October 15, 1937, Moscow, capital of the Soviet Union, Kremlin.

Black clouds hover over the GCIST capital, and the weather in Moscow this autumn is as depressing as the current situation in the Far East. Although the sacred sickle-hammer flag still fluttered high on the top of Lenin's tomb on Red Square, it was somewhat eclipsed in the eyes of the citizens of Moscow who were hurrying by! Reports of the defeat of the Far Eastern fortress of Borja have already arrived, and the Kremlin has quite simply admitted it. There is a fortress lost on the border, and it is impossible to hide it. However, the Kremlin flatly denied the 21st Army's "surrender", and on the battle report they reported, the 21st Army killed three times its own squadron and fought to the last man...... But the Soviet people are not three-year-olds, and they don't know if they killed 40 to 500,000 Chinese in 4 days? These lads of the 21st Army are not killing machines! And all the troops have been wiped out, how can you count the deaths and injuries of others?

At this time, a long line of black cars with the emblem of the generals of the Soviet Red Army slowly drove into the solemn Kremlin under the expectant eyes of passing Moscow citizens. Looking at this posture, Comrade Stalin is again gathering the military strategists of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army to discuss countermeasures! I hope that today someone will come up with a clever plan to save the Soviet Fatherland.

The Kremlin's military meetings, of course, are secrets at the highest level. The meeting was held in a long conference room, and the only people who were able to participate in the conversation were Molotov, Voroshilov, Shaposhnikov, Tukhachevsky, who had been secretly recruited from Leningrad. Stalin sat in the middle of the front of the conference room with a pale face, and was reviewing a document in his hand, which was a document that "sealed" Lieutenant General Barnov and other generals of the 21st Army as "Heroes of the Soviet Union"! When I saw a few Bolshevik bigwigs walk in, they didn't even raise their heads, but said in a hoarse voice: "Sit, sit down!" ”

Several bigwigs were not polite, they all found their own seats and sat down, and after a burst of chair pulling, there was still a dead silence in the conference room. All the people, you look at me. I look at you, and in the end I look at Stalin. As if waiting for him to be angry.

This time Stalin had reason to be angry. Only a few days after the start of China's full-scale offensive, the defense line of the Amur River, known as the Maginot of the East, was torn apart! And also the whole elimination of a Soviet army group! No! Not to destroy, but to dissuade...... An army group of the Red Army, led by a commander and acting political commissar, surrendered to the sworn enemy of the Soviets! Right now. The whole world knew that the USSR was finished. The USSR is out of hope, and no one will do anything to trade with the USSR anymore. If the attitudes of Germany and Japan are still ambiguous, they must be false! There must be some conspiracy...... In fact, Germany's friendliness towards the USSR after the great surrender of Borgia did not look the slightest change! The Soviet-German front was also calm as usual. Maybe another treacherous sneak attack is already in the works?

"News has come from Berlin that Hitler, the German Führer, upon learning of the surrender of Borgia, has entrusted Ribbentrop with a message to our envoy, saying: 'The German Reich is willing to abide by all agreements with the Soviet Union, secret or overt...... Molotov, Voroshilov, Tukhachevsky, what do you think. Was Hitler deceiving us? ”

Stalin's tone was very calm. I can't hear the slightest tendency, and it seems that this GC dictator really wants his subordinates to give him ideas now.

"There is almost a 100 percent probability that Hitler will deceive us!" Tukhachevsky was the first to answer, straightforwardly, without a hint of uncertainty. The Soviet Union has reached such a point that if the people above cannot be open and honest, I am afraid that there will be no room for salvation at all.

Stalin nodded, "Comrade Tukhachevsky's point of view is the same as mine!" Hitler must have been planning a massive invasion like Luo Yaoguo. And I guess this invasion is the real killer move to destroy the Soviet Union! What Hitler wanted was the life of each and every one of us here...... So, now we must unite and save the Soviet Fatherland, save Lenin's party! If you have any good ideas, you can mention anything."

Voroshilov and Molotov looked at each other and shook their heads again and again to show that there was nothing they could do. Tukhachevsky spoke loudly in Russian, with a beautiful Moscow accent: "Comrade Stalin, you are right, now the Motherland has reached the most dangerous moment, and if nothing is done, we will have only a dead end!" ”

"Do you have any good ideas? Shall we withdraw our troops from Poland, and we will hold the Stalin line, so that we may be able to repel the enemy......"

Tukhachevsky took a deep breath and shook his head. "It's useless! The Stalin defense line and the Amur defense line use the same standards, since the Chinese can knock on the Amur defense line, then the German ** team with the same equipment, training, tactical thinking or even a little stronger can certainly break the Stalin defense line! ”

"Really useless? The Stalinist line was raised by you! Comrade Tukhachevsky. There was some reproach in Stalin's tone.

