Chapter 337 Opportunity 2

Ouyang Jian's detailed, incisive, and top-secret information disclosed for the first time at a meeting of senior military generals shocked all the generals present. As for Runzhi, Zhu De, and Peng Dehuai, they had already known in the report submitted by Ouyang Jian. There was silence at the venue, and what Ouyang Jian said was confidential, so the generals present could not record it, but could only use their brains to remember it. After the service staff at the venue came in to refill the tea and exited, Ouyang Jian sorted out his thoughts and continued.

"Germany dared to swing the Dharma sword at Soviet Russia based on two considerations. First, the huge losses caused by the Soviet army from the palace greatly weakened the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army. You may know that the Great Purge of Soviet Russia in 34 years caused an earthquake in the armed forces of Soviet Russia due to the expansion of the purge and rebellion, and the Soviet army suffered greatly. Why did Soviet Russia carry out the Great Purge, it is necessary for us to explain the general situation. The trigger for the purge was the murder of Kirov, then secretary of the Central Committee of Soviet Russia. On December 1, 1934, Kirov was shot at the Molny Palace in Leningrads and died instantly! ”

"The murderer was a traitor who had been expelled from the party, but it was unbelievable. The killer was twice detained near the Smolny Palace and had weapons found on his body, but was released on both occasions. What's even more strange is that the murderer easily infiltrated the Smolny Palace on December 1. When he shot Kirov, the captain of Kirov's guard was actually far behind. The murderer was caught red-handed, and the captain of Kirov's guard was taken away for interrogation. ”

"What follows, just like in the movie, was in an accident on the way to escort the captain of the guard. The captain of the guard died on the spot in the car accident. Later, two NKVD staff members who were escorting the captain of the guard were also killed. In the aftermath of the case, not even a simple investigation report was made public, and the murderer was executed en masse along with 49 of his accomplices. As a result, the direct witnesses to the murder of Kirov have died, and the Kirov case has become a mystery. ”

On the day of Kirov's assassination, Stalin, without the consent and discussion of the Politburo, arbitrarily made the following changes to the Criminal Code: First, the judicial organs should expedite the trial of prisoners accused of planning or carrying out terrorist acts. Secondly, the Presidium of the Central Committee of the USSR would not consider the applications of such criminals for pardon, and once the verdict had been handed down, it would not be appealed or pardoned. Thirdly, the NKVD shall carry out such offenders as soon as they are sentenced to death. ”

The above article was called the Kirov Law by the Western media, and its appearance provided a legal basis for the Soviet Union to launch a large-scale anti-rebellion campaign, which lasted four years. The early stage of the anti-liquidation campaign in Soviet Russia can be divided into two stages, the first stage is from 34 to 35 years, the object of the purge and anti-purge is only the murderer of Kirov, that is, the relevant personnel, according to relevant statistics, the murderer of Kirov reached 500,000 people! The venue exclaimed, which was also incredible.

"In '36, the second stage, the first trial in Moscow, the Great Purge of Moscow took place three public trials, all of which were held against senior party and state leaders and high-ranking military generals. Sixteen people were executed in the first Moscow trial on charges of organizing the Trotsky Terror Center. Conspiracy to assassinate party and state leaders headed by Stalin. Sixteen criminals pleaded not guilty, including Zinoviev and Kamenev. As a result, the 16 accused had no right to appeal at all. Immediately shot upon conviction. ”

The first trial in Moscow brought out a lot of unjustifiable surprises, when the Internal Affairs Committee, headed by Yagda, made technical mistakes and some charges could not be established. A typical example is a representative of the Trotsky Terror Center, who had a secret meeting with Trotsky's son Sedorf in a hotel in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 32. But a week after the 16 defendants were executed, the Danish newspaper Social Democracy revealed that the hotel had been demolished long before their meeting, while Sedorf was taking exams at the Technical College in Berlin. ”

Stalin was outraged by such a joke, and immediately removed Yagda and appointed Yezhov as NKVD. After Yezhov took office, the anti-rebellion movement expanded rapidly, and the darkest period of Soviet Russia arrived. In January 37, the 2nd Moscow trial, 17 defendants were executed on the spot, 15 people. After the end of the 37th Congress of the CPSU in 17, the spearhead was pointed at the delegates. Of the 198 members and alternate members of the Central Committee, 98 of whom were arrested and executed on various charges, a figure of 70 percent, were elected at the meeting. Of the 1,996 delegates at the congress, 1,108 were arrested. ”

