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When Luo Yaoguo saw off the third batch of Chinese expeditionary troops, Wei Lihuang, Du Yuming and his party were invited to the "Wolf's Lair" in East Prussia, Germany.Composed of a bunch of wooden houses and concrete warehouses, surrounded by barbed wire, watchtowers and minefields, this place that looks a bit like a concentration camp is Adolf Hitler's Eastern Campaign Headquarters.The surrounding area is dozens of kilometers away, and the area is already heavily guarded.Armed SS troops wearing red swastika armbands stood guard at every intersection.There are also patrols equipped with Sd.Kfz.7 half-track vehicles patrolling around.Fighters painted with the German Iron Cross logo passed by from time to time in the blue sky.The convoys gathered from all over the place were flying flags of generals.A high-level military meeting seems to be held here soon!

Arriving at this place, looking at the surrounding layout as if facing a big enemy, a tense and solemn feeling of an imminent battle suddenly arose in the chests of the two Chinese generals, Wei Lihuang and Du Yuming.The convoy passed guard posts one by one, and each sentry post looked like two oriental faces coming to a meeting, and the expressions on their faces were full of admiration... It seems that these Chinese people have achieved glory in the Far East since this world war record!While Poland suffered a crushing defeat, Germany has been sitting in a sit-in.This time the head of state summoned so many generals to the "wolf's lair", it should be to discuss the matter of sending troops, right?

Sitting in the car, Wei Lihuang smiled at Du Yuming and said, "Guang Ting, do you see that the prestige of our Chinese soldiers still depends on wars! It's a pity that this is not the achievement of our expeditionary force. During the battle, just watching the Northeast Front Army perform, really makes people impatient."

Du Yuming smiled faintly, watching a car on the side of the road with the Italian tricolor flag and the logo of the Italian Expeditionary Force roaring past them. "Junzuo, don't be impatient. After all, the main battlefield of this war is in Europe. No matter how well the Far East fights, even if the entire East Siberia is taken down, the foundation of the Soviet Union will not be endangered. And the Far East Winter is coming soon, and then it’s up to them to see us! Maybe we’ll make it all the way to Moscow and put Stalin in a cage and bring him back.”

Wei Lihuang laughed. After receiving the urgent call from "Wolf's Lair" last night, he vaguely guessed that a big war would break out, and a mentality of eagerness to try unconsciously rose from the bottom of his heart.He pointed to a car in front of him and said to Du Yuming: "Guang Ting, do you see that? Where to send troops, whether to rescue Poland or directly attack the Soviet Union... Our Eighteenth Army should show its face.”

At this time, in a map room with gray and cold light.Adolf Hitler and several of his senior generals are studying the latest battle situation around a huge one-fifty-thousandth map of Poland.

"Keitel." With a pale, sickly finger, Hitler tapped on the map of northern Belarus. "Do you think Stalin is planning the same scam? What he really wants to attack is not Poland, but Lithuania and Latvia... Only by defeating the two German army groups there can his Soviet Union hope to survive .”

Keitel followed Hitler's fingers and saw that northern Belarus and southern Lithuania were densely marked with unit numbers and various symbols representing divisions or corps.The Soviet Union and Germany have assembled heavy forces there, and it seems that a large-scale battle will be staged there.

"My Fuhrer, the possibility you mentioned undoubtedly exists, but please rest assured that 250 million German troops plus 50 allied troops are enough to defeat the armed forces of the entire Soviet Union. If Stalin dared to do that, it would only make the Soviet Union To perish faster!"

"What's the difference between dying earlier and dying later?" Hitler shook his head thoughtfully, "If I were Stalin, I would never let go of every chance I had, even if it was only a few percent. The odds are worth the risk!"

"But the Soviet Union doesn't even have a 50% chance!" Keitel patted his chest confidently and said, "We have already concentrated eleven armored divisions, [-] infantry corps or motorized infantry corps, There are still [-] combat aircraft, such a powerful force is enough to deal with any possible attack, please rest assured!"

