Chapter 432: World War II Begins
The German officer left Hainan in a hurry, and he was eager to fly back to Berlin immediately to report the shocking news that Li Tie had said to Führer Hitler.
Although before coming to China, Führer Hitler had already said that he must have a strong heart when talking to Li Tie, because Li Tie is an omniscient demon, and what he says can always shock people.
Now the German officer was shocked by Li Tie's words, and he couldn't stand it. If it weren't for the fact that his strong heart had been supporting him, he would have thought his heart would have jumped out.
Fortunately, with the take-off of the plane, the German officer's mood was much better, and the conversation with Li Tie in the past few days was very meaningful, in addition to getting some secrets from Britain, France, Russia and other countries, the most important thing was that he had a profound discussion with Li Tie on the importance of the armored division in future wars.
didn't think about it, he originally thought that he would rely on his professional military knowledge to win the game, but after some conversation, the German officer found that Li Tie had a better understanding of the use of the Panzer Army Group than himself.
And when, accompanied by Li Tie, he visited the drill of several hundred tanks of the Hainan First Armored Division, and he realized that the theory of concentrated use of tanks, which he had always been proud of, had already made Li Tie eat thoroughly.
However, many of the training subjects of the Hainan Armored Division are more advanced than those of the Germans, which shows that Li Tie's theoretical and practical application of the armored division has been at the forefront of the world.
The German officer never imagined that there was anyone in the world who was so skilled in the application of armor clusters. He always thought that only Russia's Zhukov could be regarded as a real opponent, and it turned out that Li Tie had experienced more harm than them.
Fortunately, Li Tiesheng was born in the backward East, and if he grew up in Europe, they would be in danger in Germany.
Therefore, before leaving Hainan, the German officer used Li Tie's secret high-power radio station in Hainan to briefly report to Hitler, who was far away in Germany, on the results of the preliminary joint talks with Li Tie.
In addition to reporting to Hitler the initial cooperation intention reached with Li Tie, at the end of the telegram, he even praised Li Tie for learning the best knowledge of the operation of armored clusters, which can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the German army in future wars.
At the end, the German officer directly proposed that the Führer immediately transport the arms seized from the Czech arsenal to Hainan, China, in exchange for more useful information for the Reich.
Hitler was also surprised when he received the telegram from this German officer, because this German officer was one of the few German rising officers he valued the most.
One of the people in charge of negotiating with Li Tie in Hainan, China was Guderian, the father of the German Panzer Division, who had just been appointed by himself as the commander of the 19th Panzer Corps and was also known as the founder of the Blitzkrieg by later generations.
Li Tie, who can be called an armored master by Guderian, who claims to be the first person to use armored divisions, is so proficient in the operation of armored clusters, it seems that he really needs to reconsider the cooperation in Asia.
However, it was not easy for the Germans, who had already reached a cooperation agreement with Japan, to change partners, because when Guderian had just arrived in Berlin less than a week ago, on September 1 of the 39th year, Germany officially sent troops to attack Poland, and the 19th Panzer Army led by Guderian was the main attacking force to invade Poland.
On 1 September, as in the previous generation, the Germans attacked Poland almost simultaneously with more than 100,000 troops on the border, and on 3 September, Britain and France declared war on Germany as allies of Poland. World War II officially began.
In reality, however, Britain and France did not give Poland much help, and the two countries only verbally declared war on Germany, but in fact the troops of the two countries did not even issue a general mobilization order, but only symbolically mobilized tens of thousands of troops to the border area between Poland and France for defense.
The Polish army, which was far inferior to the Germans in terms of equipment and numbers, was annihilated by the Germans in just one week.
Guderian, because he had just obtained the true scriptures from Li Tie, led three armored divisions of the 19th Army, 1,500 tanks, and 3,000 armored personnel carriers to directly sweep the entire territory of Poland.
When the valiant Polish cavalry, brandishing sabers and pistols, charged Guderian's armored forces, Guderian knew that he had won the Polish war.
He could not think of any better way to describe the stupidity of the Polish soldiers than to hit a stone with such backward tactics and weapons against a powerful German panzer division.
As a result, in less than a week, Guderian's Panzer Division reached Warsaw, the capital of Poland, a full twenty days ahead of the previous one. A week later, the Polish capital of Warsaw was captured by Guderian.
He did not even have time to receive prisoners, but led all the tank units in the Panzer Corps to the border of France and Poland. He didn't even bring enough infantry.
The tank units of the Panzer Corps were only responsible for rampage and breaking down all the defenses that stood in front of them. The infantry in the armored personnel carrier was responsible for receiving the prisoners of the Polish army that had been rushed to pieces.