"Comrades, what a staggering figure. With the expansion of the rebellion, the spearhead was then pointed at the army. In June 37, a group of high-ranking generals including Marshal Tukhachevsky of the Soviet Army were executed on charges of anti-Soviet military centers. According to what we know, Marshal Tukhachevsky's charges were entirely committed by German spies. Since Tukhachevsky was the most talented and prestigious marshal of the Soviet army, the German Gestapo learned the inside story of the Great Purge of Soviet Russia, forged a document, and successfully eliminated this outstanding military general through the hands of Stalin. ”

"The 3rd trial in Moscow was March 38. The defendants were 23 people headed by Bukharin and Likov on charges of the rightist and Trotskyist anti-Soviet coalition. As a result, 23 people, including Bukharin and Likov, were executed. The Great Purge was the most brutal act of our time, according to detailed statistics: the four-year purge deprived Russia of a large number of professional revolutionaries, and 15 of the 29 Central Committee members who led the October Revolution were executed. In the first government formed by Lenin, there were 15 people's commissars, of whom 8 were executed or died in prison, 4 died of illness before the Great Purge, 1 was assassinated abroad, 1 was missing, and the only survivor was Stalin himself. ”

"According to secret materials held by the West, a four-year purge in which 1.2 million party members were arrested. Many were executed or exiled without trial. The situation of the four-year purge of the Soviet army is even more outrageous. According to statistics, 30,000 to 50,000 officers of the Soviet army were executed during the four-year purge, accounting for 80 percent of the middle and senior generals of the Soviet army. Of these: 5 marshals, 3 executed, 15 generals, 13 executed, 9 admirals and 8 executed. ”

All the generals opened their mouths in surprise, as if they did not believe that this was the truth. "The following figures are even more unbelievable, as 50 of the 57 Soviet commanders and 154 of the 186 division commanders were executed as the campaign spiraled out of control. All 16 army commissars were executed, and 25 of the 28 army commissars were executed. Such self-destruction of the Great Wall can be said to be rare in human history. As for the purge in society, according to what we know, about 4 million people were executed during the four-year purge, and the number of people who were implicated to varying degrees reached 20 million. ”

In addition, after four consecutive years of purges, the Chinese in the Soviet Union in the Far East were also suppressed, and hundreds of thousands of Chinese were collectively escorted to Siberia for hard labor, of which about 300,000 were tortured to death. The purges caused confusion in the Soviet army, the organization of the army was broken up, and there was a lack of experienced commanders in the army. Hitler saw the weakness of the Soviet army and formulated a battle plan for Barbarossa to attack Soviet Russia. ”

"There was another important reason why Hitler despised the Soviet army, and that was the Soviet-Finnish war, which lasted four and a half months, from November 30, 39 to March 12, 40. In front of the weak Finns, the powerful Soviet army mobilized 26 divisions and 670,000 people, 2,000 combat vehicles, and more than 1,000 combat aircraft to attack Finland, the land of projectiles. As a result, he was defeated to the ground, which shocked the world. In the end, although the Finns surrendered to the territory, it is not difficult to see that the heavy price paid by the Soviet army after the Great Purge was fully reflected on the battlefield. ”

"The main reason why Soviet Russia invaded Finland was that after Germany annexed Austria, Soviet Russia deeply felt the security of the northwestern border and Leningrad, and asked Finland to exchange territory and lease military bases, but the negotiations broke down, and Soviet Russia unilaterally abrogated the "Soviet-Finnish Non-Aggression Pact". Due to the lack of combat experience of the commanders, the Soviet army was in a difficult situation in the first phase of the operation, and did not achieve any campaign objectives at all, and it may be hard to believe that the population of Finland was only about 4 million, and the standing army was only 3 or 20,000. ”

In the end, although the Soviet Russia achieved its strategic goal, the Soviet army paid the price of millions of casualties. The Soviet-Finnish war could cover several aspects: First, the consequences of the Great Purge were so bad that they cost them dearly. Second, the troops were dispatched in a hurry and were not well prepared. Third, the command was ineffective and the coordination was ineffective, and fourth, the Soviet and Russian air forces were backward. Foreign military strategists once joked: a Finnish soldier fell in exchange for the lives of 10 Soviet soldiers. ”

Ouyang Jian looked around at everyone and continued: "The powerful Soviet Russia, in the face of the small Finland, did its best, and actually made the world laugh, which shows what the Soviet army as a whole looks like, which is why Hitler is relieved to boldly target Soviet Russia." However, the most worrying thing is that Soviet Russia is still singing and dancing, unaware of the approaching danger. I think you will soon see the German attack in full swing, and I judge that the German attack will be in June! ”

"But the Germans are taking risks, and let's not forget that Soviet Russia is a fighting nation, and their tenacity is immeasurable. If the Germans could not quickly bring Russia to its knees, its vast territory would be a nightmare for the Germans, similar to the Japanese offensive. Let's take a break, and then let's talk about the relationship between the United States and Japan. ”