Chapter 043: Attack on the Balkans
The Soviet Union was willing to contain the Germans, coupled with the willingness of Germany to do so, and the strength was still very strong, plus Yugoslavia responded, Britain, the United States and France felt that it would be best if they could kill Germany without bloodshed, so that Germany no longer had the strength to endanger the allies.
Although the allies expected Germany to attack China, Germany did not agree on the surface, so it was difficult for them to judge, it was very likely that the Germans would attack Europe again, after all, France seemed to be much weaker than China, so everyone discussed, especially France and Britain insisted, and the United States was not good at opposing in the end.
Britain and France don't want a huge Germany on their side, so they sit like pins and needles all the time, Germany is only the size of France, let France perish once, Britain was almost killed, now Germany occupies the resource-rich Eastern European region, in time Germany will definitely invade them, if you have to guard against such a country all the time, it will be really tiring, and it will also cost a lot of manpower, material and financial resources.
Now there are people who are willing to do what they want to do, they are naturally very happy, support materials are nothing, the important thing is not to send troops, so that they can not only stay out of the matter, but also they can also profit at a critical time, of course, whether they participate or not, they will definitely not be losers.
After the agreement was reached, the island of Crete in the Mediterranean, which had previously belonged to Greece, was transferred to the Soviet Union, and the Soviets were to use it as a base to attack the Balkan Peninsula, where the Germans were entrenched.
Under the instruction of Anglo-American law, the Italian government also strongly demanded that Germany give up support for Mussolini's regime entrenched in northern Italy, but without German compromise, Dönitz knew very well what kind of goods were Italians, and besides, a pro-German government was established in northern Italy, so that there was no need to worry about the Allies attacking Germany from here one day.
The Anglo-Americans-French wanted to see this, and at their behest, the Soviet army marched to central Italy to prepare for an attack on Mussolini's regime.
The actions of the Soviet troops aroused great concern of the German government, and they prepared for the attack of the Soviets in hell, everyone knew that the Italian army was vulnerable, and on the other hand, they protested to the allies, but Anglo-American France said that it was purely Italy's personal behavior and had nothing to do with them.
At present, Dönitz has not yet put down the rebels in Berlin, and Yugoslavia is also entrenched in these hundreds of thousands of rebel troops, and it has also broken with China, which he can only swallow with his teeth.
Dönitz shot a large number of troops to northern Italy, and sent Rommel under his command, plus the previous defensive line, it can be said that it was foolproof.
On October 8, with the help of the allies, 600,000 Soviet troops were assembled in Italy, and it has to be said that the organizational ability of the allies was first-class, in addition to the 300,000 Soviet troops in France, the other 300,000 Soviet troops needed to be transported from Eritrea, and the allies used all the transport planes they could use to transport them, of course, only people, and all the weapons and equipment were used by the allies, anyway, the United States had a considerable stock of weapons in Europe.
At noon on the 8th, Zhukov's 200,000 Soviet troops stormed Mussolini's department in Italy and quickly routed the Italian army, but they were stubbornly counterattacked by the German army before they advanced a few kilometers, and the war entered a stalemate from the beginning.
At the same time, the Soviet and Italian air forces also airdropped supplies to the Yugoslav army in Yugoslavia, and a Soviet paratroop unit was parachuted in to cooperate with the Yugoslav army in response to the Soviet landing.
The Yugoslav rebel army was the only country in the occupied country that relied on the rebel army to defeat the invaders, but due to the demise of the Soviet Union, the German army freed up a large number of troops to attack, so after several months of fighting, they lost more than half of them again, and the remaining army was also extremely short of materials.
Tito himself was also very happy, thinking that Yugoslavia was hopeless, but he didn't expect it to happen.
The commander of the Soviet paratrooper division shook hands with Tito cordially, and the two called each other comrades, so they were not affectionate, but the two did not celebrate anything, but quickly discussed the current situation, there were 300,000 German troops and servant troops on their periphery surrounded them in the mountains and forests, and the originally liberated cities were returned by the Germans.
Tito said: "You also know the situation, and now I want to know your plan." ”
The commander of the Soviet paratrooper division said: "We will probably land tomorrow, so now we need to build some airfields, which can be small, but to supply planes to take off and land, and then it will be up to them to transport supplies." In addition, we will also start the offensive tonight to attract the attention of the Germans and distract them from the intelligence side. ”
Tito said: "Today you are all parachuted, it seems that they are not focused on intelligence, as long as you are not stupid, you will land here!" ”
"Hehe, too, but they shouldn't react so quickly, in addition to the original German troops in one night, the German troops in other places should not be able to catch up, and we will strike first at night, and if we can defeat a few German troops, we will defeat a few German troops, I personally think that their servant army should be easier to deal with, maybe we can attack them first, if we can seize some plain areas, it will be more convenient to build an airport at that time."
