On October 22, 1941, when the Soviet-German war entered its fourth month, the Soviet Red Army finally launched its first large-scale offensive. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Southern Front of the Soviet Red Army, together with the Southwestern Front, gathered a total of 7 army groups with more than 800,000 troops and launched an attack on Romania.

The deployment of this offensive was broadly similar to the historical Iasi-Chisinau offensive, with the Southwestern Front advancing south from the Kamenets-Podolsky fortress, breaking through north of Iasi, and then continuing south.

The Southern Front, on the other hand, concentrated its forces and attacked the Transnistrian bridgehead near Tiraspol, and then advanced north to join up with the Southwestern Front, thus encircling the German 11th Army near Chisinau.

Because the Germans misjudged the situation and mistakenly believed that the Soviet Red Army was going to attack western Ukraine, the offensive against Romania was surprisingly successful from the outset.

The Soviet Red Army, which was superior in strength and equipment, led by thousands of tanks (including T-34 and IS-100 tanks), quickly tore through the Romanian army's defenses, and the progress was quite smooth.

At the same time, in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, a meeting to decide the fate of the Romanian nation began at 103 Old Man Street.

103 Old Man Street is a secret stronghold of the Romanian Communist Party, and from the outside, this house looks unremarkable, not unlike an ordinary Romanian house.

The uneven exterior walls of the disrepair, and the simple wheel corridors and lines around the windows add a touch of European architecture to this unremarkable dwelling.

"I think everyone should be aware of the current situation. Not so long ago, the Soviet Red Army, concentrating superior forces, launched a fierce attack on our country.

After several hours of fighting, the Soviet troops have broken through the lines of defense of our troops and entered the territory of our country.

As a Romanian, I am not afraid of foreign invasions, let alone on the side of foreign enemies.

However, in this war, it was not the Soviet Red Army that acted as the invader, but the Axis bloc led by Germany. They amassed a large number of troops, invaded the territory of the Soviet Union, occupied large swathes of land, and enslaved millions of people. As a member of the Axis powers, Romania was naturally also an invading party in this war.

The Romanians longed for peace, but when Jan Antonescu came to power, he cooperated with the German fascists and tried by all means to join this war of aggression that should not have happened, and stood on the same side as the German invading army.

When Antonescu's government declared war on the Soviet Union, and when our troops launched an offensive against the Soviet Red Army, the war was already imposed on us...... "The first to speak was the representative of the Romanian Communist Party, Podnalahi. He calls himself Romanian, but he has German and Ukrainian blood in his body.

A man in a Romanian military uniform began to frown, "As far as I know, the Soviet Red Army invested more than 800,000 troops this time, while the total number of Romanian troops is about 680,000.

If Romania continues to cooperate with the Germans, plus the German 11th Army, the combined forces of Germany and Romania have a total of 880,000 troops, and there should be no problem in fighting the Soviets. ”

"Colonel Vasilescu," Podnarachi said to the men in military uniform, "it should not be difficult to repel this attack if we exert all our strength and resist the Soviets." But in this case, we may have to pay huge casualties, and our homes may also be greatly damaged. I hope you think it through. ”

The man in military uniform was the representative of the Romanian patriotic officers, Colonel Konstantin Vasilescu.

Historically, it was not the obscure Colonel Vasilescu who negotiated between the Romanian military and the Communists in this bungalow, but the Chief of the General Staff of the Romanian Army, General George Mihayil, and the Commander of the Fourth Army, General Konstantin Shanatscu.

Obviously, this meeting, which was three years ahead of schedule, cannot be compared with the historical one that took place in 1944 in terms of specifications.

At that time, the strength of Nazi Germany was not shaken, although the German fascists had suffered heavy losses in front of the Manturov Line. Although the Soviet Red Army, under the cover of a torrent of tanks and a large number of aircraft, also tore through the defense lines of the Romanian army and advanced mightily towards Romania itself, the combined forces of Romania and Germany did not begin to rout.

For most Romanian soldiers, Germany remained a strong and reliable ally. Where can such a country, capable of beating the countries of Eastern and Western Europe and occupying large territories of the Soviet Union, be so weak?

"To be honest, now, although the Soviet troops have broken through our line of defense, so far there have been no breakthrough victories. If we hastily overthrow Antonescu and openly oppose the Germans, we will inevitably have to go to war with the Germans, and war will still be inevitable. ”

Romania's current situation is indeed very embarrassing, and if it continues on the side of the Axis powers, it will have to oppose the Soviet Union; Turning to the side of the Allies, they had to oppose the Germans again.

Now Germany and the Soviet Union are among the most powerful countries on the European continent, and Romania, a medium-sized country, cannot afford to provoke them.

"Colonel Vasilescu," said Podnarahi, "the present situation is indeed very unfavorable for our anti-fascist front. But if the offensive of the Soviet Red Army continues to make progress and even destroys the German 11th Army, perhaps we can use the power of the Soviet Union to eliminate the German forces in our country. ”

Vasilescu pondered for a while and said: "Comrade Podnalahi, although I am on the same side with you in opposing the fascist regime, this does not mean that we will launch an armed uprising in accordance with the plan put forward by your party.

At present, an armed uprising is unlikely to succeed. And in the case of a heavy German garrison, it is also unrealistic and dangerous for His Majesty the King to use his power to change the government, and a coup d'état by peaceful means.

Now, all we can do is enlist the support of more people, and when the offensive of the Soviet Red Army has made a breakthrough and we have enough support, we will hold another meeting to discuss the uprising. ”

"Okay, that's all there is to it."