Chapter 239: Abandoning the Far East

Although he was very moved by the Soviet Union's proposal, Chairman Chiang did not rush to give a reply, after all, the last thing China lacked now was time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Chairman Chiang felt that Wei Qidong had to be made aware of this matter, so he asked the ambassador to Germany to bring a message directly to Wei Qidong and wanted to hear his opinion.

After receiving this news, Wei Qidong suggested that Chairman Chiang reject the Soviet Union's request on the grounds that China needed to recuperate, and after receiving a positive response, Wei Qidong told Hitler directly what the Soviets had thought.

"Oh, what is China going to do?" Hitler asked, surprised.

"What we mean is simple, what belongs to us is to be taken back with our own hands, not in conditional exchange. Back then, how Tsarist Russia took it, we also want to get it back. Wei Qidong said seriously.

"Then why not take the opportunity to agree to the conditions of the Soviets, and after entering the Soviet Union, they will strike a counterattack and completely catch the Soviet army by surprise." Hitler gave advice.

"This is absolutely impossible, the Chinese army cooperates with the Japanese, this is a big taboo. Besides, the Soviet Union was far away from the hinterland of China, and with the current supply capacity of the Chinese army, it was simply unable to guarantee the normal operation of the front-line army. Moreover, the Chinese army, which is mostly from the south, is simply unable to adapt to the harsh conditions of Siberia......"

"Now that Germany and Japan are besieging the Soviet Union, there is no interference from other countries, but everyone is watching, and if we China are also directly involved at this moment, I am afraid that it will directly involve the nerves of Britain, France and the United States. If these countries were to introduce war in advance, it would be very disadvantageous. ā€

Hitler knew that what Wei Qidong said was also reasonable, but he also heard that Wei Qidong did not want to involve China in a big war at this moment, but wanted China to accumulate strength first. Although he understood this, Hitler naturally did not force China to join the German camp directly at this time.

Stalin was very annoyed by China's rejection of the Soviet proposal, but he also regretted in his heart that he should not have had such a deep conflict with China in order to covet Wei Qidong's weapons. Otherwise, with the Soviet Union's assistance to China, it would not be good for China not to help them at this critical moment.

However, it was difficult to recover the water, and the Soviet Union did not hesitate to threaten to force China to hand over the weapons in Wei Qidong's hands for its own selfishness. In the end, China did not budge, and the Soviet Union directly cut off all aid to China at the height of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and it was their move that directly pushed China to the German side, thereby accelerating cooperation with Germany.

And because of its cooperation with China, Germany not only got a lot of the war resources it needed, but also got the advanced weapons in Wei Qidong's hands, and even got the information that Wei Qidong knew, which was priceless.

The most direct result of all this was that Germany not only changed its strategy of first Britain and France and then the Soviet Union, but also advanced the time of attacking the Soviet Union by two years.

It can be said that the trigger for the current situation was the result of the hostility between the Soviet Union and China.

However, the consequences have already been done, and the Soviet Union is now in a situation where it is fighting on two fronts. Stalin also knew that if the two fronts were taken into account, the Soviet army could not defend any front.

"Just transfer back the main forces of the Far Eastern Army and leave a small number of troops to fight guerrillas." In the end, Stalin decided so, because in his mind, most of the most important industries, resources, and other aspects of the Soviet Union were concentrated in the west, and the importance of Siberia naturally cannot be compared with the west.

Moreover, Japan naturally cannot be compared with Germany, and leaving a small number of troops to guerrilla operations in Siberia to contain the Japanese may have some effect, but if it wants to play a role in the west, I am afraid it will be very difficult.

Siberia is vast and sparsely populated, so let the little devils toss, and the background of the little devils is far inferior to the German army, and if you want to threaten the hinterland of the Soviet Union, I am afraid it will take a long time. Right now, the most lacking thing in the USSR is time.

Now that the decision was made, Stalin immediately ordered that while the Germans were still attacking Smolensk, the main forces of the Far Eastern Army had to be transferred back to Moscow in advance to set up defenses, otherwise, once the German troops came to Moscow, it would be too late.

Naturally, it was impossible to hide such a big thing as the withdrawal of the main forces of the Soviet Far Eastern Army from the Japanese, and when they learned of this situation, they were naturally overjoyed.

As soon as the Soviet army retreated, the Japanese army quickly launched an attack, occupying a large area of Siberia, and only slowly stopped when the troops were no longer enough to deploy defenses, because the Soviet army still left tens of thousands of troops to fight guerrillas.

Bai asked the Japanese to pick up a big cake, which Wei Qidong didn't expect at the beginning, Stalin was indeed a ruthless man, and the strong man broke his wrist and gave up the Far East directly.

There was no longer any benefit in the Northeast, so the Japanese simply moved the troops and expatriates from the Northeast to Siberia, and at the same time recruited pioneer groups in Japan, preparing to colonize Siberia quickly through population transplantation, just like in the Northeast.

The Soviets no longer had much energy to pay attention to the actions of the Japanese in Siberia and began to concentrate all the forces they could concentrate on resisting the constant attacks of the German army. Of course, the most important thing was to defend Moscow, and most of the main forces of the withdrawn Far Eastern Army were deployed in the Moscow region.

On July 25, the Germans captured Smolensk, and in the entire Smolensk campaign, the Soviet army lost another million troops. After the German army was reorganized, it began to move rapidly towards Moscow, and Operation Typhoon officially began.

Two days later, on July 27, the Germans officially launched a fierce attack on Moscow. Due to the huge casualties of the Soviet troops in Smolensk and other places to buy some time for Moscow, coupled with the support of the elite in the Far East, the German army did not attack Moscow as smoothly as before, and the two sides fell into a fierce battle.

Faced with this anxious battle situation, Hitler was a little unhappy, and he said to Wei Qidong, "General Wei, the current situation is that Army Group North is attacking Stalingrad, and the enemy is resisting very fiercely. Army Group South consumed a large number of troops to pin down the millions of Soviet troops in Ukraine around Kyiv. Now Moscow is also in a bitter war. ā€

Although Hitler's words did not directly criticize him Wei Qidong, Wei Qidong heard a little dissatisfaction from it, but he Wei Qidong suggested that the German army should not be distracted by the Soviet army that surrounded and annihilated Ukraine.

Now, the Soviet army in Ukraine has contained a lot of the strength of Army Group South, and in Hitler's mind, if the Soviet army in Ukraine had been annihilated, the German army would have freed up a lot of troops, and now the war situation in Moscow will not be so difficult.