"I was wrong, Comrade Stalin, and I review it for you. I didn't expect that the dive bombers of the Chinese and German ** teams could hang 1.5 tons of bombs! This one is terrible...... Even the most powerful battleships in the world can be sunk at once, not to mention the not too thick reinforced concrete fortifications on the Stalin Line? Tukhachevsky's expression became serious, he looked at Stalin fixedly, took a deep breath and said: "We can't count on this line of defense!" But maybe there's a way to give it a try...... Just a try! ”

"Say it!" Stalin said: "Comrade Tukhachevsky, please don't ramble, time is pressing!" ”

Tukhachevsky nodded heavily and said loudly: "My suggestion is that we strike before Germany attacks!" Just like against Poland. ”

Stalin raised his head, opened his mouth wide, and looked at Tukhachevsky, completely stunned. The rest of the room also looked at the "Red Napoleon" with fixed eyes, waiting for him to explain further.

Tukhachevsky walked over to the huge military map of Eastern Europe hanging on the wall and tapped Brest and Baranovichi on it with a baton. "According to the report of the Polish Front, now the defense of the Polish White Army is on the verge of collapse, and if nothing else, both will fall into the hands of the Red Army before the end of October, and the military power of White Poland will completely collapse." ”

"So what? Germany will still attack! Shaposhnikov on the side said.

Tukhachevsky smiled at him, "Yes, Comrade General, your analysis is accurate, they will come." But when will the attack be launched? ”

Shaposhnikov bowed his head and calculated, "It's definitely too late for October...... The weather in Eastern Europe was bad in November. Frequent rain and snow, muddy roads. Not a good day for an invasion. I think the Germans would have invaded in December 1937, when it was cold. But the roads are already frozen. The weather was also better. It is suitable for the operation of large armies, especially for mechanized operations! Moreover, the General Staff of the Red Army estimated that the direction of the German attack would be to the south, and when they reached Ukraine in the south, the climate would be a little warmer, and they might spend the winter there and attack Moscow in May of the following year. ”

"Very well, this analysis makes a lot of sense, which means that the Germans will not do anything in November, and we will not do anything...... I suggest that we, the 5 million Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, are in the rain and snow of November. Hit 3.5 million enemies on muddy roads! If we win, the world revolution is just around the corner, in case of misfortune...... We've at least tried. "In the end, Marshal Tukhachevsky showed a trace of lamentation on his face, only God knows how sure this desperate plan will be successful! Maybe the Germans will crush the entire main force of the Red Army with a clean counterattack, and then march into Moscow with the corpse of the Red Soviet Union? But if you don't, the end result will be no different. The great surrender of Borja showed that those Soviet Red Army officers and soldiers were happy to choose the Empress in the face of death and Empress Anastasia.

Stalin suddenly slapped the table and stood up and shouted: "Comrade Tukhachevsky, how sure are you of victory?" Please be honest! This reaction startled several people in the conference room. Looking at Stalin's face was as if it were black, his eyes were red, and his lips trembled, as if he was about to gamble for his life.

Tukhachevsky shook his head and sighed: "One or two!" After all, with such a big military move, the possibility that the other side will not notice it is almost zero, and with the rigor and seriousness of the Germans, a surprise attack should be impossible! It's all about hard-hitting! Take advantage of the bad weather and muddy roads of November to minimize the superiority of your opponent's tanks and planes, and then level them with the superiority in numbers! ”

Stalin's chest rose and fell heavily, his face was black and white, and his brows were tightly wrinkled, as if he was engaged in a fierce ideological struggle.

"What do you think? Comrade Shaposhnikov, you are the Chief of the General Staff of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, come and counsel me now! Stalin was silent for a while, still unable to make up his mind, so he turned his head and asked General Shaposhnikov for his opinion.

The general smiled bitterly, "Comrade Tukhachevsky has analyzed well, this is the only chance, if you completely switch to the defense, it is tantamount to giving up the initiative, then there is no chance at all." ”

Listening to the advice of Tukhachevsky and the Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army, Stalin was slightly stunned, his expression had returned to calm, and he waved his hand very imposingly: "Okay, just use this method, we will strike first, and we must hit the main force of fascist Germany hard!" He looked at Tukhachevsky and Shaposhnikov seriously and said, "I don't have a 10 percent chance of success, I want a 100 percent probability of success, do you know?" ”

……

"The next target is Chita!" At the headquarters of the Northeast Front of China, there was already a room full of senior officers. Everyone looked at Luo Yaoguo and Bai Chongxi, who had serious faces. The two of them stood in front of a huge map. His eyes are like electricity. The atmosphere in the conference room was tense and serious. Behind this tense and serious atmosphere, there is a kind of excitement surging secretly. The decisive battle is coming, and it is an unprecedented scene!

