"Let all the politicians we have befriended go to the Kremlin to file a complaint against Zhukov!"
Pavlov did not hide his excitement at all and instructed several confidants: "Seize this opportunity, I will never make Zhukov turn over."
"Yes!" Several of Pavlov's confidants stood at attention and saluted.
"Comrade Commander, Zhukov is with Khrushchev now. If we want to deal with Zhukov, Khrushchev might stop us." A middle-aged man in a suit stood up and said to Pavlov
Husband reminded.
"What? Khrushchev is afraid that we will affect his status and reputation?" Although Pavlov was a military idiot, in politics, he was completely regarded as a first-rate master.
Just like now, although Pavlov only carried out suppression and slander actions against Zhukov, Khrushchev and Zhukov are now in the same room. To a large extent, the interests of the two are tied together.
Similar to the concept of sharing weal and woe.
After all, Zhukov's decision, which was also at the Southwest Front Army Headquarters, in the eyes of outsiders, was equivalent to a decision that had also passed through the hands of Khrushchev. The two were sent to the Southwest Front Army Headquarters by Stalin to rectify the frontline commander
This is the combat concept of Kilponos and others.
Not to mention more, even Stalin himself believes that Zhukov and Khrushchev are now treated as people on the same road.
Of course, Stalin also had his own special intentions in making this arrangement.
Although Zhukov has become more and more rebellious recently and often goes against himself, he is a general with great strength and level. More importantly, even though Zhukov often disagrees with Stalin, it is also derived from his Stalin.
Loyalty and responsibility for the fate of the Soviet army.
Stalin understood all these things, and he also knew that Zhukov's starting point was not bad. But he just couldn't stand Zhukov's prickly temper, and he couldn't accept someone telling him the opposite all day long.
And Khrushchev's image in Stalin's eyes was exactly complementary to Zhukov's.
Khrushchev's image in Stalin's heart was that of loyalty and obedience, and he was simply the most obedient subordinate. Having such a subordinate partner with Zhukov must have slightly affected Zhukov's character and made him less annoying when he spoke.
As long as Zhukov could be influenced by Khrushchev and learn half of Khrushchev's art of speaking during this period of time together, Stalin would be content to recall Zhukov back to the General Staff Headquarters and keep him by his side.
However, Stalin certainly would not have imagined that Khrushchev, whom he had such high regard and trust for, might be the one who took the lead in "whipping" him decades later.
But that's not important. As long as Khrushchev is obedient enough now, or in other words, behaves obediently enough, then Stalin will feel comfortable.
Stalin still has enough trust in the current Khrushchev.
"Of course we cannot touch Khrushchev. He is a popular figure around the General Secretary. This time the General Secretary sent him to the Southwest Front probably to persuade Zhukov and teach Zhukov how to speak."
Pavlov is considered to be one of the better people in the Soviet Union when it comes to inferring Stalin's psychological activities. If we were to rank him, Pavlov would definitely be in the top ten of "people who know Stalin best"
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If Pavlov had not understood Stalin's thoughts so well and formulated his actions based on them, he would not have reached such a high position today.
"Then let us emphasize that this matter has nothing to do with Comrade Khrushchev. All mistakes were caused by Zhukov alone!" Pavlov's driver, the captain who was directly promoted by him two ranks,
At this time, I also saw the right opportunity to intervene.
As Pavlov's driver, the captain had many opportunities to get close to Pavlov and participate in the conversations between Pavlov and his confidants. In Pavlov's eyes, this driver was actually half a confidant.
Already.
However, this driver has the desire to serve his superiors, but he does not have the ability. His ability to make suggestions is really too low to bet on.
Specifically emphasizing that it had nothing to do with Khrushchev, it was just an accusation against Zhukov... This avoided Khrushchev, but didn't it also make it clear in front of Stalin that it was targeting Zhukov!
Stalin was not stupid. He could easily spot this kind of behavior of suppressing dissidents. He even tabooed his subordinates from doing this.
Once Stalin believed that Pavlov was forming cliques and suppressing neutrals such as Zhukov, it would most likely leave a bad impact on Stalin: Why was Pavlov so keen on suppressing others at the same level?
Could it be that he wanted to maintain his own power or gain greater power?
High achievements are never empty words. As for Stalin, if one of his generals surpassed him in achievements, Stalin would never let that person live too long.
"This will definitely not work." Pavlov quickly rejected the bad idea proposed by his smart driver.
"If I do that, not only will nothing happen to Khrushchev, but also Zhukov will be fine. Because, after I do this, it will be me, Pavlov, who is in trouble."
Waving his hand, while rejecting the driver's suggestion, Pavlov thought of a good idea: "But, I can do something to show off, contrast with Zhukov, and influence the views of the great General Secretary Stalin.
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After saying that, Pavlov turned to his adjutant and instructed: "Inform all the troops of our Western Front to hold a grand oath-taking event. Call more people from the propaganda department to highlight that we swear to obey Comrade Stalin's arrangements to the death.
, determination to regain the Soviet hinterland that Zhukov gave up!"
Pavlov straightened his collar and tried to make himself look taller and majestic: "Zhukov is as timid as a mouse and is afraid of the Germans, but we are not!"
"The general secretary's eyes are sharp. He knows who is the general who is trustworthy and worthy of entrustment. We only need to do what we should do, and Zhukov will not have an easy time." However, just the next second, Bav
Love then spoke selfish language that was completely different from the previous majestic oath.
"By the way, your military rank is still captain. A loyal and reliable soldier like you should be promoted." Pavlov looked at his driver who did not make good suggestions but was willing to use him.
: "I'll make some arrangements later and go through the procedures for your promotion to major."
"Yes, thank you for the promotion, Commander!" The driver was simply flattered.
Pavlov would never treat those who were willing to support him badly. Even if that person was incompetent, Pavlov was willing to promote him again and again.