Chapter 817: A kick to the iron plate
As soon as the telegram arrived, Stilwell and Alexander couldn't help but give Jiang Haoran a thumbs up and applaud his foresight.
Stilwell said: "Son, do you think that the Soviet Union will succeed in attacking the German army with great fanfare?" ”
"Success?" Jiang Haoran frowned slightly, and said: "No, no, General Stilwell, don't expect too much from the Soviet Union, Stalin killed countless grassroots and senior officers of the Red Army in the recent purge, resulting in the weakness and incompetence of the Red Army as a whole. On the other hand, the German army, especially the army, has experienced nearly two years of war of aggression, and the front has reached the peak in the history of the army, and the morale is high, although the Red Army's surprise attack may catch the German army by surprise for a short time, but it will not be long before the Soviet Union's advantages will be wiped out with the arrival of German reinforcements from all directions, and defeat may be inevitable. ”
Alexander seemed to be a little incredulous about Jiang Haoran's remarks, and retorted: "General Chiang, since the Soviet Union can deploy 3 million troops on the front line to launch an attack, its follow-up troops will be at least more than two million, plus although the Soviet army's tanks, aircraft, and artillery are inferior to the German army in terms of quality, they are definitely not worse than the German army in terms of quantity, plus it is a prepared and premeditated attack, will there be no chance of victory?" ”
Jiang Haoran smiled slightly and said: "It's useless to talk more, let's wait and see, ten days, maybe ten days, we will receive the news that the Soviet army kicked the iron plate." ”
Three days later, the news came that the Soviet army had encountered desperate resistance from the Germans on the borders of Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, and the strength of the troops was beyond everyone's imagination, and the Soviet army's offensive was blocked.
No one expected that as early as the German army, the capture of the British Isles and the German-Japanese Indian division could not be realized in a short period of time, coupled with the sudden appearance of Jiang Haoran's armed helicopter, the battle situation in the entire European battlefield became even more confusing. Therefore, the German army made a quick decision and had already begun to secretly prepare for the implementation of the "Barbarossa" plan, at this time the strength of the Eastern Front had reached a million people, although they were in a hurry to respond to the battle, and the Soviet army tasted a little sweetness at the beginning, but then they suppressed the position and fought with the Soviet army on the border.
The Soviet attack made Hitler furious, and of course he was not angry because Stalin tore up the non-aggression pact signed in Poland not long ago, but because Hitler's attitude towards the Soviet-German non-aggression pact was actually the same as Stalin's, and he only regarded it as a tool to cover up his war plan, delaying the invasion of the other side to the greatest extent, so as to gain time to prepare for defense. Both dictators had already decided that they would not hesitate to tear up the treaty as soon as the time was ripe for an attack.
What made Hitler angry was that seeing that they had forced the British army to the negotiating table, the sudden attack of the Soviet army made the British army shrink back from the olive branch, and the whole front once again entered a high state of combat readiness.
By this time, Hitler had not yet realized that this was a plan by Roosevelt and Churchill, thinking that it was just a coincidence, so a nameless fire was all sent on the Soviet army.
Enraged, Hitler constantly drew elites from relatively stable North Africa and France, as well as a large number of armed reservists, and called on the people of the whole country to defend the motherland and eliminate the despicable and shameless Soviet Red Communist Party.
In just half a month, Germany had nearly 3 million troops on the Eastern Front, and various technical equipment were continuously transported to the Eastern Front, and nearly 2 million second-line corps were also in full swing, in order to exhaust the last trace of Soviet strength, a large-scale counteroffensive, capture Moscow in one fell swoop, and cramp and skin Stalin, a shameless man.
With the continuous arrival of German reinforcements, the Soviet offensive was delayed, and then, the German southern front troops organized a relatively concentrated superior force in the Czech Republic, launched a powerful attack on the Soviet left flank, broke the Soviet left wing group in one fell swoop, and threatened the rear of the Soviet central strategic group, the Soviet offensive came to an abrupt end, a huge offensive ended, the Soviet Red Army was forced to turn into a defensive state, but the furious German army would not give up, and a large-scale counteroffensive had begun.
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At the end of June, Indo, the command of the expeditionary force.
It was pouring rain outside, but the hall of the headquarters was crowded, but what was strange was that most of the people who came and went were not soldiers in military uniforms, but some intellectuals who were well-dressed, elegant-looking, and most of them wore thick-soled eyes.
It turned out that Jiang Haoran mentioned earlier that the matter of building a steel bridge on the Inovady River was really not hot-headed, no, as soon as the war was relaxed, he started this plan, and today is the last day of the bridge budget, so there will be so many engineers and technicians in this headquarters.
These personnel, including Mao Yisheng, were urgently airlifted from the Baoshan base.
In the few days in Imphal, Jiang Haoran was not idle, using his incorruptible tongue to explain General Stilwell, and then using General Stilwell to lobby the government of the United States, providing funds and raw materials for steel, and the expeditionary force sent technicians to jointly build this steel bridge.
As for the necessity of building this bridge, it is obvious, with this bridge, coupled with the Burma-India highway built in the early stage, the land transportation between China, Myanmar and India is connected, and the role is self-evident. Of course, the premise is that Jiang Haoran has to recover Burma, but since Jiang Haoran can have this idea, it means that he has made up his mind, so the US government readily agreed to Jiang Haoran's request.
However, Jiang Haoran later learned that thanks to Anna's mediation, even all the steel for the construction of the bridge was provided by the Morgan Group free of charge, and the best steel was used, which also ensured that the bridge was still standing after countless times of indiscriminate bombardment by the Japanese army in the future war.
Soon after the Soviet-German war, Anna's grandfather Morgan Sr. sent telegrams urging Anna to return to China, as the heir of the Morgan Group, Anna's safety is undoubtedly crucial, so Anna has returned to China after Jiang Haoran went to Imphal last time, which happened to contribute to this matter, Jiang Haoran was not ambiguous, after the bridge was completed, it was named after Anna. As a result, the first steel bridge over the Inovady River was called the "Anna Bridge." ”