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Text Chapter 842 Diversion of trouble to the south (Part 1)

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    The Soviet-Finnish War broke out more than a month later than later generations, and fewer troops were invested in the initial stage.  Therefore, even if there are famous players holding down the formation, they still have a huge impact on Mannerheim's defense.  Facing the Finnish guerrillas and snipers who were wearing white sheets and riding skis to attack logistics, the Soviet army was exhausted.  But compared with the historical inability to respond, Zhukov quickly made adjustments.  With Stalin's consent, he first transferred 12 more divisions from the Moscow Military District, and also transferred 30,000 veterans who had participated in the Central Asian Campaign from Lukin's Kazakh Front Army and his own Siberian Front Army, and also transferred 400 troops who were supposed to be sent to the Eastern Front.  A T34 tank was intercepted, and finally about 70 Figure 2 bombers were deployed, and the armored concentration breakthrough tactics used by the National Defense Forces in the Central Asian battles were adopted.  In order to prevent the fuel from freezing after flameout, he also transported a large amount of diesel and gave the armored units rotation to rest, so that some units could always be kept ready to go.

    Thirty thousand veterans saved the battlefield. After they joined, they immediately changed the situation of being passively beaten.  Zhukov also seized this opportunity. Facing the intertwined terrain of lakes and swamps, he gave up his original multi-channel offensive strategy, concentrated his troops and hundreds of heavy artillery, and used T34 tanks as arrows to storm a point in the Suma defense zone.  Although the Finnish soldiers and civilians resisted desperately, their strength was too weak compared to their neighbors. It took only two weeks for the Soviet artillery cluster to break open the place.

    Finland is in emergency!

    The Soviet-Finnish War caused an uproar around the world.  Stalin's archenemy Yang Qiu immediately expressed his support for Finland and sent three arms ships to Finland.  Zeng Qi, the Chinese ambassador to France, was even more shocking. He raised funds from overseas Chinese in Europe to recruit soldiers. He actually formed a 600-member "Chinese Free Army" in just a few days, and then headed to Oslo in a mighty manner, preparing to join the arms ship.  Finland fights.  Britain and France were also unwilling to take second place and condemned the support work with great vigor, as if there was no threat on the Western Front.  Even Mussolini announced the recall of his ambassador to Moscow.  What makes countries all over the world most uproar is!  The United States, which had previously insisted not to get involved in the Eurasian war, was particularly enthusiastic this time. Roosevelt not only joined forces with Beijing to instigate the League of Nations to kick the Soviet Union away, but also sent five 10,000-ton ships loaded with supplies after Yang Qiu to express its support for the Finnish people's resistance.  During the invasion, in order to prevent German submarines from escorting the fleet, the U.S. Navy also dispatched the battleship USS New York!  A large number of American "freedom fighters" also flew across the ocean and arrived in London, clamoring to help their "brothers" resist the invasion of gcism.

    Dispatching battleships to test the waters of Europe is undoubtedly a strong signal!  This indicates that Roosevelt is increasingly less optimistic about Europe.  This move also allowed Churchill, who had just destroyed the battleship Graf Spee and had nowhere to go, to use his unlimited imagination and stand in the Prime Minister's Office at No. 10 Downing Street.  Pointing to Scandinavia, he vowed: "Look, the Americans are coming, and so are the Chinese. This is a good opportunity, let's attack Finland! You see, attacking Finland has many benefits. It can not only resist the spread of evil gcism"  , and could also seize the Norwegian and Swedish iron mines that supplied Germany and deploy a flanking position threatening the Baltic Sea."

    Chamberlain and the officers felt dizzy. Norway and Sweden seem to be sovereign countries, right?

    You just want to take it?

    Churchill didn¡¯t care about that much.  He had long wanted to kill Norway and Sweden to cut off Hitler's source of iron ore, but it was a pity that those old diehards who were afraid of wolves before and were afraid of tigers later disagreed.  Look, what a great opportunity now!  The whole world is on the side of the British Empire, and it will not be condemned by the international community if it fights.  Don't say it.  He really convinced Chamberlain, and finally asked him to send telegrams to the governments of Norway and Sweden, saying that our "freedom fighters" from the British Empire and the world would pass through you to support Finland, and of course we would not invade you.  Just set up material transfer points and airports.  The British gentlemen smiled enthusiastically, but the Norwegian and Swedish governments really felt awkward.  Sweden, in particular, has sent tens of thousands of people to join the Finnish army.  Many of them are serving military personnel.

