarrassing situation of fighting on two fronts in World War I. And then fail quickly.

By then, the Soviet Red Army will not only be able to turn the current predicament in Stalingrad into victory, but can even launch a more massive strategic counterattack against the German army in one go, driving the German army out of the Soviet Union in one fell swoop. Then wipe out Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, and Finland, all the small lackey countries that helped Hitler!

In the end, the great Soviet Red Army will break through Hitler's home base of Berlin in one fell swoop, drag this evil fascist leader out of his pitiful doghouse, and be tortured by the Soviet Red Army in front of the Soviet people while being cursed He was hanged and paraded through the streets.

Churchill's guess was correct. Soviet agents and communists who were all-pervasive in Europe had dozens of opportunities to assassinate Hitler, including several good opportunities in a row when Hitler was in France. The probability of success was as high as any intelligence master's. When the official looks at it, his mouth will turn into a lotus.

Beria, who was in charge of the Soviet foreign intelligence work, reported to Stalin several times face-to-face the excellent opportunity to get rid of Hitler, and made blunt suggestions, saying that if necessary, he could quickly arrange manpower and make a detailed plan to take action immediately.

However, all plans to assassinate Hitler were abolished and stopped by Stalin himself. There was only one simple reason for this.

Stalin needed Hitler alive before the Soviet Red Army stormed Berlin and personally dragged Hitler's dead dog out of his kennel bunker.

Soviet intelligence personnel had long since found out that Reich Marshal Göring had been designated by Hitler as his second-in-command and successor, and that Göring was a greedy, profit-seeking guy with a wandering personality. He was not filled with revenge. The angry Hitler firmly resisted the word "peace".

Stalin was worried that once Hitler was eliminated by Soviet agents, Goering would immediately negotiate terms and peace with the British and American Allies who had opened a second battlefield. Given Germany's current strength, Goering fully had the capital to negotiate with Roosevelt and Churchill. condition.

Once these Western capitalist lackeys once again put on a pair of trousers, Stalin worried that the exhausted Soviet Union might be encircled and suppressed by the allied forces of the United States, Britain, and Germany, and by then everything would be over.

History has proved that Stalin's worries were by no means unnecessary. When the end of the Third Reich was approaching, Göring indeed showed a very strong desire to take power, hoping that Hitler would entrust the overall situation to him, and repeatedly suggested that Hitler still had leverage in Germany. time to contact the Allies and negotiate terms for peace.

But all of the above assumptions have a prerequisite: the British and American coalition forces must open the second battlefield on the Western Front in Europe in 1942 as agreed. Only in this way can Stalin's big game of chess be played perfectly and in place step by step.

But now, with the bad news full of lies and hypocrisy brought by the arrogant Churchill, the perfect chess game planned by the loving father Comrade Stalin has been smashed to pieces by Churchill, the damn fat man. This makes Stalin, who had long been accustomed to having everything under control in the Soviet Union, instantly became furious.

"Do you understand? If you are unwilling to take risks, you can't win the war. If you can't even take the first step, how can you defeat Hitler!? I really don't understand why you are so afraid of these Germans!?"

Churchill, known as the politician with a thousand faces, had already anticipated Stalin's anger.

Churchill knew that Stalin had clearly seen that Britain and the United States were unwilling to take advantage of the Soviet Union's fire and wanted to wait and see what happened, at least in Stalin's own opinion.

Instead of continuing to argue with Stalin and using feeble language to defend himself, Churchill changed the subject and at the same time took out a map that had been prepared from his briefcase. This was marked by Churchill himself who had served in the British Army. The most important one is a map specially shown to Stalin.

"Your Excellency, Marshal, please look here. I think France is not the only place to open a second battlefield. President Roosevelt and I have communicated and exchanged opinions, and we have formulated another important plan together. This is a British-American coalition The offensive in North Africa was codenamed "Project Torch."

Churchill, who was buying medicine from a gourd and selling more and more tricks, then took out his paper and pen and began to draw a crocodile in front of Stalin? Harriman, who had no idea what the British guy had in mind, was simply stunned.

"Look, Your Excellency, Marshal. The risk of swinging a big hammer in Western Europe is too high, because the hammer hits Hitler, the fierce crocodile, on the toughest mouth. Maybe it will be hit by a well-prepared crocodile." When God comes, he swallows it in one gulp.”

"The Torch Project is completely different. It will roast Hitler's softest and most fragile belly. Although it will not kill him, it will make him unbearably painful and have to react. This will of course be beneficial to your Soviet Union, and it can also be understood as our British The Empire and the United States are supporting your side of the battlefield."

As he spoke, he secretly glanced at Stalin, who was very close to him, from the corner of his eye. Churchill could clearly see that Stalin was somewhat fascinated by what he was listening to and seemed to be enjoying it. This further strengthened Churchill's idea that "this method can be done" and prompted him to do so. He continued.

"That fool Mussolini is still dreaming of his dream of the Great Roman Empire, and everyone knows his greed for North Africa. Mussolini cannot give up North Africa, at least not until he has to. Hitler is very Considering this lagging ally, I conclude that Hitler will definitely continue to send reinforcements to North Africa after the launch of Operation Torch under Mussolini’s request and the objective reality. This is Hitler’s only choice!”

"Hitler wanted to defeat the Anglo-American coalition forces in North Africa. He not only needed the fox Rommel, he also needed more elite troops with actual combat experience. Where can the elite troops with actual combat experience be drawn from? Your Excellency, Marshal, the answer to this question is still useful. Shall I say more?"