Chapter 476: The Soviet Far Eastern Army Advances West
August 12, 1941, Soviet Union. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Yekaterinburg.
Yekaterinburg is a small city, founded in 1723, 1670 km east of Moscow.
The city is the central city of Russia's Ural Federal District and the capital of the Sverdlovsk region, and Yekaterinburg has always been an important transportation hub in Russia, with the city's population tripling to 430,000 by the end of the war.
Recently, the population has suddenly increased due to the relocation of the first and second batches of evacuated factories. Also, I heard that works of art from Leningrad are coming.
All of a sudden, the whole city was crowded, new factories were being built on the outskirts, there were not enough houses, and there were more people in the city.
Not far from the outskirts of Yekaterinburg, in a birch forest, there is a farmstead. The farmhouse is a house in a small village, far away from other houses.
The entire village belonged to a local collective farm. The owner of this family's farm was a very humble farmer, and the composition was a middle peasant. He used to have a relative who was a bad element, and since the execution of the bad relative, he has been so honest that everyone has slowly forgotten that he is a middle peasant, and although he is not treated as a poor peasant and a lower middle peasant, he will not be treated like a middle peasant. He seems to have been forgotten.
However, a while ago, his life changed because of the arrival of a man.
This newcomer was Semyonov, who returned from the Northeast in February.
The owner of the farmstead was a distant relative of Semenov, who did not want to receive Semyonov, but Semyonov gave him a lot of money, as well as gold. He hesitated for a while, but finally accepted.
Semyonov did not go out all day, and in addition to the remoteness of the place, therefore, no one knew about his existence at all. Recent. The Germans attacked, the whole country began to mobilize to join the army, a large number of young and middle-aged people joined the army, and the village became even more deserted.
Semenov's relatives of the owner of this farm did not join the army because of his age, and several older peasants were responsible for cultivating the land. These days, the government has recruited them to go to the city to do construction and build new factories on the outskirts of the city. During the day, the farm is almost empty. In the evening, the tired peasants return home and rest early after eating. There was a shortage of electricity, and the countryside began to cut electricity, and at night, the whole village was pitch black.
The quiet countryside created convenience for Semenov's activities.
Semenov did not go out during the day, sometimes he went out at one time and did not come back for more than ten days. Since he returned here, he has used a radio station to direct the operations of more than 20 teams, and has been in many cities to reconnoiter various information. He himself had a place to live in the city of Yekaterinburg, but he didn't go there often.
His group moved unusually well, and although a few people died in the west, there was no mass exposure. When the war began, the Cheka focused on the west, on defending the cities and factories, and their operations were much safer.
In the past two days, he found that the troops in the local barracks had begun to move westward, and at the same time, they also detected that a large number of military vehicles were transporting large Soviet troops from east to west.
He was very sensitive, and knew that this was important information, so he sent information to the Kwantung Army, and also asked for instructions on how to do it.
The Kwantung Army quickly called back: stop the operation and let them pass smoothly.
At the same time, he also sent a telegram to Germany, reporting this piece of information.
Soon, the Germans called and asked them to sabotage the railroad and stop the Soviet troops.
Yes, it's Germany.
After Semenov secretly returned to the Soviet Union, he took with him the contact methods of the German intelligence officers provided by the Kwantung Army. Soon, he got in touch with the Germans. The Germans valued them very much and asked them to work for Germany as double spies. Therefore, Semenov's information was sent to Japan and Germany each time.
The Germans were generous, which made Semenov give more money to his subordinates at once, and Semyonov's own money was also more. The three army groups that attacked the Soviet Union gave him some benefits, sending high-altitude planes to drop communications equipment and activity funds to him in Ukraine.
Semenov's long-extinguished hope was rekindled, and he wanted to take advantage of the great opportunity of German aggression to become the Russian government under German protection. To this end, he was generous to the White Russians who had come with him. He knew that there was a hidden stake in an ambush by the Japanese, and the Japanese wanted to spy on him after all.
However, since Germany had given many benefits, the Japanese's close-knit subordinates had begun to loosen.
Many White Russian spies felt that the Germans were more reliable than the Japanese, and some began to connect with relatives and the victims of the rebellion, preparing to meet the German army and establish a new state.
This time, Semyonov was a little embarrassed, where there was a conflict between the orders of Japan and Germany, and Japan, for its own interests, wanted to safely let the Soviet troops go and fight against the German army. The Germans hoped to hold back the Soviets and buy time for the attacking troops.
Semenov's deception in China and maneuvering between Japanese factions has long since become a master. His decision was in his best interest: to let the Soviets leave, and to inform Japan that the Soviets had already been released. In addition, he instructed several teams in the west to investigate clearly and direct the Luftwaffe to bomb the Soviet railway.
Part of the personnel carriers was bombed, which did not have a great impact on the Soviet troop transport.
Soviet troops in the Far East began to move in large numbers to the west, day and night, and in addition to soldiers, there were also large quantities of supplies. Most of the forces that had been defending Japan in the Far East turned to the Western Front to defend Moscow. Most of the fighters of these units were Tatars, that is, local minorities. They had Mongol flat faces, could ride horses, skied, and shoot, and were very good at winter warfare.
The troops in the Ural Mountains were the first to be deployed, and then the troops in Siberia also began to be drawn, and at the moment the troops near Manchuria have not been moved, where there are hundreds of thousands of troops.
At the beginning of the war, in order to defend against the German army, the Soviet Union had the following fronts: the Western Front, which was responsible for resisting the German Army Group Center; the Northwest Front, which was responsible for resisting the German Army Group North; Southwestern Front, responsible for resisting the German Army Group South.
A month after the start of the war, the Soviet side formed the following fronts: the Northern Front, which was responsible for the defense of Leningrad and Finland; Reserve Front, which was responsible for strengthening the defense of Moscow in the western direction.
The newly transferred troops were basically subordinate to the Reserve Front.
At present, the newly formed front army has basically been completed. Of course, the Soviets were still planning to form a new front: the Northern Front was withdrawn and divided into the Leningrad Front and the Karelian Front; The Bryansk Front, which was responsible for strengthening the defense of the south-west direction of Moscow.