    Even though he did it so openly, he didn¡¯t expect that Churchill would actually hit him. The Clay Bodhisattva also has three points of fire!  By the afternoon, the situation was even worse, because Hitler also issued an ultimatum to the two countries. They were not allowed to allow Britain and France to transit, otherwise they would start a war!  In the end, the two countries had to reply to Downing Street: "Sovereignty cannot be violated."

    "He won't be sure if he doesn't say it is right!" Churchill said angrily, "Hitler is nothing!"  So he threw the reply telegram directly into the trash can and began to formulate a detailed plan with France to attack Scandinavia.

    Britain, France, China and the United States rolled up their sleeves and prepared for a fight at the same time. After assuming a posture of storming and invading the peninsula to rescue Finland, Hitler was immediately frightened out of his wits.  Seeing that he was about to deal with his old enemy France, the source of iron ore was actually threatened, so he picked up the phone and scolded Marshal Brauchitsch: "Look, look! Is this your statement that winter is not suitable for fighting? Finland is now  It's minus 40 degrees, why don't the Soviets fight the same thing?! Iron ore, I must defend the iron ore!"

    Brauchitsch was speechless for a while. Why didn¡¯t you see the dead bodies of Soviet soldiers scattered all over the mountains and plains?See what?

    In the end, Hitler hung up the phone to express his dissatisfaction and decided to do it himself, bypassing the staff.  So he first asked Ribbentrop to go to Moscow and warned Stalin to stop as soon as possible. If the four countries of Britain, the United States, France and China were provoked to enter Finland, it would definitely damage Soviet-German relations.  Then he found Falkenhorst, who was idle at home, and decided to show those veteran gangsters that he, who had received the Iron Cross First Class (which Hitler won in World War I), could do more than you old men.  good!

    Falkenhorst, who was almost laid off, was extremely excited when he was re-employed. He immediately stated that he would come up with all the attack plans within a week, but he did not remember something until he walked out of the office because he had never thought of attacking with a population of only 3 million.  Norway was close to him, so he searched through the staff archives but could not find a suitable Norwegian military map.

    "Corporal Collier, take a plane to Oslo immediately and buy me a Norwegian travel guide and map!" Folkenhorst made a phone call.

    The European continent is in turmoil, and Asia is once again welcoming the sound of gunfire.

    Just when Zhukov recalled 30,000 veterans and vowed to solve Finland before the end of February, Yang Qiu also made adjustments.  He first appointed Mei Sheng as the Chief of Staff of the Central Asian Theater, replaced Zhang Xiaozhun with Shi Xiaolou to be responsible for the work of the Asian Alliance Allied Forces, removed Li Liejun from the post of National Police Chief, and replaced him as Director of the Wartime Central Asian Affairs Office.  The office is located in Taraz.  Finally, Wang Geng was asked to deploy five National Guard brigades to temporarily be responsible for daily security work in the Central Asian theater.

    Based on frontline experience, he ordered the addition of six more half-track armored vehicle production lines.  It requires expanding production to 40,000 vehicles per year, and also proposes the task of developing equipment such as heavy-duty flatbed trucks.  It also demanded that steel production must be increased to 50 million tons within 41 years at the latest, and also proposed specific figures for the production of key resources such as aluminum, nickel, and copper. Finally, it went to townships to inspect the extremely important 100,000 small factory support plan, and  Went to Guangxi and Yunnan to inspect the southwest border.

