Chapter 1608

Although Lao maozi has always been famous for his low efficiency, he carried out the task that Stalin personally told him. Early the next morning, as the representative of the base camp, I got on the special plane to fejecht. The headquarters of the Ukrainian third front army is located here, and our negotiations with representatives of the Bulgarian government will also take place here.

When the plane landed at the military airport and was still taxiing on the runway, I saw a black gas car coming into the runway and galloping behind the plane.

When I got off the plane from the open gangway, I found that the gas car had already stopped more than 20 meters away from the plane. A general standing at the side of the car saw me get off the plane and quickly came over. He also took the initiative to reach out to me from a long distance and politely said, "it's general oshanina. I'm lieutenant general biliuzov, chief of the staff of the front army. I've come to meet you on the orders of Marshal timoshinger and general torbusin. Welcome to fejecht!"

I shook hands with biluzov and got into the gas car specially prepared for me. After closing the door, biluzov directly told the driver, "go back to the headquarters of the front army!"

After waiting for the bus to start, I asked curiously, "Comrade chief of staff, I don't know where Marshal Timoshenko is?"

I thought he would answer me, saying that timoshinger was in the headquarters of the front army, but he said leisurely, "Marshal went to the second front army of Ukraine yesterday, and should be back at noon."

When our car was passing through a small town, biluzov, who was in the co driver's seat, turned to me with a smile and said, "general oshanina, look to the left. That's the chernovo Danube bridge."

After listening to this, I turned to look out of the window and saw a bridge on the river in the distance, full of trucks and soldiers on foot.

"What kind of bridge is this?" As I was not familiar with Bulgaria at all, I asked biluzov curiously.

"It's the chernovo Danube bridge," biliuzov replied. "During the war, in order to destroy the transportation of goods between the port of konstanza and other important areas of Romania, we sent planes to bomb this bridge many times. Now, it is through this bridge that we transport troops and supplies to the border of Bulgaria. "

As the car approached the headquarters of the front army, I saw tolbusin standing outside, with several generals standing behind him. Gasch stopped a few steps away from them. I didn't dare to ask him to open the door for me. He hurriedly pushed the door open and got out of the car. He reached out to him first and said enthusiastically, "Hello, general. I'm glad to see you here."

"Hello, general oshanina." "On behalf of all the commanders and fighters of the Ukrainian third front army, I welcome you. I hope you can become a witness of our liberation of Bulgaria," tolbusin said with a smile, holding my hand

"General, I think your wish will come true," I replied politely, "we can witness together that the suffering Bulgarian people will regain their freedom and liberation with the help of our army."

After that, he leaned over to introduce the group of generals following him: "this is lieutenant general gertov, military commissar of the front army, lieutenant general saroshin, commander of the 37th group army, lieutenant general Shi lieming, commander of the 46th group army, and lieutenant general Gagan, commander of the 57th group army..."

Tolbuhine patiently waited for me to shake hands with his subordinates one by one, and then led me into his headquarters. There are two rooms inside and outside the headquarters. The outside is the meeting and office space. The cabin inside is a telecommunication room filled with various communication equipment.

After I was seated, tolbuhine began to ask, "general oshanina, I have received instructions from my superiors that you are here to assist Marshal Timoshenko in negotiating with the representatives of Bulgaria. While the talks have not yet begun, I would like to ask you one thing. If it is not convenient for you to answer, you may not answer at all. "

On hearing the question raised by tolbuhine, the commanders sitting around the conference table turned to me, quietly waiting for me to answer it.

From the expressions on everyone's faces, I guess that when tolbusin called all the group army commanders under his command, he must want to know what measures the Supreme Command intends to take to solve the Bulgarian problem.

My purpose of this visit is to assist timoshingo in negotiating with the representatives of Bulgaria. Therefore, it is unnecessary to conceal the true intention of this visit from these senior commanders. I organized some words in my mind and said, "comrades, I have come to fejecht to negotiate with the representatives sent by Bulgaria to find a way acceptable to all to solve the Bulgarian problem."

"General oshanina," a group commander politely asked, "may I ask, what is the consideration of the higher authorities? Will they take war measures against Bulgaria?"

