Chapter 313
The noisy All-Soviet Games lasted for 12 days, and with the arrival of the first autumn cold in Moscow, the event officially came to an end. For the people of the entire Soviet Union, this event was not only a sports event, but also a symbol of the end of the war and the return to normalcy in the Soviet Union.
On the 10th day of the All-Union Games, Izvestia published the Outline for the Implementation of the Fourth Five-Year Plan of the Union of Soviet Socialist States. According to this outline, in the next five years, the main task of Soviet state construction is to fully restore and develop the national economy and restore the industrial and agricultural production levels to the pre-war state, while also striving to far exceed the pre-war level.
Following the publication of this implementation outline in Izvestia, Pravda and Komsomolskaya Pravda also published front-page news, calling on all Soviet Bolshevik Party members and Communist Youth League members to devote themselves to the construction of the Union of Soviet Socialist States with the greatest enthusiasm and passion.
The media was full of almost endless publicity reports , which soon set off a nationwide construction boom across the Soviet Union. Various localities launched various production and construction competitions. Regardless of whether they were sincere or not, at least it seemed that the enthusiasm for work was very high across the country.
It was under such circumstances that Yuri welcomed his wedding day.
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I don't know if it was bad luck or if Comrade Sherbakov, who helped choose the date, didn't do his job well, but it was a good day for the wedding, but God didn't give it any face at all. It was a sunny sky at dusk yesterday, but at dawn the next day, it started to drizzle.
It was still a little early, not even six o'clock, but in the bedroom of the villa, Yuri and Angelica had been up for a long time, and they were fiddling with the clothes that Comrade Sherbakov had specially sent to them.
Because of their beliefs, Yuri and Angelica's wedding definitely cannot be held in a church. To put it in a clichéd way, the form of their wedding should reflect a revolutionary, progressive and scientific stance.
In fact, to put it in a nutshell, this wedding will be a simple one and not a grand one.
According to the process set by Comrade Sherbakov, this wedding was more like a dinner party. Some tables were set up in the public garden in the villa area in front of them, and a buffet was served. Relatives and friends were invited to gather together, and then the witnesses gave their blessings. The wedding was considered complete, and then the next day the newlyweds left Moscow for a vacation in the Crimean Peninsula, which they had already chosen.
As a groom, Yuri is very much in favor of this form. In fact, when it comes to marriage, groomsmen almost never like to make it too complicated. After all, even if you don't consider the expense, you still have to consider whether you will be tired.
For today's wedding, Angelica, who never wears makeup, put on light makeup. Her already delicate face looked even more delicate. With her pink complexion and red lips, she was a heart-warming beauty just by looking at her face.
She seemed very excited today. She had already put on the wedding dress that Comrade Sherbakov had specially arranged for her to receive. Now she was turning around in front of the mirror, admiring herself.
Yuri's groom's attire was also a white suit. It was not a brand, but the material and workmanship were very good. I don't know where he got it from. As for the leather shoes, they were Italian and looked like they were handmade. However, considering the current situation in Italy, it was not too difficult to get a pair of such shoes back.
In recent times, Moscow has been negotiating with Britain, France and the United States on the issue of war reparations, among which the issue of war reparations for Italy is involved.
In fact, since the end of the Battle of Berlin, several victorious countries have been entangled in this issue. The attitude of Britain, France and the United States is to support the Soviet Union's war reparations demands against countries including Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria and others, but on the issue of war reparations from Germany, Finland and Italy, they hold different views, at least they do not agree with the Soviet Union's exorbitant demands.
When it comes to the issue of Italy, the situation is even more delicate. The Americans do not agree to impose sanctions on Italy. They believe that Italy is not a defeated country, but should be a part of the Allied forces. After all, it withdrew from the Axis powers in 1943 and joined the Allied forces.
But even the Americans' allies, Britain and France, disagree with Washington's position on this issue. The British believe that Italy is a defeated country, so it must be punished, and the way to punish it is that Italy must give up all its overseas colonies and hand them over to the current occupying country for trusteeship. So who occupies Italy's overseas colonies now? Just count them and you will know: Libya is now in the hands of the British; Tunisia is now in the hands of the British; part of Ethiopia is still in the hands of the British; Somalia is still in the hands of the British. Therefore, if sanctions are imposed according to such rules, the British will become the biggest beneficiaries.