    While Yang Qiu was inspecting the country again, Yue Peng and Song Ziqing also decided after discussion to transfer Liu Mingzhao's classmate Dongfang Chen, chief of staff of the Marine Corps, to serve as the director of the munitions department of the Southwest Theater. He would be responsible for liaison with Stilwell and cooperate with Qiu  Wenbin handles the ASEAN war in Southeast Asia.  Finally, a group of young officers with good potential were selected to serve as division commanders of the Asian Alliance Allied Forces.  in.  Dong Hao, the former 2nd Airborne Division who became famous for landing in Kabul, was appointed as the commander of the Philippine Division of the Asian Alliance Allied Forces. Lieutenant Colonel Lin Mousheng of the Military Intelligence Bureau was appointed as the commander of the Asian Alliance Malayan Division. Huang Yumei, the former Guangdong commander of the 101st Division, was appointed as the commander of the Indonesian Division.  Huangfu Ce, the staff officer of the 5th Army, was appointed as the commander of the Brunei Division, Park Eun-sing, the former battalion commander of the Korean Battalion, was appointed as the commander of the Myanmar Division, and Fei Wenhua, the former deputy commander of the Asian Liberation Brigade, was appointed as the commander of the Bangladesh Division, etc.

    Not long after the transfer order was issued, the first batch of U.S. supplies and personnel arrived at the newly opened Abu Dhabi base.  This speed made Yang Qiu secretly alert!  It suddenly provided interest-free loans, then supported Finland in a high-profile manner, and then quickly fulfilled the agreement and aided the Philippines.  Everyone told him that the chain reaction of the Central Asian war was greater than expected!  Roosevelt had adjusted his foreign policy in advance and was even ready to actively intervene in Eurasia.  Of course, if you want to intervene, you can't do it just by having money.  To know.  It has been several months since Japan entered the Philippines. Filipinos with some respect and connections have either fled to the United States, or been killed or captured.  The charismatic Lawwell defected to Japan and proclaimed himself President of the Second Philippine Republic. Sergio Osmina, the Chinese vice-president during the Quezon era, took a large number of gentry to temporarily escape to Hong Kong under the protection of Xiao Jinyun.  Without going to war directly.  It is difficult to support the remaining small fish and shrimps. This is one of the main reasons why Roosevelt asked Yang Qiu to cooperate.

    According to Song Ziqing¡¯s prediction, coordinate the support plan.  Finding the local rebel leaders, assembling the first batch of rebels, etc., all added up, will not be finalized until at least the summer, which just gives the Republic of China time to deal with it.  Therefore, before leaving Beijing, Yang Qiu asked the General Staff to resolve Afghanistan as soon as possible and release Sun Chuanfang's Turkmen Army, so that the encirclement of Tashkent could be completed before March

    Peshawar, Indian Muslim League Allied Forces Headquarters.

    At four in the morning, a group of trucks coming from Kabul woke the city up early.  Many residents opened their windows and discovered that a ten-wheel heavy truck with no end in sight had rumbled towards them from the direction of Kabul.  At the front of the convoy were dozens of tanks that they had never seen before.  Even behind the trucks, most of them were towed with canvas-covered artillery and ammunition and fuel trucks. The trucks were full of Chinese soldiers wearing strange cold-proof clothing.

    With Japan moving south and wars raging in Europe, the British Empire's rule in India has been crumbling.  After the Muslim League, the Congress Party and the Democratic Party formed a three-legged alliance, the British probably knew that they could not prevent India's independence, so they simply reduced their power and tried their best to reap benefits.  They also turned a blind eye to the armed forces of the three major factions, so much so that such an important border city as Peshawar was abandoned early.The number of Chinese National Defense Forces and businessmen visiting our country is increasing day by day.  The residents of Peshawar have gradually become accustomed to the frequent exchanges between Chinese businessmen and Chinese military vehicles, but they have never seen such a large-scale army come directly, so it caused quite a commotion.

    Because there were too many trucks arriving, by the time Mohammad Ayub, who was already the commander-in-chief of the Indian Muslim League coalition, arrived with his troops after hearing the news, hundreds of trucks had already crowded the small city.  "Why are there so many?" Ayub was puzzled. Before, the liaison officer only said that a brigade would come, but now it seems that the size is close to a division.

    "My old friend, we meet again." Just as he was wondering, a half-track armored vehicle in the middle suddenly opened the back door, and Zhang Zhidan, Fei Wenhua and a lieutenant colonel they had never met before got out.

