USSR 1941

  Chapter 797 Cashing in

  Ten days later, with the unremitting efforts of the British government, the British 8th Army in Africa, and several British colonial army logistics units, the third of the equipment Shulka requested was finally rushed to the Caucasus region.

At this time, the Caucasus region is under the semi-blockade of the German army... Although the German army's offensives on the Caucasus region have been frustrated time and time again, the main reason for this is that the Soviet army tilted its air power to the Caucasus. The region played its due role, so it could only have limited air supremacy. In addition, the high altitude and coldness of the Caucasus Mountains made it difficult for the German army to adapt, so the German army could only look at the Baku oil fields from a distance but could not advance an inch.

   Even so, the Germans still controlled several important mountain passes.

  The Caucasus region is characterized by the Black Sea to the west and the Caspian Sea to the east. The long Caucasus Mountains straddle it and divide it into the South Caucasus and the North Caucasus. The German army only needs to block a few limited mountain passes in the Caucasus Mountains and coastal cities to semi-blockade the Caucasus region.

  The reason for saying "semi-blockade" is because the Caspian Sea is still controlled by the Soviet army, and it is completely controlled.

  At this time, the Caspian Sea is still completely an inland sea, that is, it has no contact with the outside world and ships cannot communicate with it, so it is almost impossible to be attacked by enemy fleets and submarines unless the enemy fleet can go ashore.

   (Note: The Caspian Sea has been opened in modern times, and the Soviet Union dug an artificial canal to connect the Volga River and the Don River, so that ships in the Caspian Sea can travel along the Volga River, the Canal, the Don River, and the Black Sea to other places)

  Therefore, the Soviet army can carry out reinforcements to areas such as Baku and the Caucasus through the Black Sea.

   But this is not an easy task, because the German fighter planes obviously have air supremacy in the open and endless Black Sea, so the Soviet army can only transport troops and food at night at the risk of being bombed by night bombers.

Therefore, the Caucasus region is short of supplies and equipment, especially tanks, artillery and fighter planes. The equipment sent by the British army can be said to be like a timely rain, so that the Soviet army, which was originally evenly matched with the German army, completely gained the upper hand. As a result, the German army no longer had any hope of capturing the Baku oil fields.

  John even waited for this moment in Shulka's office, including several correspondents and a staff officer.

   Needless to say what the reason is, John hopes to receive the materials in place as soon as possible and send back to the United Kingdom the information provided by Shulka that can be related to the national security of the United Kingdom.

  John did exactly that. He even kept reminding Shulka as if the weather was preparing:

   "The last train has successfully entered Baku, Comrade Shulka!"

   "Can you remind them to hurry up? I mean the acceptance people, they always procrastinate!"

   "No, they must have missed the count, we won't have sent hundreds of tanks and a few less! I think your inspectors should improve a little bit, or let them not drink so much alcohol while working!"

   Shulka was speechless.

  He can answer John's arrogance in any way, but in this respect... what else can Shulka say? He could never stop the Soviets from drinking.

   Not to mention the acceptance, even if they drive a car, drive a tank, or even fly an airplane, they can take Voutga with them.

Then the numbers finally matched, John couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, sat in front of Shulka, and said: "Now, Comrade Shulka, I hope your intelligence is worth what we do! Otherwise, this will seriously affect the relationship between us." Allies, in addition, the other two-thirds of the supply will not exist!"

  Shuerka knew that the British would have such a face. It was obviously a "favor" he gave John, but now it has become John's capital to threaten him.

   Shulka did not answer, he just cast his eyes on Akadievich.

  Akadyevich also contacted Baku at the right time, and he nodded to indicate that there is no problem.

  So Shulka replied: "Don't worry, Comrade John! It's definitely worth the money!"

   Speaking of Shulka, he handed the photo to John.

  John was confused after taking the photo, and then stood up angrily: "You mean, it's just this? This is the intelligence you said can threaten British security?"

   "Is there any question?" Shulka asked back.

   "This is blackmail, it's deception!" John blushed and said with a thick neck, holding the photo: "Do you know what the consequences will be, Comrade Shulka? We will cut off all aid to the Soviet Union, everything!"

  This time, John’s anger is not faked, because he feels that he and the British government have been deceived, and then there is the issue of his scapegoat, which is his official career...

   Shulka waited quietly for John to finish, and then replied: "I believe your Prime Minister will not, Comrade John! If you continue like this, I guarantee you will regret it!"

  John thought for a while, then suppressed his anger and sat back in his seat, gritted his teeth and said, "Then, Comrade Shulka, I'm listening..."

Shulka didn't bother to explain to John, and said straight to John: "This is a photo taken by our agents in the Baltic Sea. The Germans have a secret scientific research base in Penamünde, where many of Germany's best scientists gather. Their purpose is to develop this equipment!"

  When Shulka said this, John's face immediately turned serious, because he also knew about this secret scientific research base of the Germans, but he didn't know what the scientific research base was developing.

   But that's clearly not enough to change John's mind that he's been scammed.

   "Are you trying to tell me..." John took a look at the photo, and then smiled disdainfully: "They are developing this kind of small aircraft? I'm not that easy to deceive, Comrade Shulka!"

   "You thought it was a small plane?" Shulka shook his head.

   Akadyevich laughed too.

   "At first we thought it was a small plane!" Akadyevich said: "But, Comrade John! Please pay attention to its size..."

   As he spoke, Akadyevich handed over a document, which was the size and part of the performance of the "small aircraft" analyzed by Kurchatov based on Shulka's guess.

  Of course, only "partially", Shulka certainly wouldn't be so stupid as to tell the British all the content.

"It's unmanned, Comrade John!" Shulka said. "We're not sure if we can call it a 'little plane', we just know it will fly great distances, even across oceans. , dive after reaching the destination, and then explode!"

  John couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard the words. He knew what Shulka meant.