On the map, the Amur River Line, once called the "Maginot Line of the East" by the Soviet Union, has been torn a huge breach in the westernmost section! The last and most important stronghold of the Far Eastern Front, the Chita Fortress, is in front of you! Firmly pointed by a large blue arrow. Now there were a whole eight Soviet infantry corps and three Soviet cavalry corps there! The numbers of the 11th Army and the 33rd Division filled the place. These are all valuable information provided by Marquis Barnov, and even if there are some adjustments now, the changes will not be too big.

Bai Chongxi's baton was pointed at the Chita area, the general whose prestige in the Chinese National Defense Force was second only to An Sihua, after this battle, it seemed that he was going to be promoted to marshal before General An Da! Now is the time to be confident and ready to do something.

"Brother Fuwen." Bai Chongxi is Luo Yaoguo's sworn brother, so it is most suitable to take advantage of him as his younger brother. He pointed to Chita and said, "I and the princes of the General Headquarters of the Northeast Front Army all think that the Chita Fortress should be laid down before the cold winter comes!" And not just besiege it! ”

Now only Bai Chongxi and An Sihua dare to put forward different suggestions from Luo Yaoguo in public. The officers below all set their eyes on Luo Yaoguo, but this marshal looked calm. Still there smiling and nodding. He and Bai Chongxi have no conflict of interest, and the two are completely one. Naturally, he was willing to listen to his advice. Everyone listened attentively to what he had to say.

"In the just-concluded Battle of Borja. We, the Wehrmacht and the Imperial Russian Army, took only a few days to take the supposedly impregnable fortress! The defense of this fortress. Now it looks like it's completely strong on the outside. It can't stop our train guns, let alone our latest A-4A Thunderhawk dive bombers...... In that case, why should we spend time besieging it? Moreover, if we were to besiege the fortress, we would also have to expose a large number of troops to the cold winter of the Far East, and we would expect a certain degree of frostbite...... Even frostbitten people suffered more casualties than storming the fortress! Moreover, the shock effect of the breakthrough of Chita Fortress on the Soviet army is far greater than the encirclement, as long as we defeat their last hope Chita, I believe that the Red Army of the Soviet Far East will definitely soon throw itself to the side of Empress Anastasia, and the war between the Far East and Eastern Siberia will be won. ”

Borgia's easy victory. It seems that the generals of the Chinese Defense Forces are no longer afraid of the fortress. This completely outdated defense system simply cannot stop the attack of a modern army, the difference is only how much time it takes, how many shells and bombs are used, oh, and cannon fodder! There is no shortage of cannon fodder now, the Russian empress has more than 400,000 troops to use, and the Japanese have seen that the Soviet Red Army is easy to bully, and they have begun to be eager to try it in the past two days...... After all, what they can get after the battle of the dead Soviet Union is still linked to the results of the battle, if it is just soy sauce, then the Chinese have already done their best to give the northern part of Sakhalin. If you want the coastal region of the Far East, you still have to come up with the results. Anyway, the lives of the Japanese are not very valuable now, those senior generals of the Japanese army don't care, what does Luo Yaoguo care about?

"Earl Temple, is your country's army ready this time?" Luo Yaoguo glanced at the temple that had come to the meeting with a cheeky face, this round of attacks by the ** team and the Russian ** team, the Japanese did not know in advance, after the attack began, they used this excuse to say that they were not ready...... It's completely a mentality of watching a white play. As a result, the Chinese won a big victory in just a few days. If you don't join at this time, how will you divide the spoils after the war?

"We now have five infantry divisions in the Far East, as well as the strength of several detachments. However, our divisions and regiments are all two brigades and four wings, as well as artillery, engineering, baggage, and cavalry, and four auxiliary wings. The strength is very substantial, five divisions and several detachments, no less than 160,000 people! And we also have an aviation wing to help with the war. Saying that, the general in the temple snapped and nodded heavily: "The Imperial Japanese Army is fully prepared, so I hope to be the vanguard of this operation!" Just leave the Chita Fortress to us. It's just that after the victory in the war, the Empire also hopes that Your Excellency will keep its promise......"

"Oh well! Rest assured that the Far Eastern Coastal Region will be handed over to Japan...... Since Japan's friendly forces are willing to undertake this difficult task, then I am relieved. Luo Yaoguo smiled and nodded, of course it is impossible to ask for Japanese cannon fodder to use. He glanced at the audience, and there was a rare aggressive momentum on his body. His baton tapped lightly on the table, and said lightly:

"If the Japanese enter the war, we will concentrate 11 infantry corps (including three White Russian troops), three cavalry corps, and five Japanese divisions around Chita in late October. The total number of troops is more than 700,000! On the other side, the Soviet Red Army is believed to have only 450,000! Our army outnumbered the enemy by 250,000! Overwhelming dominance. I won't say anything about the significance of this battle. Isn't it difficult...... One is that the enemy's fortress is strong, and everyone sees that Borja is easy to fight because Chita is the same, then it is wrong! Second, the weather in the Far East of the Soviet Union, especially the roads in early winter, were a little muddy, and in December it was a land of ice and snow. (To be continued)