The Rise of the Third Reich

"Siberia is the rear area of ​​the great Soviet motherland. It has a vast area, fertile land, rich resources, and beautiful scenery. Siberia is a rare and fertile land that has not been fully developed in the world. It is also the region with the fastest economic development in the world. . Especially after the completion of the country’s Third Five-Year Plan, Siberia’s rich coal, timber, iron ore, nonferrous metals, water conservancy and other resources have been utilized to a certain extent in the areas along the Trans-Siberian Railway. New cities are rising at an unimaginable speed, and Siberia's industry, agriculture, scientific education and transportation are being modernized..."

A sweet female voice sounded again from the loudspeaker on the train, which cheered up the sleepy Major Solzhenitsyn. He was promoted after the victory in the Battle of Smolensk (the German army had not yet captured Smolensk), from captain to major. He also received an order to report to Building 2, Lubyanka Square, Moscow.

That's where the formidable NKVD headquarters is located! And there is a prison inside the building... Therefore, Solzhenitsyn was very anxious these days, fearing that he would be arrested directly after going there.

But it wouldn’t work if he didn’t go to Building 2 of Lubyanka Square, because when he received this order, his unit was resting in Kalinin, a city more than 100 kilometers away from Moscow, which was far away from the front line. He just wanted to rebel and surrender to the enemy. No chance either.

Moreover, the comrades of the Political Department of the Group Army did not give him much time to think about life and the future. They directly took him and more than a hundred other officers who had also reported to Building 2 of Lubyanka Square and put him on the train bound for Moscow. .

The passengers in the carriage looked as depressed as Solzhenitsyn, and they didn't know whether it was because the Belarusian reactionaries had invaded Leningrad or whether they might become reactionaries...

Solzhenitsyn also discovered that some people in the carriage were crouching on small tables and writing something along the way—probably incriminating materials!

Because the Great Patriotic War did not go smoothly, many comrades relaxed their demands on themselves and made many mistakes in their words and deeds, some of which could be found guilty of anti-GM crimes. Of course, Solzhenitsyn also said incorrect things, and he saw bones in the Katyn Forest that he should not have seen, but he was unwilling to write any explanation materials... He still had a sense of luck, in case he was not arrested. ?

If you explain it yourself, there's nothing more to say. It's either five years of reform through labor or a few months in a punishment camp.

In addition to the fear that his crimes would be exposed, Solzhenitsyn was also slightly curious. Why did the announcements on the train keep saying good things about Siberia? How much better could that place be? If Siberia is really good, why not move the capital of the Soviet Union there?

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"Comrades, according to reliable intelligence, German imperialism and Belarusian reactionary forces are currently gathering a large number of armored forces near Leningrad Oblast, and it is obvious that they will launch an attack on Moscow."

Moscow, Kremlin. The political bureau meeting was being held, and Stalin announced in a heavy tone the bad news he had just received.

Although the Leningrad and Pskov regions are now basically controlled by the German army and Belarus, Queen Olga has also announced a very high-looking "European integration" route.

However, underground party members and guerrillas loyal to the cause of communism still exist, so the No. 4 tanks, Tiger tanks and Rhino anti-tank destroyers shipped by train cannot be hidden from the intelligence department of the Soviet Red Army.

The Red Army General Staff quickly made the correct judgment. The next target of the German army and Belarus was Moscow!

Because the battle in Leningrad was a city attack, there was no need for too many armored forces at all. Moreover, occupying Moscow within 1943 should be Germany's only hope for a quick victory.

If this goal cannot be achieved, the war will inevitably be delayed until 1944, when Germany's main power will be involved in the Soviet-German battlefield, and Japan will inevitably have to face the main pressure from the United States alone, and is likely to collapse in 1944.

At that time, the Soviet Union will be able to rely on the support of the United States and continue to fight Germany to the end. Therefore, the success or failure of the Moscow Defense War is now directly related to the survival of the Soviet Union!

"Moscow must hold on to the end no matter what!" Stalin said coldly, "As the general secretary of the Bolshevik Party, I will personally lead the defense of Moscow!"

When he said these words, his cold eyes slowly swept over every political bureau member present. Seeing everyone lowering their heads and saying nothing, Stalin withdrew his gaze.

"However, the Bolshevik Central Committee, the Supreme Soviet, the People's Committee and other organs cannot stay in Moscow with me." Stalin continued, "because Moscow is likely to be surrounded and may fall into fierce fighting. In this case, it cannot To fulfill the normal duties of the Soviet state capital, we now need to establish a war capital!”

