Chapter 1607

The document I read is a copy of an instruction sent by Dimitrov to the headquarters of the Bulgarian guerrillas. In the instruction, the workers' Party led by Dimitrov asked the head of the headquarters to unite the whole nation around the National Committee of the national front of the motherland, disarm the German army and the Gestapo, resolutely smash any activities against the national front and the Red Army, and establish the government of the national front of the motherland.

At the end of the instruction, it was specially emphasized that "the Bulgarian people and their armed forces and battalions will unswervingly stand on the side of the Red Army. The Red Army is the army that helped Bulgaria liberate from the oppression of Germany. It is necessary to cooperate with the Red Army to eliminate the Hitler bandits and their shameless accomplices on the territory of Bulgaria."

After reading this document, I feel relaxed. If the Bulgarian comrades can really give effective assistance to our Ukrainian third front army, as the document says, then our war to liberate Bulgaria will become extremely relaxed.

I put down the document, got up and went to the phone. I called shamiakin and wanted to know what the purpose of the document was.

"Hello, Comrade General." Hearing my voice, shamiakin immediately asked respectfully, "have you finished reading the document I sent you?"

"Yes, comrade shamiakin, I have finished reading the document you sent me." I asked curiously, "what's the purpose of showing me this document?"

"Comrade General, according to the instructions I have received, Marshal Zhukov is in charge of Bulgarian affairs." Shamiakin patiently explained to me, "he is now on the Polish front line. As his deputy, you naturally need to take over his post and continue to be responsible for all matters concerning Bulgaria."

"I see." I glanced at the papers on the table and thought that it was useless to just look at them. To understand Bulgaria, it was necessary to have a chat with the comrades from Bulgaria. Thinking of this, I asked tentatively, "Comrade shamiakin, can you arrange a meeting with my Bulgarian comrades? I want to learn more about Bulgaria from them. "

After thinking about my request for a moment, shamiakin replied decisively, "well, I will arrange for you to meet Comrade Dimitrov as soon as possible. I'll call you when everything is arranged. "

After thanking shamiakin, I put down the phone. When I came back to the wall where the treasures were hidden and stared at the place covered by the tapestry, I suddenly felt very stupid. If I could take these things back, these treasures would be priceless to me; If I can only stay in this world forever until I die of old age, then these things are useless to me, and may even cause unnecessary trouble for myself.

Before I could figure out what to do with the treasure, shamiakin called and said that Dimitrov had been arranged, and the location was at the staff headquarters.

Shamiakin said he would send a car to pick me up, so I cleaned up briefly and went downstairs to wait for my car at the door. But as soon as she got to the duty room, chubby Liuba ran out and asked, "Comrade General, are you going out?"

"Yes, Lyuba." I said to the old lady with a smile, "I want to meet an important person."

"Comrade General," said Liuba warmly, "if you don't mind, I'll help you clean the room later."

"No, no," Liuba's words scared me out of my wits. If I let her into my room, then the location of the treasure will be exposed, and it will cause a lot of trouble. Therefore, I politely refused, "Liuba, thank you for your kindness, but I'm a cleanliness addict. I don't like other people touching my things, so I'd better do it myself."

When I said that, Liuba's face was disappointed. She said with regret, "that's a pity. I'll help you clean the room while you're away."

I drove to the headquarters of the general staff. In the meeting room specially arranged by Antonov, I met the amiable old man again. I took his hand and said friendly, "Hello, comrade Dimitrov. Nice to meet you again."

"Hello, general oshanina." Dimitrov also said with a smile: "I heard that you are going to take over the work of liberating Bulgaria?"

"Yes, comrade Dimitrov." I nodded my head and said, "I want to know something about Bulgaria through you, so as to formulate our strategy for Bulgaria."

"I'd like to help you," Dimitrov said after making a seat invitation gesture, and began to introduce the situation in Bulgaria to me: "as early as June, I told the people of our motherland on the radio that the political crisis in Bulgaria will intensify, because the current bagrianov government is pursuing an anti people policy

Bagrianov's government is deceiving the people. They represent the interests of Deco and his Bulgarian accomplices The neutrality they are maintaining is just a means of self deception... No matter from the domestic situation or the mood of the people and the army, they will not give any support to the bagrianov government and the German kow, because the current ruler of Bulgaria is pushing the whole country onto the road of national disaster. "

Through more than an hour's conversation, I have a perceptual understanding of the situation in Bulgaria. Seeing that I had learned everything from him, mitrov stood up to say goodbye.

I respectfully took him to the gate of the headquarters of the general staff. As I watched his car go away, an officer ran to him and said respectfully, "Comrade General, please welcome the deputy chief of the general staff!"

I followed the officer to Antonov's office and asked, "Comrade deputy chief of general staff, do you have any important instructions?"

"Rita, have you finished talking to Dimitrov?" Antonov asked quietly.

"Yes." When I heard his question, I said, don't you know it? Since I met with Dimitrov at the headquarters of the general staff, I'm sure our words and deeds are watched by special personnel. Otherwise, how could Antonov send someone to call me as soon as I send Dimitrov away? But I pretended to know nothing and said, "I just sent him away."

Antonov nodded slightly and then said something that surprised me: "now that we're done, you can come with me to the Kremlin."

