Berlin, 13 May 1941. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The marshals and generals entered the Prime Minister's House in batches, and they came in separately, and through three gates.

The meeting seemed mysterious. The aim was to keep the foreign spies out of the spotlight. All the people who attended the meeting were allowed to make war decisions.

Such important meetings are sometimes held at the Prime Minister's Villa in the suburbs, sometimes at resorts, and not often at the Prime Minister's Palace. In the dense forests of Rastenburg in East Prussia, a secret headquarters is being built, consisting of a series of bunkers and pillboxes, surrounded by barbed wire.

This secret command has been named the Wolf's Lair and will soon be in operation, in order to facilitate the Führer's command of the Barbarossa plan to attack the Soviet Union.

Why is it called a wolf's den? The word Adolf is derived from a Germanic word meaning the most revered wolf.

This time, because the Führer was in Berlin, the meeting was held in Berlin.

Among the marshals attending the meeting, Field Marshal Liszt and Admiral Weicks were transferred back from the Balkans, and they had just finished the Balkan land campaign. On 15 April, the Yugoslav army ceased resistance. On April 17, the unconditional surrender of the Yugoslav army was signed. On April 23, the instrument of surrender of the Greek army was signed. On 27 April, the Germans occupied Athens. On 29 April, it reached the southern tip of the Peloponnese. The British expeditionary force, which lost nearly 12,000 men, destroyed heavy weapons and transports, and withdrew by sea to Crete.

At present, they are planning to capture Crete and completely occupy sea supremacy in the Mediterranean.

Their plan was airborne warfare. At this critical moment, I was pulled back for a meeting. When the affairs of southern Europe are over, it will be possible to concentrate military, financial, and material resources against the Soviet Union.

Most of the rest of the German forces had already been massed in Poland, and a few were stationed on the Western Front.

At the beginning of the meeting, Hitler got straight to the point and said: "Today, we are discussing the plan of war against those inferior races in the east. Can we start on May 15th? ”

The plan for the ultimate occupation of the Soviet Union has long been decided, and now it is necessary to decide when to carry it out.

This plan was the Barbarossa Plan, a plan to attack the Soviet Union.

As early as July 1940, this plan began to be developed. At the end of the year, the plan was finalized. The Germans had realized that the Soviet Union was a world power, and it was not at all the same as the countries of Western Europe, and the number of its armies, the number of tanks, the number of artillery was more than the sum of how many countries combined. The territory of the Soviet Union was vast, and it also required a large number of troops to fully occupy it.

December 18, 1940

On Sunday, Hitler issued Order No. 21 approving the plan, which was named the Barbarossa Plan.

If it were Chinese, it would not use this name as the name of the plan, although this Barbarossa has been fighting all his life and is very powerful, but he drowned while crossing the river, how unlucky.

At the meeting, most people agreed that it could not be carried out on time, because the battle in the Mediterranean was not over and Crete was still in the hands of the British. If we fight now, then there will be a situation of two-front warfare, which is unfavorable.

However, several people believed that the attack should be carried out on time, because the Soviet Union was an extremely cold country, and only by starting the war in the spring could it be possible to capture Moscow and take the cities of the Ural Mountains before the fall of autumn. If this could not be done, then Stalin would be given the opportunity to retain his national power and not completely destroy the Soviet Union.

Hitler agreed with the idea of not fighting on two fronts, and he did a lot of tricks to avoid it.

However, he disagrees with the statement that the Soviet Union will hold out for a long time, and he famously said: "The Soviet Union is a broken house, and if you kick the door, the house will collapse." "This is a phrase in which he overestimated himself and underestimated the USSR.

"Führer, I have heard a different point of view." This is Foreign Minister Liebentrop.

Hitler: "What point of view?" ”

Liebentrop: "Not necessarily disagree, but from a different perspective: our intelligence officers in the diplomatic department in China believe that the Soviet Union is indeed a broken house, but the house will not collapse if you kick it on the door, only if you kick it on a pillar." ”

Hitler: "And where are the pillars of this broken house?" ”

Liebentrop: "After we observed the battles of the USSR and Japan, we decided that the pillars of this broken house were Moscow, and their arms manufacturing industry. Only when Moscow is occupied and the arms manufacturing industry is ruined, will the Soviet army surrender in large numbers. ”

Hitler: "Although I am reluctant to discuss again where the main direction of attack is, I would like to hear the analysis of the latest developments in the Soviet Union by the foreign affairs department. ”

Liebentrop: "We observe that the Soviet Union is a centralized state, and all centralized orders come from Moscow, and only when Stalin dies, or leaves Moscow, can the Soviets be shaken by their determination to resist." Only then did those who were afraid of Stalin dare to surrender. To put it simply, as long as Stalin is dead, the USSR will be easy to fight. In addition, we have other results. ”

Hitler: "Say it. ”

