Chapter 793 (1/2)
Time flies.
In August, the three countries reached a deadlock.
The Soviet side is no longer willing to waste precious time, and two insignificant people, microphone waste time.
Whenever negotiations begin, they always avoid substantive issues.
For example, in what way and with what kind of force and equipment to deal with NC aggression, the forces they sent out in case of war, and the resources that can be invested.
They have avoided these issues and only discussed some abstract and unimportant issues, such as the so-called ”principles, state structure and system”.
As a representative of the Soviet Union, Voroshilov began to ask some very specific questions: is there any regulation on Poland's actions to deal with the step-by-step pressure of NC?
Once the war broke out, how many troops could Britain use to aid France, and how many troops could France use?
What is Belgium's attitude and trend, their position and opinion?
France's representative dumank said: he knew nothing about Poland's plans.
”At present, there are five shopkeepers in the UK, and one mechanist,” he said hesitantly The implication is that these are the forces that Britain can use externally.
In order to force the two countries to show sincerity, marshal Voroshilov said in a impassioned tone: ”if the war starts, the Soviet Union will immediately send 150 infantry divisions, 6000 artillery, 13000 tanks and 4500 planes to deal with the western invaders.”
Such an answer shocked and gratified the representatives of the two countries.
The Soviet Union really wanted to achieve valuable cooperation, but they did not have any authorization and could not respond. They only looked at each other with four eyes.
At an important meeting on the 14th, marshal Voroshilov again pointed out that the fundamental issue at present is whether Poland is willing to allow Soviet troops into its territory.
Poland's attitude is of great importance both in confronting the German invasion and in defending against possible aggression by Britain and France.
Later, he also asked the British and French representatives the same question: ”do British and French Staff Headquarters think that the Soviet army can cross Poland, especially the Vilna Valley and Galicia, to contact with Germany?”
This is the real core of the problem, and the premise of all cooperation is based on this.
If the Soviet Union didn't even have a way to meet the enemy, even if they wanted to help after the war, they would have to sit by the border and watch with cold eyes.
At the same time, the Soviet Union repeatedly claimed in newspapers that Britain and France are not sincere in cooperation and that there is no substantive progress in the negotiations.
However, due to the western world's habitual disregard of the Soviet Union, these reports did not appear on the important plates of European and American mainstream media.
People are optimistic that Britain, France and the Soviet Union will soon reach military cooperation.
At the same time, as representatives of the two sides, dumanke and drakes also called to their countries to ask their governments for instructions on how to answer the Soviet Union's questions about Poland.
The two men waited anxiously in Moscow for five days without any reply.
Dumanke asked the government to find a way to make the Warsaw government accept the Soviet Union's conditions, but the answer was a rude refusal.
At the same time, British and French leaders are still secretly contacting dwarfs to encourage NC to oppose the Soviet Union and the Communist Party.
Just as the negotiations between the two sides failed to make progress and reached an impasse, Moscow suddenly got a piece of news.