"We should have solved Finland's problems long ago." Sitting in his chair, Stalin said steadily.
Finland is originally the territory of the Soviets! In Stalin's concept, this is the case. Finland's essential problems are actually similar to Poland. They all became independent when Tsarist Russia was overthrown!
Historically, Finland has always been the eastern territory of the Kingdom of Sweden, until the outbreak of the Northern War in 1700, Sweden was defeated by the emerging Russian Empire, and its power position was replaced by the latter.
After that, Russia made persistent efforts and obtained large-scale territorial compensation through new wars, and created the "Grand Duchy of Finland" as a buffer state between Sweden and Russia. Tsar Alexander I also granted Finland a high degree of autonomy.
Until World War I, the Russian Empire finally collapsed due to the October Revolution, and Finland had a rare opportunity for independence. The Finnish Senate officially declared Finland's independence.
At that time, the nascent Soviet-Russian Bolshevik government was discussing the possibility of a truce with Germany. Faced with Finland’s request, they agreed in principle to Finland’s independence, but in fact they planned to organize a workers’ government to replace the current regime and replace Finland with The form of joining countries was re-incorporated into the Soviet Union.
It can be seen that Lao Maozi has never had any kindness, regardless of the political system, Lao Maozi is still that old Maozi.
Unfortunately, this time Lao Maozi miscalculated.
The Red Army supported by the Soviet Union and the White Army supported by Germany formally broke out in a civil war. After several years of **** and brutal civil war, the White Army finally won and took control of the national territory.
Unfortunately, Germany also became a defeated country and was unable to control Finland, so Finland officially became independent. Moreover, because Soviet Russia was still engaged in the Soviet-Polish war with Poland, as a result, Finland was able to obtain very favorable results on the border. The southern border of the Isthmus of Karelia is only 32 kilometers away from Leningrad, a large Russian city. The northern and eastern borders have been beyond the period of the Grand Duchy, bordering the Arctic Ocean, and it also has an ice-free port in the Arctic Circle, Bechamo.
After the Soviet Union and Poland finished the war, they could finally turn around to deal with Finland. Over the years, the borders have been raging, but it hasn't been much trouble.
The Soviet Union has always been dragged down by many things, and it was unable to launch a large-scale battle to bring back Finnish territory. Just a few years ago, when the Soviet Union and Germany signed a secret treaty, Germany had agreed in principle. Leave Finland to the Soviet Union.
This also made Stalin very satisfied. Unfortunately, he didn't know how deep and terrible Finland was, waiting for them to jump.
The senior Soviet commanders are quite optimistic at this time.
The Soviets have a vast land, a large population, and a great potential for war. Isn't it a matter of minutes to fight Finland? Even if it is the war that is breaking out in Europe, if the Soviet Union is to go up, this is definitely not the result.
And now, I didn't expect that the Finns would dare to take the initiative to provoke!
This incident, in the eyes of both parties, was the first shot the other side fired.
From the perspective of Finland, the Soviets took the initiative to cross the border, and after coming over, they picked up their guns and shot them, killing the Finnish cavalry. After that, the Finnish frontier cavalry had to fight back.
For the Soviets, it was clearly the Finns' first move to sneak across the border, design traps in the woods, and brutally kill the soldiers of the Soviet border guards. These, Finns don't quibble!
Mouth artillery is useless. The Soviets have never liked mouth artillery, even in later generations. When it is time to do it, you must do it, such as now!
"Immediately carry out war mobilization. We will use a beautiful battle to show the world the powerful combat effectiveness of our Soviet army." Stalin said: "It should be enough to mobilize the troops of the Leningrad Military District?"
Hearing what Stalin said, Marshal Boris Mikhailovich Shaboshnikov, the general staff of the Soviet Red Army, said: "Comrade Stalin, I think that taking into account the combat capabilities of the Finnish army and the special conditions of the battlefield. I hope that we can concentrate the strong forces of at least 45 divisions and fight a tense and arduous war for at least a few months without the West being directly involved. Moreover, we must not delay the arrival of autumn or even winter. , Otherwise it would be a disaster for us."
Hearing this, Stalin's face suddenly became ugly. What are you kidding about, why do you use so many troops? How many troops are there in Finland?
Moreover, the battle will last for several months?
Seeing Stalin's face, Khrushchev immediately said, "Comrade Marshal, you are too pessimistic."
"The Finns are just getting nervous. When they see us coming for real, they will recognize the status quo. As long as we raise our voices a little bit, the Finns will obey. If it doesn't work, we can shoot and the Finns will Will raise hands and surrender. That's what we think."
Khrushchev's words won the agreement of Stalin: "Yes, the Finns have no fighting capacity at all. They don't even have a regular armored division. Their troops are at best guerrillas."
"Sorry, Comrade Stalin, I insist on my point of view." Marshal Shaboshnikov said.
"Ahem." Stalin coughed twice and said: "This is just a small border dispute. The General Staff does not need to come forward. In my opinion, just let the Leningrad Military District make a combat plan."
"Order the Leningrad military district troops to crush the main force of the Finnish army within two weeks~www.novelhall.com~ to break through the Mannerheim line to ensure the safety of Leningrad and Murmansk, forcing Finland to sign a peace treaty and end the war." Stalin Said.
For him, this is just a little war.
"In less than half a month, our army will be able to join forces in Helsinki." Khrushchev said: "Oh, it is really unfortunate, Comrade Stalin, it seems that we have to make our British friends wait a few more days."
At this time, Khrushchev thought of the incident he had proposed to create friction in the Brest Fortress. Now that he had decided to attack Finland, it would be inconvenient for the Soviets to create friction with Germany.
After all, Germany agreed to the Soviet Union and gave Finland its hand to the Soviet Union. It would be hard to say if the border conflict caused the Germans to intervene.
Therefore, for the time being, I can only ask Aidendo to wait for ten days and a half, waiting for the Soviets to solve the Finnish problem, and then answer the old friend's words.
It just so happened that this period of time also made the British anxious, whoever took the initiative would suffer.