Hitler frowned, and said again: "We only started to act in December, is it too late? Now the Poles have agreed to cede the Danzig Corridor. And their main force has also been defeated. Look at our actions Shouldn't the date be brought forward to a certain day in November?"

"My head of state, we decided to send troops in December, mainly because of the climate and road conditions in Eastern Europe. Every year from the end of October to the end of November, there are days when the climate drops sharply and the rain and snow are concentrated, and the road conditions here are very poor. Well, there aren't many hard surfaces, and when it rains and snows the roads get muddy and our armored units get bogged down in the mud."

"Well, I understand." Hitler nodded slightly and said, "But if we don't go, it doesn't mean they won't come! The Northern Army Group and the Central Army Group must be ordered to defend themselves. If Stalin's people dare to come, they must be ruthless." Give it a hard blow!" As he spoke, he turned his head and looked at General Franz Halder, the commander of the Southern Army Group beside him, "Mr. General, your Southern Army Group will undertake an extremely important task this time, and I need you Contain the main force of the Soviet Army in Poland at least until December 1937, 12."

"Okay, Führer, I will do my best." Halder's face was very serious, he paused and said: "But... Führer, do we really want to sit back and watch the Soviet Union capture Warsaw? This is the same as the German Empire. Honor doesn't match."

Hitler glanced at Halder, who always played against himself, and explained patiently: "Yes, my general, it is an absolutely necessary strategic arrangement for the Soviets to capture Warsaw. This is a political need! Now the Soviet Union A red Polish government has been supported. I don’t care if it’s a trap or not. I only know that once this red Polish government takes power in Warsaw, it will shock the entire Western world! And this red Poland may also trap Stalin Millions of troops, if he doesn't want to lose a nascent socialist country."

At this time, the door of the war room was pushed open, and General Lundsteder, the commander of the Northern Army Group, walked in with Wei Lihuang and Du Yuming.

The three saluted Hitler, and Rundsteder said: "Führer, General Wei and General Du of the Chinese Expeditionary Force have arrived by order."

Hitler looked at the two Chinese generals with deep gray-blue eyes, nodded politely, stretched out his hand, and called softly: "Keitel, bring the order to the Chinese, and I will issue it myself. "Receiving the document with the order from Keitel, he looked at it and said: "The No. 18 Army of the Chinese National Defense Army will form the Russian First Army with five Russian infantry armies and one Italian army. Alexander the Great of the Empire, General Guard as Deputy Commander, and Prince Savoy of Italy as Chief of Staff of this army. The First Russian Army will be responsible for the defense of Latvia and, following the launch of the offensive against the Soviet Union, together with Army Group North Launch an attack in the direction of Leningrad. At that time, the Russian First Army will serve as the vanguard of the Northern Army Group. In addition, the Supreme Command would like to remind you that you must beware of a possible pre-emptive attack by the Soviet Union during this period.

Finally, I can also reveal to you two that your Chinese [-]th Armored Division will be assigned to the Southern Army Group and go to Poland with the German [-]st Armored Division to expel the Bolsheviks there! "

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Although the news of Nazi Germany's dispatch of troops was enough to comfort the "Polish traitors" who were looking forward to it, it could not stop the Soviet Red Army from pouring in from the breaches on the southern sides of the Brest salient.The main force of the Polish Front of the Soviet Union was desperately attacking the two wings. On the night of the 24th, there was still no sign of stopping. The entire Brest battlefield was illuminated by artillery fire as bright as blood.

