Soon after Timoshenko's departure, Borisov ordered the surrender, originally the Ukrainians did not want to fight for Stalin, they saw the Germans as liberators, and Borisov, as a Ukrainian, could not go against the will of all Ukrainians, and on April 22, 1940 at three o'clock in the afternoon ordered all units of Odessa to surrender to the German SS.

Zhang Jun held a special welcome meeting for this purpose, in addition to participating in all the officers of the German SS at or above the division level, as well as all the officers at or above the division level of the Ukrainian Front, these surrendered Ukrainians, Zhang Jun did not treat them as prisoners at all, but only temporarily handed over their weapons, enough food, I don't know how many times better than the Soviet Union's food, which made the surrendered Ukraine more convinced that Germany was here to rescue them.

In addition, Zhang Jun also invited two SS lieutenant generals, Blyukhel and Egorov, and after careful discussions, Borisov agreed to quit the Soviet party, swore to join the German Socialist Workers' Party, and also swore to join the German SS. Borisov himself was appointed major general of the SS and set about the formation of the 1st SS Army of Ukraine, the list of officers below the rank of commander was nominated by Borisov himself, signed by Zhang Jun. This means that Zhang Jun has completely handed over control of the Ukrainian SS to Borisov, and all the officers of the Ukrainian SS will also be nominated by Borisov. This made Borisov grateful at that time, and thanked Zhang Jun, the commander-in-chief, for his unreserved trust.

At this welcoming meeting, Zhang Jun also issued a "Declaration of Ethnic Equality" and a "Land Law"

"Declaration of Equality of Peoples

Today, national equality is no longer a slogan, we will immediately realize it in the territory of the new Soviet Union, and only under the leadership of the German Socialist Workers' Party can it be endowed with its true content and scientific meaning, become the core idea of the national outlook, and become the fundamental principle for us in dealing with the national question. Its basic content includes the following aspects:

First, all nationalities, big or small, are equal. From the perspective of a country, it requires that all ethnic groups within the country are equal; Worldwide, all peoples in the world are completely equal. Although there are large and small nationalities, some advanced and some backward, we must not use this to divide the superior and inferior, and the noble. Large nations and small nationalities, advanced nations and backward nationalities should all be equal in rights and status.

Secondly, the complete equality of all peoples in all rights. That is to say, all nationalities should be completely equal not only in law and in the political life of the country, but also in all fields of social life, such as economy, culture, education, language, customs, and religious beliefs. To achieve the equality of rights of all ethnic groups, on the one hand, it is necessary to prohibit any ethnic group from enjoying any privileges, and on the other hand, it is necessary to protect the equal rights and interests of ethnic minorities and prohibit any oppression and discrimination against ethnic minorities. We demand absolute equality among all ethnic groups in the country, unconditionally protect the rights of all ethnic minorities, and "absolutely do not allow any ethnic group to enjoy any privileges."

Third, we should help all ethnic groups realize their equal rights and give special consideration to the interests and equal rights of weak and small ethnic groups. It is necessary not only to observe the equality of ethnic groups in the Constitution and the law, but also to take measures and do their utmost to help the relatively backward nationalities realize equal rights. It is necessary to sincerely, selflessly, and for a long time help the formerly oppressed nations to develop their economy and culture, help them catch up with the development level of the advanced nations, eliminate the development gap between the nationalities caused by history and other reasons, and realize the common progress and prosperity of all nationalities.

Fourthly, all ethnic groups must fulfil their corresponding obligations. Obligations without rights and rights without obligations do not exist, and the two are unified. While fully exercising their equal rights, all ethnic groups should also undertake the obligation to safeguard ethnic equality, ethnic unity, and national unity. ”

"Land Reform Law"

Article 1 of the General Provisions of Chapter I abolished the land ownership system of collective farms and introduced the land ownership system of peasants, so as to liberate the rural productive forces, develop agricultural production, and open the way for the industrialization of the new Soviet Union. Chapter II: Confiscation and Expropriation of Land...... Article 2 The landlords' land, farm animals, farm implements, surplus grain, and their surplus houses in the countryside shall be confiscated. However, the landlord's other property shall not be confiscated.

…… Chapter III Land Distribution Article 10 All confiscated and expropriated land and other means of production, except for those that are confiscated and returned to the owners of the State as stipulated in this Law, shall be taken over by the township peasant associations and distributed uniformly, fairly and reasonably to the poor peasants who have little land and lack other means of production. The same share is also assigned to the landlords, so that the landlords can also rely on their own labor to maintain their lives, and in the process of labor, they can reform themselves, and each person has twenty acres of land......"

The overwhelming majority of Ukrainians thoroughly accepted the German policy from the bottom of their hearts, and began to take the initiative to help the EU forces lead the way, to arrest the chairman of the collective farm, and then to happily divide the land and the elections.

