Chapter 81 Whose Problem Is This

General Patton's idea is very simple. Now that the United States has a huge advantage, there is no need to talk to the Soviets at all. When you have this advantage, you should go all out and unite with Britain and France to continue eastward to eliminate the Soviet Union. In this way, the world will fall into the hands of the United States and its allies, to be precise, it will fall into the hands of the United States.

In this way, the United States has realized the Manifest Destiny that it has been pursuing for a long time, fulfilling the prediction of the American century.

However, there are now various signs that the United States seems to be satisfied with the current progress and wants to coexist peacefully with the Soviet Union. This is something that General Patton can't understand. Now that there are troops from all over the world, the United States has a great advantage. If the Soviet Union is not resolved now, it will be even more troublesome in the future.

When such an opportunity appeared, General Patton didn't need to think about it at all, and directly ordered his troops to clear the passage, and let these Yugoslav Tito opponents enter Bavaria. A storm in the eyes of others was directly pinned on General Patton, who broke out the war again. All smiles.

From the night of June 24th to the daytime of June 25th, radio waves shuttled back and forth over Europe, indicating that Europe at this time was not as peaceful as it appeared on the surface.

As General Patton took in this team of more than 200,000 people, there were several basic reactions from all parties.

In Greater Berlin, under the morning sun, Edward Bridges, the cabinet secretary, walked back and forth in the garden in front of his residence. Alexander Cadogan, the secretary of the foreign ministry, had just entered the garden and mentioned the latest progress on refugees crossing the border.

"Oh, hehe!" Edward Bridges' indifferent face flashed a hint of gloating, but he immediately turned serious, and said from a third-party onlooker's angle, "American cowboys are so brave, which means that this is The problems of the Americans have nothing to do with our British Empire, we just tried to dissuade the refugees with good intentions at best, but in the end we didn’t succeed, I dare not say how much credit it is, but there must be no fault.”

"Of course there is no fault. Everyone knows that there are only two battalions in Austria. On the contrary, there are 100,000 soldiers of the Soviet Red Army. Only the Soviets can stop this matter, and we have no such ability. Therefore, the problem of refugees crossing the border is the responsibility of the Soviets. For the sake of prevention, and the Americans finally accepted it, it has nothing to do with us in the UK from the beginning to the end." Alexander Cadogan sternly disavowed the relationship, "It is the truth."

"Don't rush to label the Soviets. Since this is a problem between the Soviets and the Americans, let's see how they can resolve it. If necessary, we can act as a bridge between them." Edward Brie Keith pondered for a moment and asked, "What do you plan to say about the domestic telegram?"

"This is an isolated incident that happened by chance. On the eve of the upcoming summit, it is an excellent opportunity for our diplomats to test their abilities." Alexander Cadogan demonstrated the professionalism of the Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Edward Bridges nodded in satisfaction and said, "Just reply like this. From the perspective of the parties involved, we have the most secure capital. It doesn't matter whether the Americans or the Soviets come to protest or seek support first." Well, the first thing we have to do is be patient."

As of General Patton's final order to take them in, the core of the discussion among the countries that learned about the situation was who it was.

There is no doubt that Yugoslavia, as the directly responsible country, must be the most direct victim. More than 200,000 opposition soldiers who were soldiers before fled the country and found a place to be taken in. Tito has enough reasons to condemn.

However, the voice of Yugoslavia can be ignored. At least Edward Bridges does not think that Yugoslavia's response is very important. In fact, London has already started to take in some Yugoslavian forces, but the scale is not so large.

Now that people have gone to the Americans, that's even better! It also saves the trouble that would arise after the British Empire.

According to Edward Bridges,

This is an American problem and has nothing to do with the British Empire. As for how the Americans will deal with this matter, we will see later.

Whose problem is this? Now this issue is also the focus of debate in the Kremlin. After reporting the matter, Beria said angrily, "There is no doubt that this is a conspiracy of imperialism."

"Is that so? Comrade Molotov?" Stalin smiled when he heard Beria's words, his eyes fell on Molotov and said, "What is certain is that Comrade Tito must be in a bad mood right now. .”

"I think so too, Comrade Stalin." Molotov said with a smile on his face, "now Yugoslavia must urgently need the support of the Soviet Union to condemn imperialism. In fact, from our point of view, this is a Good thing."

Stalin nodded in satisfaction. He was very satisfied with the answer and made his own decision, "This is undoubtedly imperialist interference in Yugoslavia's internal affairs. Morally, the Soviet Union will definitely stand by Yugoslavia's side and condemn this hostility. , but for the overall situation that the world war has not yet ended, I will negotiate with Churchill and Truman at the Potsdam Conference."

This meaning is already very clear. Stalin will not destroy the Potsdam Conference that has been decided because of the refugee crossing issue this time. On the contrary, he will uphold justice for Yugoslavia at the Potsdam Conference.

Molotov knew in his heart that for the rebellious Tito, Stalin was actually happy to see the other party's embarrassment, and even applauded this unexpected incident, but he would not say it on the surface.

If a large number of opposition groups within the Soviet Union fled to the American territory, then this time Stalin would definitely use this Potsdam Conference to put pressure on the United States to bring the opposition groups over.

But this was a matter of Yugoslavia. Stalin’s condemnation at the Potsdam Conference was purely moral. To be honest, he wished that these opposition groups would not come back. As long as these opposition groups existed for a day, Tito would not dare to disrespect the Soviet Union too much.

Molotov, who left the Kremlin, prepared two statements, welcoming the upcoming Potsdam Conference, and the statement sent to Belgrade, from the perspective of Tito, believed that this was a subversion of the nascent Yugoslavia. The hostility of imperialism, what kind of class sentiments, anyway, don’t ask for money to write casually.

Later, Alexander Cadogan came to Edward Bridges again to ask for advice with the statement of the Soviets.

"As I said, this is an American problem now, and the Soviets have retained the right to condemn." Edward Bridges was completely relieved, and sometimes the bullets should really fly for a while.