The Polish army desperately resisted in various attacked strongholds and positions, and even launched counterattacks continuously.However, the counterattack organized by the already chaotic Polish army was not coordinated.Under the attack of the concentrated firepower of the Soviet Red Army, the casualties were heavy.One by one, the key points that were held were taken away, and the troops were annihilated.The Soviet 27th Special Army and the 28th Special Army, with tank troops as the main force, continued to advance in depth regardless of the surrounding Polish firepower points, and at 10:24 pm on October 8, they were in the east of the Brest Fortress. At 8 kilometers, the division has been realized!The division and encirclement of the strategic cluster of the Brest Poles was completed.At the same time, the two Soviet special armies also dispatched cavalry units to criss-cross the vast area behind the Polish army, destroying all military targets they saw. Except for some of the artillery groups of the Polish army around the Brest Fortress, the others were not. To be destroyed by Soviet long-range artillery and aircraft is to be captured by these cavalrymen!Even the headquarters of the 15th Army of the Polish Army was destroyed under their sabers and grenades, and the commander, Major General Beck, died in battle.The adjacent 16th Division of the 47th Army of the Polish Army was completely smashed under the north-south attack of the Soviet cavalry and infantry!This time the Soviet Red Army's large-scale offensive operation really achieved great success!

The five tank armies that made great contributions to the victory of the Soviet army have lost more than 23% of their armor in the assault on the 24rd and 40.00th. The protection of the Soviet T-26 tanks is too weak. 28 has too many mechanical failures.Both of these tanks are obviously not suitable for really intense battles.However, the Soviet army has seized more than 9 No. 30 tanks produced in China or Germany during the battle from September 1000 to the present, most of which have been successfully repaired.These tanks will be supplemented into 5 tank corps to participate in the next phase of the assault on Germany!

By the early morning of the 25th, the commander-in-chief of the Polish army, who saw that the overall situation was completely hopeless, finally issued an order to "abandon the Brest salient, break through the encirclement, and retreat to Warsaw".Then he led his high command and a small number of guards and boarded the train to Warsaw.However, the nearly 30 Polish troops in the encirclement of the Soviet army who were completely in chaos could not leave the battlefield with just one order from him.Their suffering lasted until November 11st. In the Battle of Brest, which lasted for almost a month, the Polish army lost a total of more than 1 troops!Among them, about 60 people were captured, and there were more than 35 military officers at all levels among the prisoners. These people were all secretly executed by the Soviet Internal Affairs Department in the following month or so!

On November 1937, 11, the 2th Army of the Soviet Red Army, which crossed the Bouag River, "liberated the first Polish city of Biała Podlaska".On the same day, the government of the Socialist Republic of Poland, chaired by the leader of the Communist Party of Poland, Lencki, officially moved into this Polish city on the west bank of the Bwag River, and issued a "Report to the Polish Proletariat", calling on the Polish proletariat to launch an uprising , to overthrow the Himigvi puppet government...

Chapter 0742 turning point (a) win the door

Early November 1937.The freezing period of the Yenisei River, the largest river in the Soviet Union that separates East and West Siberia, has finally arrived on time!After several days of heavy snow and cooling weather, the surface of the river hundreds of meters wide outside Krasnoyarsk was frozen as if it were a steel plate, and even 11mm shells might not be able to smash out the water.At the same time, the harshest winter in Siberia is coming!

For General Sun Liren and his more than 1 Chinese paratroopers trapped in Krasnoyarsk, the coming of winter in Siberia means that their hard work is coming to an end. The Soviet bears from Siberia also had to hide and hibernate.But Sun Liren also knew that the last few days were not so easy!After all, this is the last chance for the Soviets to get through the Trans-Siberian Railway and restore the logistics of the Baikal Front Army and the Far East Front Army.

After the temperature dropped sharply, the Chinese airborne troops who are good at jungle warfare have all shrunk back to the city of Krasnoyarsk.Siberia's harsh winter climate is really not that pleasant. If troops are sent to the forest at this time, I am afraid that the number of people who will freeze to death will be several times more than those who will die in battle.Therefore, the next battle will be an upright positional battle that the paratroopers are least willing to fight.

At this time, the advance headquarters of the Northern Front Army had also been established in the former Krasnoyarsk Krai government building in the city.Lieutenant General Sun Liren was appointed as the commander of the advance army of the Northern Front, and was fully responsible for commanding the Sino-Russian coalition forces in East Siberia.