"Comrade General, we can't rule out war against them." I nodded at the commander and then said, "no matter what the outcome of our negotiation with the Bulgarian government, we will enter Bulgaria. If the negotiation is successful, we will enter Bulgaria peacefully; If the negotiations break down, then we will resort to force. "

My answer was a relief to all of us. Shah Luoxin said excitedly, "great, this is really great. We thought that as long as the negotiations were successful, our troops would not be allowed to enter Bulgaria. That would be too bad. If our army really wants to enter Bulgaria regardless of the outcome of the negotiation, then the next battle will be easy to fight. "

"General saroshin," I looked at the commander of the 37th army and asked curiously, "why do you say that if our army does not enter Bulgaria, the situation will be too bad?"

"General oshanina, let me answer this question instead of commander saroshin." Before saroshin could answer my question, tolbusin took over the topic with a smile: "to tell you the truth, we don't trust the present government of Bulgaria. Even if they agree to sever relations with Germany, if our army does not enter Bulgaria, German warships will still be moored at Bulgarian ports, and thousands of German officers and soldiers defeated by us will continue to hide in our territory.

What is more important is that the German submarines anchored in the harbor continue to threaten the safety of our ships sailing in the Black Sea and the safety of our coastal flanks as before. All this forces our army to enter the territory of Bulgaria. "

At this point, he stopped for a moment, glanced at his subordinates with a relaxed face, and continued: "if it is really like you said, no matter what the outcome of this negotiation is, our army will enter Bulgaria, which will be very beneficial to our next operation."

Before our meeting was over, timoshinger came back in a hurry. As soon as I saw him at the door, I got up, walked around tolbusine, who was sitting next to me, and quickly met him. The commanders here suddenly stood up when they saw me, and looked at the door strangely. They also stood up from their seats when they saw that timoshinger was back.

Tiemuxinge and I shook hands, after a few simple greetings, walked to the center position, and said to the generals who still kept standing posture: "OK, comrades, there's nothing more to do here, you all go back to your respective troops."

When there were only a few heads of the front army left in the headquarters, timoshinger couldn't wait to ask, "Rita, what did Comrade Stalin say about our report on the campaign in Bulgaria?"

I was stunned when I heard timusinger's question, and then answered truthfully, "I'm sorry, marshal. I haven't heard of any report on the campaign in Bulgaria."

Timoshinger's face suddenly showed a look of disappointment. He said to tolbuhine with a look of depression: "Comrade tolbuhine, I think it's up to you to introduce this report to Lida."

Torbusin nodded to Timoshenko's request, and then introduced his combat plan to me: "according to our study and judgment of the current situation, we feel that we should use the forces of the Ukrainian third front army, the Black Sea fleet and the Danube fleet to destroy the enemy in Bulgaria's territory and territorial waters."

At this point, tolbuhine winked at the chief of staff, who immediately went to his desk, picked up a roll of map, and spread it out in front of me“ We plan to take the south of dobroga as the starting point of attack, and the main direction of attack is directed at ETOs and Burgas Warner and Burgas, the important ports with German warships, were jointly captured by the Black Sea fleet and the assault group of the front army. "

After tolbuhine introduced the whole situation, I nodded my head and said with approval, "senior general, you have considered it very comprehensively. I feel that if today's negotiations are not successful and military action must be taken against Bulgaria, the supreme command will use your operational plan. "

Timoshinge raised his hand and looked at his watch. Then he asked me, "Rita, the negotiation time with the Bulgarian representative is 3 pm. What do you think of the outcome of our talks?"

"Marshal," I said confidently after hearing timoshinger's new question, "today's campaign strategy in the southern direction is beneficial to our side. After successfully smashing the German yassi kishniov group and liberating most of the territory of Romania, the Ukrainian second front army is rapidly advancing westward through the varajia plain. The German forces in Transylvania and the Carpathians, as well as in Greece, Yugoslavia and Albania, have been divided and cut off. The control of the sea in the Black Sea is in the hands of the Black Sea fleet, and the control of the air in this area is also in the hands of our air force. "

After a brief retelling of my understanding of the situation, I came to the final conclusion decisively: "I am absolutely sure that as long as the representatives of the Bulgarian government are not stupid, they will know what kind of choice to make."

"Very good!" Tiemuxinge was very satisfied with my answer. He nodded his head and said, "since you are so confident, I believe we will reach our ideal destination in the afternoon negotiation."

