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- Although Zhukov's suggestion was rejected, it also reminded Stalin that the Finnish channel and the final relationship between the Soviet Union and Germany had become a top priority.
Since Germany has never been trusted, the four major military districts of Ukraine, Belarus, Baltic Sea and Southwest have always maintained a force of one million elite troops. In addition, pro-German Finland has always threatened the security of Leningrad, resulting in the Moscow Military District having to detain 500,000 elite troops. down, preventing Germany from hitting the heart of the Finnish passage. As a result, 1.5 million elites were dragged into Europe. You know, before the war began, Moscow claimed to have an army of 500, but in fact it only had about 4.5 million, and most of them were new recruits. By the end of the Kazakh campaign from Afghanistan to Central Asia, nearly 2 million troops had actually been lost in the east. In addition, 200,000 people are currently besieged in Afghanistan, nearly 400,000 are held back in Tashkent, 800,000 are held back in the Caucasus and Persia, plus Siberia and Kazakhstan east of the Aral Sea. In fact, not only the troops that were urgently formed after the Battle of Ahvaz have been pulled out , there are not many decent reserves in hand.
So Stalin thought about it all night and formally delivered a national speech after the meeting the next day, acknowledging the news of the invasion of Central Asia, but did not mention a word about key figures such as casualties. In his speech, he called on the proletariat across the country and the world to take practical actions to defend the Soviet Union and Central Asia. At the end of his speech, he also described the counterattack of the National Defense Forces as a "yellow peril invasion", trying to use this abhorrent term to attract anti-China forces in Europe and the United States. and Nazi racism, continuing to ease Soviet-German relations.
This speech caused an uproar around the world, and even many Soviet people found it incredible. The newspapers a few days ago were still talking about recovering so many "territories" and destroying so many enemies. How come it turned out to be an invasion overnight? Although suspicions and speculations continued, the effect of his speech was still amazing. Under the powerful political propaganda machine, the slogan of protecting the homeland and the country resounded throughout the country. Millions of young Soviet people began to take up arms. Various guerrilla groups were quickly formed. Workers were gathered to demand that work be resumed day and night, and even criminals were mobilized to join the production team. At least 50,000 mid-level officers, pilots, and naval personnel who were assigned during the purge were released and returned to command positions.
This speech also officially announced that the Central Asian War would be upgraded to a national war!
There is no doubt about the mobilization ability of the Soviet Union¡¯s unique system. The day after Stalin¡¯s speech, Moscow announced that it would reorganize 70 army groups and 5 million guerrillas, claiming that it would drown the invaders in the ocean of people¡¯s war. GC international organizations around the world have also responded to the call. By the end of February, at least 50,000 "international fighters" from France, Eastern Europe, the United States and even South America had gone directly to the front line to fight through the Caucasus and other places.
"Perhaps he half-heard Zhukov's words. Stalin also sent 5 new divisions to the 6 divisions, plus a variety of international fighters. The number of troops in Tashkent surged to 500,000. Apanashenko also vowed at the military meeting that he would turn Tashkent into the enemy's grave and consume the enemy's effective forces to buy more mobilization time for the rear.
Stalin also made positive adjustments in terms of weapons and equipment. In view of the troops' reports that almost everyone in the Wehrmacht has a semi-automatic rifle, and the elite troops are also issued a large number of submachine guns (the Soviet Union misunderstood that fully automatic is a type of submachine gun), so the manufacturing of svt38 not only did not stop but improved Cheng SVT40 began to expand production capacity and also began to develop new submachine guns. Faced with Type 31 and Type 36 tanks, the Grabin Design Bureau thought of the 57mm anti-tank gun under development, considering that the originally designed 71-fold barrel was too difficult to process. So change it to 63.5x diameter. Judging from the experimental results, the armor penetration depth was very good, so Stalin decided to immediately install it on the T34 tank and named it T35/57.
certainly. These are only transition options. Because even if it is shortened to 63.5 times, it will be difficult for the Soviet rough processing industry to ensure quantity. Therefore, the KV2 tank equipped with a 122mm gun was quickly finalized. In the end, Stalin also requested that the Navy's 100mm cannon be installed on the T34 to enhance firepower. As for the aircraft, they knew that they would not be able to compete with their opponents in a short period of time, so they simply ordered to strengthen the production of IL2, which has good ground performance.