And Zhang Jun, of course, commanded the SS field troops to attack forward quickly, and the European Union troops swept the Soviet Union in Ukraine, and these EU troops did not have to worry about the appearance of large Soviet forces, because at this time, the Soviet Union and Germany were about to start a big war in Kiev, and the Soviet Union transferred two front armies for the direction of Kiev, it can be said that there are few Soviet soldiers in the vast countryside and small towns of the entire Ukraine, and sweeping there is as easy as playing soy sauce.

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The German Wehrmacht also easily broke through the three lines of defense of the Soviet Union, and Army Group North attacked smoothly, but Army Group Center encountered stubborn resistance from the direction of Kiev, but Germany relied on its advanced weapons and tactics to still attack with all its might, but the distance of advance was very slow.

After a series of battles in the border area and the defeat of the Dubno-Lutsk-Rivne tank engagement, the Supreme Command of the Soviet Red Army considered the southwestern direction to be the main direction of the German offensive, so it deployed most of the forces of the Soviet Red Army in Ukraine, including the Southwestern Front (5th, 6th, 26th, 12th Army) and the Southern Front (18th and 9th armies), a total of 6 army groups, 69 infantry divisions, 11 cavalry divisions and 28 armored brigades, commanded by the commander-in-chief of the Southwestern Direction, Marshal Budyonny of the Soviet Union. The Southwestern Front of the Soviet Red Army, acting on the orders of the headquarters of the Supreme High Command, began to retreat from Western Ukraine on April 25, 1940.

The task of the Front was to occupy by April 29, 1940 with field troops the fortified areas of Korostin, Volynsky Novaya, Shepetovka, Stara Konstantinov, Proskurov, etc., which were built on the old border, and to organize a strong defense on this front. The purpose of the basic forces of the German Army Group "Center" (the 1st tank group - commanded by General Kleist, and the 6th and 17th armies - commanded by Colonels Reichenau and Sprager, respectively) scheduled to operate in the Kiev direction was to break through the front of the Soviet Red Army on the front line of the old fortified area, advance to the Kiev area, and seize the landing ground on the Dnieper. Then the assault group turned to the southeast to attack in order to prevent the main forces of the Southwestern Front from retreating across the Dnieper and to destroy it by surprise from the rear.

The South-Western Front, with 44 divisions, which had also been severely weakened in battle, confronted the German 40 divisions (including 10 tank and motorized divisions). The German army had more than 1 times more infantry, artillery and mortars than the Soviet Red Army, and 50% more aircraft. On April 25, 1940, the Germans began their offensive, arriving in the main assault direction before the Front had completed its retreat and had begun its line of fortification. As early as April 21, 1940, the Germans, with the tank corps as the first echelon, broke through the defenses of the Soviet Red Army north of Novomiropol and captured Berdichev in the evening. Next. A breakthrough was made south of Volynsky New City, preparing to capture Zhytomyr.

On April 25, 1940, the advance force of the 1st Tank Group advanced 110 kilometers in two days and nights to the Irpian River, 15-20 kilometers west of Kiev. Here, tanks and motorized infantry were blocked by the Soviet Red Army in the outer encirclement of the fortified area of Kiev. The attempt of the Germans to seize Kiev from the march was broken.

At this time, the Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Red Army, General Zhukov, advised Stalin to abandon Kiev and withdraw the Southwestern Front to the other side of the Dnieper River to avoid being surrounded by the Germans, and then defend Moscow with all his might. But being categorically rejected by Stalin, Zhukov was relieved of the post of chief of the General Staff and appointed commander of the reserve front.

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Andre? A Ukrainian nationalist organization headed by Mernik unreservedly sided with the Germans, but had little prestige among the Ukrainians and was defeated in the elections by Borisov, who was elected president of Ukraine and Andrei as prime minister.

The election was a bit rushed, the turnout was not very high, and only a million people participated in the vote, but it is very good to be able to do so in a short period of time.

Ukraine is originally a granary, as long as the people have land, where will they starve, the production enthusiasm of land-owned Ukraine is also unprecedentedly high, there is no need to force them to produce, and the material will prosper.

With regard to the 1st SS Ukrainian Army, because prisoners and countless youths asked to join the army, after Borisov's application, the establishment of the SS Ukrainian Army was expanded to a group army with a total of 150,000 troops. At present, Zhang Jun has not occupied many places, and the establishment of a group army is enough, and of course it will definitely be expanded in the later stage.

As for the weapons of the Ukrainian SS, of course, Soviet weapons were used, and there were so many of these captured weapons that Zhang Jun did not keep them at all, and gave them all to the Ukrainian SS. In addition, there are a large number of arsenals in Ukraine, and the Soviet Union at this time has not had much time to destroy, even if Stalin orders to blow up these factories now, the Ukrainian workers in them will not carry it out, you must know that the bullets used in Germany are the same as the Soviet bullet caliber, which can be used universally, as long as these factories can be started at full speed, at least all the bullet consumption of the SS can be met, which shows the military industrial capacity of Ukraine, and the same is true for Ukraine in later generations.

Of course, those Ukrainian factories are to be auctioned, these factories belong to the Stalin government, and it is only natural that they will be auctioned after confiscation...... (To be continued.) )