    "Thank God for sending our best friend here." Seeing the two of them, Ayub excitedly rushed towards them with open arms and hugged each other fiercely.

    Zhang Zhidan is a famous celebrity in the Muslim world, and Fei Wenhua also served as the military instructor of the Muslim League for a period of time, so even the Muslim League officers behind Ayub came up to say hello.  Seeing that the Muslim League officers and soldiers all looked excited, Zhang Zhidan was also very happy. He pointed at the colonel and introduced: "Lieutenant Colonel Wu Huanxian, commander of the 16th Brigade, this time he has been ordered to support you."

    Brigade 16?  Ayub's eyelids twitched.

    He studied at the Jiujiang Army Command School when he was young, so he knew that the National Defense Forces had several very special units, namely the 16th Plateau Brigade, the 17th Jungle Brigade and the 18th Mountain Brigade.  These three troops, like the main division back then, were all troops started by Yang Qiu, but they have always existed in the form of independent brigades.  It is said that the three troops are elite troops comparable to the Central Guard Division and several major field ace divisions.

    Seeing that he was stunned, Zhang Zhidan smiled slightly and deliberately looked at the Muslim League officers around him to change the subject: "My dear Commander Ayub, it seems that your army has grown stronger again."

    "Yes, so I want to thank Allah, President Yang Qiu and your support." Speaking of his own army, Ayub regained his enthusiasm.  Finally, he pointed at the convoy. With his sharp eyes, he recognized the Soviet-made tanks leading the way. He couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Why are there so many trucks? Are these tanks from the Soviet Union?"

    "It's ours now, haha." Zhang Zhidan said with a proud smile: "There are 18 T34s, 32 T26s, and 22 BT7 fast tanks behind them. All have been repaired, with complete ammunition and fuel, and some modifications have been made."

    Hearing that 72 tanks were coming, Ayub and the surrounding Muslim League officers were immediately itchy.  You know, the Muslim League has so far only equipped 16 Type 25 tanks aided by China and 48 early Type 12 infantry tanks (Bren machine gun vehicles manufactured in the last European War). They usually treat them as treasures and are reluctant to use them.  After the Central Asian War, Ayub went to Almaty in person to seek support, but he was unable to bring back a few Soviet tanks due to the need for repairs and sorting, which made him feel very regretful.  But I didn't expect to see it here today, and there were three models.

    "72 tanks, 44 76mm cannons, 110 82mm mortars, 500 DP light machine guns." Zhang Zhidan knew what Ayub and the Muslim League officers were thinking. He took out the list from his pocket with a smile and deliberately added  The loud voice shook the note: "Commander Ayub, it's all yours!"

    "They're all mine?!" Ayub opened his mouth wide, stammering as if he couldn't believe it.

    This appearance also made Fei Wenhua and Wu Huanxian laugh. Although the performance of the Soviet-made tanks was good, the National Defense Force had early reserves due to Yang Qiu, and the Type 36 main battle tank had enough advanced technological advantages, unlike Germany.  Armor strength, so most of the captured tanks were used as favors.  Zhang Zhidan also smiled and said: "Commander Ayub, this is what the President and Chief of Staff of the General Staff have specially ordered me to bring to you. If you dislike it, then we can take it back and give it to the Iranians."

    "Thank God, thank you for your generosity, China will always be our brother!" Ayub no longer had any doubts, and excitedly hugged the three of them again, and even the surrounding Muslim League officers rushed up and shouted.

    "This is a personal gift." Zhang Zhidan took out another cold-proof clothing specially designed for the plateau brigade and gave it to Ayub.

    The cold-proof clothing equipped by the 16th Mountain Brigade is specially made and manufactured in accordance with the later US military's N3 cold-proof clothing standards. The imported beaver skins alone cost millions.  So after listening to the introduction, Ayub immediately put it on and deliberately turned around among the Muslim League officers a few times, making him jealous for a while before happily asking the guards to put it away.

    After a lively experience of brotherly friendship, Ayub resumed his posture as commander-in-chief, asked the 16th Brigade to rest first, and led the three of them to the headquarters (To be continued)
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