Chapter 463: Mediterranean Storm (20)
As for the question of whether the Soviet Union could defeat Germany, Stalin still had no idea whether he could defeat Germany. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
If it were not for the establishment of trade and cooperation relations with the Donghua Empire before the war, and the introduction of a large number of advanced technologies from the Donghua Empire, with the previous industrial technology and military strength of the Soviet Union, in the face of Germany's powerful and invincible armor torrent, I am afraid that Ukraine and Belarus would have been lost long ago, and it is difficult to say whether it can even keep the Caucasus.
Although due to the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union joined the camp of the Central Powers led by Britain and the United States. However, Stalin knew very well that the inherent contradiction between communism and capitalism determined that it was impossible for the Soviet Union to truly stand on the same front as the capitalist countries led by Britain and the United States.
The Second World War was both an opportunity for the Soviet Union to plant the red flag of communism all over the world, but it was also a crisis in which the Soviet Union was under full siege by the Western capitalist world.
After this step, the Soviet Union will truly rise to the pinnacle of world power. On the contrary, the Soviet Union was in danger of being dismembered and destroyed.
A temporary truce with Germany would have been a blessing for Stalin.
As far as the Soviet-German battlefield situation is concerned, it is obviously unlikely that Germany will defeat the Soviet Union in the same way that it destroyed Poland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and other European countries. The long-term stalemate between the Soviet Union and Germany on the battlefield was a huge economic burden on both the Soviet Union and Germany.
Germany now needs time to digest the dividends of the war in Europe, and the Soviet Union needs time to strengthen the security environment in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran.
Therefore, it would be more advantageous for both Germany and the Soviet Union to maintain the status quo on the Soviet-German battlefield.
As the Donghua Empire extended its hand to Africa and then to the Mediterranean, both the Allied and Axis camps were secretly frightened: "The wolf is coming!" ”
What reassures countries around the world a little is that fortunately, the two Chinese countries of Huaxia and Donghua have not merged. Otherwise, the "**** theory" will definitely become the hottest topic in the world's media and public opinion.
Although it is said that those comrades in China have achieved very good results on the road of armed seizure of power in recent years, they seem to be getting farther and farther away from the big brother of the Comintern and the Soviet Union. Even they adopted a noticeably cold attitude toward Comrade Wang Ming, who had always been obedient to his words and plans. All these signs made Stalin very uncomfortable.
The Chinese Communist Party can only be a branch of the Soviet Union! Beyond this principle, they must be punished!
In the past two years, the Nanjing Nationalist Government has once again established "restricting the Communist Party and suppressing the Communist Party" as the "fundamental policy of the party-state," and the friction between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party has become increasingly great.
In particular, after the Nanjing government saw that the Donghua Empire seemed to have no intention of interfering in the entanglement between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, it gradually stopped focusing its strategic focus on the war against Japan, but secretly joined hands with Japan to launch a frenzied campaign against the Communist Party's intelligence organizations on the underground intelligence front.
After understanding Stalin's intentions, Beria instructed the Cheka Far Eastern Division to also stumble against the underground party of the Chinese Communist Party in the territory of the three eastern provinces. As a result, the underground organization of the Chinese Communist Party in Northeast China suffered heavy losses, and the intelligence work behind enemy lines was almost paralyzed.
The direct consequences of the unfavorable intelligence work of the enemy soon affected the front-line battlefield of the Eighth Route Army. This also led to the Eighth Route Army having to shift from strategic offensive to strategic defense.
In this case, if the Japanese Kwantung Army wants to convince its interests in Manchuria, even if Hirohito can agree, I am afraid that the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro, will not nod.
As for whether the Allies would propose that the Soviet Union threaten Japan with troops in northeastern China, Stalin did not consider this idea at all.
The Western Front finally had a truce, and at this time a third battlefield was opened in the Far East, unless Joseph Stalin really had his brain in water.
The British wanted the Soviet Union to sing this red face, but the wishful thinking was quite loud.
It's a pity that people who treat others as fools are often the biggest fools!