As the person primarily responsible for the loss of Leningrad and large tracts of Soviet territory, Stalin knew that he would never leave Moscow. As long as he stays in Moscow to fulfill the final responsibility of a great leader, there will be no big wave of opposition within the party - because there is no way for peace talks between the Soviet Union and Germany, and anyone who wants to replace Stalin will have to face it Regarding the threshold of "Secretary Guarding the Capital".

But once Stalin abandoned the city, his replacement would not have to bear the responsibility of guarding Moscow.

Therefore, Stalin must not leave Moscow now. However, the central organs of the Soviet Union, such as the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party, the Supreme Soviet and the People's Commissariat of the Soviet Union, could not stay in the dangerous city of Moscow. Otherwise, once they are surrounded by the Germans, they will be wiped out in one fell swoop.

"Comrades, I propose that the wartime capital of the Soviet Union be located in the city of Chelyabinsk in the Trans-Urals." Stalin proposed his ideal wartime capital location, not Kuibyshev in history, but the more distant Chelyabinsk. Lyabinsk.

Chelyabinsk is located in the Trans-Urals region at the southern end of the Ural Mountains. Geographically, it belongs to the intersection of the West Siberian Plain and the Ural Mountains. The Ural Mountains serve as a barrier to the west, the resource-rich and vast Great Plains to the east, and the vast plains to the south. Steppes of Kazakhstan.

If the Soviet Union made this place its capital after the fall of Moscow, it would not only be able to rely on the dangers of the Urals to resist further invasion by the German and White Russian armies, but it would also be able to control the vast Central Asia region nearby.

Although Chelyabinsk Oblast belongs to Siberia, the climate is not cold. The average temperature in the coldest months of winter is between minus 16 degrees Celsius and minus 18 degrees Celsius, and in summer it is between 17 degrees Celsius and -20 degrees Celsius. Although it's a little colder than Moscow, it's still acceptable. Moreover, Chelyabinsk also has large areas of black land and rich water resources, which are very beneficial to the development of agriculture and animal husbandry.

As for the industrial base of Chelyabinsk, it is also very good. Since the Trans-Siberian Railway passes through the state, it has been developed to a certain extent in the pre-Tsarist Russian era (now in the post-Tsarist Russian era).

After three five-year plans, Chelyabinsk has become an emerging heavy industry with mining, metallurgy (ferrous metals, non-ferrous metal smelting and processing) and machinery industry (Chelyabinsk Tractor Factory) as its core industries. base.

Most of the factories relocated from Kharkiv, Donetsk, Minsk, Smolensk and Leningrad have also been concentrated in Chelyabinsk and more distant Omsk, Novosibirsk and Iraq. Irkutsk and other places.

In addition, a large amount of industrial equipment "leased" from the United States is also nearby (most of this equipment is shipped from the Pacific route) for the construction of Siberian industrial bases. Therefore, the process of modernization of industry, agriculture, transportation and science and technology in Siberia with Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Novosibirsk and Irkutsk as the core has been further accelerated.

"Since the war with German imperialism and Belarusian reactionaries is bound to be long and arduous," Stalin said, lighting his pipe and taking a puff, "therefore we need a rear area that will not be disturbed by the enemy, and this It seems that the rear area cannot be the Volga-Ural River region, but can only be Siberia and Central Asia. Therefore, from now on, accelerating the construction of Siberia and Central Asia should become as important as the military struggle. "

Stalin blew out white smoke: "We must transfer a large number of people from the European areas of the Soviet Union, which are being ravaged by imperialism and Belarus, to Siberia and Central Asia. We should mobilize a large number of well-educated people who believe in communism and love the Soviet Union and the Bolshevik Party. Young men and women go to Siberia and Central Asia to speed up the pace of socialist modernization there and strive to turn Siberia and Central Asia into a developed and prosperous socialist homeland as soon as possible. In order to achieve this goal, we obviously need more. External support.”

Having said this, Stalin glanced at Molotov, the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs. Molotov knew that Stalin was giving the order, and he immediately responded: "Comrade General Secretary, I will go to the United States right away."

Stalin nodded and said: "And Japan! We must make it clear to Tokyo that the Germans are pursuing an extremely reactionary racist line. According to the German point of view, the Slavs are certainly inferior to the Aryans, but They are much nobler than Asians like them, so Germany is not their real friend. Unless the Japanese can turn themselves into blond and blue-eyed white people, don’t think about leaving Asia and joining Europe!”