In mid-November, when the north is already icy and snowy, Chongqing is still warm as spring, but it is slightly chilly in the morning and evening. At present, the eyes of the Nationalist Government have always been attracted by the battlefield of Soviet Russia, and all kinds of lace news and gossip are flying all over the sky. On the contrary, the Japanese army was very quiet, and the reports of the Japanese troops were all skirmishes. Therefore, curious people are more concerned about the battlefield of Soviet Russia, the kind of large-scale combat of tanks, airplanes, hundreds of thousands, millions of people, has become a topic of conversation after dinner.

During this period, the envoys of various countries stationed in Chongqing were also affected by the Soviet and Russian battlefields, and their foreign affairs activities were significantly reduced. Therefore, as the vice minister of foreign affairs, Enlai has a lot of time to spare at home, and basically does not go to the smoky foreign ministry, but stays in the office of the Eighth Route Army on business. Since Ouyang Jian is also idle at home, the two often deal with internal things together. On this day, the two studied the industrial layout of the Great Northwest again, and then sat together and began to drink.

"Brother Enlai, Japan's combined fleet is about to be dispatched!" "Is the information reliable?" "Yesterday, Mei Fang personally deciphered a top-secret telegram from the Japanese army headquarters, which was issued by the Japanese army headquarters to the Southern Front. I instructed Mei Fang to withhold this top-secret message! "Why?" "Because this telegram revealed the situation of the combined fleet of the Japanese army. The Japanese army adopted a more sophisticated code. But it was still decrypted by Mei Fang. "Actually, Ouyang Jian used Mei Fang to tell the situation of the Japanese Combined Fleet." What is the specifics? ”

"The general content is that the Japanese Combined Fleet was dispatched in late November, and the operation was codenamed Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! The target is Oahu. The Japanese base camp was electrically ordered, and the Japanese Southern Front Army conducted a joint operation. "What is the content of the Japanese Combined Fleet?" The telegram shows that the commander of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet is Isoroku Yamamoto, and its aircraft carrier Akagi is the flagship, including the Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu, Shozuru, and Zuisho. Judging by the number of fighters carried by these six Japanese aircraft carriers, the Japanese army will dispatch at least 400 carrier-based fighters. ”

"Among them are the Zero Type 21 carrier-based fighter, the Type 97 shipboard attack aircraft, which can carry torpedoes and bombshells. In addition, the Type 99 bombardment fighter is included. According to the number of aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy, the number of escort warships should reach at least 50 or more. According to the secret telegram, at the same time that the Japanese Navy attacked the US Pacific Fleet, the Japanese Southern Front will simultaneously attack Nanyang, dispatching about 200,000 troops, and the commander of the Japanese Nanyang Front is Terauchi Shouichi. ”

"It seems that the US Pacific Fleet is in danger, but it is okay, the Americans will not wake up without paying a certain price." In fact, it was the British who were looking forward to the Americans entering the war, and if the British had obtained this information, the British would not have told the Americans. Churchill would have rejoiced if he had known the news. Let's expect Americans to wake up and cheers! Enlai smiled: "You are a ghost elf, everyone is drunk and I am awake!" ”

At this time, in the Ministry of National Defense, Lao Jiang, He Yingqin and other generals paid close attention to the war situation in Soviet Russia. He Yingqin said: "President, according to the report of the Russian Embassy, since June, the German army has entered the territory of Soviet Russia by lightning surprise. The Germans attacked at a rapid pace, and we thought that the Germans would be able to capture Moscow before the onset of winter. However, after the German army occupied Kiev on the southern front and blockaded Leningrad on the northern front, the German army was met with stubborn resistance from the Soviet army, and the speed of the offensive had to slow down. ”

"Today is November 16, according to the report of the Russian Embassy, the Soviet army has built a 300-kilometer defensive line in the area west of Moscow and formed three core positions. But the Germans attacked sharply, and the Soviets suffered heavy losses. The Germans were already under the city of Moscow, and Stalin held a military parade on Moscow's Red Square on November 7 and decided to defend Moscow. We had judged that Moscow would soon fall away, but now it seems impossible. If the Germans want to capture Moscow, they will have to do so in February at the earliest. ”

"President, now you can see how sharp General Ouyang's strategic vision is, and his predictions have all come true. According to the situation of the German offensive, the harsh winter greatly restricted its combat efficiency, and if the German army could not take Moscow as soon as possible, Bi would be crushed under the city of Moscow. Bai Chongxi said. Brother Bai, your conclusion is arbitrary and premature. He Yingqin denied it. I agree with Commander Bai's analysis, just as General Ouyang judged, the harsh winter made it difficult for the German mechanized troops to move an inch! Wei Lihuang expressed solidarity with Bai Chongxi.

