Romanian Eagle

When Germany, Italy, and Romania obviously provided a lot of support for the National Army, the Republican government as its opponent naturally needed to find help. Although the Soviet Union gave a batch of aid before, it was basically exhausted in the civil war.

Different from the original time and space, due to the rise of Romania, the external environment of the Soviet Union has become more severe, so it is more eager for the needs of allies. At present, the Spanish Republican government is the only country in Europe that has become the Soviet Union's help.

Therefore, although Stalin has long ceased to pursue his own revolution, he is also very urgent for a country that can share its pressure. So after the outbreak of the civil war, the Soviet Union secretly aided Spain. A week after the outbreak of the civil war, a shipment of arms worth 40 million rubles was shipped from Leningrad to Valencia, which is still under the control of the republican government.

In addition, the Soviet Union also sent a military advisory group of more than 3,000 people. Mainly in the air force, armor, artillery and other technical officers, in order to strengthen the strength of the Spanish republican government.

However, with the advent of the stalemate stage, the material resources of the three countries of Germany continued to flow into the National Army, and the republican government immediately felt the pressure. For this reason, they could only put their hopes on the Soviet Union. To this end, a heavyweight official of the Republican government went to the Soviet Union in person, intending to ask Comrade Steel for help.

Dolores Ibaruri, one of the founders of the Spanish Communist Party who was received by Lenin, was the representative who was in charge of requesting aid from the Soviet Union this time.

As the helm of the Soviet Union, Stalin was no stranger to Ibaluri, the female leader of the Spanish Communist Party. Because she attended the Thirteenth Enlarged Session of the Executive Committee of the Comintern in 1932 and spoke at the meeting.

"Respected Comrade Stalin, the rebel army has grown sharply with the support of the evil forces of the three countries of Germany and Italy. Although the sons and daughters of the Communist Party in Spain are not afraid of sacrifice, the fire of the revolution is facing the consequences of being extinguished by imperialism, so we hope with the aid of the Soviet Union."

Seeing the cry of the Ibaluri in front of him, Stalin comforted him. "Please rest assured, Comrade Ibaluri. The Soviet Union must not allow Spain to be invaded by terrorism and imperialism, and we will send more soldiers loyal to the revolution to help Spain.

However, the Soviet Union is currently carrying out economic construction, and the Soviet Union's national strength is still far from the three countries of the DRogre, and the assistance it can provide is far from being comparable to it. But as big brother, the Soviet Union will do everything in its power to help you. Of course, if you have other options, you can also try. "

In fact, before Stalin and Ibaluri met, the issue of aid to Spain had been discussed within the Soviet Union. Among them, there are mainly two opinions. One is to increase aid efforts to keep the Spanish republican government. The other is that Spain can be appropriately aided, but it is still necessary to give priority to guaranteeing the Soviet Union itself.

These two attitudes also reflected the hesitancy of the Soviet Union towards Spain.

Because after the outbreak of the civil war, the rebels only supported the three Drogis, and their combined strength was completely higher than that of the Soviet Union. Not to mention the three countries of the United States, Britain and France, which have a partial attitude. These three countries are neutral on the surface, but they are still secretly inclined to the rebels. Otherwise, how could the Three Kingdoms of Droy have changed to support the rebels in such an upright manner.

On the other hand, if the Soviet Union, as the big brother of communism, does not give support to its own Spanish republican government, it will bring huge damage to the Soviet Union's reputation in the world, and this kind of damage is also unwilling to see the Soviet Union. . After all, many working classes now regard the Soviet Union as a second motherland, and it is they who have restrained governments from being hostile to the Soviet Union.

After all, for the Soviet Union, which is still in a different state, it must exist in this world, so in addition to its own national strength, it also needs help from other aspects. And the working class of all countries is the best target for the Soviet Union.

Therefore, in the face of this situation, the Soviet Union is really not good at expressing its position.

The result of the Soviet Union's negotiation was that the aid to Spain must continue, but it was mainly supplemented by personnel and equipment, and Spain needed to buy weapons by itself.

Yes, the Soviet Union intends to make up for a wave before the bleeding. Although the Spanish Empire is long gone, there are still 3,000 nails in the broken ship, and the Spanish family still has some assets. In particular, the current republican government controls more than 500 tons of gold in the Spanish treasury, which can at least reduce the expenditure of the Soviet Union.

That's why Stalin would say such a sentence when facing Ms. Ibaluri.

As for Ms. Ibaluri, whose political ability is still young at present, she is definitely not Stalin's opponent, and the rhythm of the conversation will soon be completely mastered by Stalin.

"For the help of the Soviet government, the Spanish people will surely remember this kindness. We can buy weapons and equipment."

Hearing Ms. Ibaluri's words, Stalin was relieved. Because it is best to say this from the mouth of the Spanish republican government, if the Soviet Union proposes it may be said to be a threat to take the opportunity.

"Then I will let the people below negotiate with your country and need to buy those equipment."

After getting the desired result, Stalin called government officials to discuss the purchase of weapons with Ms. Ibaluri.

The following talks went well for both parties, because this time the Soviet Union opened its supply of its ordnance equipment to Spain, as long as the Soviet Union was willing to provide Spain with many new weapons that had just been finalized.

This is also the attitude of the Soviet Union in order to show itself to the world. The Soviet Union has always been generous to its friends.

These dazzling array of weapons and equipment dazzled the republican government, and in the end the republican government selected guns, artillery and other equipment that could equip 150,000 people. The main reason for this situation is that there are too many recruits in the republican government. After the military rebellion, the republican government has been short of enough officers and soldiers. Although the working class joins the army enthusiastically, training these people requires a lot of weaponry and ammunition.

In addition, the republican government has also purchased a lot of aircraft and anti-aircraft weapons for the De Rogé Air Force, which is abusing the Spanish people.

Of course, in addition to these, there are also military supplies such as raincoats, tents, telephone lines, rain boots, etc. These equipments are fully loaded on more than ten ships.

In the face of the urgent domestic demand in Spain, Stalin decided to release these materials first, and then wait for the gold to be shipped out. Facing Stalin's sympathy for the republican government, Ms. Ibaluri and the republican government were grateful.

So after a successful result, the Spanish republican government began to prepare for the future transport of gold.