In fact, it is a Chinese paratrooper division and a Russian miscellaneous army.This miscellaneous army is based on more than 400 Queen's Guards as the backbone, plus tens of thousands of reform-through-labor prisoners drawn from several concentration camps near Krasnoyarsk.Combat strength and loyalty are very suspicious, and it is not like being able to fight tough battles at all.

However, because a large number of senior cadres in the Krasnoyarsk region of the Soviet Union headed by Martynov were persuaded by Natalie to surrender, the Chinese still found some useful things from Krasnoyarsk.This place is an important transportation hub of the Trans-Siberian Railway and has a certain number of material storage warehouses.Although during the chaos during this period, many materials in the warehouse were destroyed and stolen.But the remaining things obtained by the Chinese are still enough to arm a standard infantry army, including artillery that can arm 4 artillery regiments and a large number of machine guns and rifles... This is a big problem for the successful defense of Krasnoyarsk very good news.

In addition, Natalie also obtained an accurate "weather forecast" for the Krasnoyarsk region. It is said that in at most another week, the lowest temperature here will drop below minus 30 degrees Celsius. It was time for the Soviet Red Army in the city to go home.

However, in the past two days, the Soviet army on the front line has obviously increased its troops. The small scouts sent by the Chinese army sometimes ventured around the Soviet army's front line from afar from the flanks, and even found the marks of vehicles and horses passing by the Soviet army's heavy artillery.After Sun Liren contacted An Sihua, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Front Army in the rear, he reached a consensus that the Soviet army would definitely use the first few days after the arrival of the cold winter of 1937 to launch the last and most violent attack!

As long as this attack is repelled, the overall situation in Eastern Siberia can be said to be initially determined... After next spring, the 50 main force of the Northern Front Army will go north through Mongolia, and the Baikal Front Army with only five infantry armies will not be able to Resistant.More importantly, the outcome of the European battlefield may have already been decided!

And Major General Cuikov, the commander of the 29th Special Army of the Soviet Union who was promoted after losing the battle, also knew the significance of these last few days.The success or failure of the past few days is not only related to the survival of more than 100 million people in the Far East Front Army and Baikal Front Army, but also directly linked to the unique head in the world on his shoulders!Because Stalin not only did not pursue his own responsibility for the defeat this time, but also sent two infantry corps composed of Soviet uncles.Obviously, I hope that I can realize my shame and be brave, and take down Krasnoyarsk with my crime and meritorious service.Of course, the higher Stalin's expectations were, the greater his anger after disappointment would be...

But relying on a "blue hat" division with heavy casualties and seven reserve infantry divisions composed of Soviet uncles, can they defeat those well-equipped Chinese airborne troops?

Standing in a small forest outside Krasnoyarsk, looking at the city that will determine his life and death, Chuikov gritted his teeth, rushed behind him and ordered the commander of the 111th Artillery Regiment loudly: "Don't lie down!" Comrade Kov, let's go! Wipe Krasnoyarsk off the map with your cannon!"

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"Bombardment, concealment..."

Marshal Blucher was almost numb to such shouts, and the sharp and piercing whistling that followed would not make him feel any fear.That's because, on the one hand, he is a communist, and communists have nothing to fear; on the other hand, the marshal's heart is completely dead at this moment, and those who give up their hearts should not be afraid.

On October 10, 23, and 24, the Far East Army launched more than ten fierce attacks on the Komsomolsk Peak southwest of Chita Fortress for three consecutive days, all of which ended in disastrous defeat.From the 25th, the exhausted Soviet army in the Far East had to give up the offensive and turn to a desperate defense.Then the endless repeated shelling by the Chinese army began!

boom!boom!boom……

After only stopping for half an hour, the ensuing explosion began to violently hammer the ground again. The strong impact made the whole earth shake violently, as if the whole world was distorted.The Red Army soldiers in the outer positions of the fortress held their heads with their hands and put their knees on their chests, curled up at the bottom of the cold and muddy trench, tremblingly waiting for the god of death to come.The situation of those hiding in the anti-gun bunkers in the fortress is slightly better. After all, except for a few super-heavy artillery with a diameter of 210mm or more, other small and medium-caliber cannons still cannot threaten them.