"I agree with this, in fact, I also plan to attack their servant army first, even the army I am ready, with these supplies you have brought here, I believe we will be able to defeat them."
"It's 5 o'clock, and it's going to get dark in another hour, so let's stop wasting time, let's get moving!"
Tito said: "Send electricity to the troops to prepare for action. ”
At this time, the Italian Navy was already pretending to be Soviet soldiers, and they told Tito to land tomorrow, in fact, they were worried that Tito's side was unreliable and that there were spies inside, so they deliberately said so, in fact, they landed tonight at night.
Although Italy's army is not very good, its navy is still worth mentioning, but it is a pity that it has not kept up with the pace of the times and has not developed aircraft carriers, otherwise it would have been an excellent navy.
The Italian Navy was half destroyed by the British Navy and Air Force in the Mussolini era because of the lack of aircraft carriers, of course, the result of the arrival of Wang Hanzhang, in the history of the Italian Navy was killed, the arrival of Wang Hanzhang made a lot of things, many things changed.
At this moment, batch after batch of Soviet troops boarded the Italian Navy, and the Soviet Navy also cooperated, and the Americans even gave them two aircraft carriers, although they were not large, each aircraft carrier could only carry fifty or sixty aircraft, but the emergency plus the support of the Italian land-based air force everything was much simpler.
However, these two aircraft carriers are mostly useless at night, and they are at least used to protect against Luftwaffe air raids for now.
Minutes and seconds passed, and soon it was half past six, and the ships that had been loaded began to move towards Yugoslavia on the other side of the sea.
Fortunately, the German navy was destroyed nine times out of ten, and the Mediterranean was beyond their reach, with Yugoslavia being the weakest of all the occupied territories.
Germany has a headache for the Slavs, and the Slavs in the former Soviet Union also hated it so much, and it will be much easier to kill them all later. Now it's the safest place outside of Germany, oh no, it's even better than the one in Germany.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Yugoslav army began to attack the German army, and the German troops everywhere were fiercely attacked by the Yugoslav army, this time Tito did not have his ammunition, anyway, the Allies will come soon, and they will soon get a large amount of weapons and ammunition.
The German army was caught off guard by the sudden sneak attack, especially the Bulgarian and other servant armies, they broke up one after another, the Soviet paratrooper division with a year's anger to the German army and its servant army, Tito watched the Soviet army charge very shocked, inspiring courage is not something ordinary troops can do, how can he understand the anger of the Soviet army, if your family, relatives and friends are slaughtered, and you have guns and cannons in your hands to see your enemy, what will happen to you.
After three hours of fighting, the rebels occupied some of the towns and villages, and the established residents gave the rebels food and water from their homes.
In Yugoslavia, almost every family had people who joined the rebels, so their feelings for the rebels were very deep, and at the same time, many of their husbands, children, and fathers had taken over the hands of the Nazi German army, and now the rebels are fighting back to avenge them.
It is not difficult to see from them why they are the only countries invaded in World War II who relied on their own strength to drive out the invaders, on the contrary, China, after being killed by their families, did not dare to resist and take revenge, so if it was not for the resistance of the Nationalist Government in the southwest, I am afraid that the fate of being assimilated by the Japanese would have been the only one.
Not to mention the assimilation of the Japanese, the Japanese have entered the current civilization, they will absorb the practices of the Western colonizers, and they will also learn the lessons of the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, and the assimilation ability of a country with a population of 70 or 80 million is definitely not comparable to that of a nomadic people with a population of only a few million.
China was able to assimilate them because their population was pitiful compared to the Han people, and they also had a transcendent advantage in civilization, which was desirable.
China, which has been in decline for a hundred years, no longer attracts Japanese people in terms of culture and civilization, and it is clear to look at the Japanese occupation of the three eastern provinces and the promotion of the Japanese language, and then look at the assimilation of Korea and Taiwan during World War II.
So I really thank Chiang Kai-shek that they did not surrender and have persevered, which is why although Chiang Kai-shek's ability is average, Wang Hanzhang still supports him as president.
Some people say that Wang Jingwei is how to rehabilitate him in later generations, in Wang Hanzhang's view, it is simply digested, after surrendering, there is basically no possibility of independence, and the last of the world's four ancient civilizations will disappear in the long river of history like the previous three. If the Japanese had succeeded, they would have written history by saying that the people of the Han and Tang dynasties spoke Japanese.