Section 517 Death on the Polar Bear Peninsula

After all, Britain's own strength was limited, and if it wanted to defeat Germany, it would have to be supported by strong allies. At that time, the only thing that could be counted on was the United States. But in the early stages of the war, isolationism was so strong in the United States that many Americans believed that European affairs had nothing to do with them. Bound by the Neutrality Act, President Roosevelt had to issue an embargo on September 3, 17 years of the 17th century, prohibiting the shipment of weapons to any belligerent nation. This practice is undoubtedly a fatal blow to Britain and France, which are in dire need of military equipment, and without US weapons, Britain and France would not have been able to survive the first 18 years. So, ten days later, President Roosevelt convened a special session of Congress to consider lifting the ban, which appeared to be fair on the surface, but in fact deprived Britain and France of superior naval superiority in the transportation of arms and supplies. After weeks of discussion and dispute, it was not until the end of November that the neutrality law was repealed and replaced with a new principle of "cash purchases, self-care". In this way, the United States still maintained a strict appearance of neutrality, because the Americans were free to sell weapons to their allies as well as to Germany. As a matter of fact, in the face of the British and French navies, Germany's naval strength was extremely weak, and at most it could only carry out a certain degree of operations to break diplomatic relations, and it was completely unable to defend its own ocean-going shipping. Even if Germany desperately needed American military equipment, and the chances of it being transported back to China were almost nil, the Germans would not dare to take this risk. Britain and France, on the other hand, were free to "transport" goods as long as they had "cash purchases" – albeit under threat from German raiders and submarines along the way. However, after China opened up the routes to Central Asia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkey, the Germans used stable and efficient Chinese arms, and there was little interest in American goods that were not advanced in design, and Bulgaria and Turkey could also purchase some American equipment and ammunition for the American goods captured by the German army to match, although it was not necessarily equipped with the German army itself, but it was still very useful to Poland and Romania's servant army, and Germany was under the advice of China, It signed a series of military aid agreements with several pro-German countries in South America, used captured orders from France and Poland and cash to purchase arms for South American countries, and even provided a large number of Mexican army equipment free of charge, so that the Mexican army's American goods were stronger than the National Guard in the southern states of the United States.

On December 16, the 18th year of the Lunar New Year, President Roosevelt returned from the Caribbean and explained his plan at a press conference the next day. He gave a simple example: "If my neighbor's house is on fire and I have a hose for watering four or five hundred feet away from him. If he can take my hose to his tap, then I can help him put out the fire. What do I do now? Before I put out a fire, I wouldn't say to him, 'Neighbor, my watering hose is worth fifteen dollars, and you have to give me fifteen dollars to use it.'" You can't do that! So what to do? I don't want the fifteen dollars—I'll just bring the water dragon back after the fire is extinguished. He added: "There is no doubt that the vast majority of Americans believe that the most direct and effective defense of the United States lies in the defense of Great Britain; So, leaving aside our historical and current interest in maintaining democracy throughout the world, we should also do our best to help the British Empire defend itself, even from the point of view of selfishness and the defense of the United States. He concluded: "I intend to eliminate the dollar sign." ”

On this basis, the Lend-Lease Act was immediately drafted and submitted to the Diet. As soon as the bill was passed by Congress, it immediately changed the entire situation of the war. It enabled the United States to draw up an all-encompassing long-term plan for all of Britain's needs through the agreement. There were no terms providing for repayment, not even official accounts in dollars or pounds. Britain can get what it gets from the United States, whether borrowed or leased, completely free. Because Britain's continued resistance to the tyranny of Sitara was considered to be closely related to the interests of the United States. According to President Roosevelt, it will not be the dollar but the US national defense that will determine the future of US weapons. Of course, this account will be repaid in the end, either by the British government after the victory, or by the US government using taxpayers' money to add a considerable amount of income to the annual statements of the shareholders of DuPont and Springfield Arsenal, in any case, the Americans thought of a way to allow them to obtain the benefits of the war without directly participating in the war, of course, China has already done so, in addition to the return of a large number of Chinese cultural relics, the inflow of hard currency, and the industry talents that China needs to monopolize, To a greater extent, it is also to stimulate the release of domestic production capacity, which Wu Daguan does is no different from Lao Luo in a wheelchair.

During the period from November to March of the 19th year of the year when the Lend-Lease Act was passed, although Britain's dollar reserves were very tight, the U.S. government came up with various contingency methods to help Britain continue to fight. The U.S. government bought several arsenals that had been built in the United States under British orders. They included these factories in the U.S. defense program and supplied their products to Britain in large quantities. The U.S. Department of Defense ordered* some munitions that were not urgently needed by them, so that they could be made and then transferred to Britain at extremely low prices. Since the passage of the Lend-Lease Act, the United States has become Britain's "free arsenal", and a huge amount of military equipment has been continuously supplied to British and British forces. Britain's domestic production equipment was not only able to meet its own needs, but also from the second half of the nineteenth year, it was already capable of providing a large amount of assistance to the Red Russia, although the rate of such assistance was not optimistic.

