On the question of the conduct of a general war, a consensus was quickly reached at the meeting of the German High Command. www.biquge.info Although no one knows how long the war will last or how big it will be in the end, everyone still knows the truth of preparedness.

Before, there was not enough oil and non-ferrous metals, and it was only saved to fight a world war. Now that the Middle East and North Africa has been laid, the bottlenecks of oil and non-ferrous metals will soon be gone. So what's the reason to build more tanks, planes, and warships?

It would also be beneficial to be able to use the general war to integrate France, the Netherlands, Spain, Denmark and Norway, which remained ostensibly neutral, into the system of the European Community. As for the only harmful, it is nothing more than the issuance of a lot of public bonds. However, as long as the war can be won, it does not matter how much public debt there is, so everyone voted in favor of it. However, today's meeting of the High Command only determined the general direction for the implementation of a general war, and it will take two or three months to really carry out the total war, just to draw up a plan and coordinate the interests of the countries of the European Community and the European Union (Customs Union). It could be officially implemented in June 1941, and it was already flying at the same speed.

In terms of national mobilization, National Socialism in Germany was after all inferior to Soviet GCISM.

Just when Hersman was pushing for a general mobilization of armaments for 18,000 planes and 12,000 tanks and assault guns. Stalin's Workers' and Peasants' Red Army already had 15,000 aircraft and 25,000 tanks - this was by no means a small number at the beginning of 1941 - and according to the investigation of the Military Intelligence of the Soviet Red Army, the total number of aircraft and tanks in all countries of the world except the Soviet Union was not as large as the Soviet Union.

If we compare purely by the number of planes and tanks (referring to the usual number), the Soviet Red Army is undoubtedly the most powerful military force in the world, more powerful than the seemingly invincible Wehrmacht!

But what was incomprehensible to Comrade Stalin was that the Soviet Red Army, with the largest number of tanks and planes in the world, and millions of Bolshevik fighters armed with Marxism-Lenin, together with the glorious, correct, and great leadership of the Soviet Bolshevik Party, and the greatest fatherly leader in the world with an iron will, could not have won such an overwhelming victory for the German army?

The Germans used to fight Poland and France, and now they are fighting Britain in the Mediterranean, and it seems that it takes no effort at all.

However, the Soviet Red Army fought in right-bank Ukraine, Western Belarus and Finland, and although they all won, they won reluctantly, and they did not look good at all, and they did not look like they were about to liberate all mankind. And this time, entering a backward, closed and ignorant Afghanistan does not seem to be as smooth as imagined.

The scene of the working Afghan people in the middle of the road welcoming the invasion of the Soviet Red Army did not actually appear (there is one in the documentary filmed by the propaganda department). And the king of Afghanistan, Zahir, who originally seemed to be quite enlightened and progressive. Shah also revealed his reactionary nature, rejecting the Soviet Union's demand to open its borders and liberate the Indian people through the means, and resolutely acting as a lackey of the British Empire. While the Soviet Red Army crossed the border and advanced towards Kunduz, Mazar-i-Sharif and Herat, Zahir. Shah did something that Stalin did not expect.

Afghanistan actually declared war on the great socialist Soviet Union! Declaring war is to leave no room to fight to the end, isn't this looking for death?

"War was declared, Afghanistan actually declared war on the USSR! This is ridiculous! Stalin looked at the declaration of war of the Kingdom of Afghanistan sent by Molotov, and he couldn't laugh or cry a little.

"Did our ambassador in Kabul have any contact with that Zahir. Shah made it clear? In the Kremlin conference room, Stalin asked Molotov, who was also the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, "We don't want Afghanistan, we don't want an inch of territory, we just want to liberate the 300 million oppressed Indian people, so we need to borrow a way." ”

"Make it clear, but Zahir. The Shah did not allow the Red Army to pass through Afghanistan. ”

Molotov said helplessly: "Maybe he doesn't believe that we are just borrowing." ”

"Don't believe me?" Stalin looked very surprised, how could there be anyone in this world who did not believe in the Soviet Union?

"But we are the Soviet Union!" Stalin was very surprised and said, "Zahir. Why did the Shah confront the Soviet Union? Does he still have any illusions about Britain? ”

In Stalin's view, after the Battle of the Mediterranean, the British Empire had entered the mode of surviving, and it was impossible to provide any useful assistance to poor and weak Afghanistan even if it could not be saved.

