Chapter 941 D-Day (3,300 Votes Plus Additional Content)

After Ribbentrop left, Hoffman pondered for a moment, and then asked Darges to summon Field Marshal Kesselring, the first deputy commander of the Air Force, and General Kaldenbrunner, the director of the Imperial Security Bureau.

"What do you think of Count Ciano?"

Kesselring was a little surprised, but he still reported what he had learned and seen in Italy. Kaldenbrunner talked about some black materials of the two, but there were not many black places - at most, Ciano was a bit of a fence-sitter, and corruption, bribery and women were inevitable, but compared with Mussolini, he was simply a saint.

"What about the Italian leader?"

The two looked at each other, while thinking about the meaning of this sentence, they carefully described their impressions of Mussolini - because they could not understand Hoffman's thoughts, this impression and description was still fair. In fact, there are many jokes about the Italian leader, and the two were very restrained and only talked about a few, and the gold watch was just one of them.

Hoffman then told them about Mussolini's whimsical ideas, and the two immediately understood: No wonder the Fuehrer was so indignant, the Italians were really too outrageous. But the two were still shocked. The Fuehrer wanted to get rid of the Italian leader?

"Italy is the most important and key link in the European system. Its status and political system determine that I can't achieve my goals by force or threat of force. Political negotiations sometimes don't make sense with Mussolini's marble head, so drastic measures must be taken. After the victory of the war, the stability of the EU and UN systems requires far-sighted politicians rather than clowns who always make jokes to promote them." Hoffman is not Hitler, and he lacks any affection and admiration for Mussolini. His voice is very calm, but the two are very nervous. The Fuehrer is ready to purge - first it was Rohm, then Goering, and this time it's Mussolini's turn.

"I agree with the Führer's opinion. Count Ciano is not only of high status, young and promising, but also pragmatic. I think he will be a qualified leader."

"I will immediately prepare the special forces. The General Security Bureau has manpower in Italy." Kaldenbrunner immediately expressed his opinion.

"The key is to convince Count Ciano to agree. This is crucial, so Albert has a heavy task."

Kesselring smiled: "No problem, I know him well, and my communication will not arouse suspicion."

"The commando can be organized, but it is best not to do it ourselves. We must rely on the healthy forces within Italy so that they will cherish the hard-won victory." Hoffman told Kaldenbrunner, "The news is top secret and no news can be leaked. The code name is 'D-Day'. The Axis leaders will hold a meeting in Cairo in late August. I hope to see the Italian leader appear in front of the world with a new look and attitude, which will symbolize the unity and vitality of Europe."

Hoffman deliberately chose D-Day as the code name for the operation. He remembered that this would be the time when the Allied forces landed in Normandy in history. Now Britain and the United States have to go around the coastline of Western Europe, let alone landing. He is full of bad taste to imagine the East and West Moscow and the Moscow Wall - unfortunately, no one in the world understands, and he can only entertain himself.

The only thing he didn't know was that Churchill's code name for the action was also called D-Day. The two sides' time was very close, and the meaning was similar - the two D-Day plans collided.

On June 13, Stalin was obviously very happy after receiving the news that Germany agreed to keep part of the East Moscow control area for the Bolsheviks. He not only readily approved other related interest exchanges, but also agreed to a complete ceasefire. After a few days of retreat, more than 300,000 troops and citizens in Stalingrad have retreated to Astrakhan, and the northern line control area has also transferred part of the population and troops to the Ural Mountains. Everything is in order.

Two days later, Germany officially announced the news that it would conclude a peace agreement with the Soviet Union, and announced that it recognized the independence of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic (Western Russia) and established diplomatic relations. Moscow is the capital of the Soviet Union, but the legal political center of Western Russia is in St. Petersburg.

On the same day, Stalin also issued a "Letter to the Party and the People of All Nationalities in the Country" on behalf of the Bolshevik Party, acknowledging that the Great Patriotic War had suffered a major setback, but after "the heroic struggle of all Red Army soldiers and the people of the country rose up to fight", the "fascist bandit gangs' ambition to destroy the party and the communist system" was thwarted, and peace was achieved without "ceding territory, paying indemnities, or other additional humiliating clauses" (300 million tons of oil was in kind, not in money). It was acknowledged that the republics could declare independence based on the principle of national self-determination, and that it was necessary for Western Russia to independently "explore the socialist system" and expressed its willingness to form a confederation regime with it. It emphasized that it was the Bolshevik regime and the other side was the Menshevik regime. Comrade Stalin also served as the first chairman of the Soviet Union.

It was Vlasov who proposed that Stalin be the chairman of the Soviet Union, and he also readily agreed to the request that Eastern Moscow be controlled by the other side. On the one hand, Stalin was the leader of a great country after all, and Vlasov was only a lieutenant general at the time, far inferior in status, reputation, and qualifications; on the other hand, he did not want to fight for fame, he valued reality more. After making these concessions on the surface, he got substantial concessions from Eastern Russia - tens of millions of people stayed in place instead of forced migration.