at last. In order to solve the long-standing threat to the Finnish passage and to release the 500,000 elite troops in the Leningrad and Moscow Military Districts, Stalin decided to take advantage of winter to solve the problem after much consideration. Follow his ideas. A mere Finland must be at your fingertips. Moreover, from intelligence analysis, the troops in Yang Qiu's hands have actually been used to the extreme. 1.7 million in the northwest, 500,000 in the southwest, 500,000 in the northeast and North Korea, 500,000 in the Persian Gulf, and 200,000 in Borneo in the South China Sea. All the pre-war troops have been used. Used it. As for the first batch of recruits mobilized after the declaration of war, they would have to wait until February at the earliest to complete training. Coupled with the influence of the Chinese Lunar New Year, he believed that Yang Qiu would not launch a new offensive before the end of the Lantern Festival on February 22, 1940, so As long as Finland is solved before the end of February, there will be enough time to turn around.
On December 15, good news came from Berlin. Motolov and Ribbentrop signed the "Re-Exchange Agreement". According to the agreement, Moscow will deliver a total of 4 million tons of various ores to Germany by the end of March, and an additional 3 million tons will be added to the original basis.crude. In exchange, Germany promised to produce 1,000 BD engines for the Soviet Union and deliver another 330 BF109 fighter jets. At the same time, gc international also began to encourage workers in Poland, the Czech Republic and other places to resume active production. Although less supplies were received, the good news that more and more factories in occupied areas such as Poland and the Czech Republic were resuming operations still made Hitler smile from ear to ear.
After groveling in front of Germany, Motolov immediately changed his arrogant expression and arrived in Helsinki after finishing his trip to Berlin. He proposed to re-sign the "Soviet-Finnish Mutual Assistance Treaty" and jointly defend the Gulf of Finland. It also required Finland to move the Soviet-Finnish border on the Karelian Isthmus 40 kilometers north, cede several islands in the Gulf of Finland and the Finnish territory on the Rybachi Peninsula to the Soviet Union, and transfer the Hanko Peninsula to the Soviet Union at an annual cost of 8 million Finns. The mark was leased to the Soviet Union for a period of 30 years. In order to compensate for the loss of territory, the Soviet Union expressed its willingness to hand over to Finland twice the land northwest of Lake Onega that was ceded by Finland.
After the Sino-Soviet war, the Finnish government, which was greatly relieved, did not expect that the Soviet Union would come back, and also demanded the cession of the important Hanko Peninsula, so it refused unceremoniously. After Stalin heard the news, he became furious and took out all the anger he had suffered in China and Germany on Finland. He also transferred Zhukov, who had contradicted him, to the Northwest Military Region, and dispatched 300,000 troops to threaten Finland with war.
The whole world did not expect that Stalin, who had just lost his 1.17 million-strong army, would vent his anger on Finland. Because Finland's location is extremely important, Britain and France have issued war warnings. Ask the Soviet Union to stop its risky actions.
The world war has been slipping faster and faster towards an abyss that no one can predict. At this time, Beijing and China led by Yang Qiu were not affected by external influences. The victory promoted another climax of economy, industry and war preparations.
¡°According to Yang Qiu¡¯s order, more than 700,000 Soviet prisoners of war were first divided into hundreds of groups, using a reward and punishment contract responsibility system, and invested in the intense construction of three railways at a speed of eight kilometers per day. In order to manage them, Xu Shuzheng handed over the task to the Kazakh Independent Army, which had grown to three armies. These hard-pressed Kazakhs were happy to accept the job. At the same time, a large number of small processing machines were transported to the Kazakh-occupied areas and food, woolen and other processing plants were set up. Restore production at the Karaganda Iron Mine, Balkhash Copper Mine and Pavlodar Coal Mine, step up supply of military supplies and reduce logistical pressure.
As for the large number of seized weapons, they have already found buyers. India's Chandra and Jinnah, Iran's Pahlavi, and Afghanistan's Nadir Shah all took a fancy to this big piece of meat, and sent people to come here hoping to get a share of it. soup. Song Ziqing also followed Yang Qiu's instructions. Except for some of the better quality mortars and barrel artillery that were intercepted for his own use and left with enough shares for the Central Asian Independence Army, the rest were partially aided and partially sold at low prices. One hundred thousand rifles and a large amount of ammunition were provided to the four companies respectively, and the captured tanks were repaired. A portion will also be sold to them.