Liebentrop: "We do not spare the blood of the lower races, but we do not spare the blood of the noble Germans." Therefore, we have diplomatic ways to reduce the bloodshed of the Germanic armies. This is a report from the Chinese embassy, which has just been delivered. ”

Hitler: "Listen, everybody." ”

"This report has several points: first, it is necessary to attack the USSR as soon as possible, preferably in May, with a view to reaching the Ural Mountains before the onset of winter and completely destroying the Soviet defense industry. Second, in order to reduce the bloodshed of the Germanic peoples, the Allied Japan could be allowed to send troops to the Far East of the Soviet Union and hasten the demise of the Soviet Union. Thirdly, in order to facilitate the entry of the Japanese into the war, we have the following proposals: a, to divide the Soviet Union with Japan, and to divide the Asian part to Japan and the European part to Germany. b, to send to the Japanese the mineral materials of the Soviet Far East that we have obtained. c, to create opportunities in the war, so that the Japanese think that sending troops can pick up the cheap. ”

"The following are suggestions for creating opportunities for Japan to send troops. ……”

This report attracted the attention of many generals in the headquarters, and several generals asked for the report and carefully studied the contents of the report.

After a while, everyone raised a few questions about this report, and Liebentrop answered them one by one. Knowing the true thoughts of the person who submitted the information, everyone began to believe the information.

"The Chinese army is not even up to the level of World War I, so they rely on external forces. Now, they're counting on us. Mr. Wang Jingwei, Mr. Song Ziwen, and Mr. Kong Xiangxi all vied to meet with the Führer. It's ridiculous.

A marshal said.

His subtext is that the Chinese can't do it, and the information they come from there must also draw a question mark and not be trusted. Don't waste your time here.

"Still, their ideas are interesting. It is a good strategy to end the war as soon as possible by exchanging what you may not be able to get. For them, it's very advantageous. Another marshal said. He said it a little vaguely, they? Japanese, or Chinese?

Liebentrop: "However, I have a concern that the Japanese are annoyed that we signed a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union while the Japanese and the Soviet Union were fighting for the Far East. Will they be able to send troops? Also, their target is the Pacific Ocean. We also want them to counterbalance Britain and the United States in the Pacific. ”

He put himself in a good position by raising this issue first, which showed that their diplomatic department had studied it thoroughly. If someone else brings this question up, it is questioning themselves.

Hitler: "I don't think it's difficult to defeat the USSR. In my opinion, the war against the USSR was a three-month war. However, the report says that the Soviet Union's strategic depth and cold climate are factors worth considering. What do meteorological experts say about the weather in Moscow this winter? ”

"They say that Moscow has never had three bitter cold winters in a row, so a warm winter is expected this year," said one of the marshals. ”

Liebentrop: "This report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs specifically stresses not to trust any long-term climate forecasts. We can't joke with the blood of the Aryans. ”

The meeting lasted three hours and was not considered feasible on the original date. In order to cleanly eliminate the Soviet Union, the proposal to launch an attack on 22 June was rejected and the attack was changed to Sunday, June 1.

The tactics of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were adopted. This plan has little to do with military operations, and can only be beneficial. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately contacted Japan and mobilized Japan to strike at the Soviet Far East.

No one had much hope for the plan. According to intelligence, they knew that Japan was going to fight against the Pacific. Although Germany did not give up its efforts to persuade Japan to advance northward, it did not give up hope. Without Japan's cooperation, it was necessary to fight against the Soviet Union alone.

Later, everyone was encouraged by the great effect of this plan, and even every time the war was difficult, they hoped that the German diplomatic department would come up with a genius diplomatic plan. The German Foreign Ministry did not disappoint everyone, and one after another, tortured the Soviet Union to the point of almost disintegration.

Hitler set the date, excited, and said: "We have created a lot of public opinion and publicized the Sea Lion Project, so that the whole world thinks that we are going to attack Britain." Actually, Britain won't do much, and we can ignore them. When the Barbarossa Plan begins, the world will be amazed and in disbelief!"

He seemed to see himself raise one foot and kick one of the pillars of a house, and the house collapsed.

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1. The wolf's den is actually in East Prussia. Hitler once said that the wolf's den was "one of the few places in Europe where I could work freely and calmly." "Four or five 50,000 mines can guarantee that it is almost impossible to penetrate the wolf's den from the ground.

2. At the Yalta Conference on the distribution of interests after the war, the Soviet Union refused to cede part of the occupied Polish territory, compensated Poland for Polish independence, and divided part of the German territory of East Prussia from Germany to Poland, which was equivalent to the westward movement of Polish territory. That is why the Wolf's Lair is located on the territory of modern Poland. In modern times, there are also some Poles who have emigrated to Germany, and Germany is willing to accept them, for the simple reason that they are actually Germans, but because after the war, their homeland was divided into Poland.