073 Soviet invasion of Poland
"The vanguard of the Germans has reached the Bug River, and we should now take some action!"
"How's the Germans doing on the Buchula side?"
"According to the information we have received, although the battle over there seems to be a stalemate, the Poles can no longer withstand it, the rout is only a matter of time, the Germans are too fast, fortunately we chose to ally with the Germans instead of the British and French. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Molotov was terrified at the thought that he would have chosen to sign a military alliance with Poland if it had not been for the refusal of the Poles.
Poland, a country known as the fifth military power in the world, is so vulnerable in front of the Germans, and when did the German army become so powerful?
"So what's your opinion? Do we act now? ”
"Yes, Comrade Stalin, we can't wait any longer, we have to act, otherwise the Germans will bring down the whole of Poland, and we will not be able to deal with the political problems between the two countries."
Molotov's considerations were not unreasonable, although there had been a secret treaty between the two countries before, and the Germans were still turning to the Soviet side at that time. But now after the start of the war, Germany has achieved an unimaginable victory, seeing that Poland is about to collapse on all fronts, if the Soviet Union does not make a move at this time, then when the Germans take Poland, the Soviet Union may not be really good in Japan. Later got along with Germany.
"Wait a minute, get ready for a meeting, the time for the attack is set for tomorrow, and I need to see a detailed report tonight, from political diplomacy to military operations!"
"Yes, Comrade Stalin, I'll go and prepare it right away."
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Watching Molotov leave, Stalin poured himself a glass of vodka and drank it all!
Stalin was not a man who confined his mind to a certain place or a certain condition, he wanted to bring the entire Soviet Union and the Third International to the top of the world!
Germany? Peace? Ally?
Is this something Stalin should have considered?
In fact, Stalin had already set his goal in his heart, the Soviet Union would sooner or later wipe Germany off the map, no, it should be to wipe all the countries of Europe except the Soviet Union off the map!
It's just that the combat effectiveness shown by the Germans in the war with Poland made Stalin a little worried, so he needs to wait now!
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Sunday, September 17, 1939.
The morning was sunny, Molotov looked up at the Moscow sky and strolled towards the Polish embassy in the Soviet Union.
"The war between Poland and Germany has revealed the corruption within Poland as a state! In the course of just a dozen days of hostilities, the Polish government lost all their industrial and cultural centers. Warsaw, as the capital of Poland, no longer exists, and the Polish government has dissolved and no longer shows any intention of existing, from which it can be concluded that the Polish state and his government no longer exist! ”
"Because the Polish government no longer exists, all treaties concluded between the Polish government and the Soviet Union will be null and void!"
"Without equipment and without effective leadership, Poland has become a place of danger and uncertainty that could pose a serious threat to the Soviet Union, and even more so to the security of Belarusians and Ukrainians in the territory of the former Poland!"
"Therefore, the Soviet government cannot model the lives of these Belarusians and Ukrainians, and the Soviet Union, which is still neutral, can no longer maintain its neutrality in the face of these facts!"
"The Soviet government can no longer ignore these Belarusians and Ukrainians living in the flames of war, they are relatives of the Soviet people, and they deserve protection! In this case, the Soviet government has already issued an order to the High Command of the Soviet Red Army to cross the Soviet-Polish border and take all measures to protect the lives and personal property of Belarusians and Ukrainians on the territory of Poland. ”
"At the same time, the Soviet government proposes to take all feasible measures to enable the Polish people to get rid of all the wars imposed on the people under all the misfortunes and incompetent and mediocre leaders, so that they can live in peace and keep Poland out of the flames of war!"
Molotov's remarks were always based on the premise of protecting Belarusians and Ukrainians in Poland, and the purpose was to save the Poles and keep the war away from Poland, without mentioning any attitude towards the Polish government.
But in reality, this is simply a formal declaration of war between the two countries!
Because in Molotov's remarks, he had already defined the Polish government as a completely disintegrated government that had lost the hearts and minds of the people, and since such a government had collapsed in his own mouth, naturally there would be no goal to declare war, and now the Soviet Red Army only needed to cross the border and kill it!
Watching Molotov walk away, the Polish embassy in the Soviet Union was dumbfounded, but all the Polish staff knew that the moment the Soviets decided to attack, Poland was already doomed, and the Anglo-French forces they relied on were still stopped in front of the German Siegfried Line at the moment, unable to move forward, and did not even launch any offensive!
"Poland, dead ......"
Bang!
After a long sigh to the sky, the Polish ambassador to the Soviet Union committed suicide with a gun raised in the embassy......
As Molotov said, on the morning of the weekend of September 17, hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops formed the Belarusian Front and the Ukrainian Front, led by Generals Mikhail Kovalev and Semyon Timoshenko, and crossed the border into Poland!
The Poles had not deployed too many troops in the border area with the Soviets before the German-Polish War began, and in the face of a sudden Soviet attack, these small number of Polish soldiers posed little threat to the Soviet army.
Moreover, the more serious problem was that the communication problems of the Poles were almost completely paralyzed due to the war, and Eduard Reez Śmigvi, the commander-in-chief of the Polish army, did not even learn that the Soviets had crossed the border until the evening of the same day!
Because of serious communication problems, and the Polish government still harbored a glimmer of illusions, even Polish politicians believed from a few words that the Soviets had crossed the border only to protect Ukrainians and Russians in Poland.
So, at the behest of President Ignac Mośichitsky, Himigvi made a fatal mistake.
He demanded that all troops in eastern Poland should only defend themselves in the face of the Soviets, and that the main forces should go to the Romanian region to assemble and prepare to reorganize the counterattack against the Germans......