Finally, when Xu Shuzheng handed over the prepared list of rewards and punishments for the battle to the Ministry of National Defense, he also proposed dividing the Kazakh Army into two new armies to cope with the larger battlefield after the formation of the salient. His suggestion was agreed by Yang Qiu. The Northwest Theater Command was officially upgraded to the Central Asia Theater Command. He replaced Zhang Xiaozhun as commander-in-chief, and Long Yun took over as the commander of the East Kazakhstan Group Army, and Chu Nan took over as the South Kazakhstan Group Army. It also changed Xie Ruyi's Andijan Army to the Uzbek Army, Sun Chuanfang's Central Asia Army to the Turkmen Army, plus He Xifan's Siberia Army and Bai Chongxi's Persian Gulf Army. The number of troops radiating Central Asia has increased to 156 divisions, with a total strength of 2.51 million. Adding the 50 envisaged independent divisions of Central Asian ethnic groups, we can ensure 3 million troops in the west, and this is currently the largest supply capacity under the railway transportation capacity.
Stalin is making adjustments, and Yang Qiu is also actively adjusting his deployment for the coming year. A new round of battle has begun to brew.
When Marshall arrived in Kashgar, the last stop in the northwest, the atmosphere of preparation for war was very strong. Every day, a large number of military trains loaded with soldiers and equipment transfer from here to Tajikistan, Andijan and Afghanistan.
"General."
Stilwell opened the door. As the U.S. military attach¨¦ in China, he regretted not being able to witness the battle in Central Asia with his own eyes, so after learning that Marshall had arrived in the northwest, he immediately flew from Persia to join them here. Seeing Marshall casually salute, his tone was anxious: "I have just contacted the country. The President has spoken to the British Prime Minister and confirmed that the Soviets are mobilizing troops to the Finnish border. The British, German and French governments have all sent notices to Moscow. Warning, but with little effect. Judging from current signs, war will break out within a week at the earliest."
"Are they crazy?" Jason and Donovan came over with coffee in their hands, very puzzled. The latter was even more surprised: "What is Stalin thinking? Is he still going to mess with Finland at this time? Isn't he afraid of retaliation from Germany?"
Stilwell shook his head: "It is very difficult to determine whether Germany will retaliate, because Motolov flew directly from Berlin to Helsinki. So.The British suspected that they had reached some consensus. Judging from some signs, Moscow probably hopes to solve the problem of the Finnish passage before the Chinese take action against Tashkent. "
"Then do you think the Finns can block it?" Marshall was also worried. The war in Asia has made the United States very worried. If Moscow invades Finland and provokes a war in Northern Europe, then he may have to return home immediately to prepare for the war.
"The Finnish government only has 30,000 troops. Although they are already mobilizing, they are very short of weapons and equipment. And judging from the attitudes of Britain and France, they are more verbally condemning, so now everyone is most concerned about Germany's reaction." Stilwell finished, Suddenly he lowered his voice: "General, I got some bad news. The Polish resistance organization has issued a warning to the British, saying that the Soviet Union and Germany signed a secret document carving up Eurasia!"
"This is impossible!" Jason jumped up first. You must know that Hitler has always stood in the role of opposing the gc party. It is based on this that the British and French governments adopted the appeasement policy that diverted disaster to the east. Moreover, the Nazis' racist remarks have been directed at the entire Slavic nation many times. How could such a news suddenly come out? What about the news? Donovan didn't quite believe it either, but he was deeply concerned about the recent frequent contacts between the Soviet Union and Germany: "Your Excellency Jason, you can't make judgments easily. Haven't you noticed that Yang Qiu is also playing with the vague policy? Then When the Sino-Soviet war breaks out, Stalin must withdraw his hand to Europe, if he can convince Germany with concessions in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, I'm afraid."
"Will Hitler enter Western Europe first?!" Marshall became even more worried and asked: "Has Mr. President responded to our work?"
"It was conveyed by Mr. Hopkins that President Roosevelt was also very concerned about the deterioration of the situation in Europe and was very concerned about Soviet-German relations, so he asked us to resolve the Philippine aid plan as soon as possible. He said that if necessary, some fees could be paid to Beijing, But China has to be involved."
"Let Yang Qiu participate in the Philippine aid plan?" Jason was confused, what does this mean?
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ps: I¡¯m very sorry, the new semester starts on Monday for Little Hippo, so I will be busy with everything from buying stationery to meeting new teachers this weekend. I haven¡¯t even written down the coding time and plot, so I hope you can understand and try to pay off the debt next week (To be continued) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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