Chapter 458: Germany Suddenly Attacks the Soviet Union
June 22, 1941. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Yichun.
These days, the trail is dedicated to army building. Since Peng Chen and the others came, the pressure on Xiaolu has been reduced a lot, and they have taken on almost all the administrative affairs, and this spring's spring ploughing, reclamation, disaster relief, organization of industrial production, education, and so on are all in order.
Over the past few months, Yichun's weapons production capacity and level have been greatly improved, and more than 20,000 guns of various types, several million rounds of ammunition, several hundred artillery pieces have been repaired, and more than 200 tanks have been repaired. In addition, tens of thousands of shells were produced, and the production of rocket artillery and rocket launchers was also considerable.
Today, tank and artillery units, including rocket artillery units, are sizable and well trained.
The airplanes are still being developed, and the 200 repaired Japanese planes have already taken to the skies many times, and the pilot training is also very fast. The Japanese instructors did not agree that the trainees would fly so quickly, but more than 200 of the hundreds of trainees had already gone to the sky.
After the opening of the Heilongjiang River in the spring, the 100-ton river boats made by Yichun shuttled between the two sides of the Heilongjiang River, transporting light industrial products and oil and cotton. Under the cover of anti-aircraft guns, the convoy of cars transported the supplies to the numerous caves in the mountains.
Light flying machines made with motor engines have already entered the army, both single and double. Because it is not easy to buy such an engine from the USSR, the number of finished products is not large, and it is difficult to expand the army.
At present, the biggest problem is the shortage of conventional weapons, which affects the progress of the army expansion, and the new recruits in various localities are still holding old weapons.
In the past few days, with the arrival of June, Xiaolu has put a lot of energy into paying attention to the situation in Europe.
In May, Xiaolu received news from Chongqing that a major war might break out on June 1. However, after June 1, no news came.
Xiaolu was not discouraged, he knew that history has a great inertia, and he only exerted influence on one or two of these factors, and it was difficult to change the direction of the historical process, so he could only come little by little.
However, some different news came back from Japan.
Because of the adult radio broadcast to Japan, Yichun's Japanese radio station became the most listened to radio station in Japan, and the perception of the people, especially women, changed somewhat.
The news from the Japanese underground party shows that Japan is conscripting, and it is conscripting on a large scale. At present, a large number of workers have moved from the factories to the barracks, and a large number of housewives have entered the factories.
Due to the shortage of peasants, most of the peasants joined the army after the spring sowing this year, so the paddy fields were not well managed, and the yield was doomed.
The second piece of news is that Japanese newspapers are reporting and discussing the current political situation in large numbers, arguing about the policy of moving south to north. Discussions have suddenly increased since April, and there are heavyweight articles coming out almost every day. By May, the controversy was very strong, with different factions attacking each other and even invective.
The third piece of news is that Japan is stepping up talks with the United States. Since the Japanese occupation of northern French Vietnam in September 1940, the Japanese army has continued to advance towards the southern part of the Indochina Peninsula. Naturally, the Vichy government in France could not say anything powerful, and the United States already felt a great threat. Since March, the United States and Japan have been in frequent contacts.
In April, US Secretary of State Hull received a memorandum of understanding from Japan, the main contents of which were the attitudes of the two countries toward the war in Europe, an explanation of the Triple Alliance, the attitude of the United States and Japan towards economic activities in the Southwest Pacific, and the deployment of naval and air forces in the Pacific.
In addition, with regard to the terms of peace in China, there are (1) the withdrawal of Japanese troops from China in accordance with the agreement to be reached between Japan and China. (2) China's territory shall not be annexed. (3) No war reparations. (4) The restoration of the open door policy, the interpretation and application of which shall be agreed between Japan and the United States. (5) The Chongqing Nationalist Government merged with the Wang regime in Nanjing. (6) Recognition of "Manchukuo".
Later, Matsuoka returned from Europe and opposed the memorandum, arguing that the Triple Alliance of Germany, Italy and Japan should be adhered to and not cooperate with the United States.
On 3 May, the joint meeting of Japan's headquarters and government finally adopted Matsuoka's opinion, which became Japan's first amendment to the Japan-US understanding plan. With regard to the amendment to the China clause, major revisions have been made, and all the specific items listed in the original plan have been deleted, and only the US Government has been asked to recognize the three principles of Konoe, that is, Sino-Japanese friendship, joint defense against communism, and economic cooperation. and the treaty concluded with the Wang regime in Nanking and the "Japan-Manchurian-Chinese Joint Declaration" in accordance with these three principles.
The Japanese and Americans negotiated and engaged in much the same historical material as Koji has.
The fact that the Japanese were arguing about the strategy of advancing south and north, reaching a neutrality agreement with the Soviet Union, and also striving for an agreement with the United States, showed that Japan was still at a crossroads, and the final strategy had not yet been determined.
However, today is June 22, and it is time for the German offensive against the Soviet Union to begin.
Xiaolu sent a telegram to Moscow in the morning, asking about the situation.
At present, there is still the last group of personnel in Moscow who have not returned to Yichun, including Division Commander Lin, Liu Yalou, Sergey, Wang Li, and a soldier brought by Wang Li, a total of 5 people. Hundreds of other people, young and old, students' families, and the sick, all went on their way, and most of them had already returned.
On the way back, although they experienced many accidents caused by the sabotage of Japanese spies, and even stranded, they all came back after all, and no one died.
Soon, Wang Li called back, we are already on the way, according to your arrangement, we have met with the relevant personnel of the Comintern with Division Commander Lin yesterday, and affirmed that Germany will attack the Soviet Union, and we will return to the Far East to look for an opportunity to fight the Japanese invaders.
If the Soviets had read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" by heart, they would have linked the great retreat of the Chinese in Moscow with Liu Bei's quiet slipping away in the Battle of Guandu.
It's a pity that they don't understand the Three Kingdoms, just like Fahai doesn't know love.
The Comintern had already sent the information to Stalin. Stalin had already arranged the battle from midnight.
Just after reading the telegram, Wang Li came another telegram, saying that they heard the radio on the train, and Molotov made a speech, announcing to the people of the whole Soviet Union that Germany had launched a full-scale attack on the Soviet Union.
Path return: both are known. It is necessary to ensure the safe return of Lin Liu at all costs.
Sending this telegram, Xiaolu immediately drafted a telegram and sent it to Yan'an: Lin, Liu, An, Li and other 5 people have left Moscow. The retreat is complete. Someone has been sent to the USSR to greet them. The Germans launched an attack on the Soviet Union at 3:30 a.m. on June 22. Please telegraph Northeast Operations. Road.
The Great Moscow Retreat is finally over, and everyone has left Moscow. The plan, which had been in place since two months earlier, was delayed by various accidents, and the people were evacuating one after another, while the key figures stayed for a while to spy on the treaty between the Soviet Union and Japan, leaving Moscow just a few days earlier.
From Moscow to Vladivostok, it normally takes half a month for the train to be on the way. Along the way, the sabotage of Japanese agents made the retreat more difficult. Because there was an order to ensure safety, several waves of people stopped halfway and waited for the railway to be restored before moving on.
After the telegram was sent, Xiaolu immediately called Wang Santai and ordered him to personally lead a small army, carry a radio into the Soviet Union, and take a train to the west to meet all the retreating personnel.
Subsequently, Xiao Lu said to Xue Rui: "Notify all cadres at the brigade level and above the division commander level in Yichun to hold a meeting to convey the latest war situation in Europe. ”