Chapter 122: Blitzkrieg on the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union, spanning the Eurasian continent, is vast, and as the country with the largest land area, it is natural that people will be remembered.
One of the most coveted by the vast land of the Soviet Union was Hitler, who was bent on swallowing up the Soviet Union, and did not use too many main forces of the German army in the previous attack on Britain, but quietly concentrated the main forces in Poland, preparing to carry out Barbarossa Jihua.
The Soviet Union was on guard against the German army, but Stalin's strategy was not very good, he always thought that the German army would attack the Soviet Union after destroying all of Europe, but he never thought that the German army had just completed the landing operation in England and thought that the British end was imminent, and Hitler immediately ordered the German troops on the Soviet-German border to start blitzkrieg on the Soviet Union.
Before the blitzkrieg on the Soviet Union, Hitler had a telephone conversation with Zhang Meng, hoping that the Tang Empire would be able to contain the Soviet Union in the Far East. Zhang Meng nodded in agreement, but he still said that whoever occupies the territory of the Tang and German armies will belong to whomever it is.
In this regard, Hitler has been grinding his teeth, the entire main force of the British Navy has been robbed by Zhang Meng, and the island of Ireland has also been occupied by the airborne troops of the Tang Army, which is a big fortune and makes people blush. However, the Germans controlled most of Britain, and in the long run, with the plundering of the most occupied areas of the German army, the benefits were far greater than those of the Tang Dynasty.
Every time he thought of this, Hitler felt more at ease, forgot the pain of being cut by the Tang Army, and chose to continue to cooperate with the Tang Empire.
Hitler once again agreed to Zhang Meng's proposal, and the Tang and German armies jointly attacked the Soviet Union, and whoever occupied the territory would belong to whomever he wanted.
However, Hitler didn't care, because he knew very well that the army strength and marine corps of the Tang Empire were very limited, and most of them were attracted by the Japanese army in the northeast. The only airborne troops were placed on the island of Ireland to occupy Australia, and he believed that the Tang Army would not be able to use more troops to fight the Soviet forces in the Far East. So he wasn't worried about how much territory the Tang Empire could grab.
For Zhang Meng, he didn't plan to fight the Soviet army at all, he knew the history of the Russians, Napoleon was pitted, Hitler was also pitted, that is, a pitfall, and fighting head-on with it outweighed the loss. Zhang Meng had his own strategy against the Soviet Union.
Zhang Meng used the excuse that the army was tight and wiped out the Japanese army in northeast China before attacking the Soviet Union. Hitler understood this. Germany successively defeated and occupied most European countries such as Poland, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, and Norway, thus gaining an economic base for almost the entire European Union, and capturing the weapons and equipment of 148 divisions of Britain, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, greatly enhancing its economic and military strength. He was confident that the Germans would be able to defeat the Soviet Union and make it surrender in a short time. When the time comes, the Tang Empire will not be given the opportunity to seize the territory of the USSR.
In the early morning of March 8. Just before the surrender of Britain, the German troops on the Eastern Front suddenly launched a blitzkrieg against the Soviet troops on the Soviet-German border, and the Soviet-German war broke out. The German army dispatched 190 divisions, 3,700 tanks, 4,900 aircraft, 47,000 artillery pieces, and a total of 5.5 million people, with the support of aviation, to raid the Soviet Union in a blitzkrieg in three ways.
The Soviets in order to defend against the German attack. The main forces were placed on the front line of the Soviet-German border, and the tanks, planes, artillery, vehicles, and supplies of the Soviet army were on the front line. Lacking strategic depth, Stalin loved to engage in autocracy, and carried out purge after purge of those who opposed him, so that many Soviet generals were purged, and the Soviet army was in turmoil, demoralized, and chaotic in command, as a result, when the German army suddenly launched a blitzkrieg, the Soviet army on the front line collapsed at a touch and had no resistance.
In just 10 days, the Germans advanced 600 kilometers into the Soviet Union. On the first day of fighting, the Soviet Red Army lost 1,200 aircraft, 800 of which were blown up before they could take off.
Over the next three months, most of the territory of the European part of the Soviet Union fell, with losses of 2.8 million troops, 4.2 million small arms, 15,600 tanks and self-propelled guns, 70,574 marching artillery pieces of all kinds, and 7,237 combat aircraft.
The German army was violent, and there was a great deal of annihilation of the Soviet Union in one fell swoop, and the Soviet Union fell into a crisis of survival.
Zhang Meng, who was far away in Chang'an, has been listening to the news on the Soviet-German battlefield, he is hesitating, I don't know if the German army will be pitted again, the German army in history was to attack the Soviet Union in June, but half a year later encountered the threat of winter, but now it is attacking the Soviet Union in March, three months ahead of schedule, whether the Soviet army can hold on for three more months, this is unknown, after all, the Soviet army is still the Soviet army, but the German army is armed by the Tang Empire.
The more Zhang Meng thought about it, the more entangled he became, and he simply gambled, and he immediately sent someone to contact the Soviet side, as long as the Soviet Union was willing to return the Far East to the Tang Empire, then the Tang Army would not attack the Soviet Army.
When the Soviet Union rose, the leaders of the CPSU agreed to return the territory invaded by Tsarist Russia to China, but they soon found that China was too weak and weak, so they refused to return it.
At this time, Zhang Meng brought up the old matter again and demanded that the Soviet Union hand over the Far East to the Tang Empire, otherwise it would send troops to attack the Soviet Union.
If Stalin would never have considered it at the beginning, he would definitely say to the Tang Empire: "How old are you?" ”
However, in the past three months, the Soviet army has suffered heavy losses, nearly 3 million Soviet troops have been wiped out, countless weapons and equipment have been lost, and almost the entire European part of the Soviet Union has fallen.
According to the pace of advance and combat effectiveness of the German army, the destruction of the USSR by the end of the year is not a joke, it is entirely possible. Stalin panicked and was stepping up the transfer of industrial equipment from the European part to Asia, at a time when the Tang Empire attacked the Soviet Union from the Far East, the Soviet Union would be under attack.
Stalin scolded Zhang Meng for being shameless and at this time put forward the conditions for the cession of the Far East. The generals of the Soviet Army were also very angry, but after they calmed down, they agreed that if the Tang Empire also sent troops, with the powerful naval and air forces of the Tang Empire, especially the strategic bomber Liliang of the Tang Army, it would be bombed to pieces by the Soviet Union, and at the same time, China would also stand on the side of the Tang Empire, and China would definitely be very active in recovering the territory of the Far East. At present, the Japanese army is at the end of its rope, and it is only a matter of time before it is wiped out by China and Tang. If it refused, the Soviet Union would not hold out until the end of the year.
"It was originally Chinese territory, and Comrade Lenin once promised to return it to China, so even if you hand over the Far East to the Tang Empire, with Comrade Lenin's words there, the Soviets will not scold you!"
"Datang wants the Far East, the Far East is originally China's territory, if we give the Far East to Datang, the Chinese side will negotiate with Datang, and there will be a rift in Tangzhong, which is beneficial to the security of our rear."
"If we don't agree, we will soon fight on two fronts, and we can't stand it!"
The officials of the Central Committee of the CPSU have put forward proposals one after another, but now they can only compromise on their needs.
Stalin was unwilling, but there was no more way, so he nodded and said: "Negotiate with Datang first, try to fight for some conditions that are favorable to us as much as possible, if it can be delayed for a long time, if it can't be delayed, return the Far East to them, let Datang and China compete for the Far East, it is best for them to fight first." (To be continued......)