After Stalin made up his mind, he quickly found an opportunity to reveal to Cheng Gong in person the idea of Churchill and Hoover's conspiracy to calculate China in relatively obscure terms.
Although Cheng Gong did not pay much attention to the goodwill shown by Stalin, he did quite well on the surface, saying on the spot that the navies of the East and Soviet Union should strengthen and deepen cooperation in the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean region and jointly maintain world peace and stability.
It was finally determined that Cheng Gong would not trigger a full-scale war between the East and the Soviet Union because of the military conflict between the navies of the East and the Soviet Union in the Arabian Sea, and the stone that had been hanging in Stalin's heart for a long time could finally be put down.
On a sunny lake, a white yacht anchored.
On the foredeck, Cheng Gong and Stalin sat on a small maza, wearing a sun hat on their heads, and each holding a long synthetic fiber fishing rod, chatting leisurely and leisurely while fishing.
Not far away, on the shore of Crescent Island, a small island in the middle of the lake, Hitler and Hirohito walked and exchanged views on the lakeside, and from time to time they looked at the white yacht in the lake.
In front of the Crescent Villa, Churchill, Hoover and Mussolini sat together talking and laughing.
Churchill, Hoover, Mussolini, and Hirohito did not find it strange that Cheng Gong first communicated with Hitler alone, and then with Stalin.
Because everyone understands that as long as Germany and the Soviet Union take the lead in armistice, the North American theater will definitely cease fire immediately.
To be honest, Cheng Gong never thought before that the German-Italian-Japanese axis camp and the Anglo-American-Soviet alliance camp would really give Cheng someone such a big face. And Cheng Gong never thought of asking for a truce between the two camps.
Cheng Gong originally just planned to say this, but he never thought that these guys would really agree.
What a mouthful! Cheng Gong's intestines are about to repent.
Since the two camps really decided to respond to the call of Cheng Cheng for a temporary truce for half a year, then Cheng Gong must of course carefully consider what kind of changes will occur in the world pattern after the armistice.
Don't look at Cheng Gong's chatting with Stalin quite harmoniously on the surface, but in fact, Cheng Gong is using brain waves to intelligently communicate with the central undersea base on Paradise Island through his smart watch, and instruct his brain to calculate and analyze the world situation after the armistice in Europe and North America at the fastest speed.
Whether or not the Allies and the Axis powers recognize it, the AU has become de facto the sphere of influence of the Donghua Empire.
Whoever wants to snatch food from the tiger's jaw of the Donghua Empire, can! Let's throw off our arms and start a war!
The fundamental reason why Britain decided to hand over the Suez Canal and the Strait of Gibraltar to the Donghua Empire was to take this opportunity to drag the Donghua Empire into the water.
Anyone who knows Cheng Gong's character knows that it is impossible to eat something in his mouth and then want him to spit it out.
After Japan landed in North America, the United States quickly cut off the continuous supply of military supplies to Britain.
The Spanish government, which had been slow to take a stand, showed signs of leaning toward the Axis camp. Coupled with the fact that North Africa, East Africa, and both sides of the Red Sea were all controlled by the East China Empire, Britain would have to draw a large number of troops from its homeland if it wanted to maintain its interests in the Mediterranean.
However, the British defenses were already a bit stretched, and there was no way to draw any troops to support the British garrison in the Mediterranean. Rather than being eaten away by the Axis powers and the Donghua Empire that Britain deployed in the Mediterranean, it is better for a strong man to break his wrist, give up the interests of the Mediterranean, and concentrate on defending the British mainland with all his might.
The Suez Canal and the Strait of Gibraltar were controlled by the Donghua Empire, a so-called permanent neutral power, and merchant ships of the Central and Axis powers could pass through with confidence. In this way, the British intelligence agencies would have a lot of opportunities to create contradictions and conflicts between the Donghua Empire and the Axis powers.
The British Empire, which clenched its fists and took it back, should not be underestimated in its centuries-old accumulation!
(To be continued.) )