On the morning of November 30, the 17th year of the First Lunar New Year, when the German army invaded the Czech Republic and Poland succeeded one after another. The Red Russians, who had annexed Poland, began the Battle of the Karelian Isthmus at a time that no one expected, and Red Russian bombers suddenly appeared over Finland and bombed almost all of Finland's towns indiscriminately. On the same day, 23 Red Russian divisions invaded Finnish territory under the cover of more than 2,000 tanks and armored vehicles. The Russian army originally planned to take Finland within 3 days, followed by a so-called referendum to establish a puppet government.

Finland, a small country with a population of just over 3 million, is now facing hundreds of thousands of invading troops. The Joseph authorities demanded that Finland cede the Karelian Isthmus to him for the sake of border security with Red Russia. This vexatious demand was sternly rejected by the Finnish government. The Red Russian government was very angry about this. Because in September and October of that year, the Red Russian army had just annexed the three Baltic states. It had just carved up Poland with the Germans. Annoyed and angry, Red Russia tore up the Soviet-Finnish non-aggression pact with its own hands and was about to fight. For realists in the Kremlin, the treaty has no sacred meaning and can be torn up at any time according to the circumstances.

This year's winter was the coldest in Europe in nearly 100 years. The Finns were faced with the choice of surrender or fighting. Although compared to Red Russia, Finland's national power is simply not worth mentioning. But thousands of Finnish soldiers silently entered the snowfields of the Mannheim Line. No noise, no slogans, no panic. Just quietly waiting for the appearance of the Red Russian army and giving it a fatal blow. As soon as the Red Russian army entered Finland, a so-called Finnish democratic government was formed. The fake Finnish government immediately announced that the Red Russian Army had been invited by them, that the Red Russian Army opposed all acts of aggression and enslavement of other countries, and that the Red Russian Army had entered Finland to protect the Finnish people.

After the Red Russian Air Force bombed Helsinki, the capital of Finland, US President Ross expressed hope that the Red Russian army would stop bombing Finnish cities. At this time, Comrade Molotov of Red Russia gave a classic "honest reply" in the Red Russian style: Red Russian bombers have never and will never bomb Finnish cities. Red Russian planes did fly over Helsinki, but the despicable Finnish government insisted on framing the Red Russians for dropping their bombs. In total, during the Soviet-Finnish War, the Finnish army shot down more than 500 Red Russian fighters. Those Red Russian pilots who parachuted were either killed by the angry crowd or went to prisoner of war camps, of course, this does not exist in the mouth of Red Russia, those are just lost pilots (are Red Russian pilots basically road idiots?). )。

Finland has a population of just over 3 million, but it has mobilized 400,000 people to fight. When the Red Russians entered the mountains deep in Finland along narrow roads, the Finnish white devil was everywhere. These Finnish ski battalion soldiers are sharpshooters, quick to move, accurate marksmanship, and agile and clever minds. Dressed in white camouflage, they attacked the Red Russians in the uninhabited forests and around the dense lakes. Although the Finnish army lacked the experience of fighting in large units with heavy weapons and formations, the Finnish soldiers, who were rich in hunting experience, strong unity, and excellent physical fitness, made full use of the tactics of fighting in small groups in the dense forests and mountains in winter. The Red Russian army, which attacked with a large corps of the world's strongest guerrilla warfare, was dizzy, and simply put, it was fighting by hunting, while the hundreds of thousands of regular troops of the Red Russia's Western Front were not even as blind as bears. The Finns used natural and artificial obstacles to happily divide the Red Russian army, and then interspersed it with the rear and flanks of the Red Russian army. Divide the Red Russian army, which entered the mountainous jungle, into battalion units.

In the snow, the Red Russians, dressed in bloated green and brown uniforms, became a perfect target for Finnish snipers. Although these professional hunters only have the old Mosin Nagant rifles, their long-range shots have earned them the honorific title of the White Grim Reaper.

Among these Finnish snipers, the strongest sniper alone shot 505 Red Russian troops, setting a world record. In the trivial terrain of Finland, the Red Russian army could not deploy large forces to carry out the cluster shock operations that they were best at. Instead, the Red Russian army was divided into one small unit after another by the terrain. At this point, the Finnish army, which consisted mainly of farmers, hunters and lumberjacks, would suddenly appear around the Red Russian army in the middle of the night and shoot these uncovered, immobile Red Russian soldiers.

The logistics of the Red Russian army were very bad, most of the soldiers did not have winter clothes that could withstand minus 35-40 °, and their blood was about to freeze and coagulate. Lack of food, only a small piece of meat and a small piece of dry bread per meal. Hot soup and hot tea are almost never present. In the face of death and extreme cold, some Red Russian soldiers have become numb to Finnish snipers, and do not bother to turn their heads back even if their comrades fall.

In the long dark night of the Arctic, the Finns transported ammunition without hesitation, rested with hot coffee, and killed the Red Russians in the woods. In just 2 weeks of fighting, the 163rd and 44th divisions of the Red Russian Army were completely annihilated, and Finland captured a large number of weapons and ammunition, including tanks and artillery. In total, 27,500 Red Russian soldiers died, and the Finns only 900 died, which means that for every 30 Red Russian deaths, the Finnish army died only 1 person. The Finnish army fought with less and more with light weapons and heavy weapons, and the casualty ratio of such a reward can be called a miracle in the snow.