Therefore, before Stalin decided to enter Afghanistan, he was worried about Germany's assistance to Afghanistan through Iran. So the Soviet Union, while entering Afghanistan, also invaded the Khorasan region of Iran, and now wants to cut off the channel for Germany to support Afghanistan.

But he never imagined that Zahir. Shah was so confused that he ignored the decline of the British Empire, and until now he has clung to Churchill's thin legs and not let go.

Molotov nodded helplessly and said: "Comrade General Secretary, Afghanistan is, after all, a very closed country, and it is normal for them not to understand that the situation in the world is changing. But Afghanistan is very weak and will not cause us much trouble. ”

"Trouble is inevitable!"

As he spoke, Stalin took out his carved pipe, opened the tin can with tobacco on the table, poured a little fine tobacco into the pipe, then rubbed it on fire, took two puffs, and said: "But there is nothing to be afraid of, the Soviet Union is not afraid of any trouble." Zahir. Since Shah has exposed the reactionary nature, then we have nothing to be polite about. The Shah dynasty in Afghanistan (Stalin used the honorific title 'Shah' as Zahir') must be overthrown...... Afghanistan should be transformed into a people's republic. By the way, is there an Afghan Bolshevik Party now? ”

"No," Molotov replied, "as far as I know, there are no Afghan revolutionaries who believe in GCISM. ”

"Well......," said Stalin, who thought for a moment, said indifferently, "it doesn't matter, as long as we liberate Afghanistan, there will be the Bolshevik Party in Afghanistan, let the Third International figure figure it out." ”

The fate of Afghanistan seems to have been decided - it will surely become a member of the socialist family! However, at this time, neither Stalin nor Molotov could have imagined that their opponent Zahir. King Shah was not actually a reckless man. He dared to say no to the USSR because of the support of the mighty German Empire and the United States of America!

At this moment, in the royal palace in Kabul, there is an intelligence officer from Germany named Reinhardt. Feng. The colonel of Rothenburg was patting his chest to reassure King Zahir and his cousin, Prince Daoud, commander of the Kabul garrison and president of the Military Academy.

“…… 5,000 rifles, 500 machine guns and 200,000 rounds of ammunition are just the beginning, and soon more weapons will be brought to Kabul by Fokker to support your war against the Bolshevik invasion. There is no doubt that the German Empire and the Kingdom of Afghanistan are on the same side! ”

Since neither King Zahir nor Prince Daoud could understand German, the Major General Rothenburg spoke English. It's just that there's something strange about the accent, not the standard London accent, not Indian English, but an accent none of them have ever heard. However, King Zahir and Prince Daoud did not doubt the identity of the Colonel Rothenburg - they had met the German Central Security Service at a banquet at the German Legation in Kabul, and the colonel was very generous, using Fokker transport planes to bring much-needed arms to Afghanistan, all of which were brand-new German-style firearms...... This is obviously not Xibei goods.

But King Zahir and Prince Daoud did not dare to confront the Soviet Union not only because they had the support of Germany - they were aware of the international situation, and Germany was very strong, but it was not necessarily victorious. Because there are two other countries in the world that are as strong as Germany, the USSR and the USA. If only Germany supported it, the two of them would not dare to declare war on the Soviet Union, but the United States also stood up to support Afghanistan at a critical moment!

Shortly after Colonel Rothenburg left, a gentlemanly and gentlemanly U.S. presidential envoy, Colonel Gingrich (in fact, he was MI6 agent Ian Brown). Fleming also went to the royal palace in Kabul, bringing even greater good news.

"Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness." Colonel Gingrich's English was very standard, as good as the authentic Englishman that Prince Daoud had seen when he was studying in France.

"10,000 M1903 rifles and 1,000 Browning M1917s, as well as 500,000 rounds of ammunition and 40,000 MK1 grenades, have just arrived in Peshawar and will arrive in Kabul in two days," Colonel Gingrich said. A military advisory group of 20 U.S. officers will also arrive at the same time. Later, we will also provide you with M1 75mm howitzers and M2 60mm mortars, both of which are very lightweight and suitable for the complex mountainous terrain of Afghanistan. ”

King Zahir and Prince Daoud glanced at each other, both with surprised expressions. This American is really rich! Not only did they take out twice as many rifles and machine guns than the Germans, but they also promised to supply artillery to Afghanistan...... If the British Empire, like the United States and Germany, can support Afghanistan at this critical moment, then the victory of the Afghan War against the Soviet Union is very certain! (To be continued.) )