At half past two in the afternoon, the Bulgarian delegation to negotiate arrived. There were six of them, led by the Bulgarian foreign minister, a middle-aged man with round framed eyes and a smile.

He shook hands with tie muxinge first. When he looked up to see me, he could not help showing a surprised expression on his face. Next to the translator quickly close to his ear, whispered to him about my identity. After listening to the translation, he frowned slightly, shook my hand gently, and then turned to shake hands with tolbusine.

After we both sat down on both sides of the conference table, timoshinger first said, "gentlemen, we are here to discuss with you what kind of relationship the Soviet Union and Bulgaria should maintain in the coming days."“ "Marshal," said the foreign minister politely, "we'd like to hear more about it!" Tiemuxinge was also impolite, so he casually offered our conditions: "our conditions are as follows: signing an armistice agreement with the Soviet Union, signing an alliance agreement, and establishing a relationship of trust; Cut off the contact with Germany and disarm all the German troops who are now stationed in Bulgaria and those who will enter the country later; Disbanding all the Communist organizations, releasing those arrested for opposing Bulgarian poisonous vegetables and the government authorities allied with Germany, and implementing unconditional amnesty... "After finishing our series of conditions, timoshinger turned to me and asked me," Rita, do you have anything to add? " As the Bulgarian delegation has not yet expressed any opinions, even if I say anything at this time, I can not say the main point. Therefore, I shook my head and indicated that I would not express my views for the time being. After listening to the translation, the Bulgarian Minister frowned. After a while, he said slowly: "Mr. marshal, our country can implement strict neutrality in foreign policy, treat you and the Germans equally, and will never intervene in the war between you." When I heard this, I couldn't help sneering. If we want to get involved in the war between us and the Germans, we also need to have this strength. Bulgaria was a bad luck in the whole world War II. Both world wars were defeated countries. Today, it's still here to talk about terms“ All right, Mr. Minister. " After listening patiently for a while, I saw that he wanted to reject the conditions proposed by timoshinger both inside and outside of his words, so I interrupted him and said in an impolite tone: "if your government can't agree to our conditions and sever relations with the Communist Germany, we can only think that your current administrative policy is actually to take anti Soviet action on the German side, We will not rule out the use of force to solve the Bulgarian problem. " After listening to the translation, the minister blushed and asked tie muxinge angrily, "marshal, who gave this woman the right to interrupt me when we were negotiating?" Tiemuxinge looked at me with a look of approval. He looked at the other side and said, "Mr. Minister, general oshanina is the representative of the base camp to participate in this negotiation, that is to say, she represents our supreme commander. Do you have any questions? "“ No, No The minister replied in a flurry: "I'm too impolite."“ If there is no problem, can our negotiation continue? " Tiemuxinge asked in a sarcastic tone“ I don't know what's your deadline for us? " Asked the minister tentatively“ Tomorrow After seeing the eyes of timoshin, I said decisively, "you must give a final answer tomorrow at the latest. This is our ultimatum, otherwise we will formally declare war on you." After a few words of low voice discussion between the minister and his colleagues, he asked tiemuxinge cautiously, "marshal, can we contact with China and pass back your conditions?"“ Yes Tiemuxinge magnanimously said: "our telecommunication room here can directly communicate with your government departments." With the permission of timoshinger, the Minister stood up and, accompanied by a colleague, went into the next telecommunication room. Tolbuhine asked tiemuxinge in a low voice: "marshal, do you think they can agree to our terms in China?"“ What do you say, Rita? " The cunning timoshinger actually put this problem on me. If Bulgaria is a powerful country, I really don't know how to answer torbhuin, but at the moment I say confidently: "don't worry, their strength is not on the same level as ours. If we can't succeed at the negotiation table, we can resort to force to solve it." After about half an hour, the minister and his colleagues came out, stood opposite us, bowed deeply, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, marshal. We think our negotiation can only be suspended." The minister's words stunned all of us. In particular, I kept wondering in my heart, do the Bulgarian leaders have the guts to be so tough when they know that their strength is far inferior to ours“ Why? " Tiemuxinge stood up and asked in a rage“ Why refuse our offer“ I'm sorry, marshal The minister replied respectfully: "I now formally inform you that the cabinet of bagarianov government resigned five minutes ago, so we can only return to Sofia immediately and send another delegation to continue negotiations with you after the establishment of the new government."