Suddenly, the senior generals formed two factions, each of which did not give in to each other and debated fiercely. The chaotic scene made Lao Jiang very irritable and said: "Everyone, don't be impatient!" The situation on the battlefield in Soviet Russia fulfilled General Ouyang's prediction. As for whether the Soviets could hold Moscow or whether the Germans could quickly capture it, you can't say a convincing reason. The Communist Party knew Soviet Russia very well, and perhaps they knew more about the situation than we knew, so they immediately invited General Ouyang to the Ministry of National Defense. ”

An hour later, Ouyang Jian strode into the Ministry of Defense. From the outbreak of the Soviet-German war in June to mid-November, he did not set foot in the door of the Ministry of Defense for four and a half months. Ouyang Jian nodded in greetings to the generals and said, "Principal, there is an emergency military situation. Lao Jiang smiled: "It's still the Soviet Russian battlefield that caused trouble." The current situation on the Soviet-German battlefield has fulfilled your prediction, but the German soldiers are under the city of Mousk, and the generals are arguing about the next battle situation. ”

Lao Jiang continued: "General Ouyang, the situation on the battlefield in Soviet Russia is unclear, whether the German army can capture Moscow, and whether the Soviet army can hold Moscow." What is the information on your Communist side? In addition, combined with your judgment, how did the Battle of Moscow end? Ouyang Jian looked around at the generals and said confidently: "It's still the same sentence, the German army opened up the eastern front, and it was doomed to fail, I will not change my opinion." On the surface, the German army was like a bamboo, but with the deepening of the front, the vast territorial depth of Soviet Russia had already played a role. ”

"With the passage of time, the Soviet army withstood the stormy attack of the German army, and although the losses were huge, the purpose of exchanging space for time was achieved. In early September, the German Central broke through and captured Smossowski, opening the door to Moscow. The German High Command quickly drew up a Typhoon operation plan to attack Moscow with the intention of capturing Moscow before the onset of winter. But this is just wishful thinking on the part of the Germans. ”

Ouyang Jian walked to the military map and picked up the baton and continued: "According to the information we have obtained, the central cluster of the German army has concentrated 78 divisions, 1 or 40,000 artillery pieces of various kinds, more than 1,300 combat aircraft, 1,700 tanks, and a total strength of 1.8 million people. The power of the German army looked very intimidating and seemed to be the final word. The Soviet army also concentrated one-third of its entire armed forces, swore to defend Moscow to the death, and formed three core positions in the defense line 300 kilometers west of Moscow. ”

At the same time, the Soviet high command formed a large number of partisan detachments to attack and interfere with the German advance towards Moscow. The Soviet High Command requisitioned three front armies, with a defensive strength of about 1.25 million men. It is equipped with more than 9,000 artillery pieces, more than 900 tanks and more than 600 combat aircraft. By October, the Soviets had suffered great losses, with 650,000 officers and men captured, and half of the Soviets' defensive strength had been lost. By late October, a German vanguard was only 65 kilometers from Moscow. ”

"The German army is under the city of Moscow, and Moscow is indeed in danger. But this is only a superficial phenomenon, and I think that although the Germans advanced under Moscow, the bad weather and the adjustment of the Soviet and Russian high command will soon come into play, which means that the nightmare of the German army has begun. Stalin had already made up his mind to live and die with Moscow. The Russian high command requisitioned troops on the one hand and strengthened the city defense of Moscow on the other. ”

On November 7, Stalin held a military parade on Moscow's Red Square to announce his determination to hold Moscow. While the troops under review were leaving for the front, Stalin ordered reinforcements to continue to strengthen the combat forces of Moscow's defenses. At the same time, Stalin decided to turn Moscow into a huge fortress fortifications with the aim of fighting street battles with the Germans. According to the information we have, 25 workers' battalions, 120,000 militia divisions, and 169 street fighting groups were quickly formed in the Moscow district. ”

In addition, 600,000 people were mobilized in the city of Moscow to build three defensive positions around the city, of which three-quarters were women. What is even more shocking is that by the end of October, women and children alone had dug 700 kilometers of anti-tank trenches, excavated 3 million cubic meters of earth, and built 3,800 temporary or fixed fire points. ”

"The city of Moscow has been turned into a huge fortress, and imagine that once the Germans invaded the city, street fighting would drag them down. In addition, I will tell you one more piece of news, at the moment the snow in Moscow has reached a depth of 1 meter, and the temperature continues to drop. With such bad weather, I think you will draw your own conclusions on the offensive and defensive side. My judgment was that the Soviets would soon launch a counteroffensive, and that the Germans would fall under Moscow. ”

Everyone seemed to be listening to the book of heaven, and this kind of confidential information was simply incredible, but there was no doubt about it. The scene was a little dull, and Lao Jiang said: "The information and judgment provided by General Ouyang no longer need to be argued. The conclusion was that the Germans could not capture Moscow, and we had to take a proper look at the Soviet Russian battlefield. General Ou, I didn't expect your party's intelligence to be so fast and accurate, which is admirable! ”