"To the Kremlin?" I asked in some surprise, "does Comrade Stalin want to see me?"

"Yes, today's meeting was arranged by Comrade Stalin himself." Antonov's eyes flashed a sly smile: "do you think that staff of the same level as shamiakin can arrange your meeting with Dimitrov?"

Antonov's words made me understand that Stalin personally arranged my meeting with Dimitrov. Since I have made clear what I should know, I should report to Stalin in the Kremlin.

When Stalin saw my first sentence, he asked directly, "Rita, after talking with Comrade Dimitrov, what do you think of the situation in Bulgaria?"

I quickly organized the words in my mind, and then answered decisively, "I think our army's upcoming battle to liberate Bulgaria will be very easy."

"Oh, why do you say that?" Stalin put tobacco into his pipe and asked me with great interest: "tell me your reason."

"According to Comrade Dimitrov, the workers' Party under his leadership has launched a well-organized large-scale guerrilla movement in Bulgaria. So far, they have a national liberation uprising army of 180000 people. They have established a real Bulgarian domestic front in the whole territory, which is beneficial to contain the royalist army, the police and the German garrison. " I tried to recall what Dimitrov told me and report to Stalin as much as I could: "at the same time, they love factories and organs, and they have combat groups in the army and in urban and rural areas. The total number of these combat groups is about 120000. In addition, there are 200000 people who cooperate with guerrilla movements."

Stalin lit his cigarette and asked with a smile, "do you know the combat effectiveness of these troops?"

I nodded and replied in Dimitrov's original words: "it is said that the pro communist government of Bulgaria used force to suppress the guerrilla movement in the country, but it was hit hard."

After listening to my report, Stalin turned his eyes to Antonov and asked, "Comrade deputy chief of general staff, do you have any exciting news?"

"Yes, comrade Stalin." Antonov replied with a smile: "before I came here, I received the battle plan of general torbusin. According to the judgment of major general vasilichenko, chief of staff of the front army, the German army thinks that we will not attack Bulgaria at all, so we will not organize solid defense in this direction. So I think Lida's judgment is correct. Our surprise attack will definitely achieve the ideal result. "

"Why?" When Stalin heard Antonov say this, he didn't smile at all. Instead, he showed a serious look: "Comrade Antonov, why do you think the Germans don't think we will attack Bulgaria?"

"According to the information we have, the government of bagarianov is in secret contact with the envoys of Britain and the United States." Antonov solemnly reported: "there are signs that all these activities are aimed at preventing our army from entering Bulgaria. The German people are indifferent to their behavior. They think that as long as we collude with our allies, we will no longer be able to enter Bulgaria's territory in good faith. "

"They're dreaming." After listening to Antonov's words, Stalin said angrily, "they should understand that the current military situation of their master, Germany, has deteriorated completely. Only by severing relations with Germany can they save the country from extinction. What they are doing now can only lead us to believe that Bulgaria's current policy is actually to fight against the Soviet Union on the side of Germany. "

Antonov quietly listened to Stalin's anger and asked carefully, "Comrade Stalin, do you need to invite the people's Foreign Affairs Committee to send a note to the Bulgarian Minister in Moscow?"

Stalin did not immediately answer Antonov's proposal, but walked back and forth in the room with his pipe in his mouth. After at least five minutes, he finally stopped and made the final decision: "no, don't send a note to the Bulgarian government for the time being. First of all, call Marshal Timoshenko of the third front army in Ukraine and ask him to arrange staff to negotiate with representatives of the current Bulgarian government. "

"What is the purpose of the negotiation?" Antonov asked cautiously, "do we stop military operations in Bulgaria as long as the current Bulgarian government agrees to draw a line with Germany?" Stalin listened to Antonov and sneered twice. Then he looked at me, pointed his hand and said to me in a commanding tone, "Rita, tell Antonov what you think. What's the purpose of our negotiation?" If I hadn't met Dimitrov today, I really don't know how to answer Stalin's question. At this moment, listening to Stalin's question, I immediately guessed what was on his mind and answered decisively, "our army will enter Bulgaria no matter whether our talks with the Bulgarian government are successful or not. If the talks are concluded, we will enter Bulgaria and expel the remaining German troops in a bloodless way; If the talks fail, we will launch an attack on Bulgaria and wipe out the pro Communist forces and the German aggressors. "“ That's a good answer After Stalin praised me, he turned to Antonov and said, "do you hear me? Lida's answer is the goal of our negotiations with the Bulgarian government. " Just then, I suddenly found that Antonov winked at me, and then the corner of his mouth was slightly up. Seeing his performance, I suddenly realized that he had just said something wrong on purpose, and his purpose was to give me an opportunity to show my talents. Seeing his good intentions, I also smile at him and gently nod my head. Antonov faced Stalin and said, "Comrade Stalin, since Rita has understood your intention, do you want to send her as the representative of the base camp to the third front army of Ukraine to negotiate with the representative from Bulgaria?"“ Well, that's a good proposal. " Stalin nodded his head and said thoughtfully, "I wanted to send Zhukov to carry out this task after he finished his work in Warsaw. Since you think Rita is fully competent, I will appoint her as the representative of the base camp and go to the third front army of Ukraine to assist timoshingo in negotiating with the Bulgarians. "