At this time, Marshal Bliuchel himself had been dragged back to the strongest underground fortress of Chita Fortress by several loyal guards to avoid shells... But at this time, he would rather be killed by Chinese shells to save himself A glorious communist martyr's name will last forever, instead of living to become the rich and powerful Duke of Blücher - this is the promise of Empress Anastasia in her personal letter to him!And what really made the marshal hesitate is of course not the queen's official appointment wish, but the following passage.

"...Honorable Marshal, please come back to the Russian motherland! Not for me, not for the Romanov dynasty, but for the Russian motherland and tens of thousands of ordinary Russian people! Your allegiance The Bolsheviks, the Romanov dynasty of which I was born, will eventually become the past in the long river of history. But what will live forever is our great Russian nation and the country of the ancient Russians! The Chinese, the Germans and, of course, what is left after the disaster brought about by this "mad woman" depends entirely on you and your Far Eastern Front! Please use the conscience of a Russian It's not the belief in Marxism that makes the choice..."

This treasonous letter of capitulation is now not in the political commissar Malenkov's drawer, but in the pocket of Marshal Blyuchel's shirt.

"Sara stay, everyone else go out!" The marshal has his own private lounge in the bunker. After driving away a lot of "servants" around him, there is only one person named Sarah Yakov's old guard.

"Are you from Cheka, too?" The marshal took out two cigarettes from his pocket, lit one himself, and gave another to Yakov.

"Comrade Commander, you know..." Yakov nodded silently.

He is an ordinary-looking middle-aged man in his thirties, with the rank of infantry lieutenant. He does not wear a blue hat in public, but like all the guards of the Soviet Red Army generals, he is also a "organ".Directly under the Political Commissar Malenkov.In theory, as long as Malenkov said a word, he was obliged to shoot Blyukher!But when that time came, Yakov couldn't guarantee that he would be able to do it!After all, he was an old spy who had been monitoring Blueher for many years.The first thing that Officer Blyuchel did after he was reinstated was to ask the organization to send him to his side.

"Then do you think there is still hope for this war?" Bleucher asked again.

"I'm afraid...it's hard to say." Listening to the explosion of shells outside, he knew that there was no hope, but as a defender of the Soviet Union, Yakov could not say "no hope".

"That's right...it's hard to say." Blyuchel took a deep breath, "It may be hard to say for the entire Soviet Union, but for the more than 30 officers and soldiers in this fortress, the result is easy to say. Then That is—the entire army is wiped out!"

"Comrade Marshal! Keep your voice down..."

Blueher waved his hand indifferently, and said with a wry smile: "Don't worry, even if I say this in front of Malenkov, he won't do anything to me, because no one wants to come to Chita to serve as the Far Eastern Front Army now." Commander-in-Chief." At this point, he suddenly lowered his voice and whispered, "Comrade Yakov, if there is a way to temporarily save the fortress, would you like to do it?"

Yakov nodded hurriedly.But Blyuchel chuckled, "What if you have to hide this matter from your agency and Commissar Malenkov? Are you still willing to do it?"

There was silence in the room, only the muffled sound of gunfire came from outside.After a while, Yakov nodded slowly, but did not speak.

Blueher looked into Yakov's eyes peacefully, and said with a light smile, "From ten o'clock to twelve o'clock tonight, the Chinese will stop shelling for two hours, so you can take this opportunity to run for me. , you go to the Chinese, I will arrange all aspects for you, you send them a letter... This is my letter to Empress Anastasia, I will make an agreement with her in the letter, As long as the Red Army on the Western Front collapses, I will order the Far Eastern Front to join the Russian Army, but before that, she will let the Chinese stop shelling and air raiding the Chita Fortress!"