As for the French, they certainly did not want their neighbor, who was also their opponent during World War I and World War II, to live too comfortably. Therefore, they advocated that Italy's military strength must be limited. The army should not exceed 100,000, the navy and air force should not exceed 30,000, the total tonnage of ships should not exceed 50,000 tons, and the number of fighter planes should not exceed 200.
As for the Soviet Union, it made clear demands for compensation and confirmed that it did not matter if it had no money, as it could use corresponding resources and services as compensation, but the total amount of compensation must not be less than 1 billion US dollars.
So, the four parties got entangled and quarreled with each other... Oh, not four parties, but five parties, and there was also a representative from Italy.
Really... Just thinking about it will make you realize how miserable the Italian negotiator is. It's like four people playing mahjong, and the remaining three are blatantly discussing how to cheat him. He has no right to object, nor can he withdraw from the game. Although there is a mahjong parlor owner who speaks for him, he doesn't want to offend the remaining three, so his attitude of supporting him is not very firm.
Unable to get support from their American allies, the British began to seek other ways. They began to choose to compromise with Moscow and even pulled Yugoslavia in to support Yugoslavia's territorial claims against Italy.
Since the surrender of the Germans, two negotiation meetings on war reparations have been held, but no final agreement has been reached. It is estimated that the negotiations will continue for a long time.
However, in Yuri's opinion, Britain, which claims to be a country founded on gentlemen, is simply a world-class shit-trigger. It itself stinks and was almost bombed into a primitive tribe by Hitler's planes, but it still clings to its great power style and thinks about influencing the world all day long. To be frank, from the end of World War II until Yuri traveled back in the 21st century, more than 80% of the hot conflicts in the world were the legacy of this shit-trigger.
Not to mention the distant past, just look at the escalating ethnic conflicts in the Palestinian region of the Middle East today. Wasn’t it caused by the British?
There were also those Israelis who fled to the Middle East. They had just ended their fate of being massacred by the Germans in Europe, but they turned around and ran to Palestine to raise their butcher knives against the Arabs. Mr. Menachem Begin, whose parents and family were massacred by the Germans, was hunted down like a dog by the Germans, and was thrown into Siberia by the Soviets to be used as a beast of burden for a period of time. He finally survived and arrived in Palestine, where he began to carry out terrorist massacres against the Arabs living there.
This is really something that cannot be described.
Although the wedding was not planned to be grand, the so-called "not grand" was only in terms of scale, but in terms of specifications, it was not low-key at all. The guest list that Sherbakov gave to Yuri included not only all members of the current Presidium of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union, but also all the top leaders from more than a dozen republics. Even Khrushchev came all the way from Kiev.
In addition, there are a series of senior generals from the military. Although there are conflicts among them, Zhukov also rushed over from Berlin specifically. There are also the commanders of several major military regions.
Of course, the most crucial thing is that Comrade Stalin has confirmed that he will attend the wedding, but he will arrive a little later. This morning, he has to meet with a secret delegation from China.
At seven o'clock, two bridesmaids arranged by Sherbakov entered the villa and took Angela, who was already ready, to another villa. She needed to stay with her father first, and when the wedding officially started, her father would hand her hand to Yuri, and then accept the blessings of the witnesses and guests.
After seeing Angelica off, the villa suddenly became deserted.
Yuri lit a cigarette for himself, walked to the window, and looked through the French window at the open space not far downstairs.
There, three dining tables that were several meters long had been set up. The staff of the villa area were spreading white tablecloths on the tables. Several children were running and jumping around the tables, looking very happy.
Because it was still early, the guests had not arrived yet, but the spacious lawn did not seem empty at all, but was very lively.
At this time, Angelica, wearing a wedding dress, walked out of the villa. When she was about to reach the door, she turned her head and looked upstairs. Perhaps she saw Yuri standing in front of the window , so she blew him a kiss.
Yuri smiled at her and waved, but another woman's figure appeared in his mind...Anteliya had been transferred back to Moscow from Ukraine and went to the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League. Unfortunately, another woman who had a close relationship with Yuri was also there and was Anteliya's subordinate.
This is really a headache.