Guderian sat in the armored command vehicle on the front line and sighed: "Li Tie's armor theory is right, as long as the tank cluster reaches a certain number, it does not need any help to protect the flanks at all.
Because in the face of such a fast maneuver and powerful attack, no one will have a chance to encircle the tank group, and any action to encircle the tank group with infantry is ineffective.
Numerous tanks can destroy all enemies with just a little concentration and crushing them. However, as Li Tie said, this trick can only be used against backward military countries, and if it is against countries with a large number of air forces and a large number of armored forces, then any lone armored cluster will also be suicidal. ”
Just as Guderian was leading his army towards the French border, Poland fell in less than two weeks. Germany's logistical supplies simply could not keep up with Guderian's advance.
The British and French did not expect Poland to fall so quickly, their reinforcements had just been deployed, and as a result, tens of thousands of British troops, who had already reached France, had to stay on the French border to wait for further instructions.
Guderian, who had already completed the occupation of Poland, was greatly commended by Hitler, not only receiving the knight's Iron Cross, a symbol of the hero of Germany, but also being promoted to commander-in-chief of the First Panzer Army.
Even when the Germans raided Poland, the Russians were not idle, and Stalin also sent troops to Poland as agreed with Hitler in advance, and soon recovered the hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land occupied by Poland twenty years ago.
The armored forces of Russia and Germany even made a victorious rendezvous somewhere on the Polish border. The reporters accompanying the army even took photos of the two armies meeting and secretly sent them back to their respective leaders.
When Hitler looked at the photo of his own soldier representatives shaking hands with the Russians cordially, Hitler also thought: "Give you Russians a little sweetness first, and when I finish cleaning up Europe and you let down your guard against me, it's time to turn around and deal with you." When the time comes, I'll have to give Stalin's beard a little color. When a picture from about the same angle was transmitted to Stalin's desk in Russia, Stalin took two puffs of his pipe and said fiercely:
"Hitler's mustache, let you take the lead in front first, and when you finish cleaning up the European countries, I want to see how much strength you have left, and then I will stab you in the back to see if you can stand it.
When I defeat you, I will be the hero of the liberation of Europe, and I will plant the banner of the Bolsheviks all over Europe. ”
The same photo also reached Li Tie's hands a few days later. Li Tie and Wang Yaqiao were discussing the Changsha Great War that was about to take place, and because the arms promised by Germany had not yet arrived, and seeing that the big war was about to break out again, Li Tie and Wang Yaqiao agreed that they could not sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.
It just so happened that Vietnam's Yang Hucheng Department was almost trained, so it was better to send 20,000 horses to Changsha to help Xue Yue defend Changsha, Yang Hucheng was inconvenient to come forward, so it was better to send Bai Fengxiang there.
Now that the war is tight, the Chongqing Arsenal has been in full production, but because the Japanese army's bombing of Chongqing is getting stronger day by day, the current Chongqing Arsenal is the key bombing target of the Japanese army, even if the entire arsenal is transferred underground, it is still not guaranteed to start work in full every day.
It seems that the weapon reserves of Chongqing Huaxing Industrial City can only be used, but it is a pity that so many weapons are given to Commander Jiang in vain. Who knows how many weapons he got and how many of them could be sent to the front-line anti-Japanese ranks.
In the end, Li Tie discussed with Wang Yaqiao, that is, in order to stop Commander Jiang's mouth, and also to give real support to the Chinese army in all aspects of Hunan, Li Tie still decided, simply distribute arms according to the number of people in the Chinese army, and all the arms will be delivered to the door by his own team.
So at the beginning of September, when the Japanese army had not officially attacked Changsha. Li Tie took out a full 200,000 rifles and a large amount of ammunition from the underground warehouse in Chongqing Industrial City and sent them to various national units in Changsha City.
The morale of the troops, which had received a large amount of military assistance from Li Tie, was greatly boosted. But seeing Li Tie sending so many arms at one time, Xue Yue, as the commander-in-chief of Changsha, couldn't help but have crooked thoughts in his mind.
He immediately sent someone to Hainan to find Li Tie and showed Li Tie the actual number of their Changsha defenders. As a result, the troops, which were originally only 300,000 people, exceeded 500,000 when they were reported by Xue Yue.
Looking at the envoy sent by Xue Yue who came to deliver the information, Li Tie really wanted to destroy him with one shot, did he think that Lao Tzu's money fell from the sky? Do you think that I don't know how many people you have in each unit?
Go back and tell your statistician, wash your neck and wait for Lao Tzu to come and kill him. I also went back and told Xue Yue that I would send you another 100,000 rifles. If you make another false report, be careful that I kill him with me.
Xue Yue was very unhappy when he heard Li Tie threaten him like this, and immediately reported Li Tie's threatening words to Commander Jiang who was far away in Chongqing.