Before World War II, the total population of the Soviet Union, including the three Baltic countries, was nearly 180 million. With the independence of various republics and the heavy loss of personnel in the war, the population of some parts of Russia dropped to less than 110 million. If the Ural River is simply used as the boundary, the population of some parts of Eastern Russia is less than 30 million.

Although 30 million is not a small number in Europe, it is too small for the size of Eastern Russia. In the era of great powers competing for supremacy, population is the foundation and magic weapon. The Bolshevik Party intends to increase the population size and take various measures to this end: First, bring all the current Red Army back to Eastern Russia - this part of the population is in the best age group and has military personnel. experience is also urgently needed in the future; the second is to relocate part of the population in the currently controlled areas. The total population of a dozen cities such as Moscow, Stalingrad, and Astrakhan is nearly 15 million, and the composition is a relatively reliable working class. Initially, they wanted to forcibly relocate all these people; third, they tried their best to win the return of captured officers and soldiers from Germany - in addition to those who had joined the Russian People's Liberation Army, Germany still had nearly 2 million prisoners.

The Bolshevik Party hoped to maintain the population above 45 million through various measures. Although Western Russia has a larger population, everything in Western Russia has been destroyed. Eastern Russia, the Far East and the Ural Region are still relatively intact. The gap between 45 million vs. more than 60 million is not too big.

Vlasov could not interfere with the removal of the Red Army, but he strongly opposed the relocation of the population - he believed that Stalin was murdering the Russian people. In fact, Germany also believed that Eastern Russia's food production was insufficient, and these people would definitely face disaster when they moved there, so they also expressed opposition. As for the prisoners, Hoffman insisted on the principle of voluntary repatriation - those who were willing to defect to Vlasov would go to Western Russia, and those who were willing to defect to Stalin would go to Eastern Russia. Because according to the survey, most people are still willing to stay in Western Russia.

After repeated negotiations and concessions in other aspects, Eastern Russia also made concessions and proposed the principle of voluntary relocation: anyone willing to follow Stalin will be taken away; anyone who is a party member or grassroots cadre will be relocated. At the same time, party organizations at all levels also went deep into the grassroots and mobilized them to follow the Party Central Committee and continue to build socialism in the east.

As a result, except for the high proportion of voluntary migration of the working class in Moscow and Stalingrad, the rural population is basically unable to move - everyone knows that there are no collective farms in Western Russia, and the head of state Vlasov also ordered that the fields be divided into households , no one is willing to leave.

Therefore, the final population distribution is expected to be more than 70 million in Western Russia and 35 million in Eastern Russia. Hoffman has made arrangements for the food shortage of more than 70 million people in Western Russia, and transferred it from Ukraine in the form of IOUs. This year is the second year after Ukraine divided the fields. Not only will the grain output be greatly increased, but other production will also be fully restored. , with more spare capacity for food supply. Farm-to-household operations have been carried out in many places in Western Russia, and officers and soldiers participating in the Russian People's Liberation Army have been given priority in land distribution. This is also the reason why the combat effectiveness of the Russian People's Liberation Army has continued to increase since the beginning of spring - firstly, it feels that it is the orthodox, and secondly, it has immediate interests to stimulate.

Although the area of ​​these newly allocated fields is not large, at least spring sowing is in full swing. It is expected that Western Russia will basically not need to transfer grain from Ukraine in two or at most three years.

In addition to food, the oil supply situation has also improved significantly. With the completion of the Mediterranean oil pipeline and the end of large-scale wars on the Eastern Front, energy supply to Western Europe has begun to increase. Oil will be one of the pillars of Hoffman's future maintenance of the EU. It is also an important source of the Petroleum Mark, but if consumption is suppressed to a very low level, it cannot support this pillar. Therefore, he instructed Speer to transfer some resources to civilian use once military use is reduced. Currently, at least in Western European countries, Taxi gasoline in the capital is already guaranteed.

Germany completely stopped the coal-to-liquids project, and all excess coal was used for power generation, and the super bomb project was fully operated. As the war on the Eastern Front gradually ceased, Speer adjusted the proportion of electricity consumption, preparing to dispatch a large amount of army equipment manufacturing power to the super bomb and navy Project comes up.

With the improvement of the food supply in Eastern Europe and the influx of American agricultural products and other products, not only Germany's domestic food has become increasingly abundant, but also the material security of Western European countries has become abundant. Countries are stepping up efforts to heal war wounds. There are almost no traces of war damage in Germany and France (mainly caused by British and American air strikes). Belgium and the Netherlands have also mostly recovered.

Eastern Russia has a population of 35 million (including more than 5 million troops). Hoffman doesn't know how Stalin can overcome the difficulties, but this is no longer an issue that the German head of state should consider.

Stalin naturally could not sit still and wait for death. He also had countermeasures for the food problem.